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atsad List The " lost - The hllmvin‘ book: If. rretteted " As well a: mystery and ammo stories. the book contain- stone. at romance» and humor. l . This is a book of intensely interesti- ing short stories on various then“. but dealing ehietty with that section ot society that is known II the under world. The author has MMVOM " inject the elements of thrill and lu- Dense into his writings. and in this he has succeeded to I naked (108110.! The plots of the stories are ununa'l‘ and fresh, and those interest“ In " (active and mystery node. will and enjoyable reading In this hook. -. Flcyptiatt Portrait, by C. W. Grundy (J. M. Dent & Son, Ltd.), Toronto. Politics " Rom-nu A well-told story of modern Egypt. The. action centres around one Ahmed Farouki, a young boy peddler. who by a stroke or good luck heconlern ur- mm. in an English household, which [031“ him into the path at knowledge. His first love affair (simply and real- isticully told) tollevn "mu with l' young Greek-Egyptian girl. His eo- cape from the lure ot Cnlro night life to Oxford, where he mots nnd nur- ties an English girl not! the ttttat chip- ters ot the hook nro told in " Idrolt and sympathetic manor of his urns- glo between the love he ham tor " English wile and low od count!!- Mystery and Romance The Solver of Interio- nnd Other Stories. By Robert Henry Todd. (Brampton. Ont., cum” PI). 00.) For tho 'tOtt-tlet) reader, nothing more delightful can be othrred than "The Story ot San Michele.” by Axel Munthe m. P. button a Coo, and This entertaining autobiography of n' successful doctor, Continue. to he“. most of the ttatt-tict" best-loner lists. It is described by critics on “the moat- tawiuating book at the year." 1 Tho Pulitizer Prize Novel "laugh 111.: Boy." try Oliver La Fargo (Housin- ton, Mitttin Company) 82.50. heads tho li,t this week. From the moment "Laughing Boy" comes riding our ttto, dawn to attend the col-amount dance at The Lani, the attention ot the rend-L er in cauzht. The Whit. ltn’l ttt. nuence over the Indian race in subtly. Portrayed through the math. oil Laughing Boy and Slim Girl. Well worth reading. I Inn-oduving a new weekly column, whvrnin will be discussed books of the mnmom, comments made on new Miro-rs and a general survey made of tho World of Fiction. Tho Pulltiger Prize Novel "laugh- ttla,' Boy." by Oliver Ln In". ("nullh w i n t " r Wheat-Soil Preparation.-- Winter wheat land should‘be plowed imrutuiiately after the previous crop has bean removed. This crop require: varieties of winter wheat I!!!" M at Guelph. In the name or the int eleven years. the anpon'e Golden that! (0.A.C. 61) produced 3 yield per acre ot 65.4 bushels per nnnnn m the O.A.C. No. 104 of 63.0 batch of strain per acre per nnnnln. The high- mr yielding variety ot red mined win- tt'r wheat in the experiments, which mu the Imperial Amber (O.A.c. n).1 protlced an average yield of 57.3 iGir, on per acre. It will be noted that thin? “may produced on an average for the “haven year period 5.8 bushels lees pwr acre than the O.A.C. No. 104 “may. The Dawson's Golden (mall and (Luv. No. 104 varieties or winter, “Luau urn grown on more than 80 per {our of tho winter wheat land of the l'lul'ltn'» ot Ontario. l Wmmr Wheat-Rotation.) rota-3 Hull "xpeu'itttents conducted at the on. l an.) Avrri "tltural College. the best re, Milli wt-m obtained when winter v hunt followed clover sod, nltnltn.l ‘x't ilover, field peas. or was tiiii..il till a summer fallow. Only fair result- w.-m attained when winter wheat ii,') mm. following buckwheat or timothy \\'mn-r Wheat-varieties.--, totat Ur man: than 300 varieties. hybrids. and plant selected strains In" been "mm was at the Ontario Agricul- tural College tor a period of In yam or more, The Dawson's Golden Chill m;\.('. Bl; and the 0.A.c. No. 104 all” continue‘ to be the two 1min; Br w. J. Squimn. I’M-nor a! “on Huh-dry. Extremely dry out»: during tho latter pan ot August and the loath at September wu room-hi. to: con- nidonblo decrease In the on. 1 VII- ter wheat sown in Ontario in ms. Winter killing, although mm in some districts. seem. to in" I»... about average for the province. Grow- n); renditions since only “Mu have been excellent and winter crops were harvested under exceptionally good z..nvl:'iuns. Very slight dams. w", tttlsr-tl this roar by either Bunion I‘Iy o." rust. More damage than null. h s'rV-"/r'i". Wag occasioned by the iii) I 'l, Fr w? Irarren Spikelets in the heads! ,' Aij't' wheat. I '/: -Yl ,uml quality ot autumn lown‘ "r, iii vim experiments at the Col-! l - w--1 "xr'eptionallr good in the,' . .1: :vHvs'iwl in 1930. Yields Iter.t l _ V ::x thrs variety tests of winter? v.3, -:' Wure :reatur than tor several' Ontario Agricultural. College ‘*' Reports on Autumn Sown Crops Writers and Reader. BOOKS tesssstrcar.aceqrai' Crow ot Sir Thomas “plan's Shunmck V, " from “land tor Mama's tho moo. . THE GRANDEUR AND MISERY " VICTORY, by Jacques Clemenceau (Harcourt. Brace). Last words ot the Tiger on the peace and the war. THE GREEN PASTURES, by Mare Connolly. Warrar & muehart). A BYRON, by Andre Murcia. (Alt. pleton). The personal romance ot the Birurehtsad ot Romanticism. THE STRANGE DEATH or PRES. IDEN'; HARDING, by Gaston B. Means and May Dixon Thacker. (Guild Publishing Company). Lurid “revela- Hons." TH. SHEPHERD " GUADA- LOUPE. by Zane Grey. (Harper). A Western feud interferes with the course of true love. Non-Fiction CHANCES, by A Hamilton Gibbs (Little, Brown). Brotherly tttttreturn wtthatands the strain ot a rivalry in love. CIMARRON, by Edna Ferber. (Dou- bleday, Doran). Pioneer women and boom days in Oklahoma. THE SCARAB MURDER CASE, by S. B. Van Dine. (Scribners). Philo Vance unravels another mystery. ROGUE HERMES. by Hugh Wal. pole. (Doubleday, Damn). The futile life ot a ne'er do well. being most In demand during the last month: Farmers who wish to obtain selected seed for co-operative experiments with outstanding varieties ot winter wheat and other autumn sown crops may ob. tain this material, tree of charge, by writing the Department of Field Hus- bandry, Ontario Agricultural College. i Winter Wheat-Rates of Seeding.--- l in the average results ot an experiment I conducted tor a period ot nine years ', it was found that there was very lit. itle dillerence in the yield per acre ;trom sowing one and thretriluarters and two bushels of seed per acre. lThese two quantities here mentioned I produced a greater yield perucre than , any other rate of seeding. Winter Rre.--a'ive varieties of Winn ter rye hue been under test at the 'Ontarlo Agricultural College in each‘ '0! the last thirteen yearn. The high- ! est yields of grain per acre were pro- iduced by the New Invincible and the ”town varietiel. The New Invincible ', surpassed the common variety in yield of grain per acre by 7.4 bushels tor thel I average of the thirteen year period. I I A Winter or Hairy vetchea.--Wintet. killing and hot summer conditions were responsible tor very low yields ot this crop in 1930. In the average ot twenty-six years' tests. Hairy Vetches produced an average yield of 10.02 bushels of grain per acre. mar produced an average yield tor the last twenty-two rear period ot 25.18 bushels ot grain per acre. In a number of seasons this crop almost completely winter killed. Winter Barter-tro varieties ot winter barley have been under test at the College in each ot the last twenty- three years, the Tennessee winter bar. ley producing an average yield for the period of 44.3 bushels ot grain per acre. Wlnter barley is much more subject to injury through winter kill.. ing than either winter wheat or winter; rye. In late as Sepia Held ot the crop one-half. H --... quullt’ u; crop. Winter wlteat--Dates, ot 8eeding.-- The largest yield and the best quality ot winter wheat resulted when winter wheat was sown not earlier than Aug.. ust 25th and not inter than September 10th. When winter wheat was sown an in!“ ..- “r . - --- -"'w""..e". I“ seven] weeks ‘betore needing. Winter wheat-tr-id,; of tusd.--. The remit: of may chi-emu! con- ducted tests " the Ontario Anioni- tural College deiittitetr show that large, plump, sound seed Is the only selection which produces maximum yields, and the best quality of crop. Winn.- nyL-_A - I an: mellow lead bed, he obtained when an Winter Emmet September iid the Fiction --Black Winter E" was >erloa ot nine years there was very m. the yield per acre and thretrquarters Mount!” sun; I. which can only Bottt the ttnat reduced almost the "I believe I'm getting lumbago." he replied, His wife smiled contemptuously. "What ever's the use ot that?" she replied. “You'll never be able to un- derstand what they are tsaying."--' were. Father was tuning In the wireless set when suddenly he gave a howl of pain. "What ever's happened?" asked his wife. "Yea," he replied, without taking his eyes " the road; "and the way the pedestrians are dodging out of our way they must feel the samty."-9niswertg. "Darling," she murmured, breathing in large portions ot the fresh air, “one feels as we sail through the country that lite is really worth living, after all." They were bowling merrily through the little country hamlets in their two- sealer car. His wife suddenly came over all poetical. "t am surprised that. you think of marrying the Chump; he Is a man of no forethought." "Well, I don't like these fellows who stop to ask it they may kiss you." Will Durant. (Simon & saunter." ri, the dollar edition. THE ADAMS FAMILY, by James Truslow Adams (Little, Brown). A study of character, heredity and politi- cal environment. Negro miracle play, founded on Roark Bradford's "OI' Man Adam and His Chlllun." This picture was taken when Their Exeelleneiea Lord and Lady Willlugdon visited the County Health Unit in Beauceville. Quebec. This Health Unit was the first to be formed in Canada and has been operating on full time tor a number ot years with great benefit to the surrounding communities. A motion was made in the House ot Commons during the last semion inking the Canadian Government to consider subsidizing these small tall. time medical health departments in rural communities trom coast to coast. THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY. by Live and Let Live Wrong Station ll n coast-guard out tor, Merry Crew of Shamrock V. GOVERNOR-GENERAL VISITS FIRST CANADIAN HEALTH UNIT On the other hand, Chinese politi- cians in their night-long pow-wows up- on the same theme, ignore everything Chinese civil war is waged accord. ing to its own peculiar rules, and is be- wildering to any outsider who at- tempts to follow it. For nearly twenty years past those who have had to con- fess themselves most confused have been the Occidental military experts on the spot. They have painstakingly watched developments from the first tedious interchange ot veiled chat, lenges to the ttttat debacle. Ther) check up carefully the numbers, equip. ment. supplies. financial resources and strategic advantages of the opposing forces, 'weigh these ponderabiee against one another, and work out the probable result according to Occident- al rules ot mir. Chinese Civil War Puzzles Outsiders There was a time when a policeman', did not dare step past the gates of the Legion recruiting barracks here at' Sldl-BeI-Abbes. Uniformed police stilli stay away, but detectives use all the', strategy ot their kind to find their men among the rercults. i Officers of the Legion have been making a special ettort to clear that battalion of the name ot being coin- posed of mystery men, most of whom Joined up to bury a criminal past. The Legion, they contend, is made up of unhappy men, worsted in a love duel, and dare-devil youth: who join up to satisfy their craving for excitement, but no more criminals than any other corresponding body of men. In principle, the Foreign Legion Is stlll lnvlolate. but in actual tact, the French police have access to the en- listment records and officials ot the famed Surete Generate admit that they search among the Legionnaires when certain criminals are hunted. but that it is done prudently and cautiously. Sid! Bel Abbes.--The French For. elgn Legion, tamed batttlion of home- less men who sign up for seven years of hard living in the sandy edges ot the Sahara, is no longer the safe asylum to-day for men just a step ahead ot the police. " yacht puma use. Rock. or New London". Co... upon recent all"! Foreign Legion No Longer Recently a detective was enrolled as Refuge For Wanted Men that interests the alien strategist and [study the imponderables with minute 'attention, They go over all the Gen- erals on both sides who have grudges :against their superiors and might de. sert to the enemy. They catalogue ‘the family relations and early school- time tutiuatiotts between opposing ot- ilcers. well knowing that personal ties mean more to Chinese than the moat tiatntsorantIr advertised “cause." They keep informed on the popularity at [Generals armies and “causes," " re- inected in tea-house gossip, and note' the eiteet of this upon the morals ot, the soldiery. The conclusions which: they reach through these observations‘ are reflected in the tone ot the mike! press, despite the most rigorous cen-' sorship, and go a long way toward, shaping the views expressed in the} English and Japanese Journals publish-l ed in the China. coast ports. 1 Small wooden churches are being provided for the use ot week-end holi. dar-makers In the woods near Berlin. The third day police sought the young Venezuelan, they had already traced him to the Spanish Legion. A week later a detective sent to Morocco had eonfirmed the identification. The Spanish Legion is hardly a safe refuge, where men can drop their real identity and take on a cloak ot anony- mity. The immediate finding in the Spanish Legion of Laureano De Vil- lanueva, rich Venezuelan bank oMeial who disappeared from Paris leaving financial .clxaos In his wake. allows just. how poor the asylum ls. But in going through the recruiting mill, they are tinger printed and note is taken of unusual tattooing or other distinctive signs. These records are available to police and they tumlsh many interesting leads, but they are available onlyto French police and the Legion otherwise 'guards its, re- cruits from the prying eyes ot Scot- land Yard. New York, Berlin and other foreign police. RIO WCHIVES TORONTO Recruits are not compelled to give their names and homes when enrolling in the legion. They can give a num- ber, or make up any name they want. They do not even have to state their true nationality and need show no passports. a recruit. For weeks he followed " man. made friends. got " prey tatb ing over a bottle and finally made " arrest. vFri; 5&3; '"0r.Riir.' The King‘s expenses in this respect are paid out ot the privy purse and neither the King nor any other mem- ber of the royal family follow. I course dinerent from any one one. With regard to theatregoing. 1 box it secured'throuxh . arm of agents, who hare performed this one. for half a century, Ind in paid tor in an ordinary War. , Although than it not I. theta-0' moment in London that would 'tothaatantosrtaitro-tiGl moon}! ot the "an, m.- Ion] "I won a S'l"a,t,tg'tttg not a- m no strictly In.- I Full Rates for Train Fares and Shows Are Part of King George's Policy London. - Announcement that the royal train which took the King had Queen from Sandriughum to Bullion! Castle. Scotland, recently, cost: the equivalent of $3.33 per mile with lint- clssa tare in addition for - new bar ot the royul puny serve- to out on end to the erronooau notion tint the King Unveil tree on nilwul. goes to the theatre tree. and so forth. British Royalty " "Pays Its Way I The net production of Canadian in. dustries in the usual acceptance of the ‘term during 1928 has already been i given as $t,1lP,,st)9,000. The gross I production of these iidustriec in the same year was tiM79,.t0t,000. In both' gross and net t1guress are included nine; groups ot industries. These industries' 'are divided Into primary and second: ary, primary being composed ot pro-y ductive processes. or other procenm close to the raw material; while the' secondary include what is usually te) cribed as manufacturing. in the prin- ury group. agriculture come. lrat, with a. gross value at $1,M6,3tt,000 and a net value of $t,tr0t,27i,000. For ’eatry comes second, with a gross pro- .duction ot $473,559,000 and a net pro- _ duction ot $323,654,000. The other.prim-| .nry industrial ore tttttperish with a! ‘gross ot $70,668,000 and i not ot ttg.. 050.000; trapping, with a gross of 810.- 603,000 and a net of the same amount; mining. with a gross ot $308,250,000 and a net ot $274,980,000; and electric power, with a grass of “43.692900 and a. net ot $112,326,000. Ot the sec- ondary group of industries, the I",';,';') is manufactures, with a you nine or $t,t69,487,000 and I not ot $1,810,048.- 000. included in this division lino are construction. with n gross ot $592,996; 000 and a net ot $387,166,000. and cul- tom and repair, with a you ot 8120.- 085.000 and a net of $82,482,000. , I These eatimatee just quoted do tot) however. measure the full production (iii, wealth within the Dominion in the [ years mentioned. They represent theI wealth produced by thou engaged in! lagriculture. forestry. "heries. trer‘ ping, mining, tnaatttmertttrittg, construe-l I tion, etc. Then constitute apron-I t mately " per cent. ot the productively {employed persons in the bGLiliGd The remaining " per cent. ot those; 5employed must also be considered toi I be producers in the larger sense ot the I word. being engaged in ouch aetieities) as transportation. trade. administra-' I tion, the protesaiotts, and domestic and l personal service. _ Total Productive Activity ( Since the valuee given in the pre- ceding paragraph were prcduced by only 5 per cent.. or thirteen-twentieth: of the employed population. seven-thir- teentha may he added to the above totals to obtain a rough estimate of i the value in dollars ot the total pro-'; ductlve activity ot all the employed . people of Canada, according to the ‘ ecottotttist's detiaitiot, of "production."; _ which approximates to the conception [ ot national income. According to this i broader interpretation. production in l 1928 would represent created values‘; of $6,440,000,000, compared with up] 055,000,000 in 1927, and $5,600,000,000 1 for 1926. I I The net value of Canadian produc- tion was 'greater in 1928 than in an? other year on record. It was 6:5 per cent. greater than in 1927. and about " per cent.' greater than in mo. which year held third place in the 10- mar period. Compared with the year immediately following the record ot prices in 1920, the increase in the not value ot Canadian production up to 1928 mu 63 per cent.. while in the aame seven yearn the increase in - production was " per cent. The net value of commoditioa produced in Canada during 1928 waa84.190.50I.- 000. This amount compare: with $3.4 ”6.186.000 in 1928 and 33.640.356.000 in 1926. l can!“ Mum to may " ulch: in producdvoneu. In this nhtpment the word Industry In nod In " widest ncceptnncO‘ .nnd Includes " in soups not (at, nonuhcturon. bu urtculturo nnd other productive amnion. Metururetneut of the pm cross of industry In um sense In on. of the dialcult problems of the practi- ell' side ot statistics. but several meth- od: are known which are sumctently nocurato tor" most purposes. One at these is the measurement of the gran and net annual production ot the coun- try. Ot'theso two, the net production Is the more accurate indication ot con- ditions. as it contains fewer duplica- tions thin does the gross. tlnugh each in lmeful for pertain purpmma y Canadian Industry Lindbergh Urge; Shows herein Lt Tttul "dpr-"Well, wtiat have you to I. in u the tor yourself?" Prisoner (cross-I'd Ion] a: pad. “(human-“l would lib - mu~lbuvom¢mtueommui '. AFFECTIONATE REGARD I would rather have the memo-m regard of my fellow-ttten than I void tare helps and mines ot gow--. Clnrlel Dickens. - Our Fortune. The young - who not: out to to the architect ot hi. own fortune nut not acorn to be the bricklayer a.“ nod-carrier u we]; _ Opinion. “It's a grant den more of In neon- plhhment to laugh In a cabin than to laugh In a 'tgnttttitttt."---gatneg J. Wall- or. ed tn two tablespoons cold wow. Dissolve the soaked gelntlno In in collee. Add milk, lug", cocoa. “It and but in top of double boiler. Mocln Opinion Cream. One out! one-ht" cum hot strong ooftee, one tablespoon cocoa. half cup milk. gunner tel-pool: nu. two-(hint can "as”. three ens. halt ten-pool mum, one tablespoon gelltlne cook- Boil half cup strawberries with in" cup sugar and two cupl boiling water, stain nod add one tablespoon "er, pinch ot "it and cold water to nth 1 paste. Cook over hot tire tor minute or two, stirring constantly; ro- man trom tire and beat hora; return to slow tire and cook very gently until thick. Pour white hot over ltrnwherriel in shell and cover with whipped creom. Detieiotm, You - substitute cor-starch tor flour it pro- terred. Strawberry Pie Peaches, berries or pineapple may b'ig,th,h1 i " the mm in the morn " uni sprinkle with war uni leave in ice box till Just before din- ner, when i an a pie shell which I have Previously hiked. then cover with the toilowln: mixture: Both over one ot the largest radio world hook-ups and at a conference oi the Williamstown Institute of Polities. Colonel Lindbergh gave his message “swung international conference and negotistions to “clear the air" toe lying between nations. Prom experi- ence he spoke ot the luck ot uniform- ity In regulations tor ttring to Mexico. Central and South America; the pos- sibilities of regulated taster passenger and express service. He predicted de- velopment ot linked-up trnnsocesnic routes to form a "network covering the entire world." He added: "At the present time it is the pri- vate dyer who requires the most " sistance in international tiyittg. He has not an organization to tind out in advance what terms and reports it is necessary for him to make, and is - instances it is almost impossible tor the private ttyer making an inter- national trip by " to learn in " vance the conditions he will encount- er, both in regard to air roams sod also to the regulations and restrictions laid down by the various countries he expects to tty through." “Unless some radial sclenunc dio- covery revolutionizen our present nir- cratt, he says. they can not compete with ships Ind railroads in the move ment ot no“ oracle. ot commerce. The airplane seem demoed to .ttprt.. no" rather than replace “out tampon. and In special laid in in the mttid movement at pus-engor- on documents from plum to alone. But this phase ot transpomtion in hlxhly importlnt to human relationships. and the prospect at great networks ot air. "nee. both transocmustd and transcon- tinental. linking all nations. which the Colonel envisions tor the near future, will hring' every phase of modem civilization into closer contact, and may have much to do with future trends of interttariottallsttt." Concerning the alrplnne'l place In tratttrtrortatiott and eotnmtmtenttotx, Colonel Lindbergh "does not Illa from the delusion. that beset no my dreameru and " enthunluu.” ob. serve. the Phlhdelphl: Public Ledger. which continues: "There la to a ‘large degree the name natural freedom to tt.vitttt that there is to radio. Both are homo OI the wings ot the air. Each in u“ successful attempt to release III-ac" of the limitations of time and place. Lindbergh in right in stressing (ha point that tutitieial barriers In." In place in this achievement of In." HU plot (or securing a Inh- lupdnrd of regrt1tttiottt' tor into-Io- tlonnl In" " " nuom I: Id- comed tr u overwttetmitte than. ad press approval. "tAnd troundarrek mean noun“ b a bird," my: the Mumford Then: "they abould mean naming to the “at man": - ' th, new Undberth. "arUtiott e..- sel to the world." of what In Ind needed tor development ot air and and commerce In the shrinking di.. unces around our globe. Says Pnuent Aircraft Cannot Compete with Ships and - Railway. "tmpoesiblo to am to uni us nation to overcoming obstacles to II- ternauonal tlying'." Economy Corner Univeriial Ati. Code 1?. " in} "kts