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] Europe's Wheat Crop Said Far Below Normal Rellable Reports Estimate Average Loss 26 Per Cent. as Compared With Last Year's Big 'Harvest Reliable Information last week, sald the Associated Press, confirm. ed grain trade reports that Eur. ope's wartime wheat crop was sub- stantially below the 1,640,000,000- bushel average of recent seasons, Oa the basis of data coming very, largely through Broomhall, British trade authority, and Canadian and United States government sources, traders estimated losses range up to more than 33 per cent, compared with last year's big harvest in some localities. The average loss was es- timated at 256 per cent, This would place the orop about 10 per cent, below average of recent years, Whether this deficlency Is to be satisfied by Increased importations or whether Europe is to tighten its belt even more in the face of pos- sible famine in some regions will depend upon the course of the war "_ which has shut oft most of the nor- mal traftic in grain imported by Hurope, trader experts said recent. ly. "What a travesty this is", Rioh- ard Uhlmann, Chicago grain auth. ority, pointed out, "with the world's wheat carryover the largest in history. Unfavorable weather and mobilization of peasant libor (in Nazi-controlled countries) have had thelr efiect;" ! Duchess Uses Legpower "NEY = Restriction on consumption of oil and gasoline in embattled Bri- fain have immobilized almost all private automobiles. The Duchess of Atholl, who is president of the County Red Cross association and other enterprises, manages to get about to her duties on a bicycle. Her Grace is shown here cycling from her home in Eastwood, to her headquarters. Motor Log Makes Trip More Fun Keep Track of the Details of Your Journey In a Notebook ' Especlally for the Purpose As everyone has found, half the fun of a mbotor trip is talk- ing about it afterward, review- ing all the details, Far into the winter, it goes: "We left Uphill a little before six, and got to Down- dale at noon, Two hundred miles, and only seven gallons of gas . . + + " There's a delightful little book which aids these reminis. cences, and makes them entirely authentic, There are spaces for tho date and time of eagh trip, from and to, the number of miles between each stop, the route num- ber, the number of gallons used, and the cost. A page may be uséd . for each day if desired, with the names of each town, At the ba¢k are 'pages of comments, and for the names 'and addresses of ace quaintantés made along the way. Traly no journey is comple without one, Take Care. of .- Milk In Summer " Dairy products are easily con- taminated, Hence, to protect the family's 'health, 'milk should. be kept constantly covered in spot- less containers and at a main. tained temperature of no more than fifty degrees. If the milk is stored in bottles, wash the out side of the bottle, being especial- ly careful to cleanse the mouth and cap. HAs yd TRA SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON VII GOD'S CARE OF HIS PEOPLE, ~--Psalm 23, GOLDEN TEXT-Jehovah is my shepherd; 1 shall mot want. Pe. 23: 1, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time--David lived through most of the eleventh century B.C. This psalm has no date; some place it early in his life, and some late in his life; tentatively we might say that it could have been written about 1040 B.C. The beauty of this little psalm consists first in its calm assur ance of Jehovah's all-sufficiency; and second in the simplicity, var- iety and fullness with which this assurance is set forth. The essen- tial thought is felt to be one from beginning to end, and that thought it sweet, The infinite God is mine, and cares for me, provides for me, is with me. Ev- ery blessing named appears as a personal gift. It is this intense personality which so greatly en- dears' he. psalm. And then there is' a "satisfying conclusion: it is a consummation, which. delights because of the feeling of home- longing to which it appeals, ana which it assures of satisfaction, Jehovah in this psalm is Sheph- erd, Guide, Host -- relation to whoin as sheep, traveller, guest, is easily imagined by every quickéned soul. What the Shepherd Does For Us Ps. 23: 1. Jehovah is my shep. herd; I shall not want. If some- one else were the shepherd, 1 might want. But when the Lord is my shepherd he is able to sup- ply my needs, and he is certainly " willing to do so, for his heart Is full of love. 2, He maketh me to . lie down 'in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters, As God has clothed the earth with verdure of green; because green is the most restful of all colors "for the eye, so God brings the soul into green pastures -- into places where the eye of the soul will be delighted with the things that it beholds, most of all, the beauty of the Lord, the love- - liness of Christ, the holiness of life itself, and the resplendence of the hope which is set before us: -- these!'wonderful truths al- ways rest the fevered and weary soul. : Guide and Restorer 8. He restoreth my soul. Christ uses may restorative ministries. Sometimes it is the word of a friend or minister. Or it may be some lovely mood of nature. Ils guideth me in the paths of right- eousness,- for his name's sake. In the spiritual life, of which the psalmist is "here speaking, the word "path" is a very simple, easily understood symbol of one's conduct, the life, determined by the things he does and the things he does not do. 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow ~ of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Was the Lord able to recover the soul from life's wayside weariness and hunger? He will equally defend and keep it amid .life's deadliest dangers. "Thy rod and thy staff" are not synonymous, for ever the - shepherd of today, though often armed with a gun, carries two in- struments of wood, his great oak club, thick enough to brain a wild beast, and his staff to lean upon or to touch his sheep. Spiritual Joy and Blessing 6. Thou preparest a table be- fore me 'in the presence of mine enemies. In the Lord our God we are secured against the destruct- iveness of our yesterdays, tho - menaces of today, and the dark- ening fears of the morrow. Our enemies are stayed at the door, We are the Lord's guests, and our sancturary is inviolable, Thou hast anointed my head with oil. This_similitude 8 borrowed from- the usage of an Eastern feast, in- which the welcome of the host to his guests is expressed by the precious unguents with which he anoints them on their entrance into his home. Our anointing is ours'in the mind and. intention of God; 'it is for us to seek it, to appropriate it, and' to allow it to be the one blessed consciousness of our life. My cup runneth over. The cup fs a symbol expressing man's ciphbity for' any particular experiences, as a' cup filled 'with suffering, or a cup of joy. Here it saegms to speak of contentment. The cup symbolizes man's desires and needs, and the overflowing cup--the abundant satisfaction of these needs nnd desires, so that the man who has the Lord for his shephetd," and has all the blessing of which the psalmist has just been speaking, krows a life filled, with contentment, 'peace and 'shtisfaction. . Asndtates of Hope 6, Burely goodness and loving- kindness shall follow me all ths days of my life, Not goodness * manner of one's "Andy Hardy" Goes Fishing Below Bow Falls, Canadian Rockies Sure, it's Mickey himself busy casting for trout in the beautiful Bow River below tumbling Bow Falls. He hasn't got one yet, but there's lots of trout in that river and he'll have one before long or thai look of concentration means nothing. Picture was taken round the end of July when young Mr, Rooney, on holiday between pictures, was a guest for several days at the Banff Springs Hotel. --C.P.R. Photo, alone, for we are sinners needing forgiveness. Not mercy alone, for we nced many things besides for- giveness. But each with the other linked--goodness to supply every want; mercy to forgive every sin. God will not break off his kind- ness, nor suffer his faithfulness to fail, nor forsake the works of his hands, for "his mercy endur- eth forever." And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever. 1 shall be a.member of his house- hold, a member of his family, enjoying his protection, holding communion with him, and subsist- ing on his bounty. David surely must be thinking of life beyond the grave, of fellowship with God in a heavenly home. - A commercial treaty was sign- ed between Norway and Great . Temper--Your Voice When 'angry a person invariah- ly raises his voice in pitch as well as in volume. Hundreds of ex- periments with the human voice have been conducted by two em- inent professors, Dr. Grant Fair- banks and Dr. Wilbert Pron- ovos, of the State University of Iowa, in which film and stage actors as. well as business men and women in all walks of life have figured. They have discover- ed that when rage or fear grips one, the voice goes up a full oc- tave above the pitch level for indifference, contempt, or grief. These three range in the neigh- bourhood of low C. When actors portray emotion their voices cov- er a pitch range of fully three octaves. Britain as long ago as 1217. RADIO REPORTER By DAVE ROBBINS AUTUMN FORECAST Although this } hot weather summer it will not be long until the cooler fall days, and all the 'new ~programs--of the 1941 sea- son will be making their bows. This fall - will 'see great changes in faces and casts, as well as types of shows, on all the net- works and major stations. The public is clamouring for new radio shows -- not some- thing just done over from the old pattern, as the Charlie McCarthy show was. This season will see Eddie Cantor back on the air lanes; Fred -Allen-in-a new show --on a new. network--and you will hear many newcomers to radio taking star parts in the new, pro- grams. So you can look forward to mr real season of top-notch enter tainment this fall and winter! A MODEST BEGINNING Playing stooge te a star is he always an ignominious role. Nicol- as Massue is an example. He is the well-known Montreal tenor who is frequently heard as guest soloist with the '"Sevillana" pro- gramme, presented over the CBC network Saturdays at 8.30 p.m. He tells this story of his modest beginning in the world of opera: He was sitting patiently await ing an audition in an agent's of- fice in Milan, In the sanctum sanctorum a well-known prima donna was. singing for the agent. When she came to her favourite aria from "Butterfly", she refus- ed to sing without the aid of a £ tenor. The agent knew better than to cross her, and in desper- ation he faced the line of aspir- ants in the waiting room. "A tenor," he cried--"any tenor". Massue answered, sang with the soprano and when the audition ended, he, and not the lady, was handed the contract. The follow- ing week he made his debut as the Duke in "Rigoletto." GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS CBC listeners will have an op- portunity of following the pro- gress of the 1940 Canadian Open Golf Championship tournaments which are to be played onthe course of the Scarborough Golf and Country Club. The special events department has arranged- to cover the story in a number of specially scheduled periods on three days of the play. Thrsdeds August 15, and Friday, August 16, at 1.00 to 1.30 and 7.00 to 7.16 p.m., EDST; Saturday, Aug- ust 17, at 1.30 to 200, 6.16 to 6.30 and 6.45 to 7.00 p.m. EDST are the times announced for the commentaries, running reports of the play, and, Yinally, the descrip- tion of the Seagram Gold Cup. T. 0. Wickland and Roy Dil- worth will handle the broadcasts, which will be made available through the use of a double short wave set-up. Pick transmitters and Mobile Unit No, 1 will con- tribute to the technical efficiency of the broadcasts, so that golf 'enthusiasts hundred of miles from the scene will be able to hear the top-notch club wielders in their great moments, --l Saving Ontario's Natural Resources +e aaa a 2 (No. 8) Much has been written" about the passenger pigeon and its dis- appearance. The best account we have for the species in Ontario is by Margaret H. Mitchell in Contribution No, 7 "of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology and 1 do 'not intend to. repeat a too familiar story. But every bit of evidence we have shows that man was solely responsible for the ex- tinction of these birds. In one year, 1878, at Petoskey, in Mich- igan, market hunters shipped ov- er a million pigeons from one colony. No bird, no matter how abundant, could stand such de- struction, RECORD OF DESTRUCTION White pine makes the bast lumber of any of our native soft woods, Formerly it grew in a great belt across Ontario from Lake Huron to the Ottawa. Lum- bering for this pine started early in the 19th century. The trees were made into square timbers that were floated down our rivers and shipped around the world. The only virgin stands of white pine that remains are in Algon- quin Park for it took only 60 years to despoil the growth cof centuries. WE CAN REPLENISH The record of the destruction and waste of many of our natural resources can be duplicated every- where on the continent. Looking back we can see the mistakes but our forbears believed that the wild life, the foross and the fish- es would last forever. This was quite understandable but we should endeavor to avoid similiar optimism. We can replenish many of our depleted resources but it will take a long time. Farm Notes . . . THE SPRING WHEAT THAT CAME THROUGH Winter-killing of "Fall Wheat is one of the commonest argu- ments. against seceding this im- portant crop, writes Prof, Hen:y G. Bell, fo the Ontario Agricul- tural College, Guelph. Winter- killing may be occasioned by poor drainage, continued drought in fall, dessication or drying out due to cold blistering winds in late winter and early spring, or star- vation due to deficiency in plant- food. A well-nourished Wheat crop will usually survive low tem- peratures and drying _ winds of winter and early spring. ; Ten Fall Wheat growers in the Niagara Peninsula reported little difference in appearance between fertilized and unfertilized Wheat last fall. In spring they reported an average winter-kill of un- fertilized Wheat amounting to 24%, but only 8% -winter-kill of adjoining fertilized Wheat. AN OUTSTANDING SURVIVAL One outstanding survival oc- curred on the farm of Mr. Mor- rison Comfort, St. Anns, Last fall as winter set in, Mr. Comfort re- ported the unfertilized Wheat about 80% normal, and the un- fertilized about 40%. His soil test showed the field to be acid in reaction (5. Op H) medium well supplied with nitrate nitro- gen and potash, but very low in available phosphoric acid. Fertil- izer was applied at 250 Ibs. per acre to half of the area. This spring the Agricultural Repre- sentative of Lincoln County grail- ed the fertilized area 90% norm- al, and the unfertilized 30%. The average yields and. weights per bus. for fertilized and unfer- tilized Wheat in the 1939 tests were as follows: -- Fertilized--43.9 bus. per A. weighing 59.0 lbs. per bus.; Un- fertilized--33.1 bus per A. weigh- ing 58.0 lbs. per bus.; Gain from fertilizer--10.8 bus. per A. and 1.0 Ibs. increase in Wt. Per Bus. One-Sided Beings Limbs on the right side of the human body are nearly always bigger than those on the left. Champ Hair-Splitter The Americans claim to turn out the finest machine tools and is George G. Webber, of Cleve- land, Ohio, whose steel blocks are finished so perfectly that when placed together they stick as though welded, and must be slid apart. Recently he was engaged in a job wheré: he had to work to eight millionths of an inch, & measurement so fine that it is dif- ticult to imagine, It is like split ting a hair, and then subdividing .it eight or ten times. When work- ing to such limits, Mr, Webber takes into consideration the hea of his body and the light throwh oft by the electric bulbs in h's workshop. b ; Ss i ge ] By William Ferguson SQUARE INCH CF SURFACE BREATHE THROUGH " PORTHO. "* ALONG THEIR. SIDES. 1H SN pe ERY THis Curious WORLD WAS USED IN CANNONS |i DURING THE 14-TH CENTURY/ THE PROUECTILES SOMETIMES WEIGHED |, COPR. 1918 BY NEASERVICE INC. SEA PRESSURE increases at the rate of a ton to the square inch Off the island ot Mindanao, in the Philip- pines group, soundings of 35,400 feet have been reported. with each mile of depth t NEXT: Are red squirrels good swimmers? 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