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Dizzy Figures Finished Him A transient will walk over all Ontario and perhaps some neighboring provinces in the course of a year which may entitle him to walk no more. A Tiverton farmer hire} a transient to plow a 15-acre field. The newly engaged man, before starting the. job, sat down and figured out he would have to walk 160 miles in plow- ing the field, so he resigned on the spot. Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all- inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways System for the week ending Oct. 21, 1938, were ....$4,630,298 as compared with ........ 4,622,176 for the corresponding period of 1937, an in- crease of ................... $ 108,123 Farm Column FREEDOM FROM WEED SEEDS C. L. S. Palmer, well-known judge, "gives timely advice to farmers planning to exhibit at Guelph Win- ter Fair and other Seed Shows. Clover and grass seeds are judg- ed from the standpoint of freedom from weed seeds, particularly those prohibited and noxious under the Seeds Act. They are also judged on freedom from other crop seeds; germination and general appear- ance, says C. L. S. Palmer, noted seed expert, in an interview this week. He stated it was almost im- possible to clean out Dodder, Cam- pion, Chicory, Field, Peppergrass, ete, in clovers and timothy unless special cleaning machinery was used. Certain other crop seeds were hard to remove--white clo- ver and timothy in alsike, red clo- ver in alfalfa and vice versa. There- fore, seed containing too large a percentage of other crop seeds should not be used for exhibition purposes, Use Wind and Screens Germination is indicated by col- oir and lustre, Mr. Palmer stated. Size, plumpness, uniformity in size and 'colour, colour and the lustre of the seed and freedom from inert matter (stems, etc.) contribute greatly to general appearance. Size, plumpness and uniformity of seed are obtained and increased by the use of wind and screens. The Right Colour Seed for show should not contain brown seed, either plump or shrun- ken. Samples containing much green seed should not be chosen as it indicates immaturity. Most judges of alsike and red clover pre- fer the dark purple type of seed. Timothy, of course, should be sily- ery in colour and contain as little hulled seed as possible; alfalfa and sweet clover. should be a honey yellow, While colour of seed cannot be improved except by eliminating light immature seeds, lustre some- times can be brought back by ar- tificial means. The sced can be shined by being placed in a long cotton bag and tilted from one end to the other so that the surface is rubbed against the sides of the bag. The screens and sieves used for the dressing of seed for commerce are given in a bulletin published by the Dominion Department of Agri- culture, No. 137, New Series. T0900 OO v } Sa T he BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY Lo 0-0 JOURNEY OF TAPIOLA By ROBERT NATHAN A child could read this "Journey of Taplola" as a nursery tale, and find it quite satisfactory, something like the travels of the little red hen who went to tell the queen the skies were falling. Or an adult could find in it food for profound thought. Here the adventurers are a little dog, Taplola; a venerable rat, Jeremiah} and a canary, Rich- ard, who felt they could be heroes if they left home and found the right environment in which to ex- ercise their talents, Together they concealed them. selves in an ash can, and were car- rled out by a street cleaner and placed aboard a dump scow, head- ed out to sea. : 8ince Tapiola had always led a sheltered life (chopped liver on a plate whenever he asked for it), the cold, hard world was a blow and a' shock to him, However, Je- remiah and Richard helped him to take it. Here, incidentally, is one of the most delightful books of the year, Journey of Taplola, By Robert Nathan . , ,121 pp, . . . Tor- onto: Ryerson Press, 299 Queen St. Ww, $1.76. Issue 46--'38 Football Terms If You Want to Be Able to En- joy A Good Game, You Should Know What Some of The Terms Mean For those people who like going to football games, even though the amount of their knowledge of the game is rather vague and sketchy, the following pointers by Joan Dur- ham may be a help in following the game with even keener enjoyment, There are three chief ways of scoring -- the touchdown, the field goal and the extra point. The touchdown is made when a player carries the ball or receives a pass across the goal line. It counts five. After making a touchdown, a team gets one try to score an extra point, which counts one. The point is made by kicking the ball over the crossbar, by carrying the ball over the goal line, or by catching a forward pass over the goal line. A field goal is made when a play- er kicks the ball over the cross- bars. It scores three. Water Erosion Destroys Soil Evidences of Destruction Are Seen On Nearly Every Culti- vated Sloping Land in Can- ada While the extent of the damage done to cultivated soils in Canada by water erosion is not as yet suf- ficlently apparent to arouse pub. lic opinion, there is clear evidence that a considerable amount of dam- age has been done by this agency of destruction states Dr. A. Leahey, Division of Field Husbandry, Cen- tral Experimental Farm. "It is not exaggerating the case to state that on nearly all sloping cultivated land in this country, soil erosion by water has taken place. In some dis- tricts the appearance of yellow clay or gravel spots, the stunted and sparse vegetation on the knolls, the occasional presence of gullies, are unmistakablé evidences of its de- structive presence, "The common farm practice of cultivating and seeding land up and down the slope, Is one of the lead- ing causes of soil erosion by water. Therefore, the first step that should be taken in controlling or prventing washing away of the soil is to avoid this practice by culti- vating the crops across the slope, or on the contour of the land. Tropical fruits are being grown in Iceland by lizing the hot springs, + Ladi ao doo ond Arriving tq take Square Gardens, New warmly welcomed to this continent. The those competing at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto this month, " art in the International Horse Show at Madison ork, members of the Irish army riding team are The Irish team will be among Grading Canadian Dressed Poultry New Regulations Call For Dis- tinction to Be Made Before Preparing for Market Under the new regulations res- pecting the grading and marking of dressed poultry in Canada, is- sued by Order in Council 14th of September, 1938, -the kinds, sub- kinds, and grades of the Canadian Dressed Poultry Standards are as follows: -- Chickens -- squab broilers, broi- lers, fryers, roasters, poulards, ca- pons, stags, » Fowl -- hens, roosters. Turkeys -- young hens, toms, old. hens, old toms. Ducks--Ducklings, ducks. Geese -- goslings, geese, Pigeons -- squab pigeons. Guineas -- guinea chickens, guin- ea fowl, The kinds fo poultry outlined in the Canadian Dressed Poultry Standards include both sexes and no distinction is made between the breeds. According to the definitions young of the kinds and sub-kinds, chick- ens, ducklings, goslings, young tur- keys and guinea chickens are all young birds- with soft flexible car- tilage at the posterior end of the breastbone or keel. They are birds that are prepared for market and killed at or before maturity, and before they are used for breeding purposes. Let this overwhelming preference for 'blue coal'-- the world's . finest anthracite--be your guide to better heating. 'blue coal' will give you a standard of heating satisfaction and value that has won the confidence of over 100,000 Canadian homeowners. Order a ton of "blue coal today Ask your 'blue coal' dealer also about the 'blue coal' Heat Regulator which provides automatic heat with your present equipment. 'blue coal ™ THE MODERN FUEL FOR SOLID COMFORT Tune in "The Shadow" every Sat, 7 p.m, CBL, TORONTO, or 6.30 p.m.,, CBO, Ottawa. Two casual golf a:quaintances were walking towards the green when they sighted two women coming over the hill, "Here comes my wife with some old hag she's picked up some- where," said one of them. "And here comes-mine with an- other," retorted the other, icily. Jasper: "Why do you want a rubber plant in your gar- den?" Casper: "I want to raise tires for my garden truck." It's after the tenants move out that the landlord sees the hand- writing on the wall. Dentist--*"Now, open wide! I'm not going to hurt you." New Patient--"Cut out the profess'onal guff, old man. I'm a dentist myself." If placed end to end, the hairs grown by the average man in one . year would ecual 7,04 fcet, we learn. The trick, of course, is to get them to grow end to end. Goofus -- "They say the king of Denmark lives a regu- lar dog's life." Rufus--*"Of course; he's a great Dane, isn't he?" When Bliss Is Blister "If ignorance is bliss," said she to him, "well then, my boy, you'd better get your life insured, you're apt to die of joy." Brown--"I haven't scen your son for years. He seemed quite a promising fellow." Jones--"Too much so. He's been sued twice for breach of promise." Claim to the title of world record snuff-taker is made by a tailor in Apoldo, near Weimar, in Central Germany. In the 65 years of his life, the man says, he has used 770 pounds of snuff and is still going strong. WANTE We have been successfully sell- ing inventions, patented and unpat- ented, since 1924. If you - have a sound, practical invention for sale, write us immediately. Chartered Institute of American Inventors, Dept. 837-13, Washington, D. C. Irish Army Riders Will Compete At "Royal" Mystery Menster The skeleton of a "mystery" Arctic monster has been found west of Jameson Land, in East Greenland, by a Danish Arctic Expedition, It is well preserved, and is evi- dently that of a mammal of the same period as the dinosaur, the prehistoric reptile. Remains of dinosaurs have been found widely distributed over both the Old and the New World. This latest discovery should throw fresh light on -the emergence of mammals and on the vague bor- der-line between mammals and reptiles. What Science * Is Doing * AGENTS WANTED er ---- rising UPHOLSTERING AND FURNITURE AGENTS--SELIL. MEN'S NECKTIES, 140% profit. We carry largest as- sortment, Lowest prices. Orders filled by return mail. Samples free, Ontario Neckwear Company, Dept. 48, Toronto, APRONS BY MAIL APRONS FOR BIG WOMEN, THREE styles, tubfast prints--colors, red, blue, green. Three for one dollar post paid. 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Larre ussortment of single chester- flelds and chesterfield chairs in a wide variety of covers, all thorough- ly cleaned and reconditioned, priced from 84.05 up. Kitchen cabinets, $8.03; rus stoves, 84.95; breakfast sultes, $13.05. sew- ing machines (Singers), $12.50; tables, 82.03; Rugs, 9 x 9 at $8.05. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE All merchandise sold with an posi- tive mon¢) back guarantee of satls- faction. All pieces carefully packed for safe shipment on receipt of mon- ey order, Write for free illustrated catalogue showing hundreds of other 'amazing --values in new and recon- ditioned furniture and list of free gifts with purchases. LYONS' TRADE-IN DEPT. 478 Yonge St., Toronto | DIXIE FOR YOU/ | PLUG SMO THIS FRAGRANT SLOW-BURNING SAVES MONEY KING TOBACCO BOYS' TOWN ty, with a" Whitey (Mick "Me? Pll wind up at Alcatras." The settlement that is called Boys T\ i dream come true of Father 49 (8 3 She Tracy). A refuge for homel emselves, Ono ¢ vr Teo Marsh, notorioun gster, 8 sends for thar Fisnagan, Ho i a hrsiher i W) 6 wan into' Boys Town an Brought up properly, = anagan (Spencer m-among the lads worry. Th started "Money does Father Flanagan is on his way to Whi out when he runs into his W ys, it is run like a JHlenry Hull) the man who has helped him finance 10! fhe pore Morris warns Father Flanagan that uae ations come , the: project will fail. But Father Flasavar Samole e settlement has flourished s d 1 5 he will n't grow on trees, Father" 's hang- d friend, David Morris nce A 'keep: it going, [J lives, er ae aes Ta {playing cards and eursin with W ¢ Father hitey is harsh but brief, i fats "Stop being a kid, Whitey." Entering the boarding-house rooni where Whitey Flanagan looks at fe occupants in Srraricel are all "toughies," smokin oud, ho y heartily. ghe encounter tempt, At ather Flanagan is forced to take him by the scruff of the neck oe {knock sone sense into him. Belli erently, White packs and goon Miong With gerently, y Reaching Boys Town of contempt. At opis 1--A New "Hello, Mr. Boy. 'm Peewee." Whitey stares at the well- arranged buildings, Despite himself, he is impressed. e expresses his opinions in terms the outer i fellow greets him. He is Father Flanagan's pet. Whitey is scornful, Kids! He leave 3h frat chance he gets, Read the next ate, a 8 Inhabitant x-year-old little ee-wee (Bobs Watson) A N