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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-03-15, Page 3Lawn Work Either in new lawns re- pairing, we sow grass seed early. Grass thrives when the weather is cool and damp. Grass seed usually comes in packaged mix- tures. The reason is simple. We want some early seed that will germinate and grow quickly to provide some green and ' will also provide some shade for the slower germinating, finer and more permanent sorts. Also it is a well known agricultural fact that a mixture of grasses or clovers will give a thicker stand usually than a single variety sown alone. Of course, for very specialized purposes such as bowling or putting greens we may use a single variety, but for ordinary lawn, mixtures aro best. Lawns, of course, should be as level and the soil as fine as possible before any seed is sown and that job is best done on a windless day. Directions regard- ing the amount of seed' should be followed' carefully, Too many people seem to forget that grass is a crop and it will appreciate fertilizer and watering just like any other crop. A well fed lawn on good soil, will soon crowd out most weeds, The Itea1 Foundation Good seed is the very founds- tion of any successful garden. In this matter it is well to re- member that we live in Canada ancl in this country we haveour own sort of climate, soil and weather. For that reason it is most advisable to make sure that we get seed, and nursery stock especially selected for growing in Canada, hardy and vigorous and that will mature or bloom in our own particular climate. If we stick to the Cana- dian seed catalogue from any reputable house we cannot go wrong. Because every seed or plant that is listed there has been actually tested in Canada, has been grown successfully in Our own climate and is especial- ly suited to Canadian condi- tions. Tailored Soil Thousands of words have been written about the ideal type of garden soil and much more will be written. But it's a simple matter really, in spite Cif some of the big technical words that are often used. As a matter of fact almost anyone, unless he lives up on Ibe perma- frost, can build up an ideal garden soil if nature has not al - UNIQUE HONOR - First U.S. woman entrant ever to win the Olympic gold medal for figure skating, Tenley Albright poses in Cortina, Italy, holding her medal and other Olympic awards. ready provided something equally good right at his door. Virtually all plants, annual or perennial, big and especially lit- tle, perfer what the experts term an open rich loam, Now, this simply means a soil that is loose, that will dry fairly quick- ly and without baking hard. This permits the roots to go clown easily and well, and it also holds moisture and absorbs sunshine. If one can dig the soil easily, if it crumbles when dug, rather than packs, we simply make it more open by digging in manure, or green mulch like grass clippings, weeds or a cover crop of rye or oats or buck- wheat or almost anything that will eventually decompose and mix with the soil. If, on the other hand, our gar- den is sandy, we follow almost the same course and dig in lots of green stuff and manure to provide some body and water holding ability. Of course one does not create ideal garden soil overnight or even over one season. It may take a year or so, particularly if the original is hard sub -soil clay or something similar. In this connection it would be ad- visable to speed matters with an application of one of the soil conditioners now on the market. These will open up even the toughest clay if applied proper- ly. The main thing with garden soil, as with regular farming operations, is to keep plowing or digging in all the vegetable refuse we can get hold of. It is also an excellent idea to have a compost heap. eFor Toloting\ His Own Horn Andre Dubois, the Paris Pre- fect of Silence, had better look - to his laws to see that there are no loopholes in them. I have to report an alarming development, While Prefect Dubois has banned the automobile horn from Paris, it is still. the law in England that every car must have fitted to it an instrument capable of giving audible warn- ing of its approach. The other day this law led to a strange occurrence in a Yorkshire court. And that in turn led to a new legal ruling about automobile horns. In effect this ruling is that legally the horn is the in- strument itself or casing and not the noise that comes out of it. If this should also prove to be the law in Paris, the most formidable disturbance could ensue. Were Parisians to learn how to produce a sound like that of an automobile horn without any mechanical instru- ment they could hoot with im- punity. I leave the consequence to M. Dubois' imagination, For that is what Mr. John Lawrie Brown learned to do- ' he learned to make a noise like an electric horn without ac- tually having an electric horn. He did not, however, hoot with im punity. Mr. Brown in fact was pre- sented before the magistrates at Dronfield charged with hav- ing no warning instrument fitted to his truck. He entered a please of not guilty. When it was time to present the case for the defence Mr. Brown rose and stated that he kept beside him on the driving seat "a piece of an old horn." "I consider," he said. "that this complies with the law." And then he launched his thunderbolt. "For," h" declared with studied emphasis, "I myself can imitate an electric horn. And I have heen able to do this perfectly, since I was a small boy." The court seemed taken aback. So Mr. Brown, driving home his advantage as he would his truck, asked if the court would like an example of his talent, by way of proof for nis case. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Jeer 4. 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There was then a long silence, for which all' present except maybe the defendant were pro- foundly thankful. The magistrate decided that while Mr. Brown could indubi- tably make a noise like a horn, he was not in fact or in law• himself "an instrument giving audible warning of approach." So they fined him ten shillings. The London Daily Mail, sens- ing a human story behind this case in a hitherto dusty court, sent a reporter to interview Mrs. Brown, "Just the sort of thing he would do," said Mrs. Brown, as her husband went his rounds in the Birmingham area, "He claims it's a better warning than anything manufactured. "It's like the worst kind of Klaxon horn, I've heard it many times -never got used to it, "Before we were married we did a lot of motor -cycling. Sometimes I'd be on the pillion, and he'd do his Klaxon imita- tion. It nearly frightened me. off the back. "It certainly cleared every- thing out of the way. "He has elaborated it since he was a boy. We thought that as he grew more middle-aged he wouldn't do this sort of thing. But he has." Mr. Brown's son and daugh- ter have never copied their father's tricks. Mrs. Brown sighed. "There's a grandson, though," she said. "We've done everything we can to stop him, but his imita- tion of an electric horn shows promise of being worse than his grandfather's." A whole new generation of electric horns may be growing up. Many of them are going to be tourists in Paris. They may teach Parisians 'o hoot. 11 I were M. Dubois I'd make cer- tain that Gallic logic changes the law so that what counts there is not the instrument but the noise. - John Allen May in The Christian Science Monitor. STARTED WRONG Two fathers were discussing the upbringin of children. "Yes," said one, "a great deal depends on the formation of early habits," "It does," agreed the other. "My mother paid a woman to wheel me about when I was a baby, and I've been pushed ;for money ever since." Belated Fame For Vaudeville Actor Back in the eighties a young actor named Frank Bacon was playing in California vaudeville with his wife. They had a baby, and like many young couples they needed more money than they had, But then he had an idea - and idea that might make enough money, and win enough fame, to solve all their problems;, an idea for a play about a hotel on the state line, half in Nevada and half in Cali- fornia, and combining . , the best features of both, He finally got it written - with what ef- fort and what joy, only the amateur writer knows - and sent if off to a producer (or maybe an agent) in New York. And nothing happened. It made the rounds of the New York producers, and noth- ing continued to happen. Mean- while Bacon and his wife con- tinued to play in vaudeville, and made a living: but baby grew older; • with pain, .Bacon ' cut down the play that embodied the Idea into a vaudeville act, which kept them afloat. But it was a long way from California vaudeville to the glories of Broadway; he still hoped for better things, still kept sending the play around and at last a producer took it. He gave it to the best play doc- tor of the time for reworking: it was produced on Broadway, with Bacon playing the laed; it ran longer than any play had ever run in New York up to that time, and he made a mil- lion dollars out of it -when 11e was sixty-four. - From "But We Were Born Free." by Elmer Davis. ASCHOOL LESSON R. Irart'Oe 1larrru 6,A. 8.11, Jesus institutes the Lord's Supper Luke 22: 1-23 Memory Selection: As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's death till he come. I Corinthians 11.20 This is a very appropriate les- son as we approach the Easter season. It was the last evening before the crucifixion. There were •s.1me saddening circumstances. 'There was a strife among the dis- ciples, "which of them should be accounted the greatest Per- haps that is why no one of them offered to wash the dusty feet of his companions. That was the office of the lowest in rank, No one was going to thus compro- mise his chances for position by doing this menial task. Jesus laid aside his garments, girded himself and washed their feet. It was a lesson they would never forget. The way to greatness is the way of service. At the table that night Peter was rebuked for his boldness and self-sufficiency by the pre- diction that before the cock crowed twice he would deny Jesus three times. Peter didn't believe it till it happened. Then he went out and wept bitterly. Judas was there. When Jesus had identified him as the be- trayer he went out to do the fiendish deed. It was not a hap- py evening. But the occasion lives in the hearts of Chistians around the the world for a more important reason than any of these. Jesus instituted a lasting memorial of his death. The broken bread sym- bolized his body that was broken for us and the wine, his blood that was shed for us. As we partake of these our hearts are humbled. Why did he love us so? We are rebuked for our self- ish ambitions and our self-suffi- ciency. We are led to rely more fully on his sacrifices for us. It is not enough to believe that Jesus was a good man, the best that ever lived. In the suppers we are reminded that he was the Son of God. That's why. "His blood atones for all the race, and sprinkles now the throne of grace." Til Him there is forgiveness and cleansing from 'sin. Let us partake of the bene- fits bought for us at so great a cost, Wash old powder puffs and keep them with your cleaning equipment to use in applying wax polish to furniture and kitchen surfaces. Upsidedown so Prevent Peeking 2 S 39N 09%0 SNO /lteSB N07O !!a A O �I IN ©®l o - 3-O a 1 • 1d / O 1 (i B� gg 9 7'1' e s Si. V g S gnswa gds/O S 3dV TIILFMM FRO(T Jahn ►• - L Poets, from the time of Solomon down, have sung about the beauties of Spring. 1 have a feeling, however, that few of these did their singing while trying to dig a bogged -down tractor out of a gully, or watching an early -April freeze ruin a crop that should have been blanketed with snow for another couple of weeks. However, there isn't much percentage in always looking backward and any time you hear some nostalgia -smitten gaffer moaning for the "good old days," just ask him "Like what?" • • • Like back in 1900, when, more than 500,000 infants under a year old would die each year? The present number is 100,000, with promise that science will continue to reduce the death toll. Is 1900 travel was by horse and wagon or coal -dust dirty, drafty trains. That's when food distribution was so limited that fami- lies lived on a' narrow, montonous diet and a single organge im the toe of his Christmas stocking was a great treat for Junior. Well - you get the idea. The graphs below tell more of the story. So when you meet that nostalgic gaffer just tell him - iso the slang of his day - "Go 'way back and sit down!" PERSONS SUPPORTED BY PRODUCTION OF ONE FARM WORKER: • 1920 8.27 1954 18.35' ABUNDANT FOOD -North Americans are the best -fed nation in all history. The rapid development of farm mechanization, de- velopment of new fertilizers and scientific agricultural skills give us enough food to feed Ourselves, 10 give and sell abroad and still have a tremendous surplus. TOTAL NONFARM UNITS STARTED IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, 15 10 1920 '30 '40 '50 '54 BETTER ROUSING -And more of it. Homebuilding now is re- treating from the peak of 1950, but it Is still hundreds 01 thous- ands of units above a decade ago. And the new homes being buil* are more healthful, more comfortable and more convenient to 11v in then ever before. PAID PASSENGER MILES (!N BILLIONS). 50 40 30 2f 10 '50 '54 VARIED TRAVEL -Railroads first expanded horse -and -buggy traveling to new horizons, enabling us to circulate farther, see more country, meet more people. Automobiles put a continent on wheels. Then airplanes expanded our horizons to the far.ends 0f the earth. FIRE POWER OF AN INFANTRY DIVISION, POUNDS OF STEEL FIRED PER MINUTE. 80% GREATER WORLD WAR II TODAY STRONGER DEFENSES -Western defensive weapons and tech- niques of Warld War II astonished the world. Today most of these marvels are obsolete. We live in the jet age and are rapidly mov- ing into the "intercontinental tussle" era that was only a fiction - science authors' dream a few years ago. „ EXPtt I'ailON OF LIFE AT BIRTH, 69.8 ot..1 YEARS 51,1 YEARS YEARS 1930 1954. LONGER LIFE-Medicalie G science technologyconquered and have conqu red many diseases that once took terrible toll of life. Medical research brings nearer the day when the few undefeated "killer diseases remaining will meet their Waterloo, Th average baby born today can expect to live nearly nine years longer than one born in 1900.