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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-01-28, Page 3If you want to put winter - Injured or under nourished fruit trees back on the track in a hur. wry, mix fertilizer with the early - spring spray materials. •* ' * Michigan State College scien- tists find that liquid plant food will go right through the bark, and give your struggling tree a surprising lift, * * * Best way to do it, they say, is tb mix soluble fertilizer (20 -20 - SRO) with the delayed dormant Apray, which is applied just when the buds show green. Or, you can spray the fertilizer on Iteparately, Use about Y4 pound ast fertiliser per gallon of water. * * * The Michigan horticulturists who made this discovery, find that bark -feeding is a valuable tool, because when a tree is in- jured, the sooner you can give it plant food the better. * * * Many of the soluble fertilizers now on the market contain min- or elements, such as boron, cop- per, zinc, and manganese, as well as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash. * * * William Forsyth, the English horticulturist, for whom our lnodern forsythia bush was nam- ed, claimed 150 years ago that tants could feed through the plants He experimented with var- ious plasters and poultices on trees, but no one believed his claim, * * * The Michigan men had atomic science to help them, though, They "tagged" soluble fertilizer with radio activity, then traced It into the tree with a Geiger Minter, So Forsyth was right! Aerial Fire i, uti. - , i1e , of softie helicopter serves as an aerial •Fire truck for Canada's Depart- ment of Lands and Forests, which keeps close watch on forest fires, This photo, •taken when forest Fires raged near Jellico, Ontario, shows a Hiller 12-B water -bomb- ing the blaze starting at base of tree. Water bombs are carried in special racks next to the'copter's landing floats. s They've Lound that plant foods will enter through bark at any season of the year, even in mid- winter. Best results come in early spring, however, when growth has just resumed, * * * An insect called the clover root borer sometimes raises hob with red clover, especially when you leave the clover over a sec- ond year. * * * So last spring, Entomologist C. R. Weaver tried mixing an in- secticide - aldrin - in with the fertilizer that he put on when he seeded the clover. * * * The aldrin really knocked out the borers. There were few, if any, in the treated plots, while in the un -treated plots alongside, more than half the roots were damaged, You can usually spot damage by pulling the plant and splitting the root just below the crown. * * * Although the idea looks prom- ising, the Experiment Station is not yet ready to recommend it, "We aren't sure that it will pay off every year, and won't know until we've run more tests," ex- plains Weaver; * * * In the experiments, they "band- seeded" the red clover -drilled a narrow band of fertilizer about 11/2 inches deep, then dropped the clover seeds directly above this plant food. Each acre got 300 pounds of 0-20-20 containing one-fourth pound of aldrin. * * * The insecticide has to be thor- oughly mixed with the fertilizer, and that's hard for a farmer to do, since the amount is so small. Some fertilizer companies will do the mixing job for you, but most of them aren't offering ready-made mixtures because of the state and federal restrictions on labelling and shipping such mixtures. SILENT SEA The sea is a most silent world, I say this deliberately on long accumulated evidence and aware that wide publicity has recently been made on the noises of the sea. Hydrophones have recorded clamors that have been sold as phonographic curiosa, but the recordings have been grossly amplified. It is not the reality of the sea as we have known it with naked ears... . An undersea sound is so rare that one attaches great import- ance to it, The creatures of the sea express fear, pain and joy without audible comment. The old round of life and death pass- es silently, save among mammals -whales and porpoises. The sea is unaffected by man's occasion- al uproars of dynamite and ship's engines. It is a silent jungle, in which the diver's sounds are keenly heard -the soft roar of exhalations, the lisp of incoming air arid the hoots of a comrade. Some fish can croak like frogs. At Dakar I swam in a loud or- chestrian of these monotonous animals. Whales, porpoises,- croak- ers and whatever makes the creaking noise are the only ex- ceptions we know to the silence of the sea, -From "The Silent World," by Captain J. Y. Cous- teau and Frederic Dumas. C *SWORD PUZZLE ACI1n;494 1. Spirited steed 5. Snatch e. Part of the mouth 12. List 13. Musical Instrument 14. Bustle 18, Send out i6.Inslgnidcm person 18, netaY 20. American railroad 21, Bottoms of boats 28. Of an easel 28. Diminished 29, Repeat 81. Alwsia (oontr.) 82, Gather 84, Ralf sclera 98. Moro verdin 87, Stage oottln r 22. Fly aloft 40, '1urkfslt met of account 44g. Joinsal6ro 49. Medieval lcnlght 51.Ontr 72, Of us 89. Mee needle and thread 84, Gaelic 55, Tiny 50, Largelant s7. Shbtt?Ustattoo OWN 1. Southwest wind 2, tloarfl'ost 2, Came to rest 4. Take oneself 5, Valley 8. Groove 7. nears witness 2. I3overago 9. Tear 28. Regard Moir 10. Artiacial 20. Gannon city language 83. walk it, Small aimlessly explosion 88. Goddess of 17. whaling oll discord cask 12. Fortification 82, I'alolaers 24. 12gyp Linn sun disk 28. Smooth 20. Asks alms 27. Alr (comb, form) 88. Turning points 41, Pucker 48. MIop kiln 48. Clvl l injury 40. Other 47. Percolate 48, Intimidate MI. Bitter herb 10. Female sheen Answer elsewhere on this page, MY SCHOOL !SON RARE ART ON VIEW AT TORONTO ART GALLERY - Daedalus and Icarus by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, one of the 90 paintings on view at the Art Gallery of Toronto from January 15th to Febru- ary 21st in the Exhibition EUROPEAN MASTERS IN CANADIAN COLLECTIONS, TORONTO, OT'. TAWA, MONTREAL. The exhibition is drawn from the public and private collections in the three cities and ranges in scope From Titian to Van Gogh. This picture is in the collection of the Art Gal- lery of Toronto and depicts a legend in Greek mythology. WOMEN WORK, MEN MIND THE CHILDREN Women outnumber men by three to one on the island of Cheju -Do, 60 miles off the south coast of the Korean peninsula, It is the homeland of a race of Amazons who are physically and economically superior to the so- called stronger sex. These beautiful and industri- ous girls earn a bountiful liveli- hood by swimming offshore and diving to the floor of the sea for natural products of commercial value that lie there. Their men stay at home to mind the chil- dren and keep house. Many of these women support more than one husband. The extra mates all live under the same roof apparently quite hap- pily. Cheju -Do, which is fifty miles long and cigar -shaped, is one of the world's last citadels of matri- • archy. Korean legend claims that the female inhabitants of the past jealously guarded their rocky little feminine sanctuary. Men were supposed to have been ferried to Cheju -Do once each year, and then returned to the mainland. Any Sons born were also exiled to the mainland as soon as they were weaned. For centuries the stolid and athletic women have been breed- ing hardy daughters with deep chests that enable them to re- main under water for as long as five minutes at a time. The har- vesting of the sea gardens that surround the island is a job for women because the thin-skinned males cannot stand the cold wat- er. Slimly constructed females can- not, either, thus the sea girls are invariably well-rounded. In fact, few thin or sickly women can be found on the island. The diving girls begin train- ing at an early age, under the tuition of their mothers and old- er sisters, After five years' ap- prenticeship they become fully fledged "Aniah Sans" or sea girls, capable of gleaning a good liv- ing from the sea. The sea girls go to work daily on the sea bottom about 400 yards offshore. .Each is equipped with a sickle for cutting end scraping, modern goggles, a large hollow gourd or pumpkin to be used as a buoy, and a net bag into whoch she will load her catch from the ocean floor. The daily haul of the diving girls includes petrified remains of submergedpine trees, pearls, abalones, sea cucumbers, sea p0. tatoes, shells, lobsters, crabs, and several varieties of seaweed us- ed for food The girls locate the seaweed beds by swimming face down in tine miter, pushing. their gourc's and nets before them. They usually work in about twenty feet of water, Petrified pinewood is eagerly sought. Cheju -Do is noted for its cigarette -holders which the islanders make from the petri- fied wood, which is estimated to be a million years old. It is as hard as stone: On the island itself the wom- en plough the stony fields, look after livestock, operate fishing - boats from the harbours, and perform many other arduous tasks usually left strictly to the male. The women go out and earn the daily rice while the men remain at home and, apart from housework, live a life of relative ease. Cheju -Do islanders are primar- ily descended from the Mongol- ians. Ghengis Khan invaded the Korean mainland in the 13th cen- tury, and the Mongols appeared on Cheju -Do shortly afterwards, bringing their shaggy horses with them. To -day, thousands of these horses, both wild and tame, are to be found on the island. Cheju -Do has only one road, made of dirt and stone, that winds around the 100 miles or so of coastline and connects all the villages. The towns are wall- ed, and have gates opening on the road which are closed and bolt- ed at night. Travel after dark is impossible, unless the towns and villages have been notified of the traveller's itinerary in advance. The centre of the island is wild and mountainous. Five years ago more than 10.000 Com- munist guerillas roamed the in- land and made frequent raids on the coastal towns. It required a major effort on the part of the South Korean constabulary (fore- runner of the R.O.K. Army) to wipe thein out. An estimated 100 guerillas still remain in the mountains, and use the wild horses for food, The island is at present being used as a sanctuary for 60,000 Korean refugees from the main- lang, and as a training centre fore South Korean recruits. This temporary influx of men has had little effect on the female rule on the island. As longus the chief occupation there is the harvesting of the ocean floor, the well -insulated women will be in charge of the island's finances. As the bread- winners, they will have no 'trouble controlling the inferior and non-productive males, Pleasant Errors Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again, Modern Etiquette Q. Don't you think a devoted wife has the privilege of opening her husband's mail? A. Never! Neither wife nor husband has the privilege of opening the other's mail, nor should she or he pick it up and read it after it has been opened, without permission. A well-bred person will not even scrutinize a postcard that belongs to someone else. Q. Is It proper for a woman to shake hands with another woman when being introduced? A. This is optional. She carr, however, show more sincere pleasure over the meeting if she does offer her hand, Q. What is the correct way for a friend or relative to respond to a birth announcement? A. By calling to see the mother, sending flowers to her, or a gift to the baby. By •.Rev. R. Barclay Warren, $. A„ B.D. Jesus and the Samaritans John 4:21.42 Memory Seleetion: We have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. John 442. Jesus was never a slave to con- vention and custom. It was con- sidered 'improper for a rabbi to talk with any woman in a public place, or even to salute his own wife. That this woman was a Samaritan with whom the Jews had no dealings made the situ- ation more unusual. Besides this, her reputation was far from good. She had had 5 husbands and was now living with a man who was not her husband. (Things are different now. If a Hollywood star divorces four or five hus- bands her name and pictures are blazoned far and wide. One would think she had done some- thing worthwhile.) But Jesus; talked with her. He told her of the living water which he was able to give. The woman was finally convinced that this stranger was the Christ. In her haste to tell her neighbours she forgot her errand and hastened to the city leaving her water -pot behind. The men of the city were aroused by the woman's story and came to see for themselves. Many believed on him saying, "This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." Jesus remained in the village for two days. The day for personal evangel- ism is still with us. In fact, it is increasingly so. Years ago when a church announced revival meetings the community would attend, But today it is different. The unchurched stay away. 1f they want tohear evangelistic preaching they can hear it on the radio. That is a safer dis- tance. Occasionally groups of churches organize for a mass evangelism campaign. But here personal evangelism plays an im- portant part. People invite their friends and when they come to service they urge them to surren- der to Jesus Christ. The person- al witness has always been effec- tive. Of course we need to be living up to our testimony. How True, How True! She: "Well, that's life for you." He: "What ... What's that?" She: "I say the reason so many women cultivate beauty instead of brains is that men can see better than they can think." (topside down to prevent peeking? d 3J 3 3 Z:.1 E i 39Si3(w yM39 O 3 1094v2i 30V9 n 9 3 1 1 14 n N o l 9 2t 3d 17'11y 5M379y?21314 3 3 t4 3 1 S 9 v w'' 3 .3'3 a S a g 1 V 21 3 9 1 Hang -On Radio - Passengers can listen to the radio and relax while riding on Milan, Italy, streetcars, after loudspeaker systems were installed in public transit vehicles. All a passenger has to do is pull a strap and the radio goes on,The loudspeaker, small enough to fit just above the strap, is connected to a radio near the driver's seat. 2 3 4y alma 1 9 0 n 1111 . le 19 € Kia M iiii 0 27 ®.�f ` NN * ■ 3.4 II 10 36 1111 exvS r<��¢r fC tb:1' F`€kom.® $� ■ 48 46 d7 Olin .3 . 1 Answer elsewhere on this page, MY SCHOOL !SON RARE ART ON VIEW AT TORONTO ART GALLERY - Daedalus and Icarus by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, one of the 90 paintings on view at the Art Gallery of Toronto from January 15th to Febru- ary 21st in the Exhibition EUROPEAN MASTERS IN CANADIAN COLLECTIONS, TORONTO, OT'. TAWA, MONTREAL. The exhibition is drawn from the public and private collections in the three cities and ranges in scope From Titian to Van Gogh. This picture is in the collection of the Art Gal- lery of Toronto and depicts a legend in Greek mythology. WOMEN WORK, MEN MIND THE CHILDREN Women outnumber men by three to one on the island of Cheju -Do, 60 miles off the south coast of the Korean peninsula, It is the homeland of a race of Amazons who are physically and economically superior to the so- called stronger sex. These beautiful and industri- ous girls earn a bountiful liveli- hood by swimming offshore and diving to the floor of the sea for natural products of commercial value that lie there. Their men stay at home to mind the chil- dren and keep house. Many of these women support more than one husband. The extra mates all live under the same roof apparently quite hap- pily. Cheju -Do, which is fifty miles long and cigar -shaped, is one of the world's last citadels of matri- • archy. Korean legend claims that the female inhabitants of the past jealously guarded their rocky little feminine sanctuary. Men were supposed to have been ferried to Cheju -Do once each year, and then returned to the mainland. Any Sons born were also exiled to the mainland as soon as they were weaned. For centuries the stolid and athletic women have been breed- ing hardy daughters with deep chests that enable them to re- main under water for as long as five minutes at a time. The har- vesting of the sea gardens that surround the island is a job for women because the thin-skinned males cannot stand the cold wat- er. Slimly constructed females can- not, either, thus the sea girls are invariably well-rounded. In fact, few thin or sickly women can be found on the island. The diving girls begin train- ing at an early age, under the tuition of their mothers and old- er sisters, After five years' ap- prenticeship they become fully fledged "Aniah Sans" or sea girls, capable of gleaning a good liv- ing from the sea. The sea girls go to work daily on the sea bottom about 400 yards offshore. .Each is equipped with a sickle for cutting end scraping, modern goggles, a large hollow gourd or pumpkin to be used as a buoy, and a net bag into whoch she will load her catch from the ocean floor. The daily haul of the diving girls includes petrified remains of submergedpine trees, pearls, abalones, sea cucumbers, sea p0. tatoes, shells, lobsters, crabs, and several varieties of seaweed us- ed for food The girls locate the seaweed beds by swimming face down in tine miter, pushing. their gourc's and nets before them. They usually work in about twenty feet of water, Petrified pinewood is eagerly sought. Cheju -Do is noted for its cigarette -holders which the islanders make from the petri- fied wood, which is estimated to be a million years old. It is as hard as stone: On the island itself the wom- en plough the stony fields, look after livestock, operate fishing - boats from the harbours, and perform many other arduous tasks usually left strictly to the male. The women go out and earn the daily rice while the men remain at home and, apart from housework, live a life of relative ease. Cheju -Do islanders are primar- ily descended from the Mongol- ians. Ghengis Khan invaded the Korean mainland in the 13th cen- tury, and the Mongols appeared on Cheju -Do shortly afterwards, bringing their shaggy horses with them. To -day, thousands of these horses, both wild and tame, are to be found on the island. Cheju -Do has only one road, made of dirt and stone, that winds around the 100 miles or so of coastline and connects all the villages. The towns are wall- ed, and have gates opening on the road which are closed and bolt- ed at night. Travel after dark is impossible, unless the towns and villages have been notified of the traveller's itinerary in advance. The centre of the island is wild and mountainous. Five years ago more than 10.000 Com- munist guerillas roamed the in- land and made frequent raids on the coastal towns. It required a major effort on the part of the South Korean constabulary (fore- runner of the R.O.K. Army) to wipe thein out. An estimated 100 guerillas still remain in the mountains, and use the wild horses for food, The island is at present being used as a sanctuary for 60,000 Korean refugees from the main- lang, and as a training centre fore South Korean recruits. This temporary influx of men has had little effect on the female rule on the island. As longus the chief occupation there is the harvesting of the ocean floor, the well -insulated women will be in charge of the island's finances. As the bread- winners, they will have no 'trouble controlling the inferior and non-productive males, Pleasant Errors Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again, Modern Etiquette Q. Don't you think a devoted wife has the privilege of opening her husband's mail? A. Never! Neither wife nor husband has the privilege of opening the other's mail, nor should she or he pick it up and read it after it has been opened, without permission. A well-bred person will not even scrutinize a postcard that belongs to someone else. Q. Is It proper for a woman to shake hands with another woman when being introduced? A. This is optional. She carr, however, show more sincere pleasure over the meeting if she does offer her hand, Q. What is the correct way for a friend or relative to respond to a birth announcement? A. By calling to see the mother, sending flowers to her, or a gift to the baby. By •.Rev. R. Barclay Warren, $. A„ B.D. Jesus and the Samaritans John 4:21.42 Memory Seleetion: We have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. John 442. Jesus was never a slave to con- vention and custom. It was con- sidered 'improper for a rabbi to talk with any woman in a public place, or even to salute his own wife. That this woman was a Samaritan with whom the Jews had no dealings made the situ- ation more unusual. Besides this, her reputation was far from good. She had had 5 husbands and was now living with a man who was not her husband. (Things are different now. If a Hollywood star divorces four or five hus- bands her name and pictures are blazoned far and wide. One would think she had done some- thing worthwhile.) But Jesus; talked with her. He told her of the living water which he was able to give. The woman was finally convinced that this stranger was the Christ. In her haste to tell her neighbours she forgot her errand and hastened to the city leaving her water -pot behind. The men of the city were aroused by the woman's story and came to see for themselves. Many believed on him saying, "This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." Jesus remained in the village for two days. The day for personal evangel- ism is still with us. In fact, it is increasingly so. Years ago when a church announced revival meetings the community would attend, But today it is different. The unchurched stay away. 1f they want tohear evangelistic preaching they can hear it on the radio. That is a safer dis- tance. Occasionally groups of churches organize for a mass evangelism campaign. But here personal evangelism plays an im- portant part. People invite their friends and when they come to service they urge them to surren- der to Jesus Christ. The person- al witness has always been effec- tive. Of course we need to be living up to our testimony. How True, How True! She: "Well, that's life for you." He: "What ... What's that?" She: "I say the reason so many women cultivate beauty instead of brains is that men can see better than they can think." (topside down to prevent peeking? d 3J 3 3 Z:.1 E i 39Si3(w yM39 O 3 1094v2i 30V9 n 9 3 1 1 14 n N o l 9 2t 3d 17'11y 5M379y?21314 3 3 t4 3 1 S 9 v w'' 3 .3'3 a S a g 1 V 21 3 9 1 Hang -On Radio - Passengers can listen to the radio and relax while riding on Milan, Italy, streetcars, after loudspeaker systems were installed in public transit vehicles. All a passenger has to do is pull a strap and the radio goes on,The loudspeaker, small enough to fit just above the strap, is connected to a radio near the driver's seat.