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Farm Problems Conducted by Prof. Henry G. Bell, Dept. of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural College. Guelph Ancient Mexican Art 1. What fertilizer would you suggest the order named are also removed by for mangels? How much per acre, and this means. would the same fertilizer be used for 6. Does the gradual elimination of ugar beets? the bases In the soil occur constantly? Answer. lu Iho demonstration tests Answer. Certain of the bases In conducted on a large number of farms the soil are removed by cropping and throughout tho province by the De- by drainage. For Instance, lime Is j partment of Chemistry, O.A.C., best thus removed, and magnesium, returns from fertilizers used with man- If so, does this action create an un- i gels hare hern obtained where 2-12-6 balanced soil condition in which the fertilizer was applied at the rate of 375 acid elements predominate? Ibs. per aero. This gave an average Answer. The natural reaction of the- yield on loam soils of 49 tons per acre removal of lime and magnesium is to against 3G tons where no fertilizer was produce a condition where acid pre- used. On clay .soils it gave a yield of dominates. 33 tons per acre against 27 tons where Would a proper application, after no fertilizer wa.s used. 2-12-6 gave liming, of a well balanced fertilizer in- very good yields on sugar beets but crease production to an economical was slightly surpassed by fertilizers a maximum? little higher in potash. i Answer. In the system of farming 2. Will complete fertilizer build up commonly pursued in Ontario, lime the soil for future crops or are they should be applied once In four or five only good for one crop? years on the average. In soils that are Answer. In experimental work and naturally short of It. Crops are ro- fleld demonstration tests considerable tated so as to introduce a legume crop Information Is accumulating which once in four or five years. The second BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON points to a decided "after" effect from growth ot this crop is usually turned , fertilizers. For instance, where fer- under as green manure. It also adds JUuttrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur-j A decorated skull unearthed by Professor Alfonso Caso leader of expedition in Mexico. This unusual pe>cimen is adorned with carved sea shells in the eye sockets, a piece of flint In the nose cavity and the whole finished off with turquola. What New York Is Wearing Sunday School Lesson nithod With Er>i Pattern tlllzer was applied to alfalfa in 1930 considerable nitrogen to the soil If giving an increase of 9,200 Ibs. (green legumes predominate in it A fair weight) per acre, the same plot in amount of livestock Is usually kept 1931 without further fertilizer gave an and manure is returned as generously increase ot 2,210 Ibs. (green weight) as possible. In addition to these prac- over land which had been unfertilized, tlces, suitably balanced fertilizers ap- In another Instance where fertilizer piled to money crops or to crops of re- had been applied to barley on clay soil latively high value has been found to in eastern Ontario in 1930, there was Increase yields at considerable profit, an increase of 13.6 bushels. On the Of course, the degree of profit will de- same plot in 1331 without any further pend among other things upon the fertilizer there was an increase of quantity of fertilizer employed. We 4,320 Ibs. of clover hay (green weight) mean that while three bags of fertll- over unfertilized land. In a test con- izers per acre may give a highly profit- ducted by the Department ot Chemis- able return on wheat or corn or sugar try, O.A.C., where complete fertilizers b-sts, the addition of eight bags to the were applied to mangels and no fur- acre, which would entail a much ther fertilizer applied for two years, greater cost, would in all probability there was a sain of 4.1 tons of mangels consume the additional profit. The the first year; 9.7 bushels barley the Ontario farmer has to determine thla second year, and GOO Ibs hay the third point for himself, In view ot the type year. Necessarily, attention must be of his soil, the cropping system which given to keeping up the organic mat- he follows and the amount of fertility I ' ter of the soil by turning under green that he is able to return in barnyard ! crops or ai'dlng all the strawy manure manure and green manures. obtainable, if the soil is to be 1m- 7. what is the maximum phosphoric proved in its productive capacity. acid that one can use in a potato fer- 3. Should a 4-8-10 fertilizer cause tilizer? For the last two years we scab on potatoes, used at the rate of have used 4-12-6 for early potatoes and BOO Ibs. per acre? 2-12-6 for late, and the results have Answer. We know of no reason been very good. We have a sandy why fertilizers of any kind should loam soil and usually put on a light cause scab. Scab is a fungus disease coat of manure. which thrives in an alkaline soil. It Answer. Results in our demonstra- potato seed is not treated and is plant- tlon fertilizer tests throughout the ed in a scab-infected soil that is alka- pa3 t three years point distinctly to the line in reaction, there is every chance value of 2-12-6 fertilizer on potatoes of a scabby crop being harvested. u ider general conditions. In our tests Many potato growers find that by turn- O f 1931 where 2-12-6 and 4-8-10 fertll- under a second crop of clover in pre- [ Zers were compared, we found the paratira of the potato seed bed, the latter gave a little higher yield on wh y not this darling coat-like dress. ^ .^ desirable small degree of acidity In the u g ht soils and loamy soils, but the dif- Yoa can carry it out so charmingly tl ^, W( , Sounds of Night in the Jungle It wag early spring In the tropic*, denly upon my ear Instantly crystall- .'he final period of pipe and fiddle had ized some vision ot the past se^e ctr- not yet arrived, so that there wag no cumstance or adventure fraught wn hum from the underworld. The flow similar sound. Then, appreciably as a of sap and the spread of petals were second thought, came the keen concen- no lees silent than the myriad crea- tration of every sense to Identify tliU ures which, I knew, slumbered or new sound, to hear it again, to fix It La tunted on every side. It was M If I mind with Its character and meaning, lad slipped back one dimension In Perhaps at some distant place and space and walked in a shadow world, time, in utterly incongruous surround- But these shadows were not all color- ings, It may in turn flash into con- ess. Although the light was strained sclousness a memory-simile stimn- almost barren by the moon mountains, lated by some sound of the future. yet the glow from tho distant lava and I stood in a patch of moonlight lift- raters still kept something of color, tenlng to the baying of a hound, or so and the green of the leaves, great and I thought; that musical ululation small, showed as a rich dark olive. The which links man's companion wolf- afternoon's rain had left each one wards. I turned to the Indian at my filmed with clear water, and tnta elbow, full of hopeful expectation, struck back the light as polished all- With his quiet smile he whispered, ver. There was no tempered illumlna- , "Kunama." and I knew tha' I had tlon. The trail ahead was either black a frog of size and voice well in keep- or a solid sheet ofl ight. Here and heard the giant tree frog of Guiana there In the jungle on each side, where ing with these mighty jungles. I oould a tree had fallen, or a flue of clear imagine the great goggle-eyed fellow space led mooiiwards, the effect waa of sprawled high near the roof of the cold electric light seen through trees jungle, clutching the leaves with its in city parks. When such a shaft vacuum-cupped toes. The moonlight struck down upon us It surpassed would make him ghostly a pastel simile. I have seen old paintings in frog; but la the day he flaunted splash- Belgian cathedrals of celestial light es ot azure and green on his scarlet which now seem less imaginary. body. At last the silence was broken, and At a turn in the trail we squatted like the first breath of the trade-wind and waited for what the jungle might which clouds the Mazarunl surface, send of sight or sound. And in whla- the mirror of silence waa never quite pers N'upee told me of the big frog clean again or so It seemed. Hy kunama and its ways. It never came Northern mind, stored with sounds of to the ground, or even descended part memory, never instinctively accepted way down the trees; and by some un- a new voice of the jungle for what it known method of distillation it made was. Each had to go through t re- little pools of Its own In deep hollows ference clearing house of sorts. Any and there lived. William Beebe, In strange wail or scream striking sud- ' "Jungle Peace." February 14. Lesson Bll Jeiui and tha Man Born Blind John 9. 1-11; 3O-38. Golden Text I am the ll<jht of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk In tha darkneu, bixt shall hav the light of life. John 8: 12. ANALYSIS. I. THE BLIND MAN CURED, John 9: 1-7. II. "I WON'T BELIEVE, John 9 : 8-34. III. WITH CUBIST, OB AGAINST HIM, John 9 : 35-41. INTRODUCTION Chapters 7 and 8 show tho gradual hardening of the Jewish hearts against Jesus. Many <u his own disciples no longer walked m V ui>cu >u cvi.... 6 ,.. -...* . f with him. The shadow of the ap- j the Sabbath, and made it the basis of ! those enlivening touches whicl preaching crisis was already darken- the charge against Jesus, v. 16. "A may receive from words. To repre- ing his way. He knew that the and g^j man wo uld not break the Sab- sent an angel In a picture, you can could not be far off. The "man bora bath," said some. "A bad man could only draw a beautiful young man Hind" is a type of tho Jews who re- no t work a miracle," retorted another. W j nge d ; DU t what painting can fur- ceived Jesus. Tho Pharisees m the | g o the controversy went on. . nji& any uilng so grand as the addl- - of the sacramental tendency of this Gospel. Only after the rite of bap- tism does the believer enter fully into the new life. II. "I W"N'r ;IK:.IEVE, ohn 9: 8-34. The story begins with the healing of physical blindness, but it soon shifts to the Jews who, in spite of the con- clusive evidence, remain stubbornly unbelieving. They fastened upon the ELOQUENCE OF WORDS By words we have it In our power to make such combinations an we cannot possibly do otherwise; by this power of combing we are able, by the addition ot well-chosen cir- cumstances, to give a new life and force to the simple object; in paint- ing we may represent any fine figure vv.i ~ *~.\* *r ... .Hall iU J L,ii li 9V &* t*.*i* * rtov-y represent the prejudiced stu Failing i n their purpose the Jews d , Tne , of bomness of those whose hearts were degenerated into abuse, v. 34. They i ,<".... " bomness of those whose hearts were hardened by Jesus' life and teaching. I. THE BLIND MAN Ct'RED, John 9: 1-7. It u probable tha'. the olind man was at the entrance to the Temple. On the Sabbath, however, he would neither be begging nor receiving ainw. The rapidity with which the news of his cure spread suggests some reli- is festival pernspa the Feast of ; i.; i n. OO T'V.A *Min/i nine*' Dedication, 10: 22. The "disciples' (9:2) may have been the Judean groui, and not tho Galilean. Would fishermen be int?r;st?d in the theo- logical question? The question which they are mad For little daughter of school age. t_ fsk in the story .ndicates the ,wo _ . , * t which^tlu poop I soil which produces clean potato stock ference on loam soils hardly over- '" sheer woolen, now so modish. For Jolo s com f a rters wa-, that trouble is results from tho decay of the organic came the difference In cost of fertil- the darling pleated collar, you could the p . m i s hment .or the sin a man com- or self-fabric in a mits -o comma. matter. izer. The reverse order was found to use P'1 ue i lincn 4. How does 6% potash in the fertil- pre vail on clay soils. From the rather contrasting color izer, say 2-12-6, applied at the rate ot extensive investigational potato work 200 Ibs. per acre, help the grain to pay conducted by this station we are of the crepe. The collar was almond gre* extra cash In a spring crop, say oats? opinion that as least 12% phosphoric w l crepe. The wide brown belt was the sin which h;s parent The original dress used brown wool Tlu ureek view was that in some previous state of existence a man d-d ' in;: wrong for which he is made incarnation. ''Who L a .-i'ii"s >->",>, so., u asc i;! y pno . - t pay ; n hi s next incarnation. "Who Answer With oats at the present acld can be use( i w [ la goo <i resu it3 in shiny patent leather. sinned this man, or his parents, that low prices it Is difficult to make a fertilizers for early potatoes. It would Spanish tile wool jersey with brown ^ <mf bom blind? v 2 . So strong profit from the addition of fertilizers appea r that while your choice ot fertll- l' nen collar and brown sueie belt is were the old legalistic tendencies of directly to this crop. From, results ob- izers for the early potatoes, namely 4- cunning. the disciples, that th> sight of sutfor- tained recently In our demonstration r >. 6 i s qu it e as we would recommend, ' A dark green tweed-like woolen ing: aroused, not he impulse to h.p, work. It would appear that oats can yet'the results of our tests Indicate with vivid yellow pique collar is an- but thedesir sc-.iss. boneat most profitably from the re- that you could get slightly larger other scheme you'll like. that^sin "doS not br n< sulfering- sidual effect of fertilizers applied to yie i dg by substituting 4-8-10 for the Style No. 3465 is designed m sizes cl the crop preceding If, however, oats i ate potatoes on the light soil. This 6, 8, 10 and 12 years, are grown as a cash crop, 200 Ibs. of w jn depend, of course, upon how Size 8 requires l?i yards 54-inch fertilizer to the acre may be of advant- neav y a coat of manure you apply. In material and % yard 35-inch contrast- age. Whether or not it will pay will tne tes ts conducted to which we have ing material. depend upon the type of soil and state referred, no manure was applied. In HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS of soil fertility. If grain has been the event t h at you have a fair coating ; Wr ;te your name and address plain- taken from the field frequently within ot manur9 to apply. 2-12-6 will give ] g { v j n g number and size of such the last few years without the return you a better balance of plantfood with pat terns as you want. Enclose 20c in of much fertility, the available potash manure than 4-8-10. of the soil will undoubtedly be con- ^ elderably lowered, In which case a fer- tilizer such as 2-12-6 will pay well. 5. In how many ways are plant food dements taken from the soil? Answer. riant food elements are degenerated mw auuoc, . . *./ . -o,,. hated Jesus. Therefore they would t^ neither see nor admit any good in him. What about our attitude toward the deeds of people whom we dislike? III. WITH CHRIST, OR AGAINST HIM, John 9: 35-41. Resourceful and bold aa this man proved to be, he could not but ha-e felt ki-i-tily his excommunication. His hope of employment would now he gone. He would be shunned as the outcast he was. One could imagine ' ( him moodily wishing that he had be^n left as he was, where iie could at least have had society provide him his liv- ; ing. But, meeting Jesus, who, hear- ing of his punishment was probably looking for him, he found a friendship which more than compensated for any loss which his loyalty may have causod him. To him as to many another, be- set by life's misfortunes, Christ be- came "all and in all." Jesus, summing up the meaning of the "sign," declares that his coming into the world is like a judgment It brings out the characters of men. v. 39. No one ever comes in contact with him without being compelled to si.ie with him or against him. Th choice he makes determines his destiny. GROWING IN DARKNESS Kind hearts are gardens. Kind thoughts are roots. Kind words are blossoms. Kind deeds are fruits ; Love is the sunshine That warms into life. For only in darknew Grow hatred and strife. Getting Ready Jesus' ..iat sin for it does. He did mean, however, to discourage the tendency still am- ong us to think uncharitably of suf- fering as punishment. Let a non- churchgoer, say, be killed in a iioi.or accident on a Sunday and some c>n will be sure to say, "God's judgment!" We are not in a position to say. Our duty in such a situation is mada clear by Jesus' reply to his speculating stamps or com (coin preferred; wrap disciples, v. 3. We are to ask riot- it carefully) for each number, and "Why do such thmgs happen? ,_.!- . w:i. T>.ff. ra "What can I do to help?" So will the Mahogany Used as Fuel In the interior of the Republic of Panama one often sees valuable nia- address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto THE LOVE TREE .\IIO . I ilAUb LWVIA V *W***^V* w f - , , removed in o-ops which are harvested hogany being used as fuel in the car- from the soil both In the straw stalk boneros, or charcoal burners, doi and In the fruit, grain or seed. They the cooking for the villagers and are also removed In the bodies ot live- planters. Mahogany is cheap and stock pastured upon the soil, and nitro- makes the best charcoal, but the Canal gen especially Is washed out of the Zone authorities are planning to ;"- jtenaclo soil through drainage water. Small foduce other fuel so as to sa.e H*!.,,^ ^ when lt is wlthout amounU of i-- .-'> and phosphate in valuable timber. shadow of reason. Victor Hugo. works &t God be made manifest. The elaborate process of wetting the clay sealine the man's eyes, ssndins him to the Pool of a'lcum, is symbol- Love Is like a tree vegetating of j srn . The clay symbolizes the act of itself, striking deep-roots through all! crea tion, Gen. 2: 7. The Christian, our being, and often continuing to | the man whose eyes Christ has opened, grow greenly over a heart in ruins. ; is anew creation. Sealing the eyes And. inexplicable as It Is, the blind-! means ^ ^^L^?"! er Is thla tenacious. tha more it i ,f _ , nevor more firmly !"!!*: ?5J ' the Christ, "sent" by to "wash" is part "Where did you find your won- derful follow-up system? It would get money out of anybody." "I simply compiled and adapted the letters my son sent ma from college." "No new age over start* from scratch. Each era makes Its parti- cular contribution to the future." Raymond B. Fosdick. : :s l.;e -ViiliUiUia at the Southampton floating dock, under- going a thorough grooming ! preparation for her next busy season. The propellers each weigh 13 tons. Nil ..77 AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER T'was a Dark and Stormy Night ! tTttir WOOl.'BM'T SOTO^ , rWMG |IBANQ'J* T INTH*TRAIM. BUT IF tOU vjuiu.- II vxivSH Xou'fc BRING ? A COOPUG. OF eGGs- vnAiT TILL AFTta 'CLOC DOM'T OF HARD TO TAK. OUT TOtsMGHT-