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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-09-07, Page 6PAGE -6 r - THIS MODEST COINER, IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes ./ Gay, Sometimes Sad—But Always helpful and Inspiring DOGMATIC Our collie lilcds an argument, 1'e is positive and affirmative; He staged a debate out in the wood lot With Porky the porcupine. Porky was on the negative -and wan. Re yidixied a few "points" I To Collie and, 'towards the last, Collie had a anoilthful of good "points," But the timewas up; Porky reversed most of his "points" Fora possible debate a little later, Very likelly with a fresh opponent. Merrill H. Cook. v --'— I found it in the pasture --all the cows had passed it by; So feminineand dainty -like, it cap- tured fancy's eye. The farmer finds no yearning in ails hart for such as this, To have no "lace" in pastures would be nothing short of bliss. I have it on my table—Have what? I hear you say. Wild earrot and blue devil it's quite a syvell bouquet! Margaret Elsom. Grimes that profane God's judg ment-scroll ' 'Gainst man and maid and woman hood;' For chain and manacle and scourge, Where slaveiy'e conscripts droop and pine, Beneath the whip's •relentleiss urge, In trench and quarry,forge and mine For greed that mocks et wretched- • ness; Nor shrinks the infant's dole; to wrest 'Frain mother:hands that vainly press The famished lips, to empty breast. For chivalry deaof aivrs d By bo2rrb of th and efiled bolt of doom, That seek the maimed nor spare the child IIn rnerey-ship and nursling -home.• Of woe and grief. and horror blent What master -mind may east the sum, And who but God the punishment For mankind's monstrous martyr- dom? —By Sir Thgmas 'White V l4OW YOU LIVE, I'd rather ale a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely show the way. The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the lar; Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear; And the best of all the teachers are the men who live their creeds, For, to see the good in action is what everybody needs, I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see it done. I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run. And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true; Dot I'd rather gait' my lesson by observing what you do. For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give, For gaunt starvation's ghastly toll, Rut there's no misunderstanding For deeds of hate and . lust and howyouact and how you live. blood— From Leaves of Gold. E 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Dry, Ventilated Quarters • For Sheep During Winter For winter shelter of the farm sheep flock, dry, well ventilated quarters should be provided.Wide doorways and convenient feed racks, should be, arranged. It is generally considered best to divide; large flocks into groups of similar size and. condition, so that the ration can be suited to the needs of each group. For example, yearling ewes will need a little more feed than mature ewes, as they are still growing. The ewes should be wintered so that they will gain 15 or 20 pounds during the time they are carrying lambs, and at lambing time be in medium flesh and vigorous condi- tion, insufficient feed or an unbal- anced ration will resultin weak lambs and a scanty flow of milk, andtherefore reduces the profits. This does not mean, however, that expensive rations are needed, con- taining a large proportion of con- centrates. On the contrary, ewes should belambing wintered, up to time, chiefly on good roughage, in- cluding plenty of legume hay, if pos- sible.. If the ewes go into the winter in good condition and are then fed legume hay, with or without silage or roots in addition, they will usually need no grain or other concentrates at all until four to six weeks before they lamb. Then not more than half a pound per head daily is common- ly ommonly required. ' First Patent Granted Narrow Bladed Scythe The first patent granted in the new world was for an agricultural tool, a scythe. This was invented about 1646. by Joseph Jenks, a fa- mous ironworker of colonial days, who was granted a patent which gave him a monopoly of the manu- facture of the scythe for a period of 14 years. The scythe consisted V of a long narrow blade similar to the scythes now in use. It repre- sented a great improvement over the sickle shaped like a quarter moon, and Jenks built up a prosper- ous manufacturing business at Paw- tucket, R. I, These New England scythes were so superior that many of them were shipped to Pennsylva- nia and bar iron returned in pay- ment. It was not until about 150 years later that someone thought of attaching a series of wooden fingers to the scythe and so making a cra- dle which would be useful in the reaping of wheat as well as the mow- ing of hay. The replacement of the sickle by the scythe doubled the speed with whichhay could be cut, but it re- quired more manual labor, and, made with poor steel, the scythe 'was soon dulled. It became the custom to store the best barrel of hard cider on every farm, to be broached at harvest time, when it was known as "the scythe sharpen- er." The haying season meant hard work but with a barrel'of hard cider ___ it became a festive event. 'VIALS OF WRATH (Europe, 1944) nom seething crucibles of hate The vials fill to over -flow; The ministers of wrath await The day of vengenee on the foe. Venvence for blood in rivers shetdf In holocausts of war's red hell, "Vengenee :for myuiad murdered dead In prison -camp and torture -cell; For ravaged city, town and plain, For plundered home and pillaged spoil Of herds and harvests reared in vain By peasants' unremitting toil; • Great Painter Designed Planes in Middle Ages The great artist Da Vinci designed several ':flying machines." Neigh- bors `said `after his death that he tested one Modell near Florence, pos- sibly in the spring of 1500, taking off from the top of Swan mountain. He kept his experiments secret, re- cording his observations in code. He studied birds to Iearn the se- crets of flight. He applied himself to problems of center of gravity, equilibrium, airfoil, and other prin- ciples that face modern designers. He worked out a theory for gliding.' Tie chose the, bat's wing as the most practical model for an airplane wing. One of his "flying machines" resembled an ironing board with wings; the flier was to operate it lying down -the position Orville Wright took when he made his suc- cessful flight 400 years later. Another Da Vinci model had four movable wings that were made to flap in pairs by ropes and pulleys; the flier stood in a suspended gon- dola. The landing gear consisted of ladders• instead of *heels. .A third design resembled today's helicopter.. Instead of wings it had an overhead propeller shaped like a modern steamship's screw. There is no rec- ord of the model which Da Vinci tested. He failed not because he, didn't understand flying, but because he lacked an internal combustion engine and fuel. 'test klpitfire Mark XII, latest improved ped wings, for low -altitude fighting, T R' g, version of The R. A. F.'s famous :the new pointed rudder, and the new - fighter with Rolls Royce Griffon ly-shaped naso housing the Griffon *gine. Point; to note are the -clip- motor. t _ Pilots' Lonely There is something about the lone- liness of a pilot's life in the air that contributes to mysticism.. Any pilot who has done any appreciable amount of flying can tell strange stories if he feels that he is with kindred spirits. There are cloud- scapes of unbelievable grandeur to be seen upstairs; lonely ice fields of cloud, towering castles, mountain ranges, strangest of all, the faces of people cut sharply in cloud shapes. Some pilots claim that they have ,seen the same person, or perhaps several people, time after time in the clouds -that there is expression on their faces, and that sometimes •these faces warn of dangers ahead. Some pilots have worried when, over a period of time, a certain face was missing. Other pilots, of course, laugh at such fancies as these. And few, even those who believe, will risk ridicule by discussing such mat- ters with any but people they trust implicitly. Ignored Critics When Zane Grey was still an un- known trying to sell his book manu- scripts, a publisher told him he had no ability for writing fiction. The first time George Gershwin ever played the piano on the stage he was laughed out of the theater by both the audience and his fellow actors. Marconi wasbawled out by his father for wasting time when he first began to experiment with ra- dio. And when Thomas A. Edison was in school he was always at the foot of his class because he couldn't re- member his three R's. His teach- ers called him stupid and doctors predicted he'd have brain trouble. • Oil Companies Turn to . Science to Find. Deposits Not rnany years ago the drilling of a wildcat well was almost a pure gamble. Early wildcatters punc- tured cow pastures and prairies for no better reasons than wishful thoughts or hunches. If the project resulted in a dry hole—as it did about 19 times out of 20—the risk - taker was out of luck, and usually out of the wildcatting business as well. Gradually big oil companies got into wildcatting, either directly or by grub -staking individuals. In the latter case . the prospector, who is useful as an assembler of leases, is cushioned against the shocks of dry holes' and lives to wildcat another day. The oil companies, intent on tak- ing some of the gamble out of wild- catting, and able to finance re- search, turned to science for help. They got it from physicists—short- haired professors in corduroys and knee boots who went into the dust and mud of Texas, Oklahoma and California to work out the prob- lems. In the last 10 years especial- ly they have developed methods and instruments to such good effect that wildcat wells are only about a quarter as risky as they once were. Oil Reserve Underlying anywhere from 10,000 to 30,000 square miles in Northern Alberta is the most tremendous re- serve of oil yet discovered. It is a layer of sands, 100 to 200 feet thick, saturated with oil. Reliable esti- mates have' been made that any- where from 100 to 250 billion bar- rels of oil may be, extracted from these sands. Although known and mapped in 1913, it was not until the 1930s that an, attempt was made to extract any oil commercially. At that time a plant was erected to ex- tract some 350 barrel's daily. Al- though not strictly a U. S. reserve, gasoline derived from this reserve undoubtedly. will be available to American motorists; 4 Everybody Color Blind A considerable part of the retina of every human eye is color blind. The outer edge of the retina is to- tally color blind, perceiving only gray. Only in the center of the retina are all colors seen. In the band surrounding the central full color area only yellow and blue col- ors can be distinguished. This area in the normal humeri eye is red - green blind. Studies of many persons disclose that the three fields of color vision vary greatly both in area and shape not only from individual to individu- al, but also in the two eyes of the same person. Because of these dif- ferences color vision tests have been suggested for the identification of people. Fingerprints may be muti- lated, but a person can not change his fields of color vision. The size and shape of the color fields of the retina can be ascertained by an in- genious optical instrument known as a perimeter. Irrigate Seed Flats:. Worker -s at the Massachusetts Ag- ricultural Experiment station have perfected a method of watering seed flats by subirrigation which pro- motes more even germination, and reduces loss of seedlings. Why not try this method in "preparing your seed flats this year? Inside the seed flat, put an insert of waterproof paper. On this water- proof paper place a Iayer of gravel, about one inch deep. Now place a 21/2 -inch flower pot on the gravel, in the center of the flat. Then fill the flat with a mixture of equal parts of soil and sand, and pack this around the pot and the edges of the seed fiat. Firm and level the soil, and sow seed in drills, or broad- cast and lightly cover. Apply water in the flower pot, until the soil sur- face becomes moist. Excess moist- ure will drain into the layer of grav- el in waterproof insert. Water whenever surface soil shows 'signs of dryness.' THITE2), SEPT 7L11 1944 South American Liberty Experiment. With Peanut - • Fostered in Colombia. Polls Show Mex Colombia's first ,bid for freedom was manifested in 1781, when the comuneros, or "common people" of Santa Fe de_Bacata, as the coun- try was then called, revolted against excessive taxation and the abuses of their Spanish overlords. The up- rising was soon quelled, but for the first time the peace -loving Colom- bian people, were conscious of their strength as a nation. Despite this reverse, the revo- lutionary movement against Span- ish domination spread throughout the country as a series of isolated. campaigns, waged by patriots sepa- rated by the rough terrain and lack of roads. On July 20, 1810, the revolu- tionary junta of Bogota proclaimed itself the government of Nueva Gra- nada, embracing present-day Co- lbmbia, .Ecuador, Venezuela and Panama. And at Boayaca, on Au- ngust 7; 1819, Simon Bolivar dealt the Spaniards another devastating blow which resulted in his entering Bo- gota three days later. A few months later, on December 17, 1819, the independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia was pro- claimed. Two years later a con- gress met on January 1, 1823, to determine whether the three depart- ments of Cundinamarca, Venezuela and Quito should form a highly cen- tralized nation or a loosely bound federation of states. A year later the infant 'nation was recognized by the United States. In 1829 the Department of Vene- zuela broke away from the union of Gran Colombia and declared itself an independent republic. A year lat- er, the Department of Quito followed suit, as the Republic of Ecuador. Neither of these separations was strenuously opposed by the.govern- ment in Bogota. Plant Food The best time to make application of plant food is just as the frost is coming out of the ground. Then the soil is spongy and honeycombed, and will :allow the plant food easy ac- cess to the soil, so that the plant food is readily available to the grass roots the moment active growth be- gins. Early application, before the grass has made any top growth, will save labor too, because the plant food need not be watered in if 'applica- tion is made before top growth be- gins. Simply apply 4 pounds of complete balanced plant food per 100, square feet of lawn,scattering over the surface as evenly as possi- ble, Early spring rains will tvasb the plant, food into the soil, o Canada Land Rich in Resources and Industry Canada is a bountiful bread -and - fruit basket; figures its field crops, farm animals, milk, poultry and eggs, and vegetables in millions of dollars; normally ships wheat, meat and cheese to foreign customers. Fishing is a major industry. Value of manufactured products— newsprint paper, lumber, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel goods, ani- mal and vegetable products—runs into billions of dollars. Native fur -bearing animals are the source of sizable income. Foxes, minks, beavers, muskrats, racoons, martens, and fishers are raised on farms. Bigger than the United States (ex- eluding Alaska), Canada runs the full topographic scale. From the coast- al plains in the east, the rocky areas of Quebec Province, the bar- rens north of Lake Superior, the prairies and western foothills, to the towering Pacific highlands, Canada unrolls in a majestic ocean -to -ocean sweep. Hawk Owl The American hawk owl (Surnia ulula caparoch) is little known since it inhabits the vast forests of Can- ada and Alaska. More conspicuous in appearance than other forest owls, its slender body is about 16 inches long and heavily feathered as a protection against the cold, It is able to hunt both day and night, a useful ability in the long days and nights of the far north, Its food is chiefly mice and lemmings, but it eats insects in summer and some- times kills birds the size of the ptarmigan. Protective of its best, its sharp, dangerous claws are used fiercely against intruders. ' This owl is easy to hunt, for its unusual fearlessness brings it into the open and it has an attention -attracting habit of sharply jerking its tail. Dur- ing the winter many of them come across the border into northern Unit- ed States. Growing Gullies Thousands of acres of land are growing gullies which should be growing trees. Because of steep slopes, poor Soil, and other adverse conditions, much of this land can best be used for growing . trees. Many farmers have demonstrated conclusively that erosion may be controlled, gullies stopped, and the land put into production on small areas by using materials found on the average farm—plus trees. In planning to stop the gullies and plant the trees, it is suggested the farmer • first consult his county agent. Gullies draining more than 10 acres require planning by an experienced agricultural engineer. Final control Must 'in all cases be accomplished by vegetation. Young trees, usually' pine or black locust, planted after the erosion con- trol measures have been taken, will become established and provide pro- tection from furthererosion. Seed Disinfection Seed treatment improves seedling stand and vigor, Beet, carrot, cel- ery, corn, cucumber, eggplant, muskmelon, peas, pepper, pumpkin, spinach, squash, swiss chard, to- mato and watermelon seeds respond most favorably to treatment with red or yellow copper oxide (Cupro- cide) or organic mercury (semesan) dusts, Broccoli, brussels sprouts,• cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese cab- bage, collards, kale, kohlrabi, rad- ish and turnip'' seed may be injured by copper (Cuprocide). Special or- ganic mercury compounds are stand- ard for potatoes and corn. Manu- facturer's directions accompany each acI e. P tag e. rca ns .• - 7 Tons e "waste" hulls' which ac- I Prefer Spanish Peopl cumulate at factories where peanuts are shelled for market may soon be scooped up and made into a s ibsti- tute for cork. Ground into 8 inc( meal and milled with a liquid, pea- nut hull "cork" may supplement supplies of natural cork now used in bottle caps, refrigerator linings, wallboards, inner soles, and many other cork needs, Numerous attempts to grow the cork oak tree in America have been made. Experimental plantings have been ° carried on in California since the 1850s and" although, strip- pings from these experimental groves have produced a few tons of usable cork, the Mediterranean area still holds first place as the world's producer of the bark. Peanuts, on the other hand, thrive. in the United States, from Florida to California and as far north as Wash- ington, D. C. Yield tops two bil- lion pounds a year. The slow-grow- ing cork oak takes 20 years to pro- duce its first usable 'bark. Peanut shells have been used to some extent as fodder and fuel, Some countries extract a substance from them which is used in certain types of fire -fighting foams. One of the latest uses of the goober's "coat" in addition to its contribu- tion to the "cork" needs, is in the cleaning of greasy machinery, Ground almost powder -tine, the pea- nut "cleaner" is shot through an ordinary sandblast gun to absorb carbon and grease which accumu- lates in valves, bearings, and other machine parts. Emphasize Good Featurep To Look at Your Best Some women never get the idea that make-up is not camouflage and that one's face is made more at- tractive by accentuating the good features. Since the eyes are the most expressive and interesting part of the face, special attention should be given to making them as pleasing as possible, it's said, A thin, verti- cal line at the outer edge of the lid adds glamour. Mascara on the lashes, especially for evening, lends depth to the "windows of the soul." Eye shadow should be used on the upper lid only, and lightly applieu for street wear, Color of shadow should be of the same hue as the irises. Tones of mascara should harmonize with the complexion. Rouge should be applied on the high spot of the cheek bone, fading out towards the ears and the mouth. Women wearing spectacles often can use effectively these visual aids in improving make-up, it is said. By careful selection of lens shapes, good features of one's face can be emphasized and unsymmetrical parts can be subdued. By thought- ful fitting, long noses may appear shorter) moon faces made to ap- pear less rotund, or sharp features may be mellowed. There's a whole bag of make-up tricks in the art of fitting faces with spectacles nowa- days. One -Man Arsenal As an employee of Lodovico Sfor- za, Milan's "boss" at the end of the fifteenth century, Da Vinci had military as well as artistic duties. His patron was on the lookout for secret weapons to defend his power against rulers of the four other rival states in Italy, and the king of France. Most of Da Vinci's inventions were laughed at—poison gas, hand gre- nades, shrapnel, the parachute, de- mountable bridges, a "fiamethrow- er" javelin that ignited on hitting the target, and a turtle -shaped ar- mored vehicle (called a "covered wagon") like the modern tank. Sforza ignored these inventions, and was overthrown by the French in 1499. The great memento of Da ,Vinci's years in Milan is in Lodo- vico's favorite church, Santa Maria 'delle Grazie-the mural of "The Last Supper" ona wall of the re- fectory., Mexico has its own public opinion. poll, closely resembling the : Gallup Poll in the United States. And its: latest sampling of what typical cross-sections of the population • aro- thinking would indicate that most: Mexicans prefer Spanish, French; and . Italian immigration to any;, ',other non -American immigration lafter the war. I The two weeks' survey, limited' to this ,city was conducted by the; Instituto Clentiflco de" la Opinion Publica under the supervision of Dr., Laszlo Radvany, former director' of the University in Exile of Paris. Of 2,237 residents polled on the type. of European or Asiatic immigration. which would benefit the count'ry- most after the war, about 35 per cent favored Spaniards and 33 per, cent voted for the French. England' and other American republics were' not included` in the. survey. Other results gave 13 per cent of the votes to Italian immigrants; 4.6' per cent to the Chinese and about 3 per cent to the Russians. Less thah 2 per cent of those polled favored postwar German immigra- tion and less than 1 per cent indi- cated a willingness to see Japanese set foot In Mexico in the future. • Eye Under Pressure The human eye is like an inflated 'balloon. It. keeps its global form because it is under pressure—the highest in 'any organ in the body. Unless kept well inflated wrinkles might form on the cornea, which would cause astigmatism, a condi- tion that would blur vision. ' Pressure in the• eye results from lymph generated by the ciliary body, a group of muscles and liga- ments which also control the shape of the lens. In a healthy eye the pressure is regulated by a vein which allows the fluid to drain off; like a safety" valve., lf, " as some- times happens with advancing age, the safety valve does not work very well, the. lymphatic • fluid backs up, causing excessively high pressure.' Wood Coated With Wax, . Will Check Warping.- When the front door swells, the (bureau drawers stick, the dining! table warps, and the ironing board` 'bulges, blame the weather, say- wood ay wood experts. Wood, especially un- finished nfinished wood, absorbs moisture from , the air in warm, humid weather and swells. While the wood is swollen, not much can be done except to ease tight places by rub- bing with wax. But later when heat has dried out the house and brought the wood back to normal size, coat - the underside of tables and other unfinished wood surfaces with var- nish or wax to prevent the wood' from taking' in so much moisture again. The bulged board that adds to home ironing difficulties is a prob- lem to many homemakers. Ironing boards are usually unfinished, and kept in damp laundries or kitchens. in ironing, steam from damp • clothes is driven down into the wdod. Wood experts advise buying a thoroughly seasoned board at least an inch and a half thick, be- cause 'thick wood warps less than thin, and giving it several all-over coats of good spar varnish. Cleats of hard wood nailed to the under- side of the board help to hold it flat. Keep the board in a dry place. Traits of Quail The Mearns Quail, which occurs . in semi -arid lands of the southwest;, probably had its original home in tropical forest, according to Dr. Loye Holmes Miller, professor of biology emeritus on the Los Angeles .. campus of the University of Cali- fornia. Dr. Miller, who recently made a study of the bird, reports that if has a number of characteristics, such as large eyes, which suggest it evolved under forest conditions. The nature of certain of its muscles are similar to those of the tinamou of El Salvador. The bird also bears closer struc- tural resemblances to the forest quail with which it is associated in the southwest. Curiously, many of the habits which probably developed in the tropics also serve the quail well in. its present habitat, It is able to gather food in the dim light of early dawn, and it can rise explosively to. seek Over in broken desert country, when flushed by man or one of its natural enemies. Religious Testimony On the night of December 16—in the dimly-lit parlors of . Mexican families, where the Nativity is rep- resented e -resented in a warm setting of ever- green, Spanish moss and colored paper lanterns, the entire family gathers 'round and begins the reci tation of the Rosary, interspersed with songs to the Holy Child. Fol- lowing this a children's procession_ bearing images of St. Mary and St. Joseph, and lighted candles, passes .` through the different rooms of the • house and the patio. The few re maining people in the parlor sing the Litany of the Virgin to which • the procession responds with the "Ora pro nobis." As the Litany • closes the procession stops before-• the closed doors of the parlor, those. of the procession taking the part' of the travelers and those within representing the innkeepers, Then ensues a dialogue between pilgrims and innkeepers, with tee ultimate' joyful admission of the pilgrims. M Allied Cemetery . Not so well known is the fact that one small part of the Gallipoli penin- sula enin sula in Turkey was later;made over in' perpetuity' to the Allies. This territory, known as the An- zac area, is situated on the south- west coast of Gallipoli. It was set, aside, under the treaty of Lausanne, as an international cemetery for members of the .expeditionary force who lost their lives in the campaign of 1915-16. The treaty provided, how- ever, that Turkey should retain con- trol of access to the Anzac section;" that no fortifications should be erect- ed there, and that only such. build- ings be put up, as those needed for housing the custodians of the graves,' Gestation The gestation Period in •domestic rabbits is 28 to 30 days. After the birth of baby rabbits, ranging from four to ten to the litter, they are - usually kept with the• mother for 45 to. 60 days. In southern California, where some 35,000 rabbits are grown and killed for meat every week in the year in Los Angeles county alone, the youngsters are kept with the doe until eight weeks old. In any event, the doe is usually bred again at sixty days from, the birth of a former litter, so that in 30 days more another litter is. born, Even in the colder north and north- eastern sections of America, under good management, it is quite pos- sible for a healthy, well-maintained:- doe to produce four litters yearly, •