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addrea communication to7 73 adlado st west toronto improvement in agricul- have been approved and will doubtless tural exports b into ct the appo these steps are 1 i canadas promotion as an important ment of 3 fir3t class business man wm exporting nation has been rapid and jjnowiedge of agricultural pro- it is astounding that this young na- to act as canadas representa tion should in her immature years bej uyfl in great britain in connection leading the world in the per capita her bacont butter cheese beet value of export trade the product of j and cgg cxpor to study conditions canadian manufactories has now tq make recommendations to the lo- found favor in fortyfour foreign rainion government and the producers lands and the reputation of canadas as to how improvements are to be manufactured goods is still in the br0u about and to help trade ascendant the products of canadian trough judicious propaganda in the farmlands havo a yet more extensive br i 2 more active par- list of customers i ticipation in the large agricultural it has been recognized among trade shows in great britain 8 active experts that this great demand for participation in the british kmpiro canadian goods has to some extent exhibition in 1924 4 a more tnor- developed in spite of certain handi- 0uk grading of dairy products 0 caps canada has placed in her own propaganda in canada to impress tno wav and may be taken as a tribute to producer with the necessity of doing the high excellency of the canadian his part to attain the ends in view product in itself whilst criticizing the j g some experiments in the way ot method of marketing canadian ex- comparative shipments of live steers porters have not devoted sufficient at- j dipped alive and as chilled beef to tention to the peculiar needs of for- tho london market eign markets or taken steps to meet exp0rt figures for fiscal year on an equal footing the competition r confident hoped that these ro- ommcndauons carried out will re- of other countries in thes canadas trade commissioners suitin yet greater improvement of the have unceasingly pointed out oppor- briush market f canadian agricul- tunities which were being passed over i jjsj and travellers in foreign countries j rf merc now lies al- canadas market for brought to notice demands for can adian produce which wero not met most wholly across the atlantic just j how important it is may be realized of late much greater attention has y figures of the 1922 fiscal year which were only partially affect ed by the emergency tariff out ot a total value of exports of canadian been paid to the overseas markets especially since the coniing into effect of the united states tariff which bar red certain candian products from the kiim r i i i tj produce in that year of 4uiu4ou american market to which they had i- the effect of a secret even with all her knowledge of youngsters mrs dave preeny has haf hard enough time with her children but she doesnt see how she ould havo managed at all if it hadnt been for secrets when the babj sets up a to give swift to keep him silent he j began to regret his hasty promise a i bribe was of course necessary since i by swift and swift alone could the secret of the missing hog be divulged j- and the neighbors must never learn the truth he regretted having prom- ised swift two whole haras one would have been sufficient or was it two j howl to go somewhere with the older hams on second thought he decided children mrs preeny knows that tho it was one ham he could spare onej little fellow will be unhappy for hours ham chat was certain and one ham if she doesnt do something to relieve was payment enough for a little ad- his feelings and so she tells him a vice a simple suggestion which if j secret usually it is a hint as to her jared had not been so upset and hur- 1 plans for his entertainment but re- ried but had taken the time to sitgardless of what her promise is it is down quietly and put his own mind to enough that she and the child know he could have thought out for himself i something fiat nobody else on tho he woke earlier than usual the next place could guess in a hundred j morning as he rubbed the sleep out guesses of his eyes the affair of the hog at mrs preeny was a young woman once popped into his mind he jumped when she learned the value of secrets out of bed pulled on his clothes and her son george was five year old at the pot and the kettle madam youve some black on your nose dally express london hurried down to the barnyard there for a moment he stood stockstill and stared at two empty hooks which but the night before had been decorat ed with the carcass of a beautiful hog the time and one day when he began crying because he couldnt go some where with his brother mrs preeny told him in the brothers presence that if he would be gotd she would bake a the whole hog sometimes half a hog is better than the whole by james benedict become accustomed and there has de veloped a realization that certain trade defects must be remedied and canadian goods overseas made to ap peal in a more attractive manner to customers in order that canada shall be in a position to adequately meet the competition of other countries and maintain that prestige she has achiev ed the principal market in question is of course the united kingdom and the principal exports to that country of an agricultural nature according ly dr j h grisdale the deputy min exports of vegetable products amount- ed to 317814106 and of animals and their products 1s578s720 taking only those commodities particularly in question in this article butter exports amounted to 8430591 pounds worth 3224390 of which 3713709 pounds worth 1444657 went to the united kingdom cheese exports amounted to 133849760 pounds worth 25440322 of which 125942940 pounds worth 24007726 went to the united king- what3 ailing you jared she asked nothing i was just thinking myra nervously wiped her thin hands on her blue gingham apron it was powerful strange for jared to be thinking it aint the calf jared nope taint the calf emphatical ly as he watched his wife cut two inrgc slices of ham thats it he exploded pork thats whats troubling me myra stared he explained that pork i borrowed down to cy smiths place this afternoon i ben borrowin not only from him but from every butcherin right along now jared scowled i guess ill be going as he knock ed the ashes out of his pipe onto the wooden step wait a minute snickered swiftj dont go i have thought of a plan jared sat down i well what is your plan if you kill this hog in the regular way you are bound to lose it all of it haint you i yepj he began to look around the yard as cake george said he didnt want any his glance travelled his irritation and cake and he cried harder than ever perplexity grew brushing his hand he wanted to go with his bro her and across his eyes he looked again but he wasnt to be beught off with such no hog swiftly he crossed the barnj a little thing as a cake yard he explored the barn cow shed i a week later the older brother and and chicken coop even peered into j sister were going to town in the bug- the empty pig pen no hog gy and george begged to go along ho ready to swear that his eyes had even went so far as to dress himself deceived him he returned to the empty in spite of the fact that the brother hooks was he perhaps the victim of j and sister told him he was wasting his hallucination he had heard of such time when mrs preeny finally said things stepping forward he felt the that she couldnt allow him to go he hooks over carefully inch by inchj began screaming and he was just he muttered something something about ready to get down and roll in that seemed to fit the situation threw j the dirt when his mamma called him up his hands and walked out of the into the kitchen and whispered to him yard no hog the thing smacked of that she was going to bake a cake sorcery or witchcraft back to the but dont tell them a word about it house he hurried to question myra but- she said and immediately young george dried his eyes in the first instance mrs preeny had offered the child nothing but cake which of course was not enough but in the second instance she had offered him both cake and a secret he changed his mind before he got there his wife he knew could not havo carried off the hog turning squarely in his tracks jar ed dashed away through the barnyard like a madman he vaulted a picket- andbarbedwire fence and running around the rear of the house rattled up the broken steps to pound out such lusty summons upon a flimsy door that it seemed in danger of breaking well do as i say and you can kill beneath his heavy fist the whole hog for yourself swift he called the whole hog gasped jared are you sure the whole hog correct all of it unless he feeding and handling for egg laying the plan of handling and feeding the birds at the agassiz bc domin- aleck come i ion experimental farm where during out its important come out come the year ending ocober 30 1922 four ou barred plymouth rocks averaged dom bacon exports amounted to 992- jf j km qur fc gg a be hand 1080 cwt worth 523012480 of which j har there won enough left to last us a week ister of agriculture recent made f f v 22873449 went to the united kingdom an investigation of trade conditions in great britain and certain improve ments and innovations will accrue in consequence need of improved appearance he found that canada wns not mak ing the same improvement in the ap dr grisdales findings are not to be received as serious stricture but an attempt to have canadian produce presented for competition in a formats unsurpassed qualities warrant his criticism of bacon cheese and butter exports are on the score of lack of be throughout the meal which was thats nothing ill give with a sudden burst of eaten in silence he struggled with his generosity two hams whatever you problem then as the dishes were but that won t be sending a being washed and dried a happy suspicious glance at swift the whole after an interval very trying to 2821 per bird straw is used for lit- hesitated and looked speculatively- j swift appeared in red under- ter and the scratch grains are fed in down at the bowl of his pipe unless shirt shapeless trousers the color of i the litter the grain mixture con- maybe afterward i could borrow a the soil and a pair of homemade car- sists of equal parts cracked corn pet slippers shutting the door behind whole wheat and whole oats and is him swift took a step forward an fed twice a day care being taken not inquiring look on his face to have too much grain in the litter at jared struggled to speak but the any time the dry mash is composed words would not come of br 100 parts shorts 100 crushed swift continued to stare and jared oats 100 corn meal 100 beef scrap 50 ham a ham you a ham pearnnce and quality of her agriculj uniformity in appearance and quality ttiral exports ns some other exporting and lack of tradenames and attractive countries such as denmark holland packing these aro faults natural in australia south africa and argen- a young countrys development of ex- tina the consequence is that whjjst port trade and which merely want to the superiority of canadian produce be foicibly pointed out to ensure rem- ls frequently acknowledged by experts edying he found canadian beef to competitive produce often looks better be the superior in the british market and therefore sells better than the and canadian eggo enjoying a reputa canadian he sees a danger of can- tion second to none dr grisdale 0 owut cmitmuea to stare ana jarec vht3 juu tuj jlleal i oeei scrap i thought struck him why not ask the n the whole hog is what you said w a m effort found his tongue and charcoal 25 being fed from advice of aleck swift i i 1 alpck h sairl snmoinrlv otnloiwall selffcedinc hnnnniv hio ml adas losing her domination of the english market in butter and cheese whilst he points out oportunities for in improvement in the already grati fying bacon situation he has there fore suggested to the minister certain steps calculated to result in canadas maintenance of her high position in the british market which suggestions anticipated a keen demand for can adian store cattle with tho removal of the embargo and is satisfied with the three days quarantine regulation to be observed in canada which he states is more than taken up by the time occupied in transit from in land shipping points to the ocean ports the childrens hour a fiery trial it is tho demon of fire that causes the settler so many anxious hours in f new country may i tell you a story of a forest fire in the northern part f british columbia as you have perhaps learned there is a great portion of northern bc covered with birch and spruce this is very true of our home section some thirty miles east of prince george on 1ie grand trunk pacific these trees help to make tho country a pleasant one to live in they also add greatly tho same time urged the soaniel to sic some imaginary enemy the dog seemed to understand the responsi bility put on him he went at once oh a charge across the lake he did it swift owned the farm immediately adjoining his own swift was shrewd none doubted that and a great prac- tical joker from the time he went to school his pranks were the talk of the town he dearly loved his joke for the jokes sake and if he could play the joke and better himself by so doing all the better and any scheme that he engineered wns pretty suro to succeed jared decided to con sult him right away he found swift sitting coatless on the back porch of his bare brown cottage a lean odd- looking fellow clad in rustybrown dilapidated trousers tucked into knee leather boots much the worse for wear shirt sleeves rolled up an old thats what i said and thats what it will be if you do as i say jareds mouth opened and closed aleck he said my hog swift laughed thats right jared somebodys stole wall selffeeding hopper the mash is kept before the birds at all times grit and oyster shell are similarly supplied from a small hopper of two compart- liuils rigjit jareu thats a good but no words came he moistened his beginning remember what i told you ments one containing oyster shell tho lipsv i and stick to your story other containing grit green feed is ou must be fodlin youre jokin j shifted from one foot to the provided in the form of kale chard no the whole hog dye hear the other he gave his neighbor a hasty cu clover or mangels skim milk is u why its easy i am sur- glance but swifts face was a mask fed daily while water is before tho but somebody has stole my hog he challenged fine complimented swift keep it up jared dont weaken stick to it but cant you understand some body has stole it he roared whole hog prised that you aint thought of it yourself jareds head swam it aint reasonable he muttered finally with a doleful shake of his head swift laughed wrinkling his fore head into a semicircle of lines his steely blue eyes narrowed to mere slits birds practically all the time inside and near the front door of each pen a box of earth dust bath is placed hogs o i jji m ii im d i procured a steel oil barrel with a splendid tell it with as straight in tu head and ft nc inf nnrf than wilt 11 holiava threequarterinch hole in tho side of the barrel near the bottom then i a face as that and they will all believe you cant you understand cant you screwed the neighbors know that you have red flannel undershirt showing downj ho they know it is ready to it gon to his wrists and a brown derby a 0i them are waiting for riv i tfc- inc ln in y their little hunk of pork but there is x understand and i promise p p way the easiest in the world to tw f- t lemow the whole hog i tell youjo his perched rakishly on one side of head how are ye jared drawled swift and he smiled in a friendly way as he edged over to- make room on the top step have a seav he added jared cautiously entrusted his i threequarterinch small hole and a street three- rrvr a worm to you that as far as im concerned no kill this hog for yourself this is the n vr th o- idea all you have to do is to kill your hog along about seven oclock tonight hang it out behind the barn where it cant be seen from the road one will ever be the wiser i will tell you a sure and a cheap brieht ws cx rats gophers e aia lti ciuoicu ma- i moles mice or any animal nuisance carefully so that mary was ble to h t jjj ssiss that uses a runway get concentrated grasp his collar in this wayshe was glance moodily examining the li 7 f of h s in the runwa the rod orchard and potato patch in the reari anu lnen oeiore any 01 me hnt ft sit ur and lick their and the low barn and outbuildings on neighbors get curious go round to g jssm j the left h and ever one and say some- p tfen gooa dj air isuisance i uie icit ij u ii i t j t have tried this on rats mountain anything i can do for ye jared j has stole my hog and if you i dunno i durvno and jareds stick to your story theyll all believe deader a u your peope are towed and carried to the other side finally we were all safe across the lake from the roaring furnace of flames on the other side we could see our little home and possessions licked up by the fire home was already a mass of ruins cat and chickens suf fered our salvation had been a matter of narrow escape indeed mother lost many of her clothes while actually escaping with mary the question of securing shelter and getting a new start were next to be to the toil of the one who would carve j jij pioneers have such problems a home from among them alas too f 0 is you will read timber can be t bit of evil was the result of source of danger carelessness as is so often the case we chose as home a beautiful site i we children got our lesson en the gtp called aleza iake v melancholy glance shifted away his gnarled fingers busied themselves with an old corncob pipe you aint sick and going to have the doctor nope wouldnt have one anyway not if i was sick myra aint ailing nope myras all right fact is i jarcd cleared his throat rapidly p can have an p of j heres something else something im- j portant to worry about j that said swift carelessly we troubled with any animal vermin this jared with pipe out frowningly w rid them clean s d silently reviewed the plan a look half admiration half reverence crept into his eyes aleck said he a little breathlessly after the hog is killed and all andi safely packed away drop over and see me you will get your little hunk of j i set barrel on trough with about a foot of trough extending through th fence into hog lot put a cork in pip and fill barrel screw in bung airtight take out cork and hogs will have water when they want it as the water will come as high as pipe and no more until it is lowered in trough r l overmire 9 buy machines suited for the work to be done too big is as bad as too small mary who had the little lamb probably used shears home education the childs first school i the family froebel thats so whats the difficulty aleck said jared solemnly i i during the early months aj place daddy wns away from home niost of the time the railway re- touired his help this left mother toj ook after us and the homestead a good iortion of the time i this was one of the days of mid- rammer it was a real summer day too father was away at work we ere all at home doing justice to unch little mary had an eye open or more than the things to te eaten 1 at once she reported that the air as full of smoke luckily it was tht he little mite of four smellcd fire lor the question of escape was already a serious one there was no time to be lost hothcr took the youngest one of us and hastened around the end of iak- she could only care for one was a little laddie jut three years wd to look after mary took little ingenuity rd a good deal of haste mother solved the problem hy enlist ing the help of our water spaniel whe pointed across the lake and at r lesson orce for want your advice i want vour help all in care of fire w dougan new- all right whats the matter that lands bc k theres a hog in my pen as you know ready to kill his words now came with a rush everybody knows it well i been around to all the butcherins i aint missed one now isupnose i kill my hog in the regular scheme to myra way hi green the sinkers mel rid- secret the oetter j er and the rest will be on hand to get i their share of pork none wont for- can settle later but do as i tell you dont forget to stick to your story no matter what people say all right aleck said jared standing up and stretching himself teaching by example by bertha hayward higgins a few days ago when i was in thei morning when there was no indication hairdressers shop a young woman of a storm he had given his promise came in with a very attractive little to take the little fellow with him when girl whom everyone admired he made this call and now despite the mother with apparently no the storm and the difficulty of driving thought for the big eyes fixed upon in a covered sleigh with the child to mi i ii u e it her or the shelllike ears taking in alii look after he dared not do otherwise i 11 kill the hog tomorrow night but her or the fouow ind lhe child should in turn be led ill ask the neighbors for next mon- f movc rom whe we to break a promise or tell an untruth day and he hurried straight home whon mv began i because of the fathers example deciding on tne way not to reveal the l irmm the wey he work it be here a artstt oatd what wscts i wl ycu a plctare well ctr 05er hta this 100-dol- r htlt ir1 vhen he falats drag hitn cut ca lie- sidewalk the fewer in the t0 0 to school and it was too far for j small use said he for us to urge her to go alone to the school she had upon our children standards which along toward seven oclock the fol- attended but they wouldnt give me we ourselves do not maintain in their lowing night jared started butchering a transfer so i told my husband i was presence get to be on hand- he broke offto his h m tkg suoper at her soing to send her to the other school j the little ones of ours are so sus- pull fiercely at his pipe fx he er kates house was out of the a and tell them she had never ceptible to influence so umutive and v- j v 1 been to rchoc btforc and of course so prone to think the king father or ssrtifsfo z me- r03 it was a hard job to tackle single- i warned her to tell the teacher that mother can do no evil that wc can nothingmuch admitted swift nded and constantly in fear of she had reycr beer to school not be too cartful with a grin 3ci sjn dis i an end one that night after i had gone out it has been my custom always to there wont b enough to last me a b he followed swifts instructions she went to ray sister and said tante read or recite some worth while this mess aint there nothtng i n p a p back of the f sf thought family may take it wth them to the donothig i barn behind the hcusc safe from the how blind you are the story stay- day s work recently i have given prying eyes of any chance traveler edwith me after i left the shop and over this daty to my eleven-year- 1 along the country roid immediately rankled son and i wish that every mother and afterward he hitched up and drove then there came to me a picture of father would take with them and past down to the four comers there to the day many years ago when my on to their children the little message cave word concerning the killing for brother a young country physician he brought to us yestcrday thefoflcwig mordiy had driver fourteen mie5in a severe with every day a nw day that night jared fell asleep won- srtow storm with hi little three yiar and every momert new dering jsi hiw orcch or rather hox old son wrapped op like an eskimo well speak the truth think the trutk would be necessary coddled in his arms because in the and to the truth perhaps wait until i thirki swift frowned and scratched his head he lit his corncob pipe made smoke rings a number of fine ones thoughtfully watched them iprcrd ard disintegrate in the quiet evening air a smile replaced his frowr he chuckl ed and glanced sidewise at jared outright i agbed pg necessary