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Zurich Herald, 1930-09-04, Page 6Ontario Agricultural College Reports on Autumn Sown Crops By W. Z, Squirrell, Professor of Field Husbandry, Extremely dry weather (luring the latter part of August and the month of September was responsible for con- siderable decrease inthe area of win- ter wheat sown in. Ontario in 1929, Winter killing,- although severe in Some districts, seems to have been about average for the province. Grow- ing conditions since early spring have been excellent and winter crops were harvested under exceptionally good ' ' conditions. Very slight damage was caused ;this year by either Hessian Fly or rust. More damage than usual, however, was occasioned by the pre- sence of barren spikelets in the heads of winter wheat. Yield and quality of outman sown crops In the experiments at the Col- lege were exceptionally good in the a Arm mellow seed bed, which can only be obtained when preparation starts several weeks before seeding. Winter Wheat—Selection of Seed.— The results of many carefully con- ducted tests at the Ontario Agricul- tural College definitely show that large, plump, sound seed is the only selection which produces maximum yields and the best quality of crop. Winter Wheat—Dates of Seeding,— The largest yield and the best quality of winter wheat resulted when winter wheat was sown not earlier than Aug- ust 25th and not later than September 10th. When winter wheat was sown as late as September 30th the final yield of the crop was reduced almost one -halt'. Winter Wheat—Rates of Seeding,— Iu the average results of an experiment conducted for period of nine years it was found that there was very lit - crop harvested in 1930. Yields per tle difference in the yield per acre from sowing one and three-quarters and two bushels of seed per acre. These two quantities here mentioned rethan produced a greater yield per acre any other rate of seeding. Winter Rye.—Five varieties of win- ter rye have been under test at the Ontario Agricultural College in each of the last thirteen yearn. Tlie high- est yields of grain per acre were pro- duced by the New Invincible and the Boson varieties. The New Invincible surpassed the common variety in yield of grain per acre by 7.4 bushels for the average of the thirteen year period. Winter Barley.—Two varieties of winter barley have been under test at the College in each of the last twenty- three years, the Tennessee winter bar- ley producing an average yield for the period of 44.3 bushels of grain per acre. Winter barley is much more subject to injury through winter kill- ing than either winter wheat or winter rye. Winter Emmer.—Black Winter Em - mer produced an average yield for the last twenty-two year period of 25.13 bushels of grain per acre. In a number of seasons this crop almost completely winter killed. Winter or Hairy Vetches.—Winter killing and hot summer conditions were responsible for very low yields of this crop in 1930. Iu the average of twenty-six years' tests, Hairy Vetches produced an average yield of 10.02 bushels of grain per acre. Farmers who wish to obtain selected seed. for co-operative experiments with outstanding varieties of winter wheat and other autumn sown crops may ob- tain this material, free of charge, by writing the Department of Field Hus- bandry, Ontario Agricultural College. acre in the variety tests ' of winter wheat were greater than for several years. • •i A total i s e — auet i heat V Winter W of more than 300 varieties, hybrids, and plant selected strains have been under tests at the Ontario Agricul- tural College for a period of five years or more. The Dawson's Golden Chaff (O.A.Gf 61) and the O.A.O. No. 104 still continue to be the two leading varieties of winter wheat under test at Guelph. In the average of the last eleven years, the Dawson's Golden Chaff (O.A.C. 61) produced a yield per acre of 65.4 bushels per annum and the O.A.C, No. 104 of 63.0 bushels of grain per acre per annum. The high- ;- est yielding variety of red grained win- ter wheat in the experiments, which was the Imperial Amber (O,A.C. 92), prodced an average yield of 57.2 bush- els per acre. It will be noted that this variety produced on an average for the eleven year period 5.8 bushels less per acre than the O.A.C. No. 104 variety. The Dawson's Golden Chaff and O.A.C. No. 104 varieties of winter wheat are grown ou more than 80 per cent. of the winter wheat land of the Province of Ontario. Winter Wbeat—Rotation.—In rota- tion experiments conducted at the On- tario Agricultural College, the best re- sults were obtained when winter • wheat followed clover sod, alfalfa, sweet clover, field peas. or was sown on a summer fallow. Only fair results were obtained when winter wheat was sown following buckwheat or timothy sod. Winter Wheat—Soil Preparation.— Wintex wheat land should be plowed immediately after the previous crop has been- removed. This crop requires I BOOKS - ,a Writers and Readers Introducing a new weekly column 'herein will be discussed books of the moment, comments made on new writers and a general survey made of the World of Fiction. The Pulitizer Prize Novel "Laugh- ing Boy," by Oliver La Fargo (Hough- ton, Mifflin Company) $2.50, heads the list this week. From the moment "Laughing Boy" conies riding over the desert to attend the ceremonial dance being most in demand during the last month: GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS FIRST CANADIAN HEALTH UNIT This picture was taken when Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Willingdon visited the County Health Unit in Beauceville, Quebec. This Health Unit was the first to be formed in Canada and. has been operating on full time for a number of years with great benefit to the surrounding communities. A motion was made in the House of Commons during the last session asking the Canadian. Government to consider subsidizing these small full- time medical health departments in rural communities from coast to coast. Negro miracle play, founded on Roark.! Foreign Legion No Longer Bradford's "or Man Adam and His Chillun. " THE ADAMS FAMILY, by James Truslow Adams (Little, Brown). A study of character, heredity and politi- cal environment. THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY, by Will Durant. (Simoin & Schuster. In the dollar edition. Fiction CIMARRON, by Edna Ferber. (Dou- bleday, Doran). Pioneer women and boom days in Oklahoma. THE SCARAB MURDER CASE, by S. S. Van Dine. (Scribners). Philo Vance unravels another mystery. ROGUE HERRIES, by Hugh Wal- pole. (Doubleday, Doran). The futile life of a ne'er do well. CHANCES, by .A. Hamilton Gibbs (Little, Brown). Brotherly affection withstands the strain of a rivalry in love. THE SHEPHERD OF GUADA LOUPE, by Zane Grey. (Harper). A at The Lani, the attention of the read -I Western feud interferes with the course of true love. er is caught. The White Man's in- iiuence over the Indian race is subtly 1 portrayed through the meeting of Laughing Boy and Slim Girl. Well worth reading. For the non-fiction reader, nothing more delightful can be offered than' "The Story of San Michele," by Axel' Munthe (E. P. Dutton & Co.), $3,7 This entertaining autobiography of a successful doctor continues to head most of the non-fiction best seller lists. It is described by critics as "the most fascinating book of the year." Egyptian Portrait, by C. W. Grundy (J. M. Dent & Son, Ltd.), Toronto. Politics vs. Romance Refuge For Wanted Men Sidi Bel Abbes.--The French For- eign Legion, famed battalion of home- less men who sign up for seven years of hard living in the sandy edges of the Sahara, is no longer the safe asylum to -day for men just a step ahead of the police. In principle, the Foreign Legion is still inviolate, but in actual fact, the French pollee have access to the en- listment records and officials of the famed Surete Generale admit that they search among the Legionnaires When certain criminals are hunted, but that it is done prudently and cautiously. Officers of the Legion have been making a special effort to clear that battalion of the name of being com- posed of mystery nien, most of whom joined up to bury a criminal past. The Legion, they contend, is made up, of unhappy men, worsted in a love duel, and dare -devil youths who join up to satisfy • their craving for excitement, but no more criminals than any other "I am surprised that you think of corresponding body of men. marrying the chump; he is a man of There was a time when a policeman no forethought." did not. dare step past the gates of the "Well, I don't like these fellows who Legion recruiting barracks here at stop to ask if they may kiss you." Sidi-Bei-Abbes. Uniformed police still stay away, but detectives use all the strategy of their kind to find their men among the rercuits. Recently a detective was enrolled as Non -Fiction THE STRANGE DEATH OF PRES- IDENT HARDING, by Gaston B. Means and May Dixon Thacker. (Guild Publishing Company). Lurid "revela- tions." BYRON, by Andre Maurois. (Ap- eton). The personal romance of the figurehead of Romanticism. THE GRANDEUR AND MISERY OF VICTORY, by Jacques Clemenceau (Harcourt, Brace). Last words of the Tiger on the peace and the war. THE GREEN PASTURES, by Marc Connelly. (Farrar & Rinehart). A A well -told story of modern Egypt. The action centres around one Ahmed Farouki, a young boy peddler, who by a stroke of good luck becomes a ser- vant in an English household, which leads him into the path of knowledge. His first love affair (simply and real- istically told) follows swiftly with a young Greek -Egyptian girl. His es- cape from the lure of Cairo night life to Oxford, where he meets and mar- ries an English girl and the final chap- ters of the book are told in at adroit and sympathetic manner of his strug- gle between the love he hears for his English wife and love of country. Mystery and Romance The Solver of Mysteries and Other Steres, By Robert Henry Todd, (Brampton, Ont., Charters Feb. Co.) This is a book of intensely interest - lag short stories on various themes, • but dealing chiefly with that section 'of society that is known'es the tinder- world. The author has endeavored to infect the elements of thrill and sus- pense into his writings, and in this ho has succeeded to a marked degree. The plots of the stories are unusual and fresh, and those interested in de- . 'tectiv(? and mystery stories will find enjoyable reading in this book. As. well • as mystery and detective stories, the book contains stories of romance alai' hatter, The, Six Best Sellers Crew o;:l S. Thomas Lipton's Samtiock V, as The ite owing hooks are reported as frena' ldnl l<rf.cl for America's Cup race. Live and Let Live They were bowling merrily through the little country hamlets in their two seater car. His wife suddenly came over all poetical. "Darling," she murmured, breathing in large portions of the fresh air, "one feels as we sail through the country that life is really worth living, after all." "Yes," he replied, without taking his eyes off the road; "and the way the pedestrians are dodging out of our way they must feel the same."—Answers. Wrong Station Father was tuning in the wireless set when suddenly he gave a howl of pain. "What ever's happened?" asked his wife. "I believe I'm getting lumbago," he replied. His wife smiled contemptuously. "What ever's the use of that?" she replied. "You'll never be able to un- derstand what they are saying."—Ans- wers. Canadian Industry Shows Increase Canadian industry is steadily ail. vancing is productiveness. in this statement the word industry is used in its widest acceptance ,and includes in its scope not only manufactures, but agriculture and other productive operations. Measurement of the pro - gross of industry in this sense is one of the difficult problems of the practi- cal side of statistics, but several meth- ods are known which are sufficiently accurate for most purposes. One 01 these is the measurement of the gross and net annual production of the coun- try. .Of these two, the net production. is the more accurate indication of con- ditions, as it contains fewer duplica- tions than does the gross, though each is useful for certain purposes. • The net value of Canadian produc- tion was greater in 1928 than in any other year ou record- ft was 6.5 .per cent. greater than in 1927, and about 14 per cent. greater than in 1920, which year held third place in the 10- year period. Compared with the year immediately following the record of prices in 1920, the increase in the net value of Canadian production up to 1928 was 53 per cent.;while in the same seven years the increase in gross production was 44 per cent. The net value of commodities produced in Canada during 1926 was: $4,190,509,- 000. This amount compares with $3,- 936,186,000 in 1928 and $3,640,356,000 in 1926. These estimates just quoted do not, however, measure the full production of wealth within the Dominion in the yeers mentioned. They represent the wealth produced by those engaged in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, trap- ping, mining, manufacturing, construc- tion, etc. These constitute approxi- mately 65 per cent. of the productively employed persons in the Dominion. The remaining 35 per cent. of those employed must also be considered to be producers in the larger sense of the word, being engaged in such activities 'as transportation, trade, administra- tion, the professions, and domestic and personal service. - a recruit. For weeks he followed his man, made friends, got his prey talk- ing over a bottle and finally made his arrest. - Recruits are not compelled to give their names and homes when enrolling in the legion. They can give a num- ber, or snake up any name they want. They do not even have to state their true nationality and need show no passports. But in going through the recruiting mill, they are finger printed and note is taken of unusual tattooing or other distinctive signs. These records are available to police and they furnish many interesting leads, but they are available only to French police and the Legion otherwise guards its re- cruits from the prying eyes of Scot- land Yard, New York, Berlin and other foreign police. The Spanish Legion is hardly a safe refuge, where men can drop their real identity and take on a cloak of anony- mity. The immediate. finding in the Spanish Legion of Laureano De Vil- lanueva, rich Venezuelan bank official who disappeared from Paris leaving financial chaos in his wake, shows just how poor the asylum is. The third day police sought the young Venezuelan, they had already traced him to the Spanish Legion. A week later a detective sent to Morocco had confirmed the identification. Chinese Civil War Puzzles Outsiders Chinese civil war is waged accord- ing to its ownpeculiar rules, and is be- wildering to any outsider evho at- tempts to follow it. For nearly twenty years past those who have had to con- fess onfess themselves most confused have been the Occidental military experts on the spot. They have painstakingly watched developments from the first tedious interchange of veiled chal- lenges to the final debacle. They check up carefully the numbers, equip- ment, supplies, financial resources and strategic advantages of the opposing forces, weigh these ponderables against one another, and work out the probable result according to Occident- al rules of war. On the other hand, Chinese politi- cians in their night -long pow -wows up- on the same theme, ignore everything that interests the alien strategist and study the imponderables with minute attention, They go over all the Gen- erals on both sides who have grudges against their superiors and might de- sert to the enemy. They catalogue the family relations and early school - time affiliations between opposing of- ficers, well knowing that personal ties mean more to Chinese than the most flamboyantly advertised "cause." They keep informed on the popularity of Generals, armies and "causes," as re- fleeted in tea -house gossip, and note the effect of this upon the morale of the soldiery. The conclusions which they reach through these observations aro reflected in the tone of the native press, despite the most rigorous cen- sorship, and go a long way toward shaping the views expressed in the English and Japanese journals publish- ed in the China coast ports. .ti Small wooden churches are being provided for the use of week -end holt- day -makers in the woods near Berlin Merry Crew of Shamrock V. ,! .04.4eeeePieW.VAgee , seen from coast it, Total Productive Activity Since the values given in the pre- ceding paragraph were produced by only 5 per cent., or thirteen -twentieths of the employed population, seven -thir- teenths may be added to the above totals' to obtain a rough estimate of the value in dollars of the total pro- ' ductive activity of all the employed people of Canada, according to the economist's definition of "production," which approximates to the conception of national income. According to this broader interpretation, production in 1928 would represent created values of $6,446,000,000, compared with $6,- 055,000,000 in 1927, and $5,600,000,000 for 1926. The net production of Canadian in dustries in the usual acceptance' of the term during 1928 has already been given as $4,190,509,000. The gross production of these industries in the same year was $6,679,234,000. In both gross and net figures are included nine groups of industries. These industries are divided into primary and second- ary, primary being composed of pro- ductive processes, or other processes close to the raw material; while the secondary include what is usually des- cribed as manufacturing. In the prim- ary group, agriculture comes first, with a gross value of $1,905,311,000 and a net value of $1,501,271,000. For- estry comes second, with a gross pro- duction of $473,559,000 and a net pro- duction of $323,654;060. The other prim- ary industries are fisheries,. with a gross of $70,668,000 and a net of $55,- 050,000; trapping, with a gross of $16,- 603,000 16;603,000 and a net of the same amount; mining, with a gross ,of $308,250,000 and a net of $274,989,000; and eleetrio power, with a gross of $143,692,000 and a net of $112,326,000. Of the sec- ondary group of industries, the largest ' is manufactures, with a gross value of $3,769,487,000 and a net of $1;819,043,- 000. Included in this division also are construction, with a gross of $592,996,- 000 and a net of $387,166,000, and cus- tom and repair, with a gross of $129,- 085,000 and a net of $82,482,000. New Leltdon, Conn., upon recent arrival British Royalty "Pays Its Way" Full Rates tor Train Fares and, Shows Are Part of King George's Policy London. — Announcement that the royal train which took the King and Queen from Sandringham to Balmoral Castle, Scotland, recently, costs the equivalent of $3.33 per mile with first-', class fare in addition for every mem- ber of the royal party serves to put an end to the erroneous notion that the Ding travels free on railways, goes to the theatre free, and so forth. The King's expenses in this respect are paid out of the privy purse and neither the King nor any other mem- g ber of the royal filthily follows a course different fr,om.,'ai1y one else) With regard to theatre -going, a box' is seduired• through a firm .of agents; 'Who have pet fortpied; Ole office for' half a century, and is paid for in the' ordinary way. + 'sl . Although there 10 not a theatre mauagemeut An London. that would not hasten' to piece et bolt gratis at thte, disposal of the party, from royal as - well as businesslike motives, such a4i van,ces are striotly forbidden.