Vermilion School of Agriculture - Yearbook (Vermilion, Alberta Canada)

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t 4 4 FARM MANAGEMENT ” A NEW BOOK FOR ALL FARMERS Companion Volume to the Books “Weed Control’’ and “Field and Farmyard” The past year has been a difficult one for Canadian farmers, and it is evident that the present year will call for efficient management by farmers all over the Dom¬ inion if they are to realize any reasonable profit on their year’s activities. In the interests of better and more profitable farm management. Imperial Oil has published the book, “Farm Management,” which covers every phase of this subject. This book has been edited by the Honorable Duncan Marshall, former Minister of Agriculture for Alberta, and is a companion volume to the books “Weed Control” and “Field and Farmyard” previously pub¬ lished by Imperial Oil Limited. It is a fact worth noting that upwards of 80,000 copies of each of these previous books have been distributed to Canadian farmers. In preparing this new volume, Mr. Marshall personally called on and investigated the methods and records of many farmers who have been successful operators both in Eastern and Western Canada—in all branches of agriculture. He has been able to base his con¬ clusions upon their reasonably complete records cover¬ ing both good years and bad. Among other features, this book suggests practical methods to the man who wants to set up an accounting system, or improve his present system. It discusses markets for live-stock and all types of farm produce. It covers such subjects as the selection of a farm, the management of help, and the most profitable use of implements and other farm aids. This book, like the previous two in the series, will be distributed free on request. By mailing the attached coupon, you can arrange for your copy to be sent as soon as it is off the press. Mail This Coupon Today IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED, Toronto, Ontario or Regina, Sask. Please mail your free book “Farm Management” to me. Name Address County and Province V IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED i [ Page forty-three ]

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OUR DISCOVERY OF THE WEST (Continuee from page 12) turned and spat into the river, and then added with a fine sense of ridicule, “She’ll break down at Battle Creek.” “You’re crazy,” Archie shouted, “and you’re wrong.” But later, on our trip, Archie asked me curiously, “How did that guy knew?” With the exception of the familiarity of this customs official Archie found the camaraderie of the States much to his liking. His introduction was usually his police card which he presented on the slightest pretext. If the stranger reciprocated, as he frequently did, with, “ I once knew a McGillicudy in Texas, or Wyoming, or Nantucket.” only strong oxen could drive Archie away. As a consequence by day we loitered, by night we travelled, and we slept when we could. There is a distinct fascination in driving at night. The ever-widening ribbon of road, the mystery of the half-hidden countryside, and the silence of sleeping towns,—all combine to create in one an elation, a sense of supremacy over an inert world. A spell at the wheel, an overpower¬ ing sleepiness, and then a few hours of relaxation, with intermittent snatches of sleep, and a vision of stars and moon. After a night in the open, what a delightful lassitude one feels in the damp warmth of morning. Like a couple of tramps we always turned off the highway into some quiet retreat for two or three hours’ sleep. On our third day I really discovered Archie. He had an unutterable aversion to Englishmen and Kings. To be agreeable. I differed with him on these subjects, but my disagreement was futile. He tore the unfortunate Englishman limb from limb and scattered him callously through the entire state of Illinois. Kings he reserved for Wisconsin, but, them, too, he thrust overboard with fine indifference. “We don’t need them,” he argued. “They know nothing, they do nothing, and they cost us money. Chuck ’em and let ’em go to work.” One day, at Madison, we got into close conversation with an American cousin whose ideas on kingship paralleled Archie’s. He suggested much the same disposal of George V. “Kick him out, that’s what you should do, kick him out.” It was then the McGillicudy reached his full stature. “Why, you little runt,” Archie shouted, jumping up. “I’ll kick you out if you talk that way. We wouldn’t trade him for a barrelful of Presidents and all your Governors thrown in.” Funny people, these McGillicudys. Archie was still hot as we left the town. I dared not tell him he wason Highway 13 instead of 31, but let him speed along two or three miles until he discovered his own mistake. As he made the turn, he covered his discomforture by some remark about “darn’d Yankee ignorance,” and then relapsed into silence. Silence was most certainly golden in this instance. I crept into our rear compartment for a sleep. Shakespeare assures us that nature always manifests herself in strange ways before disaster. The death of Caesar was presaged by shooting tongues of fire and by the hooting of owls at noonday. Nature’s only warning to us was a day-long rain which poured down upon the Dakota detours with devasting effect and turned them into quagmires. I re¬ called Archie’s comparison with Verendrye and the water route and of the superiority of canoes. How we could have used canoes! All we had was a poor, old decrepit car that might better have been allowed to die peacefully in somebody’s back yard. Like Browning, it died fighting, but it died, nevertheless, with a sickening crunch in its interior which Archie promptly diagnosed with all the pride of the expert. It was dead, absolutely dead. I heard some vain mutterings about rear ends and broken crankshafts, but the substance of his words was, “dead.” “At any rate,” Archie muttered philosophically, “that customs fellow at Detroit was wrong. We re a long way west of Battle Creek. Which was undeniably true. And we were a long way east of Moose Jaw. “Archie,” I said next day, as we sat down to lunch in the diner, “after all, there’s some satisfaction in exploring in comfort. For a moment he failed to answer, but continued to survey sadly the fast-receding Dakota plains. Then he turned away, thrust his long legs farther beneath the table, and muttered in complete unawareness of my remark, “She was a good hack all the same. LEST WE FORGET IT With a veevo, with a vivo, with a veevo vivo vum Johnny get a rat trap bigger than a cat trap Johnny get a rat trap trap bang! Hoodleum, Boodleum, Ziss Boom Bah! AGRICULTURE. AGRICULTURE. RAH. RAH. RAH. AGRICULTURE RAH RAH, AGRICULTURE ZIP. Boys of the V.S. Rip. Rip, Rip. VER - MILION! VERMILION! Medical Advice: To the thin- Don’t eat fast. To the fat- Don’t eat fast. - 5)2 Vidor Duncan s Barber Shop GENERAL BARBERING LADIES ' HAIR BOBBED AND SHINGLED Marcelling and all Beauty Parlor Work by Mrs. Duncan VICTOR DUNCAN, Prop. MAIN STREET VERMILION .Gp-j- [ Page forty-two }

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Students ' Requirements We carry at all times a large range of school, library and reference books, such as Text-Books, Drawing Materials, Loose-Leaf Note Books, Exercise Books, Scribblers, and Erasers, Pens, Pencils, Geometry Sets, Rulers, Inks, etc. We have a full line of Musical Sundries Office Supplies, Papers and Magazines Call, when in town, and look over our stock Brimacombe Bros. VERMILION, ALBERTA Buildings ? We h ave experience and connections that will prove of real service to you: These are free and our prices are fair and equitable. See us also for PAINT, COAL and DRY WOOD ready for the stove. Alberta Western Lumber CO., LTD. A Private Income of $100 a Month f or Lif $100 a Month f or Life . . . from age 55! Just picture it. IF IN GOOD » ,, i 1 ,, „ , At jd, while still well and vigorous, to HEALTH come into a private income (over and above other revenues), guaranteed for $100 A the rest of your life, of $i00 a month. MONTH You simply make yearly or half-yearly deposits of an agreed amount for a specified period, at the end of which you IF IN ILL begin to receive a monthly income for life. HEALTH That’s only part of the story. If, meanwhile, through sickness or acci- •—$100 A dent you should become totally dis- abled, you cease paying premiums and MON I H receive $100 a month during such dis¬ ability. At age 55, the regular income of $100 a month, unimpaired, comes IN CASE OF into effect. DEATH Look how your family is protected. $10,000 Should you die at any time before reaching 55, your family receives CASH $10,000. This is but one example of a variety of plans which the Sun Life of Canada has for every age, condition, and amount. Fill in and forward this form (which involves you in no obligation) and exact figures suited to your individual need will be sent you. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA IF IN ILL HEALTH $100 A MONTH IN CASE OF DEATH $10,000 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL SUN LIFE ASSURANCE OF CANADA, Edmonton, Alberta. Without obligation on my part please send full parti¬ culars of your $]00-a-month-for-life plan as outlined in your advertisement in (Name of paper) Name (Mr.. Mrs. or Miss). Address (Street). ..(City) Age [ Page forty-four ] PHONE 16 VERMILION