tl eur farming in western canada the outstanding feature of agrlculfor experiment have thrived material- ture as pursued in western cansda of ly better la the western provinces late years has been the pronounced whero the pelt of the animal it is stated cannot be told from those in the animals native land it was no doubt a realization tf the same excellency of condition which induced important tendency towards diversity gradual ly farmers are branching out from the few main issues which used to consti tute the agricultural activity of the territory and farms devoted to what maritime fox breeders to locate near used to be considered minor phases of calgary alberta wbat is claimed to j agriculture have been found to be very be the largest foxbreeding establisb- profl table and are coming to an in- njent in the world j creasing extent to dot the wide ex- having seriously adopted the indus panse the success which has attend- try western canada has set out to ed the application to dairying has been expand it the west was the pioneer nothing less than phenomenal fruit in domestic beaver raising an activity i practically forced upon certain farmj ers who overrun by these animals af- ter a lengthy close season had no re dress but to apply to the government for permission to farm them the first coyote rauch on the continent has been established in western canada and from the first canadian chinchilla rab bit farmln the same area stock is be- ralsing poultry and apiculture are re ceiving increasing attention of late there has been a remarkable amount of interest evinced in fur farming and having regard to the characteristic vigor with which the west pursues any objective it takes up considerable de velopment may be expected the furfarming industry which orig inated in prince edward island has lng distributed all over the country i a poem you should know the wandering wind felicia hemans has the distinction of having written soie of the best- known poems in the language isclud- i ing the better land casablanca j and the graves of a household here is one of the less familiar of her i poems the wind the wandering wind of the gplden summer eves whence is the thrilling magic of its tones amongst the leaves oh is it from the waters or from the long tall grass or is it from the hollow rocks through which the breathings pass or is it from the voices of all in one combined that it wins the tone of meaning the wind the wandering wind no no the strange sweet accents that with it come and go they are not from the osiers nor the firtrees whispering low been slowly moving west for a while the domestication of the flsher which j carl lomen a rancher of the yukon has over 50000 head of reindeer and owns six and half million acres of land he went north in 1900 from st paul during the gold rush the industry seemed to be confined to the east and little interest was ex hibited by the west but since west ern canada came to seriously adopt this newest phase of farming growth has been rapid stimulated by tho first successes this area has not only come to rival tho east in the successful j breeding of the established doraesti- j for so long presented such difficulties in eastern canada has been success fully accomplished in british columbia manyjjew ranches established there has apparently been consider able activity in this direction since the beginning of the present year- amink farm has been established on van- couver island british colunvbia with importod stock from quebec by a bee lska catod furbearers but has been the pioneer in the domestication of certain other of canadas fauna in the usl have likewise be6n mtroducea ssssr i s t into alberta tne inaustr establishments are created to west- tnhvi a washington resi- of which 23 are in mam- established a substantial ern canada toba 9 in saskatchewan 50 in alberta 40 in british columbia and 21 in the yukon territory these cover the rearing of eleven different animals in which foxes naturally lead and others are coyote skunk chinchilla rabbit muskrat raccoon karakul sheep bee 7- eor marten mink and fisher becoming a substantial industry the combination ot western initia- muskrat ranch in alberta a rancher in oregon after scouring the whole of the united states for a suitable loca tion for a similar enterprise has pur chased a large tract of land in the co lumbia valley of british columbia on which there are already several beaver and muskrat houses the western provinces of canada have a way of going vigorously ahead farm boys your opportunity da not let it piss the ontario agricultural college offers you an education that will fit you for practical uptodate business farming or professional life an education to a farmer is a lifetime gift the years of youth are short come to the oac on september 18th tuition fee for the first year only 20 board and room only 550 per week 700acre farm fine live stock modern wellequipped buildings living conditions the best write for college 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productive of its coveted prize from its third year on both as regards number and size of pearls very few threeyear oysters contain pearls of any value but when a bed of oysters is fished just as they are dying of senile decay the peals then obtained are many and large the diverts share true pearls which are the result of disease- sometimes brought about by the intrusion into the shell of some for eign body such as a grain of sand an undeveloped egg but more otter a parasite are formed in the tissue of the oyster when the irritant matter reaches such a size as to cause great discomfort to the unwilling owner it either dies or forces tne intruding mat ter towards the edges of the valves where it is retained by an absolutely transparent skinlike substance this increases in growth and eventually becomes the prized bauble destined to go towards a necklaco or adorn n fin ger tho pearls are brouglitup by divers in charge of a tlndal or representa tive of the owner of the boat they work from and a peon who safeguards the interests of the government the k banks are under tho control of the master attendant of the port of co lombo as payment for their hazardous work on these sharkinfested coasts the divers- are rewarded by onethird of the oysters brought up while the government auctions off the remain der on the beach day by day one in a thousand the diversgo down with the aid of a fortypound weight tledto tho line by whlci they are lowered they gather the shells into baskets slung round their necks and hangiugin front j and after fifty to eighty seconds rapid work are pulled to the surface on an average about one shell inj- every thousand brought up contains a j pearl the buyers plree tlieirpurehasoj in kottus or enclosures and tho oys- ters are allowed to rot for eight or ten days in a box covered in from the sun flies are allowed free hccps- as they assist in tho process of rotting later tho whole decayed in thoroughly washed tho shells stones end byssus the green 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wandering wind birth of the moon in the opinion of dr r h rastall the moon is made of material that was once part of the earths crust dr ras- talls theory is that a layer of the earths crust about fortyone miles thick and covering about twothirds of its total area was peeled off by the at traction of the sun thus action of the sun was effective while the crust was still in a plastic state v the moons own gravitational attraction caused it to roll up into a ball of the form we now see in the sky the crustal area left on earth formed the continents this theory also accounts for the fact that while according to generally accepted ideas masses of lighter den sity such as make up the earthly con tinents should cover the entire surface of the globe they actually cover only out a third the missing twothirds consisting of the moon the new theory also fits in with the ideas of a german geologist professor alfred wegener who believes that the american continent was originally united with europe and africa and thai it floated away to its present place this would not have been pos sible so long as the entire earth was covered with such a crust but after the moon had been torn away it was possible for the continents to separate from their long embrace i where the rub comes off i know a young girl shes an ace shes possessed of much beauty and grace but one thing she abhors about summer seashores j it washes the paint from her face cold light the production of cold light is a sub ject which continues to attract the energies of investigators among the latest workers in this field is profess or riseler of paris who has been try ing to emulate the performance of the glowworm which gives out light with out heat it is stated that he has succeeded in making a large tube which it is claim ed yields a light of 12000 candlepower for the expenditure of two and a half kilowatts of electricity his tubes are filled with atmospheric air at reduced pressure and are ercited by highfre quency currents after the current has been cut off from them his treated tubes continue to glow though with diminishing brightness for a period said to be equal to that for which they have been excited some tubes that he has exhibited in london are 8mm in interna diameter and require for their excitation a cur rent of onetenth of a mllliampere at a presure of 6000 volts and of fre quency in the neighborhood of 1000- 000 and they aro twisted into forms suitable for adaptation as illuminated advertising signs or letters it may bo mentioned that the term cold light is strictly speaking a misnomer as a certain amount of heat must be gen erated tattoo english pigs english farmers propose to tattoo their initials on their pigs after this i instead of marking them by notching their ears using black pigment for j chesters and tamworths and light- colored pigment forberkshires cattle sea cooks and sea food the profession of sea cook is one that his always been looked upon with profound contempt by the rest of the seafaring community admits miss cicely fox smith that sallorsouled english lady who has made herself a recognized authority on matters per taining to ships and the sea old slush and grubspoiler were the uncomplimentary nicknames bestowed upon him and the familiar old chanty paddy doyles boots further attests the usual attitude of crews in the cheerful lines well all throw dirt at the cooook and pay paddy doyle for his boots the seacook she explains is the sagoing equivalent of the mother-in- law he is the preordained and per petual butt of ridicule and abuse that he should have become so is not sur prising to begin with he was pro vided often with the poorest and scantiest materials burgoo and dogs body were simply euphemisms for cabin scraps hardtack and salt junk were unobjectionable but wearisome served j plain cracker hash united i them in a baked form dandyfunk j was also made of hardtack pounded very fine with a belaying pin mixed i into a sort of paste with jam or treacle and cooked on the galley stove into a sort of pudding duffplum duff or fig duff was a boiled suet pudding with dried fruit added often a bad cook made the sailors food nearly uneatable he might not know a saucepan from a kettle but once he had got his job the unfortun ate crew would have to put up with his experiments for the rest of the voyage i he usual thing in extreme cases was for the whole watch to commit their food untasted to the deep choosing for the ceremony a moment when the skip- per could not fail to witness it he would then be compelled to admit that the grievahce was a genuine one since hungry men do not go without a meal unless for good and sufficient reason but even if the cook were disgraced and sent forward it was rare good luck if there chanced to be anyone among the crew who could do better j times have changed and there is a vast improvement in the variety and quality of the food at sea even on the humblest vessels and there are ashore schools where aspiring sea j cooks may learn the trade in a few years perhaps it will be no longer tho diiect insult a sailorman can hurl at a j despised enemy to call him a son of a sea cook but amusingly enough there are still a few tough old salts who do not appreciate the change the old sailor conservative inlhis a sin all things strongy resente1 any attempt to interfere with his food you might try to make his diet more varied and attractive if you chose he didnt mind but he had got to have his viggy duff on the proper day or else the fat was in the fire these ere calavances and such are all very well but wheros my duff faith ye that have faith to look with daunt less eyes upon the tragedy of a world at strife and seo that out of death and night- shall rise the dawa of ampler life n i rejoice whatever anguish rend the heart that god hath given you a priceless- dower j to live in these groat times and have a part in freedoms crowning hour that ye may tell your sons who so the light high in tho 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striking instance of the the public domain novello family which was very mixed i and troduced at least a number of very highly talented nembers bee- thoven was a german of dutch extrnx- tion and drahms a german of danish extraction ferucclo ihisonl the pianist and composer was half ger man and half italian ns is wolffer rari the composer of the jewels of tho madonna sgambati the italian composer had an english mother frederic dellus the english composer comes of a gorman family of remote dutch extraction frederic iximond is a scot whose parents or grandparents i came from middle europe and eugene daitert is also a scot- of teutonic or alsatian extraction and quite a large j number of musicians who are general ly credited with being germans haydn liszt dvorak etc come from the slav races and were born outside germany j sentence sermons you can never know true love un til you rfre willihgto give everything for your beloved real happiness until you love life more than things genuine 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