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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-04-16, Page 3Make Bedrooms More Attractive With Use These Cian Tartans BY EBNA MILES THE innovations in fashions for beds are many. On follows another and most of them not only make a bedroom look more attractive, but cut down on tate actual task of bed -making. News in blankets includes worth of a vicars -blend blanket In OW tartans, 'Mirth the first such, to be made of 'Lara fibec'blotided 4rvlth'wool and rayon. The vlcaraI's resistant to Meths and mildew, cut:; down on shrinkage an i9 aonireitating to sensitive skins, the -makers of this blanket My. It's a coveting that's both light and 'worm and it j.s priced under •$10. The clan tartans are authentic. There are two: the Ramsay, which is predominantly red and black with white stripe, and the Sinclair Hunting, which is a dark green. The makers of this blanket have also developed a new fitted blanket, one with mitered cornet's at the foot. This makes bed - Making easier and the final result neater, It also provides for greater sleeping comfort, In summer weight, it's made of 99 per cent cotton, 5 per cent rayon and 5 per cent wool. It comes in pastels, in both the full and twin -bed sizes. Both sizes are priced under $6 ti.aics New In blankets Is this first one made of blended Vicara fiber. Woven in authentic clan tartans, It is a perfect complement for an Early American room setting. Shown above is the Ramsay tartan, Which Is predominantly red and black, with a white stripe, This blanket also comes in the Sinclair Hunting. which is dark green. According to tests tee.., concluded, you can improve your Hock's egg production, hatcha- bility, and growth by means of wimple crosses of the standard breeds. a 0 0 Crossbred pullets and strain - cross pullets averaged 10 to 12% more eggs than pure strains on the average, Hatchability was improved 9% by crossbreeding, slightly by strain -crossing. Cross- breds gained weight 7% faster, strain crosses 4%. Mortality was reduced by crossbreeding and strain -crossing, * 0 1, The 3 -year tests were made with 2 strains each of 4 dual- purpose breeds — N e w Hamp- shire, Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red and Austrolorp. Breeds were crossed in all possible com- binations, and the two strains within each breed were crossed. The tests showed that the odds favor any cross as likely to do better than the original breeds or strains. While breed crosses are a lit- tle better -performing than strain crosses, Iowa State College poul- try breeder A. W. Nordskog says the strain crosses have at least one advantage. A breeder who wants to improve productivity without inbreeding, and still pro- duce all white or all browneggs, can do it by crossing 2 strains of one breed. He couldn't with crossbreds. + 0 0 It's poor policy to overcrowd broilers in the brooder house One-half sq. ft. of floor space per bird is too little; 1 sq. ft. usually is too much. About Se sq, ft. is about right, according to a Dela- ware authority. 0 0 0 Nfortality was lower, weight more and feed conversion better with the %-ft, figure than when only SS ft. was used. Production costs were 220 a lb. for 92,000 birds with % sq. ft. per bird; 240 for 128,000 birds on r•a sq. ft. of floor. * c. Tests at a Delaware station showed that returns—per bird— averaged high e r , when floor- space allowance was 1 so. ft„ but less --per house—than when Ad Runner -Throwing his hat nto the mayoralty race in New fork City is Bernarr MacFadden, 15 -year-old health culturist, fie node a bid to be a U.S, senator from Florida in 1940 and ran for the governorship of Florida on 'he Democratic ticket in 1948, but lost both times, He was also e candidate for President in 1936. sq. ft. \vas allowed per bird. In each case the house had a floor space of 6000 sq. ft. - 0 0 Crowding (1 sq. ft. per bird) gave higher returns per house when broiler prices were rela- tively - high—front 30 to 32e. But when prices were lower, a more liberal space allowance paid off. 00. 0 Since nobodycan fortell ex- actly where the market price will enol up for a house of broil- er's just being started, experts advise that the safest bet is to allow thein about ati square foot of floor space per bird. o n 0 And, as this seems to have de- veloped into a strictly poultry column this week, here's what ' Her old Baldwin, writing in "Country Gentleman," has to say about a high -corn ration for laying flocks. u a: You cast get more eggs and grow a heavier bird with less feed if you put a high -efficiency ration before your laying and breeding flocks. The same prin- ciples that save feed and cut costs in the Connecticut high - efficiency broiler rations were applied to feeds for layers. Ground yellow corn replaced all the grotmd oats and half the wheat middlings of a standard ration, This produced a dozen eggs on 6,67 lbs. of feed, while the standard ration took 7.69 lbs. 4' ,,, „ Rhode Island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks were used in the tests. Both breeds gained nearly 1 lb, per bird on the high. corn 'feed—on the standard ra- tion the Rocks gained just 3/10 ib, and the Reds but .1/10 lb, An- other advantage was drier litter in the high -corn pens. 0 0 * Replacement stock was heavier on the high -corn ration • and took less feed to maturity than birds fed rations high in oats or miilfeed products. There VMS no difl'ereece io egg size be- twecn th' rations. AY SCHOOL. LESSON ItY REV R BARCLAY t1VARRnN B.A. B.D PAUL BECOMES A MISSIONARY Acts 11:25-26; 14:8-20 Memory Selection: Now then we are atn'bnssadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; the pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5120. "When .Sari was come to Jeru- salem, he assayed to join him- self to the disciples. bit; they were all afraid of him, and be- lieved not that he was a disciple. 'But Barnabes took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto- them how he bad seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to Him, and how he had preached boldly at. Damascus in the name of Jesus." Acts .0:26,27. 13arnabas slid an- other important piece of work When he went to Tarsus and brought Saul to labour with hint in the church at Antioch, Here they worked together for a ,year. Then they took relief to Judea where there was a famine. Today there are many agencies to care for the needy. Sot the church must not forget her responsiblI. ity. When appeals are made for clothing it is amazing the abun- dance of fine clothes which church members will , produce front their cupboards, Worn? Very slightly. They are last year's styles and have been replaced. How different from the sacrifi- cial giving of the Macedonians. See 2 Corinthians. 8:1-5, We have wandered a long way from the advice of John Wesley, "Make all you can, save a]1 you can, give all you can," The Church at Antioch not on- ly cared for the poor but also sent out nen to take the gospel to those who had never heard. No wonder the people of: this church were nicknamed Chris- tians. They were like Christ in that they cared for the spiritual and material needs of others. How fickle are people After the healing of the cripple they wanted to worship Paul and Bar- nabas, But when agitators from Antioch and Iconiun had done their work they stoned Paul and dragged hien out of the city leav- ing hint for dead. When grateful parents knelt at the feet of a medical missionary to worship her as a god she hast- ily cried out, "We are not gods. Worship the true God. Suppose that I wished to bestow a val- uable gift upon you and sent by the hand of one of my coolies; whom would you thank, the coolie or myself." "We would thank you, of course; the coolie is your ser- vant," the parents replied. "And so i am God's coolie, by whose hand God has been pleas- ed to send this gift of healing to your child. Give Him thanks," TOUGH LUCK Morey Amsterdam tells the heart -breaking story of a golf pro who lost his job, and was pacing the streets in his skiked golf shoes, the only footwear he had left. He hadn't eaten a bite in -three days, when suddenly he looked down and saw an un- used meal ticket on the sidewalk. He stooped down to grab it, but in his excitement, accidentally stepped on it with his spiked shoes and punched out every meal in the ticket. �1 ELN 6; Gordon Stnith For The New Rome When the builder is finished, the gardener is just ready to be- gin. He shouldn't be discouraged at the rough grading, the litter of plaster and bricks that the bulldozer has barely emend ar- ound the brand new home. One can hardly believe what can be accomplished in gardening the first year. Of course we can't grow trees, shrubs and perennial vines overnight. But it is amaz- ing what can be done with an- nuals. The best plan is to 'get in early whatever nursery stock and perennial towers are available and financiaily possible. Then in between these use all sorts of annuals which will soon look as if they had always been there. There are big, bushy things like cosmos, dahlias, vannas, castor oil and spider plants, ornamental sunflowers sr helianth_it;, African marigolds and giant larkspur that can be used in the place of flowering ',hrubbery.. Shen there are quick - growing climbing plants, scarlet runner beans, morning glories, climbing nastur- tiums, sweet peas, hops and such for covering trellis or fence, And for solid beds, edging .and what- not we have at least s hundred annual flowers from which to choose. Before any planting or lawn seeding is done, however, we must dig or cultivate thoroughly, rake as level and as fine as pos- sible. It is also advisable, where available, to dig 'n some good manure or commercial fertilizer, and all the grass clippings, leaves or other vegetable refuse as available. 'Mx in Flowers Few vegetables look well am- ong flowers, but there are a lot of Rowers that not only dec- orate a vegetable garden but are best grown. there. Gladiolus, s w e. et peas and others that are used for cutting or bouquets can be grown most easily and in quantity among the vegetables. Plants with really wonderful blooms but plain fol- iage should go there, A more pleasing picture will result where these flowers are grown along the edge of the vow:tubir plot car just in front. If they are very big they can go along the back ;fence. LTsuaily a prize vegetable • garden attracts visitor's just as much as the flower plots so if we want to make it really dressy we can select from this. seed cat- alogue solrtc of the taller and bushier annual flow ere anti use these as hedges between the main divislnns of 1 egetutblee A great many experienced gar- deners now grow practically all their gladiolus in rows in the vegetable garden. Then, they are more easily cultivated and dust- ed, and in most parts of Canada it is very necessary to dust to ward off ttirip, Take Your Time Along about this time some- thing in the air makes one want to get outside with a spade or at least a rake and work up the soil. It is a natut al urge, The average gardener, however, does not need to worry. He ie it. elated to rush planting rather than postpone it until too late. Or course with the established things, or the perennials, like shrubbery, trees, peonies, del- phiniums, grass etc. ore can start digging just as soon as the soil dries out enough. But for the new crop of annuals which must be planted or sewn each spring, it is best to wait until the weather shows signs or set- tling down and the bulk of the frosts are over for another sea- son. A far more serious mistake titan being a bit late is to stop planting too soon, This applies es- pecially to those vegetables which can be sown any time from early - April to late in June. By spread- ing out this work, we also spread out the harvest. MERRY MENAGERIE m00.1,.r.. "This nesting season gives me a pain in the neck!" HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANCER ? SCIENCE MUST FIND SECRETS OF HUMAN CELL BEFORE IT CAN FIND WAY TO CONQUER CANCER EDITOR'S NOTE: Row much do we know about cancer? Here's the second of two dispatches in a progress report on the battle to find a way to stop the killer that takes the lives of a quarter of a million people even, year rut America alone. 0 0 n By IIICHARD KLEINJ1R NEA Stall Correspondent New York — (NEA) — Some- where, buried deep in the hu- man cell, is the secret that is the key to cancer. Until it is found, risen, women and children will continue to die of the dis- ease. Science Is attempting to find that secret. But it is handicapped, in its search because it knows very little about the operation of a normal cell. Before it can learn what goes wrong in a cell, to set oil the mushrooming growth that is a cancer, it must first learn more about routine cell functions. That's why the conquering o1 cancer will take time. And money. Taking fust things first, scientists are currently devot- ing much work to increasing their broad, general knowledge of the human cell. In this way they're like radio repairmen, who can't attempt to fix a balky set until they first know how a radio operates. Much of the millions annually spent in cancer research is going for this vital, although prelim- inary, work, Altogether the American Cancer Society says, 1800 scientists nye involved in trying to solve the riddle of cancer. Last year, the expendi- ture for research by alt agencies amounted to more than $1.5,000- 000. 0 0 * Another• basic problem tut can- cer research is "the test." Doc- tors and the man in the street alike are droaming of a great day when there'll be a quick, dependable test, which will de - toot beginning cancer like a chest X-ray discovers beginning tuber- culosis. Some tests have been an- nounced, but the results, while encouraging, have not yet been universally successful. These have used blood, urine and even skin electricity in their attempts to diagnose cancer. But they've failed to live up to the dreamy expectations for one reason -so far, no one has found that cancer works a basic, measurable change in any human body function. Those are the partoJ skirmishes in the cancer war. But the main Action, involving most of the thne 50 -Million Volt X -Radiation, a possible new weapon against cancer, is controlled by this dough- nut -shaped tube being studied by Dr. E. E. Char Iton, General Electric's X-ray boss. and money in cancer rescaieh, is directed to the actual curing of the disease. Since the cause is net definite- ly known, scientists aro attack- ing it from dozens of angles. They are attempting to find a cure chemically—a wonder drug that can destroy cancer like peni- cillin destroys flu, or an inhibitor that can control cancer like in- sulin controls diabetes. 0 0 0 Tiley arc working with sex hormones, the chemicals secreted by the sex glands, which seem to have some effect on cancer. In experiments, some hormones have been fotmd to speed the growth of cancer, others to slow it down, These seem to have most hope in treating breast can- cer in women, and prostate can- cer in men. ' They are working with viruses, which have also shown some laboratory results. In experimen- tal animals, viruses have attack- ed cancer tissue. So far, how. over they also attack normal tissue, but perhaps a strain el virus can be developed which win be selective, Attempts at using these viruses on humans have not yet shown many results, They are working with new types of radiation, to increase the scope of ibis type of treat- ment. New radioactive materials, many from atomic piles, are be- ing tested. Radioactive iodine seems to be of value in treating cancer of the thyroid: radio- active gold in cancer of the pros- tate; radioactive cobalt in cer- tain other internal cancers; radio- active phosphorus in akin can- cers, They are working with gas, particularly the dangerous poison gas, nitrogen mustard. Some tests, begun during Worts War II, have indicated this gas and certain of its derivatives may someday prove of value in treat- ing blood cancers. At present, certain nitrogen mustard com- pounds are in accepted use. 0 0 s Most people hope that, eventu- ally, one substance will be found which will cure all cancers. Sci- ence shares that hope. At the moment, in laboratories across the countr,v, countless chemicals are being tested. They bear strange, as yet un- familiar names, (11ce a-met.hop- terin, TEPA and urethane Some- times thoyit'e just numbered. Researchers at the vast Sioan- Kettering institute have 4 !ready tasted some 10,000 difl,'ren! c'ont- pounds, A typical re s"areit tt of eel showing haw thoroughly science explores every possible avenue, is under way at Sloan-Kettering. All cells, like human beings must have food. They need chemicals to exist. Cancer cells have vora- cious appetites. If the chemicals which cancer cells use could be made poisonous or radioactive, they would kill the cell quickly. And it is possible to alter the make-up of these chemica: toods to make them poisonous or radio- active. The problem, of course, is to find a substance that can- cer cells require and normal cells do not. At the moment, scientific re- searchers are exploring the nu- cleic acids, which they believe may be the chief staple on a cell's menu. They are hopeful of finding that career cells and normal cells differ in then. need for nucleic acids If they ran dew tett that difference. perhap,• the;, can poison the - food needed by' tine cancer 'cells Whether any of thew varied assaults will be productive is a question tithe will decide Per- haps the ultimate control cd can- cer will come front some unex- pected direction, .as it so often has in science's past. Perhaps- it Will conte ee a result of cone of ti LCbt'a Put one thing seems certain -- come it will,