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mill 11 ii farm queries heury g bell bsa dept of chemistry oac address all letters to farm editor 73 adelaide st wst toronto all answers will appear in this column if personal reply is desired enclose stomped and addressed envelope fertility demonstration results in formation of timely value to ontario farmers four years ago the department of chemistry ojvc started a new sys tem of fertility demonstration experi ments throughout the province the plan was the outcome of the increas ing demand for practical information regarding the results of different treat ments of land for the various crop3 that are grown on the average ontario farm of course results obtained by the college on its own experimental areas were available but such results were frequently discounted in the mind of the farmer because they do not represent tests under his own con ditions of soil and climate to over come this difficulty it was planned in the series then undertaken to conduct the tests on various farms in the dif ferent counties of the province farm ers were located who would cooper ate fleld men of the department visit ed their farms measured out test areas and supervised the treatments the field men again visited the farms at least once throughout the growing season and again at harvest time to take actual yields the test areas were larger than the average experi ment station plot extending from 1s to vi acres as a size of each block or plot on the actual farm this simpli fied the testing tor the cooperating farmers reports of the last years work and the summary of the three years pre vious which are now complete show that within four years demonstration tests have been conducted on sir farms where nearly 4000 plots or test areas have been conducted during the past year appyqimtely 1000 plots were maintained on 220 farms fertilizers of different unaiysls ch2n with a special reference to the typo of crop for which they were to be used and the characteristic fertility con tent of the soils ou which they were to be applied it is not our purpose at this time to give a detailed report of all the tests but to summarize these and to give their practical application fertility treatments of alfalfa were tested on 22 farms in 1932 the alfal fa was grown on sandy loam and clay loam soils five different treatments were compared with equal areas of alfalfa where no special treatment was given the fertilizers tested were 0125 01210 012k 2126 the fer tilizers were applied to the alfalfa at the rate of 375 lbs per acre as soon as the ground was sufficiently dry to drive upon in spring the greatest gain on light soils 5g78 lbs green weight was obtained from 01215 on heavy soils the same fertilizer gave the greatest gain 6046 lbs green weight these results are in accord with thosv of former years and indl cate that where alfalfa has made a good start all that is necessary to add is phosphate and potash mangels many dairy farmers find the mangel crop of increasing value as a suceu- lent feed for stock three demon strations comprised of fifteen test blocks were conducted in central on tario two were on clay loam and the third on sandy loam as a rulo the mangel responds readily to additions of plantfood the highest yield ob tained on one of the clay soils was from 21210 at 500 lbs per acre while on the other 212g exceeded it slight ly on tho light soil the heaviest yield was where 4126 was applied the average yield for fertilizer was 415 tons while that for unfertilized was 309 tons showing an average gain of 106 tons per acre again the question did it pay na turally rises the rate of fertilizers used on those test crops was 500 lbs per acre which estimated at the cost for the highest analysis of fertilizer used would represent an investment of 965 per acre this fertilizer ob tained an increase of 106 tons at a cost of 91c per ton there are after effects as has already been pointed out not all of the nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash applied is recovered in the crop harvested much of it is therefore in the soil for succeeding grain and hay crops at this time when ontario farmers are considering the most economical handling of their soils these studies give some basis for valuable comparison necessarily attention must be paid to good drain age and upkeep of plant are or or ganic matter in the soil in order for best results to be obtained how small british sloops keep the peace in these days of naval disarmament there is a tendency to forget the fine services constantly rendered in all parts of tho world by the ships of his majestys fleets the launching of hms dundee at chatham recently caused tho naval correspondent of the london morning post to write briefly about his majestys sloops to which class the dundee belongs with about 18 other ships of like construction the no wsloops are fitted with tur bines and each has a spare cabin for tho use of political officers there is significance in this last statement these little vessels are in commission on foreign stations in the persian gulf the red sea chinese waters tho south seas the west coast f africa and tho west indies for the most part they are occupied in what nay be termed ambassadorial duties this is particularly the case in the porsan gulf where on the friendly ind neutral quarterdeck of tho sloops nany a dispute between rival sheiks ib settled and many friendly accom modations between arab tribes and sreat britain are arranged a notable xamplo of tho diplomatic activities of hoso small vessels occurred on hms lupin in fobruary 130 when the his toric meeting between king faisal of iraq and ibn saud king of the hed- a now king of saudlaraba was luccessfully achieved after all at tempts at a meeting on land had tailed in march list year the british min uter in tehoran accompanied by the lonior naval officer toured the per- an cjulf in hms fowey occasion ally it occurs that tho political officers scattered round tho gulf aro given fa cilities to tfko passago in sloop thus wabllng thenx to administer their do- rln with enhanced dignity slavery some districts is still a regular ln- stltuton but at sea in the gulf and the red sea british sloop3 suppress slave traffic which in the last few years has shrunk to very small pro portions in the persian gulf the sloops patrol the pearl fisheries dur ing the diving season acting as an un official friendly police force among the 4000 dhows engaged occasional ly a dhow has to be seized until a local sheik agrees to keep his treaty obli gations with other sheiks and tribes in other parts of the world dlplo matic responsibilities varying in their nature according to the station and circumstances are duties which the commanding officers of sloops may at any time be called upon to perform the case of hms folkstone is a re cent instance when japanese and chinese officials assembled on board her quarterdeck for the discussion of the military and political matters in dispute in connection with the recent operations in manchuria this brief sketch of the duties performed by bri tish sloops in tho burning cllmato of the persian gulf red sea and else where may serve to show how potent a weapon is the prestige ot those small ships armed with little more than a couple of popguns from arabia to the south sea is lands from china to the white mans grave they perform services to great britain and indeed to the world at large out of all proportion to tho cost involved and with- an authority slenderly supported by a couple of 4- inch guns toronto mall and empire tears there la or should be for all men such consecration is a great man3 tears as cannot bni glorify th course and embalm the subject of their flow c a swinburne simplifying the new sleeves by helen williams illustrated dressmaking lesson fur nished witk every pattr m it is worth a fortune as dr johnson said to hare the habit of looking on the bright aide of things pcrhps yoad like to change your sleeves here aro five new models and all fve are included in the pattern they may be adapted to almost any dress design you select that lues a setin sleeve it offers a lovely opportunity to have just the sleeve youve been look ing for no 1 roav be puffed above or be low the elbow no 2 has a smart snugly fitted cuff no 3 is fitted into the anviioie through tucks no 4 the smart top drape and no 5 with its plaited flare will flatter the arm of the stout woman style no 3374 is designed for sizes 14 16 18 20 years 30 38 40 and 42 inches bust size 30 requires view 1 1 yard 35 or 39inch view 1a yard 35 or 39inch view 2 yard 35 or 39- inch view 3 1 yard 35 or 39inch view 4 1 yard 39inch view 6 yard 39inch with a yard 35inch lining how to order patterns write your rume and address plain ly giving number and si 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 sunday school lesson duty we urge the duties of christianity upon the consciences ot men but duties are constraints till they are changed into charm3 by love the very word duty is a harsh one until the hearer grasps it and then the lowliest service and the boldest en deavor are cheerfully accepted and welcomed to win men to the per formance o christian duties it is necessary to win them to the love ot him who requires them and to the love ot those for whose benefit they are required dean stanley gentlenissi gentleness which belongs to vir tue is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent of sycophants it removes no just right from fear it gives up no important truth from flattery it la indeed not only con sistent with a firm mind but neces sarily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle in order to s1t it any real value blair two classe3 men are of two classes thosj who do their beat work today and for get about it and those who promise to do their beat tomorrow and for get about it march 12 lesson xi jesus minis tering to the multitude mark 6 3044 golden text the son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many mat thew 20 28 analysis i a spoiled holiday mark 6 3032 ii jesus and a hungry world mark 6 3544 introduction th- excitement caused by the restoring of jairus daughter compelled jesus to leave the city probably caprnaum and seek elsewhere the privav he so much craved his visit to his old home v 4 was a bitter disappointment un willingness to receive made it impos sible for him to give v 5 finding opportunity for neither solitude nor helpfulness he resumed his wander ing leading his men from place to place v 0 the mission vs 713 on which he sent the twelve was emin ently successful but any satisfaction it might have occasioned wat offset b the disturbing news of the murder of john the baptist vs 1429 it boded for the master himself he withdrew at once beyond the territory of herod in the pleasant uplands bordering the northeast of the lake he would retire with his men there they could rest and talk i a spoiled holiday mark g 3032 but jesus was now the hero of the hour the excited enthusiasm of the populace never allowed him out of their sight approaching his expect ed restingplace he found the crowds once more waiting fov him v 33 if the boat had the wind against it or kept near the and the people follow ing could easily outdistance it when jesus stepped ashore he found in stead of quietness a crowd with its remorseless intrusion upon his pri vacy had one of us been in jesus place the record would perhaps have read and he came forth and saw a great multitude and he was angry and would not land when his plans for a holiday a quiet period of com munion with his disciples and his father were once move frustrated he was not annoyed nor impatient he saw something more than an incon siderate persistent crowd he saw a nultitude of hungry wandering souls with no true spirit j guidance from their leaders the scriles and prasi- sees they were like- shepherdless sheep wandering unguided and unpro tested through lifes dangers the thought that ame uppermost in his mind was not this crowd has ruined my holiday but here are people whom i can help he began to teach them many thing v 24 jesus sew in every shattered plan an op portunity for doing good with jesus with us in all cur dis appointments we shall have not only sight to see the trouble but insight to discover its hidden and greater mean ing our trials can be turied into triumphs that is what we mean when we say making the best of it ii jesus and a hungry world mark 6 3544 it is interesting fcj note that no one seems to have remembered anything that jesus said on that occasion they forgot the sermon but remembered the supper they forgot what jesus said they remembered him and what he did they may forget all you ever told them but they will never forgt you the opo and the in spiration of every sunday school teacher as evening drew on it suddenly occurred to some one of the disciples what about supper for this vast crowd no restaurants no bakeshops here timo they were away to town vs 35 30 they recognized the exis tence of human need around them but their suggested solution involved no action or trouble on their own part something should be done about it but by some one else of course why not take some responsibility your selves for meeting the need of your brother man suggested the master v 87 but what could they do to help the businessman in the group mado a rapid calculation two hundred pence about thirtyfive dol lars perhaps at tho very least would be necessary for sufficient bread v 37 jesus replied how many loaves havo you go and see v 38 face the actual facts of your situation all the facts not just tho most un promising as tho pessimist does he forgets that part of jesus work with men is to help them to do impossible things the faith of the boy who offered his lunch was brushed aside by the pessimist john 0 9 but it en abled the master to feed the thou sands the organizing genius of the mas ter soon arranged the people in order 4 uttt i i 9 b h yf trfak- m kl ibsp h jr 7ji looking a bit like the nearby statue of liberty tilly losch wellknown dancer arrives in new york harbor like rows of vegetables in a gar den the meaning of ranks v 40 then it was discovered that they liad food enough for all and to spare the explanation of this narrative which comments itself to eible stu dents who are influentd by the mod ern scientific temper is as follows when jesus by his own example and that of the unknown lad suggested the sharing of such supplies as their travelling wallets contained they found that there was enough for all they pooled their resources those who had more than they needed shar ed with those who had less jews carried lunchbaskets in order to avoid tho necessity of using unclean food while away from home this explanation would appear to fit in with our lords refusal in the wilderness to use divine power in order to take shortcuts to satisfy mens needs matt 43 it preserves also the reality of the incarnation did the word really become flesh un less jesus became also subject to the usual limitations aid conditions of 1 inanity it is also to be remembsr- ed that the oriental mind is always ready to call the astonishing a mir acle this explanation has meaning for us today in a world filled with every thing that man needs and yet man going hungry when christs intelli gence and spirit of brotherhood di rects the distribution of the worlds resources none will lave too much all will be provided for eyes dont turn blue brown eyes do not turn blue during the long nights of the polar region ac cording to dr vilhjalmur stefansson noted arctic explorer science ser vice quotes him as refuting in a com munication to the editor of science the statement made in another maga zine that after a prolonged absence of sunlight men on polar expeditions find that their eyes irrespective of previous color havo turned blue dr stefansson in all his long ex perience in the lands of long nights could not recall having observed this phenomenon the statement was al leged to have been inspired by an en try in tho journal of capt scott bri tish explorer who perished after hav ing reached the south pole inquiries addressed to captain scotts com panions and collaborators not only failed to bring confirmation of this re port but brought forth statements to the opposite effect darkeyed men see the sun return at the end of a polar night with eyes that are still dark genius it has become a common saying that men of genius are always in ad vance of their age it is equally true that of these men of genius the best and bravest are in advance not only of their own age but of every ajje o adventure and glamour weave lto mesh by margaret lathrop law in poetry world quotations the great lovers are the great haters rebecca west between the human control of nature and the human art of living there is an immense abyss have- lock ellis the league of nations is sick the far eastern situation is too much for it ignace paderewski another war in europe means the downfall of western civilization economic ruin and starvation lord davies the subjectmatter of the present- day stage productions although wan ing seems to be sex for one half dozen of the same geo m cohan wise men and women prefer to let theories wait upon wellestablished facts and grow out of them nich olas murray butler this is the most exciting time in history for women but for a man life must be as dull as epinach fannie hurst those who were rich yesterday lire poor today and those who are rich today know that they are likely to be poor tomorrow bertrand russell to discover what ireland wants i have only to look into my own h art eamon de valera the simplest rules of successful living are the hardest to learn bruce barton any frontal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession their ignorance hendrik van loon there can be no actual disarma ment unless there is a complete and universal abolishment of all arma ment lord marlcy we aro all geniuses up to the age of ten aldous huxley there is an atmosphere of well- sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clolln away with it albert einstein wo evidently have slowed down considerably in regard to spiritual and moral progress patrick car dinal hayes the trouble with much of what u considered knowledge in political science is that it cannot be used its pi onuses and conclusions are cock eyed raymond moley air my life i have been straight ening limbs it is unfortunate that there is not also a method fw straightening out the brains of men dr adolph lorenz let fictions meant to please hi very near the truth horace the folly of other is ever most ridiculous to those who are them selves most foolish goldsmith who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe milton who lives without folly is not so wise as he thinks la rochefou cauld he that goes a borrowing goes a sonowing dr fraildin death of great advocate of forest preservation the late frank j d barnjum was an enlightened and persistent crusa der for the preservation of our for ests for many years he carried on tills worthy work at considerable ex pense to himjelf by means of let ters to the press and addresses to the public no one could question the sincerity of his purpose if he had been a selfish man he might have remained silent and allowed his own limits to increase more rapidly in value through the destruction of others but that on one occasion about ten years ago he was asked what was the motive behind his activities his reply was to the ef fect that he had no motive except the public welfare anyone who came into contact with him person ally was at once convinced of his sincerity ho had the satisfaction of knowing that at least some of ms plans for the conservation and pro per utilization of our forests were adopted but much remains to be done and he kept hammering away in fact it was during a tour of eur ope for the purpose of studying the most modern methods of forest con servation that he was overtaken by illness and death thus lias passed a typo of publlcyplrited citizen whom canada can 111 afford to lose who will toko up the torch and carry on de crusade toronto mall and em pire advancement what a man doea not alter for tho better time altera for the worse francis bacon mutt and jeff- by bud fisher a snappy answer by jeff gt britain trying new type fuel compressed coal gas foi use in cars is found efficient in tests automobiles in creat britain la th not very distant future may be run with compressed coal gas as a fuel la place ot gasoline already a number of experimental vehicles are being run on compressed coal gas and public de monstrations of the practicability and economy of this method of propulsion are a feature ot the current british in dustries fair it is reported from lon don if compressed coal gas can replace gasoline as a motor fuel in great bri tain and perhaps in other countries where gasollue is relatively expensive and coal gas is easily obtainable bri tains depressed coal industry will be given a much needed stimulus what is no less important britains present dependence upon outside sources ol fuel supply will be reduced if not elira- luated active interest in the development is being taken not only by gas com panies and municipal gas departments coal mine owners engineering firms and british steel makers but also by the british goveriment expert coal gas of course was widely used as an automobile fuel in britain dur ing the war when gasoline was scarce or was commandeered primarily foi military purposes both light anc heavy automobiles wee run in those days in britain with gas stored in balloons the gas was not com pressed here was a vital difficulty sc far as the use of this fuel under nor mal conditions was concerned the balloons of gas were overbulky and un sightly despite their size they need ed refilling every fifteen or twent miles filling stations were not num erous and the radius of operation foi cars run on coal gas was limited there wore then manifest advant ages to be gained by substituting can gas for gasoline generally could tie demonstrated disadvantages be over come see difficulties solved to this end the postwar resepr be have been directed obviously it was necessary to compress the gas so thai it could be carried more handily nnd so that a sufficient supply could be car ried without too frequent refilling the next problem was to find a metai which would be light and yet strong enough to hold highly compressed s the design of filling stations and pipe for the compressed gas and of valve for reducing it to a little below atmos pheric pressure before injection intc the engine as well as of a suitable mixing box which takes the plact of a carburetor brought other prob lems all of them it is claimed aie nt solved it is said to have been defintely is- monstrated not only that compressce coal gas can replace gasoline with de cided economy and other advantages but that so far as heavy vehicles art concerned it is likely to do so quite generally in the near future so fai as ight vehicles are concerned the im mediate prospects aro more obscure the storage bottles still occupy more room than the ordinary gasoline tank if an equivalent amount of fuel is te be carried besides economy compressed co gas has these advantages over gato line as a motor fuel according u scientists who have conducted tin tests greater ease of starting in coli weather improved engine flexibility greater engine power and improved acceleration lower maintenance costs engines run on coal gas for instance rarel require decarbonizing no atmospheric pollution when lompressed coal gas is used the ex haust is foiind to bo free from obnoxl ous gases such as carbon monoxide any engine now run on gasoline ii is stated can bo adapted to use com pressed coal gas by substituting foi the carburetor the special airgaj mixer which has been designed londons last coaching inn to ba railroad parcel room london what is believed to b the last coaching inn remaining in london is to bo preserved by tin london and north eastern railway which uses part of it as a clearing house for parcels hidden away from the main tlioroughfnro by a railway freight yard tho george in south- wark maintains tho dignified atmos phere of the days when it was built in 1676 on the site of a former inn destroyed by fire the present innkeeper miss mur ray has for fiftyfour years kopt a watchful eye on the structure ana few nwleni additions have bocn made the couoo room wiiii its rea plush seats is ttlll decorated with old beer advertisements and in th corner is an act of parliament clock 3till keeping accurate- time the george is believed to bo men tlonod in ltttlo dorrlt as tho inn whore tip dorrlt went to write let tors the coconut is essentially a bri tish empire product so tar as canada is concornod imports coming almost exclusively from jawalca brltlsn honduras trinidad and oitioj british west indian island