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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-01-13, Page 6PAGE 6 S CLINTON NEWS-RECOF JAN. 13," 1943 Rationing Shows Need Td Preserve Home Stocks Now that it has been definitely de. '!ermined that supplies of home -pre- served products will not cause fans• es to forfeit stamps.in War Ration Book No.issued, :th Hoo soon to be s e 2, well stocked pantry becomes even More : valuable. Before spring gardens come into production many families will need to fall back on their home -preserved foods to assure their families ade-. quate diets, says Winifred Jones, specialist in food ;preservation for the Texas A. and M. college. For that reason they should take the best Possible care of home canned, dried and brined foods they have on hand. Miss Tones.. suggests that food canned in glass should be kept in a cool, dark place, The darkness helps the food, hold color and vitamins. Tinned goods should be kept dr"y to prevent them from rusting. Rust can eat through metals and cause, the food inside the can to spoil. There is a special treatment need- , ed by hone -dried fruits and vege- tabies. These should be stored in tight, moisture -proof containers and kept in a cool, dark, dry place. Miss Jones advises that homemakers check their dried products frequent- ly to make certain they are kept dry and that they are not damaged by weevils or other pests. Home processed quick-frozen foods need a place in the freezing com- partment of a mechanical refrig- erator, and they should be kept there until they are to be used. They must be kept frozen solidly, Miss Jones says, and unless refrigeration is constant they should not be kept too long. Once frozen foods have thawed, they spoil quickly, and they should not be refrozen. Duramold Process Utilizes Plywood for Army Aircraft The Durarnold process of utilizing bonded plywood as a substitute for aluminum in plane construction, de- veloped several years ago by the Fairchild Engine & Airplane cor- poration, has already resulted in saving tons of the strategic metal in the production of the firm's new AT - 14 "Yankee Doodle" training plane. Each skin section is produced complete and ready to fit to the fuselage or wing in a couple of hours. Strips of thin' wood veneer are laid on the inside surface of large steel dies. After laying up the first layer of strips, bonding glue on a base paper is placed on top of it and covered by another layer of veneer strips placed at a 90 -degree angle with the preceding layer. This process is repeated until the .neces- sary layers for the particular skin have been laid out. The inside of the die is covered by a rubber composition 'blanket and subjected to a vacuum at either end, thus exhausting the air from between the alternate layers of veneer and glue. The die is then rolled into a huge pressure chamber where it is sub- jected to high steam pressure and heat for several rninutes. At the conclusion of this operation the shell or section of the skin is removed from the die, perfectly formed and fused together. New Potatoes Though several new varieties, of potatoes have been growing in popu- larity in recent years, the commer- cial grower should change from the old standard Cobbler, Green Moun- tain or Rural varieties only if the newer varieties show by test that they produce more potatoes or better quality potatoes. Diseaees, blacken- ing in cooking and other troubles of the standard varieties led to an in- tensive potato breeding program during the years since 1915. Work initiated by the department of agri- culture brought forth. the Katandin variety in 1932, followed since by Chippewa, Houma, Sebaga, Sequoia, Pontiac, and Erlaine No. 2. All these new potatoes have good shape, white flesh, are resistant to the mosaic disease, and have little ten- dency to blacken after cooking. Most of the new varieties, however, are subject to the leafroll disease, and are less mealy than Green Mountain and other standard potatoes when cooked, according to Prof, E. V. Hardenburg of Cornell university. Busy Bees About 179,000,000 pounds of honey and 3,380,000 pounds . of beeswax were produced in the United States in 1942. This production of honey was 21 per cent smaller than the crop of 226,000,000 pounds produced in 1941. Although the number of hives on hand at the beginning of the main honey flow in 1942 was 10 per cent greater than in 1941, and bloom was abundant, frequent rains over most of the country kept the bees confined to their hives during much of the honey harvesting peri- od, resulting in the smallest honey crop for many years. Use Farrow Quarters Using farrowing quarters succes- sively for different groups of tows and their litters is one method of increasing pork production, the Uni- versity of Illinois college of agricul- ture says. On some farms the same quarters are used for different lots of sows at intervals of about two months, so that when one lot of pigs is ready for weaning, the next sows to farrow are moved in. Two or three groups of sows, each having two litters a year, will produce from four to ;six lots of pigs of as many diffbrent ages on some of these farms. Tire Care Needed to Keep Farm School Buses Rolling Whether many rural children at- tend schoolnext fall may depend largely on how well school bus driv ers observe ODT conservation poli- cies, Joseph' B. Eastman, director of the Office, of Defense Transporta- tion, warns. "To reduce mileage,each bus should be stationed overnight near the point where the first pupil boards the bus in the morning and should be parked close to the school during school hours," Eastman says. "It should be noted that the word 'should' rather than 'shall' has been used in this recommendation. We understand that in many cases garages are not available at the end of the route and at the school build- ing, which might make this plan impracticable. However, many drivers take the bus home and then let, it stand overnight fit the barn lotWe also understand that in many cases the school bus is used during the day for worker transpor- tation, and this would not permit the bus to remain at the school building. "The recommendation, however, is quite important because it will re- duce the number of bus miles by as much as 50 per cent. On many routes the driver takes the children to school and drives home at 9 a. m„ drives back to school at 3 p. m., takes the children home, and then drives to his own home. The num- ber of empty miles is approximate- ly equivalent to the number of miles with pupils under such a plan. If the empty miles could be elimi- nated, the bus tires would provide pupil transportation for twice as many school days." Service Men's Valentines Date Back to Crimean War Valentines for service men are by no means a new idea, The wars of the past century have always brought forth a batch of missives which take cognizance of the fact that many sweethearts and hus- bands, sons and brothers are in uni- form. As far back as 1855, during the Crimean war, British soldiers were receiving Valentine greetings from the people at home. These cards were usually reproduced on fine white paper from hand -cut wood en- gravings and delicately colored by hand. One Crimean war Valentine, now a token prized by a New York col- lector, depicts a green -uniformed British soldier holding a musket, and carries this stirring message: Rise and form, behold your duty Homes and hearths you must defend, Win the smiles, the love of beauty Which to courage strength shall lend. England's eyes are fixed upon you Bright ones too will shine more bright When they seek that safety from you, Yours the duty, theirs the right. Corn Borer Remedies Now is th'e time for farmers to map their warfare against the Euro- pean corn borer. Clean plowing is an important practice in the control program and is more satisfactory than burning, because this latter practice fails to kill all the borers and destroys valuable organic mat- ter. All cornstalks and weeds should be removed or plowed under before May 10. If oats follow corn in rota- tion, the land should be plowed be- fore oats seeding. Since it is neces- sary to plow. cern stubble, it might be well to follow corn with soybeans and dist the soybean stubble the next year for oats seeding. Where legume seedings are to. be made in oats following soybeans, thorough packing of the soils will aid in se- curing good stands of the legumes. In areas of heavy infestation, it is desirable to avoid early planting of corn on very fertile soils in order to escape a's many of the first gen- eration borers as, possible. Because first generation borer znoths prefer to lay eggs on tall, fast-growing corn, such plants will have the heaviest egg deposits. Vitamin B Gives Lift Men, women and children who need a lift which is not to be fol- lowed by a headache had better check up on their consumption of vitamin B. Laziness, predisposition to hysterics, grouchiness and other mental disorders are accentuatedstty lack of vitamin B. Most foods Mi. some of this vitamin but only a few of them are really good sources. Doctors and nutrition ex- perts agree that it is better to get the needed supply of vitamins from food than from pills, and it is also cheaper. Foods which are rich in vitarnin B include lean pork, liver. and other meat organs, whole grains, dried beans and peas, soybeans, and nuts, particularly peanuts. tt!i1ckens Pose Problems "City farmers" who go in for rais- ing chickens with their victory gar- dens—a new trend in some commu- nities—are posing new problems for city council's, . according to the American. Municipal association South Pasadena, Calif., for exams. ple, has adopted a new ordinance limiting householders to a maximum of 12 hens and 50 baby chicks -but no roosters. Chickens must be penned at least 50 feet from the nearest neighbor's dwelling, and baby chicks must be disposedof when they become four months old. Dairy Cow Udders' Called One of VitalWar Machine's Udders of dairy cows are among the most vital machines inthe entire war effort ; and must be Protected, , since they do a tremendous amount DI Work in making', milk from the nutrients in the blood streams of cows. In order' to secrete one pound of milk, an udder must handle 400 Pounds of blood. Hence a cow .pro.' ducfag 40 pounds of milk daily must pump about eight .tons of blood through the udder.- Considerable care and attention are necessary to keep this highly sensitive mechan- ism producing at its most efficient level. During the winter, dairy cows should be provided with plenty of good, dry bedding and an effort must be made to keep it under the udders of the cows. 'his bedding protects the udder from the cold and dampness of concrete floors and also helps prevent injuries. ' Stall divisions between cows are reeom-' mended, as they prevent mechanical injuries to the udder and teats. Such injuries, frequently lead to serious udder diseases. Stall divisions may be made from piping or even from wood. In case of obstruction in the teat canal, or for other reasons it is sometimes necessary to use milking tubes. This is a dangerous proce- dure, as it frequently introduces dis- ease organisms into the udder. It should not be done unless unavoid- able, and then the tube should be boiled and the teat disinfected be- fore the tube is inserted. Extreme care must also be exercised in us- ing teat dilators. Air Experts Overcome Fatal Affects of Vibration Tiny two -ounce electric ears, put into service by the research staff of the Glenn L. Martin company to run down to its varioss lurking places that most deadly of aerodynamic mysteries—flutter. In more simple terms, flutter is a vibration which increases in intensity until such parts as wing or tail surfaces break off in the air. . It was already known what caused flutter to appear. Take a wing for example. A cornmon cause of nut:. ter in wings is the "getting together" of the vibration of the wing itself and that of some part attached to it —say an aileron. Once the two vi- brations get synchronized—and they often did in the old days—the wing is almost certain to come off in the air with tragic suddenness. The Martin -devised equipment was set up to check the mathemati- cally predicted vibration of the wing and at the same time of the parts connected with it, and record the frequencies on graph paper. Vibra- tion engineers studied these graphs and predicted at what point the fre- quencies would harmonize --at what speed the wing as designed would part company with plane. If that speed was well above any speed the plane could possibly make, they knew the wing was safe, To Train Instructors Randolph Field, Texas, one of the army's foremost flying training schools for 10 years, will cease to train aviation cadets when it is con- verted into a new type of flying school for the training of instructors for the army air forces. The his- tory of Randolph Field goes back to August 18, 1928, when 2,300 acres of Ievel farming land, 18 miles north- east of San Antonio, were turned over to the government as the site for a flying school. Within two months after the government accept- ed the ground, construction of the post was under way. Flying instruc- tion began with the October class, 1931. Named in honor of Capt. Wil- liam M. Randolph, a native of Aus- tin, Texas, who was killed when his plane crashed early in 1928, Ran- dolph's roster of graduates includes the names of men who have covered themselves with glory, and distinc- tion, not only in the field of combat, but in aviation research and instruc- tion. "World's Safest' The V, S. army air forces pilots have been pronounced the "world's safest" by Col, Sam 11. Harris of Selfridge Field, Mich. "I know that accidents will hap- pen,", declared Colonel Harris, I know, too, that the accident rate in the army air forces of the United Statesis far, below that of any of our allies or any of our enemies." Colonel Harris brought out the fact that onthe basis of present rates, 775 out of 1,000 pilots will fly for an entire year without an accident of any kind. Out of the 225 who are involved in accidents, said Colonel Harris, fewer than 50 will receive an injury of any kind. "This is a „good record of safety, indeed it is a great record," Colonel Harris said, "but it is not perfect— and we will be satisfied with nothing short of perfection." WAACs Watch Waste With 20 tons of food used in one day at the Second WAAC Training Center at Daytona Beach, Fla., the garbage averages six ounces per person daily. These figures were reached by post mess officers who ` totaled the commodities on a regu- lar bill of fare for one day. They also took the weights of garbage in- cluding coffee grounds, fruit skins, egg shells, besides that which is re- claimed—bones, grease and refuse from the tables. • t en it Apprec ate , Useful Gifts in Hospital • By the time a hospital patient has received her fifth`boutluet in a single day, she is apt to welcome with particular warmth .the friend who expresses her good wishes with something different. While flowers are always an appropriate choice, there is such a thing as :having too many in a hospital room. It takes a little' imagination to choose something that will add to the pleasure and comfort of an invalid, but there are a number' of gifts that the thoughtful visitor can take along. The highlight of any patient's day comes with the morning bath, and this can be made even more enjoy- able if she has her own favorite soap, talcum, and toilet water. Nurses are always glad to use these for their patients. Other acceptable gifts are dainty wash clpths' and nightgowns. Both must be changed daily, so a good supply is needed. Women patients, especially, look forward to the time when they can discard the unflatter- ing but highly practical hospital gown which is usually provided dur- ing the first few days of illness. On the other hand, the gift nightgowns or pajamas should not be too fragile nor too sketchy. They should be washed and ironed before being pre- sented so that they can be put into immediate use. Hair ribbons, bed jackets, dressing gowns, bedroom slippers, manicure equipment, as well as amusing books are practical suggestions for the patient who is well on the way to recovery. Food, including candy, is far down on the list. Changes Increasing Toll Of Death and Disease Death and disease have already taken an upswing in numbers in up- state New York in 1942 as a result of changes in our habits and ways of living, with tuberculosis and other maladies once again increasing after a steady year by year decline in recent decades. Shifting of population, poor hous- ing and sanitation, strenuous work and increased nervous tension, are all taking their toll, says Dr. V. A. Van Volkenburgh, assistant commis- sioner of the New York state depart- ment of health. Health centers have been estab- lished in many trailer camps, he adds, and additional trailers have been obtained from the Farm Se- curity administration to ease local housing shortages. Local health de- partments have helped to provide health facilities for boom areas, Communicable diseases, child birth problems, and child care are all more difficult under cramped or crowded conditions of life today, Dr. Van Volkenburgh points out. Nu- trition is another increasing wartime problem, he says. As food supplies become more scarce, balanced meals become the more important. Families who do not live on farms will do themselves a great favor, he pointed out, if they grow their own garden and can much of the food for winter use. Cancer Study The public' education program on the cancer problem is still inade- quate and ineffective, prominent physicians declare in a report of their study of the causes of delay in treatment of cancer in 155 pa- tients. It was found that only about one-fourth of the patients had read about cancer and that all but two of these had obtained their informa- tion from newspapers and popular magazines. Only two admitted read- ing public health pamphlets. "Delay in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer," the physicians say, "is one of the most important factors in the failure to obtain better results by the methods of treatment now available." The causes for delay among the patients were reported to be as follows: symptoms "not seri- ous enough," 56.9 per cent; negli- gence, 11.3 per cent; no delay on the part of the patient, 11.3 per cent; ex- pense, 10,1 per cent; ignorance, 6.9 per cent; fear of cancer, 1.4 per cent; fear of doctors, 1.4 per cent; Christian science or other cult, 0.6 per cent. Contour Farming A few early New York settlers planted and tilled their hillside lands on the contour, but in our rush to make this new world productive, we forgot until the last few years the wisdom of this old practice that saves the soil and the farm. Old contour -planted vineyards on steep slopes are still thrifty and are .bear- ing good crops. One old vineyard near Hamrnondsport, on a 40 -degree slope, was planted on bench ter- races late in the last century, with the risers kept in sod and the tops of the benches cultivated. These vines still grow well and produce good yields, The vineyard suffered little damage in the heavy storm of 1935 when eight inches of rain fell' in 24 hours%on central New York. Disposition helps Allergy "The exact mode of inheritance of allergy has been in dispute for years," the Journal of the American Medical Association says in answer to an inquiry. "All investigators, however, agree that no single al- lergic disease is transmitted " as such. That which is transmitted is the predisposition to allergic condi- tions—the tendency to become hy- persensitive. The actual appearance of hypersensitivity depends mainly on environmental factors." Expert Answers Questions., For Baby Chitk Buyers How, what, and whe', arethe n ftrs t three questions of the baby chick buyer of today who wants to get a living from hisflocks of poultry' as well as to produce the food needed by our nation, declares W. F. Larno- reaux of the New York State college of agriculture. "When" means tight away to the chick buyer, he says, or even earlier,. There won't be enough good chicks to meet the demand this year, so ' early orders for good chicks are only wise. What price to .pay is a varied an- swer, he agrees, but poultrymen who pay more than an average price for their chicks usually get enough extra eggs to pay for the higher cost of the chicks several times over. The last few dozen eggs that a hen lays in a year may mean the dif- ference between profit and loss. How to tell which chicks are the best to buy is a perplexing question, Lamoreaux admits, but acquaint- ance with the seller, experience of past years with his stock on your own farm or a neighbor's is worth consideration. If you can't make up your mind to pick one seller of chicks, he says, pick out the best two or three sources. Get all the chicks at the same time, mark them with toe punches or wing bands and mix them together in the brooder houses. In the fall, the marked pullets of the different lots of birds can be separated, and records ,on their mortality and egg production will provide the answer for another year. Canadian Railway Forms Largest Line on Continent The Canadian National railways form the largest railway system on the North American continent. It has 23,600 miles of road, a length almost sufficient to gird the earth, at the 'equator, with a great band of rails, ties, ballast and bridges. These 23,600 miles of road form a far-flung steel network that touches virtually every city and town of importance throughout Canada, and over it, by day and by night, move the sinews of war and the commerce of the nation. International in its scope of opera- tion, the Canadian National system, through its United States lines, serves many big American centers of industry including Chicago, Buf- falo, Detroit, FIint, Pontiac, Lans- ing, Bay City, Saginaw, Grand Rap- ids, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, To- ledo, Port Huron, Duluth and nu- merous points in New England, in- cluding Portland, Maine. The United States railways com- prised within the Canadian National system include the Grand Trunk Western railroad, Central Vermont railway, and Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific railway. Planes Tested Flawless performance of Amer- ican combat planes at the warfront is due in no small measure to the fact that before they can go into service their functional operations must undergo the most searching inspection and scrutiny to which any- thing on wings has ever been sub- jected. Not only do our fighters and bomb- er planes undergo rigid checkups by company test pilots but they must again be taken over the hurdles by army pilots who have to approve each ship's performance before it goes into service. Company pilots, experts that they are in detecting minor irregularities in a new warplane, can usually check up on the ship's performance in test flights lasting from 20 to 40 minutes, and the arrny fliers use about the same length of time. Com- pany pilots are not permitted to fly a plane containing secret army equipment, although certain com- pany employees, trained on such equipment, at times are permitted to go along with the army pilots in their test flights. Emergency Landings Instances in which flight strips along public highways have prevent- ed plane crashes, and saved lives are cited by the war department. Con- structed as auxiliary landing fields, these strips saved the life of a sol- dier at one northern post when they accommodated a plane bearing two army medical officers being flown in to perform an emergency operation. The regular airfield could not be used because of a snowstorm, but army trucks lined up to illuminate the auxiliary flight strip. In the East, a heavy bomber which was unable to locate a large airport dur- ing sub -zero weather, landed on a 7,000 foot concrete strip. These strips also can be used for disper- sion of military aircraft in case of enemy attack. Lag in Subways Contrary topopular belief, the United States is behind Europe in the number of cities with subways. While we have three subway -served cities, Europe had at least eight. In the rest of the world there are five, Latest addition to foreign systems is the new four -mile section opened in 'Moscow. The world's first subway opened in London in 1863, long, be- fore construction began in Amer- lcd. Glasgow followed in 1886, Bos- ton was the first American city to take to the subway idea, beginning operation in 1895. Budapest, Paris and Berlin all antedated Ne it York, which opened its first underground transportation artery in 1904. b Women Work Hardest if They Look at Their Best Every daughter of Este knows in- stinctiyely that the woman wh'o`looks well and feels well does snore and better work,; The men who manage our war plants are learning this truth through study and experience. When women employees are given becoming uniforms and an opportu- nity to wash, fix their hair, and put on fresh makeup during rest peri• ods, up go the production charts, In one plant, smart turbans were provided after the workers had de- feated the purpose of the original protective head coverings by wear- ing them at a rakish angle. In an- other, each worker has been given becoming uniformsin sufficient quantities to allow for frequent laundering. Throughout the noun - try,. sanitary facilities in factories are being stepped up to meet the workers' demands for clean, well - kept wash rooms and for plenty of soap and fresh towels. Many of the wash rooms have adjoining rest rooms with make-up bars where free cosmetics are furnished and where workers may rest, read, or smoke. Great Britain's experience with women workers during more than three years of war has pointed the way to American production ex- perts. In one large English plant where the output had been steadily waning, it rose 27 per cent within a month after the installation of sani- tary facilities, regular soap supplies in the wash rooms, and a cosmetic stand. These improvements were requested by the employees when their executives asked for sugges- tions on bettering working condi- tions. Lights Teil Chemists To 'Go' and to `Stop' A green light means "go" and a red light means "stop" for more than traffic these days. Glass chem- ists at the Pennsylvania State col. Iege have made new kinds of glasses, which glow sometimes with a green light, sometimes with a red light, telling them whether to con- tinue or stop their experiments. A green glow means that the molecules of the glass have high energy, he says, and are closely held together in a strong network. A red glow means that the molecules have little energy, and that the basic network is loosely held together. Fluorescence thus becomes a tool which indicates to the glass chemist and manufacturer the basic struc- ture of the glass, as well as its chemical composition, Manganese glows with a red and green light, depending on how loosely or tightly it is held in the network of mole- cules, but other minerals and chem- icals glow with blue, violet, pink, yellow, and orange lights, Using fluorescence as a key to glass analysis is new, and is more sensitive in many respects than the former methods of chemical analy- sis or x-ray analysis, Metal for Skull Experimental studies indicate that the metal tantalum is a satisfactory material for the repair of defects of the skull, Lieut. (j.g.) Robert 11. Pudenz, medical corps, U. S. naval reserve, reports. Tantalum is a blu- ish white metal resembling steel in its physical properties and glass in its chemical characteristics. It has an atomic weight about three times that of iron. Lieutenant Pudenz says that "It has the desirable qualities of non - corrosiveness, inertness in tissue, nonabsorbability, absence of toxic (poisonous) ingredients and malle- ability, This Last quality enables the surgeon to form the flat tantalum sheet to the desired contour at the operating table, In view of these characteristics, the nse of this metal should be considered in the repair of many of the cranial defects which will inevitably 'occur as a result of skull and brain injury in the present war, and particularly in those re- pairs in which a satisfactory cos- metic result is of utmost impor- tance," Subway Attractions National interests and distinctions are evident in the world's subways. The Japanese love of newsreels is expressed in the newsreel theaters built in Tokyo's subway stations. Paris subways have first and second class passage, The station walls in Buenos Aires are covered with mu- rals picturing Latin America. Each station of Moscow's subway system is done in a different archi- tectural style and with different kinds of stone. Blending utility with beauty, these underground stops are reached from street -level by photo electrically controlled escalators. New York's subways, comprising. the world's largest system, are among the most severely purposeful in design. The system's tracks, Said in a single line, would reach to ,Charleston, S. C. Devise Alcohol Plant Using broken-down' railroad tank cars for cookers, scouring junk yards and salvage heapsfor odds and ends of usable equipment, turn- ing scraps into piping, controls and all the multitude of mechanical con- trivances that make up an alcohol plant, are all part of the latest war production story to come to light, There was no new plant equipment available and the plant had to be up and running in the shortest possible time; Only $2,40.0 of original equip- ment was used. Bertie Must Be Palmy Col, R. I2. '(Bertie) II/Icemen/eke. publisher 'of the Chicago ;Tribune is reported as saying, in a speech in De.:. troit recently that the United States, general staff was fearful after the. last war that Beiteiil would send a \ n. ,army of ` 300,000 veterans to invade..: the United' States through Canada,. The British he averred, were incensed. to the point of war because. the'.Unite Sttes' insisted h States' on naval parity with. Britain. 'Tis curious that this item of hie., tory never before has been revealed., and by a more authentic historian. On,. brief, based on some knowledge of the. 1922 disarmament conference, is that nobody saw such a threat then, Be-. tween wars, general staffs play around with all kinds of possibilities.. It would be unlikely that there did not. exist then, and exist today, some dust. gathering plans foil' repelling the red', coats. The real difficulty at that confer-. enee was that tfie Jape wanted parity. with. Britain and the United States. The British foreign office hasn't been truculent toward the United States for a long, long time. One re- calls in Queen Victoria's correspon- dence ailusiens to a silly idea of some elements in the cottonish Midland's who wished to recognize the Confeder-. ate. States, but this died aborning as a result of the Widow of Windsor and Abraham Lincoln reaching a sensible understanding by mail. Most Cana- dians are inclined to the belief that Britain was ever ready to give Cana, (la's shirt to the United States rather than quarrel. There's a ridiculous border line in Maine and we also try to forget the Alaska panhandle busi-. ness. . Canada probably today would not have an embassy in Washington it Canadians could not have trusted the British foreign office adequately to represent them in the capital of the United. States, This assertion by Bertie McCormick suggests, at least to us, that he's gone completely balmy. Extra Precaution for For Seed for 1944 Crow The barley and oat crop in Eastern Canada in 1943 of the shortest but,was genenotrallyonly speakingone,. one of the poorest quality crops that. have been harvested for many years. This unfortunate situation is of mod.. erate concern from the standpoint of feed requirements, but brings up an.. other serious problem, that of le— eating sufficient seed of good quality for next spring's seeding. On account of the late season, much of the urea.. ge normally devoted to these crops was not even sown. In many cases the crops were not only sown late, but under very adverse soil conditions, The late sown oats were, in maay areas, badly damaged from rust. The - wet weather continued in some dia- tricts right through the harvest sea- son with the result that the quality of the crops was lowered, in some cas.. es to the point where the grain was, scarcely worth threshing. A. good deal of stooked grain suffered varying de-, grecs of sprouting. As a result of these conditions, there is a serious shortage of grain suitable for seed purposes and this condition will be reflected in the 1944 crop unless ex- tra precaution is taken in planning seed requirements, Since Large quantities of western grown feed oats and barley are being brought to Eastern Canada this win- ter, much of which is of good quality,.. there is likely to be a temptation on the part of many farmers to use some of his grain for seed purposes. It is well, however, to keep in mind that such grain may be made up of a mixture of varieties, all of which may be quite unadaptecl to eastern conditions. The presence of wilt oats, and other weed seeds, more or - less foreign to the east, will be in- troduced to eastern farms if this. grain is used for seed. Provincial institutions are making, every effort to make available suf-. fieient genuine seed of varieties. known to be reasonably well adapted to eastern conditions in order to a— void the use of seed of unknown var. ietiee, Seed requirements, therefore should be made known without delay to the agricultural representative, so that the quantities needed in Local districts will be known in gond tints. Farmers who pian to use their own. grain should not fail to make certain that it will germinate well and that it is properly graded. Some who have l,t'mited quantities of home grown feed oats or barley could per- haps turn this into seed ,grades with careful preparation, Don't turn over a new leaf too often or you will require an addit.. ional ledger.