HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-03-05, Page 3Wi11 Penicillin
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11 beats!, in Pacidulttun when
Sir Alexander Fleming noticed
that the green mould called peni-
cillium stepped bacterial growth
In bacterial cultures, It went an
to Oxford, where another great
British scientist, Florey, extrac-
ted what w,: now know tis peni-
cillin from the varloue substances
produced when the green mould
grows. And from there, because
there was a war on, it passed to
the United States, who had the
technical capacity to develop
large-scale methods for produc-
ing the new miracle drug, peni-
cillin.
,Other moulds were studied.
Could they, too, produce differ-
ent anti . bacterial chemicals?
Hundreds and hundreds of
moulds were put to test. A new
chapter in medicine unfolded.
There came streptomycin, baci-
tracin, Chloromycetin, terramy-
cin. . •
But antibiotics, as these mould -
derived drugs are known, havo
more to otter mankind than their
ability to combat infection.
Waste products from penicillin
nzanu.facure were tried out as
animal foods. The growth of the
animals was noticeably greater.
Tests were made with penicillin
and other antibiotics; mere traces
were added to food for pigs and
poultry. Again the rale oI
growth of the animals was ab-
normal.
To -clay, in the United States it
is the widespread practice for
tamers to give these supple-
ments "to the diet of pigs and
poultry -though in Britain the
idea is still the subject of official
research.
Nowthere is a very new
story about antibiotics, and it
may be the most important of all.
It L. this -antibiotics can make
plants grow taster and bigger!
This far-reaching discovery was
announced in the United States
at the recent annual meeting of
the Institute of Biological Sci-
ences. Four years of research
have resulted in this highly im-
portant claim.
Nature's Hidden Secret
Seeds of ordinary corn
were grown under glass in two
identical beds. The only differ-
ence was that one crop was treat-
ed with water containing five
parts per million -no more than
that! -of terramycin. The other
bed received the same amount of
ordinary water. The plants after
four weeks were twenty-five per
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Made at 'bows In less than an hour, the shower
curtain is :hung" Heading, complete with eyelets.
WAR Ironed to the plastic and two widths of the
Illnt were scaled together with tape.
cent. taller and 100 per cent.
heavier as a result of the terra-
tnycin treatment. Also, forty per
cent, of the treated seeds germin-
ated while only twenty-five per
cent. of the other seeds dict so.
Bigger and taller plants were
also grown when sorrel and pan-
sies were treated with traces of
this antibiotic. But for radishes
penicillin was used -traces were
mixed into the soil before the
seeds were sown. When gathered
the radish plants were more than
twice the size of plants grown
from identical seed in ordinary
SOW
It is Coo early to ieedize the
lull importance of this discovery,
There must be much more re-
search before antibiotic treatment
tor crops can be safely advised.
Bow to gross, enough food for
future generations is the world's
gravest and biggest problem. And
here is yet another way of get-
ting greater crops, of making an
acre of land produce more food,
Science has not perhaps invent
ed something new, .but has un-
earthed yet another of n'ature's
hidden secrets.
A serious pest of sweet corn
in southern Ontario and southern
Quebec, the corn borer larva is
a flesh -colored worm about one
inch long when fully grown and
marked with rows of small brown
spots. Borer damage in the field
is first indicated by broken or
bent tassels. Stalks may be so
heavily infested, they break at
various points and collapse. Holes
in the stalks and fine, sawdust -
like castings on leaf surfaces are
other superficial clues.
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For successful control of the in-
sect, some knowledge of its life
history is required. .Knowing
something of its egg -laying hab-
its is particularly important since
insecticide application is timed
with the period eggs hatch. Win-
ter is spent in the borer stage
in corn stalks, stubble or 'field
weeds. In late May or early June
the borer changes into the pupal
stage from which a moth emerges
several weeks later. lu the Mari-
times the cycle occurs three to
four weeks later.
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Eggs are laid in clusters of up
to 25 at about the end of June.
They are the size of a pin head,
pearly -white in color and disc-
like in shape. Laid on the under-
side of .a corn leaf, they resem-
ble a mass of minute fish scales.
When -eggs Statch, the small
borers Mid 61x the leaf for a few
days before lioi'ing into the stalk.
They mast 'be' destroyed during
this period.
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Tinning of the first application
is important. The eggs hatch over
a period of three to tour weeks,
so more than one application is
necessary. Four applications al
five-day intervals are recom-
mended.
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dust or spray form, will 0013 -
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BY EDNA MILES
DU) you ever trunk about
malting your own shower
curtains? .3 k can DO:21040 11i
less than an hour's !!otic, tntitlr
very little effort and no' Spe-
cial knowledge.
Tlie -only materials you'll need
are about four yards of vinyl plas-
tic trim which is available in most
department stores at about 09
cents a yard, your electric iron, a
light press cloth and two new
plastic tapes.
The first tape is one and one-
half inches wide, it has a coating
of adhesive vinyl that makes pos-
sible a tight bond with a light
application of heat, it is used as
a heading for the shower curtain
and comes complete with inset
metal eyelets.
The heading is fairly heavy
gauge but transparent so 111211 it
will reinforce the curtain top with-
out obscuring the color and pat-
tern of the material.
The second tape, also transpar-
ent, is three fourths of an inch
wide and is used for seaming the
plastic Nin. This tape ihas the
same adhesive quality and will
hoed with the filen easily under
your iron which should be turned
to "rayon" or "cool" setting.
A perfect hand between heading and vinyl dim is
made by messing the two together with an eleetrir
iron at "low," or "rayon," setting, using a thin
press cloth.
Tin-Cesi Je.--.harry Cassidy, right, above, shows his model jet
engine, built of stovepipe and tin cons, to science teacher William
B. Sanford: The 18 -year-old boy built the machine in the school's
physics lab in after-school hours. He used the cut -away diagram
of a Westinghouse J-34 jet, on blaclibcard, to guide him,
tool the emu barer successful-
ly if usecl according to recom-
mendations and precaulinns nit
the mens fecturc'rs' 11bels.
11 speciuiiaed t;rou1) et scien-
tists hat one of the most impor-
tant tasks in Canada today -
that of looking after the health
of our soil. By diagnosing soil
ailments and prescribing treat-
ment, these soil chemists have
a big hand in the maintenance
of national • health by helping
keep the productivity of the land
at a malitn('n.
It tools many centuries for Man
to realize that growing crops ex-
tracted plant foods from the soil;
that when crops were harvested
or eaten by°livestock,-these nu-
trients were lost to the soil; that
in order to harvest a vigorous
crop from the same soil, plant
foods such as nitrogen, phosphor-
us, potassium, calcium and mag-
nesium had to be placed back.
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To determine the identity and
amount of plant foods in which
soil is deficient, a soil test at least
every three years has become
almost an essential part of mo-
dern farm practice. Both federal
and provincial departments of
agriculture and various big in-
dustrial firms have soil testing
laboratories, the services of
Which are available to farmers
W'it'hout charge.
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A gricttLttrist.: whose c r o p s
are not thrifty under average
weather conditions no longer
need to grope to the dark for
reasons and cures for Such un-
thriftnel,s. They should avail
themselves ni the free soil test •
-
ing services at their disposal as
quickly as possible. After all,
when a person is sick he or she
goes to a medical doctor, When
a soil is sick it too should be ex-
amined --- by a soil "doctor."
While people do not usually
talk about them, bed bugs are
still a common household pest
in both rural and urban homes.
Although their activities quiet
down somewhat during winter
months, they are not entirely
dormant --- as many owners of
well -hooted houses will testi Cs-.
Early t'ontrol of bed bugs in-
cluded the use of kerosene, sul-
phur fumes and, at the turn of
the century, cyanide gas. But it
was not until the discovery of
DDT that a convenient way of
!tilling these pests was devel-
oped.
According to J, A. Oakley, en-
tomologist, the most economic
and effective way of bed bug
control today is the use of a five
per cent DDT oil spray or a 10
per cent DDT dust. The spray
should be applied lightly but
thoroughly around bedsteads,
mattresses, springs and other
furniture suspected of being in-
fested. Cracks, mouldings, mop
boards, windows, door sills and
other possible hiding places
should also receive the treat-
ment, The residual spray should
last at least six mclths..
Ornamental trove can be our
friends for a lifetime if given
proper nourishmeot and constant
"merlin)" care.
Like other plants, trees extract
nutrients from the soil and will
not furnish if these plant foods
are not placed back in the soil.
In the sandy soil at Ottawa, for
instance, young deciduous trees
respond very well to a quick -
acting fertilizes' containing 10
per cent nitrogen. six per cent
phosphorus and four per cent
potash - applied in the spring.
For older deciduous trees a diet '
of 9-5-7 fertilizer has proven to
be most satisfactory. This ap-
plied in spring at the rate of two
pounds to each inch of trunk
diameter at four feet above the
ground. Where a 9-5-7 mixture
is not available, 10-6-4 or 9-9-7
should be satisfactory at the
same rate.
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Fur the evergreens in the same
region, organic fertilizers at two
to three pounds per inch of trunk
diameter are more suitable. In-
organic high nitrogen fertilizer
can be applied successfully if
used in conjunction with teat
mould or other decomposing or-
ganic matter.
As the object is to feed trees
rather than the grass, fertilizer
should be put down where feed-
ing roots can get at it, writes R.
Warren Oliver, df the Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, in
the February issue of C -I -L
Oval. The usual method, hg says,
is to turn back flaps of sod with
a sharp spade and made holes
in the soil 12 to 15 inches deep
with a crowbar. The correct
amount of fertilizer is placed in
the holes and covered with earth
before the sod is turned back.
Holes are made in a concentric
circle 18 to 24 inches apart in
the outer area covered by the
spread of the braches.
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To metro' a variety of insects
attacking ornamental trees, mo-
dern chemical insecticides such
as nicotine, DDT and lead ar-
senate should be used accord-
ing to directions shown on con-
tainer labels.
f ' WORKED
An irate mother marched up to
the credit department of a big
toy store a few days after Christ-
mas and complained, "This water
gun you sold me is no good.
Maybe it was broken in transit."
She pointed the gun at the credit
manager, pulled the trigger and
promptly caught him sqquarely
in the eye with a stream of
purple ink. "That's funny," she
mused, "It didn't work yester-
day.'
UNE SCHOOL
LESSON
By Rev 11. Barclay t'Jarrvroa
B. A., 11. •D.
Jesus Urges Alertness
Matthew 25:1-13
Nlen8m'y Selection: Watch ye,
stand fast ha the faith, gttit Von -
lac amen, be strong. 1 Corin-
thians 16:13.
In our lesson we have a piaT•-
ture of a wedding in Orientrai
setting. Ten pure maidens els--
pecked to loin the procession WI
the .Bridegroom drew near. The.st't
virgins differed in that fiveof
them carried no extra oil in their
lamps. Since the hour of Met
bridegroom's arrival was not
known they all became drowsy
and wept to sleep. Suddenly' at
midnight the call was heard,.
"Behold, the bridegroom cometh;;
go ye out to meet him." The cru-
cial hour had come, The fives
foolish virgins found their lamps
to be going out and they had no
extra oil. The wise virgins had
not enough to share with them.
They must go to the regular
source and buy. And when they
were gone to buy the bride. -
groom came and they were shut
out from the marriage feast.
It is an awful warning. Spirit-
ual possessions are not trans-
ferable. Many of us have sought
to help others in the }lour of
their testing, but we have found
we could not light the lamp of
endurance or faith or hope for
them. We have stood at the
graveside with the bereaved and
have tried to pass on the oil of
inner peace, which we ourselves
had won through the faith and
sorrow of many years, but could
not do so. We cannot in a mom-
ent hand over our faith, our
courage, our peace, our inner re-
sources. All men must go for
themselves to the unlimited
Source.
If we cannot stand the tests of
life we certainly are not pre-
pared for the great hour of our:
Lord's return. The lamp of pro-
fession will not be enough for
that fateful hour. We must have
the Holy Spirit abiding in our
hearts, cleansing and purifying
our nature and empowering us
to live the victorious life in is
sinful world. Many shallow pro-
fessing Christians will find the
door closed and hear the words
from Sesus Christ. "1 know yots
not." Watch therefore, for ye
know neither the day nor the
hour wherein the Sen of 111812
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mealtime, as she can get a few minutes' rest while her seven-
month -old quadruplets nurse from the mechanical bottle holders,
above. There's just one thing wrong with them. They won't
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