HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-12-05, Page 7AT REST IN NEST —. The pilot of this light plane, Dr, David L. Paice (inset), descended unhurt
after making this impromptu tree landing. The plane ran out of fuel and he attempted'to
set it down in what he thought was an open field, but got himself hung up 35 feet above
ground, The plane, hardly damaged, was bro aught down by crane.
FARM FROM
"Pineapple!" he calls loudly
until I look up to see his brown
weatherbeaten face just above
ray row of books.
"Are they ripe?" I ask.
"Oh, ,yes," he replies. "They
arelveautiful, ripe and juicy, and
sweet 2-- very sweet. Why don't
Volt try a bite?" He takes a
knife from his iocket and I don't
have the courage to tell him that
Ls am an American sissy, shrink-
ing from all unwashed knives. I
soon find myself on the front
porch munching a delicious tri-
angular plug of tree-ripened
pineapple,
"How much are they?" I ask
with what I hope is just the
right shade of indiffexence.
"Fifty cents," he says — this
lies also been translated into its
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has played a part in the growth
of the turkey, induitry. 'Similar
work in chicken breeding has
led to the development of better
chicken meat strains and higher
eeggeproduction *
The manner in which the
broiler industry has expanded is
'far beyond early predictions.
Eviscerated and cut-up chicken
is as much a standard product in
most self-serve counters today as
sausage and bacon. This expan-
sion has presented a challenge to
poultry breeders, broiler growers,
hatchery operators, processing
plant operators and marketing
agencies. Operatic:ins are noev on
a year round basis and specialize-
*PM sees to 10_1 the key tO
futufe of the pottitrI industK.
Thecemsturiele' esegrowing more
del-Handing in all.respeete And
it is not stretching the imagine-
-ficin too 'far to see production
and rnarketings doubled again
within the next few Years."
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Although the• -total egg produc-
ing• potential of the laying flock.
is important, the rate at which
production is maintained is
bighleeeiriMortant to la • eirdfitahle
enterprse, says T. M. MacIeyre,
Seniee Poultryman at 'the - Ex-
perimeneal Farm, Na an M.S.
A. flpck laying ,ete tlee rate of
Where Bargaining
is Really Keen
"'rawer" means to bargain in
Indonesian, and bargaining is as
muck a part •of life in Java as
fee ere= OW. aye American,
For the visitor from half-4 wend
away it is a ritual to be learned
and a rite to toy be performed-
"Never enter a bicycle taxi en-
iii have settled on a pekeel
we have been warned over and
Per again. The toy man trots
down Mundinglaja Street blow-
ing his Hellewe'en noisemakers
•ancle like , the Pied Piper, he has
a parade of children behind him,
but these children are Indone-
elan, Chinese, Dutch, and Ameri-
can — expert bargainers for bet-
looes, niaSks, and kites,
One et our Javanese friends
complained, "I never bargain if
T can avoid it, I hate, it, It.
lakes too much time in this mod-
ern world," But for many it is
a sport, a game for sharpening
the wits and exercising the
baeds, One day ri university
student asked in Utter. amaze-
ment, "But in a -democracy, how
can you have competition with-
out bargaining?"
I am a stranger here myself,
and to bargain or not to bargain
is not the question. I take what
comes with a stoic attempt at ,
equanimity.
Every morning my favorite "
pineapple tung, a tall old man
wearing shorts, a short-sleeved
tan shirt, and an old Panama hat,
comes to the window I face as
I write. First, I hear his call—
"Naaanaaas!" .It comes rolling
down the street in waves set up
by his tukang walk, a quick
mincing dance. His two rounded
bambop baskets, which can carry
as much as one hundred' and
twenty pounds apiece, are bal-
anced on a long wooden pole
,`.across his shoulders. He stands
In front of my desk and the giant
"'apothecary scale" teeters to rest
on the grass. Our Alice in Won-
derland conversation begins.
Here we are in a free translation
from Indonesian writes Donna M.
Dickenson in the C s ti a n
Science Monitor.
equivalent in,United States cur.
"For one:" ask in unbelief.
'"Ypu. slate your price," he
counters.
"What ix Yal.ir hest priceI"
ask, like '411114 saying—No, you
go first.
"Thirty cents," be states firmly,
"that is ton much," I speak
testily, but not too sharply.
"Oh; bet MY pineapples are the
best. 1114 are the sweetest and
the cheapest," he insists,
"Fifteen cents-- that is what
I pay at the market," I toss out
bopefullY. •
"Thank you very much," he
calls, sliding his shoulder under
the wooden pole; "but my pine-
apples are better than any you
can buy' at theet'oarket and be-
sides I must earn a living, My
children need rice. Thank you
very much but I cannot accept
your price."
"But I am unable to pay
yours," I echo, Still tasting the
warm sweet juice, I add, "Twenty
cents for-oriel/
"Will you buy five?" he ques-
tions, for in this land of milk and
honey costs go down one hundred
per cent if you buy in quantity.
"Four," I answer.
"Twenty-five cents is my last
price," he cautions.
talk Dutch to, myself and say,
"Five Pineapples for one dollar,"
He sayS, 'OK" boleh
Indonesian rhymes with OK. The
deal is closed', our wits supposed- '
ly sharpened for one day.
The tukangs represent a hun-
dred enterprises. Some buy old
bottles, empty cans, magazines,
and clothes, Some sharpen
knives. One is a romantic seren-
ader who trills down the street
at night pushing a two-wheeled
diner. He sells Chinese' noodles
and an Indonesian cooked salad
made with cabbage, encumber,
green beans, and bamboo sprouts
— always served with red pep-
per hot peanut sauce.
Our most interesting traveling
salesmen are the antique deal-
ers, They are all sizes and so
are their bundles, big white
shapelessmasses, wrapped and
tied at the top like a hobo's pack.
When they -are opened on the
front porch, the world of Asia
tumbles out. ,
Here is a black snake-shaped
creese in a golden sheath with:
an intricately carved wooden • '
handle.' "This needs care," I am' •
warned_ "It will give you a lot.
of trouble if the blade is not giv-
en a special ceremony once a a.
year. First, you must cover the
blade with lime juice, then it''
must be rubbed with coconut oil
for the metal and then with ar-
senic for the enemy," he ex,-
plains. •
There are bells and silver fruit
bowls, old, batik cloth, and alli-
gator purses. Like antique
- treasures everywhere, they , are.'
eery old — hundreds of years
old. A buyer would do well to
learn ahead of bargaining time
what a Ming vase looks like and,.
how to distinguish old brass-
from new.
Many things affect prices, in-,
eluding the nationality of the
buyer. Americans.pay more for`1
servants, bicycle_ taxis, fruit, and
night watchmen, They pay more —
than wealthy European business-
men and millionaire Chinese..
Sbon after our arrival in Java,
we -were apprised of this situa-
tion by a British Government of-
ficial. "The Dutch don't pay a
living wage," he said drily. "Am-
ericans pay too much for every-
thing and spoil things for the
.rest of us."
Then in that uncanny way the "
British have of being perfect and
perfectly Willing to admit it, he ,
added, "We British pay just the
,right amount." Like most Euro-
peens, he' does not realize that •
our 'Servants would not' accept ',
any other state of affairs, espe- ;
cially since ler American fami-
lies they work harder and longer
hours for their higher wages.
Soldier Hero
Scared by Bee
What is yam' pet fear? Per.
.1)41)3 you think y014 have none,
but if you reflect for a moment
you will realize that there is at
least One fear that obsesses you.
All humanity fears something,
Say psychologists wile have. re-
cently ,bean studying the queer
Phobias of men and women.
Many grotesque fears can be ex-
plained by psychologists, but
some are puzzling,
Why is it, for Instance, that
some people cannot stroke vel-
vet without having a feeling of
revulsion? Why do flowers have
a queer effect on some men? An
old. Artist named Vincent swoon-
ed if he went near a bunch of
roses,
Silk, satin, peaches and spiders
occasionally inspire unreasoning
feat In some people. Many
famous people have feared or
disliked cats. Napoleon would
never touch one and Lord Rob-
erts was said to be terrified if
one came near him. He could
tell whether a cat was in a room
long before he had seen it.
There's a London woman who
has a queer aversion to shoe-
laces, She cannot bear to put
a fresh lace in a shoe and always
gets a friend to do it for her, she
says.
The experts say that certain
objects are' feared by some peo-
ple because they are curiously
associated in the unconscious
mind, with a past, but forgotten,
peril or moral problem.
Many of Our fears can be di-
tectly traced to childhood experi-
ences. A man who 'had a strange
dread of the open sea traced its
origin to the fact that when he
was a into
the
he was forced
the water to learn to swim.
A French doctoe once described
the case of an ex-soldier with
several military decorations for
bravery who was always "strick-
en with terror" by the buzz of
a bee.
The philosopher Boyle could'
-rieVer aVercOtrie the strong fear
that gripped him every time he
heard water running through a
:pine and" a :well-known author
• 'sltddeted at the "sound of all
musical instruments; though he
enjoyed ;listening to thunder.
. Toecley etheee are many people
tivho snffei:efrom what.'scientaste
eall;ifeeiPlibiika=7, the feat of any-
thing neW:''Sorne Who"Could quite
well afford to `Have' new clothes
heVe been -known-1;cl delay buying
"their leng,:as possible -to avoid
the disagreeable feeling. of wear-
ing them e..
111)ryCleaning-
--Theri And Now
you eyed, lead 'oualms
' kboutereqqestipg ; "fast service"
dry-eleaMn,g :fer. a favorite„ gar-
went.
it, =will be returned to
you just' as iiiimaetilate:, one
'hoer as iv Would 'be in One`Veek.
service doesn't mean a . 4 .,eamefice iii quality.
Fast service -re' made possible
`by -a' cheinical Cleaning agent
Which, 'because'- it' is non-inflam-
e- enable; can be used ,tight on the
eleaneles--. premises, !Siecee,..gar-
mentseneedn't -be sent out:. for
cleaeing, the .customer. gets ., hi e,
best suit back again in a maitre,
of hours, instead of days.
This' comparatively new clean-
inge 'agent 'is -ealled-perchloretheee
lene. Dry cleaners like it 12e-
cause the'solvent can be-recover-
ed easily from • the fabric and
.used again ee a eeying e cost
Of, _cleaning. This also means
odorless cleaning since so little
solvent remains in the' gthneht".
We're becoming fileser noW that
chernistry seems 'to, be aniever,
ing our every ewhimf.- There was
a time when aedyees -smelling like
a, rniniatuee of refinery was a
badge - of diStmetionee The 'first
dry cleaning1-`22 ibont'a hundred
years ago -11';:tra'g- ell'rktnee- rt'I
easy legee evhyI , • eee —
Procedure Rcalled for • th P.
cleaner to rip the garment apart
and dip each part separately lb
hoWis of highly inflammable
fltiic — usually gasoline or nap=
the, Next; ha laid' the pieces on
a. board and rubbed them with
brushes and flannel 'cloths. Fine
atty., when the pieces were dry,
lie telfiede 'tbe 'gm-hie-fit! No
w Alder itlett clothes stayed
dirty!
Although methods , of deye
cleaning have made treenendotte
strides With the development of
modern selvents, the skill of the
dry-cleaner Still plays en import-
ant role, Not only does he have-
tO diageose ;Vote but he has to
identify the various febeies.
These days, with so tiffany new'
fibres and blends Of fibres, this
tan bee'quite a problem,
'tett tar; help your' cleaner id'
t better job by pinning a bole
to the garment describing the
ieletic and, if there are spetst
Stating What caused their.
ft's not Wise to try to remove'
spots from clothing at bottle.
Trust the job to your dry-
Cleaner, He' has' Melly tricks of
chemistry ht. his fingerprints.
Canada's poultry industry, if
considered on a dollar basis has,
increased lour :fold since pre-war
, days and ranks, fifth- in agrieel-
ture on the basis of farm cash
income. In relation teeproducte.,
of the forest and mine, the value
of the poultry industry exceeds
copper, nickel, iron-- ore, struc-
tural material and asbestos. Only
in 1955 did ,the value of crude
petroleum at the well head ex-
ceed that of the poultry "inclus- .
try. * • * e
There, has been. a .tremendous
transition in the Poulify- hides-
try in the, last few years. ,Pro-
duction 'has become 'Spe—
cialized, processing is now done
en..e. gigantic ,scale gnd maeleet-
ingefeethode ,afe receiving friPfra
attention tifanliVer beforeBrOil-'
er production is largely respons-
ible for this recent trend tweeds
specialization?''Teri'years age the
chicken brollerz was, just begin-
ning to seriously take root in
Canada. It soon became evident
that broilers `could 'be produced.
in large numbers with'. a quick,.'
crop turnover at a relatively low
labore .epse,,, Broiler chickens can
be'linielikeir fele market in 'learn
nine to teineweeke,e.and turkey
broilers can be handled in ap-
proximately 12 to 14:Weeks. This 2
means a specialized . broiler pea::
duce, can pendle :about' three Ind
one-half 'ceOpe per year. -
If a • poultilernan z aises e20,00.0
broilers at a time be will have
a turnover of approxiiiiately. ,
000 birds annually, e This repre-
eents 4 total of; ,epprOXimetely
210,000 pounds of poultry meat,
assuming an average live weight
of. three pounds for each bird.
This production in terms of meat
is equivalent to slightly over
1,000 hOgs at 200 pounds live
weight on 500 steers that put on
a gain of. 400 pounds. each, Foul-
tryproduction, as these figures
indicate, is no longer a sideline
enterprise.* 4
'Another outstandinge•-lea tu re •
which has made the broiler so
attractive from a producer's
viewpoint, is its ability to con-
vert feed into meat. No other
meat animal can compare with
the broiler in this respect and
although the hog is the closest
competitor, it is 20 per centiesS
effigient It is not uncomreqn
to produce a pound of live weight
on a brolleeewith .2.6- pounds of:
feed; * 'Turkey broilers heve followed
the same pattern as chickens over
the last five to ten years. Tur-
keye used to be produced pie,
manly for' Christmas and
Thanksgiving, and although the
big volualiP re still at those sea-
sons they are now sold more gen-
erally throughout the year. The
sinalf sized turkey is competing:
actively with the roasting thick-
en and has influenced the trend
toward broiler •production. This ,
has resulted in 6 substantiario-
&ease in turkey-growing in Can-
ecle,
Potattee tnarketings in 1955
were 45, per cent higher thah the
1943-41 period — which up to
thee Wes a eteord mid egg
marketings Were tip 4 per refit.
Dating the War years large quan-
tities ,of poultry and eggs were
exported but today the bulk is
consumed On the borne meeket.
*
Turkey' marketinge through
Canadian processing plat-AS have
increased from 18 million pound*
in 1051 to' 41 million pounds hi
1955. The Original work 'done
in Canada in the cleVeldpiiient lit
the' broldb,reaSted• brthite tOrkeY
60 per cent will produce 15 doz-
en eggs per hen in a 300 day
laying period, With eggs selling
at 40 cents per dozen, this gives
a return of $6: If egg production
could be maintained at 70 per
cent, the average production per
hen of this same flock would be
17.5 dozen eggs worth $7, This
means an increased income of $1
per bird or $1,000 on a flock of
1,000 birds, The importance of
sustained high production is ob-
vious.
*
It has also been found that as
production increases the cost of
production per dozen decreases.
Experimental work has shown
that a live pound hen laying at
the rate' of 180 eggs per year re-
quires about five pounds of feed
per dozen eggs. A similar hen
laying at the rate of 200 eggs
per year requires only about
four and one-half pounds of feed
per dozen eggs. This represents
a saving of one-half pound of
feed per dozen eggs or about. 2
cents per dozen. Based on a
flock of 1,000 birds this repre-
sents a saving 'at about $350 per
year,
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WARREN B.A. ILO,.
Let Not Your heart Be Troubled
,P)1111 14; 1„14
MemorY Seleet104; Let not
your heart be troubled: ye' be--
IleVe in God, believe also In one.
Jelin
People everywhere are 10.g,
ing lor peace. It is therefore nib
accident that books dealing with
personal inner security have 44
recent years found a ready sale,
We see them in the bookstores
written by Jews, Roman Catho-
lics end Protestants, Each or
these writers is attempting to
give the reading public a formu-
la for achieving what men deep
down in their hearts want most,
namely, peace of mind or peace
of soul. Fundamentally this is
what Confucious sought. This is
what Buddha craved. Stoic and
Epicurean searched for it. Dante,
the medieval Christian, left Flor-
ence in quest for it.
Most present day writers on
this theme are schooled in psy-
chology and 'psychiatry. They
know bow the mind weeks. They
are doing something worthwhile
in helping people to think posi-
tively. Our complaint is that
much of this writing bespeaks
more familiarity with the work-
ing of the human mind than with
the mind that is in Christ Jesus.
It falls short of being redempt-
ive. Jesus said, "Peace I leave
with you, my peace I give unto
you: not as. -the world givetle
give I unto you. 'Vet not your
heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid.” 14:28. To inherit
real peace calls for a complete
surrender of ourselves to Jesus
Christ. He will work a miracle
in the life. The mere cultiva-
tion of good habits of thinking,
will fall. short of the goal. But
Jesus Christ in a moment will
dispel our fears andd
As we walk daily with Eire and
learn more i
y give
east ,ofir ttirr
peace
A vital experience of faith in
Jceue Christ who shed his blood
,ter „ps and, rese again the third
day as Lord over death will do
" more to bring peace than all the
best sellers on peace can pos-
sibly 'do. We need Jens Christ.
But we Must turn"-our lack on
our: sins_before He will enter our
heart to reign. He is the Prince
of.Peace.
.Jesus Christ is the Way to
heaven.. He is also the Way to
happiness in this life.
Drive With. Care
FROM BRITAIN Sir Harold
Caccia, who succeeds Sir Roger
Makin as British ambassador to
the United States, has presented
his credentials to. President'
Eisenhower.
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TINE ONTARIO 'SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED ChIldrert betiefiteCi to the eicietif of $1,525 tit lhe
Agricultural Winter Fair when a prized Jersey BON" 'ddriatect
Malson's Brewety Liniitedw Montreal, was auctioned Off and the proteedS turned over to the
Society, - Here, left to rightk are John Molsori, Carolyn kerro, who accepted" the money on be=
half of the Crippled Children, o'hci John Bulb, Toronto- the' parcheitih,