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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-5-5, Page 3T1iE%A1i'1 I i 612astell An easily -made dusting box on help poultryraisers to beat the ever-present problem Of lice quite effectively. * * • With three parts litter and fine part 3% DDT powder In a dueting box, hens In New Hemp - Aire experiments were rid of line within about Mur days, * 0 * It takes about three bushel vegetable beim 22"x22"x8" to handle 100 birds, • • I r. R. L. Blickle, who tested this method, found one trouble the box won't work with roosters. Roosters don't dust. If you want them lice -free, you'll probably have to dust them by hand. ,• * * If it's fast growth, icing -size broilers and high feed efficiency that you want, use a high- energy, all -pellet ration, says Massachusetts poultryman Harry Grant, a ' • • By feeding all pellets after Seven weeks you cancut feed wastage, get top ; consumption, and slick gains, says Grant, . • • 0 Runner-up in feeding meth- ods is a high-energy, all -mash ration, supplemented with one- third or more all -mash pellets. This is a handier feeding plan if you use an automatic feeder. • * Regardless of how you feed, don't expect any birds to walk farther than 10 feet to get a drink, Grant observes, For feeder and waterer space, he advises following these stan- dards of the American Feed Manufacturers Association; Trim - K!nuko Ito, Miss Japan p! 1953 as well as Tokyo's num- ber -one fashion model, will soon stake her movie debut, She's due for a role in the movie titled "My AII," Feeder space per chick: • One day old to two Weeks - 1 linear inch. • Three to six weeks - 2 Inches. • Seven weeks and older - 3 inches, Watering space per 100 chicks: • Day oid tO two weeks 20 linear Inches of water trough, or two 1 -gallon fountains, • Three weeks and older - 40 linear inches or two 3 -gallon fountains, • • • After several years of re- search, Michigan State College engineers believe, that they are nearing their goal - a work- able, self-feeding, upright silo. B. F. Cargill, the engineer .in charge, says this silo has fed a „out 26 dairy cattle all winter, with not more than half an hour's work a week. a a • Here'show it works: To keep°the silage up in place, and prevent it from whomping down on the cow's head, Cargil put seven hydraulic jacks inside the beams. A piece of channel iron across the top of each jack acts as a bridge under the sil- age, When Cargill wants silage down, he merely lowers the jacks and slips them out - maybe not all of them, but as many as necessary to drop down a good batch. * • 0 To help hold the silage up, and also to help work It down for feeding, the engineers added a "rocker" bar to seven of the supporting beams of the silo. These bars are V-shaped, pivot on the bottom, and can be push- ed and pulled, back and forth, to let silage drop or to hold it up, • 0 * When the engineers first started work on the problem, they fig- ured that a shaft up through the middle of the silo would work like a pencil stuck through a sheet of paper. The silage would slip down around it, and spread over the cone-shaped bottom to the outside, where cows could reach it easily. * * * Trouble was, though, that the silage would either lodge up above: the cows' heads, or come down in ane big "whom')." When the silage froze in the winter, it took chain saws and crowbars to get the stuff down. The new silo gets around a lot of the failings of the first self -feeders, • * • Does the silage freeze in this new model self -feeder? Yes, says Cargill. But when the cat- tle keep nibbling away at it, It doesn't seem to !natter, a • ,• Cows can get their feet in the silo, but small rods in between each of the supporting I -beams keep thein from walking all the way in, And with hydraulic jacks and cross -arms holding the silage up, there's no danger of silage crashing down on the cow's head, as happened dur- ing early trials. 4, • * No doubt the engineers will make a few other adjustments. before they feel that they have the silo perfected. But they're pleased with the way it worked this winter, It looks like a real step toward getting rid of the silage tub for good, CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1. HIAC.ROSS mountain \4 Fclnd of Mee 4. Away 81. Hawaiian wreath 118. Obliterate 4.voWheeled Iclp d 6. Poucu e, 5ra11 Into disuse 17, Undertake 18, Choice 20. Artlole 22. Vaso 28. Drought into 27. Hide 20. weep 30, Servo the purpose 21, 1300000ga 31, Demolishes. 33, Feline 34, Myself 86. Copper a 80. Dameetloatstloated 87,1,anded 20, %qt onortlee uality 40, Yale 41, Homicide 44, Kanner 48, Feet bores. 40, Silkworm 50, Dowry 61, worn away 82, Male sheep. 53. Payable 4. Monolog 6, crater DO 1,10 Additi n 2. Jump 8. 1lustration 4. Criminal 6. Persia 0. Clreutt 7. Feminine ending 8. Seesaws 9. Fight -part composition 10. Distant 11. Cook In fat 18. Annoy 21. Chinese river 3. Flxpensea 14, Regrets 25, .Kind of cheese 28.130 fond of 27. Halt 28, Rubber trees 89, Hair on 40 animal's musk 82. Withdraws.. 33. wool trimmers 36, wolframlta 28. Coal product 38. Concise 39. Thtolt soup 41. Army meat 42. Pertaining to an age 48. Frosty dd. Total 46, Aoknowlodg- ment of a debt 47. Exist 48, Study Answer elsewhere en this page, Welcome Back - Smiling happily as she reports, back to her Hol- lywood studio, Marilyn Monroe poses alongside portrait of her husband, ex -ballplayer Joe DiMaggio. The glamor girl will soon start wdrk on a new movie. It was the first time she had put in an appearance since the studio suspende- d her for refusing to appear In a musical. Police Peddle Lottery Tickets Au t h or Bernard Newman found policemen in Indo-China were persistent - in selling travellers lottery tickets, In his book "Report on Indo- China," he says his route was doted with check -points where police halted traffic to question the occupants of vehicles. As the policemen moved from car to car they invited passen- gers to buy lottery tickets. Com- ing to the car in which Ber- nard ' Newman was travelling they looked inside, but spotting a European waved the tickets Only casually. "11 you had not been here I should have had to buy one or I should never have got on," remarked Newman's Vietnamese driver, "And on one ever wins. Once a policeman sold me a ticket for a lottery which had. already taken place. He said he must have got the wrong ones, but it made no difference," NDiY SC11001 LESSON 61. Barclay Warren, B.A., B.D Judgment on Jeroboam 1 Kings 14:5-10a, 12-16. Memory Selection: Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his com- mandments. Deuteronomy 8:11,. King Jeroboam thought it would be impossible to retain his leadership of the ten tribes if they continued going to Jeru- • salem to worship. So 11e made two calves of gold and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; be- hold thy gods, 0 Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan, And this thing -became a sin." He also made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi, Thus Jeroboam led Israel into. sacrificing to the golden calves, After his death the is repeatedly referred to as Jeroboam, the son of''Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Judgi1-lent for the sinner may be: delayed, but it always comes, ethio,life and in the life to conte. Warning first came from a prophet from Judah. Jeroboam put forth his hand to arrest the prophet and immediately it dried up. He then begged the prophet to pray for him and his hand was restored. But Jeroboam did not change his ways. The death of his son was a sign that the dreadful prediction of the pro- phet Ahijah would surely come to pass, Still Jeroboam did not repent. On his death his son suc- ceeded to his throne. A con- spiraearose against his son, Nadab, and he was slain, In fact, every one 01 Jeroboam's descen- dants was put to death. Thus judgment came upon the house Of ter0boam -according to the prophecy of Ahljah. Many, as Jeroboam, openly and defiantly disregard Gods holy commandments. They may even seem to prosper in their sin. But a day of reckoning Is com- Ing. "Be not deceived,• Gad lo not mocked: far whatsoever a man sOweth, that shell he also Teal)," 'Gal, 8.7, Handy Pants -- The little man can have a busy day, and yet make little extrq work for mother, in this crawler of orlon and nylon. Designed by Alexis, the sturdy overalls are easily washed, require no ironing and hove gripper fastenings on the leg openings for fast changes. Teiiing Thine Aboard Ship Time on board ship is divided into four-hour periods called watches. Eight bells marks the end of each watch and the be- ginning of the next, when the man who was on duty departs and the next man comes to re- lieve him., Eight bells is struck every four hours. The familiar Ding -ding, Ding -ding,. Ding -ding, Ding -ding rings out every four hours: at 12 noon; at lour p,m.; at eight p.ni.; at midnight; four a.m. and 8 a.m. So, in a twenty- four hour day, eight bells rings forth six times. . The ship's bell also marks the passing of every half hour throughout each watch. For ex- ample, suppose we begin at'noon. Eight bells! A sailor has just come on duty. Thirty minutes later he hears the ship's 'bell strike once -Ding! He knows that half an -hour has gone by and that it is now half past twelve. Presently he hears the ship's bell strike twice -Ding - ding! Two bells. That means another half hour has passed and it is now one o'clock. Half an hour later, Ding -ding, Diiigl Three bells, It's half past one, Ding -ding, Ding -ding! That's two o'clock, FIve bells, it's two - thirty. Six bells means three o'. clock, and there remains only one hour to go before this watch Is done. Half an hour goes by -three thirty-seven bells. And filially eight bells. It is now four- o'clOck and the relief takes over. With each new watch the cycle begins again. So presently, Iiingl It is half past Mur. Two bells -it is five o'clock; and so forth up to eight bells. 'Ilia time between four . p.m. and eight p.m, is often divided Into two. two-hour periods called !fag watches, from .four o'clock (eight belle) to six o'clock (lour bells); and ,trona four bells to eight 'bells (eight o'clock). Fortune 'Lying Mn The House? Lying forgotten in one of the your rooms 01 uslit moment -- perhaps hoine aat dustyfs attic or lumber.room which you have resolved to spring-clean this year - may be something which is Worth a fortune, Sounds unlikely, you say? Buj: wait a moment. Do you know that scarcely .a week passes during this spring- cleaning season without at O m e lucky person, in his or her Own home, stumbling on treasure in some form or other worth hun- dreds, even thousands of pounds in hard cash? Treasure? Yes, -In the shape of a faded, despised picture, an old book, a scratched piece Of turn!- tore, a bundle of yellowing documents, --. A few years ago, 101 instance, a housewife in Germany was rummaging through the lumber - room at the top of the -house one April morning, when she found and dusted a begrimed volume about birds which had been lying in a dark corner. It proved to be a nineteenth- century book much sought atter by collectors and was sold by auction for nearly $2,500. A Derbyshire tradesman whose wife was in hospital de- cided to do the spring-cleaning himself. to surprise her when she returned home. Hefound some dust -laden books in one of the rooms and raked through them for one which he thought would amuse his wife. He took her a tattered volume of Bunyan's "The Pil- grim's Progress" and gave it to her without another thought. A nurse noticed the book next day and thought It might be valuable. It was, A few• months later this highly coveted first edition was sold to an American collector for $7,500, For years the owner of an old house in the Midlands stored junk in his lumber -room. Being a bachelor, he asked a book - loving friend to help him spring- clean that and other rooms. They got busy. Two books, dating back to 1563 and 1641, were found and taken home by the friend. They proved unique and priceless in the eyes of bibliophiles. And when sold they netted the owner nearly ten Thousand dollars - thanks to his sharp-eyed friend. For twenty -year s a grubby picture, a portrait of a woman with powdered hair and wear- ing a muslin dress with yellow trimmings, hung in the lobby of a south -coast house. Children there sometimes used it as a target when playing games,' One spring day an artist friend of the family called while the picture was receiving a much- needed cleaning, As the grime of centuries came away, he re- cognized it as a Gainsborough. The picture fetched 9,000 guin- eas at an auction. Said one art expert; "It is a perfect example of Gainsborough's genius in the portraiture of lovely woman- hood," 1n another house a rare Rubens worth a fortune was found hanging in the disused bathroom in the servant's quar- ters. Even an old mirror can yield a fortune. One belonged th a Savannah, Georgia, woman who in 1936 was just finishing her spring-cleaning when she de- cided to change its position in the dining room. But she dropped it, shattering the glass. "Bad luck," she muttered, superstitiously. It certainly wasn't!! For at the back of the broken mirror she found $1,900 in $100 bills which must have lain concealed there by some unkawn hoarder for many years. Yes, all over the world .people have unexpectedly "struck it rich" without moving o111 of their own homes. Polishing an antique desk at which she had written her let- ters for ten years, a Melbourne woman "cleaned up" a fortune, She found a secret sliding panel behind which were some dull "pebbles" carefully wrap- ped in odd-looking wool. They were diamonds . , . and sold tor $10,000. Experts who examined the wool, declared it was more than 200 years old. This meant that the desk with its hidden trea- st-u'e must' have changed hands lnauy times before the woman finally found the diamonds in the " spring of 1937. Many occupants of a Dublin house used a Step leading into one of the rooms betweenthe years 1750 and , 1950, Every thne they did 50 they walked over a chest, hidden below the floorboards, containing $2;700. The treasure, presumably left by an old miser who lived there in the middle of the eighteenth century, was eventually found by a woman who discovered one Of the boards was 10020 while she was scrubbing. �1m Fertilizers It Is becoming more and 010re difficult to get manure, And even if we are lucky enough t0 locate a supply, often it is sO filled with weeds, that there is s good deal of trouble. More and more the gardener Is forced to use a substitute: Comment/it Of all, is chemical fertilizer, whloh comes in bags Or boxes with a formula attach- ed showing the percentage "of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash, the major ingredient. necessary. Tills ferticizer should be used carefully and according 10 directions, It is best dlesoly- ed in water and 'applied that way or sprinkled or mixed with the soil just before a rain or a thorough watering with a hose. This prevents it burning tender foliage and roots, Where water- ing is not feasible, one is advised to sprinkle lightly over the 9011 near but not actually touching roots or plants, and work in with a cultivator. Where one uses chemical fer- tilizer regularly one should aloe work in humus or dig or plow under green manure, humus is simply well rotted vegetable ref- use, ouch as loaves, weeds, grass clippings or even clean garbage mixed with fine soil. Every good gardener has a pile Of this stuff hidden behind some shrub- bery where the rotting process goes on. That process can be greatly hastened by some of the commercial bacteria prepara- tions now on the market and by frequent turning and watering. Green manure is the technical name for crepe of cloverfall rye, buckwheat, oats and similar things that are sown in vacant places in the garden, allowed t0 grow well and then dug or plow- ed under lightly. This sort of thing and humus adds fibre to the soil, loosening clay and im- proving sandy soils and making them more open and friable and therefore more able to retain valuable moisture. Watch for Bugs With so many easily applied chemical mixtures on the market there is little excuse for having our flowers and vegetables dam- aged. by bugs or disease. It is. no longer necessary to prepare various concoctions. All that one has to do is to go to the nearest seed store, tell them our troubles and get some handy preparation which is simply dusted or sprayed on. For every bug or disease there is a specific cureor control. The main thing is to start control measures just as soon as the first injury ap- pear.s Treatment is not expen- sive. One 'other point. A healthy, clean and growing garden is the best insurance against injury. well cultivated plants are far less susceptible to trouble than neglected plots overrun with weeds. Prompt clean-up meas- ures, after harvest or blooming, and in the spring and fall will also help greatly. Many bugs and disease live over in the garden. Cleaning these up regu- larly will help substantially in keeping a garden healthy. Keep Planting For a great many of the com- mon vegetables one can and should continue planting at two °CV chow Isn't mat boat it put you both to sleep f+r Week intervals right .up to the first or second week: in July, Beans, worn, Garrets, beets, let- tuce and other quick growin types are in this clans, spreading Out in this way 1a' spread Out the harvest and ins dfease by many times the yield from the average garden, We can further spread out by using Wearly, medium and late varieties. ith flowers, too, the season of bloom oan be extended by the Dame. method, World Premiere In Toronto Exciting ne±'s for drama lovera comes In the announcement that the Crest Theatre will have the honour of presenting the World Premiere of Tyrone Guthrie's new play, "Haste to the Wed- ding", beginning May 5. The Guthrie . play, which was com- pleted for this company, is even more light-hearted than the average comedy. It is a real, "romp". Mr. Guthrie, who is the director of Canada's Stratford Festival, has written a number of plays, many for radio and T,V. Among the plays presented in the theatre were "Tap of the Ladder" which played the St. James Theatre in London and starred John Mills, and "The Flowers are Not for You to Pick." Mr. Guthrie was a director of the Old Vic before the last: war and remained there to the time of Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Ralph Richardson. . He left to concentrate on the Sadlers Wella Opera but returned for the 1951- 52 season as director, during - which thne he directed "Carmen" for the Metropoiltan Opera Com- pany, He then decided to free- lance. He did "Oedipus Rex", which he will do at the Festival here, for the Habima theatre in Palestine and also for Finland's National Theatre. For this World Premiere, in addition to members of the regu- lar company, Murray and Donald Davis have signed Patrick Mac- a nee, whose 'Lancaster' was such a success in the opening presen- tation, "Richard of Bordeaux", Joy Lafleur, Charmion King and Toby Robins. (Upside down to prevent peeking) ,i1S 3 Sala s::•.3 0 B R]QCI©ila1 ®y i36t2120'' : UCIEI Mi* ©©q:: $l'0©0®OCIABEIGICIEM 121131:1131,1�'hp 3 ®©711 S4491010111ei din Fashion Note Mrs, Zeit/a Davis displays her unusual neckwear. Mrs. Davis caught the rattler which is around her neck during the annual snake roundup. Husband Hugh proudly showsoff Ma catch, too.