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Come in The Goodyear Lug Tire for trucks (above) bites into soft going with a caterpillar action -- gives traction forward and backward -- cleans itself automatically-- pulls you through. Smooth and quiet on pavements. Tough, long wearing tread. We W. J. ONYON Phone 122 - Sales & Service - Colborne - "Vox Nostrae Scholae" I Canada Year Book, 1937 ^ One of the most interestng publications in Canada is The Canada Year Book and the latest volume, issued in 1937, is of course the most entertaining. Its more than 1100 pages .of closely packed figures is in reality 'an entrancing history of our country, its growth and development during the last 46 years. Even in 1900 Canada exported no newsprint paper. In 1936 the export of this commodity, 90 million dollars worth, was only exceeded by that of wheat. In 1900 there was no export of automobiles, in 1936, automobiles were eighth on the list of exports in value, over 23 million dollars worth. There was no export of aluminum in 1900, but over 13 mililon dollars worth in 1930. No crude artificial abrasives were exported even in 1910, but over 4 million" dollars worth last year. That was possible through the development of electrical energy of which Canada exported over 3 million dollars worth in 1935. These figures are the official records of the growth of huge industries in Canada during the last few years. In 1&90 Canada exported less than a million dollars worth of meats, last year over 24 millions; and in 1»20 responded to a war demand for food with an export of over 46 millions. Canada exported in 1890 about 25 thousand dollars worth of scrap iron and steel. In 1920 this export amounted to more than 4 millions, and even last year Canada exported over a mllion dollars worth. In 1890 there was no export of nickle. In 1&3-6 this commodity was fourth in the list of exports with a total of nearly 40 niiillions. Cheese-making was a bigger industry in 1890 than it is today. Then more than 9 million dollars worth v;as exported, compared with less than 7 millions last year; although the war demand increased the exports of cheese in 1920 to over 36 millions. But in 1890 there Was no processed milk exported and last year more than 2 million dollars worth. The export of fish was three times what it was in 1890, and of fruits, chiefly apples, the export last year was nearly 11 times that of 1890. The export of flour rose from about naif a million dollars in 1890 to nearly 20 millions last year, although the export in 19-2-0 reached over 90 mil- During the last 46 years the export of square timber fell off from over 4 million dollars worth to little more than a quarter of that amount, while wood pulp exports rose from about 160 thousand dollars to over 20 million dollars worth. Wheat is still the most important export of Can-aria, being nearly 150 miillion dollars worth, though that figure was greatly exceeded by the figures for 1930 and even 1920. Recurring droughts in the Canadian West are only one explanation offthe decline in the export of wheat. The story of Canada's import^ Is equally enlightening. When anjfn- October Meeting is Held At Mrs. Milton Usher's The Wicklo-w-Vernonvill-e Women's Institute met at the home of Mrs. M. Usher on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 20th, 1937, for the regular monthly meeting. The meeting opened in the usual manner with the main officers present. The roll call was "Whv I'm Glad I Live in 1937." The different branches of the Sunshine Committees were heard from. Mrs. C. Rutherford was put in charge r.f the Novemlberr meeting. • Mrs. Arthur Rutherford then tooK the chair and presided over an interesting meeting, which was of a twofold nature, Legislation and Health. Program as follows: Reading, "Looking Ahead," Mrs. M. Rutherford; Reading, "A Teacher's Experience," Mrs. Piske; General School Laws were dealt with by Mrs. W. Rutherford; Teachers' Duties,- Mrs. C. Rutherford; Trustees' Duties, Mrs. W. Gillespie; "Recipe for a Good Teacm-er," Mrs. Knight. At this juncture eight bright girls from the Stone School sang. Dr. Peacock, Grafton, the guest speaker, gave a very lnter-efting, instructive address on "Infantile Paralysis." After votes of thanks were tendered the speaker and the hostess, lunch was srved. The United States potato crop is estimated at 403„3I93.000 bushels compared with 329,997,000 bushels harvested in 1936, and 372,115,000 bushels, the 5-year average 1928-1932. The human foot carries over a half ton- of weight a day. But we don't mind it so long as a two ton gent doesn't step on our corn. weight of burning blossom. Through my mind there still drifted the languid essences of July, a summer halo encircled me and ...... "And now? Nothing. Earth. Sodden grass. Rank bushes. A wind that cut one to the marrow. I shiveTed." The rest of the book is devoted to his- efforts to change this desolate, untended garden into the garden he had dreamed of. He tells of his painstaking planting of mushrooms which failed to grow; while he found them growing abundantly where his gardener had "just crumbled up a brick of .spawn and shoved it in here for luck." He describes the way in which he made a winter garden, and displays a particular affection for the flowers which blossom while snow is on the ground. Quite by accident he built a rock garden. To obtain a water supply, he had a pond dug .. "Judge, therefore', of my surprise," he writes, "when I discovered, as I hurried over the field, that I had created not only a pond, but a mountain. This mountain towered over the pond in a most mienacin-g manner. It had not previously occurred to me that if you dig a large hole, the earth from the hole will ascend at the same rate that the hole descends. It occured to me very forcibly now, and I did not like it at all. of crisis In If you have anything to sell, or want to buy anything--try our Condensed Ads. on Page Five I election promises to make CjflHKi self-sustaining, independent of oMher countries, he might explain what the would substitute for the 37.000/000 pounds of tea imported annually, rthe ?6,00-0,-000 pounds of coffee, the [39,-000,000 pounds of grapefruit, to (say nothing of the 17,0-00,000 pounds' o-f dates. 19,000,00 pounds- of prunes,;the 35,00,000 pounds of raisins. It would seem to be equally difficult to find a satisfactory substitute for the 50.000,-000 lbs. of crude rubber required for Canadian industries, as well as the 11 miillion dollars worth of crude oil, cotton seed and neanut mostly, or the 64 million gallons of gasoline, or the more than a thousand million gallons of crude petroleum, or the 3>0 million jjounds of Quebracho required for the tanning industry. And while we might persuade loyal . Canadians to smoke Canadian tote coo exclusively, it would be difficult to persuade the Canadian farmer to grow the 13-6 million pounds of raw cotton that Was imported into Canada last year. How dependent Canada is on the outside world for iron andl iron products is shown by its imports the first six months of this year of 112 million dollars worth. The chill in the air last week presaged1 winter and was scarcely conducive to thoughts of gardening. A book like Beverley Nichols' 'IDown the Garden Path" may, however, be read with enjoyment at any season. It is a book on gardenng that will interest even the most ardent non-gardener. The author bought a cottage in England. During the previous summer he bad -spent a few days here, and the memory of the gardens surrounding the cottage had grown into a desire to own them and care for them, ,nd add to their beauty. Consequently, when he saw that the owner of the cottage had died, he immediately bought his- place in the country. Nichols first visited his cottage in March, and he describes his first view of his estate in the following manner: "My heart was beating very quickly, because now, at last, I was to see again the garden which I had so often -ire ; mod. "I stepped through the window, topped dead. Blinked ....... looked again .... and the spirit seemed to within me. t was a scene of utter desolation. True, it was a cold evening in late March, and the shadows were falling. No garden can be expected to look its besljpn such circumstances. But this garden did not look like a garden at all. There was not even a sense of order albout it. All design was lacking. Even in the grimmest winter days a garden can give an appearance of discipline, and a certain amount of life and colour, no matter how wild the winds or dark the skies. But this garden was like a ruhhish heap. "In imiy mind's eye there had glowed a brilliant bouquet -of flowers. 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