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' Potatoes that are stored over the' winter in order to take advantage of higher spring prices have always, in the past, been liable to loss through: sprouting, Time and labor 'consumed in removing sprouts are - costly, and evel then actual weight measurements show that an average of nine pounds per bushel can be lost to sprouts. And it is not always possible for a farnfer to maintain storage temperature at a point low enough to prevent the sprouting. : .* * * But scientists have now devel- oped a chemical dust which is claimed to stop all sprouting, even if temperatures are high or other storage conditions develop which promote sprout growth. This chem- ical, which acts like a hormone, can _ be applied at any time after the crop is gathered, or during the early winter; and it will maintain its power well into the spring accord- ing to the makers. . * * * Since the dust should be applied to every potato; the entire bin would have to be moved about if the dusting was done after storage, But some ingenious farmers have constructed hoppers which sit over . "the chute leading to the bin, and as the potatoes roll towards "the bin they receive a thorough dusting without additional time and labor. Cost of dusting is around twelve cents a bushel, and there is no dan- . vw N\ ger of food contamination as the 'chémical is not poisonous. But one thing shoutd be noted--DO NOT APPLY THE DUST TO POTA- TOES WHICH ARE TO BE USED FOR SEED as it may seri- "ously reduce germination, * . * * ~--Although I've-never tried-it -my- self, and don't personally know any- body who has, I'm passing along this recipe for a low-cost home- mixed paint for staining barns and outhouses '-- one with a basis of used-up motor or tractor oil. You just mix ten gallons of the used motor oil with five pounds of red oxide and one gallon of white gaso- line; and if you'd prefer a green shade, all you have to do is substi- tute chrome green for the red oxide in the same formula. Cx * * . People who kick about the high retail price of eggs--as well as many who raise chickens but not on a large scale--are inclined to think of an cgg as pretty nearly "clear profit". Farmers who let their flocks scratch for themselves, don't consider all the costs of egg producing which must always be kept in mind by fose who "keep large flocks-- figures given be- low are or Ay ones, but near enough te real thing to give a general ideg, * *. % Biggest single item in the cost of an cgg is the feed, which amounts to about six pounds per dozen, What this adds up to' depends on the current cost of feed but it can go as high as 30 cents a dozen or t 'dozen to the cost. even - higher. If grain is home- grown it will, of -course, bring the cost of feeding down considerably and so will large amounts of green feed, if available, * + * Mortality of stock is another big item-and will amount to between two and three cents on each dozen: eggs. This figure is based on from 15 to 20 hens dieing during, the year out of each 100, This'is a"cost item which varies greatly and one which 'can be reduced by good manage- ment, Strict culling is possibly the simplest way of keeping it low, while good stock and proper sani- tary conditions are also. important. * * * Although a lot of people forget or neglect to do so, interest on money invested, taxes and insurance should always be taken into con- sideration, especially by those who make a business of egg producing. This item will account for between "three and four cents .a dozen, ac- cording to those who should know. * * * Buildings and equipment _ will cost in the neighborhood of a cent and a half per dozen eggs, or thereabouts, This is mainly because of the necessity of replacing worn- out equipment and making repairs to buildings, It is slightly less than this with good houses, niore with buildings that are just temporary. * * * Labor costs, of course, vary with the locality and how much "outside: help" is required. = Where large flocks are kept -and latest labor- saving devices used, this cost is {owered, and careful planning of work to be' done is a big help. However, labor cost per dozen eggs is usually figured at between five and six cents. * * * In order to keep up high cgg-lay- ing, older hens must be replaced with pullets quite often and it is estimated that such replacement of stock will cost between three and four cents for every dozen eggs sold. In places where there is a good market for hens as meat this cost can be almost entirely elimin- ated -- but there are many arcas where a hen's value for meat docs- n't nearly equal the cost of growing a pullet. Then there are other ex- penses, such as drugs, litter, etc, which can add a cent or more a * * x . As I said before these figures are not intended to be taken as strictly accurate ,and anyone going into the business would be wise to go into the matter of costs far more thor- oughly than this. But they should be enough to dispel any idea that everything a producer gets for his eggs is clear "velvet." In fact I am reminded of the farmer who, when . told niany years ago that eggs were fetching 12 cents a dozen on the market, dryly remarked, "Gee -- that"isn't even enough to pay for the wear and tear on the hens!" TTT a. The Difficult Date Why was she on this train? Why was she taking this trip that was 'bourid to end in 'heartbreak? , "The scenery in this part of the country is lovely, isn't it?" Sheila turned to the little person beside her. Certainly there was nothing outstanding about her com- panion, except perhaps a pleasant expression, Sheila was surprised to hear herself asking, "Do you like travelling by train?" Ela "Oh, yes," replied the woman. "1 like watching the qutside and the inside both, 'People are all so won- derful." . Suddenly Sheila felt like keeping the conversation going. "I bet you know a lot about people?" "I like to think I do. I guess about theta and wonder where they are going and why." "Where do you think I'm going, then, and why?" : © "I'm not sure. At first I thought ie yout weré going home to visit your . folks for the week-end but you're' not happy enough for that, I do think, though, that you're going sone place that has some connee- tion with gour home" 3 BE "Why do, you think that Mrs, ef... I'm sorty, I don't mean to be. rude!" "My nawe ign't~sMrs. Its Miss Dolly James, Every one calls me Miss Doify, gi I "Oh continued Miss Dolly, "I know you're familiar' with this coun- try beunuse you mever glance back or thoad. Yeu seem to know every- thing that's coming next." "That's right. I've made this trip to Ganesville pretty often but not very lately. Theres no one there for me to visit any more." "I'm sorry." The sympathy in Miss Dolly's voice seemed to be all Sheila need- ed. "Four years, ago today I said goodbye to Dannie Ross on the little platform at Ganesville. Dannie had things figured out pretty well. He didn't think he had any right to tell me how he felt-about me -then- but he said that if he ever came back and I wanted to hear how he felt, - r, | By / / "Dan oh, Danl..How could you?" he'd meet me on that same platform in four years' time and tell me." "86 you're going to meet him?" "I'm going to Ganesville.," "Didn't he come back?" was the "soft inquiry. "Yes, he came back, Miss Dolly." "I'm afraid I don't understand." "Well, its simple, really, Dannie came back and the very sight of him thrilled me so that I was on of the world but Dan gald nought I had changed a oy 3 Cosy Harbour--There are few harbours as pleasant and safe as this wooded haven ford where the fishing fleet comes in after a day on the Georgian Bay. Putting Out to Sea--One of the fishing boats 1s shown above rounding the point as it puts out into the.bay for a day's fishing. Comfort While You Fish At Meaford For sportsmen who like to fish in comfort, in pleasant surroundings and with good com- panions, Mecaford's fishing fleet is made to order. years ago and for the past fiftcen summers have been coming here by Hamilton, President of the fleet's Guides Association, estimates that over a mitlion sportsmen © have been carried out on the Georgian Bay by the flect. Behind this fleet. is an unusual story of organization on a private enterprise 'basis. fleet has been built up from only two or three boats, unti of over a quarter of a million dollars. Each boat is privately owned and each guide is free to take all the business he can handle. have been made to control the boats, the guides and the rotation, but "straight competition--has proven to be the best "control" of all." Now, the guide with the best-looking boat - and the pleasantest smile is the one who does the most business. "The result has been that a very high degree of efficiency has been main-' tained, and the guests are return- ing, year after year, to Meaford for really enjoyable fishing and a good time. E Good Catches ~The chief reason for their success is, of course, that they "deliver the goods". They frequently come <in with. the full bag limit of five fish . per person, per day, perhaps, and the size of the fish is almost always good. The average run is about five pounds, but somctimes they weigh twenty or thirty pounds. The fishing reels are mounted on the boats and are looked after by the sportsmen themselves during the trip. Up to fourteen sportsmen are accommodated, They fish from Attempts . Competition Stiff one to ten miles out in the bay, at © _a cruising speed of about three miles an hour. Heavy Seas = The boats cost about $4,000, have 100 horse-power engines and a top speed of about fiftcen miles per hour. Heavy scas do not irigtaen then at_all. The guides have built up a reputation for thelr uncanny skill as navigators. Fogs are fre- quent and they must often find thelr way home by the scat of their oil- skins. When a Nor'Wester blows there can be some very heavy scas down the ninety mile sweep of the bay, but they will put out for any hardy sportsman who thinks he can take it. : Safety While the- main business of the flect is to find the wily trout, there has been no cifort spared to make the boats comfortable and above all safe. 'The Dominion Govern: ment inspects the boats every ycar for safety measures. They carry fire-fighting cquipment, compasses and also apparatus for blind navi- gation. They are proud of thelr clalm that they have not lost a 'passenger in fifteen years. said I was sophisticated and citified and "he paid me lots of lovely com- pliments but .he never once. men- tloned the subject we discussed." "He likes the city?" "He never used to. He always said "he wanted to come back and own his own shop and raise a fam- 'ily in the country." "But you don't want to any more?" "Of course T do! I'm the same "girl inside that he left four years ago. I want the things now that we both . wanted then but-he doesn't seem to want to find out." "Yet you're taking this trip to- day?" " "I just had to. I promised. But it's no use." . "What makes you think {ts no use? Don't you believe he'll be here "to see if you have changed or not? "I did vritil last night. We were all at a party and I kept Hatenin for him to drop some hint aboyt ot secret date for today but t dn front of me eagd h date to play golf thls afternoon." "You'd ter powder that noge of yours, We're fearly to Oanes- ville." . : ; The tapping at §e window at- the acted her and a traln gtarted thi to mova, she coul! make out 8 Dollys words: 4 hd to be surel /He had to be make & Sheila's puzzled thoughts about the little lady's last words were in- _terrupted. Two strong arms en- folded her. : "Dan, oh, Danl How-could you?" "Sheila, dearest," she heard him sa, "I had to be sure. I had to be sure . . ." The End SJ Warning . "Let: it 'be understood", sald a wife to her husband, "that I'm a woman of few words!" © "I know", replied her husband. "But don't you think you are using ! American tourists discovered this many 1 1 it represents today, an investment at Mca: the thousands. Bi The or Is "wreck provided no evidence of crashed near Mount Carmel, Penn- .great .plane made Plane Destroyed by Own Safety Devices "It now appears, with tragic irony, that the airplane which recently sylvania, bringing death to 48 per- sons aboard, was brought to its ruin by the improper functioning of devices installed for the purpose of providing greater safety. The great airliner was so shat- tered as to leave only fragments for the study of investigators, instead of the relatively large portions. which usually remain from a crack- up. None of these fragments shows any signs of fire. * * * It is belicved by both govern- ment authorities and airline ex- perts that the' pilot and co-pilot, _ receiving a false alarm of a fire in the baggage tompartment, released carbon dioxide from extinguishers in the cockpit which rendered them unconscious when high in the alr, * It is believed, therefore, that the much of its descent from 14,000 feet to the time of impact' with only inert hands at thie controls and, with no conscious brain to guide its final moments of flight. Visibility: was perfect, the structural failure or of engine malfunction, despite the usual crop of unreliable "eye-witness" state- ments follotving the accident, The liner simply flew into the ground. . * . . Supporting this theory is the fact that following the return of the DC-6 plancs to service (after they had been grounded as a result of fires In the ventilating system), one airline has experienced scores of false alarms of fires from the AL ets 2 BUNS AS Al Ys Waterless African Bush To Become Greatest British Army Storehouse "Operation Igloo" is today turn- ing some 36 square miles of water- less African bush into the begin- ningy of what will shortly become the British Army's biggest storc- "house abroad. Site of the mushroom town, far from any large center or other pop- ulous district, is Mackinnon Road, one of the 30 stations In. the 330- milé-long railway which rises from sea level at Mombasa to an altitude of over a mile at Nairobi. ' Most of these stations are noth- ing but names to all but a! few. If Mackinnon Road, until a short time ago, had any claim to fame, it was the memory of Sir William Mackinnon, the pioneer who/found- ed the imperial British Fast Africa Company which got Its royal charter road. was built, During World War II, however, Royal Air Force men knew It as a hush-hush stop betwen Nairobi and the Coase. Today, nearly a Fear after the 'War Office decided that Kenya dliould be the reception "area for vast quantitics of Army stores to be removed from Lgypt, India, and Palestine, Mackinnon Road has achieved a fame only less spectac- ular than - that of the British tians, in 1887, some years before the rail- Pioneers of Project Pioneers of this priority project are men of the British peacetime Army, who work" there alongside non-British former allics--Mauri- Seychellois, Africans--and cven some former encmies, artl- sans from Italy. Well over 10,000 men are in camp at Mackinnon Road and more are expected as a result of the evacuation from Palestine. Royal engineers, Royal Army Service © Corps, Royal electrical and mech- . anical engineers, Royal "Corps of Signals, and the Corps of Military Police are all putting their backs into the job despite the heat, the dust, the mud, and thhe "livestock" --ranging from mosquitoes and praying mantises to. lions and ele- phants, ' To British sappers goes the cred it of niakitig water flow in the des erts which was Maukinnon Road. For eight months, every man in camp was rationed for water--three gallons a day. 2 Now the men of Mackinnon Road are drinking water which flows 75 miles by pipe line from the slopes of Kilimanjaro, over the Tanganyika border. Irrigation Slated Soon,~ a 500,000-gallon reservolr is to be fed by two more pipe lines, to mniake possible an irrigation them up too rapidly?" J8 frchefiive dévizes which they have Governments's peanuts scheme in scheme for the growing of vegta- " "3 nstalled. Tanganyika. = ables and root crops. 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