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awaiting there with me. It mons
e toners, but when .f slaw this .old
y going tib slnid iMaledititely
to -.me that t ;bus' compani
have ov'er'looked this aspect of th
appeal of motor travel, for while
we are forever being told of
thees corning up thoiestePs for the fifth
straight it tinie,.1 became bold
.enough to ask hbri what he was
trying to solve.
vice= number of far 'place/
can show us for veryl
bothered atm
e
'� y,.no otYe. "e�+'+�r'•
to talk about the infinite ,numbs
..of unursulat.:are people y � sure
travel with. .
Go by air and y fell-..
travellers are ;pr-etty mu t ►0
same—well dressed, confidd n
unafraid to take a chance, a
mysteriously important and a
. exbibiting the quiet, kind of hurry
which is the' ; hallmark of tha
species of human which, alway
exactly} where it it goin
why.
Trains on tri. other,hand -erg
filled with'cautious, solid, mid-
'dl
e.ls
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•c a types
who,
ype
o.
use the
own phrase "prefer to keep on
foot on the " ground." Pati
wives and faithful, housebroken
husbands with sticky kid
whooping up and the aisles
and young couples. so muck i
love that in no time at all they"'
have sticky kids of their own; and
comfortable oldsters who watch
it all and smile about the, .. s
day
B, when they too were in the family"
Making e ng business.
But when you travel by bus you
never know who you will meet.
Buses, on the longhauls at least
seem to be filled with noncon-
formists. Witb characters:' Long-
haired guitar pluckers, 'students,
dirt, old men,' crotchety ,old
spinsters who: ' bring their own
lunch and medicines—the variety
is endless. So I wasn't . too sur-
prised the other morning in the
depot to see a man of 70 or so
going up and down the stairs,
which- lead to the bus station's
'..a "Well.you know,(" he told, me
ht a; pear ectly sensible.voice,"I
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Ott. can't , get.through a day
r proper without first. taking
.,.my
to : quota of ;,exercise. I was "a farmer
ow before. I retired, and when you've
been spending ' years or more
t working. for •an • hour before
breakfast, ,welt, your ham and
d eggs just don't seem to sit right
U. for you unless you first work up
L an appetite." •
My farmer;friend seemed to
t'8 think his appetite would be suffi-
1eg elently primed now for he was
eager to'talk. I Wad' eat he was
living in an apartment, that his
wife was gone, and that. whenever
OW
the 'bedroom became intolerable,
• he would take the bus to one of his
ant
married sons or'aughtero. I've
got six of them,"he said,"and
four of thein. I can visit if I don't
• -stay too'long."
• I felt a, twinge of sadness when I
" • watched the oldman hoard the
bus which would take him to
some dutiful son or daughter and
I couldn't help but think that in
spite of. all we fry to dolor our
older folk today—in spite
pension n
y , pi ofthe
pe' o .and our senior citizen'.
clubs and the. beautifully ap-
pointed retirement ' homes and
this 'new social science called
geriatrics, we really have
nothing yet to take the place of
the days when a man Could retire
to theedge of town town old house
Sitting on an 'acre or two; and
raise a few pigs, keep a garden
and : split his own wood. 'And
where his wife could milk a cow
and make her own butter without
any fear of an angry visit 'from
- the police or the health officer
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E STRESS Vol : � E ies,t'Nns develp�byan Agriculture A Can
oda scientist for foreign:
forage varieties hoping
td make It
good In Canada. The ss wheel reUireS
Legis tax#.henthe old testing method, and provides row splicing v;1'ions for more intense testing.
'
A foreign forage variety hoping
to make it good in Canada will
have to pass the stress wheel test.
Forage scientists, like Hugo
Gross of the Agriculture Canada
Research Station . in Brandon.
Man., receive countless samples
of plants from Europe, Russia
and Asia in a sear for grasses,
and dlegumes
,tri _
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a ct! d be grown
here or used in breeding ;experi-
ments. . .
Until recently, the standard
first test for theseiint�i
rod �.ctions
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amounted t0 growi'ng' thorn in
square -cornered. plots at • `about
three-foot row spacings, Such
p
forage nurseries ` provide n -
f. d� i.
ormation on ° seedling vigor,
stand development, 'plant char-
acteristicss and disease and .In-
sectreaction, •
"But if a new introduction
shows promise, we have. no „-idea
where to 'start with row spacings •
for intensive tests," said Mr.
Gross. "Should the crop be grown
in solid stands, or at six, 12 or 24 -
inch spacing? How will the
variety stand moisture and
nutrient competition stress frons
Pesticides
adjacent plants in cioae:
spacings?
"Standard plots also make
comparing one variety., with'
another ' -bit of. a memoryems-
cise because you can't alWaYs
stand in one spot and see dyer-
ences between stands. The
answer is a new stress wheel'
nursery.
Although Mr. Gress Coined the
name, he doesn't claim origin ,01`,
H
the. concept, However, it a
pla`ears
h
e bas rfect ed the wheel into a
very useful tool. -�
h `;stress wheel is a. lant
design � f - 1?...:1,
gn or test crops. 'It re-
semb es • 'the spokes of a : huge:
wheel:With.' the run `removed.
Singie`rowe, abmit 55 feet long,
streteh- out like the radii of - .a
circle from a 'central, rows vary potnt.
The i } .
p w ��w,d.;�
from narrow at the; centre to
wider at `the outside' .'rima`'
SRacingeare three feetat the e
and narrow down to zero 'the-
centrere of the wheel.
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During 1972, Mr. Gross planted
one wheel that contained 92 roof
or spokes. "As you stand arthe;
centre, you can see at a glance
how each variety in the test
rf
ed
Pearm he said.
"The stress from nutrient and
moisture competition between
the plants increases toward the
centre of the wheel as row
spacings decrease."
In
addition to telling everything
conventional test plots reveal,the
wheel provides guidelines for
planting more intensive test plots
in following years on promising
introductions.
Stress wheels require about
one-third less land than standard
plots when outer row spacings of
three feet are used, However, the
new tool demands more advance
planning than square -cornered
plots.
"You need to consider what
types of •'plants will be growing
next to each. other," said Mr.
Gross. "And you need to sharpen
up on your geometry. We use a
sextant to line up the proper
angles for the number of rows we
decide upon so when the plants
are up our wheel really looks like
a wheel."
Canada has a total land area of
more than 3.5, million square
miles of which roughly two mil-
lion is forest and about half a mil-
lion is occupied by agricultural
land.
Our forest area is the "second
largest in the world and -the agri-
cultural area, is fourth. The food
and fibre yields from these areas
are a vital national resource and
research and development for
more efficient use is constantly
being carried out.
The use of chemicals for the
control of weeds and insects has
`become a universally accepted
practicein agriculture and fores-
try, but in Canada, to date less
than 5,000 square miles of forest
and 35,000 square miles of agri-
cultural land are treated with
chemicals.
5.1 Million Acres Treated
Applications to agricultural
crops are primarily by vehicle -
mounted equipment, and our for-
ests are restricted to the use of
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million acres of forest crop an
1.5 million acres of agricultura
land are treated annually b
about 350 aircraft. •
The National Research Counci
Associate Committee on Agricul
ture and Forestry aviation wa
formed in 1965 to try to provid
support to the aerial applicatio
industry,primarily on scientifi
and technical matters. However
ur Institute has already carried out
d , .a considerable amount of investi-
1 gation on drift of forestry opera -
y tions.
All these projects and many
1 r others currently underway at re-
- » search stations across the coup-
s : try, are directed towards ' the
e safer and more efficie use of
n -pesticides for crop °`±� � uction
c ,;and forest management without
affecting the quality of the en -
it has also attempted to assist in vironment.
other ways—such as the produc-
tion of brochures and a manual
on chemical safety and opera-
tional procedures, by establish- Hiaher prices but
ing an information centre, by J .
organizing national and interna-
tional .conferences, by assembl-
ing useful information and statis-
tics and by leading a drive for the
formal and uniform qualification
of aerial applicators across Can-
ada.
Off -Target Costly
The primary scientific and
technical problem. is the preven-
tion of off -target application of
chemicals --a costly and less than
efficient process. The recom-
mendations of the Associate
Committee have been picked up
primarily by the National Aero-
nautica1 Establishment of the
National Research Council which
is now deeply involved.
Basic reasearch is being con-
ducted into the mechanisms of
droplet formation, which are not
yet properly understood by any-
one, but with a view to the de-
velopment of an atomizer pro-
ducing liquid droplets within a
narrow and ' acceptable size
range. A small wind tunnel has
been constructed in which the ef-
fectiveness dispensing devices
can be measured and an aircraft
has been fitted so that it is
capable of testing various types
of atomizers under field condi-
tions.
Pollution Detector
Another aircraft is being in-
strumented with an extremely
sensitive device which will make
quantitative measurements of
specific chemicals and vapour
loss, but potentially will be a very
useful atmospheric pollution de-
tector. A trailer is to be equipped
as a tmobile meterorological sta-
tion specifically to measure the
characteristics of the air mass up
to 100 feet above ground while
spraying operations are in pro-
gress. °
Work on the effects of tnicro-
meteorlogicai coirditions is also
being conducted by the Chemical
Control R+eareh Institute of the
Canada d+e`partment of the en-
vironment and other groups. The
better volts than
most countries
Eugene Whelan, the federal
minister of agriculture, has pre-
dicted that Canadians will pay
even higher prices for food in the
foreseeable future... but he
maintains that Canadians will
continue to get better value for
their food dollar than the people
of most other countries.
Mr. Whelan said there are two
main reasons for increasing food
costs: " First, he believes,
Canadians are insistent in their
desire to buy specialized foods—
those which are in high demand
internationally and are costly
from the production standpoint.
His second reason is that many
Canadian farmers are getting out
of agriculture to seek more
remunerative types of work. .
The minister referred to beef
as one of the expensive foods,
because there is an increasing
demand for beef in markets all
over the world. Increased beef
production, he said, is bound to
lag behind market demand
because it takes over three years
to develop a well-rounded beef
market stage. He said that the
demand for beef has increased
even in the newly developing
countries.
—Velpite Canada's thriving ag-
ricultural industry, Mr. Whelan
stated that the nation imports
more beef than it exports.
Pork production has declined,
said the minister and one of the
chief reasons is price. He claimed
• that farmers were receiving the
same price for hogs in 1971 as
they were getting 20 years earlier
in 1951, a period in which there
had been marked increases ih the
cost of feed and general farm
overhead.
• Mr. Whelan says that despite
subsidies, farmers can't make a
decent living.
New r ulatlo tulle effective
J.anuary lar this year, have
Ontario' control Of
This the first' time any pro-
lal government has `taken
positive regulatory =Um in this
field,: said James Ankl" Znviren-
Mental Minister. ‘.'We went to ,be.
sure the right people get the right
pesticides, c'hanneling, the more
toxie substances only to those
areas where they are vitally
necessary." va
The regulations
Set out for
categories. >in which pesticide
are classified and also
vendor
a ify
four classea of vend?r's
l}
cense.
•
A.
No licence will y be ..requj d to
sell Class D pesticides which are
the moor innocuous,for
exam*,
,
pressurised insect repellents, 'Vg
the 2,800 pesticide products sold-
in Qntario, 802 fall .into. the D
category.
Class C pesticides -1,065 are
available in Ontario—pose no
health hazards if used with care,
affect only tl
isms, and W"
',Suitable for disposal
ldfill kites+ Any v
pesticide.ed by* can sell a Class
Pestieides in the D
559 substances which include the
more concentrated fOrmulaS
used in agriculture skid forestry,
present hazardshaz.if :fid
Peril/ tar
They may be )0/4 by hods of a
wholesale v..
res'*owe u►f`a..
pass. A or 2 -retail vendor's Ii..
cence. They may. °may be'sold to
another vendor licensed to deal in
ClassClals$ Tcl, a licensed extorminator,
the holder of a mit 'or:;
granted, `by the director of the
Ministry's pesticides control •
service or an agriculturist --one
exception,
culturist-
exception, picloram, cannot be
sold to :an egriculturiikt,
Picloram, is a persistent herbi-
cide used to clear out brush on a
large • scale.
.,Pesticides in the It category -
System geared to
drycleaning
The decline in Canada's' dry-
ning :n-
ceive the • boostbusiess it needsmay toyet surre.
vicleave.
The newly -established fabric
Care Institute of Canada (FCIC),
under the chairmanship of John
L. Clinton of Trillium. Insurance
Services Ltd., ,and Vice Chair-'
mean Donald L. Lerner of
Brighton Laundry, has announc-
ed a system geared to aid the dry-
cleaning businessman.
This group believes that some-
thing should ,be done to improve
the position of the dry-cleaning
businesses before - they become
subject to-'governiient' restric-
tions and controls.
The .plan arrived at is a copy of
a system .already used success-
fully in Ireland called the Ap-
provede Quality Cleaning Pro -
gam (AQC). The system, as it
exists in Ireland, depends on two
basic conditions.
The first is independent assess-
ments be made 'of quality stan-
dards in the areas of cleaning,
finishing, housekeeping, and•con
semi raelations.-Theotheruis the
full :tie}offheMik nredib`tilpro=
mote the use of dry-cleaning es-
tablishments and a greater pub-
lic awareness of the meaning of
the AQC label.
Statistics show those dealers
who belong to the service in Ire-
land enjoyed an increase in
volume of between 13 and 15 per
cent and a jump in annual gross
of between 23 and 25 per cent
since the scheme began in 1968.
The FCIC's researcher,;Don L.
Swann of Canadian Industries
Limited, found the system so suc-
cessful in that country that the
FCIC hopes to have it in opera-
tion In Canada within the next
few months.
Mr. Swann, in the course of
preparing a promotional tape of
the plan's success in Ireland, in-
terviewed the ICI Mond Division
headquarters in England where
the AQC was devised and de-
veloped, the Dyers' and Cleaners'
Research Organization who con-
ducts and evaluates the stan-
dards of the subscribing clean-
ers, nine of the major cleaning
irms in Ireland, and both AQC
ubscribers and non -subscribers.
The information gathered in
Mr. Swann's interviews in con -
unction with discussions from
they dry-cleaning representa-
ives in Canada with the FCIC
ave shown that the system could
ork in Canada subject to certain
onditions.
The plan must have the support
f at least 60 per cent of the dry-
leaning businesses; an impar-
ial and qualified group must be
rganized to set and measure the
uality standards of the subscrib-
ng dealer; there must be some-
ne to organize and initiate the
lan; and there must be qualified
mpartial assessment personnel.
The plan, as it was announced
y the FCIC, will be sold to the
nadian subsc fiber at a rate of
5 per cent of his last financial
ear's turnover for each year of
e two-year contract,
Local Cleaners
The newly -introduced Ap-
roved Quality Cleaning Pro -
am (AQC) isn't meeting with
vorable interest in the Mount
orest-Wingham area.
Through a lack of communica-
on of its policy, the Fabric Care
stitute of Canada (FCIC) has
eated much indecision and
gative feelings regarding its
an.
Some dry-cleaning firms, like
uchanan Cleaners in Mount
rest and Harriston Dry Clean-
s in Harriston, are questioning
e cost of the proposed service
ainst what they will benefit
m it.
Mrs. Buchanan believes the
ice to be too high for the
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amount of advantage that would
arise in herarea.
She said the system might be
better for those living .in large
cities where the massrmiedia.pro-
motion via magazines ,And televi-
sion would draw more peo
l but
there are not the .pl!e 'id her
area to make effective i se of the
promotion.
Other dealers in the area are
undecided even to ;the extent of
not having heard ariYthing of the
proposed program
Ken Leary, a, the SOW -Queen
Coin Laundry and 'Dry Cleaning.
chain, said to be {effective 'CIC'
would have to get to the textile in-
dustry first before it couldhope to
boost the dry-cleaning business.
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