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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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The King of Beasts - the nobl
Lion! I wonder if the is the lordly
animal which we have .been told he
is. Here's what I read about him
written by a swami), who has travel
led much in Africa to get moving
pictures about the animals of that
continent:
"The lions of the Serengeti --
Game Reserve in Africa axe with
luck as easy to photograph as a
flock of sheep on the English
downs. They; have learned to
associate the roar of a lorry's
engine with the approach .of
food; and if. "they ..ire hungry
they wfll trot out of the bush to
• sit by the roadside in the hope
, of getting some nice raw meat
as a reward. They were so tame
we got to know them and gave
them names.
Food! The lion's stomach! Sitting
_ tame - licking his chops - greedy for
raw meat' How are. the mighty fal-
len!
e athletic build; yet he remains a
rather shy man. When in 1937 he
made a visit to New York after his
-' book "Mice and Men" had made him
- famous, a greatfuss was made over'
him - much to'rhis disgust. So he
fled New York, and went to Norway
I for escape - on a cruise. Singe he
has been living in California - the
state which he slams in his book
about the Joad family, and the state
which became furiously angry over
the picture which he .painted of it
ie. his book, "The Grapes of Wrath",
The royalties from the sale of his
boosts have put him in comfgrtatele
circumstances, yet, he lives simply.
Steinbeek has lived the life of the
men described in his books. He has
"ridden the rods", has travelled in
the caravans of the poor and the
outcast, 'he has travelled over much
country looking . for work, All this
is believable to those who have read
his books.
This year we in Canada 4thall have
a chance to see films of "Mice and
Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath".
How long will - or can - a mule
live? an elephant?. - a parrot? - a
whale? -Recently the oldest mule on.
this continent died - aged 86. Whaiee
are believed to live several centuries,
but there is no verified history to
support this belief. Elephants live
from 30 to 40 years. A hippopotamus
may live to 85 years. Eagles and
falcons live or have lived - to be
100 years old. Swans and parrots,
80 years. Duck, geese andostriches,
if given a chance, may live to be 35
years old - even to years. Man
outlives most animals, and you will
find more centenarians among human
beings than among animals and birds.
If you have thoughts as I have
thought --that the war in China has
wholly upset the industry of that
huge and populous country, then you
may be surprised - as I was surpris-
ed - to learn that China keeps tens
of millions of persons working day
and night in its hinterland - beyond
the areas of war - working for her
economic reconstruction. Railroads
and highways are being constructed,
and telegraph and telephone systems;
and there is a vast activity inthe
realm of agriculture. In 1938 China
established 75 rural credit coopera-
tives; it has set up 49 granaries; it
has ingested nearly $9,000,000 on
farm irrigation projects ;which can
irrigate 400,000 acres of farmland;
it has purchased over a million dol-
lars Werth of cotton, cotton yarn,
cotton cloth and foodstuffs to meet
the needs of non -warriors. ease
There has been going on a whole-
sale transfer of factories and plants
from the war area to the interior,
It is planned to establish 86,000 ins
dustrial cooperatives throughout the
country for the production of textiles,
chemicals, metal works, educational
necessities, and so on.
This is but a partial story of what
China is doing besides fighting.
If you have read "The Grapes of
Wrath" by Johne Steinbaek - one ,of
the most -talked -of novels of the past
year - a book whose sales have ex-
ceeded 300,000 copies - then you may
have read a little about its author -
written about him in publications
yet not much, because little has been
which you are likely to have seen.
Steinbeek is over 6 feet tail, of
Time was on this continent when
an lnveator.could not patent his in-
ventions, and when an author could
not copyright his books. It was just
150- years ago - in 1790 When in-
ventors in the United States were
given legal protection. In 1790 the
United States Patent Office was
born. In this 150 -year period over
two million patents have been issued,
and in the past 40 years 100,000 pat-
ents have been issued.
Among the first patents were pat-
ents
atents for a lightning -proof umbrella,
a steamboat and for making nails.
Each year, In these present times,
70,000 applications for patents are
received by the U.S. Patent Office!
The department employs over 1350
persons, over half of whom are
technicians.
This year New Zealand is celebrat-
ing its centenary. The area of New
Zealand is about equal to that of the
British Isles. It has a sub -tropical
climate, ranging from semi -tropical
to temperate. It has spectacular
s e e n e r y, including• snow-covered
mountains, and has one of the world's
greatest waterfalls. It has immense
flocks and herds of sheep and cattle.
Its population is about 1,600,00 of
whom about 05,000 are Maoris.
The log cabin where Abraham Lin-
coln was born is now enclosed within
the granite walls of the memorial
building near Hodgenville, Ky. After
its desertion by Lincoln's father, the
cabin property was sold to successive
buyers, but when Lincoln became
president, the cabin was removed
from its original site to a new loca-
tion about a mile and a half distant,
and was made a schoolhouse. In
189Cthe building was moved back to
its original site. Then it was taken
apart, and its 143 logs were carried
to Nashville Centennial Exhibition.
Later it was similarly taekn apart
for 'reconstruction at the Buffalo Ex-
hibition in 1901. Then the logs were
put in a warehouse in Louisville.
There were other shiftings of the
logs, until in 1900 they were taken
to Hodgenville for re-erectionin the
Lincoln Memorial building there -
their final abode.'
REAP eilveitet CROPS
EGIT
GOOD seed is the first requirement for bigger, better
yields. That is why it pays to use Registered Seed.
Registered Seed is pure as to variety and ensures crops of greater
yield, higher quality and better grade. Registered Seed is sold only
in sealed containers, government -trigged, and government -inspected.
It requires no cleaning.
It pays to use Registered Seed!
For information regarding sources of supply of approved varieties
write to: -the District Supervisor, Plant Products Division of the
Dominion Department of Agriculture for your district, the nearest
• Dominion Experimental Parsn, the Provincial Department of
Agriculture, or the neatest Agricultural College.
Food supplies are im),/iortartt irs Wartime—
Tb s year, plant and raise only the bestl
Agricultural Supplies Board
DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OTTAWA
.. •,.•-Jfeuonrable James G. Gardiner, Minister
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Of interest
To Farmers
(News jS'upplied by Dept. of Agriculture)
POTASH SUPPLY
At the outbreak of war in Septem-
ber, 1939, the prospect for adequate
potash supply for fertilizer purposes
was none too encouraging as it was
thought that European supplies
would be cut' off, and United States
production was not supplying Canada
to any great extent. However, the
situation in this respect has since
changed very much, the prospect now.
being good fora continued and ample
supply.
The production of potash in the
United States has been stepped up
to a point believed to be sufficient
to meet the requirements of the
North American continent, and in
addition to this, production interests
in France have announced that an.
ample supply to Canada for ,this year
is assured. As a matter of fact,
large quantities of French potash are
new in Canada, so that any fear of
potash shortage in the immediate
future would appear unwarranted;
and farmers niay continue to buy
their potash requirements for fertil-
izer purposes as before the war.
KEEP. POSTED
The occupation of farming is clas-
sified by insurance companies as
hazardous. Yet crops and live stock,
and therefore the profits from pro-
duction, are ertposed to hazard or risk
to an even greater extent than is
the farmer's personal 'safety, states
the Agrieutural Supplies Board for
Canada in a circular addressed to
Canadian farmers. The uncertainty of
the elements, and the many natural
enemies of production such as insect
pests, parasites, and plant and animal
diseases, are ever-present hazards.
Most of these unfavourable contht-
ions may be eliminated or at least
greatly reduced where the farmer is
well equipped with knowledge as to
how best to meet therm, This is
particularly true where changes are
contemplated in crop and animal pro-
duction, but even every -day farm
practice may be greatly improved
through the application of the latest
and most complete information avail-
able. Out-of-date and ineomplete ire
fornlatieti is just as dengeroes as
halt -truths,
Agricultural scientists, experiment-
alists, and research men have for
years been working to supply the
farmer with the latest and most use-
ful information possible on all phases
of agricultural production. Such in-
formation is insurance against many
production risks, and may be secured
free at any time on request to the
Dominion and Provincial Departments
of Agriculture, Agricultural Colleges,
or the nearest Experimental Farm or
Station,
WARBLE FLY MENACE
13,OW TO CONTROL IT
Warble flies attack beef and dairy
cattle. in every part of Canada where
live stock is raised. The camage trey
do is not generally realized but it
takes millions of dollars annually out
of the farmers' pocekts through the
spoiling of hides by the holes made
by the grubs, through injury to cattle
from fright and worry when the flies
are buzzing around, and through
consequent reduction in milk produc-
tion and wastage of beef. In recent
years warble fly damage has been
considerably reduced in some districts
by systematic control measures,
chiding timely application of derris
washes to the backs of the animals.
On sunny days in spring and sum-
mer, warble flies lay their eggs, at-
taching them to the hairs on the
legs and lower parts of the cattle.
The buzz of the flies is sufficient to
cause panic among the animals se.
that they run wildly about the fields.
The small grubs hatch from the eggs
in from three to seven days, penetrate
the skin, and migrate through the
tissues of the animal, in some eases
congregating in numbers in the
region of the gullet. They remain
there during the summer until late
winter when they commence a second
migration and coarse to rest under the
skin of the back which they perforate
to make breathing holes. In about
two months they squeeze their way
through these holes and drop to the
ground in the shape of hard, black,
seed -like objects about three -quartets
of an inch long, from which a new
generation of flies emerge in from
one to two months to mate at once
and repeat the egg -laying process.
The total period from egg to egg re-
quires about a year, and at least nine
months are passed as a grub in the
bodies of the cattle.
When the grubs are under the skin
of the back of the animals is the
time for the farmer to act. This
period may be from January to June.
,If the grubs are destroyed before they
leave the animal, no warble flies will
emerge, for dead grubs provide no
flies. Four or five treatments of a
standardized derris wash have proved
effective for this purpose. The first
application should be made in. early
spring when the grubswelling first
becomes conspicuous. The second and
thud application's should be made at
28 -day intervals after the first, and
the fourth application 35 days after
third. Provided every cattle owner
in the area uses the wash in the
proper manner, the warble fly men-
ace will be Iargely reduced or elim-
inated in the district. The treatments,
however, should be repeated eaeh
year to maintain satisfactory control.
Deeris which. farms' the active in-
gredient of the control mixture con-
tains an insecticide, known as
rotenone, and is derived from the
roots' of certain species of tropical
plants, Originally it was used by the
Polynosians to poison the tips of their
arrows and also to catch fish.
WOOD .ASHES MAKE
GOOD FERTILIZER
Approximately 10,000,000 cords of
fuel wood are eat and burned in Can-
ada
anada every year, and a great deal of
the ashes are thrown away, although.
they have a definite agricultural
value. A report from the Chemistry
Division of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture shows that wood ashes
are valuable as fertilizer. They con-
tain potash, carbonate of lime, and a
small amount of phosphoric acid
which are plant foods. Unleashed
wood ashes may have as much as 8
per cent potash. Few ashes, however,
are pure: bits of charcoal, earth, and
other materials are always present.
Nevertheless, if -the ashes are kept
under cover to prevent leaching, the
percentage of potash is around four
to six per cent. Harwood ashes con-
tain more potash :than ashes from
softwood.
Along with potash, wood ashes may
contain about 70 per cent carbonate
of lime and perhaps two per cent of
phosphoric acid, both plant foods.
Because of the high lime content,
wood ashes are particularly beneficial
on acid soils, especially acid peats
and mucks. The potash content of
ashes makes "them desirable for
mangels and clovers which are both
heavy feeds on lime and potash How-
ever, ashes should not be used for
potatoes, the alkaline nature of the
ashes encouraging the growth of scab
in the potatoes. Suggested rates of
application of ashes for 1,200 to 1,500
lb. per acre, equivalent to 60 to 70
Ib. of potash, 500 to 1,100 lb. of
carbonate of lime and 24 to 30 Ib. of
phosphoric acid, if the ashes are clean
and unleashed,
CANADA AND NORWAY
There are In Canada about 100,000
people of Norwegian origin, and one-
third of then were born in Norway.
They have made themselves known
as good settlers and good citizens.
Most of them live in rural Canada.
But the Norwegian influence in Can-
ada is stronger than the numbers in-
dicate. There is much Norse blood
in the French Canadians, the Anglo-
saxons, Scots and indeed in all those
Canadians whose ancestors dwelt in
the countries bordering on the North
Sea. For the Norsemen were great
sailors, traders, pioneers and colonists
long ago. Thele are traces et their
stay in Canada, linked with traditions
of nearly a thousand years ago. What
happened to them we can only guess;
possibly they were absorbed by the
aborigines. There are white Eskimos
with blue eyes in, the far north today.
Norway today is a highly developed
and progressive country. It has been
an independent kingdom since 872
A.D. It was united with Sweden
from 1814 to 1905 when the two,
countries decided by friendly agree-
ment to dissolve the union. Haakon
VII became king in 1905. Princess
Maud, daughter of Edward VII of
Great Britain, is his queen.
The area of Norway IS 124,556
square miles or about one-third the
size of Ontario, and the population
nearly three million. The surface is
mountainous, the cultivated area
about one -fortieth part of the coun-
try. Forests cover one-fourth and the
rest is highland pastures and unin-
habitable mountains. The Norwegian
meehant fleet ranks fourth) amongst
the merchant fleets of the world; in
normal years the quantity of fish
caught by the fishing vessels is
greater than that of Great Britain.
Education in Norway is highly ad-
vanced. It is free and compulsory
between the ages of seven and four-
teen There are many special schools
and industrial and technical instit-
utes. The University of Oslo is at-
tended by about 4,000 students. Oleo
is the capital with a population of
over a quarter of a million.
Service in the National Militia is
universal and compulsory. In time of
war all males between 18 and 55 are
liable for service. The navy consists
of four ironclads, 17 torpedo -boats,
five destroyers, nine 'submarines and
several mine -layers. There are about
140 sea and airplanes.
Canada's trade with Norway is
quite important. Last year it totalled
$8,587,000,. Oar chief import wain
sardine,s of which we got close to
four million boxes; We also got cod
liver oil, iron areand fertilizers. We
sent nickel, wheat, lye, flour, rub-
ber, copper and carbon electrodes.
/MARY & J I M
I SEE THE WAR IS
COSTING CANADA
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CUT OUT WASTE
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SPEND MONEY THAN
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PARTY PATRONAGE!
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NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT
CAN FIX THAT
A NATION AT WAIL NEEDS
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Newsy Notes from England
BY AN OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENT
NEW ARMY HUTS LINO
Could Link Paris to Gibraltar
Enough linoleum to stretch from
Paris to Gibraltar has been ordered.
from British manufacturers by the
Ministry of Supply.
The Ministry, now a gigantic trad-
ing concern with a yearly turnover
in essential war materials at the
rate of £150,000,000, gave the order
for 2,000,000 yards of linoleum and
set the public guessing as to how the
floor covering came to be classed as
an "essential war material". This
has now been explained by the
Parliamentary Secretary.
"In the new huts built for the
Army and the new ordnance factories
there will be concrete floors instead
of timber ones," he said. "The linol-
eum will be used for covering therm.
We Carrot expect troops to live on
concrete floors, and in the factories
particles of high explosives collect-
ing in cracks of a concrete floor
might well cause an explosion."
The use`of linoleum will economise
considerably in timber, and although
the order for 2,000,000 yards is ad-
mitted by the linoleum trade to be
"very large", it is not so big that
production for ordinary commercial
purposes will suffer.
It has, of course, helped to create
a boom in the industry, and one big
Scottish manufacturing firm is now
paying about £10,000 a week extra in
wages, compared with a few months
ago.
JEWELS TO WIN THE WAR
British Exports Will Help
To Pay The Bill
The Government have agreed to set
aside a supply of the base metals
required in the silver electro -plating
industry in order to maintain the
home and export markets for these
goods during the war despite the
fact that the same metals are needed
for munition making.
Jewellery Craftsmen here do not
expect any serious shortage in sup-
plies of silver and gold and after
consultation with the Board of Tracie,
the Birmingham Jewellers' & Silver-
smiths' Association have set up a
special committee to deal with ex-
ports and it has now been decided
to maintain and extend exports even
at the cost of the home market. South
Africa, Australia and Canada are
Birmingham's biggest custamers for
her famous silverware, electro -plate
and jewellery.
There is a good prospect of re-
gaining the South American trade
which was lost to Germany on ao-
Ccunt of her barter system, when
certain South American countries
were in: difficulty and could not
secure the exchange to finance their
purchases.
Egypt is also regarded as a pos-
sible new market.
telealeeliskes were iii;a4.`'
A NATION AT
FLEET OP "WASPS"
To Defend Finns When lee Melts
When the ice melts in the Baltic,.
the Finns are expected to send out
again their horde of "warps" which
last December stung the Russians
with some vigour in Ieronstadt and
Murmansk.
This fleet of tiny coastal motor
boats does 49 knotts. Each of them
is only- 55ft. long by 11 ft beam,.
yet each carries a couple of torpedo
tubes, depth charges and machine
guns.
The boats are mahogany built by
Messrs. John I. Thornycroft & Ca..
Ltd., the British engineers and ship
builders, who some years ago sup-
plied them to Finland. They get their
speed from twin sets of Thronycroi:t
400h.p. 12 cylinder engines.
It was from this yard that the
Britisli Navy had its first torpedo
boat nearly seventy years ago, and
Finland's coastal motor boats are it
development of those used. at Zee-
brugge in the Great Was
In the campaign against the Bol-
sheviks after the Armistice Lieut, A.
W. S. Agar, V.C. (he is now Captain)
in a 40 ft. Thornycroft boat sank the.
Russian cruiser Oleg with his only
torpedo.
After that a fleet of eight "wasps"
were sent out to the Hallie and
actually sank a battleship, a battle
cruiser, a submarine depot ship and
a destroyer itu Kr'onstadt harbour.
From the same British shipyard
coastal motor torpedo boats haves
joined the navies of France, the
United States, Japan, Holland,
Greece, Sweden, 'Yugoslavia, Sam,.
China, and quite recently, the Phillip-
ines
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AR NEEDS A NATIONAL GOVERN ` `ENT
L. ELSTON CARDIFF
National Conservative
Candidate
for Huron -North.
Vote Cardiff
MY POLICY:
1. No conscription, but a united war effort,
2. Fair terms to soldiers' dependents,
3. Cooperation regardless of Party.
4. Abolition of $2.50 radio license.
5. Stop patronage and profiteering out of wart
contracts.
6., Immediate attention to improved agriculture
marketing.
Development of air training project ani
Goderich.
8. Development of lake harbours rather than
expensive deepening of the St. Lawrence.
9. The end of supplying obsolete weapons to our
gallant soldiers ana production in Canada of
the latest and best equipment for the Canad-
ian army.
0. Representation of Huron County as a full time
job for the M.P. with his strictest attention to
the needs of this Constituency.
Support National Government
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