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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-03-02, Page 31(i,000,000 Boy Scouts The 76th .birthday, February 22, of Lord Baden-Powell o ilwell, father of the Boy BeOuts, and the fact that the movement this year achieves its 25th birthday, attracts new attention to the phenomenal growth of Scouting' withiuthe life of its founder. Reports presented at the recent annual meet- ing in London sli,ow an enrolment of 2,159,984 Scouts and leaders in no less than 94 countries and parts of the British Empire. Since the inauguration of the move- ment in 1908 not less than ten million boys have profited by its training for good citizenship. To this number may be added probably half that number of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of the re- sulting sister movement—in all some 15,000,000 young people influenced to vealizer their best in service, health and friendliness. Not the least contribution has been that to youth -world -understanding by this "junior League of Nations." Three world gatherings of Boy Scouts 'and one of Rover (older) Scouts have brought together many thousands of boys of all nations in completely friendly intercourse. The Scout Jam- boree of 1929 called to England over 53;000 boys, many , from enemy coun- tries of the Great War, for two weeks of the friendliest fraternizing. A simi- lar gathering this year will bring other thousands together to offer "adult na- tions" and their diplomats another ex- ample of thousands of boys of many countries living and playing together in complete mutual respect and cor- dial good -will for two jolly weeks. Truly a wonderful living monument to a living leader; and one for whom many more years of inspired leader- ship will be toasted at a practically unbroken world chain of Scout and Guide banquets, celebrating his natal day, andthat also of Lady Baden- Powell, World Chief Guide, on Febr- uary 22nd. Silver Wolf For J. W. Mitchell Before a distinguished gathering at a luncheon at the Royal York Hotel; Toronto, given by Mr. E. R. Wood, the Honorary Silver Wolf, was presented by His Excellency, the Earl of Bessborough as Chief Scout for Can- ada to Mr. J. W. Mitchell, President of the Provincial Council of the By Scouts Association, The decoration was in recognition of twelve years of outstanding service. During Mr. Mit- chell's presidency the Scout member- ship in Ontario has grown from 7,697 to 23,876. New U,S. President Backe Scouts At a recent meeting of the Boy Scouts Foundation of Greater New York President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his readiness to serve as President of the Boy Scouts of America, and declared the Scouts could always feel they had an ardent friend in the White House. Forestry Minister's Tribute to Scouting Tribute to the effectiveness of Scout citizenship training in general and to the value of Scout co-operation in vari- ous forestry department aetivitiee, was paid by Hon. Wm. Finlayson, Minister of Lands and forests of On- tario, at the annual meeting dinner of the Provincial Scout Association. Par- ticular mention was made of help in getting tree -planting publicity to farm- ers, and the annual work done by Scouts on the reforestation project at Angus, Ont. Lt. -Gov. Presents Scout "V.C." The rare Cornwell Badge, the fourth awarded a Canadian Scout, was pre- sented by Lieut. -Governor Fordham Johnson to Scout Myddleton Macken- zie before a large gathering at the Legislative Buildings, Victoria, B.C. The occasion was marked by the pre- sence of Hon. R. H. Pooley, represent- ing the Provincial Government, and Mayor David Leeming. The badge is awarded for exceptional character and fortitude shown during an extended period of suffering, and high standing in Scouting. Every boy between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age should be a Scout. The Boy Scout Movement heti some- thing to interest boys of all types, and It is non-military and non-political, it caters to boys in all classes of life. and it is also inter -denominational. Scouting supplements your school education, gives you a broader out- look, and helps you to have "a clean mind in a healthy body,' and teaches you 'how to fit yourself to be a useful and good citizen when you grow up. The Lone Scout Department is es- pecially organized to take care of country boys and those who are 'un- able to join a regularly organized Troop. Why not write to -day for in- forinatiOn about it? The address is: The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout Department, 330 Bay Street, Toronto.—"Lone E." If There Were No Books (From London Correspondent of New York Times Book Review.) "It is a mistake to assume that 000ks hive come to stay. The human race did without them for thousands of years and may decide to do with- out them again." This startling pre- diction comes not from any Philistine lowbrow, but from one of our most accomplished literary artists, E. M. Fors.ter. He observes that the radio and cinema are turning us from read- ers into listeners and lookers, and he Wonders whither this tendency will lead. Mr. Forster regards the pros- pect of a bookless world as a deplor- able one, for books, he says, have an educational value which nothing yet invented will supply. No one is edu- cated who cannot concentrate, and it is easier to learn concentration through a book than through a talk or n film, for an obvious reason. If your attention wanders, you can go back to the top of the page and start again, whereas in a talk or a film you are carried on. So he confesses that he has little faith in the educational fu- ture of broadcasting unalloyed, and he trusts in the movies still less. A Microphone and screen will both be helpful as long as they are subsi- diary only, and are combined with books and refer us to books. They can indicate, but they cannot rub anything in, and it twenty-four hours ill they leave behind is a•blter. Goatskin Exports Are Huge acatskins exported from British India last year weighed 33,600,000 pounds. 0 There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. It is human, it is divine carrion,— illrhoreau, Sonnet on the Sea - It keeps, eternal whisperings around Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell Vats -twice- ten thousand caverns, • till the spell of Hecate leaves' them their old .shadowy sound. Often 'tis in such gentle temper found, That scarcely will the very small- est shell Be mov'd for days whence it some- time fell, When last the winds of heaven were unbound, Oh yel who have your eyeballs vex'd and tir'd, F:east them upon the wideness of the sea: Oh ye! whose ears are dinn'd with uproar rude, Or fed too much with cloying 111 elody,— Sit ye near some old cavern's mouth, and brood tYntIl ye start, MS if the sea -nymphs • quir'd! --John Keats. "Poems". Mongol Dictionary • Contains 2,000 Pages Tokyo.—After 16 years, of work, Maj. Kenji Shimonaga of the War Of- fice has eompleted a Mongolian -Jap- anese dictionary, the first of its kind, which will be published shortly by the army, It is a book of 2000 pages. The army long has given clbse at- tention to the study of foreign, langu- ages and has in its language school experts on nearly all tongues, Major Shimonaga has specialized in Oriental languages', including Mongolian, Chinese dialects, Manchu and Tibetan. He had to design special type to re- produce the intricate Mongol char- acters appearing in his dictiotary. Sunday School Lesson March 5 Lesson X—Jesus Giving Life and Health—Mark 5: 21-24, 35-43, . Golden Text — The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.—Psalm 126;3. ANALYSIS. L WH Eat TIMMY, COMES, Mark 5: 21-23. II. weiEet minx IS menu, Mark 5: 24-34. M. WHEN GOD COMES IN, Mark 5. 35- 43- L WEEN TROUBLE COMES, Mark 5; 21-23. • When Jesus and his men arrived hack at Capernaum, the news of the previous night's happenings had al - reedy reached the town. The popu- lace crowded down t the harbor to welcome him back. Many were the motives which brought them there, curiosity, gratitude, hope, desperate need. Jairus (v. 22) was ri desperate need. Death was hovering over his home, v. 23. Some one hurrying past cried out, "There comes Jesus!" Cast- ing aside his pride and perhaps pre- judiceeethe artisocrat ran and. flung himself, in Oriental 1 .shiont at Jesus' feet, imploring him to come to heal the child. Man's extremity was God's oppor- tunity. When trouble comes the many things which separate men sud- denly lose their importance. The February 26. Lesson IX—Jesus Shows rough ploughshare of sorrow had broken up the. sreface of this man's life, and made him capable of receiv- ing God's best. 11. rw}12E4N-84 F.AITH IS FEEBLE, Mark 5: In the crowd was another figure, also drawn there by her trouble. Suf- fering from recurring hemorrhages for many years, she has Suffered much also, as Mark quaintly puts it, at the handsof the doctors—many doctors. All her money had gone in doctors' bills and she was worse instead of better, v. 26. Luke, himself a physi- cian, thought this _ether hard on the medical profession. He left out part of Mark's account, Luke 8: 43. Even today in the East, it is common in the case of serious illness to employ a multiplicity of doctors. Their diag- noses arel prescriptions conflict. When one reflects that they prescribed such remedies as ashes of, burnt wolves' skulls, frogs' livers, eyes of crabs and such things, it is ieasy to imagine this woman's condition after twelve yea& treatment! Instead of addressing herself to the Master, she crept up behind him and touched his clothes.. Her disease prob- ably made her ceremonially unclean. She would, therefoee avoid publicity. She also shared the belief, eoramon in her time'that a kind of supernatural virtue went forth from the Healer, and might even be spraed through contact with his clothing. See Acts 19: 12. The extraordinary sensitiveness of Jesus distinguished that particular touch from the pressure of the crowd. He turned and asked, "Who touched me?" Matthew evidently shocked at the disciples' too bold correction, omits it in his account. Shocked also at a miracle of which Jesus was not tha author, he makes the healing fol- low Jesus' words, Matt. 9:20. Jesus, ignoring the disciples. continued to look for the one who had caught his garment. The poor woman, trembling with embarrassment and fear of the possible consequences of her deed in trying to gain benefits without the Healer's knowledge, nvade herself known, v. 33. Affectionately address- ing her as "daughtee," Jesus reassur- et, her. Her faith, superstitious as it was, not the touch' of his garment, had cured her. A timid faith it was, just enabling her to stretch out a stealthy hand, too feeble to bring heir. openly to Jesus' yet a real faith, richly eeward- ed. The Canadian soldier, dying on the field, pressing to his lips the rude cross hurriedly improvised by the Pro- testant padre with two bits of sticks, may have shown a somewhe& super- stitious faith. But it helped the boy to see his Saviour and die happy. The amazing love and mercy will not quench the smelting flax of our feeble faith, "I think that there is a great les - eon here. It is not that it does not matter whether or not we have in- telligent and enlightened evangelical views. We should be thankful that we live in a land of the open Bible, a land delivered largely from religious superstition. We elo not believe in, such things as fetishes and holy relics. But can you imagine the Spirit of the Lord locking over Christendom today? Think of some dark places in South America where many people are grossly superstitious regarding cer- tain holy relics and so on. 1 can ima- gine him looking at people like that, and at ourselves, with all OUT true, Youthful and Useful Dy HELEN WILLI.A.1ViS.. austrated Diveenzaking Lesson Fur - wished With Every Pattern Here's a charmingly youthful model for y-ou. It reflects the Victorian age with its deep round yoked bodice with sleeves that widen and puff above the elbow. The skirt lines are clever with snug hips and a deep pointed section at the front that will give elegant height to your figure. For it you may choose a discreetly patterned crinkly crepe silk (such as made the original) in, your favorite scheme. Medium blue, geranium -red and rust tones are delightfully chic. Style No. 3333 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38 and 40 inchbust. Size 16 requires 3% yards of, 39 -inch material with 3/s yard of 39 -inch contrasting and % yard of ,35 -inch lining. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in. stamps or coin (thin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 'la West Adelaide St., Toronto. enlightened, intelligent faith, and per- haps finding in some poor soul there a deeper desire for him, a greater readiness to be changed by him, than in some of us, with all our correct views,"—P. Carnegie Siinpsee, III, WHEN (40D COMES IN, Mark 5. 35- 43. While all this was taking place, a messenger came with the 11 CWS that the girl had already passed away. The distraught father evidently re- fused to accept the message as final. continued to implore Jesus. "Why are you still worrying the Teacher?" urged the servant, v. 35. Jesus also evidently refused to accept another's opinion. With a word of encourage- ment to the father (v. 36) he took his three most intimate disciples and went to the house. When he saw the girl ha declared her not- really dead, but asleep (-v. 39), that is unconscious; and there- upon restored her to her parents. Bible students should compare the account in Matthew .9: 18, 23-26, where the girl is already dead, and the father definitely asks Jesus to restore her to life. Jesus' wirds, "not dead, but sleeping," must, then, be taken metaphorically. Death, to a Christian is but a sleep fro. which Jesus can waken one. The command to keep the restoring a secret was giveu possibly to enable Jesus to avoid the excited and clamor- ous crowds whose demands for heal- ings so interfered with his teaching ministry. He mentioned to a too happy father that his little girl -would be the better of something to eat. Once again -our Lord demonstrated that the vitalizing an enriching of a man's whole life, physical as well as spiritual, is partof his work. 'W'hen God comes into one's life, spiritual forces are set free. When we begin to live wisely and kindly, many pres- ent-day ailments w.:11 disappear! MUTT AND JEFF - 6.9A sceAse'eol(LIA- 'VT% ivi-4:rV" DO Y By BUD FISHER eee. 3: t/E..,.Grrtia.R ser0R4 -o• re 'soitAeo1'Je,;!,;:41RY'', Wet.t. t14duefe. sa.e,"Ns ore- - • ••••eleeiege•-e-eogeeemeoperee arm Queries Henry G, Beli, 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 Column. If ,Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose Starnped and Addressed Envelope. Questions and Answers J. B.—Regarding the testing of soil for lime conditions, can I send and get the liquid to test the soil myself, or have 1 to send the soil sample to O.A.C.? Answer.—Reacto Soil Kits contain - lug the liquid for testing soils, the package of waxed papers on which the soil is placed and the chart carrying the comparatve colors and directions as to how much lime is necessary in order to produce a neutral condition of soil, are supplied from the Depart- ment of Chemistry at cost (25c), or they may be had at the offices of the various Agricultural Representatives on the same terms. Each set contains full instructions and the test can be made by the farmer himself or by the Agricultural Representative, or you may send samples to the soils labora- tory, Dept. or Chemistry, O.A.C., where tests will be made free of charge. If samples are to be sent, place about one-half pint of soil in a closely woven cotton bag. Tie a tag OU to the top of the bag when closing it and address same to the Department of Chemistry. Place your name and ad- dress on the other side of the tag, It is best for you to drop us a line under separate cover at the same time. Of course, it 'will be necessary for you to pay postage on this parcel but the testing and reply are free of charge. W. B.—I have been told to put mY wood ashes on my potatoes next spring when 1 plow. Would this be a good thing to do and woula you put the ashes on the set as you plant them? They will be plowed in. Would a handful do each set or would it be too much? I am planting 4 or 5 acres and was thinking of using ashes on some and cemmercial fertilizer on some, and of course will use manure on them all. What is the best fer- tilizer for potatoes? The soil is a sandy loam and up high. Answer.—It would not be wise to put wood ashes on potatoes. It is true they carry from 5 to 8% potash if =- leached, but they also carry a large percent of lime, frequently 30 to 40%. This lime produces distinctly alkaline conditions. in' the soil, which conditions are the best possible for the growth of the potato scab. If your potatoes contain the spores of scab the treatment you mention would re- sult iu a very scabby crop. It is a wise policy to use wood ashes on land that you are preparing to seed to al- falfa or other legumes. These crops take large quantities of potash out of the soil and will benefit greatly by the potash which is applied in the ashes and the lime which it ca,rriesalso, since legumes thrive best on alkaline soils. e manure is well rotted, you will be j a good thing to give a 'fairly generous dressing to your potato ground, since the light soil that you describe will need considerable or- ganic matter or plant fibre for it to hold sufficient moisture for the grow- ing potato crop. Our tests on potatoes which cover a period of four years show an aver- age increase from fertilizers for the four years of 51.3 bushels per acre. Where six different fertilizers were compared on 15 representative potato farms during the past year, the largest yield was obtained from 750 lbsper acre of 4-8-10. This gave an increase of 57.8 bushels per acre. At prices charged for this type of fertilizer in 1932, this represents an investment of $7,82 per acre, or the cost of the in- creased bushels of potatoes -would be 18%e per bushel. If potatoes are sell- ing at 50c a bushel you can readily see that this would represent a nice profit on investment. The next highest increase to 4-8-10 Was made by 0-12-10, *Which made an increase of 10 bushels less per acre at a cost of .$6.34 for the application or 18.30 per bushel of potatoes. If you plan to use fertilizer be sure not to put the potatoes directly on top of the fertilizer or the fertilizers di- vectly on top- of the potato pieces. Such an application would tend to draw the moisture out of the potato pieces and injure their vitality. Cover fertilizer Iightl ywith soil before dropping po- tatoes,J. D. B.—What is the reason for tur- eLse some owe. el. se LiKt yoo tve Ntuere seels) ,L. nips taking on rot before maturity os a particular piece of land, especialll worse after a crop of rape has bees grown on the field the previous year, Is this condition due to lack of rabn. eral or plantfood in the soli, and might it be overcome by using some kind of fertilizer? Answer.—The opinion of the Depart ment of Bacteriology is that this rol is one that is quite prevalent lotus. nip fields this year, known as "bac terial rot of turnips.' It is a very des- tructive rot and no treatment of soil, nor spraying, so far discovered, haft any effect on control of the disease Rape belongs to the same botanical family as turnips, therefore it is quite natural to expect that a potato crop following a rape crop may be infected with the same disease, since the re. manent of the rape crop would carry the turnip disease over. The best advice we can give you on the subject is to change the field fof your turnips and by all means do not follow rape with turnips. If you see the. disease starting in your turnipg next year pull up the diseased plants, remove them from the field and abso lutely destroy them; also plow undez all refuse on the field after the crop is harvested, such as leaves. T. P. W.—We are confronted with a problem which we cannot understand in the matter of churning cream and not able to obtain butter. The cream being the right temperature and after churning a short time it commenced to foam and Gould not do anything with it. The next lot of cream chura ed all right. Then a third churning took place and the result was tho ground alfalfa as a mash. The cori is a Holstein in good condition and her feed consists of timothy and al, falfa hay with chopped oats and ground alfalfa a sa mash. The co'a is with calf and will come in next May, She is giving a lot of milk at present, We had no trouble with the cream until about a month ago. Perhaps yell could enlighten us on this matter and give some reason for it for which wl will be glad to hear from yeti. Answer.—The Department of Dairy ing gives the following answer to you,. inquiry: In order to get cream to•churn in reasonable length of time it is neees sary that the crewel" be of sufficienl richness, that the churn be not filled over one-third full, a.nd that the COD rect temperature range for churning be adopted. If these conditions arg observed throughout the year . the clnitning 'time should not exceed 30 to 40 minutes. Winter cream, of course tend a -to churn with difficulty as coin. pared with summer cream, owing to smaller fat globules; milk fat of bard er chemical composition and also to the naturally increased viscosity ol winter milk and cream. Nevertheless, if the richness of cream and fullnes: of churn are standardized the simple temperature adjustment, using a ther, mometer, is all that is necessary ie order to regulate the churning time. I ant of the opinion that thin cream combined with too low churning tem, perature is the cause of your churn, ing difficulties, and would, therefore, advise having the richness of crease increased to 25 to 30%, and the adop. tion of a churning temperature to 69 deg. F. to 64 reg. 1P. Acid Finishes Electric BulbI The inside of electric lamp bulbs is being etched in France by a machine which injects hydrofluoric acid into the bulb through a nozzle. Because these nozzles, had to be replaced fro quently due to the acid's corrosive action, they are now being made of a nickel -copper -chromium east iron. Beavers are equipped with oil glands on each side of the body and with toesnail combs on their hind feet, and they are constantly preening and primping when not sleeping, -eating, playing or working, It is a law of nature that faint- hearted men should be the fruit al luxurious tountries. for we never linj that the same soil produces debsed a and heroes.—}lerodotus. 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