HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-05-08, Page 3Fluoride Salt
To Protect Teeth
The possibility of using fluoride
M table salt as all alternative to
ftuoritlation of drinking water to
protect the teeth against cavities
has berm raised by I)r. Gunnar
Santesson, a Swedish physician
who until recently was working at
the University of California Medical
Ceuter, San Francisco, and who
studied sixteen groups of hamsters,
Control groups were fed a diet
containing an excessive amount of
fermentable sugar, to help induce
caries, and ordinary refined salt.
Cavities as well as superficial
enatnel changes similar to those
observed in the early stages of
human 'dental caries were noted,
Other groups were fed the same
diet, except that their salt con-
tained readily soluble flourides.
In the groups that received pure
salt to which fluoride had been add-
ed there were only two minor
cavities and minor superficial
enamel changes occasionally. Itlore
tests on animals Hurst be made be-
fore it can be stated that salt that
contains fluorides can be effective
in protecting the teeth of hamsters
or human beings against decay, If
effective, fluoride containing salt
would have some advantages over
fluoride -treated water. It would
leave the choice to the individual,
for instance.
Adults Not Affected
In the case of fluoridated water
positive benefits have been dem-
onstrated . only for children up to
the age of about 15, and through
pregnant mothers to unborn child-
ren. The tooth enamel of adults is
not affected. •
The amount of fluoride added to
public drinking water is minute.
No ill effects from properly finori-
dized water are known.
Dr. Santesson points out that
the amount of water drunk in a
community varies. Sufferers from
diabetes insipdus, which is a disease
characterized by an extreme crav-
ing for water and which is not
the diabetes with which most of
us are familiar; a group of people
afflicted with psyhogenic polydypsia,
a compulsion to drink water; and
persons who work in steel mills
and liot, dry factories drink more
than the average amount of water.
Dr. San tesson says it has not been
demonstrated fully whether or not
ill effects would follow the long-
term consumption of added fluoride
in those who drink water to excess.
Fluoride -containing salt would
make fluorine available to people in
rural areas, who form 35 per cent
of the population and could not be
supplied by community -fluoridated
water.
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1INDAYSCHOOL
LESSON
By Rev. R. B Warren, B.A., B.D.
The Right Use of Sunday
Exodus 20:8-11; Mark 2:27-28;
Luke 4:16; 13:10-17
Memory Selection; Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exodus 20:8
The origin of the institution of
the sabbath dates back to creation.
"God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he
had rested from all his work which
God created and made." Gen. 2:3.
The charge for man to keep the
sabbath holy was included in the
ten commandments.
The sabbath was designed for
man's welfare, physically, mentally
and spiritually. The Ford plant
reverted from the seven to the six
day week during the war because
they found production was greater
when their workers had one day's
rest in seven.
Jesus was criticized for healing
on the sabbath. But he had no
apology for performing works of
mercy on the sabbath. So to -day,
the care of the sick and some other
essential services must be main-
tained every day. Those who work
on Sunday usually have another
A Rich Pauper's ill._ --.s-.....
On the death some years ago of an inmate of a Chicago poorhouse,
there was found a will, According to one Barbary Boyd, a law reporter,
the man had been an attorney: and it is said that the will was written
In a firm clear hand on a few scraps of paper. The will was read before
the Chicago Bar Association, and a resolution passed ordering it pro-
bated. Thus it is now on the records of Cook County, Illinois.
* * *
We feel it should never be forgotten, and that every new generation
should have the privilege of reading it.
5 * *
I, CHARLES LOUNSBERRY,
being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and
publish this my last will and testament, in order, as justly may be, to
distribute my interests in the world among succeeding men; That part
of my interests tubical is known in law, being inconsiderable and of
no account, I make no disposition of in this, my will. My right to
live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal; but, these things
excepted, all else in the world I now proceed to devise and bequeath,
I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust for their children, all good
little words of praise and encouragement, and all quaint pet names
and endearments; and I charge said parents to use them justly, but
generously, as the deeds of their children shall require.
1 leave to children inclusively, but only for the period of their childhood,
alt and every flower of the fields and the blossoms of the woods, with
the right to play among then freely according to the customs of
children, warning them at the sante time against thistles and thorns, And
I devise to children the banks of the brooks and the golden sands
beneath the waters thereof. And I leave to children the long, long
days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night and the train
of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject, nevertheless, to the
rights hereinafter given to lovers.
I leave ,sto boys jointly, all the useful idle fields and commons where
ball may be played, al! pleasant waters where one may swim and
pontis where one may fish, or where, when grim winter conies, one
may skate, to hold the sane for the period of their boyhood. And
all meadows, with the clover blossoms and butterflies thereof; the
woods, with their appurtenances: and all distant places which inay
be visited, together with the adventures therefound, And 1 give to said
boys, each leis' own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures
that inay be seen in the burning wood, to enjoy without let or hindrance
or without any encumbrance or ,care,
To lovers I bequeath their imaginary world, with what they may need:
as the stars of the sky, the red roses by the wall, the bloom of the
hawthorn, the sweat strains of music, and aught else they may desire
to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love,
To young men jointly, 1 devise and bequeath all the boisterous, inspir-
ing sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weakness,
and undaunted confidence in their own strength. I leave to them the
power to make lasting friendships, and to them, exclusively, 1 give
all merry songs to sing with lusty voice.
And to those who no longer are children or youths or lovers, 1 leave
memory; and bequeath to them the volumes of tl.e poems of Burns
and Shakespeare and of other poets,to the end that they may live the
old days over again, freely and fully.
To our loved ones with snowy crowns, 1 bequeath the happiness of old
age, and the love and the gratitude of their children, until they fall
asleep,
clay of the weelc for rest. It is
well if those who must work part
of the time on Sunday can be re-
leased in order that they can at-
tend at least one service on Sun-
day. This uplift of man's spirit in
public worship is needed. With
Jesus it was a habit to go to the
synagogue on the sabbath, A man
may go to church and not be a
Christian but if he is a Christian
he ought to heed the exhortation
"not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner
of some is." 1-Ieb. 10:25. The min-
ister ought to be a true pian of
God not shunning to declare the
whole council of God,
Some will say Sunday is the
wrong day. But Jesus rose on the
first day of the week, and met his
disciples again a week later. The
Pentecostal outpouring was on
Sunday. The early church called it
the Lord's Day. Paul refers to it
as the day for preparing for the
collection for the saints in need.
(1 Cor. 16:2),
• The love of money is gradually
leading to an increasing disregard
for the Lord's day. President Tru-
man said on April 13, "What this
country needs is a revival of the
spirit of old-fashioned religion."
He 'urged "a turning of the hearts
and minds of men from the exclu-
sive pursuit of material ends."
That can be said for Canada, too.
About 9 out of 10 heifer calves
born twin to bulls won't breed.
But now there's been developed
a blood test which slows whether
a heifer born twin to a bull is a
freemartin or a breeder.
* * *
The test shows that they have
two types of cells in their blood—
the own female cells, plus some
of the male cells from the other
twin. * *
But the remaining 1 out of 10
heifers shows only one type of
blood cell—her own female cell—
and she will breed,
* * 5
Of course, the percentage of
twins born from all dairy cows
is pretty small, but the test might
save some valuable breeders front
the butcher's block.
* *
The test could also be used to
show parentage of range beef
calves that stray from their
mothers, it * C
The blood test is not avail-
able everywhere yet, but if you
want one run, your veterinarian
may be able to make the proper
contact for you.
* * *
The amount of feed wasted by
Canadian poultrymen probably runs
into many thousands of dollars
annually. It arises no doubt from
a lack of appreciation of how rapid-
ly feed wastage builds up until it
represents. a serious loss in an
(Folding House. -One of the new features on display at the annual
sports and camping show in Paris is this trailer -mounted folding
house. Designed for rapid assembly, .the camping hut is extra
light for use with a small ear, It houses three persons.
otherwise efficiently operated in-
dustry. * * *
Careless feeding is possibly the
greatest cause of feed wastage, and
one way to avoid it is to use feed
hoppers of proper size and type.
Often feed hoppers are used which
are too small—particularly for
growing stock. In order to avoid
frequent feeding there is a ten-
dency to overfill these hoppers,
with the result that the birds often
"bill out" as much as a quarter to
a half of the feed. With feed at
five cents a pound this represents
a real loss to the producer and in
the final analysis to the poultry in-
dustry as a whole. If the estimated
70 million domestic fowl on Cana-
dian farms each wastes a quarter -
of -a -pound of feed in its lifetime,
the feed loss would run to 8,750
tons. At today's cost of feed this
is a considerable overall loss to
the industry.
* m
Much of this loss can be avoided
by using hoppers of proper size and
designed so that they neednotbe
overfilled. They should be placed
so that they are level with the
birds' backs.
M * *.
Among the breeding methods
used with livestock none has given
rise to as much controversy as
cross -breeding, This is not surpris-
ing, since animal and plant breed-
ing research has shown that the
results obtained in a cross -breeding
program are dependent upon many
factors, says Mr. F. K. Kristjans-
son, Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa. *
Certain breeds and certain lines
within breeds combine better than
others in a cross -breeding program.
The breeder cannot expect equally
good results from all crosses, nor
can he expect to get satisfactory
results by cross -breeding poor
quality stock. Above all, the cross-
breeding program should be sys-
tematic and not merely a "mongrel-
izing" of stock.
It would be premature to make
any blanket recommendation on
cross -breeding at the present time,
but many livestock 01011 have made
up their minds to try it. To these
breeders the following advice is
offered:
1. Obtain information on the
crosses most likely to be suc-
cessful within the class of stock
concerned.
2. Obtain advice on a systematic
program to follow.
3. Use the best purebred sires
available.
4. Where possible, utilize cross-
bred females in the program,
in order to take advantage of
the hybrid vigour which they
express.
5. Cross -breed on a limited scale
for the first three or four years,
to determine if better results
are being achieved than
through conventional breeding
methods.
* * *
Available experimeutal evidence
shows that cross -breeding can be
a blessing if appropriate breeds
are used and if the cross -breeding
is systematic. It also shows that
cross -breeding conducted in a hap-
hazard manner with inferior stock
can be a curse.
* * x
That the manufacture and sale
of pesticides needs close super-
vision was shown recently when a
conviction under the Pest Control
Act was registered in an Ottawa
court. * * *
R. C. Mullen, of Hull, Quebec,
was convicted under Section 19 (a)
of the Act for the false use of a
registration number, and also con-
victed of a violation of the regula-
tions in selling a fly spray with a
flash -point of less than 125 degrees
F. A fine of $500, with costs, was
imposed for the first offence, and
$10, with costs, for the second
offence, or 60 days in jail if the
fines are not paid within 60 days,
* C
Officials -of the Plant Products
Division, Canada Department of
Agriculture, point out that the Re-
gulation covering the flash -point
of an insecticide spray is a utast
itnportant one. Any preparation
with a flash -point of less than 125
degrees is dangerous as a potential
cause of fire. Obviously such a
spray cannot be approved, or sale
permitted, if the users are to be
safeguarded.
NEEDED HELP
An old lady at the Zoo was sit-
ting on a camel, while the keeper
was trying in vain to make it move.
At last the old lady got all' and
started to pct it, but still it would
not budge. Suddenly, hnwerer, it
got up and went running oil'. The
keeper turned to the old lady.
"Madaet," he said, "w -hat did you
do to Mtn?"
"1 only tickled his Intek i" site
replied.
Well," said tate. keeper "you'd
better tickle mine. 1've got to
catch hind"
"1 hav_ seed a handful of daisies
keep the peace of a whole block
Netter than half a dozen policeuten's
clubs,"
—Jacob A. Rias,
Handy Helps For
Indoors and Out
Store plastic bowl covers in a mus-
lin pocket, attached to the inside
of cupboard door or to one side of
a deep drawer. Run elastic along
top front of the pocket to keep it
from sagging. Saves hunting for
stray covers,
* * *
To fit an ironing board cover snug-
ly, lace a cord through sturdy
safety pins attached to the cover on
under side of board. Line up pins
opposite each other. Easy to slip
out laces and remove pins when
replacing cover.
* * 5
Let the wind "iron" your plastic
curtains smooth after you've wash-
ed thein. They'll drape more nicely
if you hang them out when you
have a blowy day.
* * *
To make an adhesive bandage fit
snugly on a curved area such as
knee or finger, slit the adhesive
lengthwise to the gauze. Place
gauze over wound; overlap adhes-
ive tails so they won't pucker.
* * *
To keep house plants in pots out-
doors for the summer without dan-
ger of pots being upset: Set the
pots in a shelf attached to the out-
side of your kitchen window. Cut
holes in shelf large enough to fit
pots a little less than half way up
Or set pots in holes in your ,plant
bench, Animals, thoughtless child-
ren, or a strong wind can't tip
pots over.
* * *
Fill cupcake tins with a small
sugar scoop. Dips and pours batter
easily. A fast no -dip method!
s * *
Run coarse sandpaper through
washing machine wringer several
times to roughen rollers that have
become glass -smooth or gummy.
'IIMB
Gordon Smith
Better Dig It
For the average garde: the time
plest way of preparing the soil is
to plow or spade, That can be
dente first thing in the spring or
111 late fall, This buries grass,
sod, weeds and fresh manure, all of
which will break down into humus
and other plant food. It will also
kill a good many weed seeds and
wintering insects and disease
germs.
After this ony light cultivation
will be required. Most gardeners
try to get over flower gardens and
aurin:; the early part of the season,
that is up to about mid-July. In
addition to killing weeds, this lets
in air, prevents baking and con-
serves moisture.
: * *
At Small Cost
In comparison with most other
recreations, equipment for garden-
ing does not present niucli of st
problem. Minimum requirements
will be a rake, a spade, some sort
of tool for cultivating, and possibly
a cheap duster or sprayer. For
the lawn, of course, a mower of
some kind will be necessary.
From those minimum require-
ments one can go as far as purse
and inclination tyjll dictate. Much
will depend upon the size of the
A t. F 'r the average urban layout
not a great deal mare will be
necessary than the minimum men-
tioned. Where there is a bag gar-
den money will be spent on addi-
tional specialized equipment, such
as power lawn -mowers, a wheel
barrow, ete. These tools or ma-
chines will take a good deal of
drudgery out of the business and
permit one man to 'look after a
considerable area in his spare time.
With a small tractor, for instance,
one can cultivate a half acre veg-
etable plot in an hour or so. though
of course there will be some close
or hand work left. And there are
other jobs that these machines will
handle with some of the various
attachments available. They will
drive the regular lawn -mowers and
with a special mowing bar will cut
big weeds or long grass, and they
can be rigged up to light carts.
Not a Joke Now
Everyone knows the story about
the city man who figured what It
actually cost to grow vegetables
in his backyard. There were a lot
of laughs once when vegetables
were cheap. They don't laugh
now—and the er an or woman who
really knew freshness never laugh-
ed away. Money just can't buy
vegetables that will compare in
flavour with those grown right at
the door and prepared while the
dew is still on theta. Particularly
is this true of such things as corn,
peas, baby carrots, leaf lettuce and
similar delicacies. Grown quickly
on good soil there is as much dif-
ference between these and the
bought kind as there is between
black and white.
"5 * * one jealous gardener who,
not liking to incur the stigma of
refusing to share her choice seeds,
used to take the precaution of
boiling them before she and they
parted." —Stephen Gwynn,
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