New-York tribune., 1918-02-24


of the most up to date on the con-
tinent.
L imbless Make
Limbs for Others
The woolen fill produces blankets.
twecds and denims. The machine shop
makes hospital beds, tables, etc, Of
metal and onameling of iron work
The broom shop makes all kinds of
whlsks and brooms. A tailor and shoe
shop not only take care Of repair work,
but also manufacture new materials,
while woodworking shop, complete
in every respect, turns out tables,
benches, and other kinds of furniture
In connection with the lime quarry
they run lime kiln, hydrator, a
plaster plant and a crushcr, with Il
daily capacity of seven and one-half
tons of lime and 400 tons of stone.
with railway sidings at hand. A dairy
herd of eighty cows is maintained and
the product handled in the creamery
on the place.
The farming land is of the best. and
lot Of work is being done in develop
ing it. Some eighteen hundred apple
trees and about fifteen hundred small
fruits are planted, while the close
proximity Of the Ontario Agricultural
College gives the returned men still
better chance to perfect themselves in
different lines of agriculture.
The Military Orthopadic Hospital
at North Toronto, with an accommoda-
tion for four hundred, is intended
principally for orthop4dic cases; and
it is hoped to start an artificial limb
factory at this hospital, whore returned
men can learn to turn out artificial
limbs for less fortunate comrades.
The Newmarket Convalescent Hos
pital was handed over by the Society
of Friends, and was formerly known
as Pickering College. This building
will specialize in mental diseases, un-
der the direction of staff of expert
alicnsts
Wlritby Convalescent Hospital is an
othor of the larger PLACES in Ontario
vhich will be able to offer special ad-
vantages to the returned men. The ac-
commodation when improvements are
completed with be for fifteen hundred
This consists of group of cottages,
with central dining halls, etc, a thea
tire, clubroom, vocational training
building, three hundred acres Of
waterfront land, the best of fresh air
and sunlight, which makes Whitby a
favored spot for this kind of work.
In the West, some of the noteworthy
hospitals are the Monitoba Military
Hospital, at Winnipeg, on the site Of
the old Provincial Agricultural Col
lege, and the Red Cross Military Con-
valescent Hospital. at Calgary, now
occupying the old Ogden Hotel. This
last has some fourteen acres under
cultivation in grain and truck gar
1a1
Agricultural Course
Is Given Free
In Saskatchewan a short course in
agriculture is given free to anv re-
turned soldier who wishes to fit him
self for farm work, as the University Of
Saskatchewan and the Provincial De-
partment of Agriculture are in constant
touch with numbers Of farmers who
VIII take returned men for practical
instruction.
IN Alberta the Institute of Tech
nology and Art at Calgary take the
same place for students of the crafts
as that taken by the universities to
students of the professions. This has
PEE, been turned over to the commission, for
returned men, and it will train them
IN all courses in commerce and indus
try. The Alberta College, at Edmon-
ton, has been combined with the Strath-
coma Hospital as another unit for the
cure and restraining of the soldier.
In the East the Ontario Provincial
government has community farming.
scheme which is being tried out in
Northern Ontario. Farms of small size
arc so arranged as TO have the houses
of several grouped at n common centre,
while to each group of farms is al
lotted the special heavy machinery
which can be operated on co0pera-
tive basis. Further, to so MANY groups
OF farms n central settlement is
planned, having a church, auditorium
picture show. store. etc. A certain
amount of cultivation is done on each
plot, and advances are made in the
way of money to build and stock the
place. Free instruction and advice is
FURNISHED by men who know the dis
trlct and It's capabilities, and a free
course is given to any man who wishes
to take up the scheme. provided he is
able lin the opinion Of the vocational
oillcers, to do the necessary work
(. r. Ry. Has Farms