The Brussels Post, 1953-4-15, Page 3Moonlight Makes
some Folks Giddy
In'a''recent ebifelt !'ase irwas
said, that a, man changed his
character saomlaiatelr. When : the
moon was high, 2'or years scien-
tists havue, beery making, ltiscover-
les about the influence of moon-
light on men and, worsen, and
some doctors believe that the
moon, across a distance of 238,-
000 miles can°'.itffeet .the'vifal
fluids In the cavities of the hu.
man brain and spine, i• e,:.,•t..
At a Chester inquest some
fears ageea worllaf wltneee'fie-
dared that when the` moon' is
full it has a tendency to make
some women giddy; It was seg.
gested that a woman who receiv-
ed fatal injuries when she fell'
while horse -riding might have
conte under the -moon's influence,
A doctor made the strange dis-
covery that more babies are born
at the time of full moon than at
any other time. He investigated
25,000 cases. It is also known that
when the moon is shining, human
emotions are at their highest
point. Lovers know that well
enough!
A sea captain contends that
moonlight can t w i'st a man's
face out of shape if it shines on
him while he sleeps. It is know,n.
that in the Nest Indies a Negro
has sometimesee sen in the morn,
ing after sleeping out of doors
in the moonlight to find one side
of his face distorted. In one in-
stance it took a man some months
to recover from the effects of
'this "moonblow" as he called it,
In some country districts of
Britain you can still find old.
people who declare that meat
exposed to the moonlight quickly
becomes putrid, while starch is
turned into sugar crystals. There.
is a sea-urchinliving in the Gulf
of Suez which lays its eggs "by
the moon." When the moon is
full it spawns; when there is no
moon it becomes inactive. •
A farmer one morning found
several of his calves dead; their
bodies were much swollen and
he sent for a veterinary surgeon,
keeling sure that they must have
eaten something poisonous. The
surgeon, after examiningthe
bodies, gave an extraordinary ex-
planation: He • said that the
brightness of the moon on the
previous night had deceived•the
cows at•3 a.m. into thinking 'that-,
daylight _had ..come., They got up,
had a good feed of dew -soaked
grass, and then fed their 'calves.
The milk caused fermentation
and 'swelling and the calves 'died
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Old Runner—Throwing his hat
into the mayoralty Face in New
York City is Bernarr MacFadden;
85 -year-old health culturist. He
• made a bid to be c U,S, senator
from Florida in 1940 and ran for
'the governorship of Florida on
the Democratic ticket in .1948,
but lost both times. He was also
a candidate for President in
1936*
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News In blankets includes word of iegi,;=ara-blegd'blariket tri glen'
tartans, This is the first such to hg ,pads of tVtcufliir the 'b19 ld€ll
'With 'wool and rayon,. The vlesre es reslstat t f o't�tQthsrdl 8lm}itlew,
tuts down 'on shrinkage and is •tt"piijr`liitattng't3r diin3itlIfe skin's,
the makers of this blanket bay. It's'a eoYgrlhg thavabofh llghf and
Warm and It Is priced underlie, " cit.
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The clan tartans rare authentic Theca are 'twe' the Ramsay
which is predominantly red and black ivilth whitersfitljI and the
Sinclair Hunting, which is a Bark Freon 1 'r` `
The makers of this blanket haepeal a r? top a :,..w fitted.
blanket, one with mitered corners �1
pji tee4. t�tc es too
making easier end the final results ser 1t tli.1gdprr vld'es for
greater sleeping corpfort,.
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In summer weight, it's made of 901:pai icentelOt n,, a per cent
rayon and 5 per cent wool. It comes lnri atels,hip,:toieeel"t' full and
twin -bed sizes. Both sizes are priced unelveEj6
According to tests reeve) ay
concluded, you can improve .your
flock's egg production, hatclea•
bility, and growth by means of
simple crosses of the standard
breeds.
•
Crossbred pullets and strain-
cross pullets averaged 10 to 12%
more eggs than pure strains on.
the average, Hatchability was
'improved 9% by crossbreeding,
slightly by strain -crossing. Cross-
breds gained weight 7% faster,
strain crosses 4%, Mortality was
reduced by crossbreeding and
strain -crossing.
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• The 3 -year tests were made
with 2- strains each of 4 dual-
purpose bieeds — N e w Hamp-
shire, Barred Rock, Rhode Island
Red and Austrolorp. Breeds
were•crossed in all possible -cone
binations, and the two strains
within each breed were crossed.
The tests showed that the odds
favor any cross as likely to do
better 'than the original breeds
or strains. •
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While breed crosses are a lit-
tle- better -performing than strain
crosses, Iowa State College poul-
try breeder A. W. Nordskog says
the strain crosses have at least
one advantage. A breeder • who
wants to improve productivity
without inbreeding, and still pro-
duce all white or all brown eggs,
can do it by crossing 2 strains
of one breed. He couldn't with
crossbreds.
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It's poor policy to overcrowd
broilers in the brooder ,,house.
One-half sq. ft. of floor space per
bird is too little; 1 sq, ft, usually
is too much. About ai sq. ft. is
about right, according to a Dela-
ware authority.
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Mortality was lower, weight
more anti feed conversion better
with the ,34 -ft. figure than when
only it ft, was used. Production
costs Were 221 a lb. for 92,000
birds with s/a sq. It per bird;
241 for 128,000 birds on t,s sq.
ft. of floor.
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Tests at a Delaware station
showed that returns—per bird—
averaged higher when floor-
space al]owence was 1 sq. ft.,
but less --per house—than when
1-t sq. ',11. was allowed per bird.
Sounds Into Words-tearivng to speak, • five-year-old Ronnie
Mrabery hears his teacher's voice forming words through
h' the ear-
phones clammed nn'':his'head'He controls volume ofthe sound
by turning the knobs under his hands.
•
In each Baso the • house had a
.floor space of 6000 sq. ft.
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Crowding(;z sq, ft. per bird)
gave higher, per house
when broiler prices were rela-
tively high—from 30 to 321.
But when prices were lower, a
more liberal space allowance
paid off.
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Spree nobody, can f ertell ex-
actly where the market price
will end up for house'01 broil-
ers ,just- being started, experts
advise ,that, the -.safest bet is to
allow• them about,e/a square foot
of floor space per. bird. -
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And, as this seems to bave de-
veloped into -a strictly poultry
column, this. week, here's what
Harold Baldwin, writing in
"Country Gentleman," has to say
about -a high -corn ration for
laying flocks.
You, can get more eggs and
grow a heavier bird with less
feed if you put a high -efficiency
ration . before your laying and
breeding flocks. The same prin-
ciples that save feed and cut
costs in the Connecticut high -
efficiency broiler • rations were
applied to feeds for layers.
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Ground yellow corn replaced
all the ground oats and half the
wheat middlings of a standard
ration. This produced a dozen
eggs on 6.67 lbs. of feed, while
the standard ration took 7.69 lbs.
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Rhode Island Reds and Barred
Plymouth Rocks were used in
the tests. Both breeds gained
nearly 1 lb. per bird on the high -
corn feed—on the standard ra-
tion the Rocks, gained just 3/10
ib. and the Reds but 4/10 lb. An-
other advanta'e was drier litter
., in,Abe- high -t ' peas.
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Replacement , stock was
heavier on the high -corn ration
and took less feed to maturity
than birds fed rations high in
oats or millfeed products. There
was no difference in egg size be-,
tween the rations,
UNDAY SCIIOOL
LESSON
BY REV R BARCLAY
WARREN h.A. 13.D
PAUI. BECOMES AQ ::
MISSIOIARY
Acts 11:25-26; 14:8-20
Memory Selection: Now then we
are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you
by us; we pray you In Christ's
stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20.
"When Saul was come to Jeru-
salem, he assayed to' join Aline to the disciples, but they
were all afraid of him, and be-
lieved not that he was''a disciple.
But Barnabas took him, and
brought him to the apostles, and
declared unto them hdw he had
seen the Lord in the way, and
that he had spoken to Him, and
how he had preached boldly at
Damascus in the name of Jesus."
Acts -9:20,27. Barnabas did an-
other important piece of work.
when he went to Tereus and
brought Saul to labour with' him
in the church at Antioch. Here
they worked together for a year,
'Then they took relief to Judea
" where there was e famine. Teddy
there are many agencies to rare
for the needy. But the church
.must not tenet her responsibll-
New hi blankets is this first one made of blended Vicara fiber.
elVeven bresuthentieiciaeete tameedt Is a perfect complement for .an
Early American, room setting, Shown above is the Ramsay tartan,
Itteltlelg;tgpa^edo mantle 'sett tied,,jaleck, with rt white stripe. This
nkeE s1 a
colliesInuill6Bineldir hutting, which is dark green.
ity. When -appeals are nude for
clothing• it is amazing, the abun-
dance of fine' clothes which
church members .will produce
fr•oin . their cupboards. Worn?
Very slightly, They are last year's
styles and have been replaced.
How different from the sacrifi-
cial giving of the Macedonians.
See 2 Corinthians. 80.-5. We have
wandered a long way from the
advice of John Wesley, "Make
alI you can, save all you can,
give all you cant"
The Church at Antioch not on-
ly cared for the poor but also
sent out men to take : the .gospel
to those who 'rad never heard.
'No wonder the people of this
church were nicknamed Chris-
tians. They were like Christ in
that they cared for the spiritual
and material needs of others.
How fickle are people After
the healing of the cripple they
wanted to worship Paul and Bar-
nabas. But when agitators from
Antioch and Iconium had done
their work they stoned Paul and
dragged him out of the city leav-
ing him for dead.
When grateful parents knelt at
the feet of a medical missionary
,rl
to worship her as a god she hast-
ily cried out, "We are not gods.
Worship the true God. Suppose
that I wished to bestow a val-
uable gift upon+ you and sent
by the hand of one of my coolies;
whom would you' thank, the
coolie or myself."
"We would thank you, of
course; the coolie is your ser-
vant, the parents replied,
"And`so I am God's coolie, by
whose hand God has been pleas-
ed to send this gift of healing
to your child, Give Him thanks."
TOUGH LtrOK
Morey Amsterdam tells the
heart -breaking story of a golf
pro who lost his job, and was
pacing the streets in his skiked
golf shoes, the only footwear he
had left. He hadn't eaten a bite
in three days, when suddenly'
he looked down and saw an,•un-
used meal ticket on the sidewalk,
He stooped down to grab, it, but
in his. excitement, accidentally
,excitement,
on it with his spiked
shoes''and" punched out every.
meal in the ticket.
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For `Elie New Home
When the builder is finished,
the gardener is just ready to be-
gin. Ile shouldn't br discouraged
at the rough grading;, the litter
of plaster and bricks that the
bulldozer has barely covered ar-
ound the .brand new home,, ,One
can hardly believe what cavi be
accomplished in gardening the
first year. Of course we can't
-grow trees, shrubs and perennial "
vines overnight. But it is auras-.
ing what can be done with an-
nuals. The best plan is to get in
, early whataver nursery stock and
perennial flowers are available
and ;financially possible. Then in
between these use all sorts Of
annuals which will soon look as
if they had always been there,
There are big, bushy' things like
cosmos, dahlias, cannas, castor
oil and spider plants, ornamental
sunflowers rr helianthus, African
marigolds and giant larkspur that
can be used in the pi,ace of
flowering shrubbery, Then there
are quick - growing climbing
plants, scarlet runner beans,
morning glories, climbing nastur-
tiums, sweet peas, hops and such
for covering trellis or fence. And
for solid beds, edging and what-
not we have at least a hundred
annual flowers from which to
choose.
Before any planting or lawn
seeding is done, however, we
must dig or cultivate thoroughly,
rake as level and as line as pos-
sible. It is also advisable, where
available, to dig in some good
manure or commercial fertilizer,
and all 'the grass clippings,
leaves or other vegetable refuse
as available,
Mix in Flowers
Few vegetables look well am-
ong flowers, but there area lot
of flowers that not only dec-
orate'a vegetable garden but are
best grown there.
Gladiolus, sweet . peas. and.
others that are used for cutting
or bouquets can be grown most
easily and in quantity among the .
vegetables, Plants with really
wonderful blooms but plain fol-
iage should go there. A more
r°npleasing picture will result where
•these flowers are grown along the
edge of the vegetable plot or
just in front, If they are very
big they can go along the back
fence. Usttally a pprize vegetable
garden attracts visitors- just as
lnticlt as tjte flower plats 50 if
we want to make it really dressy
we can select froze the Seed cat-
alogue sole of the taller and
bushier annual flcwer,t'and use
these as hedges between the
main divisions of vegetables.
A great many experienced gar-
deners now grow practically all
their gladiolus in rows in the
vegetable garden. Then, they are
more easily cultivated and dust»
ed, and in most parts of Canada
it is very necessary to dust to
ward off thrip.
Take hour %'line
Along about this` time some-'
thing in the air makes one want
to get outside with a spade or
at least a rake and, work up the
soil. It is a natural urge. The
average gardener, however, does
not need to worry, He is in-
dined to rush planting rather
than postpone it until too late.
Or' course with the established
things, or the perennials, like
shrubbery, trees, peonies, del-
phiniums, grass etc. one can
start digging just as soon as the
soil dries out. enough, But for
the new crop of annuals which
must be planted or sown each
spring, it is best to wait until
the weather shows signs or set-
tling down and the hulk of the
frosts are over for another sea-
son, A far more serious mistake
than being a bit late is to stop
planting too soon. This applies es-
pecially to those vegetables which
can be sown any time from early
April to late in June. By spread-
ing out this work, we also spread
out the harvest.
MERRY MENAGERIE
as (Dczte+,w
"This nesting season gives me a
pain in the neck!"
HOW MUCH:DO WE` KNOW ABOUT CANCER?
SCIENCE MUST FIND SECRETS OF HUMAN CELL BEFORE IT CAN FiND WAY TO CONQUER
EDITOR'S NOTE: How much
do we know about cancer? Here's
the second of two dispatches in
a progress report on the battle
to find a way to 'stop the killer
that takes the lives of a quarter
of a million people every year
itr America alone.
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By RICHARD KLEINER
NEA Staff Correspondent
New York — (NEA) — Some-
where, buried deep in the hu-
man cell, is the secret that is
the key to cancer. Until it is
found, men, women and children
will continue to die of the dis-
ease.
Science is attempting tr fined
that secret. But it is handieapped,
in its search because it knows
very little about the operation
of a normal eelI, Before it can
Jewel what goes wrong in a
cell, to set off the mushrooming
growth that is a cancer, it must
first learn more about enuttnr-
cell functions,
That's why the conquermg of
cancer will take time. And
money. Taking first things fitat, •
scientists are currently devot-
ing much work to increasing'
their broad, general knowledge
of the human ,cell. In this way
they're, like radio repairmen, who
can't attempt to fix a balky set
until they first know how a radio
operates.
Much of the millions annually
spent in cancer research it going
for this vital, although prelim-
inary, .work. Altogether the
American Cancer Societe says,
1800 scientists are involved in
trying' to solve the riddle of
cancer. Last year, the expendi-
tura for research by alt agencies
amounted to more than 1:15,000-
000.
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Another basic problem tot can•
cer research is "the test.'Doc-
tors and the man in the street
alike are dreaming of a great
day when there'll be a quick,
dependable test, which writ de-
tect beginning cancer like a chest
X-ray discovers beginning tuber-
culosis.
Some tests have been an-
nounced, but the results, while
encouraging, have not yet been
universally successful, These
have used blood, ur'ihe and even
skin electricity in their a11tenipts
to diagnose cancer: But they've
,failed to live up to, the dreamy
expectations forone reason—so
far, no one'has found that cancer
works a basic, treasurable "hangc
itr any human body function,
Those are the partol skirmishes
in the eaneez• war. But the mein
action, involving most of the time
CANCER
S0 -Million. Volt X -Radiation, a possible, new weapon against cancer, is controlled by' this' dough-
nut -shaped tube being studied by. Dr. -E, E. Char-Iton, General Electric's : X-ray -boss.
and money in cancer resealcli, is
directed to the actual curing of
the disease:
Since the cause is not definite-
ly known, scientists are attack-
ing it from dozens of angles.
They are attempting to, find a
cure' chemically—a wonder drug
that can destroy cancer like peni-
cillin destroys flu, or an inhibitor
that can control cancer like in-
sulin controls diabetes,
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They are working. with sex
hormones, the chemicals secreted
by the sex glands, which seem to
have some effect on cancer, In
experiments, some hormones
have been found to speed the
growth of cancer, others to slow
it down. These seem to have
most hope in treating breast can-
cer in women, and prostate can-
cer in nuen.
They are working with viruses,
which have also shown tome
laboratory results, in experimen-
tal animals, viruses have attack-
ed cancer tissue. So far, how-
ever they also attack normal
tissue, but perhaps 'a strain of
virus can be developed which
will be 'selective. Attempts at
using these viruses on humans
have not yet shown.many results.
They aro working with new
types of radiation, to increase
'the scope of this type of treai-
ment, New radioactive materials, explores
many from atomic piles, are be-,
ing tested. Radioactive iodine
seems to be of valise in treating
cancer 'eV the thyroid; radio-
active gold in cancer of the pros-
tate; radioactive cobalt in cert. t
tarn other inteenal cancer,e; radicle
active phosphorus in akin can-
cers.
They are working with gas,
particularly the dangerous poison
gas, nitrogen mustard, Some
tests, begun during World War
II, have indicated this gas and
certain of its derivatives near
someday prove of value in treat-
ing blood cancers. At present,
certain nitrogen mustard com-
pounds are in accepted use.
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• Most people hope that, eventu-
ally, one substance will be found
which will cure all cancers. Sci-
ence shares that hope. At the
moment, in laboratories across ,
the country, countless chemicals
are being tested.
They bear strange, as yet un-
familiar names, like amethop-
terin, TEPA and urethane. Some -
tithes they're just numbered.
Researchers at the vast Sloan -
tettering Institute have already
tested some 10,000 different com-
pounds.
• A typical research ,project.
showing how thoroughly science
every possible avenue,
is under way at Sloan-Kettering.
All cells, like human beings must
have, Mod, Theyneed chemicals
to exist: Cancer cells have vora-
cious appetites. If the chemicals
which -cancer cells use eouid' be
made poisonous or radioactive,
they would kill the cell quickly.
And it is possible to alter 'the
make-up of these chemical foods
to make them poisonous or radio-
active. The problem, of course,
is to find a substance that can-
cer cells require and normal
cells do not,
At the moment, scientific re-
searchers are exploring the nu-
cleic acids, which they believe
may be the chief staple oe a
cell's menu. They are hopeful
of finding that cancer cells and
norma] cella differ in their need
for nucleic acids. 1f they can de-
tect that difference, perhaps they
can poison the food needed by
the cancer cells.
Whether any of these varied
assaults will be productive is t
question time will decide Per-
haps the ultimate control 01 'can-
cer .will come from some unex-
pected direction, as it so often
has in science's past. Perhaps it
will come as a result of sane c
this. work.
But one thing stems certain—
come it will,