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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-04-04, Page 7It's beginning to look as if rust, the curse and master of many a wheat field, is, an enemy that, can be beaten with modern Chemical . weapons, That, at least, is suggested by the prom- ising results of field trials con- ducted in Manitoba last years which show that Durum wheat can come through 15-B rust at- tacks relatively unscathed when sprayed with One of the new fungicides, them, they aeon start to lOos some of their garden freshness. because this is.so, many peop.'s even with tiny gardens try % have a Small plot for vegetal,' tucked away somewhere, And la literally amazing how many good meals can be produced • from a bit of land only a few yards each way. Of course where the garden is a small one; wp won't try to grow our winter's supply or potatoes, or very much of the bulky things like corn and squash, But even a 12 foOt rove of beans, spinach, carrots or beets will produce .a lot; Most of these things can be grown in rows only a few inches apart and we can get more out or the plot by alternating rows or the bigger things like carrots, beets and beans with smaller things like lettuce, radish and. Onions, We can also have twO crops, one early and One late, and we .can spread out the sow,- ings so that something fresh and new will always be coming along. Add Mystery An interesting garden is like a winding lane, it should unfold , on the visitor gradually. Even if space is limited to the standard urban back lot, it is pos- sible with, perhaps a curving path, clumps of tall annuals or shrubbery to hide some interest- ing and intriguing corners and shady spots. Here we place a couple of chairs or a bench Or a bit of wall or hedge, But a curving path without any rea- son at all for the curve looks artificial. So we make that 'path wind around a tree, or a , big clump of shrubbery. And every yard we proceed down that path there should be a different view, a flower bed or some other fea- ture that Cannot be conipletely seen from' the back porch or the gate. It is not difficult at all to add a bit of mystery, to keep ,some special corners• almost hid- den and with the amount a planting material we have avail- able in Canada one can do wonders in creating a gaiden that is different from any'ether and reflects ones individuality. Worth Study Humorists suggest that the pic- tures in the catalogues often excel the results in the garden. If this is, so, the blame can of.? ten be laid at the door of the gardener, because he didn't study the catalogue well enough.. Practically all catalogues, in addition to giving specific plant- ing instructions, indicate wheth- er a particular plant or shrub is hardy or only ' semi-hardy in different geographic areas, whe- ther it grows best in sun or shade; whether Wilkes heady or light soil, or has a prefer- ence for wet or dry places in the garden, With this information avail- able there is no -reason why the amateur gardener cannot ar- range his planting in such a way that they will grow to best ad- vantage, He knows that he has put the right plants in the right places S and proper attention and care throughout the growing season will bring satisfactory results. Most From Vegetables , A lot of gardeners have learn- ed that the only way to get top quality in vegetables is to grow them at home. The reason is simple, Most vegetables, and es- pecially things like peas, corn, beans, carrots and even spinach start to deteriorate within a few hours after they are picked. No matter how carefully we pack DELIVERS, ALL WEEK — Charles A. Distler "delivers "mail on weekdays and sermons on 'Sundays. The 40-year-old New Yorker supports his family by carrying mail in the Bronx as he pursues his ministerial education, spending Sundays, as pastor of the Woodside Community Church. He hopes to put down his mail bag and devote' "my entire life to the ministry, my, call." He's shown above at left ih his postal uniform and, at right in' his ministerial robes. Railway Trains That Were Doomed The farm tests, a co-operative ,venture undertaken by govern- ment agricultural representa- tives, rust research personnel and Du Pont Company 'of Canada Limited 'paralleled similar inves- tigations in United States' wheat areas and followed a series of small-scale tests conducted over the past four years. * * Stands of rust - susceptible varieties of Durum, at four dif- ferent locations in southern Manitoba, were selected for the chemipal spray program. Test plots and neighboring untreated "control" plots were each one- eighth of an, acre in size. Al- though a hot, dry summer kept last year's rust invasion from be- , coming epidemic, the disease was prevalent enough to make the trials worthwhile. * The researchers had an eye on the life cycle of the rust spore -when they planned their spray campaign. Spores developed in the winter wheat fields of the Urcited States travel northward -on the prevailing winds through Kansas, Nebraska and the Dako- tas, 'arriving in southern Mani- toba and southern Saskatche- wan about June, Showering down on cereal crops like a dead- ly rainfall, the rust spores, tiny fungus organisms, attach them- selves to leaves and stems, later entering the breathing pores of the plant to rob it of its proper nourishment and cripple its grain prodnction. Rapid reproduction -a; the rust germ in the host plant,, together with further air- borne arrivals, spreads and dis- ease with uncanny speed. `,Pro- viding the plans with.,a chemical overcoat that would kill the Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking makes it possible to calculate proper amounts of the essential nutrient for feeds of various en- ergy levels and predict the ap- proximate results. * * The finding may have far- reaching effects on broiler feed formulation in light of the trend toward rations with high energy content. The use of this type of ration has increased because more meat can be produced with less feed.. When a chicken is on an adequate diet, it stops eating after it has satisfied its energy requirement. This means that each pound of feed must con- tain, a larger proportion of the essential nutrients to balance the ration as the calorie content is increased. 000 0000 MEV NE® BOMAR UBBOBOU mum UDC MUDD uumon moo um MIRO QED BWDO 10011 EOM ®DODO ONWU Effila MUM UOMMEUE OUWWIEEt00M EDU MOM MUM aim IEV it OBO his box in a. panin and tele. graphed 10 Hrown at the l.•011. 0011 end Of the tunnel; Is she Outs, BrOWn, who thought. Milk& meant the first train said; "Yes." Actually the driver of the seeond train had seen the signalman's warning, and had stopped in the middle of the tunnel. He started tO back his train out. At. that moment un- der the imPreSsiOn that it was clear of the London end, was putting Out a white flag to let the regular train pads through. The driver, who was Waking up lost time,- saw the flag and thundered on into the tunnel, . He. had not gone far when, to his horror, he saw the lights of the second excursion backing into him. 'Frantically; he clapped on the brakes, but it was too late,” In complete darkness the en- gine ploughed through the last coach of the excursion and crashed intci the next, amid the screams-and groans of the in- ' jured ,, end dying. This terrible accident, the result of a tragic misunderstand- . ing, cost the live of 23 people, including .0childrem But surely the craziest rail- ' way accident happened in Ire- land in 1899. A 15-coach excur- sion left Affinagli, pulled by a small and ancient engine. Before leaving,., the driver had complained to the station- master that his engine was not powerful enough for the train. The station-master, in a bad mood, would .not listen. "It's nonsense," he said. Someone then suggested they should wait for ,the regular train that was due, so that it could help push the over-loaded excursion. This suggestion angered the already annoyed driver, who announced that his engine could do it alone — he'd show 'em! The train steamed off, but near the summit of a three- mile climb the engine stopped, completely loaded down. The railway officials " on the train, decided to halve it, the first, portion to go on with the engine and the second to wait for the regular to come and push it at the rear. Stones were put under the wheels of the rear coaches, and it was assumed that the hand brake was on! Then it was found that the engine had stopped at a dead- centre position, which meant that the engine had to go back a little before it could go for- ward. In the process, the ten tin- , coupled coaches were pushed over the stones, and started to roll 'back down the hill to Ar- magh. Going faster and faster, they still 'could have been stopped, but the excited passengers rush- ed into ,the guard's van, threw the guard aside and started to screw the brake wheel -- the wrong way! The- carriages, now complete- ly out of control, .collided at tremendous speed with the re- gular train that was coming up the hill. The impaet threw the engine off the line and the last Tour coaches of the excursion were smashed to matchwood, the re- mainder being-, tossed all over the place. Eighty were killed and 260 injured in that pile-up. But such crazy accidents were largely teething troubles on the railways. Accidents at these spots have not been repeated, due chiefly to track improve- ments and modern methods of signalling. QUACKS AND CULTS By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent oxilide, was said to- be distilled water. One of the most aggressive "practitioners" claiming to "cure" patients by unorthodox methods is a man who has been making headlines 'ever since 1926, ,reports Dr. Charles S. Cameron, director of the Ame- rican Cancer Society. He first ran an institute at TaylerVille, Ill.; -then other clin- ics in Dallas, Texas; now one in Pennsylvania, Dr. Cameron says. FDA also has under investiga- tion clinics at Pittsburgh and Denver and dozens of other or- ganizations and individuals in connections with "unorthodox"' cancer 1- treatments. But in •its Zeal. to protect U.S.. citizens /ran quack cancer cures, FDA is not overlooking any.. possible new cures being developed by reliable research-, ers. For example, it recently be- gan extensive. research on 201 new drugs which hold some promise of being able to help cancer victims, Studies will be made with' animals before any of these substunces are tried on *humans. been able to prosecute either the"healer" or the distributor because of the difficulty 'of pre- paring an air-tight case. In the past these quack have produced witnesses in court who swear they've been cured by the treatments. Investigations later reveal that these persons either never had cancer or they had been cured by other, legitimate treatment. ' Dr. Gordon A. Granger, an FDA official reveals 'that a "Christian medical" organiza- tion in Detroit is under investi-, gation. "The organization is cOinpbsed of a board of trustees, all of whom are preachers, or at least so term themselves, of various cults," he reports. He says that the group took over distribution of the cancer "cures" first developed by a Wil- liam Frederick Koch,, who went to South America after legal ac- tion ,was taken against him by the U.S. One of Koch's remedies, gly- The Barmouth - Aberdovey evening train was steaming hard along the Vriog cliff. A hund- red feet above was- the coast road, a hundred feet below was the sea, Suddenly the wall hold- ing, in the cliff face collapsed and a hundred tons of rock and soil crashed down on to the engine; sending it hurtling in- to the sea amid a cloud of dust and steam. Luckily, the couplings con- necting the locorriotive to the coaches snapped, but- even so; most of ,the. train was dagged off the track and eoaches were left dangling doWn the cliff, Wheels Whirling in the air. The driver and fireman were killed,' but, miraculously, the passengers -escaped without fatal injury: That -happened on New Year's Day, 1883, at Fair- bourne in Merioneth. Fifty years- later, at the same spot . . . The evening train was steam, ing along the cliff-face . . . Just previously, a bad fall -of snow having blocked all the main roads` in' the district, the driver of a 23-ton lorry had used the coast road, which was normally barred to heavy traf- fic, and in doing so he had caused a gaping crack in the cliff. The passing train set up a vibration which widened the crack and dislodged 2,000 tons of"rock. The avalanche thundered down ,the cliff, pulverizing the locernotive and tender to scrap iron on the beach. Once again the crew were- killed, but.once again ,the passengers „were saved by a breaking coupling. For' "sheer 'Coincidence bad-luck, that Welsh &ale ;dis aster has no equal in the,: an- nals of railway ,aceidents. In early days of the rail- ways, when railwaymen were less• experienceid, some ,extra- ordinary accidents ,occurred. giieh as one Sunday in 'Aug- „ust, 1861, nn 'the ,Lendon and Brightoi line, . . . Two excursions had left Brighton for London in quick succession, followed, by a re- gular, train. The first excursion roared in- to Clayton Tunnel near. Bright- en, but when the smoke had cleared, signalman Killick at the Brighton, end saw that the train operated signal had not gone back to danger. Killick had only time to wave a red flag as the second extur,l' sion appeared, and the driver, apparently ignoring Killick, and only seeing the damaged auto- inatic signal at "clear,” Went hurtling into the tunnel, The signalman returned, to Power for a WorldMission , Acts 1:6-8;.2:22.33 Memory ,Seleetion: Ye shall receiVe ,p6Wer; 'after ,that the Holy ,Ghost is come upon you: ;and yeTshall ,he,witnesses unto „pie beth. ,in Jerusalem, sand in .all Judea, and in gumaria,, and 'fintalithe' iitterinOse Ware of the earth.-0Acti 1:g; ' k "° Jesus gave hig-discipleS a great commission to.go into 7 the world and preach the, goSPel to, every creature. He also 'gave them •the great promise giVeri`in the' Mein- ory selection. After ten" days the Holy Spirit eanciel ,upon "-the 120 disciples as they tarried in the tipper 'room. A great 'crowd of• pilgrims from all parts of the known wOrld. who had come to Jerusalem for the Feast of Pen- tecost gathered. These disciples Were able -to preach the gospel to the People in their various languages. One Man who knew no Latin was speaking to, the people from Rome in their language. There is no human explanation for it. On this his- ' tone occasion the gospel went forth knowing no boundaries of language. About 3,000 believed that day arid were baptized. It was a great start for the church. Billy Graham on his tour around the world was deeply im- pressed by the virility and spir- ituality of the church in Korea. These people have suffered great- ly through war but they are out- standing in their love and devo- tion to Geri, All night prayer Meetings occur arid early Morn- ing prayer meetings are very frequent. In his report he said that the, church in America'would be shocked to hear a great crowd Of Koreans praying audibly at the same tithe. He said that healings of the blind and Sick oc, cured 'frequently: He reniarked that visiting the church in Korea Was like breathing 'the kinds. phere of the early 'Church as des ctibed in the firsrchapters of the Aets of the Apostle's. Then' Sac rificial giving is Outstanding, " Peter'S sermon on 'the day of )?eittecost was typical It was Message Of salvation troth sin through Yenta "Christ WhO died for us aticl'noSe again froth the dead, That is the message the *arid' Still fleeds, spores contact was the idea behind last year's program. * Water-based sprays of the fungicide, applied early in the season before the annual rust showers begin, covered each test plot with the spore-destroying chemical, A. "spreader-sticker" compound in the mixture help- ed give uniform, protection that remained anchored to the plants. * * * Conventional weed-type spray- ers equipped with large capacity nozzles and operated at increas- ed pressures produced the vol- ume of spray required. A sec- ond spraying was carried out af- ter a short interval in order to maintain the chemical's, effec- tiveness. If weather conditions had been favorable' for the rapid development of rust, one or two more -rollow-up sprayings would have thlloirect during the month- long danger period, * * A careful check was kept on all pertinent aspects of the treat- ed grain and later compared with like infortnation obtained from the rust-damaged "control" plots. Almost without ,exception, the treated grain rated higher in such categories, as yield, weight per bushel, grade, 'germ- ination and milling character- istics, as well as in the net cash return per acre. * * * In milling tests of samples from the treated and untreated plots, the treated grain exhibited no difference in the quality of flour, bread or, macaroni pro- duced. The treated samples were equal in flour protein to the control samples, although slightly lower in wheat protein. In diastatic activity and gassing power, the samples were simi- lar. Generally, the quality of the treated wheat was higher as shown by bushel weight, grade and thousand-kernel weight. Further tests with the fungi- cide, during the coming season, as well as full-scale applications by growers, are planned. • * *- Sources of energy and protein are one of the 'expensive ele- Inentsof most poultry -ratieps. ThiS is' the` main reason Why the relatibriShip i of 'energy to' pre- Win A°.and iti,':coniperient amino acids has ,received so niueli at- tention in recentyears. • ** One of the amino acids, the "building blocks" of protein, is methioine; •!'and 'a large amount ,of research land actual "broiler plant ,expeAence has estahlished its importance in the prepara- tion of 'high-efficiency feeds. Natural methionine ..is 'present • in most regular poultry feed; but it is an integral part of the feed proteins arid Must 'be 'released by the `time,consurning process of digestilon,lbefore,it, •gen .ado any good. Sometimes, in Allis ,natural w. form; it is not released at all, or 14 liberated'too late ''to' be util- ized. Supplemental or "free" niethionine added to the diet can be absorbed and assimilated by the animal without any previous feed digestion. The synthetic product is a fine white or buff- tinted powder with a waxy tex- ture and characteristic' odor. Only small amounts of it are re- 'grand as a-feed additive. 0 0 Latest result of inetnionine re- Search, reports "Farm Progress", is „a method of calculating the most effective amount to be ad- , ded to any broiler ration on the basis of the feed's productive energy (calorie) content. This GETS TRIMMED — Prince Rainier 141 of Monaco has his hair trimmed by barber Louis Meli in the New York apartment of the Prince's host, Mrs. Charles A. Munroe. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1. 'Heroic • 2,:Anclent.10.91.1 .canital , 2..littitrau cc. 4.110 Lice in rank 5, 'w:eal away 6. 01 Ind 7. Daughter of 32,..0011n1f, . . ..Cadmus. 54.- Lai' ge b Ulla le 8. Kddit 37, Jail . .5. Truth , 57.1F:sr:la. 10. Egg-she:nett 53.. CtoddeS.4 0± 11. titis Led• - peace 17. Set of beliefs 39, SI, In .1J..Dect 40, Elacelutnatlalt . 22,..Lurg0 - cry ' 27. short sleep 41.1130. aquittl'e' 24. Mr. Ltnetiln rods • 25. Healing' • 42. Assaaslo '25. Ptedlearnetit 47, Yugoslav • 28. Small cuhe dtet5 toP ' 20. Land ineastire 44. 5Timleked 71. Itob 46. Catch 9, 20 41 42 40 4 47 3, • 5 ACItOSS 1. Greek letter , 4. Half (prefix) 8, Aoknowledge. 12, Tablet 13. ilmerald Isle 14. Cesdrii 15, Son of daft 16. ITayIngunei eve 18, IstekatIVe nole of a Witte* 20, Useful 21: Dined X22,LoSt life 22, !cloth or-or- 26, Proper 27, Mrs. Cantor 30. Bottler It, Eritilp 22, MI:t. 33,lly - 54, soar 35, Recipient 01 money Orr 33, Annoy.. 35. Leaf of a flthiver 41: Short melody 45. ProOra 47. hotly' ben 0 ds. AffeCtida ‘5, itallattri Vet, 50 Amer Inna • indlan 1,. (Telt negn 52. PactPart"i4' emir of b' .52.1110410 iiertlik 52' . . 53 9 AnsWer eistWiteie On this page. An unholy alliance between promoters of quack cancer cures and fake religious cult leaders has, helped build, a $10,000,000- per-year racket ' the U.S. T t e most tragic cancer victim of all, the- person Who hai lost hope Of being cured by legiti- mate treatment, has become one, of the victims of this de- prayed ,combine. "Cancer quacks• and religious fakers are ' natural penults," says a spokesman ` for the 'U.S. "Food' and fiDrug ••AdriainiStratIOn. "The distratight Catlett' vic- tim who loses hope isr=easy prey for cultists and quacks selling false,hOpes,"--he ekplains. So-called faith healers have discovered that they can mulct Victirris" for Odra thousands of &Mara with'• fake tbedleiries as a tie-in sale with faith. " • "No quack is a perfect quack Without a 'pretense of religion," is the ,way Oliver Field, chief investigator for -the American. Adociation, sun-is up this de- velopment. The AMA is now investigating more than 1,000 reports of cancer quackery in the U.S. A typical case from the files of the FDA concerns an elderly roan who was diagnosed by reputable doctors as having in- curable cancer of the stomach. However, a relative talked him into visiting one of the fake faith healers with the powerful -argument, "What have you got to loSel" Without a Pretense of an dic-, areiriation the heeler assured the elderly Man that he could be cured. But he had' to take a Spe- cial Medicine Which cost $606' for a few ounces, Os 'as come back for,„„regUlar treat-, thents S. high fee, the mail was told. Before the Man died ftetil his cancer he had paid out Oka... sally his life savings to this CU:leek-cultist. A probe by PIM reveaied that the "medicine ,Wa§ distilled water, The faith 'healer learned his selling technicpie it a tie- 'aortal seminar last year StiOn- SOred by the diatiiiititonS Of 'the stuff. thiferttntitely` iibt 'Jive gota•bliod.date with some Mt"' • "Wash old powder puffs and keep ,,thein With' your Cleaning equipment to • use it applying *VAX • polish', to 'furniture and 'kitchen .tqaces. 7,.:;41W THIS IMPRESSIVE MACHINE,• here demonstrated' on 'a tinOdei during AMA show, is billed as a- cure-all'by Means of "attuneill totOre waVes." All it does II *hie a light thrtiUgh NADICHOOt 416'; R. 'Sendai -Warren, B.D. ' tAttioS. SAltitS I 2 3 •••= 12 13 /5 10 19 5 2! 23 24 25 30 33 34 39 40 ' 51