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Investigating Ways And _ Means Of Extending The _ Use Of Wood For Fuel

Due mainly to the economic stress|

of recent years, the question of fuel,|

like other similar problems facing)

Canadians, has been more ‘closely

canvassed than ever before. Fuel

bulks largely in the budget of the average family as well as in the _ economy of most industries, so that it is a matter of major importance to all citizens of the Dominion. Wood as a fuel has a very definite field but in that field it is the cheapest fuel and this is the chief reason for its increased use since about 1930, Pre- vious to that date wood had come to be regarded as a somewhat old- fashioned fuel, largely through lack of attention to the betterment of methods of marketing and utilization. ue _ It is now felt that if the methods of selling, measuring, and burning firewood can be improved the use of this fuel will be more appreciated. To

‘this end the Forest Products Labora- ~ tories, Forest Service, Department of ~ the Interior, in co-operation with the

Fuel Research Laboratories and other _ organizations, are investigating ways and means of extending the use of wood for fuel.

_ Manufacturers of stoves and other _ heating appliances in Canada are awake to the new development and _ consequently are carefully studying designs for equipment for the more ra economical use of wood as an all- _ year-round fuel. In certain Euro- - pean countries wood-burning stoves and furnaces designed on new prin- ciples have been introduced for which high efficiency is claimed. The basic feature of these modern European wood stoves is that they are designed for slow combustion. To accomplish this the equipment is made as air- tight as possible and fitted with closely controlled dampers. A long

_ travel for the inflammable gases is

provided within the stove itself, thus ___ ensuring that, as nearly as possible, complete combustion takes place be- fore the gases escape into the chim- ney.

‘Most of these stoves and furnaces have fuel magazines which require _ + replenishing only two or three times

a day. The burning of the wood if- . Self is confined to a small area near

the base of the magazine, but the

combustion of the gases which are _ formed takes place in an entirely

‘Separate chamber. The adaptability

of the equipment developed overseas . _ to meet Canadian conditions is one

of the questions being studied and there is no doubt that much of value is being gained from the research al-

_ ready conducted.

_ The extension of the use of wood for fuel, especially of that not util- ized in logging or in the saw-mill, 5 __ would be of great advantage to pro- } _ ducer, consumer, and labour, and if the cut of fuelwood is adequately regulated the increased demand may he expected to enhance the value of Canada’s forest stands.

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Valuable Bit Of Advice

Idea Of Travel Bureau Official Ap- ; plies To All Canada ~

‘Not the least valuable bit of ad- vice given by Leo Dolan, of the Canadian Travel Bureau, during his

] visit here, says the Sault Ste. Marie al _ Star, was that the distinctively Cana- dian and British atmosphere should be maintained in appeals to tour- ists,

United States visitors who come here on vacation want to see some- thing different. They want to see the Mounted Police and the Union Jack.

The Use Of Superlatives

Great Many People Have Tendency To Overdo It

A gentleman in Massachusetts

writes to his favorite newspaper

protesting against what he calls the

American “tendency to indulge in

superlatives.”

A public entertainer is referred to as “America’s busiest man.”

The winner of a popularity contest is toasted as “the prettiest girl in the world.”

A man says of his wife: “She is the best housekeeper the Lord ever made.”

And the gentleman in Massachu- setts continues to string off his list of much abused superlatives until the reader is inclined to agree with him that Americans use superlatives superlatively, although it may be that some other nations can out- superlative them.

Superlatives, as he contends, are dangerous words, which should not be entrusted to reckless tongues or pens, any more than guns should be put into the hands of children.

Who actually knows who is “Am- erica’s busiest man” or who is “the prettiest girl in the world’ or that, at some remote point in geography and history, the Lord has not created a better housekeeper than the lady who flips the flap-jacks for his break- fast?

And if one does not know these things, why talk or write as if he did know them?

Superlatives should be reserved for the omniscient. — Detroit Free Press.

To Grow Old Gracefully

Everyone Should Develop Hobby And Have Young Friends Develop a hobby and beat old age,

advises Dr. Irving S. Cutter of Northwestern University, St. Paul, Minn.

He listed the companionship of young persons and a lively interest in everyday affairs as added require- ments for health and happiness in the winter years of life.

“Life's crowning glory is to grow old gracefully,” said Dr. Cutter, Pro- fessor of Medicine in the university medical school, at the International Medical Assembly of the Inter-State Postgraduate Medical Association of America,

“Old age need not be regarded as a disagreeable period of life. We need the fire of youth, the sane think- ing of the mature mind and the wis- dom that comes with ripening age and the later years of a well-ordered life and mind.”

Every one should develop a hobby, Dr. Cutter said, but it should not be one to overtax the strength while engaging the mind. In old age, he said, “the mode of life must be changed, strength must be conserved, and some sort of activity provided,

“To avoid melancholy loneliness and self-pity, every one should culti- vate the friendship and association of persons of younger years. Old age is as natural as growth and de- velopment and doctors should give it as much attention as they do to the tiny babe.”

Extend Radio Programs

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Plans To Increase Hours On The Air

The Canadian Broadeasting Corp- oration intends to extend its pro-

They can find enough “George Wash- ington” hot dog stands and “In- diana” restaurants at home and would prefer to find here Indian names reminiscent of Hiawatha or of the local life.

They want to see Indian wigwams, birchbark canoes, lumbermen’s shirts and prospector’s packs, .

They want a good place to sleep and good meals to eat and so on. But they want also an “at e.

grams “either locally or generally,” Major W. Gladstone Murray, general |manager of the corporation, said | while on a tour of the Maritime | provinces.

“We won't be confined to six hours on the air,” he said. An attempt would be made to extend the corpora- tion's “line time’ if telegraph wires could be secured for longer hours | ically. Otherwise the added

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a So Algoma people who cater to American tourists shouldn't ape

American names and customs.

A Real Tribute An American girl about to visit England, was advised by a friend to see Lincoln Cathedral. :

“Oh, indeed,” said the girl, there a Lincoln Cathedral land?”

“There is, and a superb building, too,” was the reply. _ “Say, now!” she exclaimed, “wasn't it just too sweet of them to name it after our Abe?”

‘is in Eng-

Clouds do not burst during a _ cloudburst; raindrops held up by air _ currents suddenly fall when the cur- rents weaken.

ene would be broadcast from | individual stations,

The new head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said it would be the policy of the board of governors to use their facilities in | stimulating “a sense of Canadian | unity.”

Vegetable Oil For Watches Discovery of a vegetable oil simi- lar to the expensive sperm oil of the whale, which is used in oiling watches and for other purposes, was reported by scientists of the United States agriculture department.

Flour mills in Belfast, Northern Ireland, have raised wages.

Brazil plans to create a farm

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CORONATION ROBES FOR BARONS

inn er aeons Sanne nae ten aS

with miniver (ermine) cape.

This photograph shows the Coronation robe to be worn by Barons when King Edward VII. is formally crowned next May. It is of crimson velvet

Not Worked For Centuries

Stones For Vimy Memorial Taken From Old Quarry

Italian and Jugo-Slav workmen fought over who should quarry the stone which went into Canada’s war Memorial at Vimy, M. F. Godge of the Federal Department of Mines, told the Ottawa branch of the En- gineering Institute of Canada in an address on the erection of the mem- orial.

The stone was taken from the ancient quarry in Dalmatia which had been unused since the days of the Roman Empire. The last pre- vious operation there was the quarry- ing of stone for the palace of Dioc- letius between 295 and 305 A.D.

The English contractors charged with obta'ning the stone first took Italian workmen to the quarry but the Jugo-Slavs objected to the im- portation of labor and a fight broke out. The Jugo-Slavs had their way and the contractors were forced to send the Italian stone-cutters home and train Jugo-Slavs to do the work.

Each stone was cut to specifica- tions and numbered at the quarry before starting on its 1,000-mile journey to Vimy. The cutting was done with a wire saw.

One chance in a million—a derailed train ploughed along half a mile and then mounted the rails again cor- rectly at Yarmouth, England.

“Streamlining is no good without a fast engine,’ declares an inventor. For example, look at the tortoise.

Old Laws In New York

Charter Has Many Not Suitable For Modern Times

The city of New york has a charter which contains many ordi- mances for the good government of the community, The charter is very old, a real “horse and buggy” affair, and when the city fathers decided that it should be brought up to date to meet modern conditions they found that it was contrary to law to lead cattle through the streets unless theres a boy at the head of each steer; serve hot tea in glasses in a restaurant; take newspapers into parks to sit on; toss bean bags in the parks.

It was also found that anyone driving a sleigh must have a suffici- ent number of bells to give warning of approach, and that if anyone saw a stray pig in the streets it must be taken to the nearest pound.

Very likely there are many New Yorkers who have not seen a porker on the hoof. They only know it as bacon,

Reason For Invasion School teachers of Grimsby, Ont., believe they have the explanation for an invasion by stock salesmen. They instructed their pupils to write away for information on Canada’s mining resources. Evidently the salesmen thought Grimsby people were becom- ing mine-minded and made a con-

certed invasion of the town.

Strawberries contain a larger per- centage of water than does milk.

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New Species Of Wheat Said To Have Complete Freedom From Rusts And Smuts

“Mary Had A Little Lamb” |

Famous Jingle Is Now The Center

Of A Literary Controversy |

es school-going | wheat

Mary's immortal, lamb may become the centre of a literary controversy just as soon as the New Hampshire Guide, now béing prepared by a federal writers’ pro- ject, comes off the press. Bs

The Guide will attest that Mrs.| Sarah Josepha Hale, native of New-| port, N.H., and not ~ Mrs, Mary Sawyer, of Somerville, Mass, was} responsible for the nursery rhyme,| “Mary had a little lamb.” |

In support of their contention, the writers will identify the very school house to which, the rhyme asserts, the lamb followed Mary.

Henry Ford, motor manufacturer) and collector of ancient windmills, | red school houses and other Ameri- cana, is a princ'pal supporter of the Mrs. Sawyer version.

Back in 1878, Mrs. Sawyer claimed she was the original Mary and that a 12-year-old boy, John Roulstone, of | Sterling, Mass:, penned the first 12} lines of the poem. In support of her} claim, Ford purchased the school! house and set it up near the old way- side inn, which he also owns, at Sud- bury, Mass.

The works progress administration literary sleuths claim their search shows Mrs. Hale, later editor of “Ladys Magazine,” co-organizer of Vassar college, wrote the jingle from her own personal experience, and that it was published in 1830, nearly 50 years before Mrs. Sawyer made her claim.

Defends College Men

Different Opinions Expressed On The Literacy Of Graduates

Conflicting opinions on the liter- acy of college students were given by university officials at Toronto. It all] started when E. C. Kyte, librarian of Queen's University, speaking in New York, claimed that “the average col- lege graduate is illiterate and ignor- ant of all except text books.”

Rey. H. J. Cody, president of the University of Toronto, was prompt in the defence of college men. ‘I think Mr, Kyte’s statement is an exaggeration and it is certainly not my experience,” he said. He elabor- ated his statement by telling of the growth of the University of Toronto library. Its circulation, he said, was five per cent. greater this year than in 1935.

Characterizing the Kyte remark as “quite extravagant,” Rev. E. W. Wal- lace, president of Victoria University, said that while science students and specialists in other branches of study did not demonstrate so much general interest in reading, they were “quite literate.”

Easy To Identify

Great Proconsul Of Britain Was Al- ways Helping Someone

Sir Bartle Frere, one of Britain's great proconsuls, was due to arrive at a certain very busy and crowded railway depot. The chauffeur who was to meet him, inquired of his em- ployer how he should identify Sir Bartle.

“Look,’’ said his master, “for a tall gentleman who is helping some- one. That'll be he.”

Surely enough, the chauffeur, walk- ing down the length of the train, saw a tall gentleman assist an elderly lady from a compartment, gather up two large bundles and three brown- paper parcels, and help her on her way, just as though she were his mother, or even the Queen herself,

Prefers Real Fire

Discovery of complete freedom from rusts, smuts, mildew and other diseases in the new species of wheat, Triticum Timopheeyi is exciting breeders throughout North America, Dr. J. B, Harrington, pro; fessor of field husbandry, University of Saskatchewan, found during his recent visit to Washington to delive® an address at the meeting of the American Society of Agronomy. Doctor Harrington revealed that the University of Saskatchewan has plants of this wheat growing in the university greenhouse for crossing with bread wheats. He expects to ke able to plant seeds from the cross early in the new year and be ready for planting another generation in the open in the spring.

Triticum Timopheevi, a new species of wheat, was discovered in central Asia by one of the plant-hunting ex- peditions sent out by Dr. N. I. Vavi- loy, the famous Russian plant scien- tist. Doctor Vavilov is well known to Scientists here, haying visited Sas- katoon a few months ago.

In the United States, Doctor Har- rington found Dr. J. A. Clarke of the U.S.D.A. service at Washington, Dr. L. R. Waldron, North Dakota, and Dr. R. G. Shands, University of Wis- consin, all at work cross-breeding from the new wheat.

The wheat, in appearance between an einkorn and an emmer, has 28 chromosomes in each plant cell com- pared with 42 for bread wheats. All wheats have some multiple of seven chromosomes,

When Timopheeyi is used as the female parent in a cross with bread wheat, there is a good seed setting of big puffy seeds but they are prac- tically all sterile.

When a bread wheat is used as the female parent the seed setting is low but the~seeds have large embryos and some are fertile. Plants from these seeds may be back-crossed with bread wheat to get fully fertile seeds. All the breeders are speeding up the work by growing plants under elec- tric light in greenhouses to get three generations a year.

The interest in Timopheevi crosses lies in the new type of resistance to disease. A report by Dr. Clarke compares the Timopheevi type of dis- ease resistance in which the disease organism cannot enter the host plant, with the “near-immune’” reaction ob- tained from emmer, in which the dis- ease organism enters the host, but usually cannot develop further.

Junior Swine Clubs

Bulletin Useful For Reference For Boys And Girls

Owing to popular demand, particu- larly from members of Boys’ and Girls’ Swine Clubs, a reprint of the publication “A Study of the Dressed Hog” has been necessary. The pub- lication is an elementary study of the carcass of the pig in relation to its commercial yalue. The bulletin which is well illustrated is of prac- tical interest to farmers generally and is a useful reference for mem- bers of the Boys’ and Girls’ Swine Club in Canada. This publication may be obtained free on request from the Publicity and Extension Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.

Hundred Thousand Workers

Gun Plant Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary

The historic Krupp Gun Works celebrated its 125th anniversary on Noy. 20, busier than at any time since the World War, Bonuses were distributed to former employees and their widows to symbolize the Krupp family’s recognition of the workers’ share in the creation and develop-

Krupp

Electric Fireplace Does Not Appeal To Queen Mary

Queen Mary likes the old-fashioned

hearth, and in expressing this pre-

ference she is not unlike the major-

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There is something | cold and un-home-like about an elec- tric fire, most think. Of course it| may be all imagination—pbut then | isn't one always told that imagina- tion goes a long way? Plans for heating some of the rooms at Marl- borough House by modern electric fires with no suggestion of flame did) not appeal to the Queen. She insist-| ed on having “something red to look at.”

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There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published |

the world are liberty and justice.} Neither can exist apart from the!

Put a few drops of denatured al-} cohol on top of enamel after using,| and it will prevent formation of| “enamel skin’,

ment of the vast enterprise which began in 1811 as a small steel foundry. The pay-roll now includes more than 100,000 workers (in the World War there were 171,000), and one of the most pressing problems is the shortage of skilled labor.

Different In Their Country

Chinese Student Thinks Canadian College Life Very Busy

Woo Da Ling, Chinese student completing his education at the Uni- versity of Toronto, believes college men in Canada lead much busier lives than do Chinese students. was amazed at the number of camp activities going on at the same 4§

“During Jeisure hours bt students like to talk abouk ids rather than campus life, 43% 3B es

stated.

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