HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1942-3-18, Page 2Family -Sized Farm
To Solve Problem
1, E o o n o m l e Advantage of
Small Farm Operated by
Farmer and Family
The United States Department
Of Agriculture, through radio pro -
Fame and other media, is impress -
Ing upon ruralist* the practicality
of the small agricultural tract
which may be operatedby the
farmer and his family With little
.'eeoerse to hired halo.
That the plan is feasible, thou -
ands of farmers whose modest,
acres enabled them with a mini-
mum of hardship to weather the
bleak ported of 1931 to 1933, can
testify. This feat entailed no wiz-
ardry, financial or otherwise, In
most eases it meant that the farm-
er had realized the economic ad-
vantages of the family -size tract
long' before the Department under-
took to point it out.
For years he had followed the
policy of not putting alt his agri-
cultural eggs intoone basket. He
*raised wheat, corn and oats, but
In judicious quantities,. maintained
a farm flock and sold poultry and
eggs; he raised pigs and livestock,
kept owe and marketed milk and
cream. In short, years before the
phrase grew to its present popular-
ity,. he practised diversified farm-
ing, Largely because of these small
but steady sources of revenue, he
waa able when the slump • came to
meet his tax and other obligation
While . his . more . "progressive"
neighbors who, lured by high grain
prices, had acquired land beyond
their power to pay, saw their
terms foreclosed,
Thanks to lessons learned dur-
ing the depression, the farmer le
regaining much of what he had
lost. "Chain store" agriculture,
groups of farms owned by non-
resident
onresident investors and operated by
Paid labor, is gradually becoming
a thing of the past.
In calling -attention to the prac-
ticality of the family -size farm,
the Department of Agriculture not
only points out the solution of an
agronomic' problem, but guards
against' a repetition' of the catas-
trophe which befell ruralist* after
the First World Warr
Skirl 0' The Pipes
Cheers Fighters On
Scots The World O'er Will
Thrill. Wi' This Stirring
Tale
The harsh., compelling sound of
the tagpipes,••is not every emelt,
music;.,.' --theselis a story of $ -
Fienchman wits fainted when the
pipers -played behind his, chair -Lis
a mark- of, honor at a Scottish din -
_]ter. But to those who are con-
:doious ,of,its• appeal the, skirl of the
pipes- is heartstirring beyond- alt
telling. Even the finest military
band, with full apparatus of shout -
Ing bras$ and pounding porous'.
sten, cannot compete with . the
elemental drone and wail that
sends the blood tingling and calls
up an involuntary sheer. i]mphatl•
tally the pipes are instruments
of war, meet to sound the charge,
to hymn the victory with wild
abandon' and to iaourn the fallen.
In' this war, it seemed that the
pipes would be stilled, that Scots.
men would fight without their eery.
summons --suet as they w'e're sant
into.battle-without the treasured
panoply of kilt, bonnet and sporran.
But when the commandos struck at
Nazi garrisons in Norway, lo, it was
a bagpipe that spurred them out
True, it was an Englsihman. who
carried it—Major Jack Chui+ehiil (a
good. name; Corporal, Sohn here it
beforethey made him Duke of Marl-
borough), who had Iearned the art
of. piping in France' early in 'the
war But the .effect upon the young
commandos was the Same as if a
pipe -major of purest Highland an-
cestry had oflolated. "As the bar-
gee touched shore," ane of the men
who took part in the raid explained,
"most of us were slightly _scared,
but fright disappeared when Major
Churchill leaped ashore with •his
.bagpipes and* began to play. You
know what the pipes bo to a Scot,
The change was remarkable. Every
one of us was full of confidence."
There is a lesson here, although"
unfortunately Maier Churchilt.was.
badly wounded In driving it home.
The dehumanization of war has not
yet progressed to such -a 'degree
that the nttieic that makes soldiers
fight can be ignored. Major Chur-
chill, Southern tliougli he may be,
deserves an honored place in the
long roll of pipers wits have made •
military history. • And .the pipes
have displayed again their strange
!power over the hearts of matt..
Canada To Add
12,000 To Navy
Canadian Naval strengtl1 " now ;'
standing at 7,000 officers and
ratings, will be increased ,by an-
other 12,000' by March, 1942,
Navy .'Minister Macdonald . told
a press eonferenco recently. Ho
said this would mean that in just:..
aver three years the' navy would
have 'grown from less than 2,000
officers and Wren to 40,000. '.Che
•output of ships was "excellent"
sad during the pest edntmer had
averaged two a week of all types.
GUARDING PACIFIC "GIBRALTAR"
Malayan seamen inspect spiked floats of the "boom" defenses -,
guarding channels into Singapore harbor.
Floating Dry Dock
For Atlantic Coast
Two million rivets and 10,000
tone of steel .plates are being
put together to make a floating
drydock at Halifax, the first on
the Atlantic coast.
Already the three base sections.
of the huge drydock have been
launched and the job is expected
to be completed this spring. Up-
perwork of two .of the sections is
nearing completion. Launched
separately, the two have been
joined together and may be used
to repair ships 'before the third
is added to them.
From the end the floating dry-
dock looks like a huge "U". A
ship going into the dockfloats
into the "U", the tanks are pump-
ed out, and the dock rises .with the
ahip high and dry inside.
The huge structure, "which
looks' somewhat like an aircraft
carrier, will be moored to a dock.
Heavy anchors will be' placed on
the harbor bottom, and lines
ashore will lead to one 112 -ton
concrete block and six 80 -ton
blocks.
Spiking Rumors
Members of the American Leg-
ion are smacking war rumors
right on the button. Under their
anti -rumor campaign, the Legion-
naires listen patiently to tale
bearers, then flash a button with
the inscription: "How Do YOU
-1Cnow,$".
Says Price Ceilings
Have Aided Fanners :.
Price ceilings have been of ma-
terial benefit to farmers,•Profes-
sor W. M. Drummond of Guelph
recently told members of the
Ontario Vegetable Growers Asso-
ciation 10 annual convention.
Professor Drummond, head of
the agricultural economics de-
partment of the Ontario Agricul-
tural. College at Guelph, said the
price ceilings halted the tendency
towards widening the disparity be-
tween prices of farm products and
those of -commodities the farmer
himself had to buy.
During the First Great War
only 10 per cent of the national
income was spent for war pur-
poses, he added. The present fie -
cal year
ie-cal"year would show 45 per cant
of the national income spent for
war.• Agriculture had not been
considered a war industry until
recently, but was gaining rapidly
in this respect.
They Are Prepared
The story is . being told . of an
Italian tank captured in Libya
which was found to have three
reverse speeds and one forward.
The British captor thought he
would have some tun with the
Italian in "charge. "Why", he in-
quired, "do you have that forward
speed on there?'!
"Well", replied the Italian,
"we might he attacked from the
rear."
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A, IP..LINDSAY took home 'a porcupine from the Canadian
woods some seven' years ago, and the animal, "Rusty!' by nail*
i3 aft affectionate pet, which, according io Mr, Lindsay, refutes. the
contention that "porcupines are too dumb to be tamed," Another
porky, recently acquired, already it quite tame.
NEXTI What are the favorite trines" of 40y for ,snow - to tall?
SUNDAY
SCHOOL
LESSON
LESSON Via,
THE HEALING MINISTRY OF
JESUS •
Mark 1:35-3:12; Luke 4,42.44;
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PRINTED 'TEXT, Mark 2: 1.12...
'.GOLDEN TEXT.—He had com-
passion on them, and healedtheir:,
sick.'glatthew 14:14.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time.—The Spring and eery
Summer of A.D. 28.
Place.—For the most part, Ca
pernaum, though the preaching
•tour, of course; covered a great
part of Galilee. •
Our entire lesson will . reveal -
an unceasing activity on the part
of our Lord, and the -accomplish-
ment of a vast amount of 'work;?
in a very' brief space .of time. The
lesson'opensf with Mai Lord' far
out in the desert place alone,
early in the morning, praying.
That hard long day in Caperiiaum
needed sleep to restore His physi-
cal power but more. than that it
needed solitary prayer and con.
verse with . God. The harder • our
work, the more we need solitude•
and prayer. ''
By saying that He 'could' not
tarry any longer in the spot where
He had just been ministering,, but
must go on to other cities, Jesus
laid down a principle which it
would have been wise had the
church followed throughout all the
centuries of its history. He wish-
ed to preach where. the message
had never been heard; he desired
to save those to whom had been.'
given no opportunity for life.
].. "And when he entered again
into Capertaum after some days,
it was noised that he was. in the
house. 2.. And many were gath-
ered together, so that there was
no longer room for them, no,- not
even about the door: and he spoke
the word unto them. 3. And they
come, bringing unto him a man
sick with the palsy, borne of four.
4, And when they, could not
come nigh unto him- for the
crowd, they uncovered the roof
where he was: and when they
had broken it up, they let down
the bed whereon the sick of the•
palsy lay." To understand the
scene, it is necessary to remem-
ber that the house was most like- •
' ly a fisherman's cottage, low and
flat roofed. The roofs were made
by laying. first large beams, and
then across them rude joists; On
them were- Laid flat stones or
slabs of tile or dried clay, on
which was spread earth or gravel
roiled hard. The men first dug
through the earth and then pulled
up the tile slabs thus easily mak-
ing'an opening. The roof is only`.
a few feet high, and by stooping
;down and holding the corner of
this bed (merely a thickly -padded
quilt) they could •readily let down
the. sick man.
5. "And Jesus seeng their faith,
saith unto the sick of the .palsy,
son, thy sins are forgiven.". Jesus
recognized the faith both of,the
man and' of his friends: No 're-
quest had been made but Jesus ,
read the heart; he saw the yearn- •
ing of the sufferer for healing,
not • only of his body but of his
soul; he recognized the sorrow
for the sin which had produced
the sickness, and the angdish of
remorse; and at once he spoke the
-.word of pardon. and of, peace.
6. "But there were certain of
the scribes sitting there, and rea-
'soning in their hearts, of why
doth this man thus 'speak? he bias
phentetli. • Who can forgive sins
but one, even God?" . The scribes
would not speak .out like men and
call on Jesus to defend His Words.
If •they had been sure of their
ground, they :should' have boldly
charged him; with blasphemy; but
perhaps they were afraid that lie
could show • good cause for • His
speech. Perhaps they: were afraid
to oppose the tide ofenthusiasm
for him. ' So they content `them-
selves 'with comparing notes
among themselves, and affedt to
despise' Him.' ' •
8. "And straighway Jesus; per-
' ceiving in his spirit'that'they so
• reasoned within themselvea, with
into' them, why "reason ye these
, thingsin your hearts?,. 9., Which
is easier, to say to .the sick of the
• palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or
to say,. Arise; and• take up. thy
bed, and ,walk? . 10. But that ye
may know • that the Son- of :man
REPORTER
to record Tschaikowsky!s Plana
Concerto in. the modern for —
end gonad fear 'Months ago; did
se ft
a nice discing of ho'Day
the tune that's topping 'em all
like Wildfire today; And an added
dote: !Freddie is now playing :`tilt
-New York's elite Waldorf-Astoti3
Hotel, and :Dinah .,Snore, NBC's
'Time . to Smile' ;tongs -tress, tips
opened an extended engagement
with the Martin Band. Freddie le
featured, by the way,<:on�-OKCI's
dinner hour Pa"ads ref„ tkv
tn110
ery.FrldaY'at;
0030a1'
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1150'llatening tips:
With the. Happy Gang, gong at
1..l', _ =op.'s- Telegpiz, which
popular progran, by the way, has
drawn close to 3000 letters during
it's first two .Weeks on the air,
goes to 1.45 o'oloch;. and is short.
Oiled to a daily quarter hour. With
the Breakfast Club going across
the board at mite `in the'month*
,
some changes have taken place as
the utile to ten a•in, shift. Jean
Giilard is now heard at ten and
a new show, file Record Album,
will feature Jack Wilkinson daily
for half an hour at 10.30— other
fixtures in the nine to ten hour
have either been discontinued or
shifted. Eight to nine on Monday
evening Is a stand -out quiz hour -
with the new streamlined "What's
OA My Mind" being heard • from
8.00 to 8.3Q, and Dr, Harry Hagen's
national "True or False" show
following 8.30 to 9.001
Record, of the week Is Freddie
Martin's "Rose O'Day!"
RADIO
DIALING W
With payligbt Saving Time now
general throughout the Continent,
listeners 10 the Eastern Daylight
Saving Time sone, will actually get
the benefit, of an extra hour •at
radio entertainment, fot' a largo
majorityof the American network.
*bows coming into Canada, now
come one hour earlier than former,
ly, Charlie McCarthy is heard on
Sundays now at eight o'clock —
followed by the ,Inner Sanctum at
eight -thirty. Dr. klegen's True or •
False show will lm broadcast at
8.30 Monday nights, in13teadt• of
9.30. The Radio Theatre — the
Music Hall and noun, , of the day
time shows will come into, your
home the hour earlier. If, of course,
you've been on standard ' time,
such shows will be heard ae usual:
* ■ *
There have been a number of
important time changes In Can-
adian Network showe, which affect
all listeners: The'daily Happy
Gang show is now breadaast at 1.15
to 1.45 p.m. — tdree quarter hours
earlier than 'before. Tho Musical
Beauty Box with Bob -y Vernon cop -
ducting, has been shoved aitetid.
one hour on. Thursday nights—'
to ten o'clock, E:p.S,T. Share the.
Weald', however, will be broadcast
at the usual time, 8.50 Saturday
bights. Blended Rhythm also stays
.in its accustomed Tuesday night'
8.30 time. We will pass along news
of further expected .changes.
Freddie Martin, whose sweet band
was the sensation of 1041, really'
has the knack of picking the
'Spiotligltt' tunes: Fie was the first.
ITH PAVE;.
hath authority on earth to for-
give sins (he saith to the sick of.
the palsy), 11. I -say unto thee,
Arise, take up thy bed, and go
unto •thy house. 12. And he arose,
and straikhtway.teok,up his ,bed,
and went forth before 'them all,
insomuch that they were all
amazed, and glorified God, saying,
Wo never' saw it on this fashion."
Strange it was that these so-called
spiritual leaders of the people
should bre so bitterly opposed to
the One who was bringing such
great spiritual blessing to multi-
tudes of people, which they them
selves could not confer. But
Jesus knew how to silence their
•
questionings. Of : course only God
could forgive. sins. His declara-
tion that the, man's sins. were for-
given had to • do with an inner
matter, and his critics could' deny
that such an absolution had been
accomplished. But for this man,
helpless with paralysis' for . years
to now stand up, leave his bed
and walk 'away, ..vies an external
fact, which no man could deny.
Jesus certainly meant, by per-
forming this miracle, that He, who
had power to deliver this man
from his paralysis, was also the
One, and only One, who had
power to actually cleanse a man
from his sins.
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FRONTIERSMAN
HORIZONTAL
1, 6 American
frontiersman.
If, Biscuit.
11 Branches.
12 Refrigerant.
14 Sphere of
action.
16 To possess.
17 To depart.
18 Scarlet.
19 Humor.
20 On.
22 Perceiving
beforehand.
27 Nostrils.
29 To damage.
30 Oak fruit,
32 Golf club. .
33 Goddess of
"vegetation.
35 To' prepare fot
printing.
36 Lines of ad-
vance(
38. To fix fast,
42 Tea tester.
46 Prepared.
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.49 Elk. •
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