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The Brussels Post, 1954-4-7, Page 5r/ , GDI EN@ A/ti',. s9F s ,,.. Gordon Slnikh No Bush It is pleasant and natural to get outside with' a spade just as .seen as the sun starts to get warm, ,But 5O ' icing as the . soil is the least bitrmuddy and there remains a real threat of 8priou9 frost, it is well to take things• easy, As a matter of factor the great majority of plants there js no real growth units spring has deltnitely arrived and •both air and soil are warm. At the end Q the planting sedson, one should be patient too. In most parts of Canada one can go on planting and should go on plant- ing right up to early July. For a succession Of really tender yegetablea, that is the only way to operate. One plants a first sewing early, then two or three weeks later, a second sowing, and after that there is usually plenty of time for a third or fourth at similar intervals. Soil, Builders There are many ways now of improving heavy soils. The old standby of course is well rot- ted manure. If one is lucky enough to be able to get this in quantity, it is still the very best soil conditioner and enricher. Ladled on in a big way it will make a fine garden out of al- most any kind of .soil. One dis- advantage, of course, is that mantlre is often filled with weed seeds. When that Is so it would be best .to pile somewhere for a year or so and then apply, Even without manure, how- ever, there are other things that can be used. One of these is home made humus, which is simply rotted down vegetable refuse, like leaves, grass clip- pings, weeds and even clean garbage. This can be dug di- rectly or piled in a corner, cov- ered with layers of earth, wat- ered occassionally and allowed to rot. The new chemical soil con- ditioners, too, will break down the heavy clay and dot the job overnight. Moreover the effect will last ,for at least several years. Ted close — Too Deep Planting too close together and plahting too deep are prob- ably the most common of gar- den mistakes, Even tiny things like alys- sum or portulaca, or leaf let- tuce and green onions require some space to develop proper- ly. The safe rule is about at least half as much space be- tween sprouted plants as they will be high when full grown. With small flowers and vege- tables this means at least a couple of inches between and with say zinnias, peas, beans, etc., four to six inches. With dahlias and corn this should be 12 to 18 inches. The rule for depth is three times the dia- meter of the seed or root plant - ted. This means that really tiny seeds should merely pressed. In the soil while such things as beans and peas should be cov- ered about an inch deep. Big bulbs like gladiolus and dahlias n should go down from six to 12 inches, Cheap but Important Nothing is so vital as the right kind of seed. Suitable seed is more than just high quality. It is seed of varieties especially selected and for Canadian con- ditions, In vegetables it also means that the variety has been approved and tested officially for Canada. As seed is the only - factor in ,gardening over which one has absolute control, and the cost is negligible, nothing but the best should be consider- ed. SPRING FEVER vs. SPRING CHORES Spring is in the air and tl)pt,•old.urge hits Vic Russell fte`'s o- wishin' to go a-fishin, but spring has a different meaning for Mom (that's' pIadsia Russell) who points out that the weather is fine for doing a few chores, Including gettingk'tite garden plow out ... and getting the garden hose ready for action, ("Daggone it, who let the hose freeze during the winter?") and w,ashing the windows and putting up the screens and ... . . ", and, 'uh, m -m -m -m; mumble, bumble, that. ole 'spring sunshine's got me. Sure did ruin the day's work—for HER. But don't grin, brother your turn's a -comm ." .. PLAIN HORSE SENSE.. By BOB ELLIS Sydney, N. S. We have just finished reading the extra -ordinary document en- titled "An Act respecting the Milk Industry", ineoduced by the Ontario Government. Being on the move most of the last few months the mail catches up with us only at irre- gular intervals. The expression of our. opinion therefore will come quite late and by the time these lines are printed, the fate of the dairy farmers of Ontarl0 will be sealed and they will have been disrobed of every last little bit of controlling power over the marketing of their product. Tied and Delivered The bill .in the form it was introduced for first reading robs the producer °of whatever little control he had and delivers, him, �ID �E {^fir {I ORD 1 Twisted w101t $1,sltuatod '�0^RY.OJ 8 rt co'97. �1' 10. E7ternl8y 88, Bearlike ''U. Working party 98.91ngingblyd■ PUZZLE 40. Form cit, &56®x Er 17. Stove trapshooting 11. Sou angle Al. Reddish- _ 01. 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The net creation is "The Milk Producers Co-ordinating Board" appointed by the ,Lieutenant - Governor In Council under a chairman appointed by t h e Lieutenant -Governor in Coun- cil. Last but riot least comes "The Milk Products Board Of Ontario" appointed by the Lieutenant - Governor in Council under a chairman appointed by the Lieutenant -Governor in Coun- cil. Government Control. The regulations and by-laws Of these weird institutions are subject to the approval Of the Lieutenant -Governor in Celan- cll. TO make the 'whole :network tight, provision is even 'Ude for interlocking membership of the appointed bodies, Goyernment control over ail phases of marketing goes so far as . to give the Milk . Control Board power to replace, the re- presentatives elected by ,a group to bargain collectively if in the opinion of the. Board these representatives are "not repre- sentative" of !the persons. who ‘eleeted them; Little Left to Farmers, What is left t0 the farmers is the ghostof a Marketing Agency which would not have the power US market. ' Even this shadoW of producer controlled marketing can Only be Obtained if 08 per tent of those entitled t0 vote in a poll to be taken by the Mllk Control Board, vote for it, The demand of the producers that this provision be changed to a majority actually voting, like in any other election or poll, was disregarded by the govern- ment. Steps towards Statism. ,These are only a few of the highlights of the new act. If this is what the presidents,direc- tors and secretary -managers of our federations, associations and unions bargained for, they should all be chased out of their offices. To this columnist who always plugged for producer controlled marketing, the "Act respecting the Dairy Industry" is a slap in the face of every free born democratic minded man. It takes away the social res- ponsibilities from a group of people, subjecting these people to the arbitrary powers of government boards. It is a step towards Statism and Totalitarianism. This column welcomes sug- gestions, wise or foolish, and all crticism, whether constructive or destructive and will try to answer any question, Address your letters to Bob Ellis, Box 1, 123 -18th St., New Toronto, Ont, 'Signs That Came True Coming events cast their shadow before — and sinister events cast a grim shade, a shadow of foreboding, On October 27th, 1640, Arch- bishop Laud wrote in his diary: "I went into my upper study to see some manuscripts which I am sending to Oxford. it it hung Iny picture taken by the life, And coming in, I found it fallen ',dawn upon the face, and lying en the floor.' I am almost every day threatened with my ruin in Ptarliament. God grant this be n0 omen." B.nt It was an omen, for Perliament brought about his ruin, and he was executed. The rope, and the shadow of the rope, have twice' played eerie parts in trials fOr murder.. Dur- ing the judge's summing-up against Captain Fitch for the Murder Of Mrs. Jalrriesen, a shaft Of sunlight caused the shadow 01 a rope to creep towards the accused. The secend case ,was that of Bennett, who was tried for murdering his wife. He stood in court as the even- ing wore on and the lights were lit, and there was a horrified gasp when it was seen that a queer shadow, formed like a noose, was touching his neck. In each case the man was hanged. While on a visit to the United States, Charles Dickens attended a dinner party given by Profes- sor Webster of Harvard Univer- city. Over the wine, Webster ordered the servants to turn out the lights and bring in a bowl of burning minerals which he had prepared, When this was done, the lambent flames in that darkened room gave such un- canny light that the guests be- came uneasy. Someone screamed suddenly, for it seemed that Webster was bending over the flames, a rope around his neck, his head and tongue lolling in ghastly fashion; Whether this was a joke in extremely bad taste on Web- ster's part is not known, but less than a year later he was execut- ed for having murdered a doctor and burned his body in a labora- tory at Harvard, When Noises Annoys— Noise can kill. That fact has been proved by tests recently carried out by scientists both in Switzerland and in the U.S.A. in which sounds of a :certain strength were shown twobe capa- ble of killing midges • in ten seconds. What about other sounds and loud noises, and their effect on human beings? The U.S.A. with apopulation of 160 million, has 17 million people with defective hearing, and American doctors say the cause is the permanent increase in noise Of all kinds which accompany daily life — 1tlotor-car engines;' buses, trains, pneumatic drills, radios. The German Federal Republic, too, is worried about the in- creasing amount. of deafness among its 48 milllbn inhabitants of whom it is reported two mil lien have defective hearing. Of these, 80 per cent have to earn their daily bread at some job or another. So firms in industry and com- merce are being asked to do what they can to reduce noise interference whenever possible, and this applies especially to firms erecting new buildings. One huge textile combine practi- cally rebuilt its premises with special sound -suppressing walls and roofs, end installed machin- ery designed to make the mini- mum amount of noise when in operation. The results are claimed to be surprising and significant; the factory reported 'an increase in production of 9.2 per cent, a re- duction in typing errors of 29 per cent, of booking errors by 35 per cent, and a general im- provement in the health of all personnel over a period by 37 per cent. Other enterprises have re- placed shrill bells and loud - ticking clocks by noiseless light signals and noisy typewriters by "noiseless models," with favour- able results. A general anti -noise campaign is, in fact, in progress throughout the country. The most recent inquiry into the reduction has to do with parade grounds, These, it is suggested, should be paved with wood blocks instead of concrete. OM SCHOOL LESSON Barclay Warren, B.A., itemise Intercessory lerayer John 17; 0-28 Memory Selection; Mateo,.. ever ye shall ask in my name, that will 1 do, that the Father patsy be glorified in the Son. John 14: 18. It was the night before the • crucifixion. Judas had gone out to eomplete arrangements with the priests' for his betrayal of Jesus, Meanwhile Jesuswith the disciples left the upper room where they had eaten and were On their wway to the garden. Somewhere on this journey Jesus paused -to offer this great prayer for his disciples. They had •come to Himout of the world and had kept His word but He was now about t0 leave them. They were not Of the world even as ,Ile was not of the world. (Here is the proper standard of Christian separation,) He prayed' that they might be sanctified through the, truth and that they might all be one. Their sanctification in- volved their separation to God In cOnsecration and their conse- quent purity of heart. This was; accomplished when the Holy Spirit was poured upon them' at Pentecost. (Acts 15: 9.) Jesus prayed for ail his dis- ciples, present and future. His great burden was, "That they may all be one." Some feel that this can never be achieved when there are so many religious de- nominations. However, the one- ness, similar to that of the Father and the Son, is primarily one of spirit. We have seen a company of Christians of different denom- inations manifesting more of God's love and sharing more of his glory than a group within a local church. We may have unity without union or we may have union without unity. The purpose Of this oneness is that the world may believe on Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another," Jn. 13: 35. Love le the great essential. We may well ask, "Is this prayer of Jesus being answered in my life? Is the love which the Father had for the Son manifested in me?" These are searching questions. If our answer is not in the affirma- tive then we can understand why more people are not being ' won to christ. SALLY'S SALiJOS •-(4 'Looks like your honeymoon is over. Your husband took you Oft a pedestal and put you on a budget." (Upside down to prevent peeking) 'Tuning in—A West Berlin hospital has installed a speaker en a large window separating quarantined patients from their visitors. The device enables victirns of contagious diseases to speak to their visitors.