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Into New de The seed are wrapped in blotters, about 50 to each blotter, and placed in & germinator where the warm, moist Some of the larger seed companies handle from 3,000 to 5,000 different kinds and grades. Before they can be put on the market they must be tested for germination quality and to deterâ€" mine whether they are true to type. In flowers, the best zinnias seed are raised by an Englishman just outside of Los Angeles. He has 140 acres deâ€" voted to this and other flowers, The best sweet pea seed in the world are raised at Lompoc, Calif. After a crop of seed has been raised and cured, the seed find their way into the hands of distributors. The method in which they are tested in the distriâ€" butors‘ plants is interesting. United States Heads List as Producerâ€"Interestâ€" ing History Cleveland.â€"Seeds, sold in packets, seem to possess a very negative backâ€" ground. Actually a vast industry has aprung up in the United States, spread over the whole continent. "The raisâ€" ing of seeds is a specialized field all of its own," declares a nationally known seedsman, "and due to varying cliâ€" matic conditions in various purts of the world, many foreign countries can produce better seed of certain plants than seedsmen in the United States. For that reason many varieties are imâ€" ported from other countries. Cabbage From Denmark The Danes, because of their long exâ€" perience and the favorable climatic conditions in Denmark, produce the best cabbage and caulifflower seed in the world. The best sweet corn seed in the world is grown by Charles Clarke, at Wakeman, Ohio. During the recent newspaper "whistâ€" ling ~nwisance" â€" debate Lord: Badenâ€" Powell: confessed to being one. "Carâ€" rying out the Scout Law," he said, "Whenangry, or in difficulty, I whisâ€" tle, and likewise when I am particularâ€" lyâ€" enjoying life and feeling uppish. Also for me whistling provides a subâ€" stitute for smoking, for, like a pipe, it gives satisfaction to me and annoyâ€" Happiness and cheerfulness are like 148 Of McGill University, epidemicsâ€"they are easily passed on | For 1923 World Scout Gathering to someone else. So Lonies, always| These camp reservations already try to radiate sunshine, and you will have been made for the 1933 World succeed in making other people feel Roy Scout Jamboree in Hungary: Briâ€" happier too, and in these troublesome | tish Empire, 2,500; Poland, 1,500; Ausâ€" days, that is a very fine "Good Turn." | tria, 1,000; Sweden, 500; Yugoâ€"Slavia, What do other people think about | 300; Finland, 200; Bulgaria, 150; Holâ€" whistling? _ Well, read what Lord land, 100; Greece, Luxemburg, 50; Baden Powell, the Chiet Scout, thinks Japan, 20; Switzerland, 400; Esthonia, .b(fit ": DK. SMacc AE.â€"M.1râ€" w It is a Scout‘s job to "make the best of things,‘ ‘however bad they may apâ€" pear at first sight. There is an old saying which tells us that "things are never so bad but what they might be worse," and certainly if one keeps a cheerful spirit all the time, it helps to overcome difficulties. Growing Seeds Huge Industry This week we are pleased to record the "birth‘ of a new Troop at Canningâ€" ton, â€"which is the ‘result of a keen bunch of Lone Scouts in that town. The list of Troops organized through Lone Scout activity.still mounts steadâ€" ily, and although it robs us of some very enthusiastic members from the Lone Scout ranks, we are glad to say that there is always a stream of proâ€" mising recruits coming along to take their places amongst us. We certainly wish the 1st Canningâ€" ton Troop all good fortune, and we hope that they have lots of fun and accomplish great things in Scouting in the future This Weeks Scout Law. No. 8â€"A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties. And what does that mean? Why, simply that, where a boy can smile or whistle, there is no room for frowns and angry faces, or for grumbling or hard words. Th c on onpnnm en a ie 494 + Ww P * * S c * enemneep New Troop cA .A WITH THE ~~4\ #f# NESCOUT | air soon causes them to show signs of 'Ilife._ Periodically, they are inspected and a note made on the blotter of the number sprouted. In this way can be I(letermined the germination qualities of each lot of seed received. | _ One of the many unique honors conâ€" ferred upon Lord Badenâ€"Powell was the naming after him by the United IStates Geographical Board of a mounâ€" ltain in Washington, and the Board‘s j statement: "We are more than pleased to name this American mountain peak in honor of Lord Badenâ€"Powell, who, { because of his splendid achievements | in giving to the world a movement for lthe youth of all lands, may well be Icons»iderec] a world citizen." Scouts to Check Up on Path of | Eclipse | Plans are being worked out for the ‘coâ€"operation of Scouts and McGill ‘scienusts in checking up on the path of the sun‘s eclipse across Quebec on | August 31. Montreal and St. Johns ‘Scouts will establish the western edge ‘of the path, and Scouts of Sherbrooke, Three Rivers and Quebec City the \Eastern edge of "totality." In preparaâ€" ‘tion Montreal Scolits will attend a lecâ€" iture on the subject by Dr. A. V. Dougâ€" las of McGill University. Garden growing in threeâ€"words Plan, Plant, Plants. These machines can turn out 30,000 packages of seed in an 8â€"hour day, and large seed houses turn out from 150,000 to 240,000 a day duw ng the rush season. A delicate scales that will divide a pound into 2,500 parts is brought into use. The seedsman determines from the cost of the seeds just how many he should include in a package to pay him,. Hoe divides a pound of seed by this scale into the required number of packages. Seeds are fed into a hopper above the machine and from then on filling, closing and sealing of the packages is automatic. The amount of seed in each package does not vary more than 10 per cent, above or below the set standâ€" ard previously determined. Then another machine is brought inâ€" to play, It has a die which houds just enough seed to make up the weight determined on the scales. s After the seed is tested for its proâ€" duction qualities, it is then weighed and packed for distribution. This proâ€" cess is almost entirely mechanical. Frequently pollen from another type plant of the same species finds its way to the seed grower‘s lot. This pollen fertilizes his plants and the resulting seed from his crop will produce a flower or fruit with mixed characterâ€" istics of both plants. This is often obâ€" served in cornâ€"the ears bear both white and yellow kernels. Another quantity of seed from the same lot is planted in pots. The plants which grow from these seed are observed for their "true to type" qualiâ€" ties. Boys who are interested in becomâ€" ing Lone Scouts, and are not able to join a regular Scout Troop,~ should write for particulars of Lone Scouting to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout Department, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. Perhaps you will be inâ€" terested in attending our Lone Scout Camp in July? We shall have lots of fun‘â€""Lone E." 300; Finland, 200; Bulgaria, 150; Holâ€" land, 100; Greece, Luxemburg, 50; Japan, 20; Switzerland, 400; Esthonia, 15; Siam, 15; Syria, 50. ance to everybody else." Lord Badenâ€" Powell recalled a Scout concert given at Albert Hall by Madame Melba "at which there was some excellent chorus whistling." Bâ€"P. declared> the art should not be allowed to die "because of this scarcity of tunes in modern music." Mount Badenâ€"Powel! The glory of the Bible is that it tells the downright truth abotu those who appear on its pages. None of its characters are whitewashed; none of its heroes are given an entirely clean cheet. They stand out in all their shameful faultsâ€"saints, of course, but very human saints, _ This must be borne in mind, or Jacob‘s conduct here will be unintelligible. He has met with God, and it may be said that from now on the drift and intention of his life is towards God. But the dross of his character still remains; it will take many a long, hard struggle to purge it away. He is still the sly, cunning Jacob. The approach of Esau vith an escort of four hundred men has thrown him into a panic. For what purpose is Esau coming? Is ne still nursing his anger? Will he slay Jacob‘s wives and children, and rob him of his flocks and herds? Or has he come out of good will, to welcome Jacob home? Jacob doubtless wishes to be reconciled with Esau, but ne n.ust be or his guard lest Esau shou‘!d attempt to wreak revenge. Craftily, therefore, he divided his family, staâ€" lloning the two handmaids with their families at the head of the procession, and the two wives with their families IntrRonuctionâ€"Jacob had prospered greatly during his sojourn with Laâ€" ban, his uncle. He had won two of Laban‘s daughters for his wives, rearâ€" ed a numer>us family and acumulated great possessions, 29, 30. The homeâ€" land, however, beckoned him and God prompted him. So back to Canaan he came. _ Homeâ€"coming after years of absence is always a moving experiâ€" ence. But the joy of Jacob‘s homeâ€" coming was clouded with fear of his brother, Esau, whom he had wronged. The life of a man who lies and cheats is always haunted with fearso ne specâ€" tres. How could Jacob meet Esau? He prepared to meet him, but instead met â€"God! God moves in a mysterious way, but never more mysteriously than on that lonely night at Penicl, when he wrestled with Jacob until the break of day, 32: 24â€"32. Our reconâ€" ciliation with those whom we have wronged can never be complete and lasting until we have first met God. I. A WRONGâ€"DOER‘s FEARS, vs. 1, 2. ANALYSIS. I. A WRONGâ€"DOER‘s FEARs, vs. 1, 2. II. RECONCILIATION, vs. 3â€"7, L TH;‘, 'lri)xr:N OF RECONCILIATION, vs May 22. Lesson VIllâ€"Jacob and Esau Reconciledâ€"Genesis 33: 1â€"11. Golden Textâ€"Be ye kind one to ~ another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ‘s sake hath forgiven you.â€" Ephesians 4: 32. Watch For These Canadian Scenes to Be Run Each Waek | _ According to 32: .7, Jacob, who was t aveling like a chieftain with his comâ€" pany, divided his people, flocks and herds into two companies and sent ‘ them ahead to meet Esau. From 32; | 8 it is plain that this was a precauâ€" tionary measure, based on fear of ]Esah. Love, however, had now cast . out fear, and made the precaution useâ€" less. Therefore when Esau, in v. 8, questioned him concerning ‘one of these ‘companies which he had already mel, ‘Jacob seized the opportunity, and ‘ offered them as a gift. It was a token that the reconciliation was sealed and ‘ complete. Esau showed his generous | nature by declining the gift; Jacod . showed his humility by pressing i. ‘He carried his courtesy so far that ‘he compared Esau with God himself, , whose face one sees only with fear and anguish, "I have enough," said :Esau, v. 9. Jacob also said "I have enough," v. 11. Yet Jacob said this with a difference. He said, "Take my ‘ gift because God hath dealt graciously , with me, and because I have enough." | Both brothers claimed to have enough, | but Jacob saw that his sufficiency was of the grace of God. For all his faults | Jacob was capable of reaching a |\ Jacob himself went forward at the | kead of his company,. When he immet 'Esau he showed homage such as was ordinarily shown only to a king. Seven | times he fell to the ground before the brother whom he had wronged. In the Telâ€"elâ€"Amara tablets, written by the preâ€"Israelite kings of Canaan to the Pharaoch of Egypt, about B.C. 1500, some of the Canaanite kings state in | their letters, "Seven and seven times fall I down at the feet of the king, my llord.” Jacob‘s action, then, was that of a vassal before his liegeâ€"lord; such deferential courtesy as to a royal perâ€" son was intended to win back the soul , of Esau to him. In all this polite homage, however, Jacob was only ; knocking at an open door.. For Esau had forgotten all, and forgiven all. His attitude here was truly noble. ]Swift to become angry and swift to forgive, he was a man of strong â€"imâ€" pulse. His impulsive nature showed itself in the way in which he embraced Jacob and kissed him. Jacob, the 'wrong-doer, showed deference as beâ€" Ifore one higher than himself, »but Esau, the wronged, showed real affecâ€" tion. Thus these alienated brothers, long held apart, were happily knit in ibrotherly love again. One writer reâ€" marks, "Genesis is a book of reconciliaâ€" ' tions. Families are for a time estrancâ€" | ed and one brother would not be sorry to see another dead. _ But absenc _makes. the heart grow fonder, and evening brings all home." ‘ III, THE TOKEN OF RECONCILIATION, vs. 8â€"11. higher plane than Esau. 6 in the rear. Rachel, his favorite wife, was placed at the very end of the company, in the position of least danâ€" ger. If Esau planned revenge he would naturally fall upon the handâ€" maids first, in which case the wives with their families might be able to effect an escape. II. RECONCILIATION, vs. 3â€"7. Soviet To Allow _ |Diseases of Grain _ |The Lowly Hog Open Grain Sales In Eastern Canada â€"And S The Government‘s figures showed 16,106,750 acres sown as compared with 8,297,500 at the same time in 1931. This year‘s planting program calls for cultivation of 225,975.000 acres as compared with last year‘s 243,112,500. The decree is calculated to increase efficiency and economy, since no more will grain be hidden or allowed to rot in the fields as occurred in the past when the peasant thought that if he harvested too much grain the Governâ€" ment would seize it. Moscowâ€"More tractors and other agricultural machines are in the fields of Russia than ever before and last month the sown area was double that during the same period last year. In industry, according to the pieceâ€" work system, the more a man works the more money he receives. In agriculture now it will be the sameâ€"if he plants more he will earn more by selling it in bazaars and markets. A $20 gold piece was made to sing over a radio broadcast by drawing a violin bow across itss surface. Even connoisseurs agree that it was sweet music. In recent months the peasants have been encouraged to sell their produce and manufactures, but there has been no reduction in the grain collections. The decrees form a part of a wideâ€" spread campaign in industry and agriâ€" cultureâ€"initiated by M. Stalin along the lines laid down by Leninâ€"to create an incentive to greater individâ€" ual effort. Moscow.â€"A stimulus to agriculture, more bread for individuals and an imâ€" petus to internal trade senerally are predicted as a regult of a decree just signed jointly by Joseph Stalin, Comâ€" munist party chief, and Premier Moloâ€" toff, the powerful Government official. ~ It is thought here that the sale of this grain will encourage the individâ€" ual to manufacture such needed arâ€" ticles as cloth and tinware. The fact that a large amount of consumers‘ goods was made by petty artisans beâ€" fore the revolution and during the NEP (New Economic Policy) often has been neglected in attempts to explain the present goods shortage in the face of the increased factory production. Trade Wares For Grain Boot makers and such .will now trade their wares for grain. At present it is next to impossible to get shoes unless they are made by independent cobblers, and even the peasants‘ sanâ€" dals are scarce. In connection with this new policy of free trade, the agriâ€" cultural tax will exempt profit derived from goods sold in the markets. Decree Permits Peasants to| Set Own Prices on _ | Markets The decree first reduces the total Government grain collections this year by about 20 per cent., thus leaving more grain in the hands of the growâ€" ers, and second, it gives freedom and encouragement to collective farm members and individual peasants to sell their grain in the open markets at their own prices, not the Government fixed prices. Under the new program the Governâ€" ment grain collections in the coming harvest are fixed at 18,000,000 tons, which is 4,300,000 tons below the 1931 figures. Since a greater yield is exâ€" pected this year as a result of the inâ€" creased acreage, there will be an unâ€" usually large quantity of grain for the peasantry. Issued by the Council of Commissars and the Central Executive Committee of the party, it was displayed on the front pages of all the newspapers reâ€" cently. A grain trust official remarkâ€" ed, "Naturally, it will make the peasâ€" ants happy," for they will have more grain for their own use and will be able to barter it at bazaars. The decree contemplates an increase in grain collections from state farms of about 1,000,000 tons, which will not make up for the reductions in other quarters. The natural flow of bartered grain directly to consumers in town and country is expected to fill in this gap. Russian Farming Takes Big Strides A farmer brought the intestines of a sheep, recently dead, to my office a few days ago, and asked the question, why did the sheep die. An examinaâ€" tion of the intestine revealed many small knobs or nodules about the size of a pea, on the surface of the gut. These when cut open were found to be filled with a greenish yellow pus. Some of the nodules or little lumps had hardened and had a gritty feeling when cut across with a knife. At one point in the intestine the lumps or nodules were so large as to block the intestine, that it prevented the passâ€" ago of digested food from moving‘ along. It was due to this s(oppago‘ that the sheep died. These small pus filled lumps are caused by the young Nodular Worin, which is very common in sheep flocks of Ontario. It causes much loss through unthrift brought on by its presence in the sheep or lamb, and is frequently the cause of death, as the intestine is likely to rupture at the point where the nodules are preâ€" sent,. The prevention of these losses consists of keeping the sheep moving to new pasture as often as possible, and giving them a lick composed of salt 10 parts, and broken tobacco leaf 1 part. The flock should have the lick before it at all times. Tobacco can be secured from those farmers that grow it, or it can be grown on your own farm, and when dry it can be pulverâ€" ized by runaing it through a feed mill, stems and icaves. The lambs that are born yery eariy in the season will be less infosted than the lambs bern out on the infested pastures.â€"L. S., Ont. Dept. Agriculture. Smut diseases cause considerable losses to grain crops in Eastern Canâ€" ada, being especially detrimental to oats and barley. Satisfactory methâ€" ods of control of these diseases have, however, been devised by the Division of Botany of the Dominion Experiâ€" mental Farms. In > seeking to control smuts, it should be understood that smut on barley is not the same as smut on wheat, and loose smut of wheat difâ€" fers very greatly from burnt or stinking smut. _ Persons in doubt as to the identity of any particular smut disease should submit samples to the nearest Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathâ€" ology where correct diagnosis will be made and the proper control measures described. The most upâ€"toâ€"date recommendaâ€" tions for smut control are found in Bulletin No. 81, New Series, issued by the Dominion Botanist, Central Exâ€" perimental Farm, Ottawa. Treatments are given as follows: "Wheat Bunt, Loose Smut of Oats and covered Smut of barleyâ€"The solution is prepared by adding one pound of formalin to 40 gallons of water and stirring till the formalin and water are well mixed toâ€" gether,. Since this quantity of liquid may be greater than is required for use in a single day, any desired amount may be prepared in the above proportions by adding one ounce of formalin to every 2% gallons of water." "The grain to be treated is placed in a pile on a clean floor, and sprinkâ€" led with formalin solution from an orâ€" dinary sprinkling can or by means of a broom. The grain is then shovelled over into another pile, the grain being mixed as thoroughly as possible to distribute the moisture. The grain is again sprinkled and shovelled over. This operation is repeated until the grain is uniformly moistened. Forty gallons of soluton will treat from 40 to 50 bushels of grain, aproximately one gallon to every bushel. _ The treated grain should be covered up for four hours with clean sacks or can« vas." | Loose smut of Wheat and Loose smut of Barley are controlled by the hotâ€"water tre&tméent as follows: "First the sock is soaked in warm water (86 deg. F.) for four hours and then the swollen grain is immersed for ten minutes in water kept during this time at a constant temperature not below 122 deg. F. and not above 160 deg. F." â€"R. R. Hurst, Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Charlottetown, P.EL Nodular Disease in Sheep (Experimental Farm Note) NTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO PugÂ¥ 6 6. l (Experimental Farm Note) |_Of what particular value are hogs except to produce our ham and bacon? .Why are.they experimented upon, and why is such care taken in the procurâ€" ing of accurate experimental data? The answer to these and other quesâ€" tions may be derived, and a greater |and clearer realization of the importâ€" ance of the swine industry ascerthinâ€" |°d by a visit to the Central Expgriâ€" mental Farm and a survey of the work , being carried on there by the Aninial HMusbandry Division. Stuftgart.â€"In a number of Stuttâ€" gart schools this winter collection boxes were placed for Germany‘s largest childron‘s recreation home, the Heuberg, high above the valley of the young Danube, which after twelve years‘ existence is awaiting its one hundred thousandth inmate. In 1913, a military driliing ground was established on the Heuberg, which later served as a prisoners‘ camp. _ After 1918, however, beneve lent: personsâ€"among them Frau Dr, Marie Baum in Heide!bergâ€"were inâ€" strumeutal in transforming the enâ€" tire arca into a home for poor childâ€" ren who nceded care and recreation. Close to a heath and wood many little redâ€"roofed houses have beon built. each in its own playground; in each house a dozen or more children about the same age, boys or girle, lve under the care of a teacher and are permitted to play in the open air to their hearts‘ content; they are taught order also, often for the first time. Town aud country charitable Institotions and children‘s welfare organizations have the selection of the children who are received thous ands at a time at the Heuberg. Charming views meet the eye of the visitor. ‘Three are games . of.all kinds for the boys and girle under the supervision and with the cooperâ€" ation of the teachers, and services are held in the woods for children of every denomination. ‘The Meuberg carries on with very modest :z but has already done much . cent work. Besides children, other groups of young people are um such as girls who have left B and are not yet abie to work. Therd is also a military orphan mw pupiis of the higher schools of The hog thus carri what he is given, thrivin more valuable feeding his rate of growth, type, cass and economy of gai in propounding advice £ to farmers and feedors suitable and economica tices.â€"EF. B. Fraser, C mental Farm, Oltawa. Another line of work on accessory feeds deserves some comment. . Cod liver oil, pilchard oil, mineral feeds, etc., are being tried out in an exporiâ€" mental way, and their value deterâ€" mined in swine feeding. These sup pilements to ordinary feeding have only of late come into ‘prominence as liveâ€" stock feeds, and especially so as swine feeds. Cod liver oll is a known source of vitamins A and D, and the claims for pilchard oil are that it conâ€" tains these constituents and is availâ€" able at a very moderate price. Comâ€" parisons of these two oils are in proâ€" gress at the Central Exporimental Farm and also on several Branch Exâ€" perimental Farms, and the results when compiled should prove interestâ€" ing and valuable. ‘This is but one inâ€" stance of the continuous testing and experimentation being carried on in the interests of the Canadian farmer, and also indicates the thorough way in which a problem is investigated. Jt is not only carried on at the one Farm, but is replicated on many other Experiâ€" mental Farms. By such corroboration of results, accuracy is assured, and the problem is completed much more quickly and with the same accuracy as if it were repeated on one Experiâ€" mental Farm year after year. German City Building Ideal Home For Children Experts in livestock are not only guiding the work in the production of swine, but are producing more and cheaper pork. From their experience gained in actual experiments, they are enabled to advise the farmers throughâ€" out Canada how to make the same equivalent savings, The swine herd consists of pure bred Yorkshires and Borkshires. By the introduction of new sires from time to time, supplemented with rigid selecâ€" tion and culling, a herd of high standâ€" ard has been developed. _ From this herd, breeding stock is disseminated to other Experimental Farms throughâ€" out Canada and to the swine breeders and farmers of Hastern Canada. Experimental and research studies absorb a large percentage of the pigs raised. Work is being carried on in testing the relative nutritional value of various individual feeds and in the compounding of suitable meal mixâ€" tures for pigs of various ages. Mixâ€" turesâ€"are tried out, and if found suitâ€" able, they are published in pamphiet form, and are widely distributed to Canadian farmers. Such distribution of valuable information raises the standard of production, improves feedâ€" ing practices and most important of all lowers the cost of pork production for the individual farmor. us carmes on, cating n, thriving best on the feeding stuffs, and by th, type, quality of carâ€" nical iins aids science for distribution s concernng the for the first y charitable n‘s . welfare selection of eived thousâ€" e â€" Heuberg. s eye of the mes . of »alt }» ri