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with the nesc0uj 10000000 boy scouts the fgtli birthday february 22 ot lord badenpowell of gilweil father of the hoy scouts and the fact that the movement this year achieves its 25th birthday attracts new attention to the phenomenal growth of scouting within the life of its founder reports presented at the recent annual meet ing in london show an enrolment of 21599s1 scouts aud leaders in no less than 94 countries and parts of he british kmpire since the inauguration of the move ment in 190s not less than ten million boys have profited by its training for good citizenship to this number may be added probably half that number of girl guides and girl scouts of the re sulting sister movement in all some 13000000 young people influenced to realize their best in service health and friendliness not the least contribution has been that to youth worldunderstanding by this junior league of nations three world gatherings of boy scouts and one ot rover older scouts have brought together many thousands of hoys of all nations in completely friendly intercourse the scout jam boree of 1929 called to england over 03000 boys many from enemy coun tries of the great war for two weeks of the friendliest fraternizing a simi lar gathering this year will bring other thousands together to offer adult na tions and their diplomats another ex ample of thousands of boys of many countries living and playing together in complete mutual respect and cor dial goodwill for two jolly weeks truly a wonderful living monument to a living leader and one for whom many more years of inspired leader ship will be toasted at a practically unbroken world chain of scout and guide banquets celebrating his natal day and that also of body badtn- powell world chief guide on febr uary 22nd silver well for j w mitchell before n distinguished gathering at a luncheon at the royal york hotel toronto given by mr e r wood the honorary silver wolf was presented by his excellency the earl of bessborough as chief scout for can ada to mr j w mitchell president of the provincial council of the boy scout3 association the decoration was in recognition of twelve years ot outstanding service during mr mit chells presidency the scout member ship in ontario has grown from 7j97 to 23876 new us president backs scouts at a recent meeting of the boy scouts foundation of greater new- york presidentelect franklin d roosevelt announced his readiness to serve as president of the boy scouts of america and declared the scouts could always feel they had an ardent friend in the white house forestry ministers tribute to scouting tribute to the effectiveness of scout citizenship training in general and to the value ot scout cooperation in vari ous forestry department activities was paid by hon wm finlayson minister of lands and forests of on tario at the annual meeting dinner ot the provincial scout association par ticular mention was made of help in gotting treeplanting publicity to farm ers and tho annual work dona by scouts on the reforestation project at angus ont ltgov presents scout vc the rare cornwell badge the fourth awarded a canadian scout was pre sented by lieutgovernor fordham johnson to scout myddleton macken zie before a large gathering at the legislative buildings victoria bc the occasion was marked by the pre sence of hon r h pooley represent ing the provincial government and mayor david leeming the badge is awarded for exceptional character and fortitude shown during an extended period of suffering and high standing in scouting every hoy between the ages of 12 and is years of age should be a scout the boy scout movement has some thing to interest boys ot all types and it is nonmilitary and nonpolitical it caters to boys in all classes of lire and it is also lnterdenominational scouting supplements your school education gives you a broader out look and helps you to have a clean mind in a healthy body and teaches you how to fit yourself to bo a useful and good citizen when you grow- up the lone scout department i3 es pecially organized to take care of country boys and those who are un able to join a regularly organized troop why not write today for in formation about it the address is the boy scout3 association lone scout department 330 bay street toronto lone e if there wer no books from london correspondent of new- york times book review it is a mistake to assume that oooks have come to stay the human race did without them for thousands of years and may decide to do with out them again this startling pre diction comes not from any philistine lowbrow but from one of our most accomplished literary artists e m forster he observes that the radio and cinema are turning us from read ers into listeners and lookers and ho wonders whither this tendency will lead mr forster regards the pros pect of a bookless world as a doplor- able one for books he says have an educational value which nothing yet invented will supply no one is edu cated who cannot concentrate and it 13 easier to learn concentration through a book than through a talk or or a film for an obvious reason if your attention wanders you can go back to the top of the page and start again whereas in a talk or a film you arc carried on so he confesses that he has little faith in the educational fu ture of broadcasting unalloyed and he trusts in tho movies still less microphone and screen will both be helpful as long as they ara subsi diary only and aro combined with books and refer us to books they can indicate but they cannot rub anything in and in twentyfour hours all they leave behind is a blur goatskin exports are huge goatskins exported from british india last year weighed 33600000 pounds there is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted it is human it i3 dhino carrion thoreau sonnet on the sea it keeps eternal whispering3 around desolate shores and with its mighty swell gluts twice ten thousand caverns till the spell of hecate leaves them their old shadowy sound often tis in such gentle temper found that scarcely will the very small est shell be movd for days whence it some time fell when last the winds of heaven were unbound oh ye who have your eyeballs vexd and tlrd feast them upon the wldeness ot the sea oh ye whoso ears are dlnnd with uproar rude fed too much with cloying melody sit ya near some old caverns mouth and hrood until ye start as it the seanymphs quird john keats poems mongol dictionary contains 2000 pages tokyo after 16 years ot work maj kenji shlmonaga ot tho war of- flco has completed a mongolianjap anese dictionary tho first of it3 kind which will he published shortly by the army it is a hook of 2000 pagos the army long has given close at tention to tho study ot foreign langu ages and has in its language school experia on nearly all tongues major shlmonaga has specialized in oriental languages including mongolian chlnoss dialects manchu and tibotan ho had to design special typo to re produce the intricate mongol char acters appearing in his dictionary sunday school lesson march 5 lesson x jesus giving life and health mark 5 2124 3543 golden text the lord hath done great things for us whereof we are glad psalm 1263 analysis when trouble comes mark 5 2123 when faith is feeble mark 5 2434 when cod comes in mark 5 33- 43 when trouble comes mark 5 2123 when jesus and his men arrived back at capernaum the news of the previous nights happenings had al ready reached the town the popu lace crowded down t the harbor to welcome him back many were the motives which brought them there curiosity gratitude hope desperate need jairiis v 22 was in desperate need death was hovering over his home v 23 some one hurrying past cried out there comes jesus cast ing aside his pridj aud perhaps pre judice the artisocrat ran and flung himself in oriental 1 shion at jesus feet imploring him to come to heal the child mans extremity was gods oppor tunity when trouble comes the many things which separate men sud denly lose theii importance the february 20 lesson ix jesus shows rough ploughshare of sorrow had broken up the svrface of this mans life and made him capable of receiv ing gods best ii when faith is feeblt mark 5 2434 in the crowd was another figure also drawn there by her trouble suf fering from recurring hemorrhages for many years she has suffered much also as mark quaintly puts it at the hands of the doctors many doctors all her money had gone in doctors bills and she was worse instead of batter v 2g luke himself a physi cian thought this ather hard on the medical profession he left cut part of marks account luke 8 43 eve today in the east it is common in the case of serious illness to employ a multiplicity of doctors their diag noses ard prescriptions conflict when one reflects that they prescribed such remedies as ashes of burnt wolves skulls frogs livers eyes of crabs and such things it is ieasv to imagine this womans condition after twalye years treatment instead of addressing herself to the master she crept up behind him and touched his clothes her disease prob ably made her ceremonially unclean she would thereto- avoid publicity she also shared the belief common in her time that a kind of supernatural virtue went forth from the healer and might even be spraed through contact with his clothing see acts 19 12 tho extraordinary sensitiveness of jesus distinguished that particular touch from the pressure of the crowd he turned and asked who touched me matthew evidently shocked at tho disciples too bold correction omits it in his account shocked also at a miracle of which jesus was not thj author he makes the healing fol low jesus words matt 920 jesu3 ignoring the disciples continued to look for tho one who had caught his garment the poor woman trembling with embarrassment and fear of the possible consequences of her deed in trying to gain benefits without the healers knowledge made herself known v 33 affectionat ly address ing her as daughter jesus reassur- ec her her faith superstitious as it was not the touch of his garment had cured her a timid iaith it w3 just enabling her to stretch out a stealthy hand too feeble to bring ndr openly to jesus yet a real faith richly reward ed the canadian soldier dying on the field pressing to his lips the rude cross hurriedly improvised by the pro testant padre with two bits of sticks may have shown a somewha- super stitious faith but it helped the boy to see his saviour and die happy the amazing love and mercy will not quench tho rmoking flax of our feeble faith i think that there is a great les ion here it is not that it does not matter whether or not we have in telligent and enlightened evangelical views we should be thankful that we live in a land of the open bible a land delivered largely from religious superstition wo do not believe in such thing3 as fetishes and holy relics but enn you imagine tho spirit of tho lord locking over christendom today think of somo dark places in south america whore many people as grossly superstitious xegarding cer tain holy relics and so on i can ima gine him looking at people like that and at ourselves with all our true youthful and useful y helen williams illustrated dressmaking lessiii fur- riiskid with bvery pattern heres a charmingly youthful model for you it reflects the victorian age with its deep round yoked bodice with sleeves that widen and puff above the elbow the skirt lines are clever with snug hips and a deep pointed section at the front that will give elegant height to your figure for it you may choose a discreetly patterned crinkly crepe silk such as made the original in your favorite scheme medium blue geraniumred and rust tones are delightfully chic styb no 3333 is designed for sizes 14 16 18 20 years 36 38 and 40 inch bust size 16 requires 3 yards ol 39inch material with vs yard of 39inch contrasting and yard of 35inch lining 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 wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto enlightened intelligent faith and per haps finding in some poor soul there a deeper desire for him a greater readiness to be changed by him than in some of us with all our correct views p carnegie simpson iii when god comes in mark 5 35- 43 while all this was taking place a messenger came with the news that the girl had already passed away the distraught father evidently re fused to accept the message as final continued to implore jesus why are you still worrying the teacher urged the servant v 35 jesus also evidently refused to accept anothers opinion with a word of encourage ment to the father v 36 he took his three most intimate disciples and went to the house when he saw the girl ht declared her not really dead but asleep v 39 that is unconscious and there upon restored her to her parents bible students should compare the account in matthew 9 18 2326 where the girl is already dead and the father definitely asks jesus to restore her to life jesus words not dead but sleeping must then be taken metaphorically death to a christian is but a sleep fro which jesus can weaken one the command to keep the restoring a secret was given possibly to enable jesus to avoid the excited and clamor ous crowds whose demands for heal ings so interfered with his teaching ministry ho mentioned to a too happy father that his little girl would be the better of something to eat once again our lord dmionstrated that the vitalizing an enriching of a mans whole life physical as well as spiritual is part of his work when god comes into onos life spiritual forces aro set free when we begin to live wisely and kindly many pres entday ailments will disappear farm queries henry g bell bsa dept of chemistry oac address all letters to farm editor 73 adelaide st west toronto all answers will appear in tins column if personal reply is desired enclose stamped and addressed envelope so they say england may btnd bat tho not break lord sneil vlll i what wo need ju now as much improvement in oar t tomic sense as we have made in our me chanical sense henry ford n may the goodwill of others aid us j in order that our most sincere wish for the welfare of europe and iu- questions and answers j b regarding the testing of soil for lime conditions can i send and get the liquid to test tho soil myself or have i to send the soil sample to oac answer iteacto soil kits contain ing the liquid for testing soils the package of waxed papers on which the soil is placed and the chart carrying the comparatvo colors and directions as to how much lime is necessary in order to produca a neutral condition of soil are supplied from the depart ment ot chemistry at cost 25c or they may be had at the offices of the various agricultural representatives on the same terms each set contains full instructions and the test can be made by the farmer himself or by the agricultural representative or you may send samples to the soils labora tory dept of chemistry oac where tests will be made free of charge if samples are to be sent placo about onehalf pint of soil in a closely woven cotton bag tie a tag on to the top of the bag when closing it and address same to the department ot chemistry place your name and ad dress on the other side of the tag it is best for you to drop us a line under separate cover at the same time ot course it will be necessary for you to pay postage on this parcel but the testing and reply are free of charge w b i have been told to put ray wood ashes on my potatoes next spring when i plow would this be a good thing to do and would you put the ashes on the set as you plant them they will be plowed in would a handful do each set or would it bo too much i am planting 4 or 5 acres and was thinking of using asheson some and commercial fertilizer on some and of course will use manure on them a what is the best fer tilizer for potatoer the soil is a sandy loam and up high answer it would not be wise to put wood ashes on potatoes it i3 true they carry from 5 to 8 potash if un- leached but they also carry a large percent ot lime frequently 30 to 40 this lime produces distinctly alkaline conditions in the soil which conditions are the best possible for ie growth of the potato scab if your potatoes contain the spores of scab the treatment you mention would re sult in a very scabby crop it is a wise policy to use wood ashes on land that you are preparing to seed to al falfa or other legumes these crops take large quantities of potash out of the soil and will benefit greatly by the potash which is applied in the ashes and the lime which it carries also since legumes thrive best on alkaline soils if the manure is well rotted you will be doing a good thing to give a fairly generous dressing to your potato ground since the light soil that you describe will need considerable or ganic matter or plant fibre for it to hold sufficient moisture for the grow ing potato crop our tests on potatoes which cover a period of four years show an aver age increase from fertilizers for the four years of 513 bushels per acre where six different fertilizers were compared on 15 representative potato farms during the past year the largest yield was obtained from 750 lbs per acre of 4310 this gave an increase of 578 bushels per acre at prices charged for this type of fertilizer in 1932 this represents an investment of 782 per acre or the cost of the in creased bushels of potatoes would be 13 4c per bushel if potatoes are sell ing at 50c a bushel you can readily see that this would represent a nice profit on investment the next highest increase to 4s10 was made by 01210 which made an increase of 10 bushels less per acre at a cost of 034 for the application or 133c per bushel of potatoes it you plan to use fertilizer be sure not to put the potatoes directly on top ot the fertlllzor or the fertilizers di rectly on top ot the potato pieces such an application would tend to draw the moisture out of the potato pieces and injure their vitality cover fertilizer lightly with soil before dropping po tatoes j e b what is the reason for tur- deed the world be brought to ful fillment adoh hitler you have to know what a situa tion is before you are in a position to the way to hoover nips taking on rot before maturity or a particular piece ot land especially worse after a crop of rape has been grown on the field the previous year is this condition due to lack of min eral or ilantfood in the soil and evetl t0 disagree as might it be overcome by usiug some j handle it herbert kind ot fertilizer answer the opinion of the depart ment of bacteriology is that this rot is one that is quite prevalent in tur nip fields this year known as bac terial rot of turnips it is a very des tructive rot and no treatment of soil nor spraying so far discovered has any effect on control of the disease rape belongs to the same botanical family as turnips therefore it is quite its a prety silly wherever you look at darrow world from it clarence if saintiuess may at least try agreeable is impossible we not to be too dls- berirand rustell natural to expect that a potato crop following a rape crop may be infected with the same disease since the re manent ot the rapo crop would carry the turnip disease over the best advice we can give you on the subject is to change the field for your turnips and by all means do not follow- rape with turnips if you see the disease starting in your turnips next year pull up the diseased plants remove them from the field and abso lutely destroy them also plow under all refuse on the field after the crop is harvested such as leaves t p w we are confronted with a problem which we cannot understand in the matter of churning cream and not able to obtain butter the cream being the right temperature and after churning a short time it commenced to foam and could not do anything with it the next lot of cream churn ed all right then a third churning took place and the result was the ground alfalfa as a mash the cow is a holstein in good condition and true happiness comes from giv ing aud sharing not from getting dr adolph loreuz it took a world debaclo to the stage from the yoke ot estate brock pemberton free real he who sees death in life is mahatma gandhi life tho in death and real seer we may delay other problems but we cannot delay the daytoday cart and instruction of our children mrs frannlln d roosevelt in our science we are as tin angles in tho art of living we are far outdone by the savages of tho pacific before our civilization found them out havelock ellis science has progressed toward truth through a series of falsehoods and half truths aldous huxley fiction to be worthy ot attention at all must be planted solidly on her feed consists of timothy and al- fact atherton falfa hay with chopped oats aud ground alfalfa a sa mash the cow ls with calf and will come in next may she is giving a lot of milk at present we had no trouble with the cream until about a mouth ago perhaps you could enlighten us on this matter and give some reason for it for which we will be glad to hear from you answer the department ot dairy ing gives the following answer to your inquiry in order to get cream to churn in a reasonable length of time it is neces sary that the cream be of sufficient richness that the churn be not filled j over onethird full and that the cor rect temperature range for churning be adopted it these conditions are observed throughout the year the churning time should not exceed 30 to 40 minutes winter cream of course tends to churn with difficulty as com pared with summer cream owing to smaller fat globules milk fat of hard er chemical composition and also to the naturally increased viscosity of winter milk and cream nevertheless if the richness of cream and fullness of churn are standardized the simple temperature adjustmenlusing a ther mometer is all that is necessary in order to regulate the churning time i am of the opinion that thin cream combined with too low churning tem perature is the cause of your churn ing difficulties and would therefore advise having the richness of cream increased to 25 to 30 and the adop tion ot a churning temperature to go deg f to 64 reg f i am not struck so much by the manysideues3 ot truth stanley baldwin acid finishes electric bulbs the inside of electric lamp bulbs is being etched in france by a machine which injects hydrofluoric acid into the bulb through a nozzle because these nozzles had to be replaced fre quently duo to tho acids corrosive action they are now being made of a nickelcopperchromium cast iron beavers ara equipped with oil glands on each side of tho body and with toesnail combs on their hind feet and they aro constantly preening and primping whon not sleeping eating playing or working it is a law of nature that faint hearted men should be the frult of luxurious countries for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes herodotus one of the things the modern playwright loses track ot la that play to be successful should treat of the foibles follies and frailties ol human nature daniel frohman i think we should count that na tion happiest and most prosperous which has in it the greatest number ot individuals who aro happy and prosperous john erskine boys like romantic tales but bable3 like realistic talesbecause they find them romantic- chesterton k there are too many things in modern american lite that separate people sherwood anderson prosperity will return in spite of anything which governments and bankers can do to prevent it roger w babsou national pride la natural and proper but loyalty to ones own cau go hand in hand with appreciation of the worth of others charles schwab m it is not in intelligence that wo lack for the overcoming of evil but we lack in the unselfish responsible devotion of men albert einstein mutt and jeff by bud fisher now its all clear ten men in a ditch ten men were recently sweating in a blistering california sun digging trenches for water pipe at ten cent per foot begins king hamilton gray son in the magazine the sample case the measurements to judge a daya honest work were taken by length and not by tho square or cubic foot ten cents per foot a trench three feet wide and six feet deep at ten cent per lineal foot the group of workmen consisted ot a surgeon average annual income la normal times 6000 two attorneys 5000 per year each a coal miner 1800 per year averagoa motion pic ture cameraman 3600 average a canned goods salesman 3000 avor- age a bank executive 5000 per year a stock salesman 7500 aver age a mechanical engineer 7500 average and a publisher 25000 aver age ten men who had passed lh forty year mark ot their lives no they had not committed any crime they were elniply making a payment on their long overdue water bills to a privatelyowned water com pany they all had the averago failing no income for nine months e change jackofalitrades parades his ward manchester eng an manchester man recently paraded the ttroom hearing the words stop me employ me export enced in footwear clothing drapery debt collecting court work inspect ing supervising eta thank you 0 th realization at gods prerenal it the on sovereign remedy aglnal temptation