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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 19:9. ‘ 7"‘ I

Lord Tweedsmuir On Farming

Onc thing of which Lord Twccdsititiir is proud is the fact that hc is a farmer. Recently llis llxccllcticy- attctttlcil a. ploughmens tnatch

at ljroc-ltvillc, thttztrio, and (iettiotistrated his ability bt-ltiitil thc plougit-hzitidlcs, afterwards ntakittg a spt-ttch n1 which he strcsscd the fact

cs1 ussct, "tiow and always,"

that kiilllklllis grc:

will he agricttlttirc. lf the teachings of the llihlc wcrc liuttlu l, ht‘ said, swords would be ittrntd into plottqii-lt:irt-.~; and cvcti today thc ltl<l1l§§lhllIllT> atrc far lilurc powcrfttl thati the sword, 'l'ht= v at" tint-t be ittught with the etitirc

strt- -iit of the nation. Dccktrtttu thrit “l lll_\'>L‘lf am a farmer in a " llis lixct-llcttcy’ said that a great

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task lav rtlisrttl for the fririiicrs of Canada, itt l-(Cqlillib; tip the food prothtctioti of the ivhole lintpirti. llc c ttttiuitcil his ltcarcrs not to make the mistake the fztrtttcrs of the Old Country llllltlC aftcr the lust wzir, by not paying enough attcntiott to thir lntztl- lll tht~ ptst four years he lt;id trzivtllctl about 30.000 titilcs a year itt Catt- atlzt and ltrtd \i‘t‘l1 t-vt-ry t_vpt~ of Cauatliziti indus- try and fztrtttitt-g, Jllltl in Czittailzi everything de-

pmitls on thc luttil. The young people 0n the

laud arc "llic utzikt-rs of the Catiada of to- morrow" .'intl titc zidttgt- of "speed the plow" lIIllSi rcttirtitt our slogutt and watchwortl.

That ittlvtt-t- i; not ncw, but it gains emphasis bv lming statcti in explicit terms by the Gov- eiritnr tit-ncrztl of Cattrtda, who also happens tc be one of the bcst-iiifiwrtncd statesmen in the llritislt lTtitpit-c, llis Excellency ncvcr loses R chrince of <trc>sittg the vital importance of the ftirutittg ittdtotry in (Xtiiada and his words at this time have special importance and signi- ficancc.

Canada And West Indies

.uc currctit titiinbcr of the Canada-West In- tlics hldgjllllllt: (llsilllfisCS the changctl conditionS itt thc lwlilllll“, 1‘>|>LL‘lZllly with rcsticct to trade, which ltave bccti brought about as a consequence of the war. The \\'c>t Indies, it is pointed out, “titust now look ‘to other quarters for certain gttpplics which they were able to draw from the Lfttiictl liitttgtlotti and UIllCr litiropcatt countries. Owing to the proximity of Cattada, and in view of the many indispensable commodities which \\Q an; in a pivsitiiitt to supply, it is confidently anticipated that nittclt of this business will be di- vgftgd to guy l)illl‘llll(lll, now that the ltlother- land will keep for ltersclf a large proportion 0t the products forntcrly exported t0 the islands. Canailinit exporters are advised to “step in and retain this trade for the Empire."

Among the goods in particular demand are listed flour. condensed lllllh’, canned goods, but- tcr, drugs and titctlicities, textiles, paints, pota- locs, electrical goods, fertilizers, soaps, apparel. hats and caps, sacks and bags, manufactures of iron and steel, boots and shoes, beans and peas. It is made clear that the responsibility for secur- ing this trade rests with Canadian producers, bttt it is suggested that the government should klo everything possible to second their efforts.

Another matter with which the magazine deals l5 the opportunity offered Canada of relieving the Mother Country of the expense of main- taining forces in the \\t'cst Indies islands. It says: "We urge that the Canadian government should undertake the costs of maintaining these garrison in the islands as a contribution to the Mother Couutry’s defence." But, it is observed, any troops sent as auxiliaries to 10ml garrisons "should be composed of picked men, with more qualifications tltan ntilitary training”-men of high charzfcter and good education, with the pre- ference going to those who have had previous ex- perience in service among native peoples. The temptations incidental to tropical life are re- fcrrcd to, and the atlvisalaility of selecting for the dtttv “ex-service men of good record and imiversity-tt-ztitietl men recruited from the vari-

ous officers’ training corps in Canada."

Canned Smoked Oysters “PM.

‘As a rcsttlt of experiments carried out on the Pacific tfttast by scictitists of the federal Fish- eries Rcscztrch Board, catmcd smoked oysters may prove :1 tituchstoztc to a. new market hithCFIO tuiuxplorctl by Cnnailian oystermcn, says the 1‘i.r!tt'r'.itxr Xwrtnr llztllc/itt. As matters stand now, ittuch thc Qrczitter part of the Dominioifs oyster catch is lllIll'l\'CI('(l frt-sh.

'.l'\\o or thrcc ycnrs ago catined smoked oys- ters front :1 forcigttt cotuitry made their appear- ance ott thc Cattzidiatt tuarket and are said to have found i|ttilc rt-aily salc. Dark brown in colour, ltiiivcvcr, tht_v did not present as attrac- tive an zippcarattttt‘ as sccmcrl likely to be pos- sible in stich rt prodtttt.

British (oluniltia firms showing an interest in

the possibilities in connection with marketing a similar product, the Rcscarclt llortrrl began some protlttctiott cxpi-ritiiiruts. Using controlled

sutokcitottws, thi- scii-tttists found that a fine stitolrctl flavour could he imparted to British (‘twltiniltia nyxslcrs. A “cold smoke” process sim- ilar to that ctnploycil in preparing smoked fillets and kiptwrcrl hcrritig on thc Pacific Coast was iisctl. llf>\\'(‘\".‘l‘, in (lealing with the colour proltlt-ttt thtr investigators found that by tisittg a higher lvlllpttlilllfc they cottlrl give the tiysters k ittorc rittrzictivc attpcarancc, a light brown colour. than ltrtd been evirlctit in the foreign pro- duct. The higher tctnperature served also to

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dehydrate the oyster: eufficiently_

In the experimental packing "half pound flats" were used-flat tins holding a half pound each——and a small quantity of salad oil was add- ed to the oyster content of each can. Test sam- ples of the pack were found quite satisfactory.

At present, Canadian oyster production is not equal to Canadian demand and substantial oys- ter importations are made every ycar- Coti- sequently, the development of new methods of processing the catch are not as important as they would be if production greatly exceeded demand. Bttt a new method means “another string to the bow", so to speak, and oystcrmen may sometimes find opportunity to make it use- ful.

—. EDITORIAL NOTES —

Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, poet, courticr, inor- mlly wounded at Ztitphcu, and behaved with a chivalry which has impressed itsclt upon lustury, died this date, 1586.

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“l think it will be a long war, btit it will break ticrmany ztiid not its," tlcclzirctl Lord Blar- lcy, deputy Sticaltcr of the llotisc of Lords who arrived in Newt York Saturday.

1K i‘ 1K 1F

A total of 17,346 persons is ciitpltty-ctl ‘in thi- Public Service of .\'cw Zcalatiil, .'tcct>rtliug to figures given itt the zinnttzil rcport of the Public Service Commissioncr- The ituinbcr 1S an iti-

graph and Railways Departments. 1F ill Pk l‘

The export of British Columbia chitin salmon from Canada in the fresh state ltas bccn pro- hibited for the remainder of the currctit calcit- dar year tittdcr authority of thc \\'ar Kiwi-stitch‘ Act. The prohibition was iniposctl at the rc- qtiest of the British (Iiltutibirt (iovt-rntttcti: and‘ is aimed at couscrvittg the szthitoit Sllliply for‘ use within the Empire.

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President Rotiscvclt attnottncc-s that the rid- lllllllSlfTlllOll aiitis at builtlitig up the Unitctl States army to approximately 000.000 mcn, in- cluding regular troops, thy tiatiottztl guard (equivalent of the Canadian peace time militia)

and reserve officers. Ile adds however, that the United States armed forces already ztpproach

this figure. The three forces together will nttiri-

ber 502000 whcu the rcutilars and guardsmett

attain the attgmcntcd strength the President or-

dered a month ago in proclaiming a national em-

ergency.

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A suggestion that the ltead office of the As-

sociated Cottntry \\'onicrt of the \\'0rl<l be trans-

ferred from London, England, to the United

States received warm approval at the 11th bien-

nial convention of the Federated \\'otitcti‘s In-

stitutes of Canada held at lidmottton, Alta. ;\frs.

Alfred \Vatt, of London, [1l'(‘.\l(l(‘l1t of the .\.C.

\V.\V. told (lclcgatcs the hcad office may have

to be closed shortly because the staff has been‘ taken for war servicc- llcr rccotumt-titlatioi". that it be moved to a ncittrzil cotnitry, prcfcrably‘ the Ynitcd States, was heartily endorsed.

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Lord Beaverbrook is one of the wonder pro- ducts of the age. llc is a New llrtitistviclter, but long ago settled in London where he is now a tiewspatyzr press tnagntite. During the last \\‘a: he ran the propaganda organization and ran it very successfully. At present he is itt Washing- ton, and told a press conference that he merely crossed the Atlantic to have a gossitrxvitli the President about New Brunswick, ctc. llc point- ed out his long connection with the province and recalled that the President has a summer home at Campo Bcllo, N.B. I I I I On condition that Great Britain and France would inclifde in their war objects the restoration of Austria as an independent State, Archduke Otto of Habshurg, prctendcr to the thrones of Austria. and Htingary, has asked the British and French Governments to permit him to form an Austrian legion to fight the C1€flI1Ill1$. Otto wants to form at least one division of Austrian exiles, including royalists, to fight beside the French and British armies, as is plauncd in the case of Czech and Polish rcfttgces. Otto sent his brother, 24-year-old Archduke Robert, to London to negotiate with the British Goverumcttt but the outcome has not bccn announced. x at a The Department of Agriculture has gone out of its way t0 warn farmers to sccttrc their seed potatoes for next season now “to guarantee fill- ing their needs at the present price levels". They say there are 2,000,000 bushels of certified scccl potatoes available now, btit growers in othcr countries are increasingly appreciative of the quality of Canadian seed twotatocs. Of the 1938 crop, 1,717,000 bushels were purchased by grow- ers in 17 foreign countries, although only 466,- 000 bushels of certified seed potatoes were sold in Canada. This meant only one bushel of every 2o planted in Cattatla was of certified standard and partially explains why Czuiadiatt growers arc not producing more ltutnpt-r crops of fine mcaly potatoes of top grade. 4i at m Premier Dysart ivas one of the Liberal Pre- miers in consultation with the Powcrs-that-be at Ottawa, ovcr elections, co-opcratimt, etc. llc told an interviewer before leaving Uttatva that the people of New Brunswick wcrc anxious to assist in every way possible in the carrying on of the war, characteristic of their deep-rooted proclaimed royalty. llc ltrtd urged upon the \Var Supply Board the dccetttralization of or- ganization as prudent and sound for Catiada and that mrh IJFOZ/fllfl’ rhnnld ltc t/itirn l/m rat/tott- siltilifyi and 1hr n/i/inrlttnifv It» umrxltnl {It rc- snttrcr: In flu’ full ni-Icrtf of I/tt‘ tcnfx wqitirr- omits. “Mr. CTampbcII," said Prcitiicr llysrirt, “expressed warm apprecintioti for the ittforttia- tion provided and the Co-npct'.'lll()ll cxtcitdctl. and voiced a sympathetic attitude towards the viewpoint. As a rt-sitlt of our talk, a tctttntivc plan was advisctl which st-cincrl, both to the lmrtrtl and oursclvcs, to provide tnrtchiticry in New Brunswick for cottiiniiotts co-nttcrntiott with tltt: War‘ Stipply Board, in the matter of sitpplyittg information and lcttding ailvicr- attd ztssietattsc." \Vhat case has bccn put up for Prince Edward Island?

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crease of 7,396 on the 9,850 employed at thecntli of March, 1030, attd exclttdcs the Post and lcle-i

THE UHARIJOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Darin! the last war, when the UnlJerial Government sought sup- plies frcm Canada. for the British Army, 1t was contpalled to buy pbllflfl. This time Canada. should do more than sell to Bdtaln. Because the people of Great. Britain have burdened themselves with BXCESSIVegy heavy taxation, there 1s no immediate need for Canada to send a. large semi- tialn-ed expeditionary force over- seas. The two circumstances ate directly related. Canada can proceed deliberately and method- ically with her contribution to the allied cause. - Financial News

Vancouver,

Anne Neagle, English fllm star who has been seen 1n several notable pictures 1n this country, recently completed an engagement 1n Hollywood. Site will return at once tcrEnglanu to offer her ser- vices Xo the British Government. "I could nevcr stay here com- fortably. making nn enormous sal- ary, while England is 1n this mess," Miss Neagle salcl the other day. "If there 1s nothing else for me to do, they might. need me to entertain behind the litres." That is the spirit that 1s auimnfrig the British people everywhere todav.— Calgary Herald.

A city wlthoul the presence of children must seem strange. Usual- ly, the zesldentlal sections of a large city, particularly the congested dis- tricts. teem with chrdren of all rtges. They give llfe to the districts

Yet, 1n London, todttv. particular- ly 1n the poorer secflons, an ob- server may tour stzeet after street without seeing a single child. London parks abound in play- grounds for children. Kenslnqton Gardens is particularly devoted to tic-e entertainment of the little ones and ls the favorite chlldienks

promenade. Yet. in these days, the parks and the playgrounds are dc- sert-ed. More than a milion chil- dren ltave been eracitated from Londor, LlVPYpOOl, ltfanclicster and other laige cities rind placed in homes 1n the country districts. This was done before tht- declaration of war cam-e. The vast. tirojcct was carried out without a hitch. This was we war tiisk ivhlclt was bril- liantly executed. Most of thrsc city cliildrcn have bPCn placed in p‘ iv- ate homes. The government. pays a small sum weekly L0 those who board and lodtzc the children and are riot able to zissttme the cx- pense themselves. But. thousands of familcs lmve volunteered ‘to care for children at their own expense. — Boston Post.

Smiling Mrs. Weaver says. "If wasn't easy for a mother to see three 50115 ecilist. for active service when she has been as close to it be- fore as I have been. But. our coun- try ls at war for one of the greatest causes 1t. has ever championed — and we have to give our best.” Mrs, Weaver, we think, has shown Canada 1.11.0 way to war effort worthy of the cmise for which this dominion fights. Has furnished the text for a national appeal for a lunch-needed f1.\\'I"l((‘1‘1ll"‘. Nav. more, Mrs Weaver has shamed all doubt. Not much more lllliil u .uia.l cross-roads 1s the tiny vlikrge of Coboconk, away up in Victoria County, Ontatlo. Cobocortk is a summer paradise with its itt-satitlcr- lug Gtill river and its rustic grun- deur. And Ccboconk. as the last World War prcvcd gloriously. is as patriotic as 1t ls remote In this new wnr Coboconk is repeating mngmficently. Its sturdy sons are Lantpintz ‘.0 distant rcczuitktg centres to join the colors - every man-Jack of them. And Cobo- conl: mothers are again knitting

socks for their gallant sons. Mrs. Weaver 1s a typical Cobsconk mother. In the last conflict

between decency and devolment Mrs. Weaver knitted socks for her soldier husband. This time when the twin foes of Clirlstcnrlont are scotirgin the earth. Mrs. Weaver ls knitting socks for her three sons- r cry click of the needles a heart- beat for her bonnie boys, "Mine are all good boys.“ bravely ers- big and smzi“ — who fail Lo hear and to meet the challenge of Hitler and Hltlerlsm, and of Stalin and Stalinist. In our opinion, Mrs. Weaver has answered all the spuri- ous “pcace" bziilts that the blood- hrolhers can ever cone-rive 1n their maddened minds. “Our country 1s at. war .or one of the graatest. causes 1t has ever championed," says Mrs. Weaver. "Arid we have to give ottr best.“ -- Stratford Beacon-Herald. Have you ever considered how ulcklv. if unchecked. the cod would flll the seas. or the house fly, the rat, or some other creature would overrun the earth! If a pair o1 cot- tonttills had complete success tn rearing two litters of six ytottng each season assuming equal division of the sexes and no fatalities, there would be 98 rabbits the second 686 the third, 4.802 the fourth, 33,614 the fifth and so on. If a pair of quail had one brood theze would be 128 birds the second year; 1.024 the third; 8,192 the fourth; 65,536 the fifth, and so on. Unchecked, there would be more quail, more rabbits more of everything than the environment could support. -

U,‘ s. Dept. of Agriculture Bulle- tin. "For an American visitor

1n Jamaica breakfast ls one of the events of the day. It. begins with tropic 1rtilt-— pawpaw. usually eaten with a dash of lime 1111001 the star-apple, a rcddish-pttrple soft. ftult with a Sfifillfd 1351A 0T s" erb oranges which you soon learn to eat pcelcd and served on the end of a fork, as Jamaicans have them. Be sure to try bmtanns and bacon — a rcnl West. Indian breakfast. dish - with a slice of 011C011 frlcd with each strip of bttnmia." - Gco.gc M. Ilattlmer New York.

Canada mtule n suncrb effort In the last. W81. she sent its mash"!- cerit troops: sho turncld over her industrial production 1.0 the larzc- scale mnnufactirc of munitions: she poured fond suonlles across the Atlantic t» frustrate the German plot to starve its ottt. With “or vastly expanded industries. and 1h" preparations she has been mnkit“: for months past to nlli. them swift- ly upon n war looting. she shoiflri r-wlrr- an even nrouder contrlhu- tlnn to the common endeavor this time, News from the other Dn- mlnlons shows that they. too, 1n tfieir settrral ivtiys will nlay their part steadfastly, and with stlrini! enthusiasm. We should be faint hearted indeed 1f we dld not feel that the triumph of our just, 1n- splrlng catise was assured with such staunch, cheerful. courticcotts comrades by our |1de.- Leeds Mercury.

PUBLIC FORUM

»lllleollllllllellllth IIIIIIIIIOI by urreeplnlenle 0| quetlen or lereel. The Charlottetown flurllnl leap eel loeuurlly endorse 0h eplnlenn of w-rnpoldeltl.

SOIL CULTIVATION

81r.—'1‘he first. essential 1n agri- culture ls the proper working of the soil and. as the ploughing 1s now being done for next year's CF09. I was wonder-lug how deep the cultlvatlon 1a. ‘There 1s l term used lnuregard to agrlculture known as the water-table." This does not denote that t-here 1s a point; 1n the ground where water 1s found, but 1t 1s that point where alr does not penetrate 0n amount of moisture 1n the soil. There are three m- tunttials in the growth otf plants, namely futility. moisture, and elr. The roots of the plant: will not Dfinketrate the soil beyond the wat- er-table as the air does not. filter through further than that, point. {The result ls that the rootlets go lno further and they then t/urn a- sltle and vie wlth each other 1n obtaining the materials whloh they need for proper growth while, 1f ‘the soil 1s cultivated deeper, 1t would prcbatbly give the roots a chance to pen-strata the soil more deeply. Your sub-soil below the ‘point which you are working now 1s possibly made up of firm brick ‘clay 1n which there tine small moats o. soft sandstone. sand has a mellow effrct on the soil; sand 1n tsoil warms lt so that. 1f you could get up a couple or three inches of ‘this sub-soil you would have that much additional soil 1n a loose ‘condition. If this soft, sandstone ls turned up to the surface, the frost will pulverlze 1t and you will have an adldttonal amount of sand 1n your soil. During a ralnv season this would absorb an additional a- mount of mclsture and keep the water down to a sufficient. depth where it. might not drown out: your grain. Again. 1n a season where you have drought this would absorb a greater amount of spring rain and hold the moisture as a partial ticsevoir to supply the plants with ntolst-itre litter on 1n the season during the drought. am now asking farmers throughout. the province who have clay loam soil, (this does not ap- ply to farmers who have sandy soil) to plough one ridge very much deeper titan formerl" They will be discouraged when they see the result of the ploughing, as they 503m to lose control of the plough and the sub-soil turned up 1s un- sightly and they will think they are spoiling the land. but they should not get. discouraged. I am not; advocating that, they plough the whole field but plough one ridge. I mlght say our older men aze prone to be governed by that. which ls customary and 1t 1s hard for them to break away from habits. hut. I would say to the youn"; titan: "when "laughing the back field, plough one ridge as I have mentlcned above." and I will be glad to know thi- result next season. Manv agricultural experts, 1f you lntervlcw them, will discour- age ysii 1'-I undertaking th-ls experi- ment, but. go ahead and try 1t; I have seen the experiment. tried rind know its benefits. I am, SK: etc.. W. Fl. DENNIS Minister of Agriculture

Hitler? Bewilderment

(‘London Free Press)

A Berlin dispatch says that Hitler and his lieutenants cannot under- stand the attitude of Great Britain and the determined stand of the British statesmen. German Junk- ers never have been able to apprec- iate British psychology. At the be- ghntng of the 18st. war Germans were confident that. Brltaln would not intervene on the side of France. If she _d1d they fully expected that. the British Empire would break up —1t. was breaking up anyway. Ire- land was already 1n rebellion, India. would be 1n open revolt and the bmlmivlls. if they did not; fall away, would abstain from taking any part in the war. Their help in any case was negligible. There 1r no need of repeating what. happened.