Loading...
The Brussels Post, 1955-08-24, Page 3Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking EIPMGE EPA/MOUE MONO GdalUOM DO OM RIMP DO ONO @MU MOM oun OWP POE0 @MEUMENW @OG own IUD MOM EaWdOMUMEO MROW MOM PWRI MOM EOW ©©CJ al BEV MOW PO MWMUE00 EWUEC OMOMOWE MUM At the Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Sta- tion, Summerland, B.C., experi- ments have been made to deter- mine the extent to 'which the fruitless period in apple seed- lings may be shortened by bark ringing. Bark rings, approxi- mately one-quarter inch in width, were removed from the central' leaders, of trees at 3 to 5 feet from the ground. The wounds were allowed to dry for 15 min- utes and then covered with an emulsified asphalt tree seal. The ringing was done in the first week of. June and the effect of Tinging evaluated the following May by counting the blossom trusses on ringed and on unring- ed trees in adjacent rowd. Most of the trees were in their eighth year from seed when ringed, * * Two years' experiments indi- cated that ringing could shorten the fruitless period by one 'to two years in trees that were close to the end of their juvenile phase. In very young seedlings, ringing, had no effect on blossom formation. In trees that were ready to bear fruit, irrespective of forcing, ringing increased the amount of blossom per tree. Most of the blossoms, and'" on many trees all the blossoms, were form- ed above the ring. The ringing effect lasted for one year only, and trees which jailed to respond to the first treatment had to be ringed again. Although the ring- ed trees experienced some shock, which was evident by yellowing of foliage and interruption of growth in the part above the ring, no trees were lost by the treatment. * • Since the operation is very simple and takes only One/ to two minutes per tree to perform, the treatment can be considered as a practical means of shorten- ing the fruitless period in apple seedlings, Ringing can also be used to induce blossom forma- tion in over-vigorous trees of all varieties, gin to bear' their first fruit at five to ten years from seed, Apple Seedlings are especially slow in coming into bearing. If an ap- ple cross is made, say, this spring the results of the cross may not be known before 1065, The per- iod from seed to the first fruit is known as the fruitless period or the juvenile phase, No means are known for eliminating the juvenile phase in fruit tree seed- lings, e • * It is different in established varieties of tree fruits. These varieties had their origin as seed- lings, but many years have elapsed since the seedlings pass- ed through their juvenile phase and were propagated as varieties, Consequently, it is possible to in- duce a tree of an established ap- ple variety to bear fruit as early as the second year from grafting or planting. rti * What to Do in a Hurricane By NEA SERVICE For those persons on land Who are in the "path Of 'a cane or near one, the Weather Bureau urges these instruc- tions , be ,followed: Keep radio and television on and listen carefully for the latest alerts, warnings and advisories. Get away and stay away from beach areas and other lo- cations which may be swept by high tideS'or storm waves. Remain in your house if it is out of danger froth high tides and well built. Supply yourself with extra food that can be eaten with- out cooking or much preparation. 'Sterilize the bathtub, jugs, bottles, cooking utensils and fill 'them with drinking water, as the city water service may be interrupted. Have flashlights or other emergency lights 'in working condition and handy. Be sure you have gasoline in your car. Check on everything that might blow ,away or be torn loose like garbage cans, garden tools, signs and •porch furni- ture. If the center or "eye" of the storm passes directly over, don't be fooled by the lull in the wind. It will return from the opposite direction after a few minutes, frequently with greater force. Hypnotism Is It Gooth-Or Bad? The practice of hypnotism is eery, very old; the science of beeeetisra IS Very, very new, gypnoeid has been used almost freiM the time man tint Jeerned communicate with his fellow, men, Witch doctors and early mystics used it for religious cone .trol, and it is Probably at the back of their "miracle" cores, Other people, such as yogis, have used a form 94 hypnotism, gen- eraly self-hypnotism, to make their minds dominate their phy- sical feelings, Yet only in recent year has hypncitism b'ecome a science, a subject that medical men will submit to controlled tests. Why is this?, There has been a vi- cious circle-the medical pro- fession has not recognised the use of hypnotism beeause it hag not understood it; it has not un-, derstood it because it has not recognised it and therefore has not experimented with it, Now, if the recommendations of a' sub-cOmmittee of the Bri- tish Medical Association are carried out, the' uses of hypno- limn will be, described to medical students, and instruction in the clinical use of it will be given to men training in psychological medicine. Universities will carry out research into its possibilities. At the moment no one can explain hypnotism; it can only be described. Let us look at it first in its simplest forms. Hyp- notiern is making the mind open to, suggestion. A mother singing her baby to sleep in fact, sug- • geeting sleep. Someone starts beating time to a catchy tune, and you find your own foot tak-e ing up the rhythm. Someone yawns, and soon everyone is yawning. Take this suggestion a stage further "and you have light hyp- notism, the hypnoidal state. The patient is not asleep; he is just completely relaxed and content to concentrate on the hypnotist's seggestiops. This concentration is most 'important, and is the reason why most hypnotists use something, such as a light or a bright object, on which the pa- tient can focus his attention to start with. People who have the greatest powers of concentration are most, susceptible to hypnotism. "Will power" has.nothing to do with it. In fact, the more intel- ligent you are, ,the better sub- ject you make. Idiots'cannot •be hypnotised. When the somnambulistic, the very deep, stage of hypnotism is reached amazing • things can be done. The patient can open his eyes without disturbing the hypnosis. He can be made to lose all feeling in parts of his body. He can be made to see things which don't exist, and not see things which doe Our nervous systems cannot tell the difference between any- thing real and anything ima e ginary. If you accept the sug- gestion that pain exists, you will feel pain; and, contrariwise, if you believe there is no pain, you will feel none. Hypnosis itself can cure noth- ing, only suggestion under hyp- nosis can do that. The possibili- ties for its use in what are term- ed ‘psychsornatic disorders and psyChoneuroSes a r e obvious. These' are illnesses of the mind. It is now generally. recognised that certain things, such as asth- ma, ulcers, skin, diseases, alco- holism,, and some "rheumatic" disorders, have their roots hi the psychological condition of the sufferer. Hypnotism might help get at those roots. Possibilities can also be seen in use in child-birth. Relaxa- tion is necessary, and light hyp- nosis is only taking relaxation a stage further. Now a word of warning. Hyp-, nosis is no subject for a parlour game. Putting suggestions into the mind is a very delicate busi- ness which experts aperoach with the utmost trepidation. Wrongly done it can cause hy- steria and neuroses. The effects of hypnotism are restricted to the mind. The stage hypnotist who made his subject quite rigid, supported his head and then sat on him, was not giving more power to the nets- cies of hie subject. He was merely making him ,use what power there was. There is an enormous strength in human muscles which is seldom rea- 1 iSed ; el edtro-sh o ele treatment has shown' that they can even break holies. Don't therefore, expect hyp notiehl to be a cure-all: Gteat as its medical poseibilities they turn out to be, it coronet directly change the body, but only the ,effect on the body. FOREIGN LANGUAGE A couple who never before had' ventured west of Hoboken were making their first trans- continental trip aboard et Cana- dian streaneliner. At one stop far along the line they left the train for a little exercise, and inquired of a man on the• plat- form, "What's the name of this town?" He answered, "Saska- toon, Saskatchewan." "Good- ness," marveled the husband, "we've come so far the natives don't even speak English here!" By KENNETH 0. GILMORE NEA Staff Correspondent • Most" oe' the big• hureiCenee come during the months of Au- gust, September and October ac- ycoeiadrsihe to 'Yecords kept-foe 67 • Hurricanes originate in'tropi- cal ocean areas and usually move from low to higher lati- tudes with increasing speed, size and intensity. They • are large, revolving storms accompanied by destructive winds, -heavy rains " and high waves and tides. En- gineers have estimated that sur- face wind speeds up to 250 miles per hour have occurred within a hurricane, The damage a hurricane can do is frightening. The most re- cent example is infamous Carol which boiled through the New England states early last Sep- tember after brushing the North Carolina coast. It caused about 60 fatalities and a ,loss of over $460 million to property and crops. Officials at the Weather Bu- reau estimate that one minute of a hurricane uses up more en- ergy than the entire U. S. pro- duces in electric power in 50 years. And the energy released by a. typical 'hurricane in one second is greater than several atomic explosions. For the past 70 years en aver- age of eight hurricanes per year have occurred, but this number has increased to 10 per day dur- ing the last 20 years. Lately, a number of people have been writing to the Weather Bureau suggesting the possibility of blunting or taming the' sienna with an atom bomb. A carbide exploder was tested which consisted` ofa gas gener- ating unit that combines calcium carbide and water to produce acetylene gas, after the style of the headlights once used on auto- rneleiles mid bicycles, The gas is mixed with air and creates an explosive mixture in an explo- sion •chamber. In turn a pilot light ignites the gas and causes a report similar to that of a shot- gun, The explosions may. occur as freqUently les twice a minute under ideal, conditions. eTwo. exploders were used in the, Farin• ;tests in a two-acre block of 'ear. corn and reduced the damage from 20 per cent to six per, cent., However, it cost approximately 75 cents per day to operate the units and 'in this Partioular test the value of the crop savededid not equal the cost of ..operatin'g the exploders. It Was also found that while excellent pretection was• obtained for a couple of ,weeks or so, the birds soon became accustomed to the noise and, were then more difficult to scare. The occasional use of a shot gun to supplement the exploders might increase the effectiveness of the units as bird scarers. • * The conclusion reached is that while carbide exploders afford some protection they area not a complete answer to the problem of scaring birds. C * ' - Progress in breeding new var- ieties gf tree fruits is limited be- cause the seedlings normally be- PLANETARY PLUMBER - Here's what the well-dressed repair- man will wear when he's called on to tune up space stations or ,make repairs to rocket ships while in flight, as conceived by Wa It Disney. "Spacebottle", with jets top and bottom, has seven Mechanical arms, two of which appear in picture. 20- 22 2 25 26, 27 ze, 24 50 33 3/p 35 vas • AS 45' 3 41 142 43 4 7 49' ••4;te;.; 5 5Z' 54 Sc 57 59 59 GQ 63 'Tv* G5 bra eee 67 ee •R2 7a is Hiackbires and graelcles look upon a corn field, as a particularly tasty morsel and in very short order can damage over DO per cent of the ears end May remove as Much, as a quarter of the Prep. And they are very hard to scare away, as tests at the CentralEx- perimental Farm, Ottawa, have eb own. eeetee• Sat r Tweedle-DeeiJunk liven as the late, great Ring Lardner in his time, we find ourselves growipg tune-touchy • • , • What gripes us more each time it's rePeated on radio, juke box or TV •is that .simpering little jumble of hogwash called "Tweedley, Tweeclley, Tweedley Some of you oldsters May re, call that. Ring. Lardner's pet peeve among the juke ballads was Cole Porter's Night-and Day thing, "I've Got YOu Under My Skin." . . .He raved on by the column, cussing Out the whole song. But what dug him the most was the rhyme about that "yearning, burning deep down inside of me" which gets "under the hide of me." Poor old Ring! He wanted songs to have a little dignity about 'em, We're glad he clieeen't ,have to wince 'with us at the baby-talk rhyme tricks Of the Tweedley song. They're enough to make Mother Goose herself blush. We don't object to rhyming "tweedley-dee" with "as can be," or "tweedley-dum" with "sugar plum." But when the switch •runs to "tweedley-dot' in order to rhyme with "gimme all the love you've' got," our gorge begins to rise'. Each time we hear that, song we feel a glaze forming over the eyes, and a hum-happy spasm coming on: Tweedley,ditto-clitto clunk, Song-rhymes now are merely junk, Hubba, hubba, summer and fall, e: The fool.things never make sense at all, Tweedley - tweedley - tweed- ley, BAH! -Denver Post. PEACE - AND WAR - As the world enters the-11.th year of the atomic age, a monument to.,, peace stands in the shadow of shattred Industrial Promotion Hall, Hirosh.ima; Japan. Situated at ground zero, focal point of the blast which levelled the city August 6, 1945, the rubble has been left as a reminder of the cataclysmic power of the atomftAmong'the inscriptions on the memirial is one that expresses the wish of all mankind-"No More. Hiroshimas." How To Propagate Lilies Quickly `heaving by frost action in the spring. By this inexpensive sim- ple method, One good ,healthy bulb can be propagated to yield up to one hundred flowering size bulbs within a period of two years. There is one piece, of advice in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then' to be completely' idle-to do nothing at all. -SYDNEY SMITH • itarclay Warreb MA, 6,11. Hope for the Despairing; Tsai* Chapter $S Memory Selection; Incline yob' ear, and Coate unto Me; hear and your soul shall live, -Isaiah, 55 The prophets of God were ten misunderstood, Jeremiah ads. wised that Jerusalem should SU*. render. For this he WW1 brand** a traitor and cast into a chili- gO011, He was knOWn, as weeping prophet, But the* Prophets of doom had an optj- rnistic faith, too.. They knew that though God might chastise his people for a time for their sins, he would not forsake them. A better day would come. Jere» miah :and. Ezekiel, whose writf- ings form a part of today's les- son foresaw the return of the exiles to their own land. They had also, some vision of the new covenant which God would, make with men through his son, Jesus Christ, The printed portion of the les- son is from Isaiah and has e 'universal appeal. It has been aptly called an Old Testament offer of •salvation. The invitation is, Ho every one that thirsteth," Man is rest- less within himself. He is only content when he gives himself in full surrender to God, In the meanwhile he wastes his money for that which is not bread and his energy for that which satis- fieth riot. Isaiah pleads with men, to seek the Lord, while he may be found. He points out the way: "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Then there will be a. transformatibn. "Ye shall go out with joy.-Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree." The life becomes beautiful and fruitful. Sin never pays. But God has provided a glorious deliverance from it. We will only find hap- piness which we come to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Hurricanes Release More Energy .Than Several A-Bombs 1 CROSSWORD PUZZLE This would do no good and only make matters worse, say the weather experts. Even as- suming that such an explosion• stopped the winds momentarily, . the natural production of energy by the hurricane rains would be sueficient to restore the winds to full force in about 15 minutes. Further, the heat• of a blast in the atmosphere Only tends to in- crease the intensity of the etorm. Another objection is radioactiv- ity that would result, froth a nuclear explosion. It is estab- lished that fallout is greater when precipitation' eicctire and 7. Statute 8. Passage out 9. Necessary 10. Morning lab.) 11. Vat 12. Scotch uncle 17. Religious tale 21. MastfeatorY 28. Idle talk 25, Suitable 27. Point 29. Pacify' 21. Passing 32. Sibilant sound 33. Continent 84. Bitter herb 25. Still 40. Drink slowly 43. Doze 45. Yale 46. Sturdy tree 48. Narbinger oe spring 52. Fish 54. Drownisli- red chalcedony 56, Tropical fruit 57, nice paste 58. Patter 60. Clear gain 02. Inlet 05. Sun god 66, Anvil'. 00. One 89. Issue forth 70. Italian poet DOWN Grinner1. Pteachlog 11M. 4. Poorly 5, ll'reSh-wat et duck 6..'Type nicastire 4. 15 lb nee 7 a 9 10 I11 12 17 /4,• 19 menose 1, Senn pavilion 5, Lill Deport 14. Most 15. Near 16, Once n.retti,c1 18, Minor 19. 1281st 25. 01'1111:age sco re 22. Loiter 24. Faucet 26. 1?ecan 23. !knock 30. .Narrow board 33, Wooderfull3 35. Three iprefix-$ t7,14itisical note 38. DritIsli tavern S9. itbnian bro5 wfilI6 42, Ittitet 44. VOrnial choices 47. Culture medium 40'..Goidcos hoe 50, 'Dance step 51. Notting, vessel 53. PrisSeSsivt • pronoun 55. Yoiiiitt goa: 57. Metric nteastlre 5i,'.nrsch It • at, 'Corn Spifti a3, rich (ttP/..)' . 07.,Laiighttiji hurricanes always have consid- erable amounts of rainfall. The best defense against hur- ricanes is a good warning sys- tem. And the „Weather Bureau claims its Hurricane 'Warning Service has been expanded to " improve the issuance and dis- tribution of alert~, .Here are some of the facilities that are going to be in use dur•- ,ing the hurricane season: From BrownsVille,. Texas, to Portland, 'Me., on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts; teletypewriter circuits are hooked up to Weath- er Burgae offices: instable/ie. ously every station on the dr- curt receives 'alt the Observations, reports end: alerts that are sent out. Many ,agencies pitch in ter help during, this critical time of the year when every morsel of ine fermetinii can, 'be used by mete- ot-ologiete to -accurately and speedily predict when and where the storm will strike. Specially trained Aie Pdece and Navy crews fly into areas Of suspected storm activity and often directly into the storm, This is the most dangerous but also, the most reliable rhethed of reporting the' location, inteti- ty end Movement of the sforriL AlsO assisting are Coast Guard' statiOns,. lighthouses end mobile 'Units. Ships in the hurricane vi- cinity are of particular value. ,iiiid,they furnish reports at flour- ' ty intervals. ArlSWer.:ellaiWiibir on iiita ,page. Always advise a Friend to do that which you are surd he is net going to do. Then, if his Venture fails, you will receive credit for hewing warned him:, If it stiOebetle, he will be happy in the Oppthetteity to tell yOti that you wereWrong, - Dead o -i-.-GEORGE ADE The popularity of garden lilies has increased` greatly, within the past few years and each new season sees a greater interst in this fine group of garden plants. Many species and varieties of lilies multiply themselves more or less rapidly by means of small bulbs which 'are Produced on the underground portion of the stem. By allowing these small bulbs to develop, a grodp of plants may• be obtained eevntuaily from one healthy bulb. But a more -rapid method is by scale 'propagation, says D. F. Cameron, Division of Horticulture, Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, Ont. Most lilies may be propagated rapidly from the, scales of the bulb, and various Methods have been used, most of Which require ;the use of cold. franieinr propagating beds. For the zliome gardener who wishes to propagate, some of his choice lilies to extend his plant- ings, or to increase: hie.stock of a • choice variety of seedling, the following method is suggested. This method requires e - little equipment other than polythene bags such as those in which ap- ples, oranges and other fruit and vegetables are sold, and some sphagnum moss, which may be obtained from florists or garden supply stores. The best time to take the scales from the lily bulbs is shortly after the flowers have . faded. If the plant is dug up carefully at ,this time, a num- ber of thick fleshy outer scales may bebrokee away from the bulb without doing any harm to the plant. The core or heart of the bulb is then set back in the garden and it will continue its normal geowth until the end of the growing season.' Another method of obtaining the scales is to dig the earth away from around the base of the stem, ex-' posing the underground stem down to the bulb, when the scales may be pried loose with- out disturbing it. These fresh plump scales are then placed by separate,, varie- ties in polythene bags alorig with a couple of handfuls of slightly moist shredded sphagnum moss, and the bags shaken to cover the scales with moss. The tops of the bags should be folded over to exclude the air, and held closed by means of a paper clip or an elastic band. The poly- thene •bags permit the passage of gases but prevent moisture from escapitig from them, thus keening the scales turgid. The bags containing the seeles should then be placed in a dark cabinet at room teinperature, and after three or four weeks, from one to four or five small bulbs will develop along the bases pf the scales', by late Sep- tember or eatle October, these bulblets will be up to ofte-half inch in diameter and at this tithe they they be planted out, 2 Indies deep, iri a sheltered feeble Where they can be pro- tected over whiter, to lie tee Moved the folibeVirig October to their permanent loeation In the gardee. Or the May be set' out directly frOm, the polythene bag into the border Where they tied to flower," and covered with two inch' Mitch 01 leaf mould, sawdust dr shavings, to prevent PATTERN FOR HAVOCt Arrows indicate direethins'whitli liarriednes generally travel toward the tinted States, All ;of them ia the belt of dolditnit In the itifithern North' Atlantie,