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"W-^ vT7 â- ^•l*^ »-(*â-  ,.. " ^ â- P"^" !l" ,iEP'.J iBrmNi otcs Alfalfa In Crop Rations. AlfaUk being undoubtodlr a. moot I MBdttloaa, rot worthr of trial la tha IBatL Of Um oiaor varloUea, tho old â- taadbya, Torletloa Uko Ureensago, iCoo'a QoUon Drop aad Damson* ttlll ! conatltut* tlio main class tor cuUnarr purposoa and should haro aplaoo in any gardan whoro tho eltmato la not too sorara. Of the American group, BUbr. Cheney, Terry ( and Mammoth ^nabla and productlre hay crop. It •fOttld conatltute a considerable »ro- of^*^ ^^ â- >•*( selectien. They are not PWftlon of the hay acreage. The area unefal for desert purposes but provide teroted to it In Canada la rapidly In- excellent material tor Jelly making. ««aslng, oapeclally In Ontario, whore ! Dehydrated Crab Apptee. "BrIlJ!r*'-â„¢l"""'f "" """^ import.'; That crab apples may be success- fully dehydrated haa bean amply fcnt Held crura. On account of the fact, however, that alfalfa, where sue- eessfully grown, remains productive for a number of years. It la not well adaptc-.: to 1 hort rotations. If the al- falfa is ullowed to remain tor years .tho percentage of the laud 1 ^ere made from ono pound of crab given to i: :;ocome« too high. A fc-ood appjeg, the equivalent of six pounds m„.h«^ "' -icorporatlng alfalfa In a ! of fresh fruit. The Quantity, appear provn at the government dehydrating plants at Pentlcton and Orlmsby. Tc8ls were made to ascertain the suitability of the dehydrated products Eomo ; (or Jelly making. Seven Jars of Jelly "L«U An Scrap Our Afma" mothod of rotation of laediuni duration la des- cribed in a ualletln on Alfalfa In Mani- toba, avallablo at tUo Pulllcctlcns Branch cf the Depaitment of Agricul- ture at Ottawa. It Is pointed out that alfalfa may be economically Included in such u rotation by having ono more flelil tluin there are years In tho ro- Utlon. Thrj f.lUUii phould bs (•reded down In tho most favorablo part of the rotatiou. preferably with a light nur«o crcp of v.Ucat and on summer fallowed lari or following an Intor- ttUed tup. The neld would then re- main In nltalfa until tho other crops had conip'otcd one cycle of the ro- tation and n r.iand established on an- other Held. The alfalfa can be most .__ profitably foUowed in tho rotation by soni'o nop that Is a heavy feeder on soil nitrog'-n and requires clean land. Guaranteed rertllizert. Ono cC Ihe Rcrvlces rendered by the Dominion Seed Branch U the control of tlie comnict: lal fertilizer trade. By law all fcrtilUers offered for sale must bj roglstcrod under dcfliilte brand names and labelled with the guarautoed analyses of their composi- tion. In this way farmers are pro- tected against worthless material of- fered for sale and fGrtlltzers so namfed as to mislead the buyer. In carrying o'lit the provisions of the Fertilizers Act tlie Seed Branch analyses [:ample3 of fertilizers put on the market and when the- samples do not ccmo up to their guarantee the dealers arn warned or prosecuted. The rcf.uils of Ihf analyses made dur- Inc Iho year 192i;:i7 have just been pub!i.^ho(l in a pamphlet distributed by the Publicitlonn Branch, Depart- ment of ABrlculture. Ottawa. In the pamphlet the t;uarauteed analysis of each ferliUzer Is placed side by side with the ufUcIal analysis so that it can be seen at a glanco whether or not any fertilizer cuutaius the quan- tities of plant food guaranteed by the maker. In tho last few years there haa been a nruked improvement In tlie quality of llie fertilizers offerod for sale and there are now practically no goods of low analysis ou the mar- ket. Misleading .statements as to the composition of a fertllizor are now rarely made. Feeding Concentrates to Dairy Cows. At the Cap Roi'ge, Quebec, Experi- mental Station, during the last five â- winters, a sorie* of cxporiments have boeninado in order to determine tho most profitable quantities of concen- trates toVeed to dairy cows. For the purposes y>f tho experiment the cows •were divided Into three lots. The care. booBlug and feed given to each of the three lots were alike, except that one lot received all the meal It could eat, which amounted to one pound of meal to each L'.IG pounds of milk pruducod, another lot received ono pound of meal per 4 pounds of milk, and the ttlrd K)t ono pound per 8 pounds of milk. The quantity of milk produced In- cressod with the quantity of meal fed, •nd at th*) ^ahio time Ihe cost per 100 pounds of milk Increased, but not In proportion. The net profit would depend very much on the price that could be obtained for the product. The â- nperlntendent of the station, In des- cribing tho experiment In bis latest Miutial report, concludes that heavy meal feedlus will be profitable when n^ milk or cream Is sold at a high pric'p^oJiUt for the average farmer, â- elUuR bis rrtllk to a factory, it Is bet- ter to be more i-.plinng wltii mear. ni ' the first instance It will pay to give the right mixture of meals in large Quantities, bo long as none is wasted, while In the latter case an average of one pound of meal per 4 pounds of 4 per cent, nillk will probably be best. New Garden Plums. riums can bo succesafully grown In many parts nf Canada, but a care- ful selection of varieties suitable to tho district In which they are to be grown is essential. Where the alze of a garden will permit of tree fruits the growing of plums Is an Interesting •nd profitable undertaking for the amateur, and all the more so at pre- aent since with tha development of a Urge number of new hybrids there are available several superior kinds for parts of Canada hitherto forced to grow poorer varieties. In this con- nection, a bulletin on Plum Culture, available at the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, gives lists of pluma suitable tor dif- ferent districts, with full descrtpttona of ths different varieties. Among the new Japanese-American crosses, Ka- Iklata and Waneta are very good in quality, large In size, dark red, with firm yeltow flesh and tender sUa. i These two, vith Omaha, a very earljr j sort, and Emerald, a late plum, ara | worthy of a place In a small garden, j Of the Japaneaa and Sand Cberrf i hybrids, the Tom Thumb Cherry la Outstanding. It Is not really a cherry - J|ltt â- Â«uiium, growing o* •% low bush. in* |(i<wpoclall7 toitable tor pniri* aace and flavor of the Jelly made from Uio dehydrated stock was In every way equal to that made from freshly picked apples, and it was of better quality and flavor, and two and one- third times as mu«h in quantity of the Jelly made from fruit two weeks old. The experiments are described In a new bulletin on Dehydration of Fruits and Vegetables In Canada, dis- tributed by the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. â€" lESUod by the Director of Publicity, Domlnton Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. « Poultry Notes Disinfectant Whitewash. Would like to know of a good dis- infectant whitewash tor barns, hog houses, and poultry houses. Hew much glue Is required per barrel of whitewaah and what disinfectant should be usd?â€" W.W. The following formula for disinfect- ant whitewash Is recommended by one experiment station tor the interi- or of barns, poultry and hog houses, etc. Two applications should be made each year, one each spring and tall. A high pressure spray pump or paint gun should be used to Insure good penetration. Dissolve 6 pounds of common salt In 3 gallons of wator. Dilute 10 gal- lons of commercial lime-sulphur mix- ture with 60 gallons of water and add to this the salt solution. Hake a cream of lime by mixing 50 pounds (1 sack) of bydrated lime with about 10 gallons of water or by carefully slak- ing 3$ pounds CA bushel) of quick- lime and add this to the solution pre- viously prepared, stirring constantly. Thin to desired consistency, using about 40 gallons of water. Where only small quantities of the above wash are needed, the following proportions may be used: Dissolve 3 tablespoonfuls of salt in about 1 pint of water. Dilute IM quarts of commercial lime-sulphur with about 3 gallons of water and add the salt solution to this mixture. Make a cream of lime by mixing 1 heaping part of hydrated lime with sufficient water. Add the lime mixture to the solution previously prepared, stirring constantly. Thin to desired consist- en<y. WE'LL KEEP ON TRAININO OURS THOUGH "Ii Russia Sincere?" is the question puziling Shiropean statesmen. Sha proposes disarmament while keeplu up the mlghtleet army In the world aad outfitting it with every modem appliance. Officers of the Red army in thalr new uniforms. Speed of Glaciers And How Recorded Study of Moving Masses of Ice Has Made Rapid Progress in Century The hundredth anniversary of an interesting scientific event passed on* noticed this year. It was in the Sum- mer of 1817 that the Swiss Profeasor Hugl constructed his so-called "hut" on the medial moraine of the Unter- aar Glacier in the Bernese Alps. The moraine Is a strip of rocky debris running down the middle of the gla- cier, formed, as usual, by the union of the inner lateral moraines of two moraine. Thla rudimentary abode, in which they bivouacked for some time, was named the "Hotel dea Neuchatelols." The following Sum- mer the "hotel" was again occupied, but it was already disintegrating un- der the eiffects of the weather and the movements of the glacier, and in 1841 it waa found to be uninhabitable. Agasala found It badly shattered ta 1844. After a long period of obllrion, a fragment of tbla shelter waa dlacor- ered in 1884 by ar tourist named Rit- ter. Ita idantiflcation was establiahod by the names and dates inscribed on it in red lead by the original occu- pants, other fragments were dis- covered and similarly identlfled by F. A. ForeL In August, 1889, mem- _ » , , ui 1. *i. _ hers of an international conference on 'f"""*°l*K.?nY.l-'f^x^.!!S.f''"..?'l".'!: Slaciers made an excursion to the spot and examined these Interesting The River of Vanished Dreams By Kenton Kilmer. Under the arches of time long past Rlpplea the river of vanished dreama And Into the sea of content at last li'lows the river both smooth and fast Mingling anew with a thousand streams Under the arches of time-long past Soft and milky as alabast. Flows she under the pale moonbeams And Into the sea of content at last Bearing ambitions of kingdoms vast, Swirling In darkness and pearly gleams Under the urches of time long past Rolling a splintered and shattered mast Of a bark of hope, through murky ' stroams, And Into the sea of comfort at last. ^-^ On the mlaty shore we stand aghast; Where pass the ruins of brilliant schemes Under the arches of time long paat And into the sea of content at last ^A girl who oarriM â-  raia atlsk Mat mueh faith In â-  watarpreaf It U stated that the Tarying tides in th« Chaanal militata agalnit th« swimmer's aneeess. In other worda, the Channel twin largelf depends on tka Channel's whim. ..^. tain. The building of Hugl's hut was the first step in the systematic mea- surement of glacier movements, which have since been carried out on a vaat scale in the Alps and elsewhere. Under the overhanging ledge of a huge granite block the pioneer gla- clologlat Improvised a Shelter, la which he passed several nights. Hugl revisited this retreat in subsequent years and noted its successive posi- tions, as it crept slowly downward with the general movement of ths ice beneath it In 1830 it had traveled several hundred feet and by 18S6, 2,200 feet In 1839 Louli Agaaall came aocldentally up6n the hut In the course of his explorations of the same glacier and found It 4,400 feet from ita original location. The Early Studies. In August .1840, Agasshi and hla companion, Vogt, Desor, Nlcolet, Coal- on and de Pourtalss, constructed a similar shelter under a rock within sight of Hugl's but but further up the relics. The fragmenta were again examined in 1904. In the Stmimer of 1923 a thorough survey of the region was made by Dr. P. L. Mercanton. Several pieces of the original rock were identified and under one of them was discovered some of the straw which served Agassis and his com- ala SUA Us «CaloB»y|ac|as^.bo<Ms«hkli . staos yeuaair «(trcr-Tsf«AbU Saftraa ttoB «MMan>lat tb* tatsnal atruetwra aad »h)ralesl ehanetotrlatloa of gla- elers. Tte «o«l^ ta those daya and far aaay yasn tOtttinH waa es- •aaMMlr alo* uA laboifMM. It waa • sotsW* aeUavsaasst whaa. la 1141, a hoto was dilllod to a depth of ait taet «a tko Uatonsr Oiaetor. Mght Uboren wan HKpVor^d la thia opera- tloa. Thormometan wsrs lowarad In- to the drill holao aad aumereiu tern- peratora roadhwa vara made. Ona diaevltr attaadlaE tha alow mothoda of drllUac famartr In uae was da* to the faot that the loo moves taster In the Interior of the cladar than at the surface. Thus the toola ware la dan- ger of being Immovably wedged be- fore the hole waa flnlahod. Modem Methoda of Olaeler Study. Methoda hare been greatly Im- prorad In modem tlmea. In 1894 Blumcke and Haas began a aerlaa of borings on the Hlnterelafemer Olaeler with th purpoae of reaching tho rooky bad of the glacier aad thua moaaur- Ing the depth of the latUr at Tarlona places. A roUry drill waa uaod. -The bed waa reached In aevoral caaes, once at a 4epth of 700 feet. With the equipment now employed, drilling sometlmea proceeda at a speed of 300 feet a day. j^ a0W era in tho measurement of gladr doptha began In 1926, whoa the princ^le of "echo aoundlng" which haa yielded such remarkable rosnlta la marlao hydrography, waa appUod by two iBTOBtlgatoni In dUfaroat re- gions of tho idps. Oa tho Hlntereis- fofBor, nndor tho dlrectioa of H. Ifcthoa. Bumeroua charges of ezplo- slras were set oft and the echooa sent back from the bed of the glader were reordod by means of seismographs. Dr. Moroanton, who conducted ex- perimsBts on the Lower Orlndelwald and neighboring gladera in the Swiss Alps, usod a geophona to detect the eohoea of similar detonations. In both cases a number of plausible mea- surements were aocured. Mercanton wap lasa iaccesatul in attempting to apply the Langavln ayatem of sound- ing by soHsallad "ultra-sounda," In which the acconstic signals consist of very rapid vibrations (about 40.000 per second), but experiments with this process doubtless will bo coa- Unued. Probably in the near future accoustlc methods will furnish detail- ed information regarding the depths the] 1911 'It! an- panlons as bedding. The tctal dls tance traveled by the "hotel" up to i of glaciers in all parts of the world, that time was found to be about 4.8 | including the Greenland and Antarc kilometers, or a little less than three miles. The fragments were examined In 1926 and 1926. Their Inscriptions have nearly disappeared and their identification la now difficult Time has dealt more kindly with the rock under which Hugl built his shelter. It is still intact and haa changed little in appearance la a hundred yars. The story «f Hugl's hut and the "Hotel des. Neuchatelols" is but one of the many romantlo episodes in the history of glaolology. In 1840 Agas- The Kitchen Window Garden A few. plants growing In a sunny window of the kitchen will not only add charm to this workaday room, but will furnish flavors and garnishes for many delectable dishes. may be sown or plants purchased from a seed house. The curled varie- ty Is more decorative and adds charm to any dish as a garnish. It Is es- pciaUy nice with baked flsh. Parsley may be added to soups, broths and nSy all means have a pot or two of , stews to lend piquancy, while a spoon rose geranium. The blossoms will brighten the room while the leaves may be used to Impart a delightful flavor to a glass of Jelly. One house- wife, who specializes in apple and grape Jellies always adds a leaf of rose geranium to each glass as she Alls it. A leaf added to punch gives a dlatinctlve touch that is nice for parties. Aa a garnish for sliced lem- on or orange, rose geranium leavea are very effective. Mint la easily grown in a kitchen window in winter and will tumlah mint for the appetising sauce served with all lamb dishes, flavor for Jellies and for punch. Paraley Is a biennial plant. Seeds ful of minced parsley added to drawn butter makes a fine sauce for pota- toes. Minced parsley added to stuf- fing for fowls not only adds flavor but gives a dash of color that Is pleasing. One woman keeps a pot of growing onions or shallots In her kitchen and when a bit Is neded for salad or for gravies, she pinches off the new sprouts, which give a more spring- like flavor than dry onion. The soil In these pots should be stirred frequently and kept loose, the plants watered every few days and the pots set out In the open whenever a day of bright sunshine will permit their being placed In the fresh air without likelihood of being nipped. tic ice caps. Under the auspices of the Interna- tional Olaeler Commission and the analogous national organisations of several countries measurements of the advance and retreat of glaciers have been made regularly for some years. In Swltirland, tor example, re- ports on fluctuations of thia character are publlahed annually tor 100 gla- ciera. In 1926 it waa announced that 62 of theae were advancing, 8 were stationary and 40 were retreating. Though the movements of the glacier front amount to only a tew inches a day, they are rapidly measured by means of the "cryoclnemeter," the dial of which is actuated by a wire at- tached to the ice of the glacier. The "cryoclnegraph" makes a continuous automatic record of these movements. The up-to-date glaolologlst condnota much of his work from the vantage point of an airplane. In a flight of an hour or so It haa been found pos- sible to reconnoitre a glacial area that would take fully a week to cover ou foot. ^ In the Meltlng-Pot. "Yes. sir." "Where?"â€" Russia." 'What part?"â€" "All of me." "Why did you leave Russia?" â€" "I couldn't bring It with mo." "Where were your fore- fathers born?" â€" "I only got ono fath- er." "Your business?" â€" "Rotten I" "Where is Washington?" â€" "He's dead." "I mean the capital of the United States?"â€" 'They loaned it all to Europe." "Now, do you promise to support the Constitution?" â€" "Me? How can I? I've got a wife and six children to support."-rOpen Road. Emil Lbfgreii In Shows How He W« ElfectThIg Loadea^-TlMt thowhalaaato pine of «boolot* aad nago would omntvallf shipplat sad sUpbttUdiac lai evoryichm* has for hoM h oplnloa «t maur ovorta, Ml brinff this aboot io the M tt m O tf. Lof grsa of Moddtolm pals details of a scheme in tho circular of the Baltic and Im tional Maritime Confetoneo. I circular pc^nts out that, while f ooUng very optlmlstle about the ; it is evidently a sign of tb* for oodstenoe which is be!:^ -OMod by tho smaller ships. Mr. Lofgven h<dds that aa ent surplus of tonnage haa a: owiaff to the vazteos extraordli eireumatances caused by tho therefore extraordinary mei should be talcen to put things normal footing again. As caryo able for transport in EoKopo S% per cent less than in I suggests that all European ' should mutually agree to scrap I cent of each country's old i economical steamers which ar^clogi ging up ths freight market. Mr. liofgren then takes fou^typl- eal European freight routes ahowa that his 10 per esat/wouli mean the scrapping of 2,000 4,000,000 tons, with a total c; capacity of 6,600,000 tons. H| latea that on an average corn basis these ships would ei 000,000 tons of goods, and thi^ if th*r{ were scrapped theae goods ionld b» divided up among the remaiainig wiJ, nage. / The idea is that each country shoali^ have a acrapping fund. 4t a prifa of £2,100 per ton for old 8,»00-t«o ships the number of fi.OOO vould fetch' £1S,600,000, which by the sale of 8crkp| iron at lOs. per ton would reduce tee figure to £13,200,000 which would have to be divided up amoni: the European owners. Allowing 66,000,000 tons as the total of the Europe«n beot, \h8 "scrapping fund" would amount to' 43. per ton, and freights would only >*va to rise 8d. per ton to get ti^is amoiint of -contribution repaid. In order tbni his scheme should not be defeated-ij owners at once ordering new vessels, Mr. Lofgren suggests that the priM obtained for old vessels should be de^ posited in a bank and only paid ou^ after a year or two. » ReHcToTSoO B.C.- Mixing Salvation and "Socks" SAVINQ SOUtS THROUOH HEAtTHY BODIES London's Athletic Parson, Rev. Tiverton Preedy, who has been appointed to the vacant prebendary stall ot St. Paul's Cathedral, London, can still give a good account ot himaoU whoa ho puts on tho gloves with his boys of All SainU' Mission o( Pentonvllle. Discoveries of University ol Pennsylvania Museum Ejc-" pedition Throw Light on * Early Religions of j Holy Landand on t^ Old Testament , Philadelphia. â€" Discoveries made at Beisan, in Palestine, which throjir- more light on tlie early religions of Palestine and, incidentally, upon cer- tain passages in the Old Testament, were revealed in a report receivod by tho University of Pennsylvania Mu- seum from Alan Bowe, director of m expedition engaged in excavating tte site of the Biblical Bethshan. ,^^ Among the discoveries reported were a brick altar, reminiscent q{ rites described in the Book of Samuel, and more than lOO objects of mud, b^ lieved to represent small rolls of bniJd a.nd cakes similar to those refervKl to in the seventh chapter of Jeremish. In addition, the report says, ths excavators uncovered a number of Ikie scarabs and Jewelry of goldstooe-a beautifully made bronze top of a mili- tary standard, representing the h»ad of Hathor, and suggesting the paes- ence of a "Hathor" regiment of the Egyptian Army at Beisan in 14iW B.C., and a number of stone weigl)(s, fine fragments of painted pottery, aijd other objects. Of peculiar interest among the pot- tery found was a bowl bearing tl» figure of a serpent in high relief. Thij bowl, which is the oldest example in a cuU^ject thus far found at Beisan) is considered of unusual importance, as it reveals that ophiolatry, or th^ worship of serpents, which was pre-* valent in the town during the reigns of Amenpphls III, Seti I and Ramoses' II, waa already practiced there in the, time of Thothemes III. All the new discoveries described > by Mr. Rowc in his report were made, during the excavatioit of two temples belontrfng to the reign of Thothemea* III, who ruled about 1600 B.C., and' whose scarab, adorned with the figure of a bull and bearing the name of the' King, was found on the floor of ari rooip adjoining one of the temples. , .^ .-. Lioness Attacks Well-Known' Hunter < After 100 encounters wlCi lions, B." H. Whlttlngstall has been aerioualy Injured by a lioneps In the Northotir I -IriZy^^ i>JotwUhstandIng that U, had received tni"^^ ''ttU't'. ,tho bealt' j charged apd was maulUig mT. ^^^ iingstal when it was fatally st»'ob«r ! by his native cewaut. ,' An energetic sp^&Ror at an ei# tiou mooting la.<:hcd himKcIt Into -a frensy. "And are you -lionest, hard- working Britishers â€" are you, I aiil again, going to take all tbis lyifib' down?" "No." shouted .» \olce t^on tho back ot the hall: "tha f.'pt^l/Ti are dolag thati" T^^fcv