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g i farm queries henry g bell bsa dept of chemistry oac address all letters to farm editor 73 adelaide st west torlnto ah answers will appear in this column if personal reply is desired enclose stamped and addressed envelope tt h p i have 10 acres 01 cly loam soil where i intend to sow oat- next spring have growr alfalfa on this same piece of ground two prev ious years in order to inoculate th ground and i wish to sow- alfaun with the oats this spring would you advise me if lime sown with the oat will injure them will mme help to stiften the straw so that thev would not lodge what kind and how much lime would you sow how manj pounds alfalfa is necessary world you use fertilizer i swer lime is not usually need ed or oats cereals such as oats barley wheat etc thrive on a neu tral soil however the addition of lime has been now to increase the yield of oats slight- the tendency of lime is to help strengthen the straw and is distinctly to help fit the soil for the growth of alfalfa al falfa requires a definitely sweet soil likely it would be possible for you to have your soil tested before spring you could get a small reacto soil set from your agricultural r presenta- tive or from the department of chemistry oac with which you could test the soil or you could send in a sample of about one pound either to your agricultural representatives office or the laboratory at guelph and have it tested forlime this will tell you definitely whether lime is necessary to sweeten your soil the use of phosphatepotash fer tilizer or if your soil is not particu larly rich an analysis of fertilizer of about 2126 at the rate of 200 lbs per acre would help insure your catch of alfalfa and would tend tc strengthen the straw of tho oats the field husbandrj leit- incnt oa c recomivtres he sowing of about twenty lbs seed per er in order to pet a good stand of alfalfa m f would it be wise to top- dress fields of grain with manure the grain is wheat and oats we were unable to get the manure out in tne fall answer the stand of wheat can be materially helped by a light top- dressing of manure this can be done any time through the winter but be sure not to apply too heavy a dressing of manure on the wheat about 4 to 5 loads per acre has bu found to give excellent results for the oat field the manure can be applied during the winter if the boil has been plowed if not we would suggest that the manure be applied to the corn or some other ground and that the oat crop be left to benefit from the holdover effect after the corn crop it is doubtful if oats at prevailing prices will pay for much application of manure h b i wish next spring to plant potatoes on an acre of land which has been in sod the past year soil is ligh well drained and had stable manure on it last falvx is commer cial fertilizer necessary evomd answer we cannot say that fer tilizer is necessary for the growth of potatoes on this soil but our demon stration experiments show that where potatoes planted following sod are fertilized at a rate of 750 lbs per acre with such fertilizer as 212g or 2810 an average increase of over 90 bushels per acre has been obtained at present prices this would show a paying interest on the money invest ed in fertilizer infectious diarrhoea on one to three days after birth the lambs suffering from this disease will stop nursing have s dull look nd spend the time lying down the excreta is yellow or greywhite in color and soft or fluid infected lambs usually dio in three days after the disease starts this disease is due to germ that gains entrance into the stomach and intestine of tho lamb dirty yards and pens are dangerous as tho ewes lie down on such get ting their teats soiled nnd thereby transfer the germs from tho dirty floor to the mouth of the lamb clean up and keep the sheep premises clean and drj fresh bedding should be provided for all lambing pens and changed for every case if the dis ease has been troublesome in past years anti white scour serum can be used on both the lambs and ewes a a preventative prevention by maintaiing a high degree of sanita tion around the premises is easier and less expensive way of contiol than s treatment necrobacillosis of lambs this disease is serious and gener ally i ills the lamb before it is two weeks old the germs gain entrance to the circulation through the raw naval cord at the time of birth clean lambing pens fresh bedding for the pen disinfection of the stump of the naval cord with a ten per cent carbolic solution or other disinfectant for a few days until the cord heals is strongly advised if this disease which causes grey spots to develop on the liver has been prevalent on the premises during the past year move the sheep to new quarters and keep them away from the old pens and yards until the lambs are two weeks old clean up as medicines are of little tse when this disease nters the circulation of the lamb muffs for men smk britain welcomes visitors london many persons who will visit britain wheher for business or pleasure next year may like to see during their stay how industry of one kind or another is carried on they should bear in mind that the authorities in the big industrial towns and ports are ouly too glad to show interested visitors around the areas under their control provided they receive advance notice industrialists those interested in trade and commerce department store heads and so ou are as a rule willing to facilitate the inspection o their factories warehouses ex changes and shops to bona fide visi tors not all institutions of course are open to the public but except where precautions must be taken to guard some trad secret the visitor from abroad can expect a nearly welcome nothing like fur for moissaye boguslawski whose tiny muff has chicago ladies all a twitter mois saye is a pianist and says the muff keeps his fingor3 limber to robert browning singing thou far but this thrifty french write christmas greetings a former canadian student ir paris writes the expensive halrt of christmas cards you may be sure has not yet taken firm hold among tho thrifty french they send per sonal greetings thats certainly en ough hut rather by the direct in timate and fatiguing path o writing christmas notes the week preced ing the holiday hence becomes a period of care and tribulation to any one blessed with many friends to each must go a short note of sen timent each note similar to the other each with its odd scrap of news and its best wishes for the coming year ton 20 perhaps 30 or 40 let ters carefully penned in longhand go forth in tho mail while the sender i waits eagerly day by day to see j up whether he or she too is going to be remembered in like fashion there is delight none hear beside the singer and there is de light in praising though the praiser alono and see the praisd far off him above shakespeare is not our poet the worlds therefore on him no speech and brief for thee browuiug since chaucer was alive and hale no man hath walked aoug our roads with step so active so inquiring eye or tongue so varied in discourse but warmer climes give brighter plumage stronger wing the breeze of alpine heights thou playest with 1ctp ou beyond sorrento and amain where tfc3 siren waits thee- siuginc sou for song walter savage laador poems iti sunday school lesson january 22 lesson iv jesus for giving sin mark 2 112 golden text the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins mark 2 10 analysis i standing room only mark 2 12 ii a resoukcekul faith mark 2 35 iii a rettakded faith mark 2 612 introduction mark z c records an astonishing fact and the phari sees went out and straightway with the herodians took counsel against him how they might destroy him it would be difficult to imagine a more i nprobable combination of parties the pharisee as a party had risen in troubled times to defend the faith of their fathers they were firm believ ers in the law intensely patriotic always chafing under foreign bondaje lived up to a high level of moral pur ity longed for the coming of messiah yet when he came they took counsel with the herodians how they might destroy him the herodians as t ii robinson points out were al that the pharisees were not they stood opposed to every pharisaic ideal they were pledge to the upholding of the roman power with the politics ethics theology of the pharisee the jlerodian had not the slightest sympathy yet it was to them the pharisees tlined ir order to destroy jesus such an alliance can be explained only by the bitterest hat red todays passage is the first of a series t incidents mark 2 1 to 3 0 sit which show how that antagonism or iginated and grew there arc mile- posts along the costly way that jesus chose in the wilderness holiday question is decided in chile santiago chile the battle of chiles weekly halfholiday waged between the english saturday and the chilean monday has ended like many a chilean revolution in a partial victory for both sides for years the large british com mercial establishments which handle the major portion of chilean trade have closed on saturday afternoon known here as the english satur day monday is known as saint mon day- as many operaties who have been celebrating over tho weekend treat it as a holiday and fail to turn lancashire turns optimist encouraging all britain manchester eng those who are watching keenly for any definite signs of improvement in industrial affairs will not with satisfaction that iancashtre is beginning to admit that things are not quite so bad a3 they were where cotton is concern ed any improvement in this direc tion can hardly fail to bo reflected not only by the many other industries ot lancashire but by the business of great britalu a3 a whole and even tually it may be added by the busi ness of the world push along a wheelbarrow will stand on its two legs and never move a foot un less you lift it up and push it along so would business youve got to pick it up and push it along van amburgh rhodesians still pawn children pawning ot children and giving ot young girl3 in marriage still persists in rhodesia among the native tribes the etailers have been clamoring for the chilean monday claiming that saturday afternoons bring in the bulk of the business while mondays are dull the ministry of labor has setled the problem by awarding english saturdays to the staffs of wholesale firms and chilean mondays to the retailers and everybody is happy in walking from the london observer drrk stooks of corn on fields of silver stubble i would be one in this and one- in these a stone of stones in earth a leaf of leaves on trees and thus wed merge our separate- ncss together and form a plume with each a single feather id be or birds that cut the edd blue air a breath in wind a star of stars up there and so id ioo my solitary trouble joan adeney easdale a mans diary is a record in youth of his sentiments in middle ago ot ht3 actions in old go ot hu reflections j q adams i standing room only mark 2 1 2 apparently our lord was at this time conducting a series of preachirg tours in the lake district with caper naum as his centre during one of his visits to the city the healing of the paralytic took place when it- became known that the preacher and miracle- worker had returned crowds flockej to the house vhere he was staying even the aproaches from the street were blocked with rtople wh did they ccmo was it the appeal of great truths uttered from the heart that drew them sometimes it is said by way of advice to preach ers preach the truth and the churches will be filled jesus discov ered that loyalty to truth in some situations is one of tlv best ways for emptying churches in his healing work jesus was provi- something thrt people wanted whu the time came when the things they wanted were rot forthcoming thev deseth him while jesus compassion for a people in trouble wsis an essential par of his godrevealing personality nevertheless it was a constant occa sion vf embarrassment people were continually interpretir him in terms of their own desires when in his de termination to provide for their spir itual needs he failed to gratify thiv material desire jesus went to cal vary ii a resourceful faith mark 2 35 into he midst of the crowd at the doorway there pushed four men carrying on his bed another man who was paralyzed the word translated bed means a poor mans bed simn- lv a folded sheet or something of the kind finding their passage blocked with the throng of people they made their way to the rear of the onestorey house climbed up the outside stair to the roof through which they lowered their man into the room where jesus was this they did by removing the cop covering of earth then the reeds branches thistles over which the earth was prcked then the crosssticks which covered the main beams sup porting the roof possibly they just enlarged the opening of tho roof which was used in summer to let down the grain and other provisions which wei dried on the roof luke 5 with its tiling and couch is ro man rather than jewish jesus was accustomed to insistent people but the determination and re sourcefulness of these four men now peering down through the roof must have won his admiration faith in v 5 refers to their confidence in his willingness and ability to help them iii a rewarded faith mark 2 g12 jesus read the mind of the sufferer or gathered from something he said that he was troubled in conscience mark does not necessarily tell us all that happened the surrounding spec tators were astonished to hear jesus say son child a word of affection thy sins are forgiven thee noticing at once the indignation showing in their faces he asked the scribes which is easier to say to a man thy sins are forgiven or rise take up thy bed and walk they knew of course that it was easier although blasphemous to declaro a mans sins forgiven the results of the attempt would not be so easily recognized the bodily healing when it did take place vs 1012 was treated as an external proof that jesus had power to forgive the mans sins this passage in mark would serve as a vindication to the early church of it claim to declare the forgiveness of sins in the name of tjls the true sign of fcrgivetiess is not some mysterious signal waved from the sky not some obscure emotion hunted out in your heart not some stray text culled out of your bible certain not some word of mortal prest telling you that your satisfac tion is complete the soul full of re sponsive love to christ and ready longing hungry to serve him is its own sign of forgiveness it is not sorrow for sin for tho sake of -orrov- fulness that jesus ever wants h2 wants sorrow for sin only that it nay bring escape from sin phillips brooks the resourceful faith of this man and hi friends was thus rewarded had he or they become discouraged at the gate and said no use trym to get in there let us go home he would have remained sinburdened in soul and a paralytic in body using the brains god gave them refusing tc admit defeat in the face of apparent ly insurmountable difficulties their prayer that is their dominant desire was answered jesus had once more asserted his authority he had also said things that were unorthodox the fact that he had healed a man body and soul was as nothing compared with the fact that he had gone off on a point of doctrine the antagonisms and suspicions which dogged our ixirds earthly life from that time on had begun o hungarian officers work on tramways budapest a swaggering young representative of presentday hungar ian militarism has just been instru mental in revealing the postwar tragedy on a distinguished hungarian officer who fought in the war in an overcrowded street car on the line which runs from the stock exchange to the zoo the conductor accidentally bumped into a young subaltern who turned on him and dressed htm down mercilessly the conductor made 110 reply and con tinued to collect fares and punch tickets until the young officer anger ed at his calmness seized him by the collar shook him and demanded to see his identity card the conductor silently produced it aid after a glance at the card the young officer turned red stammered out a- full apology and left the car at the next stopping place the con ductors papers showed him to be a distinguished exoflicer a cavalry captain permanently disabled 50 per cent by war wounds and holder of a number of high decorations the incident came to the ears of the hungarian author and parliamen tary deputy joseph pakots who asked a question on the subject in parliament the minister of war ascertained that twentyfive doctors twentythree lawyers fiftyone engin eers and many exofficers are thank ful to earn some kind of a living as conductors on the budapest tram ways on the motor buses a similar state of affairs prevails the earn ings of a conductor vary between 100 and 150 pengoes a month what some famous eel grass dying ou people like to eat on atlantic coas chef of london hotel says feeding celebrities is tricky job feeding the famous s a tricky job m francois latry whose job it u says so ho is chef of the savoy ho tel london and knows tho gastrono mic foibles of inouarchs and celebri ties from all over the globe i never know what they are go- obscure disease germ blam ed birds and fish seek iv pastures koston a microscopic disea germ that drifted up tho coast ol 1 southern ocean current probably wa the obscure agent which has disrupt ed the balance of uature along thi i atlantic seaboard from new liruns j wick to virginia ur john it may ing to ask for he said 1 have state ornithologist bald in discussihj been asked for frogs roast peacock recent changes ia habits of varioui and birds nest soup forms of animal lite when osbert siuveli the poet dej dr may traced these changes to hit manded chrysanthemum salad made- disappearance of erf grass along th from chopped chrysaiitheiuma petals coast line various possible cause garnished with a special sauce mj have been mentioned tor tho disap- latry produced it when winston j pearance of the long ribbonlike grass churchill asked for a rare italian hor hut all have now been virtually elimiu- doeuvres made from smoked ham and ateil except disease according to lr figs be served it up in the twinkling j u little is known o the disease of an eyo studies will be conducted next closely guarded secret summer in an effort to identify it some of his recipes are hundreds of that it is of southern origin is beliov- years old and have been handed down ed indicated by visits in northern wa- for generations he has one a close- j ters of uncommon tropical or semi- lyguarded secret used hundreds of j tropical fish imports and exports of gold by britain british imports ot gold bullion and coin during the first eleven months of 1932 totalled 140217s43 and the exports 113052191 tho principal countries from which gold was imported were british south africa 59516366 british in dia 51990156 united states s- 057831 australia 507436g rhodesia 3333071 straits settlements 2- 353221 new zealand 1633640 tho leading countries to which gold was exported were franco 80455- 246 netherlands 18010455 united states 6141955 switzerland 3- 879322 belgium 3250444 living there appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well measure by mans desires he can not livo long enough measure by his good deeds and he has not lived long enough measure by his evil deeds and he has lived too long zlmmermann s charity to givo to the sick the infants and tho infirm is real genuine chari ty but to go about picking up the shiftless and the crooked and hand ing these loafers a cup ot coffee is not charity years ago in making catherine de me dicis favorite christmas pudding costly liqueurs and rare spices go to its making and the succulent piiddiu is encased in a sort of marzipan camera eats great quantities of hors doeuvres chaliapln the fam ous singer likes great juicy steaks fried in oil lloyd george prefers good plain food marconi the inventor stayed here for years and was very particular about what he ate m latry said he preferred a little meat but plou- ty of fresh fruit and vermicelli noel coward is another particular young man for his benefit m latry invented a special dish known as had dock cavalcade it is a fillet of had dock served with spaghetti and cheese sauce reinhardt is passionately fond of grills followed by a special cocktail e france has trouble with insurance laws paris after being effective more than two years frances social insur ance laws are proviig increasingly difficult to administer they are so hedged about by special degrees and regulations that many expert officials still have not completely mastered them there are many loopholes which dishonest workers frequently manage to benefit by illegally two such persons who have appear ed before the fourteenth correctional chamber proved to the court that it was easy to draw benefits illegally although it is well known that many employes with perfectly just claims have to go to great trouble to obtain payment the principal defendant was rene drujon a communist and secretary of the mairie ot ivry a red suburb his first lieutenant was roman mar- ttau a moving man who in the course of his professional activities had stolen letterpaper from writing desks being transferred from one house to anoher in this way sheets of paper bearing the name and ad dress of dr emmanuel benoit had come into his possession drujon found these papers very useful having the official town hall rubber stamps at his disposal he was able to fake certificates of illhealth with the greatest ease the fraud was not discovered until it had been working perfectly for some time it was then learned that dr benoit died seven years ago wrong pea an old waiter of a club said to a new waiter do you sec that old buffer who has just sat down hes got a brother aid theyre as alike as two peas dress alike and every thing only this one is as deaf as a post watch for some fun thi old waiter then approached the man and said in an ordinary voice much to the amusement of the new waiter well pieface what do you want in your nosebag today ill have a mutton chop said the diner and by the way its my bro ther who is very deaf resort to other foods motor boat enthusiasts who hav had propellers fouled by the marlns vegetation may have rejoiced in its vanishment but that joy plainly wa not shared by water fowl and many varieties of fish that regarded eel grass as their natural feeding ground brant geese and some species of ducks largely vegeterians fed on thi grass itself and other birds fed on thi marine life dwelling in the grass novi they have been forced to resort to other foods and farm lands have suf fered gulls valuable scavangers had always been satisfied with gloaningi from boston harbor now they are invading the city itself and protesta are being received at the state honae against raids by gulls on shell fish beds and on the nesting places of tho graceful tern dr may said that while he was a conservationist he felt some measure might be necessary to halt the depredations of the gulls once so decimated by feather hunt ers that the audubon societies obtain ed strict immunity to save the species from oblivion maine farmers com plain that gulls conduct serious raids on blueberry pastures coast dwell ers charge the gulls with taking tre mendous toll of clams scallops oy sters quahogs crabs and small fish change in coast not only is lifo in the sea and air being seriously affected by disap pearance of a vegetation which the thoughtless regarded as a nuisance but the character of much ot the coast is threatened with change in many places the lino white sand is being washed from bathing beaches which had hitherto been protected from rough seas by an outer fringe of the grass the soft mud and silt is washing away from flats on which shell fish thrived revealing them at low tide barren expanses of gravel in capable of supporting life reports have been received by dr may which indicate tho eel grass dis ease has made it appearance ia france but that other european coun tries have thus far escaped tho blight telephone bills cancelled eureka 111 tho eureka telephono company said happy new year to patrons when they sought to pay their december bills company of ficials said there would bo no charge for service last month mutt and jeff- bud fisher it all seems so foolish to the dog f advertisings worth told by executive quebec the value of newspaper advertising was stressed here last week by william h funston jr president of the firestone tire and rubber company who is makng his first trip across canada since his ap pointment to the position during 1933 he said his company intends to increase its adertising appropriation particularly in the daily newspapers mr funston found conditions im proving in the maritimes in halifax he said port officials expect one of the busiest winter seasons for many- years i was told that 14000 was paid out in wages to dock workers on the saturday that i spent there large shipments of apples wheat and other commodities were arriving at the atlantic port for exportation mr funston continued eastern offi cials were inclined to credit tho achievements of the imperial confer ence at ottawa as responsible to a largexoxtent for tho improvement in maritime provinces shipping activi ties banking system praised london certainly few banking systems could have stood tho strain ol the great depression better then tin canadian says the times on its fin ancial page commenting on the state ments of sir charles gordon and a e phipps at the annual general meetings of the bank of montreal and the imperial bank the value of a central bank lh times adds lies in the direction of providing a binding element to tin banking system and strengthening tho powers of resistance in a time of diffi culty and also to provide a unified control over currency and exchange first shipment from bahama arrives in calgary calgary first shipment to arriva in western canada a carload of to matoes from the bahamas in th british west indies came to calgary last week tho 10 tons of tomatoeq ifra tho first of number of proposed eitmenlav k nuuk thru vx