ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS National Advisory Council : oe To Direct Co-ordination Of Agricultural Services In Canada = 4 i. Dominion and provincial agricultur- : al officials at Toronto concentrated on @ study of the livestock industry to : find ways of making it pay better dividends to the Canadian farmer. a The conference, called by Hon. Robert Weir, Federal Minister of Agriculture, also considered the es- tablishment of a national advisory il to direct of agri- cultural services throughout the Do- minion. Such a council would co-op- erate with the national research coun- cil already in existence, explained Mr. Weir. ‘ Samuel E. Todd, secretary-of the Industrial Council of the Canadian ‘ . 100 delegates that henceforth the Jaen packing houses of this country will permit government inspectors to in- spect hog carcases “‘on the rail’ in the abattoirs. This practice will help Canada meet Danish competition in the United Kingdom market, it is ex- pected, For some time Danish bacon producers have had the advantage of government inspection in the killing plant, while inspection in Canada has been made “‘on the hoof.” The job of agricultural officials and | - farmers, it was agreed, is to take full advantage of the 280,000,000 pounds | bacon quota offered Canada by the United Kingdom, a quota much great- Meat Packers’ Association, told the | Winnipeg Newspaper Union} | | Holsteins Capture Honors Entries From C.P.R. Farm At Strath- more Have Winning Streak | tish Columbia’s best, the famous Hol- stein herd from the Canadian Pacific | 0, | Making its annual invasion of the EV, | Pacific Coast to compete against Bri- Doctors’ Opinion On ) Alcohol As Medicine. Beneficial In Some Diseases But) injurious In Others Alcohol has been found beneficial in treating some diseases but injuri- | ous in others by Dr. Harold E.| Himwich and Dr. Louis H. Nahum, | of the Yale medical school. : Results of their study showing that alcohol increases the acidity of the blood to points formerly believed in- compatible with life were made public > at the international congress of the | Federation of Societies for Experi- | mental Biology held at New Haven, | Conn. | In diseases such as tetany, where the blood contains an abnormal | nt. of alkali es, the | | scientists determined the acidosis of | | alcohol acts as a neutralizing agent. | Small doses of alcohol were found | to be helpful in treating diabetes, | for they counteract the effects of | partially oxidized fatty acids. On the other hand, the research (By Ruth Rogers) Railway's | junior champion bull, reserve senior and junior champion bull, senior and | junior champion bull, first prizes for senior calf, yearling female, senior yearling bull and a string of lesser ribbons at the Canada Pacific Exhibi- tion in Vancouver. | Strathmore McKinley Emperor, junior champion was barely nosed out of grand championship honors by ‘Texal Burke of Crystal Spring, entry of Paull and Sons, Chilliwack, but Strathmore Colony Koba Fairchild and Strathmore McKinley Senator won both reserve championships for senior and junior bulls for the C.P.R. supply farm. Strathmore Designer took first for bulls over three and under four years and the railway farm scored again with Strathmore McKinley Senator, an all-white, which was the judge's first choice’ among senior yearling bulls. Senior calf honors also went to the Strathmore herd which carried off showed administration of alcoho) to pneumonia patients delays recovery by increasing acidosis. The “hangover” following intoxi- | cation, they concluded is caused by | the accumulation and persistence of | | BLOOMER DRESS EVER POPULAR | WITH TINY MAIDS FOR least more first prizes for four-year- old cows in milk and senior yearling female. McKinley Johanna, from Strathmore, was judged best senior calf, with another C.P.R. entry, Damp and Touuh Grain May Now Be Dried Without Damage To Canada need not again suffer the losses sustained when the percentage of tough and damp grain in the crops of 1925 to 1928 reached unprecendent- ed heights ranging from 28.6 to 50.8 and the cash deductions to Canadian Artificial drying of wheat was one of the first problems to which the National Research Council's Associate Committee on Grain Research set its hand. which so set out the conditions of age incurred during drying were re- comprehensive document of 104 print- ed pages, which confirms the specifi- cations laid down in the first report, clears up a number of additional points and demonstrates what condi- tions contribute to the’ efficiency of commercial driers. Damp and tough age to its milling and baking quality. Included in the present report are of a l-s mental drier designed for the study of the limits of safety in drying w.th regard to air flows, air temperatures and extent of drying in both contin- le experi- In 1929 a report was issued | moved. There has now been issued a grain may now be dried without dam-" Its Milling and Baking Qualities } | supply farm at Strath- | more, Alberta, annexed honors for; | fished are E. Stansfield, Chief Chem- tcal Engineer of the Research Council of Alberta, and Dr. W. H. Ccok, Junior Research Biologist, National | Research Laboratories. While it is believed that the two farmers totalled millions of dollars. | reports published cover most of the practical points which are likely to arise from the viewpoint of the cper- ators of commercial driers, there re- main some points of scientific inter- est which are being made the sub- ject of fundamental studies. For ex- correct artificial drying that. practic-| ®2mple it will be of interest to know ally all causes of complaint’ against | Canadian grain on the score of dam-) more about the nature of the changes occurring in wheat exposed to heat, as In the drying process, and what it is that under certain conditions leads to impairment of baking quality, These studies will be published in due course in the form of scientific papers and may easily help in unexpected ways in handling the practical prob- lem of wheat drying to still better advantage. Dr. Robert Newton, Direc- tor of the Division of Blology and Agriculture, National Research Lab- oratories, ss: “It is imp to assess in advance the value of fun- damental research. All we know is that the more completely we under- stand any process, the more likely are we to be able to guide it to suit our Strathmore Aggie Rose, placing sec- ond. s uous and batch drying of wheat. °W? ends most effectively.” Other aspects of the problem discus- | —_ er than the total annual production of ' Canada for 1931. The conference also tackled the problem of marketing beef. Dean A. M. Shaw of the University of Sas- katchewan, called attentisn to the _ market for finished beef in the United Kingdom, and pointed out that wheat is an ideal finishing feed for cattle. “There is just as much opportunity lactic acid in the blood. This sub- stance, which does not disappear as ‘quickly as the alcohol, also ‘is found | after strenuous physical exercise and is believed responsible for a feeling | of fatigue after hard work. College For Fishermen To Receive Diploma Angler Must | PLAYTIME 4 | She can’t have too many! | Isn't this a cute dress? | The French yoke provides excellent theme for contrast. The skirt fulness | falling from the yoke, makes it swish | about so prettily in motion, It can be} made with tiny puffed sleees as in miniature view. _ So many materials would be suit- able for to fashion it. It takes the The one sketched is French blue The Horse Comes Back Draught Animals Being Used More Extensively Than For Some Years Past Horses are being used more exten- sively in harvesting in western Can- ada this year than for some years past. Low prices have forced farmers sed are factors in continuous drying, stages, drying with humidified air, ex~ grain drying, weight per bushel in relation to drying and the nature of injury caused by heat drying. In three important @ppendices are discussions of observations made in drying in cold weather, drying in two! cessive drying, invisible loss in drying, | atmospheric humidity in relation to) Nature Photography British Columbia Hunters Go After Big Game Loaded With a Camera id the or ‘ of hunting parties is carried on at | many points in the Rockies, and by the first of September the trek of } During . minimum amount. | for the sale of comparatively poor | quality cattle in certain markets as |. sportsmen to the best game haunts with white dots in batiste. The yoke takes place, Splendid trophies may be Haye Regard For The Truth ise Pan oy ae is plain blue with plain white ruffling. | eg: Cubs do ees Dens CAI SY CE VEE OSS: commercjal dryers in Vancouver with’ there is for the highly finished ani- mal preferred in the big London stores,” he added. . | Dean Shaw declared continuity of supply was an eyen more important | requirement than quality in the | United Kingdom market, because dealers supplying the trade there could not afford to disappoint or lose - their customers. Irish Free State competition is at astandstill for the moment, said Dean | Shaw, but he felt sure Irish cattle | would come to the fore again sooner | or later. 3 “The conference set up a special committee to consider beef market- ing, with the following members: Dean Shaw, Prof. J. C. Streckley, of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph; J. H. Evans, Deputy Minis-_ ter of Agriculture for Manitoba; R. S. Hamer and P. E. Light, of the Do- minion Livestock Branch, Ottawa. Hon. Robert Weir suggested that pro- vincial agriculturists form advisory committees of their own to discuss ‘their own problems from an adminis- _ trative standpoint and from the standpoint of extension. “They will also,” he explainéd, “bring up in these committees questions of further re- search into the difficulties and prob- | lems affecting the progress of agri-| culture in that province.” In many cases, however, said Mr. Weir, other provinces might have identically the same problems. “Are they going to endeavor to solve them themselves or co-operate with other provincial and federal interests? he asked, “There must be some one to whom they submit it to see if the problem is really provincial or na- ‘tional, also to ascertain what informa- ‘tion in respeét to it is already avail- é able. That is my idea of what this f national advisory council should do.” is reported excellent. A salmon has been timed to swim - 10 yards in one second. | should render more direct Alaska’s king salmon run this year | | A “college” to equip fishermen with | | something more than luck has been established in Florida by Dr. C, H. Bryan, retired Chicago physician. The physician says he organized a course of instruction because he was “pained at the ineptitude of dubs.” Dr. Bryan and fellow-fishermen from the faculty of the “college” will show newcomers pust how it’s done, not as a profit-making proposition, they ex- plain, but just as a matter of person- al satisfaction. - The fishermen's ‘‘college” issues a “diploma,” conferring a degree of “bachelor of fishing,’ which reads: “This: certifies that (the holder) has shown himself to be a brave man when tackling a big fish. He has had his thumbs burned on his reel, his rod broken and his bait torn from his line without showing any sign of fear. He also speaks the truth when telling of the size, strength and ferocity of a fish.” : Advice To Agriculturists Says Man On The Land Fails To Grasp Best Methods Of Farming Leading speakers before the nation- al agricultural conference in Toronto, agreed that agricultural services Style No. 854 is designed for sizes | 2, 4 and 6 years. Size 4 requires 25% yards 35-inch with 5s yard 35-inch contrasting. Pique, cotton broadcloth prints, lin- en, rayon novelties and wool crepe are sturdy and smart suggestions. Price of pattern 25 cents in stamps or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap coin carefully. How To Order Patterns Address: Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg Pattarty Nova ss. anise UZOn ty ayit's <= A Perfect Driver “My wife runs ner new splendidly; never speedseso fast she can’t stop within a foot or two; al- ways pays attention to her wheel; never starts one way,-and then with- out reason turns off in another di- rection; threads her way around cor- ners perfectly.” “What make is the car?” “Car? It’s a sewing machine.” { machine | to the Canadian farmer. In a dozen committees efforts were being made to whip into shape defin- ite recommendations to the Federal and provincial governments for co- ordination of governmental and other services. The indications were that every proposal would be debated by the conference as a whole. Farmers are not doing “half as well as they know how,” the confer- ence was told by Dr. G. I. Christie, | president of the Ontario Agricultural College. They fail to graps the idea that there is a best method of farm- ing, he said, but they need help so desperately that agricultural officials must find more effective means of giving them expert assistance. May Help Salmon Trade Machine Invented To Skim The Fish ‘Before Canning Now even the salmon are getting skinned! An invention by’ W. “Do you believe “Rather. I married his sister."— Moustique, Charleroi. =— W. N. U. 1959 in the devil?") Schlothan and his brother James, of | Ketchikan, Alaska, skins salmon pre- | paratory to canning them. Little in- formation on the machine has been | given out by the brothers pending pa- | tents. Some 20,000 cans of salmon thave been cased so far this season with the new machine, and the inven- tive brothers see great things in their brainchild. Mistress—‘Mary, while I was away you wore my blue dress. I don’t like Ls ars | Maid—"Ob, madam! And I just loys jit ag F.| in a recent month from Russia. ble way and the new fangled motor f | so. machinery has been replaced by the horses of earlier days. Gasoline costs money and eyen farmers who havé power machinery find it more practicable to get horses in operation than to buy gasoline and fix up their motor equipment. The relative merits of horse and motor power in farm operations have never been settled. Many success- ful farmers have steadily refused tq install power harvesting equipment and they find confirmation of their views in the tendency to go back to the horse under pressure of hard times. Whether the present situation in- dicates a permanent trend is another question, however. Little new ma- chinery has been purchased th's year but those farmers who haye up-to- date power equipment and are not too sharply pressed for ready money pre- er to continue using it and are doing Probably Locust Beans suggestions for improved operation, a review of the literature on the bin drying of wheat (drying by natural ventilation; drying by forced, un- heated air; drying by forced heated air and “sweating’’) and the influ- ence of heat treatment on the baking behaviour of flour is determined by different baking formulas, Copies of the appendix containing the review of the literature on the bin drying of wheat have been made available separately. In making the investigations in- volved the committee developed a sys- tem of dividing all samples of grain tested into three or four parts and checking the milling and baking re- sults independently in three or four laboratories, using methods which were carefully standardized by fre- quent consultation and comparison. It was considered important not to draw any far-reaching conclusions | which might mean millions of dollars | one way or the other to the grain growers and the grain trade, without verifying results in more than one { secured of mountain sheep, goats, caribou, moose, bear and deer, but the di hunter is b more -and more an addict to the camera, either still or movie. Instead of re- turning with a load of heads, he con- tents himself with far more convinc- ing records of his hunting prowess in the form of films. The camera hunter has the double satisfaction in know- ing that the subject might have fallen an easy victim to his modern high- powered rifle, but still lives, free ta enjoy life in its chosen haunts. Trapping Regulations Necessary To Keep Close Check On Trapping In Northern Saskatchewan Full regulation of trapping in Sas- katchewan’s hinterland is proposed by the Saskatchewan Gov it, ac | cording to Hon. A. C. Stewart, Min- ister of Highways, who returned from |a trip to northern points, | Fur supplies in the north states Mr. Stewart. are being rapidly depleted ‘That the locusts eaten by John the | laboratory. The system inaugurated | and some form of regulation is vital. Baptist were probably not insects, but | in this, the first large co-operative | The proposal is to institute a system the fruit of the carob tree, the dried | undertaking of the Associate Com- of licensed trap line. At present trap- fruit of which are the locust beans mittee on Grain Research, has been! pers, who pay only a trappers’ l'cense, now sold as food for cattle, is the’ followed in all later work, and has are under the spur of keen competi- declaration of a European scientist.| had the effect of inspiring confidence } tion, “cleaning out" what was form- The carob tree is sometimes called, in published conclusions of the Com-| erly some of the best fur country ip pulp in its fresh pods, Holland bought all the salt shipped | the honey tree because of the sweet | mittee. The authors of the report now pub- t AS MOTHER NATURE PUT ON HER WONDERFUL SHOW Here is a complete photographic record of the great show put on by the two great celestial stars, Old Sol and Luna. Many astronomers who came from all parts of the world were denied a view like this owing to the presence of clouds. The picture at the low But our high-flying cameraman at Fryeburg, Me were, At the top left is a picture of the complete eclipse while various phas