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Speed of the elevator potato
digger chain et' Oren is most
dnportant in controlling injury
o potatoes, JBVen properly ad-
justed diggers with the share
Mt deeply and with minimum
agitation and proper padding,
will continue fo cause severe in-
jury to potatoes unless the aii-
cOn speed is adjusted correctly.
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Theapron speed necessary
for proper operation is central -
ted by the forward speed Of the
operation of the tractor and
digger, In a test at the Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, a
digger was used with twelve
different speeds of elevator
chain. It was found that the
slower the eh a i n moved, the
less injury resulted. However,
a point was reached where the
digger did not operate properly
and the s011 and potatoes piled
in front of the share partially
plugging the digger,
4 * *
These tests show that the ap-
ron chain could be operated
more slowly than is normally
the case. By reducing the ap-
ron speed with a gear box -
optional equipment on some dig-.
gers-from 200 feet per minute
to 110 feet per minute the in-
jury was reduced from 13 per*
cent to 4.5 per cent. By increas-
ing the speed to 280 feet per
minute the injury increased to
26,6 per cent
,With most diggers driven
from the power take -off of the
tractor, the injury may be de-
creased by operating the tractor
in second gear rather than low
gear. This reduces the speed
ratio of apron speed to forward
speed and this ratio influences
injury as much as speed of the
apron, For best results the ap-
ron speed should be approxim-
ately the same as the forward
speed of the digger. If condi-
tions are ideal, the speed ratio
may be reduced to .75 to 1. In
other words the apron speed is
25 per cent slower than the for-
ward speed.
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Potato diggers with a gear
box will cause less injury when
it
WHY? - All the joy has gone
out of life for "Sparky." He saw
his master, Larry Holton, go
through those doors, and can't
understand why he doesn't come
out and ploy. This lonely scene
was duplicated hundreds of
times alt over the country, as
the tearful first day of school
arrived.
the gear box is adjusted to low
gear and the tractor in second
gear, If the digger should plug
in bad areas of the field, the
transmission could then be ad-
justed to .intermediate to oper-
ate through the tough spot but
to avoid injury the speed should
be set back t0 low as soon as
conditions improve.
As a general rule, the apron
speed should be as slay' as pos-
sible, depending On the digging
conditions.
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They are X-raying pigs at Lg.
eombe Experimental Station, and
no doubt people will wonder
why! It is an interesting story
and this is how the research men
explain the project.
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At the present time in order
to get a picture of the genetic
possibilities of a litter of pigs it
is necessary 'o take a repre-
sentative group from the litter,
generally four Wigs, two barrows
and two gilts selected at ran-
dom, and subject them to a
feeding test which culminates
in slaughtering the pigs. This
test gives a record of the group
in rate of gain, feed efficiency,
and carcass quality and together
with litter Size the weaning
weight can be used as a basis of
selection. Selection, of course,
is the basis of improvement, The
best pigs from the best perform-
ing litters must be selected as
breeding stock to produce each
succeeding generation,
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All of these record, with the
exception of carcass quality, can
be obtained without slaughter-
ing any pigs. However, carcass
quality is possibly the most m -
portant record of all. If we are
to produce a higher percentage
of lean bacon hogs we must
select for and improve this char-
acteristic. If we could evaluate
accurately the carcass quality
of a pig without having to
slaughter, we would have a
much greater number of pigs to
select from and consequently be
able to make a better and faster
improvement,
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Hence, the experimental work
in X-raying pigs at Lacombe.
A research project is underway
to ascertain whether the bacon
quality or potentiality of a pig
can be determined without
slaughtering it, by using X-ray.
Techniques will have to be de-
veloped and studies made of the
relationship of the relative fat
and lean as measured through
X-ray equipment, and the fat
and lean as determined by cut-
ting the carcass. This will be
done with a large number of
pigs at different stages . of
growth. If a close relationship
can be established and the best
stage of growth at which to X-
ray determined, than a simple
measure of the length of the
live pig along with the relative
fat and lean from an X-ray
should give a good estimate of
its bacon quality or potential.
With this information the best
pigs in carcass quality could be
selected as breeding stock from
the best litters from the stand-
point of litter size, weaning
weight, rate of growth, and
feed efficiency. These are the
factors which determine econo-
my of producti to
4 * *
This phase of the work has
just started at Lacombe, says
J. G. Stothart, senior animal
husbbndman at the Station, It
will take some time to appraise
all the possibilities. It is another
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Odorless Paint -The delicate scent of the rose is the only odor greeting this young housewife
as she tests the new odorless alkyd paint. The introduction' of odorless paint enables the decora-
tion of homes, schools, hospitals, restaurants a nd office buildings without occupants having to
vacate the premises to escape what once were uncomfortable paint smells.
example of research, however,
which may contribute impor-
tantly in the development of
genetically better breeding
stock - better from the stand-
point of overall economy pro-
duction.
She Wouldn't Even
Talk To Her Cat
They sat their cosy little
home one night towards the end
of 1951, enjoying a first-class
dinner - a happily married
couple without a care in the
world. They chatted, laughed,
joked together, Then, suddenly,
a quarrel flared up between
t::em.
"Apologize - or 2'11 never
speak to you again," the hus-
band snapped. She would not.
He kept his word. From that
moment, it was revealed recent-
ly in a Divorce Court hearing,
he never once spoke again to his
wife.
They went an living in the
same house, but the sentence of
perpetual silence he had impos-
ed was rigidly observed. The
wife was granted a decree nisi
on the ground of cruelty by the
husband.
To stay silent for more than
two years seems an almost
superhuman feat But that is
not really a long period when
compared with the records -
well authenticated - of some.
other people who became deli-,
berately and obstinately dumb.
Take the amazing case of Miss
Lavina Guilleford, a bewitching-
ly attractive American girl who,
in the middle of the last century,
fell in love at sight veith a dash-
ing young man with curly
black hair.
She became so eager to marry
him that the wedding date was
fixed before her parents knew
what was happening. They were
strict, but they encouraged the
romance until stories began to
reach the father's ears concern-
ing the young man's character.
What he heard made him act
swiftly. He forbade his daughter
to marry, saying: "That young
man is bad. He will bring you
nothing but sorrow."
"Whatever you say I will al-
ways love him," she retorted.
"And here and now I make a'
vow that unless I marry him I
will never utter another word
to man, woman or child until
.fifty years have passed,"
She kept her astonishing
p 1 e d g e.' Parents, relatives,
friends tried vainly to make her
talk. No words passed her lips.
She even wrote notes to the ser-
vant who looked after her.
Her father died after relent-
ing on his death -bed and leav-
ing her his fortune. Meanwhile
the young man had moved to
another town and vanished from
her life, not relishing the society
of a pretty girl who declined to
converse even with him!
Miss Guilleford refused even
tc talk to her pet cat, When the
fifty long years had elapsed, two
surviving friends of this strange
woman -white-haired like her,
and over severity - called to
hear the first words she would'
utter after lifting the veil of
silence. .
They watched her lips move,
but no sound came. Her friends
were horrified '3 receive confir-
mation of whet they had begun
to suspect -that Miss Guilleford
could no longer use her voice.
She was never able to speak
again. Mach of the fortune left
her by her father was spent in
vain endeavours to regain her
lost voice. She died, aged
seventy-nine, dumb to the end.
Because Mr. and Mrs, Stephen
Halle, a Hungarian eottpl.e,
wanted to be ".the perfect
couple," they resolved to spend
fifteen years together - in
'Toppers' are just the thing for crisp fall days and early winter
wear for both mother and daughter. The head -hugging cloche,
left, with short, slanting brim' which just skirts the hairline for
full -face flattery is for young -in -heart mothers. A tricolor gros-
grain ribbon shows up well against the tan wool felt. At right.
fashion -conscious teen-agers are eyeing this smooth, gray -wool
felt cloche with narrow, folded gray grosgrain band. Bow at
back accentuates its fresh s mplicity and is the only trim.
silence. After that they talked
again.
Even when their three child-
ren were born, they did not talk
to each other, neither wanting
tc be the first to break the vow
of silence. Said Mr. Helie: "We
never quarrelled once in the fif-
teen years. There was no occa-
sion for argument; yet we al-
ways understood each other.
There are better ways of know-
ing the other person's mind than
by speech. have always respect -
my wife's opinions and I
consulted her, through ane of
the staff, or in a note, on every
point."
Two brothers when in their
'teens shared a tiny one -room
cabin near Canisteo, New York.
After about a year they quar-
relled -over a woman they were
both in love with. •
So they solemnly divided the
room in half with a chalk fine
and signed an agreement never
to cross the line nor speak a
word to each others. There is
good evidence that they observ-
ed the agreement for sixty-two
years, each coming and going
by a separate door.
And the woman? Report said
that she ceased to be friends
with either of them, saying: "I
never knew men could be so
foolish."
One of the "dumb brothers"
MORNING AFTER --- The hur-
ricane, that is, Hair stylist'
Kama, has whipped up this
wind-blown hairdo in the fash-
ion of this season's series of dis-
astrous hurricanes,n Shortened
hair is blown to one side to soft-
en the flattenedhn�logokwhich goes
with
(Final devastating touchs You
may have it in colors, if you
wish.)
died in 1948. The survivor seem-
ed heart -broken. He wept at the
funeral. Then he told a relative
the whole story and wept again
over the sheer folly of both of
them.
"Silent Bill of Audubon," who
died at eighty-six, shortly be-
fore the war in an Iowa infirm-
ary, was jilted at the altar forty-
nine years earlier by a pretty,
but empty-headed blonde, who
decided 'at the last minute that
she preferred someone else.
Seif-imposed silence had bet-
ter results from the point of
view of an Amer'can bandit who
was condemned to be hanged
after playing a leading part in
a prison mutiny and murder
some years ago.
Ile "played dumb" from the
moment he was arrested. The
day of execution came and still
he uttered no word to warders,
the chaplain or friends who
visited him.
Police suddenly ,decided to
try to trap him into saying
something. He smiled, shook his
head. They gave hint a tem-
porary reprieve from the scaf-
fold, sending him to an asylum ,
for observation
Day and night he was watch-
ed. But nobody caught' hien
uttering a word, not even to
himself. His incredible muteness
so fascinated the authorities
that his temporary reprieve be-
came permanent, and fifteen
years later he died a natural
death ---still in nriSon.
But his voluntary dumbness
certainly saved him from the
hangman's rope'
Dog Daze
Alex Holmstrom of Land-
skrona, Sweden, is still en ani-
mal lover, but his faith in the
canine race is, at the moment,
a bit shaky.
Recently, while out' driving
with his wife, he swerved sharp-
ly to avoid hitting a dog. The
car shacked hard into a tree
and both driver and passenger
were knocked unconscious.
A woman cyclist, witnessing
the crash, was so unnerved that
she lost control of her machine
and hit then
sa to tree -knock-
ing herself out.
The owner of the dog made a
frantic effort to secure hie pet,
and for his pains was bitten
severely 0111 Lyase and fees. All
40 it casualties were taken to
hospital In the one ambulance.
The dog loped off home,'
How To Bring Your
Plants Indoors
As the nights grow cooler and
days shorter these of ion in
northern regions will be bring-
ing,in our house plants and re-
arranging our winter, window
gardens. '
We also might look around
the garden for young annuals
that have not yet bloomed, or
have; °illy started �-
small,
bushy ones -- suitable for pot-
ting up for indoor enjoyment,
Marigolds, petunias, latitanas,
trailing nasturtiums, coleus all
do nicely. Some herbs might be
brought in, too, especially pots
of frilly parsley for the kitchen
windows.
House plants sitting out all
summer under a tree should be
cleaned up and attended to be-
fore they come indoors. Some
will need repotting,
Scrub the pots, go over the
plants for dead leaves, debris of.
all kinds, then' spray the; plants•
with tepid water to wash off
dust, tiny spiders, and the like.
The plants should sit in an airy,
sheltered spot such as a screen-
ed porch for a few days before
coming indoors, writes Millicent
Taylor in The Christian Science
Monitor,
If the roots have grown out
throt:gh the bottom of the pot
or if they seem solid and tan-
gled, these plants probably need
repotting. I repot most of my
Christmas cactus plants in Sep-
tember anyway. Be sure not to
have the new pots too large.
One size larger or even the
same pot cleaned up with the
roots trimmed back a bit will
usually do.
For knocking the plants out
-*of the pots the soil should be
damp but not soggy. Some sharp
taps on bottom and sides should
loosen the plant without loosen-
ing the roots from the soil. Re-
move the pieces of drainage
crockery and enough soil to
examine the ball of roots. Per-
haps they can be trimmed a
bit
Soak the new pots, in water
before repotting: Drainage ma-
terial in the bottom can be cov-
ered with a layer of sphagnum
moss. A teaspoonful of bone
meal to an average sized pot.
Set the ball of roots into the
pot, firmly on well-prepared
soil, and work the soil around it,
shaking it down by hitting the
shelf with the base of the pot at
can be mixed with the soil.
Small chunks of charcoal can be
put fn the bottom with the
broken crockery.
Leave about half an inch
between the top of the soil
and the rim of the pot, to facili-
tate watering. Keep the repot-
ted plants in a sheltered, airy
spot for a few days, watering
them as needed.
If you are bringing in azaleas,
they can sit in a cool, light
basement or a north window for
a resting period. They should
have formed buds by now if'
they are to bloom at Christmas:
Keep them watered but do not
start weekly feedings until to-
ward the end of November. at
which time bring them into full
light. They can then get liquid
food of a commercial fertilizer
or manure water each week.
Remember that azaleas need
acid food and acid soil. If you
'are repotting them, give them
acid peat in the potting mixture.
Geranium plants that have
bloomed in the garden this sum-
mer can provide cuttings at this
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Job's Struggle` to to Understaodi
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Mepnory Selection: Ire shalt
seek ase, and and me, whoa lr#
shall search for see with a ..
Your heart, Uremia's 3911$,
The lessons for this quarter
aro entitled, Wisdom and Wee -
ship in Old Testament, They
are taken from four Old Testa-
ment books `which consist,
mainly of poetry -- Job, Pro-
verbs, Psalms, and Ecelesiastoa.
We begin with two lessons frons
Job. In today's we see Job's
struggle to understand life; bit
the next we shall see God's ans-
wer to Job's perplexity,
If one thinks 1115 troubles are
great let him read the book e£
Job. Here a wealthy man iso
ono - day lost all his property
and was bereaved of his tali
children, "Then Job arose and'
rent his mantle, and shaved kie
head, and fell down upon the
ground and worshipped, and
said: 'Naked came I out of ere
mother's womb, and naked r.
shall return thither: the LOREil
gave, and the LORD hath taken
away; blessed be the name of
the LORD'."
Later Satan vires permitted to
bring a great affliction upon Join
which all but took his life, Eta
was covered with sore boils (likco
carbuncles) from head to foot.
In this hour his wife failed him.
She urged him to curse God and
die. A man can endure a great
deal as long as his wife stands
by him. But Job's wife acted
foolishly, Then three friends
came and tried to convince him
that his sufferings were punish-
ment for his sin. He must be a
hypocrite. In spite of all, Job
maintained faith in God.
Job couldn't
understand why
he should suffer so, God seemed
far away. Nevertheless he else
claimed triumphantly: "But be
knoweth the way that I take:
when He hath tried me, I shad
come forth as gold." God knew
even though Job didn't. He
was content in that faith. When
the proving was ever he would
be a batter man.
It is wise to take this attitude
when we suffer.
season for next year's gardens.
Choose strong tips of the old
plant for cuttings, removing the
lower leaves. They will root in
moist sand or light loam, after
which transplant them into pot-
ting soil and pinch them back
at intervals to make theta
bushy. They will even root in
water or in wet vermiculite.
Cuttings of flowering begonias
can be grown in this way also,
as can slips of other favorites
for next season's garden.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
ALL FOR "LABOR" - Professor Kenneth Evett of Cornell Univers,
sity, works on the first of three murals for the Nebraska capitol
at Lincoln. They will each measure 15 by 24 feet. This one,
"Labor of the Hand," will be installed shortly, The others,
"Labors of the Heart," and "Labors of the Head," he plans to
finish on sabbatical leave, Professor Evett was one of 25 who
competed for the Lob,