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Colony [xAAIALLT OA d ied d Mc in‘ & get tired of his wife‘s continued sulkt+, i ness?" ' R «"I think not. Wie says when she‘s ! U WO PW C MR ces "Because of a poor knowledge and utilization of metals, the life of these tractors and implements hardly makes their production worth while" "Fven if the peasants, the rawest type of labor, can learn in a few years the intelligent use and proper care of machinery, which it has taken the American farmer three generations to learn, it is still doubtful if over a period of years Russian wheat producâ€" tion can be profitably conducted with the use of foreignâ€"bought machinery. "A highly important phase of Rusâ€" slan mechanized agriculture is the proâ€" duaction of its own machinery and imâ€" plements. At the present time Rusâ€" slan tractor and implement production seems to be in a chaotic condition. "According to the Pravado, The Fordson tractor factory at Leningrad, which is reported to have cost the Government millions of dollars, was abandoned this summer; the Stalinâ€" grad tractor factory has never reachâ€" ed a satisfactory rate of production, and the life of the machine has been estimated at 300 working hours; the implement factory at Rostovâ€"onâ€"Don and a number of other plants are said to be in a deplorabie condition |___ _ _ An interesting point on Russian wheat production is noted in the New York Herald Tribune by Hickman Price, Jr., after a recent extensive tour of Russia to study economic condiâ€" tiong. He observes: "The report, based on information from the American agricultural atâ€" tache at Berlin, said the Russian proâ€" curings to October 25 were 54 per cent. of the yearly plan and 39 per cent. of the monthly plan." "This is 82 per cent. of the original plan for fall sowings and $7 per cent. of the total winter acreage last year. ‘"Commenting on the Russian situaâ€" tion, which has been regarded as an important factor in the recent rise in wheat prices, the department said Rusâ€" slan fall sowing now amounted to 87,â€" 461,000 acres. That Russia bhas fallen behind its schedule for gathering grains from the eollective farms, and that the compleâ€" tion of the Soviet fallâ€"sowing plan ap pears unlikely, is reported by the Deâ€" partment of Agriculture at Washingâ€" ton in a summary of foreign crops and markets. In a United Press dispatch from that city, we read: Yhe ’ E EZ" Standpatter.â€""Doesn‘t Jim ever , : ll--lfi:..‘:‘t:m t tired of his wife‘s continued lulki-l :B "-'o § % 1‘ es ?" id ‘ours ( C x o0 & | "I think not. "A great majority of the peaaantsl on collective farms still are moved by | the old, petty bourgeois psychology of , the little individual propriétor. What! is tho cause of all this upset and do-' lay in harvesting, of the hiding and hoarding of the grain by collectlve' farmers, of their secret splitting up of grain surpluses to be surrendered to the State and, above all, of the bad orâ€" ganization of production on these farms? Obviously, the cause of it is the bourgeois methods which have found their way into the collective ’ farming." Gathering the grain from collective farms, too, other Soviet newspapers inâ€" »form us, has been beset with dificul ties, Instead of surrendering to the State all grain in excess of the quantity reâ€" quired for their own needs, to receive in exchange manufactured products from the State, the collective farmers are charged with "hoarding and hidâ€" ing grain." By way of explanation, the official organ oi the Central Comâ€" mittee of the Communist party in Moa-‘ cow, Pravda, has this to say: CWT C on ~eEOne various provinces shows that in some places the harvested grain is not bound into sheaves, and so a great deal of it rots. Again, the wheat is transported so carelessly that much of it leaks out and is lost along the roads "Worse still is the fact that the grain is left to lie in the fields. There are but a few days during which it can be saved. But some of the collective farms have not even begun to stir in order to save it.," - Moreover, it didn‘t help matters, ac cording to this jJournal, when the colâ€" lective farms did not reach what was expected of them at harvest time, Scoldin; the collective farmers, this agricultural authority advises us that: "The information received from various provinces shows that in some wnlo mie im y 2 P 4544 LNis paper also relates that "weather conditions this year have been much worse than they were a year ago." In certain sections of the Ukraine and northern Caucasus, it is said, nearly 47 per cent. of winter sow. Ings was ruined by frost. weo op . . ) â€" se un seem colored largely by the sources they spring from, Those who feel that the Soviet regime must eventually col lapse name wheat as one more exhibit in their collection of evidence, Others seek farther to find what is back of it Beginning with the wheat as 1t comes out of the ground, the offlcial agricultural organ of Moscow, Sotziaâ€" listicheskoye Zeml«ryetle, tells us that there was an increase ot some 8 op 9 per cent. in the total area of wheat cul. tivation during the past year, ag comâ€" pared with the preceding year 1929. 30. of Bewilderment and doubt character. ize opinions on the sudden cesgatian mP uoi) esc o Een The Wheat Ouesti~ m And s‘.Qul:'flm:;:l T But this n the sudae, _""" "Cter| Knowles aA, e opinions on the sudden cessation Stearns, in « ‘ wheat exports from Soviet Russia, Men _ aly Explanations of thig unexpected turn plants tha. ‘em ColOred larean i _ 0C _ His first work of importance was the introduction of Chinese persimâ€" mons in 1905. Studying them, he exâ€" plored the provinces of Shantung, Shensi, Honan and Chekiang, finally succeeding in importing live scions from the Ming Tombs region northâ€" west of Peking. If you are one ot‘ those persons who turn up their noses at Persimmons, you should try a ’ram-l opan persimmon with & little cream for breakfast some day,. This is the variety that Meyer brought in. l For example, in what remote wilderâ€" ness do you think the late Frank N. Meyer discovered the wild Chinese ! peach tree? He found it in the garden jof the German legation in Peking! It | was so commonplace that nobody had ever thought of it before as being Iworth a second glance. Meyer was perhaps the most colorâ€" ful and certainly one of the most useâ€" ful explorers who ever served the United States government. The greatâ€" er part of his adult life was spent prowling around in the far, wild corâ€" ners of the earth, seeking rare and strange plants. }."li';&nfau..m w Here are chapters on California seashore, desert and mountains=â€"= on Decth Valleyâ€"on Southem Arizona and Dude Ranchesâ€"on prehistoric cliff citiesâ€"on ancient Indian pueblosâ€"on Indian cereâ€" monialsâ€"on Grand Canyon,. , In order to understand what is now a regular system of exploration, let us suppose that you looked out in your back yard and saw a stranger, in queer foreign garb, down on his haunches, studying, with apparently fascinated interest, your radish plants, Just 88 strtrge and ifcomprehensible does the plant explorer often seem to‘ the people in whose back yards he must seek out new plants for you to grow,. For frequently he is likely to bring back a plant that is as common to those who are growing it as the radish is to you, l l Although the Department of Agriâ€" culture had no explorers of it own until 1898, American in foreign lands, whether officials or private citizens, had their eyes open for possible plant introductions long before that time. In 1870, for instance, an American misâ€" slionary in Brazil wrote to the departâ€" ment extolling the delicious oranges being grown in that country. A first Vshipment of trees was made, but they all died because of improper packing. They tried again, and at last got 12 trees in good condition, replanted themâ€"and thereby started the Washâ€" ington naval orange industry, The ayâ€" ©rage annual value of this crop now is $35,000,000, Here are maps that intrigue you; pictures that entrance you; descripâ€" tion that lifts you into that warm, sunny region of California and They‘re dedicated to you .:; They are yours for the asking.. . Simply fill out the coupon below. Come! Claim these books . . . NPPIRSG EinAE itc accoans 2 th 223. 01 +94 thelp wanderings, anq tried growâ€" ing them whever they settled down, Consider what would be the state 0f agriculture in America today it men had been content to grow only native plants, The only major crops would be corn, tobacco and possibâ€" ly cotton; in the way of vegetables, nothing except sweet corn, squashes and beans, Some inferior varieties of rye and rice, a few berries, some native grapes, crab Apples, native plums, pecans would be raised. Little €ls0. No wheat: that was brought in from the Ola World. No potatoes: those came from South America by way of Europe, _Plants thay , they never waa _,____ Seusned to 1alse only those plants which they found growing in their particular patâ€" ches of soil, Thus they have picked up seeds or lifted Up plants by the roots whever they have found them 4 theIF wan4,,.4 / _ *# fount reasure Hunters C 0 es o 000 O n "Country Home," Sept, always have wanted n an they a]re‘d’ h.d, er have been SAtisfied # Smaus ol on Ryerson as "e. Sept, ‘31, wanted more told to Obed Others carried on, Durum wheat ranks high in their list of introducâ€" tions: several million acres are plantâ€" ed annually in different varieties; barleys from Asiatic Turkey and from _ _ Three times Meyer went out into the Orient Twice he returned. On his third trip he had a nervous prostra tion, Although after a time he was able to go on with the searchâ€"the only thing in life that matteredâ€" health had definitely gone out of him, Soon it would be time to go back to civilization, and the chances of his ever being able to return to his work were practically nil. He never came back. On the night of June 2, 1918, he disappeared from a little steamer on the Yangtzo River. ‘ One could go on listing Meyer‘s introductions: the Chinese pistachio, }whlch now grows luxuriantly in Caliâ€" formia; the Rosa xanthina, that hardy yellow bush rose which keeps many a New England garden gay when all elso fails; the jujube, which gives fayâ€" mers in the dry sections of the Southâ€" west a fruit crop; and the Chinese chestnut, which is blightâ€"resistant and gives promise of saving our chestnut industry from extinction. as a type of diseaseâ€"resistant spizach, the seed of which Meyer picked up in Liaoyang, has repaid America many times over for serding him on his various expeditions, This apinach was crossed with another variety and the resulting type saved the discaseâ€" threatened spinach industry of Virâ€" ginia and Maryland. Montrealâ€"Miss Florence Stacey, Rev. Edward Hancox and Mrs. Hancox, three missionaries from the Union of Regular Baptist Churches of Ontario and Quebec, who sailed on "Ascania" recentâ€" ly tb take up missionary work in Liberia. na Turning next to peaches, Meyer here encountered his first real trouble, his first duel of wits with the Chinese. Up in the little village of Fel, in Shanâ€" tung province, they grew an extremeâ€" ly large and lusctous peach, often woighing as much as a pound. But Fet was tha.aniv nlana uhss c4hall Such a casual discovery, for instance s r just such emergencies in order ip 24 }p â€" |, S Cl must be kept constantly available for just such emergencies in or tha‘fthe universal service of the Bell Telephone Company may be available to all at all times. ivin® warnin,, 42 0.3 ", "6n> 240M in© Laurenuans swept down across the Uttawa Vall? giving warning to all that King Winter was again holding court. 11 through the night and during the next day the forces of the Bell Telephone Comâ€" pany battled the storm which had covered the wires with ice and snapped telephone poles like pipe stems. _ True, by the following night many of the poles were still down but the service continued practically without interruption by means of emergency cable and the tangled wires and broken poles were rapidly being restored to their usual trim, serviceâ€" able appearance. Thousands of dollars worth of expensive equipment, and scores of f{‘llfeg‘work_men, must be kept constantly available for just such emergencies in order Wwhew! What a gale. of the Bell Telephone staff around Pembroke when the Valley__giving warning to 3 "Whew! a gale. There will be trouble on the line tonight!" Lineman Taylor e staff was rightâ€"there was trouble and plenty of it, especially up en the icy blast from the Laurentians swept down across the Ottawa Photographs were recently taken at a depth of 900 feet below sea level by a research expedition workâ€" ing near Genoa. And when my poor patients are done They fiutter their wings at my winâ€" dow And I give them back to the sun. â€"â€"P. S, McDonald, in the Chicago Tribune. It seexi:q I‘m a fixer, a mender, I mended the place that was broken, I smoothed you, and soothed you, and kissed you, And when you were gone I was franâ€" tic. Oh, Lad, if you knew how I missed you, You came to me worldâ€"worn and weary, Rumpled and tattered of feather, Whimpering and broken of spirit, Crying to be put together. i But the explorer who achieves honor in the eyes of his fellow plantsmen is well rewarded, for he receives the IFrank N. Meyer Medal, which is given for distinguished foreignâ€"plant |introduclion work. One side of the medal is a reproduction of the whiteâ€" barked Chinese pine and the jujube, two of Meyer‘s many introductions. On the other side is a reproduction of the basâ€"reliet which Queen Hatâ€" shepset carved on the Temple of Luxor. Whoever receives that medal has, like Queen Hatshepset, given his country something more precious than gold and ebony: the lasting wealth of living plants. Of all the plants which reach this country comparatively few prove good enough, after thorough tests, to go to the trade. And the stories of the explorers who found them somewhere across the globe are, in all probability, lost. ;Egypt are now grown to the extent of about 750,000 acres in regions where {ra!nfall is low; from Russion comes ‘the Swedish Select and Sixtyâ€"Day Oate now heing grown to the extent of 4,â€" 000,000 and 5,600,006 acres, respecâ€" tively, Acala cotton, found in Mexico, has been developed into a variety which is the foundation of the cotton industry of the Southwest; its annual production reaches a value of 850,000;‘ 000. ‘ The Service Must Not Suffer A Mender A mother who had difficulty in making her little son hear her when she called nim, while he was playing out of doors, now uses a whistle for the purpose. She finds tha‘; it is much easier to use the whistle than to shout at the top of her voice, also that it is far more effective. The sound carries further and the little chap enjoys being called in that novel way, and it is less perâ€" sonal, Tonight the jaded year grows old with me; _ I hear the fierce Hounds of the Wind give tongueâ€" Not as in Spring when Zephyr‘s melody Recalls those farâ€"off days when I was youngâ€" But loud and wrathful, harbingers of: snow, Arnd though ‘tis cold tonightâ€"I like it go. Dallas Bache Pratt «â€"(From Horae Scholasticae, St. Paul‘s School) A Whistle to Call the Child Quick, Sir, help me upâ€"and bring my cane! "Fis cold tonight, but then I like it so. I heard a sudden tapping on the pane; Grey Winter‘s here again, and so I go To meet him by some gaunt and leafless tree Where we can whisper underneath our breath, And once more jest at that pale Enemy £ Whom you may know by sightâ€" I speak of death. Threescore Years and Ten toâ€"day and it is not one which can everlastingly continue. Bo, Mr. Ediâ€" tor, will you not invoke your read pre to iend us a helping hand? Not @ne of them, 1 venture, could care to see the "Sick Kids" with a mortgage over What should be done? The Hospital for Sick Children is not m local concern. Its aim is that no Ontario youngster shall go handiâ€" capped through life either because of deformity or disease. That cannot be accomplished with a cashâ€"box full of overdrafts. Yet that is the position The Hospital‘s immediate neighborâ€" hood (Toronto and York County) has kept up close to its average subscripâ€" tion per patiemft. But outside that Faithfully yours, IRVING E. ROBERTSON, Chairman of the Board of Trustces. What bappened in 1931 was that more children came to the Hospital, but also about $10,000 less money to maintain them. i spare you the statistics; but 1 cannot alter the fact that, if the Hospital for Sick Children were not a provinciai charity, its debts would not be as burdensome as those under which it seems fated to enter 1932. "Sick Kids" â€" as the Institution is affectionately calledâ€"were to look after more youngsters, it would need more money for their maintenance. Last year the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, through the generâ€" osity of friends in every line of publicity, was enabled to impress upon the parents of Ontario that any crippled or ailing child was equally entitled to the unexcelled service for which this Hospital is world famous. It was also mentioned that if the Hospital for Sick Children €7 COLLEGE ST., TORONTO : (Mothercraft Centre, Toronto) (Country Branch, Thistletown) none mm e Wc ag mrencny t ig i ioi t t Sm im y,caa h t mm it December, 1931. ‘31 are looking with strained attention and anxious eyes to a very doubtful horizon. For tomorrow there may be ruin, and the civilized world may have to remake itselft on simpler, nobler ‘| C. E. Lawrence in the Quarterly Review (London) â€" The inordinate |confusion of affairs everywhere now manifest over the wide earth is the result of civilized man‘s passion for improving and arranging and of his infinite capacity for mismanagement, helped by the narrow rules, convenâ€" tions, and fashions by which he lives, and his illimitable vanities, greeds, suspicions, frequent unscrupulousness and unspeakaly sgilly ambitions, The mere cleverness, which, after materâ€" ial success, is the foremost ido!l worâ€" shipped in our temples of progress proges often a mere stupidity, and, ‘be"i!g at best but shallow, is apt to leave consequences far worse than honest and simple commonâ€"sense would have brought, Be the causes what they may for the havoc of blun-l ders in which civilization at present | is lost, the world is in a mess ro ln-i volndlndudthtmmmenwdlo-l eaneg practical men, men of the world, If the person who stole the jar of alcohol out of my celler will keep same and return grandma‘s appendix, no questions will be asked.â€"Joe Bungâ€" starter,. f "I‘m afraid there are fiery days Stranger â€" "Why aren‘t you in school, my little man ?" Childâ€""Hell, lady, I‘m only four." We always class the salesman who tries to sell stock that will make you rich, along with the bald headed drugâ€" gist who sells hair tonic. We can‘t make ourseives happy by making others unhappy. Some men can‘t be kept down in the business world and some are like the flapper‘s stockingâ€" they don‘t get very high. Courteous people usually are treated courteously. It‘s easy to make a husband goodâ€" tempered, unselfish, and polite, You do it by spanking him regularly, be ginning at the age of three. Thrift "1 like spinach, good for you, but you must cultivate a taste for it. ] Once there was a group of girle and the teacher told them t> draw what they were going to be. Ono was koâ€" ing to be a milliner so she drew some hats; another was going to /o a Aressâ€" maker so she drew some C: > ©3, and the other did no drawâ€"anything The teacher asked her why she <idl not draw anything, to which she re plied : "I‘m gcing to get married and 1 don‘t know how to draw that." Brownâ€""Why do you keey the doctor? He caid it was necessary." Jessupâ€""I‘m |reading story in one of his waiting zines." Heâ€""What are all those men doing in & circle with their heads together? Is it a football team?" Sheâ€""No, my deat, just a bunch of Scotchmen lighting a cigarette." Willie â€" "Pop, do angels have pockets in their wings?" Popâ€""No, certainly they do not." Willieâ€"*""Then where will I put my bhanky ?" * Landladyâ€""Yes, sir. We have only one bath tub in the house, but everyâ€" one here takes his bath privately." New Lodgerâ€""Can I have a private bath ?" _ Ain‘t science wonderfui? One manuâ€" facturer asserts that his cigarette is the best because it‘s toasted and "heat purifies." Another manufacturer who makes a cigar claims it is the best because it has been given a "cold treatment." There you have it, and the public may take its choice and blow smoke either hot or cold. Hubbyâ€"*"You mean you got it for ap absurd figure." Wifeâ€""How do you like me in my new gown? I got it for a ridiculous price." Daughterâ€""Why, daddy, you told me to put it where it would draw inâ€" terest," Daddyâ€""Young lady, do you mean to tell me you‘ve been carrying that money amund in your stocking?" Owl Laffs Unpaid Ad Old Stuff TORONTO continued ocm magaâ€" Dg 1 onge iati ins, Kruschen Salts can be safcly trusted to set the matter right. [ Because Kruschen contains just what Nature needs to persuade your internal organg back into a bealthy, normal condition, Neuritis is typical of a dozen other complaintsâ€"some minor, some ve serious â€" which all result m.z impurities in the blood. And it is impure blood, circulating al over the system and setting up inflanmation in the u-uel.mant causes those weather," writes the Bov, H. E. T. *"* It was impossible to lift the arm to dress or to use it in any way, and, of course, the pain was dreadful, Al external applications were useless, J it completely normal again by keep» fl?:the parts affected warm and taking daily, early in the morning, Kruschen Salts in a tumbler of hot water, It took nearly a month, but every w« stize of neuritis has gone," NEURITIS BAS Goxf Banished by !r=»sczen | The new Mingaladon airport in the | suburbe of Rangoon is nearly come pleted. 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