_ marketing problem is the question of

_ Wheat from the northern territories

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xecutive of Millers Association
Says Better Quality Of Grain

own In Southern Districts

A major matter for consideration
fm connection with Canada’s wheat

grading, stated C. H. G. Short, honor-
ary president of the Canadian Na-
tional Millers’ association, upon his

_ Western Canada,
For a long while, he said, “the
southern farmer has been carrying
the northern farmer upon his back.

of lesser quality should be graded
on its merits and the southern
farmer should receive for his superior
quality a premium in price above
that received by the farmer in north-
ern areas’

Over-all average quality of Can-
adian wheat was materially reduced
by the lower grades from the north-
ern area3, which primarily resulted,
Mr. Short said, from the variety of

“lesser “quality and earlier ripening
wheats shown, notably Garnet.

“Rither the lesser variety of
wheats should be outlawed, which
fs the policy the Argentine evidently
{Intends to pursue, or they should be
graded separately and sold on their

"relative values, in order that Can-
ada’s previously high standard
quality grades shall not continue to
be impaired but shall be rehabil-

{tated to maintain their wide mar-
gin of world’s superiority,” Mr. Short

If such a method of grading were
adopted and as a result the north-
ern farmers discovered that the
continuance of the growing of such |
wheats proved unremunerative, it
would drive them into other and
more remunerative types of farm-
ing, he said. This would

Jericho Beyond Jordan

Henry Eighth Gave Biblical Names
To Place Near London

Do you know a Jericho lying be-
yond Jordan and yet within 25 miles
of London? It was there that Henry
the Eighth often spent his week-ends
with the latest lady of his heart.
This old-world spot, redolent with
history and romance and practically
untouched by the passing of Time, is
near Ongar, amid the Essex wood-
land. Here runs Jordan; and close
by lies Jericho in all the glory of its
Tudor red brick, with cedars of
Lebanon, arbors festooned with roses,
laurel hedges, the most resilent of
Green lawns and towering hollyhocks,
It was one of Henry's whimsicalities
that induced him to bestow these
Biblical names on a little Essex
rivulet and the adjacent mansion.
Little did he realize, however, that
at the same time he was providing
the English-speaking races with that
expressive phrase, ‘Go to Jericho!”
For so boring was the work for his
courtiers in this lonely retreat—
Henry demanding their presence but
rarely giving them anything to do—
that when one member of the court
wanted to be rude to another he
would exclaim, “Oh, go to Jericho!”

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FAMOUS RAILWAY DOG RETIRES

Canadians who in their journeys through London have been in Euston
Station, will rémember “Victor”, the famous dog that used to sidle up to
passengers with a collecting box on his back. Victor, after collecting almost
$12,000 for charity, during his six and one-half years in the station, has

(left),

retired. His place has been taken by “Jack”, a two-year-old curly coated
retriever, that hopes to carry on the good work.
his

Our picture shows Victor

forward toa busy future.

. while Jack happily looks

Canadian Wheat Wanted "

Millers Require Hard Canadian
Wheat To Mix With Softer
Grades :
Speaking of the wheat situation
from an importer’s point of view, Mr.
G. J. S. Broomhall, the international
wheat trade expert, told the Regina
conference that it might perhaps %e
emphasized that wheat growers are
still in a position, in thar

ally help to bring about desired re-
ductions of wheat acreage, and, at
the same time, automatically ensure
the raising of the average level of
the Canadian crop.

No Statistics Available

No Reliable Knowledge Of World
Wheat Acreages

“At the outset, it must be stated
that a complete enumeration of
world wheat acreage is impossible,
because no statistics are available for
a few large producing areas and for
teany smaller countries’, said Dr. T.
W. Grindley, chief, Agricultural
Branch, Dominion Bureau of Statis-
tics, in discussing trends in world
wheat acreage at the World's Grain
Conference. China, of course, is an
outstanding example of a country of
which we have no reliable knowledge
of crop acreages. By some authori-
ties, China is rated as the world's
largest wheat-producing country, but
since her yield per acre is raised very
high by intensive methods, it is prob-
able that her wheat acreage is less
than in Russia or the United States,
and perhaps India. The other coun-
tries of possible importance in wheat-
growing which have no reliable stat-
{istics that could be included in a
study of trends are two South Ameri-
can countries, Ecuador and Vene-
guela; Albania in Europe; Abyssinia
in Africa; and Persia, Arabia, and
Afghanistan in Asia. The Food Re-
search Institute calculates that the
highest current estimates of the so-
called world production cover only
about 80 per cent., more or less, of
the wheat actually produced in the
world.

Entitled To Damages
A baker at Neuminster is endeay-
 oring to obtain damages from a Cus-
tomer who used one of his plum pud-
dings as a door mat. The baker had
Just boiled @ magnificent pudding and
put it on the doorstep to cool wien a
short-sighted customer arrived, Mis-
taking the plum pudding for a round
door mat, he began to wipe his
muddy boots on it, when it began to
_ crumble away.
2
a Drifted Thousand Miles
__ A bell and lantern buoy that drift-.
ed from its station at Cape Braker,
Nova Scotia, in November of 1928,
has been found beached on Turks
Island, according to word reaching
_the department of marine agency at
St. Johns, New Brunswick. Im five
Years the buoy drifted at least a
thousand miles, It will be returned
to Canada and replaced in service.

UN onal War Memorial
Canada’s national war memorial,
originally designed to be placed in
Connaught Place in the capital, will
cost slightly more than $240,000 and
{a still in the course of construction,
the house of commons was informed.

CHARMING IN PRINT CREPE IN
NAVY AND POWDER BLUE
WITH UNIQUE BAND TREAT-

MENT IN PLAIN POWDER
BLUE

Can't you imagine how fascinating
this modish scheme would be for this
darling” slender little model? The
belt repeats the lighter blue tone,

Black plain mossy crepe with
bisque shade is a newly smart com-
bination you'll like. The belt can be
of the black crepe, if you feel your
figure needs slimming.

‘Naturally all one shade can be
used if you prefer it, and a very chic
little dress will be the result, either
in silk or lightweigat woolen.

Style No. 452 is designed for sizes
16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42
inches bust.

Size 36 requires 3% yards of 39-
inch material with % yard of 39-inch
contrasting.

Price of pattern 20 cents in stamps
or coin (coin is preferred), Wrap
coin carefully.

How To Order Patterns

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NOME op ceseeerereerereereweenmsnre

they can put on the market the most
valued foodstuff of civilized man.
And in this matter Canadians were
purticularly fortunate, for they grew
a wheat that is desired by millers in
all countries. It was true that all
millers do not, and indeed cannot,
buy Canadian strong wheats, because
many countries in Europe, and some
outside Europe, had imposed such
high duties and milling restrictions
that Canadian and other overse1s
wheat are effectively excluded. But
that did not alter the fact that mil-
lers want Canadian wheat, especially

Reis For The ipindiae

May Take Form Along The Line Of
Old Age Pensions

Hopes that, if Canada makes a
speedy economic recovery, action may
be taken soon to provide financial
assistance to the blind along the line
of old age pensions, was held out by
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett in the
house of commons.

During consileration of the miscel-
laneous estimatcs the discussion
arose over an item granting assist-
ance to two blind {vtitutions in Mont-
real. The prime minister said that
some of the provinces had enacted
legislation providing for their par-
ticipation in a scheme which would
give old age pensions to blind on
reaching the age of 40. No uni-
formity had ag yet been attained, the
prime minister sai‘, but he intimated
nothing but financial stringency was
delaying action in this respect.

Dr. G. D, Stantey (Cons., Calgary
East), urged that the government

when they are to mill a
very high per centage of soft native
wheat.

Jersey Cattle In Alberta

Province Ranks Fourth In Total
Registration For Canada
Gratifying growth in herds and in
production of Jersey cattle and milk
in Alberta during the past year were
reported to the annual meeting of the
Southern Alberta Jersey Cattle Club
by W. T. Hunter of Vernon, western

Jersey Cattle Club. He referred to
a marked increase in demand for
Jersey milk, not only in Western
Canada, but throughout the Do-
minion. During the past eighteen
months, Hunter said, 300 Jersey cows
were brought into Edmonton and
Calgary districts, most of them from
British Columbia. Alberta now ranks
fourth in the Dominfon in total regis-
tration and transfers of Jersey cattle,
Ontario, Quebec and British Colum-
bia leading in that order.

field representative of the Canadian |

agenty make as much use
as possible of articles manufactured
in blind institutions. The prime min-
ister said hegbe’leved everything that
tay te done to help the blind in this
way would be done.

Success With Clover

Young Saskatchewan Farmer Wins
Several Awards

Louie Wendel, a young farmer liv-
ing south of Neudorf, Sask., ha’
achieved considerable
showing sweet clover at the different
grain shows during the past year. He
obtained the following standings in
this class of grain: At Regina World
Grain show, 2nd prize; at Chicago,
7th prize; at Saskatoon, 1st prize and
also special prize, which gaye him
possession of the Darnborough cup.
At all these shows he had the high-
est standing of any entrant from!
Saskatchewan in this class of grain.

History Of Canadian Wool Grading

Principle Has Now Become General
Among Sheep Raisers

The present-day high quality of
Canadian wool is due in the main
part to grading whicn was started
by the Live Stock Branch of the Do-
minion Department of Agriculture in
1913. At that time the care taken
in the growing, shearing, preparar
tion for market, and marketing was
such that Canadian wools were dis-
credited not only in the home market
but in foreign markets as well. Grad-
ed wool easily sold at higher values
than ungraded, and on this account
the efforts of the government officials
were soon crowned with success.
Grading became very popular in a
short time and at first was perform-
ed locally, often at a number of
points within a province. These grad-
ing centres not only acted as mar-
keting points for graded wools, but
also served as an excellent medium
for farmers in ascertaining the rela-
tive market value of the various
wool grades and the necessity of
putting up the wool in proper shape
for market.

When once the local organization
work had been completed, and a
knowledge of the wool grading prin-
ciple became general among sheep
raisers, it was thought best to estab-
lish the co-operative marketing and
sale of wool on a purely commercial
basis, and in 1918 representations of
the various associations met in con-
ference and organized the Canadian
Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited,
an organization with which are now
affiliated some thirty local woo]

Deshee Present Is No Time
For Canada To Embark On
Scheme To Attract Immigrants

0

| There is no time for Canada to em-
| bark on a grandiose scheme to at-
| tract immigrants, the house of com-
mons was advised by Hon. Wesley
Gordon, minister of immigration.
And his views were shared by James
S. Woodsworth, leader of the C.C.F.,
and Hon. Charles Stewart, a former
Liberal minister of iramigration.

“I think the time will come,” said
Mr. Gordon, “when this country will
again be sufficiently attractive so
that many more hundreds of thous-
ands of people will come here from
the United Kingdom.” But present
conditions did not warrant a lower-
ing of the immigration bars.

The name of Brig.-Gen. W. L.
Hornby, of Lethbridge, Alta, loomed
large in the discussion as estimates.
of the department were under con-
| sideration. No concrete plan to bring
| British settlers to Canada had been’
| placed before him by Brig.-Gen.
Hornby in the two discussions he had
had with him, said the minister. He
had not encouraged Brig.-Gen. Horn-
by to approach provincial govern
ments on British immigration. Mem-
bers told the house of receiving
pamphlets on the reported Hornby
scheme to bring British settlers into.
the country.

John Vallance (Lib., South Battle-
ford) introduced the subject and said
he understood Brig.-Gen, Hornby was:
Proposing a settlement of British set~
tlers in a part of his constituency.
The minister replied he had not heard
of this action.

To Hon. Ian Mackenzie (Lib., Van-
couver Centre), the minister said no
plan to further British immigration
had been suggested to Canada by

|

growers’ The di t-
ers at Toronto now acts in co-opera-
tion with the various associations in
arranging for the collecting and for-
warding of wools consigned for grad-
ing and co-operative sale. It also
acts as selling agents for such wools
for all the associations affiliated with
it. The Dominion Live Stock Branch
still assumes responsibility for the
wool grade standards and provides
official wool graders for the grading
of co-operative shipments.

No Sand In Sandpaper

Abrasive Particles Are Specially
Crushed Flint Or Garnet
Familiar as sandpaper is to every-
body, yet there are very few persons,
indeed, who know that this univers-
ally used product has no sand in it.
Sand cannot be used for making
sandpaper because it is not efficient
| for that purpose, due to the fact that
| most sand is waterworn and the par-
|tIcles are therefore more or less
|rounded and have no sharp cutting
| edge.
| The fine abrasive particles on sand-
per are specially crushed flint or
garnet or are products of the electric
|furnace, aluminum oxide or silicon
carbide.
The abrasive particles used in the
| manufacture of sandpaper, with a
| few exceptions, are not true crystals,
nor are they alike. The particles,

the British go 5
Hon. D. M. Sutherland, minister of
national defence, had been solicited
by Brig.-Gen. Hornby for support of
his settlement plan. He (Col. Suth—
erland) considered Brig.-Gen. Hornby
much of a “visionary”.

Subject Of Scientific Test

tion Of Britain

The first attempt to obtain a cen~
sus of Britain's insect population is:
being completed at the Rothamsted
Experimental Station, Harpenden, the-
oldest centre of agriculture research
in the United Kingdom.

Insects are drawn to an automatic
“light trap," counted, the period of
the night at which they arrived
noted, and the motives for their
activity analyzed. Already it is ab-
vious that the insect population is
many times greater than had been
supposed, and a “rare” collcctors®
specimen has proved to be a common
inmate of the trap.

Some 130,000 insects represent an
eleven months’ “bag.” Ultimately
it is hoped to translate such figures
into proper census form, reports the
| New York Times.

Of even more interest to farmers
are the extraordinary day-to-day
| variations which take place. In July

there was a drop from nearly 6,000
| te 50 on successive nights, while of

Study Being Made Of Insect Popula~

though carefally graded, vary in size |500 ingects caught in January, 425

ints, some of which are much
sharper than others. Best results are
obtained from grits approximately
twice as Jong as they are wide,

At the present time he is specializing | Pp
in the growing of barley and expects |
to come to the front in this class cf|
grain in the near future.

Moving Victoria Memorial

Column To Be Placed At Entrance
To Warwick Gardens |
The Qucen’ Victoria memorial |
column in Kensington High street is
shortly to be moved to the large open
space at the entrance to Warwick |
Gardens, says the News of the World.
This step has become necessary be-
caue of the great increase of the|
traffic on the main road westward
out of London. The memorial was
erected by public subscription out-
side the main entrance to St. Mary |
Abbott's church in 1904. St. Mary’s
is one of the few important churches |
in England where there is a clock
without a face. Passers-by are sur-
prised to hear the clock chime and
strike the hours, while they look in
vain for the face and hands.

Old Tradition Upset

| An ancient tradition of Scottish|
agriculture has been upset by an
order from Glasgow for a carload of |
Clydes- |

Alberta Percheron horses.
dales are ‘the horses” of Scotland,
|but dockyard authorities at Glasgow
‘have tried out Percherons brought

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‘in from France and finding them

FOOTPAD: “'Ow’'d you like to give me a fifty-dollar donation to that| more suitable for their special work,
etna nccecensceasnseussgnses Cottage Hospital you'll be in if you don't?”

London Opinion, | have placed the Canadian order,

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and shape and have many edges and| were taken in one night and 400 in

less than two hours.

| .To explain these sudden changes :

in habit, comparison is made with a
whole series of weather records,
while a special instrument has beea
invented which records the amount
of bright moonlight at all periods of
the night. Another new instrument
makes a record of night cloud.
Warmth, cloud and calm seem to be
three factors which cause an im-
mediate increase in activity.

Records are also being kept of
the dates when particular insects are
first and last caught, and of the
number of successive broods.

Some insects have been found to
fly early and others late. Others.
again, indulge in both an evening and
a dawn flight.

Fusted For Health

Cc. J, Wright, 68-year-old grocer of
Roswell, New Mexico, has ideas of his
about how to cure a stubborn
of catarrh, Wright fasted 30
during which time he declared
atarrh not only disappeared but
his general health was improved.
After studying the matter for many
years Wright says he is’ convinced
that most bodily ailments are caus:d
by overeating.

own

Rayon production in Japan last
year was 50 per cent. above that of
1932.

A worm may turn, but it looks

other side.

much the same on th