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Md. m; aruwerii-‘iiobody knows. V’ mm‘ over Ml’. Hamilton fib- ,| “m,” gnyeeiordayaiasue on ,_ mules of Vitamin! as an anti- ue who: fed todoxes in the o! 711g“ germ meal, I found ‘ouutioninl “m”? °! , a“ mylhflfll! "P739335? i mm, first instance. noiyitamin b,” isolated audits-nature de- at nepresenceisonly de- I M by its effects. It is known. H “mp1s, that the "water-soluble ‘vlmfl C" is present in green veg- ublcs and also in fruit, and that lb" frcmthedietwillcause mvy: this was the‘ trouble in the d "um; ship days when salt flunk" meat) and hard biscuits were the up], good. But cook those same its and vegetables thoroughly and flthflllflh the chemical analysis gy show no change-their effect is egatlved because heat has destroyed e mysterious vitamin C. . .3, slmllar feeding tests other vita- ,, grcmAtolcsnbeshownio

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Fat-soluble A vitamin is present in od Liver Oil, the roe of fish, the 01g of egg, liver, and the leaves of getables. Its function is to stimu- l: growth and fertility, and promote lstance to infective diseases. Strangely __‘.- its absence in let tends to produce blindness. Vitamin n ls soluble in water, and d is present in the seeds of plants. . yeast, in egg yolk and in many rails and vegetables. This vitamin esides functioning somewhat like a", is necessary in digestion and timulates ID093199-

Water soluble vitamin C. already eferred to, is only roe easily destroy-

ed by cooking‘ or canning. Perhaps all vitamin are unstable under heat.

. M'- I-W Hie.‘ lfollllolmg vegetables

eatenas salads. tomatoes, lemons, sure fruit. oranles. and raw cab- bagejareimportant sources of "C." It irlnore restricted than A or B, that ‘is, it is not found in so many different foods.‘ I

IVitamin D is soluble in fatyand is anti-rachitic in action. It deals with bone formation, and is most neces- "17 101' 810M112 animals. to prevent rickets. Our richest source of this vitamin is Cod liver oil. but milk, cm. green bone Ind green stuffs contain it in lesser quantities.

Vitamin I; is also fat-soluble. and as already stated. is necessary to stimulate fecundity in animals. It is found chiefly in the germ of wheat, red meats, and milk.

Fish are rich in vitamins which they derive from u.» plankton (min- ute animals and plants) of the sea.

Primarily I commenced this article for the benefit of the fox-rancher, but as I went along. it grew upon me that there was an application even more important. What a race would we become if thesame care in feeding were bestowed upon our growing children as we bestow on our foxesi

Our foodstuffs are too often de- prlved-of these valuable "presences" by over-elaborate preparation“ The taste-to put it mildly-for white bread has led the miller to take away the germ of the wheat and the outer layer of the “ben-y" and these. the richest parts. are fed tothe farm stock, while we use the impoverished remainder, the white flour. Another matter of interest is that the milk ofcowafedongresngrassisrich in vitamin A while that of stall-fed cows is deficient.

ALF CLUBS ' \ DEVELOP STOCKMEN

Cali feeding competitions are do- g s valuable work in training boys n the care of cattle. From a start i ten clubs organized in the Province i Quebec seven years ago, there are ow in operation upwards of seven- y-five clubs in which the young ople are gaining valuable experi- nce in the proper ‘feeding, handling nd exhibiting of calves. The work . carried on jointly by the federal nd provincialDepartments of Agri- ulture, each providing fifty per cent i the prize money awarded and aring the supervision of the clubs uring the year. The youths start » th young calves of good type and reeding and feed and care for them ontinuously under supervision until e following year when they are rought together as yearlings,,for empetltion. Some of the Clubs ave as high as eighty members. The ringing together of the stock of so any enthusiastic W"!!! Dwllle muses great interest and it is stated y the Hon. v1.1a Motherwell, Min- ter of Agriculture at Ottawa, in his port for the past fiscal year, that - sttendan of a thousand or more t a Calf Fair is not unusual. The uence of this work in the district “far reaching and Clubs rapidly de- Blol) into community breeding cen- ~ - for high class cattle. The Min- -- also points out the additional alue of this work in the training it ifords the boys irrpii phasesof live lock feeding and management and in the keeping of record of feed costs ' "d Production.

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Literature

TORONTO. Ont. Feb. (i-That the phenomenal rise ‘in the price of books since the war had put good literature out of reach of those with small income. was the statement of Prof. G. M. Wrong, in his address to the Canadian ‘Literature Club here recently. He ‘suggested that to his mind. the club would be doing an ex- celhfnt thing in leading a movement to make literature cheaper for the masses. » .

Prof. Wrong pointed out that a long history furnished material for literature. and created types in so- eiety easily r ognizable, such as the characters in "Punch." for e ‘ Canada was lacking in both these, and had not yet developed the type of life of the E-ngllsh country how which figured so largely in Enllllh literature. Neither had she 81135 monuments of the p989. "1011 85 u" melon; ‘” ’ ‘ and castles.

But, he went on, Canada was an older than the United States. because o'f the un- broken traditions with bcth Enlllnd and France. She had nature in var- iety. including the‘ most mlfniiloollt rivers in the world. contact with oceans, which tend to enlaflo ‘i119 minds of people, and mountains. 0n- tario,‘ said Prof. ‘Wrong. hada. clim- ate similar to that in Darts of Ens‘ land, which had an influence on English literature. Central heating. thought the speaker, was destructive to .the writing-of poetry: it we» the chillirlees of lillulh1l°u¢lwm°h iedto the many beautiful 000ml 1'9‘ (gr-ring to the comlfll of 5111158-

Ona thins in favor of the produc- tion of literature in this country W" that the field was wide 09911.11"!

- no great‘ volume of literature already

behind to frighten writers from fur- ther effort. The spirit o! Ulflldl. h! said.- would be best Produced. in it! literature and Canadian must avoid what Asquith once referred to as "a

tranquil consciousness of effortless _

superiority." -

an. answer lo his own question. Pwhy produce literature?" Prof. Wrong pointed out that il rested the mind. elevated and i!!! intellect. and led away "from tho dreary inter-scum of daily 11R- ,

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Cheese Prices $24

At the Annual Convention of the Dllrymelvs Association. held at Belleville, Ont, in January. Mr. J. A. Ruddick, Dominion Dairy Commis- sioner, was very-optimistic as to the future of cheese-making, and gavean illuminating account of last year’s Progress. Inonepartofhiseddress w. Ruddick said: i "The seasonof 1828 was a notable oneinmorethanonarespectwhile possiblynot-ideal, the climatic con- ditions were, on the whole, favorable for the production of milk. In any case, the output of cheese in 1828. for all Canada, will be found to ex- ceed that 011927 by 8 million or 10 million pounds. posssibly more. There wasawiderepreadthan usual in com, , prices for butter and cheese, and this favored some diversion of milk from the pream- ery to the cheese factory. The averageprice of cheese for the season was exceptionally highhand very nearly three cents per pound above the price-obtained in 1827. The premium paid in the United Kingdom over all competitors was higher than it ever was before. According to the grading returns. there was more im-

provement in the quality of Canadian cheese in 1828 than. in any other year since grading was inaugurated.

Canada gets around one and ‘a half cents more for her cheese on the foreign market than is paid for any other cheese of the same class." Dr. Ruddick explained. "I think we al-

ways shall. '1‘ here seems to be

something in our land that gives our

cheese a little better flavor than New zealand for example. In fact, some

parts of Canada produce better cheese than others.‘

Canada producedths most milk in itshistory this year but to a-greaior extent than heretofore it was drllnk

as fresh milk or made into products

other than cheese. We have‘ more

cows than ever and better cows, bet-

ter in breeding, better fed, and bet-

ter cared for." '

MALPEQUE l

There was a large attendance at the annual meeting of the if. P. Soc- iety on Friday evening, February 18i- Rev. Mr. Thomson presided. The following omcers were 11110111500 1°? the ensuing year: President-Mr. Frank Donald; Vice President-Mr. William C. Donald; Secretary- Miss Thelma Donald; Treasurer-Miss Ida Toombs. De- votional cums-Misses Elms Stowflffi and Haul Hopgood and Mr. Douglas Ramsay; Project Co.—Miss Jean Donald, Messrs. W. C. Donald, Pres- ton Green and John Simpson; Social -Mess_rs. Fred Donald and Bruce Crozier and Richard Evans, Misses Margaret Ramsay and Edythe Cres- well: Lighting and Heating—Messrs. Everett Donald and Ausel Champion Lookout-Misses Barbara MacGoug- an. Minnie Croaier and Thelma Don- ald. Messrs. James Ramsay and Fred Donald. '

A vote of thanks, to the retirinl ofiicers for their excellent work dur- lng the year was moved by Mr. Bruce Crosler, and seconded by Mr. Wil- liam C. Donald. The remainder w of the evening passed pleasantly in the enjoyment of games.

Miss Ida Iloombe. Stenographer with Peter MacNutt and Son. spent the week end with her mother. Mrs.

.8. W. Slayer, assistant trade com-

30 percent greater than at this time

date or ma.

11,053,000 bushels last year.

Potatoes Loom Large (In U. S. A.

The enormous total of 420,001,000 missioner in New York City, states bushels were produced in the U. S. A. that the holdings of potatoes irl the last season. 35 potato-growing states, are about bushels were left in the ground-it didn't paytodig them:40,000,000 were last year. » Heavy ploduction in the unfit for food or seed or suffered from southern states has» retarded the decay and shrinkage; and about 186,- marketing in‘ the northern states. 000.000 bushels had been sold before from which the surplus is, under nor- Jany 1st of this yo”. ~ W041 ‘and mal conditions, shipped. The nuln- seed on the farms, it is thought, will bel- of bushels still on hand in the account for another 100,000,000 this northern states on January 1st, 1029, Spring. and perhaps 13,000,000 hush- was estimated at 110,729,000, as coln- els will be fed to live stock. From a pared with 88,093,000 on the same consideration of these figures it will In the others- the be seen there is still a large surplus more southern late-potato statcs— to be got rid of. where usually the quantity Brown is by Mr. Slayer indicate that there will not sufficient to take care of the io- be a falling off in the acreage plant- cal needs as the winter wears on. ed in 1929 there was on Jany 1st a holding of planting of 3,825,000 acres in" .1028) 20,200,000 bushels, as compared with which will probably exceed nine per cent.

Of this total 7,500,000

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(as compared with the

“PATIENCE AND PERBEVEBANCE”

1s the first line of an old cuoplet.

over a constant menace to the fox in-

dinary high-power microscope, and

istic of the disease.

Government also voted

Square, London. pistempexywas con-

no matter whether they were exposed to contact with dogs suffering from the disease in its acute form, or whe- . ther an effort was made to infect them with the actual "poison" which the searchers had discovered. Thir- teen hundred dogs went through this test, with complete immunity.

Nor is this all. Indirectly as a re- sult of this research, scientists think that the mystery surrounding the in- flllefllzo "germ" will be cleared up. It too is a virus disease, and the “germ" has. hitherto eluded observation.

In Winnipeg, at the time of this wrltlns. there is a serious outbreak of distemper. with 00 per cent of the dogs in the city affected. and the disease is still spreading. More than 140 of the docs in Winnipeg have had to be destroyed. This is serious,'for the malady is likely to spread jusl; 5,5 the Bllidemic of hydrophobic did in the Ottawa and Montreal districts about thfflovyelfl 18o, with the result that it was carried throughout Canada and invaded our fair Island. And the pity of it is that the vaccine and the virus-the two preparations for the double inoculation against dis. temper—are not yet available for distribution to the general public; "10"!!! ti!!! 18 Pfomiscd in the early future.

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Fol-i ‘Iloombs, Summersi’ .

It is pleasing to note that Mrs. John H. Woodaide, Hamilton. is re- covering after her-recent-attack of "Flu." - -

Mr. Heath Caseley, of Remington, was avisitor to Malpeque on Mon- day. . (M)

beafhvjrof Former Coriigpeaker

wnvmrno, Man. Feb; e. ‘- Hon. James John Johnson. Conservative. former speaker of the Manitobaleg- islature and member without port- folio in the Sir Hugh John Macdon- ald administration of-_‘_', ‘diedat Bolassvainlldan. todayl. from Jnflu- ensa. He was electelfrto the legis- lature in i807 and served continu- ouslyjantil-the close of ura adminis- tration of Sir Badman lloblln ‘in

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Honor Roll of Vernon River School for January -

Grade x-l Lona Carver 2 Isabel Bruce.

. Code VIII-l MiltonWood 2 Aldie Carver 8 George Currie.

Grade VII—1'Gordon Lea a Ms. rie McDonald 3 Joe McDonald 4 Jean Oarvefb Francis O'Keefe.

Grade VI-l illern Lea 2 Donald McDonald 8 Glen Les. 4 Alice Coady 5 Doris Wood d Ralph Lea 7 Itena Carver. -

8 Eveline MecNeill 0 Allan cur-m,

Grade V-i Bernice O'Keefe 2 Wil- fred McDonald.

Grade IV-i Cecelia Currie 2 Mar- Itret Currie 3, Mildred Coady 4 wens Herring 5 Helen McDonald.

Grade !I--l Ethel McDonald g m!" 0mm‘ 8 Lloyd McLeod 4 our: Lea 8 Myrtle Coady.

Grade I-1 Gerald McDonald 2 Jo- llph Christian 8 Oeeii McDonald.

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believed to u at least 10.000 yeere old. a raaor was recently found by M.

Dhafvellt, a French archaeologist, in ' quarry at Moutieras-lee- Amlsaa. The instrument hag a handle libs a modern raacr. It .in a lfsoltihic bed

tlllofedi By a. method of double en- B888 Pr!‘ 1'68!‘- oculetion dogs were rendered immune ma“

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

Reg. Trade Marl

Canada's poultry industry has of and its results are nowhere better ex- recent years, become very noticeable. emplified than in the long five years‘ The selection of the Dominion for investigation with its climax-the im- the location of the third Internation- munizing of dogs from Distemper. al Poultry Congress owned the eyes The cause of this disease which is the of Canadians to the relatively high greatest curse of dog-life (and more- standing of their poultry. This was further emphasized by a hen on the dustry in certain regions) is an ultra- farm of the University of British Col- microscopic "germf" that is, one which umbia. becoming the world's cham- cannot be perceived by the or- Dion layer with 351 cs5! B Yfllf- .

One immediate result has been a is therefore classed as invisible. Thus demand for Canadian birdsvio im- lts presence is known only by the prove foreign flocks. virus or poison which- it produces and cal year 24,011 birds. valued at 042.- which causes the symptoms character- 619. left Canada.‘ as against 7.348 birds valued at $86,478, the previous The "Field," London, actuated by a year. Some of these went to the desire to end this menace, initiated a United Kingdom and other countries. fund five years ago, and the British but by far the larger number went to e, gum e1 the United States. Towards the money towards a. joint investigation. end o! theyenr n“ The results were given to the world h? Jinan and ‘irlnldad; and. 176 birds last November, at a meeting of the Wont to Mexico. bflnsing a return of Field Distemper Council in Grosvenor $5.550, but these were hens all of which had records of more than 300 It bays to trap-

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ments were made

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lots

feed). P81’ 100 lbs.

lots

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i Greatest Premium Yet Offered _

“Epevrbrite” W/llite Metal Spoons

For every yearly, new or renewal subscription received to The Charlottetown Guardian it will entitle the sender to their choice of a half Dozen Tea or Dessert “Everbrite” White Metal Spoons. ~

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At the same time thsrehas been a corresponding increase of interest in egg production. I have not the figures for i028 to hand. but the esti- mated production of eggs on Canad- lan farms in 1027 totalled 253,277,227 dozen worth 880,110,101. whereas in 1022 there was produced 194,058,408 doun worth 340.490.1578, a truly re- markable iricreaso in such a short period. Between those dates, too.

R. & M. Kibblo Charcoal and _ Meat

Fox

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‘X-l and X-Z Shredded Whole Wheat, Rice and Broken

hens on the farms increased from slightly under 30,000,000 to 42,491,000. The egg situation in Canada is a somewhat peculiar one, ‘as there is both an import and an export, due to seasonal demands. Herein lies an opportunity for the Canadian poultry mun. Indeed he is doing something to meet it, for increasing Canadian production is already making some inroad on the imports, though these

are still voluminols. In 1923. the imports totalled 8,319,622 dozen. worth $2,508,504: in 1827 this had been reduced to 2,064,422 dozen. worth $1,284,373. i

Exports which were fairly well maintained during 1923-4-5-6. began to drop in 1927, and declined further in 1928. The reason for this has been the increasing Canadian con- sumption.

Brace’s F 0xF eed and Ranch Supp lies

R. & M. Puppy

Biscuit »

and

Puppy

Meal

Plain Sodas, Mufiet Whole Wheat Fox Food.

it. M. Meat m Biscuit (contains bone-

meal. alfalfa meal, dried milk, yeast, iodiz-

ed salt.) Per 100 lbs. 87.50 (Special discount en ton lots.)

B. M. “Kibblo” Puppy Meal, (contains charcoal). Perl00 lbs 88.00

n. as Puppy’ Biscuit (contains meat. dried milk, yeast.) Per 100 lbs. ssso

ElLflnePuppyMeal. Per l00pound lots $8.50

11.. M. Charcoal Meat lbs Biscuit. "Per .00

Sliver Tip Meat to: Biscuit, (contains whole wheat flour, shorts, barley, malt and yeast.) Per 100 lbs. .50

Robinson's Brown and White FOx Bis- cults, 10671001110. ............ $8.50 and $7.00

' Broken Plain Sodas in air tight wood barrels or boxes. Per 100 lbs. $8.50

Imperial 00d ou mo: Biscuits. Per 100 $7.50

Imperial "Salvo" Puppy Meal. Per 100 .50

lbs.

lbs.

x-l Shredded‘ Whoiewheat. (ready to feed) in so lb. bags only, per 100 u». .. em

X-I Shredded Wholewheat (Rfiady to feed), in iOO-lb. bags only. p0! 100 lb. .00

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B. MCK. Muifet Whole Whdll, (ready w . . 87.00

X-l Whole Brown Rice, per 10o lb. m» 2-1 Broken Rice. per 10o lbs. $4.00 Yellow Cornmeal, (write r _

Wholawhaat Flour, 24 “wpfsfWmg

Fine Ground Donemeal. Per 100 pound

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".50 line Ground Alfalfa Meal, pg; 19g

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00 9 Charcoal ,pev|-1o0

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each

per.

bone grinders.

Newfoundland Clear Cod Oil. per glaslllgl;

(Cans -Extrn)

Fleischmanrfs Pure Dry Yqflst. 2% lb. package, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $2.40

Purity Hard Wheat Flour, Ontario Feed Flour. Write for wholesale or retail prices.

Old Island Oatmeal, Rolled Oats.

for prices.

Wear-Ever Aluminum Feeding

Eac Per dozen

Aluminum Feeding Pans. Each Per dozen ....................... $2.40

Enamel Feeding Pans Each .

Per dozen ........................ . .'.' 's2.oo

Galvanized Drinking Pans.

Per dozen

No. 50 Hand Meat Chopper. Each. . No. 6o Geared Meat Chopper.

No. 100 Electric Motors, 1% and 2

Write for prices. 500 lb. New Warren Platform Scale. ch . $312.00 500 lb. Fairbanks Morse Platform Scale. h - - . $30.15 . 845.50

3404b. Counter Scale, with tin scoop.

Sac ...... .............. .. 214.00 5M1 welsh beams. 250 to aoo lbs. Priced

. . $7.55 lo