The Brussels Post, 1956-03-25, Page 7A ''' SHE RAKED A R...Y P E _rid it w her the title of _herry
Oie, Queen. "At hani the fange" ".= most any' range —
Bette Hunt,• 17, gi,?es el taste of a pie made'. from her ,ptitekWini
Ping recipe to Jr. gig: Poleat, at contest headquarters-,
THESE TOOK THE PRIZES — These odd-looking hom'emade
hats are prize winners, believe it or not. Folks in Casper make
the long, cold and stormy winters seem shorter by' holding
unusual contests. The oil-derrick hat at left symboiizes the• main
industry in the area. The one at upper right represents garden-
ing,and the other, made of doll-sized pots,and pans, represents
household activities: The designers are Mrs. Philip Kretz, left,
Mrs. Philip Clark, upper right, and Mrs. Pat Alsup. "A,
„LOw fertility and hatchability,
results in a considerable loss to
pounitry breeders and hatchery-
men since incubated eggs that
are infertile and those that fail
to hatch have no salvage value.
There are many factors affect-
ing fertility and hatchability and
many of them are under control
'of the poultry breeder,
* *
A., P, Piloski, poultryman at
the Canada. Department of Agri,-
vulture Indian Head Experimen-
tat Farm,. states that the age of
chickens seems to. have some
effect on hatchability, There is.
a slight decrease in hatchability
in the second year and a more
pronounced difference in* suc-
ceeding years. MaleS do not
seem to be 'affected to the same
extent by age and males ex-
hibiting good vigor may be used
for several years. Frozen combs
will make a male inactive for
several weeks so that dubbing
is a good practice whenever
there is danger of the comb
freezing. D 41. bbin g, however,
should be done early in the fall
when the weather is still mild.
* S *
Rations that hens receive prior
to and during the breeding sea-
son have a great effect on match-
ability. A hatching ration should
be fed at least a month prior
to the time that eggs are to be
collected for hatching. It is not
desirable to change rations dur-
ing the breeding season as this
may result in lower production
at a time when all eggs are re-
quired for hatching. * * *
Hatching eggs should be set
as soon after laying as posSible,
as the time that these eggs can
be held is relatively short de-
pending on the temperature at
which they are stored. The opti-
• mum range of temperatures is
between 45 degrees and 60 de-
grees F. At these temperatures
eggs can be held„ a week with-
hatchability., being affected
significantly., Up to two weeks
the decrease in hatchability Is
small, but beyond . *this time,
hatchability 'decrea'ses very ra-
pidly while the hatching ,time
increases. This ':factor ;it irnpor,-
tant in hatcheriesvherO, a rigid
schedule is maintained.' •;”
FROM ITALY — This statue, a
replica of the famous "Discus
Thrower" by ancient Greek
sculptor Myron, is a gift to the
American people from Italy.
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
ACROSS
1. Varnish , 54, Shares
7, Stinitniaii
Ingredient 55: Conic. N
11. TrOciaOlmii D
Indian 1. Groaned
12: Stall tit the 2.
zodiac atillettiree
14, Deer's horn
15, Proandoti
buYO,
17.. Metal
taatenee
18, Compact
28. African‘
, antelolie
21,
28, Ittlinaii -fade
24, Gleclle
25. rnuraes of tiatteg.
27. Stumbie.s
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29, Tfire'eAklibif
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21.
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32'. elephone „,
ekelititittel ntseotitsof,
98, nrag plant
114.41r* leather 4,8, (114 -Fib
refill
44. rieen bole'
45.11estriat
47. mint
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112. A mitol tee'
In order to maintain a high
level of fertility it is natal to
mate one male to fifteen females,
Under a system of pen-mating
where several males are used
in ono pen this, ratio should be
maintained. Too many males in
one pen may actually result in
decreased fertility because of
excessive fighting. Once a Pea
has been made up it is unde
sirable to introduce a strange
male into the pen because the
fighting which will follow usu-
ally results in fewer fertile eggs.
* * *
Males should, be placed in the
breeding Pens at least one week
before eggs are to be saved to
assure a high level of fertility.
Under some conditions such as
individual breedin g, cross-
breeding, or where time is an
element, it will be found that
artificial insemination is of great
value. By this method eggs may
be saved the second day follow-
ing insemination. Under normal
conditions high levels of fertility
can be maintained by natural
coatings and following good
management practices. .
* *
The development of improved
cabbage varieties is closely asso-
ciated with changing human food
habits. For many years cabbage
was used' mainly as' a cooked
vegetable and in sauerkraut 'pro-
duction. The verities available
were satisfactory although they
produced large plants, thick
leaves and a leaf skeleton that
was coarse and ha/;1, In recent
times a change to greater use of
raw vegetables, including cab-
bage, in* the form of salads
necessitated' the introduction of
varieties with finer plant parts.
The new cabbage types have
fine - textured, closely - spaced
leaves with thin leaf skeletons
and' a small head, core.
•
* A marked change is noted in
'the preferenee for head size in
cabbage. Large heads are still
required for exhibition and com-
mercial processing but a small
head is preferred in the home.
The latter is related 'to the needs
of prsent day small-sized families
and smaller quantities of cab-
bage consnmed in salads as coin- -
pared to those used in cooked
meals. * I *
Eye appeal,has had an effect
in developing cabbage, varieties
with a deep,)greeri4Oliage colour;
red..,eabbdge is hrnhedoig popu-
lar beCanse of tke,,distinctinness
colour gives to salads. * * *
-Cabbage' can be kept in good
condition for several weeks af-
ter harvest with the modern
home cold-freezer. But the pre-
ference for freshly harvested
heads has stimulated the devel-
opment of cabbage that will re-
main in good condition in the
garden for an extended time
and can be used as needed. The
head"s" of most varieties tend to
burst or split open as they attain
mature size and therefore the
gardener must use measures to
retard this unfavourable 'con-
dition or cut the crop before the
heads begin to split. The new
non-bursting cabbage can be left
in the garden and used as de-
sired. *
Recommended cabbage vari-
eties, for first early use are Ca-
nadian Acre; for second early
use, Viking Golden Acre; for'
Mid season , purposes, the non-
bursting, Bonanza; for late sea-
son, Danish ',Ballhead; and the
red variety, 11ed Acre.
GREE
THUM
Gordon
These Like .Queer Places
No matter what the location,
one should not be discouraged.
Provided there is soil and at
leaSt light, a, garden is always
possible.
For dark shady corners there
are things like begonias, lily of
the valley and* such that will,,
thrive there and nowhere
At the OPPIpsite ot,:thecaloq'
are portulapa; poppieS; alyssum;
and so on that delight' in the
hottest sunshine, will stand
drought and are not particular
at all whether the soil is rich.
There are .,certain A' things that
must be in a dry location
. others that don't mind' getting' !
their feet wet. And, of ,coursq,
there is a wide rallge -:hi*..„,coloAte'
and height and time or'blooM- : ing.
If the ground is rough and
slopes sharply there is alwaYS5
an opportunity for a rock gard-
en. Here we'simply reinforce the
slope with the most attractive
stones we 'can lind, rough mos-
sy ones are. best, and in between
we plant tiny rock plants. These
thrive An the shallow crevices
and it is surprising the amount
of bloom they provide.'
For getting the best out of
these gardens in unusual lo-
cations, one is advised -to study
the seed catalogue thoroughly,
note the special likes and dis-
likes of certain plants, and: be
more careful than usual in mak-
ing suitable selections.
Nursery Stock
Anything started in a nursery
bed •is termed nursery stock.
This covers everything from
herbaceous perennials like Iris,
peonies, Or strawberry plants to •
vines, shrubs, "fruit and orna-
mental trees. Usually we buy
and plant this in, our own gard-
ens as early in the spring as
possible. Good nursery stock
Will be green and pliable, cover-
ed 'with buds if it is shrubbery'
or trees, and it will not be too •
far advanced', certainly not but
in leaf. Actually the more dory•
merit it is by the time we pur-
chase it the slower and better
the start, and the More certainty
of sturdy life later on. If five can
plant this stock just as soon as
it arrives it is best, but if we
Must hold for a while, it' should
be kept cool and moist: In plant-
ing the- roots should, not be,eX-
pOsed any more than We Can'
help and it is 'Wise to 'shade
front" nth and protect from the
wind: it shatil .d. be planted in
Well pfepared soil and the Smile
trainped down fitinly nbotit, the
roots to exclude -air; Big. thintS
like fruit and .ornamental trees
should be tied firtrily to a stake
to prevent being whipped loose:
Water' is the secret Of' stictessful
transplanting :with , this stock
just 'as it is with plants like id-
matoeS,.' cabbage, petunias,. Zin-
nias and ether, things We' Set
Outside in the Spring. Use tilaii1S7
1fil111 .t110 new Plants really Start
to ,grOtY
AvOld These
TWo of the Collin-1611CA
Stakes lit gatdening are filatithig
FORMAOTITLE • Top hat and
cane are the crown' and,, scepter
of this beauty queen. She's
Gwerin Shepard, recently chosen
"Miss Formal Wear" at the con-
vention of 'the National Asso-
elation of Retail Clothiers and
Furnishers.
too deep and too close together.
The size of the actual seed has
little to do with, either.. Some
tiny seeds produce mighty big
plants that will: require plenty
of room. Some big seeds, like
that . of beans, produce only
,moderately sized plants.
The general rule for depth is
three times the diameter of the
seed. For tiny seed like that of
portulaca or alyssum or lettuce,
this simply means sowing on
top of the soil and pressing in
lightly. To spread more evenly,
,;we inay rriix seed Iwith sand
. before ,we sow. For bigger seed
say the size of- peas or corn,
half to, an inch deep twill be
about right, Potatoei,
and dahlias go down from six
to twelve 'Riches,
As for spading, it is well 1,0
remember that even tiny things'
like alyssum or portulaca, or
green onions„ reqUire Some space
to rieVel'OP properly: The safe
rule .iaat least half as 'much
Space betWee,a ,sprouted plants
as they will be high when' full
grown.
•IP.f '
f:ArivioN COMPLAINT
Jogs pal BelpkWaS always up
to his neck in debt". One pay
day Joe thought he'd try to help
his friend with his budget.
qlOW do - YOU Vend your'
Wages?' he asked filth.
"Abet& 30 per deht. on the
horile,,• 50 per - cent. an fond; "20,
Per dent. on clothing, and M)
per, tent.. tin anitisenierit, was the
reply:
"But that's 12b per tent!" ex-
claimed his Pal,
kiloW, :That's thy trouble.'
The world is Wing up stocks
of coal, gas and oil at a much
faster rate than anticipated even
20 'YearS ago and though atomic
power is being developed, if
these other sources of natural
energy dried up, we'd be in a
mess. Yet, till comparatively
recently Man did nothing to
harness the sun.
30.3N HAVE ALWAYS
KNOWN OF THIS ,POWER.
More then 2,000' years ago
Roman priests in..the Temple of
Vesta, Goddess of the Hearth,
Semetimes allowed , the sacred
Are to go out and rekindled it
by placing a piece of dried
wood in the focus of a, conical
metal reflector and letting the
sun do the rest,
There is the classical story of
Archimedes; who when a Ro-
man fleet attacked Syracuse in
214 B.C. set fire to their ships
by concentrating the rays of the
sun on them by means of re-
flecting mirrors an shore.
In 1747 Buffon, the French
naturalist, proved that this was
,p0ssible rn,ounting 300 small
glass mirrors on a frame so that
each could be adjusted separate-
ly and if „necessary all could be
concentrated on a distant , ob-
ject. With this apparatus he set
fire to timber, 200 feet away and
melted silver at 20 feet.
The power of the sun has been
ignored because scientific pro-
gress during the last century has
taken place mainly in tempe-
rate countries.. BUT IN THE
TROPICS BILLIONS OF
HORSY-POWER ARE, WASTED
EVERY' DAY.
On a clear day 5,000 horse-
power of energy per acre reach-
es the earth 'and' the amount, for
instance, that falls 6n the city
of Philadelphia, is one hundred
times more powerful than Nia-
gara Falls.
According 'to Sir Edward Bul-
lard, F.R.S., the total amount of
spier energy wasted in the
Sahara daily; is equal to that
produced by, bUrning 6,000,000,-
000 tons of.coal! Britain's total
,coal, outptit is lesS than 250,000
:0d0 tons a year.
"Even in countries where the
sun rarely shines with suffcient
power to enable one to harness
it directly, the earth stores the
heat and homes may be xarmed.
in winter by a deVice*, n9„whi,P14 a'heat pump, which extracta
heat from -the grotina:4
In 1952 the Department of
ScientifieV arid Re-
search, London, set to,,,,„ygerklito.e
find out how sun,pmer„,,.99u1.4, •
be harnessed, and a committee,
of scientists began investiga!'
tions.
They designed a stin ,-eoeker,
with a reflecting mirror that
generated about 100 watts and
a protOtYtig Wailthiade. ,th'e
Indian :,Natiorfal4 Ph&ticall.iLab-f
oratory.
As long aga, a„.,167,11Auguat
Mouchdt,
constructed` l l'i'e cto and a?'
copper boiler. • On ,'bright -days
it generated, steam pressure
capable, ,of driving „a. 11/2, h.p.
pump.
With gOVerrinient -asSikarice'
Mouchat then designed ,- tube
boilers ovith an, efficiepcy of ,,49
Rer cent, some of ':yvhfeh drove
pumps in Algeria.
',,
Frank, ,,Schumann,, of „,phil,„
adelphia, came elcise to making,
a corninerically'§UCcessftif
plant. Shortly before his Aeath
in 1911 a,,group of'British car&
talists, invited1iim. to build a
large sun-power plant in Egypt.
He built' a reflector and bailer
that generated 55.5 brake horse-
power—more than ten times the
power produced by •any other
solar 'radiation plant.
In 1916 the world's greatest
authority on solar radiation, Dr.
Abbot, while ,making obServa-
tions at Mount Nilson Observa-
tory, Ainerica, . built, ,a „solar
cooker that 'gave' a 24-hour
service. ' •
Though sunlit for only seven
hours a clay, the oven always
remained above bailing point,
and not only was food cooked
at all 'hours' Of the night, but
bread Was baked.
In tropical and semi-tropcial
countries solar ovens and boil-
ers work at practically lid cost
and store heat during the day
for use at night.
Father O'COnnell, Director of
the Riverview 'Observatory,
Sydney,. Australia, Says that
heat from the sun will be used
in the near future for cooking
and heating in AuStralia, anti the
initial charge — reflectors and
bailers—WOULD BE, ALMOST
THE ONLY EIPENSE-,,
MERRY MENAGEI:08.
to
We Wandered if yo"t'iyii{Iglht°lilse
play liaSketball feitinf't
A little lost child Was crying
helplessly in a New York POliee
station, refusing to be comfort,
ed. The desk-sergeant, looked et
her with anxiety and turned 10
One of his patrolmen, .`Send for
Bess," he said,
"Oh!" The toddler forgot her
tears as Sep as Bess paddled
into the room, for Bess,, a full,
grown female St. Bernard was
as soft and cuddly as a live ted-
dy bear,
For all her Size the smallest
children never feared Bess. She
went across and licked the tear-
wet little faeck, "That's 0,K.,"
said the sergeant, "she'll be all
right now."
When he had finished entering
his books he looked across at the
huge dog and the little girl,
curled up in a corner of the Of-
fice, fast asleep, The child's head
was pillowed on Bess's soft
flank, and a great paw rested
On the small relaxed body.
Bess was a police dog, Not in
the sense of the highly" trained
specialists who scent out the trail
of a criminal and perform spec-
tacular feats of detection and ar-
rest,
But she was a real police dog,
engaged in a no less valuable
part .of police,Work, Shepatroll-
ed with the men when she felt
that She needed ;exercise, but her
main job was looking after lost
children. .*
Bess was a. type. She repre-
sented those game and nameless
dogs, often of dubious ancestry,
who for one reason or another
have attached 'themselves to,
policemen and have learned some
of the tricvks of the law:'
Another such 'Wad?. Rum who
only used his nose to follow food.
He had pretensions to IriSliblooci,
could never mind his lawn latisi-
ness when there was a-fight 'in
the offing, and couldn't bear to
see children 'cross a road with-
out his ,fussy escort.
Then there was Nigger, a big
fellow with rescue on the brain
—he haunted •canal banks hoping
that someone would need rescu-
ing. In the hot weather indignant
small boys were always being
"rescued" by a helpful Nigger.
Another mongrel hero ,was
Brownie. .,Nobody ltnew,..wherei
he ,came from or why. He just
turned up one day and adopted
a police station, endearing him-
self to the men for his sterling
qualities. He would wade in and,
assist any policeman in a fight,
and grab anyone that a policeman
indicated.
What's more, he liked his beer!
A glass of ale •in his drinking
bowl a corner of the canteen
was part of Brownie's wages.
'Small wonder 'that he was
solemnly invested with a collar
studded with police uniform but-
tons and promoted to the rank
of Station ,Mascot.,
Another mascot was Mouse. He
strayed. into a Banbury police
station and was told to gb home.
But„ he had no home. Three
times he came back and was
then taken into custody under
whatever statute it is which pre-
serves police premises from can-
.ine ,tramps. Mouse didn't mind
being under arrest. He grinned
all over his hungry face and set
about the best meal he'd seen
for weeks.
But poor Mouse didn't know
that` there are stern regulations
for • the disposal of homeless
strays. The pats which he r'e-
'ceived from men abotit the sta-
tion he took as pure fool fellow-
ship when they were more often
expressions of pity. For Mouse
had been condemned.
He was saved by a fluke. A
high-ranking police officer who
was a dog-lover happened to see
Mouse and was impressed with
his intelligence. He decided to
send him to school,
The vagrant found himself at
a sort of doggy police college at
Washwater, in Berkshire'. Here,
the nondescript "Banbury
Cross," 'as one wit dubbed him,
was among hounds of impeccable
ancestry — golden librad00,
pedigree blood-hounds, champ,.
ions and sons of champions. Was
lie downbeated? Not a bit.
The dogs were in training to
pass out for the police service.
Meuse learned all their tricks and
a bit more. What other dogs did
cc4VPiently, he did with enthu-
siasm, and in better style. So
he was made a mascot and plac-
ed on the permanent staff,
Other dogs of various breeds
have quietly carried out the rou-
tine work of policing. Thirty
years no the North Eastern Rail-
way company was plagued by
thefts, Ares and attacks on their
Policemen,
A pack of. Airedale terriers
was introduced. Soon there was
a drop in. the tramp population
of docks and railway property
and a,, big decrease in Ares which
were attributed to their careless-
ness. The dogs patrolled with
poltr'exnen, caught or scared off
thieves and several times pro-
tected their masters when at-
tacked.
Other dogs, though not police
dogs, have often performed great
public service,
A little dog, which belonged
to the manager of a shop in Lon-
don's Whitechapel Road, was per-
. petually scratching at the flclor-
of,a-room in the shop, trying to
draw the attention to the spot.
Wainwright, the 'Shop owner, had
killed, his sweetheart Harriet
Lane, and buried her' beneath
that floor. When Wainwright
saw tlte dog's activities he killed
it. But the dog did not die in
vain; the' murder was out.
In the reign of Charles V, King
of France, 'a.' French gentleman',
Aubrey de. Montdidier was mur-
, dered in the Forest of Bondy.
There was no clue to ihe'inUr-
derer, but Montdidier's dog,
showed an 'extraordinary aver-
sion to, a man called Macaire, and
this led to suspicion.
In those days a man . could'
vindicate his cause by '.defeating
his accuser in, battle in the ar-
ena. It was therefore decided
that Macaire should be armed to
do battle in the arena with his
dog accuser to find out the truth.
Macaire was given a shield and
a wooden club, the' charge was
read out, the oaths taken, and
then lVfacaire 'stood alone to de-
fend his life. The dog was let
loose and flew at the, man.
To and fro they struggled, and
even the hardened fighting men
gasped at the ghastly ferocity of
it. Up and down in the gory dust
they fought for hours. And, then
Macaire was ,down and striving
frantically to escape those wick-
ed fangs.
Onlookers covered 'their eyes
as 'a weird, bubbling cry welled
froni the man's throat. Then he—
rolled over and was still. The
people went home satisfied that -
truth 'had prevailed,
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"Who's Who in America are a
few 'individuals who don't be-
long — because they never liv-
ed anywhere except in the im-
aginations of the editors. The
fictitious names are printed to
trap unscrupulous promoters
who sometimes reprint these
biographies without permis-
sion, The appearance of the
fictitious names gives the pub-
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