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HOME AND COUNTRY ation and cared for in very modern surroundings: The pelts from this farm are shipped to New York and average Fortyâ€"five Dollars apiece. We visited a small park called “The Pines” of about three acres bought by the Institute for a picnic place. Not, many big pines are standing in this locality but some of the original ones hrs here in this park on the banks of ihe Rniny River looking across to- \\‘Lll'd the State of Minnesota. The Inâ€" ~<tiiute women have provided outside “runs and picnic benches and tables. (in our way back to town we saw four luv; haystacks burning on one man’s Linn, disposing of his straw ready foi- (nil ploughing Right near a threshing gong was threshing flax and they wore working by the light of the sn-awstack burning as the blower fed ii. The whole landscape was lighted enabling the men in the field to keep in. loading. \‘e left the next day by bus for if 0, then on to K_enora to. spend the \\' k-end and again experienced the m er ready hospitality of the North. We had a five hour wait at Emu liiill an Institute member was waiting m us as the bus came in to take us ii her home in the country for lun- li‘UUn and point out places of interest. I n ish 1 had time and room to describe p i is fully. Everywhere we were taken In .md shown outstanding landmarks. 'liic wife of the Agricultural Repre. -- niative at Emo was a former friend .1, i had a cup of tea ready for us ii :ui'e taking the bus at Emo again nul‘ way to Kenora. This trip along n .; inlets of Lake of the Woods is one i' the most beautiful anyone could I mine. This is a Sportsmen's Para- w-e and they were very much in evi- i:,nce everywhere. The bus travelled . dig a splendid highway. Among the ions of lodges and camps \verezn l 'li Indian, Black Bear, Red Deer, iut Fishing, Laughing Water, Rush» _' River. Bear, moose and deer are l l‘)’ common. We saw four deer and i moose while en route. At (me place \‘ passed High»Low Lake so named lw-ause on one side of the road the lplie is fully six feet higher than the i her. The rocky formation of the udbed prevents any levelling of the mar. Kenora and Keenntin on Lake of 2 Woods are most beautiful pl ccs ul contain two major industri lne Five Roses Flour Mill in Ki‘l'» 'iltll'l and the Ontario and Minnesota l ill) and Paper Mill in Kenoi'n We visited both and saw cver bit -l the process from the beginning to n:- iinisherl product. The Five Roses Flour Mill is one of no largest in the British Empire and “‘ll'l'ls out four grades of all-purpose ‘ our that is shipped all over the urld. They have their own falls to m-iierzite their own electricity for their plant and turn out 360 one-hundred :ound bags per hour. The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp l’ziper Mill is a hive of induin , We my the pulpwood barked and \\ ed, hen sent on large conveyors to bc ‘urtlicr treated. Different treatments lll'e given ground wood and sulphitc, the combination of the two is needed "if the production of paper in this mill. It consists of 25’“ sulpliite which i~ made from a spruce log and 75% uround wood which is made from the Jack pine. The higher the percentage of sul- iihite the stronger the lumen The >pruce log first goes through a chipper \_'.hich breaks it up (the noise here is Just thunderous), then it is passed ll'irouizh large aml coarse shakers uhich sorts the chips, the small ones iallini: through; the coarse ones going back to be chipped again. The chips then travel on conveyors to big tanks called digesters, where they are mixed “'lth'Sulphuric Acid. The chips are left in the divesters for about eight hours to produce sulphite, then thor- 0!:th mixed in big rotary machines With the ground wood. To produce ground wood 3 Mi: hydraulic ram pushes the logs against “like grind stones, some of which are made of sandstone and the more lust- m’? ones of carborundum. These grinders are sharpened every twenty- and ‘NORTH WESTERN GROUPS ‘ ALGOMA CONVENTION East Kurah convention uroiip \iiih (IGlCIIJlPS [ruin the combined districts of Algomn and Sir Joseph Islandr Centre Front (left to right): {\llllfl Louis, Director' Eli‘s. F. Hill, Area Secretary: Mrs. Alex Wilding, :‘lk'il Chairman: Mrs. J. R. Fiilcllcr, Provincial President. MANITOBA EXECUTIVE WITH MRS. FIITL‘IIIAIR Some or the cur-sis wlm :ilti-ndcd the special lunrlu-im planned by \Iiss Frances Mcliny, lliri'rior oi Women‘s Work, )Iiinilidin llrparlnu-ut oi' Agricullure. four hours by burrs running across the top of the stone as it turns, As ground winul comes oil' the grinder. hot water is mixed with it to prcvcnt shining and keep it moving. Then it is sci'ccned through in bull screen or vc _ course screen to cut out any Cirdi'sc \liillil fibre. (These screenincs are used for insulation mid resemble course blotting paper). Then it must pass through live moi'c srrci‘ns of varying fineness hcl‘nre it is mixed with [he sulpliite. “lleckcrs” pr ‘5 out all w'iter from the pulpwond and this in stock is again screr-ncd. pi'c through rollers and driers. fan_ In number and every roll of paper passes through all nf thcm. illi‘ll in thc shippinLv dcpzirtinont. This mill uses 19,000.00” gallons of wntcr po‘ day hmi produces 9.50 tons of mm a (lay. The mojn tr of ii ' lplicd to the Kansas (‘it Stnr. At Kenni‘u we ’ted nlso [Wu In- dian Schools and saw ilie splcndid work being: done anions ilicm. The schools each have from eighty in cm- hundred imd lifty Indian children {liars and girls) in attendance be- tween the ages of live and FlVll‘Efl, All their [cachch repnricd the Indian child’s exceptional ability in or! and some of them have gone on and made outstanding contributions in this field. After two full days at Kennrii nn bountiful Lake of the Woods and thrilled with its scenic beauty. we boarded the train again on our way In North Bay and Kirkland Lake to grasp the opportunity again of dnnk- ini: Ili ihe norm-nus svcnory of tho North SliDru of liaki- Superiuri We Imurdud the (r n (main. [Ins lime fur Kii'kliiinl , i-cnirv nl' [In- cold-mining ilisir , we lll|'l. Ill i‘un- iinii the lnslitiilu members of inr- I) trn'ts ni’ i'lri‘llrilnL‘ :ind Ti-iniskiim- inn. We ('Xpt‘l'Ii-iii'ul tlvi- s’uiic splendid work ln-iiii: dour iiml lln- siinii- inlc in cmnmiinily wolfurv. Thu rcpni‘ here could \u-l] serve as models [or any Institute coin Icr. I‘ll‘rL‘ wv had two full iind sol ’lll]: dnys tnurlhvr. Whilc at Kirkland Luke wc wrrv inan through tho “ullUVi- L'riiuliil” portion of the Lake Show Mine. It would have bikini :1 whole "it nini: in c \isilEii iiu- cnlii'c nillii- and our .~ ssions i'liulii nut ulluw this, Within one :iinl a lnilf niili‘s around Kirkland Liikc ni'c sen-n big smoke siai proof of actin- mining, IL his the rtputation ui' being the richest mu- :uul a hulf inili-s on the Nui'ili Ameri- can ('untini-nt and llll‘ Lake Shore Mine is one of the liirgcst iind lhl' wcaltliicst upvratiniz. We sun the compartments that an underground, ouch cnpnblv or Cul‘l‘ylllL’ six in eight men, or thic- and {NIP-hal‘ ions uf ore in the ships, The or - crushing underground . id i lip and dunipi-il in huuh hi crushing. This crushing l dnnc heavy grinders, fitted with u magnet which draws oul all foreign picces inf metalr Then the ore is further ground in huge, rotating hall machincs where it is ground like llnur. A cyanide agent is now added to dissolve the WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN HOUSING CONIEST FOR ' RURAL GhOlJPS Results of the Better Farm House Competition sponsored by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and conducted in Ontario through the Director, Women's Institute Branch, Department of Agriculture are pub- lished below. The contest was open to organized groups of rural women in Ontario, who were required to discuss a series of questions on better farm housing, and submit their replies, making sugges- tions us to how farm homes could be improved The contest was on a Dom- inioiuwide scale, Thc winnci's follows Ir lifll‘llllfll'l \V o in c n ' 5 Institute, Rainy River lli. i'ici, Miss Helen Mun- roe, Emu. seci'clai‘y, $100. '2. The Con. IT Grey Township and East Boundary Subdi un. DUIW Church W.M.S., Presidcnt, Mi-s. Albi-rt Clark. \"altnii, $70.00, Woodstock No b Women's lnr stitutu. Secretary Mrs. Howard Mur- shiill, \\'oodsiurk, $50.00. Honourable nicnlion#l.iule's uers Senior Women's Institute, Secretary, Mrs. F. McKiilignn, $135.00. Hniiuurabliv incnlion â€" \' o r w i c h Wmm-n's in. itutc, Secrc v, Mrs. Doucliis Rccvc Norwich, $25.00. lll-g'mnal prizes of $10 Each uwardi'd according to Convention Areas: Mnn» itnulin, Pleasant Vzillcv Form Forum. for Ontario are as Cor- Giilt. (iult. lcc liukc; Alumna. liriuhi \Voincn's Institute. Iliiylon; Kirkluiill liukc, Kniii's East Fill’lll l"\)|‘ulll. 'l'cmiskuinr iliiz, Suilhui‘y, Asilwni'th Women’s Iiisiilutc; lininy l\' i v i- l', Hymch \\'.mu»n’s liistiiulc: Simeon. Stroud Women’s liisiituic: Kings-inn, lubilec \l’omcii's lnsiililtv, minus- ll' ll ll- \‘illr. scinmur 1mm wow-us In. tutu: Miami, )liii'llllliIRIl \\'omc Instiliilu: iiiii-lph, l'iinti'iil IIuiiiIi Wmurn's liwlilu limidnii, Nui‘lli Tlinnicsyilli- Winn liis'liiuto: lliini- iliim, Ali'ui'il :iinl iiih limid “'i-nwil's Insiiiulc; 'I'ni'nntu, limiliuu \ii‘i-Uli \Vniiicii's Iiisliiulc. WINNERS IN C .E. (‘ONTEHT 'l‘ln- Uninnvilln \\'mncn Iiisliliiic Hli' m-si llII/i' prim in the l‘l\ l'tiiiiiiliiin Fashion Show :ii tlil' Nu. inn-n in “ii “'unn-ii's liislllutca’. 'I‘lu» mum mm is :i m-ui in the Rim; i‘iiy \\‘umi-u insiiiniu, third IN”) in Hip iii-niu’iiin Women's [iisii~ lulu, l'ollinicuuod. null i‘uuilli (-4 ) to ili liiilc li'cliinul Wmm-n's lnslituic, HI rislnn. gold purl s inlu unlulinn. 'I'ln-n ibis suluiiun minimi in lillK‘t' x-uis for uni hum. in i‘xll‘ul'l mild. Tlh‘ :flllur ilnil ('lilliilllllllL’ llii- gold is lllm Si'ni. Lhrnuuh :i drum or lillci'. tho clear ..niuh..n containing the gold sinyiiii: uli iln- imth ui‘ ilip drum and the on lllk‘ uiiisidc of (lip liltcr. iiii-s Iil'trn iiri- fiii'lbci' liI-ulL‘d in I' cn- :iny gold puriiuns and then (lumiu-ii m.i,...i- nu. phmi. The hike 2d Kirklnml [AHkP hus i-nt' l' dis- -d, leni: I'Illv-l with llllh , iriiilm'l in tin» lit‘]llll of sixiy rl'l‘i, nnnl (ho cummumlv N wzilrliful Ihut this docsii'i ill||l||('l| to other livuulil‘ul liikns iii lhc vicinity. The jllll’l' liquid. rcinuining on the inside of llu- drum is I‘Ilrl’lfltl in a liirgc sit-tiling liink whi-ru srdid pnrticli-s with and |'lL‘1||' liquid r‘lrlllliil’lll’lL’ gold {liiws HIT, Tlii-ii il is llllKl‘ll with 1| zinc dust wh h Lil-ts lik n spniiizc Ill’lll prci'ipitniu thc tr ii. Next it uocs thruuuh 1.x - llllml wilh i-utinn r'uiiâ€" ms hmi ii.» ohm mil". - in the i'uiiuii. ll iii furlhcr [Il'l‘ piuiii'd in l’i'llllL‘ - illlll exposed in inn-nat- heut \\hI-i'c it is i'cduvcd in hm» gold. 1)iic ihnusand inns Inf me u lli|_\’ arc inillI-il in lliis niill. I hope you hilVL‘ I‘lljille Oninrio's Nui'thloiid with mo. I am hoping in the futuri- [‘Iilifi'i'L'm'E\ iliul \V(' are pliinning mnny of you will have the opportunin of I‘OllllnL’ North and swing for yourseh lhc bcauty und productivitv of thi‘hc millions of acres #“North of the Muskokns”.