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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-7-23, Page 9Tolerating flies its the farm yard is clot only wawitary and unneoes- 'iary but expensive, ` According to the agricultural chemicals depart - meat of Cunndien Industries Lind-. led, the tormenting uttm:les of flies can reduce the tttilit, flow of dairy cattle by as much ns 15 per cent, considerably. more wheat flies are extremely bad. ',Beef production may be decreased by one-quarter to otic: -half pound pet day—.or a to• tal of some 30 pounds per head during the fiyN season, * * * To keep a hum "fly -clean", sante, suggestions are offered by J. A 'Oakley, noted entomologist; * * * Install screens wherever nem - stirs, and practical, Irma nut ntnn. I - ure and spread It. al least -*lire a week, Is/tattoo is the most pectous single source of fly trouble oo the 'farm,' Don't let lly-brt'rding rub- bish acenmulate, Spray animals et least every four or five weeps dur- ing warm weather,. * * * For spraying "buildings, 50 per gent DDT wettable powder or lin- dane wettable powder are reccom.. moiled, But they should not be sprayed on Milking animals or live- stock being fattened for slaughter, he warns. Instead, a 50 per cent methoxychlor wettable p o w d er should be used, * * ' * These control methods are effec- tive with houseflies, horn flies, stable flies and other species that prevent cattle from grazing peace- fully. * * . * Flea beetles, Colorado beetles, leafhoppers and aphids—the major. insect pests attacking the Canadian potato crop -can be controlled with one insecticide -DDT. Those who prefer to dust may use a three per cent DDT dust while those who favor spraying have a choice of a 50 per cent DDT powder or a 25 per cent DDT emulsion. At least 100'"gallons of spray or 30 pounds of dust per acre are`reeommended in early applications.- These am- ounts should be increased In later applications to allow for increased foliage area. * * * A new giant cockroach one and one-quarter inches long and half , an inch wide has invaded North America from the tropics and may eventually find its way to Canada. * * * Technically known as 'Naupho- eta cinerea,' it is called by some the 'lobster' roach because of a lobster -like marking on its collar. Recently, heavy infestations of this insect were found in several food - handling establishments in Tampa, Florida, How long they've been there has not yet been established by the city's health authorities. * * * The wings of the .tropical pest are shorter than the body, leaving its edges and abdomen in view. The - color is,a mottled tan with a pink. ihh cast along wing edges and col- lar. The lobster design on the col- lar is tan on a black background. There is a cream colored clot on each edge of the abdominal seg- ' 'stents on their upper surface, On the under surface, the abdominal markings are shaped like the min oral 7. * * * The apple is becoming as versa- „tile as the soybean or peanut thanks to chemistry. Chemists have taken this "one a -day keeps the doctor away" fruit and have dis- covered exactly what snakes it "tick." After- labor ibu l:'expet'ilnents,'they have founds for instance, ,that 20; * * * different compounds were respen- sible for the apple's aromatic Iia. vor—no mean feat considering that the fruit's flavoring matter repre- sents only 50 parts per million of the original Juice. Chemists have developed a syrup that is not only good for table use but which is used in coated paper, cosmetics, toothpaste,' tobac- co and in milk products for infant feeding. 'they've recently developed a high-density apple' juice concen- trate that will keep a whole year without being frozen, Feed Grinding'Put On Automatic Time Basis By IRA MILLER P'arnt Electrification Bureau Of p11 the various expressions heard along Main Street, ,the one which means less to farmers than any outer is "easy does it." There is no easy, road to farthing suc- cessfully, but there are new meth- ods and equipment being devel- oped constantly to make many laborious farm tasks easier to per- form, more profitable and pleas- anter. Not long ago many fanners wasted half a day or more eadh time they hauled whole grain to .a , commercial mill to have it ground into feed. That was yesterday's way df farming. Today, electri-. cally-driven small grinders and mixers enable farmers to Perform 'these operations at home, reducing': food processing costs from 30 to 40 percent and saving farm -to -mill travel time. Home processing of feed also permits farmers to use home-grown grain more economi- cally, (feed fresh feed and put grinding and mixing activities on an automatic basis. New developments in the con- struction of feed girnders for use on the average farm have led to the manufacture of stills operated by motors of one horsepower or less. These mills, set up to operate semi -automatically, grind " !erg e quantities of grain without atten1 tion. Farmers who want to grind ear corn or roughage will need larger mills driven by -motors of from 3 to 7% horsepower the limit generally permitted on sin- gle phase lines. These larger mo- tors use from 1/10 to 3 kilowatt hours of power for each 100 pounds, depending. on the fineness to which feed is ground. Thousands of farmers grind grain for even large herds or flocks at low cost and at little labor. The small mill is mounted under stor- age hoppers so the grain feeds. to the grinder by gravity. Ground feed either drops into a box under the grinder or is blown into a feed bin The fanner starts the motor, opens the gate in the grain feed chute, and goes •about - his chores. When„chores are finished, he turns the motor off. The elec- tric' motor is equipped with an overload protective device and the mill is built to operate safely even when no grain is fed into it. Some farmers use a time switch or other device to turn -the 'mill off' after- it has ground the feed requirements - for one or more, days. ,r Tests' show tliat small mills can grind 100 pounds of grain at a cost .;pf from 1 to 1 cents', cont.' pared to from 10 to 15 to 20 cents charged by custom grinders or conunercial mills. Electrically - operated mixers, driven by a id horsepower motor, are capable of handling 500 Pounds of feed at a cost of % cenk,....., ... t Street of Flowers -Perhaps thg, ttost':becutiful main street in the World Is this one in Geniano, Italy, during the Corpus Christi religious celebrations, Qn,thn:.mairr street leading to the church, a group of local citizens complete their flower decorations as spectators line the sidewalk, Hundreds of pounds of fresh petals are used and oven the ropes holding back the crowd are covered with foliage, The Face of War—One more'patrol completed: One more safe return. Pvt. Heath Matthews,. 19, of Montreal, who is with the Canadian Army.u0tt. in Korea, has. just returned from a combat mission, grimy, , •.t'• s e. j, p,��h ' only injury is a bloodied nose. tired, rim ,andha shaken u Thts„ ri he's lucky. His.• da ri,.; tri ; z'rtr.lis The Stick -Up By MAUDE NORMAN The wind whipped in the open car window on Rose -Ellen's flushed cheeks. - ' "Serves you right, you little fool,” she muttered, "for taking things for granted, but he said he couldn't "wait to see me and all the time he was -still in love with Kate."' She had always loved Steve Wil- son and had started writing to him when Kate was too busy with her other boy friends to bother. Gra- dually the tone- of his letters had changed. • Then when -he announced he was coming home. Kate's interest had revived, but Rose -Ellen remained confident she was the one he now cared for. But why, olt why, did she have to be so impulsive and greet him as she had? Running out to her car as she had and driving wildly through town wasn't helping any. She stats approaching the city's outskirts, wheat as she stopped for. a red light the door on her side .of.'the car opened,' a hard round , object pressed against her side, voice grated. "Move over, sister—fast! 'Rose -Ellen opened her mouth but a 'vicious' jab turned the in- tended scream into a gasp. "Keep quiet; sister, and you. won't get lttu-t" Rose -Ellen had always -pictured bandits, if she thought oftheta at all. as wcazel-faced or beetling- browed,-flashily dressed: This one looked like an ordinary citizen. "Say, you're' -a slick chick," he said, "Why did 'you get -in any car?" "Now, cion' tell toe you're beau- tiful but dumb," he, mocked, "I got in because T needed a car, I'll tell you the story , of..'iny life later.. Say; you've been .crying,. ain't 'ch. What's the natter? Boy friend give you the brush-off?", Fear gave eourage—and inspira- tion. "I',nt not worrying about him --avow;' she murmured. "We were always quarreling, -Ile wanted : to marry P and settle down,. - but I tvauted excitement --.and adventure Iran away front him and you cater along. DatIV you think I should know;. Your .nettle?" "Some call the Daft;" he smirked. "You're so dark and romantic , looking," Basking in her admiration, he was alert enough to grasp hdi' hand us she opened her handbag. x "Whatcha got in there?" "Nothing but powder and lip- stick, and, my wallet. "O.K.,It ain't that I don't trusts elm, Baby, but I gotta be careful." "Don't betsilly," she smiled, busy with her lip -stick and powder -puff. "I'm having too, much fun to do such a thing. Will you take me to a real night-club and buy me beau- tiful clothes like they do in the movies?" "You betcha — clothes —all the money you want!" She gave hint an excited little laugh and nestled against hien, urg- ing,"Faster—go faster." The car leaped ahead. Suddenly a siren sounded behind them. "Danuuit," Inc swore. "The cops and me with no license" "But I have mine. Pull over and I'll take the wheel Don't worry, well only get a ticket. "No tricks," be warned. "Re- member, I've got this gat handy." Rose -Ellen felt the bandit's tense body relax as the trooper handed back her license, then tense again as instead of the expected ticket, a revolver appeared in his hand. She gave a gasp of relief, then heard the trooper's shout as some- thing struck her side and darkness descended. Rest -Ellett held :court - the - next day with ,Steve,. her parents and Kate her admiring audience. "Thank goodness, the bullet just grazed your side," her mother ar- ranged the pillows more comfort- -ahly, "and it is high enough that "it wont prevent your Wearing a bathing suit. "r 'But you need not have been hurt at all if you hadn't misunder- stood when I told Kate I was happy because she told me you loved tine," Steve said. "Tell tis, Rose -Ellet," Kate ask- ed curiously, "How did you tip that trooper``off?" • ";OI," she answered sleepily', "I knew<'a State Trooper was stationed on that side road just before .Route 'x'135 on the alert for speeders. \Vhen I was supposed to be fixing my face I wrote 'Tielp, Bandit' across my driver's license with lip -stick, then coaxed any would-be boy friend to speed past." - ONLY REAL FRIEND An old Irishman collapsed in the street and a crowd gathered, all trying to help and each making suggestions. One, Maggie Riley, kept shunting, "Give the poor man whisky," but little attentionwas paid to her, Then the agonized voice of the man rose, above the din: "Will the lot of yet hould your tonguesand let Maggie Riley speak!" A good 'paint job enhances the value of a house by 12 per cent, real estate hjipraisers say. Orchids In Britain Favourite flower of the British Government today is the orchid, for British -grown orchids arc most important dollar -earners, sought after by enthusiasts, all over the world. Growers in that country have improved the orchid almost as much as they have, the wild rose, and whereas in the old days enor- mous suns were paid to -intrepid collectors who sought rare orchids in remote places, today, thanks to hybrid breeding, collecting un- known orchids is not profitable. The most common orchid is the Early Purple, which flowers from early spring until late summer in damp meadows and by streams. Shakespeare loved this plant, and called it "Long Purples" and "Dead 2'lan's Fingers." A' rare specimen which grows in the south and south-east counties of England is the Man Orchid. The most lovely peciuten, how- ever, is now almost extinct in the countryside. It is the Lady's Slipper Orchid, and a hundred years ago it flourished in some of the woods and forests, but so many admirers have uprooted it and tried to trans- plant it to their gardens that it is only occasionally found. A modern orchid nursery is a warmed greenhouse where there are Getting Wild Honey From A Bee Tree I have received :a numtber^. of ,great thrills fn ;.Tong life, •uclt as the tothicatan Haat I :tad qualified for my doctorate, the reception in New York harbour in late Deccns- her 191S after the first World War, the citation front the President On receiving en honorary degree front Harvard, but, believe me, these thrills are all fn class B as com- pared, to the one I got when I first found a bee tree unaided, 'The finding had an amusing se- quel. The hole was about eight feet ftp the bole, too far to reach but near enough, for the bees to be very conscious of an intruder. I started proudly to blaze sty fni. tials on the tree, when I became conscious of At roar and the air seemed to grow dark above Inc. I turned and rain just in time, nor did I return to finish blazing the -tree, Later, 1 related; the event to George Smith who covered me with colt- tutnely. That a ntan should find a tree and then be driven off by the bees before he could blaze it, Smith regarded as a disgraee. He assured the that he would take up the tree himself without benefit of veil or gloves. I knew better than to atrgue, but on the appointed time when he, my • brother and I went to take up the tree, I brought twa veils and two _ pair of gauntlets. When we got to the tree I set about. collecting dry stuff for a smudge, a matter which Smith said was quite uuncc- essary, I u+as downhill frotn the tree when he went to work. I heard the axe fall perhaps a half a dozen tines, and then there was a siren -like avail , and Smith came charging through the woods, n stream of angry bees behind him tike a comet's tail. That was one swarm which defeated the intrepid - Stuith, He borrowed my brother's net and gloves, my brother went off and hid in the woods, and ntith net and glove protection and a smudge as well, we cut down the tree and took up the swarm. We got sixty pounds of honey . , . Either wild honey is more tasty than the domestic variety or one's exertions have made it seem so. lily guests have always agreed that my wild honey is more aromatic than any one can buy. I imagine the answer is that strained wild honey is a blend, while domestic . honey is generally of one variety. The taste of honey varies widely rows of conical glass flasks, as in a chemist's laboratory,. In these flasks are the infant orchids, lying on a bed of agar -agar, a gelatine made front seaweed which provides just the nourishment they need. When they are a quarter of an inch high the orchids are trans- planted into pots containing spha5'- un111 moss, root soil from certain ferns, and fibre. Several more trans - plantings take place until finally, in the sixth to eight years, the orchids bloom. - First orchid to be brought into Britain was admired not for its beauty, but for its use in the kitchen. It was Vanilla, the pods of which"yield the familiar flavouring, accocdittg t,a the flowers ftft which it is made, t' lover heaters, foolishly the most prized, la Oh most insipid. Golden rod honey tal golden yellow and spicy. ,llucic• wheat honey is, if anything, tee pungent and heavy as molasses. The honey of Provence, made front wild thyme, has a special .Ow taste, Ica straittiitg wild honey ea,_ attempt is atade to separate the varieties, and the yesplt is a blend, varying somewhat acearding to fret or season, but always more inter. -*sting than the domestic variety, Front "The Bee Hunter," lir George Harold Edgetl, UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren, B,Ai, Samuel, Judge and Prophet 1 Samuel 7:5-17 Memory Selection: Prepare year hearts into the Lord, and serve him only,. 1 Samiluel 7:3 HsPpy is that people which is blessed with wise and devout lea- dcrsl Quietly the prophet Samuel worked among the people, Great public appearances were not made. But the fact that God was with Mian in his service as a judge con. statttly reminded Wren of their emp- ty lives. As last the fruit of his labour was seen as sten and wssneett here and there began to weep after the Lord. Then in a great mass meeting he called upon Israel - to separate themselves from their idols. They mist go through the valley of humiliation and toad - tion for sin. Then he called upon them to dedicate themselves for- ever to God and his service,. Even- tually the fierce Philistines saw that God was with Israel, A strange thing was seen: a greedy, pagan nation in its diplomatic dealings ap- parently became even generous, tuning over territories which were not asked. A military nation re- spected the rights of a smaller, poorly armed people, because it was evident that God was with them. We believe that religion and piety are still the best securities of a nation. As .we review Samuel's religious and political influence we see the growth of a new unity, among the various Hebrew tribes. Even as sin Ores birth to misunderstand- ings and conflicts between individ- uals, it is the first rause of war between nations, How can coma - ries understand each other -to they an a 11 iujj by seselfishpassions? But let the \iota of God find access to men's hearts and it will bear fruit in international unity, i\rc need Samuels today: utco wito are honest, unselfish and God- fearing. Such leade?sh p will do more for us than a limitless supply of atomic bo'ttibs, God give us such men! Easy Does It—The world's largest pro -stressed concrete bridge span makes a spectacular picture as It slips into place over a small valley to be crossed by Venezuela's now $6,000,000 highway, Most expensive road per mile in the world, the Autopista will extend 10 and one halt miles to link the cities of La Guaria and Caracas, savingaltnost an hour driving time. vott eottiarreRAgnsi'S' ELTHAN1TH• Tyour. s .iuiE A RESrh*' von ` ` WANT ro. By Arthur Poitsttyh`'