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'â- ^Jtte •a?*t m MAKE YOUR OWN CIGARETTES WITH MACDONALD'S Fine Cut A MIIDER TASTIER TOBACCO *', % 'Itj: i4iil^' â- n*i*9 â- ijl''" t^ CHRONICLES oi GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke I. have been oulsiJc looking for signs of spring. And, lielieve it or liot, I found them. There was the sound of frogs singing in the pas- ture swamp; the shrill scolding cry of a l)luc-jay, as he flew towards the big oak tree; a red-breasted robin strutting around: lilac buds definitely swelling and, by scratch- ing away at the dead grass, I found several yellow-green shoots of daf- fodils. Tlierc were also some heal- thy looking rhubarl) crowns â€" ii only there were sugar to go with it â€" and here and there seedlings of bur- dock and chicory. Come late spring or early, the v.eeds ar â-  always with Ui. * * * Down at the barn there are other signs of spring. I don't have to look for them, they make their pre- .â- ienc- known from afar. I mean the calvesâ€" there are four of them, and all heifers. Yesterday we stopped their liorns. h'arm peoiile will ' ow what I mean Iiy that but for the benefit of those wh don't live on a farm perhaps I Iiad better explain. Calves are born without horns just as babies are born without teeth. But the roots are there â€" little hard knobs on either side of the head known as 'buttons". They ai)pear (Juitc harmless and can hardly be felt at all until the calves are about a week old. But leave them 'alone and watch those buttons develop into murderous looking horns. It •lepends on the breed oi cattle how iiutrdcrous those horns are likely to be. Our cattle are Ayrshire and that breed has about the worst horns of any. So to keep the horns from growing v.c rul the buttons with a caustic pencil. If the job CARRIES TORCH The chap above literally "carries the torch" for the KAF. He's traffic direcfor at RAF station in ^England, and is pictured using a pair of torches to signal landing directions to bombers returning after night raid over Europe. \i done carel'iiily the calf doesn't «vcn fee! it. But if one is clumsy and gets caustic on the surround* iiig flesh then the i>oor little calf gets bad burns and no doubt siit- ft-rs pain and dijcomfort. Hut be- lieve ine, it is'quite easy to bungle the job as the fighting strength of a week-old calf is amazing. Inci- dentally it is quite as easy to burn oneself as the calf. Caustic sho.ld be handled with respect. • * * Here is how Partner and I tackle the job. I gather up my supplies, rubber gloves, scissors, cup of water And caustic pencil in a bottle. Part- ner corners the calf to be treated, .'traddles its back and tries to hold it* head steady. With the scissors I clip away when I get a chance at the rough hair around the buttons. !jv>tnetiincs I if^t <|uitc a bit done done Iiefore the calf realizes that Homithing ((ueer is happening, but tooncr or later it "calrlies on." .And Skin Eruptions TIric Is [1 'Wnn, Ktuhilcss, pen*> tru'lnu iiiiii«ciil(i' oil lliat lirinsa npnoily rnllet fruni the itching and dlHconifort. N't 'irily i).if* llili honllMR nntli- *ptli' oil proniiitt inplil and houlthy h«slicig: In niicii fidieii and wuundi but bolls and simple ulcorji art alco relieved. In iililn nffo'Mloni ths llchlnff of I^czf^inti l» quH'lily Ntupped. I'lmplei â€" hUUi rriipllOM.i dry up and ncals off in II vi'iy fi.w (lays. 'I.'ti« larnn Iji Iruo of riMrbcr's Itrli, Snit niicuni. ltfliin« Toes and Feet nnd '•'hi| liiflninmnlory nkiii dianrdera. \ii\\ tnn ol'lniii Moone'H Knicrald â-  'i' in the iirlKliial luitllo at nny M">'/ •.'rimsloio. Hiitlxfietlfin gunr- â-  nr A uv nidiioy bnek. then the fun begirs. It twists and it wriggles and it sticks its nose up in the air. Every time I get the scissors in position for another go the calf gives a mighty lurch and I have to back up or catch the calf in the eye. Partner tries to do my part as well as his own. "There now, ho says, "get her now.... oh, you're too late again." And then I start telling him what to do .... "Watch out.... hold her steady.... down â€" down â€" how do you think I can work .with her nose in the air?" « * * And so the job goes on. If it is too prolonged we get out of pat- ience with each other, the calf and the job in general. But we always persevere and finally finish the job. The worst part is rubbing the buttons ".vith the caustic pencil. This is dipped in water and rubbed very firmly on each button until the skin is rubbed off and pin- l)rick5 of blood are showing. Care has to be taken to see that both sides are done evenly. One time when we were dealing with a par- ticularly unruly calf I didn't make too good a job of it. One horn grew and the other didn't. The horn that grew was stunted but it was still a horn ajid certainly made the heifer a queer looking animal. How- ever I think we made a pretty fair job of things yesterday and the calves are none the worst for their ordeal. We did only two â€" the others were not quite ready. English Train Escapes Blitz Courageous Action of Driver And Fireman Averts Danger To Passengers Few passengers, if any, on a Lon- don night express recently knew that only the pronii)t and courage- ous actions of the driver, Herbert I'.lunt, and his fireman, William Page, saved them from great dan- ger. An air raid was in progress when the packed express entered a tini- nel, and most of the passengers were asleep. When .ibout half way through, Blunt saw that the end of the tunnel was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that in- cendiary bombs were showering down. He slammed on .ill his brakes and stopped his train just inside the tunnel. Then, with shovels from the engine, Binni^ and Pajte went out into the open and set about extinguishing the bombs, some of which had already set fire to the wooden sleepers. Despite the danger from possible explosives they carried on and ex- tinguished nearly It) incendiaries lying on the track. Other incen- diaries on either side of the cni- haisi nient were illuminating the conritry.iide around. Having completed their task, I'agc telephoned from a linesidc box to the next signal cabin, brief- ly reported the incident and said that as no high-explosive had been dropiied and the track was safe they pro|josed proceeding ''at cau- tion." This they did, with a total lime loss of only ;ii) minutes. On arrival at their depot ncillier made any nu:ntion of what they had done, and it was a day later when the district locojiiotivc su|)cr- iniendent heard of the incident from another source, .\sked why they did not report the matter. Hlunl, who is ST, answered, "I did not want to blow my chest oui. about nothing." Cat Vision \ new kind of g(i^,'^lcs has been developed, fitted wiili pla.stic lenses of a deep red color, David O. Woodbury notes in C â- llier's. They ars beiiiK worn by thousands in I • armed force* to ad^pt the men's ey«l for exacting night duty, .\fter ths war, (his icicntific short cut (or tilabli.shing ni^it 'vision will be availibU cverywhtrt to truck and bus driver*, rifilrotd men, plan« pilot*, .*etfar<r* snii auionioMIt own*r«, and will li«l|> cut down tbt high accid«nl rst* a*sori»t«il with dtrlme.is. THE WAR . WEEK â€" Commentary on Current fcvents Indian. Army Of 2,000,000 Men Largest Volunteer Army In World Increasing interest in the Bur- mese campaign has centred attention on the Indian scene generally, com- ments the Montreal .'^tar. It is doubtful wliether the general pub- lic, In this country or in the United States, ha.~ more than a vague idea of the part that India has played and is playing in the world-conflict. Some data recently issued by the Government of India Ijiformation Services in Washington serve to emphasize in a graphic manner In- dia's share in the struggle. How many people, we wonder, realize that the Indian .\rmy is the largest volunteer army in the world â€" two million strong. The regular re- cruiting has been .lO.OOO men per month, and it would have been in- finitely larger but for th ; fact that it was limited by the amount of the equipnient available for enlisted men. India's Army Nearly one-fourth of India's army has seen active service overseas; the Fourth Indian Division played a most important part in the over- throw of Mussolini's African Em- pire, during which it suffered some 15,000 casualties, or one hundred per cent of its strength, but it captured over 100,000 German and Italian prisoners. Field-Marshal Lord Wavell has also gone on record as saying: "Without X\\& assistance of India, both in troops and in material, we most certainly could not have held the Middle F.ast, which has been, I think I can claim, the keystone of our present successes." Royal Indian Navy The Royal Indian Navy person- nel is today thirteen times greater than at the outbreak of the war. The Information Services state that ship* of the Royal Indian Navy have played their part in the I'attle of the Atlantic, in the operations against the Italians in East .\frica, the campaign in Iran, the operations in the Dutch F.ast 'ndics waters, the defence of Singapore, the Bat- tle of Burma, and the invasion of Sicily. Today they are engaged in the duties of escort, patrol and mine-sweei)ing throughout the Eas- tern and Middle Eastern \\'atcrs. Indian Air Force The Air Force has developed also in a phenomenal way, having ex- panded ten-fold since the beginning of the war. India was one of the first countries to establish a train- ing school for i)aracliute troops. The response of volunteers to thi.s extremely hazardous branch of the air services has been excellent, and it is stated that both Indians and Gurghas have been found to make first-class parachutists. The Force has played an important part in providing coverage for .\llieil ship- ping both going and comin >.itli troops and war supplies. In ad- dition Indian air units have made many important raids on enemy ter- ritory. Some idea of the expanse of the Force may be gained, it is poin- ted out, from the fact that during the past year more ^lan one mil- lion men have been engaged day and night in the work of aerodrome construction. Shipbuilding The war has brought about the development of one important new industry to India â€" shipbuilding. Before the war there was none in the Indian Hiiipire. Today Indian shipyards are building ships for RECEIVES M.C. From the hands of Lt.Oen. Sii Oliver I.,eesc, Eighth Army Com- mander, Capt. A. J. Charbonneau of Ottawa, former star football player with Ottawa Rough Riders. rsceivei the coveted Military Cress for vslor in action. subjnarine and general patrol duties, minesweepers, motor launches and other craft. Over 4.000 sea-going ve5.scls of all types were repaired in Indain shipyards iii the first two and a half years of the war. War Industries 'i he development of war indus- tries has been little short of amaz- ing. From the outset of hostilities up to March, li)42, India supplied the bulk of war material for the Middle East. She produces the latest types of artillery, and her or- dnance output has grown by leaps and bounds. She makes over 8,- 000,000 garments per month for army use, and over 4,000,000 pairs of boots a year for the army. .Ml the above figures are official, and should serve to convince all save the deliberately purblind that India is behind the war effort heart and soul, despite the lugubrious prophecies of Gandhi and his sat- ellite? that the Indian people would not back the .\llies until the Bri- tish Government had withdrawn from the sub-continent. India has every reason to be proud of her war achievements. OTTAWA_REPORTS That Problem Ahead of Canadian Poultrymen Is To Produce Eggs More Efficiently The problem ahead of Canadian poultrymen is not one of increas- ing production, but of producing eggs more efficiently, according to officials of the Egg and Poultry Marketing Service, Dominion De- partment of .â- \griculture. The new contract between the Siiega! Products Board . nd the British Ministry of Food calls for .siiipment of a minimum of 8,400 Oliort) tons of dried egg powder annually during 11)44 and 1943, the equivalent of 48,000,000 dozen eggs. With the delivery of 847,149 cases from the first of the year, as against .'l:J!i,ll3 cases in the same jicriod last year, indications are that the quantity available for drying for Br'tish shipment in 1944 will great- ly exceed this amotmt. Prewar egg exports to the United Kingdom were around one million dozen egg's a year. Shipments of dried eggs in ll)4a were the equi- velant of ;t4 million dozen eggs. Canadian eggs sold for approxi- mately the same yrice as those from Holland and Denmark on the Bri- tish market in prewar years. In order to meet this competition, greater efficiency on the part of I'anadian poultrymen will be jieces- sarr, -Marketing Service officials advise. The premium of $1.00 a carcass on tirade " \" hogs which packers formerly paid to producers has been ....andoncd after negotiations bc- fween the packers an ' the Meat no:!rd. Dominion Department of .•\Rriculture. Instead, as from .\|)ril 10, this is now being paid as an increase in the dressed weight price of both ".A" and grade "III" carcasses, by the packers. The incrcarc in the dressed weight iiricc of grade ".\" hogs an'.oiints to about ,"iO cents a hun- dred, and on "111" grade carcasses, to about 10 cent a hundred. .Ap- proximately 2S ;•. cent of hogs now being marketed grade into the top gr;;de but the i>erccntage oi tho.-e grading into both ".\" and "111" is ;;s high a.s' T.'i percent. Discounts previously made for "heavies" and other off-grade hogs have also been discontinued, and the three "C" grades, and three "D" grades have been consididated in* to one grade each, with weight raiigf of "heavies" being narrowed by 10 pounds, and that of "extra heavies" widened b. the same amount. I'ederal premiums of J.t and $:: on the two top grades arc now be- ing paid on officially-graded hogs direct to producers. .Some provin- ces are also paying premiums on top grade hogs. .Ml oi this is ad- ditional to the increase added to the two grades by the packers. Sales of used trucks, trailers and Inises by individuals not in auto- motive sales business arc now un- der a price ceiling, according to the motor vehicle controller. The new order covers priv«te deals, sales l.y auction, or in sale.-> of personal or household effects. Maximimi prices are established on t'.ie basis of new vehicle prices with percentages to allow for depreciation according to the age of the model. â€" â€" - A net increase of $44,1,9.')0,015, or 21% in customs, excise and income lax returns for the year ending March, l'.)44, as compared with the year ending March, 104;i, is an- noiMiccd by the Minister ci .\atio-i- al Kevemie, Hon. C \V. (i. Gibson. Income tax returns totalled $'.o:i,'i,- 401, rOT. an increase of $-J.->r,4.".l„S74 over 104:1, and ti>tal customs and exci.se taxes wore $lil4,;tVi,-j(<,"., an increase of $l|in,.'50~,141. Pio\!.>!ons oi li.c new Wartiiv.e Prices and Trade Board Order controlling sale and distribution of corn does not apply to sales of corn to a farmer for use as feed on j.is own farm premises, the order points cut. The Book Shelf Bedford Village By Hervey Allen Bedford Village is a novel of high adventure, a story of people and events so real, so vividly alive that you cannot help but become a part of their lives and fortunes. With it, Hervey Allen takesv full stride as a storyteller in his por- trayal of .\nierican frontier life in 17()4, While tlie story is centered in Bedford Village and Pendergasses' tavern, it also moves in the bleak wilderness about, as Captain Jack and his Mountain Foxes stalk In- dians through the forest to a bloody clima.x of death at The Salt Ket- tles. Through it all runs the story of Salathiel .Mbine and his fight for his white heritage, and the com- plications of his search for a van- ished wife. These people are not figures in an easy costume piece of colonial life â€" they are the .Americans of yesterday, the men and women and children who touched hands with our ancestors, fought with them, lived with them, died with them in the making of a new coun- try. 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