The Seaforth News, 1948-07-15, Page 2Ebb -Tide
Of Fear.
By
FERN AIJBLE
Eddie Ritchcr 'closed the hospital
door gently. He stood outside for
a moment, his eyes narrowed
thoughtfully. Inside, his wife lay
quietly, a gentle smile curving her
lips as she held Eddie's promise to
her heart.
Don't you,worry.your pretty little
head about anything, Mary," he had
told her, his eyes earnest and lov-
ing, "Everything's going to be all
right, 1've got the promise of a
fine new job and we won't have to
worry about- bills or expenses or
anything from now on."
Eddie Richter, one-time money
rider. Even yet, jockeys throughout
the racing world talked of him whit.
more than a•littic awe. He was a
sort of shilling star toward which
silk -clad figures, up for the first time
in a classic of sleek horseflesh,
groped for inspiration. For Eddie
Richter had been an inspired rider.
That is, until the day he was up
on Gallowing Wind, the great chest-
nut mare that had startled the en-
tire racing wo'id with her amazing
bursts of speed.
On the day in question, he looked
at the track nervously. It had
drizzled all night and the course was
a sea of mud- The horses were
brought to the barrier, and Eddie
leaned over Galloping Wind's neck
and spoke to her reassuringly. She
tossed her head and reared. The
horses Broke raggedly and Gallop-
ing Wind, on the outside, ran last.
At the three-quarter post, Eddie
leaned over and said coaxingly,
"Conte on, girl, now's the time.
You can do it. Why, the rest of
those bangtails can't touch you for
speed. Come on, now, let's show
'ern."
B 1 -'.ad the love in ner eyes there
was worry, too.
Gallojting Wind lengthened her
stride in response to the appeal in
Eddit's voice. She moved up, mak-
ing her bid- And then, with victory
within grasp, Galloping Wind
stumbled and went down with
Eddie under her.
When they got hint out, the Doc
shook his head as he went over
Eddie's body with knowing fingers.
"1 don't know," he said doubtfully,
"he's pretty much bunged up. We
can tell more after we get him to
the hospital and have X-rays
taken."
He lay there four months, his
broken body an intolerable agony.
The pain woutdn,t have been so -
bad, if he could have gotten the
picture out of his mind of lying
under Galloping Wind, the thunder ,
of flying hoofs coming toward him.
Something had gone out of Eddie
then and been replaced by fear.
When he carne out of the hospital,
he and Mary faced the fact that.
their savings were gone. Thine got
steadily worse. Eddie didn't know
anything but horses and horse
racing and he couldn't endure the
sight of a horse.
Finally, matters carne to a climax.
when Mary had to be rushed to the
hospital for an emergency opera-
tion. She came through all right
but behind the love in her eyes
there was worry too.
As he stood outside the door,
Eddie came to his decision. Ele left
the hospital and turned toward the
track and to George Graybar. Gray -
bar, fabul. sly wealthy sportsman,
owner of the Graybar stables from
which had come Shooting Comet,
Whirlwind, Highpockets and a host
of other famous horses—and Gallop.
ing Wind,
Something in Eddie's face brought
a welcoming smile from Graybar.
"Well, it's about time, Eddie," he
boomed. "I wondered how long it
would be before you'd be around to
see me.,'
They walked out to the stables,
to the smell of clean hay and the
rO'ckerinn of the horses in their
stalls. When they came to the last
stall, there was Galloping Wind.
The great horse stretched out her
neck and nuzzled softly, Eddie
swallowed the lump_ in his throat as
he turned to Graybar who was
watching thein.
1'She remembers mel" Eddie's
eyes were shining. "When can 1
ride her, sir?" There was a great
excitement in his eyes.
Eddie had conte home.
The End
Part of "Plant" Which Produces 120,000 Dressed Fowl Yearly—Brains and originality—pus a
lot of hard work—can still pay off in a big way, as is evidenced by the success of N. 'W, White
of Seaforth, Ont. Still in his early 30's he has b wilt up a poultry business that would be hard to
match either in Canada or the United States. Poultrymen come to Seaforth from near and far
to inspect the White plant, the chief feature of which is this brooder horse, four stories high
and almost 100 yards long. Built two years ago it incorporates an original feed system of Mr.
White's own design -one which saves him. a large proportion of the labor troubles which plague
most poultrymen. Among the many other unique features of the building are a complete modern
apartment to house the "staff" which at present consists of two students from the 0,A.C.—third-
year men in animal husbandry -there both to earn and to learn.
k��F�RM F!1tNT
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When it comes to putting away
milk products we Canadians have
quite an edge on the Australians.
We also top them at consuming
poultry, eggs, fish and game, to-
matoes and citrus fruits.
But the Aussies are far ahead in
their consumption of sugar and
syrups, fruits—other than toma-
toes and citrus—and most sorts of
vegetables except the leafy varie-
ties.
As to meat, there's really no
comparison. Our 1947 consumption
of 123 pounds per capita looks
rather small as compared to the
Australian mark of 211 pounds a
head. Our 40 pounds per capita of
pork and pork products was al-
most double theirs — but "Down
Under" they got away with 71.5
pounds of mutton and lamb as
compared to a mere 4,6 pounds
here.
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The extension of rural electri-
fication in Canada during the past
few years is almost incredible. Lat-
est reports show some 185,000
rural customers of electrical power
lines in this country -an increase
of over 120,000 since the end of
the war.
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Farmers intending to plant fall
wheat might do well to investi-
gate a new chemical, claimed to be
much superior to previous fungi-
cides in the treatment of seed.
The chemists call it -take a long
breath now — ethyl mercury pto-
Come And Get It, Chicks
Third year O.A.C. Student who
is spending sinner at the
great poultry plant of N. W.
White near Seaforth which
turns out 120,000 dressed fowl
annually. He is seen operating
part of unique and labor-saving
feed system which is one of
the features of the huge brooder
house.
luene sulfonilide; but dealers in
farm chemicals and fertilizers will
no doubt sell it to you under solve
name far less jaw -breaking than
that. * * *
In tests this spring this chemical
is said to have given excellent re-
sults in heating seed of spring
wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax.
It can be used either wet -or dry
with equally good results. As with
other seed disinfectants it does not
control loose smut in wheat, for
which the experts recommend
purchasing the new disease-free
seed plus proper crop rotation; but
it has proved highly effective for
stinking smut and bunt,
Poultrymen who have been de-
pending on the time-consuming
methods of slipping or dusting to
rid their chickens of ratites and lice
now have a much easier way of
doing this—by spraying.
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Three years ago an Illinois
specialist sprayed a mite -infected
brooder house with a five per cent
solution of DDT. The young chicks
which were later placed in that
house grewupwithout ever having
even a bowing acquaintance with a
mite or louse.
Since that time this man has
sprayed many brooder and laying
houses in the sante manner. In
every case the mites soon disap-
peared. Vl'hen be sprayed the litter
thoroughly, as well as the house,
even the lice present on the chick-
ens' disappeared.
* * *
For those who do a bit of car-
pentry at home, here's a hint which
might be useful. With the passage
of time the figures and markings
on steel squares or rulers tend to
become unreadable. If you have one
of these just paint the entire square
or rule with quick drying white
enamel or aluminum paint—then
immediately, with a dry cloth,
wipe away the excess enamel or
paint. Then let it dry, and your
markings and figures will be read-
able as ever. figures:
Now is the season when work-
ing farm horses must be care-
fully watched for signs of over- '
heating. Most of such trouble
comes on a muggy, cloudy day
when there is little air movement.
Watch how hard the horse is
breathing, and give it rest periods
often. Animals that do not sweat
should be watched too, because
these are the ones that most often
go out with heat prostration.
Treatment of . animals suffering
heat prostration is difficult. Most
of then die, no matter what you
do; and those which- recover are
seldom much good for work.
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Collar sores on work horses
should be' washed and kept clean,
but it isn't advisable to use disin-
fectants, according to a well-
known vetinary authority. A quart
of water with a teaspoonful of
salt in it, or the same amount of
water with two tablespoons of
soda is good for washing such
wounds. Most mild lotions or oint-
ments have a tendency to help the
wound heal—always - provided you
can keep the collar off the animal
for a few days, not otherwise.
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Then there's the old one about
the hired man who was complain-
ing about the stinginess of the
wife of the farmer he was working
for. "I was sittin' there eatin' my
breakfast, and all of a sudden' she
says to ane, 'Jabez, do you know
how many griddle cakes you've •
just et??' I told her No, that I
never bothered to keep count of
matters such as that, 'Well, I
can tell you,' she says. 'It's just
exactly twenty nine.' And do you
know, it made me so durned mad
that I got up and walked away from
the table without even finishing my
breakfast." F.
Socialism
c. i
The Waleswood Colliery in Brit-
ain is providing a most embarrass-
ing test case for British Socialism.
It is a relatively unimportant unit
in the British coal -mining industry
It is one of those pits which have
become unprofitable to work, and
the National Coal Board proposes
to close it as no longer economic.
The Waleswood miners, however,
object. They don't want to work
elsewhere. They have -their homes
in the vicinity and they object to
being moved. Surely, they say, a
Socialist government is not going
to put the profit motive before that
of human rights.
For Once And All
Husband: "The barometer's drop-
ped again."
Wife: "George, you keep saying
that—why don't you use a stronger
nail this time to hang it ons"
Floods May Prove Future Blessing
After .monopolizing, public atten•'
ion for over a month, those floods
out on the Prairies have passed from
the front pages of 'most newspap-
ers. They are remembered only for
the treritendous damage they did to
land, roads, and western crop 1 rose -
pects. But right now the - soil ex-
perts are balancing up the damage
done against some of the things
on the credit side of the ledger. And
these are important too—how im
portantnobody can really Say at
present.
People who believe in weather
cycles, which is practically every
body in the West, have their fing
ers .crossed—writes James H. Gray
in the Vancouver Daily Province.
Recalling the dust 'bowl conditions
of a decade ago, they have been
wondering if we are not due for
some more of the sante.
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It could be, but many people are
now taking the line that the floods
have filled the sub -soil water stor
age system to an extent that will
enable crops to withstand serious
eirouth. Certainly the floods have
changed the face of the Western
prairie.
Lakes that once carried water
traffic and then dried up 'nto dry
marsh or mud flats are lakes again
Marshland that dried up and be-
came
ecame wheat farms is now back un-
der water and will likely stay that
way, Farmers of such land are out
of business.
The vast expanse of unbroken
prairie, so familiar to air travel dur
ing the war, is now a land dotted
with brimming creeks and rivers
and thousands of minature lakes in
the corners of farmers' fields. All
this will be reflected in less land
sown to wheat and more to oats
and barley.
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More important, however, than
the water that lies on the ground
is the water that has sohked deep
into the earth- The crowning dis-
aster of the dust -bowl years was
when the farm wells dried up. Life
without water became impossible
for man and beast. These wells
draw the water from surrounding
porous soil or gravel beds. ' When,
this underground store is depleted,.
it can be replenished, 1. ring the.
Summer, only by heavy.rainfall..
If, as now, the underground stor-
age is full, rain does not have to.
fall to save livestock and farm fam
ilies.
There is, of course, a contrary
school of thought that regards the•
sub -soil water levels as inconse
quential. They argue that it doesn't
matter how.'much /ater there is
in. the soil, if the hot winds start to
blow across the plains again. It•
nfay'. be, that these two • schools of
thought will be tested .this year
After a cold and backward Spring,.
it turned hot ,in Manitoba and one
day broke an all-time record when
the mercury bit 94 degrees- Hot; -
winds were blowing on that day
andmany a set offingers were.
crossed. •
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Aside from this argument alto.
gether, the floods have taught bund.
reds of districts in the .three prov
inces some elemental lessons in soils
conservation. Large gouges of
ruined land mark the course of ram-
paging water. Particularly hard hit
were fanners on rolling land whc
had bare summerfallow. The floods.
took away the tor. soil and plowed
ditches several feet deep into the
infertile clay below. But where an.
adjacent piece of land had been -
sown to cre-sfed wheat grass, there
was literally': no damage from the .
water.
Twenty years ago, farmers would
survey the damage and shake their
heads. Today, they are peppering,
the governments for advice on what
they should do to restore their land.
Soil experts are hopping about alts
over the country, trying to take ad
vantage of the new interest in soil.
.conservation -
This points up the fact that Wes
tern farmers today are both alert
to the threat of erosion and eager
to work to prevent it. These are
the dividends that are accruing
from years of educational work m
the part of the co-operatives the
elevator companies, the P.F.R A
and provincial agricultural repre--
sentatives.
He Refuses To Smile For The Cameraman — Benny Beaver looks pretty glum about the
whole thing as he poses for his picture at the fur farm of the four Pardoe brothers near Blen-
heim, Ont. The brothers are making an experiment to find out if beavers can be successfully
raised in captivity. If they succeed it may mark the beginning of a new era in Canadian fur-
farming, as beaver pelts are worth anything from $50 to $60 apiece.
Inside Those Wire Pens A New Industry May Be A-Borning — The four Pardoe brothers
are successful fur farmers and have over 3000 minae on their place near Blenheim, Ont.
Now, starting with 15 beaver they trapped near Espanola, they're trying to raise these fam-
ous fur -bearers on a commercial scale—something there is no record of ever having been clone
successfully
time sully before. Food is cheap, being principally poplar saplings; but only will tell.
whetheror not the heavers, whose rich brown pelts lured so malty early adventurers to
Canada, will breed in captivity.
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