The Brussels Post, 1960-09-22, Page 3bulbs. Prainage is essential;
therefore, add some sand. Bulbs
must never be in soggy locations.
although most of them will ap-
preciate watering through the
dry spells of summer.
Set the bulbs with three to
five inches of soil above the
tops of most lilies, a little deep-
er for larger bulbs. One rule is
to have distance between the
Surface of the soil and the top
of the bulb equal twice the
height of the bulb,
Plant at least three of a kind
together for the best effect,
Space them a foot apart In ir-
regular clumps, not in a long
line. Groups of lilies in the bor-
der or for accents somewhere
else on the grounds ,can be very
effective and, add an air of dis-
tinction to the place,
For color include some of the
glowing autumn colors in the
Tecurved Mid-Century and, Fiesta
Hybrids and the deep reds of
the Bellingharns. Add the golds
of the upright Golden Chalice,
and pinks like Cameo and Coral
Hybrids or the deep rose-laven-
der Pink Perfection, one of the
Olympics.
One lily specialist gives -the
following list of "steps to suc-
cess with lilies":
1. Select and order your bulbs
early to be sure of getting the
desired varieties,
2. Select,planting locations in
full sun part shade according
to directions in the lily cata-
lOg'ue. (The pinks need more
shade and in sunny climates like
California most lilies need more
shade).
3. Make sure the drainage is
excellent. Inadequate drainage is
the most frequent cause of fail-
ures. (A fungus disease and bulb
rot.)
4. Prepare the soil in advance,
adding ample humus and sand.
Mix in a handful of bone meal
below where the bulb will rest.
5. Examine bulbs upon arrival.
If slightly limp or dried out,
place in-moistened peat moss for
several days.
6. Plant as soon as possible at
the depth stated on the directions
and firm the soil carefully. Water
liberally at once.
MUNN SCI1001
LESSON
ho did all the other lioteles along
the load, and aFt.pd if they hart
seen. Prince. Tim smiths
that they had imL,ed :.ern him
-their tone of voice indicating
that this chance ..1;) .f.i0.7A ara an 11.P.,;.,
grieved hound •dies them a world
Of good. They told Derrill he
could .forget about. Prince, that
the dog was being well cared
for. Derrill shrugged his ,howl-
(lets and forgot about Prince.,
The next night Prince slept in
the kitchen, the ,next in the front
ball, and the next he went up to •
the bedroom. And on Sunday
afternoon he rode out with them,
sitting up happily in the back
seat of their automobile, for a
little lunch in the back country,
beside a babbling 'brook in the
cool shade of a bosky dell.
This is something we never do
with Prince. The real reason is
simple enough. Prince, whose
family background runs to col-
lie; shepherd and presumption,
has some kind of mismatched
notion that he is chiefly a water
spaniel, So, Prince bounded
forth from the Smith
,exuberant at the prospects of a
picnic, and while they deployed
the sandwiches he went swim-
ming. He chased a few frogs,
and dove for some rocks in the
pool, and rolled in the mud, and
had a magnificent frolic, after
which he returned to the vehicle
and acted as if he wanted a ride
home again,
Some sort of intellectual . per-
ception, I believe, penetrated the •
kindly noggins of the Smiths at
this point, I think they caught
on. They managed to get Prince
onto the floor of the back seat,
wrapped in . wax paper and old
grain bags they found, and they
took turns holding him clown
while the other drove. They tied
him close to a tree on the front
lawn, rubbed him with an evil
soap, squirted him briskly with
the hose, and reduced him again
to a sweet-smelling object, Then
they tied the string high enough
so he couldn't lie down until he
dried, and went to bed. They
fed him daily until we got home,
and they were .glad to see us.
Prince was glad to see us, too.
He acted as. if the Smiths had.
been mean to him, and he was
happy to find, once again, some-
body he could trust and love.
The more dogs I see in action,
the more I think they've got a
good thing going, and know what
they're about.-by . John Gould
in the Christian Science Monitor.
Who/0 Viliage
Devoured By Ants
Who WorAin't W nt
A Do9's Life?
orie of the molter r.preattt-
;Ries ire this world is to be a dog,
end it seems as if mankind has
generally missed this fact. I tuts
derstand that in almost all lan-
pages and cultures to he called
a "dog" is considered dubious-
ly eemPliMentary. Yet, on every
band I observe the common
barnyard variety of deg, and he
seems to be making out, Take,
our old Prince, who is riding as
high as they come,
We went on a little trip for
ouraelves, as we like to do come
the milder weather, and we ar.
ranged for little Derrill across
the road to come by daily and
do the feiv chores we couldn't
otherwise forget. He was to give
my ducks a jorurn, and count
'them every morning, and also
was supposed to feed Prince.
Prince has no important eblig-
.atiens at this phase of his life,
except to eat, sleep, and worry
about the taxes, and this ar-
rangement is sufficient. We
never feed him but once a day
anyway, this being the recom-
mended interval for dogs, and as
he is a farm dog and adaptable
it doesn't matter if he's in pr out.
We leave that to him; when
we're around - if he wants to
come in we let him in, and if we
think he wants to stay out, we
accommodate ourselves accord-
ingly.
So we patted him on the fron-
tal lobe, told him to keep out of
the zinnias, and went, away.
The. next day Derrill came as
arranged, mixed up a big bowl
of sustenance, provender, and
nourishment, and set it under
the bridal wreath for Prince.
Derrill didn't see Prince around
anywhere, but this doesn't nec-
essarily mean anything, so *he
fed the ducks, too, and went
home.
The next day he came again,
and observed that the bowl of
food he had left was intact, that
the zinnias were erect, and that
Prince was still absent. He gave
the bowl of dogfood to the ducks,
who will eat anything, and mix-
ed. up a fresh one, so if Prince
returned he wouldn't have a
sour supper, and then after a
couple of such maneuvers Der-
rill shrugged his shoulders and
figured he wouldn't worry any
more about Prince until there
was a Prince to worry about.
Meantime, Prince had worked
the old pity-me-the-poor-dog,
racket by appearing at the
Smiths', up the road a half mile,
with a forlorn mien and hang-
dog look, appearing to be greatly
worried about conditions in gen-
eral, and indicating that every-
body was picking on him. The
Smiths, of course, knowing that
were away, leaped to the ignoble
conclusion that we had neglected
our animal, and had shoved off
for our own petty pleasures to
let the unfortunate brute shift
for himself in a cruel and heart-
less world. Prince, wiser than
anybody, made no effort to deny
this impression, and did every-
thing he could to further it.
They fed him.
Prince, now complete master
of the situation, reciprocated for
this bounty by laying his gray
old muzzle on knees, whimper-
ing a mite to express his grati-
tude, and giving the impression
that if it hadn't been for the
Smiths he wouldn't have known
what to do at all. He curled up
on a rubber mat in their breeze-
way, leaving one eye open so
they could see that he was alert
and attentive, and contrived to
look uncomfortable. The Smiths
thus fetched an old blanket and
spread it in a more fortuitous
spot, and by considerable per-
suasion were able to get Prince
so he'seemed more 'comfortably
disposed., He had it made.
At this point Derrill, disturb-
at the interruption in his agree-
ment, telephoned the Smiths, as,
• ..eiaittiste are Being dawn on
their hands and knee.: alts Frawl-
in;i about for iwurs ev.e-y day
in various parts of the world in •
new efforts to solve ant 'nyes
teries which have puzzled Twins
kind for centuries,
Tiny want to know where the
ant gets its apparently inex-
haustible supply of strength and
energy,
They want to learn more •
aboutb the language of ants -
the signs which they make with
their antennae,
They want to probe the Intel-
ligence of ants, remembering.
• that Charles Darwin called the
ant "the most marvellous atom
in the world next to the human "
brain."
Scletiee. already knows that
ants have little to learn from hu-
man beings about overcoming
obstaclee. For instance, a large
number of ants were once ob-
served crossing a stream by a
very narrow branch.
Systematically a number of
the ants clung to the branch and
to each other while the rent
crossed this widened bridge. Ants.
have also been photographed
building bridges with dry grass
and wood particles.
The ant's 'strength is amazing.
A tiny field ant can hold in her
jaws a weight 3,000 times -heavier
than herself.
This means that if a man had
proportionately the same
Rea. U. B. Warren,
Mleales View of True Religion
Micah. 4:14
In this lesson the Lord Is dray
matically represented as having
a controversy with Tlis people..
Ile calls the mountains and hilt!
as witnesses, He asks in whail
way He has injured them that
they should no longer serve Him,
Then He reviews His past deal.
trigs with them. He had brought
them out of Egyptian bondag4
and given them great leaders.14
had defeated the plans of Halaaat
and )3alak when they tried I')
bring a curse upon Israel,
In verses 6 and 7 there is a
shift in the dialogue and, the nap
lion personified is represented a.$
asking what they can do to satio
fy God. Does He require burnt
offerings? Or will He be ap-s
peased with thousands of rano
and rivers of oil? Or will Hie
require the offering in sacrifices
of their first-born sons? In other
words, can sacrifices or religious
observances take the place °a
goodness? There are still re-
ligious systems in which there le
little connection between ethics
and religion, A man may steal or
lie or practise gross immortality'„
but if he' discharges certain red
ligious obligations he Is in good
standing religiously. Such doe,
trine, though very pleasing to
the depraved human heart, le
utterly foreign to the Bible.
God's answer is used as our
memory selection. "He hafts. ),
shewed thee, 0 man, what
good; and what cloth the Load 4
require of thee, but to do justlya
and to love mercy, and to want
humbly with thy God?" Miceli
6:8. It is inscribed on a siattse i
representing religion in the Corral
gressional Library in Washing. i
ton. Here is a concise and pracet
teal statement. We must dtg
right. It isn't enough to hear that/
sayings of Jesus; we must cite
them, if we would build a housra
that will stand in the storm. OW
religion is not just a legal thini,
We must love mercy, We shall gdo
the extra mile. We shall love oust
neighbour as ourself. Even thit
good as it is, is not enough. Thers4
are many people who are kind
and straight in their dealina
who have not yielded their will
to God. We must walk humbler
with Him. Righteous and kind
conduct and humble devotion all
what God desires above all else
We can't buy our way to heaveos, • must OA nom again /3Y. MIPP -11p
Spirit of God that we may pleasit
God. Only as He controls our lifrea
are we practising true religion,
CONTENTMENT - Baby bunny nibbles his way through a
lettuce leaf. The little rabbit, lives in a London drain pipe.
THERM FRONT QJa~
• as else
'''„a•easeeXls
Michigan's cherry growers now
are shaking big problems out of
their trees. As mechanical hands
strip this 'area of cherries at the
rate of a tree every four or five
" minutes, the growers see pros-
perous days ahead.
I viewed this new mechanical
marvel on the '70-acre orchard of
the Fredricksons, Magnus and
his son James. The rain had just
stopped and the trees were far
too wet for hand picking. But the
tractor with its long-armed
shaker was wheeled in to go to
work.
Soon the ripe, red, tart cher-
ries were falling like rain into
the styrofoam-lined frames be-
low. Just as rapidly the same
cherries were rolling down the
slanted frames into a moving
belt- that carries the load into
a tank of cold water.
Within hours the cold, fire}„
as strong as it is in Michigan, the
unions will be coming soon."
• Said James Fredrickson on this
same subject: "With mechaniza-
tion we will be able to pay the
union salaries for the fewer peo-
ple we will be employing."
• • •
But what of the migrant labor-
er? Some 15,000 to 20,000 mi-
grant laborers are employed in
this northwest Michigan cherry
area alone. Will the picker work
a hardship on them? Undoubt-
edly. However, the farmers say
that increased industrialization"
in the South .and Southwest has
been making ita inereasingly diffi-
cult to get ;migrant workers,
writes Godfrey Sperling Jr. in
the Christian. 'Science Monitor,
The mechanical picker has
beerr a special boon to the Fred-.
ricksons. A portion of their trees
have grown very htgh, because
of particularly fertile soil. Mr-
grant workers have been slow to
mount the 20-foot ladders needed
for these trees. And the job on
these trees often came to $1 a lug,
which left little or no profit.
This need for a solution for
their high-tree problem led the
Fredricksons to become the first
Michigan farmers to use the
shaker.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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N a N
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M J. O O 3
That Yankee
Farm Surplus I
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NO3 Every man, woman and child
in the country owns $131 worth
of food that has been paid for but
which he is unlikely to ever see
or use. At least that represents
the value of his proportionate
share of America's mammoth
farm surplus.
If the stuff were equally dis-
tributed here's what a family of
five would get, according to a
report just issued by the Uhl-
mann Grain Co.:
70 bushels of wheat.
105 bushels of corn.
1;500 pounds of grain sorghum.
Five bushels of barley.
More than a bushel of soy-
beans.
That would mean some pretty
full pantries and fruit cellars. A
lot of us have forgotten hoW to
grind our own flour, bake our
own wheat bread.... Still, if we
could only find some way to get
,rid of our $131 worth it would
save the farmers a- lot of grief,
deprive the politicians of much
campaign fodder and save our-
selves about $500 million a year
in storage costs. - Milwattkee
Journal,
91 932104
OS Nssoirt;
2IVO CI3Z1 V99
ed cherries are in the hands of
the processors, Cherry Growers,
Inc., in Traverse City - carried
there by big tankers which also
play an important role in this
revolutionary way of handling
the cherry harvest.
* * *
Tart cherries are Michigan's
biggest fruit crop. Its annual
farm value is almost $10,000,000,
,half of the $20,000,000 tart-cherry
crop produced throughout the
United States. These figures in-
dicate how important this new
harvesting method is to the
whole agricultural economy.
Mechanical cherry picking is,
of course, only in its beginning
stages. Last year there were
six shakers in operation. This
year there are about 30 in all -
some hydraulic and others elec-
tric: Yet the farmers using the
shakers already are making them
a part of their economic plan-
ning. Testing and experiment go
on but the dreaming is over.
The mechanical cherry picker Is
here to stay.
How much does the, shaker
save? James Fredrickson puts it
this way: "Last week," he said,
"I kept figures on our costs. We
are also'working migrant labor-
ers as pickers and we were pay-
ing them about 60 cents a lug.
But with our shaker it was cost-
ing us about 15 or 20 cents a
lug. Now when you add :mother
10 cents for amortization on our
Machines well, the mechanical-
picking cost comes to about 30
cents a lug. That's about half."
Estimates given by the Univer-
sity Agriculture Extension Serv-
ice and United States Depart-
merit of Agriculture people put
the mechanical-picker saving at
one-third, Whatever the final fig-
ure proves to be, the saving is
considerable - a saving that
means` more profits for the far-
flier and, in time, lower prices
for the consumer.
C
Ordinarily the Fredricksons
use about 135 Migrant workers
for' their cherry crop. This year
they have 80 Migrant workers
and the one Machine. For operat-
ing the mecanical picker; local
employees are used. But Only five
to seven men are needed to keep..
the picker moving.
The fruit farmer feels that his
platter is 'Corning just at the right
'Moment a sees the labor prob.
lema among' the fruit workers
on the West coast and finds in
this,Picker solution for union.
As one fruit ekpert said
here: "Iii a state were labor is
dig
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4
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Each day sees one or more
Michigan fruit farmer paying a
visit here - to observe the Fred?
ricksons' shaker in operation.
"They're waiting until I perfect
my machine - get all the buts
out - before they buy one," the
senior Mr. Fredrickson laughs.
The picker could lead to the
cultivation of bigger trees with
bigger pay loads. It also has Its
own problems. Moving the con-
traption from tree to tree calls
for land that isn't too bumpy or
hilly. Also, the Fredricksons were
leaving about 10 per cent of the
cherries on the trees when the
picker first went to work, Now,
with the cherrie riper, the "left
behinds" come to about 3 per
cent. Hand pickers leave about
43/2 per cent on the trees or
on the ground, the Fredricksons
say.
Hand picking is cleaner, too,
bringing the Fredricksons' crop
test down about 1 per cent -
for each load. This means they
get a little less for their cher-
ries. But the bruising by the
shaker has not proved excessive.
UP WE GO - Work continues
on a new road between Aus-
tria . and Italy, replacing a
winding, dangerous highway.
This column, 240 feet high,
will help support a bridge.
strength in his jaws, he could
lift in his teeth 275 tons.
Driver ants of South America
travel in such strength that they
can obliterate everything before
them. These formidable ants
have been known to sweep a
native village - hastily evacu-
ated by its inhabitants - clean
of every living thing.
Some South American ants
sow seeds not in the ground but
in specially constructed hanging
gardens - structures made by
carrying soil into trees and press-
ing the soil together to form a
ball.
Modern study of ant life re-
veals that there are 8,000 dif-
ferent kind's of ants, most of
which are found in the tropics.
"When army ants set out on
the warpath, in well-organized
battalions, every living creature
goes in fear of them," says a
naturalist. "Ants have been
known to kill huge snakes such
as the horned viper in a few
minutes, the horde covering
every portion of the reptile's
body."
An Australian woman reports
that after she had killed soldier
ants which had attacked her
baby she Saw two ants carrying
an ant corpse, followed by two
ethers acting. as mourners. About
200 ants brought up the tear and
dug holes fot this and other
dead ants in a sandy hillock.
Sage grouse are the biggest of
all grouse, with the males some-
times weighing about eight
pounds and reaching a length of
Over 25 inches.
CATTY-CORNERED - Cat lover Nan Cotton plays with a few;
of her 57 pet cats at her home in Telscombe, Sussex, Englancts
Officials have ordered her to get rid of all but 10. She soya
les "like asking a mother to choose which of her children V.
send to the guillotine." •
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31. Father and mother
33, Is stationary
19. Remote 36. Shouts 37, Walks in water 19. Arrived 90. Search 41. Support 92. Prefix meaning bad 93. Man's nickname 44, Ordinance 47. Sap. drama
6. Moreover
CROSSWORD S. T ool for • 7, Myself
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DOWN 19, Lad 20. DeSires 1. Minced dish 22. Cabinets for 2. Mental image Palters 1. Moat costly 23. Gaunt 4. Protective 24 Wise man
garment 25. Corn spikes
6. Energetic 22, Poker stake person 27. Braces
ACROSS I. Secreted 4. First Man 3, Masticate12 Atherican linittorist 13. Johnnycake. 14. Ree'ri home 15. Ocean 16. Rosy . 17. Mark Of omission 11.-Port 20. StockIngi'„,.14; Cl.EtarnitY 22 Woodlanda 25. Not exacting 27. Player of the bagpipe_.23. Rxelareion ' 29. Tnsect 10. Briainena deals St. Porker. 12. Football „, , poSition (ab.j 113. Secret agentS 14, Temple „ 35.1)13/S16ns of a battlefront 37 Arnied iteStilitY Expression et atigest 12, Gentle Pat 42: Witteri Pide .44 ..BOY .41 Lacelike fabric' 46. Having „ retired „, 47. APPelltal0111 ,43, Supper 4949. Mlnu
Cr. Irintider'' Obligati -ea
Best Time For
Planting Bulbs
It you are developing Velver
borders that demand very little
care, you are planning to add
more lilies. Most lilies are easy
to grow, Ordinary garden toil,
if well drained, will do for most
of the new "vigorous hybrids,
Once planted they can remain
in the same location for yeara.
The autumn months of Sep-
tentber, October, and Novenmber
are the best times to plant lilies,
Bulbs ordered now will prob-
ably be shipped immediately.
Unlike daffodil and tulip bulbs,
they shotticl be kept motet and
planted a§ soon as possible after
arrival. The fleshy scales and
litre. roots should net dry out,
Dig the soil deeply, arid in-
corporate 'dried lnannta or com-
post Well below the level Of this,
5 2 1 7 9 10 11
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15 16 .17
19 19 20
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20' 2 27 25
19 30 31 NOT PUTTY'S 3013
When you rePlaee a windows
Pane, remember' that putty is not
Meant to held the glass in. Thetis
the job of the little 'Metal tris
angles called glazier's Points.
Putty is designed to keep out
moisture and 'drafts, 1#e Stitt to
Ohne the Sash before applying
pitttY Or -glazing Compound, to
eitaute, best adhesion Of the put-
tar Of glazing etentiotinct.
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letred bull is considered sacred by Hindus, hi Beta Cdikniii
Maldyd, the fifth leg brows- trtati lilt bask, and givet hirra 0,ta
trouble,
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