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sonal contact with' Their record in ¢ ments in good turns, and in Corps' is 'quite up to the a that of Scout Troops," i We think that this is a very report indeed, and we must see to it g . that our record in 1933 is even better. |. 'Indian Wisdom Just now, when every man and boy in Canada should be on his honor to try to keep up a good standard of health and endurance, to combat these days of difficulty with the best ability, it may be of interest to learn some- thing from the stoic Red Indians, The Indians invariably put down their wonderful featy "ol hardihood and: endurance to the cold dip in the + river every morning. In the best Aribes, the Blackfeet e:pscially, this 'morning "dip" was never forgotten, It was a tribal cuttom, juct as it chov!d be the tribal custom of every Boy Scout to get a cold bath or yb dow 'every morning.' * " Just as the Scout has to pass his various tests of endurghce--so the In- : dian boy had to go away by himself, {with nothing but a spear or a toma- hawk, and look after himself--by him- self--tor at least 2 month. Dufing this time he had to hunt his own food, make his own clothes and moccasins from the skins"of bears and other ani- mals, cook his own food and keep away from his tribe. In fact he had One of B.-P.'s las! at Philadelphia. Canadian Scouts - June. y a painting of a German Boy Sc | his head between his from the Deutsche: Pfadfinderverband, | "Oh," "Alas"? - Fogdog sng the federation of German Scout as-| 'translated | sociations, In presenting the picture Herr Plewe, German International ~ | Scout Commissioner, who was accom- 'panied 4 by the Secrciary of the Ger man y, assured Lord Baden- 2 Pl Te oats Coral Saou discord, self. Teproact, disgust, disease and of their earnest desire to work on the same linés.as their brother § of Britain and other countries, Golfers to Wear Boy Scout Shorts Boy Scout shorts and bare knees will be thé 1933 style for male golfers. Of- ficial announcement to this effect was mde by the International Association of Clothing Designers, in convention Hon. Vincent Massey to Represent "The Hon. Vincent Massey, former Canadian Minister to Washington, will represent the Canadian General Coun: cil ol the Boy Scouts Association at the annual meeting of the Boy Scouts of America, at Kansas City, Mo, in Recruits to the ranks of the Lone [tastes for "wines." 'Scouts of Ontario will be. welcomed. All boys, between 13 and. 18 years of age, are eligible to join, who are un- able to become members of regularly organized Troops. The Lone Scout De- partment is operating for the special benefit of boys who live in small towns and villages or on rural routes, Why not find out more about it? "~A letter to The Boy Scouts Associa-| good color, sparkling, smooth texture tion, Lone Scout Department, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2, will bring you full particulars, Write to-day.--"Lene E." t wisdom, y way of Warning, the writer in Says r ae iy i cig" a a drunkard. Who is that talow with slated in v. 29 as "woe" and "sor- row" are interjestions not nouns.) The er comes in verse 30: He is a drunkard--passing through the mis- ery of returning soberness. His inter- jections express the distress disaster, --such as cirrhosis of the iver with f dropsy, chronic inflammaticn the st h, fa d tion of the 24 heart, and' many other disorders fre- Soently due, in whole or in part, to slow poisoning of the continued use of tlcohol. Who is quarrelsome, laining? Grand Duke Alexander of Rus- sia, cousin of the late Cezar Nichol d away at Men- The drunkard--who gets mad « ver no- thing, wants to fight, then next day wonders how he broke his nose (wounds without cz.use). Who has reddened eyes? The drunk- ard whose bleared eyes always "give him away"--the man who "seeks out" wine, v. 30. The ancient Romans used to make men drunk and then show them in all their disgusting ways as object lessons to their youth. "Seek out," in Hebrew, refers to one who dilligently sear.ics for knowledge. The writer expresses his contempt "cr the man who becomes fastidious in his b. an expert, the x Bi Ao b. , there are worthier s of Investigation open to him. urges every ome to kee; '0.t of temptation. Tt does not er mend a eowsrd's attitnde to .ife, but it does say that temptation is v-t a thing tc be met with a swagzer. The man who deliberately walks into it is im- perilling his own soul. Avoid tne wine when ii has the look that fools one; ("moveth itself aright" means "run- reth down smoothly"). No one, when he begins to drink, expects to become a drunkard. There- = 03 Blackbirds and Spring Dinah Lou has always maintained that a blackbird brings the spring. This opinion she doubtless borrowed from Ben King, as I distinctly re member being bribed, with an extra wedge of molasses ple, to read his verse to her, When a stanza made some special appeal, she would have me réad if again and again, repeat. would boldly appropriate a tune from one of her '"camp-meeting" hymns, and set the words to music. Morning wher morning, she musically assert- "down by mah cabin do' Te sang an' flashed his wing, An" Ah praise de Lawd ob glory, Kaze mah blackbird fotch de pring." ' Lucky and I had never been in- the new one app st Re progeh step by step-- part way to meet it, and of his flattering followers, their flattery. dow floated Dinah Lou's chanting happily and triumphantly. "Ah praise de Lawd of glory, kaze mah blackbird fotch de spring!"--C.C. mse Qh ee-- The Lesson of King Canute King Canutus, commonl, called Knute, walking on the sea-sands near to Soutkampton, was extolled by some and told ing each line after me. Then she|that he was a king of kings, the mightiest that reigned far cr near; ] made an alliance with the crafty ruler that both sea and land were at his command. But this speech did put hid the godly king in mind-of tte infinite th power of God, by whom kings have and enjoy their power, and thereupon h. made this demonstration to refell He tock off his cloak, , sate +h voice, and wrapping it round tog King of Kings and tions, liam Camden (1605 .: TE CI friends for their down upon it near to the sea, that then began to ow, saying: "Sea, I com- mand thee that thou touch not my feet!" But he Lad not so soon spoken the word but the surging wave dashed him. He then, rising up and going back, sald; "Ye sec now, my lords, | what good cause you have to call me a king, that am not able Ly my com- mandment to stay «ne wave. No mor- t 1 man, doubtless, is worthy of such an high name, no man hath such com- mand, but one King which ruleth all. Let us honour Him, let us call Him "Lord of all Na- Let us not only confess, but ess Him to be Ruler of the '--From "Re- Is0 H Heavens, Sea ard a." mains Concring Brain' by Wil- would build on a sure founda- friendship, we must love our ake r than our fore Proverbs adds, ultimately (at the lest, v. 32) the drink, which now fas- cinates like a serpent, is also as pois- onous. ' II. A NATIONAL CANCER, Isaiah 28: 1-4. They had always been hard drink- ers in North Israel, and notoriously immoral. Fifty years before, Amos had hurled his denunciations upon them for their luxury and debauchery, see Amos 3: 12, 15; 4: 1; 6: 1, 6. Probably just previously to Isaiah's prophecy of doom, King Hoshea had of Egypt and had revolted from As- This political folly, together the moral cancer of! drink and all kinds of indulgence, was eating out the vitality of the nation. Its doom was certain, In a figure of great beauty, Isaiah pictures Samaria with its ramparts, its white terraced streets, its circling towers rising about the surrounding valley, 1 Kings 16: 24, It reminds him of the proud head of a drunken reveler encircled with a wreath of flowers, v. 1. The long carousal now nearly over, they will soon be thrown to the round. The Lord will send his "mighty and strong one" (v. 2)--Assyria--to exe- cute his wrath upon his disobedient children. In the wild sweep of hail, rain and torrent they ill be destroy- ed: In the universe there are great moral . laws which cannot be broken with impunity. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a nation soweth, that shall it also reap. As quickly as June figs (a great delicacy) are eaten up, so will Samaria's destruction be ac- complished, v. 4. III. A SLEEPING CENSOR, Daniel 5: 1-4, The Book of Daniel was written in a time of terrible persecutions, to en- cou; the Jews to hold loyally to their faith, The youth Daniel is held Op ater © tens of the great feast. of great feas Bolshoi drank and revelled even y enemy was almost at the 8. His pride caused him to the fost el It was oriental kings to feast alone, syria. tone, France, following & lengthy illness. He was 66. zar feasted before a thousand, v. 1. With the Medes and Persians advanc- ing against him, he cried, "Up with the cup, on with the daace!" Modern Belshazzars, surrounded by the gaunt spectres of economic chaos, poverty misery, fail to hear the challenge o the times. Instead of devoting their available time and energy to averting tragedy, saving the suffering alleviat- ing pain, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, they give themselves to the usual round of silly social activ- ties. Not until he had tasted the wine did Belshazzar dare, to profane the Temple vessels. Drink had weakenel h'% faculty of self-criticism which tells a may that certain behavior is un- gentlémanly or bad, such talk silly; which tells a girl that such conduct is unwomanly, or not becoming a nice girl. Science has revealed that the first thing a drink does is to send to sleep the censor who criticizes and therefore, controls our behavior. Bel- shazzar was still quite steady on his legs when he insolently, impiously ad- vertised his badness and irreverence, v. 4. Continued™drinking would soon affect his muscles. A man is drunk when his powers of self-coairol are diminished, even though there is no outward symptom. The British medi- cal authorities, seeking a definition of drunkenness, say that a man is drunk when he is unable to perform safely the task in which he is engaged. Thus a man may be sober for walking pur- poses, but drunk for motor-car driv- ing purposes. Use the Jig-Saw Puzzle To Teach Geography It has been suggested that the pre- valent craze over jig-saw puzzles be put to a constructive purpose--that is, that instead of remaining a mere amusement and time-killer it be em- ployed in the education of the people. The idea is that the puzzles be based on geography. so that the devotees of the game may incidentally learn some- thing about the physical features of their own and other countries. A start might be made with the scene of the dispute between China and Japan. This particular jig-saw puzzle might include Manchoukuo, Jehol and the contiguous parts of Northern China. It might be even extended to show the geographical relationship between Japan and the neighboring portions of the Asiatic continent into which the Japanese are making their present ex- cursion despite the protests of the Lytton Commission and the League of Nations, Grownups as well ac school children could thus become familiar with a portion of the world upon which the interest of mankind is now centred.--Toronto Mail & Empire. Sr » THOUGHTS Great men are they who see that epiritual is stronger than any mater fal force; that thoughts rule the | What '| amount of | Adres All Letters to £ . . > Fa arm Editor, 73 Adelaide St. Answers Will al Reply is Desi of Chemistry, O.A.C. B. D.--I have some heavy clay and some black muck. The soil is sour. of fertilizers would you put on kind of land? Answer--The first thing that is necessary is to see that the land is well drained. Next correct the sour- ness. 'In order to get at the correct und limestone or lime in other form that you shovld add, have your soil tested by the Reacto Soil test. Your Agricultural Repre- sentative has a supply of this test. If you are too far away from him, send a pint sampia to the Dept. of Chemistry, 0.A C., and we will test it and will tell you th: degree of acid- ity and how much lime will be neces- sary, It is not only necessary to correct the acidity of the soil for the crops' sake, but if you add high phosphate or high potash fertilizers on" a soil that is sour much of thd phosphate and otash will be locked up in forms that are unavail.'le for plant us and you will not get the help from the fertilizers that you should expect. The kind of fertilizers to use will, of course, depend upon what crops you are preparing to sow. For grain crops, if the soil is in fairly sweet condition and you do not have a sup- ply of barn manure, it would be well to add about two bugs of 2-12-6 per acre. If you have a supply of ma- nure, in addition to the manure add about two bags per acre of 0-14-6 or 0-12-10, This fertilizer will not only lelp the grain crop including corn, but it will give the alfalfa or clover and timothy mixture that you sow.a good strong start. J. D. F.--1. How much have the prices of fertilizers and fertilizer ma- terials been reduced since war time? Answer--It is difficult to get defi- | nite figures that go back that length of time. However, we have succeeded in obtaining some and here they are: Average Wholesale . ealer.' Prices, 16 Per Cent. Super- Year 5-8-7 2-12-2 phosphate 1014 $39.38 $26.98 $24.00 1919 99.256 54.93 41.63 1924 45.00 33.65 .24.00 1932 35.80 26.46. 17.40 By 'these you will see there is con- siderable reduction. There is another matter to take into account, In 1921 Ontario farmers were buying 1-8-1 fertilizer at $48.60 u ton; 2-8-2 at $59.00; 2-8-4 at $65.50. In 1982 1-8-1 and 2-8-2 are barred from sale by the Dominion Fertilizer Act, 2-8-4 is quoted at $28.80. Still another way to look at it,--a former in 1921 buying 1-8-1 at $48.50 was paying this amount of money for ten units of plant food. For one unit, then, he was paying $4.80. In 1932 he can buy a 2-16-6 fertilizer (24 units) for $88.75, or one unit for $1.62. Without multiplying illustra- tions, our point is that the higher analysis fertilizers that are now being food at a great deal less cost per unit than he paid in pre-war or immedi- stely post-war times. 9, Has fertilizer, in your opinion, come down in price corresponding to prices of farm crops? Answer. --This question certainly cannot be answered in the affirmative if one has in mind the wheat crop, bu" for such crops as potatoes, sugar beets, tobacco, celery, onions and alfalfa, the margin between the prices of a decade ago and those that pre- vail at the present, is not so wide- spread. Fertilizers judiciously chosen can still be usel with considerable profit on the crops we have named. If one takes into account the residual effect on the clover or alfalfa crops following wheat and barley, it is pos- gible to use fertilizers with profit even at present prices of these cereals. 3. Do you think soybeans will be a profitable crop to grow in western Ontario? Answer--There seems to be many indications that soybeans will fill an important place in the crops of the province. The soybean industries tliat are now in operation claim a large. market for this grain and for the oil which is expressed from the with only a few persons, Belshaz- world. --Emerson, sold provide the farmer wit' plant, ed is a highly valuable source of pro- tein for Ontario farms. The Field Husbandry Dept. of this institution has shown that good yields of high quality soybeans can be produced in Ontario. 4. What kind of fertilizer should I use on. soybeans? Answer--Little work has been done as yet regarding fertilizers on this crop, but indications are that a fer tilizer fairly high in phosphate and carrying a medium amount of nitro- gen and potash gives a vigorous growth of bean and a profitable in- crease of yield. Probably a 2-12-6 or a 3-10-5 fertilizer will Co best on this crop at the rate of about two bags per acre. : R. P--Would it still be profitable ueder present conditions and prices] of grain and other farm crops, to buy good fertilizer? Answer.--We have answered this question very largely above. We no- tice you mention "good fertilizer" by which we assume you mean medium high analysis#fertilizers. Within lim- its the higher the analysis of fertil- jzer the cheaper is the price of plant- food per unit. But cheapness of plant- food units is not the only guide, of course, that one should exercise in choosing what fertilizers he needs. For instance, it would be folly to buy a high nitrogen, low phosphate and high potash. fertilizer such as 5-8-7 for grain crops. For cereals, medium low nitrogen, high phosphate and medium potash is what is needed, such a fertilizer as 2-12-6 or 2-16-6. For root crops more nitrogen and} potash with slightly less phosphate | give good results. For instance, ex-| cellent returns have been re:lized in' our fertilizer demonstration work from the use of 4-8-10 fertilizer on potatoes, applied at the rate of 750 Ibs. per atre. WALBLE GRUBS COMING UP. These paininl cattle pests 're caus- ing much suffering to many animals; atethis time of the year. Large live grubs under the skin and usually sur- rounded by pus, cannot be other than painful. \ A boil is painful tu a hu-| man and likewise a warble grub is equally painful to a cow. A dressing | applied to a warbly back, of some pre-, paration that will kill the grubs and promote quick healing is a mercifu ! and humane act. Mixtur.; of either orris powder or "Pyrethrum powder with soap and water, one half pound f each to a gallon of water, will work wonders in giving relief to animals suffering from warble grub infesta- tion, Many things can be used, with some good effect; as salt, tobacco, sul- phur, or coal oil and pine ar. Watch closely and feel the backs of the cattle every week, The sooner the grub is treated; the less painful its presence will be to the animal. Dead grubs shrink and are then forced up out of the grub hole. Be kind to your cattle and rid their backs of the painful warble grubs. Every grub that you kill, will help reduce the number of flies that gad the cattle during the summer. mr-------- Lack of Vitamins Will Cause Soft Bones Recent research has shown that diet is all-important in the early years of life. On it depend growth, sound teeth, strong bones, and a good di- gestion. Mistakes in diet during childhood are not easily righted in later years, and some of the after-effects of bad al le P from which the oil has been express-| | A remarkable photograph of the Washington monument at the na- tion's capital snapped on Wash- ington's birthday from an autogire. a Night Flying Gaining U. S. Report Shows More passengers are flying © night, says Frank J. Carmody in a release from the Ullman Feature Service (Washington) : "Bac in that period operators of various types of passenger service made much point of the fact that night flying was .uperior in many respects to daylight air travel. True some of the scenic advantage. were sacrificed, but these were compensat- ed by the increased smocthness of the air. It was recognized, however, that the argunent carred too little con- vietion with the average man to give much hope for passenger-carrying after dark. "Graduslly, however, there came a change. Veteran daytime passengers ir. quest of someth ug more ncvel in the way of aerial experience joined the mail pilots on their seemingly ro- mantic hegirus through the blackness of th: night. They found it fascinat- ing, smooth and safe. "They discovered that following a night-lighted airway seemed to be a more simple, cut-ard-dried process than navigation during the hours ol daylight. Night flying was found too, to have the further virtue of compounding the airplane's speed ad vantage; a few-hour hop saving sar overnight journey by other method: --or a single night's trip having tae next business day intact. "The result has been a stead, growth in the number of passenger carried on night rlanes. "A recent bit of evidence indicav ing that the ;assenger is entirely justified in his conviction of night fly: ing's safety and utility is provided by one of the largest operators of suct a service. For the fifth consecutive month he has completed his night-fly ing schedule 100 per cent." Australia to Safeguard School Childrer There will be more scho 1 patrols in Sydney, Australia, to ensure safety to children when leaving for thei: homes. he terrible number of chi. dren who are killed by motor cars anc motor lorries has shocked tha Austra lian Director of Edccation, and he wil seek to reduce the figure, The faci that last year there were 8,200 street accidents to school children is suffi cient to disturb the whole community. feeding are incurable. The deformities caused by rickets, for instance--bow legs and knock-knee are common examples--cannot be cured when the child is grown-up. Lack of vitamin D, together with too little sunlight and exercise, are the principal factors concerned. Milk, eggs, meat, vegetables and fresh fruit ave five essential foods in childhood. The starches and sugars which' fill up the gaps go to provide energy, but should not be given in excess. Shortage of these important vita. mins, A and D, which every growing child needs, can be made good by add- beans. Tests show that soybean meal ing cod-liver oil to the diet. The heads of the Education Depart - ent derive some comfort from a { comparison of the figures of jrevious years. They point out that in 1929 the accidents to school children in the streets numbered 8,700 and that there fore 1931 showed a reduction; con trasted with that year, of 500. In 1926 however, the accidents nur.bered less than 1,000 and an increase of 800 pe: cent, in six years is sufficiently dread: ful to alarm all. A rotor car speed: ing on its way, and temporarily hid den behind another car, is a menacs met frequently. This, added to reck less and drunken drivers, means im creasing danger not onl; to school children but to adults. It is believed that the school patrols, well drilled; will save the lives of many children w---- Nature Note longed with artificial light, vestigations prove that the hich profits most from "his ment is the electric light plant.--Lom don Punch, a