Zurich Herald, 1932-11-24, Page 6a,
Farrn Queries
Address All Letters to Farm Editor, 7.3 Adelaide St.
West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear itI this
Column.. If Personal Reply is Desired, ' Enclose
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B. F.—We are planning to grow a
small acreage of sugar beets this com-
ing year, and as it will be our first ex-
periene' along this line, can you au-
vise us as to what analysis of fertilizer
to use?, Which is the best soil for
sugar beets? We have one field heavy
around with clay subsoil, the other is
blackish ground with gravelly bottom.
Answer.—Sugar beets do not do
well on exceedingly heavy ground. For
this r':asou I would advise you to put
your beets on the blackish ground with
gravelly bottom, provided, of course,
that it is not too open and subject to
drying out early in the growing sea -
sou. Moreover, the sugar beet de-
velops very largely below the level of
the soil This requires that the soil
be deeply worked and of a sufficiently
open texture that the beet can dcveloa
Its fall growth. Sugar beets send their
roots more deeply into the soil than is
generally thought, another reaso• for
'the more open soil.
As to fertilizer for sugar beets, ft:
the past four years the Department of
Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, has been carrying on cooperative
tests with several sugar beet growers.
Each year a number of fertilizers have
been tested. The choice of fertilizers
semis to lie bet -e 2-12-6 and 2-16-6.
For your type of soil I believe 300 lbs.
per acre of 2-16-6 would give excellent
results.
A. T.—I am plowing up r low, heat/
field of sod, six years old. What
• would you advise sowing on it for
sheep pasture? Is the spring or the
fall the best time to apply.fertilizers?
Answer.—The success of your sheep
pasture will depend to quite an extent
on the drainage that you have in this
field. In any event, the soil should be
thoroughly worked in the spring, and
if you are planning on sowing a mix-
ture for sheep feed for next summer,
the probability is that you may be
able to work this land fairly well
along in spring so as to kill any weeds
that may be in it. The Department of
Field Husbandry, O.A.C., recommends
for annual sheep pasture, Dwarf Essex
Rape, which may be sown in rows or
broadcast. If sown in rows, use about
11/ lbs. per acre for rows 18 to 20
inches apart. If sown broadcast, use
about 4 to 41/2 lbs of seed per acre.
This will come along quickly and
make. good sheep pasture.
For cultivated crops, as a general
rule, fertilizers are applied in spring.
There is some argtimentm for;. sXagyi •__
the prosphate and potash in the fall,
although a double application would
increase the cost of operation. More-
over, if your soil is at all acid in re-
action the phosphate which is applied
in the fertilizer in the fall would have
an opportunity to become locked up
in unavailable combinations with the
iron and aluminum of the soil. If a fer-
tilizer carrying nitrogen is applied in
the fall there is danger of the nitro-
gen being lost by leaching. We have
known instances where alfalfa is top -
dressed with fertilizers to advantage
in the fall, although, comparing results
withthoseobtained from spring appli-
cation, there is no argument in favor
of the fall application.
J. D.—I•have a -few patches of sow
thistle starting on my farm. Will you
kindly let me know the best 'way to
kill the-- Will salt kill them? If so,
what is the best way to put it on?
Answer—It is questionable if any-
thing can be done at this time of year
to effectively kill sow thistles. It has
been claimed that certain salt ma-
terials can be applied to advantage on
sow thistle patches, but the great dif-
ficulty is that anything that will kill
sow thistles will kill all other crops
that. grow on the soil, for' some time.
In tests conducted in Perth county
during the past three years, most ef-
fective treatment of sow thistles was
obtained by midsumme_ plowing, let-
ting
etting the land lie in ridges till it was
• nearly dried, then disking again in
September. In the spring, sow '
mixed grain after again thoroughly
working the soil and seed with alfalfa
or clover mixture. In order to give
the grain a vigorous start and to in-
sure a healthy stand of legumes, apply
abou=t 250 to 375 lbs of fertilizer per
acre. On medvim loam soil, 2-12-6 has
been found e ective. With this aid
the grain mak ) such a vigorous start i (But I'll take mine in the movies,
that it success Illy competes with the if it's all the same to you!)
sow thistle. The alfalfa or legume
mixture comes along equally vigorous-
ly and to a large extent chokes out the
weed. Weed' counts show a material
reduction for at least two years in the
section handled in this way. In later
studies of the field treated we have
suggested, there is indication that as
the fertility becomes exhausted, the
sow thistle comes in, which fact again
confirms the'•logi_ of the above sug-
gestions.
B. S. ---Have 8 acres light sandy
soil that has not been plowed for
years, I would like -a jut beans in it
next spring. What is your advice as
to preparing it? I would like to fer-
tilize it. Can you tell me the kind to
use, also the best way to apply it and
the amount?
Answer.—Plow the soil as early as
it will work in spring. Work it clown
thoroughly by disking and harrowing..
You had better have the soil tested for
acidity. This your Agricultural Repre-
sentative can do ii you take a sample
to him or you can do it yourself with
the Reacto Soil Test put out by.the
Department of Chemistry. Beans do
best on a soil of medium sweetness.
On a similar soil to that which you
describe, best yields were obtained
where a half ton limestone was ap-
plied per acre as early as the soil
would work in spring. At the time the
beans were planted they were fertil-
ized
ertilized with 4-12-6 fertilizer at the rata
of 250 lbs. per acre. This fertilizer
was applied through the dropper of a
combined grain and fertilizer drill
with all tubes running.
Autumn
Now let the rain sweep over hill and
lane,
And fill the lake.
of spring
Fall from flower and tree. This is
such a rain
As wakens whitecaps;
trees to sing,
Makes the sad leaves
gone sun
And sap of youth; washes them once
more green
As at their birth that they forget the
dun
Days coming and their death, and
what winters -mean,
i have been happy. Let the wild rain
rip
Rocks from the hillside and uproot
old trees;
And•afterram let winter's fingers grip
The whitecaps and the fallen leaves
and freeze
To -morrow's sudden brook. But you
will know
What seed survives the cold, what
fruit Shall grow.
—David P. Berenberg, in New York
Sun.
SERVICE „
Not gain, but service, is .the true
object in life. If gain is made the
object in one's life, one must inevit-
ably fail, for the simple reason that
the best things of life are not to be
gained by striving for them; they
are of a texture that cannot be grasp-
ed. One may strive for bread and
win it, but one may strain every
nerve to breaking in. the pursuit of
happiness, and he will never over-
take it. On the other hand, if ser-
vice is made the object in one's life,
that life cannot be a failure, for the
reason that on has chosen the only
path above which the windows of
heaven. are always open. The hap-
piness that eludes the grasp of every
man who strives for it descends,
like the gentle dew of heaven, upon
him who is striving in service. He
also gains what he strives for, and
more.
Now let the seeds
woos
the
remember by -
Los Angeles Housewives Remembered
A post-box on a Los Angeles golf course gently reminds the
absent-minded husband to mail those letters handed to him by his
wife several hours earlier. A noble thought we'd say!
A Tip For Lost Hunters ing skill and courage was shown this
Hunters lost and uncertain of the
compass directions may fix North with
their watch thus: Place it fiat on the
hand, stand a match upright over the
end of the minute hand and turn the
watch until the match shadow falls
along the hand. A line drawn across
the centre of the watch and midway
between the end of the hour hand and
12 o'clock runs North and South;
North lying on the side on which the
hour hand is farthest from 12. Even
on cloudy days the watch will show a
faint shadow. This is a Boy Scout
stunt, and one that every Lone Scout
should learn and remember for use in
an emergency.
1 16.Mile Night Hike to Church _
A party of nearly 90 Winnipeg
Rover Scouts hiked sixteen miles be-
tween midnight anis morning to at-
tend a sunrise Rovers'Citvn, or church
service, at the little first settlers'
church at St. Andrew's. We certainly
hope that all Louses are as keen to
"Do their duty to God" as were these
Rovers.
Silver Wolf For Dutch Chief Scout
A Popular Number
By HELEN WILLIAMS,
Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur-
nished With, Every Pattern.
Adventure
By Wilfred J. Funk, in Light Lines
and Dears.
You take a home in a valley
With the Bush of an inland rain
And the South -Wind, and a rose -sweet
Vine for an anchor chain.
But I'll take the roaring typhoon
On the road to Ninh-a-fu, •
With a drunken star to steer me,
And a leathery, deep -lunged crew.
Sunday School
Lesson
summer at a 'Spanish bathing resort.
when two young women were swept
several hundred yards from shore b ',
a strong tide. Two t4 -year-old Scouts
went to their aid, and after a loin
struggle got them near shore, where
other Scouts helped. One young wo•
man recovered; the Scouts persistold'
four hours in a fruitless effort to rf34
vivo the other. No effort was mads
by onlookers to assist in the rescue.
Lollies, prepare yourselves for such
an emergency as this! I
Where the Modern Boy Finds ,
Adventure
Rescuing a man from a ledge half
way down a 400 -foot cliff; fighting hay
fires on farms; searching for a child
lost on the moors; rescuing a valuable
horse that had fallen on its back in a
narrow ditch—these 1932 camp good
turns remind that English Boy Scouts
aro not far behind their Canadian
brothers in finding adventures in
Scouting.
Discussing "Waste Forces of Human
Nature" in the "London Observer,"
Prof. L. P. Jacks credits Batten-Pow.:ll
The Silver Wolf, Scouting's highest with making through Scouting "one of
the greatest discoveries of modern
honorary decoration was presented - by times in the field of utilizing human
Lord Baden-Powell to Admiral Ram -
bonnet, Chief Scout of the "Neder-
landsche Padvinders," the Boy Scouts
of Holland.
Do you know what the "Silver
Wolf" is? It is a Scouting Decoration
awarded at the discretion of the Chief
Scout for exceptionally valuable work
on behalf of the Movement. It actual-
ly is a small silver model of a wolf,
which is s- apended around the neck
by a green and yellow ribbon, and it
is much prized by the few people who
have been decorated with it as it is
the highest honour that The Boy
Scouts Association can bestow.
Memorial to Malta's Chief Scout
November 27. Lesson IX—Steward-
ship of Life—Mark 1. 16-20; Acts
26: 12-19. Golden Text—First gave
their own selves to the Lord. -2
Corinthians 8: 5.
'ANALY; IS.
L MY BEST TO THE HIGHEST, 11'Iark 1:
16-20.
II. OBEYING THE VISION, Acts 26: 12-
19.
INTRODUCTION — To be generous
with one's money is not all of Chris-
tian stewardship. Not of our money,
but of all of our being was it said,
"Ye are not your own, ye are bought
with a price." The question is ,not
merely,- "What shall I do with my
money?" but "What shall I do with
my life?" The answer to it will be in
terms as varied as hien are different.
I. MY BEST TO THE HIGHEST, Mark 1:
16-20.
A new guimpe dress that will give
your wardrobe clash and chic for fall
and winter.
And if fashioned of rhum-brown
woolen with the guimpe of orangy-
red sheer woolen spotted in brown, it
will prove doubly chic.
You can make it at an amazingly
small cost!
Style No. 2871 is clesigued for sizes
11, 13, 15 and 17 years. Size 13 re-
quires 214 yards of 39 -inch material
for suspender skirt with 2 yards of
35 -inch material for blouse.
Another fascinating scheme is hya-
cinth blue linen with guimpe polka-
dotted in blue. -
Tweeds, wool crepes and novelty
rayons are also smart.
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 (coin preferred; wrap
\it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Nilson Pattern
Servs W AdelaideSt Toronto.• ay from work and IT n
Jesus' plan was to go from place to
place preaching, teaching, living the
gospel of the new kingdom. He need-
ed companionship. He must inspire
others With his own ideals, enthusi-
asms, plans. He must train them to
carry on the work when he was gone.
On the shores of the Lake of Gal-
ilee he found four men, two pairs of
brothers, vs. 17, 19. They probably
knew Jesus before. John's Gospel tells
how two of them met him at Jordan -
side. As fishermen, they would, pos-
sess certain qualities of body and
mind which would make them effective
as religious leaders. They would have
great powers of endurance, patience;
promptness (the net must be thrown
immediately the fish were running)
bravery. Living close to Nature in all
her varied moods would develop, a ca-
pacity for the spiritual.
Jesus said, "Follow me, and I will
make youto become fishers of men."
What "fishers of men" meant, they
would not clearly understand then,
but the phrase would appeal to them.
Whatever this new life which Jesus
offered would involve, it would, in
some way, be similar to the old. They
were to learn later—what we all learn
when we put it to the trial --that
those qualities which a man. develops
as he faithfully does the task in hand,
will make him more effective in what-
everwork his master gives him to do.
The way to get a better job is to put
our best into the one we have now.
"Straightway they forsook their
nets, and followed him," v. 18. "Fol-
lowing Jesus" means, first of all, mak-
ing up their minds. to do so. They
decided—and then acted. To follow
Jesus meant, for then, to leave their
work and their homes. Their work
gave them a livelihood precarious
e:.ougl , but it was all they had, and
they could not afford to lose it. To
Western minds the sudden cutting
forces otherwise wasted," i.e., con-
vertiug the play hunger and love of
adventure of the boy into self-control,
courage, loyalty and readiness to ac-
cept responsibility.
Scouting Popular in irsia
The Congreve Memorial Hall ^•id
Archway in memory of General Sir
'Walter Congreve, V.C., IC.C.B., a form-
er Governor and Chief Scout of Malta,
was recently opened by Sir David
Campbell, Governor-General and pre-
sent Chief Scout. The hall is to be
used as headquarters of the Malta
Scouts.
British Railroad Scot: Societies
A Scout Society -has been formed ;.f
Scout members of the Great Western
Railway staff at Paddington, London.
Other important divisional.points such
as Swindon, Bristol, Newport,. Birm-
ingham and Swansea are organizing
similar societies: ` .
Former Enemy Sons Meet As Friends
There are 5,000 Boy Scouts in Per-
sia, and their number is growing
rapidly under the enthusiastic leader-
ship of the Persian Crown Prince.
Scout troops have been organized at
the English, American and Armenian
missionary schools.
The latest. country to be added tc
the list of "Boy Scout Countries' is
the Azores Islands, in mid-Atlantic, . 2
the coast of Spain. This place is the
scene of the famous fight between Sir
Richard Grenville on. board the "Re
veirge" in the days of Queen Eliza
beth, then he defeated a whole Span.
ish fleet with his one little ship.
In spite of the "Depression" Scout
ing continues to grog steadily all uvea
the world, and there are over two mil
lion active Scouts, at the present time
and another two million ex -Scouts who
have grown into useful manhood.
Have you ever considered that is
only costs you Fifty Cents a year tc
be enrolled as a. Lone Scout, and tc
have all the privileges of Scouting.
brought to. you?
It is not necessary to spend a lot of
money on uniforms and equipment 11
you do not desire to do so, although, of
course, we always like to see Scout:
in uniform.
We shall welcome inquiries from
any boys between the ages of 12 ant
18 who cannot join an ordinary Troop
and suggest that you write for par
ticulars to -day, to The Lone Scout De
partment, The Boy Scouts Association
330 Bay Street, Toronto 2.—"Lone E.'
Among the 3,000 Boy Scouts at the
Dutch National Scout Jamboree held
this summer near The Hague were
boys from England, Scotland, Belgium,
France, Germany, Denmark, Norway
and Hungary.
Young Spanish Life Savers
That Spanish Boy Scouts are not be-
hind those of other lands in life sav-
strange. o•For the single men it was
simpler. One at least was married.
...hey were gripped by the persuasive
power of Jesus' personality. The man
himself made an irresistible appeal to
them. Is it not so still?
Farther along the shore Jesus came
to James and John mending their nets
with their father, Zebedee. They, too,
answered tin call. In the East to
leave one's wife was one thing, to
leave , one's parents quite another.
"Let me first bury my father" was
the young man's way of saying that
he could net leave home while his
father was alive—at that moment
probably quite well: Zebedee, how-
ever, was fairly well off. He could
pay for his help. Nevertheless there
is a touch of pathos in the line, "They
left their father Zebedee in the ship
with the hired servants," When youth,
answering some "call" leaves home, at
is the parents left behind who often
suffer most. To follow Jesus means
t., give up whatever may stand in the
way of the particular service which
the hour calls for. Some men Jesus
called away from home. It is signifi-
cant that it -was only some. Each indi-
vidual situation requires its own pe-
culiar action. For most of us, the
call is to witness for Christ at house—
the most difficult place.
What did Jesus ask from those who
would follow him,—answers tc a list
of theological questions, such as the
churches ask? No. He asked for a
personal loyalty and companionship.
For his demand;, we have substituted
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too often orthodoxy and respectabil'
ity, the characteristic qualities of the
Pharisees. These men gave the best
they had to the highest they knew,
Jesus.
II. OBEYING THE.VISION, Acts 26: 12-
19.
No two people are altogether simi-
lar. Therefore their religious exper-
iences will be different. The call that
changed their lives for the. Galilean
fishermen had in it nothing spectacu-
lar. They went away with Jesus of
Nazareth, who appealed to then;
greatly. It was afterward that they.
came to know him as the Christ of
God.
Paul, on the other hand, had an
overwhelming revelation of the once
crucified Jesus as the now triumphant
Christ. He had been definitely resist-
ing God's will, and the disturbing
voice of his own better nature, v. 14,
But he was performing thoroughly
the task which he believed was his
duty. God called him to a double min-
istry (v. 16) to be a minister of the
word, a humbler office than that of
deacon; a witness ---by which he was
raised to the level of the apostles..
g.—
USEFIJLNESC
A school in which the ability el
being useful is imparted, the spirit
of 'independence learnt, and the habit
of persevering effort acquired.—S.
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