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5, 1934
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'Skin Milk or Meat
that a poultryman may
cent of profit coming to
must avail himself df all the
at his disposal to produce
When whole milk is sold
from sixty cents to a del-
pounds, skim mlk has
yet, if it is fed to poultry,
fair returns, Lf skim milk
instead of beef scraps as a
of animal feed, poultrymen
down on their feed bill and
of egg production at the
•
Dominion Experimental Sia-
five seasons proved rather
that the lot of birds re-
skim -milk laid -lucre eggs .and
more weight than the one
fed beef scrap, other feeds
same. Skim -hulk should al-
fed sweet or always sour
avoid bowel troubles, Where
is not available beef swap
to be resorted to.
Man, from the earliest ages
been subject to disease and accident,
and five thousand years ago, accord-
to Dr. John Nihlen, a Swedish
archaeologist, crudely skillful
goons tried to relieve their sufferings.
He has recently made some interest-
Ing excavations in the Swedish
of Gotlar_,l, in the Deltic, on .he
of the ancient fishing village
"the town of ruins and roses."
Ile made a most interesting
covely resultiag from the examine
tion of these human remains proving
andht surgeons oxat this period,
that performed they frequent
and sometimes difileult. operations.
Thus, neat round holes were discov-
ered in ,several skulls, drool
the e.neient SUI•geous successfully
used the art of ,rnpanning, In
forming this delicate operation
surgeon used an ordinary stone
or .drill. and it appears that in
cases the patient survived the
ation.
Antiquarian research on the shores
of the Baltic, has convinced Dr,
len that prehistoric man was subjeel
to just as many ills as the people
to -day. Skeletons examined
Many excrescences and deformities,
showing that people must have
foxed severely from rheumatism
similar painful diseases, probably
brought on to a great extent by
hard el[matic conditions, and prrlsai:s
partly due to the exclusive meat
which also has been Pound to
deformation of the jaws.
It also appears that the Swedes
those days must have suffered
much from decayed teeth and
ache. Another disease rvliicb
den tly balnted these eommuniLieu
was rickets, and frequent epidemics
must have ravaged the population.
The death rate among children
those days must have been eery
arid. the average lifetime seems
have, been only forty to fifty years,
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As Outlet for Ontario Honey
,to George:R. 'Paterson,
official, the United
market is becoming in-
important each year as an
Canadian honey. Prior 80.
three principal sources of
found in the Brit -'
were the United Stages,
West Indies and New Zea-
1119311, ,however, Canada stood
importance anlong the var-
countries,
buyers and consumers have
impressed with most
honey offered.',And as the
per capita consumption in
is but one-quarter
honey per year there ap-
he considerable room for
in this market. There is
to helieee th:ut, with a
power, consumers'
more reaeily to this vale-
oro<luet,
as most of the Canadian
is produced 1.0 On-'
1s of vital importance that
beekeepers sttidy carefully
of the British honey
TENSE 1I0_ITtiTa.
'A Thrilling Encounter 'Niles. an
usually .Large Gentleman Lion..
From Mazunga in South. Africa
comes 0 thrilling' encounter wish
unusually i vee lion. His majesty
had been causing some trouble,
had lulled two young steers in
(tight.
The manager of the Leibig's cs'ate
cm which the animal was operating
decided to bring its eureei to it.
and after a little trouble they caunht
It in ct trap late one evening.
roars could be distinc.ly heard,
was decided that it was too' dark
do anything that night,
Next clay, however, It was toutul
sueeeeied in treeing itself
the trap. With the aid of. a
dogs the spook was followed f01•
'distance; and when' the animal
finally ran to earth it was found
41''01 rage.
in the ;twinkling o1 an eve all
natives had climbed to the tepees:
branches of nearby trees, while
infuriated"animal, after a,
pause,
pausL dashed tit full speed at
,Balla is the; one trtte;Eannily
health wed beauty. Aids,
in additional' loveliness.
the tender side' of aim child..
the 'father as a hair fixative
shaving 'lotion, No matter
i1 is put, 18 is always bene
[Every woman .,ficial to the, shin, uiCanoous rep..;: cf the tvo ales,
sh,oud,cl use it: Persian'B'alm cools and however, and .the lion' fell, dead in
caresses Bhe skin and creates complex- ,its tracks with two bullets- in eta
Sorry of urpassing loveliness, brain,
E1117AIC OP NATURE.
Maple Sapling Grew'Up ha Conical
Outlines of Sprueo Tree.
The odd story of a maple sappling
that grew up in the conical outlines
of a spruce tree is told by a Walker-
villle contributor to the Toronto
Globo.
A few years ago, writes C. 0. Gill.
while travelling east, over No. 2 high -
Way, our attention was called to a
wonderful freak of nature in the
form of a tree. It was on the front
lawn, running down to the road, on
a farm owned by John Randolph,
well known and respected in the v1-
cinity, from whom I gained a history
of this strange manifestation. I will
try to tell the story exactly as he
gave it to 'me.
Across the front of the lawn there
had been a row of maple trees. One
of these had died and Mr. Randolph
decided to plant a sapling to take its
place, so one day when' he was back
in his bush lot he dug up two sap-
lings and, bringing them home, threw
them clown at the 'kitchen door and
forgot about them for some clays.
Later, Mrs. Randolph, noticing the
saplings still near the kitchen door,
said to him: "You had better plant
one of those saplings, or it will be
too late to do so."
Mr, Randolph, acting on his wife's
advice, picked up one of the saplings
and forthwith planted it in the place
of the dead tree on the front Lawn.
Strange to relate, when the sapling
developed it took on a conceal shape
—like a spruce tree—but the leaves
were the leaves of a maple, Another
odd thing was that the leaves were
all on the outer ends of the
branches, and later it was found they
were a most reliable barometer, for
they always curled up previous to a
storm,
Mr. Randolph had many tempting
offers for this freak maple, but he
steadfastly refused to sell it. He did,
however, allow several experimenters
to try planting roots and seeds aced
branches in an effort to reproduce it.
None of them succeeded in doing so.
Tourists going east on No. 2 High-
way may still see this strange tree,
at a point about two and a half miles
from Brockville, on the north side 01
the road,
LOBENGULA'S TREASURE.
Lies Hidden Somewhere In Rhodesia
Bush.
A kings treasure— ivory, raw
gold, British and Kruger so-rereigns
and diamonds — valued at $10,000,-
000 lies hiddon somewhere in the
Rhodesia bush. It is the buried
hottt•d of Lobengula, the Zulu warrior
who fo,rnded the elatabele nation,
challenged the British might in 1892
and met with defeat.
A Johannesburg business man—
lir. Lloyd Ellis— who has already
made six attempts to trace the buried
treasure, will melte a final attempt,
The story of the treasure has been
told by John Jacobs, Lobengula's one-
time "secretary"—now an old man of
70. Lobengula ordered that his ivory
and two safes containing a store o2
diamonds and gold packed in tins
were to be rushed into the bush, The
leaders of the party were Lobengula,
Jacobs, four indunas (native offi-
cers), and 14 Matabele, who dug the
holes in which the treasure was hid-
den. One night, on their return, Lo-
bengula ordered the indunas to slay
all who had taken part in the burial.
All save Jacobs and the indunas were
assegaied.
TALL GIRLS ARE SCARCE.
reducer Found There Were Not So
Many Six -Footers.
Mr. Andre Chariot, the famous
producer, tried recently to get a team
of fifteen girls, each six feet high,
nor a new London play. He found
that there weren't so many six-foot-
ers among tho gdr1, e2 tz-ci;�, and
that, among thecae vim passed the
height test, the majority were not of
the type he required. •
There are many of the young wo-
men of to -day who are tall, but those
who reach the six -feet mark aren't
always very pleased about it. The
average man seems to fight rather
by of a woman who. is much taller
than himself, and even a tall man
very often marries st girl of the "pe-
tite" type. Height, indeed, counts fox
less now than ever it did, though, on
the average, people appear to be tall-
er than formerly.
But itisdoubtful if this process
will continue— many' of the tallest
people to -day are verging on middle
age. Girls, however, are bigger in
other ways—as inquiries at a shoe•
shop or glove. counter will reveal.
GOLD AND ,SILVER.
rince of Wales Did Not Wish to Cul
Friendship,
When the Prince of Wales opened
the new promenade at Hartlepool re.
eently, eight - year old Muriel Cam
handed him a gold .knife with which
to cut the tape.
"But I must give you some
money," said the Prince with a smile
"Why?" asked Muriel.
"Because," replied the prince, "it
might cut a friendship if a knife is
E without a return of money."
He took half a crown from his.
pocket and offered it to. Muriel, who
hyly backed away,
"You must take it, you know,"
urged the prince,
"Well," she smiled, "and will yet
ut the ribbon then?"
"Yes," asiewered the Prince . gall,
and Muriel was persuaded to accept
he coin.
I am going to keep it. I will nor
pend it ever, " she said later.
First Apple Steamer.
The Brat steamer to carry apple$'
erect from, Annapolis .Royal, N,S., to
ondon, England, was the Neptune,
hieh sailed on April 2, 1881. The
aipment consisted of 6,800 barrels,
ad arrived in London in 14 days,
his venture was fairly successful,
nd from that time the business hal
)ntinued to increase in volume.
Linea.
Linen as made to -day h• ea es
good as the material turned out seine
'thousand year's ago, . according to
QUAINT CUSTOMS IW iiffcI�I
Communities Differing Widely ]('root
One Another In the Most Im-
portant Aspects of Life..
Sikkim is in the limelight at pres-
ent,with its road resounding to the
tramp of many feet, and man at-
tempting to conquer the hitherto un-
conquered„writes G. P. Mansfield in
the Illustrated Weekly of India, •
Up beyond Gangtok, in La-ehen,
west of Kanchenjunge, and in La-
chun, west of Kauehenjau, are two
Communities differing widely from
one another in the most important
aspect of life, for in La-ehen the
custom of polyandry is practiced.
The reason for this is a hearth tax,
and it is cheaper for a family of
brothers to share one hearth and one
wife than to live separately. Chil-
dren are scarce in La-ehen, In La-
chun, up the other valley, the nor-
mal custom of one man, one wile pre-
vails, and children are as numerous
there as anywhere in India
In both villages there is a tremen-
dous respect for the devil, and many
are the devices to keep him away and
to distract his attention Prom any
particular person or place.
Devil -driving is an uncanny busi-
ness... One night we heard a fearful
noise, shouting, yelling, screaming,
laughing, as though the whole vil-
lage had gone mad. The entire popu-
lation streamed down the road, a man
In front carrying a large, flat basket
full of earth, sprinkled over with
rice and flowers, and stuck ,all over
with little bamboo toys, like inverted
crosses, Those aro bound across and
across the fund ends with brightly
-colored wool, and are supposed to be
particularly efficacious in dealing with
his satanic majesty, The basket was
carried about a mile out of the vil-
lage and deposited on a rock, in the
hope that the devil would he sufii-
eiently pleased with it not to come
any further, and woe betide anyone
who takes anything from the basket.
Another device is for every man,
woman and child to wear a little pol-
ished metal mirror on the back. This
has the signs of the Zodiac on the
other side,
"Potted Llama" is not a table deli-
cacy. Wandering round La -ellen one
day we came across a wooden shed
over a stream. Inside was a huge
prayer -wheel turned by the current,
'doing' the prayers for the village.
There was a ledge about three feet
from tho ground all round the inside
walls, and this was filled with little
pear-shaped masses of grey elay, cov-
ered with cabalistic signs.
Wondering what they were, I Alit
one in my pocket. Later on wo came
across a man who was snaking ttic.'e
things, of ashes of. cremated Lama
and grey clay. They aro very ltoiy,
and diva calamity is suppoeed to be-
fall anyone who lays sacreligiot.s
hands on them,
When the Dalai Lama received a
present he gives his "bleaaing" 1n re-
turn. For a valuable present, tae
donor gets a little thick disc of rd
clay, about the size of a plce. On
ono side is the thunderbolt, and on
the other a cobra. For a small pres-
ent, a few tiny balls 02 clay are given,
SS big as very small peas.
The women wear a mass of bar-
baric jewellery, mostly rough tur-
quoise set Le gold or silver, and to
ensure always having enough to eat,
they wear a tiny silver spoon as well.
Arithmetic is not easy, as counting
is done in animals and other crea-
tures. Units en up to twelve, as fol-
lows: 1, mouse (chi-wa); 2, bull
(lang) ; 3, tiger (ta hard) ; 4, hare
(yo); 5, dragon (drug); 6, serpent
(dun); 7, horse (ta, soft); 8, sheep
(lug); 9, monkey (tre); 10, bird
(j'a); 11, dog (k'yi); 12, pig (p'ag),
Larger groups of numbers corre-
sponding to our tens are only five and
are counted in "elements". 1, wood
(shing)) ; 2, fire (me) ; 3, earth
(sa); 4, iron -('shag); 5, water
(ch'u).
The worst of bad luck should have
befallen me since my visit to La-ehen
and La-chun, for T brought away with
me a bamboo toy and a potted lama,
but this must have been counteract-
ed by also bringing home a silver
spoon, a devil's mirror and several
of the 'Dalai Lama's blessings, as the
bad luck never came.
MISSIONARY VESSELS.
There Are Quite a Number Devoted
to Miselonary Work.
In these days, when sail is fast
vanishing from the seas of the world,
every sailing ship is romantic, but
there is a special romance attached
to the John William§ V, a three -
masted sailing barque, with auxiliary
Diesel engines, that recently sailed
from London for the South Seas. The
John Williams V. has been built
for the .London ellesiouary Society,
Practically the whole of her cost be-
ing met 'by the pennies contributed
by children in the Congregational
Churches of Britain. It is named af-
ter a pioneer missionary who was
murdered in the New Hebrides.
There are quite a number of mis-
sionary ships in various parts of the
world,one of the most famous being
the Strathcona II., in which Sir Wil-
frid Grenfell visits tho settlements
on the bleak Labrador coast on his
errands of mercy. The Strathcona II.
is a hospital steamer, and her an-
nual cruises are among the most not-
able examples of practical •Christian-
Ity in the world to -day.
Twins In Canadian Nomenclature,
The word "twin" occurs fairly of-
ten in Canadian place names. For
instance there are Twin Falls on the
Yeho river, British Columbia; Twin
Peaks, and the Twins, the latter a
double -headed mountain, both in the
Rocky Mountains of Alberta; Twin
Sisters Islands in the St. Lawrence
river, Ontario; and Twintree Lake,
Mountain, and Creek in Alberta.
Twintree Creek is a tributary of.
Smoky 'ewer, and the name originates
in the fact that near the north end
of the lake there are two small rook
islands with a lone spruce tree on
Prehistoric Relic.
A bone needle 25,000 years ol<d.
used by some Waveman or woman 41
making reindeer skin clothes is Ca
interesting. relic of pretxiatosaa curi•
ture in France,
QUAINT TITLES.
One British Institution Is the Order
of the Blind Mice.
The Order of the Million Elephants
has just been conferred on the in-
trepid woman motorist and aviator,
Mrs, Victor Bruce, by the French
Indo-Chinese Government. During
his visit to Abyssinia the Duke of
Gloucester has decorated several
members of the Ethiopian Court with
well-known British orders.
There are some qu'tintly named or-
ders that reward various hinds of
fame or name some or;;anization.
Some of them, Eike the Order of the
Blind Mice, are British institutions;
this one belongs to Guernsey, and :is
a purely • charitable one, whose motto
Is 'Happiness for all."
Some years ago it was proposed to
form an -Order of the Lotus, which is
symbolical of Hindu kingship, to
commemorate the visit to India of his
Imperial Majesty the Hing -Emperor.
Sometimes animals and birds have
received decorations for conspicuous
services,
A French army carrier pigeon
which died recently had been decor-
ated with the "Military Ring" for its
services in carrying messages
through the battle zone in the great
war.
It was stuffed and preserved in a
war museum, its services being re-
corded on a pamphlet accompanying
the decoration.
The, picturesquely named Japanese
Order of the Rising Sun was institut-
ed in 1875 as a reward for militate'
and civil services.
The white ribbon, with red border
that holds in place tee flaming rod
sun and its thirty-two white rays con-
stitutes a romantic badge of the
Orient that only a few white men are
privileged to wear.
The Order of St, Michael and St
George, often known as the "Monkey
and the Goat," is a great bond of
Empire, rewarding, as it does, many
who have endured exile, bad health,
and floor pay in Britain's outposts of
Empire. •
Four years ago the Soviet Govern-
ment issued a new order—the Iced
Half -Moon, to be bestowed on Asiatic
politicians who promote friendship
between Asia and the Soviet by their
tactful services.
AN AMAZING POSSIBILITY.
Grandchildren May Store Winter's
Fuel Supply In a Thimble.
Our grandchildren may store their
whole winter's supply of fuel in a
thimble. To -day even our most effi-
cient heating systems and our best
machinery waste 99.9999999 per
cent, of the fuel they use. Nature
knows how to matte the fullest use
of fuel, but this is one of the secrets
that science has not yet wrested frcm
her.
Every day the sun gives out light
weighing 300,000 tons. Yet he Inas
been doing this for millions of years,
and will go on doing,it for millions
more. If the sun produced light as
wastefully as we do, he would hate
become a burnt-out cinder long ago.
Speaking the other day at the
World's Power Conference, in Berlin,
Sur Arthur Eddingtoll Bare an indi-
cation of what might happen when
man had discovered the secret of sur
atomic energy. Then a teacup cone'
contain the whole of the fuel requir-
ed to run the largest power ata5ien
for a year. The world's biggest liner
could voyage net top speed across the
Atlantic and back again by consum-
ing a piece of coal the size of a
currant.
It is believed, remarks an Old
Country newspaper, that we may Pos-
sibly tap this mighty energy if we
can find a way to produce tempera-
turdg oe wow
now -es Wfar aterexceeballs
inat 10t1r0sdegreeseakncon•
tigrade, and the temperature et
white-hot steel is between 2,000 de-
grees and 3,000 degrees, At tho Ctr-
endisl Laboratory a temperate.":.
near 1,000,000 degrees has atread;
been reached, but to release sun -
atomic energy something like 40,-
000,000 degrees may be necess,.ry.
If this can be done it is au aston-
ishing thought that the end of the
world may be postponed by man him-
self. Even if the sun burns out air:
ceases to give heat and light, 110 may
be able to produce sun -atomic energy
and prolong tbo existence of the
world from a matter of millions to
billions of years.
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ANOTHER LEANING' TOWER.
Cower of 01d Church at St. Moritz
Has Pronounced Slant.
While the Leaning Tower of Pisa
is the most famous "monument" of
Lts kind in the world, it isn't the only
one. St. Moritz, where devotees of
winter sports gather, can boast of a
leaning tower of its own.
One of the sights of this beautiful-
ly situated Swiss village, now cele-
brated all over the globe, is the tow-
er of the old church, which has a very
pronounced slant. It, dates from
1h7$, and is the only part of the old
church that is now standing.
The most famous toboggan run in
the world, the Cresta, is one of the
hie; attractions of St. Moritz. It le
three-quarters pi a mile long, and
the distance has been covered in fir-
Lr-niue seconds, or at very nearly the
speed of an express train,
Then there is the stating. Some
of the finest skating in the world can
be seen at St. Moritz, and tho pine'
would be worth visiting for that
?love-
Bioaad Arrow Symbol.
The ",broad arrow," used as a, dis-
tanguishing mark on Government pro-
perty, was the "cognisance" or her-
aldic symbol' of Henry, 'Viscount Sid-
ney, who was Master -General of the
Ordnance. from 1393 to 1703, In
time it came to be used byother,
Government departments besides the
Ordnance Board (now the War Of-
fice), with which. it was first associat-
ed. Curiously enough, the "broad
arrow" was a symbol of power and
authority among the ancient Druids.
Home roe U. 5, Embassy.
The United States Government Ilan
bought Blucher Palace, on Cuter der
Linden; Berlin, to house the U. S.
essbassy. -
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MANURE AND CLOVER
CHEAPEST METHODS 00' RESTOR-
ING NITROGEN TO SOIL.
Fertilizer Formula Defined—Import-
ance of Thoroughly Examining
Land Before Purchasing.
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto.)
High fertility should be maintain-
ed in the most economical way pos-
sible, and full use made of all factors
that have a bearing on profit, Nitro-
gen should be secured by the growth
of. legumes and the use of manure,
though, in certain special oases it is
necessary to buy nitrogen. This is
especially true on very high priced
land. But even there, rotation with
legumes, grown for hay or green.
manure, is often important to reduce
the trouble with plant diseases, such
as blight and scab in potatoes. Lime
and often phosphate is frequently
needed to secure the best growth of
the legume; but those elements• be-
come available to the special crop
through the decgmpositlon of the d'a-
ble or green manure and then serve
a double purpose. The general fer-
tility of the farm should be kept up
by the grooving of legumes', the use
of stable manures and the use of sue/
supplemental chemicals as the parti-
cular soil may need to give maximum
legume crops.
Fertilizer Formula.
Nitrogen, in .a fertilizer formula is
expressed as ammonia. phosphorous
as phosphoric, acid, and potassium as
potash. For instance, a 3-12-6 for.
tilizer mixture contains 3 per cent.
ammonia, 12 per cent. phosphorite
acid and six per cent. potash, A unfit
of plant food is 1 per cent. or 21
pounds per ton. Thus a ton of 3-12-8
contains 3 units of ammonia, 12 units
of ammonia, 12 units of phosphorio
acid, and 6 units of potash, or 60
pounds of ammonia, 240 pounds of
phosphoric acid and 120 pounds of
potash,—L, Stevenson, Dept. of Ex.
tension, 0. A. College,
Do You Know Your Land.
The most reliable and economical
method of securing information con-
cerning the soil of a certain farm
can be secured by the taking of a
systematic series of borings over the
entire property. Such borings will
.show the soil variations and be a gen-
eral guide to the value of the tract
as a producing farm.- The taking of
soil borings may seem like a tot of
work, but it is well worth while even
if it takes a day; which is surely a
short time when we consider that the
purcnase of a farm may tie up a
man and his family for life. Better
to
laterknow. sometLing of the soil under-
neath, before handing over the pur-
chase price and then regretting it
An auger adapted for,, soil borings
can be made from an ordinary car-
penter's Standard wood bit, by weld-
ing a six-foot extension on and then.
removing the gimlet point, cutting
lugs, and then ash tailing the end of
the worm.
Over wet sells, high water tables
and the need for artileeal drainage
San bo readily determined with the
sol! auger. A study of locatiutrs for
farm structures, wells, pit slots, etc.,
can also be made by below surface
borings, with but little effort, and
mistakes in location prevented,.
It is well worth while investigating
the sub -soil; it frequently is not as
uniform 11,11 the''surfaoe, may change
in character quite suddenly and give
quite it different yahoo to the surface
soil on which various crops are
grown. Some soils are better than
others, due to the differences in sub -
0011.
Iu boring a note with a soil auger;
the surface trash and loose soil are
first removed, then set the auger and
twist down for six inches, withdraw
and remove soil. Go down the depth
desired, not attempting to lift more,.
than six inches of soil at a time, Lay
the borings out in the order that
suchwere removed in order that a •
record niay be kept of the various
soil changes, With the knowledge
gained from. a localized soli survey
the tarn luan:eer can plan the crop
rotations and soil management to
advantage and avoid needless nets -
takes olio their Losses. -L, Steven
son, Dept, of 'E .tension, 0. A. College.