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Certified
uta oesiRest
Good Seed Brings Assurance •,
• of high Quality Crop Says
Ont. Dept. .of Agriculture
If Ontario potato growers
tope to bolster sales in their
--o-wn pravirice,athey must -_first -_.of.._
all obtain the best possible seed
potatoes and. CERTIFIED, SEED
IS -THE BEST:.
Good seed is fundamental~ to.
the production of good crops of •
high. • quality potatoes regardless ',
of whether the crops are .intended
for seed or table -uses Apparent.
soundness of seed tubers does not
guarantee freedomfrontdisease
for 'despite good appearance they
.may carry virus diseases: not »re-
cognizabie in the tuber but which.
, may seriously affect the yield and
quality of the ' crop, the ' Ont.
- Dept. of Agriculture caution's.
FREE FROM , DISEA;SE
Certified seed does 'not mean
seed potatoes entirely free from
all diseases" and blemishes; , for
such a result is not possible 'un
der quantity: production, but ev-
ery' effort is made to. certify po-
tatoes. only -from, fields.
that „ are
Rractically. free from . disease and
where: plants are. vigorous .and
true to variety.
Commercial potato growers
whose own potatoes are badly . in-
fected. . with disease or certain
mixed varieties will ' find it de-•
cidedly advantageous to plant
certified seed- Of 'such varieties `
• as are available, even though they
may not ordinarily; he' • considered
as 'the' most .suitable varieties'' for
their particular ;,distriet.
If ' theofficial tag, is. nOt .on
each and -'every- .container, -the•-.
potatoes, in them should 'not be
accepted, as 'certified seed. ' . Good
seed has been made available to
the • potato industry ',b,y this sys-
tem of , _potato certification and.
• cornniercial growers, should take.
adaantage :of .the ., -opportunity to
secure a supply:.
New High Commissioner
Arrives in Canada . .
This picture of the new British
High Commissioner ' .to Canada,
Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald was
taken, as he stood outside his pri-,
vete car at the railway station in
Montreal.
Bird Cages
GO-Streamline—
Saving Ontario's
Natural
Resources
. By G. C. Toner
Ontario Federation of Anglers•
aoR'Huriters- __..._ ..... _.
(Ne. 38-)
;BASS CULTURE .:
• The raising of yotirg bass is :.
one 'of the most difficult probe
]ems in fish "`culture, for : utnlike `
the trout • or. the whitefish"j, the
basses cannot be stripped of their'
eggs ,as this., process kills . the par-'
cut. fish .,',Fishes which spawn in,'
schools are' 'of such a nature that
• 'their, eggs and sperm flow freely
from the body when ripe, `but th'e
bass must build 'a '.:nekt, come ' to-
• gether : in pairs, and spread the .
egg-' laying period over 'several
days. Apparently,one reason for
• this is that . the eggs of the female
do. not ripen :all at the sante time.
Since, thjs so •w.e ;must brieg
the adult bass together in, ponds,
leave them to pair"naturally,• arid
°. •`leave the male bass with the nest
ler several weeks. .This:can best '•
.,te understood ..if I ; , explain the • •.
way in which the basses repro-
duce. Tn. natural waters, , when
they warm in the spring,:, the 'male
bass selects a 'site protected .
against waye action and to some
extent, from natural' enemies. He
-:cleare the -ooze from.-. this -site -by
fanning with his tail and •lower,:
fins, leaving :a cleared circular
area of gravel., This" is the hest.
Hatching of 'Young Bass •
•When, the ne's't is completed, if
the watereratti. m
re e
to
has r ach••
P
"'-ed 65 the• m -- -----
ale dr}ves a female �
over the nest and ..a .'few of her
eggs are extruded and •fertilized
by the male. This is repeated
number of times until there are
several -thousand : eggs- in ' -the---
gravel. of the nest. Then: the •
male mounts guard,. driving away
all other fishes 'ineluding the 'fee
Miles. He .watches the eggs for
several weeks and when they
hatch guards the youngfor some
• '.time. '.
The young at first are verytiny
and live on (the egg' sa-l: Which is
still attachd to •their. bodies., In
a week or sothey have grown
considerably and_..have ,absorbed
the remainder of the yolk. They
• are now ready to feedfand rise to
the surface. The male bass' seems '
•' to, know -that his job is finished
and he drives.. into ,the. school:
scattering them inall direction's.
• This is • why. we find young bass
in .uly !Scattered all through the
Shallow waters' if". the hatch. has
been successful • for that Year. '
Canada's Railways
In—crease,' Revenue
, Gross :Intake 'During 1940'
Was The Best In A 'Decade-:
'. Freight Trains •Earned: Much.
More
•
Grass revenues of, Canadian'
railways during • 1940 soareeto.
their highest _ Ipoint •since 1930,
, reaching $424,820,6'29, compared.
with $363,325,824 in 1939, the
' 'Dominion Bureau of Statistics has
reported. ' `
At the same tithe', operating
expenses were heavier than dur-
ing the previous year by $29,605,-
.507,
29,605;_507, transportation expenses were
up $13,550,569 and maintenance
expenses higher by $16,848,049
the `report said ,
• • Expenses ' Heavier
The operating .income wad in-
creased by $21,5o6404, from
$46,649,265 to $74,155,656,
]Freight traffic measured in'
ton -miles wes ,heavier than in
1989, by 20.5 per cent.; and pas.
senger miles ' increased by 24.5
per cent. Total payroll increased
New Drum -Shaped Ones Also
Seen; Made of Chromium
•
laird cages are being designed
to reflect 'new style of decora-
tions, says the New York Times.
For those' who follow the .eontern-'
pd?ary mode in room. arrangement
there are scintillating cages .made,
of chromium in the most .modern
shapes: Drum -shaped examples
hang from a• circular ring sup-
ported by a metal standard;'
streamlined cages with rounded
ends and flat sides are provided
with sheets of • chromium slog
the' Base to prevent the feed from
"• .to the floor.
FIT IN ' WITH ROOM SCHEME
In 'period' rooms cages with
wooden frames in mahogany fine
ish may be used, supported .by a
turned Vase -shaped. standard cop -1
led from'a colonial piecrust table
pedestal. If you • are particular
'about haying ` your cage .fit - in
'With your room color scheme, you
May choose one of metal, enam-'
eled vermilion, green or white.
Some cages. are equipped with
holders fqr flower pots.•
by $13,091,277, from .3191,101,-
727 to 3204,193,004, for an ab:
erage of '' 121,009. .employees in
"'-19 9"atie i 2702 n
Freight trains earned 15 cents
more per train -mile than in 1939
and carried 84.'9 more tons' of
revenue freight. • Passenger trains
showed higher earnings per train -
Mile. of 30 cents and carried 10.5
inure passengers per train -mile. ,
C.N.R.,Revenue up 22.7%
Of the gross revenue totals,
$212;300,711 was . made up of
Canadian National Railways earn-
ings; which showed. a". 22.7' pet
cent. increase from the 1939 fig-
ure of '3173,059,119.
Canadian Pacific Ratrway Com -
pang, gross revenues towards the
total were 3171,585,474--' a 12,7:
per cent., -increase from $152,148,-,
998 in1939. < '
Pine Cone Found
to Spruce Wood
While salving a piece of spruce
wood, John Walker, ' of •Windsor,
cane across' an unusual formation:
Inside of the wood was found
a..piece of pine cone which .had
apparently • been ':lodged ,there
quite a number of years ago. The
cone• had turned to a ruddy color
but was stiil'ifl. an" excellent state
of preservation. '•
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More Bombers For IBrittdn Are ' Being Daismantlod' for Shipment Overseas
More than thirty Lockheed', Hudson !bombers ,are assembled at , Floyd Bennett Airport in New York, ,;
where they'll be dismantled and shipped to. England via boats. They're part of the steady'flow of American ' '
planes which have greatly bolstered the R.A.F.
T hl E' W A R W 'E E K—Commentary oh',Curi'ent Events
BALKAN FRONT IS STAGE
OF` :
MAJOR WAR DRAMA
"People of the Empire
should be profoundly .grate-
-ful .., that in the Nazi path
Greece and Yugoslavia have
become active obstacles. But
tate chief obstacle ;to Nazi' am-
-bitions is still Britain . .
The threat of invasion of her
own?, island has not passed
that danger Will grow as the
•'.spring advances . . The
Battle of the Atlantic,' yet to.
be won; : is the most vital
struggle of all."—Prime Min--
ister :Mackenzie -461C
At the start of the'treinendous
war drama .in the Balkans, an in-
itial series• of trhumphs .'for the.
German military machine in, both.
Yugoslavia and Greece appeared'.
all but inevitable. • :
Hitler Must Act Fast
Far from inevitable, however,
(wrote Edward Bomar of the.
• Associated Press) was it that such
victories as the early.' capture of
. Belgrade and the overrunning of
the Yugoslays' richest are would
he followed by the smashing of
all *facies to the Nazi drive to
the east. "Only the . verdict of
fateful battles to the south
could decide whether Hitler's.' gen-
erals would be able to match in
the Balkans the quick victories
won in the,Low Countries and' in
France last year," , Mr. Bomar'
continued, in one of the clearest
analyses of the situation made
last Week. "They. --are -forted -by:
necessity to try to execute iri a
hurry Hitler's injunction to smash
the dangerous ne* British -Greek
Serb alliance' and drive the Brit-
ish forces from 'southeastern Eur
ope. ` With' United States aid in-
creasing• steadily` :though slowly,
time is no ally of the Nazis... .
Germany is faced with the neces-'
Pity of a quick decision to avoid
the alternative of a long struggler
with its +perils that Turkey and
eaxen.-Russia taight; join he ,acs ,Ma
Most military .observers saw 'in
the • Balkan campaign' the major
part of an attempt to. wrest con-
, trot of the entire, Mediterranean
.from Britain arid to win the war
this year. Another part of the.
same drive was the 'new • Nazi
campaign in Libya which ?might
develop into a drive to, 'close
theMediterranean at Gibraltar
from the' south (instead sof from
Spain). --with or without the aid
of : the ' idle French Army in Mor-•
ocio.
• At. 'Turkey's `Back • Door
' But Germany could never. eon-'
quer the :Mediterranean unless
Turkey • were first put out of the
•picture, either:• by military con-
quest or by diplomacy. The. pro
Axis coup in Ira last' week plac-
ed Turkey in a doubly dangerous
position—German air bases coeld,
now be located at herr back door.
• It was believed, that. Hitler would
shorty, &Mend-that-:Tnrkey be-
tray her alliances `or he herself
attacked: • In, the latter event,
there was no question that Turkey'
would defend herself • with all the
force she 'could muster. Last
weekthough still non -.belligerent,.
Turkey was helping" the anti -Axis
allies in . more ways .• than, • one,
chief of which •]consisted in keep-
ing ,the Bulgarian army ,immobil-
ized. (British quarters hinted last..
week.: in •Istanbul that ;Turkey
might declare war soon. They
suggested she would remain on the
•de-fensi'vee .but, -:could-- permit ..Brit__.
:ain to use Turkish air bases.'and
to move warships through .. the
Dardanelles into the Black Sea.)
U.S. Approaches Zero Hour
I -n ---W ingtoin.- laet_week,. the...
opinion of most . observers ' was
that April was likely to be the
month • ,for,' events which would
send the ,United States into the
war, I.t was thought that the
U.S., if any ruptures .in foreign'.
relations were made, would break
with I.talyt first, then Germany.
Before another month was .0 , o1 -
servers said, the American na
- tion Would' be Very• close to the
state of actual belligerency —•a
state of war can and, may be es-
tablished without formal declara-
tion. The future war role of the
United States was just about at
the zero hour.
Matsuoka to Moscow+
Japan's Foreign Minister Mat-
suoka left Berlin "suddenly" last
vyeek fo _.hoane,, Int ipgbee
tertained in t.vo. Axis capitals to
several exhibitions' of fireworks
that went "pfft!" (Italy's Ionian
Sea disaster in an engagement
with the British Navy, and Yugo-
slavia's stand against Germany).
En• route black to Japan, Matsuoka
stopped off ie. Moscow again for
an important appointment rela-
tive to negotiation' of.! a Russo-
Japanese non -aggression. paet. Hie
meeting ther'e'with' Soviet official;;
w c ose1y:. b.. the...
waswatched _very 1
r,y y y
British, who, according to -foreign.
military ' observers 'recently re-•
turned from, the Far East,.. be-
. lieved that if japan .were success- .
_ , ful in "concluding . such a pact she
, o
wuld`' start "a" lana;` sea and.air
attack on Hong Kong. ;
"Waiting .Period" at: End?
. In the Dutch .East Indies,' too,
`. authoritative circled were of . a
similar mind. There the view was
that the: "waiting period'; in'the
Far East would shortly conic to
an end and that concrete. action
toward Japan's aim , o f . a "new
order" in Asia .would .be expel=
ited.. Reports' that. Thailand would
very soon join the Axis and 'shar-
pen the crisis hi. the 'Paific,. cen-
tering on Singapore, appeared to
he well s
tantiated,
s ub
The belt Shelf..
r "NEW IMPROVED , CULBERT
' S,ON. SYSTEM" (1941)
Here are the 'latest .rules in•con-
'tract bridge summarized for you .
by Ely Culbertson himself. ' The
first basic changes''that have been
made •in the Culbertson System- in
six years are completely describ-
ed in this little book. With its '
help, you can play 'with any part-
•ner, whether average player, ad-
vanced, or expert.• ($1.35 ).
r" -CONTRACT BRIDGE SELF-__
TEACHER"
By Ely Culbertson
The world's greatest . authority
on contract bridge, in an entirely
new book onl the game, has . sim-`
plified bidding and play so that
anyone can now learn . expert
methods' easily and quickly: 39
clear lessons teach you how—and
36 practice drills.' All you, need, •
Is a book and•pencil.„ ($1.35).
' J'oronto:' John C. Winston Co._
Limited, Publishers.'
'Dogs Going Into
Action On Birds
Spring. Field "Trials of .0n.
tarie 'Bird. Dog 'Association •
• Are Being Held at Niagara-.
on -the -Lake Next Week -end
•• The cream of the bird dogs in
io,.avill disniaa,Ft.he r warps at
Niagara -on -the -Lake on April • 19,t..
and 20th, when the Ontario Bird
Dog A.ssoriatiOn will hold its sixth
•Annual'Spring Field Tr••iais,
.Spaniels,. Setters and Pointers
will 'be sien:•in action on birds.
The first stake to he run on' Sat-
urday, thk,,.19th, is an' opeti , event
for Poi'nte'r and Setter puppies and
some likely contenders' are expect-
ed, to take the' field. •This trial. is ••
s•chedt ied for 1 o'clock. ”
.• .Two Spaniel' 'trials will also b.e
inn.. mi. Saturday afternoon, :a trial
for- Novice, Spaniels and th8 :Open
Spaniel, Stake, ; •
Dr. John -Barnes, 1'i7i1'liamsville,
N. Y:'and G. S.' Steckies, Welland,
'will judge the :Spaniel trials: '
SPANIELS, SETTERS. PON'TERS
Two.triala far, Setters and°Point
ers are on the...card for the second
day:"In. the merfling-iovice-Setters
and Pointers, owned in Ontario.
' wild' show their stuff and In the•
afternoon, in the Open: A11 Age
Stake for Setters and :Pointers will
be run. Geo. W. Hoag, Woodstock,
Ont., Seeretary of .the Association
,rediae big' fields in all trials. As
usual, it is expected that New York
State kennels, will• be well repre-
rented in the events,, particularly •
in the open stake for Setters and
Pointers on the second day's pr'o-
graaime. Tommy Thomas, R'odieet='
er,:N Y., and .Don Craiwford; Kings-
ville, 'Ont will judge the trials for
5etters''and ,Pointers:' _
The Prince of Wales hotel, Nia-
,gara-on-the Lake will be • naafi -
quarters 'for the meet and road
signs will •be posted to mark the
benefit. 'tri
'urJaa for the ben f the •CO'late .
gallery -et- epee aTors wifil is .ex= -
pecteed to witness 'the trials.
Ugly, Poorly .Built
• Hames Lack Value
Failure• to. design .buildings' of.,
attractive .architectural style 'is ; an
evil which must be combatted to
intp�prore 'conditions of home' own
eriship,, according to ,+authorities.
Other conditions which make.
for poor mortgage security, .are,
bad construction, •.poor workman-
ship, improperuse of 'materials,
or use of inferi_r materials, and'•
, inefficient or objectionable ' room
proportion and 'arrangement.
• The, iireceeds of a "single• 'dog`
'derby',' for boys „'and : girls 'oip
Rouyn .° end.: Noranda of 16 years
and unde', sponsored by the. Nor-
, arida Firemen, went.to' the • camp-
• ing funds or the Rouyn -Noranda
Scouts.. Rules for the race barred '
the use of whips.'
' • * s,
Ari indoor cainpf*ire: program,
conducted in the mainhall: of SL
,John's'. Church, Peterborough,
was 'the entertainment feature of
" the annual 1lanquet • get-tagetber; .i
-ofgsome 2-0Q. Cubs, Scouts, •:Rovers
and parents. • •
At a.m.eeting of the Sarnia Boy
Smits, Association; which 'was n
part run . as a 'demonstration Boy_
Scout Troop,' adult ':?embers 'bei
came boys tit the wariotis, patrols.
Duringmthe evening several of the
members were:invested as. Scouts.
• s'
800 magazines - for soldiers'
reading esorris were . collected - in
one week by the Boy Scouts of
Dartmouth, N.S., and, 2,729 were
gathered 'in a montliby a Winnie
peg 'Boy. ScoutGroup.
• Three Boy Scouts• :of .' Bristol,
• England, own and operate their
'own'; mobile tea canteen. They
carried - on during the heaviest
Nazi bombing .of'thb'Port, serving
a . hot drink and sandwiches to`
firemen and A.R.P.workers . '
•O f THE
ES
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NOT ALL SO LUCKY
Niagara is to keep its beauty,,
but the upper stretches of the St.'
Lawrence are due for some sad
treatment if, 'asand when the
„deep : vaterways scheme material-
izes
' —Stratford Beacon-Hehald
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS •
It is 'un'lawfuL for a pedestrian '
to ' stand • on the • travelled portion
of 'a .roadway to' beg rides or sell
articles. It is aleto extreni`ely
dangerous to stand ,or ' idle in any' •
roadway where rhotpr •.traffic
passes., ' • ,
--Hamilton Spectator
THINK.. NATIONALLY
A Member of Parliament from
Saskatchewan. claims •that,but for • '
the. ' development of the Western
Provinces, • Ontario would , still be'
a backwoods •district. Thiso, is a-
, highly theoretical statement, but
in any case it •would be better
for this and all 'M.P.'s.to.think. in.
terms not of the West or of On-
tario, but in terms of the Domin-
ion of Canada:
—Brantfdrd Expositor
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"You can no moreregiment fun
than Hitler can regiment love."
—Cornelia Otis Skinner
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``_LIFE'S LIKE THAT..
..'By Fred Neher'
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REG'LAR FELLERS—The Opportunist
By GENE BYRNES
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