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The Seaforth News, 1930-09-11, Page 3it I k, u .'Ontario Agricultural College Reports on Autumn Sown Crops By W. J. Squirrel!, Pro0essor•of Field Husbandry. Extremely dry weather during the latter part of August and the month of September was responsible for con- siderable decrease in the area of win- ter wheat sown . in Ontario in 1929. Winter killing„ although severe in some districts, seems to have been about average for the province, Grow- ing conditions since early spring have been excellent and winter crops were harvested under exceptionally good conditions. Very slight damage was caused this year by either hessian Fly or rust. More damage than: usual, however, was ,occasioned by the 'pre. ' sante of barren spilcelets 0T' the benne of winter wheat. Yield and quality of autunui sown crops in the experiments at the Col- lege were exceptionally good in the •crop harvested in 1930. Yields per acre in the varee y tests of winter wheat were greater than for several years. "Winter Wlteat—Varieties.—A total of more than 300 varieties, Hybrids, .and plant selected strains have been under tests at the Ontario Agrtcul lural College for a period of five years or more. The Dawson's Golden Chaff (O.A,C. 61) and the O.A.C. No.1104 stili' continue to be the 'two leading varieties of winter wheat under test ,at Guelph. In the average of the last •eleven years, the Dawson's Golden Chaff (O.A.C. 61) produced a yield per •acre of 65.4 bushels per annum and the O.A.C. No. 104 of 63.0 bushels of grain per acre per annum. The higlt- •est yielding variety of red gralued win- ter wheat to the experiments, which was the Imperial Amber (O,A.C. 92), prodced an average yield of 57.2 bush - .els per acre. It will be noted that this variety produced on an average for the eleven year period 5.8 bushels less per acre than the O.A.C. No. 104 variety. The Dawson's Golden Chaff .and O.A.C. No. 104 varieties of winter wheat are grown on more than 80 per •cent. of the winter wheat land of the Province of Ontario. Winter Wheat—Rotation.—In rota- tion experiments conducted at the On- tario Agricultural College, the best re- sults were obtained whenwinter wheat followed clover sod, alfalfa, •sweet clover, field peas. or was sown on a summer fallow. Only fair results were.obtained when winter wheat was :sown following buckwheat or timothy .sod. Winter Wheat—Soil Preparation.— Wiuter wheat laud should be plowed immediately after the previous crop has been removed. This crop requires afirm mellow seed bed, which oan only be obtained when preparation starts several weeks before seeding. Winter Wheat—Selection of Seed.— The eed-The results of many carefully .cou- ducted tests at the Ontario Agricule tural College definitely show that large, plump; sound seed, ie the only selection which produces maximum yields and the best quality of crop. Winter Wheat—Dates of Seeding.— The largest yield aiid the beet quality of winter wheat resulted when winter wheat was sown not earlier than'.Aug- ust 23t1 and not 'later titian September 10th. When winter wheat Wase sown as late as September 30th the final yield of the crop was reduced almost one-half. Winter Wheat—Rates of Seeding.— In the average results of au experiment conducted for a period of nine years it was found that there was very lit- tle difference is the yield Per acre from sowing one and three-quarters and two bushels et seed per acre. These two quantities hero mentioned produced a greater yield per acre than any other rate of seeding. Winter Rye.—Five varieties of win- ter rye have been under test at the Ontario Agricultural College in each 00: the last thirteen years. The high- est yields of grain per acre were pro- duced. by the New Invincible and the Boson varieties.' The New Invincible surpassed the common variety in yield of grain per acre by 7.4 bushels for the average of the thirteen year period. Winter Barley.—Two varieties of winter barley have been under test at the College in each of the last twenty - throe years, the Tennessee winter bar- ley producing an average yield for the period of 44,3 bushels of grain per acre. ' Winter barley is much more subject to injury through winter kill- ing than either winter -wheat or winter rye. Winter Emmer.—Black Winter Em- mer produced an average yield for the last tweuty-two year period of 25.18 bushels of grain per acre. In a number of seasons this crop almost completely winter killed. Winter or hah'y Vetches.—Winter killing and hot summer conditions were responsible for very low yields of this crop in 1930. In the average of twenty-six years' tests, Ilairy Vetches produced au average yield 00 10.02 bushels of grain per acre. Farmers who wish to obtain selected seed for co-operative experiments with outstanding varieties of winter wheat and other autumn sown crops may ob- tain this material, free of charge, by writing the Department of Field Hus- bandry, Ontario Agricultural -College, BOOKS Writers and Readers Introducing a new weekly column wherein will be discussed books of the moment, comments made on new writers and a general survey made o the World of Fiction. The Pulitizer Prize Novel "Laugh- ing Boy," by Oliver La Fargo (Hough- ton, Mifflin. Company) $2.50, heads the list this week, From the moment "Laughing Boy" comes riding over the, 'desert to attend the ceremonial dance at The Lane the attention of the read-� er is caught., The White Man's in- fluence over the Indian race is subtly portrayed through the meeting 001 Laughing Boy and Slim Girl. Well For the non-fiction reader, nothing more delightful can be offered than 'The Story of San Michele," by Axel Menthe (E. P. Dutton & Co.), $3.75. This entertaining autobiography of a successful doctor continues to head most of the non-fiction best-seller lists. It Is described by critics as "the most fascinating book of the year." Egyptian Portrait, by C. W, Grundy (J. M. Dent & Son,' Ltd.), Toronto. Politics vs. Romance A well -told story of modern Egypt. The action centres around one Ahmed Faroulti, a young boy peddler, who by a stroke of good luck becomes a ser- vant in an English household, which leads him into the path of knowledge. His first love affair (simply and real- istically told) follows swiftly with a young Greek -Egyptian .girl His es- cape from the lure of Cairo night life to. Oxford, where he meets and mar- ries an English girl and the final chap- ters of the book are told in an adroit and sympathetic manner of his strug- gle between the love he bears for his English wife and love of country, Mystery and Romance The Solver of Mysteries and Other Stories. By Robert Henry Todd, .(Brampton, Ont., Charters Pub. Co.) This is a book of intensely interest- ing short stories on various themes; but dealing chiefly with that section of society that is known as the under- world. The author has eudeavored to iuject the elements of thrill and sus- pense into his writings, and in this he has succeeded to a marked degree. The plots of the stories 'are unusual and fresh, and those interested in de- tective and mystery stories will find enjoyable reading lu•this boolc. As well as mystery and detective stories, the boolc contains stories of. romance and huator. The Six Best Sailers The following books are reported as being most in demand during the last month: Fiction CIMARRON, by Edna Ferber. (Dott- bleday, Doran). Pioneer women and boom days in Oklahoma. THE SCARAB MURDER CASE, by S. S. Vau Dine, (Scribuers). Philo Vance unravels another mystery. ROGUE HERRIDS, by Hugh Wal- pole. (Doubleday, Doran). The futile life of a neer do well. CHANCES, by A Hamilton Gibbs (Little, Brown). Brotherly affection withstands the strain of a rivalry in love. THE SHEPHERD OF GUADA. LOUPE, by Zane Grey. (Harper). A Western feud interferes with the course of true love. Non-Fictlon THE STRANGE DEATH OF PRES- IDENT HARDING, by Gaston B. Means and May Dixon Thacker. (Guild Publishing Company). Lurid "revela- tions." BYRON, by Andre Maurois. (Ap- pleton), The personal romance of the figurehead of Romanticism, THE GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF VICTORY, by Jacques Otemenceau (Harcourt,•Brace). Last words of the Tiger on the peace and the war. THE GREEN PASTURES,,by Mare Connelly. (Farrar & Rinehart). A GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS FIRST CANADIAN HEALTH UNIT This picture was taken when Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Willingdon visited the Couuty Health Unit in Beauceville, Quebec. This Health Unit was the first to be formed In Canada and has been operating on full time for a number of years with great benefit to the surrounding communities. A. motion was made in the House of Commons during the last session asking the Canadian Government to consider subsidizing these small full- time medical health departments in rural communities from coast to coast. Negro miracle play, founded on Roark Bradford's "01' Man Adam and His Ohillun•" THE ADAMS FAMILY, by James Truslow Adams (Little, Brown). A study of character, heredity and politi cal environment. THE STORY Ole PHILOSOPHY, by Will Durant. (Simon & Schuster. In the dollar -edition. "I ant surprised that you think of marrying the chump; he is a titan of no forethought." "Well, I don't like these fellows who stop to ask if they inay kiss you.' Live and Let Live They were bowling merrily through the little country hamlets iu their two seater car. I•iis wife suddenly carate over all Poetical, "Darling," she .murmured, breathing in large portions of the fresh air, "one feels as we sail through the country that lite is really worth living, atter all." "Yes," he replied, without taking his eyee off the road; "and the way the pedestrians are dodging out of our way they must feel the same."—Answers. • • Wrong Station Father was tuning in the wireless set when suddenly he gave a howl of pain. "What ever's happened?" asked his wife. "I believe I'm getting lumbago," he replied. His wife smiled contemptuously. "What ever's the use of that?" she replied. "You'll never be able to un- derstand what they are saying;'—Ans- wers. Canadian Industry Lindbergh Urges Shows Increase Universal Air Code Canadian industry is steadily ad- Says Present: Aircraft Cannot vanoing in productiveness. In: this � Compete With. Ships and ' statement the word industry is usedin its widest acceptance ,and includes in Railways Its scope not only manufactures, but' "Impossible to devote too much ate: agriculture and other productive teirtion to overcoming obstacles to in operations. Measurement of the pro' tereational fyiugl" grecs of industry In this .reuse is one , So speaks Lindbergh, "aviation coon of the diflicult.prohlems of the Practi-' sel to the world," of what is utost caleide of statistics, but' Severns meth- needed for development of air travel ods are known which are suifielently and commerce in the shrinking dosl actuate for most Purposes. One of lances around our globe. these is the al pro emeut of the, gross; His plea for securing a •uniform and net annual production of the coon- standard of regulations for interna - try. Of these two, the net production Lionel tlyertr by all nations is wee. is the more accurate indication of core coined by au overwhelming chortle of (Mims, as it contains fewer duplica- i press approval. tions than does the gross, though each "Land boundaries mean nothing to is useful for certain purposes. I a bird," says the I-Iartford Times; The not value of Canadian produce thea' s'.nould menu vaulting to' Use bird - tion was greater.in 1928 than Its any � matt": other year on record. It was 6.5 per ,,There is to a large degree the cent, greater than in 1927, and about natural freedom to flying that 14 per cent. greater bran iu ; there Is to radio. Both are borne on which year held third place iu :the 10-1920tine wings of the air. Each is man's year period. Compared with the year successful attempt to release himself immediately following the record of of Ute limitations of time and place, Prices in 1920, the increase in the net Lindbergh is right in stressing the, value of Canadian production up to point that artificial barriers. have'no 1028 was 53 per cent., while in the place in this achievement of flying." same seven years the increase in gross Concerning the airplane's Place is production was 44 per cent. The net transportation and communication; value of commodities produced in Colonel Lindbergh "does not suffer Canada during 1928 was $4,190,509,- from the delusions that beset so many 000. This amount compares with $3,- dreamers and air enthusiasts," 01)- 936,186,000 in 1928 and 03,640,356,000 serves the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in 1926. which continues; These estimates just quoted do not, "Unless some radical scientific die - which however measure the full production Foreign Legion. No Longer er of wealth within the Dominion in the °every revolutionizes our present air ' dr �! Men craft, he says, they can not compete Refuge ffi" •ek' Wanted Men' years mentioned. They represent the with ships and railroads in the move - wealth produced by those engaged in meat of most articles , of commerce• Sidi Bel Abbes.—Tile French For- eign Legion, famed Iiatte.liou of. home- less men who sign up for seven years of hard living in the sandy edges of the Sahara, is am longer the safe asylum to -day for men Suet a step ahead of the police. Iu principle, the Foreign Legion is still inviolate, but in actual fact, the French police have access to the en- listment records and officials of the famed Surete Generale admit that mill, they are finger printed and note they search among the Legionnaires is taken of unusual tattooing or other when certain criminals are hunted, distinctive signs. These records are but that it is done prudently and available to police and they furnish cautiously. many interesting Made, but they are Officers of the Legion have been available only to French police and making a special effort to clear that the Legion otherwise guards its re - battalion of the name of beteg com- crusts from the prying; eyes of Scot- posed cotposed of mystery men, most of whom land Yard, New York, Berlin and other joined up to bury a criminal past. The foreign police. Legion, they contend, is made up of The Spanish Legion is hardly a safe unhappy men, worsted in a love duel, refuge, where men can drop their real and dare -devil youths who join up to Identity and take on a cloak of anopy- satisfy ,their craving for excitement, mity. The ;immediate Ruling in the but no more criminals titan any other Spanish Legion of Laureano De Vii- corresponding body of risen. lanueva, rich Venezuelan bank official There was a time when a policeman i who disappeared front Paris leaving did not dare step past the gates of the financial chaos in his wake, shows Legion recruiting barracks here at just how poor the asylum Is. Sidi -Bel -eines. Uniformed police still I The third day police sought the stay away, but detectives use all the young Venezuelan, they had already. strategy of their kind to find their traced hint to the Spanish Legion. A men among the rercuits. week later a detective sent to Morocco Recently a detective was unrolled as had. confirmed the identification. a recruit, For weeks he followed his ntau, made friends, got his prey tack- ing over a bottle and finally made his arrest. Recruits are not compelled to g'I'.41 their navies and homes when enrolling in the legion. They can give a num- ber, or make up any uame they want. They do not even have to state their true nationality and need show no passports. But in going through the recruiting Iagriculture, forestry, fisheries, trap - Chinese Civil War Puzzles Outsiders Chinese civil war is waged accord- ing.to its own peculiar rules, and is be- wildering to any outsider who at- tempts to follow it. For nearly twenty years past those who have had to con- fess onfess themselves most contused have been the Accidental military experts on the spot. They have painstakingly watched developments from the first tedious interchange of veiled chal- lenges to the final debacle. They check up carefully the numbers, equip- ment, supplies, financial resources and strategic advantages of the opposing forces, weigh these ponderables against one another, and work out the probable result according to Occident- al rules of wet. On the other hand, Chinese politi- cians in their night -long pow -wows up- on. the same theme, ignore everything that interests tate alien strategist and study the imponderables with minute attention, They go over all the Gen- erals on both sides who have grudges against their superiors and might de- sert to the enemy. They catalogue the family relations and early school- time alltllatlons between opposing of- ficers, well knowing that personal ties mean more to Chinese than the most flamboyantly advertised "cause." They keep informed on the popularity of Generals, armies and "causes," ae re- flected in tea -house gossip, and note the effect of this upon the morale of the soldiery. The conclusions which they reach through these observations are reflected In the tone of the native press, despite the most rigorous cen- sorship, and go a long way toward shaping the views expressed in the English and Japanese journals publish- ed ublished In the China coast ports. Small wooden churches are being provided for the use of week -end holi- day-makers in the woods near Berlin. Merry Crew of Shamrock V. Orew of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V, as seed from coast -guard cutter, as yacht passed Race Rock, off New London, Conn., upon reoent ane+lva:i! from England tor America's' Cup ' rape, ping, mining, manufactur ng, cons r °- tion, etc. These constitute approxi- mately 65 percent. of the productively I rapid movement of passengers and employed persons in the Dominion.; documents from place to place. But The remaining 35 per cent. of those1this phase of transportation is highly employed must also be considered to l important to human relationships, and be producers in the larger sense of the 1 the prospect of great networks of air. word, being engaged in such activities lines, both transoceanic and transcon- as transportation, trade, administra-I tinental, linking all nations, which the tion, the professions, auri domestic and i Colonel envisions for the near future, personal service. will bring every phase of modern Total Productive Activity I civilization into closer contact, and Since the values given in the pre- may have much to do with future ceding paragraph were produced by , trends of internation.rlfom." only 5 per cent., or thirteen-tweutieths i Both over one of tate largest radio of the employed population, seven-thir- world hook-ups and at a conference of teenths may be added to the above the Williamstown Institute of Politica, totals to obtain a rough estimate of Coionei Lindbergh gave his nfessage The airplane seems destined to supple - meet rather than replace ground trausport, and its special field is in the the value in dollars of the total pro -I advocating international conference ductive activity of alt the employed and negotiations to "clear the air •' for people of Canada, according to the flying between melees. From expert economist's doliuitiou of "production,'enee he spoke of the lack of uniform. which approximates to the conception 1 ity in regulations for iiyiug to Mexico, of national income. According to this; Central and South America; the pos- broader interpretation, production insibilittes of regulated faster passenger 1928 would 'represent created values1and express service. He predicted de- af $6,448,000,000, compared with 06,-1 velopment of linked -up transoceanic 055,000,000 is 1927, and $5,0130,000,000 routes to form a "network covering for 1026. I the entire world." He added: The net production of Canadian in - "At the present time it is the pri- dustries iu the ueual acceptance of the vats flyer who requires the most as- term during 1928 has already been'sistanee in international flying. He given as 04,19=,509,000. The gross' has not an organization to find out to production of these industries in the , advance what forms mid reports it is dame year was $6,670,234,000. In both necessary for him to make, and is gross and net figures are included nine many instances it is almost impossible groups of lutluetries. These Industries:1 for the private flyer making an inter' are divided into primary aud second-', national trip by air to Iearn in ad- ary, primary being composed of pro-'rvauee the conditions he will eacouut. dieter() processes, or other processeser, both iu regard to air routes and close to the raw material; while the also to the regulations and restrictions laid down by the various countries he expects to fly through," secondary include what is usually des- cribed as manufacturing. In the prim- ary group, agriculture comes first, with a gross value of $1,905,311,000 and a net value of 01,501 271,000. For- estry comes second,wwith a gross pro duction of $473,559,000 and a net pro- duction of 5323,654,000. The other prim- ary industries are fisheries, with a gross of $70,668,000 and a not of 555,- 050,000; trapping, with a gross of $16,- 603,000 aud a net of the same amount; mining. with a gross of 5308,250,000 and a net of $274,989,000; and electric power, with a gross of 5143,692,000 and a net of 0112,326,000. Of the sec- ondary group o.1 industries, the largest is manufactures, with a gross value of 03,769,487,000 and s. net of 51,819,043,- 000. Included in this division also are construction, with a gross of 5592,996,- 000 and e. net of 5387,156,000, and cus- tom and repair, with a gross of 0129,- 085,000 and a net of $82,482,000. British Royalty ays Its Way" tip Full Rates for Train Fares and Shows Are Part of King George's Policy Loudon. — Announcement that the royal trate which took the Ring and Queen from Sandringham to Balmoral Castle, Scotland, recently, costs the equivalent of $3.33 per mile with first- class .fare iu addition for every mem- ber of the royal party serves to put an end to the erroneous notion that the Ring travels free on railways, goes to the theatre free, and so forth. The Ring's expenses to this respect are paid out of the privy purse and neither the Ring nor any other mem- ber of the royal family follows 9. course different from any one else. With regard to theatre -going, a box is secured through a firm of agents, who have performefi this ostia for half a century, and is paid for in the ordinary way, Although there is not a theatre management hi Loudon that would not hasten to place a box gratis at the disposal of the party, from loyal as well as businesslike motives, such ad- vanoos are strictly forbidden, Economy Corner Strawberry Pie Peaches, berries or pineapple may be substituted. I fix the fruit 111 the moruingand sprinkle with sugar aha leave It ice box till just before din- ner, when I fill a pie shell which I have previously baked, then cover with the following mixture: Boil half cup strawberries with half cup sugar and two cups belling, water, strain and add one tablespoon sugar, pinch of salt and cold water to make a paste. Cook over hot fire for minute or two, stirring constantly; re- move tram fire and beat bard; return to slow fire and cook very gently until thick. Pour white hot over strawberries in shell and cover with whipped cream. Delicious. You may substitute cornstarch for flour if pre- ferred. Mocha Spanish Creams One and one-half cups hot strong coffee, one tablespoon cocoa, halt cup milk, quarter teaspoon salt, two -third cup sugar, throe eggs, halt teaspoon vanilla, one tablespoon gelatine soak- ed in two tablespoons cold water. Dissolve the soaked gelatine in hot coffee. Add milk, sugar, cocoa, salt, and heat In top of double boiler. Opinions "It's a great deal more of an accom- plishment to laugh in a cabin than to laugh in a mansion."—James 3, Walk- er. Our Fortunes The young man who sets out to be .the architect of his 'own fortune must not s00511 to be the bricklayer and hod -carrier as well. A11 ..a 1 AFFECTIONATE REGARD I would rather have the affectionate regard of my fellowmen than I woule have heaps and mines et gold.— Charles Dickens. Judge—"Well,'wliat have you to say for yourself?" Prisoner '(cross -wort punts enthusiast)—"I should like yeti to give me a sentence with the word "Oreedom" in it."