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“We came in here in ~l9l9. took our seats to the left of Mr. Speaker and we knew that 50 odd men had been sent to the Legislature with a mission to right the intolerable con- ditions in which agriculture had fallen. dUe to the former administra- tions, and I have waited from that time to this to find the move that would be made, and now we are about to pass out and many members have stood up and made their vale- dictory addresses and we have not had a word from them as to where our neglect was, what line of agri- cultural industry had been neglect- ed, what avenue of development had not been opened up or was not in process of Opening. Let us have the item, from the minister or any other member. who were so elo- quent, coming in as crusaders of the farms. coming to their own at last. It did not take them many months to realize they had a highly organized department. carrying on ell'ieiently. studying conditions. following out that which had proved successful elsewhere." I Hon. Mr. Henry. who has always been sympathetic toward the prin- ciple of the short-term Government loan to farmers, fought. to the last. against certain features of the am- ended Agricultural Development Act which deals with long-term loans. The measure got through commillee stage this week and now permits loans up to 30 per cent. of valuation. The agricultural committee. of the Legislature recently recommended 05 per cent. but the minister did not‘ see fit to embody that in his bill. new clause in the bill which created much discussion permits loans t’m “any other productive purpose... Ron. Howard Ferguson declared the Government might as well wipe out all the restrictive clauses and leave it wide open. and even some mem- bers on the Government side admit- ted that the new clause means just that. However, it has gone through and Mr. Henry thinks the loan com- panies will be very glad to have all the dmbtful prooositions go to the Government organization. J. R. Cooke in his address on the bucket. was much impressed by the hmham'd way in ‘which the prov- lnee, in entrust to methods of any private corporation, selects the men who are to make laws and adminis- ter aflairs involving millions of dol- lars. With the private corporation nothing is left undone to select men of ability for posts of responsibility. Yet the people of Ontario in “”9, Ir. Cooke said, went out into the fields and woods ond notories and selected an administration which, whatever its intellectual capacity, was absolutely inexperienced. He might have added tut experienced men on the Opposition benches have donemueh intbeeefoureeuioin to TORONTO. April 7.4-EIeventh week of the gess'wn close-s without definite indication of when this Le- gislature wit. conclude its labors. 00ng the. vrwk several Government meaaures wrm- introduced and there are one or law. mum to come. the pri-mier infmmud the House when qunslinnml lg" Han. Howard Ff‘x'guâ€" sun, thong-'3: 1... ilvclim'il to particu- larizn. Th:- longâ€"cliscusseal Agricul- tural Dow-l ;-m!lli Act and "blue sky" bill at last gut svcond reading. Th" tumor has been much amvndod Sim-u i'vriginally printed and Mr. Ram-r; has [immisml changi's in lliv Othvi'. l-‘o-w Howmnwnt mnasm‘vs. if any. ill $13.!" by withuut patching lip-«‘2 pmially m’ We group 33:32an Thry aw l’ramml from the standpoint of Um Farmvr group, with 3:; Av l'v lllt' ilnmamls ul‘ llw Lalmr \\'ll‘.,'..'. 9an the Uppmllinn usually manna“! l" improms its. \‘ivws later on. listimâ€" ates aro yi-f to come. as well a» a long: list of import-tam public mix.- surus and Governmvnt hills in var- inus slagm. and same highly intvr- «sting rvsulnlions: such as Karl lin- muth‘s an 3310 ul‘ DOT? and light “luvs. “At illi' rain of progwss this alto-“mun." l’rvmim' Drury said on Thursday. "\\'n will b0 hm-v unlil Christmasâ€"«hut not lung «mum: to) draw a sessiomal lumus." Capt. .l. C. Ramsden (Liberal, 'l‘nr- untn S.\\'.,. W. 1). Black (Conserva- tive, Addinglon: and '1‘. F. Stark \l'. l-'.U., [Millet-in; held forth nn Tuesâ€" day in the budget debate. Un Wed- uesday .I. ll. Calvin» (N. Hastings had the. stage tn himself and deliVi'I'Nl a very meaty address on educatiun and other issues. Hon. George S. llmidry enlightened the House on Thursday in a three-hour address tliwutml chiefly to agriculture. stressing the fact that the present Government round a first-class, highly-urganizml department functioning and had not so far evolved anything startling in new methods t0 aid the industry. Mr. Henry was minister of agriculture previous to Mr. Doherty, and ought to know. He said : .'\t°('t")l't.lng to an estimate by Major Alex. Lewis at Strati‘ord, the (lov- ernment has sponsored only ‘19 out of 300 hills \vhieh passed the House in three years. If this session lasts long enough the Government will de- crease the proportion in undoing some oi its work. Charles Swane (Lahm. Niagara falls; has a hill to iepeal the Natuial Gas Conservation! Act of 1921 and 1922 and wipe out all the machinery provided in the way 01' a board of referees, putting the municipalities back on their former eontraetual basis. Karl Homuth pro- poses to put a crimp in the O. T. A. l'nder this UOVt'lllmPnt gill- net tish- ing limit on Lake Erie was placedl at 10 miles. 'lhe othei daV the fishi and game iommittee heard a depu- tation and agreed to reduce the lim- it to five. Lake Erie Fishermen’s Association later protested vigor- ously. and, under fire from both sides. the committee decided to let Ia commission investigate and report. (‘iowrnment Speakers have been remarkably canny as a rule in a- voiding elect-ion forecasts, but Con- servatives, on the other hand, are frequently heard predicting, with' every appearance of confidence, not only that Mr. Drury is about through with his Occupancy of the seat im- mediately to.the right of Mr. Speak- er. hut that Hon. Howard Ferguson will use that particular chair next session. W. D. Black of Addington. this week volunteered such a state- ment. “As I hear it throughout the country from all classes.” he said, “I want to tell you it is a foregone conclusionâ€"«you hear it from the Liberals, Farmers and ConservatiVes _people have had a trial of this ad, ministration and are bitterly dim-p- pointed. The conclusion is that they are going back to the Sane govern- ment which they had prior to this one comins into power.” Indeed. it is curious how many little things the Government ignores which would aid in eliminating cri- ticism from across the aisle. On Fri- day afternoon the ministers decreasâ€" ed by half a dmen or so the long list of questions by members .on the orâ€" der paper. Several of the answers were. long or contained many fig- tires and the ministers desired to table them without reading them out. R. R. Hall, Parry Sound, was interested in one such and asked that it be read. "You’ll get it. in the printed Votes and Procemlings," he. was informed. 01’ course, members go home on Friday and that meant that he could get the information the following week. He. protested and the answer was read. But how sim- ple it would be to follow the Ottawa practice and make carbon comes of the typewritten answers. one for the member concerned and one for the press gallery. | 'l'i-itling errnrs of judgment in pr0-~ cmlure seem to get this Government into a let nf trouble. If Premierl Drm'y had only seen lit. to attend when Hon. Mr. Itiney received the "elective police commissions” dole--l gal mu last week he would have been able in say that he was familiar with the argument and had come to .a dcâ€" risinli accordingly. As it was, he was in the pusitien of declining pub- licly in the Huuse this week to even i-eceix'e a delegatiun from the inter- esied municipalities. There has been no recent of Cabinet unity this session. which required him to ae- cept Mr. Raney's adverse verdict merely because it was the finding of a colleague. However. he did so, and laid himself open to a charge of grave disenurtesy, Which was pmniptly made by M. M. MacBride. Brant for: l. ‘ ’ Commenting on the fact that an Arkansas womn has cremated her third husband, the St. Thomas Times Journal reflects on the injustice of the situation by remarking that it is unfair that some should be old maids while other: have huabami prevent costly mistakes. In' refer- ence to the financial aspect. of the situation he recalled that the Drtary Government on coming into on‘ice i‘eumt a debt of 897.000,“, accumu- lated during 52 years of administra- tien by the old parties. After three. years ut‘ Drur)’ rule the debt is $240,- t_.:(m.t)m_). and umnicipat debt. increas- ed by leaps and bounds, is now $300,- t)t’)t).t)t)t). "This record of extrava- gance. inen‘icieney.’ and incompe- tuney.” Mr. timke said, “is conclu- siw- evidence that training and knmvtedge amt t".\'pt)l'tt’i‘.t'f‘ are of vaiue in Cnnctuvting public ufl'ail‘s, just as well as in the ordinary en mmr-reiat .it‘t'airs: of this country. 1 (tuestinn it' there is another Parlia- ment in the whole world in which yen can tind a similar situation to the one that “'9 see before us here tin-night." TM! In his opening remarks he detinwl a t‘tl-(iptfl’atiVe association as an a:- sociation organized primarily for the purpose of marketing farm pro. ducts along eo-operative lines in the interest of the producing and consuming public and without par- ‘ticular or any regard to profit, but, in the expectation that through the standardization and stabilization of the products marketed, the elimina- tion of waste and speculation in so far as condition of the market will permit. [ts stockholders might lw asSured ot‘ a. fai'r return upon their labor and iin'estnwnt and the com»- pany assured a constantsupply of said products of uniform and stand- ard quality at. a price reasonably commensurate with the cost of pro- «tuction. Egg Hunting. . Farmers in the vicinity of Mark- dale have become intensely interest- ed in an improved system of «388‘ marketing. On several occasions the (irey County Branch of the Depart- ment of Agriculture have been reâ€" quested for information on- the sub- jert. In compliance with this reâ€" quest. Mr. '1‘. A. Benson, egg market- ing expert. Poultry Branch, Domin- ion Department of Agriculture. was brought to address the farmers on the subject,- (lo-operative Egg-Mar- keting. on April 2. A representative audience greeted the speaker. The «‘lulinilion as given will newr alfcct an individual adversely but will redound tnllle benefit of every pm'son, be he. pri‘iducer or consumer. The fundamental principle of any comparative association is that 0f Srrvice. Mr. Bonsnn emphasized the follow- ing needs to assure success of any (rm-Operatiw organization : 1. A recognized necessity for improvommts in’ marketing condiâ€" tions and the establishment of a bet-- ter service. J. H. HARDING various furthers 'sellinc'thoir nus through their own Association. These local organizations are com- bined in- one great selling centre. This main centre employs the man- age‘r. Each local has its own repre- sentative in the selling Association. Oxford County {armors must be delighted with tho results by selling their poultry prmiucts through cgg circles when they are asking for tho fodcration of thvsv circles. It is time Grcy County farmcrs have taken the matter up. British Columbia. Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick nrc now all organizcd. Mr. Bcnson. who was chiclly instrumcntal in getâ€" ting: those provinccs organizod is now in Untario ongagcd in similar work. All thc proyinccs now organ- izml 3H“ dcliglitcd with tho rcsulls. Unlario would lw il' slw tried the work. lmt (troy County follow 0xâ€" l'ord's load. The above is sufl'icient to Show that help is being given to any farm- ers who feel that improvomont could be made in marekflng their eggs. Any person interested can get Mr. Benson‘s services free «)1‘ charge- by writing tn the Departmvnt at Mark- dalv. In passing it might ho stated-that. Oxford County has 25 circles organ- ized. The members of these have. asked to be federated or combined under on» selling agoncy at Wood- stock. Mr. ('S. R. (Lire-on. .-\g1'ivuliurai lioi‘n‘osoniativo. Oxford (Infinity, is having Mr. Benson to work on! tho details of tho contra! organization. Smut Prevention At every turn the Departmmt at Mm-kdalo is Doing asked for info!"- matiun for treating of grain for Smut. We arv ready to assist you with bulletins on this work if you will write US. A post. card will do. The bulletin will explain in detail Smut. Preventitm. The best method is as follows :â€" "Luau WT“)! or i ' 00m animals The statement of Inalysis should be carefuly studied by purchaser. Now is the time of the year when the nature and composition of the fertil1zers that are likely to be used for next seasons craps should be well studied. A bulletin that is pal - licularly recommended {01 this pur- pose is entitled “Fe1tilize1s for Field 1 .mps’ of nhich Dr. Frank 'I‘. Shutt. Dominion Chemist, and B. Leslie l'lmslie. Soil Fertility Specialist. are the authors and which can he had without chargc on application to the Publications Branch, Department. of Agriculture, Ottawa. The plan and scope of the bulletin haw boon sult- gustl‘d by inquiries I'N't‘lW‘d and in- cuulc. first. tho rosulls from reccnl livld experimonts; second. a discus- stun of the sour-c0. naturv. function and valuv of the various manuros. fm'tilizers and mi] amondmonts; third. an explanatimt nt’ tho fnrmu- Ian and factors inleml in the Valu- atinn 0f fertilizm‘s anal prvparaflons nf humo mixturus and. t'nurth. sugâ€" gostions for tho fm'tilizm' troatmvnt of fit-IIU Crops, vtc. Regarding commereial fertilizers! the. Dnminion Fertilizers' Aet urn-11 \‘idt‘S for ther egistratinn of every fertilizer uttered for sale as such in Uanada. A registration number is given and this number serves as a means of identitlcaticm. fur the Aet provides that the guarantee of an- alyses, together with the registra- tiun number of the fertilizer. shall he stencilled on each hag or other enntainer or printed legihly on a tag attached durably theretu. In enn- nection with this prm'isiun at the Act the Bulletin points out that en the market there are numernusâ€"far ton numerousâ€"«brawls of ready- mixed fertilizers that contain vary- inn,r percentages and propm'tions of nitrogen, phosphuric acid and pet- zash. Many of these are described by the manufacturer as being speciallv adapted for the needs of certain crops. The farmer. however, should study the composition. not the name cocxsuu'rr AGENT . . Dom mama in run mommy'- WILLIAM STONE FERTILIZER “I SPRING FARM MACHINERY J. SCflUTl A Full Line of WEAK. RIM BM 4 M HUNG Port Inna. Rev-“f“ Pinkhun’oVogot-HI . _ 0t thv fvrtilizvr. Sump fo-rtilim- mixtnrvs arr rallmt by attractiw and often wry prvtvntiuus namos. But a namv. vspm-ialiy it‘ a misnnnwr is :i puor basis \Vht’l't‘ttit tn build the- ruputatinn nt' .1 t'vrtilizvr. Tn safeâ€" guard farmt-rs against misrnprvsmitâ€" atinn in naming. ttw proscmt rogu- liainns in (‘ttllllt‘t'ltflll with thu .t‘c-r- tilizvr Act. do not [H't'mil tbu mum of any crop or grunp Hf craps as part 01‘ the brand namv: nuithor du they permit ttw mm of any name as part of the brand which in thn on- inion of the Minister of Agriculturo is considered mislnadinc. ble Compound. I an all I an to ndvertioe it."-- In. A. . Hal . 72 Cupentcr Street. Keene. 24.3. Sick and ailing woman ova-yahoo in the Dominion should L I. Pinkham's Vegetnthouanl‘h 0 nummhmma.