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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-05-16, Page 7lirjHE l pgigN -- Six. Dutch i rant!couplesare signing the registry in Eitepheirn, Oat., after being, married in the biggest Oielfamily, wedding ceremony in modern Canadian history. Four of the and, two of the grooms are children of Mr. and Mrs. tee Dorsser who came to Canada from. The Netherlands, two years ago. While blasting caps are very sseful accessories in the detona- :ion of high explosives used in construction, mining and quar- tying, they can kill or maim if :hey fall into improper hands. * * Spring and summer are the amp periods of the year, when olatting cap danger is most acute. Construction work is in toll swing in both urban and rural communities and children sravitate to such activity to watch, play and often meddle, .Blasting caps which may be left sround by careless workers are picked up or pilfered from con- Aruction shacks. Results ap- pear in newspaper headlines: blindness, fingers torn off, death, * According to authorities of the explosives division of Cana- dian Industries Limited, 1 blast- ing cap accidents are sometimes caused' by striking a cap with a stone or hammer. Others have resulted from holding a lighted match to a. cap or throw- ing it into a bonfire. Picking at the sensitive explosives in a cap with a pin or nail may also cause it to explode. * If blasting caps are found by children, the experts warn, they should not be touched but im- mediately reported to their parents, teacher, police or con- struction crews. Pending the arrival of soemone in author- ity who can dispose of them, they should be placed in a safe place away from heat and out of the reach of children. There are two main types of blasting cap: those for use with safety fuse, and those set off electrically. About 1% inches long, and 'made of aluminum, the type for use with safety fuse has an open end and is deton- ated by the spit of flame from the safety. fuse. Electric blasting: ;caps have two wires covered with colored insulation extend- ing rout of one end so they can be fired by an electric current, 'The, ;cap shells :are made, of y. eithr `copper aluminum "and may be from one to five inches ' long. Some ;ares•toleVecr'elthe'r' red/ or' • greenrEotifsayPee may; be, ,recognizedl as; small :metal cylinders slightlysessma)lers in:, diameter ,than -a ;lead. speneils. Both are' loaded' Vilf ful and seriaitive charge, — ; ./ • '*---4 0:ser *.! f;! By loosening of:sal:46h' and preper fertilizations plant roots .can be coaxed, into, penetratings deeper into the groland,": Where they get ataild- tfse water found , at these depths. e ::1:Sr•or "".7a7S. "' In a six-Year' seriessef periments by agronomists': el Purdue University, loosening of subsoil to „a„_ depth., 01...20. inches and supplying complete fertilizer to it can induce plant roots to descend, filether down, The. experiments •showed -that the loosening of subsoils beat": clone in the. late* stimMer and early fall when subsoils are dry and shatter easily, The fertilis- er is applied in a vertical band from the plciW sole down to the anaximuro depth Of the opera- tion, The Purdue agronomists point cut that in years of unfaverable rainfall, the soil snoistine is not sutflcient to giale maximum yields, The roots of crops often do not pentrate deeply enough to make- use of reserves of soil moisture stored there, They at- tribute thin condition to. dense subsoils -very low in available nutrients, • * When fertilizer is placed in the subsoil, .roots of the plants will concentrate in the grooves that are thus formed and will help maintain;,, aggregateS :in the subsoil. " Subsoil" that has been loosened but not fertilized will frequently; wash• together and the loosenes§ will be lost within less than a year, the ex= perimenta indicated. *xt * Another advantage shown up by the -tests, is. that water ac- cumulates in the suboil because of, the open grooves, while in unloosen,ed soil much more rain water runs off superficially and it lost to the plant in the coming season, Furthermore, since loosening of the soil and application of fertilizer was fol- lowed by an increased growth in the roots, benefits of subsoil fertilization increases` from year to year as the subsoil is im- proved both physiaally and chemically. • * * While silos have been a fa- Millar landmark on the. Cana- dian farm scene for many years, little progress had been made in reducing loss of silage, par- ticularly by spoilage. Recently, a new chemical pre- servative, sodium rnetabisul- phite, has been introduced which is showing great efficien- cy in converting crop isnto milk arid Meat via silage. Not only does this chemical help in pre- venting burning up of nutrients in the forage, but also renders the silage more palatable which makes the cattle eat more and thus increases milk and meat production. The unpleasant odor usually associated with silage is also reduced. Another Current advance in „ Ise 'the- introduction of silos made of polythene plastic sheeting. These are capable , of bravidi:rig a qUality silage for feeding in ;relatively small , qiiantities, up, to 15 .-tons. They can be used at off-season times • and inet zt-of-way place's where feeding of separate &blips of animals May be desired. " The'greatest-beriefit in using polythene sheet silos is gained from their gas-tight character- : istic. Quick sealing after filling permits the rapid establiahment and maintenance' Of anaerobic inside the plastinbag., These 'in turn prevent' ,mold :grewth, liniit temperatuter risses hold dry matter,,; losses to s a minimum and 'encourage re- tention of caratone and protein 'in the silage. 'Well, Where Are They? Mrs. McGregor: "Are you the young man_ who jumped into the pond and hauled 117'y S017 out as he. was going down for the third tithe?" '!tourig - Mate -"Yes, ma'am." Mrs. McGregor: "-Where's his mittens?" „ Drive With Care • • 9 ,,1,0 • +). 17• !eon 4 zz , 7 1_, 6 IP" ti3 B ; Our Sett-Known Sportscaster About the only nationally- knowe Canadian sportscaster , easily equal to. top-notch mike-men Mel Allen, Bill Stern or Tom Harmon - is Toronto's Foster Hewitt. ;'Undoubtedly the dean of. Canadian sportscastets, Hewitt has been in radio 33 years, possibly longer than any- one. He has broadcast descrip- tions of ,over 3,000 hockey genies. Hewitt, who left. alpiveraity*of TOronto to join the Toronto Star, was the first, in the world to broadcast a hockey game. That was in March, 1923, for the Star's CFCA.. Hewitt's verb al trademarks, "Hello, Canada . . ." and "He shoots, he scores!" became fam- ous via CBC radio, TV and sev- eral private stations,. including Hewitt's CKFH in Toronto. They also became titles of two of Hew- itt's five hooks- Probably the mist successful sportscaster in Canada, Hewitt won't say if he's a millionaire. "You could say I'm -at least com- fortable," His comforts include b e,i n g president and sole owner of Tor- onto's CKFH (he has- 52 emPloy- ees), living in, Teronto's swank Forest Hill Village, andsowning a Cadillac Coupe de, Ville : and,cus- tom-built Buick eonvertible. (A show. model from- the Canadian. National Exhibition, -the Buick has. hand-ttioled„"built-in leather gun holsters and natural steer- hide zfloor higs0 Hewitt'a•Swife, , Kay, drives reinus„sideasans, of course.),. . e • , In the 'e a • 1930's Foiter broadcast the longeit game in National:Hockey League history. Boston Bruins, and Maple Leafs were battlingin. the Stanley Cup semi-finals, The. game, waS, goal- less until w,lien'Ken Dotig- hertY Sodied'to 1-0aifOr the Leda. This Was ;in ApriV TorOns to's Maple _Leat,Gardertalaecarne tremehdoualY ,wa r causing Hewitt to sweat off eight,Pounds., Heivitts Wlio netts weighs 160 pounds, then 'Carried .4ess 1,20 pounds7on.his 5"7",franie. He says tension ia, hard on sports, castetss"Doing one game, actually takes more out of: you than two or three months' normal Work. As you get Add,' arritif Carit shake it off as fatt, either.", 11 • Hewitt won't tell his, age. ("I'm still 39, like Jack Benny,"), But, CBC , Times says,. he was 18 in 1923; that maket him 51 this year. fie's 'grandfather of five, His soli, Bill, CKFH' sports dir. ector, was- 27 last December. He started broadcasting „whets be Was eight, as Foster's guest, • During autnmer vacation frOin Toronto's Upper Canada College, where lie was -a staridotit ath- lete, Bill Worked -on Sreall-town is stations. When Foster opened CKFH in 1951, Bill be-, came snorts director, Chick Mur- phy and Fred Sgambati ere CKFH's other, sports antouncert. Every Saturday night during hockey ,aeason, Foster Hewitt Climbe the 120 steps to the broad- casting gondola, high above the ice iii'Tol'OtitOg Maple Leaf Gar- dens. There, he does radirS/TV 1 sitritileast of National. Hockey Leagliegarilea -lietWeen Leafs arid one of five visiting NHL tearris, Hewitt's 11§tenet§ can almost invariably aerate, airtieriSa goal is. n g be satires', lleWitt's voice reaches a .feverish, at the play get§ hot and a goals tender says his prayers `It's then ,that lleWitt, obviously enveloped by the game; might • fteriliedlY yell: "He's, going in on. . Tie shoots -,a,. Ha Scofeal" •:./sS." Hewitt handles -all ',genie de- • actiptioria- while CBC producer, ' saecirge Retzleff, directs the three cameras in -Maple Leaf Gardenak Actor Murray Westgate' arid ,car- .tOOniSi George' Feyer .dO. gems , MercialS fOi CAL:. Hews itt'S sponsor : fOr2(1 `.years, no good:On iracriPt," -gates - itt told me.. inot thltiking.;yott really, have' ta concentrate "When . yein're,,; deing- gatite:YOtt enhq'affiird to Mike slips; because each tithe 'on,.you're putting' rePtifti-s• thin ern the lint w~ GREEN THUMB 6ctraork,Sitiith, give' Them Room If 'every seed that sprouted were allowed to grow, his world would soon become a jungle and our gardens an awful mess. Al- most everything needs •thinning and will do much better with plenty of room. Overcrowded plants get spindly•and weak, an easy prey for insects and• di- sease or even a' heavy rain. In almost every case where plants are started'from seed and , especially tiny seed, like lettuce or alyssum or poppies, they must be thinned later. In doing ' this naturally we pull out the Poorer specimens first but in- any case we must leave plenty of room for full development. If we are afraid of later damage from bugs or cutworms perhaps we will leave twice as many plants as at first, then later on we remove every other onee In certain vegetables like beets and carrots, too, we leave the plants about an inch or so apart at' first, then use further thin- pings' for our first meals. When thinned properly, the plants left will grow more quickly, more sturdily and should be healthier. Thinning is not always con- fined• to seedlings, The extra big and fine blooms you usually see in the flower shows are often the result of thinning. Only in this case it will be the flower buds that are removed, Instead of letting every single rose, peony, or dahlia -develop, the professionals nip off about fifty per cent or more of the buds so that -those that are left will' 'be finer and bigger. The same thing is done with fruit like appies, plums and peaches for big priine results. Transplanting Almost any silent can be silt- cessfuliy moved or transplants ed when young. There are two major points to keep ill mind. We must not allow the roots to dry out and we shouldn't ex- pose them to air. Planting ma- terial from a good seedhonse nursery, one will notice, has' the roots well Wrapped in thorough- ly damp moss, and to make sure air is excluded and moisture re- taine, there is as well an Carter wrapping of damp-Proof paper or burlap. To make sure those con- ditions are centinu,ed after plantings, one ,presses fine soil firmlY about the roots and keeps well watered until growth gets started. With bedding plants or annuals that will only mean a few days, with trees and shrubs it may be several weeks. Shrubs, trees and vines should be transplanted before they come out in leaf and the best nursery stock of these things will never be farther ad- vanced than the 'bud stage. An. nual plants, of course, are in leaf when we transplant but they should not be too far grown. Short stocky plants with no flower buds are much to lie preferred to plants on the point of blooming. Indeed if there is aziy la lo csm on such things as 'zinnias, petunias or marigolds it should be removed before we transplant. If there are only a -few things to move, one should do the job in the evening and preferably when there is no w in d, otherwise shade from sun for a day or two. To speed growth and les- sen the shock of. moving, at- is a good plan to sprinkle a lit- tle chemical fertiIiier atound hist not actually tenching. the An Ounce of Prevention It is unfortunate but it is true that for almost every useful plant we have in Canada there is some bug, disease, or • Worm which seems to have a special grudge against it. But a little protec- tion provided in time will save them. • Generally speaking, the very best protection, against all these pests is flourishing health. If • the garden is free of weeds, well cultivated and growing, there is little risk except from some special insect or disease. But if there are a lot of weeds, if our flowers or vegetable plants ate Crowded together and. .growth apindly and weak, then we are simply asking for trouble, and even a mild attack from passing bugs can cause a lot of trouble. The first rule, then, in protection is to keep the garden clean and growing, Sir Anthony Bores The British Stiff .•••••.••.•••••••••, Something unique is happen- ing in Britain. Fer the first time in history a great people is ht clehger of being bored to eXtiric- ti°The phrase it to be interpreted quite literally, The bete is Sir Anthony Eden. It it .not hie fault; it is his misfortnnei and - it May be our diadstet. At a moment when our sittiation is possibly es perilous as at any time 1.11Ce• Dithirirk, he has only to open hit Mouth for the nation shet ita ears; he haa only to appear on teleVision for there to be a redord switching-oft, 'Pot the fitst Months of his leadershiP the tOry Patty and the Tory preat Stifled it§ ye-Writ. After all, We had been Wattled. We had ail heard the- enigrarn. attributed, rightly Or wt•ongly, to , Sit Winston Churchill-- "When AnthOnY Makes h SPeech he delivers hims--ell of eVeri platitude in the English lan- gunge except `Gifid is Love' and 'Kindly adjust your &est before , But We had riot fully realized his unique capacities for engezia. ' dering enntil. Gradually, Ai ilia vircirld _stage darkened;; end the. Eden platittiddi 'droned On iii a soporifie chant, it beckine eireashiglY' Madera that the sit- tation was Unite funny* writea BeYerlY Dlieliela in Sat- urday Night. There were men- acing grewla Of inaPatienea from the super-Tory Daily Tele.. -041311, followed by n, positive 1,111.1nclerciaP of Protest from lianclolph Clittrellill 41 the t srpn, trig Standard, LOrd Hailshani.-- a Tory of Tories-was the next, "Ph, for a man to make a pongr `he wailed, in Lord Kemsley's ;Sunday Graphic The tragedy of the moment, he declared, was that there Wee no one in .ptibile life today wins could inspire ns. "No one, no prie," he repeated, 4'ne Winston to command the poetic- language which fires the heart and the mind of the people into One sense 0 purpose." It remained for Maleelm Mug- geridge, the sprightly editor of Punch, to strike the coup de graee. In the literautre of satire, French as well as English, I can recall no more deadly onslaught than Muggeridge's article in The New Statesman. It is the talk of London. After referring to the "utter nothingness of what Eden has to say", he continnes: "Eden is a Disraeli hero who -has moved into a aervice flat, Or perhaps a deep shelter; a Bettie Wooster who has turned from the Drones Club to Toynbee Hall. Ae has been truly said, he is not only a bore but he bores for England." of Eden's television appear- ancep he writes; "Ile delivers a flow of banalities in the persua- sive manner of an exsofker trying to sell one a fire-e,xtin- guisher at the front door. His writings are the same. There, is nothing wrong with them except that they are unreadable." In this mounting crisis, Sir Anthony has one powerful, if unexpected, ally-Lord Beaver. brook. Unexpected because Lord • Beaverbroolt is -the last man On earth to suffer bores gladlY, and One would have imagined that his genius 'Might have detected, the havoc that Sir Anthony, by his sheer super-nonentity; is causing. Not so. The Express daily trumpets his praises with all the brass at its command. But not even the BeaverbrOok papers can quite conceal their yawns. As I write,:the Evening Standard is starring a gentle- man called Richard Strong-of whorri few in Fleet Street! seem t6 have heard-to tell us that we must all rally behind Sir Anthony, Mr. Strong writes ter- rible prose, but at least he is honest. Here-sandwiched be- tween paragraphs of adolation • . -is his fatal admission. He is bound to confess, he writes, that "no one has 'ever heard the whole of a-speech by Sir An- thony. That is perfectly true. He drawls. His delivery -is poor. He has to be read-to get the signifi- cance 'Ye Gods! What is Lord Bea- verbrook thinking of? How is it conceivable that he can think such a man is a fit leader of the nation? What would have hap- pened to the people of Britain, in 1940, if "Nobody had ever heard the whole" of a speech by Churchill? If, instead of illumi- nating the world with those rockets of rhetoric ("their finest hour" . . . "we shall fight on the beaches"), he had drawled, and hummed and hawed, and given us rather less inspiration than we should have received from a summarY of the annual report of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Local Sanitary In- spectors? There is only one thing to be said in favor of Eden as a lead- er. (As a private individual I am prepared to believe that he may be a bundle of charm.) And that is, that if Britain is ever in- ,vaded by Russia, if the Queen is compelled to abdicate, and if we find ourselveS wandering round the rnins of St. Paul's searching for scraps ef bread, s he will make the whole thing seem So stiflingly dull that we shan't know it is happening, , .. 'Kurrta.r.. -$1,4rt!eno. 6,4., 044 - 1341'412y Warren The church in Antioch ActS 11.110-30 Memory ` Selection: I bay. showed you all things, hew that se labouring ye ought to sup- port the weak ?Mc' to mato- ber the words of the Lord Jesus, how he satd, is mere blessed te give. than to receive. Acts 20:35, * It has often been noted that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. After the stoning there was a great per- seCatiOn which scattered the fol- lowers of Ihe Christ who had died, risen again arid ascended into heaven. But as they went they preached the gospel to the Jews. Then some from Cyprus and Cyrene came to the city of Antioch and preached the Lord Je$L1A to the Greeks. Many believed and turned to the Lord. When the good news came tor Jerusalem the church sent Barn- abas, a native of Cyprus, to Anti- och. "He was a go6d man, and full of the Holy Most and 'of faith." What a tribute to re- ceive! Soon Barnabas went to Tarsus and sought Put Saul to come and help him in the work, They labored together in Anti- och for a year. Those who turn- ed to the Lord were nicknamed - Christians. It was very appropri- ate. They were living for Christ and striving to live likes-him. The name is applied more loose- ly now. Nearly all, the s peoPle are Christian according ,to the census. But not an these are - living for Christ. Many are liv- ing for money, fame or pleasure. Let us be Christians in reality: When the Christians in Anti- och learned of the famine com- ing, they determined to send relief to the believers in Judea. They prepared.the ei`rry man according to his ability 'aild sent it by the hand of Barbabes and Saul. Soon the record will speak of this team as Paul and Barnabas. Paul was to become the greatest-Of-Al-1i apostles., But. Barnabas befriended him at Xerusalem when the apostles and other disciples were afraid of him. He also introduced him to pastoral work at Antioch:Next Sunday we shall see how they were sent forth as' missionaries by the church' at Antioch. They were a praying people at Anti- ech with a concern for others. We need more such churches today. RECORD BREAKER A burly athlete was bedded down with a bad case of influ- enza. 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