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with the ntsgotosj h a happy christmas lone e joins with all the mem bers of the staff of the lone scout department su hoping that all lone scouts will enjoy a happy christmas with real enjoyment and we hope too that you will not forget to do your 6pecial christmas good turn boy scouts in all parts of the world at this season of the year are concen trating their thoughts upon the ques tion of how to make some other less fortunate person a little luppier and how to bring a little christmas cheer into the life of some person for whom christmas would otherwise be a dis appointment we hope that every lone scout in this province will do his utmost to play santa claus to some poor per son at this time and thus ho able to enjoy his own christmas the better for knowing that his good turn has been well done what lonies can do to help others during the cold weather have you ever thought of all the opportunities which the cold weather gives to you to do your daily good turn in years gone by we have heard of many lone scouts who made it their business to do such things as clearing snow for old folks who would other wise have to do it themselves then e know of more than one lonie who assisted elderly ladies by keeping them supplied with cut wood for their fires durhg the cold weather or by seeing that the wood box was kept al ways filled from the wood pile or the pails always filled from the well other lone scouts cleared paths through the snow at street crossings and nut asiiea down en slippery laes or cleared snow away from church doors and other places of pub lic meeting yes lonies you have many oppor tunities to be of real service aim e hope thai yon will take every advant age of them santa claus chain of workshops santa claus branch workshops oper ated by scouts and girl guides in all parts of canada are again at work re conditioning broken and discarded toys and dolls to help fill old st nicks bag at christmas last year a coasttocoast chain of 155 shops pro vided gifts for fully 75000 needy child ren including many on farms in the west badenpowell has called such work happifying scouts head local relief at duncan bc he local winter re lief work was organized under the initiative of the local scout leaders plans included a surplus vegetable and fruit survey carried out by rover scouts and collection and repair of clothing by rangers and girl guides peace park opening features boys a colourful feature of the opening this summer of the watertonglacier peace park on the albertamontana border was provided by a group of 24 canadian and american king and agio scouts bearing their respective eagle scouts bearing their respective scout obligations also was included iu the ceremonies the best good turn what better christmas present or good turn could you offer your chum than to introduce him to the world wide brotherhood of boy scouts scouting is open to all boys between 12 and is years of age inclusively and the lone scouts are specially organ ized for boys who live in the country and who cannot belong to the ordin ary scout troops if you know of any boy whom you think would be interested in the lone scouts why not send us his name and address and we will communicate with him perhaps you too would like to be a lonie if so write for particulars to the lone scout department the boy scouts- association 330 bay street toronto 2 wo shall be glad to hear from you lone e lack of foresight worlds trouble h g wells urges prepara tion for the consequences of new inventions an urgent need for professors of foresight to prepare the work for the consequences of rew inventions is seen by h g wells the nistorirn says the associated press all my life i have seen the aboli tion of distance becoming more and more complete he said in a recent speech but for all practical pur poses we havent begun to think yet what- we are goin to do about it we are all of u3 behaving as though there were no need vhatever to adapt our lives and ideas in any way to these new conditions see how unprepared osiif world was for the motor car the motor er ought to have been anticipated at a beginning of this century it was und to come it was bound to be cheapened and made abundant it was bound to change our roads take bassengers and goods traffic from the fairways alter the distribution of our population congest our towns with traffic did we do anything to work out ny of these consequences of the mo tor car before they came we did frothing to our roads until they were thoked we did nothing to adjust our failroads to fit in with this new ele ment in life until they were over taken and bankrupt and we have still yo bring our police up to date with the motor bandit it seems an odd thing to me that though we have thousands and thous ands of professors and hundreds of thousands of students of history working upon the records of the past there is not a single person anywhere rho makes a wholetime job of esti mating the future consequences of hew inventions and new devices wo ought to have not simplv one r two professors of foresight but vholo faculties and departments of foresight doing all they can to an ticipate and prepare for the conse- gwnces of this gathering together jis bunching up which is now going fcn or what were once widely dis persed human relationships we need to organize foresight in these matters very urgently indee 1 because you see it is not only that men will be able to get at and see and talk to their friends anywhere they will also be able to get at those they suppose their enemies with an equal facility in his vision of the unpleasant sides of progress mr wells sees the possibility of air torpedoes bombs gas and flame delivered wherever you like or dont like at any time there are no professors of fore sight as yet he said but i am by way of being an amateur let me oraw a plain conclusion either we must make peace throughout the world make one world state one worldpax with one money one police one speech and one broth erhood however hard that task may seem or we must prepare to live with the voice of the stranger in our enrs with the eyes of the stanger in our home- with the knife of the stranger always at our throats in fear and in danger of death enemy neighbors with the rest of our spe- cies distance was protection was saf ety though it meant also ignorance and indifference and a narrow un stimulated life for good or evil distance has been done away with this problem of communications rushes upon us today it rushes upon us like jehu the soil of nimshi it driveth furiously and it evokes the same question is it peace because if it is not to be peace foreseen and planned and establish ed then it will be disaster and death ruffles for jane by helen williams illustrated deeiaking lesion iur nished with every pattern of course jane will want a new party dress for xmas with riffles all the little fashionables are wearing the longwaisted bodice completed by a sash attached at underarm seams and bowed at the back marks its freich origin the straight skirt ruffles are gathered and sewed to a onepiece foundation its so easily made and takes but 1 yards of 35inch material with yard of 35inch contrasting for the 4year size style no 3139 is designed in sizes 2 4 and 6 years pink crepe de chine with paie blue crepe de chine collar sleeve frills and sash is cute as can in its practical because it will tub and tub 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 wraj it carefully for each number and address your order to wiisoa pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto sunday school lesson britain has huge weekly bill for sweets britain is spending 5000000 week ly on sweets confectionery manufacturers re port a substantial increase of trade and one firm has taken on 900 employ ees to help to produce the 350000 tons of sweet meats yearly consumed in britain the output today is nearly double that of tweutyfivo years ago the opinion of doctors has changed and they now praise tho healthgiving properties of sweets half of those which are eaten today being choco lates onco lot mo see not things alone but the divine light and life that stream through them and then shall every day open new revelations then shall tho bird upon the wing and the flower in the field spoak to thorn of god dr dewey begin with a generous heart think how you can servo others then you shall find resources grow your own portion shall not be left desolate strength shall be shed through you do tho utmost with what you have and t shall go far enough o b frothing ham disasters fail to crush murray ky jack dunaway a mur ray college froshman resumed his class work and his duties in the office of the college news last week a de termined smile on his face and told this story within the past week his uncle hanged himself ms sweetheart mar ried a rival a bank where his mother had 1000 on deposit closed and the home whero he had been staying here burned with all his book3 and clothes the american when you came home and found a burglar in your house what did you do tho englishman what did i do why nothing of course i didnt know the bally rotter god is the portion of his people they find him in all things and all things in him this is the sum of all good the perfection of all blessedness december 25 lesson xiii gods gift to man christmas lesson luke 2 820 golden text for gd so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life john 3 16 analysis i the good nevs luke 2 s14 ii seeking and finding i ike 2 15- 20 introduction it was during the year of the roman census that jesus was bcrn it w not the roman custom to have the people return to their original homs fill out their census papers such however had been the jewish system anxious doubtless to avoid unnecessay irri tation on the part of the turbulent jews augustus conforme to local usage not only the head of the house had to go but ill the members of his family as well so it was that jo seph with mary his young wife traveled the seventytwo miles from nazareth to be lehem vs z 0 in orier to avoid overcrowding and the difficulty of carrying j the en rolment with a small secretarial staff the census and valuation was spread out over a year nevertheless when the couple arrived at bethlehem they found the inn crowded the only available accommodation was the rude stable with its courtyard surrounded by the rude arched shelters hewn out of the rockformed hilside here it was that lacking privacy and com forts mary gave birth to her first born unattended it was she herself who laid her child ii one of the box like mangers provided for feeding hay and grain to the cattle the so- called church of the nativity in beth lehem is pointed out to tourists as the site of the original stable i the good news luke 2 814 one mile from bethlehem is a little plain in which under a grove of olives stands the bare and neglected chapel known by the nam theangel to the shepherds it is built says farrar over the traditional site of the fields wheie the vision of the singing angels came to the shepherds our lords birth was associated with scenes of humility poverty and toil he entered into my lot the poorest one can say not to the recognized leaders of organized religion on mount zion did the good news come nor to the busy thoughtless women of beth lehem to whom it did not occur to take to their homes this unhoused and ob viously needy countrywoman it came to men engaged in thw humblest tasks v 8 and so unimportant socially that no one remembered their names how often do some of gods richest revelations cone to the fortuneless and the obscure th reassuring word of tho angels to the sephcrds is the word that je sus always brings to a troubled world fear not no longer were men to think of god as an austere fardis tant king but as a loving frequenter of the haunts of men v 10 the news was for all mei the christian who has really come to know christ can not kee the knowledge to himself he becomes inevitably a missionary- minded christian the sign was to be a swaddled babe laid in a manger arabic ver sion according to general syrian custom says abraham mitrie rib- hany in his syrian christ in ear liest infancy a child is not really clothed it is only swaddled upon birth the child is washed then rubbed gently with pulverized salt then sprinkled with powdered myrtle leaves then swaddled the swaddle is a piece of stout cloth about a yard i square to a corner of which is attach- ed a narrow band the infant with arms pressed cose to its sides and its feet stretched full length and laid close together is wrapped in the swaddle and the narrow band wound around the little body from the shoul ders to the ankle the story of the unlettered shep herds entranced with the heavenly music tells us how near heaven lies to cur common task how god speaks when wo are ready to hiten how- world peace will come when men live according to gods will on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased weymouth3 translation the brother attitude which is gods will for us al will automatic illy eliminate wi ii seeking and finding luke 2 15- 20 let us go the shepherds said to each other when the vision faded see ing the vision then venturing by faith is the secret of acme ement with simple eloquence the story tells how thsy sought the saviour child found him lold ovtryone sbiut him seek ing finding witnessing these arc the facts of christian experience the shepherds did not permit their deter- 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 this column if personal reply is desired enclose stamped and addressed envelope wild tricks questions and answers s g i have a few acres of rather heavy marsh land would thi3 grow barley successfully what variety when and how much should be sown for the best results is barley straw as good for feed as oat straw is mil let good feed for dairy cows answer probably barley is the best of the cereals that you could grow on this land it is the shallowest root ed of all the cereals and thrives on neutral to slightly acid soil it pos sible you should provide for draiuaje from your marsh no crop of course will grow if the water is standing on the soil for a considerable period the best variety for ontorio so far developed is oac 21 seed of this variety is obtainable in any standard grain centre the amount usually re commended is 12 bushels per acre this gives sufficiently thick stand and allows of the crop maturing at its best barley straw is slightly poorer in nitrogen than oat straw and is con siderably higher in potash it is therefore not as nutritious a straw as good oat straw millet makes a fair quality hay if it is cut about the time the flowers be gin to appear if it is allowed to go longer than this it becomes very- woody and is not nutritious it can b3 fed to dairy cattle although it is not nearly so nutritious as alfalfa hay but is a little better than timothy l j 1 do you recommend putting lime rock on sandy soil for alfalfa how much to the acre do you put t on before you plow your land or drag it in 2 how much sweet clover seed should be sown to the acre will sweet clover grow on low land can the plant be killed by plowing it up answer fairly finely ground lime stone rock is one of the best forms of lime to apply to the ordinary field for the growing of alfalfa the amount to use will vary with the test of the soil if the soil is slightly acid onehalf ton to the acre will probably be enough if it shows distinctly sour it will be necessary to use upwards of v tons to the acre one of the best ways to sow lime is to scatter it on top of the plower ground and work it in at the time the ground is disked and harrowejl this brings the effect of lime into the top three inches of soil where seed is sown about 20 lbs of sweet clover seed is recommended to sow to the acre sweet clover will grow on fairly well drained low land but it will not do as well as alfalfa and it is not as valuable a crop when the stand is obtained sweet clover is a biennial that is it takes two years to go through its life cycle at the end of that time it will kill out itself if the hay has been cut each year before the seed is formed the persistent nature of sweet clover comes about by a certain amount being allowed to go to seed this can easily be avoided pregnant ewes and alfalfa second growth alfalfa is a very rich and tasty feed to all farm animals sheep are very fond of it and will eat more than is good for them if it is kept before them al the time pregnant ewes should be fed with some con sideration of their condition and the alfalfa feeding limited to one feed per day the quantity given can be limit ed to what they will cleau up in one hour other forage such as oat straw pea straw red clover o mixed hay can be given iu quantity to complete their need for roughage pregnant ewes that live on an exclusive alfalfa diet may die at lambing time and the post mortem of such alfalfafed ewes reveals a degenerate liver alfalfa is the test of forage but it should be fed with care to pregnant animals once an animal has delivered its young and is milking heavily there seems to be no danger in liberal alfalfa feeding many sheep flocks have paid the pen alty of too liberal alfalfa feeding bet ter stay on the safe side and make it a practice of feeding alfalfa but once a day to pregnant ewes after they start milking it may be fed liberally without risk poultry itch and scratch great loss is sustained each year through the ravaging of poultry flocks by biting and suckiug lice which feed on skin scales and feathers lice infesting poultry can cause the birds much discomfort resulting in a lower egg yield and poor condition of the birds control sodium fiouride is one of the most efficient dusting powders that can be applied to louse infeste birds its use is described on page 13 of bulletin 363 ontario department of agriculture dust baths should be provided the birds for winter use in order that they can by their own ef forts keep their bodies free of lice dust baths should contain some to bacco powder or sofne sodium flouro- silicate one little louse may look in nocent of all evil but near ia mind that thousands can make their pres ence felt aud ruin the possibility of profit from the flock clean poultry are always profitable mination to find the child to become weakened by idle speculation thy did not wait to worship until they had solved the mystery of the vision or the unlikely surroundings of the childs birth for them the great fact of salvation for a lost world far out weighed any difficulties surrounding ire manner of the saviours coining i know not how that bethlehems babe could in the godhead be i only kiow the manger child has brought gods life to me the sun upon the lake the sun upon tho lake is low the- wild birds hush their song the hills ave evenings deepest glow yet leonard tarries long now all whom varied toil and care from home and love divide in the calm sunset may repair each to the loved ones side the noble dame on turret high who waits her gallant knight looks to the western beam to spy tho flash of armour bright the village maid with hand on brow the level ray to shade upon the footpath watches now for colins darkening plaid now to their mate3 the wild swans row by day thoy swam apart and to the thicket wanders slow the hind beside tho hart the woodlark at his partners side twitters is closing song all meet whom day and care divide but leonard tarries long sir walter scott poems stranded shark yields 350 gallons of liver montreal the brush walls of sardine weir at harbor deloutre campobello nb are capable of holding sardines but a 26foot shark weighing 3000 pounds did not re main a prisoner long it plunged through the weir and became strand ed on the shore when opened by two fishermen the carcass of the monster known locally as the livershark yielded seven 50gallon drums of liver the enormous liver occupying most of tho carcass exuded great quantities of oil it was sold at an oil refinery the fish had a dorsal fin nearly five feet long and measured almost six feet through the thickest part of the body the first of its kind ever taken in local waters it was believed to be the same species of shark which attacked a fishermans boat in the bay of fundy near digby some months ago watch them in field and wood 3y oliver g pike fzs many wild animals have thoughi out schemes for outwitting theft enemies and these efforts have beet handed down from one generation te another so that it becomes second nature to practice these subterfuge when danger threatens young wild ducks leave teir nesta with their mother a few hours after emerging from their eggs and as th nest is often built a good distance from the water there is always dan ger of the young being molestod on their first journe if we should come suddenly upon them the parent does not fly off to leave her youngstert to thoir fate instead she tumble down in front of us stretches out on wing as though wounded and as w approach to see the cause of thii trouble she manages to kee just out of reach while al the tiie she ia cunningly drawing us farther from her young when they hear her alarm call they try to hide plucky parents for fifty yards she may attract us aid it is not until she thinks she has brought us far enough for us to for get where we saw the young that shf flies off many birds perform thit cl- er trick a plucky little white- throat attracted a friend and myself for sixty yards along a trench in france iuring the war and althougi we knew what she was doing we fol lowed ler over old duckboards ami ccls of wire some of the strangest instances of cunning are to be found in the insect world the larvae of certain mothg and butterflies have brought camou flage c mbined with the art of keep- ing still for an indifinite tine to per fection when alarmed the larva of the swallcwtailed moth changes in stantly from an alert caterpillar into what looks exactly like a tare twig with buds forming ov its side grir ping the main brrrch of the tree with the last pair of lind legs i erects itself in the correct position for a growing twig and there remains mo tionless for hours at a time not mov- ug until danger is past there is a monkey ouni in kenya called the guereza this is black with a beautiful white mantle and white tuil it lives in colonies among the thick vegetation at the top of tho forest trees where brilliant sunshino is combined with deep shadows if a large bird of prey passes over those monkeys remain motionless and tho white markings on their black bodies make it almost impossible to detect them providing they remain still which they always do when danger approaches duel in the air i have known a kestrel to drop from the air on to a stoat that was hunting in the grass directly the animal was captured it becrmo liotionless to bo carried off and up b the bird at a height of about two hundred feet tho stoat realized that it was time to at tack and springing round got a grip of the kestrels neck thee it held on and a few minutes later the strug gling bird lost all control of its wings and crashed to the ground when wo reached them we found both dead tho kestrels neck was almost severed by the teeth of the stoat while the lattoi was killed by falliig from such a height when a wild animal is wounded or ill it is seldom that sympathy i shown by its companions but thera have been instances of rats assisting their friends one which was being chased by a dog took to the water re mained until until its enemy had lost all trace of it then came u the sur face and lying on its back feigning death it slowly paddled to safety while another rat attracted the dogi attention his hope is sure blest is the man whose heart and hands are pure ho hath no sickness that he shall not cure no sorrow that he may not well en dure his feet are steadfast and his hope is sure john addington symonds great work are performed not by strength but by perseverance john son by bud fisher mutt and jeff- ohyeah few eyes really blue blue eyes even the delft blue eyc of holland are seldom all blue sayt science news letter a science ser- vice pulication washington as rule they contain at least a touch of yellow and this color combination ii a hereditary affair we read at the meeting in ithaca of th international congress of genetics d- g p frets of the mental hospi- trl at poortugaal holland told of his search for really pure blue eyes and the extreme rarity he discovered to exist even in a country running as strongly to blonds as his native land almost all the supposedly blue eyes he examined had more or less yellow pig ment in them usually in the central rim of the iris the question arose in his mirul whether even eyes that hrvc no de tectable yellow in them are not simply the extreme minus variation of orig inally yellowoverlaid eyes just as a yellow tulip is basically a redand yellow one with almost all the rod eliminated but he did find some eyes that are racially blue all blue with no yel low traceable in their ancestry and none discoverable in their descendant such really blue eyes however aw rarer than flawless emeralds sunshine i we often lire under a cloud and it 13 well for us that we should do so uninterrupted sunshine would parch our hearts we want shade and rain to cool and refresh them bar