HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-04-10, Page 3Fine Antidote For
Too Much Gun.Flay
Around dinnertime the o t !te
night we walked into a living roost
that rang with pistol shots, screams
and hoofbeats. Somebody on the
radia wits having a had time. Then
the hubbub died clown and we ap-
preciated the quiet, The outlaw had
evidently been cornered and gave
up; once more the Ione Ranger
cowboy had done a public service.
While an announcer told our own
cowboys stretched before the radio
to print name and address on the
back of a box -top, we were think-
ing about the rest of the week. The
next night wouldn't bo the Ranger;
it would be Hopelong who went
through the pistols -screams -hoof-
beats formula, and the night after
that someone else ---with our cow-
boys not missing one of them, For
it seems that cowboys (both on the
radio and in the living room) are
here for a while.
The best antidote we know is the
CBC's school broadcasts, now in
their tenth year,. An estimated
600,000 Canadian school children
hear half-hour programs planned
by a teacher -broadcaster commit-
tee. The broadcasts are used by
teachers as an integral part of their
lessons, and include suck things as
programs dealing with famous Can-
adians and full-length radio ver-
sions of 'Shakespeare's plays. Last
year the Department of Transport
issued 8,252 free radio licenses to
schools. The CBC and provincial
departments of education spend
about $200,000 annually for the
school broadcasts. This spring,
after seven years' of service, Dr,
W. P. Percival, Director of Prot-
estant Education in Quebec, retired
as Chairman of the National Ad-
visory Council on School Broad-
casting; Dr. R. O. MacFarlane, De..
puty Minister of Education for
ivfanitoba, succeeded him, Wo have
no idea how many adults listen to
cowboy shows, but the CBC tells
us that many school broadcast pro-
grams have higher rating of adult
listenership than other day -time
programs.
—An Editorial in "Saturday Night"
Toronto
CORRECT
After the service one Sunday
morning the vicar was approached
by an old lady who expressed ap-
preciation of his sermon, "Why,
Vicar," she said, "you tan never
know what your sermon meant to
me. It was just like water to a
drowning man,"
IJE FARM FRC
Joktazs,ell
It isn't touch of an exaggeration
to say that a real revolution is
nuderway iii agricultiue. It is a
biochemical revolution in the pro-
duction of cereals, meats and other
foods, that is bringing treat animals
and plants to maturity—and the
market --in greater quantifies and
more speedily than ever before.
* * *
One of the most important of
these developments is the new syn-
thetic sow's milk formulated with
terramycin. I have already referred
to it in these columns, but I know
tliat a little fuller information about
it won't be amiss.
* *
Herbert J, Luther is the name
of the nutritionist who composed
the original formula, and before
announcing his discovery last No-
vember he had tested it—and var-
ious variations of it—on no less
than 500 baby pigs in his laboratory
as well as supervising the testing
of an additional 3,000 on cotmner-
cial hog farms. The milk is com-
pounded of skint cow's milk, lard,
fish solubles, vitamins and miner-
als. Baby pigs taken from their
mothers at 24 to 48 hours learn
without difficulty to drink it from
a trough.
* * *
At 5 weeks, having been fed all
they will drink of the synthetic
milk, with dry pig starter kept
constantly before then from age
2 weeks on, the "sucklings" weigh
in the neighborhood of 35 pounds
and are ready to go on feed. The
three weeks saved over pigs suckl-
ed bythe t e sow gives the synthetic-
ally -fed pigs is a big head start.
The explanation is that terramycin
as a feed supplement exerts its
greatest stimulation in the first
weeks of a young animal's life,
* * *
The new discovery is not merely
a replacement for sow's milk; it is
also the harbinger of a new way
of life for hog raisers—and for
swine. It opens the way to new
practices that can revolutionize the
breeding and feeding of hogs and,
particularly, their care in the suckl-
ing stage. It makes available to
agriculture a tool that can revolu-
tionize swine raising and increase
enormously the amount of neat
available to the consumer.
* * *
The story of the synthetic milk
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What, No Tin Cans?—Having given up hope of finding a tin can
at an international agriculture exhibition in Paris, this billy -goat
who hails from Normandy, condescends to accept'a handful of
hay from five-year-old Anne -Marie Vergne. Her bearded friend
was judged one of the best animals raised on European forms.
has its beginnings in the develop-
ment by chemists of the antibiotics,
chemicals produced by molds,
which immobilize or kill disease -
causing organisms. \Vhen it was
learned that addition of antibiotics
to the regular feed consumed by
poultry and swine would increase
their rate of growth sharply, the
earth -mold drugs became impor-
tant economically to agriculture.
* * *
Animal nutrition studies indicated
clearly that the younger the animals
were when they began to get anti-
biotics, the more impressive have
been the gains in their rate of
growth. With chicks, studies have
shown, if the antibiotic feed is
given the day after they are hatch-
ed, the rate of growth gain can
ruts as high as 50 per cent at four
weeks; if it is begun four weeks
after hatching the rate of gain is
much less impressive; if begun
after eight weeks, still smaller; and
if not begun until after 12 weeks
there is almost no gain over nor-
mal, non -antibiotic -fed, chickens.
* * *
The problem with swine was dif-
ferent, Young pigs normally suckle
Useful Hints For the
Or For The Man Inters
Pipe -Smoker
ding To Start
That great essayist, Charles
Lamb, wrote—"May my last breath
be drawn through a pipe"—a ratan
of much wisdom.
ON CHOOSING A PIPE
A heavy or hot smoker may
prefer a bowl with thick walls,
since the more wood there is in
the bowl wall, the more heat it
can absorb from the burning to-
bacco. Choose a pipe, however
which .can be held comfortably
between the teeth. To gauge the
weight and balance, hold the pipe
be the end of the mouthpiece be-
tween the forefinger and thumb.
If you have dentures, a light-
weight bowl with medium or short
stent is generally :host suitable.
There are also specially designed
mouthpieces that can be easily held
between dentures,
ON CHOOSING TOBACCO
"I cannot get on with a pipe
.. it burns my tongue."
How often this has been said.
The pipe is invariably blamed for
this sensation, whereas more often
than not the fault lies in the choice
of tobacco.
Many smokers choose a mild
blend but 'mild' is a somewhat itis -
leading description. So-called 'mild'
tobaccos smoke hotter thau full
strength tr,'taccos. It should be re-
membered that fine-cut tobaccos
are not so cool as medium or
coarse -cut, moist tobaccos sruof;e
hotter than city ones and very dry
tobaccos burn too freely. Trot
smoking leads to a burnt tongue.
This increases the flow of salit a,
which in tura produces moisture in
the stem.
A 'hot' smoker should avoid mild,
moist or fine-cut tobaccos and a
'wet' smoker should choose a me-
dium to full mixture containing
Latakia.
THE CARE OF A PIPE
A new pipe should be filled
firmly and evenly only half way
for the first few smokes and then
should be smoked slowly unto a
protective layer of carbon has form-
ed inside the bowl to avoid the
risk of charring the briar.
Good tobacco is often spoiled by
hasty filling. A pipe should be care-
fully packed to ensure even com-
bustion.
Light up evenly and well. Press
down the lighted tobacco after the
first pull or so.
A pipe should be emptied imme-
diately after smoking. The BOWL
should he !teld when emptying and
the tobacco tapped out against the
paha of the hand. If held by the
mouthpiece great strain is unposed
on the stent which may split or
break. If tapped against a ]card
object' tine bowl may be damaged.
The bowl should be scraped oc-
casionally, as too thick an accu-
mulation of carbon will eventually
cause the bowl to crack. This usu-
ally occurs when a heavily car-
bolic(' pipe is being rested. An ideal
crust is 1 -16th inch. Cool, sweet
smoking depends on a properly
scraped hotel and a pipe which is
kept clean.
A penknife should not be used
for .scraping. The sharp point may
bore through the bottom of the
bowl. Use a pipe reamer or smo-
ker's companion. Your tobacconist
will recommend the best type for
your purpose.
A pipe should never be cleaned
with water or steam. An ordinary
cleaner is best. This can be dipped
in methylated spirit if required. It
should run through the pipe two
or three times and the pipe then
allowed to dry off,
When taking the bowl and
mouthpiece apart avoid undue strain
on the stem. Grasp the mouthpiece
firmly in one hand and gently
twist the bowl off with the other,.
holding the pipe at the juncture
of the bowl and mouthpiece.
A pipe should be allowed to cool
off before re -smoking and a heavy
smoker should keep two or three
in use. To change a pipe from day
to day ensures the fullest enjoy-
ment.
When not in use a pipe should
be kept howl downwards.
the sow for 56 days. Under those
circumstances, they cannot be fed
an antibiotic at predetermined
levels. Moreover, with creep feed-
ing of antibiotic -fortified dry sup-
plement, piglets still face sanitary
and other hazards, such as crush-
ing—problems not existing in poul-
try production. How then get an
antibiotic to piglets during this vi-
tal period when it will have the
most stimulating effect on their rate
of growth?
* * *
Feeding abnormally high levels
of tet ramycin to the sow in hopes
that some of this would pass to
the young pigs through the sow's
milk, proved very expensive and had
little if any effect out speeding the
growth of the pigs. Obviously, this
procedure was not the answer.
Luther knew that from time to
time in the past, attempts had been
made to devise a synthetic sow's
milk, Even before the advent of
antibiotics, breeders realized they
could sharply cut mortality and
simplify their management prob-
lems if they could separate the
young pigs from the sows within a
day or two after birth. One such
attempt had been made by Dr. Con-
ner T. Johnson and co-workers.
Their tailor-made synthetic sow's
milk was prohibitively expensive
and did not lend itself to ready ad-
aptation at the practical farm level.
But their work did indicate what
might be done,
* * *
The synthetic milk stakes pos-
sible reducing mortality from a
present range of 20 to 35 per cent
to 5 per cent, and at the same time
produces pigs some 10 to 35 per
cent heavier at weaning than the
average sow -fed piglet.
* * *
But there are other short-range
economic implications of great im-
portance. The terramycin in the
milk stimulates growth. By making
the synthetic sow's milk available
to the entire litter, the pig raiser
can virtually eliminate the runt,
that statistical pig -and -a -half in
every litter that too often costs
more of feed than it is worth.
Gardening Indoors
It's possible to build a garage or
evert a house without a plan but it
is hardly to be recommended. The
same applies to a garden, though
the planning 15 much more simple
and it is a lot of fun, too. In fact
with a pencil, a bit of paper and
a seed catalogue .one can put in a
very pleasant evening while wait-
ing for soil and weather to warm
up out of doors,
Vegetable Planning
No elaborate plans are required
unless one is going to do things on
a big and lavish scale. For the
vegetable plot, indeed it is just a
matter of simple straight lines and
a little knowledge of the size the
various kinds will grow and when
it is safe to plant them. Where
space is very limited one can get
a great deal more by interplanting
short season things like lettuce,
radish, spinach, etc., with say car-
rots, beets, beans. The latter will
take touch longer to mature and
will require full space after the
quick growers have been harvested.
Another space saving trick is to
train vines like cucumbers, melons
anti squaslt along boundary fences
or• paths, Also that is a good place
to grow tall things such as staked
tomatoes and corn, •
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In the very small urban plot one
should concentrate on those vegal.
abler that take up the least roma
for the number of meals produced,
Things like corn, potatoes, peas and
squash, for instance, require quite
a lot of spade. On the other hand
it is positively amazing the quest -
titles of beans, carrots, beets, let -
Mee, radish that one can harvest
from a patch of ground no more
than 10 feet each way.
Flowers and Lawns
For flower gardens and especiale
ly the ground about the house,
authorities generally advise an in.
formai layout This means a genet..
ous allowance for a central lawn,
and round this are arranged clumps
of sltrubhcry, trees and flowers, .
The beginner is warted to steer
clear of stiff rows for flowers,
though along walks, fences and
house lines the flower garden ar
shrubbery will have to follow more
or less regularly, But planting In
clumps is the best practice, even to
the tiny edging flowers along the
front of the garden. The same holds
true of the medium and larger
flowers, both annual and perennial,
and the lower shrubs.
Of course with trees, unless we
have an exceedingly fine lot, we
stick to individual planting. Here,
just to prevent any monotony, how-
ever, it is an excellent idea to have
an odd tree or group of shrubbery
right out on the lawn, but to one
side rather than in the centre.
Flower beds are broken up in the
same way, with an occasional clump
of larger plants brought deliberately
forward just to add interest and
screen a bit of the background,
There are also some important
long-range economic implications
in the synthetic milk.
* * *
It's use would seen to open the
way for the rapid development of
the fledgling pig -hatchery industry,
which could provide farmers with
a thrifty, dependable and disease-
free supply of weanling pigs.
Though nearly 90 per cent of hog
farmers now raise their own pigs,
up to 40 per cent in one test sur-
vey indicated because it recirculates
the product. Thus, the packer, who
frequently has so much lard he
doesn't know what to do with it,
can now dispose of it to help raise
more pigs—and more lard—to go
right back into making more pigs
—and still more lard.
Pay Tribute To
Late Jack Miner
During National Wild Life Week
April 6 - 12 inclusive, the Canadian
school children will pay tribute to
the memory of the late J..ck Miner,
Canadian naturalist, by writing es-
says and giving oral compositions
on value of Conservation of which
movement the late Jack Miner was
a pioneer. In 1906 an editorial in
The Minneapolis Journal referred
tc Jack Miner as "the father of the
Conservation movement on the
continet,t."
Jack Miner's birthday was April
10th and National Wild Life Week
was created by an act of Parlia-
ment so as to fall on his birthday,
This year the week falls out April
6 to 12 when all service clubs will
feature special speakers. Sunday,
April 6 is Nature Sunday and
preachers and Sunday Schools will
observe it by preaching and teach-
ing GOD IN NATURE, GOD
THE CREATOR OF ALL NA-
TURAT, RESOURCES and other
sermons with similar titles refer-
ring to God's great out -a -doors.
It is strictly an educational week
when nothing is allowed to be sold
or commercialized and no financial
appeals allowed to be made but a
week that the puhlic not only for
this generation but for generations
to conte will be on tate receiving
end.
"Otte of the friutnphs of democ-
racy seems to be that the minority
has the say and the majority ltas
to pay."
Leaves a Good Taste
In a - Reader's Mouth
So much emphasis Inas been
placed ori ,sex, violence and mental
ailments in books, today, that The
Penningtons by Basil Partridge
comes as a wel-
come change of
pace. It is a plea -
sent and readable
family novel, pub-
lished both in Ca-
nada and in the
United States. In
the latter country
it was a choice
of the family
Reading Club
which specializes
in books that leave a good taste
in the reader's mouth. The book's
action takes place in "Kingsford"
(Maritimes), Montreal, and Ro-
chester, New York. We first meet
the Penningtons in Kingsford. The
head of the family is the kindly,
rather harried, and poor dean of
the cathedral, ,but the driving
force is his wife, Victoria. There
are half a dozen children, ranging
from Larry II, a Booth-Tarking-
ton type, to a son and daughter in
their early thirties, The action con-
sists of the problems of the (tome,
the action and reactions of the bro-
thers and sisters to each other and
their parents. The dean dies sud.
denly and readjustments have to
be made. The working out of these
is most interesting. The author has
a definite gift for characterization,
so the Penningtons are very real
people subject to the sorrows, miss
takes, disappointments—and joys—
which normal people encounter in
life. Here is a timely reminder that
trillions of people still lead normal
lives in this discordant age. There
is nothing mawkish about this book.
It is a lively story. It moves. The
kind of boob that will bear read-
ing more than once,
FOR FREE
Ar film. actor, married and divorc-
ed five times in three years, carne
to the registrar with his sixth
bride. It was the same registrar
who had married tine actor on the
previous occasions,
After the ceremony the actor
reached into his wallet, but the
registrar waved the tnoney aside.
"Not this time," he said. "This
one is nn the house!"
By Arthur Painter
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