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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-02-17, Page 3T'R•JJEcS:DAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1938
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
PAGE THREE.
Will Tell o£ Early Farm Life
Hon. Irene 'Parliby, Etrs't . w'oinan
.cabinet minister in Alberta, will, tell ,o'f
early farm life in Alberta on the :Fee
-
day, Fe+b'reere 1'S +broadcast o'f +'lie
GB'C series '"I S'ha'll IN•ever Forget" to
be heard over the national network, at
110.45' pini. IEST.
Mus: Penlby''came to'LCanada .from
England, in 111800. She was elected to
the tA'llberta legislature with the ifinst
U. lie A. governnment in i119l211 and was
included 'in the fi'rs't cabinet as minis-
ter .without 'portfolio. She ,Was re-el-
ected in 0216 but died not enter the
last election.
Mrs. P!arl'by' has long been llramin
nt in the United learnt \Women's'
movement and has also ueken an. se-
tive interest in League oaf ''Natiaits
work. She lives on a farm near Alix, in
central Alberta. It is named blanadon
Farm 'after the'birthpdace of her .hus-
band in Devonshire.
Her varied 'career, as 'well as her
early experiences as a young 1]nglfsll-
woman in the 'new \West, •wfl provide
many anecdotes for listeners. The
broadcast will originate in Edmonton.
Kirsten Flagstad and ,Melchior in
'Opera "Lohengrin"
4
!eyrie;" two chorale for 'Iisen eron-
bones and tuba, fele Who Will Suffer
'God to Guide Him", 'by Newmark, and
'"Now Thank We All Our God"; by
Cruger en •excerpt From Chaibrier's
1Espana" Rhapsody; the lntrodue-
tion to Largo 'fro`n 'Dvora'k s "New
'World" Symphony; and Siegfried and
the Dragon from Wagner's "Sieg-
fried". The 'development of the March
'will be considered in Series B. 'Masi-
cal 'iillustrat.ion.s ;will include S'chubert's
MLi1'itary telerch in' D; an •exoenpt from
Beeth•oven's Funeral March from
'iEroica" Symphony; March front
Rate's "Lenore" Syntphan'y; Wedding
March front IRimsky-IKirsakov's 'The
Golden Rooster" and Turkish March,
by Mozart.
Studio 'Shots
All Reecorl and -Bernie Mannion,
:CBC artists, are celebrating their
ninth year together in radio, The two
Toronto boys met as youthful work-
ers in a factory in 11925, hummed their
friendship into a -vocal d,tto when ob-
liged to work overtime, found them-
selves. without work when the .depres
sign closed down their ,plant, • and
turned to radio for a career. They
have worked together can'tineousty
since their air debut, travelled nearly
twenty thousand nodes together in Ca-
nada, been the two-thirds .of several
vocal trios and never had. a misunder-
standing. They. have always written
their own arrangements, but as A4'f is
the business 'brains, he decided to let
Bernie go it alone nn arranging a'nd
it has worked .ou't 'to everybody's, ad-
vantage. Besides being two-thirds of
the "iFashionaires" .(Frances Ackert is
the soprano of the trio) Alf and Ber-
nie are teamed in "The tGloonl Chas-
ers", with 'Tory Ijnrck, another popular
Toronto feature. Bernie writes 'all the
arrangements, most of the special 'ly-
rics and the patter that the "leashion-
aires" introduce in "Streamline.
A progranutie that is daringly dif-
ferent is "'From the IPa'ci'lic" and it
comes from the Vancouver studios of
the CBC at 'V'ancoever, Thursdays al
710 p.m. EST. This quarter-h'our pro-
granmte 'highlights Leo Norris' novel-
ty orchestra and vocal trio and since
its appearance on the national network
several weeks ago, has been 4in•cling
increased popularity 'from coast to
coast.
'For the programme of . 'Thursday,
February 1110, '+From The Pacific" will
feature special arrangements of
"Twelfth Street 'Rag" "'Aloha Belov-
ed', "'Avalon' "Qn Our 'Parting
Day" and ' Hawaiian Sweetheart".
Kirsten IFlagstad and Lauri'ta Mel-
chior, the greatest of today's Wagn'er-
ia'n sopranos and tenors, will sing the
leading Toles .of 'Else and Lohetvgrin in
the broadcast performance ,of "Lohen-
grin to be beard in 'frill Saturday,
February. 119, 'b'eginn'ing at '2.00 p.m.
EST, direct from the stage of the
Metropolitan (Opera over the CBC na-
'ti'onal network as an i'n'ternational ex-
change feature front N'B'C.
(Karin •B•ranzell, gifted Swedish con-
tralto, will' be the Ortrud of the'bro'ad-
east performance. Julius 1Heu'ln nihil!
be 'hear'd as Telram;und, ,and Ludwig
Hofmann will be King Henry. The
conductor will be Maurice de A'brav-
anel.
Mme, Flagstad, 11 course, is the
'greatest box office attraction in the
history of the Metropolitan Opera.
From her first perforntsance there as
a practically ,unknown Wagnerian so-
prano she has beet) a sensation. When
Flagstad sings the \'Ietropolitan is
jammed to the doors. To "l-o'hen-
grin", the victim of a 'thotirand dead-
ening performances, •Kirsten Flagstad
has 'brought fresh life, revealing once
more all the beauty and poetry and
passion of Elsa, the dreamy introvert.
Music Appreciation Hour
'rhe eighth concerts in series A and
B of the 'N'BC 'Nettie !Appreciation
Hour will 'be conducted 'by Dr. Wal-
ter Dane -etch on'1 relay, February 1118,
front 2:00 to elle pee. FST. They will
be heard over the CBC national net-
work as an international exchange
feature from NBC,
Series A will be d'ev'oted .to a study
,of Trombones and Tuba and their
Corporation Features Day by Day
(id1i 'Tinges Eastern Standard)
Thursday, llfebruary 1110:
7,00 p.nt. Froin the +Pacific—Hawaii`
an novelty group direction Leo Nor-
ris. From 'Vancoviver.
9.110 p.1111. Ch3'C Dramatic Hour—
Produced by (Laurence !Gilliam, 'From
Winnipeg.
Friday, lFe'hnnary 11(8:
12.010 p.m. NIBIC ;M''usic Appreciation
H•our'—rconhtcted by Dr. Walter
Damrosoh. IN'BC-013C international
exchange programme. 'From New
York,,
10.4i5 pen, 1 Shall Never Forget --
talk by Irene IPerlby, Alix, 'Alberta.
Frain Edmonton,
Saturday, February 19:
7.'31( .p.n1. Boole ]Review—by :Proles-
sor iJ. F, tdacdonald. ]Prom Toronto.
9.00 p.m, N.II-LL. 'Hockey 13'road-
caet—sponsored 'by iIm;perial Oil Lim-
ited. !Front 'Teroreto.
11111„i0 p.m, The (News—The Canad-
ian Press news'bulletin and Dominion
)Ieteoralagtical 'B,ureau, weather fore
oast. 'Front Toro)eto.
Sunday, February 20:
2.311 pen. 17?ianograms—]Jack Enter-
son, pianist. 'From Vancouver.
15.100 pat. Tenor Manor —chore!
group, string quartet arcs speaker.
From Winnipeg.
9!010 'pant, OBC Music Hour—orch-
estra and 'chore's direction (Geoffrey
\Wraddisgton. Icront Toronto.
Monday, Felbrttary /2111;
7.30 .pan, Organ 'Recital—Roland
'told, onganist. IFr0111 Toronto.
3:30 p.m. S+treeni]ine--orchestra and
soloists direction ]Percy liaith, From
Toronto.
Tuesday, i elbruary 2Lv,:
12
,p.m. London .Calling—rebroadcast
of .BBC Empire Transmission; From
Ottawa.
7:15 p. nt. The Last 13•ttffalo 'Hunter
—dialogue !based on manuscript by
Met. Mary \•Veeket, 'radio 'version by
An'cirew .Allan. From Regina.
"Resurrection", the radio play by
Horace Brown, of the CBC script
stag in Toronto, which was produced
on Rudy Vallee's hour last ,Ntovent'ber,
will he reproduced in Manch issue of
"Radio M'''irror". This"'wdtl.be a read
Reports from Counties
'Poultrymen in Brant County report
good production front their floc!ks but
feed costs out of line with prices re-
ceived for their products. A few own-
ers complain of 'feeding troubles with
]horse -grown grains, owing to the fact
that much of the grain was badly
weathered at harvesting. Large quan-
tities of alfalfa hey are ,being shipped
from IHaldimand, both 'ba'led • and
ground. 'Prices 'being paid to iermers
for hay in the' barn run from $S;00I to
a,0..Several loads of Western lambs
are an feed in Middlesex and are be-
ing marketed as they reach proper
weight and .finis']] et annual $7.25 cwt.
Prince Edward County reports buy-
ers for new milkers and springers
have been active recently, Two car-
loads have been shipped by U.S. buy-
ers in. the past few weeks. in fact the
steeply hardly equals the demand,
Down in Leeds County nearly all
poultry, pools have improved their
grading and pack of [tressed poultry
•by 'ha'ving all poultry graded and
packed at the 'cold storage facilities in
Brockville. This central organization
has graded and packed over 55 tons
during December.
COMMUNICATION
(Continued)
B'nt evidently 1 had come to the
right place to study, to substantiate
formative views which I had of my
own, and 'an tntequalled• opportunity
to get the view point of eminent doc-
tors who had been in this work for
many years. 1 also had the opportun-
ity of discussing the problem front u
social and term outical standpoint with
several intelligent 'patients, for these
s\•er a not ordinary police court d'run'ks
•hut all of them confirmed inebriate's,
ages from 110 to 70, women 1 to '5
men, canting or sent eo Bellevue for
a tletinitely established diseased con -
clition of alcoholism,
The doctors were most kind and
courteous turd during my stay there
for five hours every day 1 was given
The Use of Potash
It is the light. sandy and gravelly
soils and muck soils that as a rule are
markediy deficient in potash, and on.
which 'p'rofi'ta'b'le returns may he ex-
peoted'front the application of this ele-
ment. The rtete of application will, of
course, dap'end on a number of •fac-
tors, chief among 'whioh are the char-
acter and fertility of the soil and the
nature of the eropetri. be grown. Far
most grain 'craps an 'application of
nnttrlate of potash of 510 to 7'5 'pounds
per acre will Ib'e found sufficient. For
abover and alfalfa these annowbts
might 'be doubled with profit. For po-
tatoes, roots, corn and leafy craps
generally, 100 lbs. of 'muriate of pot-
ash •per acre may be ,pro'fita'bly •used.
As a rule it twill be 'found more ad-
van'tegeou's to use potash with [forms
of ntrogen and phosphoric acid than
alone' and it is always advisable to try
out the fertilizer on a small scale be-
fore making large purchases.
'Phe poultrymen with proper equip-
ment can 'handle chicks in mid -winter
with as little mortality as with .April
chi3•ks, He tuay not get as high per-
centage hatch as later on.hut even the
hatch -ability of eggs is .being control-
led by the feed. January chicks will
cost more as eggs are higher priced
to start with. Then it will take more
fuel than with spring 'brooding. 1311t
there is more 'time for looking after
the chicks ..there may be les, (liseasi
andhntinrtWlitser ,broilers'ttiill-"edtelt a
high market, and pullets slimed lie
laying early in the fall or even in late
unnnnier when egg prices are at their
NAPOLEON STARTED IT
"Two lumps, please," you answer
carelessly, Thank your
Is is probable you never gave the
two 'lstanps of sugar a thought. Even
if you did—and' how many o'f us rho?—
did you 'know that the Man who first
made possible the commercial 'dewel-
opment of sugar 'from 'beets was Na-
poleon, lEm'peror of France, or that
the sugar you take in your morning
coffee i:s just as likely to be made
from Canadian.grawn Sugar beets as
it is from the more widely known
sugar cane?, saYs D)oeg•las'MacFar-
lane in the C. 1. +L. !Oval.
Sugar, as far as the can ascertain
was first used in 'Thelia. The 'Chinese
soon ,clisco•verecl it, and by 12170 had
developed it into a 'flourishing indus-
try; but it 'was not .until the early part
of the nineteenth .century that 'beet
sugar' began to be produced in com-
mercial' quantities. In 1118111: (Napoleon
established six tsugarbeet schools, lay-
ing the foultdations .of an industry
which has since Multiplied many
tines in size and importance,
Historians and Hollywood. are fond
of enlarging on 'Napo'leon's military
and amatory campaign.+; but they
have had little to say about the !boon
which the (Emperor 'con'ferred upon
posterity when he encouraged the sug-
ar beet industry. 'Siete those early
clays scientific methods of seed'breed-
ing and cultivation have ta'ke'n manly
long strides, 'Canadian land 'today pro-
duces beets four tines as rich in sug-
ar content as the beets of Napoleon's
day; and factory methods have pro-
gressed to the 'stage where manufac-
buring is 'an exact science, 'with every
feature ,lieu planned std scienti'fical'ly
controlled.
While a'tt'empts were made to estab-
lish the stager 'beet in 'Quebec as far
back as 1188111, only two beet ,processing
firms, with four plants remain in Can-
ada at the present time. These are
situated in southwestern Ontario and
in the far west •of Canada. The Cana-
da and Dominion Sugar Company,
with head d&fiees ,in Chatham, 'Ontario,
earl, the British. Colombia 'Refineries
are the two Canadian firers in the sug-
ar beet bushiest today.
The Canada and Dominion Sugar
Company operates two large ;process-
ing plants in 'Chatham and Walllace-
burg, p0i3tilation centres of the pros-
perous beet-.prodeeing (Cent County.
Manufacture of sugar front locally
grown 'beets in these two refineries is
indeed a marvel of modern industry.
Production from these psalms
amounts to more than seventy -live,
million pounds per year, de finitely
establishing southwestern 'On•tario nn
the sugar 'beet map, and the prosper-
ity of the local fanners is in no small
+way a restit of their careful cultiva-
tion of the beet crops.
It i.. not the Intel] tion of this article
to tindertueke a detailed description of
the complicated process of 1llanufac-
turing sugar from !beets. but a word
or two in this connection would not
be amiss, The uninitiated should me
confuse the sugar beet with the com-
mon red garden variety. :elle saggar
beet is light in colour, stmttthing'likt
a parsnip, and is about ten to twavt
inches long and w•eita'hs anywhere
Irani a potted to two pounds. The foli-
age is credited with the all iittpnrtau'
function of collecting. sugar andsend-
ing it down to 'the roots file storage
so that great care is taken iu cultiva-
tion to see that rhe ]eaves are not da-
maged.
Harvesting eoutaneuct's in Septem-
ber and extends into tOctaber, and elle
first nperatioits 'consist 0,1 lopping off
the bushy leaves and crown, the trouts
being 'loaded and conveyed to the fac-
tory. Here they are tested for sugar
content and on this, very largely, de-
pends 'the price paid to the fanner;;.
From the storage. bins the 'beets are
floated down long 'flumes, all adhering
earth and weeds being washed away
and trapped en route to the large pad-
dle machine inside the factory, which
gives then] a further. •cleaning -before
they go to a conveyor fnr inspection
and final trimming,
Thoroughly cleansed, they now pass
to the tori of the factory, where they,
are [!imbed into an automatic scale!
which empties a ton at a time into the
slicers. Scientifically shredded to as
to expose the maximum number of
cells. •the 'beets undergo a varied soak-
ing process at .increasing •tentpera-
ttures until all the sugar has been ex-
tracted in the form of juice. The spent
slices are dried and 'bagged to he sold
as an •ap;petiiing cattle food, The
juice, tvhic'h .may contain from 110 to
413 per cent. sugar, goes through an
extensive and elaborate process cif
purification and refining 'consisting of
boiling,' evaporation and 'drying,until.
it emerges in pure crystal form, indis-
tinguishable in substa'tice, forst and,
quality from its sister groddtct which
comes 'from cane.
But if the processing 01 sugar 'beet
is highly scientific 'so also is, its
growth and cultivation. Freezing of
the !beets, for instance, does hot im-
pair them 'hut alternate freezing and
thawing may result in heavy losses
frr,ni rift, A protracted season of
equable weather is essential. to 'the
growth of the 'best Sugar .beet, and for
every facility to study 300 eases in all peak. 01 course, it many starter
stages of treatment. Some wtre'ibed_ hatching all their chicks in January
ridden, others in 'bath robes, or 'wheel-
chairs, others 'being reha'bilit'ated by
cliffereut forms of 'therapy, physiologi-
cal, psychological 'and vocational.
When we think of this. vast number,
112,0(30 a year, in just one corner of
New York trying to rid themselves of
a disease raucsecl by .the same coin'.
melee, chat We are selling at Hensalh
Seefctrth, ,Goderich and .%'urich, we
ask, what hope of •csire do the pat -
functions in the brass section .of an •tribute to the Canadian author of one lents have? 'Only about ?'5 per cent
llt strate the import- of the most eloquent 'radio scripts recover. in other words, the chance
orchestra. Tot t for cure for alcoholism' is less than
Dr.
written about the
heroes of 'the
instruments, cancer
aha oure for catC
two hell .that of a u
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Ce a
f these one a
an `
1
Work! War. The ']clay is in monologue DR. A. MfOIR
Hetsail, Feb. 8, 10035.
IDanrosch will 'conduct the Magic
(Fire 'Music from 'Wagner's "The Vial -1 form. •
the higher prices for broilers and egg,
would be wiped out, and chicks Innen
ell at some other season would fin(
the hest market. Brooder 'horse's un-
suited for prolonged zero weather am
the higher price for chicks will limi
the Lumber :going in for January
chides. Nevertheless there should ht
good returns 'fur the few who do, ant
they can prninng the use of their
equipment,•those ewhohave e ant Cher
betctt in the spring an as to have infl-
icts coming into production at differ-
ent season.
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this reason snuthw*extern Ontario re-
mains one of the two prime sources of
beet sugar in Canada.
A century of research • 'forms the
het kg -rowel of the modern sugar beet
industay, 'but there is still much to
learn regarding this •odd vege'ta'ble.
No short cut exists to .the 'knowledge
of, nor is there any general formula
which may be applied to, 'the w'ide'ly
diversified soils and •condition's en-
countered in the culture of the !beet,
Each district presents its own prob-
lems, some of which might be com-
mon to a lenge area, others localized
in a relatively small acreage.
To aid in the soluti'o'n of these prob-
lems, the Canada and Dominion Sugar
Company maintains an agricultural re-
search ,department for the purpose of
aiding contract growers to obtain
greater yields from their •su'gar beet
field's. Lines sof research include the
determination of the most suitable
fertilizer mixtures, the testing of soils,
the study of 'causes and •cotttro'l of dis-
ease and insect ,pests, the testing and
study of beet seed strains and germ-
ination analysis of seed distributed to
growers, trial and study of crop rota-
tion, experiments in new culture me-
thods, detailed analysis of beet .crop
results over the ,area, and the planning
and management of contests among
the tgrowers.
The major portion of sugar ',beet
used in Canada at the present time .is
imported from Europe, ib,ut the re-
search department of the •company is
constantly conducting experiments in
growing the 'aptly -named "mother
beets," and is :producing sufficient
seed to indicate that a shortage
through interruption of 'European stip-
ply could be considerably offset. Seed
of excellent duality Is produced' in Ca-
nada, anti, after a fete generations of
growth. becomes well adapted to cli-
matic conditions and is superior in
many trays to imported seed.
To produce beet seed it is necessary
to grow 'beets for one season, letting
them lire over the winter and develop
seed stalks en their second year. The
beet is a 'biennial .plant, growing
leaves and a root system the first
year, thea resting and •producing up-
right stalls with flowers and seeds in
its second season.,
Because, in Ontario, frost kills
most of the beets left in the ground
over winter, the practice is to "lift"
and store them in pits during the
frosts and replace them in the 'fields
in the spring. Smaller beets, known
as "steoklings," are ,grawn by 'plant-
ing'Nhe seed later in the season or
leaving the !beets 'unthinned, so that
the size is reduced 'by cron'ding. 'Beet
seed planted in late lune has
produc-
ed excellent steuldings in the Chat-
ham area. These have been 'harvested,
pitted and replaced in April, produc-
ing yields as high as 1,600 pounds per
acre.
Experiments have been 'conducted
near the fertilizer plant of Canadian
industries Limited at Chatham in
"over -wintering” of stecklings. Dur -
eel. the winter of 19315-316 nearly an
acre of steckiings were kept planted
in e sheltered area. These produced a
'fine grade of seed, with almost 1,200
pounds per acre. Other experiments,
however, in over -win tering have not
been too successful; but it is obvious
that if this can 'be developed profitably
the cost of production of beet seed
could be considerably lowered.
Thee experiments are tbeing con -
tinned, despite their relative failure on
a commercial scale up to the present.
Indeed. the business of sugar beet
production, .from the planting of the
seed to the final stage of transform-
ing the juice into Inc white crystals,
is one which bas been hunt up 'by just
such experiment; and that it has been
a 'high'ly scientific venture and is now
an undoubted connmerciel successis
something for which many Canadians
have good reason to thank Napoleon.
Wedding Announced—
Mfr, and Mfrs, J. W. S1t'ahibraolt. 'an-
nounce the marriage 'o'f their youn'ge'r
'laughter, 'Ruth 'Thelma, to . Thomas
Francis M eEifroy, son of 'M4r, and
Mrs, Thomas 'McElroy of Toronto.
Tile wed'din'g took place in Toronto,
'the nutter' part of October—Clinton
uew:sal2ecorcl.
Ah1 "i'om iso t it delighttul that
we are to be married? With such love
as alas, we can almost live on 'bread
and water, can't ere, dear?"
"Tastily, .my; pet" answered Tom
with great emotian, ""lrott.eurnish the
bread, and I'll skirmish around for
the water."