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s the harvest is in and the year in review when will you make the improve merits in your farm which will bring you bigger returns next year l perhaos you should begin right now the manager of the standard bank of canada near you will be glad to tell you how this banks service is at your disposal to assist you in increasing the value of your farm and of its products raiiiiiniiiitiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiihiiimiiiimiiiiitiitiitiiitiiiiiiiiiimiiiinuiiiiiiii the standard bank of canada two hundred and thirtyone branches throughout canada 533 1 theres one big point about toronto stable equip ment which makes me spec- ially proud to sell it its the fact that the galvaniz ing thoroughly covers and completely coats both the l and the outside of the steel tubing with pure zinc spelter this hot process makes it absolutely rust- defying and proof against strong stable acids for the maximum period thiiis a mighty valuable feature let me explain some of the many others j getsome of the inter- ting toronto literature d hold en masseyharrls agent jphone 184 stoultvillo take first steps to reform calendar ufwo date of easter fixed for the second sunday in april to begin in 1928 vancouver oct 4 first steps to ward the reform of thecalendar to divide the present year of 12 months into 13 months have been taken by the league of nations committee on calendar reform in fixing the date of easter permanently on the second sunday in april beginning 1928 moses b cotsworth of vancouver director of the international fixed calendar league saturday announced receipt of news from the committee that the unanimous assent of all the great church authorities had been se cured to make this change it is the first essential step accomp plished toward winning the more im portant benefits of calendar reform said mr cotsworth the proposed 13 month year will be a gain to all hu manity he said the plan is to make the last day in each year an international year day and dividing the 52 weeks in to 13 months 1 a new monthsoi js proposed to be made from the last two veeks of juno and the first two weeks of july each month would consist of four complete weeks like february 1925 and all times for earning and spend ing would be equal or exact multiples of each other this summers cream shipping v and what our gaiiisliiipers enjoyed the highest market price correct test and weight cans supplied to them bringing in their cream when con venient to them and taking buttermilk back or haying their cream collected by cur truck and the most satisfactory way of payment for same in the past present and in the future sstdiiffvilie creamery co agents for the delaval separators phone 18602 maiseyharris farm imjlm2rits repairs buy a now masseyharrls no 5a corn binder for this years corn crop it is greatly improved over the old corn binder also see us if you are thinking of buying an ensilage cutter we have a new bo but that is a whirlwind wo also have the bsst engine that you can buy our new quebec sulky plow ha3 no equal on tho market every buyer of ono is a satisfied customer and no ono has been able to make a suggestion of an improvement on one order one early ns we can sell thorn faster than wo can get them call and seo if yon bavo not already seen one and ifv you ever tryone you will never part with it vc have a complete line of repairs always on hand end handle shears for all makes of plows repairs strictly cash by order of mcsscyharrls co we also havo atiumocr of second hand machines on hand including all kinds of plows binders drills engines wagons etc we are also agents and handle ro- pairs for john deereco canadian potato machinery co ontario wind engine and pump co and o k potato co d holdsn agent hoz 134 stoaffrille all lives were lost jn us submarine death toll is thirtythree as verified in final investiga tion by divers a despatch from new london conn says the lives 2 the men who went down in the submarine s51 were snuffed out almost immediately after she was rammed and sunk by the steamer city of rome off block island on september 25th the death toll stands at thirtythree this was established on friday when divers found that the last two compartments in which it had been hoped there might have been air the motor and torpedo rooms were filled with water none of the crew who went down had a chance for his life the submarine sank so quickly that they were unable to shut the water tight doors connecting the compart ments and thus give themselves a fighting chance of being brought to the surface with their ship the story of their efforts to save themselves never will be told ah that remains now for those who have toiled at the task of rescue is to recover and identify the bodies after which the submarine will be turned over to wreckers for salvage v tff top mlors the worlds largest one price tailors tailored to measure 2400 tailored to measure on saturday oct 10th we will have at our store jthe representative of this well known tailoring organization showing the latest models and patterns in allwool over coatings and suitings at the one price of 2400 tailored to measure over a millionmen have worn tip top clothes stop and consider why so many men who can afford topay more for their clothes disregard the low price of tip top and judge them solely by their splendid value pay us a visit on saturday octi 10th and see for yourself the splendid values we have to offer at the one price of twenty four dollars a e weldon the west end shoe store stouffville world is waiting to pour into canada ottawa oct 4 canada has the greatest opportunity of any commun ity on the face of the earth stated j st loe strachey editor and pro prietor of the london spohtator in the course of his address on saturday to members of the canadian club a great part of the world wants to pour into canada he declared refer ring to the building up of the country of immigration fortune oes begging while heir is in jail windsor oct 4 the only thing that separated louis briffa 38 years old from going to malta saturday to claim a fortune estimated at many thousands of dollars was a mere 500 he was arraigned for sentence before magistrate w e gundy in the police court at windsor after being convict ed of failing to support hiswifenow he must wait until he serves a sen tence of from three months to two years in the ontario reformatory at guelph because he was unable to de- posit the 600 demanded by the court tor the support of his wife and child not one crop failure this year in manitoba a despatch from winnipeg says not one crop failure in the province of manitoba during the 1925 season is the report of the provincial depart ment of agriculture wheat averages 19 bushes to the acre and oats 44 o october 28 fish day october 28 has been set by the canadian fisheries association and the federal department of marine and fisheries as national fish day your duty cannot be done unless your health is sound kitcheners message to the british expeditionary force struck by lightning- and is still alive sarnia ont oct 4 william beat- ty farmer on the london road was struck by a lightning bolt friday afternoon and hislije was spared seemingly by a miracle he was lean- j ing against an eavetrough atthe farm of his niece mrs lusk vhen the lightning hit him on the right arm going out at his thumb and severely burning it and then passed through his body and down the right leg burning two toes severely beatty was thrown violently against the kitchen door smashing it but not rendered unconscious dr morrison was called and reports to- day are to the effect that mr beatty is getting along nicely m lu i hi i mm 4 the most litgeni requirement in canadas agricultural products anada produces every year large quantities of wheat oats barley butter cheese bacon beef eggs apples potatoes grass seed and clover seed that she cannot consume her natural outlet for these pro- ducts is of course great britain the one great consuming country of the world with an open market- 7 unfortunately nearly every other country with any surplus of food products seems to want to send its surplus to this same market the keenness of the competition on this our only market and the energy and resourcefulness of our competitors began to impress them selves upon the department of agriculture some time ago but it is only withinuery recent years that the real and only way to grapple with this problem has been discovered or at least put into effect this department now believes as do also most of the farmers of this countryttjiat the grading of our agricultural products is the policy and practice that is seeing us through the struggle and will assure us of our rightful place on the british market grading means- the classifying of products- whether they be hogs but ter cheese eggs or anything else into what might be called in a general way best good fair and poor classes these exact words are not used in describing the grades- but that is what is meant the purpose served in grad ing is threefold- 1 educational when the pro ducer sees the relative quality of his product he is spurred on to maintain that quality if it is the best or to improve the quality where necessary 2 fait play when products are not graded the inferior article for various reasons often brings as much as the superior article and the credit and advantage of putting the superior pro duct on the market is lost to the one who really deserves it 3 facilitating trade the dealer learns to have confidence in the article he is buying and buys more free ly because it is guaranteed by grading and gradually everybody gets to know what the v article really looks like or tastes like in short- grading brings about standardization and ensures to the producer the best price canada now grades her cereals grass seeds- hay potatoes- apples eggs but- ter cheese wool and bacon hogs the results have been in every tease benc- ficial and in some cases quite markedly so even though the grading system has been in effect in some cases for only two or three years thus cheese grading began april 1st 1923 canadian cheese the year before had fallen into such disfavour on the british market that new zealand cheese was quite commonly preferred today canadian cheese commands cents per pound higher than new zealand butter grading began same time as for cheese the reputation of our but ter was then indeed at low ebb canadian butter today while not the best on the market is rapidly improving in quality and gaining in reputation hog8 oveftwo years ago the de- fiartmeht of agriculture began to grade ive hogs at the packing houses and stock yards the 10 premium paid by the packers for select bacon hogs as against thici smooths as classed by departmental graders has done wonders to improve the quality of our hogs and develop the bacon industry best canadian bacon- which ordinar ily was quoted two years ago from 10 to 18 shillings a long hundredweight below danish has gradually grown in the esti mation of the british wholesale buyer until it is now quoted at only from 1 or less to at most 5 or 6 shillings per long hundredweight below the best danish this improvement in price is of course due to quality and has come about very gradually the spread nar rowing down by a shilling or two a month until now it is not at all a rare occurrence to see best canadian selling on a par with the danish article eggs- canada was the first country to grade and standardize eggs these grades and standards apply not only to export interprovincial and import ship ments but also to domestic trading the basis is interior quality clean ness and weight standardizing canadian eggs has established confidence between producer and consumer and between exporter and british importer and has resulted in a greatlyincreased demand for the cana dian egg both at home and abroad other products might be mentioned where grading has worked to the great advantage of the producer and to the advancement of canadian agriculture already great- britain recognizes our store cattle wheat cheese eggs apples and oats a3 the best she can buy it is for us to so improve our other products particularly our butter and bacon as to bring them also into this list of the bestlon the british market and consequently the highest priced grading enabled us ft do this for cheese wheat eggs and apples grading is helping us to do it for butter and bacon quality counts quality is thus the first abjective for tho canadian export trade and then steady- regular supply it it along these lines the department of agriculture is working by educational methods and the result of this policy is seen in the growing i volume of canadas agricultural exports look at these figures canadas principal exports of farm products wheat bus flour bblj bacon and hams cwu beef cattle butter lbs cheese cwt apples bbls oats bus barley bus ky bus bran shorts and middlings cwt oatmeal and rolled oats evru clover seeds bus tobacco lbs cream gals flax seed bus 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