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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-12-08, Page 3A Firnal!t Girl Takes A Horseback aide ::eats i on the bif, white mire, forgot that it wa$ almost evening. She had erten something that runde her forget about everything else around her. Leaning over to Iook at her quiv- ering reflection in the stream that rippled around the snare's feet, she had seen some tracks in the damp sand beside the shal- low water. They were not or- dinary tracks, either. They were tracks that had made her forget the white -tufted rabbit brush on the banks, the cottonwoods with a few yellow leaves still cling- ing to the naked branches, and the cliffs towering scarlet into the dark blue sky. The color of the cliffs would have told her it was sunset and time to go home, but she was too busy thinking about the tracks. Tracks are not always import- ant, but sometimes they lead to things that are important, and that was what troubled her. These were not animal tracks - not any animal she had ever seen, anyway. They looked like human being tracks, and she was not sure she wanted to try to track down a human being un- less she knew who it was first. She knew they were not her own tracks, for she had not got down from White Violet. They were not Michael's, for he had been too busy plowing to come up the canyon. They were not Tern's, for he had been herding the sheep out on the flats. They, were not Nancy's nor Mother's nor Fa- ther's, for they never went wad- ing. They were not Orvil Foss- getter's, for he never took his boots off. . So the tracks would have to be a stranger's. And now all of a sudden she remembered It was sundown and it would soon be dark and she hadn't even started home. Luckily, White Violet must have been thinking the same thing, for all at once she raised her head, put one ear forward, then the other, then both. Then she stretched her big white- haired body, switched her tall, and shuddered a little. She put one of her big wash -basin feet out and the other, and soon all four were moving. She turned around and started down the wash toward the trail that led to home. - From "'The Glitter- Lyed Wouser," by Jonreed Lau- ritzen, BREATHE IN - This fancy feed bag being sampled Is actually es portable oxygen mask for sick equines. MILLION TO ONE - Roy McCoy squats beside his all -white kill in Ashland City. At first he thought he hod shot a goat, discovered It was a seven -point albino deer, Game officials called it a one -in -a -million shot. Trying To Make Airports Bird -Proof What is there about airports that attracts birds? One would think that the ear- splitting din of planes taking off and landing would scare them away. On the contrary, many tYPes of birds apparently consi- der airports a kind of sanctuary. This has developed to the point where bird flocks have be- come a ' hazard to flying, and the Federal Aviation Agency is urging all airports to make their their runways off-limits to these feathered friends. The problem is not new, al- though it has just been brought into public focus by the mysteri- ous crash of an airliner at Bos- ton, known to have collided with an enormous flock of star- lings, shortly after take -off. t ?mss not been established that the encounter caused the crash, but remains of the birds were Bund in three of the plane's engines, and hundreds of dead birds were found on the runway. This accident has touched off a nationwide drive to "bird - proof" airports. That is, as one official explained, "to make air- ports less attractive to birds," Not that airports were designed with the birds population in mind, one way or the other. But, unfortunately, many 'were planned with shrubs or bushes for scenic effect, wind proteti- tion, or noise screen. These the birds have found inviting as a roosting place, and also for a quick snack, in cases where the bushes have berries. Ponds which often 'form in airport areas, and to which no one gave a second thought, are now the object of real concern. They attract aquatic birds, and promote the growth of cattails and other water shrubs that pro- vide roosting places for star- lings and blackbirds. Now it has become apparent that no one should build an air- port without consulting the Fish and Wildlife Service of the De- partment of the Interior, local Audubon societies, and any orni- thologist handy. Various bird -removing devices are now being tried out. Weeds CROSSWORD PUZZLE 8. A long tlma: 30. Restrict collon, 31. Instructed 8, President's 24. Hydraulto official pump advisers 28. Conclusion 0. Copy 28, Roast 11, Loop and sl ghtly DOW/2knot 89, Form 13. Is allowed 40. 1xternal 1. Walks in 10. Legume 41. 0 iblc meter Water - 22. Cha Henget, 4aitt ass of los 2, Rattle 23. Lukewarm 48. 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E■� C. 4 ' �x':11. i lI■I��■� Answer elsewhrt:e on tits page and underbrush are being cut back and burned, ponds are be- ing filled, and dumps eliminated. This is no new problem to fish and wildlife authorities who have long been working on de- vices to scare birds away from the farmer's crops, or discour- age them from roosting on pub- lic buildings. Scare devices which have been used in corn fields include e type of shotgun shell which ex- plodes with a cloud of smoke, often effective in dispersing flocks of birds. There is also a carbide operated gun which shoots periodically all day. Another invention to discour- age bird concentrations is the rope firecracker, used for crop protection. The firecrackers are spaced a certain distance apart on a rope and go off one after another at regular intervals. Some work has been done on supersonic devices but without much success. More attention will be given to this problem now that it has extended from corn fields to airports, and prob- ably more money will be spent - Congress willing - to con- duct the experiments necessary to eliminate this unnecessary hazard to flight, writes Jose- phine Ripley in the Christian Science Monitor. The Fish and Wildlife Service has been working for several years on the problem of birds at the naval air station at Mid- way Atoll. Here the albatrosses and other seabirds have been a cause of real concern, with con- stant collisions with aircraft on take -offs and landings. An albatross weighs anywhere from four to nine pounds, and in collision with an airplane usually leaves a dent 'in some part of the plane. The expand- ing facilities at Midway, with the increasing use of jet planes, is seen as making it imperative to find methods of reducing the hazards of these encounters, Experiments have been going on for four years now with only a small measure of success, due to the enormous bird population. One nesting ground has been cleared only to have the birds regroup on another. In its last report, the Fish and Wildlife Service stated: "If the regular operation of jet aircraft is contemplated at Midway, ex- periments should be conducted to determine the effects of tern (a small bird) ingestion on jet engines." It was concluded that the use c.f screens on jet intakes is the only mchtad known at present for eliminating the possible ha- zards of small bird ingestion. Jets appear to be the most out. - nc•rahie. to bird life, in that the suction pulls the birds into the engines, - Cockpit windshields have al. ready been strengthened to withstand the impact of birds hit in flight. But the main problem appears to exist in landings and take -offs rather than high in the air. There the pilot is better able to maneuver around a floclt of birds than in the landing pat. tern. and flight altitudes are far above the usual bird "corridors' anyway. Meanwhile, tile FAA is push- ing an intensive coast to cooter :atnpaigu to alert traffic con- trollers to the danger of lar e fiorks of birds, particularly dur- ing the migrating 80(14(10. 1881(11 49 - 1990 .E.SINDAY SCI, 001 LESSON CHURKEN -- Pathetic big•footed fowl is a hybrid, the first successful cross on record between domestic chickens and tur- keys. Department of Agriculture experiments in Washington produced the hybrid which, as is usual in such crosses, lacks vigor, is malformed and cannot reproduce. Most of us, here in Canada, do not think of cranberries as an important crop. But there are a lot of folks who do - and surely there has seldom been so big a knock to any crop, as was hand- ed out a year ago to the cran- berry farmers, How they are do- ing a come -back, instead of just sitting and wailing for Queen's Park or Parliament Hill for help, Is 'described by Helen Henley in the Christian Science Monitor. Hope some of you think it's worth my passing on to you. The most appropriate title is AN IN- DTJSTIIY WITH A BOUNCE. 4 4 4 Cranberries - which have to pass a bounce test to be consid- ered marketable - are bouncing into the news again in a way to stir admiration for the sturdy confidence of an industry which had its market knocked out from under it just about a year ago. Mustering their courage, their personal funds, and certain in- demnities finally paid by the fed- eral government, the cranberry growers and their cooperatives have effectively rallied to put themselves back in business. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., a national farmer cooperative at Hanson, Mass. has even managed to introduce two new products. To grasp the drama of this, one must understand the na- ture of the cranberry business. This is no monolith of commerce, but rather a banding together of small individual operations into farmer cooperatives which mar- ket the cranberry crop. 4 4 4 Seventy-five per cent of the cranberry growers in the United States belong to Ocean Spray Cranberries, which includes members from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Wash- ington, and Oregon. Such a co- operative has no vast reserve funds like those enjoyed by many great corporations to draw on In crisis. Some of the growers have been recompensed in part for the 1959 crop, which they could not sell, by payments from the federal government varying from a minimum of $8.02 a barrel to a maximum of $10,3.4, which may total up to 910,000,000. But the task of rebuilding public con- fidence and recapturing their market for the 1960 bumper crop is one which the growers and their coops have mostly had to tackle for themselves. "The 1960 crop of cranberries is the largest in our history," states Ambrose E. Stevens, exe- cutive vice-president and gener- al manager of Ocean Spray Cran- berries. "The new crop is appearing in grocery stores throughout the nation, supported by the largest expenditure for advertising our cranberry growers have ever ap- propriated for the holiday sea- son, Despite this fact, because of the magnitude of the crop, we really have our work cut out for us." Many retailers have already showed their sympathy with the plight of cranberry growers by not waiting until the traditional holiday thne to feature cran- berry products. They have made them part of their year-round merchandising. But the industry, as repre- sented by Ocean Spray, has shown initiative and imagina- tion in offering two brand-new products, at least one of which can help increase sales this sea- son One, called 4-11 Club Cran- berry Table Syrup, has been launched for limited distribu- tion in an experimental market- ing program which may become nationwide after evaluation of the marketing tests. The new syrup, a topping for pancakes, ice cream, and other desserts, has this fall been sold exclu- sively by the 4-11 Clubs of Mas- sachusetts. The other product is a new, improved whole berry cran- berry sauce which is just be- ginning to be seen in some re- tail stores but is expected to be available in quantity in time for Christmas demand. 4 The industry's effort to rebuild its markets enjoys not only the moral but the practical support of the United States Department of Agriculture. Early in Septem- ber. Secretary of Agriculture Ez- ra `raft Benson pledged the co- operation of his department in "helping all we can" in the re- storation and expansion of the cranberry market. By lies t; Barclay SY :men tt,e1., 13-11. (,oil's Covenant of love Jeremiah 31:3.7, 31-3.4; fie:man., 8:1.2, 58.59 ,kietnory ;;election: 1 will out 80y Etta• tit their inward part*, and write it in their hearts, --- aerentiah 31:33. The Chri.itian religion ia. drs• - 1.111(9 front all other religions 114 t:. en)phasi14 on love. The Pae:•; 1knowu ver -.0 in the Bildt., John soli, r:xpt•t-sseo• it, "For Clod a,) loved the world,. that 11' gave IIts only Ix'gotten Son, that who.- ,' ,evt•r believeth in Him should hot pori'tt, but have erveriasti 1,g life." God's love was manifest ir1 !Ili; dealings with Israel beton? 'cat advent' 1 Chri:t. tit .said through Jeremiah, "1 - have luvtod ti+.:•e- t•:1111 an everlasting love: the:e. fore with .loving Ir,.ce • I drawn thee," But was marc fully in:mite:1 1+y ,fes,'as Christ. His lacy r,,f lora n•r:> art;l- ten in the hearts of the di3.iple4 when the holy Spirit c•:une to i•l.,ida in them, put -Wynn -4 their n(turos and enduing? 1111,711 w.th power to witne$$ for .le;110 Chri�'9. In the second part of our - �..>snu. Romans Chapter '.e have mere teaching, al011 1441 holy Spirit. When we receive: tie! forgiveness of Sino the Spirit iea- • nesses with our spirit that we are the Children of God. ,ie helps u; to pray, making inter- cession for us with greanins which cannot be uttered, tet do not panic in the difficult tunes for we know that all things work together fur good to them that love God. So certain is Paul of God's love that he asks. "If Ged be for us, who can be againet us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall he not with Him also freely give us all things?" He is sure that noth- ing can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God not only bestows His love upon us but He shares it with us so that we in turn love Him and love our fellow sten. What the world needs today is more people with God's love shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Spirit. This will do more for the peace of the world than atomic missiles or satellites in space, Let us be among those through whose lives God's shines forth. One of the practical ways the department has helped has been to recommend the use of cran- berries in local school lunch pro- grams, as it often does with plentiful products. In Massachu- setts alone, about 1,400 schools are cooperating by serving, at appropriate intervals, cranberry sauces and cranberry dessert - and even, sometimes instituting in lower grades a "cranberry - juice break." Certainly the secretary's state- ment endorsing the industry's Intensive merchandising cam- paign" for the 1960 crop of "wholesome cranberries a n el cranberry products" is an official effort to strengthen public con- fidence in a product that Ameri- cans have long considered essen- tial to their holiday dinners Upsidedown to Prevent peeking RY © G`% ;s3©i73 "IMO Q�Oi? N l7©GA[,�O © ©lJ '.©Iowl t�J '1a 9g 9 0 di Um „- C%Qs r;: 1N ' 1� �yC•1.3 7107 NO.L 5V ©4 `° a!st' • d 50 0 7 919108,67 : S b ' H 3 3, S 9v 03. 0 3' CHOW UNE IN DACCA Crows in Dacca, East Pakistan, line up fr.' chow call. They arts following a thin stream of rice which dribbled from a passing feud;,