HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-05-29, Page 3A Nairne Spies Dread
Of all the branches' of the 13rlt-
ish Secret Service M.LS is the best
known. But not one in a hundred
could say what the Initials stand
for. The Unit was founded shortly
before the 1914.18 war, and was
known as Military Intelligence Des
pertinent five. .
There Is' a sprinkling of many
professions in the force, Police and
Army officers, lawyers, and Uni-
versity dons. Their leader is Sir
Percy Sillitoe, himself an ex -police
chief, who hand-picks his men. If
he sees a man at work whom Ise
thinks would lit into the mesh of
MI5 he extends an invitation.
Sir Percy has carte Blanche, be-
ing answerable to only one man,
the Prime Minister,
M.1,5 only deals with counter-
espionage in Great Britain, There
are five other departments to deal
with the rest of Britain's security.
Its agents keep a check on spies,
screen people on secret Jobs, and
track down leakages and informa
ion. It was they who lured U-boats
to destruction off the Welsh coast
by sending messages to Berlin un-
der the code number of a captured
spy.
An M.I.5 agent has no powers
of arrest, If his case is successful
he has to hand it over to the
Special Branch, Scotland Yard, for
the final move.
Of the vast pack which hounded
enemy agents during the war, only
a small percentage retrain to -day.
They like to keep out of the lime-
light.
Their United States counterpart,
the F13.1., don't seem to share the
same views. Mr. Edgar Hoover,
the chief, writes for magazines
and is often heard on the air.
All The Roses
Cousins of the rose make our
world a wonderful place to see and
smell, Just now, though the roses
themselves are waiting for June.
That, of course, is because the rose
family is one of botany's biggest.
It includes low -growing plants,
shrubs and trees ranging from the
little cinquefoil known as 'false
strawberry to the towering bird
cherry tree.
Of the plants, the wild straw-
berries are most vigorously in blos-
som now, whitening the banks and
hillsides with promise of fruit' when
the wild roses conte to blossom in
midsummer, The lesser cinquefoils
bloom now, too, and will continue
with their little yellow flowers all
through the summer. And some of
the evens, or Gemns, particularly
the creamy white ones, are now
in flower.
But the great display is on the
bough. The apples, all of them,
and the pears and quinces all are
of the rose family, as ane might
guess blindfolded if only left to
feel and 'smell their blossoms. So
are the cherry trees, from the
chokecherry up the scale. So are
the plums and the peaches. Most
of the orchard fruits, in fact, belong
to the tribe, and one might say they
celebrate the fact with blossom
and fragrance before getting down
to the serious business of fruiting.
Even the shadbush belongs, per-
haps in a lefthanded manner but
beyond argument for all that, and
the shadbush practically opened the
season. The berries, blackberries,
raspberries and all their variants
will be along a little later, roses
just as the rest of theta. And, of
course, the roses themselves will
be here come June. — From The
New York Times.
ANSWERS TO
INTELLIGENCE- TEST
1 -solitude. 2—financial backer
3—snake eyes. 4—molds. 5—Scott.
6—Baldwin. 7—(A) Australia; (B)
Bulgaria; (C) Egypt; (D) Finland.
Rtn
White Summer Jewelry Has
110NA 1►l l.Ei$
N costume jewelry for summer, the right fashion look is
white. But it's white with a difference.
The plain and unadorned white jewelry of a few seasons
baek is gone. Coro, for instance, gives white a touch of
'crystal, a golden gleam, a rim of rhinestones, then uses a
texture theme throughout an entire summer collection.
While melons may be joined by golden sterns or white beads
may be caged in golden spirals.
You may wear a bib of white strung on gold or Lind that
shiny enamel spheres are circled with rhinestones. Crystal
is used to accent white enamel chokers and pendant neck-
laces. In polka dot beads, white is mixed with color for
crisp contrast. Or, again, mounds of white sweetberry-
beads are mounted on golden leaves to carry out the frosty
theme and a floral' motif.
Often, smooth and textured beads are used together in an
alternating pattern. In masses, they make chunky bibs.
Bracelets are worn twining round and round or are the rigid
type with handsome floral center.
A corsage of sweetberry pins can go on a suit or coat lapel,
a trio of chokers at the neckline of your Gibson Girl dress.
Or, fill in a low, scoop ,neckline with a chunky bib. What-
ever the jewelry, just make sure that the coke^ ;s white.
d ora ed Attractions
White and crystal are blended in this choker and drop necklace, a
perfect fill -fn for your low neckline. Drop earrings add flattery,
A new sex hormone which makes
possible doubling the annual lamb
crop and has proven highly suc-
cessful in treating sterility its cat-
tle, swine and other domestic ani-
mals has been developed by chem-
ists of a leading manufacturer, it
was announced recently,
* * *
Dr. J. L. Davidson, head of the
department of veterinary medicine
at the pharmaceutical firm, identi-
fied the hormone as ECP. It is
known technically as estradiol cyc-
lopentypopionate.
* * *
He added that the hormone,
which will be widely available soon,
has- been tested at 33' agricultural
colleges, state experiment stations,
and by 36 veterinary practitioners.
* * *
Tests already concluded, said Dr.
Davidson, indicate that ECP will
bring ewes, which normally are
fertile only its late fall and winter,
into heat twice a year and slake
possible a double lamb crop, long
a goal in agriculture.
* * *
Under the present single crop
per year lamb cycle, he pointed out,
the market is lowest when the sup-
plies are largest and highest when
the run on animals is smallest
With the use of ECP, Dr. David-
son noted these peaks can be
levelled to the advantage of both
the farther and the consumer.
* * *
He said that in one preliminary
experiment reported by two scien-
tists at a -southern school of veter-
inary medicine, two flocks of sheep
were given ECP during the sum-
mer, when the animals normally
do not come into heat. Within
24 to 76 isours after they received
the liormone, the scientists reported,
the ewes "showed signs of estrus"
(heat).
a * *
Dr. R. J. Williams who injected
100 ewes with the new/ hormone
Along The Skyline Trail: Along the skyline trails and through the
fabled passes of the Canadian Rockies this July, 130 "dude
riders", straddling their securely saddled cayuses, will view some
of the most spectacular scenery on the continent. The "dudes"
are Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, an organization founded
by J. Murray Gibbon, well-known author and former general
,publicity agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and during the
.lost two weeks in July will participate in five-day and six-day
.rides in the Egypt Lakes --Marmon Ridge area of the Continnenfal
t3ivide near Banff, Alta., jumping off point for the expeditions,
during an oft season reported that
more than _90 per cent came into
heat within the first five days.
* * *
Sterility its dairy cattle causes
the farmer—and the consumer—
huge economic losses each year
and is a problem for which many
remedies have been tried without
too much success. Dr. W. J. Gib-
bons, treated 116 temporarily ster-
ile cows with ECP and reported
that he was successful in 93.1 per
cent of the cases. This is against
58.8 per cent success in treatment
with an older hormone, stilbesterol,
and 87 per cent by a manual ex-
pression method which is expensive
and often injures or kills a valuable
animal.
* * *
Dr, Davidson said that best esti-
tnates are that some three million
of 17 million sows held back from
market for breeding purposes each
year develop partial or complete
sterility, cutting the annual pig
crop by almost 20 million hogs.
Preliminary tests with ECP, he
added, indicate that most sows can
be brought into heat after treat-
ment,
* * e
He said the hormone also Inas
been used with excellent results
on beef cattle, on horses and dogs.
* * *
The first of the estrogens, or fe-
male sex hormones, to be crys-
tallized and chemically identified
was estrope. This occurred in 1929.
Constant research since that time
has found several others, but ap-
parently the most active of this
group of hormones is estradiol.
The preparation is oil -soluble and
. designed to be slowly absorbed by
the body so that its action will be
uniform and profound,
What with two crops of lambs a
year—chickens going to market
days sooner and many other new
things I can't help wondering just
what the livestock situation will
look like its 10 years.
BAD CASE
:\t a revival meeting one of the
elders of the church advanced with
an old ran, a recent convert, pre-
pared for the baptismal dip in the
water.
The usual questions were asked
whether there was any reason why
the ordinance of baptism should not
be administered. After a short sil-
ence an old than arose and remark
ed, solemnly:
"Brother, 1 don't want to inter-
fere with your business, but I jes'
want to say that this is an old
sinner you've got (sold of, and that
just onci dip won't do him any
good. You'll have to anchor hien
out in drip water overnight."
Get Extra Yield
4 Bushels An Acre
An average increase of over four
bushels per acre was obtained from
the use of 40 pounds per acre of
Ammonium phosphate 11-48-0, on
Manitoba Illustration S t a t i on
farms in 1951.
In every test this fertilizer gave
an increased yield, the lowest being
three quarters of a bushel per acre;
the highest reaching 10.6 bushels.
These yields are in line with test
results from 1948 to 1950,
Phosphorus is generally deficient
in the prairies and there are many
nitrogen deficient'areas as well. So
on Manitoba Illusration Stations,
and elsewhere, proper rates of Am-
monium phosphate 11-48-0 have in-
creased yields.
To meet the total cost of apply-
ing 40 pounds of fertilizer in 1951,
the yield value of grain per acre
must increase $2.10 which would
mean an extra one and one-half
bushels. •
As the extra yields average four
bushels per acre, applying 11-48-0
at 40 pounds per acre would seem
like a profitable thing to do.
However, due to local variations,
it would be advisable to consult the
local agricultural representative
about specific fertilizer rates.
Aside from increasing yields,
chemical fertilizer will improve the
quality of he crop, hasten maturity
and increase the ability of cereals
to compete with weeds.
Battle of The Eels
British industry was deprived of
250 tons of finest -grade steel re-
cently when ordinary common eels
—the kind you buy in jelly—
brought the biggest steel -works
in Europe to a standstill.
They got into the water-cooling
system of the Abbey Steel Works,
Port Talbot, blocking it complete-
ly and making it necessary for
pipe sand valves to be dismantled
while men poked at the eels or
burned them out with blow -tamps.
The particular eels that caused
the damage are known to natural-
ists as "anguilla vulgaris." They
vary in length from a few inches
• to nearly two feet. It is thought
that they penetrated the filters of
the water-cooling system when
very small and had grown and mul-
tiplied inside the system until it
had become blocked.
The water used for cooling comes
from a reservoir fed by a brook,
which in turn is connected with the
sea. The eels must have entered
the brook from the sea and fought
their way against the current until
they reached the reservoir. They
were then suckers into the rooting
system.
This strange instinct.to fight their
way on and on, almost as far as
their remarkable strength cats car-
ry then, is one of the most baff-
ling factors of the eel's life -cycle.
Thousands of millions of theta
every year are activated by the
sante intense desire to wriggle and
squirm onwards towards f r es h
water from the point at which they
start their three -thousand -mile jour-
ney in the depths of the Sargasso
Sea, off Burmuda
Their struggle lasts three years.
and when they reach the shores
of Europe they do not only push
their way up rivers and water-
courses, but sometimes Ring them-
selves upon the land, crawling over
the wet stones and grass,
During their stay in the rivers,
lakes, brooks and reservoirs, eels
are known to hibernate during the
winter. They dislike cold and light.
They seek warns, dark places, and
there curl up until the return of
spring. '
When warns weather returns they
become active once more.
After the eels have achieved the
water, they get another strange
urge to make their way towards
tete sea again. This is their wed-
ding journey, and it usually takes
place during autumn.
They travel, deep down in the
dark sea, all the way back to the
vast incubator region under the
choking weeds of the Sargasso Sea,
swimming against the Gulf Stream
and being led in the right direction
by the attraction of warmer waters.
What happens to the parent eels
after they have mated and spawn-
ed we do not know. They are
never seen again.
Certain it is that the few left
behind. in the fresh -water streams
and rivers, of those which are con-
fined in ponds and reservoirs from
which it is difficult to escape, do
not die. if the critical period for
migration is missed they remain
where they are, and live to a ripe
old age.
CRUSHER
The chief surgeon of one of New
York's biggest hospitals has an in-
explicable aversion to being called
"Doctor" when engaged in his
favorite diversion, a game of golf.
Plain "Mister" is all he wants to
be, or, to his intimates, "Mac." He
was beating his way through the
rough at Siwanoy one Sunday
when an acquaintance in the next
fairway shouted cheerily, "Good
morning there, Doctor." The sur-
geon shouted back gruffly, "Good
morning to you, manufacturer of
shirts, underwear, and fancy pajam-
as,"
IVA
Gordon StMtb
Sava It
"11 it will rot, it will stake good
soil," The titan who dumps all
the weeds and cut grass into the
garbage pail is actually tossing
away fertilizer. All garden refuse,
weeds, grass clippings, leaves, etc.,
will rot down into excellent soil,
and so will a lot of other things
if we give them a little encourage.
went. -
Usually a corner of the garden,
screened with shrubbery or some-
thing else and away from the
house, is selected for this soil-
making business: It is technically
known as composting, and the ma-
terial a compost 'heap. Simply se-
lect a fairly well -drained spot and
damp the leaves, weeds, grass and
whatever is collected. Over this
we sprinkle a layer of earth and
the process is repeated each time
we add some refuse. If available
add some manure and possibly a
little lime and commercial fertil-
izer. it's a good plan to soak thin
pile occasionally with water also
turn it over once or twice to assist
decomposition. In a few months
this pile will break down into first-
class, rich garden sail. The pro-
cess can be hastened by using
some of the various patent chemi-
cals on -the market.
* * *
Forget the Handicap
There are a few places where
some thing will not grow, and cer-
tainly none in any garden or.cor-
ner of the garden no matter how
unpromising. The great run of
flowers and vegetables, of course,
prefer an open position with lots
of sunlight and in a nice, rich, welt -
worked loam. However, in small
urban gardens especially, one can-
not always have the ideal, But that
does not mean that one cannot
have plants, and especially flowers.
Certain flowers, like the tuber-
ous rooted begonia, actually need
a dark, shaded corner. Anything
like full sun for them would be
disastrous. And there are some
other flowers like varying degrees
of shade. There are others, many
more indeed, that prefer a little
shade throughout the day. Actu-
ally full sun will often bleach out
delicate coloring. Then, too, not
all flowers prefer very rich soil,
•some, like the portulaca, like the
other kind and very dry. Again
there are certain flowers and a few
vegetables, too, that will thrive
best in soil that is slightly acid or
'wet, while others insist on no acid
at all and a well -drained position.
All these points one takes into
consideration when planning to
have a garden especially we in
rather unusuaj place. All these
special likes and dislikes are usu-
ally mentioned in the seed catal-
ogue. Also mentioned will be time
and flowering, whether the flower
is scented or not, whether it has
long stents and is, therefore, suit-
able for bouquets.
* * r
A Short -Cut
One can set out plants two
weeks to a month earlier than usu-
aI by providing some extra pro-
tection in the form of paper cape
or miniature glass greenhouses.
These are kept over the plants or
hills until weather turns warm,
TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE
Score 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions:
1. An introvert loves:
—solitude —crowds —food --motorcycles
2. In the theatre world an angel is a:
—financial backer —playwright —stagehand
—curtain -puller
3. The lowest throw at dice is:
—:'ox -cars —snake -eyes —Decaturs —baby shoes
4. The new "mycin" wonder drugs come frons:
—roots —mines—animals —molds
5 The novel Ivanhoe was written by:
—Byron —Wordsworth —Scott —Locke
6. The Prince Minister of England when hing Edward the \'lIltls
abdicated was-
-Lloyd George—Winston Churchill ._Stanley Baidwin
—Neville Chatnberlaiss.
7 Listed below are four important foreign cities and opposite theta„
scrambled up, the countries in which they are located. Match them,
scoring 10 points for each correct answer.
(A) Brisbane
(B) Sofia
(C) Alexandria
(D). Helsinki
—Egypt
—Australia -
-Penland
-Bulgaria
Total your points. A serve of 0-20 is poor: 30-60, average; 70-80,
superior; 90-100, very superior,
By Arthur Pointer