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Of Them Useful
Dry Cleaner for Cars. b:.I, rially
adaeted for use on aimeuebile
both+ is this ue w dry-cleaning
fluid which f•,11,,es the auto prin-
ciple as French cleaning solvents
used to remove grime ;tial stains
from fabrics, !pulled with a cloth,
tun wafer being flee, s`al'e, it is
ektimcd to penetrate and loosen all
oa:idier•d traffic anti, .cunt, old wax,
tr, e sap, bug.; :tad di -colorations.
Said to be harmless to all Iype< of
Liquid Plastic for flume Use.
Jlelps salve the midden' u1 expen-
sive housecleaning toil decorating
ncty ca,ily aj,plied liquid Itis -tic
rem tV . surDtcc.1 ,.,f autolet ,a yarn -
i Led I1 ran:, liuolenut, ttoo,hcurlt,
wiuden,..ills and other int:rior sur -
fare:, ‘villi a Rb -c, Lrte .uvarutg
'Milt that doe-. not cried: or Il:ace
off" No brush or skill required as
fetish is simply wiped on with a
clan' eluth.
Extra Small Refrigerator. T)c•
signed fur small Lanes and apart-
ments this table -high cies U'i' refrig-
erator has 3.5 cru, ft. capacity" and,
according to mantnactitr •rs, because
of special -type hinges ran be in-
staller) (lush again -1 stove, cabinet
or wall. Top provides enduing
Surface of air,'.'intatcly four
square fret.
Folding Shopping Cart. 1)e.iimed
for use while shopping nr seine the
Jewelry try this cart halite:, 1Tbbe't'-
tired wheels and in -tact of .cnti-
circular steel bar so clteady grouped
that even small oackit n:uumt
fall through. Bars arc Ir. :,t ,i t" " •
ria t and prevent staining lanu-
dry.
Speedy Coffee Maker. .111 metal,
eight cup capacity, vacuum type
coffee tnalur ala., two e1 sits in
base, one of 850 watts, the other
150 salts. For fast heating hoot ele-
ment, operate until water goes 10
Upper hunt, vvlht11 ctu'rcnt
a . ,Ila. l\-luu i 11 ' t•rtm-n>
to lower howl, smaller element
comes on to ]seep liquid .lightly be-
low boiling point.
For Cheaper Lighting.-Clainttl
to supply sante amount of light with
up to 1.1';i, less electricity these new
lluere-cent lamps use the rare gas,
krypton, to the exttnt of about one
part in n million of air• instead of
the usual argon.
Flame Throwers. ()nye deadly
war weapon now employed for a
variety of uses, smelt as fighting
forest fires, clearing lands and road
right of way, Hearing brush and
weeds etc. .agricultural officials
believe flame-throwers might be
used in clearing fields of heavy rock
by heating boulders then dousing
them with water to crack them into
easily removable pieces. \Weight
27 p,auuls plus 37 bounds of fuel,
Uses light Diesel oil.
Makes Spare Tire Unnecessary.
li'ben you have a flat tire this
emergency wheel eliminates need
for .jack or spare tire. \lade in
two sections the rnhluer-tired alum -
inion wheel attaches to the rim al-
lowing yen to drive to service sta-
tion, nue wheel section slips over
rine and esu' i. driven forward until
resting upon it. Then ^econd half
is attached by means of two bolts,
Cover For Silos, \las made of
special sheeting is pl'aie1 on tap
of silage while it is curing in silo.
Ivlakcr claims that by conserving
natural heat of fermentation and
preventing evaporating it reduces
danger of Frost and pr'sert'e.; fresh-
ness of silage.
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Canadians lour ln'nctu tl fash-
ions a1111 lids '8 tail coal retain
C'h('rne offers dunhlc-that as
the 1711)17 lining lilts out in an
inrinttt to pl'tttide a vont of
- lighter weight.
•J,G,rdo:t;;tnilt�
'•�a,�; � Oft. 1
l.a<t year, 1- wane will remember
to their serruw, killing frosts arriv-
ed at an esntptinitally early elate,
and the damage
roused to both
flowering p la n u s
and .some of the
all o
re susceptible
sorts of fruit in
sooty sections was
terrific,
It is (roped, of
cottr-.e, that there
won't be a repeli-
titiun of such a happening this fall.
still, frust:: hate a w'a- 01 occurring
when you heart espy -L tltetu, and
there are ,•intpl:• cult easy tutcau-
11nus 111111 Will prat, , l Nieces aura
eyes ;11)111 rcp;rLl1 1'- nn 111 the cont.
iug 1f the war er -ncl1 which usu-
ally follows Ibe lint "nip" and
ntnetimec la l; for several weeks.
L'ptttt•ucd 1,14>1,e1 ba-ket:, lhiclt-
nes-es of newspaper, or pieces of
muslin or burlap give protection to
tender annuals, `takes drivels be-
tween the plant; before covering
keep the blossoms front being bro-
ken or c'rushtet; and if the arra to
be pretcett'd fit large, light wooden
frames covered with any un• of
materials mentioned can be placed
together to make a tt mt-like -.ttci
ter.
* *
Covering s of alts kind should be
removed in the morning and put
in place again in the early evening
if there is a prospect of frost. There
are =Dote gardeners who spray
plants touched by frost before the
sun reaches theta the next day,
using 1, strong stream from the hoe.
But others have found this to be
rather risky, and believe that cover-
ing in some manner is uutclt safer
and more certain,
* * 5
Entire patches of tomatoes and
peppers can be protected for several
weeks after the first frost so that
the fruit will still be in good condi-
tion. There have been years when
tomatoes so guarded could he used,
right from the plant until well on
in November,
If you are one of those that grow
your tomatoes uttstaked you'll find
that hay or straw, if available, is an
excellent "frost -blanket" when toss-
ed liberally over the plants. It can
eaily be pulled away from them in
the morning, and left lying on the
ground between for re -use whenever
required. Sheets of heavy brown
wrapping paper, or pieces of sturdy
muslin may also be used with good
results.
* * *
Finally, there is the plan of pull-
ing tomato and pepper plants tap by
the roots, then hanging them upside
down some place that is frost -free
and where there is air circulation.
The fruit will remain in good condi-
tion for several weeks, with what
was pulled green ripening gradu-
ally Tomatoes, however, do much
better this way than do the peppers.
* * *
But maybe, after all, the Wea-
therman will be kind fur once, and
we'll have a nice, long frost -free
Autumn. Still, it's best to be pre-
pared, and there's nothing quite so
disheartening as going out some
morning and seeing the ruin of
whole areas of fruits and flowers
which could have been saved at the
expense of just a small amount of
time and trouble.
\leasured to tate head of Peace
River, the Mackenzie River has a
length of more than 2,000 utiles and
is navigable for 1,292 miles.
More Power—And Not Any Too Soon Either—'Pitts new hydro elect
River is different from most such installation, in that it w'iIt be enlin
requiring only the services of a c:U'etal.er. 1t will ,nidi 1250 For>e {.
Crncel,riulg area w'itlt the possibility of this amount being dmil,i:
additional generators,
ria, plant on the MIu,tc„lca
lv a'1tomatie in t,{tl!1•;Ilitni,
re r t" the enearly for the
of ,rt the r ,Ihpictiern of
It's no becret that there must
be something radically wrong with
a good deal of the farming, being
done today. Thi., is clearly proven
by the fact that recently some
farms are said to have earned as
high as 4t1% to 50% on the invest-
ment in a single year while others
barely made enough to make ends
meet. In a period of good prices
and general farm prosperity, there
must be something that's gone hay-
wire,
* * r:
Outstandingly successful farmers
were asked, not long ago, to list
what they thought were the most
common violations of good farm -
management practices, and their re-
plies were so interesting that I
think I'll boil 1110111 down and shoot
them to you. As one expert put it, ,
"Good management practices are
generally disregarded when the op-
erator doesn't know any better.
There are few farmers who destroy
their soil wilfully. They do it
through ignorance." So here, then,
is a list of a dozen or so of the most
common mistakes.
* * *
First; following a haphazard,
year-to-year program with little or
no thought to long- time operation.
The best job is done when the farm-
er, the land he operates, and the
enterprises on that land are fused
into a pattern adapted to all three,
* * *
Second; a poor cropping program,
which includes the sort of crops
grown and the way the land is treat-
ed. Too much guessing in the use
of fertilizers and failure to follow
a rotation which includes maximum
use of the higher -value crops.
* * *
Third; failure to attend to soil -
conservation and prevention of soil
erosion. It is probable that not
even 2% of land which badly needs
it is even begun to be terraced and
contoured.
* * *
Fourth; unwise livestock pro-
grams, which include the choice
and amount of livestock and the
way it is handled . A farmer who
likes dairy cattle or hogs best
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"Think of it --there was I, after writing to him for three years,
just sitting with him all evening and couldn't think of a thing
to say l"
should be handling them rather
than beef cattle.
* *
Fifth; lack of proper records, It's
impossible to merely guess at costs
and income and still know whether
or not the farm is making money.
Well -kept records show up both tate
strong and weak points of a farm
program.
* * *
Sixth; far too little effort by far
too many farmers in the following
proper sanitary methods with live -
hogs . The same applies to proper
stock, particularly poultry and
feeding and the best possible use
of pastureage.
* * *
Seventh; too great investment in
high-priced machinery for which
you haven't a sufficient use. Many
farmers find it more economical to
own certain machinery in partner_
ship with relatives or neighbors.
* * *
Eighth; carelessness in the use of
sites, and failure to cull out poor
producers that don't pay their own
way, Too many farmers are averse
to spending enough out good sires
to maintain proper quality in their
herds.
5 * *
Ninth; failure to give proper at-
tention to the weed problem which
besets the majority of farms. Pre-
vention of weeds going to seed is
of vital importance, especially in the
case of pastures.
* * *
Tenth; buildings not suited to pre-
sent day enterprises. Many farmers
are losing stoney by repairing ob-
solete buildings. Even those who
are building new ones too often
follow plans designed for farming
25 years ago, when horsepower was
the only power, and hay was stored
loose.
* * *
Eleventh; trying to operate on in-
sufficient capital, Farming is a busi-
ness and it's no disgrace to borrow
money, after taking proper advice
and consideration, in order to make
that business succeed.
* * *
Twelftlt; sticking to old customs
simply because they are old, and
hesitating to make changes and take
advantge of new practices proved
by other farmers and by our agri-
cultural experiment stations.
* * *
So there you have them, a dozen
in all, direct from the experts; and
I hope that you'll find them all in-
teresting and some of thein helpful.
Now I come to look theist over I
realize once again what a perfectly
simple !natter successful farming
must be—so long as you do it, like
myself, strictly from behind a type-
writer keyboard,
The Whole Works
Little Willie tugged at itis moth-
er's apron strings, "Ma, didn't I
hear you tell Aunt Mary I have
your eyes and daddy's nose?" "Yes,
you did," said his mother indulg-
ently. "'Well, loop at me now ma,"
said Willie, "I got Gr'andpa's teeth,"
Nice Niece — Swedish actress
Greta Garbo, who came to the
United States in 1926, wants to
be a real niece of Uncle Sam.
She has filed first papers for
naturalization in Hollywood.
With the Movie and Radio Folks
Jay
Grace Sharp
"Somebody's always tatting the
joy Ont of life" ---or an Zngtlsh ver-
sion of that ancient saying—is prob-
ably often on the lips of J, Arthur
Rank these days, Mr. Rattle, in case
you don't already know which is un-
likely, is fast abut the biggest
thing in British pictures, and recent-
ly, invested quite a heavy chunk In
a picture entitled "Oliver Twist".
(And a really grand picture it is,
but that is only by the way.)
* * *
Now you'd think a film based on
a novel that has been a best-seller
since great'gralddaddy's day—may-
be that ,1101114 be "great•great --a
story that has been read and wept
over and loved try generation after
generation in all parts of the world,
would he s pretty safe investment
,so long as the actors, directors and
script -writers del a fairly decent
rbnre, which they did, But it
seems than it isn't so in these
ulir:cd-up days when anything can
happen and usually dues.
*
Quite naturally, with a picture
having such box-cd'tire possihilitieS,
Mr. Rank expected to gaiter in
quite a few of those nice U.S.A.
dollars srniti of the border. Bat it
so happens that in 111' story there
is a character named Fagin — re-
member r trim?—who is quite a des-
picable party, and no fooling. And
tate Anti -Defamation League and
other such groups down around
New York are claiming that the re-
presentation of Fagin on the screen
is manifestly anti-Jewish.
* * *
Now because of certain happen-
ings around Palestine, largely mis-
represented by such folks as the
Anti -Defamation League, there Is
already a mighty wave of anti-
British feeling in the states—a wave
stronger than most of us here in
Canada even surmise. So rather
than risk the chance of stirring up
further antagonism, Rank and his
associates have let all plans for
showing "Oliver Twist" over there
go by the hoards, for the time being
at least.
* * *
You can make your own com-
ments on such a state of affairs,
there being no non -inflammable
paper handy for printing mine. But
can't you fust imagine some of tins*
Hollywood moguls — already hot
under the collar over tate praise be-
ing bestowed on certain British_
made pictures—weeping big tears
of sympathy for J. Arthur Rank?
* * *
A reader of this column hauls ma
over the coals for some fabs 1've
been taking recently at the "give-
away" radio show:; and their pul-
ling -power. "If the people didn't
want to listen to such programs,
they wouldn't do so;' site writes.
"Who are you to try and tell us
what shows we sitoul'i hear, and
what we shouldn't?"
* * *
The answer to the question is
"Nobody; or even less than nobody".
Far be it from ate- to try and set
thyself up as censor over people's
listening habits, and if ttiey want to
tune 24 hours a day to programs
whose only point of appeal is a ten -
million -to -one chanes of winning
something for nothing, that's their
husi tes>.
* . M
My 1,!elings towa!',1 such shows
ran be summed up like this;—If I
had a ria:!t relatives whom I disliked
v,dry retch; but who 1 knew would
leafs me a fortune if 1 stayed by
his bedside till he had passed on,
the chances are that I'd take up bed-
side -sitting in a Fig way. But 1
wouldn't try to make thyself believe
I was doing it for etttertainmrnt.
And front my point of view "gives
away" shows aren't entertainment.
What is more, if they keep on the
way ttley've been booing, they're lia-
ble to kilt a tot of entertainment
which people of reasonable intelli-
gence can really enjoy.
One He Missed
"Young man,' said an angry
father from the head at tate stairs,
"didn't 1 hear the clock strike four
when you brought my daughter
home?" "You did," admitted the
daughter's escort. "It was going to
strike eleven, but I grabbed it and
held the gong so it wouldn't disturb
your slumber." The father could
only mutter, "Dawgonel Why didn't
I think of that one in my courting
days!"
THE ST. JOHN A BU LANCE MAN
Wherever people meet in public assembly,
at parades, pirates, sports gatherings—there
you will find hien, ready to site skilful first
aid to the sick and injured.
The Si. John Ambulance Matt gives ids
services benevolently, without thought of
reward or gain, and devotes his time and skill
to the welfare of the people.
Men like this, some of Canada's finest, aro
in the public's service—at y„r,r service.
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