HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-10-07, Page 7Speed of the elevator potato''
digger chain or apron is most
important in controlling injury
to potatoes. Even properly ad-
justed diggers with tate share
set deeply and with minimum
agitation and proper padding,
will continue to cause severe in-
jury to potatoes unless the ap-
ron speed is adjusted correctly.
f- * *
The apron speed necessary
for proper operation le control-
led by the forward speed of the
operation of the tractor and
digger. In a test at the Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, a
digger was used with twelve
different speeds of elevator
Thain. It was found that the
dower the chain moved, the
.ess injury resulted, However,
point was reached where the
Jigger did not operate properly
ind the soil and potatoes piled
n front of the share ,partially
+lugging the digger.
!'hese tests show that the ap-
ron chain could be operated
Wore slowly than is normally
be case. By reducing the ap-
ron speed with a gear box-
rptionai equipment on some dig-
gers -from 200 feet per minute
o 110 feet per minute the in-
jury was reduced from 13 per
tent to 4.5 per cent. By Mamas -
'ng the speed to 280 feet per
ninute the injury increased to
10.0 per cent.
*
Willi most diggers driven
rom the power take -off of the
rector, the injury may be de-
ceased by operating the tractor
n second gear rather than low
tear. This reduces the speed
ratio of apron speed to forward
peed and this ratio influences
njtu'y as much as speed of the
apron, For best results the ap-
ssexin speed should be approxim,
itely the same as the forward
greed of the digger. If condi-
dons are ideal, the speed ratio
nay be reduced to .75 to 1, In
lther words the apron speed is
15 per cent slower than the for-
vard speed.
* *
Potato diggers with a gear
sox will cause less injury when
IIUY? - All the joy has gone
Put of life for "Sparky" He sow
tis master, Larry Holton, go
hrough those doors, and can't
inderstand why he doesn't come
Put and play. This lonely scene
vas duplicated hundreds of
Imes all 'over the country, as
he tearful first day of school
arrived.
the gear box is adjusted to low
gear and the tractor in second
gear. If the digger should plug
in bad areas of the field, the
transmission could then be ad-
justed to intermediate to oper-
ate through the tough spot but
to avoid injury the speed should.
be set back to low as soon as
conditions improve.
As a general rule, the apron.
speed should be as sloe as pas-
sible, depending on the digging
ecliditions.
* *
They are .X-raying pigs at La-
combe Experimental Sertion, and
no doubt people will wonder
whyl It is an interesting story
and this is clow the research men
explain the project.
* *
At the present time in order
to get a picture of the genetic
possibilities of a litter of pigs it
is necessary `o take a repre-
sentative group from the litter,
generally four rigs, two barrows
and two gilts selected at ran-
dom, and subject them to a
feeding test which culminates
in slaughtering the pigs. This
test gives a record of the group
in rate of gain, feed efficiency,
and carcass quality and together
with litter ;ize the weaning
weight can be used as a basis of
selection. Selection, of course,
is the basis of improvement. The
best pigs from the best perform-
ing litters must be selected as
breeding stock to produce each
succeeding generation.
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All of these record, with the
exception of carcass quality, can
be obtained without slaughter-
ing any pigs. However, carcass
quality is possibly the most im-
portant record of all. 11 we are
to produce a higher percentage
of lean bacon hogs we must
select for and improve this char-
acteristic. If we could evaluate
accurately the carcass quality
of a pig without having to
slaughter, we would have a
much greater number of pigs .1
select from anti consequently be
able to snake a better and faster
improvement.
* * *
Hence, the experimental work
in X-raying pigs at Lacombe.
A research project is underway
to ascertain whether the bacon
quality or potentiality of a pig
can be determined without
slaughtering it, by using X-ray.
Techniques will have to be de-
veloped and studies made of the
relationship of the relative fat
and lean as measured through
X-ray equipment, and the fat
and lean as determined by cut-
ting the carcass. This will be
done with a large number of
pigs at different stages of
growth. If a close relationship
can be established and the best
stage of growth at which to X-
ray determined, than a simple
measure of the length of the
live pig along with the relative
fat and lean from an X-ray
should give a good estimate of
its bacon quality or potential.
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With this information the best
pigs in carcass quality could be
selected as breeding stock from
the best litters from the stand-
point of litter size, weaning
weight, rate of growth, and
feed efficiency. These are the
factors which determine econo-
my of pr•oducti m
*
This phase of the work has
just started at Lacombe, says
J. G. Stothart, senior animal
husbandman at the Station. It
will take some time to appraise
all the possibilities It is another
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Odorless Paint - The delicate scent of the rose is the only odor greeting this young housewife
as she tests the new odorless alkyd paint. The introduction of odorless paint enables the decora-
tion of homes, schools, hospitals, restaurants and office buildings without occupants having to
vacate the premises to escape what once were uncomfortable paint smells.
example of research, however,
which may contribute impor-
tantly in the development of
genetically b e t t e r breeding
stock --- better from the stand-
point of overall eennomy pro-
duction,
She Wouldn't Even
Tait( To Ner Cat
They sat in their cosy little
home one night towards the end
of 1951, enjoying a first-class
dinner - a happily married
couple without a care in the
world. They chatted, laughed,
joked together. Then, suddenly,
a quarrel flared up between
t ,em.
"Apologize --- or I'll never .
speak to you again," the hus-
band snapped. She would not.
He kept his word. From that
moment, it was revealed recent-
ly in a Divorce Court hearing,
he never once spoke again to his
wife:
They went on living in the
same house, but the sentence of
perpetual silence he had impos-
ed was rigidly observed. The
wife was granted a decree nisi
on the ground of cruelty by the
husband.
To stay silent for more than
two years seems an almost
superhuman feat. But that is
not really a long period when
compared with the records -
well authenticated - of some
other people who became deli-
berately and obstinately dumb.
Take the amazing case of Miss
Lavine Guilleford, a bewitching-
ly attractive American girl who,
in the middle of the last century,
fell in love at sight with a dash-
ing young man with curly m
black hair.
She became so eager to marry
him that the wedding date was
fixed before her parents knew
what was happening. They were
strict, but they encouraged the
romance until stories began to
reach the father's ears concern-
ing the young man's character.
What he heard made him- act
swiftly. He forbade his daughter
to marry, saying: "That young
man is bad. He will bring you
nothing but sorrow."
"Whatever you •say I will al-
ways love him," 'she retorted.
"And here and now I make a
vow that unless I marry hien I
will never utter another word
to man, woman or child until
fifty years have passed."
She kept her astonishing
p 1 e d g e. Parents, relatives,
frier ds tried vainly to make her
talk,. No words passed her lips.
She even wrote notes to the ser-
vant who looked after her,
Her father died after relent•
ing on his death -bed and leav-
ing her his fortune. Meanwhile
the young man had moved to
another town and vanished from
her life, riot relishing the society
of a pretty girl who declined to
converse even with him:
Miss Guilleford refused even
to talk to her pet. eat. When the
fifty long years had elapsed, two
surviving friends of this strange
woman white-han'cd like her,
and over seventh called to
hear the first words the would
utter after lifting the veil ofsilence.
They watched herr lips move,
but no sound "erne. Her friends
were horrified r receive confir
mation of wh-t they had begun
to suspect ---khat Miss Guilleford
could no longer use her voice
She was never able to ,peak
again, M ich of 1110 fortune left
her by her father woe spent in
vain endeavours to reg Intl 1N•1'
lost voice. She died, aged
seventy nine, dumb In the end.
Because Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Halle, a Hungarian cnnple,
wanted to be "ti1': perked
couple," theyresolvedto, spend
fifteen steams together -- in
"Topper:" are just the thing for crisp fall days and early winter
wear for both mother and daughter. The head -hugging cloche,
left, with short, 'slanting brim which just skirts the hairline for
full -face flattery is for yoltng-in-heart mashers. A tricolor gros-
grain ribbon shows up well against the tan wool felt. At right.
fashion -conscious teen-agers are eyeing this sfneath, gray -,31001
felt cloche with narrow, folded gray grosgrain band. Bow at
back accentuates its fresh simplicity and is the only trim.
silence:;. After that they talked
again.
Even when their three child-
ren were born, they did not talk
to each other, neither wanting
to be the first to break the vow
of silence. Said Mr. Helie: "We
never quarrelled once in the fif-
teen years. There was no occa-
sion for argument; yet we al-
ways understood each other.
There are better ways of know-
ing the other person's mind than
by speech. have always respect -
et' my wife's opinions and I
consulted her, through one of
toe stall, or in a.note, on every
point."
Two brothers when in .their
'teens shared a tiny one -room
cabin near Canisteo, New York.
After about a year -they guar-
relled---ove, a woman they were
both In love with
So they solemnly divided the
room in half with a chalk tine
and signed an agreement never
to cross the line nor speak a
word to each others, There is
good evidence that they observ-
ed the agreement for sixty-two
years, each coming and going
by a separate door. •
And the woman? Report said
that •elle ceased to be friends
with 'either of thern, saying: "I
never knee 01004 could be so
foolish."
One of the "dumb brothers'
died in 11)40. The survivor seem
ed heart -broker.. He wept at the
funeral Theo Flt' told a relative
the whole sto-y and wept• again
over the sheer folly of both o1'
them.
"Sherd Bill of Audubon.- who
died at eighty six, sl'lol tl;v bre
fore the w121' 111 1111 Iowa infirm.
ary was lilted at the altar forty
nine ..cera eatllcr in l,3i"'tly,
but empty-hc titled blonde. who
decided at the late 103000e that
she preferred someone 01,81'
Sell -imposed. 411e.nec bad net.
ter results from the point of
view Of an Amr r u ,tet br edit who
u tie. condemned to by hanged
after pl crying it leading part in
11 prison mutiny and murder -
entre! years ago,.
He "played drnub" from the
moment he was arrested, 'The
day of execution came and 4111
rte uttOled no word to warders,
the chaplein et friends who
'idled him.
Pollee ;mdderlly decided to
try to trap him into saving
soneehing. tie ,Willed, shooks Iris
head- !het % nje 111111 a tem
posey reprieve from. the scal-
1'olt1, semline him to an tetylimi
for obeervation
Dray anti night he was Avenel -
ed.
. 1fcened. But nobody taught hint
uttering a word, not even to
himself. His incredible muteness
so fascinated the authorities
that his temporary reprieve be-
came permanent, and fifteen
years later he died a natural
death --still in prison.
But his voluntary dumbness
certainly saved him from the
hangman's rope!
Doi Daze
Alex Holmstrom el Land-
skrona, Sweden, is still an ani-
mal lover, but his faith in the
canine race is, at the moment,
a bit shaky.
Recently, while out driving
with his wife, he swerved sharp-
ly to avoid hitting a dog. The
car smacked hard into a tree
and both driver and passenger
were knocked unconscious.
A woman cyclist, witnessing
the crash, was so unnerved that
she lost control of her machine
WSW...LESSON
ltev. It. Y. Warren, ls.e\,.1t YU
Job's Struggle to Uriderntenu+t
Lite. Job 1:I; 19:7.19; 23:3-t6..
Memory Selection: Ye nf411k1
seek me, and find me, wheel ofiey
shall search for me with alike
your heart. Jeremiah 29:11
The lessons for this glraacusr
are entitled, Wisdom and, Wor-
ship in 01d Testament, They
are taken from four Old Testa-
ment books which consist.
mainly of poetry -- Job, Pro-
verbs, Psalms, and Ecclesiaatea.
We begin with two lessons from
Job, In today's -we see Job's,
struggle to understand lite. Ira
the next we shall see God':; ans-
wer to Job's perplexity.
I1 one thinks his troubles are
great let him read the book, ref
Job. P -re a wealthy. mao 10
one day lost all his property
and was bereaved of his. ten
children. "Then Job arose and
rent his mantle, and shaven ms
head, and fell down upon thle
ground and worshipped, and
said: 'Naked came 1 out oi my
mother's womb, and naked I
shall return thither: the LORD
gave, and the LORD hath tat,ru
away; blessed be the name, of
the LORD'."
Later Satan was permitted to
bring a great affliction upon Job
which all but took his life. Fie
was covered with sore boils (like
carbuncles) from head to foot.
In this hour his wife failed him.
She urged hila to curse God and
die. A man can endure a gra.ri.
deal as long as his wife stands
by him. But Job's wife acted
foolishly. Then three trieeda
came and tried tc convince hind,
that his sufferings were punish,
ment for his sin. He must he e
hypocrite. In spite of all, Joh
maintained faith in God.
Job couldn't understand WJIy
he should suffer so, God st etued
far away. Nevertheless he es:
claimed triumphantly: "But h"
knoweth the way that 1 1at1:a:
when He hath tried me, 1 shall
come forth as gold." God knew
even though Job didn't. Re
'vas content in that faith. When
the proving was over he would
he a better man.
It is wise to take this atii:m.le
when we suffer.
and hit the same tree ---knot
ing herself out,
The owner of the dog tirade t4
frantic effort to secure his pet,
and for his pains was bitten
severely on nose and face. All
four easualtiee were taken to
hospital in the one ambulance,
The dog loped off home.
Drive, With Care
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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ALL FOR "1.Ai 0t1I" Professor Kenneth Event of Cornell Univer.-
sity, works on the.frret oY th aµ rr,lrals for the Nebraska capital
at Lincoln. They will codt role oture 15. by 24 tent. This one,
"Lobar of the Handl," will be Installed shortly. The others,
"Labors of the 1-learI," arid "Labors of the Head," he pinna try
6111351 00 s bbitl•a:tl loove. ProFessor Evert was one of 2ti what
competed for the tub.