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the wheat question treasure hunters and soviet russia of agriculture bewilderment and doubt character- 1 knowjes a rycrson as told to obed ixe opinions on the sudden cessation stearns in country home sept 31 of wheat exports from soviet kussla men always havo wanted more- explanations of this unexpected turn plants than they already had and seem colored largely by the sources they never havo been satisfied to they spring from those who feel that raise only those plants which they the soviet regime must eventually col- found growing in their particular pat ches of soil thus they have picked the service must not suffer lapse name wheat as one more exhibit in their collection of evidence others seek farther to find what is back of it beginning with tho wheat 88 it comes out of the ground tho official agricultural organ of moscow sotzia- llstlcheskoyo zemledyctle tells us that there was an increase of some s or 9 per cent in the total area of wheat cul tivation during tho past year as com pared with the preceding year 1929- 30 3ut this paper also relates that weather conditions this year have boon much worse than they were a year ago in certain sections of the ukraine and northern caucasus it is said nearly 47 per cent of winter sow ings was ruined by frost moreover it didnt help matters ac cording to this journal when the col lective farms did not reach what was expected of them at harvest time scolding tho collective farmefs this agricultural authority advises us that the information received from various provinces shows that in some places tho harvested grain is not bound into sheaves and so a great deal of it rots again tho wheat is transported so carelessly that much of it leaks out and is lost along the roads worse still is the fact that the grain is left to lie in the fields there are but a few days during which it can be saved but some of the collective farms have not even begun to stir in order to save it gathering the grain from collective farms too other soviet newspapers in form us has been beset with difficul ties instead of surrendering to tho state all grain in excess of the quantity re quired for their own needs to receive in exchange manufactured products lroni the state tho collective farmers are charged with hoarding and hid ing grain by way of explanation the official organ o the central com mittee of the communist party in mos cow pravda has this to say a great majority of tho peasants on collective farms still are moved by the old petty bourgeois psychology of the little individual proprietor what s the cause of all this upset and de lay in harvesting of the hiding and hoarding of the grain by collective farmers of their secret splitting up of grain surpluses to be surrendered to the state and above all of the bad or ganization of production on these farms obviously the cause of it is the bourgeois methods which have found their way into tho collective farming that russia has fallen behind its schedule for gathering grains from the collective farms and that the comple tion of the soviet fallsowing plan ap pears unlikely is reported by the de partment of agriculture at washing ton in a summary of foreign crops and markets in a united press dispatch lrom that city we read commenting on tho russian situa tion which has been regarded as an important factor in the recen rise in wheat prices the department said rus sian fall sowing now amounted to s7- 461000 acres this is 82 per cent of tho original plan for fall sowings and 87 per cent of the total winter acreage last year the report based on information from tiio american agricultural at tache atborlin said the russian pro- curings to october 25 wero 54 per cent of tho yearly plan and 39 per cent of the monthly plan an interesting point on russian wheat production is noted in the new york herald trihuno by hickman price jr after a recent extensive tour of russia to study economic condi tions he observes even if the peasants the rawest type of labor can learn in a few years the intelligent use and proper care of machinery which it has taken the american farmer three generations to learn it is still doubtful it over a period of years russian wheat produc tion can bo profitably conducted with tho use of foreignbought machinery a highly important phase of rus sian mechanized agriculture is the pro duction of its own machinery and im plements at tho present timo rus sian tractor and implement production seems to bo in a chaotic condition according to tho pravado tho fordcor tractor- factory at leningrad which is reported to havo cost the government millions of dollars was abandoned this summer tho stalin grad tractor factory has never reach ed a satisfactory rato of production and tho llfo of tho machlno has been estimated at 300 working hours the implement factory at rostovondon and a number of other plants are said to bo in a deplorablo condition bccauso of a poor knowledge and utilization of metals the life of these tractors and implements hardly makes their production worth whilo up seeds or lifted up plants by the roots whever they have found them in their wanderings and tried grow ing them whever they settled down consider what would be the state of agriculture in america today st men had been content to grow only native plants tho only malor crops would bo corn tobacco and possib ly cotton in the way of vegetables nothing except sweet corn suuashes and beans sonio inferior varieties of rye and rice a few berries some native grapes crab apples native plums pecans would he raised littlo else no wheat that was brought in from the old world no potatoes those camo from south america by way of europe although tho department of agri culture had no explorers of it own until 1898 american in foreign lands whether officials or private citizens had their cye3 open for possible plant introductions long before that time in 1s70 for instance an american mis sionary in brazil wrote to the depart ment oxtolllng tho delicious oranges being grown in that country a first shipment ot trees was made but they all died because of improper packing they tried again and at last got 12 trees in good condition replanted them and thereby started the wash ington naval orange industry tho av erage annual value of this crop now is 35000000 in order to understand what is now a regular system of exploration let us whew what a gale there will be trouble on the line tonight lineman taylor of the bell telephone staff was right there was trouble and plenty of it especially up around pembroke when the icy blast from the laurentians swept down across the ottawa valley giving warning to all that king winter was again holding court all through the night and during the next day the forces of the bell telephone com pany battled the storm which had covered the wires with ice and snapped telephone poles like pipe stems true by the following night many of the poles were still down but the service continued practically without interruption by means of emergency cable and the tangled wires and broken poles were rapidly being restored to their usual trim service able appearance thousands of dollars worth of expensive equipment and scores of skilled workmen must be kept constantly available for just such emergencies in order that the universal service of the bell telephone company may be available to all at all times turning next to peaches meyer here egypt aro now grown to the extent encountered his first real trouble his of about 750000 acres in regions where suppose that you looked out in your i first duel of wits with the chinese up rainfall is low from russlon comes back yard and saw a stranger in in the little village of fei in shan- the swedish select and sixtyday oats queer foreign garb down on his j tung province they grew an extreme- now being grown to tho extent of 4- haunches studying with apparently t ly largo and luscious peach often 000000 and 5000000 acres respec- fascinated interest your radish plants i weighing as much as a pound but lively acala cotton found in mexico just so strange and incomprehensible fei was the only placo where these has been developed into a variety does the plant explorer often seem to peaches grew and tho inhabitants which is the foundation of the cotton the people in whose back yards he therefore had a very comfortable and industry of the southwest its annual must seek out now plants for you to profitable monopoly in the shantung production reaches a value ot 50000- grow for frequently he is likely to market so they didnt take at all 000 bring back a plant that is as common kindly to meyers attempts to buy a i of all the plants which reach this to those who are growing it as tho few trees to take away with him j country comparatively few prove good enough after thorough tests to go to the trade and the stories of the explorers who found them somewhere across the globe are in all probability lost but the explorer who achieves honor radish is to you he argued and pleaded finally a for example in what remote wilder- native grower offered to sell him his ness do you think the late frank n orchard there seemed no other way meyer discovered tho wild chinese to get trees but when they reached peach tree he found it in the garden this country and wero replanted and of the german legation in peking it developed it was found that they were was so commonplace that nobody had not the true fei peaches after all in the eyes of his fellow plantsmen ever thought ot it before as being the natives won that skirmish but is well rewarded for he receives the worth a second glance the government is still after fei frank n meyer medal which is meyer was perhaps the most color- peaches and will get them in the given for distinguished foreignplant ful and certainly one of the most use- end i introduction work one side ot the tul explorers who ever served the such a casual discovery for instance medal is a reproduction of the white- united states government the great- as a type of diseaseresistant spinach barked chinese pine and the jujube er part of his adult life was spentjthe seed ot which meyer picked up two of meyers many introductions prowling around in the far wild cor- 1 j liaoyang has repaid america many on the other side is a reproduction ners of the earth seeking rare and times over for sending him on his ot tho basrelief which queen hat- strange plants various expeditions this spinach was shepset carved on the temple of his first work of importance was crossed with another variety and the luxor whoever receives that medal tho introduction of chinese perslm- resulting typo saved the disease- has like queen hatshepset given his mons in 1905 studying them ho ex- 1 threatened spinach industry of vir- country something more precious plored tho provinces of shantung ginia and maryland shcnsl honan and chekiang finally one could go on listing meyers succeeding in importing live scions j introductions tho chinese pistachio from the ming tombs region north- which now grows luxuriantly in cali- west ot teking if you are ono of fornla tho rosa xanthina that hardy those persons who turn up their noses yellow bush roso which keeps many a a persimmons you should try a tam- new england garden gay when all opan persimmon with a littlo cream elso fails tho jujube which gives far- for breakfast some day this is the mors in the dry sections o tho south- than gold and ebony wealth of living plants the lasting a mender to me worldworn and variety that meyer brought in you came weary rumpled and tattered ot feather whimpering and broken ot spirit crying to bo put together standpatter doesnt jim ever get tired ot his wlfos continued sulki- nesst i think not ho says when shes gcod naturojt sha sings boston transcript theyre dedicated jo you they are yours or the asking simply fill out thecoupon below o d here aro maps thai intrigue you pictures that entrance youdescrip- tion thai lifts you into that warm sunny region of california and southern arizona e o hero aro chapters on california seashore desert and mountains on death valley on southern arizona and dudo ranches on prehistoric cliff cities on ancient indian pueblos on indian cere monials on grand canyon all yours for the aiking just majlcoupon i i i i i west a fruit crop and the chinese chestnut which is blightresistant and gives promise of saving our chestnut industry from extinction three times meyer went out into the orient twico ho returned on his third trip ho had a nervous prostra tion although after a timo ho was able to go on with the search the only thing in lifo that mattered i health had definitely gone out of him soon it would bo time to go back to civilization and tho chances of his ever being able to return to his jvork wero practically nil ho never came i back on tho night of juno 2 191s ho disappeared from a little steamer on the yangtzo river others carried on durum wheat j ranks high in their list of introduc- 1 photographs wero recently taken tlons several million acres aro plant- at a depth of 000 feet below sea ed annually in different varieties level by a research expedition work- barloys from asiatic turkey and from ing near genoa i mended the place that was broken i smoothed you and soothed you and kissed you and when you wero gone i was fran tic oh lad if you knew how i missed i you it seems im a fixer a mender and when my poor patients are done they flutter their wings at my win dow and i givo them hack to the sun p s mcdonald in the chicago tribune hospital for sick children 67 college st toronto t mothercraft centre toronto country drnnch tlilstletown december 3931 dear mr editor last year tho hospital lor sick children toronto through the gener osity ot friends in every line or publicity was enabled to impress upon the parcntaol ontario that any crippled or ailing child was equally entitled to the unexcelled service tor which this hospital la world famous it was also mentioned that u the sick kids as the institution is affectionately called were to look after more youngsters it would need more money for their maintenance what happened in 1931 was that more children came to the hospital out also about 910000 less money to maintain them 1 spare you the statistics but 1 cannot alter the fact that if the kolpltal for sick children were not h provincial charity its debts would not de as burdensome as those under which it seems fated to enter 1932 the hospitals immediate neighbor hood toronto and york county has kept up close to its average subscrip tion per patient but outside that area thero has been a sad drop what should be done tho hospital for sick children is not a local concern its aim la that no ontario youngster shall go handi capped through life either because ot deformity or disease that cannot bo accomplished with a cashbox full ol overdrafts yet that is the position today and it is not one which can everlastingly continue so mr kdi- tor will you not invoke your readers to end us a helping hand not one of chcro 1 venture could care to see tho sick kids with a mortgage over their heads faithfully yours irving e robertson chairman ot the board of trustees hut then i like and so ua trnnorttlrtn bmff it m turmoil- mcil ibowk kandolpb 873 ftcm ra3 folders checked below nctuornupktunbccli ddutbvtlw iogruxscuiycnouaip daiivvkvf loahboermtcws the lnenjetoan j ceefcm- amcrj hettl rues j inime j i aoqrtt i i ij m tti rr s n rr threescore years and ten quick sir help mo up and bring my cane tis cold tonight it so i heard a sudden tapping on iho pane grey winters here again i go to meet him by some gaunt leafless tree whero wo can whisper underneath our breath and once more jest at enemy whom you may know i speak of death and that palo by tight is k m tt- f f 8jll lr be in i wa 0h wlffm pak ag el high school boards and boards of education aro authorized by law to establish industrial technical and art schools with tho approval of tho minister of education day and evening classes may bo conducted in accordance with the regulations issued by tho department of education theoretical and practical instruction is given in various trades the schools and classes are under tho direction of an advisory committee application for attendance should be made to the principal of the school commercial subjects manual training household science and agriculture and horticulture aro provided for in the courses of study in public sspnrate continuation and high schools collegiate institutes vocational schools and departments copies of the regulations issued by the minister ol education may be obtained from the deputy minister parliament buildings toronto owl laffs daddy young lady do you mean to tell me youve been carrying that money around in your stocking daughter why daddy you told me to put it where it would draw in terest classified advertising wife how do you like me in my new gown i got it for a ridiculous price hubby you mean you got it for an absurd figure 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