E irou o New. York Times Eighty At Saskatchewan Beach An unusually fine sight was wit- nessed recently by a Regina man, J. G. MeKechnie, when from a boat off Beach he watched a Arthur Eliot Sproule, writing inj the New York Times says: “True though it be that we are all undouvt- edly gettfng more and more ‘inter- nationally minded,’ yet the job is so enormous that, for most of us, only the very biggest foreign events seem able to catch our attention—great things like the naval conference in _ London and the Soviet attitude to- ward religion, for example. So true is this that — possibly be- cause our mental eyes get a trifle out of focus by looking at distant objects—we are often startled to find how little we are seeing of events that lie under our very noses, as it were. ‘Take Canada, for example. What do most of us know of this great and growing nation that stretches at our very doors, Its progress fully mer- its the word “astounding,” and yet few Americans know anything about it. For instance: ‘The port of Halifax has increased its tonnage by 40 per cent. in twelve months. The port of St. John, rank- ing after Montreal and Vancouver in the amount of traffic handled, but first among Canada’s winter ports, has. the largest dry dock in the world. Moving west, Quebec pro- duces 85 per cent. of the world’s sup- ply of asbestos. Water-power pro- jects are being successfully brought into operation, and other great and far-reaching changes have taken place. ® Suppose you were asked to name the greatest port on the Atlantic Coast, after New York—would you "2 Convenience In the Poultry House Work Should Be Made As Easy As Possible . When building a poultry house it is a matter of importance to see to it that it is not only located at a point easy to reach, but also that it shall be so arranged that the work of at- tending to the birds be made as easy as possible. The more convenient it is to do the work about the poul- try house the surer it is that it will be done, ~ As the women of the farm usually | look after the poultry, the work should be made as easy as possible. If the distance to be covered In going back and forth to the poultry house is twice as far as it need be the amount of extra walking thus involv- ed may have the effect of adding drudgery to the task. The new bul- letin No, 182, of the Department of Agriculture, at Ottawa, “Poultry House Construction,” goes fully into the question of planning, and makes the observation that not only should the house be accessible, but the inter- nal arrangement ought to be such that the work may be done with the least amount of labor. Among other suggested conveniences is the gate that swings both ways. The feeder may be carrying two pails of water or feed, a gate that swings either Way may be opened without stopping ‘to set down the pails. A barrow load of gravel, or the laying of a plank will enable one to pass over a wet place dry-shod. Another recommendation is the answer ? Yet it is a fact that the harbor of Montreal, 1,000 miles from the sea, is the second port on the North American Continent, New York only being greater. At Sault Ste. Marie the canals carry more traffic than the Suez, Panama and Manchester Ship canals combined. Winnipeg, the centre of the wheat country, has taken on added impor- tance as the headquarters of a new mineral area, and it may well be that in the future the mineral pro- ducts of the Province of Manitoba will vie for supremacy with the Province’s enormous grain re- sources. Further west again, Turner Valley, Alberta, has drawn the of P ig of a feed box in which sup- plies may be kept close to where they are needed. In poultry keep- ing, as in other farm work, labor is an important item, and in the build- ing and equipping of a poultry house every consideration should be given to means that may be taken to re- duce labor, Winnipeg Newspaper Union Ls Tapio 322 the world to its potentialities as an oil producer. On the Pacific Coast, Canada pos- sesses vast wealth, notably in her lumber resources, and there are vast a mines in the mountains. Passing to world trade, observe that Canada leads all other nations ~ in the production of newsprint, nick- el, asbestos and cobalt. She takes second place in the production of wheat and automobiles, and third place in the output of lead and gold. ‘As an exporter she stands sixth among the nations of the world. According to recently issued trade statistics for the year 1929, Canada holds, fifth place in aggregate import and export trade, second place in export and total trade per capita, third place in favorable trade bal- ance, and second place in favorable trade balance per capita. There is no need to be wearisome, but it is surely well to face even a few salient facts such as the fore- going. We have quite a neighbor up north!” Preparing To Ship Fish By Airplane Commercial Air Lines Around Great Lakes Will Speed Up ‘Transportation Other than flying fish will soon take to the air in changing their hab- _ itat from the Great Lakes to Ameri- can cities. Commercial air lines around the Great Lakes, both in Canada and the United States, are preparing to trans- port whitefish, pickerel and other edible varieties of fish, from the shores of the Great Lakes to the railhead for quick shipment. It is said that the movement of fish from inland lakes to railway contact by air has been successfully and economically accomplished in other localities and since the greatest in- dustry of the great northwest is fish- ing, this outcome is anticipated. Wonder will this reformed calen- VY 7029 PRETTY HOUSEWEAR All Tingey models are created in Paris and sketched by her there. The patterns are made and adapted for American women in New York by American patternmakers. Fashion seldom wayers in her affection for spots. They have so fresh and trim an effect. They are chic, too, and add an air of charm White spots on a blue groupd were chosen for this attractive \housefrock. The trims wére white. | The neck line merging into two front pieces on the bodice has a very slimming effect, which is helped still further by the point on the skirt. 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How To Order Patterns Address—Winnlpeg Newspaper Union, 176 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg Pattern No-...—..— Blse..... flock of 70 or 80 swans sweep down from the sky and alight on the water near him, like a great flotilla of yachts. Mr. MeKechnie, though he has lived in the west 88 years, says that never before had he seen any swans at close quarters during the annual migration to.or from their Arctic breeding grounds. Yet - the swan is by no means uncommon dur- ing those periods, When he noticed the flock first he took the birds for geese, then for pelicans, but as they circled rapidly Around in the form of a crescent and alighted practically as one, his doubts were removed as to their be- ing swans, They were about the size of pelicans. None of the birds showed any uneasiness at the pres- ence of the boat, and swam about on the smooth surface of the lake quite unconcernedly. Mr. McKechnie described the call as “most peculiar, calling and an- swering each other almost like a dog barking, but hoarser.” This raised the question among some of those in- terested in bird lore as to what spe- cies of swans did these migrants be- long? Unless there is indispensable evi- dence to the contrary, the only swan likely to be seen in these parts, or anywhere else in Canada for that matter, is the whistler. Its larger H. R. Mathewson, who has come from a similar position in Toronto, to become general passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, west- ern lines, at Winnipeg, succeeding R. G. MeNeillie. Colorado Grain Growers Coming To Exhibition Will Be Well Represented When 1932 Show Opens The growers of San Luis Valley, Colorado, U.S.A., will be well repre- sented at the World's Grain Exhibi- tion, at Regina, 1932, according to reported activities of the Farm Bu- reau Federation. Among other plans relative, the tr swan, is now on the verge of ex- tinction, and few have ever seen it in life. Yet call heard by Mr. McKechnie did not appear to fit the whistling swan so closely as that ascribed to the trumpeter, Ornithologists who have been queried on the matter were, however, frankly skeptical, doubting if as many as 70 trumpeting swans exist- ed in all Canada. Canadian Steamer Was First Crossed Atlantic In 1833 Without Using Sails Although some records state the first steamship crossing of the At- Jantic was made in 1819, it is believed that a Canadian built ship, sailing from a Canadian port, first made the entire voyage under steam, some years later. d Though nominally steamers, such ships in the time of 1819, relied al- most entirely on sails, when crossing the ocean, the engine, at a low rate of speed, being used only when head winds prevailed. This manner of navigating the long distance was a practice for a number of years. In 1833, the “Royal William,” of 180 horse-power, and 1,000 burden, was built at Three Rivers, Que., on the Lower St. Lawrence, for the pur- pose of plying between Nova Scotia and Cowes, Isle of Wight. She is be- lieved to be the first ship to make the entire voyage across the Atlantic by steam. The occasion marked a for the imp) ent of crops the bu- reau will give special attention to weed control, the securing of pure seed and the “preparation of a val- ley-wide exhibit at the World's Seed Show, Regina, Canada, in 1932.” The States of Montana will also be represented according to a letter received at exhibition headquarters from A. H. Stafford, commissioner, Department of Agriculture. Mr. Staf- ford says, ‘It is the plan of this de- partment to prepare and exhibit grain at your conference in 1932. Will you kindly forward to us at this time detailed instructions as to the requirements for establishing such relations with you.” When Motorist Should Rest No Man Has Right To Drive When He Becomes Drowsy Although the busy motoring sea- son has just started, the first acci- | dent caused by a driver falling asleep | at the wheel has been reported. Three “New York motorists were injured when a car driven by a man so ex- hausted that he fell asleep at the | wheel went into a ditch. This is the kind ef accident that should never happen. No man has |any right to drive a car when he |is in such a condition that he is apt to become drowsy. Common- sense should tell any car driver when he is nearing the limit of en- durance, and he should then be pre- pared to sacrifice time for safety by pulling off the highway and sleeping fora length of time to rest new era in t i tion, introducing a more powerful and faster class of boat, relying on the use of steam for motive power. Huge Bridge Nearing Completion ‘The bridge over the harbor at Syd- ney, Australia, is nearing completion. The structure, costing . $20,000,000, has a span of 1,650 feet, and accom- modates a roadway 57 feet wide, four electric tracks and two ten-foot foot- ways. It is estimated that changes in temperature will cause a maxi- mum expansion of 14 inches. The bridge is the world’s largest of its type. Or Fairly Good Top windshield is cracked side; is on left his faculties. It might mean the dif- ference of a few hours in reaching his destination, but on the other hand it might mean the difference be- Interesting Tip For American Editors anadian "Pores Growd sb Could Be Stimulated By 2 Scientific Management Will Visit Annapolis Where First Wheat Was Raised On This Continent When the members of the Ameri-| can Agricultural Editors’ As | make their tour of Eastern Canada in June, they will visit two places | which will likely be of particular in- terest to ther. At Annapolis, Nova Houses In India Closed At Sunrise 4 estimate of the total forest eS | Production of Canada for 1928 has Intense Heat and Scorching Winds | Just been completed by the forest Scotia, the first cultivation of the soil | Miles) This een Pee eee oe emaetorts jase in Canada was done by the French| Probably no other part of the) | aes i Jas is eatlena Cali nobleman, de Monts, in 1605, In that| World supporting a large popula) (Mi & aor Products of operations year and at that place was grown| tion experiences such intensely hot |” r uae rf the unmanufactured tho first wheat ever ralsed in Amer-|Webther as ‘Northweatern™Indiay| = sem cub im CansAlait toneetaig ca and there, in the same year, was | Writing of the west wind that | piri pease EAE 3 erected the first water wheel on the | blows in the Punjab from the sandy| Am estimate has also been made of North American continent to turn a| Wastes of the Indus region during | the extent to which the: forests are millstone for the grinding of wheat. | the hotter part of the year, the Rey. | being depleted annually in the pro- When the party of/editors, repre- | J- M. Merk says: “A denizen of the| C&sS of exploiting these materials. senting most of the leading agricul- | temperate zone can hardly realize the | For this purpose converting factors tural publications in the United | desiccating, truly scorching heat of | based on actual reasurements have States, visit Quebec City, they may | the wind. When exposed-to it one | been used. Each of these factors stand upon the very spot where the |™4y imagine he is facing an open | Tepresents in cubic feet the quantity first real Canadian farmer, Louis |furnace. The thermometer rises in| Of standing timber that must be cut = Hebert, who landed, in 1617, at a, the shade to over 120 degrees. After | in the forest in order to produce one 7 in the morning, save of necessity,| it of the material in question, known in the city as Upper Town, | "0 European leaves his house, and | based on the total cubic contents of began to clear the land. His tools | Should business oblige him to do so, | the tree. By the use of these fac- were an axe and a spade, but hehe must protect himself with a sun-| ie has been estimated that the planted field crops and apple trees, | Shade and a thick head-covering. At | '°" Fed production of 1928 ius Three joined him in the following | Sunrise, or soon after 5 o'clock, hous- | VV" ree ot ee year. In another 20 years there were | €S must be closed, only a small door} " Ger & deed timber. This several hundred farmers in the vicin-| being left open for communication | Cae a y the annual depletion | ity, who had come from France. By| With the outside world. So long as) fe to ft nmist be added) the 167 over 14,000 acres were under |the hot winds blow strongly and | ¥" Rae are annually destroy- crop and 3,000 cattle grazed upon the | steadily, rooms may be kept in some aren bard A exceeds 900,000,000 pasture land. measure cool by means of “tatties,”| ee: of merchantable timber From these small beginnings, agri-| OF grass screens, set up in front of | eral peer os 1,200,000 acres. culture has grown in Canada to be|the doorway and continually sprin-| (°° ony ona une entrey, AUeUa ee the basic industry of the country. | kled with water, or by the fan vanes |) eae a jee = es the an. zy When de Monts sowed the first wheat | of the so-called “‘thermantidote,” 0° ssa more than ree os on this continent, he no doubt little | which a servant keeps revolving and ||). ae ly_ more 4,783,000,000 thought that over three hundred | sprinkled with water. At night the | : years later Canada would be the larg-|Punkah is worked. At length, in| A total depletion of 4,788,000,000 est exporter of wheat in the world, | June, the hot winds cease to blow cubic feet per annum does not neces- ay and the second largest producer of | and are followed by a calm, and now | sarily imply that the total resources — wheat. Nor was it likely that he | indeed the heat is truly fearful. Grass | “T° reduced by that amount every — thought when he erected his primi- Screens and thermantidotes avail | Y°#" and the supply will therefore — tive flour mill that ultimately flour naught. | be exhausted in forty-seven years. milling would be the most important | Lowell Thomas, in a description of | Estimating the probable duration of industry in Canada connected with | 4 journey through the Khyber Pass | supply of forest products is not a the field crops of the country. Over | into Afghanistan, tells of the “heat-| ™Stter of simple arithmetic. The 20,890,000 barrels of flour were pro-|'stroke” huts that have been erected | #te of utilization Is far from con- duced last year from the 1,920 mills | by the government at intervals of a| eran tenfs:to {ncredse pram in Canada, which have a total daily | few miles along the road from Pesha-| "covery Of DEW uses for wood, the capacity of 150,000 barrels per day.| war to Fort Jamrud, at the British | "Crease im population and the — eee eee end of the famous pass. These small rca aes nets ve oe H stone structures are for the benefit ler countries whose Makes a Difference of travellers who are overcome by | “UPPles have been reduced to a great- Milking Mechanical Cow Is Not Like | heat while trekking along the cara-|°" ©