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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-12-07, Page 7Mary Pickford 1918 R. Barclay Warren, B.A., Who Is My Neighbour? Luke 10: 25-37 Memory Selection: Thou :shalt love the Lord thy God with thy heart, and with all thy so and with All thy strength, a with all thy mind; and the neighbour as thyself, Luke 1k' Harold Lloyd Richard Barthelniess 1921 1921 "GEORGE" WINNERS .7 These famous stars of the silent screen are among 20 winners of the first "George" award for "Distin guished contribution to the art of motion pictures, 1915-1925." The awards were made at the First Festival of Film Artists. The winners were selected by the persons they worked with during, their film days. The festival is sponsored by the George Eastman „House of Photography. The award, named for. George Eastman, is a medal bearing his likeness, set in an eight-ifich-block,of transparent plastic. ^ In our Christian life theor,r, and practice must be prOper* coordinated. The lawyer was 14 On his theory but not so Cleat On its everyday applicatidn. 041 knew that 'to love God with .alt one's being and to love one'* neighbour as himself was the way to inherit eternal life. But he also knew that he had not lived up to this law of love and so he asked, "And who is al' neighbour?" The point Of the parable of the Good SarnartiaR was unrnistable, The essence• a neighbourliness is to show mercy on the needy regardlesf of colour,1 race or creed. The priest looked at the unfortunatar man and passed by on the otlier. side. The Levite who perform. ed more ordinary duties arounili the temple looked more closely but went on, But the Samaritans, despised by the Jews because he was a descendant of those, Jews who had intermarried with the colonists brought in by the Assyrians, eared for the man. He proved himself a neighbour. He even left the wages for five days' work with the innkeeper to insure his continued care and promised more if "it were re- quired. Our well-Organized welfare agencies leave us lots of room to be good neighbours. 'There are needs about us among our citizens and among immigrants, There are the little deeds which we may do that say so much_ Nationally we are cOnsiclering our less fortlnate neighbonrs. The Colombo plan is an example of our effort here. Many of our trained young people are catch- ing the vision of going to those parts of the world where they are most needed, I asked one of my former students what were his plans when he graduated with his M.D. "Oh, set up practise here and make a pile of money," he replied. I saw the twinkle in his eye. "No," he said, "I'm thinking Of going to North Africa?' That is the spirit of the Good Samaritan. Potato growers, "both north o'ancl south of . the Border, Cott- tinually lament the fact that folks nowadays don't eat AS many "sppds" as they used to do a few years ago. Dieting to keep the weight and waist-line down is generally blamed for this sad condition, but there are 4 good* many who believe that the real reason is that potatoes, although vastly Improved in appearance, simply do not taste as well as their predecessors. My meaning will be made clear- er by this dispatch by John Gould to The Christian Science Monitor, written from the State of Maine, one of the greatest potato-growing areas in the United States. The lady made quite a rash remark, for these parts, She said, "My goodness, if I could only get a decent potato, even If it was Idaho, I'd cheer and carry on . . ." Such a remark certainly requires sympathetic analysis, With Maine full of potatoes, and the market de- pressed, and the farmers like- wise, the high treason of the re- mark mustn't be lightly, con- strued. • } Yet it's a reasonable remark. f am reading a report by the United States Department of Agriculture which tells about the government developnient of 10 new potato varieties in the past .20 years. It also says that by 1973 the average Yield per acre will go from the present 350 to 300 or more bushels. This news is imparted with a note of jubilance over the obvious ac- nievement. Yet last winter Sec- retary Benson told the Maine potato , growers they were - crOwding the market, that they should plant fewer acres, con- centrate an selling, and work toward quality. They didn't pay my attention, of course, but most of them know he was right. *' With potatoes, plentiful, why does •,said lady lament? 'When I was a lad we had two real potatoes looked when you burst the jacket and laid on a cut of butter. By 1973, they tell us, it will be even more so. * * It is an interesting deVelop- ment. Of course, a lot of modern people tell you they're satisfied with this or that potato. In fact I've tried new kinds myself and opined they were pretty good. The Kennebec is about as good as any, and has won many friends. But most of that is by comparison with other modern kinds, and it still a long distance from what I'd call top-notch. MERRY MENAGERIE dins, Kennebecs, Chipppwas, Ontarioi, S eb a g o s, Homes (pronounced .Homers)- and Cherokees; and' other ^33 others of like stripe, and the horizon is obssureci„with an, excess, crop, and We 'have .a little woman plaintively longing for a good potato. You name a. blight or a bug and we've got a potato' that will lick' U. You propose a trade difficulty, and we've got a po- tato that takes care Of it. The Colorado Beetle has been licked, we are up to 275 bushels to the acre, we keep making new va- rieties to plant—and we sit sit around remembering how "Most frustrated turtle I know He's 'subject to spells of wan« derlust, but 'never gets to where]• he's gOinfel" unit' naturally exist and are capable Of retaining rainfall rufeeTn4: 1 1/1:4 runnylta is then,ndied,s sedprany t irri- gation equipment which, can be ...towed about the farm by at tract .tor to irrigate pastures, The Badgery's Creek ram was well-suited 'to the Geddes "water harvesting". plan, It comprised about 400 acres Of difficult land with steeply un- dulating relief, shallow and in fertile soils, plus an unreliablO rainfall. It was hard to see any advantages in the thin native pastures. In fact, it was just the type of place where a farmer With a, typical 50-cow dairy herd would be hard pressed to make a living, Walking around this experi- mental farm One rainy day, Mr, Geddes noticed how the rainfall slid Off the steep relief after a sharp storm. It was then that he got the idea Of storing this run- off for spray irrigation of pas- tures. Today, after a year's dam- building, Mr. Geddes has some half dozen or so strategically d dams which take advan- tage of the natural relief. Total capacity is about 40 million gal Ions, - One of the dams is a "turkey nest" unit, meaning' it was built on flat land, by bulldozing a cir- cular embankment This dam was not excavated (which would be an expensive' process) and was built as a demonstration fOr the benefit of visiting farmers whose land is generally flat. It holds eight million gallons, The spectacle of so many dams On the' place gives the visiting farmer the idea that a lot of money has been spent. Actually, this is not so, as Mr. Geddes stresses. Total cost of bulldozing. the dams was abOut $4,500. But the resultant income from the 70-cow dairy herd now exceeds $17,000 a year, a figure which could never have been attained on this formerly run-down farm. "We are so placed now," said Mr. Geddes, "that after one good fall of rain we are safe for another 12 months. We can have a complete' drought until this time next year and still have good grazing." The dairy herd is permitted to "strip-graze" each pasture in- side a portable electric fence. When the herd has moderately grazed 'the strip, it is moved to the next strip and the spray lines are dragged in by tractor and the grazed strip is intensive- ly spray irrigated from the nearest dam. This technique en- sures a high carrying capacity of beasts to the acre and also en- sures a rotation of lush growth. "The fertility of our soils doesn't seem to matter greatly," said Mr. Geddes. "With water and fertilizers, pastures can be grown on almost any soil type." The fact that this "water hare vesting" plan can be entirely self - financing —,,through the economies it effects in fcidder bills and in added income earned—is a major reason why farmers regularly visit this uni- versity farm to see for them- selves. What they see is a series of dams in the main valley of the farm, set at intervals like a staircase. Water which would not ordinarily run into these is led off' the higher slopes by a 'series of contour drains cut with a plow. These divert water into the dams' so that about 80 per cent of the total run-off is stored. Some of the pastures are re- served for natural fodder crops and stocks are stored kir winter use. • These reserves provide a second line of defense against drought should the clams be taxed to their limit, Upsidedown to Prevent Peetune I raised my eyes, A, dasZlittli scarf of white mist at the 1.500,-, foot level girdle$ the volcano Ifuelplai, whose top Is hid. In rain. I clouds Nowgrasp a, hammer in, one hand, .and screwdriver In the ether (for why dull a wood chisel on bone?), and dive for coral. Down again in the watery world of muted color, huge eor- al heads spring around me like gigantic% tinted cauliflowers. Bed t rust, blue, purple, mustard, pink—they blossom, at my fing- er tips, PrOwling among this seem- ingly petrified, but yet a forest Of living creatures, I spat a, smaller head, the size of a basketball, with perfectly form- ed branches, and a brilliant blue in color. Surfacing far, air, I resubmerge, place the screw- driver against the stern under the branchingi head and give one knock of the hainrner. The head breaks neatly off. This carefully bear to, the surface and place the brittle shape, yet slimy with living polyps, in the outrigger. By the time I have surfaced with another, the first one has turned mauve. In the strong sunlight, it will be pink by the time we return to shore, In the meantime my two Filipino companions have not been idle, bringing up beautiful heads and branches to add to our collection. There is branch coral, brain coral, finger coral, antler coral, fire coral (for this they must wear canvas gloves), and an assortment of shells. One of the boys proudly adds a hel- met shell, complete with heavy orange lip and living mollusk, which he, spotted crawling along on the deepest place of all. There are also blue-black spiny urchins, a.native delicacy when broken open and the roe eaten -raw, like marine caviar. To,this wealth from the deep I ad some recl-spined urchins, just to make the collection pret- ty. These brilliant red spikes, like pieces of 'chalk with blunt ends, will turn purple and then brown, as the sunlight dulls them. A white satiny eel has been spatted, covered with lavender „dots like a bird's egg. He darts from one crack across a puka to another, but not before we have seen,his gorgeous coat, fit for a princess to wear. We spy a turtle's hind-legs sticking out from a cave, .where , he has repaired headfirst to sleep. We -grasp him and pull -him out, and then have merry sport trying to "ride" him to the surface, the poor creature all the time trying to swim down to those nether realms that he calls home. We finally let him go, and rest and catch our breath on the surface. You* would think we would have had enough, but I can't keep my eyes off the bottom. Peering through my face glass, I suddenly see a . small tiger shark meandering among the coralheads. He has a streamlined nose, a long oblique tail, and six feet of gray lithe steely strong body. Now he circlet my lava anvil direct- ly beneath me. His little eyes roll up to me, but he keeps On his circuitous course. The picture is complete. The shark in the coral, sleek,"-Weau- tiful in his effortless motion; the reef fish, darting in and • out of their crevices or dancing in pairs in the sheer joy of live ing; the sun shining &Own, warming the world; the waters lapping the boat; the trade winds, blowing fresh and free; me On the surface—' peering down in wonderment and peace, the surf against the shore, the shore against the 'mountain, the mountain against the sky. I leisurely climb aboard the outrigger, where my two' corn- paniens had 'quickly repaired at the first breath Of "shark," and We' paddled shoreward, Out boat heavy With our trophies of the "deep. We are in brilliant' sun- light, made even more intense by contrast with thotlivauntain we are Paddling to*ard, datk With rain. As we move into the quieter, waters of Keauhou bay, a dazzling rainbow arches the sky, Harvesting Rainfall "Water harvesting," a simple -technique which can add mil- lions of dollars to fanners' prat- its, is Swiftly gathering inerrieri- tuin 'in rural Atistialia, "Water harvesting" Was de. veloped by the Univertity of - SYdney'S IVEcGarVie Smith Ani- mal ktisbandrY Farm at Badge ety'a Creek, NeVe South Wales. It Was the idea of the farm director, :T.. Geddes, agricul- Witt scientist and Settler lec- turer in animal husbandry at the University of Sydney, IVir, Gedclee. basic problem was to devise a IOW = cost, , dietight-clefeating techniqUe lot Wets in areas of unreliable rainfall. He Caine 110 With via-. ter harvesting. This technique consists in Utilising the natural relief 01 farmland by bulldozing eartlieri, work Walla across gullies Cit other features Where three sided of the pitential water storage Skin-Diving Off The Coast of Kona kinds of potatoes we grew, One was the Early Rose, and we'd have them, big enough to eat by the tll'aurth or July. The other was the Green Mountain which came along in the fall and went into the cellar and to market. Unless he's been there, nobody knows the unequaled excellence of the Early Rose potato—we liked to cook the little new ones right in with the green peas, with a srnall".chunk of salt pork assisting. It was a haymaker's delight. The. Early Rose, burst- ing its pink jacket with mealy, mellow goodness, was tops, But commercially it is a lost cause. 4, 1, My grandfather used to dig a wheelbarrow full every morn- ing, wheel it to the kitchen door, and Grandmother would pick out in her apron what she need- ed for the day's supply. Then he'd wheel what was left over and dump them to the pigs. Then in the fall the Green Mountains would get harvested and the only Early Rose we stored would be seed for the next year. 111 ** When the. USDA began its re- search 20 years ago and turned out 40 new varieties, they com- promised the standards, The po- tatoes they produced were "bet- ter"—but what did they mean by better? They resisted blight and bugs, they yielded more per acre, they ripened sooner, they kept better in storage, they looked smoother, they shipped better, and they did several other wonderful things. They also left milady wistfully leng- ing for a good old potato:, * * A friend of mine has a bro- ther who farms a few hillaides in Aroostook County, the potato empire; and he was up'there' on a visit one fall just as the dig- ging started. The hillsides were busy. Great lumbering ma- chines were rolling the potatoes out of the ground. Swarths' of pickers were gathering them into Aoarrels. Flat trucks, that hold 40 barrels, with derricks, were speeding the harvest to the bins. There were mountains of potatoes. My friend said to his brother, "Looks like a good chance for me to lay in my win- ter potatoes!" "Sure thing," said the brother. "The hoe's in the _garage." "Hoe?" "Eyuh. We ought to have one Of them potato rakes, like a clam hoe, but we never bother- ed to get one. We use a hoe." "But what do you use a hoe for when you've got all that ma- chinery?" The brother laughed. "We 4 don't eat those potatoes—those. are for market and seed to go to Idaho and Florida and Long Island. We eat Green Moun- tains. The outside row, along the road, is Green Mountains. You got to dig them by hand," * So my friend got the hoe, and he had to walk a long way, be- cause , the farm family had al- ready eaten about three quart tees of a Mile of Green Moun- tains, and he dug three grain bags full and then went with his automobile to' get them. Of course they were wonderful pre, tatoes. So .you've got to. ponder bn the curious industrial cus- toms of the modern farmer, who grows hundreds of acres Of pota- toes to sell to the unwitting public, but plants some good potatoes for himself. * * * Nowadays we hear Of Katah- &7 1!3 umoo-num DOM OEM00000 BOEHM MOW 00: MWM SOU 00C MUDD 000 OMMO MOO BRUBMOW OM BOM MUM OM 00120MOM ORO MOUE 0th® UMW MOO 000 MU DU OHM 000E100 MEUM0E00 000 00ED DOM no& QUEENLY LOOK — PictUre of regal "beauty is Queen Eliza- Oeth H on a recent night out in London. She was atteriding a benefit performance at Vic- toria Palace. black and yellow banded 11/dor- ish idol. Now a trigger fish, which natives take the pains to call "huinuhurnunkunukuopua- a." There hesitates a butterfly fish With a long delicate nose and an even longer name — "louwilievilinukunukupeoe" — a name which we doubt if he ever answers to. And now, before I have to leave, a fish I don't know the name for. He lies in a cave entrance like a melted, lump of tallow, and surveys the ,world through disenchanted 'eyes, writes Chaffee Castleton in The. Christian Science Mgnie tor. I surface, gasping for air, gain my, breath; then go down again. This time, grasping the lava I stare into another puka, or hole. In it is a puff et. After a few flouriahes of trepidation he ' settles down to outstare me, and we remain nose to noSe, both raptly fascinated. What a comical creature! This marine Pagliacci has a long pointed delicate snout which slopes back to a dish-shaped face and a body the shape of an anginal. cucumber. The most , intricate deaign of royal bltle and black pattern hit sides— it .would thrill a couttirier. His back is orange polka dots . on. Velvet black, and his comical face is ringed in canary yellow,,, . I surface again, and rest on the yaku, or arm, of the out- rigger', looking across dappled Water to the mid-Pacific isle that We set Out 'from,' Here • white cornbere gnash on black laVa but three years cooled, , There a Windmill rising Out of a kiaWe jungle marks a huirian Higher yet, the klaWe (Mos- quit known as algeroba); 11 broken by deeper bands of green that mark the coffee Weis. Pdckete of yet deeper green marls the. dark lustrous inagtiolialike leaves of kaniane, Broad bands Of 'lava striate the xnetintairiSide, their ,black fields of a'aS Or broken ptlrnice, 'soft_ bled by Straggling 011ie' trees the first to grovi on lairei and the 'yellow-green of ktiktil, or tatidleilut trees. Lend gene are the tainfilicir trees Which sweet, erred' the air far out to sea, DENTAL DESPREATION Josef Schneider is down in the Mouth over his work most of the tirne—Cind he's not a dentist, The 'childreri'S photographer has found this a sure way td' COax stifle from almost any baby--Iskt you Must be quick. Schneider began Cr. -Career as one psycholOgiit, but found that thu taihierd, riot the coutR, Weti his true medium. Our outrigger lies like a dark arrow on the sunlit bay. We are in tropic waters which dance and dazzle on the sur- surface, • gleaming turquoise over sand, cobalt, over coral, and gun-metal over lava out- croppings. Farther out,the pur- pie patches mean cloud ”sha- *slows, and On the horizon a tum- ultuouS pile of pearly clouds hide 'volcano Haleakala and its island Maui. Looking down over the side of the narrow boat, there are thirty feet of, pure salt sea water between us and the bot- tom. It is this lambent world' of "fantastic colort, shapes, and tex- tures that we will penetrate. For we are, after coral, Two of us dive Tretn the outrigger; an- other surface=divet, Wearing rubber flippers and glass face masks, we each are on our own. Fifteen feet below the sur- face rises a lava shelf shaped like an anvil, startlingly black against the white sand bottom, Around this dart and dance brightly-colored reef fish: I plummet down. Then, grasgi. ing the lava anvil with both hands to steady myself against the strong coastwise current, lie still, outstretched, a few moments,. The fish, which have darted into crevices, now came Out again, as curious as their Visitor. Each is more startling in 1hape and color than the last. Thete are green 'fish with red stripes, red . fish With green stripe's, Silver fish with black stripes, `black fish with silver 4tritie, blue on silVet, silver On blue, dote oil ,stripeS, stripes on dots,. 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