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The Seaforth News, 1934-05-17, Page 7} THURSDAY MAY 17, 1934. } THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN, 1.11+'.enn`a11lloa.91 tl.......an le cv e • • I 1 AO!munitu—�cu+�.nn uu�uK4 u .:-'' 1 i zat il,.•, - ii Es j+ f rte ps' eats 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, ■ I. e The Seaforth News f Phone 84 m •0 Ni IIbIo•wwwIta Huww...antwemiwil p i A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip this coupon and mail it with $1 for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published by THE QuenneN SCIENCE PVDLISHINC SOCIETY Boston, Massachusetts, II. 8. A. In it you will and the dally good sows of the world from its se0 epeeist writers, as well as departments devoted to women's and children's Interests, sports, music, finance, edecatfon, radio, etc You .will be glad. to welcome Into your Home so fearless an advocate :of peace and prohibition. And don't miss Snubs, Our DOE. and the Sundial and the other features. THE OHaisTlsN SCIENCE MONIT0a. Back Bay Station, Boston, Mass. ' . Please send mo a six weeks' trial subscription. I enclose ono dollar -($1). A h ell, si (Town) (State) (Name, please print) (Address) • FIRST ARAB COLT BORN II CANADA Everyone has heard one ,or more +of the legends of the +fleetness of the Arab's horse and of .the Arab's ability to fold his tent and steal softly away the night,• says The London Free Press. The praises of . the Arab's ''horse have been sung in song and story for hundreds of years. Out it is a far cry from the deserts where .the Arabs dwell in their nom- adic state atrd''live often by foray on their n'eighbor's, to 'Landon or the quiet peacefulness of a London dis- irict farm.'When you saw the mot- ion picture, "Desert Song," it seem- ed to' paint another world : with, no focal connection. 'But the .first purebred.. Arabian horse ever born in Canada was foaled Delaware on the farm of Senator E. 'S. Little, only ten' days ago and is the property of Dr. Septimus 'Thom- son of this city. ' • The little fellow is the first of his kind born in Canada, accordingto the 'Arabian .Stud Book, published by the Arabian Horse Club of America, '!Where have been half-breed Arab- ian colt foaled in Canada before, particularly at the Ranch EP. of the. Prince of \Valles, but little "Nantir" is believed to be the first purebred Arabian born here, The little fellow's father, -Cham- pion -Mirage, was born on the desert and so was his grand dam. His sire, :Mirage, was first imported into 'Eng- land by 4Ling Faisal of Iraq who lead the Arab tribes that assisted the ;Allies in the Great l'vTsr. Kin(Baisal gave General Haddad 'the task of searching out good horse flesh for the 'Arab soldiers. ‘And 'General Haddad found the superior animal in Mirage and bought him ' from the Dantadaliy tribe of the Sebaa Arabs of the 'Anezeh.. Ire was purchased kr $21500 but since he left itis native desert his va- I c has increased -hen fold, w iDr.' Thompson now has four Arab- ian horses, There is Nat -nine, the "oto-, cher of the tiny colt: 1ornrna, a "cltest- nut, mare, stabled at the L nni0n 3 font Club; Kizatwa, a year old filly, s'tabl'ed at the E, IS. Little farts, and the little'fpllnw* wire is 'to be register- ed as - "Natalia" cnntliinitig the •fi.itt syllables of navies of lois sire Oi.tirage and his, mother, \aiiriitat. A11 except "Masher" were pedigreed front the "famous Crablet.IA.rabian Stud at Lady \Ven'tworfh's stables in England; IDr. Th'oanptson first 'became •inter- e,ted in Arabian hooses _20 years a;Gto. Tie confessed that it was ,an 'article in The -Saturday Evening Post which .firstaroitsed hi interest although' he has altatays been a lover of 'horses . A year or so later he visited Fall River, Mass„ where Col. Borden i maintained bis stables and then det- ermined that he w'oiikd some day own an Arabian horse, Thus a year ago with Dr. Stevenson, attended the Ar- abian Horse Show at Nashville and when Dr, 'Thompson returned ie was the owner of the two mares and the year-old filly. _ li are 01 lite Seglawi ;edran Dalin strain Which is claimed to be the superior of the five strains of Arabian horses. Unlike all other registered stock the Arabian horse is given his pedi- gree through the dant ;rather than the sire. There is a reason for this and it is coupled with the legend re- garding the five strains of Arabian horses. iTite tAtlab used his horse in war and hence took his mare to war be- cause she was less apt to neigh and give hint away in a surprise attack. The story is then that a tribe had been out ifighting for long'1ours and tete horses were tired and thirsty.. The enemy retreated and; were ap- parently subdued so the tribesmen dismounted and allowed their horses to go to a nearby tvatering place for s drink, 'Batt the horses were only approac'hiitg the watering place when the enemy returned and the tribes- men called to their horses, 'Only' five mares returned and those five -mares are -'the legendary originators of the. five Arab strains. 'The' 'Arab has sold his horses for }'ears, for hundreds of years in fact, 'rift not his mares, Tdis'Koran bade hiss breed his horses Anil keep his mares, thus he is 'still reluctant to sell his mare. However, it is said that with tribal warfare dying out the Aral) has less need of +his horse and with the advance of the amotor car 'oto the desert there is a' clanger of the noble horse becoming extinct on his native soil. !l`Iowever., the Governments . of France, of Poland, of Germany and if the United States breed the Arab horses and are endeavoring to pre- serve the strain because of its special, value as a cavalry +horse. The lAnabian horse is snal!, only t'1'to 115 hands, most of there are bays and they 'weigh from 800 to 1+,0010 pounds. Their muzzle is extremely small so that they can drink almost from a Cap• and their throat and brain unusually large, 'In -..uncles they have gained fame on the race traek and on the polo field; ThR!I , th'e. Pince of \Vales .has been interested in them particularly aspolo mounts, which devour. the spawn and try.' of while eat•alary the world over prize desirable 'fishes. Thus the ignorant the Arabian horse, • massacre of the 'cormorants made for The Arabian is also an extremely, the impoverisdrment, not for the im- ;quiet and gentle horse as on the de- l )rnvemen't of the lishitig, The ab- } seri he is practically a 'member of ni)ns nt nal is that man should get the Arab's family and sleep; in the the facts of the w•eh of life beiare, tent with thefamily,the children of- .trot after,. be has recourse rtr drastic using ten jai e t t � hi nn as a •pillow-. 1\'.hcu measures of interference." abu;n.t, however, be is vicious. .Another example Rion nearer home •1•he Arabian horse was imported may he given, 'Vice are probably re into !Engram and became the pro- garcted by nearly everyone as linden genitor of the English thoroughbred, table vermin, or at best of no inipor althou h what Portion of the t t or- taint:. In r S' p h areas where trapping is an cugh'brecl's blood is Arabian will al- important industry, however, they �;.ways be a point for argument, In are a mainstay of life for most of the France his brood went to make the fur -bearing animals; .their disappear - g Per'cheron; in America to make the ance or material reduction would cer- { Morgan and through the English tain'ly greatly .diminish the numbers thoroughbred 'to make • the hackney, Of fur -bearers, Ernest Thompson 1Se- the trotter, avid the Kentucky s'addte ton writes' of there: horse. "What mossis to the reindeer, Dr. Thompson states that he got What grass is to the cattle, the mause ane of his greatest thrills when he millions of tete north are to all nor - learned that the mare !Kamilla had thein carnivores from bear fo "Bier - successfully foaled the "'first Arabian Ina (the mole shrew). When we shall colt in Canada, have fully worked out the life history • of each of these species, I believe we GAME OR VERMIN ? shall :learn that the whole of that vasa, beautiful, • important and specialized iliegisl'ation dealing .with the 'wild Production that eve call the Carnivora life of Ontario is ;very •largely donate- rests on a broad, simple basis of '71 - a'ted 'by • the idea of 'game.' Animals rirl<te,that ill turn rests on the grass, customarily called gene have come that rests on the earth. We shall for to be regarded es being endowed each of these flesh-eaters:write it with a sacrosanct first claim on life sotttethnes eats this and sometimes in order that they may Mater be killed eats that, but by far the greatest for sport. This distinction is implied ,'bulk Of its food is mice:' very clearly in the worcling 01 some In the agricultural areas of south- of the orders -in -council governing the cru Ontario, as opposed to northern setting aside of preserves; therein is areas which are under more or .less forbidden the 'taking or ki+llnug of any rtatural condi'ti+ons, mice aapear' game, bird or animal'. definitely tutdes:iraiable sitieeptheyt0 are This view that game is in a differ- one of the mast important menaces cat •category frovu other living things to several field crops, Ohe hundred is unjustified scientificaily and is tin meadow mice (the common imouse of fortunate in it result. The emphasis open agricultural coeartry) eat slight - being ou game, all protected areas ly over a ton of green grass or clover are couunonly regarded as game pre- a year; as this is not an unusual nuin- serves, and since game is bo be .pre- 'het to find on an acre (ani a num- served in them, provision is made for ber which can on occasion be easily controlling or eliminating animals increased several times), the aggreg- supposedly inimical to the 'hest inter, site damage they iso is clearly .error- eats of timet game, i:e., 'forms collec- mous. 13y an, irony of ignorance it is destruc- tively described as "predatory animals in these very areas that the destrttc- or vermin', tion of controlling predators, tneit)ly at is here that the confusion ittvaly- hawks, ,owls and weasels, has •beetr ed in the''distinotion• between wild carried to an extreme,'M'ouse plagues life and game becomes obvious. Six- in several parts of the world have teen game ,preserves nominally pro. been. -definitely traced to the reduc- tect any bird or animal; another thin tion in nunt'bers of their statural en- ty protect game only; ;tut in all these envies in the interests 0''f poultry, forty-six preserves provision is made phe'asan'ts and the like; this relief for the destruction by special permit from normal control Inas resulted in of predatory animals or vermin'. Pre- damage from price 'thousand:s of times. (latory ani'malo and vermin are no --'that ,caused by the loss of a tea - where specilfically deftued, though_ chic'leens, lit has been ' cde'tn,onstrated lists are given here 'and there in the that on, the average each hawk and Act of animals that May be shot;. owl, fear from 'being a liability„ is they include groundhogs; red s+quir- worth to the farmer over whose lana vele; hares, rabbits, foxes, skunks, it 'hunts between x'1115 ,and $20 a year. ntuskrats ai)cl' weasels; the rAct i ex- 'Ira is granted; o'1' course, .that' any' presstty excludes from pnotee'titair al' bird or notion! that !takes to i^nailing halwks and owls. the poultry yawl nutst-be `destroyer!; The regulations relating to the con- this is, however, quite a different trol of the provincial parka are not thing from 'leil'lidng all animals ,on essentially di(lie rent. IIs REM deaLI ,birds of that kind wherever they are Park, authority may be given for the found: An occasional dog takes to use in the Park of firearm:;, explos- harrying sheep and thus becomes iv -es, nets, traps, spears, 'fishhooks, or liable to destruction; bat we rlo not lines. In Quetico and Algonquin park on that account change OUT opinion under special authority, wolves, betir that on the whole clogs are useful to wolverines, wildcats, 'foxes and hawks man. It is no more reasonable t'o at - may he killed, Regulations may br tempt to eittet miwatc a wild species made for cutting timber and for min- of which a few representatives have ing. The treatment of the wild lite interfered with man's immediate -i+i- problem is essentially the same : in ;terests. national parks; here, however, a site These examples, which could Lae. vial clause authorizes permission .for supplemented, indicate that the dig- the collecting ori game for scientific tittclioh hetwee" game and vermin purposes, and makes the destruction, cannot be maintained; that the ex - of game by -the !Park authorities con- elusive emphasis on game, even from ditional 00 expert advice, 'Noxious, predatory or dangerous animals ;and noxious birds', which may be killed by wardens_and forest „tTicers at any time, are nowhere pacifically described in the Act. \\'Bile vermin and noxious animals are constantly mentioned in regale - :Mils relating to Wild life, there is no clear conception of what these terms teas, but it •is'snnieivhat surprising :0 find in a number of preserves and parks several species of fur-bentera included in this category and liable to be destrni•ed under special a 11t100ty, late biol.,giet is unableto recognize •he e rtegery 'vermin', for he finds it 'mpo;siblc to separate sharply and universally the desirable front the un- desirable forms. The more fully "the intimate .relations of animals are in- vestigated, the clearer does it become that i00 group of them can be con-. iclered apart from the rest; the inter- locicin:g,of lives in food cycles is so intricate that w'h'at are supposed to he vermin tea}., easily • prove to play an essential part in maintaining the 'toptetatinn of forms considered desir- able. ` __ few examples of Slit interre- lations will '.itidic•ate ".the inadvisability of making sweeping distinctions bc- twec"n ;'pod and bade An example given by Sir. Arthur '31101115<m is much to the paint: There is an Austr:a+lian story which .:esid'; as if •wrfttei for plan's inseruc= tint1. Go certain Murray river s'wamps. several species oaf cormorants used 'to t,eat-nl in ^hotl'1' ds, but ruthless massacres, based oto the supposition that the cormorants, were spoiling Ithe fishing,-reci•ueecl then to hundreds.. .But .the 'fishing; did not improve; it t•;'ran- worse. Ic was then discovered that the cormorants fed largely on ;:.Cabs, eels, and some other creatures the point of view of its conservation, is wrong; that it is impossible to con- sider game rationally apart from oth- er animals. MOTOR FUEL FROM 'BOGS .Peat from Ireland's bog lands is staking a bid to drive the wheels of +vial proposition with little interfer- ence, it is pointed out, :Discussing the project in the Dail, \air. Seam F...envass, :Minister of In- du.stty and 'Commerce, said that the distilleries ti•ould utilize about 25,- 0'30 tons of potatoes a year at a, price near 33 shillings a toil. The by -prod -i nets of the industrial •aleol'tol, be said, were a valuable cattle food, and far- mers would be encouraged to use them. 71te first year's ivor ung of the distilleries would be taken as an iu- d+ceti t On of the advisability of level- opting, the project on a big -settle com- mercial basis, • AN AFRICAN SANCTUARY \tldrile inost countries nota-.._ hav tirade provision for the reservation o areas of great scenic beauty, and fo the preservation of game annuals, i relatively few cotuttries has an en- lightened public opinion resulted in the creation of teal nature saaotuaties. Perhaps in Africa has such a senti- ment most ,fully expressed itself in S'ou't'h Africa's great Gruger National Park, 'where lions are given the same protection as any outer element of the natural life of 'the area, the attitude of the people of South Africa int 'sett- ing aside this unique nature sanctuary is illustrated by .the following extraot from a ptpalet distri'buted to tourists visiting the park. 'If you find lions staudnng or lying in ,the middle of the toad in from of you, at is not necessary to do more than slow down; •when you get close they will get up and move to the side oat oaf your way, But don't get with- in a hundred yards of a lioness with small cubs. She will think you 'mean to harm then, and may take steps to prevent you from doing so, Stop your car Until she has got her cubs away, vrhen site will quickly follow t'h'em. Don't forget that if you "fire and wound a lioness or a lion, you are ntaleing unnecessary trouble For your- self, The animal, probably tuerely. curious before, •will become indig- nant and may try.to .get level with you.' .A'fte'r these 'Hints', the follow- ing plea is put in the months of the part: lions: 'We, the wild animals of the Kruger !\national Park, appeal for your sympathy and-!frien'dshsp. You,have. been: our bitter enemies for so long chat it takes time to make us un- derstand that. a new and 'belppier era Inas begun :for us, Do not betray 'our trust in you.' DISINFECTING TUBERS TO CONTROL R'HIZOCTONIA ll :A•lthouglt the stent canker ;and black scurf disease; ('popularly known as R'hizoct'ioia) of potato' and tubers, respectively, cannot be controlled completely by disinfection df lye tu- bers this ',practice should be contiit'ued. lite foregoing ,conclusion is based ou a statistical analysis of a large num- ber of field tests conducted in 119:33 by the Don'iniou 'Laboratory +of Plant Pathology situated at. and co-operat- ing 'w'it's 'the +Uativersity ;of Alberta, 'Edmonton, These tests *were 'located at the federal 'experimental stations at Kentvfile, Ste, Anne de la l.'ocatiere, Indian Head, and ,Saani•chtott, and at several 'farms .in the vicinity of Ed- ntouton, as ,web as at the University farm 'here. Thus, a wide range of soil types was .obtained; including condi- tions from virgin prairie' to .old culti- vated sbfl. The fungus causing this disease is common, and often abundant in prac- tically all cultivated soils, and even in those virgin. 11 increases with cultiv- ation in rich soils, and evenin the absence of a crop of potatoes. Of the two important sources of loss, the reduction in yields front canker an the stent is greater than the -marlcel ass irsm theblack scurf on the .po- industry and transport as well a; taotoes. 'Results- demonstrate that the varmi»g cottage firesides' and cook- -stents may he heavily cankered vii' a <itg'gridttle cakes. given season, atnd yet little or .no ..\ scheme for producing' industrial alcohol froth pot'tocs and turf has been planned by the Fianna Fail Government, It isintendedto etix the home -produced alcohol with' import- ed gasoline in order to reduce the country'spresent petrol bill of more than 131500,000"a year, Five distilleries and •one refinery a.re scheduled for era ec'tion during 191311, Further .indication of the import- attce turf is expected to play in the future development of the [Free State was given at the recent annual meet- ing of the Grand Canal Company at Dublin], While regretting a loss of revenue following the introduction of noritts, \li•. jolt to 71.c'Cann, who pre- sided, said that the company -'anticip- ated conrpe+.satio+i 'front a big exten- sion of turf carrying as a result of the campaign! for increased utilization of native product, A committee of mtCEtioatioii has already reported ifavorab•ly mn peau for motor spirits, and in .118135. Irisin tura was successfully tested in Fr:attce. -ler this purpose. 'Farther work in de- velop ing e-veloping this new use fir the Free :^'talc's widespread bog lands will 'b+' one of the tasks 'of the Industrial Re- search +C•ouucil which is being estab lisltcd by 'the +Goveratment,• Tn. the meantime potatoes are to be used as theraw p -edict in the clis-. ti'lleries. The scheme will ,at first be experimental tante:' .';'an a commer- sclerotat accumulate on the tubers, and vice versa. Usually the disease is present more consistentlyy on the stenos than oil the tubers. The rea- sons for this are not yet fully under- stood. 113)-: killing the black, fungal masses of scurf on the 'tu'bers, the grower is reducing the damage to the stent from this source, but; oaf course,' the bettdfit front treatment roust be in proportion to the natural infestation of .tate soil. That is to say, where soil infestation .is light, considerable ben- efit 'MI l accrue, 'but where it is very abundant the actual protection afford- ed cannot be great. '\Vitt rete and to scurf On the tuber, the protection is, tut for tette tely, not always satisfactory. In spite of these clifficttlties the..cost int treating s'curfy.sced is repaid. The T,rottble — Tete aired lGokitag man sat facing the solicitor. "So you ittt a divorce !froom your wife," said the latter. "Aren't your relations pleasant?;' "Mine are," ,oame' the answer, "but hers are simply terrible,' ,A'Bad .Guess.—/A •wife paid a sur- pris,e visit to her husba'nd's .office, and, creeping np behind him, put her ha'ttrls 0050' itis eyes. '"Guess who it is ?" "Stop fooling," was the reply, "and get on vrith those letters!" Services We Can bender In the time of need i'1ROTECTI.ON is your best 'friend, Life Insurance —To .protect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIIABQLITY, PUBLIC and' their PROPiERTY. Fire Insurance— To protect your HOME and Its CONTENTS, Sickness and Accident Insurance— To protect your INCOME Any y of the above lines we can. give you in strong and reliable companies, 15 interested, call or write, E. C. CHAMBERLAIN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 334 Seaforth, Out v De H. Mcinfles Chiropractor Electro Therapist — Massage Office Commercial Hotel Hours ---Molt, and Thurs, after- noons fternoons and by appointment FOOT GORRECTbON by manipulation—Son-ray treat- ' treat ' ment "'Phone 227, PASTURE IMPROVEMENT 'Five years of experimental work at ,the 'Dominion Experimental Farm at Nappan, ';\*.IS., have resulted in a marked increase in the carrying cap- acity of the fertilized pastures as compared w'i:th unfertilized adjacent areas. Int these experiments fertiliza- tion has given increases ranging from 311 to hr per cent more than on un- fertilized land. If butterfat is 20 cents per pound sold the production 20 pounds of 5 per cent mill: per cow per clay, the increased carrying capacity over the untreated area would show act return of from 114:59 to a18.411 .per acre per year, after paying for the fertilizers applied. It has been found necessary to pro. vide -"extra pasturage during August and Septent.ber after tete first rank growth is over. This 'has been met by Anil wing, a clover 'field early and pas - tuning the aftermath, This procedure is recommended to any farmer to fol- low, whether he is fertilizing his permanent pasture or trot, providing he selects a !field that is dry or nvell tirai'itred. If pastured :when the ground is soft, much damage may result from punching the sod full of boles. :The .fertilizers used in these experi-.. meet`s are- sulphate- of•-annmo'tnra, 10() poten'ds;, superphlosphate 300 , ,pounds and muriate of potash ',715 pounds per acre applied early in the spring...An- other application of 1100 pounds 'std p'ira'te of ammonia is applied late in jure.' This complete fertilizer should be applied tit least once every- three years,. while the nitrogenous fertilizer should he applied every year. The procedure redomniencled •for those interested is as foll.owso ill 'Select a field near the stable that has a continuous supply of water and preferably has a shaded area connected with it. C. Iif in poor state of fertility, ap- ply the complete fertilizer early in, the spring two years ih succession, !'hen once every three years. 3. Apply the' nitrogen carrying fer- tilizer every year and preferably in two applications, one -in. April and one in June. :Nitrate of soda or nitro - chalk. stay 'be used instead of sul- phate •of ammonia, if cheaper. +4. 'Keep the field • pastured fairly closely; or to about ate to 2 inches, using heifers anti horses if necessary. 5, \I'ow a clover" field in late . June 'to provide aftermath for the stock that will need to be removed, from the pasture 'field • in August •'when growth is less rapid. 6.ISicatter the droppings witha fork or !harrow, 7. 11.1 growth gets ahead of the stock, snow the field before the grass starts to 'read. HOW TO CHOOSE POULTRY. 'Fowls are at their clearest enuring April, alas- and June, and are usually at their cheapest about November. Always be careful to see that the breast -bone is not broken; this is sometimes clone to stake a bind ap- pear •plump. The young cock 'bird has smooth legs and client spurs: and 'when fresh the vent is closed. Young hens have. smooth legs and combs, but if old these will be rough. 'After '110 Yeats of 'Asthma Dr. J. D. 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