HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-02-05, Page 3Iil?A1Thi FRONT
The honey bee may have seen
its best clays as an ally of the
alfalfa seed grower.
A new pollinating machine was
tried out suceessfully this year
an 16 farms in Minnesota and
South Dakota. Verniers who used
It were' bug-eyed as they watch-
ed two and three times the usual
amount of seed pour from their
combines.
"The Mechanical Bee' is the
name that inventor Dale Hvis-
tendahl, Worthington Co„ Minn.,
has given his machine"
Here's how the rig works: Tri-
angular rods in front of the ma-
chine guide the alfalfa between
24 long vertical rollers, coated
with foam rubber. As the plants
go through, they are crushed just
enough to "trip" the blossoms
and expose ' e pollen,
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Just behind the rollers is a
steel- and - canvas "pollination
chamber." There, a blast of
warm air from a bottled gas
heater dries the sticky pollen
and dusts in among the flowers.
The machine may have some
drawbacks, first of all, an alfalfa
plant ordinarily continues to
bloom for several weeks, and
only 10% to 15% of the flowers
are ready for "tripping" at any
one time. So it will probably be
necessary to go over a field sev-
eral times in order to trip most
of the blossoms.
Another possible drawback.
Bees carry pollen from one plant
to another, and cross-polinate the
flowers, However, we aren't sure
that this machine spreads the
pollen around enough to get good
cross-pollination. When the flow-
ers are "selfed" (fertilized with
their own pollen), the seed that
is produced usually grows into
plants that make less seed and
forage than those grown from
crossed seed.
Meanwhile, farmers claim that
the machine really boosts seed
yields.
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"I wish I had treated more,"
says Roy Eykamp of Kingsbury
County, 8, Dak.-the first farmer
to use the "Mechanical Bee." He
machine -pollinated only 50 of
the 500 acres of Cossack alfalfa
he grows for seed.
On 10 of those 50 acres ;he
averaged 600 pounds of seed per
acre -three tinges the yield he
made on untreated alfalfa.
"Bees don't work too well in
our area," says Glenn Rietz,
Brown County, S. Dak. "We ex-
perimented with 80 hives this
year, but those bees buzzed
right past our alfalfa and work.
ed sweet clover and wild flow-
ers instead.
"Where we used this machine
we got 62 pounds of clean seed
to the acre, and this was on mar-
ginal land that cost us only $15
an acre. We didn't Harvest the
part of the field that wasn't
treated, because it wouldn't have
made 10 pounds to the acre. One
21 -acre field that we treated.
made 362 pounds of clean seed
per acre,"
Says Herbert Johnson, a Mur-
ray County, Minn., premier seed
producer: "I used it only on a
small, late field this year, but
I figure it increased my yields
between 40% and 50%."
Next year, he's going to try
for seed on a first crop of Ran-
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In one Murray County test,
300 blossoms were marked with
string, After tripping and pollin-
ating by the machine, marked
plants showed a 90% seed set.
County Agent Arvid C. Hagen,
says that more of the marked
blossoms bad seed pods on them
two days after they were treated.
But here's the clincher on how
the machine works: All of the
farmers who used it this year
hope to use it again in 1053.
The first model pulled behind
the tractor. But a newer model
will be carried on the tractor
hoist to keep down wheel dam-
age to the alfalfa,
Hvistendahl is continuing to
improve the machine, and is
"Mechani-
calpresident of the new
Bee"Co Company thatwill lease
machines Ito growers on a per-
centage
ercentage or seed royalty basis.
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books like the theory that you
shouldn't feed antibiotics to preg-
nant gilts doesn't hold up any
more.
In some recent Purdue Univer-
sity tests, the strongest, healthiest
pigs were from gilts that got
aureomycin along with their reg-
ular ration,
Dr, W, M, Beeson reports that
aureomycin also boosted the size
of pigs at birth, and increased
the percentage of vigorous pigs
per litter.
It also pays to feed antibiotics
to both gilt and pigs right onup
to weaning. When Purdue ex-
perimenters did this, the pigs
were heavier at weaning, and
stronger at eight welts of age.
Dating all these findings to-
gether, it now looks like anti-
biotics pay just about any time,
except after hogs reach 140 to
150 pounds. After that, they don't
help much.
Something else was brought to
light by the tests: "Just having
antibiotics in the feed" isn't
enough. They do their best work
when certain amounts are fed.
For example, the researchers
found that five milligrams per
pound of total ration seemed to
be a. minimum of aureomycin
and terramycin for pigs in dry
lot. At half this rate, growth was
about the same as on rations
without antibiotic. When the
antibiotic was stepped up to 71/2
milligrams per pound of ration,
gains jumped from 1.36 to 1.5
pounds per day.
Pigs required 10 pounds less
protein supplement per 100
pounds of gain where antibiotics
were fed.
The tests turned up one draw-
back to feeding antibiotics -car-
casses of hogs that got them car-
ried more fat.
If you .want the figures, there
was a 7% difference. Pigs that
got antibiotics dressed out with
53% fat ( compared to lean), and
those not getting antibiots had
only 46% fat.
In other feeding tests, the re-
searchers found that there are
ingredients besides antibiotics
that will improve pig livability
when added to the sow's ration.
Adding grass juice, fish solubles,
dried liver, and vitamin B12, in-
creased birthweight more than
antibiotics.
We don't have all the answers
yet to this business of feeding,
but we're finding out more and
more about how to make pork
faster and cheaper.
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Gertrude Giersch, of Sydney,
Australia, has twice gone through
the wedding ceremony. Each
time she has discovered, too late,
that her "husband" *as a biga-
mist. She has just recently ob-
tained an annulment from the
second man.
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$UNI)AY SCHOOL
LESSON
8y Rev. 16. Barclay Warren
B.A.. BD.
Jesus Teaches God's Grace
Matthew 20: 1-10
Memory Selection: By grace
are ye saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God. Eph. 2:8,
Perhaps no parable of our Lord
has been interpreted in so many
different ways as the one in to-
day's „lesson. In the business
world today such things seldom,
if ever, happen. Of course the em-
ployer kept his contract and paid
those who were hired in the
morning according to the agree-
ment. But what employer gives
equal pay to those who were not
hired until noon' or even at
5 p.m.
We must remember that this is
a parable of the kingdom of
heaven. We should also read the
last four verses of the preceding
chapter. Peter said, "Behold, we
have forsaken all, and followed
thee; what shall we have there-
fore?" The parable is part of the
reply. There is something of re-
buke for those who feel that they
have earned a reward for their
labours for the kingdom. God is
generous. • Certainly some justifi-
cation for this unusual generos-
ity is seen in the fact that these
who came later in the day came
as soon as they were called. Some
apply this thought to the Gen-
tiles. Many of them hearing of
God's revelation through Jesus
Christ for the first time, accept-
ed the message and received
blessings and rewards equal 10
that of good Jews who had been
trained in the religion of Jehovah
from infancy. One also sees in
the parable the goodness of God
in receiving and rewarding a per-
son in later life. I recall one who
in youth and young manhood
had rejected the claims of Christ.
Now on his sick bed he repented
and sought God's mercy. He
felt it was like drinking of the
glass of life and offering the
dregs to God. But God graciously
received him. God is like that
But let no one, on the basis of
the parable, deliberately post-
pone- his surrender to Christ,
Others in late life have shown
no disposition to heed the call
long rejected. "One thief on the
cross was saved that none might
despair and only one that none
might presume."
Our Second Greatest
Tourist Lure
The home and Bird Sanctuary
of the late Jack Miner, Kings-
ville, Ontario, has now been rated
the second greatest tourist attrac-
tion in the Dominion of Canada.
Niagara Falls being the greatest
and has been followed by the
Quintuplets, thence Jack Miner's,
but now since the Quintuplets
have become older, Jack Miner's
activities has stepped up into sec-
ond place. Each year since Jack
Miner died tourists have increased
doubly over the previous year
until this fall (4300) - Four thous-
and three hundred autos were
there in one day.
Household Hints
Having the knob of a chest of
drawers pull loose in one's hand
is a great annoyance. Probably
the screw has worn a hole too
large to grip the wood. An easy
remedy is to fill the hole with
plastic wood, let it dry for a
few hours, then screw the knob
in place. Plastic wood handles
like putty and hardens into woo&
Nylon fabrics can be stored in-
definitely without injury if the
following precautions are taken.
The fabric should be clean and
free of wrinkles. Put away
smoothly folded or hanging on a
hanger. When clean, nylon has
no attraction for moths. however,
if moth larvae happen to be-
come trapped in the folded nylon
garments, they will eat their way
through to escape.
When choosing a colour of wall
paint, be sure to pick a lighter
shade than the finished effect
desired. A colour that seems
exactly right on a small colour
chip or a brushed -out sample,
will seem much darker 'when it
covers a whole will. Remember
too, that the colour will be in-
tensified by the reflection of
three other wails.
If you want your nylons to last
longer, heavier denier stockings
are more suitable for daily wear.
If you like the sheerest ask for
15 denier but don't expect them
to wear as well as the heavier
weight. Denier is the weight and
thickness of the thread used to
make the stockings. Therefore 30
denier is twice as heavy and
twice es strong as 15 denier yarn.
Bus Ran. Over 1 -lis
Foot - Didn't Hurt!
How would you like a btw
to run over your foot? Welk,
that's what happened to Mr.
Mr, George Denton, ohairmau
01 the British Standards 113911-
tution Committee on Safety
k'ootw.ear the other day. And lite
didn't flinch:
Ile was wearing a new safety
shoe. Standing near Drury La
London, he deliberately placed
his foot under one of the wheals
of a London Transport c10 bte-
decker bus.
The shoe's interior 2 os. stent
toe -cap easily withstood the
weight of the bus and Mr. Den -
ton's foot was unharmed.
It is estimated officially that
if safety boots and shoes were
more generally used in industry„
there, would be an appreciable
reduction in the number of fac-
tory and other accidents.
rylOST BABIES Aldi LATE
The human race is twice as
likely to be late as early - id
making its first arrival. A. doctor
kept records of 1,284 consecutive?
births at a large hospital. Only
thirty-two arrived on the ex-
pected date; 425 were born be-
fore time, 827 were born after
it. So punctuality is rare and
odds on lateness are nearly two
to one,
"I can't quite place your name --
but your fez is familiars"
(Upside clown to prevent peelcingp
Brink s Robbery Remains •
Biggest Crime Mystery
Three years after its commission the spectacular Brink's robbery
remains unsolved and has left a pretty cold trail. The mystery
began the night of Jan. 17, 1950, when the Boston office of
Brink's, Inc., a notion -wide armored car service, was robbed
of $1,219,000. Guards on duty in the vault said six or seven
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men, dressed identically in Navy peacoats and wearing identical
Hallowe'en masks, held them up, bound them, and in 20 minutes,•
made off with the money. There was a passkey missing, but e
Boston policeman demonstrated that the locks could easily be
picked with a common nail file, The bandits opened five doors
without attracting guards. Obviously well planned, and pos-
sibly an inside job, the Brink's robbery has so far frustrated
thousands of police and the FBI, which must now drop the case
because the three-year statute of limitations ends federal juris-
diction. Pictures trace highlights of the case.
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unlocking doors with a pass key and slipping through mysteriously vacant guard posts.
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Police Captain John Ahern
picked five locks with a nail file.
Nightclub operator Carlton 0'. Chief suspect Joseph (Specs)
Brien was slain May 17, 1952, O'Keefe refused to answer Bos -
three days after being named ton Federal Grand Jury's ques-
as "a principal" in the robbery. lions; has a long police record.
Mrs. Mary Hooley, O'Keefe's
sister, was suspected of conceal»
ing some of the loot in her home
near Boston, Also refuses to talk.
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI has
worked for indictments, but
must now quit because of the
three-year statute of limitations,