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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-01-26, Page 34'44 „ tee Our )(moo "Good Turn" Quite e little publicity was given to this subject in our weekly column dur- ing December, and it is only fair that We permit it to be known that the 'Toy Shop Schen-ie" was a great euc- sess all over the Dominion, Of course full statistics have not ret been received, but we know that you will be glad to learn that the Gone Scouts were right on the job and that their efforts were responsible for many poor kiddies having a Happy Christmas and keeping their faith in Santa Claus unshaken. We have had reports from a num- ber of Lone Scout centres throughout ;Saari°, amongst the foremost being he following: Belmont—Under P. L. Donald Lay- leld provided toys, groceries, meat, ranges, candies and nuts for all farin- a Harriston.—Reports that the Patrol repaired toys and delivered them with books and clothing, to 8 families. Colborne.—Also reports the collece tion and repair of toys and the distri- bution of parcels on Xmes Eve to 8 eamilies. Durham.—Also made up Xmas par - eels and delivered them toneedy fami- lies on Xmas Eve, and also assisted in the distribution of the parcels for the Women's Institute. Lucan.—P. L. John Slaughter re- ports Toy Shop activities, but final re- sults have not yet been received. Individual Lonies who co-operated in this work include Lancelot Walsh of alorrickville, Billy Nicol of Victoria, Thomas Campbell of Hybla, and Earle Darling of Morganston. We would like, however, to make special mention of the good work of -the Fox Patrol of Port Elgin, under P. L. Jack Campbell, With the assistance 'of their adult friends, these Scouts raised i;32.00 with which they purchased 20 lbs. nuts, 20 lbs. candies, 4 doz. oranges, 35 pairs stockings, 20 pairs mitts and et least, one toy for each child, which together with a number of books and clothing, also donated, were made up into attractive Parcelsand distributed su Xmas Eve. The above is a splendid record of which the Lonies can be justly proud, and Lone Scout Headquarters thanks Ul those mentioned and others whose reports are not yet to hand,- and our Commissioner wants you to know that be is..very proud indeed of you. Wallace Kianaird, Scout V.C. Ontario Lonies are always interest- sd in gOod Scout Work and conduct which merits the highest praise and :hey will therefore be interested in the record of one of their fellow Scouts, who, although not a Lonie, was always .nterested in the activities of the Lone 3couts. The rare Cornwell Badge, the V.C. of Scouting, given for outstanding courage, capability and character, de- monstrated during a period of great physical suffering, in addition to high standing in Scouting, has been award- sd by Lord Baden-Powell, World Chief 3cout, to Acting Assistant Scoutmas- ter 'Wallace Kinnaird, of the Robert (Ionia Stevenson Scout Group of the Thistletown Branch of the Sick Child- ren's Hospital, Toronto. As the re- sult of a football accident Kinnaird bad a leg amputated at the hip, very serious complications later developing. Notwithstanding • great suffering and the cloud over his future, Kinnaird became4an always cheery, encourag- ing leader of the hospital troop of handicapped boys and generally played a part that attracted unusual commen- dation from doctors and nurses. The Cornwell Badge was •established to commemorate the fortitude, courage and character Shown by Ship's Boy jack Cornwell, a Boy Scout, after be- ing mortally wounded during the. bat- tle of Jutland,. 'Unfortunately, just two weeks after this award had been made to Wally, he took a turn for the worse and died early in the New Year, to the great sorrow of his fellow Scouts of the Robert LouisStevenson Troop and all Who knew him. Wally knew how to practice the 8th 'Scout Law, and was en example to all of us. Another "Lone Scout" Troop You will be interested to hear that the Lonie of Durham have grown in- to a Troop, with Mr. Reginald Steeds trols. Robert Webster is the p..L, of the "Foxes," Louis McComb is P.L, of the " Beavers," and Ronald Rudd is P.L, of the "Crows." We wish the new Durham Troop lots of good. Scout- ing, and know that the ex-Lonies will continue the good work which they commenced as Lone Scouts': Recruits are always welcome in the Boy Scouts *Association, which is ab- solutely a non-military erganization. The Lone Scout Department is cater- ing especially for boys from 12 to .18 years of age who live in the country or in small towns and villages 'where there is no Scout Troop. Particulars will be gladly sent, free, if you Will write to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout Dept., 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2,—"Lone E." Cranberry .Growers Enjoy Record Prices This Year , To Nova Scotia goes the probably unique honour of having produced at least one crop that sold at 20 per cent higher prices than last year, and that, moreover, could have been sold in twice as big quantities if the grower had been able to produce It That crop is the humble but neces- sary cranberry. • The name of that great benefactor of the human race who first experi- mented with turkey and cranberry sauce is unfortunately lost in the dim past, but surely there should be some- where a monument to his eternal glory. Who—long before Shake- speare's tithe—found out that "beef with mustard is good meat"? Who was the daring soul that sought about till he found mint and capers with which to garnish the uninspiring sheep, in youth and age? Lamb's immortal savage, who burned hie sties in order to get roast pork, mere- ly cleared the ground for the original research that ultimately hit upon the one inevitable condiment for it, apple sauce. Without cranberry sauce the turkey is but as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Canada knows it and imports an- nually 85,000 to 115,000 quarter -bar- rel boxes from ..the 'United States. Nova Scotia is the biggest grower in Canada and the-befee she could do last year was 20,000 boxes., and they went like hot cakes, with the coun- try miring for more. Now the Nova Scotia cranberry bog owner has a protective duty of two and a half cents a pound on his berries, and it will be a strange thing •if this in- dustry does not go ahead.—Montreal Daily Star. How to be Happily Married Hasny marriages are the result of intelligent idealism, based on a knowl- edge of the principles of human adap- tation. In other words, the marriage rela- tionship is like that of a stock corn- y, whose success depends not only on the actors knowing their parts, but o co-ordinated effort. This is the conclusion, we read, of the Wesleyan University undergradu- ate conference on marriage at Middle- town, Connecticut, where &legates from a score of colleges took part. All the speakers, according to a dispatch to the New York "Times," agreed, that while the age of the marriage custom does not alone insure its sanc- tity, no convincing arguments have been presented in this or any other age why monogamous marriages do not serve the most desirable ends in social institutions. Most marriages, the speakers point- ed out, are induced by emotions in which sex attraction and romanticism play a great part. Sooner or later after marriage these phases disap- pear, and it is then that there is an opportunity for a real and enduring love to be built up. "It is a good thing for a inan to have had a number of good girl friends," says Prof. Erdman Harris of Union Theological Seminary, and he quotes Dr. G. Hamilton, who inves- tigated 200 cases and published the results in his "Research in Mazeiage," saying: "Men who have had a number of good friends, who have had at least one mild love affair, but not more than six or seven, seem to be in the best us Scoutmaster, and .throe keen pa- position to make a 'go' pf marriage." Sunday School Lesson January 29, Lesson V—Jesus and the Sabbath—Mark 2: 23 to 3:6. Golden text—The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of man Is Lorcl also of the sabbath.—Mark 2: 27, 28, .ANALYSIS. I. SABBATH: MEANS OR END? Mark 2: 23-28. 1 . SABBAT}I: FOR my =maim, Mark 3; 1-6. INenoeucrioN—The antagon.sin of the scribes and Pharisees had been gradually coming to a climax. At first, veheu Jesus shocked thory by claiming to forgive sin (Mark 2: 10) they were Merely silently critical, Mark 2: 7. When he broke with convention asso- ciating and dining with people like Levi (Mark 2:• 15) they complained • to the d.sciples! Mark 2: 16. When a he ignored their fasting regulations ' they complained to him, Mark 2: 18. The incidents in today's lesson con- vinced them that this man was intol- erable and must be done away with— "they complained to -the police," Wrap.Over Model Illustratea Dressmalcing Lesson Fur- tishea With, Every Pattern, By HELEN WILLIAMS. *44 .^44,444•44444,44.0,44,4,4 -4444.11 -.41 - Mark 3':' 6. L SABBATH; MEANS 0# an? Mark 2: 23-28. An 1.pen break with the Pharises was inevitable.. Between the religion of Jesus and their lay sharp differ- ences. For the Pharisees, • least fol most of them, religion was a matter o obeying 'awe in the strict letter wi'hout any regard to motive. For Jesus, it was the motive that gave character to the act. Altheugh he never broke with the old Law as Paul did, yet he always insisted that when a legal requirement carne in conflict with human brotherhood, the legal re- quirement had to give way. "Jesus was out of sympathy with the whole spirit of legalistic religion." A sabbath walk through a grain fiele proved to be theoccasion which lir, light aboet the open break. The sabbath, when this Gospel was -writ- ten, was not observed by tLe Gentile Chrlstians. These two accounts of sabbath -breaking they would un- doubtedly regard as justifying their freedom. All the people involved in these incidents, including Jesus. him- self, accepted the sabbath obligations. They differed on the question, "Does the Law allow any exceptiers?" The Pharisees answered, "No." Jesus in-, sisted that when the sabbath law con- flicted is ith human need, it could and must be broken. Walking along as path which led through a corn field (Mark 2: 23) he disciples plucken some ear., of corn, which was permitted by the Law, lieut. -23: 25. The sin consisted in rubbing the kernels hi their hands, Lake 6: 1. It was a kind of thresh- iag *and therefore work, and,therefore sin. Didn't their forefathers allow j themselves to be slaughtered where . they stotxduring the Maceabean re- volt, rather thedefend themselves on the sabbath? The Pharisees never forgot these men who preferred to die rather than depart from the strict letter of the Law. Jesus tacitly admitted Asahis men did break the law. Not without hu- mor, he reminded them of what their hero, David, did when his men were hungry, 1 Sam. 21:1-6. Legal require- ments must give way to human need. The Labbath was given for man's good, a means to that end, not an end in itself. Therefore when any rule by its observance interfered with man's good, then its true purpose could he better fulfilled by disobeying sit, In v. 28 Jesus says that in his capacity as representative of all humanity, the Son of man, wholly in harmony with Lis Father's will, endowed with his Lpirit, he has the right to decide when and under what conditions its observ- ance would be helpful or harmful. The regulations and restrictions of the old-fashioned sabbath were design- ed by our fathers to make that day serve mankind's highest needs, physi- cal, mental, social, spiritual. To ensure the carrying out of that intention, Jesus broke with some "old sabbath" customs. To make it serve man's high- est needs today, it will be necessary tc change most of our "modern Sun- day" practices, "Put this test to vari- ous Sunday situations; Is it fcr man's good, physical, mental, spiritual?" II. SABBATH: FOR M' BROTHER, Mark 3: 1-6. The cornfield incident was not plan- ned. The case of the man with the withered hand was a direct challenge by Jesus. It was not an emergency. This man eoult waft until Monday. Healing was allowed on the sabbath only 'when life was actually in dan- ger. Why, then, did Jesus heal him? Jesus' alternative was this: Heal this lien now, or permit him to suffee; help the man, or refuse to help him. For Jesus to let slip an opportunity to help was to inflict an actual injury. The Levibe and priest who passed by (Luka 10: 81, 32) were really mur- MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FisHER ARS You SWIG ir wu as ease.) FFR OAG, 'TO 1 -GM 04 Votes OFFICE, vivTli. THe Pobt.q64M3 Delp! •-• Reese excuse Me. WIO1.6. Z Loete 4:11Y 41, • ;As well as for normal figures, this rthdel is delightful for more matronly oies. is the wrap -over type of dress tlihat lends such elegant height to the wearer. 'or . its sImplicity, it has a great I of chic and charm. Isle' he diagonal bodice is especially derieing. The sleeves are close- fis 'itg with a little puff above the s' 3.1g cuff effect. It will add length tk arms possibly plump enough to benefit by it. Black woolen, so exceedingly smart with a touch of white pique, made the original. The belt was black suede. Style No. 3265 is &signet:. for sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 36 reqoares 2% yards 54-inth with % yard 27 -inch contrasting. HOW TQ ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, Living number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Seivice, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. 4 derers. They were parties to what theY were willing to permit. Jesus li.ed so close to God that he taw everything in life in this clear-cut Some people are similarly sen- sitive—for the same reason. The watching Pharisees were so bent on their heresy -hunting t at, like their modern counterparts, they lost all interest in the real good that was being done. They stung o • Lord to anger. "Who is the real sabbath - breaker?" be flung at them, "he who perforins a work of mercy, sech as I am performing now, or he who werks an injury, who, in fac:, :lots to mur- der such as you are doing risev?" Such is a possible interpretation of v, 4. This exposure of their miserable scheming left them with nothing to say. While they were recovering from this thrust, the Master exercised his healing . power upon the sufferer.. "This is too much," they would cry. "This fellow has ignored our customs, he has broken our most cherished laws, denied the doctrines on which we were brought up. All the good he does is as nothing compared Ida this." "And the Pharisees -went forth and took counsel with the Herodians, how they might destroy. him." Jesus, in these two incidents, acted out the principle that Sunday is to be used for one's own highest good and for the highest good of one's brother. The conservatives of eis day, trying to build up merit for themselves, Im- pJeed regulations, which gave second place to human need. The liberals of today, gratifying selfish indulgence, are similarly forgetful of their own deapest needs and the rights of others. Jewel' way is to spend Sunday in such a manner that man's finest powers will develop to their finest expreesion, stOt-rooN'T MEIN To sore "eau woroc werkt sftt,uFt tiAT AteliCUT s tette seee Farm Queries Henry G. Bell, B.S.A., Dept. of Chemistry, 0.A,C, Address All Letters to Farm Editor, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in this i Column. If Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope. 11 -44.44 -4, -44 - Whether or not lime can be used with profit on a soil depends on what is commonly called the reaction of that, soil. For a A:, onsiderabie time it has been known that certain soil samples, if moistened, will turn blue litmus paper to red. In more recent years, the Department of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural College, has de - eloped and circulated a more deli- cate test known as the Reacto Soil Test, which. indicates very clearly and quite readily the condition of the soil. When a small sample is treated with the greenish -blue liquid which is sup- pkied in this test, if it turns thc, liquid a decided golden yellow colour, it is an indication that the soil is. quite acid and in need of a relatively large amount of lime. If the liquid is turned to a slight olive green, the soil is still acid, but not so distinctly so, and DOn- sequently, not so much in need of lime. If the test liquid when applied to the soil sample remains a greenish - blue, the soil is neutral, and if on the other hand it turns to distinct dark blue colour, the soil is alkaline or sweet. Acidity of soil, then, is closely re- lated to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is closely related to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is in all eases a soil devoid of lime. Lime is chemically kuown as a base, which has the nower to correct acidity. Lime is removed from the soil by two general 'means. First, by leaching. Limestone is fairly madly soluble in water, but more readily sc'uble in water to which carbon dioxide has been added. Under certain circum- stances, the addition of carbon dioxide to water produces a weak acid known as carbsnic acid, which acid is con- tinually 'forming in the soil, with the result that the lime supply of the soil, especially under cropping systems, is continua y being worn down. Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station found that there were 370 lbs. per acre per year of lime removed from uncropped land simply by the washing of water through the soil. English figures have corroborated this finding. The second method of depletion of lime is by cropping. Certain of our farm crops take out large quantities of lime. For instance, 5 tons of alfalfa hay per acre removes 465 lbs. lime. , 3 tons of common red' clover per acre removes 230 lbs. of lime. One ton of tobacco removes 135 lbs. lime. 1Ya tons pea straw removes 105 lbs. lime per acre. 10 tons cabbage removes 143 lbs, lime. 400 bushels onions per acre removes 100 lbs. lime. It is read- ily seen then that a tendency of a soil to become acid is perfectly natural and is actively promoted when that soil is brought under cultivation and heavy cropping. Respeinse of Grops to Lime Not all crops require the same amount of lime. Some of those requir- ing a distinctly alkaline or sweet soil are—alfalfa, beets, celery, onions, as- paragus, lettuce, spinach. Those requiring a less alkaline soil are—sweet clover, cabbage, carrots, peas, tomatoes. Those requiring a neutral soil are— beans, corn, wheat, oats, barley. Those doing best with a slightly acid soil are—potatoes, squash, radishes, turnips. Those thriving under distinctly acid soil conditions are—strawberries, blue- berries, certain types of raspberries and cranberries. These lists are worthy of close study, because if one attempts to grow such a crop as alfalfa on a sour soil, no matter how good the seed, nor how thorough the preparation of soil, if it is distinctly acid in reaction it is nearly always sure to bring a failure of crop. There s a chemical disadvantage in a soil being sour or acid in reaction. In other words, farm soils that are distinctly acid or sour will not pro- duce the crops that they could it the acidity was corrected. One definite chemical advantage of a sot: being sweet in reaction is that when there is a sufficient supply oe lime, fertilizers high In available phosphoric acid can be add,,d With best ehanee of success. If such fertilize= are added to acid soils, the available phosphoric acid tends to form combinations with Iry and aluminum in the soil, which own - ....graggegomgeggem.**--gg .W i._ ‘$11 21, DoWtei)OUI.Mlo *MO THZ. MAIL paRavra isoota'stevafe. terfacae Des: ray HAT se 11. Sew- firijeAltie.:4* GT ?Alf 44111* ; 4.4 21.;0fOrtg'71,1111:74r;i010) caAT1''' asesesateesta-e-s-s-ea-e-e-seteessa-e-e.„ pounds are not soluble in soil wateaca hence are unavailable to W. growing crops. In actual farm practice this means that if A and B are neighboriug farmers, A's land is sweet or alkal;oe' in reaction, B's land ie sour or acid in reaction, if they both apply such e fertilizer as 2-12-6 to any of theiv crops, other things being testa- A will obtan the better results. In fact, B on his acid soil may not obtain re, sults which will be profitable. This is no fault of the fertilizer, but is a fault of the conditions unler which the fertilizer was used. Lime must be added to correct acid. ity. Lime will not tala, the place of ftstilizers, nor will fertilisers the place of lime. Each -.as its own peculiar function to pm form. Lane corrects soil sournets, artilizn s sup ply available planttood. So as tc make as sure as possible that good result will be obtained from fezilizers, see that your soil is reaction. Many practical evidences of the point just discussed could be present- ed. We will give but one or two ui illustration. On a certain farm in El- gin County where the soil ir described as silty loam, the following fertilizers were used on wheat at 300 lbs. per acre: 16% acid phosphate, which yielded 32 bushels per acre; 042-5, which yielded 38.8 bushels per are; 2-12-6, which yielded 34 bushelpet acre; unfertilized, which yielded lf bushels per acre, There was very small gain troch Lilt use of these fertilizers in the instance just described. Undoubtedly, this oc- curred to a large extent because the acidity of the soil led to the tying up of the available phosphate. Porash and nitrogen were largely respensible for the additionereturns. On a simi- lar type of soil not tar distant i yore the first, the farmer used the same quantity of fertilizer and ti same mixtures and realized the following yields: No fertilizer, 39.3 bushels per acre; 16% Acid Phos., 44 bushels per acre; • 0-12-5, 46 bushels per acre; 2-12-6, 47.3 bushels per acre. The yields throughout are larger on ac- count of the better condition of the soil, and the increases due to the ad: dition of phosphate, phosphate and potash, and. nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, are -distinctly better. The correction of sour or acid ban is easy to acconiplisb. In most cases unburned, ground liinestonc is the cheapest source of correca.or, this materia] is available in most of the older farming sections of the province and in many of the newer sections a( a very reasonable cost. Lime should not be used promiscuou)y without a test of the soil and without some guid- ance, otherwise some lime rill be ap- plied to sections not in need of lime, where limestone is found in plenty is the soil. But where a distinct need is indicated, finely ground limestone should be applied profitably during the winter of early spring on land which has been plowed. With the spring working of the land, this lime is quick- ly worked into the ground. It corrects the acidity, makes chemical reactions within the soil favorable and greatly promotes the growth of the micro- scopic life in the soil. In applying lime it can be scattered broadcast top of the soil or it can be lightly drilled in by the fertilizer dropper o4 the combined drill. Either way wit( give it an effective application. Fishy A man was fishing some strictly pr& served water in Scotland when ft' caught a fine salmon. As he did n want to display any evidences of h crime, he tied the fish through th gills to a stake on the bank and turned it to the water. Soon a keeper came along and 84 cused the man of poaching. "Oh, no," said the angler, disarmins ly, "I'm just having a little inITIOCe atmeement, practicing casts and on." The keeper was reassured and ve about to walk away when he *burr the captured salmon plunging frau _ Gaily at the end of its leash. "What's thfs?" he asked. "Oh—er—well," replied the angl "that fellow kept sneaking my flies, I thought it better to tie him up 0 of the way." A Very Snappy Idea on Jeff's Part s`slisreitiAN, ANtiY 11:6014 oAleat. MAIL: 4) 4 4 • - • • • • , • ' • • • • • • .9 • • • • • • • 4 ' • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • • 4044