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Our €oniRf^H5id Vegetable Output Canning for Domestic Use and Elxport Makes Progress, But Imports Still ' Are Gaining Government figures would Indicate that interest in tlie commercial pro- duction of vegetables in Canada is increasing, according to the Canadian Pacific Railway. The tomato acreage in British Columbia this year is placed at 2,550 acres in 1927; in Eastern Ontario, at 3,200 acres, as compared with ?,280 acres, or approximately the same as in the preylous year, , while the acreage reported in Quebec is 2,000 acres. Onion acreage, on the other hand, has declined somewhat, due doubtless to a falling away ot the New Zealand market last year, says a bulletin on the subject. Acreage de- voted to this crop in British Columbia is 1,035 acres, as compared with 1.233 acres, and in Ontario 1,588 acres, compared with 1,580 acres. The Cana- dian potato acreage indicates at 2 per cent. Increase over 1927, with 581,300 acres, as against 572,373 acr^ all proTlnces reporting slight increases with the exception o{ Saskatchewan and British Columbia. "Though vegetable growing Is en- gaged tn extensively throughout Can- ada," the bulletin continues, "com- mercial production has come to centre in certain specially favored areas where canning industries have devel- oped. Ontario and British Columbia pputoei^, $799,039. ^nd tpmatoes, )1,- 560,102. These Imports are all from the United States, with the exception ot onions, which come also from Aus- tralia, Bermuda, Egypt, Japan and 'Spain. "The canning of vegetables in Can- ada is making great progress both for domestic consumption and to send abroad, and exports are steadily in- creasing. In the twelve months ended July last 15,478,035 pounds ot canned vegetables, worth $1,099,042, were ex- ported, as compared with 10,656,990 pounds, worth $769,254, in the previous corresponding period. However, the import of canned vegetables is at the same time increasing, figures for the same period showing 16,308,847 pounds, worth $1,456,166, entering the country, against 15,337,774 pounds, worth $1,319,758, the year before. Many of these, for. instance tomatoes, peas and corn, could be - produced equally well iu Canada..' • . ' "It has been pointed out by authori- ties that an expansion of the vege- table-growing Industry on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, which can successfully produce the year round, could eliminate the necessity ot a good deal of importing by other parts of Canada. Experiments have been made in shipping green vegetables from Vancouver to points as far east as Toronto and Montreal, though their effect has not been noticed in import trade figures. Arrangements are an- nounced for an improvement in the marketing of British Columbia apples from coast to coast through the estab- lishment ot facilities at all chief ectn- tres, to which supplies will go daily. It would seem as though this might find their tomato an^ onion producing profitably be extended to cover fresh Industries profitable,' and though po- vegetables tato growing is followed on a volumin- ous scale in every province for local markets, commercial production for export is largely confined to the Mari- Chicago is planning a 192-mile sub- way, probably so there will be some , safe way for a man to go home. â€" Ume Provinces and British Columbia, American Lumberman. which have won high reputations tor their products. The present year also * sees the ambitious entry of the ^'^ don't accuse him of commercial- Prairie Provinces into commercial ' ^^'os art, but the other night a Cali- vegetable production, canneries hav- i 'ornia undretaker played "Waiting for Ing been established at Edmonton j You" on a trumpet at )a lodge function. and Medicine Hat in Alberta, support- ' â€"The Thomas E. Pickerill Service. Lawn Hockey in England ^.^„,:. V- i t-"" *'"' *''' Arctic Policemen Patrol 7,500 Miles Blizzards and Fogs CENSUS oFeSKIMOS ing the alarm of his Eskimos, man- ^ prosperous, with plenty of food ; the [ aged to squeeze through between the usual census was taken. In this re- precipitous foot of the glacier and the glon the caribou were quite numerous, cliff whicli constitutes the opposite ^ and wolves were scarce. The journey â€" â€" â€" side of the valley. The space was j was marked by a five-day blizzard, Canada's Mounted Force on ''*'"«'y ""^^^ enough for them to pass, and the weather was so cold that the »j , I 1 J R . I '''°<^^s of ice fell from time to time ; coal-oil. carried for fuel, froze and INorthem Islands tJrave , ^^^ jqq yards of the trail was very : had to be thawed out by native oil j dangerous. The men worked so hard â-  lamps before it was used. Constable that, though the temperature was 30 ^ Margett's patrol to Home Bay, a mat- degrees below zero, they were bathed . ter of fifty-one days between April 12 j in perspiration. From the Western | and May 31. accounted for 945 miles. Coast the party visited Axel Heiberg ' In this area. too. the natives were Island, crossed Norwegian Bay to prosperous HER- PLAY WAS RAIDED Mae West, author ot "Pleasure Man". was arrested in New York with ea- tire cast for producing it. She wa» In that sort of trouble before. One Constable Traveled 700 Miles in Forty Days With Only a Native as I Companion Graham ~and Buckingham Islands, skirted North Kent Island, and spent some time in the Bjorne Peninsula on the return journey to the coast. Notwithstanding severe weather In the last-named locality at a point conditionsâ€" blizzard, fog, frost and about 200 feet above sea level several outcroppings of soft coal were found. "Constable Makinson made some in- FAIR ENGLISH GIRL ROOTERS Spectators who braved the rain to see the leading English girls teams play for leadership. ed by producing acreages about them, and the first tomatoes, beans and other vegetables are being processed there this Fall. "While the graeter part of Canadian vegetable production is either con- sumed fresh or canned locally, there is a substantial export trade carried o nin fresh vegetables. Potatoes, of course, constitute the most important item, the Maritime Provinces product being widely and favorably known and British Columbia steadily extending its reputation in the same regard. In the last fiscal year Canada export- ed 7,744,960 bushels of potatoes, worth $7,338,906, as compared with 88,319,080 bushels, worth $9,717,425, in the previous year. The United States is the big market for this product, taking nearly 65 per cent, of the total, followed by Cuba, also a long-estab- lished market, where nearly 30 per cent, of the exports go. Other im- portant potato markets are Newfound- land, Jamaica, British Guiana and Ber- muda. "Of late years the Dominion has developed a profitable market for her onions, principally with New Zealand and the United States. Last year she shipped 42,830 bushe\s,»worth $50,- 059, as comparecPwith 84,390 bushels, worth $125,430, in the previous year, the decline being due to a falling off In the New Zealand demand. In spite of the smaller acreage, this year ship- 1 Groat Britalns first skvscraper is ments are expected to equal those of , to occupy a site in Manchestor. It is ast year. The Dominion also has an ; to be seventeen stories high, having ,"L'"^n-l°o^J"'l°''^ °' ""â- """• '''*' •â- ^•â- "" * '»«'sl>t of appioxlmatelv 21T feet, or 2,630.9888 bushels, w.uth $708,518. be- about a third of the Woohv,.,lh Build- ing shipped to the United States, ing-g height which country also took 53.225 tons Jq preparius the public tor the in- ot sugar beets worth $323,683. novation British archi.oc.urHl en- Despite this voluminous produc- gmeers have receded from their ion and axport. Canada Is importing forfler contention that ..nlv In Man- fresh vegetables very heavily and to hattan were an tiicieaslng extent. The value of able such imparls in " Old-Fashioned Miniatures Dowii where the ferns wave fans and mosses glow, Pink ladyslippcrs walk the ever- green. Wild lupin takes the road and tarns it blue; Cassiope bells renew their purple screen. Indian pipes perform a translucent white. Dimming to dove and ebony as they fade. Toadstools stir their bowls with a copper: lic'af; The Nightshade draws a dusky lilac . shade. A tiny bloom puts on her diadem â€" A coronet of b-ids on a coral stem. The bobbing globes are grained in ivory â€" And soon they peer about with a jade-green eye. She nods her head to the perennial law â€" This two-inch, three-eyed queen, Pipsissewa. â€"Alfred Kreymborg, In "The Lost Sail, A Cape Cod Diary." BritishtoBidid A Skyscraper rain â€" detachments ot the Royal Cana- dian Mounted Police stationed at posts on the islands and mainland in the Eastern Arctic sub-district car- ried out more than 7.500 miles of patrol covering the less frequently visited parts of EUesraere. Devon and Baffin, ahd Including Alex Heiberg. Graham, Buckingham and North Kent Islands. A number of important geographical discoveries were made during these teresting geographical discoveries dur- ing a patrol from the Bache Peninusla Coast to the East Coast ot Ellesmere Island to Craig Harbor on the South- ern Coast and westward to Starnes Fiord. He was accompanied by one Eskimo and in addition to visiting au unmapped island east of Cape Dun- sterville. on which he noticed remains of native igloes, he found and ex- aggregating 1.700 miles. One of th« men. Constable G. J. M. Curlelgh, patrolled to Cape Mercy and remalar ed there for some time hunting. H» also made a journey with one Eskimo companion along the southeastern coast to Cornell Grlnnell Bay. A shortage of dog feed and frequently severe storms made this trip a trying one. The party was asbent forty* five days and covered 640 miles. "The detachment at Lake Harbor on the southern coast of Baffin Is- land was established during the Win- ter of 1927-28 by Sergeant J. H. F. Wight, with Constable P. Dersch. The buildings were begun while the Beothic was in the harbor on last Summers patrol. After she left, the rain was incessant and it was six weeks before the policemen could go on with the work. As all the dogs had died In an epidemic, compare tively little patrol work was done. The total mileage was about 500. "At Port Burwell, at the entrance to Hudson Strait on the mainland. Corporal H. G. Nichols and Constable S. R. Montague were aatloned. All of the native families along Ungava Bay were visited and their heali,^ was reported as exceptionally good. "The police posts received instruc- tions from Ottawa by radio and re- ception varied eocsiderably. At Bache Peninsula, within 700 miles ot the North Pole, it was fair; at Dun- das Harbor and Pond Inlet It was good, and at Pangnirtung it was oa "Weather was unfavorable for long! the whole poor.' A Baby Blimp u.=v.u, ...<.= ..<...= ^^^. ^^..^^ .^..^ plored a large fiord north of Clarence long patrols, a census of the Eskimos ,. , in the areas visited was taken, game â-  "Travelers usually cut across on the ice. but Constable Makinson follow- j ed the shore and discovered first a ' large bay running southwest, and then ' ,, . , . . „„ _ , a fiord two miles wide; An island in ; at the police headquarters m Ottawa ! ^. . , ,, , .,. , . ., •= i " " ^ , u- n .1 • u 1, , the middle of the bay made the tiord by the patrol ship Boethic whe nshe ,,_ ,,, ^ ,.. . , ,, ' ' ^ . , *^ , ^ • . .,. difiicult to notice from seaward. He: conditions were noted, and medical and other assistance was provided when necessary. Reports from the various detachments were received returned from her annual trip to these regions recently. "At Bache Peninsula on Ellesmere Island, the farthest north post. Con- stables E. Anstead. G. T. Makinson and R. R. Garnett spent an adventur- ous year," says the Canadian Interior Department, in telling ot the viclssi- tmles of this northern service. "In March, 1928, an attempt was made to enter the interior ot the northern end ot the island by Sawyer Bay and Cannon Fiord to Lake Hazen, but it was checked by the dangerous condition of a glacier which barred the way. Glacier Blocking Pass "On March 22, Constable Anstead left with two Eskimos on a patrol to the West Coast which lasted until April 30, and accounted for some 850 miles. The pass from Flagler Fiord to Gretha Bay Fiord, on the West Coast, is being slowly blocked by a glacier and Constable Anstead, defy- also explored some fifty miles up the j fiord and its branches. The party j was absent from the coast for forty A new type exhibited at the International revolving propeller is fitted into its nose. Exhiblti days and cevered 700 miles. | Climbs Frozen Waterfall I "From Pond Inlet, at the northern ; end ot Baffin Island, Inspector C. E. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wllcos made a patrol of 900 miles to ' Fury and Hecia Strait; Constable S. patrols on Devon Island in the vicin- H. G. Margetts aggregated nearly 1.300 ity of Dundas Harbor. However, two I miles during three patsols to Milne extended patrols were made, one j Thought I leave the sea. always 1 Inlet, Arctic Sound, and Home Bay , across the island to Belcher Point and 1 come ^ respectively, and Constance Cox made the other westward to a place called Back to sound of dark water in th« Summary some shorter patrols to the height of Cuming Creek and inland up the land between Eclipse Sound and Foxe gorge ot this watercourse. Basin. The most important trip was Patrolled by, Dog Team cove. Back to the tide's slow and untiring drum Inspector Wilcox's patrol to Fury and "From Pangnirtnng. the ,post on Against tlie ears: this ot ly do I love Hecla Strait, this taking him la the Cumberland Gulf, Baffin Island, northern end of Foxe Basin and to Sergeant d. G. Petty patrolled the Melville Peninsula. He traveled across gulf and visited native camps on the the interior ot the northwestern part east coast of the Island. The Win- of Baffin Island, traversing numerous ter as unfavorable for traveling own- lakes, and on one occasion climbing a ing tJ0MjliUitions of weather and Ice. frozen waterfall. About 150 Eskimos nevertheless, the entire district wa? were visited, and they were generally â-  patroled by dog team, the distance Getting Ready to Fire Up i^uch structiirt'.s jiistifl- They now say that modern sel- the twelve months entlflc treatment ot stnuiural prob- endf.1 w,.h July was $6,262,934, as ,en,s has niadt) tall buildiuRs p.actlc- .otMtnr.-.l «,th $5.53».307 the year be- able; and the Manchester undertaking I- the main part these com- js further Justified by the statements' .t^.i.U.s which the Dominion that not only are the citVs territorial â- f poduciug herself, IncluTT limitations a factor but risins rents ^•« 1) the extent of $305,- make it uecossary. Kr.i THE VILLAGE POTTER Pottery is a rural industry In England and Wales and many- useful articles are produced. J being placed ia the kiln for baking. The dried pots are The sound ot waves against a foam- ing bluff. The sound of a rising .wind on a night ot stars. 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