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The Seaforth News, 1934-11-29, Page 3THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS STEADY PROGRESS. During the last year or more no publication has shown ni'ore remark- able strides in the matter ,of increased 'cincul'ation than has the Family Her- lald and Weekly Star. This is not strange .for it is evident that in times of stress people are prone to cut down on the .number of variety of maga- zines and papers corning into their (home and they .find in the Family .Herald and Weekly ,Stam, a paper •wlh!iclh, at $100. per year, gives them every ,variety of reading, for old and young, all combined in this one pub- lication. Every issue overflows with practical 'farming ideas, up -oto -the - minute art.ioles, short stories together with a weekly newspaper section which rounds out a .feast 'of Tea -ding without com'p'are, Truly it has been well said that the Family Herald .and Weekly Star is the best for the least. SELECTION OF PEA AND BE'A'N SEED (Experimental Farms :Note) tin the 'field of betterseed produc- tion the real basis of selection starts with the choicest seed that is obtain- able, not merely bin selected seed, but the progeny of individual plants that have been grown under carelfud ob- servation. The progenies from each of these several selections, o'b.served for variation in the plants, diseases and any undesirable elrarIcters should then be selected, so as to insure hav- ing the plants, pods and seeds as much alike as possible. To produce seed of the 'highest grade one must observe these methods and when the progeny of pea or bean plants prove to be of a .relatively close range of variation and free front undesirable characters, this stock seed should be used for multiplication, The multi-. plied progeny of such selection work will proyc the real value of what is intended to be looked upon as the best seed. Growers should continue to select ' 'sehe seed from choice plants and mud- tiply this in small plots where the most careful observations can be made of every plant. Hand selection o'f a -genuinely well bred strain of peas or beans will then be useful and the real value of this work will become apparent to those who have never before undertaken this method of plant improvement. Another feature of this is, that seed of the best character will easily sell many bushels more of the same seed through the profitable returns obtain- ed by the growers. .It was Pliny the elder , who said "Sow good seed" and his advice to the ancient growers is good advice to .the present day tillers of the soil, Persian Balm is irresistibly appeal- ing to all women who appreciate 'charm and elegance: Sts use keeps the complexion always clear and -beautiful. Tonic in effect. ;Stimulates the skin and makes it wonderfully soft -textured. 'Softens and whitens the hands, (Persian Basin is equally - invaluable to men as an excellent hair ;fixative and cooling shaving lotion. 'Splendid also to protect the tender skin of the child. VERIFICATION WORK . CANOEIST'S SAD STORY That good seed is required to pro- duce good crops is axiomatic. In C'an-' ada today many agencies contribute: in providing such seed, the leading otic being the Canadian Seed 'Grow- ers' Association, In this undertaking, however, the Association rece'iver's very direct and substantial assistance from the •varioo's Federal and Provincial 1D•opartan'ents of Agriculture, _Algricul- tural rCollege0 and Experimental Barnes. scrawled acrofss its inside cover. The highest 'class of seed produced The "Pride of Peterborough" was in Canada is known as Elite Stoclt the slight canoe in whioh john Smith seed, prom this seed all registered hoped to paddle from Peterborough seed must originate. IIt is 'im'perative to Peterborough, from Ontario to therefore that the' high standard of the England. 'Ever 'tines a battered body Elite Stock seed be maintained and to was picked up at 'Long Point, Port an insure this, growing tests are conduct - Port, Newfoundland, ,Sept, 6, his fam- ed periodically in small plots at the ily re'fri'ed to believe him dead, The Central Experimental Farni, Ottawa, body was clad in a rubber safety suit and on the "Branch Farms in the sev- ,wlrioh Smith did not possess when he eral provinces. Two pound samples left home. But one entry in the'.log are sent to the secretary of the Asso- alispelled doubt: 'elation who nunobers the samples, di Jttly 17—Left Rockeliffe 'Hall. Was vides them and 'end's one half to the saluted by whistle, Heavy gale from !Cereal ID'ivilsion, in :the.case of cereals, astern. Put on and wore !safer suit to the Forage Plants Division in the y donated by Captain Bowen. Kept very case of forage crops and grasses, and ,dry and coirrfortable in it" to the Horticultural Division in the 'T'he'Rockcliffe Hall was a vessel ire case of vegetables, and the other (half had boarded lin the broad reaches of in each case to the Experimental farm the lower St, Lawrence the previous A tin can came to the 'Smiths of Teterboro and brought 'with it con- firmation of tragedy bright with cour- age. Found on t'he shore of 'Red. Bay, Newfauudl'and, it contained the blurr- ed pages o!f a notebook '214 -year-old Jo•hn:Smit'h bought 'at a stationery store just before he set out last June nS Oar a journey designed to finish in !fare and which ended in dea't'h. `SLog Of the IRrido of 'Peterborou'gh" was in the 'Province of origin, night. • These samples are sown in rod -row A matter-of-fact record of the days plots and very careful examination ism s and nights spent in negotiating the in - made of the plants continuously ffromland waters to the sweep of the gulf heading to harvest. Any off type heads is included in the log. The can, sent or plants are marked and at harvest by Newfoundland Wreck Coninliss- time these are harvested and given a loner A. IB. Harding, also containedeery critical examination in the labor- .five emergency flares, two of which atory. A report of the imptfrities is had been burned. then sent to the Secretary of the As - Smith dismissed casually his pas- sociation who decided whether a cer- sage of the St. Lawrence rapids. His tificate of purity is to be issued or not conquest for each individual Seed Stock. icled in canoeist in'history to run The care taken in verifying Elite was the of the Long 'Sault is chron- eighteen words, although he first down the north channel and live: "June 1215, 9 awn.: left for Cornwall. Weather fine. Came through Long Sault rapids, Took worst channel. Took in three inches 01 water after turning around twice.' 'Recording his shooting of turbulent split Rock Falls, he wrote the next day: ",Kept too far out and got in worst channel. Even worse than Long Sault Shipped three inches of water." IOW the last day of :June Smith took time out to make a rescue attempt. That was near Three Rivers. "Arrived one and a half minutes after a 12 -year- old boy went under for the third time. Dove in and combed forty feet square, but owing to being mis-in- fonmed as to where he went under, was unable to save him," '.Che east entry is dated July 19. On lJuly 20 Smith set out to cross the gulf and was never seen alive again. A red canvas -covered canoe, token -of tragedy, returned 'to'Peterboro, Ont. When it left Peterboro last Jane it was paddled by youthful John :Smithwho planned to paddle it across the 'Atlantic to IPeterboro, England, But the canoeist lost his life in a storm in the .Gulf -of St. Lawrence a month af- ter starting his adventure. Stocks during the past few years is reflected in the high degree of purity revealed by the tests conducted by the Cereal Division during the (past season A London magistrate declares that a husband should be master in his own house, or know the reason why. Most husbands know the reason why. When the young husband. reached "home from the office he found his wife in tears. "Oh, 'John!" she sobbed on his shoulder, "I had -a lovely cake, and I put it oat on the 'back porch for the frosting to dny, and the dog ate it 1" "Well, don't cry about it, sweet- heart," he consoled, patting the pret- ty flushed cheek, "I know a man who will give us another dog!" 'Happiness," declaimed the phil- osopher, "is the pursuit of something, not the catching of it." 'Have you ever," interrupted the plain. citizen, "chased the last car on a rainy night?" Tourist (to Canadian Northwest Indian): "White ,man glad to see red man. White man hopes big chief is feeling top -hole this morning," 'Indian (calling): "Hey, Jake; come here and listen to this bozo. He's area t.'n Want and For Sale ads, 1 week 25c, "Every time I have an argument with my girl friend, I enter it in a small diary," • "Oh, I see. You keep a scrapbook." PAGE THREE. MAN'S GREATEST ALLY All of us, 'without exception, live on islands. IBut some of these islands on our planet are so 'much larger than the others, that we have decided to let them belong to a class of their awn and have called them "continents," A continent, therefore, is an island which 'contains or holds together more territory than just an ordinary island'. like Britain or 'Madagascar or Man- hattan. B'et there are no hard and fast, males, America and Asia and Africa being the biggest continuous pieces 0,1 land are continents by right of their' enormous size Europe, which to the astronomers of the planet Mars undoubtedly looks like a penfdnsela of Asia has always insisted on being a continent by itself, The Australians would undoubtedly be annoyed if any one dared to sug- gest that their island was not really' big enough and had not enough in- habitants to be ranked among the con- tinents. Therefore, the generally ac- cepted divisions are the five continents Asia, America, Africa, Europe, and, 'Australia.. 'Asia is roughly four and a -half times as large as Europe, America. four tines as large, Africa three times, while Australia is a few thwndred thou- sand square miles smaller. Asia and America and Africa therefore •ought to be placed before Europe in a hand- book on geography; but if we do not merely pay attention to size but also consider the role any given part of the world has played in the historical development of the entire planet, we roust begin with Europe, , As soon as you look at a ,map you will ,notice that the European penin- sula, hounded by the Arctic -Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and the Med- iterranean Sea, is situated right in the heart of that part of the world which contains the greatest amount of land. That was advantage number one which Europe enjoyed; but there were others. Asia might be about five times as large as Europe but while one-quarter of all its land is too hot for comfort, another quarter is situated in such close proximity to the North Pole that no one but a reindeer or a polar bear would choose it as a permanent place of residence. There again Europe scored, for it enjoyed certain advantages which none of the other continents did. Europe has a greater proportion of peninsulas and gulfs, bays, and inlets than any other continent. The result of such a ,large extent of water touch- ing almost every part of the mainland is -a very moderate climate. That .means that the winters are not too cold and the summers are not too hot. (Life is neither too easy nor too diffi- cult, so that man becomes neither a loafer ,(as he dges in Africa) nor a beast of burden (as he does in Asia) but is able to mix work and leisure in a more agreeable and useful propor- tion than anywhere else. ilt was not only the climate, how- ever, that helped 'Europeans to make themselves mastere .,1 the greater part of our planet. Their geological background was another point in their favor, This, of cour,e, was a mere accident for which', u t Check Books • We lire Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All. styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, they deserve no personal credit, i$ut just the same, they plucked tli fruit of all those colossal volcanic er uptione and those gigantic glacial in vaslions and those catastrophic flood which had made their continent 'w'ha it was. 'These events placed their mount ains where they could most easily b turned into national frontiers, an tirade their rivers flow in such a wa that practically every part of the int erior enjoyed direct com'municatio- with the sea, a most 'important poin for the development of tra-de and coin coerce 'before the invention of the rail way and the eno-tor-car. The (Pyrenees -became the natura frontier. of Spain and .Por'tu'gal. Tb Alps :performed a similar service fo II ta'ly. 'he Great Plain of Western Franc lay hidden behiiid the Ceyennes, th Jura and the Vosges mountains. 'Td Car'p'athiani acted as a bulwark whic separated 'Hungary from the vas plains of 'Russia, The Austrian Empire which playe Stich an'impo'rtant part in the histor of the last 8`00 years, consisted, rough ly speaking, of a circular plain- sit rounded by difficult mountain range which protected it against its neigh bons. Without this harrier 'Austria wou-1 never have existed so long as itdid. 'But these 'natural advantages alon would not have been enou'g'h to wile this tiny corner of theworld to for it over ally its neighbors. The ingenuity of the inhabitants ba to lend a 'hanel. Their mathematics and• their astron ony and trigonometry taught then bow to sail the Seven Seas with reasonable assurance of being able t return whence they had come. Their interest in chemistry provid ed them with an internal cornbustio machine (that queer motor called "gun") by means of which they coal kill other human beings and animal faster and more accurately than an other 11501011 or tribe had ever bee able to do. Their pursuit of medicine taugh them how to make themselves com paratively immune against a variety o cliseases which hitherto had kep whole regions of the earth in a state o chronic depopulation, And finally the comparative povert of'great tracts of their own soil :(poo when compared to the plains of th Ganges or the mountain -ranges o lJava) and the everlasting necessity • living rather "carefully" had gradua ly developed such deep-seated habi of thrift and greed that European would go to any extreme in order t acquire the wealth without whic their neighbors regarded and s'corne them as regrettable failures. The introduction of that mysteriou instrument known as the compas made them independent of the eburs tower and the familiar coast line an allowed them do roam at will. The people of Europe were able t leave their little inland seas, the Med iterranean and the North .Sea and th ;Baltic and to make the gigantic At lantic the highroad for their furthe exploits of a commercial and militar_ character. Then at last they were able to mak the fullest possible use of the fortun ate incident which had placed thci continent right in the heart of tit grease -t amount of land on our pian et. They maintained this advantage fo n:ore than 5110 years. The stcante succeeded the sailing vessel, but sinc trade has always been a matter o cheap modee of communication, Eur ope was able to continue at the head of the procession. .And those military authors :have been right whomaintained that the nation with the biggest navy was also the nation that could dictate its wit to the rest of the world. lin obedience to this law, the Norse men had been succeeded by Venice and Genoa, and. Venice and Genoa -by Portugal. Portugal, as a world power, had been succeeded by Spain, and Spain by Holland, and ,Holland by England because each country in turn -had had the largest number of battleships, To -day, however, the sea is rapidly loenng its former importance. The ocean as a highroad for com- merce is being succeeder] by the air. .The son of a' Genoese wool merch- ant changed the course sof history by discovering the Unlimited possibilities of the ocean, The owners of a simple bicycle ,re- pair shop on the outskirts 'of Dayton, Ohio, did the same for the air. IAs a result the children of a thous- and years -hence .m ay never have /heard of Christopher :Columbus, .but they will be. familiar with the navies of Wilbur and Orville Wright, e of 1- te u h 1 s e "And now 'how for is your from the station? " "Only a five-minute walk '1 Tun," house T.011. Want and For Sale ads, 1 week 25e TiHE BEEKEPERS' HOLIDAY .(tExperim•curtal IParm-s Note) lApiary work is finished, the bees have been 'fed and snugly packed away in their winter quarters and .will 'squire no 'further attention until next spring, therefore, unless engagedin. in some other full time pursuit, the beekeeper will 'have cons id;erab1e spare time, at his disposal for the ;next four or live months. This :time, holw- eve'r, should not be wasted for there are anany ways in which it can be pro fttably expended, C'o'nventions and short courses are the order of the day during the fall and winter months, and. every beekeeper would be well advis- ed to attend as many gatherings -as possible, for 1110 matter bow (good a beekeeper one -may he, new ideas are always available at elect meetings, It may sometimes be tiresome to sit and listen to official addresses, bat the friendly and open discussions that us- ually follow such addresses are ex- tremely valuab:le and many a prolfit- able idea is 'picked up 'from then. There will be meetings of the local organizations and onie can help to make such organizations useful and successful by attending. Then there wall be the .lProvintcial Association conventions w'h'ich are important be- cause problems affecting the beekeep- ing industry of the whole province in which One dives are discussed. iSonie of the ;Agricultural Colleges provide short courses w'hi'ch are especially val- uable to beginners, but the profession- al beekeepers may also be benefited by attending. On: December 717, a great International 'Congress of Beekeepers is to be held at Valdosta, Georgia. It promises to be one of the greatest beekeepers' conventions ever held in America, and all who possibly can do so should make an attempt to be pre- eent. Conventions and meetings, how- ever, wild not fill all the spare time, but there is an abundance of valuable and interesting literature available, and many a profitable hour can be spent with books, bulletins or journ- ale that were perhaps cast aside un- read during the rush of the summer months. Aside from conventions, short course., etc., one should not overlook the fact that the slack period of win- ter also offers an -excellent opportun- ity of putting all equipment into work- ing condition before the active sea- son of 11936 begins. Why Burn Straw Stacks ? When with the use of suitable che- micals they can he converted into manure the question "Why burn straw stacks ?" is really pertinent. ;Straw is worth -something more than as bedding material, and not the least valuable is its use for the making of artificial manure, The use of 100 pounds of ammonium sulphate and 100 lbs. of lime to each ton of straw, and this thoroughly soaked with wat- er produces at-er.produces a manure of distinct fertil- izer value. Fran three to six months are required for the organic changes to become effective and the resultant substance (has much of the appearance and practically the same value as barnyard manure. Cost of Producing Corn Silage In a year like the present when flay is scarce and dear, corn silage is of more value than ever in supplying rough hay. At the Central Experi- :n-::t:il Farm, Ottawa, this year the yield of corn averaged 19.3 tons per acre. The cost of growing and ensil- ing this crop amounted to $411.7,4 per acre, or $2,20 per ton. On the basis of 37'5 pounds of corn silage being equivalent in feeding value to 1011 pounds of day, at present .prices of hay, silage has a value of over 43 per ton. Therefore, this crop produced a large volume of feed at a substantial profit per acre. He had been in the hospital seven weeks, but in all that 'time :no one. had succeeded in winning even the faintest smile from the little ,fellow. Perhaps the sorrows of -Russia were still too vivid a memory. And then one d'ay the nurse tickled him play- fully under the chin. Ile looked sip with a pitiful little smile. "Oh, so you are ticklish," said the nurse, laughing, "No, ma'am," he replied, the smile instantly vanishing, "I'ni Yiddish." ':Stranger 'Znaa zum, no'w you. have rot my chin a second timel Ill you can't shave better than that you «cif lose :all your customers pretty qu'ick.'t !Barber's Apprentice—"Not at all I am not allowed to shave the regular customers yet. J only shave the strangers." Keep Dangles' Egyptian Liniment always in the stable, ready for imme- diate use, •Removes proud flesh and inflammation, Thrush or Hoof R'•r oainful and irritating. Remove them quickly and surely with Douglas Egyptian Liniment.