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farm queries address all letters to farm editor 73 adelaide st west toronto all answers will appear in this column if personal reply is desired enclose stamped and addressed envelope b f we are planning to grow a 6mh acreage of sugar beets this com ing year and as it will bo our first ex- perlenc along this line can you au- vso us as to what analysis of fertilizer to use which is the best soil for sugar beets we have one field heavy ground with clay subsoil the other is blackish ground with gravelly bottom answer sugar beets do not do well on exceedingly heavy ground for this reason i would advise you to put your beets on the blackish ground with gravelly bottom provided of course that it la not too open and subject to drying out early in the growing sea son moreover the sugar beet de velops very largely below the level of the soil this requires that the soil be deeply worked and of a sufficiently open texture that the beet can develop its fall growth sugar beets send their roots more deeply into the soil than is generally thought another reaso for the more open soil as to fertilizer for sugar beets ic the past four years the department of chemistry ontario agricultural col- lego has been carrying on cooperative tests with several sugar beet growers each year a number of fertilizers have been tested the choice of fertilizers se3ms to lie bet c m2c ami 2lgg for your typo of soil i believe 300 lbs per acre of 21g g would give excellent results a t i am plowing up low heavy field of sod six years old what would you advise sowing on it for sheep pasture is the spring or the fall the best time to apply fertilizers answer tho success of your sheep pasture will depend to quite an extent on the drainage that you have in this field in any ovent the soil should be thoroughly worked in the spring and if you are planning on sowing a mix- ture for sheep feed tor next summer tho probability is that you ma able tj work this laud fairly well aloug in spring so as to kill any weeds that may be in it the department of field husbandry oac recommends for annual sheep pasture dwarf essex rape which may be sown in rows or broadcast if sown in rows use about 1 lbs per acre for rows is to 20 inches apart if sown broadcast use about 4 t 44 lbs of seed per acre this will come along quickly and make good sheep pasture for cultivated crops as a general rule fertilizers are applied in spring there is some argument for applying tho prosphate and potash in the fall although a double application would increase the cost of operation more over it your soil is at all acid in e- action the phosphate which is applied in tho fertilizer in the fall would have an opportunity to become locked up in unavailable combinations with the iron and aluminum of the soil if a fer tilizer carrying nitrogoi is applied in the fall there is danger of the nitro gen being lost by leaching we have known instances where alfalfa is top- dressed with fertilizers to advantage in the fall although comparing results with those obtained from spring appli cation there is no argument in favor of the fall application j d i have a few patches of sow thistle starting on my farm will you kindly let mo know the best way to kill the- will salt kill them if so what is the best way to put it on answer it is questionable if any thing can be done at this time of year to effectively kill sow thistles it has heen claimed that certain salt ma terials can ho applied to advantage on sow thistle patches but tho great dif ficulty is that anything that will kill sow thistles will kill all other crops that grow on the soil for some time in tests conducted in perth county during t past throe years mo3t ef fective treatment of sow thistles was obtained by midsummc plowing let ting the land life in ridges till it was nearly dried thon disking again in september in the spring sow mixed grain after again thoroughly working the soil and seed with alfalfa or clover mixture in order to give tho grain a vigorous start and to in sure a healthy stand of legumes apply about 250 to 375 lbs of fertilizer por acre on medium loam soil 212g has beon found effective with this aidi tho grain makes such a vigorous start that it successfully competes with lb sow thistle the alfalfa or legume mixture comes along equally vigoro ls- ly and to a large extent chokes out the weed weed counts show a material reduction for at least two years in the section handled in this way in later studies of the field treated we have suggested there is indication that as the fertility becomes exhausted the sow thistle comes in which fact again confirms tho logi- of the above sug gestions 1 s have s acres i light sandy soil that has not been plowed for years i would like j iut beans in it next spring what is your advico as to preparing it i would like to fer tilize it can you tell me the kind to use also the best way to apply it and the amount answer plow tho soil as early as it will work iu spring work it down thoroughly by disking and harrowing you had better have the soil tested for acidity this- your agricultural repre sentative cau do ii you take a sample to him or you can do it yourself with the reacto soil test put out by the department of chemistry beans do best on a soil of medium sweetness on a similar soil to that which you describe best yields were obtained where a half ton limestone was ap plied per acre as early as the soil would work in spring at the time the beans were planted they were fertil ized with 412g fertilizer at the rats of 250 lbs per acre this fertilizer was applied through the dropper of a combined grain and fertilizer drill with all tubes running and autumn now let the rain sweep over hi lane and fill the lake now let the seeds of spring- fall from flower and tree this is such a rain as wakens whltecaps woos the trees to sing make3 the sad leaves remember by gone sun and sap of youth washes them once more green as at their birth that they forget the dun days coming and their death and what winters mean 1 have been happy let the wild rain rip rocks from the hillside and uproot old trees and after rain let winters fingers grip the whitecaps and the fallen leaves and freeze tomorrows sudden brook but you will know what seed survives the cold what fruit shall grow david p berenberg in new york sun los angeles housewives remembered a postbox on a los angeles golf course gently reminds the absentminded husband to mail those letters handed to hira by his wife several hours earlier a noble thought wed say ovithjhem lonfscouts mm q a popular number by helen williams illustrated dressmaking lesson fur nished with every pattern service not gain but service is the true object in life if gain is made the object in ones life one must inevit ably fail for the simple reason that the best things of life are not to be gained by striving for them they are of a texlure that cannot be grasp ed one may strive for bread and win it but ono may strain every nerve to breaking in the pursuit of happiness and he will never over take it on the other hand if ser vice is made the object in ones life that life cannot be a failure for the reason that on lias chosen the only path above which the windows of heaven are always open the hap piness that eludes the grasp of every man who strives for it descends like the gentle dew of heaven upon him who is striving in service he also gains what he strives for and more adventure by wilfred j funk in light lines and dears you tako a home in a valley with the hush of an inland rain and the southwind and a rosesweet vine for an anchor chain but ill take the roaring typhoon on tho road to ninhafu with a drunken star to steer me and a leathery deeplunged crew but ill take mine in the movies if its all tho same to you sunday school lesson 2871 a new guimpc dress that will give your wardrobe dash and chic tor fall and winter and if fashioned of rhumbrown woolen with the guimpeof orangy- red sheer woolen spotted in brown it will prove doubly chic you can make it at an amazingly small cost style no 2871 is designed for sizes 11 13 15 and 17 years size 13 re quires 2vi yards of 39inch material for suspender skirt with 2 yards of 35inch material for blouse another fascinating scheme is hya cinth blue linen with guimpc polka- dotted in blue- tweeds wool crepes and novelty rayons are also smart how to order patterns write your name and address plain ly giving number and size of such patterns as you want encloso 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 november 27 lesson ix steward ship of life mark 1 1620 acts 26 1219 golden text first gave their own selves to the lord 2 corinthians 8 5 analyis i l best to the highest mark 1 1g20 ii obeying the vision acts 2g 12- 19 introduction to be generous with ones money is not all of chris tian stewardship not of our money but of all of our oeing was it said ye are not your own ye are bought with a price the question is not merely what shall i do with my money but what shall i do with my life the answer to it will be in terms as varied as men are different i my best to the highest mark 1 1g20 jesus plan was to go from place to place preaching teaching living the gospel of the new kingdom he need ed companionship he must inspire others with his own ideals enthusi asms plans he must train them to carry on the work when he was gone on the shores of the lake of gal ilee he found four men two pairs of brothers vs 17 19 they probably knew jesus before johns gospel tells how two of them met him at jordan- side as fishermen they would pos sess certain qualities of body and mind which would make them effective as religious leaders they would have great powers of endurance patience promptness the net must be thrown immediately the fish were running bravery living close to nature in all her varied moods would develop a ca pacity for the spiritual jesus said follow me and i will make you to become fishers of men what fishers of men meant they would not clearly understard then but the phrase would appeal to them whatever this new life which jesus offered would involve it would in some way be similar to the old they were to learn later what we all learn when we put it to the trial that those qualities which a man develops as he faithfully does the task in hand will make him more effective in what ever work his master gives him to do the way to get a better job is to put our best into the one we have now straightway they forsook their nets and followed him v 18 fol lowing jesus means first of all mak ing up their minds to do so they decided and then acted to follow jesus meant for them to leave their work and their homes their work gave them a livelihood precarious cough but it was all they had and they could not afford to lose it to western minds the sudden cutting away from work aid h eehs a tip for lost hunters hunters lost and uncertain of tho compass directions may fix north with their watch thus place it flat on the hand stand a match upright over tho eud of the minute hand and turn the watch uuti the match shadow falls along tho hand a line drawn across the centre of tho watch and midway between the end of the hour hand and 12 oclock runs north and south north lying ou the side on which the hour hand is farthest from 12 even on cloudy days the watch will show a faint shadow this is a boy scout stunt and one that every lone scout should learn and remember for use in an emergency 1 16mile night hike to church a party of nearly 90 winnipeg rover scouts hiked sixteen miles be tween midnight and morning to at tend a sunrise rovers own or church service at the little first settlers church at st andrews we certainly hope that all lonies are as keen to do their duty to god as were these rovers silver wolf for dutch chief scout the silver wolf scoutiugs highest honorary decoration was presented by lord badeupowell to admiral ram- bonnet chief scout of the neder- landsche padvinders the boy scouts of holland do you know what the silver wolf is it is a scouting decoration awarded at the discretion of the chief scout for exceptionally valuable work on behalf of the movement it actual ly is a small silver model of a wolf which is s pended around the neck by a green and yellow ribbon and it is much prized by the few people who have been decorated with it as it is the highest honour that trie boy scouts association can bestow memorial to maltas chief scout the congreve memorial hall rid archway in memory of general sir walter congreve vc kcb a form er governor and chief scout of malta was recently opened by sir david campbell governorgeneral and pre sent chief scout the hall is to be used as headquarters of the malta scouts british railroad sco societies a scout society has heen formed 1 scout members of the great western railway staff at paddington london other important divisional points such as swindon bristol newport birm ingham and swansea are organizing similar societies former enemy sons meet as friends among the 3000 boy scouts at the dutch national scout jamboree held this summer near the hague were boys from england scotland belgium france co many denmark norway and hungary young spanish life savers that spanish boy scouts are not be hind those of other lands in life sav- for stem vuecors ing skill and courage was shown this summer at a spanish bathing resort when two youug women were swept several hundred yards from shore by a strong tide two 14yearold scouts went to their aid and after a long strugglo got them near shore where other scouts helped one young wo man recovered the scouts persisted four hours in a fruitless effort to re vive the other no effort was made by onlookers to assist iu the rescue lonies prepare yourselves for such an emergency as this where the modern boy finds adventure rescuing a man from a ledge half way down a 400foot cliff fighting ly fires on farms searching for a child lost on the moors rescuing a valuable horse that had fallen on its back in a narrow ditch these 1932 camp good turns remind that english boy scouts are not far behind their canadian brothers iu finding adventures in scouting discussing waste forces of human nature in the london observer prof it p jacks credits badenpowell with making through scouting one of the greatest discoveries of modern times in the field of utilizing human forces otherwise wasted ie con verting the play hunger and love of adventure of the boy into selfcontrol courage loyalty and readiness to ac cept responsibility scouting popular in jrsia there are 5000 boy scouts iu per sia and their number is growing rapidly under the enthusiastic leader ship of the persian crown prince scout troops have been organized at the english american and armenian missionary schools the latest country to be added to the list of boy scout countries is the azores islands in midatlantic v the coast of spain this place is the scene of the famous fight between sir richard grenville on board the re venge in the days of queen eliza beth hen he defeated a whole span ish fleet with his one little ship in spite of the depression scout ing continues to grow steadily all over the world and there are over two mil lion active scouts at the present time and another two million exscouts who have grown into useful manhood have you ever considered that it only costs you fifty cents a year to be enrolled as a lone scout and to have all the privileges of scouting brought to you it is not necessary to spend a lot of money on uniforms and equipment if you do not desire to do so although of course we always like to see scouts in uniform we shall welcome inquiries from any boys between the ages of 12 and is who cannot join an ordinary troop and suggest that you write for par ticulars today to the lone scout de partment the boy scouts association 330 bay street toronto 2 lone e strange for the single men it was simpler one at least was married hey were gripped by the persuasive power of jesus personality the man himself made an irresistible appeal to them is it not so still farther along the shore jesus came to james arid john mending their nets with their father zebedee they too answered tho call in the east to leave ones wife was one thing to leave ones parents quite another let me first bury my father was the young mans way of saying that he could not leave home while his father was alive at that moment probably quite well zebedee how- eer was fairly well off he could pay for his help nevertheless there is a touch of pathos in the line they left their father zebedee in the ship with thehired servants when youth answering some call leaves home it is the parents left behind who often suffer most to follow jesus means t- give up whatever may stand in the way of the particular service which the hour calls for some men jesus called away from home it is signifi cant that it was only some each indi vidual situation requires its own pe culiar action for most of us the call is to witness for christ at home the most difficult place what did jesus ask from those who would follow him answers to a list of theological questions such as the churches ask no he asked for a personal loyalty and companionship for his demand we have substituted too often orthodoxy and respectabil ity the characteristic qualities of the pharisees these men gave the best they had to the highest they knew jesus ii obeying the vision acts 2g 12- 19 no two people are altogether simi itr therefore their religious exper iences will be different the call that changed their lives for the galilean fishermen had in it nothing spectacu lar they went away with jesus ol nazareth who appealed to them greatly it was afterward that they came to know him as the christ of god paul on the other hand had an overwhelming revelation of the once crucified jesus as the now triumphant christ he had been definitely resist ing gods will and the disturbing voice of his own better nature v 14 but he was performing thoroughly the task which he believed was his duty god called him to a double min istry v 1g to be a minister of the word a humbler office than that of deacon a witness by which he was taised to the level of the apostles usefulnesc a school in which the ability of being useful is imparted the spirit of independence learnt and tho habit of persevering effort acquired s smiles mutt and jeff by bud fisher distance lends relief u lov jusi 24bu0 onecent stamps to ship gloria suart from hollywood to newark tho other day what a prize packet for philatelists sense in saving by neville chamberlain british chancellor there is a controversy on saving aj opposed to spendii g whether in these days it is wise or right to save we had better disregard theory and come back again to our own common sense to decide what is right it must be clear that there is a distinction be tween the duty of public bodies and private individuals public expendi ture whether local or national has to be found out of rates and taxes the more that is taken out of rates and taxes the less there is for the private individual to spend with private individuals it is not so easy to lay down a general rule to abstain from spending what a man ought to spend if he could afford it appears a mistaken form of economy it appears equally wrong to lay it down that a man should use up his savings and spent to the last limit of what he can earn every person who can afford to spare anything from his income should lay up some re serve for himself and his family against times which may be even more trying than those of today therefore if i may sum up my ad vice to the private individual i would say use your own common sense and apply it to your own individual cir cumstances do not abstain from spending if you can afford to spend under the mistaken idea that you are performing a public service by keep ing your money lying idle in the bank on the other hand do not feel an qualms of conscience or feel you an doing wrong if you put a little bi aside even today for it may be in tha way you are helping to preserve th stability of the country thoughts mankind has been writing booki so long that an author may he ex cused for offering no thoughts ab solutely new we must select anil call that invention a writer at tha present day has hardly any other resource than to take the thought of others and cast them into now forms of association and contrast a good thought is often far better pressed at second hand than at tin first utterance if a rich material has fallen into incompetent hands it would he the height of injustice to debar a moro skilful artisan iron taking possession of it and working it up commend me to a good pilferer you may laugh at it as a paradox but i assure you the most original writers are the greatest thieves byron trust bo happy peaceful and satisfied just as you stand having sufficient steadfastness and independence ta hold your own against all eddies an rapids about you apply practically that which you porceivo spontane ously accept your position as it is and mako the very best of it till it passes work with it knowing that god is guiding you and so cease all anxious thought and rest genius whether i be the grandest genlu on earth iu a single thing and that singlo thing earthly or the poor peas ant who behind his plough whistle for want of thought i strosgly sus pect it will he cno when i pass to tho compeutlvo examination yondcrl on tho other sido ot tho gravo a raphaels occupation may bo gon as woll as a jloughmans bulwer lytton never discourage- if too indifferent to help