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| 1935 Active Year In Farm Clubs -- Keen Com- : Cn er ------ RE eles sD petition © : Increase Nearly Five Times as Fast a3 en This has been a very active year for : and girls' farm THE EMPIRE Cs Hl 7 i Rg THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA THERE ARE GOOD DRIVERS, TOO! The Toronto Telegram, which car- ries on a persistent and well-directed campaign against careless : nd reck- less motorists, pays a tribute not un- deserved to another class of driver in these words: "But there is a motorist of another type which falls into none of these categories--one who is deserving of at least passing mention. It is the motorist who keeps his eyes on the road, is alert for any emergency, who adjusts his speed to the circum- stances, who is not always in such a confounded hurry that he has to try to beat the amber light, who gives tha other fellow his due share of the road, who doesn't dawdle in the middle of the highway, who doesn't stop across the pedestrian's path at an intersect. ion, and who g\nerally behaves him- self as if he was a reasonable human being." } All of this is true. Great numbers of motorists drive With caution and discretion. They never have to ex- plain things to the magisthate. More often than not they carry insurance, but their claims under it are in- frequent. Many have driven for years without an accident of any sort, simply by taking reasonable precau- tions, by using common sense. - His accident record, or the lack of it, after all is the best test of a driver's skill. One man drives tens of thousands of miles and hasn't even a dented fender. The same amount of driving will find another car battered and dented, scratched and scraped, and it isn't credible that "the other fellow," is always to blame. The good driver watches out for bad drivers, goes on the assumption that nobody e'se knows cr follows the rules of the road, and in that spirit usually he finds safety.--Ottawa Journal, : IN HUMBLE PLACES The Fergus News Record, an On- tario wexly newspaper, reports that .a lady who was judging "homemade" cakes at a fair in a town north of Fergus found a piece of cellophane sticking to the icing bearing part of the trade-mark of a well-known cake manufacturer, and "at the same show one exhibit of preserved fruit contain- ed some which had been bought in cans and emptied into sealers to be exhibited." ; Dear me! And here we had an idea that such things would only be done by the "fifty big shots" and other such nas!y persons. Incidentally, the item illus'r~tes 'Me rlvances made in the canning industry. Canned fruit and vegetables now can stand right up to "the kind that mother used to make." --Edmonton Journal, GAMBLING ON A SURE THING Montreal produce exchange now offers facilities for gambling in cheese "futures," although the gamb- ling element is nominal, since the future of a cheese is almost certain to be stronger.--Windscr Star. TAKES IT QUIETLY Dr. Dafoe says the Dionne children have all lost weight, but he is not at. all disturbed and says such things must be expected, It's well he looks at things that way. Most parents do con- siderable fussing when one child loses weight, but if they had five of them working at it they wguld go crazy.-- Stratford Beacon Herald, MUST HAVE ONE NEXT DOOR A singer admits drowning his wife. If he made as great a nuisance of himself about = the house--and the neighborhood--ag some singers do, it is the wife who ought to have done the drowning.--Brockville Recorder, WAR ATROCITIES War atrocities at their worst and most atrocious were surely brought home yesterday to families, men, housewives and little children by the " radio. Descriptives were used, the scenes painted horribly and all the trimmings were delivered to make women go pale and everybody shud- der. Radio broadcasters gcemed to outive each other to the point of hysteria in adding to the gruesome- ness of the 'Italian bombing raid. Words did not suffice, expletives, were , used ahd exaggerations adopted which could not be} found in any reliable newspaper despatch, --St, Ca owepane tharines . HARD TO BELIEVE Johnny Chubb, of Mamainse, it is related, was fishing in one of the nearby streams that flow into Lake Superior when he heard a nojse be- hind him. Turninz he saw a wolf. Johnny waz so surprised that he fell ~ backwar's into the stream and, sup- : ortinn hime on his hands to keep is suit dry, was su to find he bad Jit. on a beaver with one hand on nebtied amicably by him tossing 5% legal to take beaver, the animal was returned to the water. The Mail & Empire won't believe this story, al- though an earnest effort has been made here to tone it down for gen- eral acceptancé.--Soo Daily Star, FATHER KNOWS They're exhibiting a goose with four wings in Medicine Hat, Alberta, but what is needed in a bird--partic- larly in large families--is one: with four legs.--Niagara Falls Review. MORE FOR MOTORISTS Motorists using the country roads at night report skunks are unusually common this year. It "the pretty little white and black kittens" are not being trapped be- cause the value of their skins is very low. Unless there are more cents for the skins there will be more scents for the motorists.--Elmira Signet. DEFENDER OF THE PIPES It is not often that the bag-pipes are under fire in a city which bears many impressions cof the great pio- neering race, whose history, achieve- ments and aspirations are expressed in the tones of this instrument. In the last few days, however, a number of correspondents have complained in this newspaper that thzir serenity has been disturbed by the strains of the pibroch which they have likened to the squealings of totured pigs. With this the Times does not agree. There is music in the baz-pipes, morz, indeed, than there is in many com- positions for other instruments, which are described as highly classical, but which are about as melodious to the ear as high-grade futurist art is to the eye. We would rather hear some lusty young Scot practising on the bag-pipes than some tyro producing howls and wails of agony practising on a saxophone or a trombone. We have heard some critics of the bag-pipes who play no musical in- siruments at all make day and night hideous by instruments of torture of of their motor cars. Raucously hoarse devoid of the slightest melodious note, they are by all odds the most objectionable of noise agencies to be found anywhere, and if they can be drowned out by the good bag-pipe player all power to the piper.-- Victor's Times. THE EMPIRE CANADA LEADS Which are the nations who are climbing most rapidly out of the de- pression? They are the British per cent last month. Inspiring news comes also 'from little New Zealand, ister, boldly states that the Domin- ion's economic problems are "largely solved." Cuts are being restored, emergency taxes reduced, pensions in- creased. On top of that Mr. Coates gives a new break to his countrymen. Population of New Zealand, 1,618,000; public werks expenditure announced, £5,630,000. That means the inaugura- tion of new boons and amenities for New Zealand at the rate of £3 10s a head.--London Daily Express. WINGS OVER EMPIRE More swiftly the world moves on urable distance when travel will al- most exclusively be by air. It is, ther«ore, not surprising that the for- mer British Secretary of State for Air (the Marquess of Londonderry) should 'have - declared in a recent speech that "our transport system fulfils a vital Imperial need." Upon the substantial framework of Imperial Airways' world-wide communications other and more elaborate plans are being devised. Lord Sempill plans to link the British Empire with a ser- vice cf giant flying boats; Imperial Airways is considering a commercial service by flying boat between Great Britain and Canada; and-existing ser- vices are being speeded up and dup- licated. Prestige in the air is of para- mount importance today. The race for supremacy goes hand in hand with technical invention and the expansion of services. It is the duty of the Dominions to co-operate closely with Great Britain, The European mind knows the value of aerial communi class Power can afford to lag behind in air development. People in the Dominions have fower opportunities of noting the intensity of this develop- ment or its endless Australasian, "The difference between Com. munism and ism is a differ- ence in stencK"--Benjamin DeCas- seres. ; Shy the wolf the trout, As it is now il-| appears. that | the first magnitude, namely, the horns: nations. Canada's trade leaped up 22: where Mr. Coates, the Finance ,Min-- wings. The t'me is now within meas- a Ogaden front for first fighting, trast to modern uniform. Typical 'Ethiopian warriors on troop train as they leave for Note bare feet of soldier in con- rl Forget War And The After reading the war news cf the day and having triel to get the political battles fairly recorded it is well to come upon something which has within it a degree of goocuess. That is why we pay heed at the mo- ment to the increasing number of announcements of churches which, are preparing to 'hold the annual chicken supper. There have been some such things printed in this paper; in the weekly newspapers from the dis- trict there appear to be even more. Just a casual inspection resulted in finding - eleven of these events heralded. And they were all printed in a friendly sort of way. The sup- per would take place first and after that a splendid entertainment had been arranged. The prices seem to run around 30 and 40 cents. We suppose there must be a cer- tain number of chickens marked for destruction right now in a good many farm yards. We don't sup- pose they would expect a man to hand over the pullets from his flock, at least it was never done that way on the tenth concession even if it was for the support of the church, There was a feeling that a more seasoned and experienced bird could support the church perhaps better than some young thing that was getting to be fairly handy and regular at laying eggs when. the Elections. bs: 3: ad, And Talk Of Chicken Suppers prices were good. Perhaps that is a happy ending for a chicken's life. During cther years she was faitnful and then on toward the end she did what she could to support the work of the church. Yes, her children would be proud enough to make reference to such a career. The wonder is how the ladies make those chicken suppers pay. Most people who go to them eat a great deal. They seem to have a certain acrobatic exuberance when they set to on the first laolping; they anticipate that if they get through and" look hungry some person will suggest they have some more. Never did we know a per- son to decline such a suggestion at a fowl supper in a church. There seems to be some sort of tonic in the air and it. whets -the 'appetite until its consuming possibilites are great like the naticnal debt. But we're glad the season is on us for chicken suppers. We rejoice. So many things seem to have been sliding and becoming uncertain that it is well to note the continued existence of something which an- chors deep in the memories of days when there was peace in the world and honor, among men. The annual chicken supper, Ah! Yes, thank' you, we'll have another leg and a piece off the chest. We'll just put #Jose bones on the edge of the plate.-- Stratford Beacon-Herald. Early Lambs Feeding System Outlived -- Winter Dairy Farmers Have Advantage In view of the fact t at a proper sy:tem of feeding is the principal es- sentlal of the successful raising of early lambs, particularly those for the market in-the latter part of June and early July, the farmers who un- derstand the basic principles of win- ter dairying will usually make a suc. cess of raising early lamb: A feed- ing ration that will produce abund- ance of milk, results in {he product. fon of early lambs that grow rapidly and finish for the markét at an early age. Alfalfa or clover hay are essen. tial as they are protein roughages, Corn sllage, mangels or sugar beets are also valuable succulent feeds and besides keeping the ewe healthy they stimulate the milk flow. Ewes with lambs at foo! also require a liberal al. lowance of grain usually not less than cations, It is taken for granted abroad that Governments must be willing to: subsidise civil aviation; for no fiat. | possibilities.--The J a pound daily and ewes with twin lambs often taking up to two pounds daily. Oats are a safe feed for milking ewes, and as this grain is most com- mon on all farms it 1s generally re. commended for owes fn milk, A ewe flock raising early lambs under a system of feeding as stggest- ed above will bring thelr lambs for. ward to the spring p.ass without set back. Asa rule; lambs at the time the ewes are turned to grass will have learned to eat hoth grass will roughage, and, it the pasture field is accessible to the barn, it 1s adyisable to make a creep for the lambs so that tiey can be fed graln while on the pasture. Grain feeding on pasture in. creases the rate of growth and devel opment and makes it possible to mar- ket at an earlier date. As a rule June lambs are worth more by the pound than July lambs and-July lambs are worth more than August lambs. So that a few bushels of grain fed to early lambs is invariably marketed as finished * lamb well above current prices. ' x : Finishing Poultry For The The general purpose or heavy weight breeds of poultry are best suited for. crate feeding and best 'res sults can be expecied only when strong, vigorous, sturdy type birds are used. Since-the markets demand a light colored skin, those feeds that tend: to produce this should 'be favor. ed. Fortunately home.grown grains are just what are needed, .Oats, bar- ley, 'buckwheat and wheat are all suitable and are best with sour milk. Excelient results may be obtalned by the feeding of elevator screenings and that unmarketable potatoes, fe In = conjunction with grains, not only produce esongpuleet gains, but flesh of very highest qual iy. ; Sir here is a simple preventative of common co!ds in the head. When you feel a cold coming on stoop and un- lace your boots and lace.them up ag- ain, I'read this fn a South Afriean pa. per about two years ago, and have not had a cold since trying the experi. ment, al.hough I have avoided many. The only peoplé who are not cured by this method are those who think it too silly to be tried properly.-- Letter in Dally Telegraph, Fed. & Market home-grown |, '1and Nation: 'Washington.--United' States im- ports from Canada increased nearly five times as fast as this country's sales to the Dominion in the first six months of 1933, but still were $28,000,000 short of parity, it is re- vealed in an analysis of U.S. for. eign trade increased recently by the foreign trade division of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. ; -Canadian sales to the United States gained 28 per cent. over the first six months of last year, reach- ing a total of $180,105,000, the big- gest figure since 1931, the analysis showed. They 'were larger than im- ports from any other nation, being twice as large as the United King- dom total of $69,204,000, which it- self represented a 21 per cent. gain over 1934, ? 3 But, while U.S, sales to Canada rose only 5.8 per cent., tending to close' the wide spread of a year ago, they. still stood more than 15 per cent. above Dominion sales here. Their total was $168,629,000, repre- senting, according. to. the analysis, "a healthy gain," TOTAL TRADE Total U.S..Canadian trade in the first six months of the year was set at- $288,634,000, taken to 'indicate the value of the full year's exchange will run more: than $500,000,000. ' While the analysis showed Canada as leading all nations in sales to this country, it revealed a close race between Canada and the United Kingdom Tor the position of this country's exports' being 15.6 per cent. and 15.5 per cent. The United Kingdom figure, how: ever, represented a decline of 7 per cent. in purchases from the United States. Tkis was in marked contrast to greatly increased sales of this bers of the British Empire: 41 per cent, to Australia; 23 per cent. to South Africa; 20 per cent. to India; 25 per cent. to New Zealand; 38 per cent. to Hong Kong; 49 per cent. to British West Africa and 27 per cent.. to British Malaya, Simliarly, U.S. imports from all leading countries of the Empire ex- cept Ceylon 'were larger than in 1934. The analysis notes that "the Empire includes our three leading suppliers, Canada, the United King- dom and British Malaya." Regard- ing: U.S. imports generally, it re- marks that "an increase of 48 per cent was recorded for North Amer. ica, due largely to heavy imports from Canada and Cuba." MARKED GAIN A marked gain was' recorded in imports from British Malaya which totalled $68,799,000, or 29 per cent. above the 1934 figure, Only a neg- ligible gain, 0.04, was shown in pur- chases from India. = Imports from the Gold Coast, Nigeria and other British West Africa colonies advanc- ed 69 per cent.; from Australia 58 per cent.; from New Zealand 100 per cent.; from Hong Kong 48 per cent, and from South Africa 10 per cent, ' On United States foreign trade in general, the analysis revealed sub- stantial increases in exports to North and South America and to Oceania, but brought out declines in trade with European countries, which at one time took four-fifths of all United States exports and now take only two-fifths, and a heavy loss in trade with China which amounted to 40 per cent. of last year's total, The Chamber of Commerce ana. lysis fails to break down totals of United States trade, either exports or imports, with various countries, but it emphasizes largely increased United States imports of commodi- ties which Canada produces, 1 For one point, it brings out an 'extraordinary increase" in imports of foodstuffs, which it attributes to the 1984 drought and higher domes- tic priees, It cites a gain of 117 per cent. over .the first six months of 1934 in imports of wheat; a gain of 226 per cent. over 1984 on by-pro- duct wheat feeds; an increase of 11,462 per cent. in corn and a rise of 47,668 per cent. in imports of Dominion--U.S. Purchases More Any Other Single Country, Analysis country's gocds to. all other mem-|. Careless housekeeping in permit- ting the accumulation of inflammable litter and rubbish was responsible for 26,000 fires during the last three years in Canada, The careless practice of dumping litter of all kinds in basements or unused rooms, or around buildings is not only a serious fire hazard but is unsanitary and disgracefully un- sightly, It is a time honored say- ing that "Cleanines Is Next To Godlines." X Make an impression of your home and your place of business. Use the" limit of your ' perception and reasoning powers to discover and eliminate all possible causes of fire just as you would in maki an important businsess deal. It will pay you a handsome dividend in safety and saving, A Few Don'ts | To Prevent Fires DON'T leave matches within the reach .of children. DON'T use wooden containers for ashes -- use metal ones. DON'T use gasoline and other iu- poses, in the homes, DON'T start fires in furnaces without first - having the chimney cleaned. : DON'T smoke in' bed or while ly- ing down, : : in 'stoves gr: furnaces. DON'T leave rubbish around in cellars -- it may burn you out. DON'T leave oily wastes or rags lying around -- put them in metal containers, ~~ = DON'T fail to kiow where your closest fire alarm box is situated. "In about fifty year or more, a grandfather will say to his grand- daughter: 'I can remember when they had queer things id houses called windows! "--H. G, Wells, Colorful Collars Fashion - ~Dictates ' Here are some smart new ways to give your last year's dress that "new look." Tie For instance--add a dramatic oats. | ; Similarly it reports rises of 356 'per cen', in imports of cattle; 122 per cent. in imported meat products, 4 | mostly cahined; 7,446 per cent. in butter. : Collec:ed by. the New Statesman I do not know to whom Sir Thomas was referring when he talked about savages, but in my opinion this term would be applicable to one who does not play the National Anthem before U or after a performance. -- The May: | *f Sir Thom.| HO 3 or of Brighton in reply to as Beecham. : : "1 am an Englishman of the deepest his arrival at Croydon. 'dye--Mr. F. W. Ricket! reported on | tied collar of silver metal-cloth to a silk crepe or a velvet dress for cocktail and dinner wear, : Have velveteen collars galore -- in: new greens, scarlet-red, . rusts, and purples for your every- day dresses. : eal ' Presto A 'halter" of metal cloth, satin. crepe or velvet will. ieansform {ADK dress to a com- lete disguise, : Pstyle 0; 8476 includes the three collars and halter illustrat- ed Pattern cuts in one¢ size. Hal- EA m « See pattern envelope ; I Tey Hii Ss rites oe en: a plainly, giving, number of pattern wanted Biol in stamps or coin in red; wrap it carefully) d our ordeér to Wi ce, +78 est Adelaide i ) Bt ---------- : ~ 74 "| members of boys' flamable materials for cleaning pur-: DON'T use coal oil to start fires i tant vision, Together these "| thigh. "| circumference. lubs throughout Canada. In addftion ticulture and home economici pro. jects, club members' have been in competitions of various kinds, The | provision of special grants by the minfon Department of Agriculture to, Class A and Class B-Fairs and". summer and winter shows for juni ac:ivities has afforded an opportunity - for a great number of club members and other juniors to participate in competitive and educational programs at a great many exhibtons. : With the approach of the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto, at which time the annual national club contests wil be conducted, interest in provincial elimina:ion contests for the selection of teams to compete at the Royal Winter Fair has reached'a high pitch, The contests at Toronto will be held on November 19.h next under the di. rection of the Canadian Council on Boys! and Girls' Club work, and the competing club teams will be guests of the Council at Toronto for five i; days. ;: Z a Thirty-two teams, of two. members sach, representing all of the provnc- es are expected to participate in the contests at the Royal Winter Fair under six projects--dairy cattle, beet cattle, swine, poultry, seed grain and, seed potatoes, Each team will have earned the righ: to compete at Tor. onto, first by having attained the highest standing in the local club and then by having won the provincial el« imination contest. > At the time of writing elimination conte:ts . have > been completed in Prince Edward Island, British Colum. bia, Nova Scotia and Quebec, Other eliminations will be completed during the latter part of October and early November, The committee in charge of the club contests at the Royal Winter Fair met in Sepiember to plan the details of the contests. The committee mem- bers are: L. C. McQuat, General Ag- ricultural Agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Chairman; L. C, Roy, Agri. cultural Agent, Canadian National 'Railways, and W. J. W. Lennox, Dis. trict Seed Inspector, Seed Branch, of Dominion Department of Agriculture Toronto. From every par. of Canada - very keen competition on the part of club members for the privilege of participating in the contests at the ' Royal Show is 'evident. Eye Strain Optical Defect Often Bea comes Manifest About © Middle Age - Round about' middle age is a sig- nificant period of life when the dangers of eyestrain have to-be kept in mind, writes Sir William rAbuth- not Lane. Most normal people tend to develop some degree of presbyopia at the age of fifty or so and find the need to wear' glasses for near work. The presbyopic can see quite well at a distance but, when reading; for example, the print must .be held an abnormally long distance from the eyes. It is common, however, for some other optical defect which has been latent to become manifest about middle age and impair also the dis- defects ar likely to result 'in considerable eye-strain which for a man or woman at a relatively critical period of life may have serious consequences. No one. can afford needlessly. to waste energy during middle age--a time when responsibilities: are generally {high and when the balance of health is easily disturbed. It is often thought, notably among women, that "taking to: glasses" is a sign of old age, and they suffer the discomforts and disabilities of eye-strain rather 'than consult the optician. This is most unwise and many a serio breakdowh in general' health could have been avoided by the timely correction of eye-strain by the use of glasses. A very great boon 'to there who suffer a combined optical defect is the bifocal lens. When near and distant vision are affected it is possible to.combine the different cor- rections in one glass. This does away with the inconvenience of changing the glasses according to the needs of the eyes. 2h . Bouncing Baby ~ The first-born. 'child of Mr. and Mr, T. Hill of Cremorne, near Mel. - bourne, Australia, is believed to be % the world's biggest baby. : = When ft arrived ah ig ta ter a Cagsarean operation la 8 two hours, the baby, a boy, weighed i 16 lbs. 4 oz RE at "The baby's height is 24% inches, 'land he measures 16% inches around the chest, and 9% inches round the His neck is nine inches in Mother and child: are doing well, {nd; the boy has a very good appe- tite, : . ; Mr, and 'Mrs. Hill have received hundreds of messages congratilat- them. 5 ' : ~= {to the ordinary duties required under i rio live stock, tield crop, hor.