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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., MAY 20th, 1937. In Your Garde By GORDON L. SMITH ARTICLE NO. 13 Several sowings of each are advised, otherwise all mature at the same time, and then there will be a feast or a famine. After all, with such things as radish, spinach, peas, corn or practically anything else for that matter, the time they are really worth eating is when they are fresh; that is, just mature. PLANTING DEPTHS Those who know all about the art of good gardening advocate as a good and safe rule covering the seed to a depth equal to about three times the diameter. Now the beginner is not advised to procure a pair of calipers and work out the diameter of a great variety of seeds he or she hopes to plant. This is a rough rule only. With tiny seed like that of the poppy or the onion, seed about the size of a grain of sugar merely pressing into the soil will be sufficient. With large things like gladioli and dahlia bulbs or potatoes, this rule will call for depth of several inches. With peas, beans and corn it will mean about an MUST THIN OUT Too much stress can hardly be la' 1 on the necessity of thinning. After the plants come up, one is urged to stop, and consider just how big these are going to be in a few weeks. It may be only six inches, in which case the plants should need only to be spaced a few inches apart. But suppose it is the cosmos or the larger type of zinnias or marigolds that are being considered. These will reach from 18 inches to four feet when fully grown. Such things require much room on all sides if symmetrical and sturdy plants that will be both beautiful and storm resisting are to be the result. Crowded plants will invariably be spindly and weak in the stem. Experts advise allowing about half as much space between as the plant will be high, whether it be vegetable, flo ver or shrub. ALL THE SYMPTOMS These sit-down strikes of mechanic, clerk and weaver may be nothing at all more than that pesky old Spring Beggar -- "Lend me a dime for my carfare home, will you, old fellow?" Man -- "I'm sorry, but all I have got is a half dollar." Beggar -- "Splendid! I'll take a taxi." Brain competition is usually not Bertha -- "Well, I know i man who thinks her husband fectly wonderful." Beatrice -- "So you've just from a wedding?" Some fellows leave the small , go to the big city and get hap- py- Little Dora returned from her first visit to Sunday School. Father -- "What did my little daughter learn this morning?" Little Dora -- "That I am a child of - The bird. A local housewife who keeps a close watch and a firm hand on the family budget describes as downright contrariness the fact that her husband won't eat eggs when they are selling at IE cents a dozen but he always wants three for breakfast when they are selling for 30 to 50 Boss to office boy who is half an hour late) -- "You should have been here at eight o'clock!" Office Boy -- "Why, what happened?" Asked to write a brief essay on the life of Benjamin Franklin, a little girl wrote this gem of a paragraph: "He was born in Boston, travelled to Philadelphia, met a lady on the street, she laughed at him, he married her, and discovered electricity." Yon seldom hear the r crop of callouses on his hand hollering for help of any sort. Abie -- "Nowadays everything is done by machinery." Ikey -- "Veil, I dunno, talking is still done by hand." Praise is so cheap you would think there would be more of it. with Mother Inspires Child in Music Adjudicator Makes Statement Before Women's Canadian in town/j^ ^ ^ foster music, from the time they, The c -ring is visiting ] the hills. The folks there recognized all the instruments of the band except the slide trombone. One old settler watched the player for a while, then, turning to his son, he said: "Don't let on that you're watching him. There's a tricL to it; he ain't really swallerin' it." It always seems to take a pair of squeaky shoes the longest to get any- Golfer -- "My, it rained all day, and at noon the greens were in a deplorable state." Wife -- "My, what a coincidence! The spinach I had was so poor I had it a •ay!' 3 in the parlor, in the corn, s in the pantry 10 Mi Full or part time to represent us in the sale of high class mining- issues which will stand the most rigid investigations. Write with full particulars. COLLING SECURITIES CORPORATION LTD. 357 Bav Street TORONTO croon lullabys to their babies cradle to the later time when ttoey "drag their husbands to concerts," Dr. Frederick Staton, adjudicator at the musical festival here told the Women's Canadian Club. His subject was "HJusic and Women." Of course, the adjudicator admitted in an aside, men had their points: they were "more honest in their likes and dislikes," once they were at the concert, they didn't hesitate in "preferring Offenbach to Bach often." "Women's first relation to music is as an inspirer. Who sits beside the child and encourages him to practise? Well, it wasn't my father who did--he tried to make me a medical man; it was only through my mother's efforts I was able to study music," Dr. Staton said. As for choral societies, 70 per cent, of their members were women; most of the 11,000 contestants in the festival this year were girls and women; Toronto diploma classes and concert audiences both had an "enormous percentage of women." Production Of Smut-Free Seed Treatment That Offers The Only Method of Control Freedom from seed-borne diseases such as smut is usually considered to be one of the important characteristics of registered and certified seed, and purchasers of this seed, relying upon its quality, frequently sow it without treatment. Yet, even seed of the highest quality, showing a trace of smut, may produce a smutty crop if sown under conditions favorable for smut infection. It is particularly important, therefore, that all registered and certified seed should be free from smut. Elimination of smut from such seed would prevent the spread of this disease with new varieties, and would help to improve both yield and quality the The treatment of wheat, oats, barley has been greatly simplified by the recent introduction of organic mercury dusts such as New Improved Ceresan. This dust, when applied to the seed at the rate of lVi oz. per bushel, effectively controls the smuts of oats, covered smut of barley, and bunt of wheat. It also improves seed germination. Tests are being made of other organic mercury dusts now being sold in Canada. Wheat may be treated with copper carbonate dust ( 2 oz. per bushel) for the control of bunt, but this dust should not be used for grains such as cats and barley which have a coarse hull. Copper sulphate, commonly known as bluestone, may cause severe seed injury, and should not be used ;for treating grain. Formalin solution (1 lb. of formalin to 30 gallons of water) has long been used as a treatment for the smuts of cats, covered smut of barley, Jand bunt of wheat. This treatment! if well done, is effective, but it is likely to impair the germination of the seed, particularly of wheat, and reduce! the yield. Seed which is old, weatheired, sprouted, frozen, hulled, or broken, or seed which has been shrivelled by rust or drought should be treated with a dust such as New Improved Ceresan rather than with formalin. /m telling the world it's a hit /» BIG BEN the perfect Chewing Tobacco Making Use Of j Proven Herd Sire Unwise Not to Use Him to Fu] Extent London Children Most Unhealthy Inspection Shows That Nearly Half Ailing in Some Way "Nearly half the London children coming to school at the age of five have something wrong with them" said Somerville Hastings, chairman of the Hospitals and Medical Services Committee of the London Country Council. "In many cases it is only teeth, but about 14 per cent have something wrong in addition," he told a Cambridge conference. Referring to medical inspections in London schools, he said: "My great criticism is that for the most part the doctors who do it have not enough time for the purpose. "The average time spent in inspecting a child is six minutes. During that time the doctor must speak to the parents and fill in a form. In London the forms have 35 items." west; for a bull to head his herd of he generally elects to buy a yo|mg, untried animal. The principal objection usually offered to buying1 an aged bull is that he may be ugly or is likely to become so. That is true, of course, but the advantages of using a proven bull are far greater than the expense of arranging equipment to handle him with perfect safety. Every breeder should have a bull paddock anyway with a breeding pen in connection. The question of handling the bull is of little importance, compared to the advantage of the use of a herd sire of known ability to transmit desirable characteristics. Improvement in production must come largely through the herd sire and comparatively few even of the so-called well bred sires can be depended upon to transmit this quality. The most constructive breeders, when once they come into possession of such a sire, hold him practically priceless and would consider it very unwise not to make use of him to the fullest extent. One of the most careless practices among farmers and small breeders is the failure to make use of bulls in their community who have demonstrated through their daughters their ability to transmit production. Ladies Send us your name, and receive absolutely FREE, sample of our Highest Quality, Hospital, Sanitary Napkins. Hygeia Products, London, Ontario. Sidewalk Clocks Come, shed a tear for the sidewalk clock. One by one the Americana which yesteryear knew fade into the --well, no, we can't say "limbo of forgotten things," for even that expression must be passe by now. But anyway, they go. The watering troughs, the town pump, the gas lights, the mustache cups and shaving mugs, the pompadojirs, shirtwaists and Gibson girl hats! And now it is the sidewalk clock, that elegant and useful example of the horologer's art which stood forth as the mark of the jewelry store. It enabled Lem, the grocer's boy, to know when to go home to lunch-- only it was dinner in those days. It saved you the effort of pulling a bulky and turnip-shaped timepiece out of your pocket by a correspondingly massive chain, or if you must do that it gave you occasion for striking an impressive pose in your peg-top trousers and suit and speculating audibly as to whether it was your watch or Ed. Lowry's clock that was a minute off.--Christian Science Monitor. Injurious Stages Of White Grubs Their Presence For The Year Can Be Anticipated The study of the white grub, the immature stages of the June beetles, has advanced to the point, at least in Ontario and Quebec, where their presence for the year can be anticipated. According to the Entomological Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, in the Montreal area and northward in a zone between Joliette and Lachute white grubs are present in the injurious stages, and widespread injury can be expected, particularly on sandy land, as great numbers of June -beetles were present and doubtless large numbers of eggs were laid in the summer of 1936. West of the eastern margin of Papineau Valley and including the Gatineau Valley little loss is expected as the insects are in the non-injurious stages, preparing for flight and egg-laying in 1938. Throughout the greater proportion of Ontario, notwithstanding the fact that very severe damage was caused in 1936, little damage is expected from the grubs themselves throughout any part of Ontario in 1937. The absence of injury throughout Ontario is due to the insects being present in the non-injurious stages. The very re outbreak in 1936 in Ontario, Glengarry, Grenville, Peterbor-i-Hastings, theLake Simcoe and - --;--r 1937 in the form of dead 1 pasture and meadow sod. These should be watched for carefully, and wherever replacement of this sod by weeds, particularly ', the killed out lid be cultivated sient," ' said of nineteen da*y, where he had job. He was ansieni bright young fellow the office the other seeking a cheerful though he had been away from his home in Cape Breton for more than two years. In that time he had been as far west as Calgary and as far north as Cochrane. He was not begging but wanted a job and, given help, tried to insist on doing something in return. Instead we invited him to answer questions. "Why did * you leave home?" we asked, "Well," he said, "there were nine of us at home and dad doesn't earn very big wages and it was hard sledding, and I couldn't get a job of any kind, so I thought I'd take my appetite away." In the two years he has been as he rather sadly puts it, a "transient," he has had almost every possible kind of a job, but has not yet got one that he could call steady. He has worked on farms in the summer time and in factory and odd jobs in the wjnter. He wasn't begging and insists that though he often is given a meal, he Science Note: -- A fish cannot live after it ham been scalded. (Ah, but man can survive atfer he has been skinned many, many times). "Motion picture producers can get their money back, and a profit, only when the film appeals to the entire --Samuel Goldwyn. Accounts Collected TORONTO--MONTREAL--WINNIPEG Financial Collection Agencies Issue No. 21-- '37 See Wally's House For Fifty Cents Business Women Meet at Niagara Former Baltimore Home is Now Open to Public BALTIMORE.--The one-time Baltimore home of Mrs. Warfield Simpson, fiancee of the Duke of Windsor, has been opened to the public at 50 cents a look. There are five guides on hand to shepherd the curious. They are provided by "Two Hundred and Twelve East Biddle Street, Inc.," a slightly mysterious corporation that now has the destines of the old house in hand. Just what individuals compose the corporation evidently is to be a se- The first thing the cash customers saw was a hallway, very much like rny other hallway, glistening with fresh paint. On the left is the parlor. Some Victorian bric-a-brac sits about. On the walls are enlargements, framed, of Mrs. Simpson, surrounded by friends and relatives. Also there are portraits of the former King Edward VIII in various regalia, and Mrs! Simpson in her court presentation gown. On the second floor is a model of Fort Belvedere and grounds, the former King's private residence near London. A large front room is adorned with cartoons and contains copies of many different newspapers of the constitutional crisis period. The piece de resistance is saved for the last. It is Mrs. Simpson's bed-..j--h^third floor. Itji *~ " T ---ftortfiackt off from the doorways. A big double bed backs up to the east wall. It is not actually the bed Mrs. Simpson slept in, although the guide says a number of things in the house were there during her occupancy. How One Mountie Got His Man In the Star, published in far-away Johannesburg, we ccme upon a half-page story about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under the caption, "The Mounties Always Get Their Man." It is supposed to be a true story written by "soldier of fortune," who once was in the Force, writes the Ottawa Journal. This constable, as he tells the tale, one morning was called to the "chief's" office, told there was a hard job for him. "Lead me to it, Cap," replied the constable. "I've been in some hell-bent corners in my time and you've got my word to see it through." He was told he was to find one One-Shot Dick, bring him in. "Dead or alive?" queried the constable. Alive, he was told. So the Mountie went out and found One-Shot Dick in a saloon--a surly brute, armed with a couple of guns; a drinking, gambling desperado who shot down before the constable's eyes a fellow who accused him of cheating at cards. Then the Mountie went into action. He fired "from the holster," blew Dick's gun from his hand. "Stick 'em," he rasped, "or I'll scatter you all about the floor." Dick stuck 'em, but, as he raised his arms, neatly drew an emergency revolver from under the back of his collar. The shoe then was- on the other foot. yit w i Mount: a dar.ci trick .in the history Force which, as is we movie fans and fi always gets its man. 3 neatest > famous svn to all, readers,. Niagara Falls, Ont. en for the conv'entio dian Federation of Professional Women July 12-16. A variet find a place in the I tours and sightseeing. There will be a eric reception on ( the first night, July %% in the Crystal, Ballroom of the Central Brock Hotel. On July 13, "int'national day"; at the convention, following the afternoon business session, the delegates will be taken ever the bridge to Niagara Falls, N.Y., where they will be guests of the local club at' On July 14 the visitors travel across the whirlpool or. the Aero Car and later have a buffet luncheon at , Queenston. After a view of the country from Brock's Monument, they will journey along Lake Ontario, inspect the Welland Canal, then see the working of the Twin Plight Locks, and join the St. Catharine's Club for a tour of the city,-dinner, and an evening program. Canada and U. S. 1929 Production Indus atrial production in Canada was 96-1 per cent, of the 1929 figure, in the last month for which comparative statistics ere available, while that of the United States was 99.2 per cent, of the figure of eight years ago. That indicates that this continent is now almost back to the production of the great boom year. On the other hand, production in Japan is given as 172.4 per cent, of 1929's figure, Greece as 146.7, Swed-' en as 136 and the United Kingdom as 123. But none of these countries was in 1929 experiencing the boom that Canada and. tlje United States Classified Advertising AGENTS WANTED O : CARPETS WOVEN INTO REVER- 1 Q NTARIO^ COLLECTIcfN AGENCIES. EX- , The Moi an 1 th:-'. ! looked i e of t durned swine," reared the constable at the gunman, "I'll get you, jest see if I don't." One-Shot Dick said he wanted to see the Mountie dance and began to shoot close to his feet. Bang, bang, bang. The constable danced, but counted the shots. Dick had but two guns, six-shooters. One was emptied, and then the other. Then came the chance. "Bang. At the twelfth explosion I leaped higher than ever and as I came down, my feet shot up, one after each other. Dick's guns clattered to the floor. My left fist shot out, and caught the giant on the point of the jaw. A look of surprise flashed ss his face before he fell a crumbled heap on the floor. . . 'Well guys,' I said to the now silent crowd, yovu Stomach Upsets? ^ ulates the appetite-, ifpi improves the action of the stomach, my appetite and helped to drive away the •■ < i . nun It j ' i ' n,e right up." New size, tabs. 50c. 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