The Brussels Post, 1960-10-13, Page 3NPAISC11001
LESSON
September Blows
Are Ancient Stuf
As an old specialist in the field
01 meteorological disturtquices,
should like to protest in ere
strongest manner the recent
usurpation of power by the Ci
vilian Defense! Let them have
the wars and rumours of wars-,
but let the line storms clonal •
As is now historical, Hurricane*
Donna passed across the Stale
of Maine on the 12th of Sep-
tember, Without belittlin' the.
event in its entire movement,
can report that .in our present
Area it consisted of a stout blow,
some much-needed rain) and
little else, Once in' a while one
of • these storms will hold up
long enough to give us, here, a
memorable time, and no disre-
spect is intended. But usually
the things pretty much blow
themselves out on the way,
And, of course, we used to get
these September blows in ye
olden times before the modern
arts were invented. There was
a solid opinion, probably now
known as a "folk" affair, that
the sun, in "crossing the line" at
the autumnal solstice, set up
some kind of disturbance which
produced an expectable storm.
This was the "line storm." It
would come sort of "around"
the average weeks in mid and
late September, It is interesting
that The Old Farmer's,. this
year, picks two line-storm pos-
sibilities - one .spell betweei,
the 8th and 13th, another b,2-
tween the 27th and 30th. The
solstice comes on the '22nd.
The difference between then
and now consists, I suppose, of
the radio warnings. Long ago,
nobody much realized that a
storm which hit Floridy was the
same storm that later lashed
the coast of 'Maine. This time,
Donna was traced in her curi-
ous windings all the way, and
the radio announcers began back
et the "Leeward Islands,".
are of course the Loo'ards of
antique Maine lore. A progres-
sive anxiety and fright accumu-
lated, and by the time Donna
got up here nobody .was talking
about anything else, and every-
body was walking looking over
his shoulder.
CORNY --Four-year-old Johnny
Funk needs a stepladder to
reach the top of 10-foot-tall
stalks of corn on his father's
farm.
do not know for sure which
better.
Thinking back On these e9Mee
what uncouth affairs, i believe
that they played a larger part
in the development of our sec-
tion of the country than any-
one realized. et the time.
From "Western Story; The Re-
collections of Charley O'Kietle,
1884-1898."
Danish. Fields Of
Oats And Barley
In Denmark wheat still has
something aristocratic about it,
it is of foreign extraction; the
rye is a fellow-countryman,
sturdy and nordic.
Yet rye was not our ancestors'
first food: barley was older, it
could go further north, it ripen-
ed even with short summers;
barley is the grain which is
harvested first. They ate barley
as a porridge, they called it
grad, that means coarse-ground;
and it is not so long since bar-
ley broth was still the daily
food of country people.
There is no lovelier sight than
when the barley stands in the
field recently eared: a sign of
early summer, the low fields
soft in the straw and with
docile, drifting motion in the
wind, which is accentuated by
the long beards on the ears.
Barley is froth-green with a
silky sheen in the sunlight, with
a eat's rubbing, loving motion;
no sound comes from a barley
field, so soft is the barley when
wind and sun caress it.
HYDRO RURAL SERVICE
Ontario Hydro operates more
than 47,000 miles of distribution
line - almost enough to girdle
the equator twice - to serve
nearly half a million rural cus-
tomers.
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DANCE IN HER PLANTS - This Indian girl is dancing in order to
"excite" plants Into growth at the laboratory of botanist T.C.N.
Singh In Pondicherry, India. The scientist says plants thrive on
music and even respond to the rhythms of the classical dance
the girl performs for her leafy audience. Dr. Singh, working on
Increasing India's food production, says sang-and-dance treated
plants are hardier and grow thicker. But (like humans) they can
be-killed by overexposure to one tune.
Birth of a cyclonic storm occurs when, for some reason not completely understood,
- a very large mass of warm air rises at one time. Relatively colder air rushes in
beneath. Spin of the earth deflects this great mass of air, the typical spiral forma. ,
'lion of a hurricane begins to form, and the storm travels in direction of prevailing
winds. Storms spin counterclockwise north of the equator; clockwise to the south.
So long as'the storm has a supply of water and very humid air, it can perpetuate
A Itself. Once it moves over land the chain is broken and the storm dies eventually,
'ICritoWd gi ininteinop, _tropical cyclones Or typhoons, the vast don't Storms which plague mankind annually form ,in the, "doldriutIV a relatively.narrow region north and south ,'of the entiator. This itinoSplierld belt, an area of. liht winds; risirit"
,Warnio moist,, air and freqUerit rain, , and tlintiderstortfiS, shifts back and. forth
across the equator, with the changing Settaorik and Storing 'hitt On lit outer Malta.' Nett,iiitatt kicited font general ,regiOns in which stOrras fin*, and arrows iudlcata
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A typical example is the
grower in the London area sell-
ing Macs, green hard unedible
Macs, for 60 cents a basket when
more matured spot picked Macs
would easily bring the 85 cents
suggested by the committee at
that time. * A *
In the Toronto area, where a
healthy market for Wealthies at
75 cents a basket prevailed,
growers were selling freely for
55 cents. At the same time, the
larger packers were unable to
buy enough Wealthies at $2.25-
$2,35 a bushel bulk in Ontario,
so were turning to the U.S. for
supplies. • *
Growers offering a low price
became so plentiful by Labour
Day that the Wealthy market
broke to 65 cents even to the
major outlets. The grower rep-
resentatives in the marketing
program are still convinced that
what they are doing is of bene-
fit to the grower. Howevet, they
are beginning to \vender if the
weekly trips to Toronto at their
own expenee are worth while, in
face of all this evidence of lack
of grower support. One spokes-
roan suggested that perhaps a
return to _the prices of two years
ago, 38 to 45 cents a basket, was
the only way to find out if grow-
ers want this program.
• *
Amendments to Canada's fruit
and vegetable regulations have
been made effective.
Most significant &ICS deal
with potatoes. Greater Uhl:forth-,
ity in eize.of potatoes, especially"
for those sold in defialliter-size
packages weighing less than 24
pounds, is to be 'enforced, Size
lift-tits are specified for both
round and long varieties.
Seriously inieshapett potatoes
are to be exclude cl froth Canada
. No 2: grade. However, a slightly
larger proportion of below Mini,
mien site potatoes' in both NO. 1
and No. 2 gradeS and proper=
tiehatelY htbre petate68. With hot=
le* hearts in Canada NO, 1
Large grade Will be permitted. s
Provisions dealing, with var
oils type of damage in potateet,
such as Maturity,: cleanliness
Apple growers are their own
worst foes, according to an arti-
cle in the latest issue of The
Grower which goes on to say:
The Apple. Marketing pro-
gram being conducted jointly by
the Apple Section of the O.F. &
V.G.A. and the Ontario Apple
Packers Association, is travers-
ing troubled waters. The pro-
gram, which was so successful
in stabilizing prices and in-
crease grower returns last win-
ter, is experiencing problems
from the people it was designed
to help - the growers them-
selves. • * *
The Committee handling the
program, recognizing that the
Apple crop is down from last
year, have tried to establish
prices on summer apples that
will return the grower a decent
profit. By and large, the trade
have recognized that the pricing
was realistic and has co-oper-
ated well. Unfortunately many
growers are just using the pro-
gram as an. umbrella and are
selling 'freely for less money.
This practise had become so
wide spread, by the first week of
September, that a number of
the large buyers were openly
questioning the marketing com-
mittee price policy. These peo-
ple pointed out that they could
buy all sorts of apples for less
money.
and sprouting have been rede-
fined to bring potato grade stan-
dards more in line with the
housewife's demands.
* 4,
R, E. Goodin, Assistant Direc-
tor, Field. Crops Branch, Ontario ,
Department of Agriculture sum-
marized the potato situation in
Canada as of September 12th, as
follows:
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:
Severe dry weather for several
weeks. Growers and trade esti-
mate potato yields will be down
at least 30 to 50% below last
year. In fact, it may he one of
the lowest yields in history.
Many fields are already reaching
maturity. If rain does come soon,
second growth may develop in
late planted crops.
NEW BRUNSWICK: Much the
same, only to a lesser extent -
some blight - more early mar-
keting this year.
MAINE: Acreage up, but aver-
age yields likely to be lower.
Some rain last week; some blight
- dry matter low.
MANITOBA: Lower yields -
more storages, Manitoba has
made more progress with pota-
toes in the last five years than
any other province.
from the above, it would seem
that prospects look favourable
for higher potato prices, especial-
ly if potatoes are not bootlegged
from Maine and the Red River
Valley. In fact, present low prices
are not justified, they seem to be
based largely on dealers' threats
of imports; even though only
limited quantities are arriving,
and available supplies are not
plentiful. Growers and trade
should, therefore, be encouraged
to store high' quality potatoes.
Ontario needs more potato stor-
ages. Ontario also needs more
potatoes to supply local demands
for seed and table stock, together
with an expanding available
market for potato processing.
Dee-bating
In Olden Days
In a community made up
largely of sod houses and a
sprinkling of dugouts, nearly all
of them well filled with chil-
dren, it was natural for most of
the social, cultural, and religious
activity to centre in Fairview
schoolhouse. Lots of things took
place within those hornet-daub-
ed walls, most of them in the
winter. I do not recall ever
finding the schoolhouse door
locked - anyone could enter
it any time. (You see we had
no vandals in those days - and
supposing one had come along,
what was there for him to van-
dalize? I suppose he could have
chopped up the benches for
fUel, but nothing like that ever
happened.) The only thing that
Was not held in the schoolhouse
were dances,.because there was
no room between arid around
the heavy desks for dancing, es-
pecially the active variety we
did.
But it was the Literary and
Debating Society that put the
crowning touch to our cultutal
activities. The Society meetings
alternated on .Friday nights -
one would be Literary and the
next Dee-bate: Because we had
so few books,,, anything which
might be suitable for a number
on the Literary program was
eagerly sought after and pre-
served; acid When a performer
could not pick up a hew piece
somewhere he Would give one he
had "inherited," We had nci
sheet Music or song sheets,
songs were learned by listening
to someone else sing their; and
as there were few Inueicel in.
strurnents around, all Sieging
teas done unaccompanied. Same
nights a number or two would
be rendered by s o iiz e fiddler
With better than the Mill ran
of talent; Once itt a blue noon,.
brother Ab would perforin Oh
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IV Rev, R, Rarclay Warren
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Our Trust in God
Psalm 121
Memory Selection; My liel0
cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth, raal0
12142,
Psalms 91 and 121 have
brought untold comfort to multi,-
tildes throughout the centuries.
The Duke of Argyll, when Gov-
ernor General of Canadse
thought of Psalm 121 when he
viewed the Rockies, He arranged
the words for singing as we have
them in most of our hymnbooks.
As the pilgrims approached
Jerusalem they were halepie
when, on looking up, they could
see the city set upon a hill, Here
was the temple and the ark of
the covenant. Here, God, from
the mercy seat, granted frogive-
ness to Israel and gave assur-
ance of His. Divine care over His,
people. The Psalmist, as he
meditates upon this exclaims,
"My help cometh from the Lord."
In whom can we trust but in
God. The captain of the Titanic
thought she was unsinkable and
rejected the suggestion of chang-
ing direction to miss the ice
fields. Belgium found in 1914
that the document guaranteeing
her protection from warring
neighbouring armies was only a
scrap of paper, In 1939 France
found that her great Maginot
line was insufficient.
Never before in the history of
the world have the nations beet
more consicious of their inserter.
ity. The Atlantic Ocean no henget
affords us protection from the
devastation of war should it
break out on another continent
Happy are those people who car
say of the LORD, "He is my ret
uge and fortress: my God; it
him will I trust." This is a collie
dente that holds in the midst 0(
affliction, disaster and approach
ing death. Enemies may destrol
the body but they cannot kil
the soul. No matter how adverse
the circumstances, "We knot
that all things work together fo
good to them that love God, t
them who are called according
to his purpose." We need such t
faith today.
ins mouth organ; and now and
then someone would give a se-
lection on the jew's-harp.
On Dee-bate nights the older
men and women took part, and
some of them did quite well,
Old Man Wasmund, by virtue of
his standing in the community,
was always presiding officer,
and after the question for de-
bate had been selected, the folks
would choose up sides. I can
recall but one of the many sub-
jects debated - "Resolved: that
pursuit is better than posses-
sion." Never did find out who
won - in fact, even to this day
DONNA WAS HERE - Strong winds lifted this
a neighbor. The scene is typical of the trouble
the eastern seaboard. People's humor came th
left shows by playing along with a photograph
house trailer in Miami and banged it against
caused by Hurricane Donna in Florida and along
rough the storm, however, as "strong man" at
er's gag.
4 wasn't brought up that way.
The line storm, even without
ladle, didn't strike without
warning, In the first place, it
was. September and you expect-
ed one. Then, there would come
a day known as a "breeder," It
could be the loveliest day of
the year - clear, bright air,
trifle unseasonably warm per-
haps, and a fairly quiet wind,
Te proof that this had been a
"breeder" would come On the
morrow, when light, high clouds
Would till in, and the vane
would move slowly into the
northeast. It would rain before
evening, but a soft rain; and then
the wind would gather and you'd
hear the lilac bush slapping the
kitchen wall, You would get a
veering to south later, and the
whipping warm winds and pelt-
ing rain of the line storm. Some-
body would always say, "A sou-
therly blow never lasts but a
few hours. . . ."
One of my earliest recollec-
tions is of my mother hauling
on weather gear to go forth
into a line storm, She liked to
walk out in it. There came that
first year of memory when I
teased to go along, and was
bundled up go join her. Clasp-
ing hands, we. pushed into the
Wind, heard the limbs above us
lashing the sky, and felt the
driving wet on our faces, Mother
still loves the storms, and will
pull her chair to the weather
window and sit sewing patch-
work with the rain splashing
the glass at her elbow,
I can remember, that night,
how I went to bed with my face
all a-tingle from the outdoors,
and listened to the beating the
shingles were getting, and
heard the old timbers of the roof
adjust under the driving wind.
Naturally, I pull en the oilskins
and go out into these storms
every chance I get, and Donna
was no exception.
It was therefore disturbing to ,
hear, during the afternoon, the
ten rules for survival as laid
down by the kindly Civilian De-
fense. One of these rules was to
stay indoors, not to venture
forth except for the most real
emergency, and with a great
gift of dramatic urgency the
radio announcer repeated this
off and on. The line storm was'
being billed as a dire disaster, to
be coped with by discreet re-
tirement to' a deep basement
room on the far side, accom-
panied by sufficient food for
three days, a supply •of "safe"
drinking water, and a melan-
choly attitude of despair.
Assuming that the Civilian
Defense was set tip with nuclear
warfare in mind, mostly, there
was a ludicrous overlapping of
definitions, so to speak, if any-
body had paused to evaluate.
Certainly my mother's happy re-
joicing in the majesty of a
storm was negated thoroughly
by this obliquely applied, rou-
tine for national defense against
foreign attack. I guess 1 felt a
little unpatriotic as I pulled on
my rubber boots.
I managed to fight off hy-
steria, however, and sallied
forth. I brought a couple of
spruce poles and propped the
big barn doors so they wouldn't
. fly loose and wave like bon-
voyage hankies. I set a pail in
the lee of the barn, as I always
do, to see how much rain it
would collect. I .walked, by the
pond, noticing the water level,
so I could judge how much it
filled, I heard the limbs lashing
the sky, and felt the rain in my
face.
was gone quite a spell, and
came back to the house to learn
that the "eye" had p'assed over.
The radio announcer was greatly
relieved. All honour to the CD,
but the old "line storm" that
passed in the night is now,
thanks to them, a deplorable
national emergency, fearsome
and mighty. I must remember
to talk about this with Mother.
By John Gould in the Chris-
eian Science Monitor,
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