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Canada's trade in increase in ex- rade in farm products | . in the year had a value of $858,018,796, as compared with $681, 770,618 in 1925 and with $652,592,966 As compared with the pre- , 1926 saw an increase in! A of $176,243,178, or 26.9 per; cent.; and with the year before that en _ incresse of $205,420,931, or 81.5 per| to $165,350,506, as compared with 143.920,611 in 1925, and with $149, 12M 201,468 in 1924. The export trade in- creased from $508,391,402 in 1924 to _$687,850,007 in 1905, and to $702,663, 290 in 1926. For al' three years the great bulk of the trade has been with the United Kingdom end United States, the two combined roportions of the total of 76.9 per cent..in 1926, 76.6 in 1925, and 76.7 in 1924. Of the total , 67 per cent. was with on as compare 20 per cent. in 1925 and 22.8 per cent. in 1924. Inthe ast fiscal year of 15.83 per cent. to the United States. The total trade in farm products with countries other than the United King-| dom and the United States was $198,- 279,468, or 82.1 per cent., in 1926, as compared with $159,777,990, or 23.4 When to Pick Apples. One of the most difficult problems of orchardizing is that of determining | when fruit is ready to pick. The fact that apples are shipped long distances | and are held for consumption for! months after they are picked makes it necessary to pick them at such a time that they can be delivered to the con- sumers in first class condition. A study of this problem has been made at the Experimental Station at Summerland, which is situated in the fruit-growing district of British Columbia. In his | latest report, which may be obtained from the Publications Branch, Dept. | of Agriculture, Ottawa, the Superin-| tendent of the station describes the experiments made over a series of years to find just when apples have arrived at the proper stage for pick-| ing. The results show that the changes in color of the skin on the unblushed side of the fruit are the most useful guide. When the skin on the unblush- | ed side is distinctly green at the time the appie is picked the fruit usually | develops a poor quality for the var- jety. If the apples are left on the! tree unti' the unblushed side is a clear i there is a time when the color of the, unblushed side is a light greenish yel- low, and this is the stage at which the apples should be picked. They will, then develop good quality for the var-| jety and keep well in storage. An-| other use of indication of the proper stage of maturity is the ease with which the fruit parts from the spur. This is probably the most important factor in varieties like the McIntosh {erops and $84,341,560 to animal hus- i fully or chiefly manufactured. Export per cent., in 1925, and $152,229,469, or 23.3 per cent. in 1924, ; i © IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. ; As regards trade in the last fiscal year, total imports of farm products, amounting to $156,350,606, were divid- ed into $71,008,946 attributable to field bandry. Of the broad total, $52,396, 847 was raw material, $18,361,639 partly manufactured, and $89,602,620 trade, amounting to $702,663,290, was attributable raw materials repre- sented $608,564,676, partly manufac- tured $8,410,066 and fully or chiefly manufactured $185,688,648. Canada's trade in farm products, the outstanding branch of her com- merce, is of pertinent interest at the! present time in view of the great attention being paid in the British Isles to the marketing there of Em- pire food products and the periodical recurrence of the question of agricul- tural tariffs in the United States. Sur- veying the Dominion's trade in farm products for the last three years, it is found that whilst import trade from the United States is fluctuating but slightly, there has been a very drastic decline in imports 'from the United Kingdom. Exports to the United States increased from $88,484,060 in 1924 to $106,666,067 in 1926, but in the same period those to the United Kingdom increased from $287,008,660 to $421,278,495. Whilst there has been a very substantial increase in the ex- ports of fully or chiefly manufactured products, that in raw materials, in TRIMLY TAILORED. '| evident that the war continued in var- bination 'of their Fy Then, it he in the south- erm , and last of all led his armies against the people of the north, The account of the central campaign is found in chapters 6 to 9, that of the southern campaign in chapter 10, and of the northern in 11:1-14. A ral statement of the vest is "in 11715 to 12:24, but should be com- red with the parallel statement in udges 1:1 to 3:7, from which it is ious parts oi the country long after quest was by mo means complete, Joshua, however, acomtichoy his great task of for Israel a permanent Jootho:d in all para of the country, centre, south, and nerth, where gradually the Israelite 3 zained bp retacy over the err habitants by conquest, by enslavement, or by assimilation. The story of Caleb and the taking of Hebron from the three sons of Anak is one of the heroic episodes of this period. I. THE PETITION OF CALEB, 6-12. both field crop and animal husbandry groups, has been much greater. A triumph of chic and sienderness is this one-piece coat dress of kasha. It is most essential that every smant "Caleb, the son of Jephunneh" was a prince of the tribe of Judah, Num. 13:6. He i here called the Kenezite (or, as in the Revieed Version, "the Kenizzite""), The Kenizzites are men< the death of Joshua, and that the con- | Pital p Selection and Care of the Breeding Females. wardrobe should contain at least one|tioned in Gem. 16:19, as one of ten frock of this type. In every detail it | nationalities of Palestine which are to illustrates the theory that the long line be given, they and their lands, to the Experience has proven that the be- ginner in beef catt'e raising should, in is the shortest route to slenderness. proportion, put more money in the Inverted plaits in each side seam give sire he is going to use than in the the necessary fulness, and the long individual females of the herd, but it tight-fitting sleeves and vestee of con- is, nevertheless, important that these | trasting material are of the latest females, whether for the production of | mode. No. 1179 is for misses and pure breds or grades, be carefuly se-| small women and is in sizes™16, 18 and lected. No breeder of pure-breds can 20 years. Size 18 (36 bust) requires afford to neglect pedigree and family (83% yards 86-inch material; 3% yard lineage in his selection, and no breeder | contrasting for vestee. Price 20 cents. of commercial cattle is justified in| The designs illustrated in our new overlooking typé and uniformity injFashion Beck are advance styles for his breeding herd. That same low-set, the home dressmaker, and the woman deep, blocky conformation already de- or girl who desires to wear garments séribed as applying to the bull shoud dependable for taste, simplicity and prevail throughout the breeding herd economy wid find her desires fulfilled of females. In starting a herd, if in our patterns. Price of the book 10 grades are to be used, it.is wise to get cents the copy. cows that show at least thres top! HOW TO ORDEF PATTERNS. crosses of good pure-bred sires, and, Write your name and address plain. five or six crosses are even more de-|ly giving number and size of such siable. It is good practice to put into patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in the herd cows that are uniform in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap type and not to mix breeds. Individu-| {t carefully) for each number and ality in the cows is important, partic: | address your order to Pattern Dept. alarly in pure-bred herds. Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade In starting a herd, the beginner may laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by find it to his advantage to buy fairly | return mail Feeding Young Pigs. Proper feeding runs parallel with correct breeding in the raising of | swine. ! Animal Husbandman, in Pamphlet I No. 74 of the Dept. of Agriculture at Ottawa, on "Breeding and Feeling of the Market Hog," ventures to suggest that it may almost be safe ta claim Possible. i that within at least a very few. genera- A hungdy boy is positive that table {Hone ype Jueelt ny be mo ied OY cass of female to purchase. Such cows are proven breeders and the, buyer generally gets three animals for his bid. Of course, thrifty heifers, safe in calf, are also a fairly safe in- vestment, says Prof. Wade Toole, De- partment of Animal Hsubandry, O.: M. G. B. Rothwell, Dominion and Grimes Golden, which tend to manners were invented by someone drop freely after they have reached Without an appetite. . a certain stage of ripeness. In gen- fe eral the experiments show that apples Lost in the Mail 18 Years. should not be picked in an immature| A post card sent froni Edinburgh on condition for fear of loss from wind, {August 1, 1908, has just been delivered but that it is a good practice to re- at North Berwick. move them from the trees as soon as -- they come off eo easily that there is| While the sitting hen may bs crown- danger of serious loss from dropping. [ed with glory she is of little value on farms where large quantities of eggs Fall seeding of early vegeteb'es and ad times, and especially in seasons flowers wi'l advance the season a week 'when broody hens are very scarce. If or ten days in spring. Hardy annual | propery operated, machines wi'l hatch flowers may be sown and will bloom [as large a percentage of strong, liv-| portant period of therlife of the ani-|ipo pe earlier than if sown next spring. able chicks as will hens. Hens can not Poppies, bachelor buttons, marigolds, a'ways be relied on. At times they ca.llopsis, anmua! 'arkspur, love-in-a- "quit the nast right in the midst of the mist, balsam, kechia and other hardy hatch. Some hens impart too much' flowers may be treated this way. I.et- heat, and others not enough. Some tuce, radish, pea, turnip and other hens are restiess and break eggs. Both seeds which are usually sown in early hens and incubators require careful spring may also be sown in the fal. 'watching. -------------- -- mt MUTT & JEFF--By Bud Fisher. - THAT'S ABOUT THE Cuff. DARN GooD Ee YES SIR, (C's A 1387 YARD Hore | AND 2'LL BeT | T can make ov | 1» Two suovs! ram. ~---- 5 I've GoT Fe Bucks) B= THAT SAYS You CAN'T Do tT! ing followed. Ill-balanced ratiors, in- jurious substitutes, deficient raticns, over or under-feeding, lack of intelli- gent understanding of nutritional re- quirements generally, Mr. Rothwell | descendants of Al m. He was therefore, not of the pure blood of Israel, but an member of the tribe of Judah, was evidently held in high esteem. He was one of the twelve spies sent by Moses Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land of Canaan, in the second year of the wilderness period, and may have been chosen because original home of his people was, like that of the Ken- ites, in southern Palestine, and he was, therefore, agéquainted with that part of the country. At that time he, with Jcshua, had stood for prompt and - courageous action against cowardly fears of the other spies | (Num. 13:30; 14:6-10), so that it was 'afterward said of him that he "wholly folowed the Lord," Num. 14:24; Deut. 1:36. He was also one of those chesen by Moses to divide the tand be- tween the tribes, Num. 84:17-19. "The thing that the Lord said." See' Num. 14: 24, 30; Deut, 1:36. "Forty years old" he was at-that time, in the second year of the wilderness journey, and he is this day fourscore and five oars old. Feoly-five years, therefore, ve passed since the expedition of spies, and forty-seven years since the departure from Egypt. Since the en- tire period in the wilderness was reck- SODK JUNIORS are having course next year. brary, Fall Fair, & needy family, the Gir's' Judging hard to get a Red Cross Outpost Hos- established. DEVLIN help the school with books und have good programs. FT. FRANCIS--Had an exhibit at { encouraging a love of 'clean sport and fair play in the community. McIRVINE--In order to keep a valued teacher, helped the school board secure a suitable residence for him; had a course in domestic science; have social evenings and are encouraging clean athletics. = ANTIROKEN---Are working for an athletic field, community hall , the school and better kept cemeteries. KENORA--Plant to have an edu- eational paper and a demonstration at ument, but for the opportunity to' achieve and possess by the help of his IL. THE PETITION GRANTED, 18-15. "Hebron . . . unto this day® It is evident that the history was written some time after the events recorded. Hebron is still a place of some im- west. from Jerusalem. Another and Sam-------- ee THE GOL Three, children gazed yearningly through the iron grating of a round door in an orchard wall They could see through the bars that the fruit | trees were in blossom, and far away in the distance were children playing! merrily in the fields of flowers. Their | taughter and their singing were borne on the breeze, and the rippling of a orystal river mingléd with their joy | ous voices. To the three chidren out-, side the gate this orchard was wonder- | fully inviting. The beyond caiied to them but how could they get there The door was locked! ¢ oned as forty years, the period of the war of conquest under Joshua and the! encampment at Gilgal must have cov- | ured seven years. Compare Joshua | "As it was in my heart." The source jof his courage and confidence was his whole-hearted trust jn his God. He, believed it to be the Lord's will that they should go in and possess the 'and of their fathers, and he was ready to make the bold adventure of faith. He 'whol; There- | hi: aod had pro } would bring him into t! bie would possess it (Num. 14: "As yet I am as strong." "This was, i points out, all exert a powerful influ- jas affecting future development. The { foundation for profitable resu'ts in the {feeding of the market hog depends | largely, as the Dominion Animal Hus- are hatched. An incubtor is ready at bandman forther says, "upon the cor- | tition, - dition to which the feeder is able to] bring his young pigs at the age cf three months," which is really the im.! , mals, and also the time when the hog man shows his true skil', The pamph- let, which can be had at no cost by applying, postage free, to the Publis} cations Branch of the Dept. at Oltawa,! proceads to deal with the feediny of} the boar and, at great length, with the feeding ard care of the brood so | ' HALF-WAY To Now FoR A PUTT! ence daring the early growing period S00 living had no idle boast. Co faith, and his body bale and | st: to a good o'd age. And now he asks for no easy retirement from labor | and from danger, but for a difficult and dangerous task. "Give me this mountain" is the substance of his pe-| and this mountain of Hebron, three thousand feet above sea ievel,! was held by the sons of Anak, famous for their size and strength, ch. 15:14. warrior asks permission only may win this stronghold from the enomy, and then possess it as a home for himse.f and his children. a aie hover andthe cy bs "great A are ; gre and fenced," but, he says, "If co be the Lord will be with me, 1 shall -be able to drive them cut." - Z The hero asks for no-ease and emo'- WHAT'S THE IDEA ARE You GWING UP? As they stood there lost in longing, a voice from behind started them. "That is the Kingdom of Joy," it said. "I see you are longing to get through the locked gate to join the happy chil- gil. dren, and eo you shoud, for a'l should be in the Kingdom, especially you children." . Turning, the threes children saw a woman where face was veiled, but whose voice was as the sound of the children's eyes were full .of eager questioning, and a great compassion filled the woman's heart for these lit- Sent. ach soviet © n EMO--Shower their brides, help the classes, and are trying | fo vance, about eighteen miles south y shrubs and had a sewing course. somewhat different story of the taking of Hebron is told in chap. 10. See ly ch. 10: 36-37, and compare ch. 15:13-14 and Judges 1:10-20. For a description of the sons of Anak see Num, 18:28-83. nm al comet When Sea Ice Is Old. Sea ice more than a year-old is en- tirely free from salt. DEN KEY have been a long way to-day and have had nothing to eat." > he little girl ran off quickly, and fetching armfuls of stidks made a large pile. Just as she was going to set it alight she saw in mi the pile semeéthing shining brightly. Started, she put down her hand and picked up a shining goi she 'sowly 'speled "Self-Forgetfulness." Full of wonder she - with shining, loving eyes. hed fallen and the child gazed i face as beautiful as was her "You have sooti found the key; open ' tle ones shut out of the Kingdom of Joy. "There is a key to the gate," she sald, "and, oh, so near you ail Seek dilligently and you shal find it." Bo saying she turned away and the children all eagerly began to seek for the key. They turned over stones, they dug up the earth, and forgot ail cise in their eager search. AY: but the second child, a little girl of five, who, after turning over a few stones, | around to see where their kind adviser had gone. " 'She saw her a little way off gather- ing sticks, so she ran up to her and asked her if she could help. "Thank ng I put out her hand to take him with her, | but the sweet voice of the veiled lady | caited 'out to her: | "You cannot take him with you. All must find the key for themselves. None can enter the gate with another's key." her brother's hand, went through the aid tho ke {the you, dear thild," the sweet voice ans-' wered. "I am gathering sticks to make and hungry for I 2 : to. . "Did you hit Richard . Self-defence being one of the strong- est instincts of the human race, the child cringed and said, "No!" Evidences were against her, but still, and ever more emphatically, she .| protested her 'innocence. In vain I tried to persuade the mother to let "|a hysterical child away, saying, "I 'won't have my chiid a liar, I her tell the truth!" She was exhausted when she back a little while later to say she was convinced her lttle girl had been Ltolling the truth from the beginning, for she had clung to her story even under threat of the whip if she dared to lie. "Poor chidd! Almost forced to He in the first place by the demand, "Did you dot?' and by the realization that confession would mean sharp and . quick punishment; and then tormented into a hysteria in which she actualy came to believe in the innocence she was ol oe We threaten with make came And so it goes. hand and voice while we demand. "Did you do it?" or ask a group of children standing in trembling realiza- tion of the punishment awaiting the culprit, "Which one of you did it?" 'We know there is no instinct stronger than that of self-defence, and yet we ignore that fact, practically forcing the litte child to lie and tempting his older brother. So with little children I have come circumstances. They are having a ugh time of it to learn to line between fact and fancy 3 LE guilty, I try to pry out the by some other methcd. Anl if direct question seems advisable I it gently, trying to iho 16 year my purpose is to learn the trut ther than to punish. There are very occasions when it is either wise table to ask which of a groud has g If will very likey all claim Fi] 1847 Hi sf b t I Ei Feeding Idle Horses. The cheapest and best way to keep idle work horses durinz winter is idesation. Dr Cap Rouge, to avoid these questions under most ~ bo