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» accepted as certified seed. 'Bird Cages Certified Seed - Potatoes Best Good Seed Brings Assurance of High Quality Crop Says Ont. Dept. of Agriculture It Ontario potato growers hope to bolster sales in their own province, they must first of all obtain the hest possible seed Jotatoes and CERTIFIED SEED S THE BEST. Good seed is fundamental to the production of good crops of high quality potatoes regardless of whether the crops are intended for seed or table use. Apparent soundness of seed tubers does not guarantee freedom from disease for despite good appearance they may carry virus diseases not re- cognizable in the tubef but which may seriously affect the yield and quality of the crop, the Ont. Dept. of Agriculture cautions, FREE FROM DISEASE Certified seed does not mean seed potatoes entirely free from all discases and blemishes, for such a result is not possible un- der quantity production, but ev- ery effort is made to certify po- tatoes only from fields that are practically free from disease and where plants are vigorous and true to variety, Commercial potato growers whose own potatoes are badly in- fected with disease or certain mixed varieties will find it de- "tidedly advantageous to plant certified seed of such varieties as are available, even though they may not ordinarily be considered as the most suitable varicties for their particular district. , If the official tag is not on each and every container, the potatoes in them should not be Good seed has been made available to the potato industry by this sys- tem of potato certification and commercial growers should. take advantage of the opportunity to secure a supply. New High Commissioner Arrives in Canada This picture of the new British High: Commissioner. to. Canada, Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald was taken as he stood outside his pri- | vate car-at-the railway station in Montreal, Go Streamline New Drum-Shaped Ones Also ' 8een; Made of Chromium SCTE Rte Z Bird cages are being designed to reflect new style of decora- tions, says the New York Times, For those who follow the contem- porary mode in room arrangement there are scintillating cages made of chromium in the most modern . shapes. Drum-shaped " éxamples . hang from a circular ring sup-- ported by a metal" standard; streamlined 'cages with dunded: ends and flat sides are provided with sheets of chromium along the base to prevent the feed from . falling to the floor, FIT IN WITH ROOM SCHEME In period roorls cages with wooden frames in mahogany fin ish may be. used, supported by .a tarned vase-shaped standard cop- fed from a colonial piecrust- table pedestal. If you are particular about' having; your cage fit in with your room eolor scheme, you may: choose: one of metal, énam- eled vermillon, 'green or white. « are. equipped with: holders: for flower pots, * i "the surface. - cenit; -increa Saving Ontario's Natural Resources s» By:G, C, Toner Ontario Federation of Auglers and Hunters (Neo. 38) BASS CULTURE The raising of young bass is one of the most difficult prob- lems in fish culture, for unlike the trout or the whitefish, the basses cannot be stripped of their eggs as this process kills the par- ent fish, Fishes which spawn in schools are of such a nature that. their eggs and sperm flow freely from the body when ripe, but the Bass must build a nest, come to- gether in pairs, and spread the egg laying period over several days. Apparently, one reason for this is that the eggs of the female do not ripen all at the same time. "Since this is so we must 'bring the adult bass together in ponds, leave them to pair naturally, and leave the male bass with the nest for several weeks. This can best be understood if I explain the way in which the basses repro- duce, In natural waters, when they warm in the spring, the male bass selects a site protected against wave action and to some extent, from natural enemies. He 'clears the ooze from this site by fanning with his tail and lower fins, leaving a cleared circular area of gravel. This is the nest. Hatching of Young Bass When the nest is completed, if the water-temperature has reach- ed 65° the male drives a female over the nest and a few of her eggs are extruded and fertilized by the male. This is repeated a number of times until there are several thousand eggs in the gravel of the nest. Then the male mounts guard, driving away all other fishes including the fe- males. He watches the eggs for several weeks and when they hatch guards the young for some time. The young at first are very tiny and live on the egg sacit which is still attached to their bodies. In a week or so they have grown considerably and have absorbed the remainder of the yolk. They are now ready to feed and rise to The male bass seems to. know that his job is finished and he drives into the school scattering them in all directions, This is" why we find young. bass in July scattered all through the shallow waters if the hatch has been "successful for that year, Canada's Railways Increase Revenue Gross Intake During 1940 Was The Best In A Decade-- Freight Trains Earned Much More Gross revenues of Canadian railways during 1940 soared to their highest point since 1930, reaching $424,820,629, compared with, $363,326,824 ins 1939, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics has -" reported, : At the same time, operating expenses were heavier than dur-. ing the previous year by $29,605,- 507, transportation expenses were up $18,650,569 and. maintenance expenses higher by '$16,348,049 the report said, ; Expenses Heavier The operating income. was in- creased by $27,606,404, from $46,649,265 to $74,156,656. Freight traffic measured in . ton-miles' was heavier than in 1939 by 20.5 per cent., and pas. senger miles increased by, 24.5 per cent. Total payroll increased "by $18,091,277, from $191,101,- 727 to $204,103,004, for an av- erage of 121,009 employees in 1939 and 127,028 in 1940, - Freight trains earned 16 cents more per train-mile than in 1939 and carried 84.9 more tons .of revenue freight. Passenger trains showéd higher earnings per train- mile of 80 cents and carried 10.5 more passengers per: train-mile, .. _C.N.R. Revenue up 22.7% "Of the gross revenue totals, $212,300,711 was made up of Canadian National Railways earn- ings,- which showed a 22.7° per ¥ from: the 1939" fig. ure of $178,069,119, } . Canadian Pacific Railway. Com- pany. gross revenues towards the total were $171,636,474-- ga 12.7 per cent. increase from $152,148, 9938 in 1939, Pine Cone Found In Spruce Wood While sawing a piece of spruce wood, John Walker, of Windsor, came across an unusual formation, Inside 'of the. wood was found a piece of pine cone which had apparently been lodged there fuite A number of years dgo. The cone had turned to a ruddy color but: was still in an excellent sta of preservation, ; where ~ struggle of a | fateful More than thirty Lockheed Hudson bom « they'll be dismantled and shipped 'to England via beats. They're part of the steady flow of American i : planes which have greatly bolstered the R.A.F. bers are assembled at F ------ loyd Bennett Airport in New York, THE WAR-WEE K--Commentary on Current Events ~~ BALKAN FRONT IS STAGE OF MAJOR WAR DRAMA "People of the Empire should be profoundly grate- ful that in the Nazi path Greece and Yugoslavia have become active -obstacles, But . the chief obstacle to Nazi am- bitions is still Britain . . . The threat of invasion of her own island has not passed; that danger will grow as the spring advances . . Battle of the Atlantic, be won, is . {.] yet to the. most vital L"---Prime Min. ister Mackenzie King.. . LJ » At the start of the tremendous war drama in the Balkans, an in- itial series of triumphs for the' German military mathine in both Yugoslavia and Greece appeared all but inevitable. Hitler Must Act Fast Far from. inevitable, however, (wrote Edwexd Bomar of the Associated Press) was it that such victories asthe early capture. of Belgrade and the overrunning of the Yugoslavs' richest areas would be followed: by the smashing of all ob; tacles to- the Nazi drive to the (east. "Only the verdict of battles to the south could decide whether Hitler's gen- erals would be able to.pmatch in the Balkans the quick victories won in the Low Countries and in France last year,"' Mr. Bomar continued, in one of the clearest analyses of the situation made last week. "They are forced by necessity. to try to execute in a hurry Hitler's injunction to smash the dangerous new British-Greek- 8erb- alliance and drive the Brit ish forces from southeastern Eur- ope. With United States aid in- creasing steadily though slowly, time is no ally of the Nazis . , , Germany is faced with the neces- sity of a quick decision to avoid the alternative of a long struggle with its perils that Turkey. and] even Russia might join the foes." Most military observers saw in the Balkan campaign the major - part of an attempt to wrest con- trol of the entire' Mediterranean {from Britain and to win the war this year, Another part of the same drive. was the new Nazi campaign in Libya which might develop into a drive to close the Mediterranean at Gibraltar from the south (instead of from Spain) --with or. without the aid ---- of the idle French Army in Mor- occo. At Turkey's Back Door But Germany could never con- quer. the Mediterranean unless Turkey were first put out of the picture, either by military con- quest or by diplomacy. The pro- Axis coup in Iraq last week plac- ed Turkey in a doubly dangerous position--German air bases could now be located at her back door. _ It was believed that Hitler would shortly demand- that Turkey be- tray her alliances or be herself attacked. In the latter event, there was no question that Turkey * would defend herself with all-the force she could muster. Last week though still non-belligerent, Turkey was helping the anti-Axis allies in more ways than one, chief of which consisted in keep- ing the Bulgarian army immobil- ized. (British quarters hinted last week in Istanbul that: Turkey might declare war soon. They suggested she would @main on the defensive, but could permit Brit- ain to uge Turkish air bases and to move warships through the Dardanelles jnto the Black Sea.) U.S.: Approaches Zero Hour In Washington last week, the opinion---of most observers was that April was likely to be the month for events which . would gend the United States into the war. It was thought that the U.S., if any ruptures in foreign relations were made, would break with Italy first, then Germany. Before another moith was up, ob- servers said; the American nu- tion would be very close to the state of actual belligerency -- a state of war can and may be es- tablished without formal declara- tion. The future war role of the United States was just about at the zero hour. -- Matsuoka to Moscow Japan's Foreign Minister Mat- * suoka left Berlin "suddenly" last week for home, having been en- tertained in two Axis capitals to several exhibitions of fireworks that went "'pfft!" (Italy's Ionian Sea disaster in an engagement with the British Navy and Yugo- slavia's stand: against Germany). En route back to Japan, Matsuoka stopped off in Moscow again for an important appointment rela- tive to negotiation of a Russo- Japanese non-aggression pact, His meeting there with Soviet officials 3 was watched very closely by the British, who, according to foreign military observers recently ' re- turned from the Far East, be- lieved that if Japan were success- ful in concluding such a pact. she would start a.land, sca and air attack on Hong Kong. "Waiting Period" at End? In the Dutch East Indies, too, authoritative circles were of a similar mind. There the view was that the "waiting period" in the Far East would shortly come to an end and that concrete action toward Japan's aim of a "new order" in Asia would be exped- ited. Reports that Thailand would very soon join the Axis and shar- pen the crisis in the Paifie, cen- tering on Singapore, appeared to be well substantiated. The Book Shelf. ; "NEW IMPROVED CULBERT- SON SYSTEM" (1941) Here ave the latest rules in con- tract bridge summarized for you by Ely Culbertson himself. The . first basic changes that have been made in the Culbertson System in six years are completely deserib- ed in this little book. With its ~ help, you can play with any part- ner, whether average player, ad- vanced, or expert. ($1.35). "CONTRACT BRIDGE SELF. TEACHER" By Ely Culbertson The world's greatest authority on contract bridge, in an entirely new book on the game, has sim- plified "bidding and play so that anyone can now learn expert methods easily and quickly. 39 clear" lessons teach you how--and 36 practice drills. All you need is a book and pencil. ($1.35). Toronto: John C. Winston Co. Limited, Publishers. Dogs Going Into Action On Birds Spring Field hats of On. tario Bird Dog Association Are Being Held at Niagara: on-the-Lake Next Week-end The cream of the bird dogs In Ontario will display their wares at Niagara-on-the-Lake on April 19th and 20th, when the Ontario Binl Dog Association will hold {ts sixth "Annual Spring Field Trials, Spanlels, -Setters and Pointers will be seen in action on birds. The first stake to be run on Sat- urday, the 19th, is an open event for Pointer and Setter puppies and some Itkely contenders are expect- 'ed to take the field. This trial is echeduled for 1 o'clock. 'x Two Spaniel trials wil also be run on Saturday afternoon, a trial for Novico Spaniels and the Open' Spaniel Stake, Dr. John Barnes, Willlamsvllle, N. Y. and G. S. Steckles, Welland, will judge the Spaniel trials. SPANIELS, SETTERS, POINTERS Two trials for Setters and Point- ers are on the card for the second day. In the morning Novice Setters and Pointers, owned In Ontario, will- show their stuff and in the afternoon in the Open All Age Stake foy Setters and Pointers will be run. Geo. W, Boag, Woodstock, Ont, Secretary of the Association predicts big fields in all trials. As usual, it Is expected that New York State kennels will be well repre- sented in the events, particularly in the open stake for Sctters and Pointers on the second day's pro- gramme, Tommy Thomas, Rochest- er, N.Y, and Don Crawford, Kings- . ville, Ont. will judge the trials for Setters and Pointers, : The Prince of Wales Hotel, Nla- gara-on-the-Lake will be head- quarters for the mdéet and road signs will be posted to mark. the courses forthe benefit of the big gallery of spectators which is ex- pected to witness the trials, Ugly, Poorly Built . Homes Lack Value Failure to design buildings of attractive architectural style is an evil which must be combatted to improve conditicns of home own- ership, according to authorities. Other conditions which make for poor mortgage security are bad construction, poor workman- ship, improper use of materials, or uge of infericr materials, and inefficient or objectionable voom proportion and arrangement, SCOUTING . . . a The proceeds of a "single dog derby" for boys and girls of Rouyn and Noranda of 16 years and under, sponsored by the Nor- anda Firemen, went to the camp- ing fonds of the, Reuyn-Noranda Scouts, Rules for the race barred the use of whips: . . * An indoor campfire program, conducted in the main hall of St. 'John's Church, Peterborough, was the entertainment feature of the anpual banquet get-together of some 200 Cubs, Scouts, Rovers and parents. . . . At a meeting of the Sarnia Boy Scouts Association, which'was in.» part run as a demonstration Boy Scout Troop, adult members be- came boys in the various patrols, During the evening several of the members were-invested as Scouts. . . 800 magazines for soldiers' reading: ro ms were collected in one week by the Boy Scouts of Dartmcuth, N.S., and 2,729 were gathered in a month by a Winni- peg Boy Scout Group, . . - Three Boy Scouts of Bristol, England, own and operate their own mobile tea canteen. They carried on during the heaviest Nazi bombing of the port, serving a hot drink and sandwiches to firemen and A.R.P. workers. VOICE PRESS = NOT ALL SO LUCKY Niagara is to keep its beatty, but the upper stretches of the St. Lawrence are due for some 'sad treatment if, as and when the deep waterways scheme mataorial- izes, -- Stratford Beacon-Hehald EXTREMELY DANGEROUS It is unlawful for a pedestrian to stand on the travelled portion of a roadway to beg rides or sell articles. It is als) extremely dangerous to stand or idle in any roadway where motor wraffic passes. --~--=Hamilton Spectator THINK NATIONALLY A Member of Parliament from Saskatchewan claims that, but for the development of the Western | Provinces, Ontario would still be! a backwoods district. This is a highly theoretical statement," but |. in any case it would be better for this and all M.P.'s to think in terms not of the West or of On- tario, but in terms of the. Domin- ion of Canada. "2 Brantford Expositor J t "You can no more regiment fun than Hitler can regiment love." --Cornelia Otis Skinner LIFE'S LIKE THAT 7 Vy ¥ ZN, 0, 7 wv? " 3.25 LEED NEA a2, _ 507777 Ye vg 2 By Fred Neher Zax Se Gk (777% : (Ochyright, 1999, Vy Tied Nober) | . "Doin' yer plowin' early, 7ain'tcha, pardner?" ' 'By GENE BYRNES GET ~~ REG'LAR FELELERS--_The Opportunist PORE ki 's VERY: NICE, = PNLEAG ? Now' \/7/, UREA "Ww, LOAD 7, Cp H, IT's STRAIN RAIN/Z . NEN SNE REE FOR AIL i Q \) fe 4 i) [} ¥ a ACTRESS