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Whitehead is undergoing treatment for her 25th heart attack,
Physicians say chances are good Sheila will survive this latest
heart failure, but they offer little hope of a permanent cure for
the periodic attacks. An acute infection in another part of her
body causes the succession of attacks. She is shown above hold-
ing tube from oxygen tank while recovering from a previous
attack,
Recovery of frost injured
trees requires a relatively large
amount of nitrogen fdr build-
ing up the new tissues: Injured
trees, however, should not be
over-fertilized, but some nitro-
gen should' be niade'aVailible
early in spring with the begin-
ning of activity in the roots and
buds.
Winter 'dam aged':trees should
receive an Adequate supply., of
water, ..particularly. during . "the
early part of the growing 'sea
son. It 4s ilecOminencled fhat, ire
rigation: be started' early :and
that, ,glowers, do tint let t
t
he, soil
appr9ach the wilting ' Poin
within 6 to 9'inches froth' the
surface dining ,..the summer.
Stone"Irnitltrees •that have„been
injured in trunks and limbs
should' 'Italie ,a" .continuous 'flow
of; Water!.made . available as, the
conducting tissues of the `tree
may be restricted. A" restriction
of this nature would cut down
the snpply, of moisture to the
foliage' and' fruit Consequently
water should be made avail-
able at all times.
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Frost inittly May seem seri-
ous in certain areas, and Smile
varieties may aripear to suffer
more than others. Fortunately
the recovery power of a tree is
greater than many fruit grow-
ers realize, if good management
practices are followed.
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Rodney and Garry oats are
very much in the limelight this
year in Eastern Canada and
particularly in, Ontario. Both
varieties were produced at the
Cereal Breeding Laboratory,
Canada. Department of Agricul-
ture, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
have excellent resistance to
stem rust and smut, and moder-
ate resistance to crown or leaf
rust.
The fruit grower can assist
the natural process of recovery
of frost injured trees h3'. Pre,-
Viding materials and condtions
that are vital to this process.
IC, Lapins of the.. Experimental
Farm at Summerland, B.C., ad-
vises that cultural practices
eluding pruning, fertilizing, and
irrigation,
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The early Fall freeze, atidAuh-
zero temperatiies :dnring the
latter part of January and mid-
February injure Milt trees in
all fruit growing.,areas ip Can-
'4ada. The extent,:ef injury Aisn-
ally depends uppn the s t age Of
maturity of trees caught by the
Fall freeze. ReCoVery will de.;
pend of course,, op the amptint
of damage done; ,but also to
great extent on ' the general
condition or vitality of the
trees.
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A large leaf area in early
spring will, fruit
spurs reccive'r quickly which
might otherwise have dried out
and died...if, the„recoyery, rocess
from frost damage had' been
slow. Therefore., light nrtnling
is recommended for winter
damaged trees to ensure an
ample supply of leaf buds. As
young fruit spurs have been in-
jured less than old weak spurs
it is evident that pruning should
be confined mainly to the re-
moval of the weak and older
wood,
young, heavily injured trees
may be left unpruned until
sunrier when the extent of re-
covery is more evident, Trees
that have been "ringed" by
frost damage in crown and
trunk and show a sparse ,growth
in latee spring possibly,ohould
be pruned in the summer. Such
trees could be cwt back lightly.
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In contrast to other fruits, ma-
ture and old peach trees should
be given a normal pruning, to
encourage a reasonably vigor-
ous growth for the next year's
crop. Large cuts should be
avoided if injury is in the frame
and trunk of the tree.
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nel jumper, white blouse and
elbow-length cape of British.
tweed are combined for spring
and early summer wear. "
Sheets of 'Colour
Most,Tt„ the:new house buildr-
ing has .been on much bigger
lots, piing, the gardener an
opportunity "to hay& real• 'dis-
plays of 'sante' of the' gorgeOlts;
showy' flOWers that the plant
breeders have brought to per-
fection in recent years, For such
situations, very large: beds,
solidly „planted with, petunias,
zinnias,,sPiler.,p.lants, cosines. or
dozens' ' of other anntials; are
most SAitable. Virtualli all' Of
these things are easily grown
either from seed directly sown
outdoors or transplanted 'from
beds specially prepared , ,and
sown just as soon as the weath-
er has futne& warm there
is little danger of any,-;triore
frost.
Summer cottages, too, can
have these large massed beds
of flowers simply by planting
a few packets of seeds in shallow
flats and ,later taking .the same
to the cottage and transplanting
them into permanent quarters.
There is nothing more sriking
in the larger gardens, or along*
tie driveway leading tcr,cottage
or home' than these,- big beds
of flowers either in solid col-
ours of one, variety, or of mix-
tures of various flowers of ap-
'proximately the same height. In
these larger beds we space fair-
ly well to permit easy and early
cultivation and we do not try,
to rush the season,. What, we are
aiming at' is 'a big splash', Of
colour and a garden, which af-
ter the first few cultivations will
practically look after itself.
Solid beds of zinnias, mari-
golds, petunias, nasturtiums, are
particidarly. effective and we
can use either single Varieties
or mixtures of about the same
mature height. This massed
planting of flowers, is also a
good idea to use in between
newly planted shrubbery which
will not require full room for
a year .or two.
Spread Them Out'
There is no reason at all why
the vegetable garden should not
be producing abundantly from
early June right through Until
hard frost in the fall. The main
thing is to spredd out the plant-
ing. Instead of sowing the whole
packet of carrots or beets or
beans at one time, we put in a
third of the supply a little ear-
lier than .usual; anOtlier third
about the regular time and then
save a third for from two to
three weeks later than nornial.
To further spread "the harvest,
experienced gardeners will of-
ten use early, medium and late
varieties of the same Vegetable,
so that there is always something
just reaching the peak of tender
quality. One of the greatest
"Could I wear thia hat a fejt,
days to see 0 I like it. That's
the Way htlY Illy boOkti."'
GREEN
THUMB - Gordon, Smith.
mistakes any home gardener can
make is to sow the whole vege-
table plot on the first fine af-
ternoon. If he does he' Will have
more than he can eat for a few
'Week's then a regular famine.
. Short Cuts
The experienced gardener uses
all sorts of tricks for getting
ahead of his neighbours, He
doesn't, of, course, risk all his
seed or plants this way, but just
a few for extra early results.
For ,example in the vegetable
garden he' may' Make' a few
small hills,' a -foot or so' in dia-
meter of .very rich.soil. In these
he will plant a few melon or
cucumber seeds, a few early
type tomatoes and other things.,
The rich, open soil will attract
lots of sun and to increase the
heat and protect from late frosts
one may cover with panes of
glass, or special waxed paper 'or
plastic covers which act as mini-
ature greenhouseg. TO' further
speed growth along, one waters
well and Odds a .bit of quick
acting fertilizer.
Another-short cut is possible
by using plants That have been
well started in a greenhouse or
hot bed or even in "flats in some
sunny window. This Is a regu-
lar practice, of course, with
many' things like petunias, ast-
ers, tomatoes and cabbage. But
one can also extend it to al-
most anything in the vegetable
line for extra early production.
Some people plant a few melon
seeds in an egg shell„ filled with
fine soil or a berry box, then
when the weather turns warm
plant the whole thing outside.
100 Sextillionths
In this age of multi - billion
dollar budgets and' multi-hun-
dred billion dollar national
debts, man has slOWly became
accustomed to gigantic figures.
He still has no real concept of
how big is a billion dollars, but
he 'accepts it as commonplace.
Our scientists, meanwhile,
have been going in the other
direction. much further to-
wards infinitesimally small
small quantities than the politi-
cians have gone toward big, ones.
We predict that average man is
going to have a lot more trouble
getting adjusted to some Of the
new figures of the scientists.
For example, the American
Physical" Society was told of a
phptograph of an anti - proton
that was taken with an expo-
sure time (amateur photograph-
ers take special note) of one
hundred sextillionths of a sec-
Ond.
We never were good at Vulgar
fractions, let alone deeimals, But
here's a go at trying to write
that.,
Working on the left side of the
decimal is easy, One hundred
sextillions looks like this: 100,-
000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - or
figure 1 plus 23 zeros.
But one hundred sextillionths
looks like this .000000000000000-
00000001 or 22 zeros plus a 1
With a decimal point in front
of all (or should it be only 1.9
zeros?):,,
We don't think there is any
likelihood soon of heating any.
one casually saying: "Wait a
sextillionth of a second." But
it wasn't until the middle of
World War II that we measured
the national debt in Hundreds'
of - El Paso (Teitas)
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Courage for Cltriglan WitflessIN
Acts 4: 13-20, 39.31
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thy servants, that with, all bold-
ness they may speak thy Word.
Acts 4:29
What has happened to NWT
Just two Months ago when at
young girl said, "Thou also Wad
with Jesus of Galilee, " Be de-
nied before them all saying, "I
know not what thou sayest."
Matthew 26;69-70. Now he hold,
ly, preaches in the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth before the
high priest and rulers of Israel.
What has happened? The lesson
Of last Sunday is the answer
Peter was filled with the Hols
Spirit. His heart was purifiet
and he had Divine power, Nei.
tiler beating nor threatening
could stop him now. When he
and. Jelin had been beaten and
commanded not to speak in the
name of Jesus, they went theis
way rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer shatne
for His name. With such a
spirit prevailing in the early
church it is no wonder that mul-
titudes of men and women were
converted to Jesus Christ.
The spirit of courage for Chris-
tion witnessing has received
fresh impetus by an event last
January in Ecuador. Five
young men were making pro-
gress in befriending the Auce
Indians with a view to taking
the Gospel to them. Then sud-
denly the men were slain Way-
ing five widows husbandless and
eight children fatherless. A
friend of one of the victiins,
James Elliot, says that a favor-
ite hymn of James which he was
often heard singing around the
college dormitory, was:
"Must I be carried to the skies
On flOwery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the
prize
And sailed through bloody
seas?
"Sure I must fight, if I would
reign;
Increase• my courage, Lord;
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
' Supported by Thy Word."
One of the widows was flown
to her parents' home in Pontiac,
Mich., where in less than a month.
she gave birth to another child,
a son. The other widows stayed
on in Ecuador. One wrote to a
missionary friend, "The Lord
has literally fulfilled to me the
words of Isaiah 43:2: 'When thou
passest through the waters, I
will be with thee; and through
the rivers, they shall not over-'
flow thee; when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not
be burned; neither shall the
flame kindle upon thee'."
There is courage today, too.
Rodney is ,a medium la'te ma-
turing variety with straw `of
medium length and strength.
The kernels are short, wide and
plump, and will dehull readily
unless care is taken threshing.
While Rodney has shoWn up
well in many areas of Ontario,
it does not appear to have the
wide adaptability of Garry.
Many Ontario farmers who
tried Rodney for the first time
'in 1955 were well pleased with
its performance. 'At the Royal
Winter Fair in 1955, Rodney
made a particularly good show-
ing as an exhibition variety.
4.
Garry is about . five days
earlier maturing than , Rodney
and three or four days later
than Beaver. This ,variety also
has fairly large kernels, but not
as short as those of Rodney. The
straw is moderately strong. The
average yield of the' ,two varie-
ties in a large number of tests
throughout Eastern .Canada in
1954 and 1955 showed Garry in
the' lead by nearly four bushels
per acre. ,
*
Those who have not grown
either of these varieties might
be well advised to try both and
find• out which is best adapted
to their' own conditions. When
seeding. Rodney for the first
time, 'it is well to- carefully ad-
just the drill calibration for
large seeded varieties, other-
wise the seeding may be too
heavy.
t seed of both varieties is avail-
able for the 1956 crop. The price
of Garry however is somewhat
higher than for Rodney.
Qiie thing is certain about
fads, en expert says, They don't
last long,
Dr. Emory $. ROgardna, dean
emeritus Of the UniversitY of
Southern. California Graduate
School and editor Of the bi
mopthly Sociology and ,Social
Research has been studying fads
for 42 years, Every semester he
has made surveys of the fads
that have shown up in social,
psychology classes,
His long list includes penciled
eyebrows, slang expressions,
balloon tires, large cuff links,
4-foreign cars, and auto safety
belts.
Although these things rise in
popular fancy only to disap-
pear, Dr. Bogardus points out,
sometimes they reappear, He
refers to bobbed hair for wom-
en, wooden jewelry, and small
foreign cars as, "returning fan-
cies," for instance.
What makes a fad? Dr. Bo-
gardus says that fundamentally,
fads are "expressions of per-
sons seeking ways of becoming
individualistic."
According to this authority,
Influences that make for fads
are wartime activities, motion
pictures and motion -, picture
stars, elections, sports, inven-
tions, and the like, Sport shirts,
in Dr. Bogardus's findings, are a
revolt against tight military col-
lars. The "victory" haircuts of
1942 were, of cmrse, inspired by
the war.
"About 80 per cent of all fads
last less than a year," he finds.
"Those ,that remain have proved
their utility."
Useful fads, such as fashions,
sometimes continue because they
have commercial backing. But
many fads, Dr. Bogardus says,
have nothing more behind them
than "attempts to keep up with
the joneses."
His surveys „show that fads
that have returned after long
intervals -- 30 years or more.
Besides penciled eyebrows, he
mentions tortoise - shell rims for
glasses and peg-top trousers for
women.
Then there are fads that con-
tinue, such as wrist watches,
that started in 1916, garterless
socks for men in 1924, and chim-
ing doorbells in 1931. Automo-
tive fads, in Dr. Bogardus's list,
include stop signals, first used
in 1933, and radio antennas from
1934. Two-tone-paint effects for
cars have become so common, he
observes, that faddists are now
returning/ to one color.
Slang expressions come and
go. In the 1920's people were
saying, "Ain't we got fun?" Now
they're saying, "You can't hard-
ly get them no more," and "It
cracks me up."
Hi-fi players, auto safety belts:
push-button windows, full skirts,
tinted windshieldt, the use of
fluorescent tape 'on bumpers,
wide theater screens, multi-col-
ored vests for men, and Italian
haircuts for women are all on
Dr. Bogardus's survey of current
fads. But Davey Crockett clothes
for youngsters have passed their
peak of popularity, and so have
rope bracelets, and in some sec-
tions of the country, Bermuda
shorts.
As the old fads go, Dr.' Bo-
gardus says, people are quick to
adopt others that they think will
"make them distinctive and ele-
vate themselves in the eyes of
their associates."
The few fads that stick, he
points out, become a part of the
lasting cultural pattern.
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signers and UCh.rliPi.aPS: all
Indians •.+- ,forw,ard• . in- ,
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trainer,, ,whieh new has shOWn
its worth' to' the peoples '•" of 7;
Southeast ''Asia , ' ; •t.
The Iridianl: Wain- "
er is the product ',Ot"..the •gOv-,`.
ernment's Hindustan,,! AireSaft
Limited • at,; B,angalpre ..',(891411
India), whilit.., during„ tkrelVe,,
years of f its ,.exister4e-
duatecr from‘ cif' coi-; ,,-
rugated hangds td' the first ,
tegral"!unit" of • an aircraft, irides,
compared. ttol the, streamlined ,
models emerging, out of United
Staten.l and ,I3riti$11 7 'blueprints;
clitnitiutly`e sym-
bol looks 'like a*, primitive, toy; -
But haying' 'Made, flOW40 ,,
raced the machine over Colette
bO, Rangoon,. Singapore, and'
Pnom Penh; the boys from Ban-
galore 'have 'returned lioine- to
explode the. myth that "we are
not as mechanically inclined. as
other, people" ,„
The HT-2 trainer now ris.,13e7
Mass prroduceid 'ire tneet
orders froM neighbori,"
And aide by' side thi'$'JF6fit4
put is beginning the work of
producing an airplane engine lit
Collaboration with a famous
British' manufacturer.
• Six weeks after the Indian
plaoe's_ return home from its
4,000-mile selling mission in
Southeast Asia, a German team
from Focke - Wulf arrived in
Bangalore to help design a su-
personic prototype. This will
serve as a model for the Indian .
Air Force's first indigenous jet
fighter.
Progress at Bangalore is by
no means unique. In a score of
giant workshops 'factories •
thibughout the country, Indians
are; making loceinetives, trucks,
and, automobile partS, finished
steel products, chemicals, and
machine tools,, They are operat-
ing complicated machinery at
dam sites and banding one of
Asia's first research reactors.
The acquisition of "know-
how" and the smooth transfer
of technical skills, not only, are
among the major successes . of
the now - ending first five-year
plan, but represent a little-pub-
licized triumph in, international
cooperation at a. personal level.
In the last five years, United
States 'and British technicians
have been showing Indians how
to drill wells, run oil refineries,
and build high - gravity dams.
Soviet and German experts now
are training other Indians in the
processes of iron and steel manu-
factures.
Italians are teaching skills in
the automobile sector while
French and Indian riggers have
been swarming up the sides of
half - finished ships:, The SwisS
have helped to, start a local air-
conditioning industry, and Nor-,
wegians have shown Bombay's
sturdy fishermen how to fold up
their sails and start up diesel
motors.
While govertinients have
wrangled and statesmen have
issued barbed contradictions,
men from Brazil to Japan, from.
SWederi to Australia, from New
Zealand to California have been
working in this country to make
India's. progress a reality -
reality which many Indians
themselves still are unable to
accept.
It has not been an easy task,
There are barriers of language
arid custom to overcome, the
difficulties of climate and money
exchange, the race against time
in the face of material and fis-
cal shortages. But ,With the will-
ing desire to share expert
knowledge on the one hand and
the equally willing desire to
learn on the other, much. has
been achieved in a very short
period in time.
To the statistician and the
government economist, this' co'-
operation' represents a Series of
figures of aid given and dollars
spent, But 'for those learning a
rieW trade,: tie Valhatibil tan be
placed on their aceliiSitibri, even
IeSS on the Manner , in which
Today, as this country starts
out it bigger and more am-
bitiettS Second fiVe-year Plan, it
is becoming evident that the In-
dian is learning to treat the nia-
Chine as iii§ friend rather than
as a foreign - tirade robot which
threaten§ his livelihood.
After thousand years of
looking at his Wooden pIoW,
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The first toinfiltted diesel -locomotive to Toll out, of the . General
Meters. plant in Lond on following settlement of the 15.2-day *ark:
stoppage vas 'delivered to the conadian, National Railways
Within 48 houli- th& re-opening of the plant::: The plant' has.
a back log of orders train the C.N.P. for 124 diesels. Addition-
al men have been taken On to step up production from the pre-
Strike, i•cite of 11,iiiiitt a month to one unit daily. Havi/Cird A.
Kitt, (right) walk hidhager, is shown turning the 12000 H.P.
road twitcher over tb G. Len-Galloway, Superintendent oF mtitive
power and car eatiipitient: