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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-09-27, Page 7Driftwood Spurs Fonts' imagination About fifty times ; mailmen. 1 think of hamlet and 1'nlnnia looping at clouds, IOU 1 hear my- self sayine. "0, yes indeed -- it's backed like a camel!" This is when somebody from run City holds up a piece of driftwood, turning it just so, and says something like, "Can't you see an anteater with his lime akimbo?" The imaginations of driftwood collectors are magnificent. It al- ways amazes me to see a chunk of driftwood fitted to a motif, or made into a tamp. Whether ele- phant, kangaroo, or abstract mon. goose in flight, 1 always look at it to see what it was when it was driftwood. Here in Maine, whether else. where of not, we have a good word, "dri-ki." I won't insist on the spelling, but mostly that's the way we spell it if we write it. It means waste wood along the lalces and rivers, and the whole junky debris could become par- lor decoration when properly found, held up, and imagined. Strictly speaking, dri-ki is standing timber that got flooded out when a dam was built. In the booming lumber days they often threw up dams to hold back water, so they could sluice some off for drives, Then when the hydropower dams got built, or they constructed hold -bath dams as feeders, other areas got flood- ed, The thousands of trees that thus had their feet in the water couldn't survive, Some still stand, others have uprooted and floated away, At Chesuncook Lake, and at Seboomook, there are great covers where the wind has piled in dri-ki to make tan- gles like jackstraws. Later, Maine enacted a law re- quiring that al] land to be flood- ed first be stripped of all tim- ber, to prevent such eyesores. When they built the dam at Flagstaff, flooding back Dead River in a power project, woods- men first cut off the flowage. However, this good seise of the Maine lawmakers had a rebut- tal from — you guessed it — the federal government, To firm up water supply in one of the sal- mon rivers down east, in Wash- ington County, the Army engin- eers proposed a holding dam, and they insisted that they could not bother to clean away timber. It would cost too much, a strange argument from that source, and from a government that preaches good woodsmanship from the other side of its mouth. There was no reasoning about this, and the Maine legislators reluctantly lifted the dri-ki law enough to let the federal engineers have their way, Followers of federal preservationist prot est a t i o n s might like to make a note of that, But dri-ki is mainly white ce- dar, and it has a lasting quality. The areas that were flooded be- fore Maine passed this law will provide all the dri-ki anybody needs for a long timeto come. Even though half the automobiles we see coursing homward after a vacation show a whitened, water -smoothed stick somewhere in the luggage, trying its best to look like a swan, or a Greek Vic- tory. I knew a woman who made a good living gathering driftwood, which she sent to a store in New York. She would take a boat along the shore, and corse back with a strange cargo. People who watched her and felt sorry for her family changed their minds when they learned what some of the snatches brought. "New Yorkers use them in derange- ments," she explained, which seemed fair enough, She used to say some lakes made better drift- wood than others, possibly be- cause of mineral content of the water, and she could get more for a cedar platypus from Azis- coos than she could from Cup - auntie. HUMAN MACHINE — Men and women haul dirt for soil reclamation project along the Yellow Sea coast near Chung nung, South Korea, where machinery is scarce, in an effort to gain new farm lands to feed an increasing population. Then there's a story about a man from Philadelphia who came up here and hunted for drift- wood he could make into furni- ture, Ile said he had a little shop, and turned out handmade work, and business was good, But he would pop up on company roads, right in the thick of log hauling, or they would find him in a sluiceway just as they were about to open a gate, and the corporation began to carry some concern over his safety. These companies are geared to sports- men and campers, but a dri-ki scavenger worried them, So one of the vice-presidents turned a crew loose one day, and they gathered driftwood of all shapes a n d sizes, whether anybody thought it looked like a recum- bent buffalo or not, and they loaded it into a railroad boxcar, and they sent it to the man in Philadelphia as a gift. And it worked, for nobody in Maine has ever heard of him since, and the company supposes he is busy - busy -busy making furniture in his little shop, This is the only time the Maine forest industry ever shipped a load of dri-ki, Although dri-ki isn't much for a campfire, a lot of it gets used that way. Being mostly cedar it has a pungent smoke, and it hasn't much heat in it, But when you're camping along a stream or lake dri-ki is easy to get. It burns down to a powdery brown ash and goes out, so it may be safer than some holding woods, Even with campers on the in- crease, the dri-ki will last genera- tions yet, And usually while working up a little wood the camp cook sees a stick that re- minds him of a serpent coiled in a geometric design, and he tosses it in the canoe to take home, 01' Lester Buck, as veteran a guide as ever guided in the back country and located a rauncher in the dri-ki, used to get dis- gusted with "sports" who neglect- ed angling to look for driftwood., They'd hold a piece up and say, "Look, Buckie, just like a little ski juniper!" Buckie would shrug, and always agree. "Whatever you say, sir," he'd answer. By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. Very Devout Mon Murders Fifty! Rio De Janeiro police are hunt- ing one of. Brazil's most feared gangsters, Jose Rosa, b e t t e r known as "The King of the 45." Rosa was sentenced to 110 years' imprisonment and his gun has taken a toll of fifty lives, Immediately after his escape, Rosa resumed his gory career, committing three armed assaults in one night. Police have warned all late -closing establishments, especially gas stations, of the danger until he is recaptured. There is one way, however, In which prospective victims can avoid any serious results, say police. This is to expose in full view sacred images, both on their persons in form of medallions and around their premises, For "The King of the 45" is a very devout and pious man. He never fires his gun in the pres- ence of divine beings, CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACr.OF:3 1, Fnnthnll peattlou 4, Secret agents 9. Golf instructor 19. Be eitu 1l ed 13. Reece tinnier Inset 14. cereal at 42',. 15. 1.11111.1.111,1= nt tire 17. Ilero,nt 19. nun (sinna•) 20. mike brooder 21. Want 22. Pew Ina Party 21. 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N0.11s Into addreeee,l water 43, lllareae 33. t'Inol, center ^_a, Crony 11. 11o41.014 1 Answer elsewhere or this page CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER — A far cry from what is usually associated with lumberjacks, this one takes a leisur- ely cruise down the river. In the tow of a large river barge, the pontoon of logs, which carry a car and a makeshift shed, float swiftly by Frankfurt, West Germany. TIIEPARM FRONT Agriculture is the la t e.s t to benefit from space-age elec- tronics, Electronic computers — which "think" with the speed of light- ning — are being used in studies by Canada Department of Agri- culture researchers on the etf- fects of weather on crops, * * * Most experimental farms send weather data on punch cards to the federal meteorological ser- vice and the cards are made available for crop -weather re- search, explains Dr. K. H, Mac- Kay, of the Agrometeorological Section, Plan t Research Insti- tute, Ottawa. Many questions arising from research projects require ex- tremely complex computations which would take weeks or months with an ordinary cal- culating machine, says the re- searcher. The computers have slashed this time lag to a few hours. In addition, computers have extended the r a n g e of crop - weather research because,- with- out them, some questions would have gone unanswered owing to t h e overwhelming volume of manual work, Dr. MacKay points out, e: * * The versatile machines — which can Handle about 1,000 operations per second — have been used to establish the "nor- mal" number of drying days during June at several farms in Eastern Canada, permitting a comparison of lengths of hay- ing seasons for different years at one farm and between sev- eral farms. They can even give a speedy prediction on the chances of frost after a certain date — say, for example; May 24. * * * Crop -weather research is get- ting a further assist by these electronic "brains" in relating grasshopper outbreaks to tem- perature and rainfall data and in the study of the effects of weather on wheat yields. The latter project seeps to provide a more reliable basis for predict- ing ,eields. A study conducted at several farms on the relationship be- tween crop growth and tempera- tures, length of day and rain- fall, has been speeded through the use of a compu ter, says Dr. Machny. g, Results show that wheat re - amends mainly to daytime tem- peratures - and is relatively 1117 - affected by those at tight. In comparison, millet responds chiefly to the cooler nighttime temperatures, s, Enthuses Dr. MacKay: "Computers are tl n e w and eersatile tool for more advanced study of clop-wea1her relation- ships." R Chemicals used to kill potato tops have also been the cause of death for many cattle. The reason, says a federal re- searcher, is that most sprays used for this purpose contain sodium arsenite which is poi- sonous to the animals. Cattle usually do not eat po- tato tops, says L. C. Callbeck, of the experimental farm at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, But spraying with e pre- paration containing sodium ar- senite gives the plants a salty taste and odour that is appetiz- ing to the animals. * 0 * Cattle may gain entrance to a sprayed area by breaking through a weakened part of a fence or through a gate that has not been securely fastened. The best safeguards, says Callbeck, are strong fences, se- cure gates, an adequate supply of minerals in the grain ration and salt licks in the pastures. If the condition of a fence is doubtful, he adds, the cattle should be kept in the barn dur- ing the few days between spray- ing and the death of the potato tops, Spray drift can also take a toll of cattle. If a potato field next to a pasture is being spray- ed, care should be taken that the wind doesn't carry the spray to the adjacent grazing area and contaminate the grass. * * * Carelessness also accounts for losses of farm animals, says Callbeck. He cited the case of a farmer who lost nine cows after ISSUE 37 — 1962 spraying (heal w 1111 what he thought was a fly spray. The solution actually was a sodium arsenite preparation for use on the potato field, The cows got a lethal dose by licking t 11 e m - selves, Such losses could be avoided simply by reading the labels on t h e containers before using them, the CDA specialist points out. He adds that such a pre- caution is essential in view of the increasing number of insec- ticides, fungicides and herbi- cides being used in modern agri- culture. * . Careless disposal of unused sodium arsenite solution in the sprayer, rinse water and empty containers, also poses a threat to cattle. The unused solution and rinse water should be poured into a hole and covered with earth. Empty containers should be buried. * e: Production, consumption a n d export of eggs last year were down from 1960. Receipts of eggs at registered grading stations in Canada amounted to 207 million dozens. This total, although 5.4 per cent above the 1955-59 five-year average period, was down by 1,3 per cent from 1960, Farm production amounted to 446.5 million dozen in 1961 — about one per cent below the previous year's. * * * Exports declined in 1961. Those of shell egg amounted to about 5.5 million dozens last year compared with 8.2 million in 1960. Exports of processed eggs totalled 570,3 thousand pounds, down sharply from i5 million pounds. Per capita consumption of eggs dipped from 24 dozens in 1959 and 1960 to 23.5 dozens to hit the lowest level since 1953, a e Prices to producers for all grades averaged 31.3 cents per dozen. This was about 1.5 cents a dozen higher than in 1960. There was less seasonal fluctua- tion in 1961 resulting in more even returns to the producer, the Poultry Market Review notes, The national weighted aver- age price to producers for Ca- nada Grade A Large eggs for the year ended Sept. 30, 1961, stood at 1.1 cents above the pre- scribed level of 33 cents. Conse- quently, the Agricultural Stabili- zation Board did not slake any payment to producers for the 1960-61 period. 1, Two changes have been made in the deficiency payment pro- gr'ain for the 1961-62 period. The prescribed price was raised from 3,a. cents to 34 cents per dozen and Grade A Medium eggs be- came eligible for payment, along with Grade A Large and Grade A Extra Large eggs. For the week ending June 9, 1962, the cumulative weighted average price to producers for Grade A Large eggs was 32.5 compared with 32.9 in the same period a year earlier, N _LESSON t»y ion 81. flurries tI'arren, B.A., Lill. [t Call to Spiritual Itenewal Malachi 2: 1-9, 3: 1-3 Memory Seriptul'e: Have we 11(4 all one father? ,tlath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Mala- chi 2: 10. . Malachi gives the closing cull to God's chosen people before the 400 years of silence between the Old Testament and New Tes- tament, during which the Jews wait for their Messiah. His call for vigilance in both social and religious life has application even to our day. His clearc'ut prediction of the Messiah held high the nation's hope when they were tempted to discourage- ment, When Jesus finally came, the country was expectantly awaiting Ilia arrival. The spirit of anticipation was a direct re- sult of the words of Malachi and the other prophets. The prophet begins by point- ing out the need, The people were offering blind and sick ani- mals in their sacrifices; animals they wouldn't dare offer the governor, They were selfish. In reference to the work at the temple, the prophet asks, "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altars for nought " Today, many burn up more money in tobacco smoke than they give for the work of the Lord. One 50 -year-old man, whose life was changed by Jesus Christ, became a very faithful steward, I com- mented on it. He said, "I'm sav- ing the 85,00 a week I spent on tobacco, not to mention what I wasted on other things. I have better health. Why shouldn't I give?" Malachi makes the great ap- peal, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord. of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heav- en, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be roolyd enough to receive it.' Thai younger Colgate when starting out on his own to make soap, was ady! ed +p give ten rtn9 every dollar to the Lord, tni�c ie +t%t3 and the firm still carrys out that policy, He prospered, Malachi says of the coning Messiah, "Ile is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and puri- fier of silver. Jesus Christ re- proved sin. When sin is con- fessed, He forgives. He cleanses the hearts of those who fully commit themselves to Him and live holy for him. He will come again and receive them unto Himself. Most people do not really ob- ject to a full day's work. They just don't do it. Upsldedewn to Prever,l l' •• •• g HIT BY BRUSH FIRE — This view down the main street of the movie set at Gene AAtnry's Melody Ranch near Los Angeles shows only desolation and fire damage. In the fore4round are the remains of buildings used for the Wyatt Erp and Gunsmoke television series, all leveled by a brush fire In background is a mission building that escaped damage when that fire hopped over it. 1 3 :.;:p 4 s1 5 6 7 9 /...49 10 11 1. fiat 13. ;�'; ki N. Ma 6 17 a' ■II KIMIggi KV II id .4.4 ill m ti :, :' grin" SkPill I WI �yalf4� Rim lslltll�g�� , pit �,�' 1111111 �� la in Us5 NU Answer elsewhere or this page CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER — A far cry from what is usually associated with lumberjacks, this one takes a leisur- ely cruise down the river. In the tow of a large river barge, the pontoon of logs, which carry a car and a makeshift shed, float swiftly by Frankfurt, West Germany. TIIEPARM FRONT Agriculture is the la t e.s t to benefit from space-age elec- tronics, Electronic computers — which "think" with the speed of light- ning — are being used in studies by Canada Department of Agri- culture researchers on the etf- fects of weather on crops, * * * Most experimental farms send weather data on punch cards to the federal meteorological ser- vice and the cards are made available for crop -weather re- search, explains Dr. K. H, Mac- Kay, of the Agrometeorological Section, Plan t Research Insti- tute, Ottawa. Many questions arising from research projects require ex- tremely complex computations which would take weeks or months with an ordinary cal- culating machine, says the re- searcher. The computers have slashed this time lag to a few hours. In addition, computers have extended the r a n g e of crop - weather research because,- with- out them, some questions would have gone unanswered owing to t h e overwhelming volume of manual work, Dr. MacKay points out, e: * * The versatile machines — which can Handle about 1,000 operations per second — have been used to establish the "nor- mal" number of drying days during June at several farms in Eastern Canada, permitting a comparison of lengths of hay- ing seasons for different years at one farm and between sev- eral farms. They can even give a speedy prediction on the chances of frost after a certain date — say, for example; May 24. * * * Crop -weather research is get- ting a further assist by these electronic "brains" in relating grasshopper outbreaks to tem- perature and rainfall data and in the study of the effects of weather on wheat yields. The latter project seeps to provide a more reliable basis for predict- ing ,eields. A study conducted at several farms on the relationship be- tween crop growth and tempera- tures, length of day and rain- fall, has been speeded through the use of a compu ter, says Dr. Machny. g, Results show that wheat re - amends mainly to daytime tem- peratures - and is relatively 1117 - affected by those at tight. In comparison, millet responds chiefly to the cooler nighttime temperatures, s, Enthuses Dr. MacKay: "Computers are tl n e w and eersatile tool for more advanced study of clop-wea1her relation- ships." R Chemicals used to kill potato tops have also been the cause of death for many cattle. The reason, says a federal re- searcher, is that most sprays used for this purpose contain sodium arsenite which is poi- sonous to the animals. Cattle usually do not eat po- tato tops, says L. C. Callbeck, of the experimental farm at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, But spraying with e pre- paration containing sodium ar- senite gives the plants a salty taste and odour that is appetiz- ing to the animals. * 0 * Cattle may gain entrance to a sprayed area by breaking through a weakened part of a fence or through a gate that has not been securely fastened. The best safeguards, says Callbeck, are strong fences, se- cure gates, an adequate supply of minerals in the grain ration and salt licks in the pastures. If the condition of a fence is doubtful, he adds, the cattle should be kept in the barn dur- ing the few days between spray- ing and the death of the potato tops, Spray drift can also take a toll of cattle. If a potato field next to a pasture is being spray- ed, care should be taken that the wind doesn't carry the spray to the adjacent grazing area and contaminate the grass. * * * Carelessness also accounts for losses of farm animals, says Callbeck. He cited the case of a farmer who lost nine cows after ISSUE 37 — 1962 spraying (heal w 1111 what he thought was a fly spray. The solution actually was a sodium arsenite preparation for use on the potato field, The cows got a lethal dose by licking t 11 e m - selves, Such losses could be avoided simply by reading the labels on t h e containers before using them, the CDA specialist points out. He adds that such a pre- caution is essential in view of the increasing number of insec- ticides, fungicides and herbi- cides being used in modern agri- culture. * . Careless disposal of unused sodium arsenite solution in the sprayer, rinse water and empty containers, also poses a threat to cattle. The unused solution and rinse water should be poured into a hole and covered with earth. Empty containers should be buried. * e: Production, consumption a n d export of eggs last year were down from 1960. Receipts of eggs at registered grading stations in Canada amounted to 207 million dozens. This total, although 5.4 per cent above the 1955-59 five-year average period, was down by 1,3 per cent from 1960, Farm production amounted to 446.5 million dozen in 1961 — about one per cent below the previous year's. * * * Exports declined in 1961. Those of shell egg amounted to about 5.5 million dozens last year compared with 8.2 million in 1960. Exports of processed eggs totalled 570,3 thousand pounds, down sharply from i5 million pounds. Per capita consumption of eggs dipped from 24 dozens in 1959 and 1960 to 23.5 dozens to hit the lowest level since 1953, a e Prices to producers for all grades averaged 31.3 cents per dozen. This was about 1.5 cents a dozen higher than in 1960. There was less seasonal fluctua- tion in 1961 resulting in more even returns to the producer, the Poultry Market Review notes, The national weighted aver- age price to producers for Ca- nada Grade A Large eggs for the year ended Sept. 30, 1961, stood at 1.1 cents above the pre- scribed level of 33 cents. Conse- quently, the Agricultural Stabili- zation Board did not slake any payment to producers for the 1960-61 period. 1, Two changes have been made in the deficiency payment pro- gr'ain for the 1961-62 period. The prescribed price was raised from 3,a. cents to 34 cents per dozen and Grade A Medium eggs be- came eligible for payment, along with Grade A Large and Grade A Extra Large eggs. For the week ending June 9, 1962, the cumulative weighted average price to producers for Grade A Large eggs was 32.5 compared with 32.9 in the same period a year earlier, N _LESSON t»y ion 81. flurries tI'arren, B.A., Lill. [t Call to Spiritual Itenewal Malachi 2: 1-9, 3: 1-3 Memory Seriptul'e: Have we 11(4 all one father? ,tlath not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Mala- chi 2: 10. . Malachi gives the closing cull to God's chosen people before the 400 years of silence between the Old Testament and New Tes- tament, during which the Jews wait for their Messiah. His call for vigilance in both social and religious life has application even to our day. His clearc'ut prediction of the Messiah held high the nation's hope when they were tempted to discourage- ment, When Jesus finally came, the country was expectantly awaiting Ilia arrival. The spirit of anticipation was a direct re- sult of the words of Malachi and the other prophets. The prophet begins by point- ing out the need, The people were offering blind and sick ani- mals in their sacrifices; animals they wouldn't dare offer the governor, They were selfish. In reference to the work at the temple, the prophet asks, "Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altars for nought " Today, many burn up more money in tobacco smoke than they give for the work of the Lord. One 50 -year-old man, whose life was changed by Jesus Christ, became a very faithful steward, I com- mented on it. He said, "I'm sav- ing the 85,00 a week I spent on tobacco, not to mention what I wasted on other things. I have better health. Why shouldn't I give?" Malachi makes the great ap- peal, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord. of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heav- en, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be roolyd enough to receive it.' Thai younger Colgate when starting out on his own to make soap, was ady! ed +p give ten rtn9 every dollar to the Lord, tni�c ie +t%t3 and the firm still carrys out that policy, He prospered, Malachi says of the coning Messiah, "Ile is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: and he shall sit as a refiner and puri- fier of silver. Jesus Christ re- proved sin. When sin is con- fessed, He forgives. He cleanses the hearts of those who fully commit themselves to Him and live holy for him. He will come again and receive them unto Himself. Most people do not really ob- ject to a full day's work. They just don't do it. Upsldedewn to Prever,l l' •• •• g HIT BY BRUSH FIRE — This view down the main street of the movie set at Gene AAtnry's Melody Ranch near Los Angeles shows only desolation and fire damage. In the fore4round are the remains of buildings used for the Wyatt Erp and Gunsmoke television series, all leveled by a brush fire In background is a mission building that escaped damage when that fire hopped over it.