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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-12-30, Page 7The latest issue of that very nteresting publication, ESSO Perm News, carries a story about in Ontario Stock Feeder who ms proved that it pays to spend tnoney in order to cut labor tests, Wo found it so 'tntorest- ng that I am taking the liberty if reproducing it in ease some ►f my readers haven't seen It. * a * The trend toward methods,. And means to reduce costs of operation on the farm continues he full swing. While the prices which farmers receive for their products have declined the cost of things which the farmer must buy remains at high levels. The only avenue still left to farm- ers for a financially successful operation lies in reduced cost of toperation. One trend has been toward a larger operation. As J. W, Maus, Ayr ant, sees it, "Six hundred dollars coining in to a farmer with six farms is a more profit- able oieration than one hundred dollars coming in to each of six individual farmers." But Mr. Maus is combining the larger operation with more efficient use of labor to keep his costs down, At the present time he farms about 1,700 acres of several farms and has made changes in his barns that, as he puts it, "One man does a lot of work" Dry feeding around 1,500 head of steers a year can mean a lot of labor. Mr. Maus has convert- ed a number of barns to make the labor go further. Taking one of his remodelled barns as an example of his operation, he replaced the wood . supports and beams with steel. He was surprised to find that the difference in costs between the wood and steel was just around one hundred dollars. He divided the ground level into long pens. Concrete alleys yun the length of the pens and the feed troughs are right along- side. At the top of the pens are constant -level water troughs, The pens in this building can handle up to 320 head. Pester Boy — Kwon Kwang Nam is poster boy of the far East Air forces' drive for funds to buy things for children at Myong Jin Orphanage in Seoul, Korea. It's an annual event. The entrances to the pens are open to permit the cattle to en- ter and leave 'at all times. "The climate in Ontario is inclined to be damp and chilly during the winter so I feel we need a fair amount of protection for our stock," says Mr. Maus, Straw Is used for bedding and the resulting manure is easily removed by a tractor with a front-end loader. Hay, straw and grain is stored in the huge mow, Feeding grinding and mixing is done here too. The mixed feed is let clown through a feed chute to the floor below where feed carts can be wheeled directly under the chute and quickly and easi- ly loaded. Salt blocks are kept in the feed troughs but sono fine salt is mixed in with the ground. feed. With this arrangement it takes little work to feed out the stock. The whole set-up is de- signed for efficient operation, Last winter one man and a 16 - year old boy looked after this barn with 320 head and another 126 cattle and about 80 hogs, with the exception of cleaning out the manure, While Mr. Maus raises about 125 calves a year most of his feeder stock is bought in West- ern Canada and the biggest part of that in Alberta, He stil talks about the 1,000 head of fat cat- tle lie bought in the Lethbridge district a year ago last August. He claims they were the best he ever handled. When Imperial Farm News visited him this last August he was feeding 140 head of blacks and 40 of whitefaces for the Royal Winter Fair, all bought in Alberta. Naturally, there is a lot of feed involved in an operation of this size. While he grows a lot of it he still must buy a good-sized chunk. This last June he put up a couple of stacks, each from about'50 to 60 acres, from top clippings of surplus pasture. The clippings were dumped on the ground and then bull -dozed into a stack. A bull- dozer packed it firmly. He al- lows there is some spoilage by this method and it certainly is not as good as a surface trench silo. Still, it was surplus and fed well. Mr. Maus doesn't believe you can beat corn for finishing cat- tle but he concedes there are times when price relationships make barley a nighty attractive feed. In Canada, the production of finished cattle is just about even- ly divided between Eastern and Western Canada, But where the Western rancher and feeder operates on a large scale by far the largest part of the finished cattle produced in Eastern Can- ada come from a multitude of small feeders -- the man who takes in a carlot of 10 to 40 head each fall. Recently there has been a trend to a little larger scale operation and in south- western Ontario feeders are taking on 150 to 200 head with an odd one handling up to 400 head. Mr. Maus' operation rep- resents larger and a new trend in Eastern Canada. STRONG MAN WANTED Miss Hamida Banu, of Jod- hpur, is looking for a husband, but he must be some kind of a superman. Miss Bann, who is a professional wrestler, has of- fered to marry any man who can throw her out of the ring. So far three have tried; two were knocked clean out and the third was pinned down in five seconds. She is still looking round for her Dream Wrestler. VIE Inst -Size Arrival --• "Pudgie,4 si year-old pigmy hippopotamus from Liberia, takes e pee around as he arrives In Now York, When full grown, Pud.pple will weigh only ono -tenth as much as et full-grown kiggs*, Taking sore er the animal is Retty D'An,ore, SFR *Hine stewardess. For Holiday — For Every Day -- Fashioned after a Tibetan heads dress, the luxurious blue -and -turquoise velvet dinner hat, lefts is crested with a diamond plume. Diamond earrings and bagu- ette necklace set off the exotic creation, recently modeled in Paris, France. To get back to the workaday world, man -tailored shirts of combed cotton, right, are offered this season in multi- color or charcoal -gray stripe, or may be had in other designs. They're styled for either coed or office worker. Sought One Treasure And Fouled A Voir A ship laden with pearl -shell was running before a gale through the Torres Strait, off North Australia, when she came face to face suddenly with a coral reef. She was the schooner Lancashire Lass, returning to her Queensland port one day in 1890. Her skipper looked for a gap in the reef, but in vain, It seem- ed there was nothing he could do to avoid being wrecked. Then came a chance in a mill- ion. As the boat was about to crash into the foaming wall, a huge wave came up behind her and carried her over the reef into the calm water of the la- goon beyond, No Way Out Her crew were fervently thankful, but when the wind died down they could find no way out of the lagoon. The cor- al barrier was all around them. They had to jettison their precious pearl -shell and float their ship across the reef at high tile. When they returned to port and told the story of their mir- aculous escape, the ship's own- ers fitted out another and light- er vessel, and sent her with a diver to recover the cargo at the bottom of the lagoon. The diver reported that not only was their cargo safe, but it was rest- ing on top of a great mound of Spanish silver dollars. Perhaps a Spanish galleon was wrecked there hundreds of years before while sailing to the Philippines, though there is no trace of a sunken vessel. Or perhaps the galleon also had had to jettison her cargo. Castaways Disappear This is just one of the exciting stories of lost treasure in Bill Beatty's colourful and enter- taining collection of Australian folk lore, "Come a Waltzing Matilda." He tells also this story of treasure still waiting to be found. In 1656 the Dutch ship Gilt Dragon was sailing from Hol- land to Java with 80,000 golden guilders and a great quantity of silver ingots on board when she was wrecked off Australia. Months later seven survivors arrived in a long -boat in Ba- tavia harbour with the story that their treasure had been brought ashore safely before the boat sank. But when ships arrived in Australia to pick up the rest of the castaways and the gold, they found no trace of men or coins. Then, a few years ago, a boy discovered a cave along the coast of Western Australia, the mouth of which was partly blocked by huge boulders. In- side was a crumbling skeleton, and some Dutch and Spanish gold and silver coins, dated be- tween 1618 and 1648. But no clue to the treasure hoard. In 1875 two men found in the surrounding country a ring of stones, about six feet in dia- meter, Stones are scarce in that district and these were thought to have been brought up from the shore. They did not mark the spot, however, as they did not know the story of the Gilt Dragon. A shepherd once saw the ring ' of stones, but he, too, did not mark the spot. So there the puzzling ring remains, perhaps a clue to hidden treasure. 13i11 Beatty believes there may be a pirates' hoard some- where on Booby Island, off North Australia -- headquarters of the only real pirates Aus- tralia has ever known. This fes- cinating book contains many legends, tales of mystery and stories of bushrangers and other famous and infamous charac- ters. HARD TIMES? The Rotarian magazine has some fine philosophy for busi. ness and sales people. It's the psychological effect that de- pressive talk has. It begins with the French ar- tist who sat sipping his wine in a cafe. Spying t headline "Hard Times Coming" in a newspaper on his table, he can- celed his order for a second bot- tle of vin and explained why. "Hard times?" exclaimed the cafe owner, "Then my wife must not order that silk dress." "Hard times?" said the dress- maker. "Then I must not re- model my shop," "Hard times?" sighed the con- tractor. "Then I cannot have my wife's portrait painted." After receiving the letter from the contractor canceling the order to paint his wife's portrait, the artist went back to the cafe and picked up the same newspaper he had read there before. Studying it more close- ly, he found that it was two years oldt WINTER FOOT GAGE An old lady who had lived to be 103 years old without ever having a cold was recently asked by reporters covering her birth- day celebration how she man- aged to avoid this common ail- ment. She said: "Well, as soon as the cold weather comes, I stay indoors. I never stir outdoors from the first frost until Spring comes." Which is fine if you can man- age it. But most of us are eitla er rearing a family or earning a living, and we find it necessary to brave the elements whether we want to or not. So we need some more practical advice. Since a good part of the an- nual toll exacted by colds re- sults from cold and wet feet, it is a wise precaution to start at the bottom, with your feet. Don't overprotect them. Swarf. dling feet with heavy galoshes, overshoes or rubbers deprives them of air, resulting in an ac- cumulation of moisture, which brings chafing, blisters, some- times swelling — and, of course, damp feet make you more likely to catch cold. Give your feet regular exer- cises at the end of each day to keep the blood circulating prop- erly and to limber up muscles. This can also be done during the day, in a more limited fashion, by wiggling your toes inside your shoes and by rotating your foot from the ankle. Two good end -of -day exercis- es are these: (1) Stand on your bare toes until you've stretched up as high as you can, Then point your feet inward. This is wonderful for strengthening the arch, (2) Sit down in a chair and rest your feet on a stool or otto. man. Hold one end of a folded towel in each hand and place the sole of your bare foot in the centre of the loop. Bend your knee and then push as hard as you can against the towel. Do this alternately with both legs about 40 or 50 times. This exer- cise strengthens the calf muscles, which frequently ache when you change from high -heeled shoes into low-heeled walking shoes for stormy weather promenades. The right shoes and a little care can mean the difference be- tween a winter of sniffles and painful feet or warm comfort underfoot, SCIIOOL LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren, Rev. B. 13. Warren, B.A., 13 D, The Bible, Our Authority 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Hebrews 4:13; 2 Peter 1:16.21, Memory Selection: These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Sou of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name. john 20:31. It is apropriate that the first lesson of the year should direct our thoughts to the authority of the Bible. The main purpose of the Bible is "That ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believ- ing ye might have life through his name." This brings hope to the soul. The question is often asked, "Why do you hold the Bible in higher esteem than other goad books?" The reason is that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for cor- rection, for instruction in right- eousness." "The word of God is quick and powerful, and sharp- er than any two-edged sword." The apostles believed this and preached accordingly. The fruit of their ministry indicated the correctness of their position. Arnold's Comentary tells of an incident in the life of Robert Ingersoll, the famous infidel. He had delivered one of his tirades ridiculing the inspiration of the Bible, pointing out what he termed its errors and assailing the reality of the Christian. faith. A humble appearing man arose and with no attempt to answer Ingersoll's arguments simply gave his testimony. For years he had been a great sinner, giv- en to drink and abusive to his family. Tlien his life had been transformed by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. He had a happy home, He asked, "Mr. Ingersoll, would you advise me to abandon my faith, in accord- ance with your declaration that the Bible is untrue and Christ- ianity a false religion?" Mr, Ingersoll dropped his head, hes- itated a moment, then replied: "Keep your faith." Let us search the Scriptures daily! By MEADER G. PATTINGTON NEA Special Correspondent For wacky events in the, lar- ceny business, 1954 was a vint- age year. Auto thieves, burg- lars and stick-up artists acted out zany plots that isnot have Martin and Lewis complaining of plagiarism. The alibi list, for instance, could have been written by a TV gag -man. At Los Angeles, a 240 -pound burglar who forced his way into a doctor's office claimed after his capture that he seeking reducing pills. A man in Hamilton, Ont,, charged with stealing a $1.50 pair of glasses, insisted he only took them to "see my way out of the store." And late one night at Chicago, two youths surrounded by hack- saws and wrenches and nabbed on the roof of a packing house, said, "Honest, officer, we were just looking for girls." Then there was the fellow at Cincinnati who swallowed a dose of heroin to avoid arrest on narcotics charges. When police pumped the drug from his stomach, he loudly demand- ed his freedom claiming the cops got the evidence without a search warrant. - e< * Loonier even than alibis was some of the year's odd loot. Thieves broke into a shoe plant at Brockton, Mass., and took on- ly one item: a watchdog named Judy. At Thurmont, Md., a snake farm reported the theft of a king snake, a rat snake, two corn snakes, a five-foot boa constrictor and $30. And the only loot from a drug store heist in Hamilton, Canada, was two dozen bottles of castor oil. Another burglar at Bethel, Conn., entered a doctor's office, ignored a safe and valuable drugs but took two books, "Childbirth Without Fear", and "Obstetrical Techniques," Thieves who might be movie fans stole a king-size bag of popcorn — four feet high and two feet around—from a plant at Missoula, Mont. Crooks are getting stronger, it seems, for stolen at Houston, Tex., were 29 lead balls, weigh- ing 150 pounds each. Other un- wieldy items were a 1,000 -pound copper kettle, stolen at Racine, Wis., and 600 feet of snow fence lifted at Watkins, Colo. At least one other theft has a long list of ready-made sus- pects. A shop was burglarized of two men's suits, a $150 camera and $45 in cash. The place: Toyotama Prison. A man at Atlantic City, N.J., released after serving a car theft sentence, stole a 1949 Lincoln, abandoned same for a '53 Cadillac, drove to Pennsyl- vania and switched to a '54 Mer- cury, After his arrest, he told officials, "A new automobile always fascinates me." Another thief at Merced, Calif„ made off with a station wagon from a local mortuary, but left it behind in a hurry when he found that it held a corpse. A patrolman's car in Columbus, Ohio, suddenly back- fired loudly, causing a running thief to stop and throw up his hands. And in San Bernardino, Calif., when asked if he got the license number of the car driven by as- sailants wive robbed and slugged him, the victim held up the en- tire license plate he had ripped from the car as it drove away, * w e~ At Shively, Ky., after being looted of $50, an insurance firm sadly admitted that its loss had not been insured. A few thieves were polite. One at Edmonton, Alta., broke into a house, cooked a meal, dirtied the dishes, slept in a bed, stole a tie clip and lighter, then left behind a note: "I thank you for the use of your house." Another at Dallas, Tex., charg- ed with a meat market safes, cracking job, told police that be- fore he left he had carefully locked the store's front door, "I didn't want some thief," he explained, "to come along and steal all the man's meat." Two gunmen in Chicago, find- ing a homeowner out, enter- tained his children and baby- sitter with fairy tales until he returned, then relieved him of $4,525 in cash and $7,000 in jewelry. And a grateful gunman in Hartford, Conn., after taking $50 from a woman, kissed his victim and said, "You are such a nice woman." * ,, ,, For some men, stealing was easy. Shown a .45 -cal. automatic in a Glendora, Calif., store, the customer admiringly loaded it, pointed it at the clerk, walked out with a gun and $41. A sign on a hardware safe in Du Quoin, I11., read: "Positively not locked, No money in safe. Turn handle and open." Burg- lars followed instructions, made off with $700. At Denver, a city detective twice had his license plates lift- ed—'and twice got a traffic ticket before his colleagues knew of his plight. Philadelphia cops had their prowl car stolen. The police office safe at Ferndale, Wash., was robbed of .$200. A bold thief at Bridcport, walked off with the station house pay telephone. And the ultimate was reached at St. Catharines, Ont„ where someone looted a house of many things — including the kitchen sink.