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of the soy bean is quite julcy, and when cut with the mower should be eft in the swath for about a day until the leaves are thoroughly wilted. They may then be raked into windrows and allowed to cure or after two or three days in the windrow, put into small southland returning to their northern home for the nesting. When the travellers were just above the lower boundary of the lake the mercial Hubert for passenger, freight, and mail services, It is the terminal for § hav lished, 'and 'facilities installed for 'broadcasting reports to operators over. established routes. : : --From National Resource and uub- lished with the approval of the Deputy Minister of National Defence, Ottawa, Canada. deli di An Ancient Cat 28 Years of Age--'"Mommie"' Holds World's Record For Longeuity in Felines Known among her friends as the world's oldest living cat, "Mommie" will celebrate her twenty-eighth birth- day soon at the home of her master William 8. Arthurs, postmaster of "Hamilton, ready discovered n eties of deep-water 3 n being heretofore unknown and um classified, Dr. William Beebe, head of the Bermuda Oceanographic Ex- pedition, is exultant. The twelfth ex pedition of the department of tropi- cal research of the New York Zoo- logical Society, which has been at (work here at Nonsuch Island since May 1, has accomplished unexpected results. Hundreds of prepared specimens have already. been packed and are ready to be sent north. These include some barely visible to the naked eye as well as graduater fishes up to the largest creatures of the deep. There are hundreds of bottled microscopie specimens, Many of the deep-sea fish are fitted with electric lighting appara- tus, outdoing man, it would seem, by 1,000,000 years. _ wocks. The hay should be thoroughly Kenton, Del, says "The Hartford cured before hauling and handled in such a way as to preserve the leaves as much as possible. If the crop is desired for seed the harvesting should be delayed until the seed is In the hard dough stage. By this time most of the leaves will have dropped off. If cut earlier the seed will be immature and difficult to keep from moulding, and if cut later there 1s danger of considerable loss from shelling out. Unless the plants are very short the grain binder is perhaps the best machine to do the cutting. It is then handled as other grain, be- ing allowed to cure well in small shocks. The seed may be threshed with the ordinary separator but ad- Justments have to be made to prevent the splitting of the seed. To avoid loss from this cause not only fs it aecessary to reduce the speed of the cylinder by at least one-half, but the first concave should be removed, a wooden plank put in its place, and "wome of the teeth removed from the second. concave. 2 In storing seed the authors of the pamphiet recommend the exercising of care to avold heating in the bin. In this matter it is well to so store the seed as to make it easy to turn it over a fow times with a shovel should heat- ing commence. : --a Mange! Seed Growing There are many reasons why the farmer who uses mangels for his stock should make it a point.to grow his own seed, By producing the seed on his own farm the grower makes hi t inde- clamor hushed abruptly as they dip- ped in their flight; and swerving down a by-path of the windy aerial road- ways the swift-swinging birds headed in a long slant toward the water. Like feathered black stones from a catapult the great gooselike bodies struck the lake's placid bosom, ploughing over it in an upflung smother of spray until the impetus of their long, swift flight was spent. Then with noisily flapping wings and nécks outstretched they rose upon the surface until they seem- ed to stand upright on their short, stiff tail-feathers, and from each ex- tended throat issued peal upon peal of wild, | laugh In glee, for a space of minutes the pair orasily dived and swam about in circles, sending the water in silvery cascades ove rtheir dark thick-feath- ered backs, the uncanny merriment of their voices multiplied into a demon: jac medley by the rocky wallg of the lake. ' Suddenly, as by a signal, the mad frolic ceased, and turning toward the shore, the loons swam sedately into a little remembered cove, and in a tan- gle of last years matted growth just beyond the water's edge composed themsélves for the night. -- From "Green-Timber Trails," by William Gerard Chapman, World's Learned Societies to Build Cathedral Home M: BEng. --Proposals for the pendent of the uncertainty of the mar- ket, and will be suré of getting good seed of the variety he desires. In addition, home-grown seed, ac- cording to the experience of seed-j growing farmers, produces larger and surer crops of-mangels than seed ob- tained th h the ordinary ch 1 ~ of commerce. Seed growing for home use therefore not only means saving money on the seed, but also increased yields of roots. Exhibition Circular No. 68 entitled "Mangel Seed Growing" outlines the growing and handling of the seed roots, harvesting and storing, and is a practical treatise on the subject TESTED SCOTTISH LADDIES TRAIN FOR AGRICULTURAL LIFE IN CANADA Having been "tested" at Cossar Boys' Farm, Glasgow, these lads arrived in Canada on board the liner Athenla, and after a short period of training in New Brunswick will b bo dged Canadian farmers, Civil Aviation In Canada Progress in Commercial Fly- ing Since 1919--Air Mail Service and Aeroplae TTT Clubs Civil aviation in Canada has be- comé an important factor in the many phases cf the business and communi: ty lite of the Dominion. It is just 'ten years since civil aviation began in the Dominion, when, alter experi ments carried out by che Federal Government in forest fire protection, a commeréial aviation compang «b- talned 4 contract' from the Quebeow Provineidt Gevertiment to patrol a large' area Of fotest land in the St. Maurice vatley for fire detection dur ing 'the summer of 1919. Since this beginning prcgress has been steady and new developments in aircraft and methods of operation have aided great- ly the' gener! advancement of this 'branch: of fying. Many uses have been found for alrcraft which include forest fire de- tection and suppression; timber cruising; air photography; transpcrta- of a "cathedral of (na- for learned and technical docleties, | Society of Chemical Industry held here. 4 With a view to bringing together the experts of the research world, Sir Arnold said that the project would in- volve the erection of a structure cost- ing £350,000, where organizations dealing with chemistry -- including rubber, mining, metalurgy and fuel-- could centralize their activities. A suitable site in Westminster, London, | Was being chosen. A library of 100, Judging from results of experi: ments, there are large areas in the Dominion where soil and climatic con- ditions are suitable for profitable man- gel seed growing. At the Central Ex- 'perimental Farm; Ottawa, and also at several Branch Farms and Stations in Estern Canada and British Columbia, quite satisfactory 'crops of mangel seed of excellent quality were harvest ed last year. On' the whole, experi 000 is d - Sir Arnold characterized the pro: ject as "a great scheme that had been passed imously by the | of all the societies concerned." The presentation of the society's gold medal to Sir Richard Threlfa tion of passengers, express and mall; and "joyriding". Sixty-two organiza-| Provincial Air Service, while twenty: one Light Aercplane Clubs are In operation. There are 330 alrcraft licensed for commercial use in the' Dominion, by the Department of Nas tional Defence, and 278 commercial, pilots and 253 alr engineers hold certl-| ficateh. Fifty-three' airports and sea: plane ports are similarly licensed, while a large number cf municipali- ties in every province are giving con' sideration to the construction of air: ports. Nine schoéls of flying are conducted and a large number of pupils are receiving instraction. In additicn,- there are twenty-two pri vate owners of aircraft, and 221 licen sed private pilots. % Aphrt from the forest areas, which Wasa 'feature' of. the closing' p " ings of the annual meeting: The medal is awarded each year to the natural scientist whose work, in the wherever a satisfactory crop of man- " gel roots can be grown a satisfactory crop of mangel seed may also be raised. k Copies of this circular will be sent on application to the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Py The King of Fruits Enthusiasts give this name:to the apple, and there is need for more of _ these people in the Dominion. A the order of their ripening the ties line up, as follows: Red As- - Transparent, and - oa. | increased in four of the' classes . pared of the il, is of the great. - has t de- velpped many inventions and has done mportant work in connection with the instruments for detecting the pre] sence of explosives in gases. Honorary - degrees of Doctor of ing president of the society, Dr. Ar thur D. Little of Cambridge, i. and Francis Howard Carr, a president, by the niversity ot chester, 3 le The- prize money for the dairy cab tle classes for the Royal Winter use, of helium in airships and with] Sclence were conferred on the retin] ate Dp dating the season of Government, Ontario Provl = fire hazard each year by Dominion nclal- Gov- er , and cial operators covering some 250,000000 acres, per- haps the most important part being played by aircraft is in connection with mineral development In the nor- thern parts of the Dominion. Com. mercial companies have been formed, and withtut assistance or subsidy from the Government, have success: fully organized the northland with adequate fuel caches so that to-day every district is within flying range of a base. Flying in these regions is continuous throughout the year. The nume=ous lakes and rivers which abound everywhere in ncrthern Can: ada provide suitable alighting places for float seaplanes in summer and the frozen surfaces provide good landings ir winter. Cabin aircraft and afr cooled engin®s enable flying to con- tinue under the most severe weather conditicns. = Hundreds of tons of equipment and freight have been transported, mails delivered, and min- ing executives, prospectors, and em- ployees conveyed to and. from the scenes of activity. : Another important phase of devel- opment is the carriage of mail by air, linking scattered ccmmunities and annihilating distance. Eighteen months ago mail was delivered to a tural) science," to serve as a home jngtruction;- advertising. sightseeing: | few outlying districts under special arrangement between the Post Office were outlined by Sir Arnold Wilson at tions or individuals are now engaged Department and commercial opera the forty-eighth annual meeting of the | in civil flying, including the Ontario. tions. - In December, 1927, the Post. master General awarded the first contract for the carriage of mall be- tween Leamington and Pelee island, Ontario, fcr the period of closed navi- gation. Since then extensions of the! air mail service have been made and in 1928 there were ten services in operation. This year further ex- tensions are being made with the ulti- mate object of establishing a main trunk line from the Atlantic to the Pacific, with feeder lines from other centres. The Department of Na- tical Defetice plays an important part in the organization of these alr- ways! The services at present in operation under contracts with the Post Office Department are:--Winter: Leaming- ton-Pelee island. Quebec--Seven is- lands- Anticostl. town. Monct Moncton-Charlotte- M. dal 1al d Courant." The exact date of the cat's birth is not kncwn, but it was in June, 1901, that a very small and emaciated stray was taken in, fed and adopted. "That kitten was 'Mommie,'" said Mr. Arthurs. "She was very small as a kitten, and still is a very small cat, Summer, Lac du ronto - Buffalo. katoon. Area, Kissigsifig-The Pas. During 1928, 316,631 pounds of mall of which 277,184 pounds were carried under Post Of- six months of this year 245,750 pounds have been carried by contractors. Certain rcutes operated throughout the year are being lighted and radio beacons will be erected: by the De- partment of National Defence to en- able the mail to be conveyed rapidly during the hours of darkness. Special services are run between Waterways and Simpson, on the Mackenzie river, with occasional trips to Gceod Hope on the Arctic circle, and from White were ccnveyed, fice contracts, For the first horse to Dawson, Yukon Territory. An experimental service was run over the route Ottawa-Montreal-St. John- Halifax, during last winter, with a view to hastening the trans-Atlantic mails throughout the year. The Light Aeroplane Club move- ments, inaugurated in the autumn of 1927 by the Department ot National Defence' to encourage aviation, shown splendid results. Twenty- one clubs are active and it is expect: ed that three more clubs wilt receive the Government grant cf two aircraft in the near future. have a membership of 4,248 of which 279 are solo pilots; and have to their credit a total of 5,975 hours in the air to date this year. One hundred and fifty-eight Private Pilot and forty- seven Commercial Pilct licences have been obtained by members. Besides stimulatisg public interest in flying, the clubs ensure good aerodromes wherever they are established; which stimulating public interest in flying The construction of an airship base and airport at St. Hubert, near Mcnt- real, followed the decision of thé Do- minion to participate in Empire alr communication by airship. A moor- ing tower has been erected and equip- ped with the most efficient machinery \ next November at Toronto has = "Scooters" Are Popular in England Too Rimouski-Montreal-Ottawa. Bonnet-Wadhope-Bissett. Yearly: -- Montreal-Toronto-Windsor- Detroit. Montreal-Albany, N.Y. To- Winnipeg-Regina-Cal- 'gary-Banfl-Regina-Edmonton, via Sas Sioux Lookout-Red Lake has These clubs as you can see, her age began to tell on hér. most all the time. She is very fond of milk, but eats very little of any- thing else." . "Mommie" is a white cat, with a fow streaks and spots of black and brown. Though her teeth are no longer serviceable and her hearing 18 poor, her tongue retains much of its old-time vigor and with it sha keeps her fur sleek, fluffy and immaculate. "I' think 'Mommie' is the oldest cat iiving," he cotinued. "I never heard of one that was older." Mr, Arthurs's claim of twenty-eight years as "Mommie's" age was not dis- puted by cat experts here. Dr. Wil- lam A. Cocke jr., veterinarian of the Caroline Earle White Free Dispensary for Animals, maintained at 315 South Chadwick Street by the Pennsylvania Women's S.P.C.A., sald the oldest cat he knew of was twenty-three years of age. 3 "Healthy cats are mare long-lived than dogs," says "Encyclopedia Amer- fcana", "Authentic records tell of not a few over twenty years of age and of some even thirty." King May Go To Mediterranean London.--The Daily Express says that the Royal yacht Victoria and Al- bert has been ordered overhauled and made ready for the use of King George early in October. It was sald that the King's doctors were believed to have advised him to fearing that His Majesty will be un- able to face the rigors of another win- ter in London: It was recalled that, at the begin- ning of thé King's illness, the King and Queen '0f Spain offered him a pal- ace at Malaga on the Mediterranean. King Fuad of Egypt also offered him the use of a Mediterranean estate. sn men ifm ion Britain and the U.S.A. Leo Mazxse in the National Review (London). It is a melancholy fact that just as we had persons in high and responsible places in this coun- try anxious to do the dirty work of Berlin befcre the war, which they helped to préCipitate, so since the war responsible statesmen have been crawling around the White House and begging it to boss the Planet. British adjectness is largely liable for the grotesque résult that American financiers are actually invited to re- gulate- the affairs of the Eastern Hemisphere, while the Washington Government formally disclaims all respensibility for their decisions and refuses to 'participate in: any effort to give 'effect to them. Kow-towing to Germany ended so badly that we cannot help belng nervous as to the ultimate upshot of all this kow-tow- ing to Washington and New York, The shake kitten newed piteously outside the back door of the Arthur's home and "She was a very hard worker until She shows her age now, lying around al gpend the winter on the Mediterranean | Deeper They Arve the Blacker It appears the deeper down, the blacker the fish. An exceedingly 'in- teresting specimen is a huge black eel brought up from a depth of thou. sands of feet, with a mouth: that looks as if he: might easily swailow himself. It .s only a short distance south of Bermuda that the European eels have their breeding place, but you will not find any of the Beebe eels among them. The new variety has never before been known and will be christened ater in New York. There are three or four great flah black as night. The black cel though, in length, is the king of the lot. Dr. Beebe's principal trouble is that he. found his field of research here far too rich. He has been prac- tically breaking new ground in this expedition. Modern expeditions do not, as a rule find much that is ab- solutely new. Rather the work is de- voted to gaining a more accurate knowledge of what is already known. But in Dr. Beebe's case avery other ecimen taken from the briny Asap is a néw variety, The Beebe expédition' is wurking largely on fish that live half a mile below the surface of the sea. Thus within 10 miles of the coast line, the expedition has three different classes of fish with which to deal. There are those found near the shore, which sre well known in name at least; then there are the surface ocean fish, and finally the fish found on the ocean bottom. The fish found at a depth of half a mile are largely known all over the world. Identical specimens have been taken. off the coasts of Japan and Ireland. Study How Fish Live A special feature of the work car | ride on by the Beebe expedition is deep-sea diving, for the observation of the habits of fish and the condi- tions under which trey live. At a sea | depth of half a mile conditions are tvastly different from conditions in- | shore or on the surface of the water, wae physical differences are the { most striking----the lack of light, the great pressu nd the low tempera- ture. Total darkness prevails, the pressure is about a ten to the square *h instead of the mere 15 pounds to the square inch, and the tempera- ture is so cold that when the fish are brought to the surface they must nave ice water. A rare fish was once found In [ce- landic waters, with two flaps of skim* attached to two parts of its body without cpparent design, Insile the * skin flap was only ong organ. The Icelandic specimen was a female about two feet in 'ength. The male of the species was never found. Dr. Beebe has now discovered the young --hoth male and female, of this rare species. Both are perfect in form and practically miniatures cf the full- grown fish. The male fish, as found by Dr. Beebe, has an array of small grappling hooks attached to the mouth. Many of the problems of this ex, pedition bave been the extraordlary and fantastic form of some of the deep-sea fish, Until recently only two with lighting apparatus were known, and these were shore fish from the Kast Indies. These two both had a sac or bag below the eyes containing what was supposed to be a mass of luminous bacteria. One specimen was fitted with a film of black plg- ment which 'it could draw up over the. light. Some of Dr. Beebe's specimes of electric fish so-called, were found 500 fathoms underseas, where all living creatures are accustomed to eternal blackness. i sr Aen DYE FOR CELANESE * Celanese, an artificial silk fabric, re- quires a special dye. The material may be detected by burning a fibre. It the ash forms a hard ball the fabrie pa © |la singularly Hi the riers Sens Se ied & | 3 contralto she harrowed his feelings ' ]