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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-10-19, Page 7//1,61?E,EN )11111MB (Won S:Uni A. good evil should eon ist about 45 per vent leek material, 5 per Teitt olganie matter. 3() (col cent air and 20 per cent watt r. Fie •quent additions orgitate arintially if possible, ;nut the least practical ainettuit of tillage con stitute much towned keeping the soil in this woodition. A good start on veil a program could be Made this fall. All soils, escePt Peat tout inuck labia ;are ;organic soils, originate front some kind of rock. 1 a piece of rock ht heated and then .cold water poured ;over ;it, it will break into pieces. That is exaetly what happeue. iu nature. The sInl heat,: the rock and then rain ;or slum suddenly ;fools it, with the result that it cracks. Water seeps down into the cratits,•and ,when it freezes it enlarges them possibly Conning come new °nee. This foicreful break- ing of the sock la the first step in the formation ;of any and all Further Breakdown As the rain water falls ;to the earth, it picks elp small atuounts .of substances that form creak mitts, in the soil, these ;Mktg set on the freshly broken rock, helping to break it into still sandier pieces and liberating .cliemical .compounds that plants are able to use.as food. The breaking down ;oi melt by chemical and mechanical means is called weathering. As rock weathers, it forms parti• ;cies that vary greatly in sizes. Some may be as large ae .gravel and ;others the size ,of sand. The latter are a .good bit smaller than gravel, but they are -still large .enough so that separate !pieces .can ;be seen, Some,of the rocks chunk ;down into particles tailed -silt, which are so smallethat they ;cannot cbe seen With the naked. c_eye, Amu ;must be ob- served -under .a microseope. Importance ;of Clay Finally, sonte;voek "beeontes cies, which has particles so small that many r of them ;cannot .even be seen With an ;orclinatie •Microscope. In wet -weather, :these small ,elay 'par- tieles .may :absorb water and •swell up 'like Are, .then cdey .out and he - tome .small. again. These small ;c1w particles .are the chemically :acfive fraction ccd the soil ileum which plants tobtiin most ,of their nutri- ents, so Important to good 'healthy growth. Nut all trock's are alike, and that is ,why soils ;differ in varied local- ities. .Some weather So produce a large cpereentage.of ,cley, With little sand and Silt; others become mostly sand, and ;others -mostly silt. Soils. however, were not necessarily pro - Ahmed in the plaoe where they are ?gm island. In same cases, the rock was ground exp by a glacier, and The small Pieces transported by wind -or water to a new location. If these steal particles occurred as separate pieces, they would form A -compact mass. This is easily illus- trated by -filling a glass of water with the following materials: Marbles to represent gravel, buck - bot for sand, table salt for silt and icer for clay. The result would be A close -fitting mass, since the smale ler particles fill in the spaces be- tween the larger ones. Room for Air A compact rock mixture made of the various -sized particles might not support plant _growth, because it would be so dense as to exclude air and water. What prevents the solid packing of soil in nature is that clay particles combine into slumps or aggregates in which per- ItaPs 1,000 or more particles are joined together. If organic material is present in the soil, it will form a coating to bind the clay aggregate together weakly. On drying out, a granule HERE'S VISIIINS Cir BACK AGAIN WITH MORE VOCAL FIREWORKS When he's not &peaking, Aedrei anearievich Vishinsley is a smil- ing, benign, .grandfatherly type of man. But nobody ever accused him •of anything like that settee he hegine talkittg. Russia% Foreign Miatiste,e, who heads the Soviet delegation to the UN's September 'General Assembly is about as ;bombastic an orator as Russia has ,on its team. Just as ;devious as Malik and sarcastic as Gromyko, he has .a .fine explosive -quality all Ids own. Vishinsky's .vocal .fireworks first splashed into prominence in 1936-38, when he was prosecutor ;of the Trottleyist Zinovief er ro r i $ t" groups in Moscow. A .cierrespon- •dent, reporting the trial, wrote then: "Some .of his former students gasped as they saw She once -mild- mannered professor turn tiger, run his hand over his teed hair, shout until his pince-nez trembled on his nose and hurl blazing epithets at the soused:" * The red hair is now white and the -pince-nez have been replaced •by plain spectacles, but the Mae - is formed that may retain its form for several months. The granule leaves ;open spaces in the soil, in the way a particle of sand does, which permits free movement of air and water—and the ,develop- ment of plant roots. Cultivates Hints Too much tilling of the soil han- ders air circulation rather than helping it, Inc when eais worked, some -of the clay aggregates are destroyed. The soil becomes so tern - pact that there is little room for air, water and for the hairs of the roots. Addition of organic material and a period of rest are the most effi- cient ways of restoring the produc- tivity of such massed soil. The drying action of sun and freezing temperatures also do much to help the process. Cover crops serve a dual purpose. They add organic matter when plowed under: also, the roots of winter rye and other plants of the grass family do much to encourage the reforming of the clay aggregates, to bring soil back into a condition that will produce the kind of plants every good gar- dener wants to grow. Cover crops are sown in late summer and through the fail, and are dug un- der in early spring. German K,K.K„—Tjqing- a wine cellar and candlelight, members. of a Kilt-Kittj-1<lan in .ivitinitili, Germany, e.wear in a new !nun- ber at (-emir e, to 1 the only •K.K.K. outside of the wae started by trounbers Of a Gerrnart • Artists! club, Tigette;;1 the Germans wear boo& like American Ku-Xfuxers, their rtile3 awl laws are reported to he different. ing epithets ere, still around. One spectator, svh.e witnessed a Vishin- sky outburst on his last visit here, said. "I bet if they looked down his throat they'd itsd claws on his vocal chords." Nowadays. Visbinekete is at. his oratorical best in his attacks ou the United States. He has re- peatedly blasted U.S. "reactionary circles" for "war-mougering." He has accused the U.S.. of holding the atom bomb .as a "sword of Damo- cles suspended over our heads by a single thread." His speeches are usually lengthy. punctuated with wild wavings of the arms and spiced with little fables and quo.tatiena 'On at les:: one •-occasion, his love of fables and quotatione, got him into trouble—literary tremble, at any rate. At the Paris Foreign Ministers' .Confereece fast year, he tossed in what he said was a -quoea- tion from the Bibles -You should not try to cath fleas. lest et carnet slip through your fingers." 4 That gent etarted a 25 -minute discussion among the delegates re- garding fleas. camels end the Bible. Other delegates said the quotation didn't appear ie. their Bibles. Fin- ally, Visbinsky said he leas teuoring the St, Vladimir version. That ended the dismission. He is also given to angry on - bursts against everything in gen- eral and r.othing in particular. like this one at tite General Assembly meeting last year: "A time will come when vengeance will be Wreaked agair.at those who violate the charter. and their instruments will be turned against thew-" Vishiesky is of the old guarel of Russian political figures. His revolutionary career dates back to SAI.CeSegAtiliS Can't talk any longer, dear; It's Erie to quit evcrir new." !HE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH - 15 YOUR COMMUNITY AHD TqE HOW: RIGHTAIZOOD YOU- READ ABOUT THEM IN POUR OMETOWN NEMPAPER HO; UM, end ht; can boast of -tenancy in some of the Czar's finest jails. He fought during the revolution, and Seined the Communist Party soon after. e Vishinsley is a lawys.r. and it was through law that he entered politics. He is called "one of the fathers oi the Soviet judicial system." That system, with father Vishinsky tit - tins as state prosecutor, resulted in the ruthless liquidation of ate. opposition- He was the state prosecutor from 1935 to 1039. Besides precasting law for the state. Vishinsky also sanest it and wrote about it. Among his more than 1Cel looks are stuh. voluntes ase "The Law ef the Soviet Smte" and "Trotekyisre irt the Service c.f Fascism Against Socialism. and Peace." He also dashed. off a book called -The USSR and World Peace." Vishinsky r.as mwarded for his brilliant career at legal liquidation with the post of deputy commissar for freign affairs in 1542.. Since then. he's taken part in virMally every important ieternational eon- ference, 'from the Pottdam Con- ference onward. 5 s In March, 1949, be succeeded as minister of foreign affairs. The re.ove, at that time, aroused. -considerable *or/tit-aide specie:at:on. Diplomats wondered if 1: moain any change in Soriet policy. So Ear, it hasn't. Tbe Visbinsky for -Molotov s.stvitclt has turned on: to be sort of a dielematie platecon systern—Mcleteee is a de- fensive type. Vishinsky highly aggressive. Back in 1937. when he •.s. -as the state prosecutor and thus the sym- bol el Russian law and order. an American newsmagazine *rote: 'Years of Sovtee press, radio and cinema propaganda have' made his ominous features spell "nit Law' to millions of Russians." Tc -day, second only to Stalin. his still -ominous features spell 'Russia' to millions of lociericans. Carelessness of Smokers Greatest Cause of Fires Only a cigarette stub still burn- ing; only a match thrown away unextinguiehed—but each year In Canada one third of all fires are due to such causes. The average value of these .,:titokers fires is small, $197 in. 949: and the total loss due to • mokers fires, 53.5 millionor about 5.45: c.f. the total. But there ne guarantee that a stnall fire silt not develop into a big one and because of the nature of these sneakers fires, eaused often by people smoking in bed, death e=etimes results. The figures ndicate the need of greater care by smokers in disposing of their matches, half iiurned cigars or cigarettee, even ;,pe$ tot:taming burning tobacco. Here is an example. A young 'or. -,art smoking on a chesterfield rose to go home. She rested her :ialf burned cigarette on an ash :ray en the chesterfield cushion intending to pick it up. But she never did; put on her coat and honie. The cigarette later bureed oe until it Gverbalanceeei, fell doter, between the cushions of the chesterfield anti i the middle of the night fire broke out ca.:sing the toss of two lives. Itt another itte:tanee a young man erd his wife were visiting his obi home one. evening. Just before :hey left, while picking up some odds and ends so take to eerie new flat, the youn.g man lit a cigarette took a puff or two. His ribe toceked it up did the sante er.O: - after a few puffs they :eft, fearing the burning cigarette, balanced on the edge of ash tray cm te:e .1:rang room table. As it burned along it fin- ally tilted over and fell on the table doth. There it burned through 4/!se tzlek cloth, the sil- enee cioth and was borning into the- weleut- • reible.- Jnst- before terr.ing 4".alt clic iglus me mother smelt- something- burning- and found ee!ms v.-ettld have been a nice little laze in a few mere minutes. Match in Waste Basket In a busy office a hardworking • executive Et his eigareueshock bit match- and sinking he had ex- tlnguished it avid flicked it into . his -.taste paper basket which im- mediatele fiered up in a blaze leur e: 155 feet high. A good : fire estingtz7rher handily pieced and z:le Se: that the floor was firepre,t.f rrevenzed wha: might ht's de,elrped into a series blaze. Even pipe 5111f4i5r5 havt been kr:own T.:, 55: fL,il fire be -- cause they pm :heir pipes still it in ti -.tit hazards cif smokers' tires is always r reserr heeause so raarly pec,c,te new snieke arc: h's so earee- to, be ezrelese edth a cig- aretterile remedy is more tare, WIlat's the re;:t mos: nommen cau te of fire t According to the Dominion: Fire Centmissioner'e report, let stoves, furnacee, boilers and smoke pipes. These 6:etotalled 5.573 and total monetary loss $4,640,026 an, average of $833 in 1949. Here the big consideration is t0. keep stoves, finnacee,pipes, fines, etc., clean and in good operating condition and not to overheat_ them, In the winter season it's very easy to get a stove or inmate overheated with a resulting fire, especially if the stove or furnace or pipes are not properly insulated. Piles tof rubbish or accumulations, of grease o:- oil near or on cook stoves, etc., are a serious hazard. Third or. the list of Ere causes is electrical wiring and apParatus.. Fire prevention c,ifkiate stress the need of having any wiring in the house or factOry done prepeily and the need of using appliances that have been approve./ by some recognized authority, such at provincial hydro conamistior.s, etc. These electrical fires in 1949 totalled. 4,918 telth a monetary loss 01 $6,723."3.35 551 average of $1,3ifet. Irons Neglected One th, most common perils is leaving electrical appliances such as irons turned on. It's so easy, if a person is called to the _doer. to leave the iron on, thinking you'll be back in a minute. It may turn ant to be somebody wanting eeee to go to tend a sick neighbor, In any case you forget and a fire results.. A kettle may go dry or a faulty cord reay short circuit. So itt 5515 titipbrnrit eeca.'or rceiucl,e lsIhta:. all elSce in good shape and that everything tttrned orf before it is left,. Then there are hot ashes, coals, open tires. Even ye:, in spite of all ;bat has beta published about the danger. many people persist in putting hot coats in woad. even cardboard containers. This is only a direet invitation to. fere. More- over don't forger. that if you cause a fire it your own beree by putting hot cal, in a wooden or eardhaard box you will invalidate ycur fire irirttraree Antong the other causes of fee the careless use of kersee, gaso- line, eti:„ requires special attention. Newspaper stories too often tell of fires cattsel eceuring leeroeene cg gasoline or, a fire to make it burn • more readily—resuit a fire, probe enrle,sie,r. hl death. • Compared With U.K. When Canadians rehre that fire cards in the first eight menths around $52 rii"ions ccnipared Iti minion rounds or 30 nti!:iott 1 -.acs in the 1..nited islircdina with a population 1, about three times that of Canada, se.ver. nrintiit. it emphasises the need of g,reatt:r csre. ; Here are t;f:e. common. rattSeS of it itt Cr,nada and the "...rather nlse. ORIGIN OF FIRES IN CANADA, 1949 Nc. of Property Fires Loss $ 57'0a d Iflet.545 fisi-.et. fu%nanet. issil,r; Zr. sritoke Elen....rir-i ,ciring tla app3iawnte 4 ':;1'.z v23 3Z9 If..•.:ses 2'53 73is.442 Deft 'th-,- iii overheated chinineps & flue.s .. _,..z.!2 1)29271-1;-' at, . co -a% tt” -3nts; 1:443h:70 -.1.3.7i.inl; 7.tss'...i.s38 7 szhts. .,trter eller. electri7 1,113 1.1.4.213 1.11.4 47:3,444 e,....3 .75.244 5i-5,-; 1..3t[:9,321 42,1 :12 --*8..367 240 lt,i7:52,404 Eighteing Sea:ics ro :s fres ir.:aee.ms it'e Itt endiaritro kno :n causes s explosions tire s.nrl,s. frtoti ;rt. hot grease or metal. :steam arsi hot s.tr..e.:- 9:155. eto 4 4 010 102 Unks:- s 733 32 ;<.!". 'AO TOTAL :Block -Busting by 0-20`S—Ficture a: left '4tows huge North Korean heavy industry pant at Stishirt after bombing raids on .two ccnsecnti70 4rLys Ly Nave. and Air Force planes, Nist more than 10 per cent destruction is evident. Then they sent in the B -29's. Picture at right Slows what was let't of the plant after the it. IC:c4.e 1 only two out of 4 row o,:•*.' eight 1,uilding.s remain standing arAl th ee.are burned out. The entire complex of build* ings at is rithing gtr.ted v.,,isted. steel. The rewe tructures at (3) is jukt ire vff the tr an and C'eA; V471r• 11".*Yr,i 7r. TF..5 rP.;7-«:,! r.,nr;nthnt (4Y 5 snmihed in many ph,..Ps.