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In his very interesting "Plain
Horse Sense" column last .week
Bob Ellis plainly told dairy far -
criers that their best bet Is to
"de-emphasize" buttor and but-
ter -fat, and really tackle the
problem of cashing -in on the
. other values contained in milk.
Writing in the latest issue of
Farm Journal' (Philadelphia),
Ray. Dankenbring tells of what.
1s being done—and what should
be done—along the salve lines,
I quote the following: -
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Out of the maze of proposals
and suggestions for solving the
nation's dairy diletnma, two main
steps are taking shape:
(1) Put some real pressure on
selling those dairy products that
seem to have the best future--
fluid
uture—fluid milk, cheese, dried milk,
concentrated milk, and ice cream
-.,-products that put more •emplla
, 'sis on the 'value. 'of the Protein,
"vitamins, and minerals below the
creamline.
(2) -Their pay producers on the
basis of what's below the cream -
line -the nen-fat solids, not just
on butterfat alone."
The • American Dairy Associa-
tion ]aid the ground work for the
first step at its' -annual meeting
in Chicago the other day. It voted
to increase •its dairy sales pro-
motion fund from $2 million an-
nually to more than $10 million,
To finance the project, dairy
farmers are being asked to con-
tribute two cents per 100 pounds
of milk, or one-half cent per
pound of butterfat every montli
—not just during one or two
months of the year, as hitherto.
The pattern for the second step
may be found in a milk pricing
plan being used in Wisconsin, and
in a new, quick teat for non-fat
milk solids just announced by the
USDA. .
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The plight of butterfat is too
familiar to "need •review, except
that it's growing' steadily,'WWorse;
In the past ten years, the -average
consumer has cut his butter -buy-
ing almost in half, The -cry "oleo
frauds," and the plea "butter is
better for you and worth the
price" haven't dobe the • job.' And
it never will as long as there's a
40 to 45 cent a pound difference
bettveen the two products.
.As U.S. Secretary of Agricul-
lure Benson puts it: "If the pre-
sent trend of consuhption con-
tihues,-butter is on the way out."
Price is the main reason, but
it's not the only one. Every day,
more and more Americans step
gingerly on the bathroom scales,
and decide then and there to shift
to low-fat, high -protein diets,
Doctors give hearteases, expect-
ant mothers, even overweight
babies, such diets.
This alone should be a tip-off
to the dairyman's future. Fortu-
nately, milk below the ereamline
is one of the best and cheapest
sources of animal protein,
Apparently a good many con-
sumers agree, for while' butter
has been on the skids since 1930,
sales of dried milk have tripled'
during the last 20' years. Cheese
consumption has almost doubled.
With a few local exceptions, the
fluid milk ,business is good,''and
getting better.
But, in spite of these gains, there
is evidence that we could do a
lot better, if we worked at it.
Here is where ADA. with its
new fund can make its weight
felt most -by putting more em-
phasis pi fluid inilic, cheese, cop-
centrated `and dried milk, and ice
cream.
»
.Fluid milk could take a lot of
the heat off the industry if we
pushed it, so that less of it would
end up as surplus going into but-
ter. Our population is growing.
Incomes are high. Fluid milk con-
sumption should keep going up
steadily. And the beauty of fluid
milk is that it takes care of the
butterfat, too.
Lower prices should be a part
of our sales campaign. They
would helpspur consumption.
(Some drop in; price is 'almost.
certain when supports are drop-
ped or lowered 'at the end of
our year of grace.)
Dairy producers might have to
absorb part of the drop; but let's,
look more carefully than ever for
ways to lower our marketing
costs.
What other food demands the
extra cost of trucks and drivers
to carry' it to the housewife's
door? And' what other product
demands as much cooling and
storage space after it reaches the
kitchen?
Soiree of ADA's new budget
should, and probably will be,
thrown into the search for better
concentrated, frozen and dried
milk, The housewife is picking
up more and more of her dairy
foods at the grocery stores. She'll
pick up still more if they're not
so bulky, if they're easier to carry
and store at home.
And she'll buy more of any
dairy products that she can count
on as being tasty and uniform;
day in and day out.
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Many dairy plants still figure
the selling price of their prod-
ucts on a straight butterfat basis.
Government Sponsored Loans
Available To Ontario Farmers
What Bind of Loiln Do You Need?
Now much do you need for how long; how much can you pay
for .a loan; and when can you repass 11? These are the problems,
.,To meet them the Ontario and Federal governments offer Ontario
_farmers two types of credit, — long term and intermediate term
loans.
•
TYPE OF LOAN LONG TEItM -
Title Tulse Junior Farmers Establishment
Loan Art 1952 (Ontario)
'Qualifications Age limit 21 to 35 years of age. Resident of On-
tario for at least 3 years. At least 3 years farm
experience .and ability for successful farming.
Purpose of 'the To buy land for farming; erect and improve
• Loan buildings; pay debts against the land; drainage.
buy livestock; and such other pt rposes as the •
board :lpprovn : ••
':'Not more than 80S%% of appraised value of farm
.land and, buildings nor more than $15,000 maxi-
mum.
Amount oP,. thi
Loan.
Security for Only first mortgages on Janda fanned or to be
Loan farmed by the applicant. Board may also "accept
as collateral security,- a •, life. insurance policy,
chattel mortgage or other approved security.
Interest on t11
Loan
Appr'alsut' or Appraisal of land and builillnn‘s e,,nt Mit wieprity
Value , altered made by competeitl ealtiretbrsi441
Other<''hargesAliplii'ant pays legal and oilier expenses"'Incur-
red ,le making the loan.
Maximum of 25 years llrt:at ay be drawn for
shorter period. Repayment in -"annual installments
of principal end interest to •di.iseharge the debt
at ,end •00 petted c11o'sen: FirsVthree tttstiillments
may be less than later installments; additional
payments on lona may be made atr;afiosa ihie.
Where Can You Gat ,T1tese loans? . .
Fel` long settlor loans apply 51'i --
Canadian rani, 't,81,\ 1, ltiontgomery Avi•uuel. ;l'ol'einiu, or
The Junior b'atuters,f stsblishienme loan earner:aion, par lie ncnl
Buildings, Teton/0, .Ontario.
For intermediate roans apply W:—Your Coral branch of any
Calrndian chartered bank.
(Next week — Faint Duero emelt 1 :Loans Act 1914)
Interest charge — 4% per annum.
Repayment
Terns
Some Tips on How To
Re Finish Furniture
)removing Finishes
Place any s u r face being
worked on horizontal. Do one
small area at a time. On fiat
surfaces, keep to an 18" square,
If paint.reinover does not
work on lacquered surface, use
lacquer thinner, For an oil finish,
use a cloth dipped in turpentine
instead of paint remover, •
Alwa$'s use dull paint scraper
for removing paint, to eltrni'nate
scratching. / ,
Keep bleach solutions in glass
containers, and, wear a rubber
apron and rubber ,gloves during
the bleaching process. 1f • poss-
ible, test wood to be bleached,
to determine shade desired.
Putting On New
After removing old finish,
make sure surface is clean and
dry. Prepare wood with sand-
paper and steel wool. To remove
steel -wool scraps ft= deep
grain and hard -to get -at cor-
ners, use a magnet.
To determine desired color
when staining, painting, etc., ex-
periment on some spot that won't
be visible,
If you're staining and there's
end grain, sand it, and apply
shellac thinned 500 with alco-
hol. This will prevent, stain from
shoW1ng darker on end grain.
If, while you are antiquing,
• fop ,.„coat is incorrectly applied
or marred, • wipe off surface with
Cloth dipped in. turpentine, When
11.1s dry, reapply paint.
For an easier but slightly less
effective surface finish than var-
nish over clear stain,,apply boiled
linseed oil directly to dry, stained
object. Wipe of excess; rub with
soft cloth; apply paste wax..
Any clear stain can be made .
opaque stain, by mixing pure oil
color with it.
When polishing with pumice
and rottenstone, do edges and
corners very lightly, as pumice
and rotten stone can cut through
finish at these points.
To mix paint thoroughly and
Without spilling, pour off about
1/4 of a can into. another con-
tainer. Mix remaining paint;
then 'slowly pour excess into. can.
To strain paint effectively,
pour through an old nylon stock-
ing.
To keep paint from spilling
Art to an Artist -Hearing of President tisenhower's accomplish-
ments as a portrait artist, 1 5 -year-old Audrey MacAuslctn, ,high
school sophomore, decided to present him with a sample of her
own artistic talents. Seen above, she holds a portrait of the
President which she painted after studying his face in photo-
graphs.
over sides of. can, punch - four
holes around the rirn.
In mixing oil color, never
squeeze color out of tube direct-
ly into paint can. Instead,
squeeze onto stick, and mix
paint and color with stick.
On all finishes, one coat must
be thoroughly dry, before an-
other is applied.
If varnish runs out before you
finish job, be sure' to finish it
with satne brand, as drying tines
of varnish vary.
If you are refinishing, with
enamel or paint, a piece origin-
ally stained. mahogany, apply a
coat of thinned shellac or alumi-
num paint before new finish goes
on, to prevent red in mahogany
from bleeding through.
They carry this back to the. dairy-
man—pay him on a butterfat ba-
sis. Hence the dairyman naturally
- gears his operations to butterfat.
For decades, he's figured the
production of his cows on a but-
terfat basis, then bred and sel-
ected to a great extent for butter-
fat.
Here's where the USDA's new
milk test could come in. Dairy
plants could adopt this or a sim-
ilar test for solids -not -fat, and use
it in addition to their test for fat,
Then figure the dairyman's milk
cheek on the basis of both tests.
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Will suck a plan work? Well,
one version of it has been work-
ing for more than 10 years, in
Wisconsin and surrounding states.
-Many dairy plants in this area
pay their producers on the "Frok-
er plan," or the "fat and solids
not -fat payment plan."
This particular plan is named
for Dean Rudolph Froker, of the
University of Wisconsin, who co-
authored it with Dean Clifford
Hardin of Michigan State College.
It works on the principle that
butterfat and the non-fat solids
1 in milk are in a fairly definite
ratio to each other. (See table
below.) The plants test for fat,
then figure out from the ratio
tables how mach non-fat solids
there are in the milk. Then the
dairyman is paid on the basis
of both parts of his milk, not just
the part above the creaniline.
Here's the average ratio •
of butterfat to non-fat solid: •
its milk:
fate;: solid, -not -fat's
3.0
3.5
4.0
4,5
5.0
5.5
11,0
8.27
8,47
8.67
8.87
9.07
9;27
11.47
Says Dean Froller: "tThc
straight butterfat method of pay
merit is now so' obsolete that i
should, no longer' be used. We've
got to keep our eye on the cent
'mirk ball—put more emphasis on
total milk solids, and relativelr
less on ,just brttterfat."
}loth dairymen and plant oper-
ators who use the Fsoker plan
say that it's more fair, mainly
because it's more fter-ibte, With
it, ,dairy plants, .can 'do a better
job of. adjusting their' •,payments
•to_reflect changes in demand for
either of the two pacts or milk
—fat or non-fat solids,
'COOK 31118 CANDY
In Brazil, Indiana, a 20 -year
old wife sued her 70 -year-old
husband fox' divorce; he refused
IA ' let her rhn'ge popsicles at the
ep•orely.
How To See Venice
The fanciful seaward facade of
the Queen of the Adriatic fronts
one of the greatest tourist shows
on earth., Few, however arrive by
sea; and your first impression of
the city, coming in by the back
door from the mainland, is not
impressive. Once on the Grand
Canal, the weather fair and the
season not too hot, you will be
dazzled. The city has an endless
variety of riches to offer; there
is in fact, so much detail that
some plan for '"doing" Venice is
essential. If you have only a few
days, and prefer to remain in the
*enter of everything, stay right
in the city, alternating periods
on the Piazza S, 'Marco, Ruskin's
Stones of Venice in hand, with
excursions to the Lido and the
other islands, and undertaking
short spells of very careful sight-
seeing to churches and museums.
Above all, haunt St: Mark's ca-
thedral. If you are going to stay
in Venice more than a week, and
if it is a week in midsummer.
stay out at the Lido... .
, You must allow ample time for
everything you want to do in
f Venice; the tempo here is slow.
1 You will take the trip along the
Grand Canal, of course, in a eon -
1 dola; but. much sightseeing must l
, be done on foot. It is a great
pleasure to walk in Venice, and
although some of the routes are• .
intricate (you should be prepared
here with 1110 few phrases you
will -will heed to ask your way),
you will not e .;sily wander far
afield, for most routes keep go-'
ing back to the Fiera S. Marco.
If you come from New York or
some other high, shrill place, you
will love Venice ardently for her
deep, pervasive. traffic -less si-
lence,
You should simply take in the
total effect and master the ground
plan of St. Mark's un your first
- visit. Next, examine the facade
toward sunset on a fair day. for
then it; gleams and twinkles in
the golden light and (111 the color
of Venice coiner alive for you.
Sit at, ,the bane of the flagstaff
close to the clock tower, and
study the mor'aive of the west
•Front. , • .
The south section, which fares
the sea aid the Doges' palace, is,
architecturally speaking, the inc,st
lovely. All its pillars; and cap-
itals should be examined care-
fully. .
are -fully.. ,
A gondola ride along the timid
Canal is something you wi11 not
want to miss-. No other 'street"
in the world can boast such an
unlntcreupted succession of int-
pressive buildings and beautiful
churches;. •'- Front "All About
'Italy," by Carla C ietaldi 'Rave.
GREEN
THUMB
if Gprdotti Smith
Stakes will Help
Tall amine/towers and all the
climbers of course will need
some- support. Often stakes a
little shorter' than, the plant is
high and driven in close will be
sufficient. The plants are tied to
these loosely with soft twine,
raffia or any of the special twist-
ing materials sold by seed stores.
With low bushy plants like peo-
nies, sornetimes'b hoop 0f wire or
dtbad• is;,ttllaced about them and a
fobt, or so above the ground. In
England erourid ,•.: delphiniums
' and ifib% sweet peas early, in the
'spring they stick' bits''ef 'brush
in the ground. Gradually the
plant grows about this and hid-
ing it but being firmly sup-
ported just the same. Most peo-
ple nowadays stake their toma-
toes, at least the early ones.
Usually a six or seven foot stake
is'driven•. firmly: in the ground
when the tomato plant is, set out.
Abent,every foot of growth the
stem is tied loosely but secure-
ly. Alt side shoots are nipped off
and towards the end of the sum-
mer to hasten maturity of fruit
the main stem is also nipped.
Two Crops a Year
Where space ie limited Or
where one wants to get the maxi»
:num out of the vegetable gar-
den, there are various ways of
growing two crops or practical.
ly so on the same piece of, land,
Of course where one goes in for
this intensive sort of gardening,
extra fertilizer is essential and
the soil must be well worked
and rich. In this double cropping
business we alternate rows of an
early kind with a later one, for
instance, radish and cartes, or
lettiuce and beans, or peas and
potatoes. We also have less space
than normal between the rows,
if necessary ne more than 12 or
15 incises, The .early stuff, of
course, conies cm ,-quickly and is
used up befpre the later matur-
ing vegetables require full room.
Another practice is to follow the
harvesting of the first vegetables
like the peas, lettuce, spinach,
radish, early onions, etc, with an-
other sowing of the same or
something else that will be ready
say in August or September.
Then there are certain crops like
squash, pumpkins that we can
plant in the outside rows of corn,
or we can have staked tomatoes
along the end of any 'vegetable
row and cucumber along the
fence.
With flowers, too, it is poss-
ible to get double crops, in fact
some have even three. Amongst
the 'spring „flowering bulbs they
'set out ' well started petunias,
astegs, zinnias, marigolds, etc,
These come into bloom within a
short time after the last tulips,
and' in some cases the first of
these are followed again by'later
set out plants or by annuals from
seeds such as nasturtiums, alys-
sum, cosmos, • etc. By careful
spacing and planning and by
using both perennials and an-
nuals it is possible in most parts
of Canada to have some bloom
in the garden from the 191 snow-
fall to the first.
Beware Late Prost
In some areas there may be
still danger of late frost. For a
few extra early and tender
things like melons, cucumbers
and tomatoes one doesn't need
to worry if some protection in
the form of special paper caps Or
miniature glass or plastic green-
houses are used. These will fur-
nish ample_ protection against
quite a severe frost for several
weeks. By using them one can
plant any.of these tender things
outside from two to three weeks
earlier than usual,
Profectioa
Now is the time to keep a
sharp watch for attacks of dis-
ease or posts. All of these can
be controlled if counter meas-
ures are taken promptly. On the
market today are all sorts of
prepared dusts and sprays and
simple inexpensive dusters and
spra&ers, for . applications, pne
should regard any wilting ° or '
damaged foliage with the great-
est suspicion. That may mean a
dog or cat has raced, through the
garden but it is more likely to
indicate' inaccet nr disease dam-
age.
UNDAYSCHOOL
LESSON
lay Rev. R. Barclay, Warren
B.D.
A. Preacher In Chains
Acts 28:I4b-34, 30-31
Memory Selection: We know
that ail things tool'k together
for good to utero that, love Gotta
to them that are the called ac-
cording to his purpose, Romans
8:28.
It was a strenuous trip for
Paul the prisoner, from Caesarea
to Rome. The ship had heels
buffetted by the storms and fin -
,ally' broken to peices. After
three months in Malta they set
sail in another ship. At Puteoll
Paul found some Christians and
spent a week with thein, Mean-
while the news of Paul's coming
reached t h e church at Rome.
The. writer of that wonderful
epsitle which they had received
some three years before, and in
which he had expressed his
earnest desire to visit them, and
his hope that he should -come to
- them in the fulness of the bless-
ing of the gospel of Christ (Rom.
1:11.12.15: 15:22.24.28-32), w a e
almost at their gates as a pris-
oner of state, and they would
soon see him face to face. They
naturally determined to go and
meet him, to honour him as an
apostle, and, show their love to
him as a brother. The younger
and more active would go as far
as Appii Forum, about 40 miles
from Rome. The rest only came
as far as The Three Taverna,
about 10 miles nearer to Rome.
When Paul saw,• these brethren
he thanked God and took cour-
age. How it lifted his spirit that
these brethren in Christ should
journey so far to meet him. Per-
haps there was some Judas near
who thought they should have
been working instead. But those
who went wouldn't have missed
that meeting. Remember what
Jesus said about visiting those
who were sick and in prison.
(Matt. 25). Christians are always
blessed when they follow the
teaching of the Bible.
Paul had wanted to preach at
Rome but didn't expect to travel
there at state expense and be
provided with a guard as he
preached in his own hired house.
Three days after his arrival he
met the.Jewlshh leaders. At a later
meeting he explained to diem
the gespei. As `retial, some Be-
lieved and'some did not. For two
Years he . continued preaching
and writing letters to the church-
es. Among the converts were
soma of Caesar's household.
Chains didn't silence Paul. He,
like John Bunyan who wrote
Pilgrim's Progress, used the sit-
uation for the glory of God.
'SENSEO F VALUES
A burglar broke into s
Yonkers,,' New York, hone and
stole .threes pounds of sirloir
steak,' a pork roast and some
chopped soelit. He ignored silver.
ware»and .jewelry.
Spring Fever Spreads .'Round The # odd
Dusting a winter's aceUmula-
tion ori the books kept New
York Public Library workers
busy. This spring - cleaning.
chore is au annual •'•'
More daring than her friend, a
pretty {test Berlin teen-ager
toe -tests the W a n n s e e In
Gruettwaid, Germany. It was
loo chilly for a swim.
Paris in the spring means tulips
blooming- in the Tuileries Gar-
dens. They arc tended by a
gardener. The Arch or Triumph
C871 he partly seen al left.
Ever )n 'Korea a soldier suc-
cumb,, momentarily to spring
lover. Being awakened by his
dog is Third Division man, Pte.
Viffiliamn Getz, or Dubuque, Ira.
Warmth Inred early .Oslicrnter
to the banks of the Potnmao in
Washington, D. C., but tier
turned to look at something
more Interesting than the river.
Pit•king spring peach blossoms
at Carbondale, I11., are two
pretty 'University of Southern
Illinois coeds. I $ts IVilsen on
the ladder. and Mtirit n Lleblg,