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« Rivalry Improves Farmers' Produce Says Ontario P.linUter of Agri- culture â€" Animab and Pro- duce Should Ee Compared With Thoie From Other Dis- tricts The ouly way to Improve the qua- lity of nKi'lciiltuial produce is to ''bring them in contrast with the articles grown In various districts," Hon. V. M. Dcwan, miniHler of agrl- cul'.iire for Onliirio. said in opening Iho nplieville fair. "Tlie farmer. l)y coniparins his animals and producu wiili others, ^^lil attempt to improve his breed and grow better produce next year," Mr. Dewan told the fair di- rectors at the olllclal banquet. "There is a sincere effort on the part of all fairs belnR held this year to raise the standards above last year. The Ontario government Is aiding all those fairs that are making a sincere effort to raise up their standards. lOxhibltiuns should make an .ittenipt to succeed finan- cially wiiliont ilie aid of racketeer midways. The provincial poliM are now working to clear up all the racketeers in these midways. "Education of the farmers, es- pecially young men and women, is the only way by which aKricullure will improve. The young people must be educated to combat the large firms and orsaiiizations that are buying up all the produce of the farm at low prices. If this con- tinues the farmer will not be able to make a decent living." Have Expensive Tastes Strange giu:s.'ih(j|iin.M- .stories are being told in Saskatchewan these days. Tliis wa.s a worn, but per- fect $1 bill, when Huster Truker happened to drop it from his pock- et while stocking wheat oi\ his farm near Craik. He discovered the loss four hours later, hunted until he found the spot he drop- ped it. The bill was covered with p-asshoppers when Buster picked It up. They had eaten big preces out as can be seen. A 'hopper is seen in the palm of one hand. Sharp Increase In Freight on Lakes Bigger Western Crops To Boost Activity of Shippers SAUNIA. â€" A sharp Increase la the number of lake vessels In oper- ation was reported in Marine cir- cles i<^;rp wiih the added expecta- tion that fall movement of vessels will at least bo on a par with last year. A number of extra freighters are being placed in the grain-carry- ing trade in view of the bigger Western crops which are being moved to the Head of the Lakes. Tree Line Navigation Company officials said several of their ships will shift from the package freight to the grain business. Three freight- ers which have been tied up here for some weeks o.tpect lo get mov- ing orders, A great improveiiieiit in steel and iron ore shipping has also be«n noticed in the last few weeks. This Increase is mainly due to the pick- up In the automobile trade, it Is slated. Work Of Artist Even Fools Rats Royal Steadman, who for 23 years has made models and pic- tures for the United States De- partment of Agriculture files and bulletins, said last week that one of his paintings was so lifelike it fooled even the rats. "I finished a painting of an apple, cut in half and showing seeds exposed," Steadman said. "I put it on a window sill to dry. The nsxt morning I found it on the floor with tracks of rats over it and the painted seeds eaten off." 3oth part of the Canadian National Exhibition spectacle, the milling I of pleasure-seekers along the fair's midway at Exhibition City of Bo crowd ^ . Toronto, and the prize Hereford bull, present a striking contrast. His Highness (at the right) got quite a bit of attention from agriculturally- minded visitors himself; at the moment he seems to he surveying the crowds, amusing themselves in other ways, rather grimly. Discover Mound Near Wingham Find Interests Historians â€" May Be Work of Prehistoric Mound Builders What is expected lo be an Im- portant find, from the standpoint of hliLorical Interest, in west Wawa- uosh Township, Huron County, near Wingham, will in all likeli- hood be brought to the attention of proper authorities for an lovestiga- tion. The find Is a large mound of earth believed to be the work of the Mound Builders. Located near the site of an old Indian camp, near the famous Mud Lake, the mound, although in a swamp. Is made of clay. This also strengthens the belief that the clay has been carried for some distance to build the mound. It Is almost seventy yards around the mound, which rises In the centre to a height of fourteen or fifteen feet. On top of the mound there are two stumps of trees, which by their ap- pearance have been cut for at least 500 years. In size they are larger than any known in the country. Farmers In the neighborhood of- ten speak of finding Indian relics In plowing, and older residents do state that in the days of the early settlement the farm on which the mound Is located and now owned by Albert E. Johnson, was the loca- tion of an Indian camp. Farmers of Bruce Form "Junk Pool" Organized, They Get Profitable Return for Selves Instead Of Peddlers Ship Leaves Men On Arctic Ice CHURCmLL, Man., The motor ship Therese reported last week she was just south of the Arctic Circle In Foxe Chanel. The Ice that had held the ship captive for several days had open- ed up somewhat and presence o( open water around the Therese was allowing Its crew to get some rest after many anxious watches. Overcast skies and Intermittent showers kept Father Paul Sehulte, the flying priest, from making any further surveys of ioe conditions from the air. He had beeu attempt- ing to find a clear path through the Ice for the Therese. Experienced in Arctic Life Patrick Baird and Hoynald Bray, Arctic explorers travelling on the Therese, were landed on an island oft Cape Wilson as the ship drifted past the point. When the Therese is able to break through for a scheduled stop at Igloolik, N. W. T., It was thought probable the men would be picked up again there. No concern was felt for them in the event the Therese was unable to reach Igloolik. It was explained the men were experienced in the Arctic life and "well able to look after themselves." Something new by way of a ''wrinkle" was disclosed in Wing- ham, as five Bruce county farmers received word of their ''junk pool." The purpose of the co-operative or- ganization was to make as much money as possible from the scrap iron and junk which accumulates around a farm. For the past few months they have been gathering up the crap iron and other metal waste on their farms. Shipped Scrap to the City When they had a truckload, they shipped it to Toronto on a 'hired truck. Batteries, scrap iron, parts of an old steam engine, implements and even feathers were all bundled up and shipped. Returns saw each of them getting over $10 after the trucking costs were paid. Reluctant to allow names to be used, in such a way as to be named as organizers of ''junk pools," they did say, "we are sick and tired of junk dealers coming along and of- fering 25 and 50 cents for a whole pile of crap iron. We used, to take It and be glad to get the stuff off the farm. Now we are determined thai if tliey can make money at it, so can we." Classroom Fodder Supply Decreasing Educator Declares That Liberal Arts Colleges Everywhere Are Facing a Crisis Liberal arts colleges everywhere are facing a crisis, Ur. George B. Cutten, president of Colgate Uni- versity, Hamilton, N.Y., said at a convocation held in connection with Acadia University's ceiuennial ce- lebration, Wolfville, N.S. Causes of the crisis were an in- adequate supply of "classroom fod- der," due in part to a sharply de- clining birth rate, the growing pop- ularity of junior colleges and a fall- ing off of personal contributions available for privately endowed in- stltutiuns, the Acadia graduate said. These factors were making the maintenance of liberal arts col- leges in the United States difficult and their future uncertain. Trend Towards Practical Added to this was the general modern trend toward a "practical type of education such as that af- forded by courses in engineering, business and agriculture." Dr. Cutten said "the pinch for raw materials In the form of students" was a conditioH tliat obtained de- spite the fact that "never before in the United States and probably VOICE OF THE PRESS CANADA "WIDER STILL AND WIDER" A year ago there was a rift be- tween Premier Hepburn and Mr. King, a few months ago it became a gulf, now it is a chasm. â€" St. Catharines Standard. Canadian-Born Peer Gets Varsity Degree i GOOD BATTING AVERAGE Police record in the town of Leamington for the past month shows '25 prosecutions and 25 con- victions. And even in the big leagues they do not bat that way. IN OPPOSITION TO RENO Now the thing has been started, under the auspices of Hon. Hurry Nixon, of allowing a marriage of outsiders to take place at Callan- der that place may ultimately be- come as popular for unions as Reno is for divorces. â€" Brantford Expositor. THE AGRICULTURAL REPRE- SENTATIVE Premier Hepburn has been pay- ing public tribute to the assistance he, as a farmer, has received from the district agricultural represen- tative stationed at St. Thomas. These officials do render a fine type of service to agriculture and the people engaged in it ^hich does not always receive the recog- nition which is its due. â€" Brock- ville Recorder and Times. PATHS ON HIGHWAYS A great deal of highv/ay build- ing has been and is being done, but not much provision has been made for pedestrians or cyclists. In other countries, when highways are built, so also are footpaths for the pedestrians and in some lands, lanes also are made for the use of cyclists. Probably if that were done here, it would reduce high- way accidents and restore the pleasure we once enjoyed of walk- ing in the country, now possible only at the cost of being ready at any instant to jump into a ditch whether it Is filled with water or not. â€" Niagara Falls Review. YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF WORK An Ottawa despatch announces that 240,000 young men in the cities and towns of Canada still are searching for something to do. Of these 70,000 between the ages of IG and 29 have never had jobs, and it is claimed that one- third of them are on relief. It is specified that this estimates does not include rural youth, who "have been unable to strike out for themselves, and have been com- pelled to stay on the home farm." But isn't that one of the chief aims of providing work; getting young people on the land, even if there be little remuneration? Better have farm boys familiar with the work helping in agricul- ture than sending to the farmers help that knows nothing of what has to be done. These days it is a fortunate youth who has a home farm on which to work and be as- sured of a reasonably good living. â€" Toronto Globe and Mail. FARMING'S NO CHILD'S PLAY It would come as a shock to unthinking city dwellers to know what a variety of knowledge a successful farmer must include in his equipment before he can so much as begin to farm. He must be a chemist, a carpenter, a wea- ther prophet, a farrier, a water diviner, a blacksmith, a doctor, a wheelwright, a bookkeeper, a vet- never again will there be so many prospective students 18 years of age, as about the year 19-10." He believed the declining birth rale and limitation of immigration would leave a much smaller num- ber of students for universities to bid for by 1980. ''Already there are I.OOO.ono fewer children in the first five grades of American public sclinnls than there were In 1924." erinary surgeon, a bricklayer, a mechanic, a thatcher or tiler, a plasterer, and something of p lin- guist. When he has assimilated a sound working knowledge of these trades and professions the farmer may turn his attention to extract- ing the best from his lands. â€" Johannesburg Times. Says Horses Will Never be Replaced Leamington Hamessmaker Un- disturbed by Advent Of Motors The automobile, -symbol of pro- gress, win never disiSlace the horse entirely, Herbert Freeland, 75-year- old harnessniaker of Leamington, Ont., maintains. Since he was nine years old,. Mr. Freeland has made harness or farmed. For well over halt a cen- tury the Leamington man has seen horses engaged in farm and other work. He has watched the increas- ing use of automobiles and tract- ors. Still he believes confidently LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred NEHER /*?^?sc> Xfev'^.-i^ <.X9 (CafrritM. 1»3^ by Tt«J Btlur) I Viscount Greenwood, Canadian-born peer who gi<id".'«ted from Uni- versity of Toronto 43 years ago, and later became a member of th« Imperial cabinet and of the House of Lords, came back to his Alma Mater to receive an honorary LL.D. degrree. The peer is pictured, left, with Sir William Mulock, veteran jurist and chancellor of the Univer- sity, following the bestowal Si the degree at special convocation. that there will always be harness shops. Moreover, he holds, ''The harness business la a better busi- ness today than It was 50 years ago by 25 per cent." Increase In Past 3 Years ''I remember the panic after the Civil War in the United States. For years after there were harnessmak- ers in every town making a har- ness, for which we'd get $75 today. Then, we got about $32," he said. As proof of his contention that horses are holding their own against the inroads of automobiles, and are even coming back Into their former popularity the Leam- ington harnessmaker cited figures. In the Leamington district, ha said, 1,500 horses had been bought during the past three years. These were purchased in addition to the animals already engaged by farm- ers. ''A few years ago everybody had a tractor. Today It's cheaper for horses; at least that's what they tell me," he added. Nearly 250,000 "velomoteurs," or baby cars, have been sold in Germany in the last five years. '4 "The one with the nipple on is Junior's" THE WONDERLAND OF 02 Noel Coward is trying to pro- vide better movie showe sboard pliip for the British Navy. i .1. A^i they heard the terrible hpnut spnak. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry were both stnrtled and then I'ncle Henry remembered that this muel be the IJnn at which Dorothy hnd â-  paken. "Hold on, Bmr' he ex- claimed. "Quit the conquest nnd lake cnuraKe. T Ruesa this Is the Cowardly Lion Tiorothjr ha.i told ni about." "Oh, Is ItT' ah* asked, rallaved. "Whan ha spoke I sot the Idea, and when he looked so ashamed I was lure," uncle Henry continued. Aunt Km re^nrded the nnimni with new Interest. "Are you the Cowardly Lion?" she inqulrftd. "Are you Dorothy's friend?" "Ye.s. ma'- am," anawered the I.lon, meekly. "Knrothy and I are old rhums nnd are very fond of enrh other. 1 nm the KInfC of Itensts. you know, and the HiinRry TlK*»r and 1 serve I'Hn- rcss O'^ms as her personal hody iriinrds." "To be sore." nnid AunI Em. noddlnir. "n<it the Klni? of ffcaala should not he cowardly.." "I've heard that said before," re- marked the Lion, yawning until he showed his two great rows of ahnrp white teeth: "but that does not keep me from ^belnir frightened whenever T go Into bnttla. "What do you'do, run?" asked llnrle Henry. "No. that would be foolish, for the enemy would run after me," declared the Lion. "So I tremble with fear and pitch In aa hard aa I can. So far I have always won my fichts." "Ware you scared when I looked at you Just now?" Inquired Aunt Hm. 'Terribly." answered the Lion, "for at flrat I thought you were go- ing to have a (It. The human eye la a fearful weapon," he continued, scratching hi.<< nose very softly with his paw to hide a sly smile. "Had t not known you were Dorothy's frienda I might have torn you both into shred.s." At this both Aunt Em nnd Uncle Henry shuddered and said a hMtjr Kood-bye.