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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1943-11-04, Page 7THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1943 An aero -engine mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Airwoman Ivy Brown of Winnipeg, rushes a fire extinguisher to an aircraft waiting to take off on a training flight. Airwoman Brown is as familiar with pliers and hammer, as most girls are with their needles, She is the daughter of Mrs. Ethel Brown of Winnipeg. WIND MACHINE USED IN TRAINING PARATROOPERS No. 1 Canadian Army Parachute School at Shits, Man., has many "strange" devices which are used In the training of student parachutists. None of them is more thought-provoking and useful than the wind -machine, designed to teach the budding skyman how to control his parachute on land- ing. Its action is shown here. When the prop on the machine roars out its gale -like blast of air, Oiling the 'chute held partially open by instructors, the students in the harness goes for a rought ride along the ground until he can regain his feet and collapse the canopy. D plicate Monthlys St its rnents We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit Ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index The Seaforth rNews PHONE 84 THE S AFORTH NEWS Artificial Light For The Layers (lexpertmeutat harms News) Artificial light increases egg pro- duction by a physiological reaction involving stimulation of the pituitary gland which releases more than its usual 51000111 of what may be terthed. "egg producing hormone", states Dr. S. 5. Munro, poultry division, domin- ion experimental farms service, This physiological stimulus to production brings about an increased appetite to support and maintain increased pro- duction. There is also au inverse relation. ship between egg production and the moult. The higher the egg production, in a flock, the fewer the moulting birds and vice versa, Tliis is because the mare egg producing hormone secreted by the pituitary the less thyroid stimulating or "moulting" hormone it can produce. These physi- ologlcal relationships provide the key to increased far land winter produc- tion. Daily hatched puliete tend to moult in the fall and early winter be- cause they start to lay while the days are still long and then undergo a long period of decreasing length of day and thus decreasing light which gradually reduces the egg producing hormone to increase. When this shift proceeds tar enough the birds stop laying and moult. When a bird starts to moult it requires 6 to 8 weeks be - tore she returns to production. One of the chief objectives of arti- Rcla! light therefore is to prevent fall and winter moult in early hatched pullets. This can best be done by starting about the first or middle of October and giving about 20 minutes of artificial light inereasing this every 10 clays at a rate to approxi- mately compensate for the decrease in natural light. In the fall and winter not only are the days shorter but the intensity of the sunlight during hours of sunshine is much less than in summer so that the decrease in total amount of light supplied to the birds is much greater than it appears. In supplying artificial light therefore it is advisable to make the light as bright as possible by the use of 60 or Preferably 100 watt bulbs provided with reflectors painted white on the inner surface to reflect as much light as possible. toward the floor. One Light should be provided for every 100 -150 square feet of floor space and the reflectors should be tilted so that they shine on the roosts as well as the floor. The lights should be turned on either early in the morning before natural daylight or at night about dusk. With night lighting it is almost necessary to arrange for e, dint light a few minutes before they are turned off completely so that the birds will go to roost. rot' best results it is necessary to start at latitudes similar to Ottawa about the middle of October with about 20 minutes of extra light and step .this up every ten days by in- creasing doses until a maximum of about 4 hours artificial light is given from December 2011, through to the end of January. The days then begin to lengthen rapidly and the light should be gradually cut down to about 40 minutes the middle of March and none atter March 31st, At the central faun the following schedule has given excellent results and has almost entirely eliminated winter moult in Barred Plymouth Rocks. Artificial light to all pens. Oct. 22nd. 20 minutes artificial lights. On at 7.25 a.m.; off 7.45 a.m. Nov. lst, 40 minutes; 7.15 to 7.55. Nov. llth, 1 hour and 20 minutes, 0.45 to 8.05 d.m. Nov. 21st, 2 hours, 6.15 to 8.15 a,m. Dec, 1st, 2 hours and 40 minutes. 5,45 to 3,25 a.m. Dee. filth, 3 hours and 20 minutes, 5.15 to 5.35 a.m. Dec. 21st. 4 hours, 4.45 to 8.45 a,m. Jan. 10th, 3 hours and 40 minutes, 4.55 to 3.35 a.m. Jan. 20th, 3 limns and 20 minutes, 5.05 to 3,25 a.m. Jan. 30th. 3 hours, 5.15 to 8.15 a.nt. Feb. 9th. 2 hours and 40 minutes, 5.25 to 3.05 a.m. Feb. loth, 2 hours, 5.45 to 7.45 a.m. March 21st. 1 hour and 20 minutes, 6.05 to 7.25 a,01. March 11tH, 1 !tour, 6.05 to 7,05 a.nt. March 21st, 40 minutes, 6.05 to 0.45. March 31st, None. These lights are used in the morn- ing only and are turned on and off by an automatic clonic. Morning lights do away with the necessity of a dint - met' and have the additional advent- age of bringing the peak of produc- tion earlier in the day so that most of the eggs may be gathered and graded for market at an earlier homy than otherwise, Experimental Farms Pay Dividends (IDxperimeatal Fal'nta News) Since the establishment of the sys- totn of Dominion Experimental raring In 1886, it has been abundantly de- monstrated that these farms and ettt- tiotis constitute one of Canada's smuttiest investments. They pay clivi• (lends in many different ways throughout the year. The amazing quantity and quality of produce rals- t'cl au Canadian fume during the war is due in largo measure to informa- tion provided by the farms and sta- tions. The range of projects conduct- ed is very wide, extending from methods of enriching the soil to methods of ensuring high quality in Produce at the time it reaches the consumer, says R, C. Palmer, superin- 1en40111, dominion experimental sta- tion, Summerlancl, Tlie benefits of experimental worst are usually accepted by the public without much thought as to where they come from; for instance people who enjoy the luscious Vedette, Vali- ant and Veteran peaches from the Okanagan Valley may not realize that they aro, in fact, collectiug a dividend from the experimental sta- tion at Vineland, Ontario, where these varieties originated. The dominion experimental station. at Stunmerland, 13,0„ also devotes special attention to problems involved in the production of high quality fruit. This station has devised simple and effective maturity tests to facili- tate harvesting fruit at the proper stage of maturity. When you bite into a crisp, juicy McIntosh or Delicious apple you are in a way collecting a dividend. The high quality of these products is evidence that they have been picked at the proper stage of maturity. Experiments have revealed that storage and ripening conditions have an important effect on the flavor and texture of apples and pears, 2rl4v,E p� `+tj., A��yµ7�s SEE P FJ 'DON'T SAY: 'JUST ONE BOND F'R -(+i' PRESENT SAY: TWO BONDS F'R 1-I-1` FUToRE 11 Bag CANADIANS IN ITALY Piper Roderick Grant, of Toronto, "gives out" with some of his best notes for the benefit of these Italians who welcomed Canadians to Matera. People rushed out of houses, buildings and cafes to crowd around the jeep and shake hands with C•anadiaus. CHRISTMAS MAIL FOR TROOPS ON ITS WAY The Christmas season is on as far as these soldiers at the Canadian Army Base Post Office in Ottawa are concerned. Parcels, which will brighten the Christmas season for Canadian soldiers abroad, are arriving by the tens of thousands. The handling of this deluge of mail is a tremendous task, which falls upon the shoulders of Canadian Postal Corps personnel. You can help by retailing your parcel now and by wrwapping well-chosen items care- fully and strongly. The deadline for retailing was November 1. Canadian Pacific Women fill Enlisted Men's Places Invading such predominantly L masculine etrengholds as loco- motive shops and maintenance of wit gangs, women have been helping to take up part of the I u! carted by the enlistment of ,a titers in the active asmo,l from the Canadian Paci-fic Railway, At the first of Septem- ber this year there were 1375 women employed by the Canadian Pacific in positions normally filled "y *ten, This layout shows some of the :vonten at work, Giving' the final :Ates to the top n+' n lncomo- -Live in the roundhouse at Sud- bury, Ont„ are Olive Kennedy cleaning up the number plate and Jennie Neil doing some other cleaning. Smiling 'Vivian Constant, at the 'phone and silhouetted against the engine crew call board, is call "bay" for 77 crews in the locoum- tlr'e shops at North Bay, Ont„ while Mary Lemieux, pictured challt;lig up directions as a ear checker, also works in North Bay where her father, Joe temieux, is. a Canadian Pacific t'.aimman. Father - daughter combinations aro not unusual now as demon- strated by the railroading, Sauve4 of Sudbury in the picture where Fred Sauve, company boilerniak- or, sees how dose he can come to his daughter, Lucille Satre,a!t engine wiper, with a bit of grease. The HA of women doing men's Jobs shows there are 204 en ea.;t- ern litres and 171 in the West lit the mechanical and operating departments while the conttnuni- cations department is using 210 girls as telegraph messengers..