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Payment of Government Grants. bp to 19.07, the Government- Grants to rural schools were based .solely on the average attendance, ■and no recognition has been taken <>f the teacher's salary or of his -certificate. -certificate. A small school taught by a hirst or Second Class teacher, to whom a liberal salary was paid, would receive less government grant than a larger school taught by a -'^"-priced Third Class teacher. This was now changed. The certificate certificate held by the teacher and the salary paid, became important factors factors in determining the amount of grant payable to the school. Special grants were also paid for the employment employment of First or Second Class teachers. Tlhe character of the school house, the condition of school premises, and the supply of school requisites, also elements in determining determining the amount of Government grants. This change in the payment of grants had a most beneficial effect in increasing teachers' salaries and i-i securing better kept school premises. premises. It should be mentioned in this connection that the total Govern- were per ment grants to rural schools increased by more than 300 cent. District Model School Established. In the year 1908, a small number of District Model Schools were opened for the purpose of providing a le-we-r grade of teachers for sections sections which, from a low assessed valuation or from other causes, nrght be finable to secure Second Class teachers. The term extends over a period of seventeen weeks and the certificates arc known as Limited Thirds, and do not permit the holders -of them to engage with any school at will. An engagement between the trustees and a teacher holding this grade of certificate must first be approved by the- inspector, inspector, who knows the conditions of the section. This engagement, if made at the end of the calendar year, can be made only for six months, and if continued, it must he subject to the same conditions as those under which it was first made. Number of District Model Schools. When the District Model Schools were opened there was no basis on which to form an accurate estimate --if you feel bilious, "headachy" and irritable-- for that's a sign your liver is out of order. Your food is not digesting--it stays in the stomach a sour, fermented mass, poisoning the system. Just take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets-- they make the liver do its work--they cleanse and sweeten the stomach and tone the whole digestive system. You'll feel fine in the morning. At all druggists, 25c., or by mail from Chamberlain Medicine Company, Toronto 14 TfOYAL j MAIL '.Ki rn To LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, WWW, HAVRE' The memory of a voyage on the Allan Line is one of luxury and happiness. 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Six schools were selected and -.during the first three years of their exists ' ance the aggregate attendance per year was only 248, or 41 students for each school. In 1911 and 1912 the number of schools qyas increased to thirteem hut the total attendance was only 450. per year, or 34 per School.' AYith this experience of five years, it was concluded that ten schools with ten divisions a-t least in each school would furnish the necessary necessary requirements for the training of the students who might be expected expected to. attend. Ten schools were selected in central districts and the a tt end-ace which, as I have said, was 450 in 1912, fell to 365. Past experience showed that forty students cOuld be trained in à school with ten divisions without unduly disturbing the regular work of the school, as only four students would, be assigned to a class. Conditions of District Model ■ Schools. - The selection of the Model Schools in 1813 .was made, with one exception, exception, upon -these conditions, as to number of divisions, arid no exception exception should be made in the case of any school' The new Model Schools are now upon a 'better basis than were the County Model Schools. The salaries salaries of the principals have been so increased by Government grants that trustees should be able to se-' cure and retain the best talent available, and the services of the assistants in the training have been recognized for the .first time, a special annual grant of $50 being now made to each assistant, term has also been extended by two weeks and begins on the 18th of August. August. The principal can thus become become acquainted with his students and gût his "work outlined and nrirly under way before he is called upon to give any attention to the Public School. All the masters speak very highly of this new plan. In closing- this part of my report, it may be stated that of the 365 students students in attendance at the Model Schools, no less than 258 or seventy i per cent, had what is known as j "Normal Entrance"" standing; that is, their non ^professional standing would have entitled them to go at once to a Normal School had they so desired, and only 64 students or seventeen per cent, entered through the Model School Entrance Examination. Examination. The continuance of this examination examination seems scarcely necessary. Cause of Scarcity of Teachers. I know the idea obtained very generally in this country and prob- ably the same opinion is still held by many, that the closing of - County Model Schools was responsible for the scarcity of teachei's. Although the contention was true for a time, the facts now show- that it is no longer correct. During the last five years of the existance of County Model Schools, the total number of certificates issued by the Department, Department, including First, Second, Third and District Certificates, was 8,336, an average of 1,673 per year.. During During the year just-close the total number number of such certificates issued, not including" High School Certificates, was - 2,087--an increase of 414 over the average during the Model School period. The shortage m the -supply of teachers during the past few years has been caused by the emigration of teachers to the Northwest Provinces, Provinces, by the unusual expansion Of business, which has offered to young people more inviting fields of labor than the -school room, and by tire opening of large areas in New Ontario, Ontario, "which are constantly" requiring requiring more teachers for their new schools. The large growth of urban centres also demands many additional additional teachers, arid thus reduces the su pply -for rural schools. Salaries. Teachers' salaries, which a few years ago were very small, have been increased considerably during the past five years. .The average salary paid to male teachers in 1908 in'rural schools, including the unorganized unorganized districts, was $458, and to females $379. In 1912 the -figures were respectively $536 and $464. This is a decided improvement, but the outlook as yet is not -very encouraging encouraging for securing a supply of good male teachers for rural schools. Qualifications of Teachers. It should be necessary to argue in favor'of providing the best qualified teachers' for our ' schools, and .yet there are those who take an opposite opposite view. An engine inay" be prop- ely constructed Arid éqüïpped, but the skitful engineer is required to secure the hest results "from - its' -Working. So {it : is with the -school. We niay organize a good achpoil syst- em, and may i^.pd children- rggular- ry to sc.hdql and .thop.^e miu(gfc chm- "mit 'the whole matter into .the hands bf tiie tether: 'It : has Seen well Âüsid, • "Às is the ^teadhèr, so is the- school. " Wat er will not rise' above the fountain - when eo ,it: issues, hdr will the school rise above the level, of the teacher. "He is mainly rb- spopsible ? fpr ,t,h^ success or failure of the educational 'syste^p. . The requirements" of the present time deriiahd inlich more than the a cert-incate. Behind the certifioate Jhaacher ...and^be^r hind the teacher there must be the man with developed' character. «I Iwtf- H ■-?. . St. BpNitAcs.'Pr; .Ssa.winïgân, Qua. "lAti. 3rd: 1914! ' " : •• "It is à pleasure to me.t.o inform you that after- suffering from z Chronic Constipation for years.,: I have beèîi cured by. "Fniit-a-tlves'.'., ' While I was a student'at ' BérLÏiier ".College, I 'became so ill Ï was .forcéd .to leave the thé" college. Severe, phins across the; intestines continually torturedvine and it camé to a point when 1,-ÇQnlçl not stoop down at all; .à.n.d rny {Digestion became paralyzed. $d,ruq one advig.çd nie to take " l*'ruît-a-tiyes" andL'at once Î felt a great iùiproveiherit.' Âftbr I had taken-foiir or five hones, Ï realized that Ï was completely cured- and what made me glad, also, v/as {that they were adtiiig .gently, causing no pain whatever to tllehowels. 'All those who suffer'" with "Chronic Constipation" should fôllow niy' example arid"take " Fruit-a-tives " . for they - arè the meflicirie that cures" . l - ! :PAQUIN ' 'Pruit-a-tives" are sold by all dealers at 50c/a box, 6 for: $2150, trial "size, 250. or sent postpaid^oh receipt of price by Pruit-:a=tiyes Limited, -Ottawa. : Without this we need expect nothing more than what ar.e commonly kqo-wn as the School Arts. What satisfied the conditions twenty-five years ago will not do for to-day. As -civilization " becomes j more and more complex, each suc- 1 e ceeding generation requires that the training provided for its youth shall be modernized to enable them to achieve success in the ever increasing increasing competition of life. A Prominent Farmer's Opinion. At a recent meeting of the Dominion Dominion Grange, Mr. E. C. Drnry showed showed his proper appreciation of the situation- when he said : "I do not think there is the slightest need to say that the qualifications demanded demanded for teachers are too high. We want teachers possessing a little reserve reserve force who can bring to their work a real uplift." He was of the opinion that "until men were paid a living wage, they could not be expected expected to remain permanently in the teaching profession." He also, said he "had given a laboring man as much -as a teacher receives." (To be continued.) GREATER ANDJiETTER CROPS. By Prof. J. H. Grisdale. Director of Experimental Farms, in Canadian Countryman. [For the length o-f his article Prof. Grisdale gives more practical advice and timely -suggestions than are to -be found in many volumes-- advice that if followed this spring will bring rich returns to farmers.-- Editor.]' Profits, net, are Professor Grisdale's Grisdale's object at the Experimental Farm at Ottawa--and he gets an average of $45.77 per acre.- The average Canadian farm yields a profit of $6.50 per acre--only one dollar for every seven got by the scientific methods practised and recommended by Professor Grisdale Grisdale . * There are no secrets in his methods--they methods--they are described~in this article. article. If you have not" been getting anything like the above profits, you will find the reason somewhere in the article--look for it ! Do you know -who is to be credited credited with the introduction of the silo in Canada 1 The Experimental Farm ! 'Do you know the -effect ôf it in Eastern Canada An increase of fifty to 100 per cent, in the cattle- carrying capacity of the farm with the silo ! * , The usual measures of crop production production in normal years are the industry industry and ambition of the farmer - A Genuine Must Bear Signature of See Pec-Slolle Wrapper Below, r 1 ' nfÉii'h eiki OUHS SICK HEADACHE* an^ the prospëctîvé profitable. market market for the- products' 6Î his labor. The Canadian farmer of to-day is not lacking--in industry, the 'markets 'markets , both ; immediate" and prospective prospective for >all .the products -of his - en- •ergy have never been better, and to these may be added the call from the motherland for help such as. -can be giveri By your "farmers and" by none -better, if they; will; iri the way. * of "plentiful -supplies of foodstuffs foodstuffs of all kinds for man ' and heart. Given the effective combination combination of ability to produce and profitable demand for the product, with, the further inspiration -of patriotic patriotic necessity, surely such a year qf farming activity may be anticipated anticipated for 1915 in Canada as has never before .been seen and as will long live in o-ur-annals as the banner banner year in Canadian agriculture. Canadian wheat, coarse "grains, meats, dairy products and hay are certain to be greatly "in demand by Great Britain and her allies during The period of this war ^nd for many months .ther-eafter. These products .of our farms are such that, for the most patt, but little time is needed to permit of a material increase' in the output. True, only a slightly ldrger' acreage can Jt>e devoted to each or any one of these crops than was contemplated or planned for* in dh« fall of 1914. Fortunately, however, however, or .possibly we should" say -unfortunately, -unfortunately, the return per acre and therefore "the total return "off cereals arid hoed, crops in the 1 country, very largely depends upon cultural methods methods practised by the individual farmer, farmer, as well as upon the area sown thereto. Hence, with every farmer doing his grain seeding better than ever before, handling his hoed crop as it always should be, but -seldom or never is, in the way of maintaining maintaining a- rnulch and keeping frëe from weeds, such an increased return per aci*e may be anticipated in this country as would astonish the farmer farmer hi pi self and go. far towards enabling enabling this country to meet the ex- traordinary demands the motherland motherland is sure to make upon u-s. In crop production, thorough work practically always pays and P a 3 T s well. A c-lose observer of the following points in connection with cereal and hoed crop production in 1915 would work wonders. Let us all try them. (1) Make every .preparation possible possible for seeding long before seeding time comes around, (a) Clean, test and bag your seed, (b) Get your horses, -harness and implements into into good shape. . (c) Anything else that can be done before seed time to facilitate or expedite seeding should be most carefully performed. (2) Lose not a minute when seed time arrives. Get on to the, land at the very first opportunity. Earlier seeding usually means bigger crops. (3) Perform every operation thoroughly thoroughly : Do the ploughing well. Disc and harrow the land until a perfect seed bed is prepared. Sow the seed carefully, with no misses from bad driving, no blanks from plugged drills, seed' sown not too deep but deep enough, according to character and condition of soil. After seeding, roll if the soil is nob too damp, then lightly harrow. (4) See that water furrows are run whei*e needed. (5) Keep weeds, in check. (6) In the case of "hoed crops, even more thorough work, extending until until August, will ensure success. (7) Do not economize in labor at seed time. A last stroke of the harrow harrow after the seed bed seems perfect usually means extra, bushels. To Summarize: Get ready for seeding now. Prepare land thoroughly for seed. Use good seed. Sow -seed-early. Sow seed well. The result :--Much large crops of a better product. Meadows cannot now be increased in area nor "can much be done to increase the quantity of hay in 1915. Not a few old meadows in the eastern provinces, however, might be broken up and sown to oats and peas after thorough working. working. The returns would surely be much, better than if left in hay. This is true whether - the crop be harvested green as hay or allowed to ripen for grain. In Ontario and Quebec, these old- meadows sown to corn for forage -would give the best returns of all. A little extra, work Before .seeding is worth a light dressing of manure if such is not available. Hay is likely to.be dear ; grow other forage crops and be in à position to sell a few tons. Selling Selling hay is bad farm practice, but war knows no law. Forage crops and coarse feed in abundance mean cheap production bf flesh an<f milk. Beef can thus be readily produced, mutton and pork made abundantly available and milk be put on the market at a reasonable reasonable price with a fair profit to the "producer. By bach arid every one of us doing the best that is in him arid making tHe very wisest use of every acre that is under, his control, we, as Canadian farmers, .may do much'to help, our country, our empire and the great cause of freedom. v Trial is Inexpensive .--To those who suffer f com dyspepsia, in digestion, rheumatism rheumatism or any ailment -arising from- deraugetUent-ottbe dfcgësjKrB ÎMtetem , ^ » triàÜ dfJPr" oinnit-nde %iiat Âauy buroa unn cer- taiuly be traced to their use where other pills have proved ineffective. \ Kind You Haye Always Bought, and which has been ta XL&é fop oyer 30 ycais, haA borrio^the sifnaturd of and has hce^p made unde^ his per- ^ ■ _ sonal supprititsiion since" ïjts infancy. ' ^ Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-gbod * are hut Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children--Experience against Experiment. 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