a — - a _ Sultt nga. he as eee cate wits subi its Fae ; QBBOTSFORD. SUMAS AND MATSOUI NEWS — ¥ 3 i —_—_ A Some Of The Advantages As Well As Disadvantages In Growing Of " (By HG. L. Strange) As the wheat fields in Western Can- ada began to extend northward the " meed was felt for a wheat variety that would mature earlier than Mar-) quis, so as to avoid damage from |up when some other varieties, partic- early fall frosts. Several new varieties | Wlarly Garnet, go down, The chaff is had been produced by plant breeders to fill this purpose, notably the Red Bobs selections, originated by Dr. ~ Seager Wheeler,—Supreme, Early Tri- umph and Red Bobs 222, the latter having been re-selected by the uni- | Garnet. versity of Alberta, also the varieties Garnet and Reward produced by the Dominion Experimental Farms, Otta- wa. Because of its high yield Garnet | wheat quickly became popular and in the last few years has increased by _ leaps and bounds in Northern Alberta and Northern Saskatchewan. Some concern, however, has been felt that because the milling qualities of Garnet are somewhat different to those of Marquis, and because Garnet flour has a slightly yellowish tinge, that the quality and reputation of Canadian wheat on the world’s markets might be harmed if too large an amount of Garnet should be grown. Because of this concern some have recommended that some of the other earlier varieties might be better. Re- ward wheat is one that is widely recommended. Reward was originated at the Do- minion Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and is the result of a cross between Marquis and Prelude made by Dr.| Charles Saunders in 1912. Under the direction of Mr, L. H. Newman, the present Dominion Cerealist, the var- jety was tested for several years by several hundred co-operators in dif- ferent parts of the west. Finally the variety was released by the Minister of Agriculture for further trials by farmers in 1928. Reward wheat has this year been accepted for registration by the Cana- dian Seed Growers’ Association, which ~ means that the scientific plant breed-! ers of Canadian Institutions consider | that the variety is of good economic value and is well-suited for use in Western Ganada. There can, there- fore, be no need for hesitation in the use of this variety by any farmers} who find that their districts and Winnipeg Newspaper Union Hajadoathe TINO d Wheat sorts seldom obtain better. than a No. 3 grade. The straw is shorter and stiffer than in either Marquis or Garnet, and in wet years Reward will often stand tight on the kernel, which enables it to stand a considerable amount of moisture in the fall without sprouting in the stock, such as often happens with other sorts, particularly with It is from 5 to 8 days earlier than Marquis, or about as early as Garnet wheat in most places, although in other places it is 2 or 3 days later $ than Garnet, but it is always earlier than Marquis. " Weighs very high to the bushel. Usually two or three pounds more than Marquis, Garnet or other sorts. Weights of 65 and 66 pounds to the bushel are quite -sommon with Re- ward wheat. Reward is probably the best of all varieties of Hard Red Spring Wheat for Exhibition purposes. Its high weight per bushel, bright, plump and pleasing berry of good lustre usually win it a high place in competition with other varieties. Reward wheat is not a rust resist- ant wheat, but because of its earli- ness in rust years often suffers less damage from rust than many of the other varieties. Investigations show that Reward wheat does not shatter as much as some of the other var- ieties, particularly Garnet. | On rolling land wheat on the high ridges usually ripens before that in the low spots. Reward will stand on these high places uncut after ripen- ing for a considerable time without AND COOL the berry shrinking or discoloring,| pont you love it! It is a dress you thus the whole field can be allowed to} can don when you are “doing things” ripen thoroughly before cutting; | and feel just right in. It has no fussy therefore the sample should be of an | bits and ends to get in the way of even color and plumpness even from your gardening, making the house at- 4 - tractive, etc. Such rolling land, Its stiff short straw,| One’s mind naturally runs_ to early maturity, non-shattering head thoughts of dimity prints, batiste land ability to stand after ripening Prints, Steeaar Buch 6 cress ae Tr thoubemucil (bse eof! plunipnessyperuens occ eaterials suck a oF ted pi t lain Tinen, cot- weight or color, makes Reward wheat Supt ues) Suncor Pe a 2. an excellent variety to use for Com- bine Harvesting. The most defect of Reward wheat ‘at the présent moment seems to be that on the whole the yield is lower than either Marquis or Garnet, but in A LIKABLE LITTLE MORNING FROCK, FRESH LOOKING enter the running, too. For this model, a blue and white dimity print with blue bias binds was chosen. Style No. 304 is designed for sizes 36,.38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust. Size 36 requires 2% yards of 39-inch material with 7% yards of binding. Price of pattern 25 cents in stamps ! | Recent Discovery | servatory and others in this country ton mesh, tub silks, etc., which could, some districts farmers state the yield of Reward is higher than Marquis or Garnet, and in many districts where most farmers report lower yields of Reward there are often one or two farmers who report higher yields. In most cases those who report -high farms are suited to Reward wheat. | The Dominion Cerealist has now) standardized the variety and Regis- | tered Seed of Reward, true to variety and sealed in the sack, will undoubt~ edly be available to farmers in the or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap coin carefully. How To Order Patterns Address: Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg } | Fircrest Astronomers| 2reat Britain And United States May Be Asteroid Nearer To Earth Than Any Yet Found Astronomers at Mount Wilson Ob- Unite In Opposing Abolition ze Of The Larger Naval Vessels and Europe are keeping a close watch on Delporte’s “object,” an asteroid or comet discovered recently by an as- tronomer at the University of Brus- sels. “Our observations of it have dis- closed no tail and seemingly only re- flected light,” said Dr. Frederick H.| the Rainy Lake Map Sheet of the Na- Sears, indicating that it is an asteroid | tional Topographic series, recently and one much closer to the earth than | published by the Topographical Sur- | Rainy Lake Map Sheet Lake Country East Of Winnipeg Is a Paradise For Canoests Very informative and interesting is any yet found. vey, Department of the Interior, Ot- He is assistant director of the local | tawa. observatory, a branch of the Carnegie | The map covers the country along Institution of Washington. | the international boundary from Que- “Discovery of an asteroid nearer | tico, Ontario Provincial Park on the the earth,’ Dr, Sears said, “would|east to within thirty-three miles of enable us to obtain a more accur-|the town of Rainy River on the west. ate value of the distance from the |In addition to agricultural, mineral, earth to the sun, upon which the| forest and water power resources em- measurement of distances to all heav-| braced in the area, it is known as 4 enly bodies is based. great hunting and fishing region. The “We are much in the position of a | Port Arthur, Rainy River and Winni- suryeyor computing the width of a/peg line of the Canadian National river by ‘shooting’ at a given poiit| Railways runs through the district across the stream from two different|from east to west, picking its way points on his side of it, and determin- | through the maze of lakes and rivers; ing the angles of the imaginary tri-| which were the means of transporta- angle. The narrower the stream /|tion from the time of the opening up the more accurate his measurement | of Western Canada until the railway will be. i cerer about the beginning of the “Qur computation of 93,000,000| present century. The lakes and *brok- miles as the distance of the sun from fen country are a paradise for the the earth is based on the estimate of | canoeist, the fisherman, and the hunt- 13,000,000 miles as the distance fromjer, and the waterways are sO intri- the earth, to Eros, the nearest aster-| cate that the yoyageurs and trappers oid yet found.” of the fur companies from the time of La’ Verendrye onward were always searching for shorter routes for the carriage of their furs and trade goods. Possibility Of Advance In-Wheat Pre-| The chief centre of population is dicted By U.S. Official |Fort Frances, named after Lady A “strong possibility” of better |Simpson, the wife of Sir George wheat prices are seen by George S. Simpson, one of the famous govern- Milnor, president and general man-|°rs of the Hudson’s Bay Company. ager of the Grain Stabilization Cor- Fort Francis is situgted on Rainy poration. In a statement Milnor River a few miles below the point said: where it emerges from Rainy Lake. “While in Europe I visited France, Near it are shown the water powers Italy, Germany, Belgium and Eng- with which its name is associated. On land, and also met our foreign repre- | the south side of the river in United sentatives from other countries. Eu-| States is the town of International rope will receive rather heavy imports |Falls. The agricultural areas are of wheat between now and the har- chiefly in the western portion, extend- vesting of their new crop. Russia has | ing from Fort Francis to the town- practically completed the shipment of | ships indicated on the extreme west- her wheat surplus from the last crop | °™ edge of the map: The railways and highways in and the supplies from that source will United States which bring travellers be negligible until after harvest; * therefore, Europe must look princi- and tourists into this part of Canada are also shown. The map which is pally to Canada, the United States and Argentina for their supplies.” Prices May Be Better tail of this district than any previous- ly issued, may be had at a nominal price upon application to the Direc- tor of the Topographical Survey, De- partment of the Interior, Ottawa. Empire Reforestation B. ©. Douglas Fir Now Grown Ex- tensively In England During the eleven years ending in September, 1930, the Forestry Com-- Canada’s Dairy Industry more complete in all topographic de- | Great Britain and the United States fought for their battleships at the Arms Conference at Geneva, forming a defensive alliance against an organ- ized offensive of the small) powers who wish to classify all ships over 10,000 tones as aggressive. The small powers would abolish battleships or internationalize them within the League. The United States and Britain re- ceived moderate support from Japan and lukewarm encouragement from France. Senator Claude A. Swanson, of Vir- ginia, announced at'the meeting of the naval commission that the United | States unequivocally opposed classify- jing battleships as offensive weapons. They are the backbone of the United States defense system, he said, and “a threat to no nation,” since we covet no one’s territory, He stressed the United States obligation to keep the Panama Canal open in peace and war and to defend its Far Eastern posses- sions. Speaking and gesturing in a sen- atorial manner, he continued: “If we had completed our naval programme after the war, it is con- ceded we would have been supreme on the seas, but we agreed to be.a threat to no nation . . . the battle~ ship is cheaper and more effective for defensive purposes than to build forti- fications along our coastlines. Battle~ ships have saved us a great and ex- pensive army for defense purposes, “We realize that naval power plus |military power would menace every | nation. We ‘only wish the people | who have armies had gone as far asi | the naval people in reducing and lim~- | iting,’ | He declared cruisers to be of great~ ‘er offensive use than battleships, par- ticularly in preying on commerce and blockading. Vice-Admiral A. D. P, R. Pound, of’ Great Britain, supported Swanson, declaring that general naval superi- ority, not capital ships, enables at- tacks on trade. Similarly, he contin- ued, it is not fair to claim that bat- ‘ tleships are destined for carrying out | invasions. | “The capital ships of the world can — | now almost be numbered on the fin- gers of the two hands,” he said. ‘They are more precious than rubies: {to the countries possessing them. No: ‘nation is going to risk them by pit- ting them against coastal fortifica- tions.” Baron Von Rheinbaken, of Ger- many, announced that Germany is: near future. ? The official description of Reward eck to half a bushel more than % wheat is as follows: Time of matur- ae er sea ery ae on various sites in England, Wales Conferenicy Held In Ottawa altar of disarmament if others scrap» ity 5 to 8 days earlier than Marquis—| case investigated where the farmer Foose deabnsivdadedspecseas | 0d) Scotland. All these trees were |. The dairy industry throughout Can- battleships over 10,000 tons. Defend- height of plant 3 to 4 inches shorter | seeded two Bushels of Reward to the raised from seed furnished by the |@da is in a critical condition. That jng the “pocket” ships as defensive: than Marquis on the average—| acre reported as giving a satisfactory |Name |. ssececvesssese. |Forest Service, Department of the In-| Was the conclusion reached at a con- rather than offensive, he said: strength of stem a little stronger than Marquis—awns absent except for a few short apical awns, usually irregu- lar in length, glume covering, slightly to heavily pubescent (or hairy), de- pending on season and locality, grain color red, usually darker than Mar- quis, grain texture hard, rarely pie- bald or starchy. A The head of Reward 1s generally shorter and more lax than Marquis, while the spikelets are usually more or less irregularly arranged, giving the head a characteristic ragged or - spiral appearance. As previously stat- ed the glumes are pubescent or cov- ered with short hairs which can usu- ally easily be seen with the naked eye, magnifying glass, This is one of the always with a magnifying glass. This is one of the characters that help in identifying the variety. r The milling and baking values of Reward wheat are excellent. It gives a high yield of flour. It bakes into bread, giving a large well piled loaf of excellent color and texture. The berry is uniformally plump, of a clear red color, seldom being piebald or starchy. This is the reason this var- iety will often bring No. 1 Hard and No. 1 Northern in the Northerly dis- tricts where Marquis“and some other yields of Reward have seeded from a % Pattern No,......... Size......3.. yield. *- An Old Advertisement ~' - Egyptian In Third Century Wise In Business Matters A cleverly written advertising sign, the idea of an enterprising man in Egypt in the third century B.C., has been discovered by Dr. Reich, of Dropsie College. The adver- tisement, written on a small stone, Electrically heated uniforms shoes for traffic policemen have been demonstrated. and A new process makes the basic color of Portland cement tan instead of gray. missioners of Great Britain planted a total of 32,330,000 Douglas fir trees terior, through their seed-extraction plant at New Westminster, British Columbia. of seed of other western species was furnished to the Commissioners’ from the same source. The New Zea- land Government also took a large quantity of tree seed. Russia the ul production of rubber from a plant named “towsagis.’” has been decipheréd-as follows: “Dreams I explain, holding the. commands of the Gods. Good fortune! A Crete will interpret them.” This old advertisement was found by Dr. Reich as he examined a number of inscriptions from the Temple of Sera- pis, near Memphis. The Dream inter- preter’s sign had been strategically set up before the Avenue of Sphynxes, which led to the temple. Along this avenue passed Egyptians who came from near and far to spend a few days on the temple grounds. THey came in order to sleep there and to have their dreams interpreted by the priests, who were the official and paid dream-interpreters. The stranger from Crete was therefore daringly edging himself into the dream busi- hry £ ness against competition of the priests—Toronto Telegram. for No less than one out of every ten gallons of gasoline is wasted through | failure of motorists to replace worn-| out spark plugs, according to tests/| conducted by the University of Pitts- | burg. Just An. Old English Custom A considerable quantiy | |of the situation before all interested Jin the industry.” | willing to sacrifice her powerful and’ Is In Critical Condition Opinion Of crcient “pocket” battleships on the: ference held in Ottawa on April 11) _ “Germany's 10,000-ton battleship. and 12. Delegates were present from! costs one-half as much as your bat~- most of the provinces and the gath- | tleships. You would be saving money pee was said to be thoroughly repre- j¢ you adopted Germany's restricted! sentative of the \wohle industry. It tonnage methods of construction.’ was declared unanimously that Pe He heatedly attacked the charges situation has been brought about first, ;made by Charles Dumont, of France, by failure to keep abreast of the that the “pocket” ships are offensive. world in methods of milk production Ye referred to the charges as a myth and, secondly, by world-wide com-' andintroduced”s technical demonstra~ petition and prevailing economic tion of why the light ships were built conditions. The remedy for the one speady and heavily armed to defend lies to a large extent in our own Germany against the superior hands but the cure for the second nage of foreign attackers. is not so easily come at. He also criticized the United States One of the remedies suggested) thesis of the defensive nature of bat- was to pay a bonus upon all butter) tleships, saying: exported from Canada through a levy|” “What about the blockade of our upon the production of butter in Can-| ports, which was the decisive turning ada, This policy has been followed) point of the World War?” with success by Australia and Sout.| iS ea ee Afrjca and it was strongly urged by Cottage Has History the delegates from Western Canada |} “The Lone Eagle,” a small cottage and some of those from the east. Tk2| owned by Admiral Guy H. Burrage, conference was unable to reach 4) at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, was unanimous decision on the proposal.| puilt in large from the crates im |It was called at the request of Hon.| which Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's Robert Weir, Minister of Agriculture,| New York-to-Paris ‘plane “Spirit of }and Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of} St. Louis’ was shipped back to | Trade and Commerce. Among the! America. | recommendations made was the fol- od |lowing: “That your Government an-| Spanish cedar is grown chiefly to |nounce that an emergency has arisen| make cigar boxes. in the dairy industry of Canada and | — take steps to launch at the earliest | possible moment, a nation-wide cam-} paign to increase the efficiency of the | dairy industry, through an education-! al campaign designed to lay the facts | Canada has for years had nine departments of agriculture in as ton~ “I met your husband yesterday, but he didn’t see me.” “I know. He told me.” | many different provinces, in addition | to numerous agricultural colleges and | courses. It seems strange if their | united efforts have produced as little | effect upon the dairy industry as the ate, | | conference at Ottawa has indicated. A. R. Garner may be truly sais carry his responsibilities lightly as he | OS lobserves an old English custam afid carries his bride, the former Miss Mar- Another thing that doesn’t turn Havana, Cuba, has a population of | jorie Pretwell, through the door of St. Cuthbert’s Church, Yorkshire, after out as you wish is the auto ahead aver 600,000 the ceremony. jof you. . | Economic improvement in French | Indo-China shows increasing tum. “But the boat sails on the 13th of the month. Aren't you supersti- tious?” “A little, but it’s my wife who's sailing.” —Buen Humor, Madrid. De le WN ee a? “Why is your husband fm such 4 rage?” “They are praising marriage ove the wireless!"”—Dorfbarbier, Berlin.