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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1947-9-10, Page 3i LL —Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer Mecca of Fun Seakers.---A shot in the Midway In one of its less crowded' moments. About to pass through the portals of tit. Magic Carpet is a group from Orillia. —Photo by Ful-O=Pep I' totographer Teen Town Topics seem to be under discussion as lob Bosh, Toronto Club President and Dorothy Brown of Orillia, with Margaret Mason of East York, talk things over at the Teen Town booth—C.N,E, Comfort for Cattle Cattle cars are becoming as comfortable, almost, as Pullmans. At any rate, they now have anti - friction roller -bearing journal box- es and the latest sorts of spring undcrfrautes and air brakes, and they stake it possible to cut the former travel time from range to market in half, That is as it should be. Nothing can be too good for the gentle creatures that provide its with beef -steak, if and when we can afford it. --New York Times. BIG CRSS AT "EX" \" ACTION DISPLAiS PROM ALL THE WORLD See it at the Scores of nations invite you to sea how they live and work and play. The world's finest ,music ... advanced techniques of agriculture, Education and Science:.. beauty and art and industry are at the C.N.11. And there's fun, sports, fire- works and drills for every- one in this world-famous exhibition. J.A.SCYTnES rLW000 A,HUOIIIS *traidom Gown*/ Mlmognr• CANADIAN N NATOOt11i/hI. EXISIOatrItON Com . rcott. System n Seven Miles Long, it There's more to a field of growing corn than meets the eye, especially during these days of "corn weather lime" when the cornficlrls put on a "Jack-anel-the-beansla1 " performance. Sone seientifie observations on corn's remarkable capacity to grow quickly wsic reported by Dr. T, A. Kiesselbach, well-known ag- 00110mist. Corn, for example, on an aver- age July day grows about two and a hall inches every 24 hours, bat if conditions are exceptionally good it will grow as notch as four itches a clay. * • * University research has shown that corn grows exactly is much during ,he day as at night, con- trary 10 a general notion that It does Most of its growing at night. Corn, oft the average, rises from a height of 30 indica to about 100 inches during the four week sly 5 to .August 5 "corm weather season," n rate of growth which is one of the greatest per day of any crop grown in the cornhelr. * * * During its first week above the ground' the corn plant has about 15 square inches of leaves. At the end of eight weeks of growth it has 1,400 square inches of lea ves, or more than enough to cover 1111 ordinary card table. The corn plant draws its mois- ture from a vast fibrous root sys- tem which when the plant reaches maturity is over Seven piles long if alt of thetas were placed end to end; and the roots rim six feet below the surface. * * * About. half of tate cont plant's life is expended before it roaches the slitting stage; and the other half is cossutned III developing and maturing the cars, "Ideal corn weather" shone include plenty of ntai5ttlre in the soil sru'r'ntuuling the corn plant, and hot dry weather with tentpe- ratures averaging between 90 and 100 degrees during the day, These conclusions, Dr, ICicssel. back points out, are based out corn grown at the university's agronomy farm and are applicable to corn grown .Its the eoonbelt states. " F T -:Photo by Full -O -Pep Phtaoprapber Home from Germany.—Mr, Russ Hancock, from Gravenhurst snapptcl with his wife and neph- ew while resting with other aired sightseers at the C.N.E. Mr. Hancock was active with the R.C.A.F. Graves Commission and arrived home from Germany several weeks ago. FSI TIM IGE i by Your Ful -O -Pep Reporter The crowds at the Canadian National Exhibition this year broke records in more ways than one. As your Ful -O -Pep reporter roamed through the throngs he rapidly ac- quire(' squire(' the knack of spotting the out- of-town visitors. The non-residents of Toronto seemed much more at home in the Fair Grounds than the city folk, This isn't really surprising when one remembers that over 250 fairs and exhibitions are held every year in the small towns of Ontario. AS a result, the small town and rural sightseers found their way around the lfxhibition Grounds with the air of old veterans, whereas the city man in many cases had the bewilder- ed mien of a tourist. * * * The Teen Town booth proved a popular rendezvous for the younger set who, on the whole, seemed more interested in the cultural exhibits than the glitter of the Midway—and glitter there was a -plenty along this popular boulevard! * * 5 The livestock was of prime inter- est to many of the out-of-town visitors. The competition was keen in all classes, and such top-notch en- tries as the Ayrshire bull, )lraeheid Barr Imperial, owned bat A. J. Leid- man & Sons of Caledonia, provided real eye -appeal for the crowd, The livestock men, as always, talked shop nearly twenty-four hours a day, and many bewailed the fact that Ful -O -Pep feed is not more plentiful. Your reporter did a little missionary work in this line, and pointed ont the fact that the quality of this feed is not being lowered to meet the demand, .rid, as a result Fill -O -Pep is, at times, still a little difficult to obtain. It was also pointedout that production is being stepped up as rapidly as is possible without affecting the quality. 5 * * From the Midway to 'tc most lavish industrial exhibit, the general public -was treated to salesmanship of tate highest order. Each exhibitor made a real effort to lure the public to his particular location, and, once there, to sell the prospect. In this line, some free samples were offered as a come-on, but not nearly in the profusion of yester- year. The adults complained about The scarcity of free samples gener- ally, but the youngsters had a "field day" acgiring everything from paper cups to samples of soap flakes, which seemed to satisfy the young looters. Actually the soap flake samples were scarcely sufficient to properly laun- der a woman's small handkerchief. The kiddies, as well as their elders, seemed to be price -conscious, and patronized such features as the Nickel Arcade where battery after battery of electric cranes operated for five cents. There the lucky youth- ful operator could pick up a valuable prize; failing that he was assured of a claw frill of candy. The fanny mirrors and magic carpet were addi- tional "musts" on the youngsters' hit parade. Children's Day proved to many of the concessionaires that buyer -resist- ance is considerably more than just a phrase. The children shopped around for the best buys, and the operators who failed to reduce prices on this eventful) occasion found themselves with a scarcity of customers. In short order the youthful horde forced the neglectful concessionaires to post special Childrens' Day prices. 5 * 5 If what we saw at the C.N.E. is a true indication of the trend of the times, it seems certain that the buy- ers' market we have heard of for no long is truly just around the corner. —T'hoto by 1'nl-O-Pep 1'11otc,prtph0 A Real Champion, owned by A. C;, Leidman St Sons of Caledonia, drew a throng of admirers at the Canadian National Exhibition. The Difference Jimmy and Bobby were its beds side by side in the children's hos- pital, and the vitifing !toter had just passed. "All, you big sissy!" Jimmy said. "Crying because your mummy's pone away!" "Ptit no' crying for my hammy," Bobby answered. "J'nt crying be- cause ria wee dog's died." "fiew1!, ray granny's died" answer- ed Jimmy, "ad Pin not crying." "Maybe you hadr,a your grassy since she was a wee pup," Bobby nabbed out, Etlleetric Typewriter A new electric typewriter is now ready for prodrtciion by a com- pany in the United States, The new machine is the result of 31101e than 20 years of continuous re- search. Thousands of electric typewriters were produced in tate nineteen twenties but the en- gineering techniques t cn known made the machines too expensive and too cumbersome. Their 111an- • uf5etute was discontinued, but re- search was not, Not Done With Mirrors Y he court 'waxed hat. 'Fir," .stormed the defense hr, e t r "you have admilteel - y0tf tarter 3111(5d 019 the right side aJ the passenger conch where you couldn't .see ae extra track 11'111 you please explain to this jury hots you can .sweat the line was doable -harked: "11,11," weekly answered the wit- ness, "I could look a, ross the aisle and ihnvurtJh the (oath windows. 1 rasa a till uI Ishii by occasionally, and took it that the) e teas either a track and. 1 it 01 else this railroad had $o,uc .'0)1)43 pend railroaders.' RI —Photo by Ful -O -Pep Photographer Kitchener Residents, ]toy Karcher and son':, Donald, Leonar.d and Bruce, appear highly engrossed with this tractor at the C.N.E. There appears little doubt that this exhibitor won the family vote of approval. —Photo by Fut-O-Pep Photo 5r; du•r Study in Concentration, H. Persail..of Waterford, ()nt. (facing the camera) seems to he holding his own with ,1. Ruddell al the checker tourney.—C.N.E. 1948 Car Features Comfortable Interior Silhouettes will be lower, achieved by dropping the height slightly and widening the body somewhat. Lines will be smooth- er, and front ends simpler ex- cept for more massive bumpers (on the rear also) to bring the eye down. There will be 0 tendency to shorten body lengths a little be- cause of conpaints that cars are not fitting in garages. Mitch more glass will be used, so that pillars will be narrowed and blind spots eliminated, says Newsweek. In body interiors thc target 1s living -room comfort and atmos- phere. Front seats, getting wider for ten years, will -add a little more space, Air condition- ing will be installed on the more cxpcns%e cars. Mechanically, thc biggest change will be elimination of the gear shift, v:ith several compan- ies planning to offer this feature in their '48 models. 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