sis > Ee
ging progress is already
yy the Prairie Farm Re-
ion Advisory Committee, of
E. S. Archibald, Director,
Experimental Farms, is

an. The work of the Commit-
‘in the Provinces of Manitoba,
hewan and Alberta is de-
to deal with the problems
- from drought in recent years
its twin brother, soil drifting,
uve SO. ‘seriously affected west-
sulture and also industry and
e generally throughout the
ion, The Committee was estab-
“under the Prairie Farm Re-
tation Act, the Act being spon-
ion. Robert Weir, Dominion
\ and passed
by the Dominion Par-

lans of the Committee call
er of phases of work to
ertaken such as the establish-
wf about 50 District Experiment
Stations on farms of 640 acres

each in the drought affected areas.
O se farms or stations the meth-

; vhich it is considered best to

Pe

sor of Illustration Stat’ons of

‘Dominion Experimental Farms.
‘The reclaiming of some sections of
where soil drifting has been

stionally severe is a major task

E. S. Hopkins, Dominion Field
man. Large scale co-opera-
orts by which groups of farm-
ers V rill undertake strp farming, the
planting of trees for shelter belts
und farm homes, buildings and a
_ paddock, are also being launched. It
_ is hoped to have whole townships in-
in this co-operative scheme.
Cae major phase of the Com-
nittee’s work is water development.

a sub-committee of the Prairie Farm
Rehabilitation Advisory Committee,
has established its headquarters at
Current, Sask., and has its
plans well under way. A total of
4,800 applications for assistance in
connection with the construction of
_ wells, dugouts, small dams and other
eans of conserving water, both for
lomestic and general use on the
_ farm, have been received from farm-
ers, z

The Committee intends to do all
that is possible to encourage farm-
to adopt the best means of hold-
and conserving water. A staff of
ers is now engaged in survey-
ng ‘arms where water is urgently

influence trees have in connec-
with wind velocity, soil drifting
d other factors is in charge of
forman M. Ross, Chief of the Divi-
Tree Planting, whose head-
rs are at the Dominion For-
Station, Indian Head, Sask., a
of the Dominion Experimental
. He has been engaged in
forestry work on the prairies for 35
‘ars. Millions of trees are being
supplied free to farmers from the
forestry stations at Indian Head and
toon, as they have been for
ly years. ;

"programme of research work
ving to do with the moisture con-
tent of soils in different areas is he-
creteaenledinnt ne the Laboratory of
Dominion Experimental Station,

Sout Current.
Another important phase of the
rork is that of grass development.
or. L. E, Kirk, Dominion Agrosto-
and his staff are making an
exacting study of grasses such as
Crested Wheat Grass, Western Rye
_ Grass, Brome Grass and other varie-
- _— ties to determine their suitability to
resist soil drifting.
ia Dr. Archibald and his Commitee
A are enlisting the co-operation of the
_ provincial governments, the universi-
ties and farmers’ organizations in
order to get all possible information
to do with soils and every other fac-
tor related to drought and soil
drifting.
It has already been made evident
to the Committee that if such work
as is now being done had been un-
dertaken 20 years ago, the farmers
would not have been facing the seri-
ous situation they ace today and in-
dustries in the east, which depend to
a considerable extent upon the pros-
perity of farming in the west, would
not have been so hard hit in the last
few years.
The administration and co-ordina-
tion of the different phases of the
work now in progress are being car-
_ rie@ on by Dr. Archibald from his
_ office in Ottawa.

Farm Rehabilitation
Is Proceeding And
od Progress Reported

ie Water Development Committee, |

spend during the fiscal year 1935-36
and the Act prescribes that $1,000,-
000 skall be voted in each of the
next four fiscal years. In addition
$500,000 has been allotted this year
for water development under the
Public Works Act.

The members of the Prairie Farm
Rehabilitation Advisory Committee
are: two representatives of the Do-
Minion Department of Agriculture,
one representative of the grain
growing farmers from the drought
and soil drifting areas in each of the
three Prairie Provinces; one repre-
Sentative of the Saskatchewan Live
Stock Farmers and one representa-
tive of the Alberta Range Farmers
from the drought areas and one re-
presentative from the Mortgage
Companies of Canada; the Canadian
Bankers’ Association, the Canadian
Pacific Railway, the Canadian Na-
tional Railways, and one from each
of the governments of the Provinces
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al-
berta.

The Act states the Committee is to
consider and advise the Dominion
Minister of Agriculture as to the
best methods to be adopted to secure
the rehabilitation of the drought and
soil drifting areas in the Prairie
Provinces and to develop and pro-
mote within those areas systems of
farm practice, tree culture and water
supply that will afford greater econ-
omic security.

The members of the Committee re-
ceive no pay, but are allowed reason-
able travelling expenses.

May Own Oil Lands

Oilmen Think Unlocated Pool May
f Be On Prince’s Ranch

The Prince of Wales, who during a
visit to Calgary, defined for westerners
the difference between a “ranch” and
a “rawnch’ may find himself the
owner of rich Southern Alberta oil
lands.

His royal highness’ “E.P.” ranch,
in the foothills of the Pekisko dis-
trict, may hold the secret of the long
sought crude oil pool in Alberta. Oil-
men speculated on this possibility

all parts of the world. Many of the
seed companies of Great Britain. In

Hy Irasoestbets one of the word's floral nurseries.

Commercial bulb growing and seed culture are both profitable indus-
tries in the countryside around Victoria, B.C. The land and climate of this
district have both been definitely proved to be exceptionally well suited to
these industries. Bulbs and seeds raised in Victoria are now exported not
only to all parts of the Dominion and this continent generally, but also to

growers raise their crops for the big
short, the countryside around Victoria

Meat Exportation

Chief Purchaser In July Was United
States

The exportation of meats from
Canada in July was of the value of
$2,114,758 compared with $2,146,958
in June and $1,944,969 in July, 1934.
The amount to the United Kingdom
alone was $1,903,786.

Bacon and hams accounted for
$1,816,553, the amount to the United
Kingdom being $1,800,669. The bacon
export was slightly less than a year
ago, and so was mutton and lamb at
$2,552, but fresh beef at $59,582 con-
tinued its recent rise, the chief pur-
chasers being the United States with
$28,987, Newfoundland with $12,255
and the United Kingdom with $11,-
244,

Although scientists know compara-
tively little about glowworms, it
seems to be established that their
light is generated in the act of
breathing.

A word to the wise—never plant
more garden than your wife can hoe.

An Unenviable Record

Jugo-Slay Thief Speecty In Getting
Back To Prison

Josip Podkrajehek, most famous of
Zagreb pickpockets, has broken the
Jugo-Slay record for speed in getting
[tee to prison. Josip was released
after serving two years in Lepoglava,
Zagreb’s famous prison. As he said
goodbye to prison officials at the
gates he could not resist the tempta-
tion to remove a silver watch from
one of them. He was seen by another
[omit caught, taken to the local
lock-up and the next day appeared
again before a court. Within a few
hours he was back in Lepoglava.

New Religious Sect

A new kind of “religious sect” is
reported to have revealed itself at
Wynne, Arkansas, as efforts were be-
ing made to kill off cotton lead
worms. A plantation owner ordered
a supply of poison and told his ten-
ants to distribute it over the cotton.
Some of the tenants, members of the
sect, refused, “The worms were sent
by the Lord. It would be a sin to kill
them,” they said.

Friday as drilling continued on a Pe-
kisko well, a half mile from the royal
ranch.

The unlocated pool, long sought by
drillers, is held by oilmen to be the
‘source of the flow which has poured
millions of gallons of naphtha into
the Turner Valley wells.

Drillers have struck Devonian
limestone in the Pekisko field, the
same formation from which large
erude oil production is obtained in
the United States.

The prince, who told westerners a
“ranch” is one that pays and a
“rawnch” one that does not, is the
owner of 4,000 acres, 25 miles from
High River, Alta.

Expeditions Fairly Safe

More Risk Of Accidents At Home
Opinion Of Explorer

Ray Chapman Andrews, in Cosmo-
politan, says:

“Whenever I start on an expedition
the insurance company cancels my
accident policy. At first it used to
make me angry; now I just laugh at
the ignorance of the company and
cheerfully let it go.

It saves me money and they lose
because I am not half so likely to
have an accident on a trip. of real
honest-to-goodness exploration as I
would be in the city. Honestly, if I
had had as many narrow escapes in
the Gobi Desert as I have had from
being killed by motor cars or in other
ways in America, I would write a
book about them.

The trouble is that such escapes
become commonplace. Everyone liv-
ing in the big cities has them every
day or two, and it has robbed them
of interest. An explorer’s dangers are
more unusual, and for that reason|<«
alone they seem greater. I am not
saying this just to pose as a man of
intrepid courage, but because it is
true, as any real explorer will tell
you.

Disturbed By Airplanes

Because the drone of motors pre-
vents her baby frora getting his aft-
ernoon nap, Mrs. James A. Devine, a
resident of suburban Columbus, Ohio,
recently asked police to keep aero-
planes from flying over her home,
and they promised to see what they
could do about changing flying sched-
ules and toning down noisy motors.

The director of the museums at
Hull, England, traced a matchbox
containing 12 rare moths to the
British museum for a skeleton of

a whale. 2215

Season arrives for snap-shooting and
what a paradise for the boy or girl
who owns a camera.

school with one room or a great uni-
versity your opportunity for snap-
shooting is unlimited, providing you
use your eyes and the proper amount
of good judgment. Just as a.news-
paper reporter develops a “nose for
news’ just so you should develop an

shots of the school building or build-
ings, as the case may be,
will want them; but what about pic-
tures of new classmates,
old friends,
practice, tne basketball team leaving
for a game out of town and many!
other
tures?

what kind of 2 camera you have you,
can take pictures under certain con-
ditions with
that, for record purposes, are about’ est aperture, set your shutter speed |:
as good as those made with an ex-}
pensive folding model. |

eSNAPSHOT CUILDy

School’s Ahead. Snapshoot
When You Go.

; In later years, when you are an alumnus, you will get your greatest enjoy«
ment as you look back over the pictures you snapped at school.

With the opening of schools a new

Whether you go to a little country

‘eye for snapshots.”
There are, of course, the obvious

and you

teachers, '

baseball and football

interesting story-telling pic- |

It doesn’t make any difference |

a dollar box camera

Did you ever think of taking action|

pictures with a box|camera? It can|
be cone. Suppose you are sitting in| ment to gain knowledge of your sub-
the grandstand watching an exciting
football or baseball game.
cipate an exciting play — full of |
action. If the light is good and you!
are two hundred or more feet from
the scene of action ycu will get your
picture. At that distance, of course,

You anti-

your images will be small but an en-

largement of the point of interest in
the snapshot will give you a picture
you will be proud to show to your
friends.

When taking action pictures with
a box camera don’t snap the picture
while the subject is whizzing directly
across your line of vision. Always
shoot at an angle of approximately
45 degrees.

For those who ere not familiar
with diaphragm openings and shutter
speeds let me explain that a box
camera opened to its largest “stop,”
or lens opening, is comparable to ap-
proxiamtely f.11 on a folding camera |
and the shuttereworks at approxim-
ately 1-25 of a second.

If you are fortunate enough to own
a camera with a fast lens and shut-
ter, that is a different story. Suppose,
fer instance, that your camera hes
an £.6.3 or £.4.5 lens with shutter
speeds up to 1.300 of a second. You
are a fortunate person for you can
get much closer to the scene of ac-
tion. Open the diaphragm to its larg-

at 1-100, 1-200 or 1-300, depending on

the speed of the action and fire
away.
In school you study snd experi-

ject. The sarne system applies to
Suapshooting. Study your camera and
experiment and you will find it will
pay you profitable dividends in inter- |
esting, story-telling pictures that you
will enjoy looking at for years to
come,

Balance Wheel Of World

Scandinavian Countries Are Setting
Nations A Good Example
According to William S. Knudson,
executive vice-president of the Gen-
eral Motors Corporation, Scandinavia
is “the balance wheel of the world.”
Certainly Sweden, Norway and
Denmark are setting the world an
example of countries keeping their
heads on their shoulders and their
feet on the ground, when all about
them is strife and turmoil, upheaval
and uncertainty.
They are not big countries. The
combined area of the three is only
about 315,000 square miles and their
combined population not much more
than 12,000,000. They lie in latitudes
that breed hardiness and make men
work for a living. There is nothing
‘enervating about them.
The Scandinavian peoples are pa-
triotic and liberty-loving. They are
not easily swept off their feet by
those who promise them the millen-
jum. With crowns toppling all about
them and dictators springing up,
they have clung conservatively to
their constitutional monarchies. They
have been blessed by ‘intelligent and
sympathetic sovereigns. “
The Scandinavians are clean living
and honest. They believe in paying
their debts and taxes. Although they
inherit a tradition of war and ad-
venture, they have put war out of
their hearts and minds.
The Swedes, Norwegians and Danes
have contributed some of the best
blood that flows in English veins and
today constitute one of the finest
strains in our own population.
Countries do not have to be big
to be great—Detroit Free Press.

Smile Is Never Wasted

Being Pleasant Great Help In

*Making Life Easier
When a woman entered a certain
cafeteria, the first thing she observed
was the serious, almost disagreeable,
expressions on the faces of the
women attendants behind the long
counters. None of them even raised

Way To Find Markets For
Our Agricultural Products
Is Through Wide

Publicity

“I believe that the greatest objec-
tive of any province should be to
find markets for its agricultural pro-
ducts through advertising and special
articles in newspapers, the prepara-
tion of goods to attract attention,
and favorable and efficient distribu-
tion and selling agencies.” Th's de-
claration was made by Hon. Frank
Carrel, M.L.C., President of the Que-
bee Chronicle-Telegraph, at a lunch-
eon of the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion. It was “Canadian Press Day.”

“As a journalist,” he said, “I have
never ceased to preach the doctrine
that in our agricultural production
we should not fail to appreciate that
we must not only study the needs,
even the whims and strange fancies
of those to whom we want to sell, but
we must also realize that our farm
products must be advertised in the
world today in the same manner as
manufactured goods are advertised.

“Once we have satisfied ourselves
that we can produce foodstuffs that
are required in the world markets
our next duty is to prepare the goods
in the way our customers want them,
and the third and most important of
all is to let the world know what we
have done and what we have fo cell.

“How many people in the world
know that Canadian wheat is of su-
perior quality and is a necessary in-
gredient in order to make the best
bread; that maple syrup used in
place of sugar on our fruits, such as
strawberries, raspberries, blueberries,
etc., accentuates the flavor and the
taste to a delicious degree; that there
is soil in Western Canada that pro-
duces a peerless apricot; that the fish
caught off the Gaspe coast have a
special quality of flesh and a superior
taste; that Ontario possesses a vast
fertile fruit area, producing excellent
grape for domestic wines; or that the
fine soil of Canada from east to west
makes it possible to bcost success-
fully our agricultural products as
being of exceptional quality, if we
only use printers’ ink to tell the story
in the same way that we advertise
our manufactured goods.

Mr. Carrel stressed the advantatge

of living within the British Empire,

wished.

ing!”,
Without exception,

answered with a smile. \

there, she found that each face would
light up with a smile of pleasure and
good comradeship when she came in.
Even amid the rush of their work
they would take time to make some
pleasant remark.

This game, “a chain of smiles,” as
she calls it, she has been playing for
many years, and her business takes
her over most of the United States
and into other countries. Waiters,
clerks at hotel desks, clerks in stores,
post-office employees, bootblacks,
janitors, and scrubwomen, all are her
companions in the game; and she has
found that a smile is never wasted.—
Christian Science Monitor.

Educating Native Girls

Widow In Anchorage, Alaska, Has
Adopted Seyenth Child
A widow of many years, who had
dedicated her life to aiding unfortun-
ate children of the Far North, has
taken steps to adopt her seventh na-
tive child.
Mrs. Corinne Call, of Eklutna, fyled
a petition with United States Com-
missioner Thomas C. Price for the
adoption of an Alaskan, 10 years old.
During her residence in Alaska, Mrs.
Call, a native of Washington, D.C.,
has adopted six native girls, most of
whom are now adults. Two are mar-
ried, another is taking instruction in
beauty culture in Seattle.
Their adopted mother has provided
them with good educations, and two
are in school at Eklutna. One is
dead.

their eyes when they asked what sho
With a smile she said, “Good morn-

each in turn
looked up astonished, pleased, and

After only a few times of going

with every unit excelling in some
agricultural or manufactured pro-
duct, but all helping one another by
their individual efforts to reach world
fame for Empire products and Em-
pire manufactured goods.

“If we can educate our people in
the desired direction by setting such
an objective before them,’ he said,
“we shall fill the receptive minds of
our youth with a commercial com-
petitive spirit in a cause not only in-
teresting and worth while but helpful
to them as well.

“We cannot blame our youth for
losing their grip on things unless we
take the time to arouse their ambi-
tion and enthusiasm to become inter-
ested in making a farm pay.

“There never was a better time to
do this than the present, with five
Canadian Provinces under farm Pre-
miers.

“Let us induce our boys to be as
enthusiastic over a farm and the
raising of agricultural products as
they are now over sports and we
shall be assisting them to obtain em-
ployment and achieve greater proge
ress towards commercial recovery.”

Chinese Philosophy

American Born Oriental Has Right
Idea About People

Harry Carr, in the Los Angeles

Times, says:

“My friend, Richard Tongg, is a

Chinese, born in Hawaii. “Anyone

living in a community like this,” he

says, “could easily poison his life by

race hatreds and racial prejudices.

“I have found that the best way

When anyone abuses a race of people

is instantly to close your ears to it

and call to mind some member of

that race whem you have found to be

admirable.

“I am American born and all my

Most noted of her adopted children’)
is Miss Melba Call, who has been
lind since childhood. She is a teacher)
of blind native boys and girls at the}
Eklntra school, where Mrs. Call also |

ds 4 teacher |

What Price Education |
Joe worked as checker in a muni-
tions plant. He learned one day, by
interviewing the laborers eiceed
truckloads of shells he tallied, that
they got $10 and time and a half}
overtime, while his wages were only
$5 a day. He then interviewed the
foreman of his floor, asking to be
reduced from checker to laborer.
“Can't do it,” replied the foremar
testily. “Why, you're the only man|

JOHN VAN GUILDER,

among 'em who can read and write.” | what a marriage license co:

interests and thoughts are American,
but I have had some tough deals
from Americans. I could concentrate
my mind on these people; but J pre-
fer to think of the Americans whose
unselfishness and generosity made it
possible for me to get a university
education and to whom I have never
turned in vain for help.

“I don’t believe there are such
things as racial characteristics. It is
nearly all environment... .

“The best way is to meet all men
with hope and trust—ard take them
as you find them- without preconce
ed notions. You will be surprised.

“How much money woulda a
need to marry you, Emma?”
“Come, now, Hattie, you

man

know

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