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Published every Thursday by David Bean & Sons, Ltd., Waterloo, Ontario. The annual inspection of buildings and properties in the municipality of Waterloo by Fire Chief Karges reveals a condition which inâ€" dicates that carefulness is being exercised in keeping premises free from material which creates a fire hazard. in United States, per year ... $2.50 ADVERTISING RATES On application. Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion. On his visit to the schools, fire drills were held and the response made by the pupils in clearing the buildings following the sounding of the alarm, was commendably prompt, revealâ€" ing appreciation of the necessity of quick and ordered clearance of the schools in case of a fire. The fire chief, after the inspection, exâ€" pressed his satisfaction with the coâ€"operation given by citizens generally in reducing the fire hazard and it is gratifying to know that conâ€" ditions are such as to elicit commendation as a result of the inspection made. Mr. S. C. Tweed, M.LA. for North Waterâ€" loo, in his publit addresses has been offering constructive suggestions and evidencing a keen interest in problems the solution of which would contribute to the happiness and wellâ€" being of the community. The other day, in speaking before the Border Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tweed advocated a wider distribution of the hours of labor, declaring that it would afford a means of relieving the unemployment situation. He also recommended that governments take the lead in promoting public discussions on the problem of finding work for the unemployed, and was of the opinion that Premier Henry should consult leaders in industry in an effort to work out a plan. Noting the fact that unemployment insurâ€" ance is looked upon by many as a "dole", he pointed out that in Great Britain more than half of those receiving the dole had paid for it in the way of premiums, the cost being borne almost equally by those receiving the money, the employers and the government. There is obvious need for the most careful consideration of the question of unemployment with a view to arriving at a solution of the problem. | Intensive study ol the question by industrial leaders and business men might well lead to the formulating of some plan that would go far to meet a different situation. Approximately 15,000 farm boys and girls are engaged in some form of agricultural work throughout Canada. An important step has been taken recently in the establishment of the work of these clubs on a national basis, under the guidance of a central executive with headâ€" quarters at Ottawa, to be known as the Canaâ€" dian Council on Boys‘ and Girls‘ Club Work. Waterloo Chronicle The main object of the plan is to coâ€" ordinate all the junior farm and club work of the various provinces, bringing it into line with a nationâ€"wide agricultural policy. The importâ€" ance of this lies in the fact that the boys‘ and girls‘ club work in the various provinces has developed during the past few years to such an extent that it has become a vital factor in assisting in determining the quality of livestock and other classes of farm production in many districts in Canada, and in influencing the methods of marketing of such products. In the past each province has carried out its own parâ€" ticular policy with respect to the work of the junior farm clubs. Under the new plan, while the provincial authorities will continue to superâ€" vise their farm clubs as in the past, it is hoped through the medium of the new organization, to effect a greater coâ€"ordination of the club work and a greater uniformity of policy. in the person of Mr. Alex MacLaurin, who leaves the position of Livestock Commissioner for the Province of New Bminswick to take up this new work. » The plan will come into operation at once, and a permanent secretary has been appointed The new scheme will cover all classes of projects at present conducted by the various farm boys‘ and girls‘ clubs in the Dominion, but will for the present feature five main proâ€" jects by the holding of national championship contests and exhibits at the Roval Winter Fair at Toronto, namely for swine clubs, calf feedâ€" ing and cattle breeding clubs, potato clubs, poultry clubs and seed grain clubs. All compeâ€" titions will be conducted under the direction of the Central Council, with trophies, prizes, trips, etc., provided from a central fund to which contributions will be invited from organizaâ€" tions and others who have been effective supâ€" porters of the work in the past. The total number of clubs of various kinds\ special care to the birds, and the ol now in existence is 820, with membership of protect them from resident hunters. CONDITIONS WIN COMMENDATION ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance ... CONSTRUCTIVE sSUGGESTIONS BY MEMBER JUNIOR FARM CLUBS 14,737. Ontario has 148 clubs with 3,253 memâ€" bers, operating nine different projects. Nova Scotia has 142 clubs, 2,187 members and nine projects. Manitoba has 186 clubs, 1,830 memâ€" bers and eight projects. New Brunswick has 89 clubs, 1,765 members and three ‘projects. Alâ€" berta has 64 clubs, 1,217 members and five projects. Saskatchewan has 72 clubs, 1,065 members and four projects. British Columbia has 47 clubs, 555 members and one project, and Prince Edward Ialand has seven clubs, 85 memâ€" bers and one project. It is not surprising that Canada is an exâ€" porter of canned foods, and it is probable that the exports in this field will greatly increase. At present this class of goods is also imported‘ to a certain extent, mostly particular foods and vegetables not raised in Canada. For 1929 the home production of canned foods was nearly six times the imports, while the exports of these products was nearly double the import. The development in the production of canned foods in Canada has shown a remarkâ€" able expansion since the beginning of the cenâ€" tury. In 1900 the total value did not exceed $8,250,000 while in 1929, the latest year for which information is available, it had inâ€" creased to $54,012,683 or six and a half times as much. Imports of canned foods in 1929 were valued at $9,946,183 while exports were $19,â€" 280,455. The principal commodities used in the canning industry are fish, fruits and vegetables, milk and meats, while the industry itself also provides a market for the tinâ€"can industry, the woodenâ€"box industry and the paper and printâ€" ing industry. The canning of fruits and vegetables is carried on most extensively in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec. The principal fruits canned in Ontario are apples, pears, plums, peaches, cherries, currants, gooseâ€" berries, blueberries, raspberries and strawâ€" berries. Business is slowly but surely gaining in stability and with it more assuredly confident attitude towards prospects of improvement for the balance of the year, says the C.P.R. Indusâ€" trial Commissioner, Western Lines. Any reâ€" cessions since the beginning of the year have been caused by minor economic readjustments, not entirely attributable to the Canadian situaâ€" tion, but caused largely by European efforts to increase internal production. A worldâ€"wide enâ€" ‘argement of internal trade appears to be beâ€" sinning, in which the West is affected by the efforts now being put forward to increase proâ€" duction of food productsâ€"eggs, butter, cheese, and cattle for export markets. The sea catches of Canada in 1930 amountâ€" ed to over a billion pounds. British Columbia salmon headed the list and accounted for over a fifth of the landings. Herring, both Atlantic and Pacific, was almost equal to the Pacific coast salmon, while Atlantic cod produced about a seventh of the catch. Pilchards, which occur in British Columbia waters only, were next to cod in importance and produced a larger catch than either the Pacific or Atlantic herring taken singly. _. The necessity for diversified farming is again emphasized and those who have always been most active in the marketing of agriculâ€"| tural products are gradually increasing produc-‘( tion to a point that will ultimately give the‘ overseas market the quantities and the grades required, with an assurance that tonnage will be maintained to meet such requirements. The} necessities of domestic and export markets are‘ not to be treated as one unit. If an overseas | market is to be served and held for farm proâ€"; ducts, producers must be prepared to meet the| requirements of that market. ! The British Columbia salmon catch for 1930 was almost 216,500,000 pounds, some 4,000,000 pounds greater than the largest catch previously made. Herring on the two coasts was 209,200,000 pounds, of which 122,469,000 pounds was caught on the Pacific and 86,731,000 pounds on the Atlantic. The cod fishery proâ€" duced 155,125,000 pounds and pilchards 150,â€" 719,000 pounds. * The British Columbia landings of sea fish in 1980 totalled a little more than 538,585,000 pounds or nearly 75,000,000 pounds more than the landings on the Atlantic coast. In the preâ€" vious year the Atlantic coast production was the larger, or 534,600,000 pounds in round figures, against 525,868,000 pounds for British Columbia. Sea fish landings in February of the presâ€" ent year were larger, both east and west, than in February, 1930. The lower price ranges preâ€" vailing this year, however, brought down the total landed value of the catch, notwHthstanding the gain in quantity. Special protection by a patrol of Quebec mounted police will be given thousands of miâ€" gratory game birds, including the only known flock of greater spow geese, on a group of small islands in the St. Leawrence. It is ‘the second year that the Quebec government has given special care to the birds, and the object is to . INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK IN WESTERN | CANADA CANNED FOODS INDUSTRY CANADIAN FISHERIES TBE WATERLOO CHRONICLE The Weed Menace A. R. G. Smith, Western Ontario Weed Control Supervisor, and Chas. Galbraith of O.AC., have beeu tourâ€" ing the western part Of the province, bolding meetings in each county and issuing instructions preparatory 10 the «@nuual campaign against the weed menace. Despite strenuous efâ€" forts exerted last summer, they point out, the sow thistle is not unâ€" der control. It continued to spread during the growing season of 1930, and is now 1@ every township in On tario _ Mr. Smith declared that it would be necessary to tighten up the administration of the Weed Act to keep the sow thistle from widenâ€" ing its area and he urged more }slringrul enforcement of regulations pertaining to all noxious weeds. Ef fort: to have the sides of roads leyâ€" elled will be made to permit mowâ€" ers to have easier access to the weeds. Weed cutting at the side of the road before the seeds ripen is having g00d effects. A motto for Inspectors was adopted. They should |makv pise of "personality,| persistâ€" fence.. persnuasion and publicity" [ Cull Them Out _ As seon as the eprming «purt in egg l[vr(u]u('lfun comtnences â€" (0 â€" lessen there are certizin hens in every flock that chon‘d he enlfed ont ati{ mar keted CTie sooner they are gotten rul et, the hisger will be the flock ];unliln Labor is reduced, feed costs {are lowered and the profitable birds are given more reom in the laying ‘hmh-- and on the range. | Poultry aleo shonld sell for more money pet ‘)pnnnd in the ealy part of the sumâ€" mer than Jater. so there is a mateâ€" rial sain in @lisposing Of the nonâ€" podnetive | birds One of the simâ€" {plest ways 10 mall the flock is to go over the hisds when they roost at night . Pick ont those with hrivel ted, â€" rough combs and chruuken, 'Jlur-l abdomens. A hind with a hirge |:1lllflun' 01 hoel tat uround the abâ€" Ldomen is rot in lavins condition. Rations For Poultry The Poultry Department, 0. A. C., has for some years past been carry ing on a series of nutritional studies in connectiont with poultry feeding with / the financial | eoâ€"operation . of the Empire Marketing Board, Lonâ€" don. England. Bulletin 362, issued by the Ontario Agricultural College contains the results Of these studies Over a perid of three yeans. The bulletin may be obtaingd by writing to the Publications Branch, Department ofâ€" Agriculture, . Parliaâ€" ment Buildinss. ‘Toronto Graded Beef In reply to a questbnnaire issued in connection with the Federal Beef Grailing Service to ovér 1200 house wives in the twelve leading cities of Canadi, 65 per cent. of the ladies sending in replies stated that the Official brand mark in red Or blue was their gnxide in buying beef of sJepemlable qualty the other 35 per cent. stuted that as yet they knew uething «hout branded beef. Those who boueht by srade stated without exception | that they. were: satisfied with the qnality of the branded pro duct, while a majerity of those who were not then tamiliar with branded beef stated that they would buy and se more beef it they could be sure of wedtins: heet of alependable qual it Favorahle reparts on crop condi tions are receiyed from most parts of Ontaris Recent rainc have helped nutters and little damazge by frost is reported.. There: areo large inâ€" creases in the acreage of early poâ€" tatoes and clover and aifalfa seedâ€" ings in many districts. Quality Counts Dr. G F. Warren of Cornell Uni yersity )as long been recognized as one of the leading agrienltural econâ€" omists of the world. In an address delivered recently. be brought out the interesting point that when food is relatively cheap.. producers beâ€" eome more ineistent on quality. Dr. Warren does not expect im ore twrn to the high commodity levels of recent years. He snggests that we may expect some «light improve ment in the near future, but that all commodity prices including farm product« wiB be relatively low for several years To meet the situation, he makes the following snegestions to farmers 1. Find ways of producing farm products with less honre of labor The chief ways of doing this are by Obtaining more milk per cow; highâ€" er crop rieldâ€" per acre, and by neâ€" ing labor. more efflclentls Obtaining more milk per cow; highâ€" er crop vield~ per acre, and by neâ€" ing labor. more efflclently 2. Ways of reducing the cost of distribution must be found . 3. Improve quality to meet the demande of workers who have a high hunyving power. Reducing Crop Costs The ever present problem with the farmer is how to reduce crop costs. This can be done in two ob vioue waye: first, producing more at the same coste, and second, producâ€" ing the «ame at a lower cost Perhaps the most important meâ€" thod of reducing the cdst of proâ€" ducing crops is to increase the yield Most of the items incurred in the eoet of producing crop« are the same whether the crop le large or small, se that every effort «hould be made to produce large ylelda by the adopâ€" tion of all better farming practices Another method Oof reducing the cost Of production ie the use of larger and better machinery, making possible the elimination of consider able manual labor. Where the farm is large enough 10 warrant the pur chase Of anch machinery. thi@ methâ€" od constitutee an effective meana of reducing coste The snbstitution of more profitahle for _ le«a profiable crop« |s another advantage which may be derived from the coat of proâ€" duction studie« their Mr. Geo. Hahn of Kitchener (Breslau Road) started 300 White Leghorn Chicks on March 31st. Today 294 are living, and the average weight per chick is 16.3 oz. The chicks ate only 530 lbs. of All Mash Startena at a cost per chick of 6.7 cents. Nelson Sanitary Hatchery, 408 King St. E., Kitchener N M. Steinman â€" â€" Baden A. Hilborn â€" â€" New Dundee Here is an outstanding record of how chix live and grow on Purina: These and thousands of other chicks in Waterioo County are doing just the very same thing on PURINA â€" Living and growing at a very low feed cost. Is it any wonder we say their lives are in your hands. Your chicks ... what they do for themselves ... 'E"“w G VRUTNIEN what they do for you ...is entirely in your hands. 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