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f^ ^ j the elevator or the mill that had con-j tr*ct«<i to accommodate our members. President Gilroy T^AVlAiA/e PrkrJ WrkvL- '^'*'^' '* ^^o»^^ be noted, is the samej IxCVlVW^S A 0\N TTOTK initial payment as was made on del-| iveries from the 1927 crop whereas in] Farmer Company Directors For 1929 The Uaited Fanners Co-Oper- **» W««* ^« P«>^'' ^''^^k ^ the largre ^.- , r c r\ L • .crop, reduced their payment by la atjve Company of Ontario L^^ ^ bu*hel. Have a Bright Future and | "But the Ontario Grain Pool is not a Gratifying Pa»t i y^^ equipped to serve our farmers as „ j we want to serve tht*i. A year ago MOVEMENT SUCCESSFUL, -/^^-^ 'i^o^^r£'lT::r The report made by the directors ' wheat could be held for Ontario miil- fsnd genarai m»nag»r of The United ers no matter when our members wish-' Farmers' Co-operative Company, Lim- ' ed to haul out their grain. During the I ited, at their anRual meeting in De-! summer we entertained hopes that the! cember, covering tho past year's busi- erection o fa big etevator in Toronto r.ese, ha* not only earned the conft- would meet our need in this respect. <Ienc« of Ontario fanners but it has I* 'was expected that this elevator also denioMtrated Um fact that it '«»ouW be ready by the middle of Sep- raoka as one of Ontario's big and { Memberâ€" b^t it was not equipped to prosperous UMiness instittttions with i ^^ i" K^ain until well on in Novem- worii^: capkal »toek of $335,700.00. j 1>«"- By this time our rush v. as pretty The turnover for the year esceeds nearly over for this season. And right $20,000,000.00. After paying divi-'l^ere, I want you to tell our grower- de«ds to about 20,000 tbar^olders and i »«e*»'>er8 that the pool management d»6ributjn« to patrons of seven j appreciates the manner in which they cre»inerk« asd egg pool shippers over ^ oo-*P«"**^ '" delaying their deliver- §200,000,00, the profits amounted to j i** «> ^^'^^ â- *'« '"«^® **"* obliged to ex- over 17 p«r c«»t on the capiUl in- PO»"t a single shipment this year, vestment. "But as regards storage in Ontario, When p.resenting the Consolidated j I ^^« «>â„¢^ ^ *^^ conclusion, and I Balance Mieet and Profit and Loa« ^rao^ that the directors and the Steteav«Bt H. B. CJemet, GeiMral 'â-  Co«nty R^resentatives elected by con- Alana^t-r, remarhed: *fact signer*, agree that what we need "This state»ent covering the opera- ^ storage accommodation at stra- tion« of tbe post year reveals the iaet'Mf^'^ points centrally located in dis- that yoar bvsiMM undertaking is in t"cts of heavy production. This will a real heiathy condition aad wdi en- i hold the grain in marketing position treiwhed with rewrree. Steadily and : a"*^ a^o'<* unduly long railway hauls, surely piogreaa is shown year by 1 eliminating the danger of having to year in voitti»e, and also In returns to'^ doubled back over the road from those who u«e the ompany's services I which it came if we were to store in in pla»-iog on tJie marlnte to the beet ' '^**'^^**- lJ0«8ibl« adraatage the pnyinet* o*; "T^w. al<>n« with the desirability their fawns. ; of mala«« the sign-up one hundred | jg^bled for a strawberry party. j others â- 'Perhj^ye some of you, though i P^ 'S*^ s*"^"*** '" *^ <*''^*"'^^ *^"'' Carefully packed in boxes, full, aro- 1 THE GUIDING LIGHTS OP THE UNITED FARMERS' CO-OPERATING COMPANY. Reading from left to right th names are (Back Row): 'J. G. Whitmore, Woodbndge; 'Herbert Mil- lar, Forester's Falls; W. A. Amos, Palmerston; Carl Jones, Port Stanley; R. H. Halbert, Uxbndge; Harold Currie, Strathroy. (Front Row): Howard B. Clemes, General Manager; Geo. Buchanan, Carleton Place; aarry A. Gilroy, Ahanston, President; R. J. McMillan, Seaforth, Vice-President; J. J. Morrison, Secretary-Treasurer. ♦New Me:nber3. _^ Strawberries Without Sun Electric Lights Prove Suffici- ent to Produce Good Fruit But Costly- Paris â€" On one of the coldest of win- ter afternoons, with a bitter wind wliistling up the Seine and flurries of For the Boys How To Tell The Common Elarthworm Writing about the expression which one so often hears, "The common earthworm," II. F.." in the Blrmlng- Breezy Bognor Where the King Will Recover Health and Strength in the "Finest Climate in England" Bognor will have a record holiday i rectlon.' G. B. Shaw Thinks Gaelic Language Revival Foolish Students Told Important Works Should Be Written in Widely Spoken Tongues Bernard Shaw went to Ceueva to take a look at the League of Nations, but as soon as he appeared ihere, writes Aase Haugaard, in "Politliken," of Copenahgen, he himself became the most conspicuous figure at the meet- ing of Ihe assembly. The first ques- tion asked â€" not by a ntwcspuper man but by a group of students â€" was: "What Is an Intelligent wo.uan?" "Ouo who will buy my last book, 'The Intelligent Woman's Guido to So- cialism and Capitalism," price 15 shil- lings," replied Shaw. "la It true that you have lost faith in humanity?" "Whoever told you that I at any time have ever had any (aith In hu- manity? Humanity Is forever chang- ing, History tells us of six or seven civilizations which have gone to ruin. All reached a point of development similar to ours and collapsed because humanity In its political phase de- stroyed everything. I see no reason why we should not disappear in the same way; all signs point in that dl- ham Post, says. ,, , ^ , „ ,^^ season this year. That much was cer- ' A Student: "Can we do nothing to "For many years 1 has been the ;^^.^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ .^ ^.^^ decided ' save civilization?" custom of writers of text-books oj I that the King should go to Craig^veil | Mr. Shaw: "The League of Nations House, Bognor, in search of health. | tells what can be done and I, too, Bognor is the most westerly of the have told it in my books; but people shareholrtwrs, are not now in position 'â-  *o*y. w* call for tbe attention of the lo heij» aw«U the annual busineM of | *">•*<* «*•* ** ^*°o^ representatives your oomjMny. In sphe of this, no ! *•• y««r." anow sweeping tie qual in front oti^^Vl^sy to give the worm as one the Instltut de France, the savants of ^he typU.il forms of a-^'n^^ life_ ^^^^^ _^ ^__^ __^^^^ ^^^^ the Academy of Science recently as- i ^}°°^„''''^^'^® ^'**"' ""^'^ ^^^^^^ coast resorts, and one of the neither listen to what the League says " ,** years"^ were'"inaccura:e' I P^e^'^st. No better place could be nor do they buy my books. Modern v>»... â€" .., r-~- "-- â€" "â- -. > â€" - ... , .]' J , ^ , f . '' imagfined for an invalid just beginning humanity, however, is not creation's matic and luscious, two dozen berries I V^'^ was due o ^, , ,,„„,„,.;, I to recover from a severe illness. The last word. We have the consolation were brought to the meeting by M. ! three dilterent forms had become Mangln, president of the academy. : mixed doubt, you f««l a touch <rf pride te' fte j LIVE STOCK MARKETING ALSO. , The scientists found the berries had \ '"'^''^ *'' °"^ '^'"^ ^\ ^^^^, . ,. i ,h 1 thBv'^^* ^^^ '^ invigorating, yet not too : of knowing that If we succumb it will up in diagnosis, as inougu luey j^^^^j^ ^^ strong; it is sunny even in ' only hasten the moment when the fact that your mooey is being us«) to Mr. Gil»oy, however, does not think all the flavor of a fruit warmed by j ^^^ easiest way for the ordinary , ^j^^ holiday season. develop a sucomsM fMuMr concer*â€" j only in terms of grain when he talks | the sun and nurtured by rain. yet J °°^^'"^^'"; °'" one who nas not maue .^^.j^.^ .^ perhaps the finest climate always »m# to help jKAke a»n*6ioM cou^any buoiness and co-opersUon. He 1 not a one of the berries ever had felt , ^ special study ot earthworms, to de- better OB the £anee of the province, is jurt as much interested in livestock, sunlight or been exposed to the touch ' "^ermine tho true earthworm is to as- ! winter, and quiet even at the height of ' life force will produce something bet- Tou hava lUso a move taaffiWe Mti*. faction in tJie faet tiwrt ywu get divi- dend oheqaes." UIRBCTOaS FOR THIS YEAR. Tho rewklt ot the eleeUoa of direc- toi-8 for 19*© bpottght four new faces cream, e^;s, seeds, potatoes, turnips, hay and such products, as he is in wheat â€" at least, the way he discusses thoM products betrays a sincere in- cUnatioB to provide a marketing sys- tem that will return to the producers to tJw B»a#d in apMe of 1^ favorable j ^H litwt i« possible. financial statesteat preaeatad by last year's loaixi. These nasMd are: H. A. Qiiitejr. Alvinston W. A. Amoa. PaliB««toji R. J. McMKan, Seaforth R. H. Sqjbert, Usbrid*» C;eo. W. Buehanao, Carleton Place Carl JoBM, Port Stanley Harold CvuKie, Strathroy J. G. XVhtowMre, Wo«ibridg» Heriert MiU»r, FoMatwi Pnlls Mj-. Giiawy, wto seived as president of the Oompany In 19M arid 1W7, was ast^in given tkat honor and reeponsi- l>it$t>y, with Mr. M<»iHan as vice- of nature. They were grown In a basameat. Light and heat came to them only from two great revolving lamps of I certain exactly the number of rings or segments occupied by the girdle, ' or swollen knob known as the clitel- i ' lum, which is found, when the worm j is adult, about a third of the body- 1,200 watts each. Beneath the art! , , ,_ , ^ ,. j ficial light It had taken the Plants ; ^-.f,Mr„L^",.^l'„' only forty days â€" about one-half the "Famecs in many parts of On- 1 normal time â€" to mature and bear tarlo," remarked Mr. Gilroy, "'know sometbiaf about the steps our com- pany took a year ago to give livestock producers the opportunity of dispos- ing oft h^r aninials co-operatively fruit. Members ot the academy declared the berries fit to rank with the best in flavor and quality. Their presi- dent, however, said it was not prob- under contract. At the request-yes, able his artificially grown berries soon ^ ""r^" "â- â€¢;"" ."""',;"; ^1';^^:^ :;: 4. J 1 „» „_ .u„.„i,„ij^_â„¢ „t' ,j 1 1^^ ^^ J I oDth, the specimen is a member ot a on the demMid of our shareholders at ; would compete with the garden van- ; . ' ,„.-;„. „_. _„„. .^^ ,„ the annual meeting in Decembtr, 1927, ety.. His reason was expUcit. The • Z^t? L ^IT^^^t f!n^th!nh Jn we prepar«i a contract, fra^ied after cost of growing by candle power had j^f^^', '""^^^^^ the earthworm and rf"^^^" the C^dian Wes^ been 125 tra^^ (|5) for each ^^r^-- X',L,J^ZellcTs^^^^^ but modifted in some details to meet 'berry . ! . , , \,-m i .• ,uc»ij.. ' a number of other differences relating to the color and shape are at once ter." Another Student: "Ought th« in England, wrote a former Lord [ Irish and the Welsh to give up theit Chancellor during a visit to Bognor, ' native language and adopt English?" "having the mildness of the western! Mr. Shaw: "You are English, are and the dryness of the eastern coast." , you not?" He had gone to the town tcrall appear- 1 Student: "No, I am Welsh." ances a dying man; he returned from] Mr. Shaw: "Well, that's even worse, it restored to health and vigor. Others \ I don't understand Welsh; I only know . ' liave since had the same experience, it is a very unprofitable language â€" " yia*^ o,.o „„ J^ i P*'^*''^'^^*'"^y ^'^ cases of illness con- for an author. I have known many , writers from small countries who have About 150 years ago Bognor was, ; written excellent books, but the first like many other famous resorts, mere- i thing they think of Is how to get ly a fishing village. But in 1787 Sir i them translated into a language thai Richard Hotham, a f).v.i :• London ^ people read â€" English or American, for hatter, started to deve' the place, example. As for Iri.sh, it's only a hu- and shortly after Prim-- â-  Charlotte! morous tongue; and why should Irish \-isited it. This event m:ido the repu-j avoid English when they know how tation of the new watering-place. to speak it so much better than Ens- Today Bognor is one of the most lishmen themselves? If there is any If this girdle six rings, and these rings are num- ^ ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ bers 32 to 37 from the head, then the â-  * specimen may be regarded as a repre- sentative ot the true earth worm (Lumbricus terrestris). If, however, the girdle contains eight segments, which extend from the 28th to the Ontario oon<iitjons. This contract was siAmitted to producers and shippers q •/• f\ I- K* J from practically every county in the,r aCluC V^OaSt DirClS president, and Mr. BaeHanan as third Province, and after lengthy discussion mejnber of the execHtive. J. J. Mor- ' *«y approved of it and accepted our vison continues in of*o* aa secretary- I'o^f ^ P<** °" * campaign in four trea»ui»r, havi*ig held the position ! c«u*t'»s. t*»is ^ ^ extended as soon since rh« Goavpany was OKganiaed in ' *« ^'^ ^^^'^^ practicable. 1914. I "The directors did their part to the Discussing the Comrpany and ita 'â-  b«»t ot lAeir ability and the proposi- r.chiev^meote recently Mr. Gilroy re- !<*>*> ^^^^ accepted by overwhelming marked that he considered it a great â-  majorities at all meetings held. In honor to be seleoted by his fellow- ' ^^^ V^sia, however, for some reason i j apparent. 1 "One ot the most noteworthy points In which the two differ externally is ,ln the shape ot the head, or the way . ^jjj^g ^.-^^ -^ south-west, and the} Mr. Shaw: "As a dramatist I am m ^-h'ch It 13 attached to the first rmg I p^^^ -^.^ protection from northerly ' most Interested in the stage setting, of the body, which bears the name I Repay for Banquet Turn February Into Spring When University Spreads Feast on Campus , "internally, the differences are Seattle, Wash.â€" That the University equally great, so that since the days ot Washington values the hosts o£ of Dr. Eisen they have been known popular of the smaller English sea- ide towns. It attracts visitors even in winter, and the climate is so mild that one here so unlucky as to have one ot the minor languages as his native speech I advise him to learn one of many people who formerly wintered '• the more widely spoken tongues as abroad for health reasons now go to : soon as possible." Bognor instead. For, though the town j A third Student: "What Is your is called "Breezy Bognor," the pre- , Impression of the League ot Nations , , , blasts. February and March are real- We behold a tribune from which a peristommm because it surrounds the ly spHng.like at Bognor, whatever i certain number of gentlemen deliver mouth cavity. \ ^^^y ^^^ ^ -^^ ^^-^^^ parts of the â-  speeches, but not the slightest atten- cuntry. | tion is paid to what they say because The King's stay will undoubtedly 1 they say nothing except what they make Bognor still more popular, both have been ordered to say from home. pr^ii^nt oncr»o^ an^ aT^lceSC;*^^ ""'^T' "" 'f^^^^^^ ^Z''" ''r''^^":.'"* ^''''^'' T'?> ^"«* ^^ as the visit of Princess Mary's'chii:! ho t ngue let out some reaf act L^ U>lt^^one^r .^* : wasTttlcked with such effect locally «'f''«^ .^% P^°/f , '^^ '^^^^'^'^S '^"^ ^^f ^^^f'^^' ^'^^ ^^'^^^l^' ^^ ,^?"T d«n to the neighboring Littlehampton the other dav. But in mv character .^Z"^ K^' Z, '^a'st eS^-|th.t, after spending a . few. thousand , ^-rtr„\l^:!ut"r:f r.^:!?:Jr. S!!L£^'!?:^,.!T„ l^!., ^"^'^ awakened new interest in that resort, of stage manager I may tell you con ienoe tsHa nie that the honor carries i tj^ rM-iah»w%ni» ntl nct-ml fanvn?"* until, blanket of snow. One ot the gar ha poin**i out, "past exper-;^â€" ^ the'di^'tors-thoughrit best | Gael's when the city and surrounding however similar they may be in ap- , M. â- . â-  -i.-,-^- •,,-,.,!*« nriatnon*. Hn art-ial panva=!'^ until <^°"'i'^''>' ""^^^ Covered With a 12-inctt pearance to one who has not studied with It serious responsibilities. W^hilel**' postpone an actaai canvass uniu _ , . •^ frreat progress has been shown in thej^f. Producers ha4 n*^,"^*. ^n-f t°.,»f^ .„_,„ «„_. banouets such as the past, particularly in recent years f«=H information and decide definitely aeaers spread banquets such as the : ..i J*'^"'-'"~'y in recent i^j^'., them<iclv€s whetler or not thev '"'"'^^ ^^o"'*^ "o' ^^^'^^ler in hours under much .Uil r*ma.B« to be done ^^ J Z!, ^SS with ou^ contra^^^ \^^^ ^°^^ ^'^^•"^able conditions. .â- auhelp.^lves«*emoreoftheprob-|Were»ajt^fied^^^^^ At these happy bird feasts were l<wki met by Ontario farmers in their f .«<^^^ '^^^^ ^"® reasons ror op- 1 thrushes which havn recentlv business of bu-rips and eeHliu? I shall Position *« *'•« proposition made by varied thrushes, wiucn ua^e recent > ba ha^y? • '^*" j the Company, but I think I could show con^e down from the remote mountain ornithology." No man works harder against his own interests than the man who works lor them exclusively. POOL OPERATION that it was not prompted by any real regions; grosbeaks, bluejays. c'Mcka- Captain ot Passing Ship; any help?" Atlantic Flyer 'I'm so oprie- got I desire to serve producers better than dees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, wrens, ' floating four days at sea) 'The Ontario Grain Pool organized jjj^y ^ould be served under <ur con-'o^hees quail .robins gulls and crows, j we're just changing a tyre. in nine c>u»ties in lSi7 and extended j (.^act but I prefer to leave the matter Another way these birds have ex- * â- - last year to seven other countries has ] ^ t},g hands of those whom we hoped Pressed their gratitude is by the wood-: CoftocStall Customer: lived up in operation to all we hadj^ jj^ j want to say this, however, ' land symphony which they have been hungry I could eat a horse." Pioi reiison So expect before we took de-! that the Company stands ready to go' rendering Underfoot it has been uu- tor (tersely): "Sorry, but I ain't finite action and Lauached the cam- 1 jj,^^^ ^^jth a renew^al of the campavjn '"'^''^''ably Februaryâ€" overbead, May! ' no horses." iwiifn in January, W97. We now have I j^^t asso on as producers show us' i, en record the c«»t*a«ta of over l'2,60eitjj^t they want it. Furthermore, if it jirain growers in the province.each of i^^n be shown that the contract can' whom have o^mA to dispoae of|i^ improved from the viewpoint of thiou^h tha Pool atl the grain they'the producers we are ready to make' '"^irJ*^^ ' revisioiw, with this on proviso, that it' £vi«eMe titat the pool has beenU^ugt not in any way conflict with the; effective i« Um province was found j^jj^^gt, of the OompJnv's share,; lu haniUBg tiw IMT cr«p when for I jj^^j^j^, » tho tir«t time in many years the prices I ^^^ these are the two latest ad-| ruling in Ontario, net to tlM grower, [ ditions to t*e Company's activities, were couaideraMir higher tlwn couMjur. Gilroy raadt it clear that other i be got by se«idi«« te mum grade of L,„it, ^^a not .lejrlected. He refer-j wheat to saaboaid for MCfiort. It waa | ,ed with sojne ewhusiasm to the seven ! ihatinctijr proveai that, w«lh a normal i creameriee operated by the Company I cro]», export prieea de not nace^isarily 1 g^^d the fact that in acyition to pay- ' govern Ontario priaae. \^ ^ fnip price for cream as it reach- j "When the W88 orop came on the,e<i one of the plants, the patrons had; njarket the power of tike Pool was ! also received o\-er $400,000 since 1924 again deiiKinstrated. The papera were ! in Patronage or Commodity Dividend' full of re{)orts indicating a bumper ' distributions. Ho also spoke of the trop in Waatern Caaada. Befova the | Hgg Pools and tho Livestock Commis- ' l>ool wa» orgauiaed this 'bumper cro4»jstoB Departments, and their effective-! .stufi' was usad m an excuoa for aeas in removing grievances and giv-| potUHling down Ontario prieaa to aline ^^ fanners better returns. He| very low level Thare is no denying I also reviewe«l with some pri<le. the â-  the fact that our growars themaalves I pioneei'inir effort.^ of the company in liad visiena of dollar wheat, or less, j reducing the cost to the farmer of Personally I figure that the price I important commotlities such as fenc-' offwrsd to -oar farmars would have I lug, binder twine, flour and feed, etc.! !>een about 90 centa on »oo^ nulUi»|r ! Co-opwativ^e Merchandiain? in volume wheat dtiriii^ Sof^mber and October, j htm, in his mind, lM>en a great boon to I base this on my aa)>arieaa» of fer- 1 Ontario farmers in the last d«<>a<ie 1 Titer yasaa. But isfais, the Foot ' and a half. proved that t^ Oatario wiMat aMur-j * kwt is a market unto itaeW and that! And on9 reason why cousdence 90 our home miUa n*^ aU o«r wiwat. oHen haa * still small voice Is because and *o«M ba v^f^ to pay a fate H's a still small conscience. price for k. The podl wajawwit j â- > held ita teat M> MMi yr*â€"* at M I Ancient tonihs reveal tuinllure of co»ta a b«Mkaft, Mt to ttM (Mwar. hawllderlng costliness, but nothing to after allowla^ iar BMUMnum (Ma«- Hral In value a jeat '-â- â€¢n the New York tiona to ««wr )omA liM iJ II ii g ttiTCVgtt 9t«*«1( Rs<4ang«. •Need (after "No; fldently that the curtain behind the tribune is very effective. The ladles cf the secretariat know how to make admirable u.se of it. Toward the end ot a long-winded oration one of these young persons suddenly steps out from behind the folds ot the curtain. In a new dress, with charming move- n!>=nt. she glides over to a scat â€" while th'^ .tudieuce wakes up at the sight of her and tiie orator con.qratulaten himself on having caught the atten- tion ot his hearers!" OF CoLi.SE 1st Fish: I don't know who to get to furnish the music for our fish hall. ' The question of war or peace Is at- 2nd Fish: Why don't you try the tractive because people can fight ovo" fiddler crab? .it The Memory of Scotland's Bard Will Never Die CONTESTANTS TAKE GREAT INTER««T IN BUfWM' P«T« Royal Ca1d4onlan school pupils whearse piping and dancing (or "Bums' Night" concert at tha Royal Albert Hall, London