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Farm Notes Cost of Rearing Draft Horsei Ooe of tUe big problems that the farmers of many provinces will have i to fac» for at least some years to! come Is where the necessary draft : horses may be purchased. Will they be good horses and the kinil desired? How much will they cost? With the object of throwing light on this question, cost studies have! been made at the Ste. Anne de la Po- 1 catiore Experimental Station since, 1921. From that year to 192G, thir- teen I'erclteron cplts were raised to the asti [if two and one halt years. The I weights of the colts, food consumed, and cost for each colt, was tabulated. To prow these colts to working age, i an average of 4,921 pounds of hay, 3,CS4 poiinils of oats, 990 pounds of i bran, and 7.7 montlis of pasture was ^ reguii ed, at an average cost of $116.37 ; per (-(lit weighing 1,517 pounds. No mention is made of the service i fee !is this varies with the Btalllon j used and di.strict, nor has any charge ^ keen made of the mares having nursed j these colts. At this Station, as at; many farms where colts are raised, â-  the mares, as a rule, are, before giv- ing biith to the colts and after wean- ing, worked more than nece.ssary to] pay for their upkeep during the year. From the figures given above on the feed consumed by the thirteen colts reared in this five-year period, it will . be seen that the average cost is 40 , per cent, below the cost of draft horses of similar qualifications and , weight in the open market. These : experiments and many others appear. In tU.3 annual reports of the Expert- 1 inR -into dark- grey and black, tbea white, and finally tipped with black. The weight is 6 and 7 pounds tor does and 5'i to C'i for bucks. Other quali- fications are described In the pamph- let, which ti'eata of housing, feeding, breeding, and marketing the carcas- ses aad skins. mental Farms and Stations, which may be had on application to the Pub- lications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. Protective IVleasures for Mosquitoes The annoyance from mosquitoes and black flies may be greatly lesseiied by the appi-cation to the skin of mi.\tures that nave repellant qualities. While many mi.xtures have been tried, none of them are entirely effective, but gome are of great value especially when the insects ara very numerous. Borne mixtures that have beeu found useful to campers are described by Mr. M. B. Dunn, Entomologist of the Dep-iilment of Agriculture at Ottawa, in Pamphlet No. 55. While suitable preparations can be obtained at drug store.s, very effective mixtures can be made ai, home. One of the best re- commended by Mr. Dunn is composed Of oil of Citronella 3 ounces; spirits of Camphor, and oil of tar, 1 ounce each; oil of pennyroyal, U ounce; and castor oil, 4 to 6 ounces. A simple mixture is made of oil of citronella and castor oil each 2 ounces and oil of pennyroyal, one-eighth of an ounce. The purpose of the castor oil is to prevent injury to the skiu by the other ingredients. Tallow may be used Instead but the mixture made with It is in the form of grease or salve which of itself may add discomfort. Whatever dope is used should be ap- plied liberally to the skin of the hand-i. face or neck that is exposed, about once an hour. As a safeguard aga'.i.U accidents it is recommended >« carry the liquid dope in an alumi- num tlask or screw top tin rather than In a glass bottle which may be broken in the pocket. Two Principal Methods of Canning The one-period cold pack method la so called because the uncooked or partly cooked food is packed into a jar and covered with some liquid, such as syrup or water, and both the jar and its contents are heated simul- taneously by boiling water or steam. This method may be used tor ail fruits and vegetables aad is recommended for home use. It Is a very simple pro- cess and completely sterilizes inas- much as the product is placed in the sterilized jars which are closed dur- ing the cooking process so that the organisms are killed and access by any bacteria from the air and other outside sources is rendered imposs- S)le. The appearance of the finished product Is superior as each berry or slice remains intact. There is no crushing. The flavor, color and tex- ture are more natural. Another method, described in Bulle- tin No. 77, "Preserving Fruits and Vegetables in the Home." obtainable from the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, is the fractional or intermittent meth- od, which involves the carrying on of the sterilization period for three suc- cessive days. This is used in the case of vegetables which are not strictly fresh, and especially applicable and desirable for those vegetables lacking acid ,sucli as peas, corn and beans. It is more thorough as regards sterili- zation than the one-day process owing to the fact that spores, which may de- velop after the earlier sterilization, are bound to succumb during tlie suc- cessive periods of sterUization, but the intermittent sterilization involves considerably more handing than is necessary la th« one-day method; also more fuel is consumed. â€" Issued by the Director cf Publicity, Domiuiou De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Please Keep Out FEATHER WATCH DOG Daisy, a butcher's goose in London, stays at the door all day and keeps out cats and dogs who might try to steal a bona or a piece of liver. Czechs Awaiting Budapet Report Of Border Incident Still another mistaken Idea is that animals do not care for cleanliness. Every animal is happier when clean, even those who dislike water. Cats and monkeys, as heartily as they de- test a washing, are delightfully com- fortable and happy after a forcible bath. Even the sparrow, who is no dandy, mockingbird, will batlie at every op- 1 Hie jother have occurred portunity. Watch the sparrows Governments Elager for Peace- ful Settlement of Espion- age Affair Viennaâ€" The arrest of a Czecho- slovak railway cashier, on a charge of espionage, at the frontier station of Hidas Nemetlii. Iq East Hungary, by Hungarian police officers, continues to occupy the attention of the central European press. The Czechoslova- kian Ambassador In Budapest protest- ed on br lalt of his Government that, whether this man is guilty or not guilty of spying, his arrest is quite contrary to the railway agreement signed by both states Czechoslovak Cabinet Ministers, meeting in Prague, after discussing tlie affair, decided to await further explanations from the Hungarian Government. Though the ultra Na- tionalist press of both countries alike has demanded suspension of all rail- way traffic along the whole frontier, both the governments and the saner press organs are anxious for a peace- ful settlement. Unfortunately the present incident is but one of many which have hap- pened recently, in which a number of arrests of national i of one state in The Prag- er Tagblatt declares that the v/orst The English Play Attitude gather and enjoy a "shower" when I of the present situation is not so the sprinkler is left going on the! much the incident itself an the atmos- Smudges For Mosquito Control Wh?u mosquitoes and black flies are troublesome much relief can be se- curel from smudges. To be effective for any length of time, however, it is Imp.irtant that they be well built. In Pamplilett No. 55 of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, on the sub- ject of protection from mosquitoes, black flies and similar pests, instruc- tions are given for building a smudge that should last for an hour. An area "several feet square should be cleared of dehiis and top soil. A bright fire should then be started and several fair sized sticks of wood added. These should be allowed to burn until re- duced to bright embers. Oa these 8honl<l be placed, a small quantity at a time, green ferns, leaves, shrubs, dam.p leaf mould, and rotten wood. The aihlition of dry wood from time to time may be nece.ssary to keep the fire sutlicieutly alive to burn the damp material which will give off a heavy smoke. If used within a tent smudges should be confined to a metal pail. Such smudges as are described are especially nseful at meal time an I may lie of service to drive nio.s(iii!^ -s from a tout or camp. To clear a ! it the smudge should be placed i)i i ' part farthest from the door, the sm;i'Kj being bil'owed to the roof ana in the direction of the door with a bit of bark. Jhe insects will move ahead of the .smoke and if the door be previous- ly opened tor a few moments, most of them can be driven out. This process, according to Mr. M. B. Dunn, the auth- •or of the pamphlet, when repeated every hour will keep the tent in a fairly habitable condition. Ancient Relics Found in Mexico Government Excavations Re- veal Ancient Relics of Mayan and Toltec Civilizations Mexico City. â€" With the coming of summer and the rainy season archs- ological activities of the Mexican Government have been suspended, ex- cept for the vijjilance kept over the more than 1,200 sites where remain.s of pre-Columbian buildings or carv- ings are pieserveJ. The most important work of Mexi- can arclijeologists in the Maya area this >ear was the restoration of "Kl Castillo," in Chichen Itza, Vucatan. The white limestone temple of Ku- kulkan, tupping a great pyramid which commands the ancient city, its entranc?.? guarded by warrijr-priests caivcd on the door lintels and by feathered serpent columns, is now practically completed. The Dy;ani!d itself once faced with limestitie slats held nn in panel and provided with four sleep stairways, is leing re.oustructed on its north and vk'est faces with the fallen material, the rest to remain as found. In Uxnial. another Maya 'ity of Yucatan, repairs have been completed on the failing facades of the Cover Animal Fallacies By DAVID LEE WHARTON Strange, is it not, how certain fal- lacies in regard to animals become so deeply embedded in the human mind? Many who are really fond of animals and should know better, still cherish these illusions. For example, it is commonly believed that it Is from choice that animals upon the approach of death steal away to die alone.' Now any one who has sootli- ed the last moments of a loved and loving subhuman friend, walked with him to the gates of death and watch- ed them close upon him. knows that an animal longs for the companion- ship of liis loved ones in tlie hour of death as much as does any human. Wild animals who have no human friends seek reculsion. perhaps, in or- der to avoid vultures, or the canni- 1 ^^''>'ch he is accustomed, and see his baiistic of their own kind. And, instant interest, but speak of them speaking of death among animals, ! as emphatically as you please in a ^ what becomes of the thousands of ; foreign language, and he pa.vs no at-j OoCnS Aif SHoW tention. simply because he does not' v^jj^t o understand the words. J One of the most cruel and unju.st] Londonâ€" The Prince of Wales open- of fallacies in regard to animals Is cfi at tU Olympia the most important that they are incapable of mental suf-' air exhibition yet held in Europe, feriug. Never a day glides into eter-, France, Germany, Italy, and for the nity but bears the life of at least fii'st time in Europe, the United States one "beast" who has died of a brolc-!were represented. The British Air lawn. The canary, of course, must have his bath daii.v. The majority of people flrmly be- lieve that dogs understand only tones anil gestures, and not the words them- selves. Any one who talks with dogs and not merely to them, will phere It has created. I The Neue Freia Press demands a â-  conference for central and east Eu- I rope, to do for these states what Lo- carno and the Young plan are doing ; for the western powers. Many thou- ! sand Hungarians who annually visit smile at this assertion. Mention, ] Czechoslovakian spas have now can- even casualb, dogs or cats, in the ' celed their arrangements and are go- hearing of a dog. in the language to ing elsewhere. Prince of Wales sparrows wliich must die annially iu large cities? Only after a severe storm or terribly cold period is a dead bird seen on city streets. Even in the woods a dead bird is an unusual sight. There is an old legend which affirms that birds do not die, but are borne away to Heaven while alive. At any rate, it is a rare thing to come across a bird which has died of itself. Another queer idea is that animal faces are inexpressive. Why, no face on earth is sa capable ot regis- tering astonishment as that of a dog I His look of amazement is. at times, so exaggerated as to be ludicrous. Con- sider the expression of fatuous com- placence upon the face of a (sup- posedly) fierce bull-dog or blase Thomas eat when being fondled and flattered. The dog, especially, is a pantomimist par excellence. Curiosity, could get it I contrition, in fact almost every emo- j That animals are possessed of in- tion is partrayed without effort. He stinct only, and not of reason, is still makes himself understood even by another foolish error. Why is it so man, the "dumbest'' of animals. A ' difficult, apparently, to realize that bear when living among men and the "lower" animals are crea- treated with kinduess, acquires such ' tures ot like feelings as ourselves, a human expression as to be uncanny. ' and tliat the lordliest king and low. en heart. iMinistify released some hitherto secret That domestic animals are able to | aircraft, though their capabilities re- provide food and shelter for them-^mained unpjblished. selves is another pernicious delusion.! Interesting items include the sub- WUere in Heaven's name can a dog ! marine Southampton, a flying boat; or cat find refuge from the elements 1 Vicker's fighting machine, capable of with every garage and cellar door | speeds upward of 200 miles an hour, locked, or food, with every morsel; Vicker's Victoria type which rescued cast into a garbage can and closely! more than 600 persons .stranded at covered? How little time and ef- Kabul <'uring t' e Afghan trouble, a fort it would cost to put the edible new 40-seater Handley Page biplane, scraps in a pan, or even upon a paper, I and a Parnall seaplane which folds its and place it where some hungry waif j winjjs and slips into a submarine. This tiny machine was contrasted with a huge Fairey monop'.ane capable of carrying over 1,000 gallons of petrol. And what a fine fellow is a bear, and how little understood! One of the most companionable of beasts. Domestic animals are said to be- come moTe attached to places than to persons. In rare instances this is true, but not as a rule. To the average household animal home is where the "Boss" is. In the days before every family owned its car nor's House," called the most beautiful! >' ^"=i« ""' unusual to see, chained to royal dwelling known. In the ancient Toltec city of Teo- tihuacan on the Mexican highlands, excavations were made this year in front of the "Subterranean Buildings" I which are noted for their frescoes. i Walls, floors and terraces were found, and pottery pieces, one of which bears ! the painted figure of a Toltec priest. Possibly the most interesting of all the work of the Mexican Direction of I Archaeology, which is under Jose Rey- gadas Vertiz, has been the excavation and restoration, just completed, of an â-  Aztec pyramid at Tenayuca near Mex- ! ico City, unique in the entire coun- try. When dug up it was found as } described by an eyewitness of the ' Spanish Conq-iest, surroinded on I three sides by walls of coiled stone serpents, and with a great stairway ! on the fourth side, the side of the set- ' ting sun. j In it were found carved and polish- ed ornaments of jade, volcanic glass and stone, fine arrow heads and spear points of obsidian, pieces of a large- linked gold chain, and perhaps most important of all, wads of charred ' cloth, for finds of genuine pre-Colum- bian textiles are r.ow rare. the seat of a moving van, beside tlie driver, a woebegone canine. Moving day has its terrors for him as well as the rest of the family. The new domicile may not be as much to his liking as the old home, but he pro- ceeds to make himself as comfortable and happy as possible. liest living thing are "brothers un- der the skin"? United States Senator Schall ot Minnesota, who is blind, has a very intelligent police dog who acts as his guide in Washington. Schall called at the White House and while there the President, tlieu Calvin Coolidge. asked him to bring in his dog of whom he had heard a great deal. "This dog is the first visitor I have had in nearly eight years that didn't want something," the Presi- dent I remarked, palting the dog's head, â€" Capper's Weekly. It has taken Niagara Falls 30,000 years to move seven miles. It's just like Sunday traffic. Bareback Rider: love me? Sword Swallower: the hilt! And you really The British have given' free rein to thci- play-inutinct, but, while con- fiffingr it by rnle.i, thiy hav« not thwarted it* natural devel'.\ument. Here and there, under Puritan influ- ence, play has been forcibly repressed, but such repression was temporary and had little eff'-ct on develonmenta in other directions. It is this natural' jvolution of the play-spirit which nas given English cha. actor its most in- teresting features and from the politi- cal, cultural and broadly human point of view, its most important aspect. . . The play-attitude is essentially naive. English games are not "made," i.cr are they necessrrily organized; they ara entirely natural. In what- ever sphere, sport, drama or music, they have arisen as naive expressions of natural instino.. "The naive h childishness occurring where leai:t expected." In writing this, Schiller had no thought: of England, but if ha had been describing £nglisli char- I acter he could not have been more to I the poii'.t. The Eng.ish language has â-  no wort* to define the most character- j i. tic. We have to borrow it from the j Kronch naivette. And it was in look- j ing for something little in keeping with their own character that they discovered it. But with the English, naivete is a permanent quality. Play gives them the means of retaining I'.appy childhood ri.,'ht into old age. I It is nowadays everywhere the fa- ; shion, and a very pleasant one, to ap- j pear, and inwardly to be, younger than j the calendar permits or our grand- j fathers could have expected. In Eng- I land this fashion is no discovery. . . . j Reaction against leaden Puritanism I has been mainly instrumental in stim- j ulating the Hellenistic spirit, the cult I of physical beauty, the play-attitude ; of the ancients, which ranged from I the theatre to the arena. Human na- ture carves out its path urged on by a desire for free rhythm and new har- monies . . . such harmony is only ob- tainable when one can remain naive, ' and make sport merely a link between the physical and the intellectual; when one can keep in the background not only artificial organization and ita excesses, but athletic exaj!;geration; in short, when the plo(y-attitudfl achieves more than a brilliant kick or an ab.sur,) record. To have achieved such harmony, in their own wa/ fnd not without fjoine trembling cf 'Jfe balance, is the merit of the English people. In the past Puritanism, oft-^n unconsciously and unintentionally, has been the most dangerous enemy to the development of childlike naivete in the British character. In our own time the greatest danger and rival has been the commercialization of sport. In the field of sport England ha,? returned to both natural and national paths, but the nation is beginning to get back, in the same natural manner, to all other kinds of play as well. Thus a wide vista is opened up. for the motive force behind ihis childlike simplicity is. like everything funda- mentally natural, potential artistic power and a mainspring of national culture. England's most valuable in- tellectual and artistic achievements have always beei based on a popular foundation, and the same can almost be said ot English art By virtue of their play-sense the English have acquired certain q^ual- ities which are as precious to them- selves as they are pleasing to others; a rare sense of ''unur . . meeting its blows with laughter; on the other hand, rema.kable social and moral gifts, the result of team work, that is to say, manly rivalry under the aegis of fair play. â€" Rudolf Kircher. in "Fair Piay: the Games of Merrie England." Tran.slated by R. N. Brad- ley from the German. Love you up to Ths Chinchilla Rabbit Ot the many breeds of rabbits that are bred for their fur. the chinchilla Is perhaps the most valuable. Accord- ing to Bulletin No. 28 of the Depart- ment ot Agriculture at Ottawa on "KHbbita." the chinchilla originated la France about fifteen years ago. Since then it has spread to Great Britain, tbe lUilted States. Canada, and many other countries. The standard of re- gistration set up for the fancy chin- chilla by the Canadian Small Breeds Assoc in! ton. gives Ih' color as resemb- linK tl"? wild chinchilla, with an un- (M°BU;iiI.i.e iKtrtlou poarlgrey, merg- He Belongs New York Herald-Tribune: It leaks out that while the President likes news reels and mystery films he does not care for the "talkies." Hollywood, which is "talkies" mad, regards the Presidential preference as an outrag- eous usurpation of powers which the Constitution never granted to thp , White House and threatens to go I Democratic in consequence. . The rest I of us, however, will throw up our hats i with an extra cheer for Mr. Hoover. I Mr. Hoover may have translated Agri- I cola from the Latin and he may b« I an up-to-date 1929 efficiency engineer, I but if he really likes the old-time I silent "movies" he is one of us after all. He belongs. Renewing Many Friendships Made During t he War MuAsolint opposes beauty contests because Italian girls nerer win. If only he would apply tkat reasoning to the Caesar 99mi§hK, Mr. Maxton's Party LiOndon Evening Standard (Ind. Cons.) : More than once already Mr. Ma.xton has fired, as it were, a warning gun for the r.ew Government, but in Glasgow recently he let off what can be described only as a posi- I five salvo. "I want to suggest," he , said, "that there are more than three parties in tlie field." . . . There i.i not much doubt as to what he means, The fourth party that he has in mind , Is his own. the "Socialism in out I time" movement, which is represent ed by tlie tliirfythree Labor mem, bers who were nominated as candid- ates at the general election directl.v by the Independent Labor I'arty. Just ' as nineteenth century Radicalism [ bred to its left a Labor Party which could not definitely be called Social- ist, so that Labor Partr has bred this, which definolely can. Kor a long time the Liberal Party was accus- tomed to re<kon the Labor member-j I in tlie House among its own forces. â-  l.'p to Jidw tive official Labor Party, with Mr. MacDohatd at its head, has been accustomed thus to reckon Mr. Maxtou and his- followers. There have been divergences of opinion and questions of party discipline, but it was' not doubted that in the last re- sort the Jiaxtonists were really be- hind tho party. That seems now to be changed, and it looks as though Labor, which has always spoken with two voices, were now going to de- velop two bodies. Our Needs As you grow ready for It, some- where or other you will find what 1* needful for you In a booli or a friend. â€" Qeorge WacDonald. PRINCE Of WALES INSPECTS HIQHUANDERS AT TROOPINQ OF COLORS "How Is your wife with the cook His Royal Highness took the salute of the first battalfoa ot Seaforth. Highlanders, of whicit he la <^l<"*^'', i>ook?" "I suspect sht uses • mystecf in chief, at tAielr recent oeremony ot trooping the oolvm^ i nureL" *