HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-11-07, Page 3largeat stone, lightning, And
winds. Remarks of any unusual
phenomena - accompanying
storm also were mittesttid.
The pattern of hail storms is
being given close attention in
the study. Officials are making
an effort to determine; why cer-
tain areas aetun to he-triorl sus-
ceptible to hail, over a poriod
of years, than other nearby dis-
tricts,
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Don','!te,Try
Beat A Cheetah
While a naturalist was driv-
ing in the country aeceppy a
hare suddenly jumped Outjfrom
a hedge and taped away uf the
road in froni of the' car.
The naturalist • decided to
check its speed. The earl was,
agaelerated to' 30 miles an
but the hare kept well ahead.
Then it vanished into a field.
At no time did the hare appear
to be unduly exerting itself, re-
ported the naturalist.
Close observers of the speeds
achieved by wild animals point
out that the hare's heart is
"tuned up" by nature to en-
able it to reach top' speed in at
second ,or two.
A New Zealand Motor- eye -
ist in 1922 saw a hare start up
before him on a dead straight
road. For half a mile he. man-
aged to keep "on the hare'S tail"
and his speedometer shOwed a,'
record of 45 miles an hour,
Rabbits are afloWer ,than'
hares, but a Swiss observer
checked' the speed of one, in
1929 and found it exceeded 34
miles an :hour when it was go-
ing '10 —
Cheetahs are speedsters. Der-
by winnersInd greyhounds are
"alsdaa ranee cornpaited with
them. From a standing start, a
cheetah can attain a speed of
45 miles an hour in three 5eb-
onds. It can sprint without diffi-
culty at 70 miles an hour.
SCENT'S WORTH $$$ - Being
-nosey is Ken McCoy's business;
A trader for Cargill, Inc., '•. Mc-
Coy determines quality and
purity of grcceiln by scent: His
company, on, of the' largest
grain handlers, risks a great
deal of money on McCoy's nose.
A
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HIS FRIEND IS GO' Th6 bdely of Fannie, the' elepha n t, 'Wh'd died Of lockjaw at the P'citjt
Kelly Animal Farm, lies oh: the ground as her watchdog, Charlie' keeps d Vigil, Charlie went
'without' food to stay neat Parinie during her Ilinet6..-Only When, the ,elephant wijk
placed in its grave did the' dog' leave ilk ticlik.
tOnce Scrubland
Grows Rich. ,Crops.
penses and work he put into
developing 10 acres of tarnall
and swamp land, Quo of the
most important phases of his
Operations, he says, was the Sea
testing which guided him in
using correce fertilizer mixture. BY. 'REV R 'BARPLAV
WARR.pN, B.D,
The Soffering. Servant
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Memory Selection: lie wiii$ • •
wOunded for our., transgression*,
-ite was bruised for our. iniquittest, •
the • 4.hastisement of "'our peacpt
was' upoi hint; and with kin
stripes.we are healed. Iaaiali 53:C,
The business man with whom
I was chatting tort the: train re-
marked -that hiS Bible. was the
Old Testament. At :onee:i knew
he was a Jew. "Well," I said, "L
have 'a warm feeling for your
peoplei.! We owe a great deal to
you, Qur ...Bible, both Old and'
New 'Testament:;, was written
your people. The One whom we•
hold as our Saviour was born of
a maiden of your race."'.
"!We iialked 'freely of our beliefsa.
•Tie did not Walt, that Jesus who, •
.114d..a9Me.aa a man .was the,'Meaa. •
. "Howcle you "think lie Wilt
come' d6nit
was the reply. I askedt,wlidtklae:
thought of Isaiah 53, our lesson
for today. lie was not familiar
with it so I read it fdh1m..1.171e
reservedeo ,rnmenf `but ,said
might read, lt for himself' when
he.reached his hotel room:.
These' officials new feel fhat,
en extensive storm., cutting a.
wide swath up to say 100 Miles.
in length, probably consists of
a . .Se/t4. ,of small indivi4ual
storms or -cells: each of which
goes through ..cycle in a rela-
tively alert period, Of time, per-.
haps half an hour; There is evi-
dently a liniv'betWeen ',each, such
cell''and the q'ie.xt 'one,' as if the,
end of one ..cell ','triggers off" 0
new one nearby, •,.
Just how,- why, and where,
this clAain reaction begins in the.
first place are problem a that re:, '
main to 10 investigated
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BETTER BY A BARNSIGHT--In Green County, wheie cows out-
number people by three to ores, farmers like Dale Barth spend
plenty of time in the barn. So Barth decided it was time for
television. Above, Fee ',enjoys a program he couldn't see before.
It's believed he is ,the first rn the area to enjoy barnyard TV.
If one reads 'this' prophecy and
then reads the New Testament
her can. scarcely help but see in
Jesus a striking fulfillment of
the prophecy. Jesus was despised
and rejected, afflicted, cut off
from the living, died with wielc4
and was buried in a rich man's
tomb.,,,By coming to know Him
many have been justified, that is,
cleared of their sins.
But. Isaiah is not just sketching
fin advance the life of Jesus. He
points out repeatedly that tbit
'Sufferer would bear our sins, By
'His stripes we are healed. "It
was for rife the:Saviour 'died."
Jewish writers contend that
Isaiah was writing of the Jewish
tpeople. It is true that the Jews
giave suffered, but ndt even theft
ltheologians will assert that iii
their sintering they axe maid
-atonement for dui' sins. JesuT
Christ is the only One who ans-
wers to the description by Isaiah
We firmly believe 'that Jestu
Christ is the Son Of God wht
died for our sins and rose agait
the third day.
Food has a lot to do with that
tired let-down feeling. A bat-
ahced diet will help to giVe ex-
tra energy and a general feeling
well-being. .:
AEFABM FRONT
Crossfield to
Cremona to
"target area,"
crop damage
small section
corner of the
the south, and
the west of the
About 30 per cent
was reported in a
of the southwest
experimental plot.
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Ate Shirt With
Mashed' Potatoes .
During Lilo first few mouths
of their marriage a handsome
young American ex-airman
solemnly promised his pretty
wife a trip home to Britain
every time she 'had a baby,
Well, he has faithfully kept
his promise, but itls already cost
him a small fortune to do so.
Recently the twenty-nine-year,
old wife boarded al 'plane to
England for the fourth time,
With her flew the four rea-
sons for her journeys -- her
first daughter Terry, aged ten,
her sons Jeffery and Mark,
aged nine and five, and a baby
daughter Dale, aged two, They
"stayed in Britian for a month,
at thd thome of the wife's par-
ents: "
Although this' man has found
it comparatively easy to keep
his promise; other people's mar-
riage promises have proved
much harder to fulfil,
Few of the congregation in a
fashionable church,: in Califor-
nia one sunny morning in April,
1954, knew of the promise being
kept by the lovely bride who
walked with firm and steady
steps up the aisle to marry the
man she loved,
Only five months before,
while busying herself with
plans for the wedding, she had
an accident, As a result her
right leg had to be amputated.
Her distraught husband-to-
be realized that she would
either have to hobble on
crutches or be wheeled to the
altar.
"Don't worry, dearest,"
whispered his finacee. "I prom-
ise you that I'll learn to walk
with an artificial leg so well
that nobody will guess I have
one on our wedding day."
"The fufillment of her prom-
ise- was a triumph of courage
and will power," said her proud
husband.
A strange promise was made
by a Brooklyn man to his dy-
ing wife, who feared that, he
would marry again after her
death and "be robbed 'by some
scheming woman who is only
after your money."
He promised to grant her re-
quest: never, in any circum-
stances, to leave the house af-
ter her funeral had taken place.
He kept. his, word, 11e4
charged their , maidservant and'''' •
laying ill. a • store ,,of canned
foods, shut himself up in the
house for the rest of his life.
A fantaatie promise was made
- some years ago by a Texas man.
He said that if the baby his wife
Was eXpecting 'proved to be a ,
girl he would eat his shirt. It
was a girl.
"All' rightaI'll 'keep my word,"
, said the man. ",:'"
t He Chopped ale' shirt he was
• wearing into tiny pieces and ate
them --a with mashed potatoes!
PUT OLIT
Peering into his driving mir-
ror, the 'driver' of 'a lorry no-
tieed that hid, vehicle was' On
"firelPulling,into the side of the
road he .hastily summoned' the
fire brigade. '
a Firemen from Melbearne,
Australia, soon had the blaze
under control' and" managed to
`save 'the load` whiCh, ironically
enotigh,'* was a' delivery of
patent fire extinguishers.
A separate study on hail has
been undertaken this year by
the, Alberta Research Council
and the Meteorological Service
of Canada to learn as much as
possible about the formation
and life history of individual
hail storms 'this knowledge will
serve as a"guide in planning and
assessing futtute experiments on
hail control.
While the study has no con-
nection whatsoever with the
Didsbury experience, official are
keeping in close contact with
it and are recording results. The
research officers in charge have
enlisted the aid of Alberta
farrners.lin gathering data. Let-
ters of explanation and hail
reports cards were supplied to
about 6;500 farmers in central
Alberta.,
*
; These farmers were asked to
report every hail fall by using
the cards. They have provided
such information as the exact
location I'd the storm, the time
it began.. and ended, size of the
A slap by "stop story of how
a 10-aere plot of useless Serial)
and .swamp was converted .into
69-bushelsaperaaere wheat land,
Was given recently on the farm
ef.‘Araold Metcalfe near Wheat-
laa', Ontario,
la 1947 this l0 acre plot was
covered with trees and brIsh
and much of it was water-
logged. Mr, Metcalfe deckled to
bring it under Cultivation. A
bulldozer was brought' Into
operation and uprooted the
scrub and pushed it, into rough
piles. The following, year the
piles were Plaited latoolvvind-
rows so tiling machines could
pass through. 'With the tilling
completed, atfempts• were Made
to burn the scrub piles but were
unsuccssfUl so the windrows
were all pushed into one large
pile in the centre of the field
by the "buliddzer, The land was
then broken up by a heavy
°'' 'bush-breaker piaw and,' gradur
la'. allye!the brush. .was elimin-
ated.- by burning and drawing
it ,away.
la..::'
In the spring of '1952 the land
was prepared for corn. Mr.
Metcalfe realized that new soil
is not necessarily high in all
three of the major plant food
elements __, nitrogen, phosphor-
us and potassium. One of his
first steps was to take'Soll sam-
ples and have them analysed at
C-I-L's soils laboratory at
Chatham, Ont. The test showed
his soil needed about 40 more
pounds of nitrogen per acre, 60
, pounds more of phosphate and
80 pounds more potash. He sup-,
plied this• need by an applica-
tion of 520 pounds per acre of
2-12-16 fertilizer and later a
side dressing ,of 33 pounds of
nitrogen per care. His first crop
.,,Yielded 80 bushels of shelled
corn per acre.
In the fall the corn stalks
were shredded and plowed un-
der, with a broadcast applica-
tion of 10-10-10 at 200 pounds
per acre...
Next ,spring a soil -test re-
vealed that the fertility of the
land' had inaproved but more
nutrients were necessary. Mr.
Metcalfe worked in 550 pounds
of 2-16-6 fertilizer per acre
with another 25 to 30 pounds
of nitrogen. The yield was again
80 bushelsacif corn an acre.
The 1954 crop was 'soybeans.
Following a soil analysis, 540
pounds per acre. of 0-16-8 were
applied. The yield was 34 bush-
els of soybeans per acre des-
pite a very dry summer. In the
fall he planted the 10-acre plot
,witha 250
in fa wheat lef the Genesee,
varlet
pounds; oft1:-1240 per- acre: "
The was 69 bitsheli to
the acre when he reaped it in
the, summer of .1955. a. ,,
Mr. Metcalfe now feelS he has
been well repaid for the ex-
Hole .in. Ground
is Big Business
Back Coronation year a
burly Canadian ignored Bri-
tain's festive deeeyations and
pored instead over lusts,' maps
and documents• at the etolop-
eal IYInaeum, van
Fin ll Vrecid9 'Barrio.' track-
"eel what he was looking for --
a hole in the ground Over 100
feet deep, a disused stone quar-
ry in the heart of the English
countryside„ with slope shafts
and eerie side caverns that had
been lying forgotten in darkness
for aeraly fifty years; It
In the United States a market
gardener had paid $6.000 for an
old 'iron mine, fifed with the
idea of growing mushrooms in
the worked-out shaftings. But
instead he changed his plans
and soon the mine was trans-
formed into a network of air-
conditioned, subterranean vaults
for the storage of priceless" busi-
. ness documents and art treas-
aarea, preof against atom bombs
and other threat's,
To-day, Freddy Harris has
!attached a similar scheme near
a Wiltshire ,Village and the
old quarry has been developed
into Britain's largest under-
ground safe deposit vaults,
qually proof against fire, flood,
eracksmen and atomic attack.
The subterranean caverns
were so damp that newspaper
would practically pulp with
moisture within a few hours.
Now an, air-eonditioning plant
keeps the air dry; removing
nearly 1,000 gallons of water a
month from the atmosphere.
Precious documents like Sir
Christopher Wren's drawings
for St. Paul's cathedral have
been microfilmed and stored in
the even temperatures o f the
vaults. Banks and business
houses, including one. of the
world's largest car firms, have
rented steel lockers' for micro-
filmed key records of their
affairs.
It wasn't all a walkover for
Freddy. First of all he had to
raise $150,000 capital, then re-
move 450 cubic yards of soil
and rock and fit massive steel
doors, fool-proof burglar alarms,
air locks and other devices,
within a massive honey-comb of
reinforced concrete.
A few small hutments ringed
by barbed wire, patrolled by
guards on duty day and night,
are the only surface signs of
this amazing privatelitowned
atom shelter. Deep beneath the
ground runs a railway for low-
ering or raising heavy equip-
ment • and a gallery stores the
equiValent of a million (leen-
Merits.
Gout'S Going !
Gbing, going -a- nearly. ,gone. R,
That briefly, is the post-war his-
toryaof one, of the, most ancient
'and Mysterious Maladies knovvn
to man'— gout.
Yes, this painful complaint
that attacks jointi and 'Which has
baffled doctors for centuries, may
become extinct by the end of
the century, if the- forecasts Of
experts prove right.
Gout's on the way out, they
say. The reason? That's a mys-
tery. No one quite knows. What
is known is that gout has declined
so amazingly since the war that,
' cartoonists to ldnger draw pier
lures of 'penpery' colonels suffer-
- ing from 'it. 'And -if• a comedian'
uttered a wisecrack about 'gout'
today, he'd hardlyt get a laught
This is ,how a, doctor.once de-
scribed the agonizing, pain of,
gout: "If the pain ,of rheumatism'
is like plitting"your feet in, a vice
and turning the handle until you
can bear= it no longer, then the
pain of gout corresponds to giv-
, ing the handle another couple of.
thine
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
One of nature's most costly
and destructive phenomena, hail,
may be partially or• totally con-
trolled in the future as a result
of experiments and studies un-
dertaken in central Alberta this
year by two separate organiz-
ations.
*
the experiments and stpd-
les), which will be continued un-
til definite conclusions are indi-
cated, the , Alberta Research
Council is conducting a study
into the formatiqn and life ;cycle,
of hail a bearing storms:- The\
Water. Resources Development,
CorPoration of.' Denver is t em-a
ploying a cloud-seeding pro-
cedure which, accotdingato some
-obtervers, appears to modify
hail precipitation.
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The h'ail suppression experi-
ment being conducted by the
'.1•WItDC in the Didsbury; district,
of central, Alberta singe. July 20,,
has apparently'proven `success
ful.aFor the first time in ainum-
ber ,of t years, there has been• no
hail damage reported' in that
district, which boasts one of the
richest soil belts in Alberta and
the not - so - enviable record of
being , one. of, North America's
worst hail areas.
*
Mere, than 800 Didsbury farm-
ers,. weary of heavy crop losses
because of hail damage year
after year, joined together to
forin View' and
Knee Hill Hail' Suppressicin As-
sociation. Each subscribing
,farmer *.was, assessed $15 ...per 160
acres to cover the cost of 'hiring
the: 'Den4er corporation to tackle
" theproblein. * *
The test area covers a rec-
tangular district 12 miles ;wide
and 36 miles long. Half the test
area is in each of the Mountain
View and Knee Hill municipali-
ties.
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isn't a Mary and it isn't a lamb that's following her to school.
Its "Donald," pet duck that trails Jaquita Thompson, 11, to her
sixth grade, class at school and incidentally creates a traffic
headache for Mrs. Marion Valiowe, crossing guard.
5, Extremely 33, °Wein! proof
Gaiut is twenty times 'corn-
moiler among men than women.
A London doctor named SydexiL
ham tried to. cure his own gout
by sitting bare-footed on the roof
of his house in a storm of hail
and sleet for two hours. He
seemed surprised that this tteaf-
ment made the pain"worse!
Scientists examining the joints
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Forty-two "hail auppressorsa
have been installed in the dia- .. of human skeletons many thou-
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, A a'VOiN4 p(11.SOn cmulnent • trict, .most :of them far north
arid west of the "target area."
The suppressor unit is basically
a furnace burning coke impreg-'
nated with silver iodide. The
silver iodide vaperiaea due to
heat, forming minute crystals.
Vertical air currents, always
I esent during all impending
storm, carry the crystals aloft.
i3 believed that the silver
iodide' crystals, similar in size
dtia foritiation to natural lee
crystals, cause a large, number
of small ice crystals to form in
the clouds, Without, this man-
made boost, moisture in the
Clouds condenses to form• a rein=
Lively small munbet of large
drops. These can freeae and be-
maid Jiailstotics of varying sites.
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WHMWMI NORAINUME t$
sands bf years' 'old have 'found "
evidence that 'at-laid-it men
fired Severely frotn gout, Ode
says: "We know very little More "
About gout today than did, Hip-
Pocratas who lived about 460,351
B.C,"
Gout had A temple dedicated
to it in ancient Laeoftia, Suffer-
'0.178 went thore annually to pray
for relief.
A curious sixteetitliaticatitry
document hOuaeci in a London
intise5na asserts, that Adam died
frdtn 'gout. It was for 'years the
enemy of British Prune lvfinrs-
ter's Disaaell, Load' Melbourne
anti Canning were all laid tip
(tern time to with gent and
the two Pitts, father and son, we
a te told, "steterert torments"
from it.
DectOtt attributed gout to lack
Of exercise, excessive 'drinking;
excessive 'eating of Meat and
over-work hi the eighteenth cen-
tury, There were times in George
reign when nearly theWhOld
Cabinet was at Bath taking the
cure,
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Since the hail suppressors
have been in OperatiOtt, :Several
bad steams haVe struck the. Sur,.
tanniding districts. -Severe' hail
dainage to, crops, hat been re-
potted at BOwcien to., the nOrth,. AiiitiVaa elsewhere on this
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