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Zurich Herald, 1933-02-09, Page 3International Brotherhood The following paragraphs will lilus- iate how world wide the Boy Scouts Association has become, and if these boys maintain their friendly relation- ships with their foreign Brother Scouts in the years to come, the , chances of further warfare will be re- duce to a minimum. Scot Scouts Tour Norway and Sweden A troop of 20 Dundee Scouts hiked through Norway and Sweden last sum- mer, spending the nights at the head- quarters of Norwegian and Swedish troops. English Scouts For Czechoslovakia Two Boy Scouts are among the Eng- lish boys selected to go to Min, ;!zecho-Slovakia; for three years' train- ing at the famous Bata Shoe Com- peny's factory. Official Dates of World Scout Meet This year's world gathering of Boy Scouts at Godollo Hungary, will of- ficially open on Wednesday, August and, and close on the 15th. Scout con- tingents from other countries are ex- pected rte arrive July 31st and leave August 16th. Scout Foreign Friendship Tours Scouts of I{ent, England, hold ,the record for international visiting. For 12 successive years at Easter they have visited other countries—in suc- cession Czecho-Slovakia, Spain, Hol- land, Italy, Denmark, France,. Switzer- land. Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Po- land. Last summer they visited Scot- land. This Easter a party of 200 will visit Germany. Scout Fraternizing in Europe European camps or jamborees in which Scouts from other countries par- ticipated were held last summer in Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands. Scouting and Education A Hiiiigariah Scouter, Dr. E. de Kral- . Rath, has been made Minister of Edu- ration in the Hungarian Government. {Australian and Canadian Boys Swap An offer to swap kangaroo skins and boomerangs for Indian Canadian bas- ket end,beadwork and carving has been made to Canadian Boy Scouts by Scouts of Queensland. Yugoslavia's 1982 Scout Gathering Yugoslavia's Second National Scout ,Camp, held last yeny, was attended by contingents from each province, and by Hungarian, Czeehslovakian and Russian Scout troops, and representa- tives from Great Britain, Austria, ?e- land and France. • British Scouts to Holland and Poland Contingents of Scottish and English Scouts•will represent Great Britain at the Dutch Cernperaft Carnp and the Polish Sea Scout Jamboree in August, Hungarian Scouts Will Write Others The Hungarian organizing commit- tee of the World Scout gathering plan- ned for 1933 is working. on a scheme to develop correspondence between Hungarian Scouts and those of other countries planning to attend the Jam- boree. A New Tribute to the Junior League of Nations The owners of the Campagne Bigot, adjoining the park in which the+ew League of Nations buildings are be erected at Geneva, have invited BoY Scouts to camp there as guests. A special Scout dormitory is planned, Earl Bessb'orough Commends Scouting to Leading Citizens Addressing the Dominion Executive Committee of the Boy Scouts Associa- tion His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral commended the quality of leader- ship reflected by the many Scout units reviewed by him during his summer tour of the west. Ile commented par- ticularly upon the smartness of the Scouts in places where the interest of prominent public men was most evi- dent. He commended the Movement to the attention of leading business and professional men everywhere. Scouting is available, through the Lone Scout Department, to all boys from 12 to 18 years of age inclusive. It you live in a small town or village, or on a Rural Route, etc., and would like to be a Scout, write for particu- lars to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout Department, 930 Bay -St., 'Toronto 2. We shall be glad to hear from you and will send you particulars without any obligation to yourself.— "Lone E.. Arrival at Dawn if I might choose the moment of arrival iu a strange city, it should be dawn. I could then take the city unawares, before it had time to put. on the preoccupied' expreesion of sverydey activities in. which I had. leo part. Arriving at dawn, I should begin the day with those who belong ,here; not as an intruder. The early sunshine would smile its welcome, and my first remark to a stranger, ;hat it was a Rue day, would make are feel at ease, lu the hour of dawn, I beheld Bombay for the first time. •During the night, there had been unmis- takable sounds of arrival... The throb of engines was subdued; somewhere in the ship's deep heart, shining steel and ponderous iron became ominously still. Bare feet went thudding overhead, and voices call- ed out in the darkness. The night was still When we stopped, crept for- ward, stopped again, and then made a mysterious slow advance. Behind ns' lay the wide seas we had travers- ed for three weeks. At dawn we had arrived. I went ap on deck to see palm fringed hills, dim islands of irregular shape, and a low-lying city huddled along its harbor. Round our great ship a score of little craft circled busily in the broadening light, and alien figures came clambering ou board to stare at us with curious eyes. I was to live in Bombay, Where In that opalescent sunrise, was my home? It was strange to reflect that soon many unfamiliar streets would become known to me, that the per- fume of exotic flowers, wafted over the water, would hold, for all time, a poignant memory, Landing. at dawn, the city had still an uucaptured beauty, and its breath was sweet as au ocean breeze. It might have been a•dream city, evolv- ed from night shadows, nebulous and fair. Later there would be crowds, discordant noises., I, with everyone else, would have a distinct reason for going here or there with a sense of serious undertaleings. But, as a Sunday SchooI Lesson stranger. I could roll in my carriage at ease down almost empty streets, dust colored under trees of scarlet gold mohr, and with houses in bowery gardens still asleep. Too soon the enchantment of dim love -lines would give place to Bard outlines of photo- graphic clarity. The Bombay of my arrival was beautiful, a city of domes, slender 'columns, soaring arch and carved balcony, set among lawns of emerald greenness, shadowy palm, and flaming flowers. The Bombay 01 my arrival was quite different to the Bombay, often wonderfully beauti- ful, of my later experience. Yes, it is good to arrive at dawn. February 12. Lesson VII -- Jesus Teaching By. Parables (Four Kinds of Hearers)—Mark 4: 1-10; 13.20, Golden Text—Herein Is my Father Glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. --John 15:,8. ' ANALYSIS. I„e:t;ses:, HARDENED, Maria•4; 4, 15. Il, CscAR IED sur NOT ozxANGiip, Mark 4: 5, 6, 16, 17. ZIT. pan -OCCUPIED, Mark 4: 7, 18, 19. IV. RESPONSIVE, 1•VIark 4: 8, 20. INTtlonuc?ioN Until now Jesus had preached so that any one ,who happened to listen could understand. This method would no longer do. People were watching him, looking for something to use against, him. Dome form of instruction was, neces- sary which would be meaningless to the casual or critical hearer, but which world convey tru`:t to those whom le wished speeialiy to instruct. To trio, c who were really iiterested and =it etre he would explain the meaning. From now on he neve:: spoke in public except in parables. He gate private explanations to his disciples, v. 34. Verse 12 seems to contradict this. reason. Matthew's account says "be- c.use" (Matt. 13: 10-16), instead of Mark's "in order that." The passage which evidently came to Jesus' mind, as he reflected upon the hardness of people's hearts, was the discouraged e::claination of Isaiah in similar cir- cumstances, Isaiah 6: 9, 10. In Ile - :brew literature, 's hen some event, "could be confidently predicted, it was spoken of as having been planned or purposed. Isaiah knew so well how his people would react to unpleasant tr.-th that he prediceed that they would harden their hearts against all that .e was going to say. They them-. selves were bringing about their de- struction, not God. Matthew, familiar with this characteristic of Hebrew lit- erature, wrote down in plain lan- guage, so that none seed misunder- stand, what Jesus really meant, "I speak to then, in parables because. .' I. GOSPEL IHARDENED, Mark 4, 15. Agai: , taking to the boat to avoid t e pressure of the excited crowds, • :bly also to guard against a sur- prise by the police, Jesus told the par- able of the four kinds of soil. The seed yvhich fell by the edge of the beaten path (v. 4) refers to people whose hearts are hardened ay con- tinually hearing, but not doing the truth. The gospel • calls, not merely for admiration, but for action. Ruskin said, "Every duty we omit obscures some truth, we might have known.' What could Jesus say, or any other preacher do, with such hearers? At the moment, nothing. The birds, some twittering interest, some new excite- ment; sonic trivial item of gossip im- mediately •snatch up the seeds • of? truth. Until life drives sonie Plough- share of pain or trouble into such lives, truth will make no hold. Chic ! • Parisian 'C I112s4rUtcd Dressanc,hinsy L0SS07Z Fur- wished With Every Potter By HELEN WILLIAMS, Littoria -= Italy's New Town Mussolini's Caesarian operation in producing a new Italian town in the midst of the Pontine Marshes, close to Rome, which makes them habitable and tillable, is a new triumph for Il Duce. Nero, the Caesars, the Popes, and Napoleon I. according to the Rome correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, all attempted to drain the tract, which had become a fever - stricken fenland, probably because an earthquake destroyed the natural drainage about 300 B.C. Fifty-five thousand men are now en- gaged in the Fascist land -reclamation scheme, and redeemed land has al- ready given health and food to thous- ands. It is stated that more than 17- 000,006 acres of swamps and mountain places have either been rendered fit for cultivation or are almost ready, 11 Duce himself is quoted as saying: "To find work for our growing popu- lation, it has hitherto been necessary to cross the Alps o: the ocean. But to -day it is here, half -an -hour's journey. from Rome that we have succeeded in• conquering a new province. "This is but a fraction of the land we are going to reclaim. Internal work will settle the problem of unem- ployment before long and Italians will not emigrate any more." • No evil propensity of the human heart is so pq)Verful that it may not be subdued by discipline.—Seneca, II. CI•IARMED BUT NOT CILANGEO, Mark • 4:.5, 6, 16, 17. The stony ground (v. 5) is a i:hin ]Beyer of good earth on a ledge of rock. It promotes a rapid growth which, in dry weather, quickly withers. This figure pictures the alert mind and the closed heart. "Delighted with your sermon this morning!"—but it mere- ly stimulated the mind, changed neither the character nor conduct, This soil pictures the people who start but never finish, enthusiasms which d not last. "I will follow thee with- ersoever thou goest" (Luke 9: 57, 58), but the Master gave hin no en- couragement. He knew that when "following" him would mean giving up' cherished plans, undertaking some unwelcome service, being misunder- stood, standing up against the cynic's talk that Jesus' ideal is beautiful but impossible to act out in daily life, then the sudden, shallow .enthusiasm would settle down, vs. 16, 17. This soil also pictures those who mistake an emotional excitement for a real conversion. A religion that is just feeling, and has not' captured both mind and will, can :never stand up against life's .trials and perplexities. III. PRE -OCCUPIED, Mark 4: 7, 18, 19. Verse '!.indicates a soil that is rich and promising, but already sown with the seeds of climp.eting plants. People with splendid gifts of personality, in- telligence, character, become so en. grossed in business, the making of money, social activities, the struggle for a living, that their spiritual prom- ise never conies to fulflment. Each life is a limited area. It cannot con- tain everything, We must select. It is not so much a question - " "Is this good or bad?" as "Will this crowd out something better?" As a potato plant becomes a weed if it appears in a flowerbed, so many activities, good enough in themselves ,and in their proper place, become evils when they Susie fascination: You'll adore it with all its new and modish points. You have the Cossack front ,with its buttoned shoulders, so young in mood. The snugly fitted hip yoke is cut to give the new peplum effect.« The sleeves are ravishing and quite puff- er: up" about themselves.. And inci- dentally you may omit the snugly fit- ted lower sleeves with no detrimental effect to the scheme, if you prefer then short. See small back view! Black rough crepe silk combined with strawberry -red crepe in today's model. Style No. 3261 is designed r and. e 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, inches bust. Size 16 requires 4 yards 39-ineh with x/2 yard 39 -inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly,', giving mmnber and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and addres& your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. occupy time, energy and thought which is needed for greater purposes. Anything that interferes with the best is the. "thorn" that chokes the word, rendering one's life unfruitful, IV. RESPONSIVE, Mark 4: 8, 20. • ies arm l uer Henry 0, Bell, B.S.A., Dept, of Chemistry, O,A,C. Address All .letters to Farm Editor, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto, All Answers Will Appear in this Column, iF Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose • Stamped and Addressed Envelope. Building the Soil With Supplies From the Farm. Average Ontaro farm soils, after be- ing worked for sorne time, develop weakness In one or more of the fol- lowing respects; 1. in plantfood. The plantfood in a soil is determined very largely by its type. Successive crop- ping will naturally use up considerable of the original plantfood. 2. In or- ganic matter. After cultivation for some years if insufficient attention is paid to the upkeep of ,he soil, a de- cided weakness in organic matter will develop. 3. In soil Reaction. Con- tinuous cropping will deplete lime from the soil, leaving the soil sour and in an unfit condition for crops to thrive in it. Moreover, as long as it remains sour, good stable manure and fertilizers added to it will not function at their best. All of the foregoing de- 'fects must be corrected as far as pos- sible if largest yields of best quality produce is to be realized. Relative Values of Manure In the early days of Ontario agri- culture; much manure was hauled from the barnyard to the river to rid the farm of this material. Farmyard manure should be applied to potatoes and root crops, corp, ete., espeelaill if the soil is of a light character. Where there is less rain, say 20 inches or less during the period of non growth, whiter application can be made with good results. Much study has been given to the value of manure stored in manure pit which retain the liquid manure. Liquid manure is a rich carrier of nitrogen and potash 'and should at no time be allowed to seep away from the manure heap. It should be absorbed in the litter and the, pile kept sufficiently' compact so that as little ammonia will escape from the manure pile as pos' Bible- Rothamsted Experimental Star. tion investigated the question of shot ter for the manure pit. When 10 tone of manure from a sheltered manure pit was applied to potatoes, a yield e( 9 tons potatoes per acre was harvest ed. When an equal amount of spam ure frons an uncovered pit was ap plied to the same area, the yield wal 7.4 tons per acre. How to Save the Nitrogen As has already been pointed oul there is always a tendency to loss o( ammonia as decomposition goes on IS inanure is a highly valuable by-product the stored manure. In hot weather of the livestock farm. When well hand- this is easily discernible. This los( led, it is a prominent carrier of the of ammonia or nitrogen can to a largo important plantfoods, nitrogen, phos- extent be prevented by sprinkiit4 phonic acid and potash. A ton of man- superphosphate on the stable floor e ure supplies 10 to 15 lbs. nitrogen; 5 the time the stalls are cleaned out( to 9 lbs. phosphoric acid and about 10 daily. An application of ' to s/2 16, lbs. potash. The amount and quality per head per day will go a long was which manure supplies depends upon toward fixing the escaping ammonia at least three things: 1. The charas- or nitrogen in the form of sulphate of ter and age of anima,; 2. The degree ammonia, hence will increase the' of protection which has been given value of the manure. Manure carries the manure; 3. The type of feed that an insuffitient amount of phosphorl4 has been supplied the animal. acid to make it a first class fertilized Growing beef stock retain most of for grain crops, hence the addition of the body-building elements supplied in superphosphate will not only accuse)) fodder. The manure of dairy animals lish the retention of the nitrogen but supplies relatively the least amount will build up the manure in phosl of plantfood in that these animals are phoric acid and make it of greeted making use of these elements in pro- general value. ducing milk., Hogs and sheep produce Farm manure gives its most active manure of great value. In order if help to crops supplied with extensive' plantfood content;e sheep manure car- root systems such as corn, cereait ries the highest per cent. of nitrogen; and meadow grasses. Fairly well rot,: poultry manure carries the next high- ted manure is also of great value is est per cent. of nitrogen and also the root crops. Turnips benefit by a slights" highest supply of phosphoric acid, ly higher supply of phosphoric acid, while sheep manure carries the high— est per cent. of potash. the turnip field which has been mars Horse manure is stronger in nitro- ured should receive an additional a gen and potash than :s manure of plication of superphosphate if be da- cattle. As a rule, manure of balance of plantfood for the turnd. young animals is the leas': valuable crop is to be provided. Well roti as a source of plantfood since young manure supplies a valuable ration foe :owing stock retain the elements of potatoes and mangels. On the lighted nutrition for the building of their gravelly loam or sandy loam sol? bodies. Extra protein fed dairy cattle where potatoes thrive,- the addition in order to increase milk flow im- manure not only supplies plantree proves the quality of manure. This but gives to the soil the power to is why the manure of dairy cattle is catch and hold water and plantfood le usually of distinctly high value. solution, The manner of storage defluitely in- lei the early agriculture of the conne fluences the value of manure. If it is try the value of manure was not real exposed so that rain and snow wash ized. Too frequently this valuable bst'i through it, at least 30% of the nitro- product was removed from the farm, gen aud 65% of the potash is lost. Our modern farmer has learned lsf practical experience and from scierll tific facts established by long time cele' periments that the manure pile is oaks' of the most important assets on lig farm. It should at all times receiai, the care which science has shown t<t be merited by its great value. There is alw:.ys some good sot! . When one considers that there are kept on Ontario favus over 4i/2 mil - Therefore Jesus sowed in hope. Some hearts were to lions of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, honest souls and good be found everywhere, Luke 8: Jti 5; the enormous amount of this valuable They were not faultless, were sincere, very much in earnest, practicing faithfully, pursuing pa- tiently every new truth that is re- vealed to -them. The parable tells, not so much of four persons or classes, as of four possible conditions of every heart and mind. We, ourselves, are responsible for the kind of reception we give the truth. Learning needs to be followed by action. A fitting prayer after every meeting is, "Eternal God, our Father, we have thought together seriously; now help us to go out and live seriously." Ho—"On the street to -clay a very handsome young lady smiled at mo." She—"Oh, I wouldn't feel badly about it. There are some men who look even funnier than you do," MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER WFtAr SORT of measemte 45 This! 1T 'STATES THAT You elect a Betts AFPotnifelo # MEMBC%' circ 1111G• \OLYMPIC tpreiNT4NG TTAM!�,��x safe: Wetter As A MINT �FEEtt»l2 Ger Me oN iHAT S,,PR Tt&G TEAMS RASberVt:G1.ltJG"ts t•+Y PROFESstokg FOR ItaStAWGE -• 'Sift sumMY 4JAhlrt -ro Nun1T ttAlseiTs S Ng 404GAGes me A stsr taq W4 eseret2 A PtaL'p •- AMA SobuetoCY A RABtr SUMPS r. ou`C. x S.cAmpaie AFrEie HIMt" 'AN`Q eatem At.oh►GGSI'De S OSP oua:.tZ AND ill se.4 wil, "rbtaR, t1E'Sr Siet4hllt ciao 4=Po ' i. a , source of plantfood and soil better- ment is apparent. Only the manure which i collected from the stales during the period of housing of the livestock, however, can be estimated as an active source. The quality of this manure will depent' directly upon the type of handling which is given it. If it is, thrown loosely on an open pile, bacterial action may quickly pro- ceed to a point where the manure be- comes fire -fanged or burnt in the cen- ter of the pile. This fire -ranging lib- erates nitrogen in the form of am- monia and destroys touch of the r - genic matter. Losses will recur w. . any method of handling but when one weigbs the cost of increased labour necessary to take the manure out all at once in the spring, against Curs loss from exposure In oontinuous applica- tion, it is considered good business to remove the manure to the field daily or at least weekly. if the soil 25 well supplied with organic matter, especial- ly if it leas been tall plowed, top -dress - Ing during winter will afford a profit- able means of handling of mauure. Investigations in England indicate that where the rainfall exceeds 35 Indies during the period of non -growth Money in Sweet Potatoes According to a newspaper report, Dr. 0. L. Fitzsimmons of Delhi, isa� disposed of his entire crop of swe potatoes at the satisfactory price of $2.50 per bushel. This speaks wed for the quality nI Norfolk -grog sweet potatoes and as they become more widely -known they should die" place imported sweet potatoes to A great extent. Dr. Fitzsimmons ba made a start which will doubtle i' be followed by other farmers of tli district this ,coming season. He di not wax wealthy this year as th initial investment makes the firs ; year the hardest, but in the seaso . ahead he should profit liberally i the branch of agricultural indust which he introduced In Caua•cia.-4 (Sinu:oe lt.eformer.l. LAWS A multitude of laws in a country like a great number at phyalclaxas, eign of weakness and malady. 1 .Teff Can Do a Hundred Yards in Nine Seconds Fi>Rt itIONFIN