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PIiRADE
The National Government idea
was overwhelmingly defeated in
last week's Canadian federal el-
ection when the Liberal party, led
by Prime Minister Mackenzie
Xing, swept back into office .. .
the Liberal landslide was attribut-
ed by the Conservatives' Ontario
organizer to fear on the part of
the people that a national govern-
ment would bring in conscription,
would amalgamate the two rail-
ways, and that a change in gov-
ernment at the present time
would tend to disrupt the Domin-
ion'swar effort .,,.
The storm over, the attention
of Canadians turned immediately
elsewhere — to the war in Eur-
ope; to the question of. what
would become of Ontario''s Prem-
ier Mitchell F. Hepburn in his
renegade stand ..
Changing Picture
During the seventh inonth of
armed conflict in Europe, the war
picture materially changed in four
ways: 1. Following the Russo-
Finnish peace, the diplomatic in-
itiative was wrested from the Al-
lies to be wielded energetically
by Germany; 2. As a result of the
German diplomatic drive, Italy ap-
peared to be drawn into closer
collaboration with the Reich;
3. Allied rejection of any patch-
ed -up peace cleared the stage for
intensification of military activ-
ity, if such there was to be; 4.
Governmental changes in Allied
countries were carried out with a
view to assuring a much more
vigorous and positive prosecution
of the war.
Two Strategies
Yet the lull on the Western
Front continued . . nor was it
believed last week that new thea-
tres of war would open up pre-
sently, although many eyes turn-
ed to the near East where it was
known that the Allied army of
the Orient was constantly receiv-
ing more men and more material
. New York Times correspond-
ent Archambault summarized the
basic policies of the belligerents
in two formulas: Pledged to re-.
spect of pledges and no rash ad-
ventures,
dventures, the problem for the Al-
lies is to induce or compel the en-
emy to attack rashly himself. To
get him to do this, the blockade
must be made effective or a coal-
ition organized against him. The
Germans, fully realizing this, dir-
eot their• efforts toward warding
off both blockade. and coalition.
Hitler's last card, then, was seen
to be decision by battle — "he
will not attack either the Maginot
Line or the army of the Orient
until he has been forced to" .. .
The War -Week
Rumania remained the bot -spot
of Europe during the week, while
rumors flew of a Nazi "ultimat-
um" to Ring Carol . the war
on the sea entered another phase
when Britain sank German mer-
chant ships in the Baltic, pre-
sumably carrying iron ore to the
Reich from Sweden; more Danish
vessels, bearing butter and bac-
on to Britain, were sent to the
bottom by German U-boats .
world communications were black-
ed -out in a bombardment of the
earth by a shower of electrical
particles from a huge sunspot . .
Franco-Russian relations became
strained when the Soviet Ambas-
sador to France, Jacob Suritz,
was recalled ... large concentra-
tions of German submarines were
noted outside Norwegian territor-
ial waters . . . a British raid on
the Nazi Kase of Sylt was success-
fully carried out ... in the Far
East Chinese reported successes
over the Japanese on war fronts
as far separated 'as Southern
China and Inner Mongolia;
the Finnish war cabinet resigned,
to be replaced by a coalition gov-
ernment with Rysto Ryti as pre-
mier- . .
Revenues Rise
In ominion
Customs, Excise, income Tax
Yield Higher Than Year Ago
•
Customs and excise duties, ex-
cise taxes and sundry collections
during February totalled $26,-
170,462, an increase of $6,982,-
474
6,982,474 over February, 1939, the na-
. •iaoxrttl revenue department reports
art Ottawa.
Net income taz collection ante
Hunted to $4,040,789 in February,
an increase of $708,475 over Feb -
nary a year ago.
Customs duties during Feb-
ruary totalled $8,385,751, an in-
crease of $3,058,876 over the
same month a year ago. Excise
taxes, at $13,815,155 were up $2,-
551,243 and excise duties at $4,-
01,012 21,012 ahowed a $1,291,537 fete
crease. Sundry ool1eetions dee
creased $1'9,1.83 to 548,507.
R C.A.F. Fliers March to Parade Ground 'For Ct lor£ui, Ceremony
Camp Borden was tyle scene of a colorful ceremony recently as 33 young airmen. received their wings.
These young fliers, representing every part of Canada, were the first group to enter training with the R.
C. A. F. after the outbreak of war. The proud young fliers are shown as they; ci.arcbed to• the parade ground
where they received their coveted wings from Wing Commander F, S. McGill:.''
Farm Forum
•
(Conducted by Prof. Henry G. Bell,
of the Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, assisted by other .members
of the O.A.C. faculty)
BARLEY AND BACON
Without benefit of bonus but
in anticipation of better prices,
the Canadian farmr since the war
in Europe began has brought
many more acres under the
plough, a typical example being
in Nova Scotia where Dr. W. S.
Blair, secretary of the N. S.
Farmers' Association, Prof. K.
Cox, Agricultural College, Truro,
and others conducted an aggres-
sive campaign for 50% more land
in grain. At the annual conven-
tion of the N. S. Farmers' Assoc-
iation, held in Truro the other
week, Prof. Cox gave a very in-
structive talk on "Grain Produc-
tion on Old Grass and Pasture
Lands Depleted in Fertility", em-
phasizing the need for liberal ap-
plications of the proper fertilizer.
IDEAL NURSE CROP
Barley will be grown more ex-
tensively this yeaX, because of the
prominent place accorded it in
the feed ration for bacon hogs,
and barley with its shallow root
system requires a fertile top soil.
Unlike malting barley, feed bar-
ley is not fastidious, demanding
only the liberal feeding which
promotes vigorous, healthy growth
and fills the kernels. Speaking of
kernels: in order that these be not
IllrPe that takes
$ v ;u tOf our grain,
the seed. barley, should be treat-
ed with ethyl 'mercury phosphate,
the dust fungicide for cereals, at
the rate of one-half ounce per
husbel.
Barley is an ideal nurse crop
and may sometimes be sown with
grasses and clover. When these
are seeded down the fertilizing
should be more ample to ensure
success of the following hay drop.
Could Make 500
Trips To Moon
Wtihout An Accident — 3,000
Ontario Truck Drivers Travel
That Far in Complete Safety
Ontario has some 3,000 truck dri
vers who could make 500 odd trips
to the moon — and safely, too— if
only the moon had the needed road
connections.
But the distance could be just as
great. For Ontario's safest truck
drivers have turned up 12,000,000
collective miles without an acci-
dent.
And that, says the Ontario Safe-
ty League, is a performance worthy
not only of merit cards, but of me-
dals as well.
Both medais and merit cards
were bestowed on the 3,000 drivers
by A, G. Partridge, President of
the League. Some of the truck
wranglers, it was disclosed, were
receiving them for the seventh con-
secntive year.
And in case some amateur stat-
isticians may say that the distance
to the moon is not a, fair way of
measuring this safety performance,
the drivers reply that one can, after
all, compute it in terns of circling,
the earth.
COLLECTIVE MILEAGE •'
Their collective mileage — all
without a mishap, remember —
would take them around the Equat-
or approximately 5,000 times,
Or, if one wants to be practical
about it, there are 410,803 miles
of highways in the Dominion of
Canada.
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HANDLING SHRUBBERY
In the informal garden plan the
taller shrubs,- such as the connnon
spirea, honey suckle, forsythia,
syringe or lilas to be placed far-
thest back. In front go the small-
er shrubs, like' the barberry in
different shades of foliage, the
low . spireas, the deutzia or sim-
ilar things that never exceed
three or four feet in height at ma-
turity. In this class, too, will come
many of the perennial flowers,
iris, phlox, peonies, plants of me-
dium height and which, like all
perennials when once planted and
established, will come up each
year and flower with very little
further attention.
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BROKEN LINES
Nature detests' straight lines: In
gardening•the amateur is well ad-
visee- - to.. toi1.0;o las i.zaat xreik,••:•.*•.•
ample. •
Straight, narrow fences, abrupt
and cramping corners around gar-
age or house, narrow, straight. side
Goes Down Smiling
Hon. Dr. Robert J. Manion,
leader of the National Govern
anent party which was defeated
at the polls in the March 26 Do-
minion election.
wsilles,,-allunduly emphasize the
confining • limits • of small lots.
.These,,., however, can be made to
appear many tines more spacious
if the fences and walls are par-
tially eovered.with vfnes, if corn-
ers .are screened with shrubbery,
leading down to tall annual flow-
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J(E SPOTS IN LAWNS
'cath bare spots on the lawn
ally be found poor or sour
derneath; it will be nec-
est,ito dig up, remove any grav-
el ''tfr!'htones, filling up with good
earth and sewing thickly with a
good quality of Canadian grass
•seed. For this purpose and for
new Iawns it is always best to get
a good mixture of high quality
packaged grass seed blended by
expert seedsnzen.
Trees hi Place
Of Snow Fences
Farmer's Advocate Points to
Nature's Usefulness In Pro-
viding A Windbreak
•'7.`he original cost of snow fences
'together With 'the expense of put-
ting 'them lip and taking them
do1Vn each year, is an item of no
small dimensions in the Province
of Ontario, says the Farmers' Advo-
cate, and when we add to this the
vaestee yjoughin out hkrli,ivays and..
,w esul eesza-tie figure is . consid-
"erably increased.•. This cost will
grow, ratifier than become less, for
the• towrisihlps and coimtles are un-
ele•rtaiting to keep sideroads and
'oancessions'npen during the winter
in ardor that farmers may market
tlieii-,product any and every day of
the;peak.
" HEDGES 'OF FORST TREES
There , is 'growing enthusiasm re-
gai'dfng the •usefulness of trees to .
replacesndid fences. Hedges of for=
`est rte plan'te'd around 30 feet
froi'Yi•the.rbad lane are being tried
in sevelial'•counties, The railroad
•Have elretdee'demonstrated the ef-
fectiveness .bf.tree rows in prevent-
ing drifting 'and municipal officers ,
have'•inaugnrated, a similar policy
but as yet only in an experimental
-
In many districts it will probably
work out so the strip of laud be-
tween the trees and the roadway
will be "cultivated. Fences will be
eliminated and a weed -cutting prob-
lem will be solved.
Canada's Food
Exports Rise
The Dominion I3ureau of Statis-
tics reports Canada's domestic ex-
ports rose to $71,078,946 in Febru-
ary, compared with $57,571,572 hi
February, 1939, with notable in=
creases being shown In food, lum-
ber, newsprint and partially Mann-
factured copper.
Principal exports with figures for
February, 1933, in brackets: Wheat,
$5,775,435 03,531,726); wheat flour
$,135,700 ($886,944) fish, $2,203,615
$2,080,671) ; furs, $1,763,579 ' ($1,774;-
870); meats, $3,879,338 ($2,448,011);
cheese, $742,444 ($132,718) ; planks
and .boards, $2,912,646 ($2,530,755);
Wocid pulp, $3;395,752 01,781,886);
•
ICE
OF THE
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THE OTHER WELLES
If Roosevelt had only sent Or-
son Welles to Europe Ile could
have scared the foe silly.
—I3randon Sun.
ONE'S • SUFFICIENT'
.Many electors felt like the
farmer w li o remarked, after
hearing the two candidates in his
riding: "Thank heaven they don't
both get in."
—Financial Posy.
HURRYING. THE HOG
Hogs are said to be the only ,
animal that, given an unlimited
supply of food, will not overeat
themselves. They don't have time,
being wanted, for bacon just as
they're getting the rhythm.
—Toronto Star.
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SEEING
-0^SEEING YOUR SLAYER
"A pedestrian walking in the
roadway should walk facing ve-
hicular traffic. In this way he can
sae the car before it hits him",
advises an American contempor-
ary. It Helps, when you know just
who killed you.
—Hamilton Spectator.
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AN IMPORTANT GROUP
There is a group of workers in
this community as well as in all
communities in Christian coun-
tries who go about their work
quietly and without ostentation.
They are the people who staff the
Sunday Schools of the various
churches. Theirs is a never-ending
work. Like the day school teach-
ers, they see the children go
through their classes and out in-
to the world.
—Tillsonburg News.
The Bhze Jay
The blue jay comes and gobbles
crumbs,
Sunflower seeds, and buries them
A. few yards off; he screams at
birds
Who hop too near and tells his
irate
To stand back while he scratches
deeper.
His testy nature though is cloth-
ed
In plumage of a shade so rare
That all a watcher can recall
Is blueness coloring the air.
.. .,,. .. .. -..,. _ - - acmes. 'Ruetey.
newsprint, $8,246,807 ($6,533,514);
automobiles and parts, $1,925,504
($2,448,520) ; partially manufactur-
ed copper $4,031,741 ($3,296,196);
unmenufactured nickel, $3,956,153
0031.196).
"A Farmer Today
Needs $500 More
Federal Department of Agri-
culture Says He -Requires It
To Maintain 'Adequate Ravine
Standard -� M
"The days of self -sufficing „agri-
culture have been left behind, and.
the Canadian farmer finds himself
today atteaupting to deal With high
living standards and greater cost,"
II. R. hard of the ecanom'c; divis
ion, federal department of agricul-
ture stated last week. Iic' snake ;e
Milton, On.t., at'a Halton term man-
agement short course, eme'vetizing
the necessity of eutting ds n fame
costs of operation and production.
"'Vire need an adclitioarl . ;400 :i.
year to maintain those living tttand-
anis we :didn't have a few years.
ago, A farmer today has ti bigger
job to race than had his :tenter or
grandfather, contrary to the opiu•
ion of many," said Mr, Have
SPECIALIZATION AT ltt'JD
Agricultural Represent tine J,
E. Whiteloclt of Ilalton deplored •
the lack of account books and re,
cords to be found on Halton farms.
Describing record„ as ae nocessily
to the successful farmer, he added
"of course, when the farmer knows
he is losing nicmey, be bates lite.
sin seeing the fi;ure,s in black and
white before him " The reprecente.
tine expressed belief that the day
of the highly epee alized-dairy tar -
mer is "at an end", and appealed to
dairy specialists for a more diversi-
fied effort. The g,cwiug of commer-
cial seed grain, and hog -raising,
were suggested :s promising' -
line.
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