The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-07-17, Page 3Counties Own
Weed Sprayers
•
Twenty Ontario Counties' Use
These Machines• -Find Chem-
icals Best.and Cheapest Meth-
od of Eradicating Rgadaide
Weeds
Twenty counties in, Ontario and
a large •number of townshipe. have
purchased or rented power spray -
are for the eradication of weed
by ohernicale, because, ,they
found that weeds oar be billed: by
this, means' at . leeas cost thee ";moiy
says John. D. ,MacLeod, Crops,
Seeds' :and Weeds • Branch, Ont..
'Dept. "of• Agrieu1 0, .:Toronto,
number of "county engineers anti.
toysgshio Jroad__,offic e ,have'. ed-.
portedthat costs, have become ,less
each:'year and that In a short -time
touching up' of gr attered plants
wilt be, all that -is •required to• keep
roadsides clean of weeds.: •
KEEP DOWN' WEED BILLS
Mr,' MacLeod Mates that several
counties have purchase exception-
ally large spraying outfits and are.•
prepared to spr-ay---weeds--for••--ad--
-joining municipalities, once their
Own weed Werk is completed, lie
suggests 'that municipal' author-,
'I *lee who have not .spraying out-,
tits , in their ' own • districts visit.
those who have and plan 'to 'spray
me, 'least a:'•:potition. of . their road
mileage this yeas•.. ' ' ' •
Property ',owners interested -in '
keeping down their weed bills as
Yve11.-...munieival'.....auth..aaittes .
shouldwrite the Crops, Seeds and
Weeds Branch, Parliament Build=
ings, Toronto., for the free pamph
let on,"Weed Eradication by .Chem -
teals "
Bomber's Business ' End.
Here's how the aimer on the
business
end • of an • .American•
built bomber in England looks as
he spots target.
'
Water'
gra .Lawn.
le f•.
i �
p l Hints
A'. Weekly :Sprinkling l•s• Us-
'ually Sufficient in; Dry Wepth
er-Job Should. Be' . Done
° Thoroughly ' '
. I
Artificial watering can have a •
beneficial or detrimental effect .on •
lawns depending on whether it is
properly or improperly applied. In •
the case Ofst 1'
e ab rshe•d lawn's, wat-
ering is net essential to 'keep the'
turf alive, , except on very light,
sandy soils, but it can. be used to
,great advantage during the warns.
dry months, says J':, H. Boyce, D3-
vision of Forage ,Plants; Central •
klxperimentai Farm, Ottawa. Only
sufficient water should be applied.
sir maintain the grass in a.i'lowly
growing,' "bealt.by, vigorous condi-
tion but ith
s ould ,be done thor-
oughly so that the soil is moisten-
ed to a' depth of 4. or 5 inches.
Sprnklers are preferable to hand
'watering, as • the latter Method 'Is
usually neither thorough nor uni-
form: A weekly. sprinkling is, us- .
*sally 'sufficient during dry weath-
er;
eather; except on the lighter soils. Fre-
quent light sprinklings are • not
recommended since ,they tend to
•restrict the grass roots to the sur.'
face of the _soil, thus reducing their,
feeding range for nutrients and
.moisture an . ma ng the turf more
susceptible •to drougHt and heat.
Light g , t .sprinklings also encourage
the' growth of shallow• 'rooted
Weeds,.
OVERWATERING IS DETRI•
MENTAL', ,
O'vereratering can also have a
detrimental effect on grass by pro -
Meting a • rapid succulent growth '
• which is susceptible to disease and
other adverse. conditions: Over-
. 1 . ' watering to sth•e ' extent that the.
Boil, beeamos saturated for ions;
• periods' causes smothering Of 'the
grase roots because proper Belga- •
tion is not possible. • '
Watering is a problem on ter,
races and slopes, since ,these' dry •
out rapidly, particularly on south;,
ern exposures, an•d"beoause4the ant.
omit • of run-off is great. Water
Should be applied very' slowly and
permitted to soak in. deeply on
Ouch areas. •
--First - Aid Mislaid -
In Meitico, lIo., passing n'etor.
its pulled an injured man from
it wrecked car,' carefully laid him
-Ina bed of poison NT.
;Saving Ontario's
Natural
Resources
NO. 49
THE EARTH CHANGES . '-
• Last week I told of the differ=
ent types .of .rocks that make up
the earth. Repeating. -this, first,.
plutonified or heat formed rocks,•
• for -the mopt part the oldest; then
stratified ..racks- that : -have been'.
"changed by' the. heat' and pres-
sure, the marbles,. quartzites, ,and
, others;; .14st, the ,.>,inchatiged -strat-
ified rockai the. sa,ridst.ones, • lime
,'stones •, and so forth, This cl'assi-•
cation ' is very. simplified' for .we
find in Nature hundreds' of vara
eti'es ..and teepee of rocks. -
Throughout ,the ages''the earth
liar , changed its .outward form
Many times. Continents,.: have,,
risen from • the . seas, ,mountains
have lifted theirpinnacles high. --
into the skies and have been worn
;away to their roots. The seas have
"ne the-.la»ds-and-the-
lands have filled the seas. If we'
could look back over. the 600,00.0,-
000' years since the .earth was
formed we would findthat most
lands • have been .' uplifted, and
thrust down many' times. .
FROM MOUNTAIN. TO ^SEA •
'Wherever•' a mountain raises its
peaks the' work df denudation cur
wearing away ;is at. work; Not only
7-1110u-yrtains L-bit--evex'y-.• bit -ti#= laird='"
is, undergoing . this denudation or
erosion. .' 'Water and the. -atmos.
phere' are the tp.ols that grind the
rocks. away." The' resulting rock
' • •powder is the clays,' sands ' and
gravels of our.. lands. Gradually.'
this , soil is carried to the sea
where it' settles•'lro the bottom,
building up new land. So • as the •
,mountains 'and hills are worn
away the sea bottom' rises. ' •
Gradually the balanee.of weight,
shifts ' from •rnountaineeto
Whe.'n this reaches a ,certain point
there is an adjustment, the weight •.
at. one . place causing an upthrow•
at another :until ,new 'mountains
are formed. The process • mey takes'
enilleniems butt it 'goes on 'until th'e
highest mountains .are raised and'
the work of •denudation begins
again.
•
More Teachers
Urgent •Need
• 'Threatened Shortage in Prove
"ince Likely to Reach Alarm-
ing Proportions g p ions• • Normal
School . Entrance Require-
- mints Lowered.
In 'the face of a. threatened teach -
"Cr shortage, due largely 'to .enlis•t-.
meet by . both
s y .teachers and . pro-
-•'spective- •tea'clie s ., and ' the •-enrol-• '
ment of\ prospeteive teachers into
war'__work,. applicants . _to.' Normal .,
School` courses will be accepted if • '
they have eompleted eight of the
nine upper„scllgml• papers- hitherto
required. '
• The'poii'cy, a.conttnuation of the
one' formed last autumn, was an-
nounced'recently byn. Ho Il. C: •
Nixon; ,,Acting Minister of Educa
tion. lie said that, view n of
i eto
h
"increasing scarcity of -teachers for
.public and separate schools and
the poss:ibiivty of a' decreased en-
rolment in the • Normal School •
classes next fall, applicants other-
wise 'qualified who hold certificates
of standing: in any eight upper
, school papers will be admitted to
the first class course given during
the 1941.42 session of the .Nerma•I
Scheele.”,
Buried- Gold Lures
.To. Eastern Sands
Buried treasure beckons to ad-
ve'ntuCous individuals and there
are several spots. along the lines
of the Canadian National Rail-`
ways in the Maritime Provinces
where tradition has it that gold
lies awaiting the fbrtdnate search-
er, Some time around 1760, the
story-gnes',-three-Fre'nclf lrig'ates-
weresu•nk .in the Richibucto .River •
and"each vessel had a consignment
of gold. 'There is 'now a pro-
posal to seek the buried treasure.
Captain Kidd is credited with
having buried treasure in many
• spots in Nova Scotia, one popular "
place ,being int'. Oak Island in Ma-
hone Bay. Dig'gine has, been fre=
.quent but the results Measured in.
actual gold have been meagre. •
'
Old Pro eller Blades -
In . Different Fo'rms'.
What happens to .,old • propeller
blades'?. 'Trans-Catiada Air ,Lines
works them up into. a variety of
aircraft part's and keeps 'cm fly-
ing; Since war started T.C.A. has
Manufactured much of. its ' own.
equipment. The aluminum blades
at the end of their -service life be -
Conte oxygen fittings,' plumbing„
blocks, -tank flanges,, ''e btri
tures, a host of minor parts. Prop
s nks have even found their way
in o the instrument shop -fabri-
cated .into vacuumchambers for
"testng illight instrumento.
.r.6"-""7.`:•.; -
Strong Support for Churchill -1 teuiada'a Victory Torch
9
-:.,... . ,'rgyia""•: •"x^' ":"•ci•},::�r. �..%t r'r.'•
•
' 'PrifYmite Mininter--Winston Ghureltili-appears:'tokeae-e poise-diffie
culty 'in attempting to move the 'Canadian Victory Loan .Torch, which„
recently arrived' in London. •'It• was, presented to •Churchill by. Ian •
Mackenzie, Canadian .Minister of Pensions;• at No: 10 Down.ing•Street..,-
T H E ' :W A R - W t,..E ;K—Commentary on C irrent -Events
Russo = German C'.1''nf 1 ct,.
Reaches Decisive ,. Stage;
U.& Moves :Significantly,
,
"t . am sure• that the great
battle now going on in .Eastern
•Euro will brin the turnip
pe g e. g.
point of the war on which de ,
pends not only the future of
• my. country, but 'of the world."
-Soviet Ambassador to Great
Britale;. Ivan._Maisky. '
' "The United 'States ,cannot
permit the occupation by Ger-
many 'of strategic- outposts In
the', Atlantic to be 'used as air
• ,or- naval bases for•everitual at-
. tack against the, Western Hemi- '
sphere." -U.S. President Frank- . -
` 'lin 'D.• Roosevelt: . •
• * * r • , •
The , most terrific battle in the
.history of the world raged last
week all along the 1,100 mile' front
in western Russia as' .the Nazi war
machine hurled itself a aieet ,the
e
outposts Of the "Stalin \Line" and
theSoviet defenders ferociously
• thr•elv it back. The super -conflict
approached its 'crisis: By - many.'
the turning -point, in the second
world wil.i' . was thought to lie at
hand. The. middle of Jely would see .
the, climes,'
Not in •the Nazi Plan •
The' Getman schedule, it was re-
v
••ported, called for smashing of the
Russian defenses in the west • by.,
, August 18. What that seine plan •
- did • not envision was that an ewer-.
mous price would have to be paid
for.the first small•Naai gains; that
Germany would lose upwards of
-half a million men to the casualty, ,
lists before the bliti was two weeks
old; and that the Russian army,
having withdrawn almost intact to
new' defense lines, would be .in a
position to double those losses for
Germany within the first month.
"The -odds .The -odds seemed VI be-s•witiging
definitely in favor Of the'Russians.'
A. diplomatic. gi,ew - expressed• ' in
Washington last week had it that
if. Russia could hold' out until win-
ter, 'the war itself w�j'ould terminate .'
during 1942 with the' defeat of Hit-
ler, and with 'possibly a revolution
in Germany. (The German people,
already war -weary, are now' being
• confronted with' short
long war After -'
having 'been proririse�l a one.)
Two -Front War' W-anfed'
• The British press and public last
week clamored for, an 'evasion of
the continent at this moment when
• Hitler's back.is.turned arid his de-
' fending. soldiers 'drawn off for ser-,
vice on the' • eastern • front. The
Louden 'Sunday Tinges relietteci'tTiat
Germany °was using 240 divisions
.(perhaps 2,400,000 men) `'in the •orf- •
fensive against, Ruissia, in 'addition
to the entire Luftwaffe bomber'fieet
and '80 per cent of the fighter..
strength. 'The, Russians claimed,
that, Germany. had• ' drawn on 'her
artillery 'units on the French and
Bel iancoasts to bol
st r the
g.� drive •
against the•tSalin Line, and•had'left
Y g
.dummy Wooden un
s to •tape Bri-
tain. Russia's former Foreign Cem--
missa.r Maxim*-Litvinov, in a .radio.
appeal urged Great Britain to throw
her whole 'weight against 'Germany
in the West. while the Red Army
Withstood the shock of the Nazi
• blitzkrieg in' trle East, and open tip
•.•x .two -front war. ,
German' Fear Jt -
If. Britain could do it, a two -front
War would mean the end of the
Hitler regime,'' The Germans' On
tainly knew. thst., Last February
6, a front-page 'editorial in the
• "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" said
"What indeed was the war on two •
fronts? It was the war designed
to take Germany into •pincers from
West and East. The•British made
every effort fo prosent•us with such•
a Iwar, as in 1914, The, German •
agreement with' Moscow has eross-
edthis English scheme once.,for
. Just because Germany's rear
i§ free"she can use her entire force '
against ONE .enemy -no matter •
where he stands."
Klsewhere, .but also as an indirect
result of the Russo -German conflict.
Britain's war position -improved last
-week. The.Ethopian campaign was'
cleaned up, the Syrian situation
•
•
practically in the -bag; more troops
were -released for service in north
Africa; Britain was no longer beteg
viciously bombed by night; and fur
the time 'being, a German•. invasion
of Cheat Britain was out of the pic-
ture entirely.
° lf.'S- Iceland Base Helps.
News of the American aeeupation
Of Iceland and of tine coming c.o-
operation of the . U. 5. Nevy
with the •British in the North 'At.
lantie was received with jubilation
in Britain, Speaking befoee tire
'House :of.Commons Prime Minister;
Churchill emphasized that last
week's .:move by W'a.shington, • ex-
tending the American.. -patrol zone'•
rte. within. .9QQ •mites of Nazi:
'occupied. Norway; -,was one, of the
....most important events ofjlXe War.
I{tulip 'L' ,'ST,rnpson Associated'
Press-Itlrlitary'coreespondent, wrote
of 'the 'occupati�n of Icielan.d:• '"3'4 ith•
United' States Orval forcers occupy;•
lag Iceland by. Presidential order,
vital .factors its the,Anglo-Nazi iieatli•
:struggle are 'destiued to undergo
• :'drastic. changes jn _Britain's layer.
'•Tremendous potential strengthen-
ing of British sea -defenses" could
result frgtn this • far-reaching ' ex-
tension airf the Ameri.ean bastion -rig
th.e North Atlantic. .If the Wash-
• ington tnbve means what'it appears,'
'to mean,' Britain's defense zone 'in
' that sea has,been•cut to less than
a third of its former 3,000 -mile span
'from.. the Canadian east coast to •
'ports in England. British •naval.
• and air forces affording 'protection
• • to 'convoys, bound for Britain can
be very, largely coricentra'ted' east-
ward of the southern tip of Iceland.
•- T:hat veins mean= -a :Y'o'tentrral-trxp=
ling of the 'effectiveness of every
British battleship,. cruiser, .destroy- ,
er, or corvette aissign ''l r 'to North
Atlanic convoy dny:..... The Artier''
can.'use of :the 'Icelandi'c d'efensive'
base. °may. .go' far to help Britain
thi•o.ugh to winter 'and beyond: It:
could insure, her American planes
and other.war weapons nez t year
.:err' a scare to guarantee •her ulti-
mate ..victory. over her' Axis' foes.-' -
Chinese',S.e.@ Victory' -Ahead •'
--The urde-clared-.ap War
went into•: its fifth year last week,.
with a decision no nearer in pros-
pect than the. night the shooting'
'began, Its, 'fourth year, just closed,:
"brought little change in the.ntilitary .
' stalemate .on the far, eastern front'•'
that ha•s•persisted for pearly three
years. ' The•' sone,.Of Japanese Bic-
cupation has extended' a little here,
contracted a 'little There, But the
• cost in life and 'wealth has cOn-
tinned• at an •unclrcited. Pace. '
In a message marking the fourth. •
anniversary of -tbe war's outbreak,.
•Generalissimo Chiang Cai-Shelf told
the Chinese, tieople that •tile initial
objects '• of China's' resistance. had
. i:-
been••acliie.vedularn
., that ate..defea.t.
• of Japan was 'inevitable and that
a Chinese victory was, in sight.
Nevertheless, . he, warned, :there
should be no relaxation of vigilance_
on,China's part: Be exhorted 'the.,
people of Chii
a to develop an "even
e
n
greater" national unity, pot to re:
lax in their "spiritual: reconstruc-
tion," and to -egan-d military, edu-
cational and ` economic develop-
ments as•'t'he principal factors of
• national reconstruction.
New Vitamin, Said '
To Benefit Airmen
The recent discovery of ribo=
flavin, on of•
c
>,
One the B group
vitamins, may prove one of the
• great - contributions of medical
science to •military aviation, Dr.
William Boyd of Toronto declared
at the Canadian ..Medical Associ-
ation convention meeting' in 'Win-
'nipeg last\ Month.
. Dr. 'Boyd said lack of 'ribofla-
"vi7rr trli'llt -produce sei'iuuS""ZI feCt's
vision. • The least' consequence •
Would be severe -eye strain. .Its
presence in 'the human-- subject
was largely local to the •eye ,and
bright su'nshiire quickly . used up
.the supply. Because of this, a
proper supply ,was necessary for
• aviators now training to fly .fight-
.ing machines at, several miles a
minute.'•
-
School' For Bees'
Professor V 1
adrmir Alpatov, o
the .Moscow State University, has
been w working on' :the. scientific
training of bees- to' pollinate' cer-
tain plants. By feeding them
with syrup smelling of flax, he .
claims that they: fly to a flax
field, leaving trace:: of .the smell •
'of.,flax 'which, in turn attracts
other bees. '
REG'LAR FELLERS -THE END
WELL",.THIS IS THE LAST STORY
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO
.BED!' I'LL NEVER FORGET ONE
- TIME I WAS." FIUNTINC, $14
AFRICA.I CAME FACE TO FACE
WITH A- GREAT:BIG T'IGE'R
t TOOK CAREFUL AIM AND,.
THE GUN JAMMED! I RAN FOR
MV LIFE AND THE TIGER, AFTER
- ME! I COULD FEEL HIS HOT
BREATH ON MY B4CK i' AT LAST
I CAME: TO A CLIFF, IF I MOVED
ANOTHER INCH I'D DROP TEN
THOUSAND FEET AND •RIGHT' IN
SACk OF, 1111E WAS THE. TIGER:..'
i
• ONTARIO POTATOES
When grown and' graded prop-
. erly. Ontario potatties,are as good
as •any. What .makes 'it difficult
• to 'sell Ontario potatoes is.•:..the
accepted fact that other potatoes,
Bee better. geo n and better grad-
ed.. Perhaps the basic • reason for
•. poor merchandizing. methods is.
'that the' Ontario grower's, 'market
,is', right at •his -own '.front door.
Distance `comp.els efficiency. '
• ' •-.Farmer'"s Advocate.
,PATRIOTIC' DiET • . •
If we had' to do' withqut pork
o.r. pork , products completely,' we'
could 'd'o i't, and still, live. quite,
well as we .'.do ' now. There.
ptherefore, no hardship involved
• in the" reciuest:-that has:Teen glade"
by H -on. J. G. 'Taggart,- Chairman'
-of. the' Bacon Board, that •.Cana-
dians' 'cut their consumption of •
these" commodities by, fifty per'
pent. ' •- -
'This• is. •a definite part. of the
-ware effort, It wilt -make avail,
able,' to Britain 'what she needs,
in the way .9f this particular 'type :
of foodstuff: 'The fact that •Can-
.adians have already'' noticeably,,,
cut down on their. consuluption of.•
• pork, though the ,original appeal
' .was made only a ".short time ago,•
indicates, that they will adopt this.
-- pratrio'tze ' tett now That `Mr. rag-
• gait has: indicated the exact ex •
...tent of 'rationing that is neces-
• sary. ' .
-Windsor' Star.,,
CITY AND COUNTRY
,It is a' mattes. of common ob-
servance that •co.untrIt-bred- people
are not,'more dull-witted than'city
folk. Rather have they, "stores` of
wisdom which ,:thea. feverish alis- .
tractions o'f town life do not breed:
Fo:r theprpose of, education.
the - •country • provides • 'far more
favorable material in some ways
than 'the city. One does not need
to he a Wordsworth :or a' Jeffer-
•les to: find inexhaustible 'subjects.
of 'interest and '. inquiry 'in the -
earth and' every common sight. •
'The' .boy who lives ,amid mead-
ows, mountain's, woods and:.
streams is, at • an advantage as
compared with his. fellow whose
horizon is bounded. by bricks and
"mortar,. the endless monotony 'of
the streets and. the'endless, bustle
of. the factory 'and workshop:
-;Guelp' h Mercury •
The Book 'She'
rt
. I
-BERLIN 'DIAR•V" . .
By William L. Shires.
Those - who last year libtened'
time and again to Columbia's cor-
respondent• - William - -L'- Shirer
broadcasting. from Berlin on "The
World Today" and wondered what
•
-1
•
undisclosed sensations lay' behind
his spoken words, may have 'their
:Cnriosity satisfied and their know-
ledge of world .eventis considerably
extended now that M. Shirer's
"Berlin Diary" -his personal, un -
'censored journal of events. in Eur-
ope ,1934.1940 -has heel published,
In December last year Mr. Shin-
eri returned _ home to ,.ae 'United" '
States to prepare hisdiary for .the
Press. Completed, we find it an
timate •day. -today record of . What
as a foreign correspondent• be saw.`
and. 'beard, his meetings with the
leading characters' in ,the 'tragic
drama he. watched ,unfold wring ;
the seven terrible years in; which
Hitler 'rose ,to, power and conquer-
• ed most. -of a continent, . „
-Here you may.. 'read 'how 'Shiner
'stood in the 'Place de Ia .Concorde,
Paris, ' on that :February night ' of.
.1934 when' a Fascist mob was kept e
from"•stbre ing.the Ciiamber of ;pep-
uties' only 'by •'force. "He witnessed
the declaration *Of coO crjption in:'
.Germany .the next: ,year, when the- :
Versailles' treaty was,: torn up.- He
, saw' the -re,.oceupatiom'of the'Rhine-
land: He' -was in Vienna' when the '
Nazis took over Austria. He Coyer -
.ed the Sudetenland .fighting in.
1938, and watcher the sellout of
Czechoslovakia at. Godes:ber•g, Bir. -
lin and Munich: He visited Danzig,
Gdynia and ,Warsaw during .the
' fate -heavy' August Of 1939. He saw
the whole of the war. from. Berlin
and on the Western front from its
inception up to the end of.1940. He
. witnessed th,e signing of the June.
armistice at 'Compiegne; and he •
scooped , the world . With the news
t it and' ,its terms,
The reaction ' of,- the German
people themselvesto, the :Warr and
to. their changing fortunes, ' as re -
'fleeted in' the "Diary," is of moire.
,than Usual interest.
"Berlin .Diary" .; by William:. L.
;Shiner . . . ' Toronto: Ryerson • -
Press -
•
Dandelion. Greens
Clip, and, keep this recipe. for.
,net spring; . '
';2 pounds ,dandelion .greens
Salt and' pepper
1 tablespoon butter.
• Dandelionsshould be used be-
fore' they. blossom, as they become
bitter after that ,time. ' . Girt off
the . roots,pick the greens ',o:.'er
carefully; an'd' wash; them well in
several waters. Place them in a
kettle, add a little boiling water,
and• boil 'until ,tender; Salt the
water just before pooking is con
pleted. When .done., lift them in-
to a• colander, press them to drain
off all the, water, and chOp. •Add'
butter, salt and pepper:
Wifely
•'.Thoughtfulness
On,•manoeuvres• in the. Tenn -es- '
see -war games, Tient., Benjamin '
Gutow go't a. ,jig -saw. letter from
h'is vviie. `A -e ernblecl' after. an
hour's labor, it read: "Don't work,
too hard:"
LIFE'S. LIKE THAT
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• RS. PIP'S 5 RIA
RY.
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