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The Seaforth News, 1960-07-21, Page 3w To Light A Farre In Your Hilt The increasingpopularity of the picnic and cook -out, even ramping, plus stories of the mili- tary "survival" tests, brings car- twin things into mental juxtapo sitian and prompts the following remarks: I think the best yarn about the "survival" business was the time the soldiers got arrested. They gave the men a day's rations, dropped them over the "wilder- ness,' and expected them to take care of themselves in simulated wartime dire distress. These poor fellows suffered no greater dif- ficulty than explaining to a game warden the next day why they were poaching. There ensued a slight. ember rassing and amusing tilt In which the military tried to claim immunity, whereas the game warden claimed merely a viola- tion. Afterward, they said they had to come to an "agreement" as to future tests of this kind, and while "survival" tests in the rugged Maine wilderness con- tinue, we hear no more about poaching. My first cook -outs were done with Grandfather, who was a "survivalist" with a real record. On his eighteenth birthday he enlisted, and marched away with Company I of the 10th Maine Volunteers, a group which dis- tinguished itself across the gory pages of that part of our history. Of the 100 local "boys" who marched away that clay. only five ever' returned most of them were spent, the rest went West to adventure and opportun- ity. And according to Gramp, his major activity in that war was to feed his "comrades." This was before they invented "logistics," and the supply wag- ons weren't dependable Even if the wagoners did negotiate the terrain, what they brought had questionable merit, If it had been fit to eat in the first place, it might no longer be so, and be- sides, it might run heavily to one item, Once ten wagons of turnips arrived together, a pros- pect not entirely greeted with a clamor of delight. So Gramp, feeling a responsibilty of some hind, undertook the job of rounding out the fare. I would hear about this when- ever he and I took the logging rig and drove over to our wood - lot tor some cordwood. We'd pack a big basket with food and gear - I was a schoolboy and we had 60 years between our ages. We'd kindle a little blaze against the ledge by the spring, and NOT B -A -A -A -D - Merino ram at Sydney, Australia, has some- thing to bleot about. He brought the equivalent of $19,500 et auction, said to be a record price. Merino wool forms the larger portion of Australia's wool market - its largest primary industry. alone and apart in the vast wil- derness we'd share each other, and I'd bear about the Levounes of the war. Once he found a supply cart that a cannon ball had fixed, and a whole load of flour seethe had been dumped In a slough There had been no effort at salvage, as the load looked lost. But Gramp had mixed flour and water for pasting Valentines and doing school cutouts, and he surmised that the wet Hour would seal it- self off. This proved to ho true, for when Ire broke open a bag he found the inner part was good. Company 1 therefore gained its own supply of excellent flora', and each night in the wilder- ness the smart aroma of fresh biscuits was wafted around. To demonstrate just how lucky this was, Cramp would mix up some biscuits there in the woodlot, shape them carefully, set them in a cut -open tin can, and bake them in a pail. He set the pail against our little blaze so it be- came a reflector. The meidy, leafy, rich flavor of a woodlot, with a tinkling brook and birds singing, was a place of miracles. Out of that pail came the best biscuits I've ever tasted. Another time, in the war, Gramp came upon some cavalry officers who had found them- selves a beef crittur. It was a comandeered cow which they had readily dispatched, but as cavalry men were all college graduates and city fellers (ac- cording to Cramp) they had no functional knowledge of what to do next. A Maine farm boy who never saw any meat his own farm hadn't produced was just what these cavalrymen needed, and Cramp was a trader. He agreed to cut up their find if they would give him the head. Gramp chuckled 'as he said, "I contrived to bring off the head so it included the fore -quarters." Thus Company I had some wonderful beef stews for a time, and in the woodlot Gramp would show me how to make a beef stew in a pail, the way he had done it in Virginia so long ago. I must add that Gramp's story has always left me dubious about the quality of the U,S. Cavalry, who stood around and let a farm - boy dupe them out of the best stew meat, leaving them the - steaks which, very likely, proved far less tasty. One of the most wonderful things Gramp taught me was how to build a fire in my hat. It is a simple thing, and basic. Keeping your matches dry, and finding kindling have been made into something of a major con- cern of those who cook out. Gramp had some kitchen matches that he'd dipped in beeswax, so keeping them dry was no problem. They'd light under water, almost. Having them, there was little need for rubbing two sticks or striking flints. But all the fire -making do's and dont's I've ever heard fade to unimportance under Gramp's easy method. He'd put a bit of bark, some twigs, in his hat, then light thein. His back kept off the rain if it was raining; the hat cut off the wind if it was blowing. Then, when it was curl- ing up nicely, you'd dump the fire out an the ground, blow it a mite, and there it was! Add some sticks' and you can do about anything you can do at home. I guess you do have to have a permit; and I guess if you are a soldier now on "survival" you have to have a fishing license too. 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Robert and Har- old Willis, with Los Angeles in- ventor harry Cain, have built a certainly remarkable assembly- line ssemblyline milking system, which goes somewhat further in automation than most methods now in use. It's at Victoria Guernsey Dairy on that city's east side. Twice a day 300 cows board a rumbling conveyor belt. Noz- zles spray, gates clang, feeders feed, machines milk - and eight minutes later Bossie steps off the . belt all washed, milked, fed. Why mechanize to this extent a process that for centuries has been as down-to-earth as a three-legged stool? "It's faster, cleaner, a n d cheaper than stall milking," says Robert Willis, Harold's father. "It's already paying off, after a year of operation, in reduced labor. It broke down once - and the complaints we had from our milkers about going back to the stall method!" a * « Even the cows like the new system, say the Willises. They line up for "chow" and milking in groups of 60 outside the minc- ing parlor, move through a six - lane "steam bath" where 256 jets of water soak dirt loose, and the cows then gradually converge into a single lane at the entrance of the parlor. Here's where the automatic gadgetry takes over. A feeder loads meal into a bucket mounted on the end of a moving steel arm; this swings down and fills the cow's trough. A gate opens in front of her; she spies her feed and moves for- ward: the gate clangs behind her her. Bossie steps aboard the mov- ing belt and begins eating. More jets of water strike her to com- plete the washing. Moving out of this second bath, she's ready to be milked. Starting her 107 -foot, eight - minute ride, Bossie meets the first of two milkers, who claps the milking machine's vacuum cups on her. The machine swings along beside her on its own tracks, Snuggled below the ma- chine is a five -gallon jar, which slowly fills to about the half- way mark by the time cow and jar reach the end of the line. There a second milker removes the cups. Bossie clambers off the belt -line and ambles back to her corral. « . The machine and its laden jar meanwhile bump against a switch that opens a valve in the jar, Milk drains out and is pump- ed to Victoria's creamery. An automatic steel arm then swings around, grabs the milking ma- chine, and sends it scooting back to the front of the line like a department stere change box. 0 4, « What's the pay-off of this elaborate, $30,000 system of milk- ing? - The pay-off is efficiency, say the Willises, who have been in the dairy business more than 20 years. With the conveyor belt they can milk the w'hnle herd in three hours - instead of nine hour's by the stall method. Cows get more rest between milkings •-- more tame to melte milk. [SSUIS 29 - ]900 With only 28 men and 180 acres of land for hay produc- tion as well as the dairy opera- tion, the firm grosses $500,000 a year, according to the Willises. In such a big operation, effi- ciency means profit - and auto- mation or rows means efficiency. • • s Science may be on the threshold of an important new discovery in the field of insec- ticides. Some chemicals made from petroleum, known as poly'but- enes, show promise as insecti- cides for greenhouse crops, it has been disclosed. * « 5 These synthetic materials ap- pear to kill insects more by physical than by chemical ac- tion. Their exact mode of action is not yet known, but they ap- parently smother the eggs and young stages and trap the ac- tive forms. In addition, they appear to be safer to plants, animals and man than some of the insecti- cides and fungicides now being used. « Some insects and mites have become resistant to several in- secticides such as DDT and para- thion that kill by poisoning. On the other hand, there are no strains resistant to physical kill- ers such as petroleum oil. In tests at Vineland, Ontario, polybutene emulsions killed both the eggs and the active stages of spider mites and also the lar- vae and adults of the greenhouse whitefly, reports Dr. 11. W. Fisher. Polybutenes are not yet avail- able as commercial pesticides. They are, however, extensive - 13' used in caulking compounds, sealants and so forth because of their non-drying, water re- pellent properties. New potatoes should be given the "kid glove" treatment, ad- vises L. F, Ounsworth of the Canada Department of Agricul- ture's Harrow, Ontario. Research Station. A delicacy in early summer, new potatoes are eagerly sought by consumers. Excessive skin- ning and bruising, however, will discourage sales. Injury to the delicate, soft - skinned tubers can be avoided by adjusting the speed of the IINDAY SC OOI "WON 113 Res R. Barclay Warren 13 A 11.10 Antos Warns Against False Seeitr'ity, Amos 0:1.8. Memory Selection: Let him that thisiketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12. During the last war au expres- sion that gained wide usuage was, "It cant happen here." At first -it wets spoken in confidence. But with such events as the fall of Norway with the aid of Quis- ling from within and the stun- ning blow. to the United States fleet at Pearl Harbour -on a- beau- tiful Sunday moraine, the ex• pression, "It can't happen here," came to he spoken in a different tone. It was now spoken 10 irony to those who pride.) themselves in security. Men have ,•zceit'ed some rude awakenings from their sense of false security. In April 1812, the Titanic, the largest ship in the world, said to be unsinkable, sailed full steam ahead at night in an area where icebergs were known to be. Even when the ship struck one, the dance went on. Over 1200 of the merry travellers met their death in the briny waters of the deep. Antos said, "Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria." It was a time of prosperity, lux- ury and sensual living. - Amos pointed to other cities which had • been destroyed but Israel did not heed the warning. They said in effect, "It can't happen here." But it did happen. The Assyrians invaded the land and carried most of the people into captivity. digger and by adding rubber shields to its links. At the same time, care should be taken in grading, packaging, shipping and retailing. Old potatoes are competing strongly in summer with new ones, owing to the use of sprout inhibitors and improved stor- age. Furthermore, packaged po- tato products, such as granules, flakes and chips, vie for their share of the shopper's dollar. Mr. Ounsworth warns that it early potatoes are to continue to find a ready market, they must be dug slowly, packed di- rectly from the mechanical picker into rigid containers, and given the gentle care of an ex- tremely perishable product until they reach the consumer's table. 1 The prrrphucs of Amin wit . fu1- tilltxl. With they advent s)f atonies u,set told, we in Canada do not feel :o severe in 4'outnmplation of- another tear .But as time goes on and no n1 ,,,11es strike our cities, we will ift into the 111113es of false seetten v which has char- acterized so -teeny nations beforei the day 01 destruction. Our risenier5 selection is at { warning against a -false security in th'' spiral':,) wooer. Many are truster!.. in the spiritual bless - in,;; in their lathee; or indeed in their own previous religions ex• pericnce, But, regardless of the past, tet I30 Inal1 think he is on ins way to heaven if he is living likes the devil. To yeild to the dr. - sire tar e: Vit is to tempt Christ: and hrini; destruction unless ie is followed by repentance and faith. Th.! Chri=tion life is e wall-: of faith. "Trust and obey, for there's n',) eller w'ay- to be happy in Jean,. but to trust and obex." Tragic Drought in Middle East In the luny history of the Mid- dle East, there are no more per- sistent factor's than sun, heat, and lack of ruin. Taken even at their best, these feelers strike a balance barely tolerable to lire throughout touch of the area. When the winter clouds fat! 1.9 rebase their store of ram . then the balance is destroyed. The margins of green shrink back and desert shows through where men bad grown accustomed to seeing crops. Thi., is drought. flight now 111 is writing a dread story mere palpable to the peoples of the Middle East than political events which may make headlines. It strikes impartially, among Arabs, Israelis, and Persians. All over Jordan, wells and cis- terns have gone dry. Report, of spring and summer crops in Syria, Jordan. Iraq and Iran range from 20 to 50 per cent of normal. This is the fourth suc- cessive year of drought in the Middle East. Crop failure has become an accustomed story. Upsidedown to Prevent Peek(ng V t d 33 0 2 N 3 0 1211Z11111' ©3WOQa �o7J N33 Ns dVN 573 a 5 M 0 71 3 M N N 1 4 2130ct 371 tx;3 0 1'y Skid 17 MAN'S UTOPIA - Boy climbing pole symbolizes man's carefree status in East Pakistan, The women are the bread -winners; the men occupy themselves in card playing and fishing. The coun- try's gypsy families live on boats like those in the background. moving from village to village to trade in snake skins and other oddities. DON'T GO NEAR THE SWANS - Summer sighs -seers inclined to pet pretty swans should take note of Harry Bloom's experience with this one at Lake View Memorial Gardens. Harry had the kindly intention of feeding some bread to Mrs. Swan and her two babies (cygnets). For his pains, ho was chased by hissing, snapping dad.