‘WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 1940 ENT TS IO ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS PAGE THREE SELECT YOUR 1941 BREEDERS NOW ! FEED THEM... B.&K. Moulting Mash P. O. q To recondition these yearling hens and prepare them for the big job of producing top-grade chicks, THE BRACKMAN-KER MILLING COMPANY LIMITED Phone 52 Abbotsford Gordon Peardon Local Manager Be sure to read your B & K October Letter of interest to poultrymen and dairymen. RENOVATE... INSULATE... ° MITED BUILT-UP ROOFS » SHINGLES » INSULATED SIDINGS DONNACONA INSULATING HARD BOARD, ETC., ETC. INSIST ON THESE PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL DEALER COMPANY I E Sold in MSA by |f Daly's Hardware|| | _ Abbotsford, B.C. | COMPLETE Plumbing Heating Installations Under Home Improvement or Standard Finance Plans. Ask for Estimates, Details FOR FIRST-CLASS Painting & q Decorating : SEE JACK A. WEIR 4 J. B. REICHARDT pes ae Sicolcinn Agricultural News and Notes of Interest to Local Farmers 14,000 PHEASANTS RELEASED BY GAME BOARD THIS SEASON Of 14,617 pheasants released by the Game Board this year, 1720 were freed on Sumas Prairie, 517 in Matsqui and 1777 in Chilliwack district, according to answers giv- en by Attorney-General. Wismer to questions asked in the Legis- lature by L. H. Eyres, M.L.A, The total cost per bird at the time of the release was $1.30 for those 12 weeks old or older and $1.50 per adult bird. TEN-FOLD GAIN IN EGG ORDERS TO OLD COUNTRY Canadian shipment of eggs to Great Britain in the 10 months of 1940 totalled more than 350,000 cases of 10,500,000 dozen eggs, com- pared with 1,024,070 dozen eggs shipped to the United Kingdom in 1939, a ten-fold increase, the Agri- culture Department announces, U.S. TAKES SPUDS Two orders for seed potatoes have been received by the B.C.~ Canadian Seed Potato Co-operative Association from alifornia and Alabama. The California order for 3200 sacks of White Rose calls for delivery before the end of the year. and the Alabama order, for 1000 sacks of Kathavin, are to be delivered during January. “POWDER MONKEY” SOLVES PROBLEM FOR JAPANESE a After listening to an appeal from Y¥. Yamaga, spokesman for district Japanese, and manager of the Co- operative Exchange, Maple Ridge municipal council finally decided to appoint John Lilley as muni- cipal “powder monkey” to super- vise and control all blasting by Japanese who want to clear more land. Mr, Yamaga claimed 3200 acres of virgin land had been cleared by Japanese in Maple Ridge in the last 30 years. Under Defence of Canada regulations no aliens can now get powder. The Japanese will pay the “powder monkey.” Help Canada and make money, too. Buy War Savings Stamps. owe $110 TOP PRICE FOR MILK COWS AT DENNIS SALE Top price for milk cows at the Dennis Auction Mart at Chilliwack on Saturday was $110, brought by @ Jersey-Holstein six years old, and fresh four days. Other fresh cows brought from $43 to $90 and young stock from $5.50 to $27. Springing heifers fetched $55 to $57, beef cows $15 to $42, and ealves sold from 25¢ to $11.50. Other prices at the Saturday sale were, Poultry, 10c to 80c; weaners, $1 to $3.10; small feeders, $4.10; sows, $16.25 to $19.50; butcher hogs, $14.75 to $16.50; and lambs, $7 to $7.25. EGG PRICES LOWER Price of grade A large eggs dropped two cents Monday and grade A pullets were up two cents. To producers the price of grade A large is now 29 cents and the wholesale price is 34 cents. Price of grade A pullets is now 25 cents to producers and 30 cents wholesale. . BUTTER STOCKS a 69% of Canada's population lives outside, j the eifies of 10,000 population or more! | From the canneries of British Columbia to the farms of the Maritimes, more wealth is pouring into Canada’s non-urban communities. With ris- ing prices for the products of Canada's basic industries, the towns that supply the immediate needs of the productive areas will be the first to benefit. Money spent in building sales oustide the cities will pay big dividends in 1940. ‘Through years of endeavor to improve typo- raphy and format, and to establish a sound Brampton Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association C.’V. CHARTERS Managing Director \ editorial background for advertisers and readers alike, C.W.N.A. papers have wen a large measure of acceptance with space buyers, C.W.N.A. mpm- bership has become “the Hall-Mark of Merit.” When you buy C.W.N.A. papers you establish an intimate, friendly, effective type of contact. Reader interest and reader confidence will build sales for your products with 69% of the pop- ulation—Canada’s Greatest Market, Stocks of creamery butter held in Canada Nov. 1 totalled 51.7 mil- lion pounds as compared with 56.4 million pounds a year ago. In ad- dition there was more than 500,- 000 pounds in transit by rail, J. B. Dennis Auctioneer CHILLIWAOCK, B.O, Telephone 5661 Sales at the Dennis Auction Barn Saturdays at 12 noon and 7:30 p.m. Poultry and Hogs, 12 noon. Cattle, not before 1 o’clock. Farm Dispersals Conducted anywhere “Well—it’s a sort of give and take arrargement, Colonel—our INSTITUTE MEETING Members of Poplar Farmers’ In- stitute will meet in Poplar Com- munity Hall on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 8 p.m. LARGE TURNIP A turnip of the Prize Purple Top variety weighing 14 pounds and two ounces is on display in THENEWS window, It was grown by J. Evanoff of Jubilee, and was brought in by A. F. Ellis of Ab- botsford. PRICE OF CORN REDUCED WHEN CARGO ARRIVES With the arrival of 1690 tons of Argentine corn at New Westminst- er last week on the City of Flint, H. M. Streight, manager of the Brackman-Ker Milling Co. Ltd. importers of the shipment an- nounced that the price of corn to poultrymen would be reduced $3 a ton. This is the first ship- ment of corn received here this year. For the 44 weeks of 1940, ended October 31, sales of cattle at yards and plants in Canada totalled 938,000 head compared with 904,- 000 head for the corresponding period of 1939. Total sales of calves up to October 31, 1940, amounted to 732,000 head com- pared with 706,000 head in the corresponding 44 weeks of 1939. Nearly eight million dozen of Canadian eggs were exported dur- ing the first nine months of 1940, principally to the United King- dom. In the corresponding nine months of 1939, the number of eggs exported was 730,000 dozen. Concentrated whole milk prod- ucts in Canada for the first nine months of 1940 showed an increase of 25.4 million pounds over the corr ing nine months of 1939. property on Gladys Avenue:— Sealed tenders to be delivered to TENDERS Tenders are invited for the purchase of the undermentioned Lots 3 to 9 inclusive, of Dist. Lot 3, Block 7, S.W. V4 of Section 22, Township 16, Map 1708, Lots 3 and 4 of Dist. Lots 3 and 4, S.W.1/, Section 22, Township 16, Map 1576. pal Office on or before Monday, December 9th, 1940, GEORGE F. PRATT Clerk, the undersigned at the Munici- | PLaLeALOO HALO OLOLOOLOLOLOTOLOTOLererole e16Tir8 ore ere levevoveveveevereren PHONE 82 S TO P!! CAN YOU? QUICKLY? SAFELY? ; LET US CHECK YOUR BRAKES NOW! : Jacartin Garage OOOO OOS OOOO OOK cussed. e RUNS FOR PARLIAM ernor-General’s Demonstrations In Pruning Offered To Groups of Eight Persons desiring instruction in tree pruning should form their groups and file an application for a demonstration date with G. E. W. Clarke, distr horticulturist, Abbotsford, not later than Dec. 15, according to a circular issued by the provincial department of ag- riculture, At all times, states the circular, quality of agricultural products is of prime importance. Proper pruning methods will assist in the production of quality fruit. Also at any time poor varieties are of little value. Learn to graft or bud these varieties to better and more saleable kinds. Free one-day demonstrations of a practical nature are available for those interested. Grafting, budding top-working of trees and prepara- tion of grafting waxes will be dis- A one-day demonstration will be held under the auspices of any responsible local organization which will guarantee a minimum of eight “pupils”. If the number wishing to attend is greater than 16, a second demonstration may be arranged. An evening meeting may be arranged if considered ad- visable. Application forms can be obtained from Mr. Clarke in Ab- botsford. COMM Rising from the rank of staff- captain to that of brigadier in this war, Brig. Harold Brownfield will command the artillery of Canada’s third division, currently slated for Atlantic coast defence. ' BOMB-ROLLER Gunner Lionel Brunet, 0 f } Leonard is one of three Canadians who Nazi time where the troops rested. member of an’ Ottawa battery. The other volunteers were Gunner and Gunner K. A. Johnson. Ottawa, volunteered to roll away a bomb which fell near He is a anti-tank James Geddes. Renfrew, Pte. Alex. Denomme, of t Foot ¥| tawa, president of | s E x s tei] by-election in awa as a %1 Social Credit canc He haz ‘| been granted leave for the cam | eign. KO PETE MARTIN % SS er : &| Be Wise—Advertise. Use a News LEE LE LEE | Want Ad, you'll get results.