ABBOTSFORD. SUMiS AND) MATSOTI NEWS Food Value Ole Sie : Lies Largely From The Fact That They Contain Vitamines (By L. F. Burrows, Secretary, Canadian Horticultural Council) Comparatively recent is the addi ‘ion that tomato juice is practically equal > of the word “Vitamin” to our yocabu-|to the juice of the orange in this re- Jary, and even though the use of the | gard, and many physicians in the poor- ; word is now common, its meaning is | er districts of the large cities are pre- not yet understood. Physicians have scribing strained tomato juice in place Jong recognized the yalue of yege-| of orange juice. The juice of canned tables in the daily diet and we are tomatoes seems to be very satisfactory now told that this value lies largely for this purpose, indicating that the in the fact that they contain vitamins, canning process is not particularly snd that vitamins are necessary -to destructive-as far as vitamin “C” life. Some vegetables contain greai-| concerned. Berries are known to er quantities*and of different kinds! have seurvy-curing properties, al- than others. Three distinct kinds of, though little investigational work has 4 Vitamins have been named “A,” “B’} been done.’ and"'C.™= - The Swedish turnip or rutabaga is ita “Av is a mysterious ele-| very valuable as a source of vitamin ment in food, without which children |“c” and the same is true of the car- cannot grow, but which grown folks | rot. Young carrots are apparently also need. Shortage of vitamin “A” | more valuable than old ecarfots and leads to disease of the eye, skin and this appears to be true for many vege- Kidneys; and may cause ba teeth, | tables., As a rule, it is probably safe diarrhoea, pellagra and other ailments: to stage that the vitamin content of As a rule, seeds of all kinds are rather vegetables is highest at the time that Aeficient in vitamin “A,” although! the vegetable is most prized from the green peas contain appreciable} standpoint of tenderness and _ taste, amounts. Leafy plants, on the other) Potatoes, onions and parsnips are also hand, are valuable foods in this re-)considered valuable antisesrbutic gards. Spinach and chard are rob: | foods. Rhubarb, lettuce and cauli- ably the richest of the common leafy ! flower must also be included in the : foods in this element; lettuce ranks | list, while lovers of cabbage salad and next, with cabbage holding third place. “slaw, will be glad to know that raw The roots and tubers vary, Sweet | cabbage is one of the best sources of ‘ potatoes and carrots ranking first, | vitamin "that we have. Tomatoes ¥ \ while white or Irish potatoes contain! have the three kinds @f vitamines _ but a small amount, and it is doubtful necessary to human health. , Most o “ii beets, rutabagas and parsnips con-| vegetables have one or two but seldom all ihvee, It is probably best to eat our fruits and vegetables in the fresh form when it is possible to do so. ‘There is Jit- tle, however, to be feared from the usual methods of canning and cook- ing. If we eat a sufficient amount of vegetables and fruits throughout the tain appreciable amounts. Tomatoes, however, are very rich in vitamin “A” and Hubbard squash is also a valuable source. Little work has been done on the fruits but there is eyidence that apples, bananas and orange “tain small amounts of this vit Vitamin “B” is guardian of ~g00d , digestion and proper functioning of | year, it will not matter if a small per- : , the liver and other glands. This centage of the vitamins are destroyed : “3 re Vitamin is found in the germ and|/in- the cooking proces As a rule, Seed branny portion ‘of cereals. In ‘the! long continued heating or cooking is milling of wheat, howeyer, this vita: | min is so completely temored that the best grades of flour are entirely lack- ing. This does not mean that we should condemn the white breads, | and sensible and not faddists. REyery starchy foods, white rice, ete; it! diet, especially that of growing chil- merely means that we must’ choose dren, should contain milk, butter, our foods inteligently and eat more eggs, fresh vegetables and fresh fruits vegetables. if we expect to obtain the best results. Potatoes, sweet and white, contain Various frait and vegetable canning f appreciable amounts of vitamin “B,” recipe books haye been issued from although the turnip and onion : time to time, but the best that has re- more valuable in this regard. The cently come to my attention is that , beetroot contains a fair amount al- issued by the Fruit Branch of the Do- , though its leates appear to be much }minion Deparment—of Agriculture. ‘ richer. This vitamin is also found in | These booklets contain recipes which ‘ the tomato, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, | have been thoroughly tested, are prac- parsley and the lowly dandelion, the | tical and evonomical. They may be tomato being especially valuable, | had free upon application to the Fruit While many fruits. have not been | CommissioneryDepartment of Agricul- studied, itis probably 2 to state | ture, Ottawa. that most fruit juices. contain appre- | - —_— ciable amounts of vitamin “B.’ Ji is British Market Cattle Requirements likewise probably true that nuts are! —— » valuable sources of this vitamin, inas! * much as all nuts that have been stud- | ied contain appreciable amounts. considered undesirable, and air shoulé be excluded:as far as possible, It is not necessary that we be vege- tarians. We should be reasonable re mae a Shipping Chilled Meat Not as Profit- able as Livestock Shipments | An experiment in’ shipping chilled | Vitamin “C" prevents disease and/meat to Britain, conducted by the | Promotes the general health. Lack | peqeral Department of Agriculture, | of it gives the skin a bad color_and jhas led to the conclusion that, all makes the heart weak. -It has long | 4); considered, it more profit- known that” Jemons, limes, lable to ship store cattle or fat cattle ngs is | been ae " ovanges and fresh fruits were curative j for immediate slaughter than to kill in } in seur It has only been in recent ;Canada and ship the meat chilled. years that we have understood that | Evidence seems to show 3 é * 33 ained. : Royer bears signature at es obey Pi’ However, I believe it's permissible ‘until the desired a eed Ne with ; & ae to address the head clerk without Ifa milder peo: rd freshly for every Try This: It May Work the formality of an introduction.” milk. Mix mustare 4 ’ WIA: | Teacher—“What is the best con- Birmingham 4 Herald. meal. ~ é Se “, A i ductor of electricity?” e She een AY / = | Student-—‘Why—er.” About 10,000 varieties of fish are U, ii Mds. vol £ ; Feachen2 known. ee X x ' JE LED a S0e i as z Sse Se ee — 5 > « a res ae a . . - | WESTERN EDITORS | ficulties, to young men of today to stick to their tasks until they win out. house in Montreal. to trade with the Indians he displa¥- ed great courage dnd resource in bat- tling with rivals. His reward was to be banished to Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca. This was enough to discourage an ordinary man but Mae- kenzie emerged from the polar wilder ness bearing a name that ranks with Cartier, La Salle and other intrepid pionee Jessup, Editor and Proprietor of The News, Nanton, Alta. Away at his lonely post he dreamed of discovering a North West Passag between the Atlantic and the Pacific. Flowing northwards he saw a mighty river, with a large tributary, entering it from the far mountains of the west. To explore these rivers became his dominating ambition. Assuming all risks and costs of the expedition him- Self, he set out in June, 1789, on a voy- age\ down the Althabasca’ River. Through fog, rain and wind the canoes were headed north for nine days un- til Slaye Lake was reached. Here a camp of Dog Rib Indians were. found, Cheese-and Butter Scoring Contest Results of Contest Held this Year Are Announced In the Educational Cheese and But- ter Scoring Contests—conducted by the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch on the same lines as in the past three years—in May, June and July, Nova Scotia stood at the head for flavor of butter with an average score of 42.16, and Saskatchewan in work- manship with a score of 55. flat. Sas- katchewan was second in flavor with an average score of 42.15. Manitoba} yng sought to discourage Mackenzie's was third, Alberta fourth, Ontario men from proceeding further! by dole- fifth, Quebee sixth, New Brunswick fully" prophesying that they would die of old age before they reached the ocean, that impassable falls were ahead and that montrous tribes lived on the banks who would seek to kill them. Mackenzie's Indian guide refus- fed to go on, so he was bodily put into 4 canoe and forced ahead at the end of a paddle, One night, however, he gaye his watch@rs the slip. Macken- zie was forced to’stop at an encamp- emnt of strange Indians and, failing to persuade any to act as guide, he seized one savage and hoisted him into a big canoe, Making signs that he was to point the way. seventh, British Columbia eighth, and Prince Edward Island ninth. In workmanship, after Saskatchewan, the order was: Quebec, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Is- land, the last mentioned having an average score pf 54.20, and Ontario at the foot with 52.66. In cheese the Standing for flavor was in the follow- ing order; Ontario, Prince Edward Is- land, Quebec, New . Brunswick, AlI- berta. In workmanship the order wa New Bruns Ontario, Que- bec, Prince Edward Island and Alberta. For forty days they thus pushéd on northward and Mackenzie's compan- icns feared that they would be trap- ped in the iey wilderness if \they did not soon return. He asked them to go on for other seven days. Next day they came upon a deserted Eskimo village and their spirits rose; for they thought that they were now near the Sea. Carried on by the swift current a rate of several miles a day they soon reached the mouth of An Early Fall? Weather Experts Are Again Speculat- ing On Effect of Icebergs Existence of abnormal ice fields in the North Atlantic and in Hudson Bay has been verified by the U.S. Hydro- graphic and Geodetic Survey Offices. In the early season icebergs were Reele Exploration Work Of Sir Alexander Mackenzie In The Canadian Northwest _ The life of Sir Alexander Macken-) upstream. zie is a splendid example of dogged | on perseverance in the face of great dif-| reached. and as such is an incentive! creased for the river rushed between precipices, in a sheet of t He started | his career as a clerk in a counting | they pulled the Sent out into the ;Tapids, jumping from rock to rock or Wilderness by the North West Fur Co.| cutting a foothold with sighted farther south than ever before, and ships were warned to alter their courses. The failure of the sun to melt the usual amount of ice and thus compel recession of the Aretic refrig- eration to the usual distance north, is ascribed the late spring and the heavy snows which swept across New Er E land and northward late Jast winter aid early in the spring. The sun is already more than half way back from its annual northern trip, with the re- Sult that the unusual accumulations of snow and ice have not been melted. This accumulated cold of the Arctic has a good start on its yearly journey the mighty river. Here, jto their reat delight, they saw a school of} whales spouting. hey knew then! that their journey was at an end—they | had reached the sea. Brecting a post} on shore, Mackenzie engraved ihe date | on it—July 14, 1789, with the names of | all the party, | It had taken them veach the Arctic. It took them eight } to return for they had to battle against the current all the way.. In; many places they had to track the tanoes by a tow line, this work being | greatly impeded by the beaver mead- six weeks to} southward, a fact that presages an|ows along the short, in which early fall, yecording to some weather]men sank waist deep. ‘They reached | experts. Fort Chipewyan on Sept. 12, after a| hundred and two days’ absence. | To Encourage Immigration Mackenzie had proved that there ea was no North Wesi Passage, and’ he Would Have the Advantages ofjhad also discovered the great river Canada Heralded Abroad which bears his name. | Stressing the need of immigration His next endeayor was to explore to Canada at the present time, A, B.| the Peace River, and in May, 1 he | Lawson, of Winnipeg, in his presiden-| set out ‘in a Ddirch canoe thirty feet | 5 |maker’s trade “last” meaning a footprint, or shape lof a ) the | been retained as a For a week they struggled then the mountains were Thej difficulties of trayel in- and ing foam. By means of an eighty-foot tow line canoe through the fe axes in the face of the precipice, The men rebelled al this kind of — work and openly z tted that they wanted to go back. Mackenzie paid no heed to their murmurings but went ahead to view the gorge while they were partaking of food. The prospect Was not bright. As far as he could see stretched a succession of cataracts fifty feet wide walled in by great precipices. No canoé could possibly go up such a river. He sent Mackay ahead to see how far thé rapids ex- s tended and found that a porfage of 1 nine miles across the mountains was i needed, is a3 The canoe was pulled up the preci- = pice by dint of herculean labors and the nine miles was painfully got over. When they launched the canoe on the river again they saw another range of mountains ahead of them. All that kept the men from turing back was the thought of that awful nine-mile portage. - : Thus far there had been no sign of if Indians, but they proceeded up- Stream a number of savages suddenly appeared brandishing Spears. ; The men were panic-strick Mackenzie stepped boldly ashore and offered the Indians presents. They became friendly and told him that he Was nearing a portage across the Di- vide. Next day he came/to the end of Peace River and discovered the source of the Frazer. He was the first white man to the Divide in the north. — 4 Embarking on the Frazer, Macken- zie followed the river southward for a week. Meeting with more Indians he learned that there was a short way overland to the salt wate. The canoe was Teft on the river bank and the journey overland commenced: The going was hard over slippery rocks and was much obstructed by fallen trees. On the first day ih y only) made twelve miles. Two weeks jater they came across totem poles of cedar and Mackenzie surmised that they were those of the coasi tribes. Their feet were cut and swollen, their boots worn out and their clothing torn to — shreds and they were glad to embark ona stream in a native canoe. Past many Indian camps they went until at last they; reached the blue sea—the Sea that so many explorers had tried to reach but failed. as ) The Shoemaker'’s Last The word “last” as used in the shoe- has nothing to do with rise of latest, but is an old Saxon root, “last” in the derived from a foot. Though the word dropped out of general speech centuries ago, it has , by some freak of language, fechnical word aning the foot shape on which the shoemaker builds ¥p his boot, me In the Stable Minard’s is the best vemedy for Cuts, Sprains, lings, Colic, Distemper, Coughs