where it was impossible to grow them before. Crop failures at Dandarragan had been most noticeableon blue gum flats, country which in most parts of the State would be expected to produce the heaviest yields. An experiment was conducted on land with a bad record. It was

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P" "E "mcfi"; 1; Wflifjf" cleared in 1933 and cropped with barley in the lees-else). bloat-Col Ii- A. 61.0. following year, but the grain did not-mature. In "n" l“, m“ ‘ w“'".""|' w-n_""“'", 74"‘ the next two years it ivas used as pasture and

fallowed in 1937. Last year a crop of oats was a partial to a complete failure. In May this year, plots of tlle same land were planted at the rate of 55 lb. of seed to the acre. The area was divided into 25 lots, and 25 treatments were re- peated fivc times, the plots being “randomised." The control plots received a dressing of 1 cwt. of superphospliate per acre. atid the saliie rate of superphosphate was used on all other plots. Five plots received 5 lb. of copper sulphate per acre, five received l5 lb., and five 30 lb. per acre, while the fifth group of five plots was given a mixed dressing of 15 lb. of copper sulphate, i5 lb. of manganese sulphate, 20 lb. of magnesium sulphate, 2o Ib. of ferrous sulphate, 5 lb. of ziilc sulphate, and 5 lb. of borax sulphate. At a re- icent demonstration. all that grcw on the coli- trol plots W215 wild Yathroo oats, aiid several other plants of comparatively loiv feed value. Here and there the rciiiailis of the oat crop could ‘be seen-a few withered stems aboilt six inches high. On the coppcr-trcaterl plots within a foot of the control plots was a healthy, fully-matur- ed crop which will yield three tons of hay to the acre. Tilicre was no perceptible difference be- tween the various dcgrccs of copper sulphate ap- plication, nor bctwccu the copper-treated plots and those that reccivcil thc niixcd dressing. ll is now more cffcctivc to fccd copper to stoclt through the pastures than I11 the forln of licks.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUAIY M. 1M0.

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Commenting on the splendid response t0 Can- ada's first war loan, the Hamilton Spectator (Independent) says:

“There is no doubt about the spirit of the Canadian people; but is the government _0I (Flin- ada alert to the need of keeping this spirit HIWC? Are its actions in keeping with the vuluntary ac-l tiolis of those who have their whole heart in making every possible contribution toward the triumph of the Allies? This spirit, unfort- unately can be cooled by inefficient officialdom, as easily as it call be fired by bold and aggres- sive leadership. War does not change a dom- ocracy into a dictatorship, but it demands that tllc waste and vacillation that frequently marks .1 (ICll10CrZ1t.‘_\' Ill time of peace be abruptly eniilim- atcd ili tiliie of war. Has the government of Canada made its full ‘subscription’ to the com- mon cause P"

There are many who believe it has not. By a vote of 44-10 the Liberal Legislature of On- tario has condemned the King Government for its dilatoriness in prosecuting Canada's war ef- forts. Whatever of personal spleen may be be- hind Prcnlier llepburifs action in this coniiec- tion, it is apparent that he could not hate swung

[DIIURIAL NUIFS

Tomorrow is the date in “_laii\vzir" when “the wind blew hanscl ill on Robin". It continues to do so on Robin's successors.

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It was a slip of ihc tongue, but the laily spiikc

5M1, a vole if he (lid not 11.1w 111g sgnflmcnf of aptly wlicn shc tclcpllollril lhc local radio statiizn the llouse behind him. At the coming session to liiipure \\ hcn \\III the wal-opcali ilcws coiiii: of I’ai'lianient the King Government will be ex- Oil? ‘i * i i‘

pcctcrl to answcr many questions with regard to war activitics which heretofore have been shrouded III official silence. And it will not do to ilffl1l€‘Il1CI't‘, as the local Liberal organ has attempted to do, that the oversubscription to the war loan in two days is proof of the peopless con- fidence Ill the Govcriinlent. It is nothing of the kind. The very fact of such an alibi being sug- gested raises very serious doubt as whether there is any satisfactory answer to the many criticisms that have been voiced. If .\lr. King and his

“I think thcrc he six Richlnnnds ill the ficlll," may more appriipri;ltt-l_v rcznl tod:i_v, “I think there be at least >I.\ fields I11 hiclnuolid" CIYLIiI- able for aviation trzliliiiig.

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Charles laincs lfox born this date. 1H‘)- -\ brilliant Qrgttgr gtilil luis-Cxsiilg great IICFSOIIHI charm, his powcrlc<~iic~s as a SIRIICSIIIZIII is at- tributable to the early rcputiltion he gailiccl for excesses alid to the disfaviiilr of (icorge lll.

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colleagues at Ottawa should adopt the same line * * * _ of defense, they would establish beyond perad- The old (lays of lhirlis coilccrts ill thc city venture their ilnfitness for the office they hold. scent to have gone for cicr. 'I‘Iicir mainstay.

llclsaac, .\lcl’licc, .\III\'I-(‘OII, Paton, Wcbstcr, \\'hite are no longer with its. or arc inactive in Calcdonian Club affairs: and thc younger gcii- eratioii have not fl>C11 to the uccmion. Sic gloriu’, ctc.

After The Moonshiner

Smuggling of liquor in the Maritimes is re- ported to be practically ended. Two factors says , _ _ g I the National Rc-vziiire Rc-rietv, are resporisible. A YMIIIAIICIIIK of 59-wgiooo mm“ b)‘ the mm‘

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The first of these is the vigilance of the R. C. of M°"_"°{‘I “"1 ‘Y-‘-""“~""l‘; l"‘"q‘f "l ‘I'm hi)“ M_ pop-Ce and [he secmd, the war, which has ‘Bank 0t (anaila, iluc on cc. _b_ last gills it-cii c“, Off mo“ Oi the smugfiiersi sources of Suppl‘. reported bv tht- t Jilllltllllll l‘;iciiic l\:iil\va_v t) ,- [he Rpucu.’ winch 1s a Dommlol, Govemmm: lthe Sccuritics and l..\_c l.iil_c Lillll41I~It.:~I<)l1, \\ as. publication adds. lngton. lhc (ipcrzitiotis wcrc cltectctl through ' ’ ' ‘ “ v ' i-- ~ N

\\'ith “real stilff" unobtainable there were for ‘the 55mm” o‘ ‘Thhoflofxx’ m m“ Fcmfcfgfiol“ a time indications that illicit distillation was on |t° t"°_b“""" 1"“ m“ "‘_"°‘_.‘""’Q'°)' m MMX)" the incrmsc, especially in one Section of Nova 000 o1 3 ptr tq-pt l1iilL> lnaiillillg .._,000.oo0 an.

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Scotia where the nature of the territory seemed "mm-v fmm “J40 "' “H3 "'_"' SAMXNOQO U‘ 3 "3 to be suitable for the effective concealment of Per mm “(m5 "mmnng TTOUQOOO "mm "344 stills. To the dismay of the moonshining fra- and '94-?‘ i * * g

ternity an unexpected foe to their enterprise made his appearance, and so effective has been _. his work that the R.C..\I. Police report the i moonshincrs are completely defeated and are at a loss to know what tactics to employ. Of- ficially known as SD .\'o_ III. the nemesis of the law-breakers is “Egori," a German shepherd dog, whose talents for locating illicit stills has earned him the honour of being shown as an assistant seizing officer on Excise seizure re- Ports. Recently several cases have been report- ed to the department in which stills were dis- covered which were so effectively hidden that it IS very probable they would not have been de- tccted had not the R.C. M. Police had the as- sistance of “Egon."

Car owners in Michigan will pay approxi- mately one million (IUIIJIYS lnorc in gasoline costs this year just to push ziroilutl their new “ini- streamlined" license plates. Michigan's i940 plates are 3O per ccnt larger than the old ones, Professor Felix \\'. Pziivloivski of the University of Michigan zlcriinziuticzil engineering dcpart- lnent explains. and this incrca-cd size will make for added air resistance. Since it cost the aver- age motorist who traveled 12.000 miles last yeai $2.50 in gasoline costs to push along the smaller front plates, Profcsmi- I'(l\\'ItJ\\‘SI\'I estimates that additional fucl Ctiwlllltf U0 cciits or more will be required for the ilcw silrcr-and-bliie plates. *

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Cardinal Bertram, Archbishop of Breslau, has taken issue with recent announcements of Nazi leaders concerning children born ollt of wedlock in wartiine. Cardinal Bcrtraln. in a pastoral let- ter, which is to he road to his diocese on Jan. 28 aiid Feb. 4, especially urges observance of the Sixth Colnnizinrhiiant in the Catholic dc.- calciguc, "Thou Shah Not Commit Adultery.” "Do not givc credence to assertions that in war- time the Sixth Coiiiiniindinent is not to be taken so seriously." Among other things the Cardinal says»: “Opinions and suggestions are being spread which are incompatible with obligations to pre- serve Iiachclorhoiiil and to prcscrvc faith III the Imarricd state."

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Safeguarding The Buyer

“Let the seller, as well as the buyer, beware." ITIilding that the evidence before the court show- ctl without doubt that the skins used in the Hud- son seal coat purchased by Mrs. Eugene Parent I i from .\. llcziilprc were not “first-class skins at:- cording to the manner in which the term was eniploycrl in the trade," Mr. justice Alfred Forest in Superior Court maintained Mrs. Par- ent's action against Bcatipre for $214 with i iiiicrcst and cit-ts. .\Irs. Parent took actionl ziu-"iiii-t the said filri-icr when she discovered’ thsll a seal coat which she had purchased from the defendant did not measure up to the con- ditions laid down in the contract entered intol t lwtuct-ll the two parties. .\lr. justice Forest r- said that while it was trilc that the skills were choscil hy .\lr.<. Parent personally aild that she sclcctctl tllc style and cut 0f the coat. it was up to thc dcfcililziiii to “filrnish her with merchan- dise of thc higlicst qualityz" hlcrcliants eli-

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Iii connection with the LT.S.:\. Naval expan- .sion program an agitation is on font to impose ‘an embargo on t-xilorts tn _l:1|i:1l1 as the result of hcr \\'I1l' activities in tllina. hilt in this coniicc- tioll thc cooperation of thi- other piiwcrs inter- ested is sought. 'I'Iit~ .\'<-iv York 'l‘iincs discuss- ling the quc~tion says: "We cannot realistically _ . . . _ . dissociate oilr policy from that of the other na- g.igcll\in the I111‘ business or any other business. “Om which an, sighilmric: “gm m m ‘he “m? incxpvrienccd dipms who-are cmmcd to re_ volvcrl, both mprzll and practical. \\e ilitist . _ _ _. . . Consider any action on our part lll the light of cclve the inmost consideration aild the benefit la" its possible cmhmlllcl1(_og “WW k for cx_

of the experience 0f the iticrchant to whom they {ample the Cvrlwinu. m.“ M“, “ll-rm i“. 1" me cuiifidc their husincss. ' " ' ‘ - ‘

chicf dciilncratic Ihnvcrs ivolllil liztvc grciilcr moral significance for thc people of Japan than 3 move. 1l11(ICl‘I21I\'C11 by niirsclvcg almig, ivhich _the Japanese tiovcrnnicnt might attempt to ex-

iiraduatcs in agricultural science on the staff ‘plain to the vlllpllllthsf‘ pPOpIC as motivated solely of the Western Australia Department of Agri- by considerations of irziilc itltcresl and rivalry culture have solved a problem which was found for power in the Pacific. Thcre is also the to he due to a lack of sulphate of copper iii ‘question of moral responsibility for the conse- the soil at Dantlarragan. It had previously been quences of our action in the light of its prob- i‘ proved that rickets in sheep iii the district could‘ able effect upon the war ill China. Here a ' lic overcome by thc use of copper. sulphate licks. strong American policy would tssiq the ‘lzipzincgc and linw flit‘ application of a small quantity of moderates to guilt (‘fllllfill of their Government mover sillphate to (‘he soil has produced crops and cild thc prcscilt conflict."

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Solving Fa rm Problem

THE CHARIDTFETOWN GUARDIAN

‘NOTES DY TNE IYAY

Tho ‘bolljorents are plying no attention whatever to our sign. “No Admittance to This Hemi- sphere." We may have to add "Positively." - New Yorker.

France announced, the arrival of

Canadis troops on French sail. Ottawa dented 1t. The mistake probably arose through the en-

thusisatlc French idea that Gen- eral McNaughton is "a host tn rfitrslself." - Toronto Globe and

A Norwalk. Conn“ customer was 1n a barber's chair. Just. as the barber was about to begin opera- tions, a heavy truck crashed into the shop and came to a lislt a couple of inches from his chair. That should be close enough. shave for anyone; - Fredericton Gleaner.

Germany had esfmated that 250.000‘ persons, of Austrian stock. living in the Italian Tyrol, would decide to be repatriated to Ger- many, but lust a little more than half of them have voted that way. And we imagine mcst people lioud prefer the relatively lighter rule of the Fascists to that of the Nazis.- Niagara Falls Review.

Things are not. all black. We have only to consider me temper in which we are waging the present. war to sec that in some respects we have made progress. It 1.5 l resolute temper. but it ls more tolerant than that WhIQTI moved us 1n the last war. But what d35- tingulshes the cand trons toray from tno-ee of 1914-18 is the de- termination to make an amelior- attve rattler than a punitive peace. Past experience has, in fact, tattgnt. us a great deal: we have learned “am Versailles and its consequences '.e_sort of peace we and others need. -— Liverpool Post.

Prof. Wllfarn ll. B"rfiin. Jr.. of the Hayden PIBHCPTILIFII. New York. otters a reminder that the earth and the sun are at- the mo- ment closer together than at any other time of the year. The other day they were 91511311110 lures aoart. which is 3.110.000 nnlcs less tliim the distance that will sep- arate tliein next. July. To put ll. another way, we now are 13 tune; the average (IESKBHCP from the earth to the moon closer to our source of lite and lighter than we will be next Silmlncr. Anti this means that the 11am trcin the silu gets 1o us about 15 SECWIGS quirk- er than lti rvlll in Jilly, ivtien in tlrs part of the world it will be much stronger, and sunoilrn lotions will bt- much in demand alclig the batti- lniz beaches. Why will it be so inn-n ‘iiottcr here ll(‘.\'lvS\‘llllll-i‘l‘ with the sun so much further away"! It through any renirte chalice _\oil don't know already. just consider the difference between the effect o1’ a head-on coiluson 8.".(l a glancing blow and _vcn will grt the general idea in a rough nxiy. ~00.- troit. Free Prc s.

“'hen I was lil Berlin recently an official of the toreian OIIICI‘, noted by my criticisms of iiternlany, sud: “You have a very pocr opinion of the Gt-rmali moire ' My IIIWTCI‘ was “I have a tar higher opinion of the German penny. than y-lli- ~ov- crnment. tins." "How sr?" “Brcause I think so well of tho Gcrma-i p70- plc that I ain l\‘11'1l12 to bflnve that they can be tru"‘ctl with inc triltli. and your gov T1111“!!! does not." When Iic ctinllrligzrcl nu: to prcvq» lll§'S".1l‘ll'1(’I1l I l't"lll“‘(l"’l hun of some of lllf‘ I'm atru’ Britih naval losses, and to 11115 he could make no 10101111701‘ (‘.\'"(‘i11 to sgv that there wa. nlivnys lyrni! on bath sides in every war. Sine lyirg is inevitable and pwtiaps. necessary if one mnke< war. But in this struggle it will l)? an enormous moral advantage of the Aides if they differ from the German gov- ernment 1n fully trusting their people. upon whose courage and endurance depends the ilrimate outrcmc of the war. ~Oswa‘d Gar- rison Villard. in the New Statis- mau and Nation,

Ottawa and Winnipeg both have secret pretensions of being the in- tellectual and cillturlal capitals of Canada, 1V2 only nctc the fact, tim- ldly, 1n pa- sing and have no omn- lon ln favor of one or 1h:- other. We note ll only as a background to the cultural war. a Kind of un- expected intellectual Blltzkneg which has broken out bct ' en them, little observed In the Irger wars 0t these Fmcs. so far as we can find out, The Qitawa Citizen (1111)- ped the first bcmb 111 what ap- pears to us to be a spirit 0t un- ashamed aggression Suddenly, without even warning the non- combatants to get into their cellars. The Citizen remarked that Winn- peg didn't seem to like Maurice Colburnes play. "Ctianes the Knit" and 1t. addrd: "It l5 IYJIDTIOIIS that Winnipeg aildiences find 1t. d.fli- cult to follow English dralna. 1i. Ls usually an ordeal for travelling players to pill. on an adult drama In Winnipeg." The bomb seems to ‘have dropped squarely into the ed;- torlal offices of powerful and wcll- armed Winnipeg Free Press, The Free Press retaliated with a long- dlstance bombardment - and we are not sure that 1t was within the rules of civilized warfare. Instead of answering the charge aganst Win- nlpeg audiences 1t attacked from the rear by pozntlng out that. The Citizen 1s the organ of Social Credit In Canada and it declared: "There 1.: nothing the Ottawa edi- tor‘ can do about Winnipeg ann- lences_ Nor 1s there anything much, cxwpt reserve the right tn be amused. that anyone can do about. people- with bees in their bonnet: who write pltrvs. And in view of iLs queer distorted views, there ls noth- lng anyone can do about The Otta- wa Clfzsn " In all this excite- ment, bambnrttment and smoke screen. King Charles and his head. which used to bother Mr, Dick so much In "David Copperfield." are completely forgotten. Out. here on the fringe of the wilderness, fllr be it from u»; to express an opinion on such s mutt/er. bilt we rather doubt that either Ottavra or Winn-- peg has won lIllS interesting en- gagcment, or that either hits prov- ed itself th e cultural canitiii of Canada‘. Evidently this ls going to be a long war, of attrition. "— Van- couver Bun.

We think people's attenflon should be drawn to Banff. Here 1s s town whose gay, pleasant at- mosphere of fun and holiday seems the very antithesis of warttme strain and emerlzrrcv. The casual thinker might. expect Banff to be stunned. almot obliterated 1n war- time. But that is nrt the ca"e. Bantf is going ahead with plans for a hit! s~~=nn of Winter “torts. 'l‘~ey are trying to get the Americans who

Labeling Our Imports ____.. (Bslnt John ‘lelos-roph-Joitrnol) A few months no a rolulatlon was passed by tho customs depart- ment. at. Ottawa requiring that oer- aln lmtported cotton loods be mark- tlielr

ed wl country of or . More rsoentl the department u announwed at f-ho roqukeiinent

wlllnot be put Into effect uxitll next July. Opinions expressed by a number of Canadian 1m ters are to the effect. that this - ponemerit W151 give an advantage to Japan, whlel-i during the last fow years been taking more and more of the Canadian market In so t-ocnoo shrdlu (St shrdluu cotton goods from the British man- ufncturers.

It. goes without :a.ylng that, all other things being equal. most Ca- nadians would prefer to lsh cotton goods rather than those brought 1n from Japan. but 1n all cases 11. 1s not. possible for them to determine the country of origin. The proposed system of marking would serve to Identify the goods for the Canadian consumer.

In an interview recently 51l- James Woods. president of one of the largest dry goods lmportlniz houses in Canada. declared that the "consumer has the right. to know th country of origin of the goods he buys." With this there will be little quarrel. Already a great variety of articles must. be marked to show 1n what country they were produced before they can be placed on sale to the pub- lic. There 1s no reason why this same regulation should not be made to apply to cotton goods. especially when we are large producers our- selves. and also when 1t would re- sult 1n a greater consumption of Brlbsli-made products. The matter 1c of particular importance now that we are at. war alnnzside the Mother Country. and anything we can do to assist her eoonomlcafly wlll further our common war effort.

When Does A Year Begin ?

tNatlonal Revenue Review) Father Time has experienced great difficulty throii hout the centuries in dating the irtliday of a year. First one date and then another has been agreed upon. and at._ times there were almost as many different. New Year days a; there were nat- ion: However. there was some co- ordination, and until 1753 England. Germany, Denmark and Sweden celebrated the year's advent on March 2511i. After that date they changed to January 1st. of the Gre- gorian calendar.

Russia and Greececlung to the Jillian calendar contrived by JllIlLS Caesar in svntcli the 1st of ylanu- 111')‘ otcilrs l2 days later than in the Gregorian calendar. A.» a resillt, those countries had their New Year's Day 011-115 13th of January. But Russia, in 191B. and Greece, in 1923. swim; over to the Gregorian systeln.

As lar back at 251 B. C. the Rom- ans considered January the first niontli of the vcar, hence January 1st, New Yearfl; Day. Janus. alter \\'Il0l1l hie month was tiamed. was on;- of the most revered o1 Roman (Iivin ties. taking precedence over all other gods, even of Jupiter. l-le was the spirit of the doorway. and there is nothing in the mythology of ally Oillill‘ Aryan nation to corres- pond to him. His liatne comes irom die Latin word jaiiua. "a gate“ or "opt-ling." no was invokco at. the bCgllllllllg 01 all undertakings, at tile birni oi hlllllal] llle. at the begnin- mg of day. of the agricultural sea- son, and especially at. the com- mencement of a year. A. tiie sulF-l- oi openings, Janus was the gcd tinder whose care we all januae or gates, 1n R/olne; above all. lit: was Lne [JFOICCIOY of the archway out of which tho army marched to war and bv which it returned. This archway. which in later times was replaced by a temple to Janus, naturally had its gates open in time of war and clcsed in time of peace. As the gates opened both ways, Janus was rep- resented by an image 1iav1ng_two {aces that, looked 1n opposite dlrec- ions.