HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-05-02, Page 7Hybrid Corn
Resists Borer
• Scourge 11, Diminiahlnp. In
Certaln Sections 0? Ontario.
The growing of •various -"types of
hybrid eerp as a method of fighting
the corn borer menace, which is Lon
the inereaSe, in certain sections of
the' province was advanced recent •
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'3y by Prof. L. Caesar, of the .O.AA.,
Guelph.; provincial entomologist,
awaking. at the annual. conference
of the Western Ontario -Cine .bored••
inspectors.
Prof; Caesar said that' in a num- e
bei of . O.nta,rio' counties tho corn -
jrore scourge:,4imin.!ahed last •y,ear.•„
• The newest method of the defiant-.
:meat •of. agricplture t'o combat the
coni' • borer i§, to, attempt 'thi oygh''
• experimegta- with hybrid coria to
let, strains that are, largely beteae-
sis.tafit. These experiments • t aven't
yetbeen:carried on •on a sutficianti:a '
large scale to arrive 'at 'd'efinite.
conclusions -
NEW, SEED EACH YEAR,
At.least 50...strains have all been :.
tested during the. past two. •years.•'
and it has been found that a strain •
• .of Wisoona.in corn Is to date .the;
I'0, most likely _looking prospect for a .
borer -resistant: The -chief difficg'ty
b ' in bringing about; a• general use of
• hybrid ..corn lies Ix the fact that the
farmers must purchase• new seed
each year, Prof. Caesar .exp::iced•
Arm -chair generals came into
their own last week. Supplied with
a multiplicity of maps of the
Sea. ndinavian. front they could tell .
the rest 'of they world just exactly
baw the war in Norway was going..
.Two major battles' were .being
Waged, they pointed out, which.
might prove decisive • Jot the
,whole . • Norwegian campaign.
'north of Oslo; and north of Trogd-
be•im, the keyto central sad'
southern- Norway, connecjted :bk..
,raij" with Sweden. 'Heavy_ intenea. .
filiation of, the war, in the air was
rioted ." the Allied ',navies being
, in 'central of sea commpnicatio{ts,
Herr H,tler was having to depend •
Mainly. on 'his air • fleet not only
for supplies for his invading army
but for reinforcements; and -was
i having to rely" largely , on his air- •
. arm to fight off further ' Allied. -
landings. and, supply ships.
Sweden Oa Spot
If,as Was ''• apparently the ease -
last week; Germany was finding
herself unable: to. consolidate her
position •in southern Norway fast •
enough, before new Allied thrusts
in 'central and northern Norway
could`' .bog.-,„dewn her • machine,
neighboring Sweden was in: the
• worst spot since the time of Na-
poleon. A German .invasion of
• .Sweden 'appeared, on the .surface,
to .¢e only a •matter of hours: But
for : several reasons,' Sweden
• ' for 'the •time being did not fear an
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attac3t by Germany:: Because . she .
has -
s .a• well-trained and efficiently
'• equipped 'army of: 400,000 men,
• : and a number of strongly defend-
ed airdromes from which attacks
against any invaders could be
• launched; again, a German irivas-.
:ion' of Sweden was seen as .1m-
mediately
mmediately depriving Germany of
. an,invaluable source of iron ore—
the. Kiruna iron mines; lastly, ex-•
tension of the northern theatre of
war, 'to Sweden .would- mean' that
the•.Allies could strike at PIitler's
right ,flank and might the more'.
earlier . oust German forces, from
central and southern Nor•.,:v.
The War Week '
Since the Germans were so ob-
viously occupied in •Norway last
week, a Nazi push on the West-
ern Front: was believed deferred.•
- Nazi sympathizers were being
driven out of 'a number of Euro-
pean countries, • chiefly Yugo-
slavia, where a Nazi plot against ,
the got-elm/tient .was nipped; in?the
•bud ". . martial law was declar-
ed in the Netherlands,' Premier. •`
de 'Geer alsomaking it: known.
that Dutch overseas possessions
(Japan. was • eyeing the Dutch
East. Indies) . would be defended '
by arms ...:Italy appeared to 0e '
Maintaining resistance to German
pressure toenter the war at 'this
point;. but Mussolini might be ex-.
petted• soon to seize Yugoslav is-
lands in the Adriatic .'. . Russia
re -iterated her determination "not
toparticipate in this war" .
A German -Rumanian trade agree-
ment was signed during the week,
Rumania agreeing to fulfil exist-
ing wheat and oil contracts .
following Anglo -Japanese' talks
came 'rumors of British conces-
sions to. Japan in China, if. Japan •
Would help blockade Germany in
the Pacific
• Canadians Are Busy
Back home, Canadian. taxpay-
ere 'received three'warnings that
the cock, of waging war comes
high:, one, tax increases • in the
British budget; two, a speech by
the.Governor of the Bank of Can-
ada urging •people to .cut down on
their person l spending; ,three,
published figires , showing • a thir-
teen per -cent increase . in, whole-
sale prices '. . . During the same
weak, the Conservative party were
looking. for 'a House leader . . .
Government, packers and .farmers
were wondering what to do about
the reduction in ,British bacon
buying over here.... moat of the
cities of the Dominion were going
on daylight , saving time . . . Ot-
tawa was denying • reports that
Canadian troops were ;serving in.
Norway . .
Opposing Naval Forces Comparted
In - November "Jane's Fighting
Ships" authoritatWe word on the
world navies, gave the following
figures for principal .• classifications
of the Royal Navy and the'Gernian
Fleet: • • .
.Capital ships: Gripat Britain 15,
Germany 5. '
Crullers (heavy' and other) 'Gt.
Britain 58, Germany 8. •
Destroyers: Great $ritain 179,•
Germany. 32.
Submarines: Great Britain '56,
Germany :65:
BEFORE NORWAY •
'Prior to outbreak of .war inNor-
way; Great Britaiii had lost one
capital ship,' the ROyal Oak, arid'
Germany one; the Graf Spee, Great
Britain had lost no cruisers, .'Ger .
Many two. British destroyer' losses
wereplaced at sit. Germany, so
aras is known, had her original
he M, -G -M starlet dons this new
spring hat modelled after the old-'
• fashioned. coachman's ':topper. . Its'
hollowed crown.and baelais of burnt
(straw' brimmed in deep brown..,..
Forest Value
Is Increased
War Broadening. Demands on ,
Canadian. Industry .
The invasion of the forest conn'
tries of Norway and Finlaird, frim
which countries Great Britain, and
France; and the United States have
.always drawn a large percentage
of their pulp- and forest prod..pcts,
has increased tremendously the
importance of Canada's ' forest re-
sources, 4. A. Schmon, president
of the Canadian Forestry Associa-
tion, declared on his return to Ca-
nada from a _visit to the United
States. ' .
SCANDINAVIAN LOSSES.
"The Scandinavian, countries and
Finland," Mr. • SChmon said,. "have
for centuries practised sane and eff'
ficient policies of forest conserve
tion and have increased atheir na
• tional Wealth as a result. Today a
Part of Finland is occupied by, the
Russians. Some of her forest lands
have been destroyed and her trans •
-
, portatioit crippled.. Norway is lie -
,coming the battleground. of the pre-
sent conflict and 'her forest 'pro-
ducts will not be available to the
J1liies for some time. Shipments
from Sweden are constantly becom-
• ing more difficult.
"Canada, which has great. forest,
.resources, must make up for these
lost sources of supply. Moro than
ever the Canadianforests are an
•importantpart of the British Em-
pire war resources."
76 New Men
S4t In House
Newly -Elected to: $Partiament
At Ottawa
At least 76 of the 245 members of
the 19th Parliament of Canada,
opening on May 16th, were hat in
the last Parlianient. Three of them,
were members for varying periods',
prior. to 1935, including Hon, R. B.
Hanson, Cohservative, York -Sun-
bury, Capt., Oeor'ge Black, a former
Conservative speaker, froth the Yu-
kon, and Dr. F. W, Gershaw, re -
tarried as a Liberal from Medicine
Eat.
. Two by-elections ' will be held,
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tlterdttu't 4iiret iPe •i ` ffaiy of
Rev. i>r. W. G. Brown; United Be -
form member for `Saskatoon, and
Dr. 21. B. Hyndtnan, Conservative
momber for Carlton.
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s �tiina�rlires; ,G-Irnaanyr-f7
60. Leaving out subiiarines, whose
replacement is impossible to"esti
Mate, the apparent comparison then
was:
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They're Out To "Prevent Accidents i. Iinc
New officers for the coming year were elected at the silver jubilee-
safety . convention, of ` the Industrial Accident Prevention "Associations
at the Royal -York Hotel, Toronto, on April 22 and 23. Shown' above,
hey are: (top, left to. right) E: G. Steele, Union Gas. Co.,Ltd., Chatham,
president; M. F'. Verity,' Massey -Harris Co.. Ltd., Toronto, ' 1st •vice-
president; (bottom, left to righty Col. Frank Chappell, V. D., `General
Motors of Canada Ltd., Oshawa, 2nd 'Vice -President; A• J. Harvey, Lever
Bros. Ltd., •Toronto, honorary treasurer. R. B. Morley, 'Toronto, was
re-elected general manager. • n
Capital ships: Great Britain.'14,'
Germany 4:' ,
Cruisers: Great Britain •58, Ger-
many 6,
Destroyers: Great Britain 173, ..
Germany 22. •
POWERFUL. NEW BATTLESHIPS'
Official and semi-official repo•rts'•
after th.e battle 'of the Skagerrak
revealed that Britain has added
five new battleships,. the •world's
most' powerful, to the Royal Navy.
Completion of these, ships raised
Britain's capital ship strength to
19, leaving at least four more •build-
ing.,
NTARIO
UTD®®.IIS
BY VIC BAKER
','SKEET MEET'
.' • The spring skeet shooting, sea-
son. in Canada opened in . April •
with a bang when more ,.than • a
half a hundred of the best' shot-
gun shooters in Ontario and New
York State gathered at the To-
ronto Hunt club to .compete for
the Ontario a Individual Skeet
• Championship.. More than 20,000 .
whizzing and ducking.. clay targ-
ets were powdered as the seatter=
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KEEP coma
• til
gun marksnien blazed away from
e.ar1y morning!'•to sundown in the
one -day .shotgun tournament., •A
. dozen .'outstanding. skeet champ-. •
'ions from ';both sides of the inter-`
national border journeyed. to, the
Queen City to try for the pro-
;vincial' individual honours.
This year's title' was won by
David MacEllven of the Buffalo,
N. Y., Trap and Field Crub, ,who
led a strong aggregation of New
Yorkers to Toronto... for the 'prey •
vincial meet: He won',the• individa
nal honoure'. in a thrilling' last-,
minute shoot -off • with 3.• Harry
Kre.tschmanr of the Hanulton Gun
' • CIub .after both had ended the
regular '1,00 -bird shoot with• 96
targets broken. In the ,25 -target
Shoot -off' the"Buffalo, champion'
posted a' perfect. scare While the
• Hamiltonian missed three to end
second. The. Forester' ,Gun Club
of . Williamsville, N. Y.,, ,won the
team event. •
The touri,}ament • committee 'in
charge was as follows: Represent-
ing the Ontario, Skeet Associa-"
tion=President, Dr. D: H. Stew- .
,art, Hamilton; 'First Vice Pre::
dent,. Dr. G. D. Beier], Toronto.;
Second' Vice -President, G. Alex
Forbes, Hespeler; Secretary, Alex
• Wilson, Toronto. Representing the
Toronto Hunt Club, 'C: B. Render- '
son,. 'Chairman of the shooting
•committee. •
. Says Second War -
Started in 1936
Famous Military Expert Lid-
dell Hart, Believes It Began
When 'Germany, And Italy
Intervened in Spain ••
Capt. Liddell "Hart, famous: mili-
tary expert, believes . the 'se`oond
great war of the 20th century .be-
gan in 'July, 1936, when GermaaY
and Italy intervened in., Spaiir. '
This and other disconcerting obser-
vations are made in 'his new Book,
"The Defence of Britain."
The Spanish Civil' war changed
the strategic balance of power ag-
ainst the democracies, Hart be-
lieves. The Munich agreement atilt •
further upset that balance:.
France and Great Britain failed
to recognize in time, 'this new
"broadened. strategy," or the ex-
tent of the "white war," according
to Hart.. As a result, they have now
been manoeurvr•ed out• of their
strategic vantage ground, and forc-
ed back !tan a defensive position
which is tkelf exposed -in flank and
rear."
PROPAGANDA...
)i'repaganda is the other side's
• case put so well that .It annoys you.
— Kingston Whig -Standard.
MAIN DIFFERENCE
The chiefdifference between . a
home -town doctor and the big 'city
specialist is -about $100. — Brandon
, Sun.
IF.TH.EY'REVOLT . ' • '
If .the'rationed ,G•ermans do final-
ly revolt, It likely will be because
'.they realize' that. living ronin is not
so important as dining ro'Qm:
Toronto Saturday • light.,i • •
COUNTY •TOWNSaCHAMPIONED•
'A Toronto lawyer deeiares juries
county towns are better . than
those in ••Toronto. But why restrict
the statement tp 'juries? There are
many, many things in county towns
superior to :those in' T.oronl;o.' In . .
'fact, eopnty towns as a rule are
better than Toronto — St. Thomas
Times -Journal.
TOO'MAN'Y MIDDLEMEN ..
The Middleman is often of Ines-
timable value to .the producer .and
serves, his .turn to the 'community:•
But the middleman's . interest has
grown to an'extent,quite unknown,
we• believe, elsewhere, and the,poor
producer too often sees .his goods:
passing from one middleman to an-
. other., each 'exacting his profit, tIll
the farmer one end and the con-
sumer at'the other are equally con-
' fau-nded —• the '.one -by the meagre •
',nes's of bis' return and the other by
the swoilen.price ,lie has to pay. •
This • is • an old ater y,. -but surely
the riddle is not insoluble? There.
must be ways'of protecting the pro-.
•'ducei•, and especially the small pro--'
dueer. • from.- being 'slaughtered in
the roark•ats. — Guelph Mercury.
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,Carden -ring
' MOST C)MMON MISTAKE
Most 'common mistake .of 'new
gardener§ is crowding things toe
close together. In planning lay •
-
outs it is essential that' the ma-.
tete: height . and 'width ,. of the
flower or -shrub or tree be kept in
'mind and sufficient space be al
lowed• fair full' growth. With"bevy
ly set out permanent shrubbery,
space .between may be , filled in
• •temporarily with annuals . . until
full room'is requited and with a
„slow,: growing. tree: like the maple
or, elm, shrubbery , may be grown.
between• for eight or .ten years.
But when the time comes for full
room being needed; then .it .should
be available and one must harden
his heart, 'take an' axe and thin.
Crowded f I o w e r s, 'vegetables,
• shrubs or trees; soon. become
weak and spindly. .
INFORMALITY BEST .
• The informal • flower garden. is
much to be preferred for •average
planting. At the .same time this'
.does ..not mean just throwing in
.plants or seed. •Generally the best
plan is' to have the 'larger flowers
towards the rear or centre of the
bed so that little things like nas--
turtiums, alyssum, dwarf 'phlox
and similar kinds will not be hid-
den.. Where the bed is to be .mix-
ed, it is well also to. have late.
medium and early flowers evenly
balanced to, insure. something 'al-
ways in bloom.
BUMMER ,GARDENS
Where one his a Summer cot-
tage that will not be visited until
June, the usual practice is. 'to .
start practically all the garden in
flat boxes at home, Later these
are taken well grown .out to the
garden by the lake. 'Such things
as lettuce, carrots, beets, onions,
even corn, can all be siarteein
boxes or pots and moved very
carefully. It is a good idea to start
in individual berry or special card-
boai d box and simply remove bolt
When . planting:' '
SCOUTING • .
Now it is the anhappy turn of
the Scouts of Dehmark, 'some''18,-
000 in amber, to be banned by the
Germans, as the invaders 'did in the
case of • Czecho-Slovakia, Austria
and Poland.. '
A special course in Junior St.
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John Ambulance work for Scouts'
fa being given at Carmichael Touse,
the St. Catharines District Head- ..
quarters: l*. i
Scouts of Oil Sprit ge, Ont.; col-
lected over 2,600 tons of wastepa=
per and magazines for the , Red
Cross. Regular collections by
•truck are being made every second
week.
A 'reforestation camp for Boy
Scouts from . Western Ontario
.points will be held.,. May,, 16-19, at
the Government reforestation site.
• near St. Williams, Ont., in co-op-
eration with the Ontario Forestry
Branch o;, the Department of Lands
and Forests. Field ,Secretary H. E..,.
D. 'Mitchell, of London, (Will be in
charge. The Scouts participating
' •will be • selected . by : their 'own ,
Troops, on the .basis of fitness and
efficiency. '4"-' 4,. : .
"Once again 'the ,Boy' Seouta: As-
soaiation•'has• demonstrated its real.'
worth'and the fact that this organ-
ization is a great public asset,. by ,
collecting in a most • efficient• and,
thorough , manner the election re-
sults from ,polling booths in Hali-
fax -and most 'of the large centres
in Nova Scotia..As far as we have
been able to: ascertain, in not one
instance did the Boy Scouts fall
. dawn on their job,• and in conse-
quence of their 'efficiency and de-'
votion to duty the.general public
were able to receive the 'results of
'the polling throughout this prov-
ince much' sooner than would +cher
wise have. been the case."-- A. M.
Mackay, General Commercial .Man-
ager, Maritime Telegraph and TeT-
ephoue Co. •
Ht rnans Soon
Eating Grass
Chemists Say Powder Has'
All Vitamins of Fruit, Vege-
• tables
''Please pass •thegrass," will be
good dinner table etiquette if sci-
ence. confirms that man can eat
grass as reported'to the American
Chemical Society last week..
USFD IN, "SHARER
Powdered grass would be used in
a shaker about as sparingly .'as salt.
It would furnish all tbe vitamins
that Dome from all the fruits and
vegetables: '
Evidence that plain grass is the ,
richest source of these vitamins
was r,ported by W. R. Graham, G.
O. Kohler and C. F. Schnabel, of
Kansas,City, Mo. They have devel-
oped.
a powdered grass 'which 'can
be dded an cooking most foods,'
f'om flap{1'acks' to desserts.
PtJT INTO MEAD
It can be put in bread, they said,
without changing theflavor..And
moreover, the bread hnd other food
won't turn green;.because of a me -
tiled of
e•tiled.of washing out thecolor with-
out destroying vitamins.
Chemical analysis shows grass
containst all the vitamins from A,
the :infection protector, to E, the
fertility promoter, excepting. only
Vitamin D, the bone hardener. And
likewise fruits and vegetables don't
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
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OVERSEAS
$2.5®II'' SENDS 1,000
cigarpnes fo qn), Single
Military Address Overseas
(as many 1,900 lots as you wish)
Moil Order and Remittance
QVERsEAs REPARTMEN.1"'..-
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Box 1929, Pace d'Armes;
Montreol,, Canada . '' :
4Als.offe s blest to any in Government Reredatian
SEND THE 313YS THEE
contain D, 'although they, supply ,
chemicals which turn into D in the •
human body on exposure to• sun-
light.
Single Radio
Fee Required
Canadian Householder, May
operate Any Number of Sets
Hon. C. D. Howe, Federal ,Minis-
ter of Transport,. has announced
• that only One radio receivingla_-
cence• yia',r11l be required for all radio
receiving sets installed in° aprivate
residence Instead of one; licence
for 'each set as formerly. .
The ruling is reti•oactive to April
1st last when .licenhes for 1939-40
expired. •
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