THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally News, Limited. Third Avenu' v.' H. P. PULLEN - - - Managing-Editor prosperous condition. Contract rates on application. Editor and Reporters' Telephone Advertising and Circulation Telephone Member of Audit Qureau or Circulations DAILY EDITION THE DOLE AGAIN NOTHING IS STABLE . -S8 Friday, July 10, 1931 Yesterday announcement was made from Victoria that the government was again returning to the dofe system of relief, something that it was hoped was a thing of the? past. If this is simply a temporary expedient, no one will grumuie, out n u is mienaea 10 mane it a permanent poi i iVv - 1 KoIi'avo .11. :. if i 1c not a in tUa t- 1 Iwicf i. f.i intoMc i r r . i vi . When times were good we were assured that the good times t would last for ever and that we could never return Local Scientist Discusses Soil 'continued fruro vge 1) ded, the ilant arrows normally, showing that the minerals it requires come from the soil. Plants require all their food in- solution. It has been shown that the five following factors profoundly affect the growth of plants: 1 water supply. 2 A'' supply. - 3 Temperature. ' - Supply of plant nutrients. 5 Various injurious substances, secreted by plant roots and bacteria. The question that naturally presents itself is what is the composition of soil, its nature-, and its function in the growth of plants. The composition of soil may be divided broadly into two parts, the vl'o mineral or inorganic part and the receiving it or of the province generally. llZLTJltlZ When Premier Tolmie announced that he was about to ierai while peat is practically ait or-institute a system of absorbing the unemployed on needed jsamc or vegetable material. Be-public works', we commended the plan. We have commen-. twwn these two ,Uniu ded other utterances of Premier Tolmfe in regard to this LfiT. i ... . , , , . ., ' proportions ol inorganic or organic matter, but now the government seems to be changing its; material. The soiis of southern parts original pian. j of the prairies contain in their vlr- We hope this i9 only a temporary expedient and that in ilft state about organic ma-the verv near fntiirp wp shnl! Vipni fmm Pramior PannaH itertat the Peace River belt about and Premier Tolmif thnt thev hnvp no-tvmri imnn Wo-!27- and peat, 93. . V. r " :' 7 -fv " y& The soil in the rirst instance was scneme oi nignway construction and railway construction ! derived from rocks, by the action of that will benefit the'whole country and bring about a more frost, air and water. The changes of temperature causea me large rocK 1 masses to crack and these were gradually broken into smaller particles by the alternate freezing and thawing of water in the rock fls sures. Then again, by means of the actd formed by the carbon dioxide gas In the atmosphere and water, to the former condition of business deoression. low nriePS. i soma at the rork went Into solu low wages and unemployment. Then came the slump and ! tion. in most cases the fragments today we find Deoole trvintr to sav that wp ntv livintr fn n ! w"e sooner or later carried awayby new wnrlrl and that frnm rMa Mmn n fWa .;n 1.!water and deposited at the bottom - . bimv wit wiAt;.) uc iun prices, low wages, and all the accompaniments. Both exouns are wrone. This is an ao-pof rhrmtrp Nnth. ing is stable. None of us know what the condition will be i important part in the history of the like ten vears hpnpp nr PVPn fivp vpnra Phomroo soU as its chief source of calcium quickly, and often they arrive before we have time to adjust ourselves to the new way. And there is a change needed in our svstem. In this country we find there is a glut of wheat and beef and eefrs cnanse. the water retreated leaving tiiu uuner uommotuiies ana yei mere are neooie coiner i ' 1 mi.. . ..... ' r ewe nr rnrlr mm uicv miuw huh iu ngiit mat wrong, 1C is prooaDie The first vegetation must ob- that they do not. No system yet devised seems to meet the viousiy have obtained its mineral suuaiion. inose wno point to Kussia ignore the fact that rood rrom tne dissolved material ai the Streets are filled with Wo-nra that th ctanfl-,,. nf U,. th suB particles but. when it died in,'n iUn:" Sl:r: and decayed, aU the substance lm 'V !.V , . u.tuwii A SLai,"ar nu tnat taken up from the rock particles many or the inhabitants habitually do not have more lux- were returned. But . the plant re- Uries than our unemployed army. turned more than It 'took from the Probably we have much to.Iearn from Russia and much tor-durlng ,ts Ilfe-lt nad be"n Mr1'" "'i t cvyive,u '""'er umn auoptea. cxaci- back on the soU. This organic or iy now il win come aDoui nooony tociay Knows. I Full of Good Points The fitme 'Blaek & WW' on a boHle of whliVy Is at Absolut urnUe as lK h!l-mrk on iilvr II siturat Dial tubtla diffaranca In flavour and quality which diitingulthat ihll whlt y from all othar , It guar, antaai thai only fha f!natl mitarlati hava baanutad and thai alvrays avarwwhara fha) quality Is lh tm. BLACK & WHITE" SCOTCH WHISKY lhtt advertisement Is not publlsned or dUplayea by . the Liquoi 4 C6ntrol Board or by the Government of Urlttsh Columbia. carbonate and calcium phosphate. In course of time, the material ac cumulated to considerable depths then, as a result of some earth vegetable material introduces a fundamental change in the soil be-. cause on lt other living things ma"y ' grow. The soil then may be visualized as a framework or skeleton of rock ' particle within the spaces of which are the residues of plants whkh have grown since the soh occupied lis orcsent oositlen. I A plant requires just as marry yubstanees for its growth as any animal. For example It must have in some form or other such nut rients as copper, potassium, phos pnorus. carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, .-ulphur. iron, magnesium, chlorine. sodium, etc. m s - tf u u hi St 3 B : 3 E The rock particles and dead vege table materia) are both essential for tstiBiKiu urmt iTBamxaxsur- KAYSER HOSIERY Announcing the arrival of the newer shades of the celebrated KAYSER Hosiery All Silk with an astonishing capacity for wear. PKICED AT and $ 93 J. Family Shoe Store Third Ave. W. Phone 357 A. J. Webber, Mgr. & & if Mi sa a 'tin umnj iiirrn rrompi mi Attention nl lUilB3MIJa,UI.EKai;i53isJ THE DAILY NEWS ter (unless It is added as a fertilizer. This is nitrogen. The release of nitrogen from dead organic material for plant growth Introduces one of the most fascinating problem fit the domain of natural science. r as to what constitutes a fertile soil, 'eaves wnicn are oiten ennmea aim The answer is that there is not one usually soft, sappy and liable to in-mt nt sect and funtroid Dests, as well as tv viivi iviuiia Mini win giii uiv Not Inanimate Mixture best growth for every kind of plant, retarding ripening. Soil is not just an inanimate mix- Every plant seems to require a pat- For immediate effects nitrogen In ture of rock particles and dead ve- ticular set of soU conditions. One the form of sodium of potassium nl-getatlon but a subterranean world rubctance may be very beneficial for trate 15 the best, teeming with the activity of enor- the growth of ajartlcukr plant and Temperature plays an Important mons numbers of. verv small plant- injurious to another. As a general part in conditioning the soil for like creatures. These plants are 80 rule In any fertile soil there will be Plant growth. Soli temperature fol-small that they can only be seen found a plentiful supply of calcium, lows the temperature of the atmos-wlth the aid of the microscope and potassium phosphorus and nitrogen, phere. It profoundly affects the because of this they are called ml- The. rapid growth of a plant de- rate of growth of plants. Its effect cro-organlsms (bacteria, moid, pends a great deal upon just hotf & equally Important Upon the bap-protozoa), these substances are held in the teria in the soil which are so busily Without these organisms. ther tU. which in a general way depends ; preparing food for the plant. Ocn-Would not be any vegetable or ani- upon the soil's acidity. erally speaking a soli temperature mal life. For in breaking down the Cafenim is beneficial in mietrar-iof about 70 degrees Fahrenheit is dead vegetation they provide the izing acidity- the majority of i me oesi. in rnnce nupen. u aoesn i living plant with certain nutritional plant do not like acid. Peat plants j get that high and consequently the substances that lt cannot obtain to do. and peat is quite acid. It also bacteria do not work as rapidly a any other way. except by the addl- stimulates the growth of the root they would otherwise and tile rat tion of certain nitrogenous fertUla- system of most plants, and is bene-t plant growth Is reduced, er. One generation of plants die that fkW In a number of other ways. Moisture is essential for a num the succeeding ones mav live. Soil If noUasium is lacking, the colorlber of reasons. The bacteria tha' bacteria are the connecting link be-1 of the leaves become abnormal, first tween the dead and the living. They dull green and then- they tend to die the bacteria disintegrate the early at the tips. The item becomes dead vegetation so that the nltro- weaker so that the plant does not gen It contains- Is made available to stand up well. the plant. This process is not an 'toot Growth haphazard one but is rather the re- Phosphorus promotes the root's ..r beauty of cabinet... VICTOR RADIO. R-8 (t-lit iufnMtiittiftt) , J119M Ctmpltlt hb prepare the plant's fdod requln their own food in solutions just ar plants do neither of them can ingest solid particles of food. Toe much water interferes with the respiration of bacteria and plants anc so reduces their normal life procex- suit of fine team work between dlf- growth paruouianty tn the early : ferent groups. of bacteria in the soil, stages of growth. This Is very no-i " Sphagnum Peat . One group tears down the vegeta- tlcethle on sticky soils as clays and! 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It also hasten malur-jdidtrtct Is sailed spnagnum pear why" rock in the form of lime Is- ad- others take up the work until there Mf f the plant and consequentlyi 1 This Is because the dominant plani ded' to such soils as peat. And then finally evolves a nitrogenous com- !floweing plants will bloom some-' ' ,9 mosg caueci sphagnum. It i, there is one constituent which the pound called iiiUate; it maybe nl- what earlier. . plant must have and can only be Mite of soda or calcium. In this! A moderate supply of nitrogen - n'Sm caK n-ria,lv in?S" obtained from dead vegetable mat- state nitrogen appears most bene- ,eads to more rapid growth, very ?"S flclal to plants. (useful in cold weather. 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