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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-02-16, Page 3What Shall We Do? This season of the year is often one et which Lone Scouts ask themselves incl each other- "What shall we do?" Often the weather outdoors is so in- -lament that it is no fun to go for a aike or to enjoy outdoor games, and we are at a "loose end" and do not snow how to occupy our time. But now is the time when a thought- ful Louie should be preparing for the epringtimo and summer, which after all are not very far off. We know of one Lone Patrol that is already planning for summer outipgs and camps, and who are building a Trek Cart, on blcycle wheels, which they hope will ease their shoulders of many a heavy burden during the com- ing summer. Tents and camping kit repairs can he made if needed. 'Then aau'be hunted out and ov,,rhauled, and also, what about that smart camp "Gadget" that you saw another chap rake to camp, and which you made up your mud to manufacture' when you got home? Now is the time to do all these things. In other words, "Get Prepared!" Then there are other' things that you can do. Prepare for the things which commence so quickly in the Spring- time, and which pass by in such haste. How many -of you meant to work for the BirdWarden's Badge last year, for instance? _You have to keep a re- cord of the birds and -nests iu your district for over a year, but the sea- son got too far advanced, and you hadn't a nate book prepared, so you passed it up • till next year. Maybe lou meant to work for the Naturalist's Badge too, but'slipped up on that one also. This year be "ready for these things. Prepare your Record and Note Books NOW, so that when the first. hinds come along, and the first blos- toms bloom, you will be all set to take late of the occasion. ee Now, also, is the time to work for crud earn such badges as Tailor, Ster- man, Signaller, Safety -Man, Reader, Radio Man, Public Health Man, Plumb- er, Photographer, Musician, Missioner, Metal Worker, Master at Arms, Healthy Man, Handy Man, Entertainer, fang -Meer, Electrician, Debater, Clerk, Citizen, Carpenter, Bookbinder, Artist, Ambulance Man, etc. You see, there .is plenty of scope to keep you busy indoors at this time of the year, and your Scoutmaster will give you full particulars of the requirements of any of the above,badges, if you do not know and will take the trouble to ask Of course if the weather is such that you can get outof doors, there is. lots of fum to he .had on Winter Ski and• Snowshoe hikes. Tracking games, and bunting for the tracks of wild animals, etc; And of °curse, it usually is not lard to find some sort of good turn to do in your neighbourhood. Remember, whatever the circum- stances, a Good. Lone Scout does not waste time, but keeps himself busy, and thus improves his knowledge and his character. That .Scouting really is a worldwide brotherhood is evidenced continually in many ways, but this week it is in- teresting to note that our Brother Scouts in India are really putting into practice the 4th Scout Law, which tells us that "A Scout is a friend to all and a Brother to every other Scout." India, of all countries, with her rigid caste 'system, is the most difficult place for a native boy to put, this.. law into practice; but President Shri Ram Bajpai, at a Hindu Scout Conference in the Punjab, declared that for them the chief application of this law was the uplifting of the Un- touchables. For some years Hindu Scouts have been working and mixing witli low caste boys, ignoring the pre- vious strict rules which prevented them from doing this. Interesting,"too, is the report -from Daru, Papua, in the Pacific Ocean, which informs us that another Troop, the second, has •' been formed in that district. The first Troop of these boys, whose fathers were headhunters, was started in 1928, and is now a com- plete group of Cubs, Scouts and Rovers. Sc'outs and"a Chgleea Epidemic. According to a British missionary publication, Hindu and Christian Boy Scouts took charge of a panic-stricken village in Hyderabad during a- cholera epidemic, and saved .102 out of 135 cholera cases. They disinfected houses, buried the dead, provided medicine and food and treated the wells. Pre- viously the `villagers had opposed the Scouts; now the troop has full sup - pont iu maintaining sanitary condi- tions and in carrying out other pro- gressive measures, The Governor-General of Scouting "There is no doubt that the Scout Movement is doing a work of national importance in the training of boys and young men for actively, useful citizen- ship, and a work of international im- portance in the interest of world friendship and peace.'—His Excellency the Governor-General, at a recent Ot- t;i.wa meeting .of the Dominion Execu- tive Committee of the Boy Scouts As- sociation. The Lone Scout Branch of the Boy'. Scouts Assooation is open to boys he tween 12 and 18• years of age, inclu- sively, who are not able to join a:Re-` gular Troop of Scouts, but who are keen to take advantage of Boy Scout Training. Information concerning this branch Will he gladly given to all n-. terested who care to write to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout. De- partment, 330 Bay .Street. Toronto 2. —"Lone E." Torn Brown Goes to Rugby Tom had ' never been in London, and would -have liked to have stopped at the Belle Savage, where they had been put down by the Star, just at dusk. that he maght have gone rov- ing about those endless, mysterious, t'as-lit streets, which, with their glare and hum and moving crowds, excited him so that he couldn't talk even. But tis seou as he found that the Peacock arrangement would get hien to Rugby by twelve o'clock in the day, whereas Otherwise he wouldn't be there till the evening, all other plans melted away; his one absorbing aim being bo become a public schoolboy as fast as possible, and six hours sooner or later seeming to him of the most alarming importanee. Tom and his farther had alighted at the Peacock, at about seve:, in the evening, and having heard with un- feigned joy the paternal order at the bar of steaks and oyster -sauce :for supper in half -an -hour, and seen his father seated cosily ba the bright fire. in the toffee -room with the paper in his handl, Tom had run out to see about flim, had wondered at all the vehicles passing and repassing, and had •fraternized with the boots and ostler, from whom he ascertained that the Tally -ho was a tip-top goer, ten hour incdin rang s ol)pages, Savo $2,000 a year. utiles an h u I d` t and so punctual,that all the road• set their clocks by hen: Then being summoned ,to supper, -he had regaled himself in one of the • bright little boxes of the Peacock coffee -room, on the beefsteak and un- in'iited oyster -sauce Till the Squire, observing Tom's state, and re- membering_ that it was nearly nine c'olock, and that the Tally -ho 'left at three• sent the little fellow of to the chambermaid, wdth a shake of the hand (Tom having stipulated in the morning before starting, that kissing should now cease between them) and a few parting wcrds. Tom was car- ried off by the chambermaid in a brown study, from which he was rous- ed in a clean little attic, by that buxom person calling hint a little darling, and kissing him as she left the room; which indignity he was too much surprised to resent—Thomas Hughes, in "Tom Brown's School Days." Soviet Opens Children's Opera Leningrad,—An opera house for children has been opened here. Per- formances last from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The first production was Iiiensley-Icor- sakov's "Ohistmas Night." Town Liyhtless For f c'onomy Mexico, Me. -- Nineteen thirty-three will bo a lightless year in this village. 13y foregoing street lamps Mexico will Sunday School Lesson February 19. ' Lesson VIII- Jesus' Teaching ay Parables (The Growth of the Kingdom) ---Mark 4: 2134. Golden Text—The earth shalt be full of the knowledge of the Lord, asthe waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:9. ANALYSIS. I. pen's TORCI•I-BEARERS, Marc 4:21-25. II, THE SURE REWARD, Mark 4:26-29. III. coo's TINY SEEDS, Mark 4:30-32, I. GOD'S TORCH -BEARERS, Mark 4:21-25. The disciples may have been con gratulating. themselves that truths. hidden' from the multitude were being ,revealed to themselves: If so, the say irgs of vs.' 21=25 were calculated to correct that complacency. If they. wen; highly privileged, they . were thereby under a corresponding obli- gaton. Lamps ate meant to give light.. 'To keep to yourselves .he truth I have been giving you would be like lighting a lamp and putting it under the upturned `bushel' "—the• peck measure which was part of the furni- ture of even the humblest home, v, 21. ,What.:ver gift it is that God bestows upon us, a eft of song, or speech, or skill, or capacity, or personality, or material possessions,'it is given us not merely for our exclusi m use, but for . the good of others. We have light .in order that others may see. Other wise .. . •. if our virtues Did not go forth from us, 'T : ore all alike As though we had then not!'. "0 Lord, I am not eloquent," ob- jected Moses (Exod. 4: 1.0), trying to hide his light under the bushel of false modesty, or .fear., The man who enjo3;a the blessings of Christianity and at the same time has no use for missions is as hard to understand as the fellow who lights his lamp and'. puts it under a bed. In order to avoid the possibility of misunderstanding, the Master told them plainly that everything.that was beine explained to them now private- ly, was to be given out at the proper time, v. 22. Since they were to be the heralds of his truth, they must attend seri- ously and carefully to his teaching, v. 2e. Prepared hearers as well as prepared preachers are necessary for. effective teaching and preaching. Whatwe give aur attention to, as well as the manner of our attend'tig, de- termine our efiectivenes asGod's torch -bearers, v. 24., "She never lis- tened to gossip," they said, when re- cently a notably spiritual and useful woman died. Her mind bad never been poisoned, with mental garbs The measure of earnestness we g1`ve; to hearing determines the ineasuite^•ooi; truth the Master can bestow upon us' v. 24. The more we have the niow° E' we can assimilate, v. 25. The hear y closed to more truth eventtali .lose' the truth it already has. II. THE ,SURE REWARD, Mark 4:2a-29 How like •his own work, thought Jesus, as he saw the lonely sotnYet flinging out his seed inthe hope that some of it at .least would produce :a. harvest. How few they were who re- ceived his weed in an honest and good heart. But Jesus, himself so perfect- ly the chnnr_el of the Father's will, knew that Godis behind every earnest showing. His word will not return unto him void. This parable conveys that heartening truth to all of God's discouraged workers. Once the farmer sows his seed, mys- terious forces in the seed itself and in This parable teaches that, in spiritual matters, material size,.. mere r.umberi, noisy advertising, are not the stan- dards by which Incl ortance• or success is measured. "Small as a gl.ain of nuastaril seed" (v. 51) was. a Jewish' proverb. A; tree was an Old Testa- ment symbol for the growth and beau- ty of "the age of gold," Daniel 4: 10. Hence the minuteness of the "mustard seed," compared with its relatively tremendous growth, made it a vivid illustration, of the expansion of the c iritual kingdom.. God's tiny seeds— this man's utter consecration; a mother's prayer; a boy's imagination aglow with ideals; a teacher's devo- tion; are destined to become the "tree" of God's dominion in the world. Then Scorn not the slightest word or deed Nor deem it void of power; There's fruit in each wind -wafted seed, That waits its natal hour. No act falls fruitless; none can tell How vast its power .nay be; Nor what results infolded dwell Within it silently Dan Crawford said: "You may count the apples on the tree, but who can count the trees in the apples?" The gospel movement had a small be- ginning, but today it is a "great tree." "Tice kingdom which began with Jesus and his handful of Galilean disciples, is now the mightiest force in the world." Novel Neck Line By HELEN WILLIAMS. llustratecZ Dressmaking Lesson Air,- nialted With Every Pattern Z66 Here's a smart new youthful way Paris has found to widen the shoul- der line. It is a narrow circular flounce placed to simulate a cape. You'll agree, it is a cunning idea, the soil begin to work together, to pro- a The leg -o'• -mutton sleeves are inter - duce a harvest, v. 27. Having done esbing. his part, he is to leave the rest with The smart nnouse gray shade in nature, that 'is, sleep and rise night rabbit's hair woolen made the *wig - and day.." In the human :,cart there is a spark of the 'divine, a possible 1 to responsiveness, which constitutes the appropriate environment in which truth takes root. Said an old Chris- tian gentleman to a young, discour- aged teacher of a class of boys, "Your work will tell some day." Every growing plant (v. 28) is e lesson in patience. Its perfection is that of gradual development, not of complete attainment. One does not expect the full corn at the green -blade stage, nor tit. wisdom and spiritual Maturity of an old Christian in a young believer, an old head on young shoulders. Every growing plant is also a ground for courage. ,.It is a silent witness to the presence in hu- man life of spiritual processes, work- ing slowly, silently, mysteriously, but surely, hi God's good time some heart will sing the harvest song. The;m may be tarrying long, buting every faithful sowing is bringit nearer, III. GOD'S TINY SEEDS, Mark 4:30-32. is al model. Fuschia-red buttons and suede belt .accented a co or no . It sls very effective too with the deep shoulder yoke as in miniature view with the flounce omitted. Style No. 8266 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36 and 88 incites bust. Biz. 16 requires 2% yards 54 -inch. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write you. name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want.. Enclose 15e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number,. and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St, Toronto, Bees Spread Plant Disease Washington,—Bees; wandering from flower to flower, will transmit the bac- teria that cause fire 'blight, a plant dis- ease, says Drs. A. L. Pierstorff and Howard Lamb, of Oliio Agricuintral Experiment Station. The real obj ect• of the drama is the . exhibition of tiie human character. -- Macaulay,. The disciples, like most of us, were impressed -with "bigness." They would be tempted always to judge the great - tea , of Jesus' "kingdom" by the meagre results of his work so far. MUTT AND JEFF— MUTT AND n ARG PIckliaG UP !', LIt;1.Q, •CMAWG. CARITIIIJG SUITCASeS PAI 'D s' os Folz LAtme 5 AMA co> GEAT�tEM£Wl Here':, A PRosPee-rtyd,, CusToMCR Noble i By BUD FISHER --- eeneetel F'arm Queries Henry G. Bell, 3,S.A., Dept, of Chemistry, O.A.C.. .Address All Letters to Farm. Ediitor, 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in this Column. If Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope, • The Use of Fertilisers (Part One of a Two -Part Article) Questions 1, Can fertilizers injure the crop? 2, Is one analysis of fertilizer as good as another, or what is the best fertilizer for a farm? The above are two very common questions that are submitted in one form or another in correspondence or public meetings- They are vital ques- tions and questions to which Ontario farmers can well give thought at the present time. It isimpossible to ans- wer them ill full, but it is our purpose to submit answers founded an well es- tablished facts. 1. Cau fertilizers injure the crop? It is possible for fertilizers to injure a crop. Fertilizers are carriers of concentrated soluble plant food .(nitro- gen, phosphoric acid and potash). It is a law of physics that when a strong solution such as a strong mixture of salt and water is separated from a weak solution such as ordinary water by a membrance through which llgr can pass, that the tendency is for the weak solution to pass into the strong solution in an endeavor to weaken the strong solution to the same concen- tration as the weak solution. If the membrane is of such a character that some of the salts of the strong solu- tion cannot pass through freely from the strong solution to the weak solu- tion, this movement will take place. This is one of the great forces th,.t causes the rise of moisture from roots to leaves in the growing crop. It is not the only force that causes this movement, but one of the important forces, and this is the way it functions. As the soil waters bearing salts pass into the root cells the plant takes up salts of various kinds. Water is going off from the leaves of the plant con- tinuously, hence the salt solutions in the plant are contiuually becoming more concentrated, somewhat the same way as maple syrup becomes more concentrated as the moisture is driven off. This causes continual flow of moisture into the roots of the plant and up through the plant. Look at the processes of the plant in another way. Suppose you put a quan- tity of concentrated fertilizer in close touch with the root of the plant. The salt solution in the concentrated fer- tilizer is so strong that the movement is immediately the other way, or moisture is drawn out of the root to dilute the concentrated salt solution of the fertilizer. In this ease the crop Wilts arid, sometimes dies. In other words, the fertilizers have injured the growing crop. Of course, the wholl fault is in the placing of the fertilizers If they had been mixed with the soft) before the plant was set or the seed was dropped, the soil waters would have diluted the solution so that it wouhli have been weaker than the solution inside the plant roots, In which came the plant would take up the fertilizer and benefit materially by them. T1I point is that fertilizers help the Oro% if they are properly applied. Do no( place the fertilizer immediately around the seed or the seed immediately ori top of the fertilizer. Another way in which fertilizers cat injure the crop is by applying the wrong type of plant food in an effor( to help the crop. We know of an ilk stance where an oat field on a heave clay soil was largely spoiled by the addition of 5-8-7 fertilizer. This fer. tilizer is suited to,,a rapidly growing root crop such as potatoes or rugal' beets. The nitrogen applied in s, medium application of 5-8-7 fertilize' is altogether too much for an oat crop on a .clay loam soil. In practice, it produces far too much straw. The oae crop needs the emphasis to be laid oft phosphoric acid. 0-12-10 or 2-124 superphosphate would have been ins finitely better to apply to oats than 5-8-7. These are practical points that the farmer should know in purchasing fertilizers. These are practical point@ that the manufacturer should know 15 selling fertilizers to farmers. 2. Is one analysis of fertilizer al good as another, or what is the hes( fertilizer for a farm? Certainly, one analysis of fertilizetiif is not universally good for all crops, Hay or fodder crops require an env phasis on nitrogen while grain mope require little nitrogen but consider, able phosphoric acid, and root crepe require a fair amount of nitrogen with high potash, with the exception of tun nips, which require high phosphate and medium to low nitrogen and potash. Then, there is the differences iu soil, Sandy soils require a different fertiib izer to clay soils that tend to be ex- ceedingly- rich in organic matter, sucte as muck soils. The fertilizer analysis should be suited both to the special needs of the crop and to supplement. ing the soils where their charaoterls- tic weaknesses show up. Next week the following questions are answered: 1. Can fertilizers lift jure the soil? 1. Can I lose or gala money by using feitilizers under pre- sent conditions? Masquerade Who will join the masquerade And dance the dull night gaily through? Your dreams are made- as good,, as new Before the might's last spangles fade, And you shall lose your heart once more Ere the grey dawn has closet the door. Gipsies, clowns and columbines, Shepherdess and cavalier -- Carnival makes merry here, Lanterns glow in. colored lines. Who's your partner? Can you guess? All In masks and fancy dress'. Music haunts the frosty air. Here is laughter, here is bliss. Here are ruby lips to kiss, Here you may forget dull tare. Here, though joy seemed on the wane, You may fall in love again. But Fortune is a fickle jade. And you may find to your surprise Familiar, mocking, loving eyes Sparkling through the masquerade, And though you fall in love once more, She may be one you loved 'before, ---I.S. in Londou Answers, Some Butterflies Hibernate After Reaching Full Growth Although a large percentage of meths and butterflies winter as chry- aalids, and most of the rest of them as caterpillars or, in the ;egg stage, there are a few exceptions that hiber- nate as full grown adults. The mourn- ing cloak butterfly is a notable ex- ample of this. TMOIMAIM cevaaa, *too troch 041A USre.A. a m silt x'b 'Be:tTGR Glue , 'da+, Ai LIFT Foil !h iStecja, mf melee i '. 4 Large Scale Ontario Maps For Sports and Camper The new Orillia map sheet issued by the Topographical Survey, Ottawa, shows on a large scale the district of Ontario from the northern part ok Lake Simcoe, past Lake Couchiching and Sparrow Lake to the southern part of Muskoka, and from the Trent Canal on the southeast to the Georg- ian Bay on the north-west, It ad'. joins the Muskoka sheet, which Ilea immediately north of it. These two maps, together with the Parry Sound and Byng Inlet sheets already pule lisped, and the Sundridge sheet, which is expected at an early data include a part of Ontario famed far and wide for the facilities a pith is offers for sport and recreation. The southern part of the urea mapped is a well settled agricultural community, but the northern part is Practically all covered 'with rarest not being suited to agriculture. Xti the north-east corner the land rise to slightly over 1,000 feet above sea level, as compared with the main elevation of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron of 581 feet. Fish and game are plentiful. particularly in the northern part of the area. The Township of Longford, partly shaw5 on the neap. is owned by .a group who are making sof It a more or Iese private game preserve known as the' Longford Reserve, -Toronto Mail enact Empire. Use. "Mat soh of a ,chap la Fred?" Jill: "Well, a-heu we wer4 together last night the lights went' out, and ho spent ;lie rest et tli+t evening repairing the smite!: " A Kind -Hearted Custom* •u '