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Aor^Tfc H\RVEST ^ * 'yXat Gardens now flourish in the land of the midnight sun (top). Even this old one at Fort Albany, on James Bay, is way down south by modern standards- (Left) This 10-foot suaflowrr was grown at Fort Laird, N-W.T. (Right) These giant cauliflowers were grown near the Arctic Circle, believe it or not! (By LEONARD liUTLKR) Canada's frigid north is not as barren as most people think. Care- ful cultivation of sheltered Arctic Circle will often produce ample (Jividends in both vcKttablcs and flowers. T!ic vegetables are par ticularly wclronie, since fresh vi- tamin and mineral-rich foods are not easily obtained in the remote settlements of the far iiortli. Northern gardens have prob- lems peculiar to themselves. The growing season is very short and the gardener has to be constantly on the alert. Tender plants must be covered up when frost threat- ens, and sowings killed by late frosrts must be replanted. The tame watchfulness is necessary at the end of tlie season vvlien early frosts iniglit destroy tomatoes and other tender crops. Season Short To compensate for the shortness of the season, however, the hours of daylight are much kuiger than farther south, and the mysterious catalytic agents that jiromotc growth in jilants with the aid of sunlight are able to work on a "swing shift." In this way adapt- able plants, like the potato and cabbage, are al)lc to complete three Relieve Headache Quick! go to work w 2 seconds V Wo prove how fast Aspirin is ready to go to work, just drop one in a class of water. "Clock" its disintegrat- ing action with a stopwatcli. Within two seconds, you'll see it start to disintegrate. It does the some in your stomach. Thnt'a why it stops head- aches so quickly. Get Aspirin today! The "Bayer" cross ml cacli tablet is your guarantee that it's Aspirin. AspiliN ^^M^-New Low Prices! Podisi box of 1 2i . . . . only18« tconomy bottle of 24 . . only 39s ramlly tixe of 1 00 ... only 79« HOTEL METROPOLE All Braulifully With Running Rale* I Furnished Water. $1.50 op NIAGARA FALLS OPPOSITE C.N.R.^8TAT10^^ normal months' growth in two months of longer days. To pro- vide extra raw materials for the "swing shift" and to give plants a quick start in the spring it is neces- sary to use fertilizer. Rainfall is scanty in the north, and much of the moisture is furnished by the thawing sulisoil. Beyond the tree line the soil oc- curs only in cracks and crevices and in river bottom lands. These .^rrt)c soils are usually very acid and are composed of undecayed plant debris. To salvage nutrients locked up in this material and make them available for plant growth, it is necessary to cmi)Ioy millions of bacteria. These bacte- ria are present in all good garden soil, but are often lacking in the .â- \rctic soils and have to be intro- duced. This is done either by ship- ping in' a small cjuantity of loam (often a trip of two or three thou- .sand miles) or by using dog ma- nure which sometimes contain.s a ili-sirahlc type of soil bacteria. Eskimos Ht.'p Sometimes a whole summer lias to be devoted to "growing" the soil before one can start growing plants. First the soil must be scraped up and brought to the gardcnsite. For this purpose it is often possible to enli.st the aid of a few Eskimos who think tliat the crazy white man is Roing to cat <Iirt. The soil is dtmiped in a cold frame or other protected sput and lime is added to neutral- ize the acidity. Next a comiilete fertilizer is nii.xcd with the soil. This soil is keiit warm all suni- nu r and by the next season it is in good sliapc for raising vege- tables. Competitions Held In the eastern part of the Xortliwest Territories and in nor- thern Quebec, hotbeds or gieen- houes have to be constructed be- cause the outside summer temper- atures are not high enougli for normal plant growth. Sometimes it is even necessary to use a coal oil lantern or boater to keep the t( niperaturc in the greenhouse from falling too low at night. In spite iif all these advcr.sc condi- tions, good iiilad plants are being grown in the far north. Crops of lettuce, radishes, eliard, spinach and endive thrive in many partfe of the Mortlnvest Terrilorie.-?. At Lake Harbor, in Baffinland, over 100 tomatoes were ripened one year, and some cutlmsiasts arc trying to beat this record by growing to- matoes even fartlur north on Baf- finland. In order to encourage nortlicrn- crs to grow their own vegetables the government and a number of companies have issued gardening literature ami promoted vegetable and flower competitions. The Hud- son's Hay Company have been holding these competitions for the past four years, and some of the entries are shown in accompany- ing photographs. Soil Producing for 2S0 Years .Mlhough gardening north oi the Arctic Circle is a relatively new venture, a little farther south, on the shores of Hudson and James Rays are found some of tht oldest gardens of Canada. In some of these the same piece of soil has been producing con- tinuously for over ISO years. Anyone who thinks that pests are confined to southern gardens irhould read the tales of woe that come out of the land of midnight suntans. Grasshoppers, maggots, caterpillars, mice and even sleigh dogs seem to be attracted to the garden, while all the mosquitoes from the surrounding country come to feast on the hardworking gardener. WHO, US? Quizzical expressions on faces of Jap interpr-eters Hasegawa, Nirr.ori and Inoaye indicate they could never, never be guilty of British accusations. 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