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international brotherhood the following paragraphs will illus- at how world wide the boy scouts association has become and if tuese oys maintain their friendly relation- 4iil3 with their foreign brother icouts in the years to como the diancea of further warfare will be re- luce to a minimum scot scouts tour norway and sweden a troop of 20 dundee scouts hiked urough norway and sweden last sum mer spending the nights at the head- juarters of norwegian and swedish roops english scouts for czechoslovakia two boy scouts are among the eng lish boys selected to go to zlin czechoslovakla for three years train ing at the famous bata shoe com panys factory official dates of world scout meet this years world gathering of boy scouts at godollo hungary will of ficially open on wednesday august 2nd and close on the 15th scout con tingents from other countries are ex pected to arrive july 31st and leave august ltith scout foreign friendship tours scouts of kent england hold the record for international visiting for 12 successive years at easter they have visited other countries in suc cession czechosiovakia spain hol land italy denmark france switzer land belgium austria hungary po land bast summer they visited scot land this easter a party of 200 will visit germany scout fraternizing in europe european camps or jamborees in which scouts from other countries par ticipated were held last summer in poland denmark and the netherlands scouting and education a hungarian scoutev pr e de krai- rath lias been made minister of edu cation in the hungarian government australian and cnnadldn bays cvrp an offer to swap kangaroo skins and boomerangs lor indian canadian bas ket and bead work and carving has been made to canadian boy scouts by scouts of queensland yugoslavias 1932 scout gathering yugoslavias second national scout camp held last year was attended by contingents from each province and by hungarian czechslovaklau and russian scout troops and representa tives- from great britain austria po land and france british scouts to holland and poland contingents of scottish and english scouts will represent great britain at the- dutch campcraft camp and the polish sea scout jamboree in august hungarian scouts will write others the hungarian organizing comrait- teo of the world scout gathering plan ned for 1933 is working on a scheme to develop correspondence between hungarian scouts and those of other countries planning to attend the jam boree a new tribute to the junior league of nations the owners of the campagne rigot adjoining the park in which the new- league of nations buildings are being erected at geneva have invited boy scouts to camp there as guests a special scout dormitory is planned earl bessborough commends scouting to leading citizens addressing the dominion executive committee of the boy scouts associa tion his excellency the governorgen eral commended the quality of leader ship reflected by the many scout units reviewed by him during his summer tour of the west he commented par ticularly upon the smartness ot the scouts in places where the interest of prominent public men was most evi dent he commended the movement to the attention of leading business and professional men everywhere scouting is available through the lone scout department to all boys from 12 to 18 years of age inclusive if you live in a small towu or village or on a rural route etc and would like to bo a scout write for particu lars to the boy scouts association lone scout department 330 bay st toronto 2 wo shall be glad to hear from you and will send you particulars without any obligation to yourself lone e i i i i t sunday school lesson arrival at dawn if i might choose the moment of arrival in a strange city it should do dawn i could then take the city unawares before it had time to put on the preoccupied expression of everyday activities in which i had 10 part arriving at dawn i should iegin the day with those who belong here not as an intruder the early lunshine would smile its welcome tnd my first remark to a stranger that it was a fine day would make mo feel at ease in tho hour of dawn i beheld bombay for the first time during the night there had been unmis takable sounds of arrival the throb ot engines was yubdued somewhere in the ships deep heart shining steel and ponderous iron became ominously still bare feet went thudding overhead and voices call ed out in the darkness the night was still when we stopped crept for ward stopped again and then made mysterious slow advance behind us lay the wide seas wo had travers ed for three weeks at dawn we had arrived i went up on dock to seo palm fringed hills flint islands of irregular shape and a lowlying city huddled along its harbor round our great ship a icoro of little craft circled busily in tho broadening light and alien flgures came clambering on board to itare at us with curious eyes i was to live in bombay where in that opalescent sunrise was my home it was strange to reflect that soon many unfamiliar streets would become known to me that the per- fumo of exotic flowers wafted over the water would hold for all time a poignant memory landing at dawn the city had still rn uncnptured beauty and its breath was sweet as an ocean breeze it might have been a dream city evolv ed from night shadows nebulous and fair later there would be crowds discordant noise3 i with everyono else would have a distinct reason for going here or there with a sense or serious undertaking but as a sranger i could roll in my carriage at ease down almost empty streets dust colored under trees of scarlet gold mohr and with houses in bowery gardens still asleep too soon the enchantment of dim lovelines would give place to hard outlines of photo graphic clarity the bombay of my arrival was beautiful a city of domes slender columns soaring arch and carved balcony set among lawns of emerald greenness shadowy palm and flaming flowers the bombay ot my arrival was quite different to the bombay often wonderfully beauti ful of my later experience yes it is good to arrive at dawn littoria italys new town mussolinis caesarian operation in producing a new italian town in the midst of the pontine marshes close to rome which makes them habitable and tillable is a new triumph for ii dues nero the caesars the popes and napoleon i according to the rome correspondent of the london daily telegraph all attempted to drain the tract which had become a fever- stricken fenland probably because an earthquake destroyed the natural drainage about 300 bc fiftyfive thousand men are now en gaged in the fascist landreclamation scheme and redeemed land has al ready given health and food to thous ands it is stated that more than 17- 000000 acres of swamps and mountain places have either been rendered lit for cultivation or are almost toady 11 duce himself is quotod as saying to find work for our growing popu lation it has hitherto been necessary to cross tho alps or the ocean but today it is hero haltanhours journey from rome that wo have succeeded in conquering a new province this is but a fraction of the land we aro going to reclaim internal work will settle tho problem fit unem ployment before long and italians will not emigrate any more february 12 lesson vii jesus teaching by parables four kinds of hearers mark 4 110 1320 golden text herein is my father glorified that ye bear much fruit 60 shall ye be my disciples john 15 8 analysis i gospet hartened mark 4 4 15 ii charmed but not changed mark 4 5 6 16 17 iii preoccupied mark 4 7 18 19 iv responsive mark 4 8 20 introduction until now jesus had preached so that any one vbo happened to listen could understand this method would no longer da people were watching him looking for something to use against him some form of instruction was neces sary which wuld be meaningless to the casual or critical hearer but which would convey trui to those whom he wished specially tv instruct to those who were really interested and sincere he would explain the meaning from now on he neve spoke in public except in parables he gave private explanations to his disciples v 34 verse 12 seems to contradict this reason matthews account savs be- euse matt 13 1010 instead of marks in order that he passage which evidently came to jesus mind as lie reflected upon the hardness oi peoples hearts was the discouraged exclamation of isaiah in similar cir cumstances isaiah 0 9 10 in he brew literaturewhen some event could be confidently predicted it was spoken of as having been planned or purposed isaiah knew so well how his people would reac to unpleasant trth that he predicted thrt they would harden their hearts against all that e was going to say they them selves were bringing aboui their de struction not god matthew familiar with this characteristic of hebrew lit erature wrote down in plain lan guage so that none ced misunder stand what jesus really meant i speak to them in parables because j gospel hardened mark i 4- 1 agai taking to the boat to bvoid t e nressure of the excited crowds bly also to guard against a sur prise by the police jesus told the par able of the four kinis of soil the seed which fell by the edge of the beaten path v 0 refer to peope whose hearts are hardened y con tinually hearing but not doing the truth the gospel calls not merely for admiration but for action ruskin sjid every duty we omit obscures some truth we might have known what could jesus say or any other preacher do with such hearers at the moment nothing the birds some twittering interest some new excite ment some trivial item of gossip im mediately snatch up the seeds of truth until life drives some plough share of pain or trouble into such lives truth will make no hold ii parisian chic illustrated premituking lesson fur nished with every pattern no evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not bo subdued by discipline seneca charmed but not changed mark 4 5 g 16 17 the stony ground v 5 is a thin liyer of good earth on a ledge of rock it promotes a rapid growth which in dry weather quickly withers this figure pictures the alert mind and the closed heart delighted with your sermon this morning but it mere ly stimulated the mind changed neither the character nor conduct this soil pictures the people who start but never finish enthusiasms which d not last i will follow thee with ersoever thou goest luke 9 57 58 but the master gave hin no en couragement he knew that wher following him would mean giving up cherished plans undertaking some unwelcome service being misunder stood standing up against the cynics talk that jesus ideal is beautiful but impossible to act out in daily life then the sudden shallow enthusiasm would settle down vs 16 17 this soil also pictures those who mistake an emotional excitement for a real conversion a religion that is just feeling and has not captured both kind and will can tever stand up against lifes trials and perplexities iii preoccupied mark 4 7 is 19 verse 7 indicates a soil that is rich and promising but already sown with the seeds of competing plants people with splendid gifts of personality in telligence character become so en grossed in business the making of money social activities the struggle for a living that their spiritual prom ise never comes to fulflment each life is a limited area it cannot con tain everything we must select it is not so much a question is this good or bad as will this crowd out something better as a potato plant becomes a weed if it appears in a flowerbed so many activities good enough in themselves and in their i proper place become evils when they suh lascination youll adore it with all its nev and modish points you have the cossack front with its buttoned shoulders so young in mood the snugly fitted hip yoke is cut to give tho new peplum effect the sleevs are ra ishing and quite puff- ec up about themselves and inci dentally you may omit the snugly fit ted lower sleeves with no detrimental effect to the scheme if you pr2fer them short sec small back view black rough crepe silk combined with strawberryred crepe in todays model style no 3261 is designed for sizes 14 10 18 20 years 36 38 and 49 inches bust size 10 requires 4 yards 89ineh with h yard 39inch contrasting 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 oceupv time energy and thought which is needed for greater purposes anything that interferes with the best is the thorn that chokes the word rendering ones life unfruitful iv responsive mark 4 8 20 there is alwys some good soil therefore jesus sowed in hope some honest souls and good hearts were to be found everywhere luke 8 lo they were not faultless but they were sincere very much in earnest practicing faithfully pursuing pa tiently every new truth that is re vealed to them the parable tells not so much oi four ersons or classes as of four possible conditions of every heart and mind we ourselves are responsible for the kind of reception we give the fruth learning needs to be followed by action a fitting prayer after every meeting is eternal god our father we have thought together seriously now help us to go out and live seriously heon the street today a very handsome youug lady smiled at mo she oh i wouldnt feel badly about it thero are some men who look even tunnlor than you do g t amusing anecdotes farm queries of famous people 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 l building the soil with supplies from the farm average ontaro farm soils after be ing worked for some tiraa develop weakness in one or more of the fol lowing respects 1 u plautfood tho plantfood in a soil is determined very largely by its type successive crop ping will uaturally use up considerable of the original plautfood 2 in or ganic matter after cultivation for some years if insufficient attention is paid to the upkeep of he soil a de- elded weakness in organic matter will develop 3 in soil reaction con tinuous cropping will deplete lime from the soil leaving the soil sour and in an unlit conditiou for crops to thrive iu it moreover as long as it remains sour good stable manure and fertilizers added to it will not function at their best all of tile foregoing de fects must be corrected as far as pos sible if largest yields ot best quality produce is to be realized relative values of manure iu the early days of ontario agri culture much manure was hauled from the barnyard to the river to rid the farm of this material farmyard manure is a highly valuable byproduct of the livestock farm when well hand led it is a prominent carrier ot the important plantfoods nitrogen phos phoric acid and potash a ton of man ure supplies 10 to 15 lbs nitrogen 5 to 9 lbs phosphoric acid and about 10 lbs potash the amount and quality which manure supplies depends upon at least three things 1 the charac ter and age of animai 2 the degree ot protection which has beeu given the manure 3 the type of feed that has been supplied the animal growing beet stock retain most of tho bodybuilding elements supplied in fodder the manure of dairy animals supplies relatively tie least amount of plantfood in that hese animals are making use of these elements in pro ducing milk hogs and sheep produce manure of great value in order f plantfood content sheep manure car ries the highest per cent of nitrogen poultry manure carries the next high est per cent of nitrogen and also the highest supply ot phosphoric acid while sheep manure carries the high est per cent of potash horse manure is stronger in nitro gen and potash than s manure of da cattle as a rule manure of young animals i3 the leas valuable as a source of plantfood since young owing stock retain the elements of nutrition for the building of their bodies extra protein fed dairy cattle iu order to increase milk flow im proves the quality of manure thl3 is why the manure of dairy cattle is usually of distinctly high value the manner of storage definitely in fluences the value of manure if it is exposed so that rain and snow wash through it at least 30 of the nitro gen and c5 of the potash is lost when one considers that there are kept on ontario farms over mil lions of horses cattle sheep and hogs the enormous amount of this valuable source of plantfood and soil better ment is apparent only the manure which i collectod from the stales during tho period of housing of the livestock however can be estimated as an active source the quality of this manure will depenc directly upon the type of handling which is givtn it if it is thrown loosely on an open pile bacterial action may quickly pro ceed to a point where the manure be comes flrefanged or burnt in the cen ter of the pilo this firefanging lib orates nitrogen in the form of am monia and destroys much of the r- ganlc matter losses will occur wi any method of handling but when one weighs the cost of increased labour necessary to take the manuro out all at once in the spring against tho loss from exposure in continuous applica tion it is considered good business to remove the manure to the field daily or at least weekly if the soil is well supplied with organic matter especial ly it it has been fall plowed topdress ing during winter will afforda profit able means ot handling of manuro investigations in england indicate that where tho rainfall eicoeds 35 inches during the period of nongrowth the visit of john masefleld recalls to mind that poet laureates iu recent times have been a longlived race so that mr maselield who is only fifty- slx has fortunately a long way to go to keep tho record intact dr robert bridget his immediate predecessor was eightysix when he passed on tua age of his three immediate predeces sors in the office alfred austinfl tcn- nysou and wordsworth averaged eighty but tho record of age among laureates is held by the actormanager colly cibber who died iu 175s at the age of eightyseven although goodness much study has been given to the kiows him a p value of manure stored in manure pits which retain the liquid manure liquid the first coffeehouse forerunner ol manure is a rich carrier of nitrogen i the clubi was opened at oxford in aud potash and should at no time be 1650 by jacob a jew and cam- allowed to seep away from the manure bridge quickly followed suit says as- heap it should be absorbed in the ues repplier in to think of tea litter and tho pile kept sufficiently j the first london coffeehouse wai compact so that as little ammonia will opened in 1c52 aud nine years later escape from the manure pile as pos- we read in a london newspaper that sible rothamsted experimental star tlere wctc a uozp a ore ot these tion investigated the question of she- agreeable resorts throughout the city manure should be applied to potatoes and root crops corn etc especially if the soil is ot a light character where there is less rain say 20 inches or less during the period of non- growtb winter application can be made with good results ter for the manure pit when 10 tons ot manure from a sheltered manure pit was applied to potatoes a yield ot 9 tons potatoes per acre was harvest ed when an equal amount ot man ure from au uncovered jut was ap plied to the same area the yield was 74 tons per acre how to save the nitrogen as has already been pointed out there is always a tendency to los3 of ammonia as decomposition goes on in the stored manure in hot weather this is easily discernible f this loss of ammonia or nitrogen can to a large extent be prevented by sprinkling superphosphate on tho stable floor at the time the stalls are cleaued out daily an application ot vi to lb per head per day will go a long way toward fixing the escaping ammonia or nitrogen in the form of sulphate of ammonia hence will increase the value of the manure manure carries an insufficient amount of phosphoric acid to make it a first class fertilizer for grain crops hence the addition of superphosphate will not only accomp lish the retention of the nitrogen but will build up the manure in phos phoric acid and make it of greater general value farm manure gives its most active help to crops supplied with extensive root systems such as corn cereals and meadow grasses fairly well rot ted manure is also of great value to root crops turnips benefit by a slight ly higher supply of phosphoric acid thai is provided by manure hence the turnip field which has been man ured should receive an additional ap plication of superphosphate it best balance of plantfood for the turnip crop is to be provided well rotted manure supplies a valuable ration for potatoes and mangels on the lighter gravelly loam or sandy loam soils where potatoes thrive the addition of manure not only supplies plantfood but gives to the soil the power to catch and hold water and plantfood la solution v in the early agriculture of the coun try the value ot manure wa3 not real ized too frequently this valuable by product was removed from the farm our modern farmer ha3 learned by practical experience and from scien tific facts established by long time ex periments that the manure pile is one of tho most important assets on the farm it should at all times receive the care which science has shown to be merited by its great value money in sweet potatoes according to a newspaper report dr o l fitzsimmons ot delhi has disposed ot his entire crop ot sweet potatoe3 at the satisfactory prico or 250 per bushel this speaks well for the quality ot norfolkgrown sweet potatoes and as they become more widelyknown they should dis place imported sweet potatoes to a great extent dr fitzsimmons has made a start which will doubtless be followed by other farmers of the district this coming season he- did not wax wealthy this year as the initial investment makes the first year the hardest but in the seasons ahead ho should profit liberally in tho branch of agricultural industry which he introduced la canada simcoo reformer laws a multitude ot laws in a country la llko a great number ot physicians a slgnof weakness and malady mutt and jeff- fisher jeff can do a hundred yards in nine seconds flat there is at this time a turkisli drink sold in almost every street call ed coffee and another kind of drink called tea and a drink called choce late which is a very hearty drink in the churchyard of kingstone in dorsetshire is the grave of a smug gler he was shot iu an encountei with revenue officers in the days when tea smuggling was almost as populat as rumrunning is today his epi taph shows how his family friends and neighbors felt about his taking off chuckles miss repplier here it is to the memory of robert trotmau late of rowd in the county of wilts who was barbarously murdered on the shore near poole the 24th of march 1755 a little tea one leaf i did not steal for guiltless bloodshed i to god ap peal put tea in one scale human blood in tother and think what tis to slay a human brother isaac dlsraelis curiosities of lit erature was first issued in six vol umes containing over half a million words it took him fortythree years to write the first volume appeared iu 1791 and the sixth and last in 1s34 following dlsraelis death in 1s49 his famous son benjamin the great states man and novelist edited a new edition of it which has lasted down to the pre sent when edwin valentine mitchell has boiled down the six volumes into one until now it is all meat recalling the honors paid to poeta in the early state of poetry disraell relates an anecdote of margaret of scotland wife of the dauphin ol france and alain the poet the person of alain was repulsive he says but his poetry attracted her affections passing through one of th halls of the palace she saw him sleep ing on a bench she approached and kissed him some of liar attendants could not conceal their astonishmont that she should press with her lips those of a man so frightfully ugly tu amiable princess answered smiling i did not kiss the man but the mouth which has uttered so many fins things who is not charmed with that fins expression of her poetical sensibility t ask3 disraeli violet hunts brilliant biography tho wife of rossetti gives a favor ito rossotti story while engaged in painting the now famous reredos at liandaff cathedral rossetti took bo long over them that the deau and chapter became weary o waiting es pecially as replies to letters sent ros setti concerning them were not forth coming so one day- the bishop lian daff being in london called at ros- settis rooni3 in blackfriars to ask to see tliem and thus discover the reason of their nouarfival and of tho paint er silence but the maid who opened the door there at once informed him that ros setti was absent and on hearing what the bishop had come about she ex- clalmed oh lor sir mr rossetti dont paint now hes married someone once asked rossetti how he managed to get such lovely models tho loveliest of all being the traglg elizabeth eleanor siddall the bless ed damozel who after year3 of wear waiting became his wife well said he often on a wet dr i stand at tho window watching tho passersby and it i chanco to seo beautiful creattiro i rush out and say im a painter i want you to sit to me sometimes they scream then i rush in and slam the door x james stephens the irish poet aud author ct the crock ot gold tells ot mooting a woman at a reception la dublin who could not remember th4 tltlo ot his book but it3 association suggested money to her and that brought hard cash to mind though h had forgotten that charles reado was its nuuior so sho remarked oh mr stephens im delighted to moot you i did so onjoy your book tisri cash thank you maam ha on wored through the marost shadow o a gtln and how did you hk mj uucte toms cabin