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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-4-21, Page 7Wonderful Fun In "Wonderful Town" — Rosalind Russell, relinquishing her role in the hit "Wand- , erful Town," to go to Hollywood for a new movie role , seems to be having a wonderful time at her farewell party. At left, shie`1Seiats out a fareweiTattoo on the drums, and at right, coproducer Robert Fryer rates a high -kicking hug as he presents the cast's gift, a silver cigaret lighter. some have more, Amongthe spring floweringbulbs they Set out well started petunias, asters, zinniasmarigolds, etc. These into nto bloom within a short time after the last, tulips, and in some cases the first of these are followed again by latex set out plants or by annuals from. seeds such as nasturtiums, alyssum, cosmos, etc: By ogre - ltd 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 time of the crocusses in March or April until the Chrysanthemums in October. The Place'of"Chemieal Fertilizers In recent" years,• -gardeners have turned more and more to chemical fertilizers. These, are clean, 'easy to use and powerful They are made up Of three main elements, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, with the portions of each expressed: -.411 IMO TIILFMN FIONT Farmers are busy putting their gear in shape for seeding. Hopes, as always, will be for a bump- er crop next fall, But high yields can never be produced on hope alone, Stuart farmers will be taking out their notebooks and using basic arith- metic they learned in public school to calculate how they're going to get that bumper crop. Their first problem likely will be to determine how much plant food was removed from the soil by last year's crop. It might sound.amazing in this age of scientific `agriculture that many Can'dian farmers are still of the opinion that soils are in- exhaustible and that all one needs for a good crop is perfect „Feather.• Such nonsense has been exploded long ago. Nut- rients taken out of the soil by growing crops or by animals that consume them must be re- placed if good yields are to -con- tinue. For example one good dairy row producing 8,000 pounds of milk a year removes an amount of phosphoric acid from the soil equal to that'. contained in 100 pounds of 20 per cent superphos- phate. A herd of 20 animals will remove phosphoric acid equival- ent to a ton of this essential fer- tilizing substance. Forty bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of barley taken from the land the equival- ent of 100 pounds of superphos- phate. Seventy-five bushels of corn remove 12- pounds of nitro- gen, 44 pounds of phosphoric acid and 90 pounds of potash. The fact is—all crops extract a certain weight of these plant foods. The relation of basic farm mathematics to high crop pro- duction is therefore obvious.What last year's crop took from the soil mustbe calculated—and re- placed, ro r. + Every seaside resort in the Maritimes, it is said, has its beauty queen. But there is only one Potato King. This year as in the past six, the Maritimes' potato crown is being worn by a Prince Edward Islander. The man now occupying the throne is James E. MacNeill of Kensington who won his title last fall at the Maritime Winter Fair at Am- herst. MacNeill ranks among the Is- land's largest gri:niers and has between 100 and 150 acres of his 800 -acre farm in potatoes, writes James Pendergast in the April issue of C -1-L Oval. What Is the secret of his success? According to the article, he first found out everything there was to know about the soil hi which he was going to grow po- tatoes. The .Subsoil which over- lies bedrock formations in the Kensington area consist of a mantle of rock residues rich in iron, It is,free of Sizeable stones. Combined with tate mineral de- posits in the subsoil, this allows moisture to pass upwards, creat- ing rich topsoil in which good potato crops,ean be grown, The topsoil is also comparatively stone -free. + « * Shnee potatoes are heavy con- sumers of the plant foods, phos- phorus and potash, MacNeill ap- plies an average 'of 1,600 pounds of 8-9-12 fertilizer on the soil where his prize-winning Dark, Bed Pontiac potatoes were grown. He employs copper fungicide against blight and sprays with DDT to cOntrol insects. His us- ual crop rotation is potatoes, grain, hay and pasture in that order, * « * The final ingredient in his suc- cess is the complete mechaniza- tion of his operations, He runs a modern potato harvester which digs up the tubers and throws them into a truck pacing the ma- chine. The potatoes are hauled to a warehouse where they are immediately graded, With four tractors and five trucks he is able to harvest six acres daily. PEED THUMB Gordon Smolt GARDEN NOTES No Rush at Either End. Far more plants are injured or lost through too hurried and early planting than in taking things slowly. In virtually every area of Canada it is possible to go on planting right up to the first of July. Aside from very early things like grass seed, nursery stock, sweet peas and a few others, which are all specially mentioned in any good seed catalogue, there is little to be gained from rushing the sea- son, As a matter of fact there is not a great deal of growth until both the weather and soil • are really warm. This means at least May in most parts of Canada, though of course in the warmer parts of British Colum- bia, Southern Ontario and the lower tip of Nova Scotia it is usually possible to•be t that-she- dule by perhaps i1< s *pAven in these areas, ht.er i .4ere is lots of opporttmi tf£jr`den- ing in May and Jukr. ...•. *" Biggest Crops -'" When the garden plot is small and one wants to make the most of it, there are various ways of growing two crops or practically so on the same piece of land, Of course in this in- tensive sort of vegetable garden- ing, extra fertilizer is essential and the soil must be well work- ed and rich. in double cropping we alternate rows of an early kind with a lat r one, for in- stance, radish and carrots, or let- tuce and beans, or peas and potatoes. We also have less space than normal between- the rows, if necessary no more than 12 or 15 inches, The early stuff, of course, comes on quickly and is used up before the later maturing 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 another sowing of the same or something else that will be ready say in August or September. Then there are cer- tain crops like squash pumpkins that we can plant in the out- side rows of Dorn, or we can have staked tomatoes along the end of any vegetable row and cucumbers along the fence, With flowers, too, it is possi- ble to get double. crops, in fact nearly •all gardenetrs do, and Dishier Partners -- Prince Aly Khan and actress Gene Tierney leave fora dinner party after they arrived at Hollywood from Mexico. The film colony is speculating as to whether Aly will be heading for difficulties as his presence in the U.S. might make him available for law suits by former wife, Rita Hayworth.. formulae of three figures thus 4-8-4. The first of these boosts the green growth above the ground and is especially valu- able for lawns, lettuce, -cabbage and qther leafy vegetables. The phosphoric acid encourages the growth of starch and sugars, flowers and s e e d.s. Potash balances the other two and helps naturity. When vegetables; are stunted or misshappen it is usual- ly a sure sign that the soil is de- ficient`in potash. Commercial fertilizers should be used care- fully according to directions and worked into the soil close to but not actually touching the plants or roots.. With them alone, plus some humus or green manure, one can maintain the' cjuality of garden soil. indefinitely. Even where soil is naturally rich, or animal manure Is available, a little chemical fertilizer will be found useful fox pushing growth fast, or as a stimulant or pie) me -up' after transplanting. IT'S O.I1., LADIES, ,TO PUT SANG IN YOUR KETCHUP The next time you get sand in your eyes or shoes, don't cuss. For this uppercrust substance of Mother Earth is the basic in- gredient of a new chemical that's making life easier and better for you these days. From the sand comes silcon and from the silicon — mixed with coal and oil - comes the newcomer, "silicone." Silicones are being used with remarkable success in 30 major areas producing industrial and consumer items. For instance, this versatile material is helping to reduce vibration in automo- biles, and it is also being used in completely unrelated products such as skin creams, which have worked wonders on things like diaper rash. Once regarded as a post-war curiosity, silicones are fast mov- ing intp "a :vast new industrial and constnrtter end-use pattern, In Capt, the indushy has expand- ed 25 times in the past nine years, and forecasts predict it will treble in the next five years alone. * Several major companies are experimenting with s i 11 e o n e. General Electric, for example, began research on organic com- pounds of the material back, in 1932. Why is an electric company in the chemical business? Well, G.E, has been producing chemi- cals for their own use for• many years, and occasionally they come up with a product that looks good for the consumer market, They figure silicone is a cinch to help the public get their money's' worth when they make a purchase, Take textiles. • Fabrics treated with silicones shed beverages and many food -stuffs without be- ing stained. They are also .pro- vided with a durable water-re- pellancy, often for the,1116 of the garment, and have an excellent wrinkle recovery, Recently, the Cravanette Co., of Hobokent N. J., completed In- tensive tests Len silicone -treated garments.Officials there say non -oily 'spots may easily be re- moved from a suit by simply sponging with a damp cloth, And oily spots can be eradicated by regular dry cleaning or lawn= Bering, « + « Even though it will cost ap- proximately five or six cents to treat a garment with three yards of cloth, textile manufacturers are enthusiastic about the new process, • Dr. Charles E. Reed, general manager of the silicone products department,of G.E., puts it this way: "The ,'textile manufacturers feel they can increase their sales by giving the consumers a super- ior;.gayment. We estimate one Out - iifWevery 'four persons will buy a garment treated with sili- cone in 1954." The glassware industry is reapr • ing fine benefits from the •use of silicone. Bottles treated with the ckemiiialhave shown a remark- ably low breakage percentage during packing and shipping. The Brockway Glass Co., pro ducers of ketchup bottles, baby food jars, fruit juice bottles and liquor' and. soft 'drink containers, recently reported a drop from the normal 0.3 per cent breakage to 0.014 per cent after a six- month test with siliconized bot- tles. + * * Dr, Reed adds that bottle in- tetiors:treated with silicone per- mits 'easy drainage of fluids, foods and pharmaceuticals. If you've got a large family think what you'll save, on baby bottle breakage over a few months. Silicone rubber nipples will also stand repeated steam • sterilizations, yet they won't clog or get limp. In its commonest form—water white oil—this amazing chemi- cal can be poured in subzero cold, and yet survive heat up to 600 degrees F. That's why you'll soon be getting a vibrationless auto ride with all-weather trans- mission fluids and shock absorb- ers made of silicone, As a defoamer, only a drop of two of silicone is • needed to burst "millions of, bubbles. In- dustry, therefore, is saving mil- lions of dollars annually by sharply `decreasing f o a m i n g problems in vats and kettles. Beer makers, however, aren't interested. Silicone also keeps tires and other molded rubber, and plastic part's from 'Sticking': in molds during inanufocture Because it's an excellent release agent • This cuts rejects and speeds p?oduc- tion, Millions of combinations are theoretically possible by altering the structure, of the silicone chain chemically,' . says Dr. R e e d. "This means that the growth of the silicone -producing industry has just begun." The leather industry stands to benefit greatly from this new chenmical. For silicone penetrates the leather deeply and gives pro. By Demand In response to numerous requests for a .stamp with a.religioes theme, U. St Post Office Department will issue the one shown above. Dona in red, white and blue, it features the Statue of Liberty with the words "In God We Trust," tection from water and moisture. At the same time the leather re- mains supple and is able to "breathe," Some shoe manufacturers are already experimenting with sili- cone andreport good results. Al- though it costs about 10 cents to treat the leather for a pair of shoes, they believe the added cost will be justified by a good selling point. It should solve mom's eternal worry on how to libepg the kids dry, too. Silicone tneaied snow- suits, for instance,,will keep children dry as well as warm, despite deep snow and slushy weather, The countryman sate en article in a musicshop, but could not understand the purpose for which It 'was used. "What's that thing for"? he asked an assistant. "That, sir, is a chin rest," he was told. "It is used quite a lot by violinists." The countrymen 'gave a cry of joy. "Give me one," he said. Then, after a slight pause, he add- ed: "No, I'll take two. We've got the wife's mother staying with us as well" • It's A !Mistake To Hoard Love Letters Every Monday and Thursday for fifteen years an elderly lit- tle spinster, who had obviously been pretty in her youth, paid a visit to a safe deposit run by a German bank. She *died recently. In the presence of her executors the safe was opened. Inside they found a bundle of love letters, yellow withage and tied to- gether with a faded, orange - coloured ribbon. They dated. back to 1894 when the little old lady was a gay girl of fifteen, They Were all from the same man who died in France during the first world war. The passionate phrases proved beyond doubt that he loved her. Why did they not marry? That is a secret which only the exe- cutors know — and' will never reveal. Twice weekly the woman would spend half an hour in the ,privacy of the bank's safe de- posit reading and re -reading ex- tracts from those precious let- ters from the only math she had ever truly loved, They were .her sole link with happy days which had vanished for. eves'. And often es she left the bank the clerks tidticed she had been crying. No known relative survives her. Boarding love letters is usu- ally a mistake, although many .Omen persist in doing O. You never know whose hands they will ultimately fall into. Some old love letters have had curl - IP rates, $004 after they were married, a.young BradfOrd.gouple bough an antique secretalra and book. ease whichdid good service for twenty years, • One day their fourteen -year old boy was playing about with it, and after pulling Out one "of the drawers was unable to get it back. He investigated andd found he had dislodged a spring which Caused another secret drawer at the back to drop down. In it were three bundles of old love letters tied with pink ribbon- and £250 in banknotes. Attached was .a faded note sign - "GL." which was written in 18511. "O.L„” a woman, said that the finder was to use the money to make +'his or her marriage hap- pier than mine ever was." The letters were written to her by her husband when he was woo- ing her and nearly all begent "Dearest, Darlingeat Theywere full of tenderness and declarations of eternal love. But in her note the disillu- sioned Olive declared that after three years her husband ohang- ed for the worse and left her. "Lack of money ruined our romance: See that it does not ruin yours," the note concluded, "I saved this money during the long, lonely years that followed after his departure from my life!'' A Yorkshire lass and her three girl friends made a joint vow never to marry. They were all attractive and had many ar- dent lovers, who wrote them scores of love letters toward* the end of last century. What did they do with the love letters? Forming a sort of spinsters' club, they met regu- larly one evening every month forseveral years and spent "de- -lightful evenings" reading each others lovelettersaloud. Then they cut the mass of let- ters into microscopic pieces and stuffed several pillows which `were later presented to poor people. In a,London breach of prom- ise case in 1922 the vital love letters were produced by the girl's counsel in the form of three beautifully -bound volumes, each neatly dated. "The fact that she bound them shows the great value she placed on them," declared coun- sel But when she was cross- examined by the young man's counsel, she foolishly revealed that at home she had a shelf . full of similar bound volumes of love letters — from pre- vious lovers. The jury decided that this ad- mission proved "the inconstancy of her affections" They gave her a farthing damages. A shapely, lovely actress who had scores of love affairs throughout her career but never married was deluged with hun- dreds of love letters — includ- ing many proposals of marriage — every time she performed at a London theatre, The letters came from peers, wealthy business men, foreigners — a n d unknown, lovesick youths. A friend asked her what she did with all the letters. "When you visit my new country house, I'll show you the attic," she replied merrily, "It's entirely papered with the let- ters." • She added: "Every time T feel dull, all I have to do is t4 pop up into the attic and read a few. They cheer me, up," NitelSCHOOL LESSON a, Harelay Warren, B.A., .8,1i. Christ the Living' Lord John 20;:24„20; 21; 15-1T Memory Selection: Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed, , Men talk of the good points of the vartou s eligion. itis hard'to conceiveworld of ars religlosp surviving if Ithad no truth. But Christianity has this notable dis- tinction that its author rose from the dead, He ,must be divine, Thomas was not present when Jesus appeared to the group Of disciples, He hesitated • to be- lieve their report. Thomas was a loyal disciple, When Jesus said, "Let us go into Judea again," his disciples s a 1 d,' "Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee." But Jesus was going to awake Lazarus, Loyal Thomas said, "Let us also go that we may die with him.'i Again when Jesus spoke of go- ing to his Father's house, Thomas said, "Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?" Thomas was loyal but he wanted to be sure. He was slow to appre hand. Finally Jesus appeared to Thomas and said, "Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless but believing." Thomas did not insist on a physical In- vestigation but answered, "My Lord and my God," Let us net forget that Thomas believed. Jesus gave Peter three oppor- tunities of affirming his love. He had denied him three' times. Bach time Peter assured Jesus of his love he received a com- mission. If we really love our Lord He will have a task for us. Only as we keep his command:- • menta and serve him do we de- monstrate our love to him. We think much of the resur- rection on -Easter Sunday. But we should talk of it more at other seasons of the year as well. It was the triumph of the early church. We must proclaim the Christ who died for our sins and rose again for our justification. Our Saviour lives today. We must let the world know it day by day. Stopped The Train For A Cup Of Tea Through the night thundered the express train bound with a full complement of passengers for Norway. Sudd€nly the brakes screeched and in a few momenta.the great engine drew to a standstill in the heart of the sleeping countryside. Down went windows in many carriages. People tumbled, al- armed, from their sleeping berths. Some women, hysterical because they feared an accident, scream- ed. From carriage to carriage hur- ried members of the train staff, seeking the person who had pull- ed the communication cord. Eventually' they found her —a frail old woman sitting calmly alone in a second-class compart- ment, enjoying the first train journey she had ever undertaken alone. . To the red-faced, almost speech- less official who appeared^in the doorway, she said sweetly, "How very kind of you 00 stop the train. I only rang for a pot of tea, and I could have drunk it quite easily while the train was inanotion." What the conductor said—well, figure it out yourself! So Long, Pal — "Cinco Rosa," a month-old burro, says a sad fare- well to owner Mark McGovern, who's on his way to a hospital. McGovern bought the animal for his son, But his car wog- in•, volved in an accident. When Dixon Kepley, an ambulance driver, right, found them, McGovern was doubled up In the front seat and "Once Rosa" was licking his master's face. While McGovern was'in the hospital, the burro checked into a local barn.