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The Brussels Post, 1951-1-10, Page 6This May Mean Cheaper Fish Cornish fish( rine'', .who have al- ways called on Nature to guide Mem to the catch, ntay soap be turning to science. Says flue old hand (RS his, father a u d grandfather before It i mn)' "Vtiiki1 the gannets -- they Ry around where the shoals arc." There is nothing wrong with that. But here's the difference between traditional lore and science. Science can tell the fisherman every time where the shoals are: Natere only tells hint sometimes. Put it this way: gannets always fiy above the shoals" but not all shoals attract diem. Against that science gives a correct answer every time, in the shape Of tate echo -sound er, Already one fisherman, Skipper 3,Iadron, of Newlyn, reckons he has doubled his catch since he in- troduced an echo -sounder on to his craft" But, he adds: "Some of the credit goes to the new ring net, 000—which is far Seldom lost than the old type:' The echo -sounder is housed in the wheelhouse of •the fishing boat and, as she proceeds" it sends elec- tric impulses which Rash up and down front sea-bed to ship. So long as no shoals intervene the record is like that of a barometer on a day of steady pressures—a regular zigzag, But when shoals are present the zigzags change in character, become long and more intense. There is another method that has been tried out with some success by the Cornish fishermen. They stream a length of piano wire and feel for the vibrations as it en- counters the shoal" This is a good dodge, but a long way behind the echo -sounder in efficiency. Recently, experiments were car- ried out with an echo -finder, Off Rame Head, shoals were located by one and in an hour 3000 lbs. of fish had been netted" So pleased are the authorities that they are now offering to install echo -sounding apparatus to any pair of boats willing to give the new method a try -out. And the ultimate outcome should almost certainly mean one thing—cheaper fish for the housewife. Bibb Grows Popular—Bibb lettuce, a mildly sweet but crispy salad green discovered by socially prominent John Bibb, is on the march. Above, Richard Nanninga holds a cluster of three rosette type heads. Getting Smaller! Soon you may be wearing a radio on your wrist—one that can send out your own voice as well as receive somebody else's. With it two people could talk privately at a distance. It will be made of baby -size elec- tronic parts by a process called ''sub-miniatureization," which means the building up of sotnethilhg which is "smaller than small." Well, how small is small? Already they have managed to reduce the size of a radio tube to half an inch. Though it won't last as long as a large -size tube it is just as efficient. Mass production will make it nmch cheaper to use titan the longer -life, bigger tube, The ever -accelerating research into rocket propulsion is boosting the manufacture of midget -size equipment. Results can be seen in the latest hearing aids. These have beeu scaled down considerably during post-war years, thanks to tiny tithes and batteries. Improvements in technique are also helping to reduce the time Heeded to assemble this equipment by wore than half. New midget parts are being used in the Bessemer process for mak• lug steel. Tiny photo -cells check the ,colour of the dames and control furnace temperature. Small portable electronic coun- ters can count sweets, buttons, watch -jewels, cigarettes, screws, pins and needles at rates up to 30;000 per minute, "Iaectr'onic blain" computing machines, some of which can snake 5,000 additions in one second will be reduced to one-tenth of their present big - as - a -sideboard size 'when they are built with the latest Font Thumb parts. TI��F��tMFRONT \\ hen some of us were a lot younger than we are now, our par- ents didn't hate such things es comic books, crime movies, or hor- ror serials aft the radio to slurry about. But they didn't let such a lack stop them. Instead, they wor- ried about the "dine novels' we we used to read just as fast as we could beg, borrow or et cu buy then', Whether or not then' ssorrying was justified.. , well, it isn't for me to say. I know that 1, personally, devoured reams of "Young Nick Cartes" and "Old King Brady" and yet ::ever took even a single step toward becoming a "private eye" or any other sort of sleuth. And al- though I was in at killing—fictional —of millions of buffalo by cowboys and Indians, the only time i ever saw ti.at animal in the flesh was at a zoo. 'rile above 'profound' thoughts were inspired by word from Ottawa that although few of us, in all likeli- hood, will ever have the pleasure of feasting on buffalo steak or Mune, the way "Buffalo Bill" and the other pioneers used to do, before long ere may be savoring the bison flavor at second or third ]rand. Ilere's the way the story goes; * :_ * 1-ess than a century ago vast herds of American bison or buffalo roamed the mid -western plains of Canada and the United States, For many years these hardy animals were the chief source of meat for the Indians and the advance guard of early white settlers pushing west- ward in their covered wagons. Today as the result of the whole- sale slaughter during the last century, the once prolific buffalo exists only in a few scattered herds in game preserves. But if the extensive experiments of the Canada Department of Agriculture's Experi- mental eri- mental Farms Seryiceprovee suc- cessful inrossing domestic cattle and buffalo, theft the desirable characters of the American bison till not be lost, and Canadian con- sumers may at least have a dash of buffalo blood in their beefsteaks. ,t . * For more than 30 years the Ex- perimental Farms Service itas been trying to develop useful hybrid strains embodying the desirable characters of the American bison with the best features of certain domestic beef cattle breeds. The hybrids, whatever the percentages of domestic and buffalo blood, arc termed "Cattalos." One great and continuing problem in creating a Cattalo breed of beef cattle is a lack of fertility in the males, says K Mackenzie of the Range Experi- ment Station at Manyberries, Alberta. Ile has found that this lack of male fertility persists in succeeding generations of hybrids. Experiments to date show that even after buffalo blood is reduced to a low percentage, only a few male Cattalos are fertile. * 5 Early in the tests it was found that the most satisfactory cross resulted from the mating of a domestic bull to a buffalo cow. In 1936 and the following years, domestic sires of Aberdeen -Angus, Shorthorn and Hereford breeds were used on 770 buffalo cowws. The resulting hybrid heifers were then mated to domestic sires t0 give 34 domestic, 7,.g domestic and so on, Large numbers of bulls have been Victory Tapestry Unveiled—British actress ,lane) Barrow points to one of the seven ptulrle of iter "victc,rv' tapestry tvitielt was unveiled at a New Toric theate recently. The 10 -foot by 2 -foot needlework, a memorial to London "in her finest hour," wt s originated by \l Ise Barb iw the spring' of P),11 and completed live years later, tested for fertility and only about 23 per cent have been found to the fertile. The transfer of the Cattalo from the Buffalo National Park at'Wain- wright to the Range Experiment Station at Manyberries„Alberta, started in the fall of 11)49 when 72 head of calves were shipped and it was completed this fall with the movement of the main herd of cows and calves to Mauyberries, This change was made because the Department of National Defence required the land occupied by the Cattalo at Wainwright and also because Manyberries offered greater facilities for continuing the work of improving the new hybrids and comparing them with range ILrrc- fords. * k The object of the experiments at Manyberries is the same as origin- ally conceived, which is to create a breed of beef cattle that will combine the buffalo's character- istics of thriftiness and hardiness with the meat -producing qualities of our domestic breeds. * * * s Ii r t of al l a study will be made of the foraging ability of the Cattalo in winter and summer and also their resistance to told, discas and flies. .Secondly their rate of growth, age and size at maturity will lie deter- mined. The feeding ability and meat producing quality will be compared with the Herefords anti feeding tests with hull and heifer calves are planned. * * * Another important study will centre on the reproductive ability of the Cattalo and an effort Will be made to determine the causes of infertility in the males and the females and tests will be male to overcome this driest which has handicapped workers in tate past * a The herd will also be increased to obtain new combinations of characteristics from which to select a desirable strain. It is hoped to select for a polled type of animal with a uniform colour pattern, com- bined with hardiness and beef pro- ducing ability it will be sotue years before the Range Experiment Station at Many - berries can produce a Cattalo with the desired cltarac:eristics, and none are available for distribution at the present time. The herd at present is not uniform in appearance, This lack of uniformity is to be expect- ed since the animals comprising it represent great variation in the per- centages of blood of different breeds of domestic cattle and buffalo, New Cancer Killer -1)r. Madison B. Brown, at left, esainjne- a radio -beam therapy machine being developed for the treat- ment of cancer. Designed by Dr. Giaorehino Pantos, right, the apparatus will contain 50 grams of radium ---the largest ttltit of radium in the world for medical tiso---m the heavily armored keg -shaped (1111111 below. This lack of uniformity in the herd is considered an advantage as it is not yet known what type of Cattalo is more desirable from the standpoint of percentage of buffalo blood, or such characteristics as wits:er hardiness, beef tuality, ability to rustle or breed colour. Front a study of the results of the tests to be conducted, it is hoped that the most desirable types 'i11 emerge and attentp.s will he trade to breed a uniform herd of Cattalo. 5 * * And, in conclusion, just a remind- er that the Ontario Retail Farm Equipment Dealers Association will hold its fth Annual Convention and Farm Equipment Show a• the West Annex, Coliseum, 'Toronto, Janu- ary 15 to 19 inclusive. 5 'two complete floors will be de- voted entirety to the latest in farm equipment and accessories for Can- adian farm use. The finals in the Junior Farmers Provincial Mach- inery Adjustment and Safe Driving Competition will be held on \Ve- nesday, January 17. ORT ,, A Styl3)TC);.Cl'IC On New Years Day a burse by the name of BOLERO, or some such, stepped at distanc of seven furlongs in the record-breaking time of one minute, twenty-one seconds. Neat day, happening to mention to a friend' that this was really pick- ing them up and laying them down, he replied, "It was speedy, all right; but not near as fast as some of those Yankee football broadcasters I was forced to listen to yesterday, on ac- count of my kid insisting on keeping the radio on full blast all afternoon." lin that remark, we think our friend spoke an Imperial quart, Any time we tune in sports events from south of the line, and most espec- ially football broadcasts, we are reminded of an ancient piece of doggerel which ran something like; "I love its constant mumu', I love its speedy flow, I love to wind my mouth up, and I love to watch it go." 1 * 5 They all scent to operate with the idea that if they should leave a split second of silence on the air, several million listeners would im- mediately tune them out ancl go elsewhere. Ted Ilusing, we think it was, who originated this style of non-stop sportcasting; but now there are at least half a dozen just as bad or even worse. They fill the listeners ears so fu11 of statistics about the "colorful scene" the "packed stands" and the crooshial- ness of the game that, after a fete moments of it, we—personally— cannot escape the idea that they are reading front a prepared script, and reading mighty fast at that. :1 5 5 It is all very marvellous, beyond doubt, and represents a wonderful combination of knowledge, vocabu- lary, and well-oiled tonsils, But, 'somehow or outer, it leaves its pret- ty cold, and makes tis think of the great Samuel Johnson who, when informed that a certain trick was very rlifficnit, answered, "Sir, 1 wish to !leaven it was impossible" or words to that effeet. • 2\ 11 , 1 which nay sound as though we had no proper appreciation for the finer things in life—which .nay not be .so far from the truth, at that. Still, if wee have to take our spmd via the ether, instead of in person, we much prefer to get it from the lips of somebody like, fat instance, our own Wes McKnight. Wes at least sounds as if he was waiting for a particular play to de- velop before trying to picture it for his listeners. Some of the others referred lit appear to try and out- guess coaches, players and officials —anything at all, retiree than have a single instant of "dead air". Anti now that all those "Rose" "Orange" "SGgar" and other Bowl gangs are 0ttt of the way for an- other eleven months or so, it might be of interest to contrast a des- cription of one of the big English Rugby games --the 696, in the series between Oxford and Cam- bridge.. '1'o a visitor froth 'this side of the water it ntigltt scent like a colorless affair—yet it drew 55,000 spectator;, in the middle of the week, down to 'rwielienhaiu where the game was staged. y "The must striking thing an overseas visitor would have ob- served on arriving at Twickenham", the reporter says, "would have been the marking of the platy arca, hi stead of the "gridiron" the English narking 10 a simple matter of half a dozen lines, At Twickenham last week it was made somewhat com- plicated by the snow covered pitch having to be raked in places in order to see the markings, but that is not normal. 5 5 1 "The arrival of the player: would have caused concern too, because compared to the American armored giants the English players are prac- tically staked, All they wore was a woven jersey—dark blue for Oxford, antd light blue hoops for Cambridge ---a pair of shorts, a pair of woollen stockings, turned down below the knee and a pair of boots with leather or rubber studs at- tached to the sole, This ,i • f doesnot meat Ohre to t to n body contact. There certainly is, and especially in the varsity match. There is no obstructing and only' the player with the ball may be tackled. When a player has the ball he either kicks it, runs forward with it, of passes it and a spontane- ous plan develops from. what he does. Very often what he does rho, and lee did it plenty last week, is to be placed with no little violence on the greensward by a member of the opposition. In "Rugger" it is simply 1101 done to be hurt seriously in the course of a tackle, And so mindful of cenivention are Rugger men that they usually contrive to get up acid go 00 playing with tnn- abaterl zeal. "By contrast with the American game Rugby it a non --stop per- formance with each movement vamped.up as play goes one. There arc no "time outs", no huddles or committee meetings, and no distance measurings and other stoppages, Therefore Rugger has a continuity of action that the American game does not provide, ,1 * '# "The. British crown is another noticeable contrast, 'i'he nearest approach the varsity Rugger folk ever have to organized rooting is the ribbon favours they wear. Most, however, prefer the distinction that is proclaimed i1y their college tics or mufflers, The outbursts of cheer- ing that accompany the play throughout are always spontaneous and there are no loudspeakers blar- ing commentaries on what is hap- pening. Nor, happily, those persis- tent commercials which threaten results to anybody who does not immediately purchase something or other. ^ 1 A t•ynic might interpolate here with 'Well, the British have nothing to buy anyway,' But with Rugby I should say that the play was too fast and continuous to snake com- mercial announcements a worth- while prospect. it certainly was 111 the „ane we have under review, It was an 80 -minute non-stop thrill, except for the five-minute interval, llere again, we have a contrast, • because the 1 uggw- Wren don't leave the field. 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()lir Hide luwu is alt a long, sandy is- land. It is out in the ccc:ut, a sew utiles from the Carolina .shore, "I've just bald a li't'er from a than in partial], Ohio," I said to my wife one day, "Ills uaute is \V Mimi Wright- Ile want: to cons' to Kitty Hetet: w It's brother. They are going to try out some kind of flying machine, It sound, to tic like a big kite. They think it will carry a turn rap into the sky. They would like to tut and slay p here for a week or two. '\'Reye will build at little sump out on the sande, Will you take them:" "Uo 1 1001: tt at w.WIWI tt ho w tut i take crazy- people in. o her Iwnsr?" replied naw wife. • "la's a good letter," said 1. "Mr. \Vr'glt1 due 511'1 sotutl crazy lu 111m" 'Bill 'Pitt," said toy wife, "are you going to silted herr and tell Inc that a nuns trill every sly through the air on a Lite?" • "Who know sr I answered, "Whet] we went to \Vashiugtou, we heard a talking inaehine. \Ve saw electric lights. \Vr' had a rifle in one of those new autouwb'hs, '\Vitt you take \1r, Wright for just orae night? 'Chen weal send oim away, if you think he's crazy. 1'11 sit up all night with a gun in my hand, if it will make you feet safe," Mrs. 'Incalaughed. "All right, Just one nigh, \fltrn will he conte?" On the morning of September 12, 1900, a boy carte to our house, "'!'here's a matt down at the shore who wants to see you," Ite said. T hurried down to the water. There 1 had my, first sight of Mr, Wilbur \Vright, Ile was tall and quite thin. Ile was about thirty years old, lie had a friendly face, lie looked like a fine man. IIe didn't seem crazy at all, ... "My - wife has good food and a good bed for you," 1 promised, lftet ,hoar, we lo,J, Air. Wright into to lit si tosyl lit sat duwa with nit wife, my little girland inc, "So you are a mitt til then?" 1 asked I e ulghl uty t its s eye. 1 stilled et !HT. \1 V. \\ fight Iaigh1d, "Not at till," he a ttsw(Ted, "\Is' brother Uryitjr and 1 h,,i' ,( biryelc shop in Day tan, \Ve build hirycles and sett 1henL rea \fe ad mans lusdee. \over learned shout a intuit 'n 1i(t•11t811y who made a glider, It was like a big kite. It lifted thiol into the air. \Vr want :t ser if twc ria do the sane ;Wog." From "l rstrrday iu America." by Harold B. Clifford. A Marked Marv --A sign cot two-year-old. C11ristopher Taylor's back reads, "Please do not let me into the gyne! Please do not feed me!" 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