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se Ad i " pe » 8 \ hd - August Biggest : -Building Month In Canada This Year--Largest Number of Contracts Awarded Contracts awarded for all types of eonstruction throughout Canada for the month of August, as compiled by. MacLean Building Reports Lim- ted, amounted to $22,113,400 as eompared with $21,158,200 for July. This is the highest monthly total for the year to date and is the seventh consecutive month to reg- ister an Increase over the preceding month, Awards for eight months to date total $123,926,800, the highest since 1931 with the exception of 1937, when the total for the first eight months was $159,691,900. Ontario In The Lead Ontario provided the largest por tion of the month's total with $9, 927,300; Quebec, $6,749,900; British Columbia, $1,661,900; Nova Scotia, $1,067,000; Manitoba, $923,400; New Brunswick, $881,600; Alberta, $534, 000; Saskatchewan, $415,700; P. E. Island, $52,600. , Contracts awarded for projects on fhe Island of Montreal amounted 0 $2,464,200 as compared with $1, 627,400 for the Toronto metropoli- tan area. Total for year to date, Montreal, $12,002,700; Toronto, $14, 784,900. ' Contemplated new construction for August amounted to $24,617,600 as compared with $24,672,100 for July. Total for year to date, $207, 808,200. -~ f Alfalfa Seed ~ Crop Prospect Second Yield Is Expected To Be Better In Ontario This Year --Increase in Prairies It is yet too early to estimate the total yield of the alfalfa seed crop in Canada for this year, states the Plant Products Division, Dominion Department of Agricul- ture. A great deal will depend on the setting of seed of the second crop of alfalfa in Ontario where most of the seed is grown in Can- ada. The first crop in Ontario failed to set seed, but it is hoped that the second erop will turn out better. The second crop has bloomed well under variable weather conditions for seed set- ting. . The alfalfa seed crop in the Prairie Provinces has increased re- markably in the last few years. The estimated crop this year is 2% million pounds as compared with 1% million pounds in 1937. This is due to an increased ucre- age. It is mostly of the Grimm, Cossak and "Ladak strains. The western crop will, therefore, fur- nish a fine supply of seed for the rest of Canada even if the Ontario crop is light, which is likely from present appearances. ¢ Finnish Attitud Towards Women Finland Was - First European Country To Give Them The Franchise--Fair Sex Given . Equal Chance With Men In : Work Everyone knows, or should know, that Finland was the first country in Europe to grant the suffrage to its women, writes A. M. P. in the Glasgow Herald. One hour in Helsingfors is enough to ~.8how the visitor that that Act was - no piece of party legislation rush- ed through in a national crisis, but the natural outcome of a definite attitude towards women. Female Bricklayers For when, on arrival, the visitor boards. a bus, her route is sug- gested by a woman conductor. When she enters a bank to change her money, the transaction is promptly carried through by a wo- man teller. When she inspects the House of Parliament she walks through grounds tended by women gardeners into a Senate House where 16 out of 100 members are women; ' When she watches the building of the néw flats springing up on every side she sees women bricklayers sharing the work on walls and roof with men. When e visits the Naticnal Gallery and useum, educated women curators in the different rooms are ready to inform and guile, This does not imply that men have been banished to the wilds of Lapland and the coun: handed over to a horde of ons, but if the evidence of our eyes counts. for anything it means that in man- ual and in clerical work they have an equal chance. ; To make the outsides of sponge cakes tempting looking and at- tractive golden brown, grease the = tin with butter and sprinkle it thickly with fruit sugar before putting in the mixture. Dust the top of the cake with sugar and cover it with kitchen paper whilst in the oven. . El , protection, j $37.50 Beautiful _ vanity, Cl assified Advertising AGENTS WANTED MEDICAL What, Science x |g oing * ATTENTION! AGENTS ALL OVER Canada are making spare time money showing Yuletide Christ- mas Cards. A dignified and profit- able occupation which means dol- lars for you. 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PULLETS WANTED ---- BARRED Rocks, White Rocks, New Hamp- shire Reds, White Leghorns, State age and price wanted. Box TH, 73 Adelaide W., Toronto. QUILTING PATCHES FOR SALE QUILTING PATCHES, LARGE BUN- dle, enough for five quilts, $1, postage prepaid. Riegler's, 282 Armadale, Toronto. RABBITS DOROVILLE RABBITRY, ville, B.C. Breeders of Angoras, Flemish Giants, New Zealands, Chinchillas. Write for Catalogue, PARKS- RESOLE YOUR SHOES CHEAPLY YOUR SHOES RESOLED, 25¢ PAIR. You spread Leatherine like butter on leather, rubber. Dries tough overnight. b50c can prepaid. Mon- eyback guarantee. Lewis Pro- ducts, 77 Victorla, Toronto. SPORTING GOODS CATALOGUE SHOWING RIFLES, guns, ammunitions, gun sights and sundries. Hunters, trappers, pros- pectors needs, all priced low. Write for your copy today. Hallam, Dept. L, Toronto, Ontario. The man who gives his best to his work gets the most out of it. An officer on board a battleship was drilling his men: Officer (explaining)--"I want every man to lie on his back, put his legs in the. air, and move them as if he were riding a bicycle. Now begin!" After a short effort, one of them stopped: Officer--""Why have you stop- ped, Cassidy?" Cassidy ---- "If you please, sir, 'I'm coasting." A man looking at some ties tossed one or two aside, contempt- ously. Lingering after 'having made his purchase, he notices that the clerk put those he had 80 positively rejected in a separ- ate box: Man -- "What those?" Salesman--*'We sell them to the women who come in here to Luy ties for men." becomes of The Builder Character is the foundation stone upon which one must build to win the respect and admiration of his fellows . . . . Failure to build on the solid bedrock of char- acter means that all else will be superficial, with results sure to be disappointing. A man on trial for his life was being examined by a group of alienists. Suddenly one doctor Jumped up and shouted to him: -_ddg ALL-ELECTRIC FARM A Wellsian peep into the fu- ture of farming was afforded vis- itors to the Royal Agricultural Show at Cardiff, Wales, in a dis- play of electrical machinery which some day may turn farming into an arm-chair industry. Laboratory wizards have per- fected electrical gadgets which do almost everything but eliminate the hen in- egg laying and poultry raising. And in a low-roofed shed the same magical force grows enough food for ten milk cows-- which increases their yield con- tinuously. The miracle of the food-growing shed is accomplished by t'ers of shallow trays over which are spread grains of corn or any other cereal, although corn has been found to respond better than the others. Electri¢ heat applied to the trays acts so quickly and effi- ciently that ten inches of growth can be brought about in eight days. ---- WORLD'S RAREST GAS A new still that manufactures three quarts a day of the rarest gas in the world, heavy nitrogen, was announced last week by Col- umbia University. - The difference between ordin- ary ditrogen and heavy nitrogen, though small, is of great import. ance to chemists. The first use is to attach these rare molecules to food. There they replace ordinary nitrogen. They permeate the liv- ing tissues the same as the som- mon nitrogen and because of their greater weight, 'their course through the body can be traced. Biologists are using this method to find out where nutrients go af- ter digestion, and how long they stay in the body. VITAMIN "K"" ISOLATED Complete isolation of vitamin "K""--diet factor necessary for coagulation of blood -- was an- nounced this week by Dr. Edward A. Doisy, St. Louis University re- search chemist. Dr, Doisy said the transparent and colorlecs crystals of pure vitamin were ob- tained from an alfalfa meal oil. England's physical fitness pro- gram has already cost $14,000,- 000. - 0) / Chantlecles (OF {CYAN 28 30 I BS 27:1 2d 8 2 $Y DOUBLE AUTOMATIC BOOKLET Casa Loma "Canadiana" will be returned to Ottawa about Sept. 30th. Tree catalogues will be given to every public school child attending next Saturday. Regular price is 20c. These catalogues contain 25 plates of historical pictures now at Casa Loma and this offer is to give the children and the parents the op- Commission to Probe Ontario's Mental Hospitals Clifford Magone, solicitor M.P.P., LEFT to RIGHT, form a commission appoint ed by the Ontario provincial government to investigate mental hospitals in the province. Spi The commission w Hepburn indicated that the commission was appointed retained in mental hospitals unjusly. to the attorney-general's d®artment; Dr. W. H. ill begin its probe at London, Oat. C in the belief that many patients are committed and Avery, and Lionel Conacher, Premier M. F. Doctor--*"Quick, how many feet has a centipede?" : Man (coming back in a dry, dry voice) --"Gad, is that all you have to worry about?" When 1 leave this mortal shore To mosey 'round this earth no more-- Don't weep; don't sigh; don't pine; don't sob; I may have found a better job. Don't stand around me feeling blue, I may be better off than you. Don't tell the folks I was a saint Or any old thing that I ain't. If you have "bunk" like that to spread, Please pass it out before I am dead. Jf you have roses, bless your soul, Just pin one in my buttonhole-- Today--while I'm alive and well. Don't wait 'till I'm safe in (Hea- ven).-- Author unknown. . A general, who was widely known for his temper and for his strict insistence upon implicit obedience to orders, was in com- man of a base camp. He met a soldier carrying a steaming kettle from the camp cookhouse: General (ordering)--*"Here you are, let me taste that!" Soldier--*"But, sir, it isn't--" General --"Don't give me any 'buts'. Get me a spoon!" Soldier--"Very good, sir." The soldier went back to the cookhouse and got a spoon. While the soldier stood at attention the General helped himself to a spoon-__ ful of the liquid, and immediately spat it out. General (roaring angrily) -- "You don't call that soup, do you?" Soldier--"No, sir, that's what 1 was trying to tell you. It's dis- .infectant, sir." The Contributor wrote -- "The enclosed are original and have never been published." The Editor (returning them) re- plied--"I can quite believe it." Teacher--"If you added, seven- ty-six thousand, nine hundred and twenty-three to eighty-one thous- and, four hundred and twelve, what would you get?" ' Pupil--"A wrong answer." Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all inclusive Canadian National Rail- 'ways System for the week ending September 7, were ...... $3689,291 as compared with ........ 3,789,198 for the corresponding period of 1987, a de- crease of ...cccvvirninnee. $49,007 i Farm Forum <> <> ¢ > oo 1. Q. "Il have been wondering if I could sow fertilizer by hand in "the Spring when the ground is still moist, and cultivate it in. Would 1 get good results?" R. B., Durham Co. A. I would say that our exper fence does not favour broadcasting fertilizer for grain, or root crops. Greatest benefit is obtained from fertilizer for these crops when the material is concentrated to a large extent near the young growing seed. When the same fertilizer is sown broadcast, it is so dispersed through the growing area that the young plant is unable to obtain a maximum benefit from it. I would certainly advise you to obtain a drill from fertilizer dropping at- tachment for the sowing of fertiliz- er on your grain crops, if this is at all possible. Of course, on meadow crops and on alfalfa, broadcasting is about the only way that fertilizer can be applied. 2, Q. "In our disirict we use considerable manure which we find convenient to haul to our market gardens in the winter time. We have three main methods of ap- plying. this manure to the ground, namely: (1) Spreading it right off the truck. (This method is easy enough, except sometimes the man- ure is caky, or frozen.) (2) Making about eight piles in pyramid form from each load, and later (in March or April) spreading it about, man-power only. (3) Putting the manure in a big pile about five feet high, and after leaving it to heat for a week or ten days, it is spread with a horse drawn wagon. } Now, to settle an argument, and also to find out which method is the best to use, both from the standpoint of cost and also total value which the soil receives, 1 wonder would you kindly let me know your opinion, which I konw will be based on facts which you have gathered over a period of years? -- D. W. P,, York Co. A. It is our: experience that a certain amount ®f available plant. food is lost out of manure no mat- ter how it is handler. If your land is fairly well sup- plied with organic matter, and is not side-hill land, spreading it from the truck woud be alright provid- ed the snow is not too deep. I do not favour the second method you mention (small piles) because ff you get much bright weather be- fore the manure is spread, quite a bit of the organic matter will be dried up and blown away, or oxid: ized, and considerable of the Nitro gen will have escaped as Ammonia, The manner in which you will lose the least amount of plantfood is to put the manure in a large pile about five feet high, and keep it well tramped so as to prevent too much heating. If you allow it to heat very severely so that the manure shows fire-fanging when you open up the pile, there will have been much loss in Nitrogen and organic matter. However, if you can keep it, compacteq as solid- ly as it would be if cattle were al ways tramping over it, it should be in good shape for Spring use as soon as the time for spreading out arises. I believe you will find these op- inions borne out by tests in many places as well as our own exper fence at this institution. years, the famous theatre in London pantomime at the Woods" three Lane After Drury will present a Christmas, "Babe in being the attraction. portunity of viewing and studying these inteyesting and educational prints and pictures. There Are over 500 [pictures and ptints in all. The famous painting "The Fall of Nineveh" will remain a few weeks longer. It is expected that the picture will go to the World's Fair, New York. I: has 29 life size figures and is valued at over $50,000. Slow Lightning When a flash of lightning is not followed by a thunderclap, you may be certain that it is what is known technically as a 'slow" flash. That is, it has not dis- charged energy at the usual rate, Thunder is caused by the re- lease of energy in millignths of a second, but according to K. DB. McEachron, expert of the General Electric Company, when a flash is not followed by thurder, the re- lease takes from one to two-tenths of a second, and such discharges are far less destructive than those accompanied by thunder. Thunder, incidentally, is the re- sult of a wave of pressure caused by a rapid expansion of air re- sulting from a quick dis:hatge of energy. Turkey has abolished its con- sumption tax on medicines, CE ET IN) GOING TO TOWN? CL Remember to get "fy 8 ~~) your copy of this Toronto 2 Star Weekly, SEAN week's Caked Udder Cleared Experienced dairymen find Minard's particularly good for treating caked udder, lumps, bruises, colic, etc, Keep bottles in stable and house. ol "KING OF PAIN" LINiMENT WHAT / ALL THESE EXTRA FEATURES COST NO MORE ? THATS RIGHT, | vot ONE CENT MORE / = ee ZEXTAg £010, HUES GUM UOIPPED CORDS Eo (58% Sthomaen) SCIENTIFICALLY "DESIGNED SAFETY . TRERD Never before have so many people been changing over to Firestone Tires. They know that they can buy Firestones with' full confidence of getting the most mileage for the least amount of money, for only in Firestone tires can you get all the Firestone extra features that assure you extra mileage--extra safety and extra value--all at the same price. as ordinary tires! Your nearest Firestone Dealer has Firestone tires in all price classes to suit every purse. See him when you need tires and be sure of getting your full money's worth, irestone Seifert linea (27a hui il HIGH AY 17] 14/.{3) a PAR nN WE a ay d Sd UP geno Pa a That a Erie © alae ra PATE fe w or ET a aan ) Lh " t & < §; rr Sr Sp Sn Spo Cpr Ll oe a oe ots 2A A Fa { oe Et Re I) ass "5 a Ly 4 ry noth a T IY rfid g el YA, os ons PR I