The Brussels Post, 1957-08-21, Page 3.. .
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MOO-YE, PLEASE—Barbara Rhodes, four, looks a bit disgusted
with the "cow" that's holding up her train. bossy will be all
right, however, as the electric train stops automatically when
something touches the tracks. The realistic railroad situation
was demonstrated at the Toy Guidance exhibit,
IMAM FROND
The sun pleads not guilty to
Musing, those brown spot; eov-
wing local lawne. As a matter
fad, it is the hungry white
grubs, the larvae ref June betties,
vhieli are responsible.
In certain years, lawns' and
large areas of turf such as golf
rourse fairways are sometimes
very badly damaged. While the
grubs eat the roots and other
underground parts the adult
beetles feed on the leaves of
many broad-leaved trees and
sometimes strip the leaves from
the shrubs and raspberry bushes.
Outbreaks of white grubs have
occurred in many parts of On-
tario every third year for many
years,
White grubs require three
Years to complete their life cy-
cle and, while it is poseible to
find all stages in any one year,
the greatest majority of the in-
sects in most sections of Ontario
will follow this pattern: Jane
beetles emerged from the soil
during the latter part of May
.and early June in 1956, except
in an area along Lake Ontario
from Oshawa to Burlington and
the Niagara Peninsula. In this
section emergence took place in
1955 and, the cycle is, therefore,
one year ahead of other parts
of the province with overlapping
where the two brood areas meet,
The beetles flew in huge num-
bers, taking to the air at 'dusk
-and feeding and mating on the
foliage of trees and shrubs, At
the first sign of daylight they
sought out grassy areas, weedy ▪ places, and uncultivated land
and burrowed into the soil,
where the females laid their
eggs.
These eggs hatched in a few
weeks and the young grubs fed
an decaying vegetable matter
And the roots of living plants.
In the fall they went deeper into
the soil and remained there dur-
ing the winter. In the spring of
1957 as the soil warmed up, they
name up to within inches of the
turface and fed ravenously dur-
ing the whole of the growing
mason on the roots of plants.
They do the greatest amount
of damage during this period of
their life cycle.
In the fall, they will go down
in the soil and pass the winter,
LUCKY—If the expression "Lucky
7" means anything, Michael
Rogers, 1, who's happy these
days just riding his hobby
horse, might someday take a
ling at betting the horses. The
youngster has a long line of
7's. He was born on the 7th
day, of the 7th , month, at 7
a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 7
ounces. He's the 7th grandchild
en the paternal side and the
/th grandchild on the maternal
tide.
Lots In A Name
If you're a proud father or
mother trying to choose a name
for your child, take warning
from the clergyman who has
been pointing out some of the
snags you are likely to "encoun-
ter.
"One special point to watch
is the resultant initials if they
happen to build up a word," he
says. "For instance, if your sur-
name begins with a 'T' it is a
handicap to christen the girl
Cynthia Anne."
He also warns parents about
choosing outlandish names. He
was once asked to name a child
Jubilee, but refused to do so.
.The parents had chosen it be-
cause it was the name of a zoo
chimpanzee..
A few years ago a Lincolnshire
vicar warned parents that he
would not christen a Child
Florrie or Harry. The correct
names, he pointed out, were
Florence and Henry. Another
vicar bans such names as Bob
or Meg, explaining that the pro-
per baptismal form is Robert or
Margaret.
Elizabeth, Anne, Susan and
Mary are aniong the most popu-
lar girls' names being chosen
this year. Names with the gla-
mour of poetry, Helen, Beatrice,
Laura and Geraldine, are also
growing in popularity. For boys,
Charles, John, William and Da-
vid are steady favourites with
James and Richard as close
runners-up.
An awkward situation can
arise when parents disagree
about the names of their off-
spring. When this happens in
some Hindu families, two lamps
are lit. One is given the name
favoured by the father and the
other that favoured by the mo-
ther. The baby is named after
the lamp that burns longer.
It is perhaps the contrast, a
pleasant and charming combina-
tion of,the new end the old, that
makes Quebec t h e tourist's
mecca.
than on . the basis. a price per
pound. 4' *
Wltill It good, bird and good
feed, correct management factors
make a profitable enterprise. LI
management, a d equate and
proper feeding, and watering are
probably the most neglected. Ley,
lag hens should be provided with:
About six inehe$ of hopper space
per bird.. Feed hoppers should be
designed so that there is. a MK-
Muni of feed wastage, Studies
have shown that feed wastage
may run as high as 25 per cent
if the feed hoppers are gilled too
full. Good judgment in handling
feed is of' great importance in
improving feed .efficiency,
Jolly Argonaut '
Millionaire Greek shipowner
Aristotle Socrates. Onassis, 51,
welcomed Greta Garbo, 51, hack
to Monaco with a blare, a blast,
and a blaze. When Miss Garbo
stepped off a train from Paris
in Monte Carle, a crimson-coated
band compelled the waltz from
"La Honaree," a big bouquet of
red roses was handed to her, and
a turbaned Arab salaamed and
escorted her to a waiting Cadil-
lac, Arriving at her high-walled
Villa Le Roe, she was hailed
with a siren, blast from Onassis's
1,700-ton luxury yacht. Christina,
anchored in Monaco's harbor.
Then, as 'she relaxed en her ter-
race, Roman candles and rockets
blazed skyward; the piece d'oc-
casion was a rocket that dropped
a paper blue and white flag of
Onassis's Olympic Maritime Co.
"That Onassis is some prank-
ster," said one Monegasque,
"But Miss Garbo's nerves are
jangled."
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BOSS IS ,CALLING
Canadian Executives are now
being offered pocket-size paging
sets that can be made to buzz
by radio control, reports The
Financial Post. One system has
450 individually-coded sets that'
can be made to work up to 880
yards away from a central oper-
ator. A second system, with lon-
ger range, has 3,235' separate call
signals. •
Canadian agricultural officials
actively engaged in campaigns
to control warble flies in cattle
no doubt will agree with the con-
clusion reached at an inter-
national conference in France
last year on warble fly control
in Europe. S
After reviewing reports from
the 17 European countries rep-
resented, a summary of the meet-
ing stated:
'Reports from the various
countries justifies the view that
nearly everywhere there exist
practical means of action and
effective treatments. • . . yet
everywhere considerable diffi-
culties arise whenever these
methods have to be put into prac-
tice and applied systematically
and generally".
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The meeting, in Paris, was Or-
ganized by the European Produc-
tivity Agency, a branch of the
Organization for European Econ-
omic Cooperation (OEEC), which
has 'adopted as a project the
preparation of an up-to-date re-
view of animal , disease control
'In Western Europe.
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Thirty representatives from
the member countries attended
the conference and presented
reports and estimates on their
respective losses due to warble
fly infestation in cattle, the ex-
tent of the infestation and the
control methods employed. Total
annual losses due to warbles in
these countries were estimated at
$77 million, made up of $8% mil-
lion in damage to hides and
$68% million due to reduted
production of meat and milk,
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There was great variation in
the extent of warble fly infes-
tation shown as a percentage of
the cattle population affected.
Estimates ranged from less than
one per cent in Denmark, Nor-
way and Sweden to as high as
30 per cent in France, Italy and
the United. Kingdom. The three
Scandinavian countries reported
effective control of the insect to
the point where losses were not
of economic importance. Ten
countries reported special legis-
lation in effect, in •seine countries
for as' long as 30 years. Eight of
the ten required compulsory
treatment of infested cattle, but
apart from the Scandinavian
countries most reported legisla-
tive measures as not effective—
that they were not strictly ap-
plied and gradually fell' into
disuse.
TWO countries reported results
of warble fly control campaigns
somewhat similar to those ter-
tied out in Ontario, Veterinary
Official§ in the United Kingdom
made a survey of, all cattle on
the Isle Of Wight for three
cessive years, 1954-55-56, As a
result of 'three years. treatment
(a darns or rotenone solution an-
plied with a stilt brush to the
Warble larvae in the backs of the
cattle) the percentage of the ooO
odd herds ori the Island contain-
frig cattle infested with warbles
Was reduced from 73 pet tent iii
1054 to I per cent in 1055. The
percentage of infested animals
was reduced trent 16.2. per tent
to 1.9, and the ittithber of warbles
per infested animal from 10-011.,.
to 14 rarely 3.
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in a similar test in the prtWr--
ince of Luxembourg, Belgium,
also using a rotenone dressing,
on 200,000 infested cattle, the av-
erage percentage of infestation
had fallen from 55 to 35 per cent
and the number of warble larvae
per animal from 42 to 7,2. Fol-
lowing the Luxembourg province
test carried on in 1952-53-54, the
Belgian government passed a law
In February, 1955, providing for
compulsory free treatment of
warble fly larvae in cattle
throughout the country. This in-
volved inspection in 1955 of
3,500,000 animals and treatment
of 550,000 found to be infested.
The program is planned to cover
a period of five to six years.
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Feed efficiency is a measure
of the pounds of feed required
to produce a pound of product.
All factors that enter into the
determination of this character-
istic meet be cOnsidered 1, marl.
mum returns are to be obtained
from the poultry enterprise.
The main factors to consider in
measuring feed efficiency are
breeding, feeding, and manage-
ment. * * *
The feed required for main-
tenance is highly correlated with
body weight. Thus for maximum
efficiency the egg producer must
have a relatively small bird. A
four-pound bird laying 200 eggs
per year will require about 74
pounds of feed whereas a six-
pound bird laying at the same
rate will require about 94 pounds.
Thus the lighter birds require
about one pound of ¢feed pei
dozen eggs less than the heavier
birds if both lay at the same rate.
This represents a substantial sav-
ing. 4' * •
The type of ration also plays
an important role in feed effi-
ciency. Rations containing large
amounts of corn, wheat, and
some animal tallow, are coming
into common use. These are re-
ferred to as high energy rations
and are more efficient for egg
production than low energy
rations. These high energy
rations usually cost more per
pound but because they 'are more'
efficient the cost per unit of pro-
duction may be less than for
low energy rations, Feed should
be purchased On the basis of
cost per unit'of production rather
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f4IINDAY S 6
LUSON
White OrtibSy Not Drought
Ruining Lawns
Camping 13y A1.0
Pengu.in Rookery
I know of twthing more fas-
dilating 'than to watch these
rookeries of king penguitie, and
I spent many day: among there
attractive birds, . camping near
the rookery. .%
As one drives along the smooth
sandy beach, crowded with sea.
elephants basking in the sun-
shine, .one comes upon small
groups of king penguins, often
with gentoos, which have wan-
dered away from the great rook-
ery. The birds get thicker on the
ground as one approaches the
colony, whiCh is a quite remark-
able sight, The whole area is
littered with penguins pottering
peacefully about in little bunches
ar.Waddliag in. Indian file. From
a distance these upright bipeds
in their black-end-white
forms' look_ extraordinarily like
a crowd of human beings as
tightly pecked as the fashionable •
sunbathers on the beach at
Juan-les-Pine,
I shall. always' remember my
first morning in the penguin
rookery at Cape Itatmenolf. We
had pitched our camp a little
way off, near a quiet and pleas-
ant tarn. When I crawled out of
my tent in the early morning I
WO surprised to find myself
face to face, or rather nose to
beak, with two splendid king
penguins, who were • standing
just outside the door and looked
as if they were wondering what
could possibly live in such an
extraordinary dwelling, They
did not seem in the least put
out by my appearing so unex-
pectedly, but gravely looked me
ly By/. R, aprripy
8.A,, 13.P.
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galena, t4 'Win fan Who 14lit
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Samuel 1'941, 20-2S
reining op again in the spring.
of 1958, At that time the grubs
will feed for a very short time
Only, and then change to beetles,
Theee beetles, lieweVer, will re*
main in the soli until the spring
of 1959.
The cycle will then be com-
plete; 'heavy flights will again
take place and a new genera-
tion will be started.
Land which was Under culti-
vation during the beetle flight
in 1956 did not offer suitable
egg-laying places, However,
where cultivation was not pos-
sible, such, as on lawns, fair-
ways, ' parks and pastures and
where chemicals were not ap-
plied 'directly to the soil it is
-peeeible. that severe injury may
Recur, during the summer of
1957. •
Horticultural Societies are of-
fering the following advice
to lawn owners to help protect
their grass; Apply one of the
following materials to 500 sqdare
feet of lawn surface: Five per-
cent Aldrin, dust or granular—
one-and-a-half pounds; five per-
cent Chlordane, dust or granu-
lar—two-and-a-half pounds; five
percent Dieldrin, granular—one-
and-a-half pounds; two-and-a-
half percent Heptachlor, dust or
granular—three pounds.
Spread material evenly and
wash thoroughly into the turf
with the sprinkler immediately
after application. Any one of the
above materials should control
white grubs in a lawn for a per-
iod of three years. Wettable
powders or emulsions of the ma-
terials listed above may also be
used. Follow the manufacturer's
directions as stated on the con-
tainer,
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14etnory Seleetiou: I wilt ow
thee ply vOul, which my 14ii
have uttered, and my mouth
bath spoken, when I was $4
trouble. rsalm 0:15-14. '4`
The results of polygamy have
always been evil. Rivalry and
jealousy between wives is in,
evitahle, Hannah was taunted
by Elkanah's other wife be-
cause she had no children.
Hannah prayed fervently. She
vowed, "0 Lord of hosts, if thou
wilt indeed look on the affliction
of thine handmaid, and remeln-
ber me, and not forget thine
handlnaiel,but wilt give unto
thine handmaid a man
then. I will give him unto the
Lord' all the days of his life."
}der prayer was answered. The
child .was named Samuel be-
cause, as Hannah said, "I have
asked him of the Lord." Hannah
kept her vow, As soon as Samuel
was weaned which was probably
at the age of two or three she
took him to Shiloh and.presented
him to the Lord. She said to Eli
the priest, "For this child I have
prayed; and the Lord hath given
me my petition which I asked
of Him; therefore also I have
lent him to the. Lord; as long as
he liveth he shall be lent to the
Lord."
Every xear Hannah accom-
panied Or husband to the house
of the Lord to offer the yearly
sacrifice. Each year she took
Satnuel a little coat. Eli, the
priest, blessed Elkanah and Han-
nah and Hannah had three more
sons and two daughters.
' How happy we should be if
our children are serving the
Lord. This is more important
than wealth or fame,
Luther and Annie Peck, hum-
ble and devout Methodists in
Connecticut; were married in
1757. Into this home came five
sons and six daughters, all of
whom were given to the"" fiord
in an everlasting covenant. All
eleven children found the Lord
and were members of a Method-
ist's class of which the father,
a blacksmith, was leader. All
five sons became Methodist
preachers. The youngest was for
many years a bishop of the
Methodist Church.
May we parents be worth
examples beftlie our children
May we be such radiant Chris-
tians that our Ciiildren may seek
and serve the Saviour who is
all in all to ual
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NICE RECEPTION—Joan Adams,
23, a receptionist, was Nevada's
choice to represent the state in
the Miss Universe contest. Joan
won over 13 other entrants, and
the reason could be in the sta-
tisticss 5 feet 7 inches tall, 118
pounds, 36-23-36.
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FOUNCt, A HOME:. "Thomas," a. lost bCtfairebln, has a new
"papa`] e 'five-yeahold Jamie. MeKinley;-:Who found the tiny
bird cAff: fielr:Pronir ci:InesI•near his home... Jamie's parents
hove SleVelit7 alia,Ut/$1,-.9(:day foli Wen-ill's to feed "Thomas, who,
although able to fly noW;refuses to rejoin his feathered friends.
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
7, Draft animal 55. Lifelike
8. Oauzy fabric 40. Mucilae
9. Private 41. Particle
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teacher 43. " in
1,0. Making , Wonderland"
hinends 45, Having cut
11.. Tumor grass ...
14. House pet 47, Call forth
17. Point 48. Itornah date
2L Put on 50. 111hcountered
24. Article 53. After the
25.1%, alter of manner of
Ibbelstuffs 54. Source of
29. Hesitate ' Maple sirup''
28, Perish 58. Light broW a So. Hard *cod r7. No.t bright 12. Still 59, IrOr
34. The girl I 1. Moth 1'1
up and down with dignified
curiosity and did not take to
their heels when I approached,
but just moved off enough to
keep a proper distance from me.
Nearby, several 'others were
standing in the tarn taking their
morning bath,, their *regal figures
reflected in the still water
against a handsome background
of hills which glowed pink in
the morning sun. It was a very
beautiful picture, a vision of
peace in a Garden of Eden,
where all was quiet and har-
monious and nature was still
asleep.
The whole beach, the shores
of the tarn and the grasslands
stretching inland were covered
with thick clusters of birds chat-
tering together in little parlia-
ments of Fowls or marching sol
emnly behind their leaders in
single file to and from the sea.
Their Movements seemed to be
quite -deliberate. They behaved
as if they knew exactly what
they were doing, conversing like
human beings, stopping to wait
for one another, starting off
again and changing their course,
not by chante, but with a fixed
purpose: This huge " population
of seemingly rational and well-,
- behaved citizens' appeared to
live in a 'perfectly organized
society whiCh unfortunately
we do not understand,,.
Curiosity' seems to be their
chief passion, While I Was walk-
ing, they' seethed a little wor-
„tied by my size, but when I
stopped and sat down, they came
up Slowly and cautiously, a few
steps at a tithe, stopping to talk
the matter over, and then rhev-
ing e little teeter, until in the
end they were only an arm's
length away in an admiring cir-
cle Of uptight little figures in
elegant and spotless white shirt
fronts, But their friendly' curi-
Osity Was always reserved and
they never took any liberties.
When I• stretched Mit a hand,
they retreated Modestly,
tabling their dignity and taking
care always to be eircumspett
and a little distant,—Vroin "Thin
Edge of the World,” by Andre
Migot.
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