fe- resistant i leaf h el ottawa announces three strains to be ready forj distribution guarding all seed ottawa three rustreststaut wheat strains developed on federal experimental farms will be available for distribuiion in hie autumn of 1s7 agriculture minister gardiner told this house of comomons recently the minister was asked various questions about rustless wheat when his estimates were under discussion he said the three strains would be distributed in 1937 to fanners who would sell the resulting crops the next year to their neighbors at present a minnesota rustless wheat is being sold in the west the minister said the department was assisting farmers to clear it through the customs but was not distribut ing it the seed of the three strains was now being grown and multiplied on government experimental farms j great care was taken to prevent the seed from getting out of govern ment possession until the department j was ready for distribution there was always the possibility however of j a few ears of grain being lost from a testing plot a field of wheat near brandon was found to be one of the strains of rust resistant wheat developed at winnipeg and which was being tested a the brandon experimental farm while no explanation was forthcom ing of where the seed came from the whole crop was acquired for the government farm problems conducted by profcor henry g cell vith the cooperation of the various department of ontario agricultural college the business of farming is yearly becoming more and more dependent upon facts that have been gathered regarding livestock and livestock management crop production soil management d and insect con- irid and business organization of the farming industry individual prob lems involving one or more of these and many other phases of agricul ture engage the attention of ontario farmers from day to day during the winter months there is a little more time for sludy of the most acute problems through this column fanners may secure the latest information pertain ing to their difficulties to intro duce ibis servce lrofessor hell has prepared the following typical prob lems to indicate the informaton which should be given in order that a satisfactory answer can be made if answer is desired by letter en close stamped and addressed envelope for eply address all inquiries to lrofessor henry li bell koom 421 73 adelaide st w toronto ontario sarkafcwn deficit to p abut 37i077 regina a deficit of 371077 was miticipated in the estimates of the sasatchewau government for the fiscal year ending april 30 1927 and tabled in the legislature recent ly the estimates showing an in- measti of approximately si 000 000 over the o responding totals fur a year ago were tablet by premier patterson who also holds the port folio of provincial treasurer ilv kkn kwarij 1 question how would you under take to prevent or control celery blight answer there are two celery blights hi ontario namely late blight or septoria leaf spot and early blight the former is much the more prevalent and destruct ive fortunately both blights res pond to the same treatment the directions for spraying celery to prevent these blights are as fol lows give two applications when the plants ae still in the seed bed using bordeaux mixture of the strength of 3 pounds of milestone and ti pounds of hydrated lime to 10 gallons of water the first ap plication should he made when the plants are from two to three inches high and the second application given a short time before setting the plants out in the field the field spraying should be started a week or ten days after the plants are set out for the field applica tions use bordeaux mixture of the strength of 4 pounds of copper sulphate s pounds of hydrated lime and 40 gallons of water ap plications should be made at an interval of a week or ten days dur ing the season the wetter the weather the greater the number of applications that will be required when the plants are small 40 gal lons of the spray mixture will be sufficient for an acre but when the plants are large it will require two or three times this much it is very important that the bordeaux should be applied under high pres sure the sprayer should be rig ged with three nozzles to each row ore from the top and one from eacli side late blight spreads most ra pidly during wot weather it is therefore important to see that the bordeaux is on the plants before rain comes rather than after the directions for dusting eel ery are as follows lse 20 per cent copperlime dust give two applications as described above while the plants are still in the seed bed and repeat at intervals of from 3 to 10 days after the plants are set out in the field in very wet weather it may be nec essary to apply the dust as olten as twice a week the best results from dusting are secured by using liberal quantities of dust and ap plying it under high pressure other precautions which should be taken bake up and burn the diseased leaves and stalks plant celery so far as it is possible on well drained land do not cultivate celery when the plants are wet and in cultivating take tare not to get the soil into the crowns of the young plants rotation of crops is an effective means of preventing this disease as hi- causal organism is chiefly carried from year to year in the crop refuse in he soil but it is not always practical un der ordinary celery growing con ditions it is not advisable to at tempt to store for any length ot time celery affected with late blight before such celery is plac ed in storage the blighted leaves and stems shojild be stripped off those who grow large quantities of celery depend chiefly on spray ing or dusting for the prevention of this disease j e howitt de partment of botany oac first woman to head a senate committee english writer learns about pie thyra winslows description of american food amuses woman editor mrs hattie caraway senator from arkansas presiding over the meeting of the senate subcommittee on commerce in aslnng- ton after receiving the honor of bing the first woman ever appointed by the senate to head a committee lilies french armies moving german troops hailed by rhineland throngs mar tial hysteria breaks bounds bsklin germany s watch on the rhine was reestablished sun day by comman of reichsfuehrer hitler troo crossed the famous river regiment by regiment to it fee up the posts once held by the kaisers ii ft 4a0 ottawa emergency supt-le- mentary estimates in due course will indicate that 3000000 is to be spent in employing 10000 of the single un employed men at present taken core of in the federal relief camps ci ad ditional maintenance of way improve ments on the canadian national and canadian pacific railways during the coming summer it is learned that the government will contribute 1500000 of the to tal amount to be spent the work is to be divided equally between the two railroads which will contribute 750000 each r5i mm ji kin edward viii dislikes penality london the womens editor of overseas who has been in times past a tern critic of her own countrys cooking now wtih some natural glee reprints an article sent to her from massachusetts she says 1 opened my eyes when i came to this sentence youll fin i the worst cooking in the world in tiie small towns of the united states and then the speak er referred to as thyra window author of my own my native i ary land for it was a public lunch that that was being described proceeded to dilate on what these unfortunates have to eat and here is her enlight ening description first you get a thick strange cream soup you have to consume threequarters of it before you know whether its flav ored badly with asparagus or worse with fieas suppose you dont make the ef fort and are ready for the second course there is a menacing slab of some brown indefinite meat drown ed in glue flanked with mahogany brown vegetables floating in water the vegetables nestle in little bath tubs and at the side there is a plate covered with a mysterious something known as salad a word which seems to mean a wilted lettuce leaf a slice of leathery tomato and a chunk of potato all swimming in bought dressing and to top it all off you our choice of canned truit a his decision to renounce the locarno ie custarlj or pie oh p what pact and to remilitarize the rhine- chmcs avo perpetrated in vour land zone tle information simple name conveyed first to the ambassador- of the futurc says tle en the other countries which signed the ish chtol patr fee ings are outraged by the monotony of english cooking by the lack of imagination in the english cook i shall think of mrs winslow and of what the unfortunate americans have to eat outdistances escort in tour of british industries fair shows own sox london kng the slight fair- haired edward viii completed the first month of his reign with public evidence that he has become britains informal monarch mdrovemei consume orea about 1800 tons of bread go down throats of citizens each day cost about si 50000 flour mills at docks run 24 hours daily for five days each week a 7500000 tiger mickey cochrane that ace tigei trainer who is all set ro piay pupv again to his string of tiger cubs now in training down at lakeland flori da opened up the old money belt to pay 7500000 for al simmons his old teammate of the as did you know ttuv when al sim mons wii5 a chicago wlile sox out fielder he hatted 33 in is games of world serif competition daring 1020 1030 and 1031 another interesting b iseball tact is about iou gehrig of the new- york yankees who has been the games most consistent performer in world series engagements his bat ting average for the classas of four yankee series years was 422 interesting too is the fact that world series umpires receive a hat 250000 for their efforts ty cobb was the greatest ball player who ever lived lie led the american league batters for 12 seasons and in 1015 stole 00 bases todays cartoon is dedicated to my friend allan berrill of streets ville ontario who is a follower of this column note if uioe fan whins to k tport questions would kindly send ihcm to ken edwards co na tional press 5 bloor st west they will be answered at once through this column london that simple request at the london breakfast or teatable will you pass the bread please is just the end of as wonderful a story as has ever been told says the over seas daily mail the beginnings of it reach right away to the cornfields of england to the prairies of canada and the united states the pampas of argentina and once in a while to india and russia hut in between the cornfields and the table there is a great wealth of incidents of scientific organization and bigscale operation and manipulation which are little guessed by the diner who makes that simple request if an attempt were made to relate the whole of the story the figures that would have to be mentioned would reach astronomical dimensions it is fair to assume that the eight millions of people in the metropolis each consumes half a pound of bread a day this means that about 1800 tons of bread disappear down the throats of londons citizens every day of the year if the whole mass were represented by 21 lb loaves and plac ed side by side there would be a chain of bread that would stretch from london to brighton and back again and it would utterly disappear in 21 hours for that bread london pays about i30000 every day bread is made from wheaton flour finely milled in machines with chilled steel rollers and not all the wheat is converted into bread flour some of the products like semolint are highly esteemed by the housewife for culinary purposes and there arc other and residual products which under various technical names form the basis for cattle and poultry feed thus it happens speaking approxi mately that 100 lb of wheat produce about 70 lb of flour and so day in day out the millers must grind about 40000 cwt of grain to provide the 28000 cwt of flour which the bakers demand daily so that the domestic table shall not lack bread the shipping of wheat has a romantic history england is the largest buyer in the world and in the season the argosies laden with the golden grain stream across the seven seas and the normal arrivals exceed 5000000 tons the most pic turesque scene in this business is the annual wheat race from australia by the windjammers some if whom come right up the thames to lon dons docks and it is a pretty sight to see one moored alongside a huge dock mill with its lofty masts tower ing above the big mill buildings the mills run 21 hours to the day lor five days a week and some of them will supply enough flour in a day to make 350000 to 400000 pounds of bread after the millers come the bakers but these arc less numerous in lon don than they used to be at one time the working baker was a figure familiar to everyone there still sur vive a few of the old private bakers shops but thousands have been dis placed byv the modern factorybak eries eactk with an output many hundred times larger than that of the most flourishing working baker the growth of these large factory bakeries is due to the perfection of bakehouse machinery which makes it practicable for every operation to be performed mechanically and to motor traction where the oldtime baker depended for custom on what ho could sell over the counter and by horse van in the neighborhood the factory bakery with its fleet of mo tor vans can deliver to shops and houses within a radius of a dozen miles and more relief camp works projects now under way will be continued until the camps ar closed about inly 1 next provision will also be male in the supplementary estimates in the house to continue thereafter the projects which are considered useful and desirable in the public interest other projects not considered in this class will be allowed to lapse considerable satisfaction was ex pressed among the government fol lowing in the house over the state ment of hon norman rogers labor minister outlining the governments plans to discontinue the relief camps it is felt such plans will deal with the situation effectively and eliminate possible trouble from communistic influences this coming spring and early summer the more difficult side of the plans of course will come in arranging for numbers of the single unemployed who are reaiy unemployable dnldoied faith in woman senator western woman looks to parliament to fill all win ter requirements ottawa out in a little house in a windswept corner of the prair ies is one woman who has infinite faith in the power of women in politics her faitli has taken con crete form and arrived by mail on senator cairine wilsons desk ilie mere passing of government bills for millions of dollars does not interest this western housewife but she is definitely concerned in the passing of a bill for 71 41 on a mail order house for articles she has chosen painstakingly by lamplight out of a briefly pictured catalogue the letter dear mrs senator wilson am enclosing an order for articles 1 am in dire need of this winter and am trusting that through you this bill will pass the senate and order with money enclosed be sent to the co without delay as i am very worried over the doming of my family for the winter this list is attached 12 linen tea towels 200 10 yards linen tea towels 205 two sets sheets and pillow cases 700 three pairs pil low cases 175 two pairs alabama blankets 050 two wool quilts 1750 two crinkle bed spreads 320 one pair al wool blankets 1275 one pair spot marquisette 120 four suits boys an wool underwear 1000 four broadcloth shirts 310 four pairs irish knit all wool hose s3s0 total 7444 in japan the fox is looked upon as being a messenger from the gods 32 the new- king emperor whose rule began the instant his father george v died just before midnight janu- in keeping with the tradition the king never dies has al ready settled down to his tasks with characteristic thoroughness just as he toured the empire as prince of wales making scores of in formal trips as britains ambassador of business so has he demonstrated that 20thcentury informality rather than stiff regard for precedent will mark his reign the irrepressible informality which made edward the bestloved prince of wales in britains history was again disclosed at his first public func tion since his accession a visit to the british industries fair at olympia the king insisted on carrying out his longscheduled visit in order to lend his personal support to the fair despite the court mourning for his father he toured the stands in a record time for royal speed often outdis tancing his police escort in sharp contrast to the stately progress king george and queen mary always made tit previous fairs perspiring officials evidently sur prised by his majestys keenness could not help but laugh when the monarch paused before a sox display pullel m his trousers and showing the hose salesman the kind of sox a i- was wealing more chuckles arose when edward stopped at a stand showing dress shirts made of paper and asked the paper shirt maker if his wareswash- ed well informality and disregard for minor precedents may be expected of the j ruler of 19000000 subjects in the i empire on which the sun never sets i but no more sensational changes such i his capital after his fathers death at samlringham seemed in prospect despite his informality the new sovereign has fulfilled consistently all his constitutional duties confer ring with his ministers almost daily and holding levees and investitures in the traditional manner reoccupation of the uilneland j for the coming vear as against 23- 1 important uein of business premier albert sarraut refused 000000 118450000 the sum p m t j v for several days ot the week it is evci to examine hitlers counter- set aside for unemployment relief proposals he accused germany of will be reduced from 50130000 j insincerity and pledged france to 250050000 to 15000000 light for german respect of german 225000000 foi the coming per- armies on the frontiers of france and belgium this action started as hitler an nounced to the reichstag saturday jj enounce the locarno locarno treat and other minister at berlin a gove anient announcement said the reoccupation of the rhineland by the greygreen troops is completed hitle called the action a precau tion against c o m m u n i s ir and france iron ring iroun the reich it smashed not only locarno but auc thi remnants of the military clauses of th versailles treaty fighting mad paris france sunday night show reduction in ordinary vote london first estimates for the british budget fot the next fis- al year published this week show a ceived through diplomatic channels reduction of 1001027 5000- reassuring indications that her allies 635 under the total for the current li llis precedentshattering flight are witr her ir attempting to force germ ii to respect her igature of the locarno treaty the country fighting mad moved drastically along military and diplo matic fronts io counter fuechrer adolf hitlers dramatic denunciation year these figures cover only non- military government functions the figure for the coming fiscal year is placed at 448080711 2210418570 the labor ministry has an esti- of the treaty and germanys military mate of 23710000 11s 505000 obligations frontier guarded strasbourg fraace the french military high command sun day put whole armies on the march on the rlyneland frontier intensive military activity was vis ible all along the 200 miles of steel and concrete fortifications the conspicuous martial movement createn widespread nervousness among the alsatian populations in additioi to reinforcing fica tions covering troops were arriving from the lorraine garrisons and from foul to form a second lire oth reinforcements were moving up in he bolfort regions from the vosgcs mountains iod understood has been a consideration 1 1 of how largo a salary he should draw but he will draw it only upon par- liamentary approval i each weekend the monarch in sists upon quiet and rest in his coun- l try home at nearby fort belvedere where he indulges in his nowfavorite hobby of gardening produce prices united farmers cooperative co i saturday were paying the following prices for produce j eggs with cases returned prices i nominal germanys might co 1lenz madly cheering throngs broke all bonds of restraint sunday as a n ilitarily revitalized germany displayed her might at 3onn citizens broke through cordons of stoim troops to throw garlands around the necks of march ing infantrymer and artillerymen the martial spirit was everywhere at duesseldorf an aviation squad ron flew in formation over the rhine on the earth below rumbling artil lery detachmcts arrived for a re view before the rhire memori to uhlan troors thi new rhine army whicn fil tered in thin lines of field grey for 24 hours is estimated at 45000 at fainz three detachments of infaitiy cavihj and artilhry rattl ed thrtugh garlanded flagdecked streets to shouted heils from the massed population others arrived at frankfort and cologne where flowerdecked artil lery boomed over the rhine bridge and halted for inspection in jammed cathedral square j the rhineland was jubilant gala festival a large 30c a medium 20c a pulets 27c b 2ic c 21c butter no 1 ontario solids 22c no 2 21 c poultry quotations ii cents pressed live dressed milked hens a a a over 5 lbs 10 17 4 to 5 lbs 15 10 3 to 4 lbs 12 13 old roosters 7 11 spring chickens over 0 lbs 10 20 22 0 to 0 lbs 15 ill 21 5 to 5 lbs 14 18 20 456 to b lbs 13 17 19 under 4i lbs 12 10 is young ducks over 5 lbs 12 is 4 to 5 lbs 10 1g gold turns scales against crop loss new discoveries at lake athabaska compensate for drought years hay anu straw no 2 timothy hay baled ton to 10 no 3 timothy hay ton to s straw wheat baled ton to c oat straw 5 over 4081 miles of tickets 01 million in number were issued for passengers and parcels during last wholesale provisions wholesale provision dealers are quoting the following prices to the toronto retail trade pork ham loic shoulders 15c butts 17ic pork loins 20c pic nics 14c lard pure tierces 12ic tubs 1356c pails 13tic prints lfic shortening tierces 10ic tabs year over the 007s miles of track ny j ue prints llic western railway i on the great last year too 170000 copies of i crime costs the poile of the its holiday haunts guide were united states about 2000000000 sold for which 11723 miles of paper a year america is the land of big regina gold mined in the far northern reaches of the province is striking an economic balance for ag rarian saskatchewan loss through drought measured in bushels of grain is being more than offset by the tap of the prospectors hammer at lake athabaska discovery of free gold at beaver lodge 075 miles north of here reached the outside world little more than a year ago mining men rushed to stake claim i and this year will see tiie first of the yellow metal transformed into bricks the wheat province long known for her fields of golden grain has 21 1 turned almost overnight into a pro- ducer of golden metal more than llsoo claims have been staked of these 1000 are recorded near reaver lodge situated on the northwestern arm of the lake transformed from a trappers haven to the status of a town i ho lodge site has been presented with the significant name of goldflelds it has a population of 400 steps have been taken to organize a school and municipal organization is pro gressing rapidly gentlemen adventurers of the air and rapid transportation afforded by the airplane has speeded development if saskatchewans northern frontier supplies mails and mining machinery are carried over unoiartered terrain that would necessitate months of tra vel by river and portage the area of mineral potentialities this year has extended to hanson lake west of ilin finn 275 miles irtheist of here silver and ether jtelic ores have boon reported over an aroi that promises to equal discoveries et cobalt goweanda and 17256 tons had to be bought thing 1 kirkland lake
