¢ een d i > = ae fe %y s om 4 Placing: twin ) cross the Atlantic to Canada later in ce £ able the gay, cheering throngs, most ves them picturesquely costumed, to picious weather, the dirigible aver- c aged about sixty-two miles an hour. ; nerved thelr ie petal pre- the aig faith In the future of or ntow ai ip after a series! lents to lighter. bias machines had largely dis- bert thelr value in the opinion of} Ake coalbiee The recent flight of shafen | any, to the » Holy Land,) and its safe return, however, | will go far to vindicate the decision to evel the dirigibie further tests before it in the discard, and inter | be correspondingly heighten. | eed in the maiden voyage of the new British craft that is expected the year. But much more ains to be done before the dirigible can be accepted as a permanent factor in ®erial transportation. | The Graft Zeppelin returned to her base, completing a voyage of 5,000) duration, the exact time having been | 8! hours and $1 minutes. This was the second long cruise of the giant Cirigible and in mileage exceeded that of cither the trip to the United States or the return trip of last year. En route outward bound the Girigible passed over Lyons and Mar- seilles, France; Corsica, Rome, Mes- sina, Corfu, Crete, Cyprus, Haifa, Jerusalem, Crete and Athens, then back along the Adriatic Sea by way of Hungary to Vienna, Ulm and Friedrichshafen. As on its Atlantic trip Iast year, the dirigible encountered rough weather shortly after it started eastward. On the first night out high winds made cruising as dan- §erous, Dr. Eckener, its navigator, explained, as it was off Newfound- Jand, on the return trip to Germany last year. Perhaps the most strik- ing paradox of these modern times came with the arrival of the Zeppe- lin over the Holy Land, where the means of transportation are still mainly what they were thousands of years ago—camels and donkeys. The airship was first sighted off the Mediterranean coast seaport of Jaffa in the afternoon of Tuesday, March 26, the large German colony, locat- ed at the foot of Mount Carmel, giv- ing it a particularly warm reception. Spectacularly, however, the most « H vps DS Suecess In Two Years Englishman came ley,” I urther Tests indicate Their Worth Ts a ee Now mvADcUL, SUMAS a AND MATSQUI- x MATSQUI Called was Turkey! to sell commercial feeds, the value} King Of Fraser Valley Two years after Jesse Throssell| tein content. to British Columbia from Bed-| mysterious expen trom Friedrich. | £tOshire, England, he | the “Turkey King of the Fraser Val- & fertile farming country near Vancotver. In the spring of 1927, a | few month after his arrival on the farm he bought in the Fraser Val- ley, Mr. Throssell sent to England | for two pure-bred hen turkeys and }one tom turkey, and with this nu- jcleus raised a flock of seventy birds | that year. in the autumn of 1928 he| successfully grown in Bastern Can It represents some constituent in feeds styled/ which animals must have before they can be expected to give the Dairyiten Urged To Grow Own Protein Will Pay Botter Than Commercial Feed Says Experimental Farm Man | The word “protein” is coming to be better understood by dairymen than it once was, It is the chief “talking | point” of those whose business it is} of which is based largely on “pro highest returns. It is generally true that live stock feeds can be more cheaply grown on | the farm than they can be purchased outright through the trade, It is also true, writes R. A. Derrick, Central | experimental Farm, Ottawa, that the high protein crops that can be} ready for the market. He exhibited| more, will not replace entirely the at the Vancouver Winter Fair 1928, al and special prize for the best pair.| the farmer from live stock products, had between 500 and 600 turkeys| ada, are relatively few, and, further | | winning the principal prizes in the classes which he entered, in- miles and of three and a half days’) “Mg gold medals and first prize} for tho best turkey, and first prize| gin of profit ordinarily obtained by in| concentrated feeds that are offered on the market. Nevertheless, with | the present price of commercial feeds, together with the small mar- He also won in the dressed turkey) it seemes good business to substitute | classes. Six dressed turkeys which|as much of the high priced commer- weighed ‘a total of 156 pounds were) put up at auction and sold to the! Lieutenant-Governor of British Col- umbia for $187.80. For the best bird of the lot the Lieutenant-Governor paid $45; it weighed 27 pounds. Mr. Throssell recently shipped a number of turkeys to Australia for breeding purposes. Crushed Oats For Horses Under Certain Conditions, For working horses with good teeth there appears to be little ad- vantage from crushing the oat ra- An experiment carried on at the experimental farm, at Ottawa, ordinary work showed that each group, con-| When we consider, however, that an sisting of four horses, lost exactly thrity-five pounds during a period of 135 days hard labour, Commenting on the ex- A periment, the Dominion Animal Hus- handman points out in his annual re- port, published by the Department of at Ottawa, horses with defective teeth, or indi- viduals that are inclined to bolt their by| feed without masticating it, there is tion. with horses the same Agriculture, Advantage doing amount of came) Palestine had gathered to partici- pate in this year’s extraordinary the whole season. in in using the when fiying over Tel Aviv, on the] crushed grain, which is also useful day of rejoicing commemorating the/for foals during the period of denti- Biblical story of Queen Esther | tion. It is also pointed out that in _ ‘Throngs of visitors from all parts of | the horses receiving the crushed oats there were no cases of colic during by masquerades, ,balls and street par- Trades. The great dirigible descend- ed to a height sufficiently low to en- read easily the airship's name. At Gifferent places in Tel Aviv small bags were dropped containing mail. _ Jerusalem, where many of the Zeppelin's twenty-seven passengers expected to receive the deepest thrill, ‘of the cruise, was reacheed in the ‘dusk of the evening, so that little of - {t could be seen, though the ship cir- cled the Holy City for a full hour. ‘Press despatches told of turbulent Moslem sheikhs gazing from cen- turies-old roof toups and erying “Allah, may thy name be praised; bow great are thy wonders!” On its way homeward, favored by aus- Association Gritish Empire Naturalists’ Associa-~ tion Has Established Branch In B.C. The British Empire Naturalists’ | Association of London, England, has} established a branch of the organiz-~ ation in British Columbia to deal with matters regarding the record- ing of Nature notes, arrival and de- parture of wild birds, the dissemina- tion of-literature dealing with natur- al history, the protection of wild life) Nature reserves and sanc-| speci "fed in a state of olson, formerly Editor of “The London, has been appo er with offices at Sea View, Landing, B.C. Natural History Shooting Times,’ Ss f Venus ‘The temperature 0 thought to be about 10 degrees pe zero, Fahrenheit, both day and ow MU 1782 ‘World Feed Grain Supply The total feed grain crop from re- porting countries, which are practic- ally confined to the Northern Hemis- excluding Russia and China, figures for which are difficult of access, is now, however, estimated] be about 184,000,000 short tons, being an increase of approximately 6 per cent. over 1927, and 5.6 per five-year phere and cent. over Canada and U.S. Practically Only Countries Showing Increased Production the Thus the greater part of crease which habitually Millions For Highways Saskatchewan To Spend $20,000,000 On Roads In Next Four Years With the increase in farm settle- export have ment throughout the Saskatchewan, demand for farmers. improved harvested a province there is a constant roads from In order to help meet this \demand the provincial government ‘has decided to spend $20,000,000 on roads in Saskatchewan during the) side by side. Crushed Feed Can Be Used With farm that for average. the is derived from countries) movement, is being assembled. surplus} stock, chiefly the United States and) the Eskimo and Indian, and the Canada, from which a 9.5 per cent.| populating of the great spaces of the iuicrease is reported, while the im porting countries for the second suc- cessive year, and with an insignifi- cant carryover, comparatively inadequate supply. in-| ers, who will have cial feeds as possible by the home grown product. Among the field crops widely grown in Eastern Canada, peas alone can be classed as relatively igh in protein. This crop averages close to 20 per cent. protein. Wheat, oats and barley are aljJ rather low in protein, generally running be- tween 9 and 10 per cent. Since we have, at the present time, a fairly wide choice of varieties, in so far as earliness {is concerned, there is little difficulty in selecting varieties of different crops that ma- ture at the same time. The quesion of harvesting has al- ways been against peas as a grain crop and probably has been partly responsible for the lack of interest in this crop, writes Mr. Derrick early variety of peas grown with a strong strawed early wheat or oat variety can be harvested with a bind- er and cured as other straight grain crops are, it removes a diffi- culty that can be appreciated by all who haye grown peas for grain. To thosé who are paying out reg- ularly a substantial part of their gross income to the feed merchant this subject should be a reminder that the crops that can be grown or the farm can be fed more generous: ly and more economically than put- chased feeds. Alaska Reindeer For Barren Lands First Movement Into Northwest Territories To Commence This Year The first movement of Alaska reindeer into the so-called barren lands of the northwest territories will commence this year, states Maj- or D. L. McKean, assistant director of the northwest territory and Yu- kon branch, Department of the In- terior, who was in Edmonton recent- ly. | The first appropriation for the pur- pose for a sum of $50,000 is now go- ing through, and the necessary | equipment for the two Porsild broth- charge of the Creation of a new meat supply for territory from Great Bear lake to Hudson Bay with reindeer herds was decided upon following an intensive survey. Alfalfa Varieties Compared Variety Found To Be the} Most Dependable | Of the different varieties of alfal- fa grown under Manitoba conditions Grimm has proved itself to be per- | Grimm | of haps the most dependable. The Brandon Experimental Farm con- ducted tests on eleven different farms in the province, using the two varieties, Grimm and Macsel grown Each farmer received| next four years. One million dollars} enough seed to grow one-quarter of} | | miles will be completed. | will be spent this year on grayelling| an acre of each of these two varict- |highways and by next fall 1,000| ies. While the yields of hay from the Two thou-| plots were not weighed, the condi- | sand miles of additional improved | tions observed indicated clearly that inted Record-| Year programme. Gibson's j Caller (trying to house): “Beg pardon, bell): than I've had!” On New far York's js| looking for a man.” | Spinster (who ans »| highways are included in the locate lady, ered the door mi about three miles an hour, congestion is said to cost the city) from 129,000 in 1927, to 169,000 in $500,000,000 annually. 1928 Uncle: “I suppose you two are put It Happened In Turkey ting something by for a rainy day?”| The recent census in Turkey, tak- Young wife (brightly): “Oh, rath-/en by order of Kemal Pasha, has)» er We're saving up hard for a closed! brought about an amusing episode in car. Throw censit + tukers had put d name of Custom + ia a “pair of silk) camel, Haroun Kaba, + 5 sum- stockings for my wife. : g 9 - moned for jury duty. He was broug ety poeta jury y. He was brought four| the Grimm was not only the higher| | thorough s vehicular traffic jogs along | yielder, but hardier, and came on| earlier in the season than the Mac-| | friend's) sel variety. but I'm Gritish Columbia Leads In Sheep While every province in Canada “I hope you have better-luck| last year. registered an increase in the sheep population, the gain in Pritish Columbia from the stand point of percentage led all others al) according to the Bureau of Statis his| tics’ figures, which show an increase to the court b Seat his owners. Custorfer: My good girl, if she was : s, solute nuisance 8 7 & y —_- = “You are = fae washing. if here Vd_let ber buy them herself. The Mean Husband: “If you lost with your ayeN Si have to buy a “a ea |me, you would have to beg for this goes on'T ae Rial % The gincient sport of Japan, fenc-| money.” pecond shirt.” —UIk, ing 4s pyill taught to the children. It} Harassed Wife: “Well, it would - is part, ¢ their regular school work.| come fairly natural.” —— &, y Riders on EWws kt Ne While most of it members are try- ing hard to qualify for the 500 mile button it is a remarkable fact that more ‘members of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies have ridden upwards of 2,600 miles of trail than haye qualified only for the thousand mile badge. That there are now over a thousand members endeavouring to improve their mileage standing also demonstrates the success the organ: ization has attained during its few short seasons of existence. The Annual Official Trail Ride and Pow-wow is cach year attracting new riders and a wider interest. This year's ride, lasting four days, fixed to start on August Ist. The plans are that the start should be from Banff and the ride continue up Healy Creek and Sun: shine Valley to Simpson Pass, where the first camp would be pitched. The second camp would be on the shores of Shadow Lake under Mount Ball. This would allow of a side trip part- ly by pony and partly on foot to the marvellously beautiful Egypt Lakes. Mr. A. O. Wheeler, veteran Alpinist, ‘Trall Riders at the Glacter Ford. is Who has surveyed this territory, [| of the opinion that it includes some of the most wonderful mountain scenery in the Canadian Rockies, but except for Alpine climbers and an eacassional hunter this area is prac: tically virgin territory. Shadow Lake has excellent camp ing ground, and the Canadian Pacific is building a rest house, as the pro- posed trail will undoubtedly attract many rides after the Trail Riders have gone over it. The last day's ride will be over another ridge, end- ing up at Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp on the Banff-Windermere Highway about noon. Here the Pow- wow will be held. There is a minia- ture golf course at this Bungalow Camp, said to be the highest in the British Empire. A few days after this four-day ride, & more ambitious long distance tide to last about 17 days is being planned for the Columbia Icefields from Lake Louise. This will he limited to twenty riders exclusive of guides, and those who participate must hold at least the 100-mile (sil- ver) button of the Order. a a Alberta Honey High Quality Product That Command a Premium In South- ern Markets “Southern Alberta bee the bees of California” said J. age sample of koney was submitted. He sold in competition. He: “I've never seen such dreamy before!” Music Teacher: “What ‘opus?’’” 1s Pupil: “It's what you holler when you call the cat!” Can keepers produce better honey than is gen- erally found elsewhere and which would command a premium over the best orange blossom brand made by E. Wing, of Cottonwood, California, bee and honey expert, to whom an aver- Southern Alberta thought that the premium would be about three cents if Alberta honey were graded and if the two honeys were You've never stayed so late an Canada’s Fruit Tenor Large Amount Paid For Various Fruits and Vegetables Canada, growing the finest apples in the world, imported $1,124,000 worth of apples last year, The imports of other fruits, such as grown in Canada, were as fol- lows: Grapes, $1,189,000; melons, $198,000; peaches, $663,000; pears, $928,000; plums, $544,000, and strawberries, $832,000. The same conditions apply to veg- etables,of which we imported over eight and a half million dollars’ worth last year, including half a mil- lion dollars’ worth of onions, over three-quarters of a million dollars’ worth of potatoes, and a million and a half dollars’ worth of tomatoes. “You said you want me to give your friend literary work? 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No, 11017—Designs for chil- Taiahes « aad wesaees ween baere eae es Birmingham, England, Has Queer left his bed in the street and forgot to come back for it? For several months the bed, complete with mat- tress, has held a top place in a vast store of articles of every description Which have stood as memortes of the forgetfulness of Mr. Birmingham. the rest, for three stethoscopes had thelr place sale of street finds. Here are some of the other “lots'!:— opener. sword. which the police hundred and one oddments, knocked down for a shilling, or so, contained syringe. Improvement In National Parks Over 400 Miles Of Highways Have uational parks steady progress is be- ing made in opening stinding points of scenic beauty to motorist and tourist. and construction work carried out| %quipment that is simple during 1928 by the National Parks) that leaves a permanent imprint may Franch of the Canadian Government} now be obtained, and careful breed= Department of the Interior greatly! crs should welcome such a system increased the facilities for the com: | of branding their animals in order fort and enjoyment of visitors, and) to remoye all doubt regarding accu- preparations for the coming season’s| rate identification. tourist flow are now well advanced | The motor roads in the national play-| bears the signature of a dishonest grounds in the were extended during last year and| written on. A certificate of registra- considerable maintenance provement work carried out so that) careless, indifferent breeder is next there are now over 400 miles of first| to worthless. The value of any pedi- class highways in the parks, In addi-| gree is based entirely on the hon- tion the mileage of tote or toads has been increased, and new riding trails have been laid out and) grees that time will scarcely alter. completed. People Haye No Time These Days| pass out suddenly and leaye a herd body runs, finds difficulty in keeping within the speed limit. red light, he waits impatiently for| identification depended on one man the change, and then breaks at the| “ho for one reason or another was flash like a sprinter at the crack| of the gun; if he has no automobile} he runs for a street car and piles) into the first crowded one regardless of the fact that there may be an empty one just behind. seems to be going somewhere in deadly fear that somebdy else will get there ahead of him. needed is statistics as to what done in time saved by all this speed.| And it is a good guess that nine out of ten of the speedsters simply save} five minutes in order to tack it on to half an hour of loafing at the end of the trip. B.C. Professor Prophesies Big Mine sor John A. Turnbull of the Univer- sity of British Columbia, prophesied to the Vancouver Island Prospectors’ Association, ‘that 20 years hence the SS. | mines of British Columbia will be producing somewhere about $2,000,- | without a speedometer on his car.) ———— iis answer was: 1187 miles an hour, when I go 15 mile an hour, my mud-) ....| the school teacher, “is said to strike intended to pat himself on the back. Koelner Zeitung, Cologne, tt 901 “me Recommended As The Best Means Of ‘ Branding Pure-Bred Livestock The Farmer's Advocate says? Tat- tooing in our time and country 15 c considered only an eccentricity of soldiers and sailors, but it was prac- liced by pre-historic men and in dif- ferent countries it was symbolic of courage or mourning, and, in some circumstances, it had religious and soolal significance. Tattooing reach- ed its highest perfection in Poly- nesia, and even there it was crude enough, for we are told that during the operation, assistants, usually female relatives, drowned the cries of the sufferer with songs and the beating of drums. In the Mar- quessas group of islands, the men were frequently tattooed all over the body, even to the fingers and toes, and as each operation requir ed from three to six months many of them must have been 30 years of age before thoy were completely adorned. Tattooing is an old art and it is now being applied to live stock breeding in such a way 45 to pre- vent unintentional errors and decep- tion. As many as 200,000 foxes bred in captivity have been tattooed, and these are easily identified as ~ long as they live. The breeders of pure-bred Hereford cattle are al- ready tattooing, and the Jersey breeds are about to adopt the prac- tice. Tattooing would be more service- able still to the breeders of sheep and swine as a means of identifica~ tion of animals that bear fewer distinguishing marks than do cattle. It is a practice that should be made compulsory for all pure-bred live stock so as to give an added value to the certificate of registration. | and inl Many Strange, Anticles Lost j Assortinent Which Are Unclaimed Who is the Birmingham man who and == Mrs, Doctors, apparently, are as bad as at the police jumble 600 umbrellas and walking sticks, 100 ladies’ handbags, © 98 pairs of eyeglasses. Six bottles of beer, complete with False teeth. Two blood-stained daggers and a A sample box of “sundries’’ into had collected a pound of tea, a packet of biscuits, score of wireless parts and a Been Built For Comfort Of . Visitors In Canada’s 11,000 square miles of up new out- Engineering The pedigree of an animal that Western Provinces) man is not worth the paper it is and im-|tion that bears the signature of a ‘y|esty and upr of the breed- ‘er, and that is a feature of all pedi- But the breeder may be honest yet careless, or not adept at remember- mg the animals as they grow up in his pens or stalls. The breeder may An Age Of Speed or flock regarding which no one else Nowadays nobody walks — every- in the world knows anything at all- If a man owns a car he} Such things haye happened and the | wonder is that continuity has been herds where To Take Things Easy If he is held up by | maintained in many not available at the critical time. The tattoo system of identifica- tion is a most desirable and efficient means of preventing mistakes and confusion. It should be adopted by Everybody | every breeder of pure-bred live stock “in| in the land. What is} Edmonton Building Program is} Over Seven Million Dollars In Build- ing Projected For This Year According to announcement made by different business firms and gov- ernmental bodies, over $7,000,000 in building is in sight for Edmonton this year, The provincial govern- ment is planning to spend around $1,250,000 on néw construction which includes a new normal school, $500,- 000 administrative building, and a $150,000 extension to the Univeersity hospital is in prospect. Permits to |date are six times greater than the | fatal for the same period last year. Predicts Great Wealth Output In Twenty Years “It is practically certain,” Profes- Wood Widely Used : | Wood is used in more than 5,000 — 000,000 per annum, We are per-| Orticles in usee today, either in its } manently on the upgrade, and our| natural state or altered chemically, . i production and mining prosperity according to a writer in the Farm og will go on increasing. This asser- Journal. And, what is more surpris- OF THs tion is justified by statistics. Wel ing, he estimates that two-thirds of are a young country with develop-| the population of America still use th INsr, ment ahead of us, and our greatest) wood exclusively for fuel. Fk ‘ANT production will take place at a time ~ P when the supply of metals through-| There being some dispute at the TRE To out the world is running low. Con-| trial the stenographer was requested sath] THE sequently we shall be able to com-|to read the last question, EXCEL mand higher prices. This is the) Stenographer reading — “Where 1N heritage we shall leave to our chil-| were you on this occasion, if any- A Posty where? Answe dren.” $ or no,” ———_ | —_———_—_—_— ‘ His Own Speedometer The wettest spot on earth is East . THE A motorist was asked’ how he|Fengal, India. The record annual BRAN |} knew the speed he was going at) rainfall there is 429 inches, “When my lamp I-go 10) rattles; | . «te ol a a Si aee g