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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-08-19, Page 2Making a Big Splash—That froth you see on the otherwise clear waters of Georgian Bay is not caused by a high wind, but by a bunch of Sea Cadets taking part in a swim class at the Princess Alice Camp on Minnicog Island. This and the other Georgian Bay Camp—Queen Elizabeth on Beausoleil Island—are two of the Navy League's ten camps which have been in full swing across Canada recently. Wants More Facts About Comic Books Every once in so often some per- son or group gives out with a loud blast against the comic books and/or the radio melodrama pro- grams which are such favorites now- adays with millions of American `children, says- Collier's Weekly in an Editorial headed "Figures Would Be Helpful." You're familiar with the com- plaint, no doubt—how it's alleged that these entertainments are too strenuous, and that they either tend to make nervous and emotional Wrecks out of children or inspire them to go whooping out to com- mit murder or mayhem. What we always look eagerly for, and don't find, whenever this complaint comes up, is a nice selec- tion of statistics going to prove that the comic books and radio spine- wrinklers are as bad as all that. For example, how many children in the year 1947 actually did blow their emotional or nervous tops and have to be sent to rest -cure homes or insane asylums as a direct result of reading comic books or bending the ears too steadily into the radio? And how many children in the same year did no such thing? Again, how many children in 1947 or any other period really did try to fly out the window or up onto the roof like Superman, or kill some little playmate in ways approved by the various comic -book villians? And how many didn't? We never see figures bearing on these questions. Yet without such statistics, it seems to us the enemies of present-day thrillers are merely blowing off a lot of unsup- ported theories. Until concrete, convincing, fully documented proofs of this kind are forthcoming, we think we'll just go on pretty much ignoring these earnest and alarmed persons. Our own guess is that they are the spiritual heirs of the heavy thinkers who used to moan two generations ago about what the dime novel would do to the youngsters of that era, and of the alarmists of a gener- ation back who foresaw hideous evils flowing from the then popular- ity of movie serials like The Perils of Pauline and The Iron Claw. None of the nightmares -came true in either case. Tierra Del Fuego, an island sep- arated from South America by the Strait of Magellan. means "Land of Fire." Merry Menagerie-ByWalt Disney "Nobody's calling ME 'coo -coo' and getting away with it!" TllIFA1N F1?ONT 06 If there's any truth in the old adage about "an apple a day, etc." then C:-..adian doctors should be in for a fairly lonesome time this coming winter. That's because Can- ada's 1948 apple crop has been estimated at 17 million bushels, an increase of 2 trillion over last year. To this huge amount British Columbia +all, quite naturally, con- tribute the major share, that Pro- vinre's 9 million bushels being about 25% above the 1947 figure. * * * The big problem now is how to dispose of this cr.p. Based on former figures, the maximum quan- tity Canada cat e expected to use is less than 9 million bushels, and the export market is quite uncer- tain. Great Britr.in took no Cana- dian apples this %year, and is not very likely to buy many of this season's production because of the money situation and also because the United Kingdom is growing a whole lot more at home. So it looks as though worms and similar pests are not the only headaches our apple -growers have to contend with. 'Some poultry raisers work two hours or mgre a day in caring for 1000 liens,.ei even fewer than that —am: think they're being efficient about the job too. But figures do not bear out this belief, as the department of Agriculture at Wash- ington says that there ars poultry- men who require only 21 minutes a day to look after 1000 hens. * * * You've probably known this for years, but here's- just a reminder that lightning has a tendency to strike tt-e highest spot—and when you're alone in an otherwise empty field YOU are that high spot. Taking shelter under a tree, you're liable to get hit by a bolt which strikes the tree first. It's comparatively safe inside a building—safer still if that building is one of a group. There isn't as much wheat eaten on this continent—that is to say not so much per capita—as there was fifty years ago. Statistics from south of the border—and Canadian figures would probably not vary very great- ly—show that around the beginning of the century each person ate about five bushels of wheat. Last year it was down to less than four bushels. And here's something that might be of interest to our friends in the baking business. Nutrition experts believe that consumption of wheat A Practical Tale "Everything you sayabout mod- ernizing the place is perfectly true, son," a farmer remarked to his boy home for his vacation from college. "But just remember that while a cow may not have as good-looking a tail as a peacock, she can brush off a lot more flies with .it" could be greatly increased very easily—simply by the bakers pro- ducing a tastier loaf of bread! * * While early fall plowing is un- doubtedly gocd for weed control, soil specialists say that plowing in the late fall usually adds more nitrogen and organic matter to the earth. Besides that, late fall plow- ing will blow and wash less than the other unless some sort of cover crop comes up after the early fall plowing. * * * I've probably written about this before, but it's worth repeating— what a surprisingly small amount of salt will do in effecting great savings of expensive feed in hog - f attening. Recent controlled tests showed that each dollar's worth of salt saved twenty times that amount in feeding costs. The tests showed that pigs will eat just about the proper amount they need if given free access to a salt box in the feed lot. Mixing salt at the rate of one-half per cent of the entire ration was also found to work well, but it is adbisable not to use 'larger amounts than this. * * '* If bothered by dripping from the carburetor after the engine is stop- ped on your car or tractor,' the chances are that it results from too high a fuel level in the carburetor bowl, and it may be that the float valve should have replacements. It is impossible to adjust a carburetor correctly with a too -high fuel level. * * * Then there's the oldie about the visitor to the farm who looked out into a pasture field and saw the antics of an old horse. The nag was running around like mad bumping his head first against one tree, then another, and so on. "Is that horse blind?" the visitor inquired. "Naw, he ain't blind," was the prompt reply, "Ide can see as well as anybody, but he just don't give a good gol-darn l" The news we hear from Europe and elsewhere these days makes a whole lot of humans feel much the same way too. Maybe the Farmer Isn't So '.`Ignorant" "The trouble with the farmer is that he's ignorant;' says an editorial writer in the Calgary Herald, whose pen must have been dipped in satire. "He doesn't know about social justice, economic planning, about forward-looking concepts of dy- namic democracy. In fact he doesn't know much about anything, except maybe farming." No wonder then—the editorial goes on—that the Socialists wring their hands over him. Until the farmers are won over to Socialism, the CCF can't possibly hope to win power. Professor G. M. A, Grube, of the University of Toronto, an executive member of the CCF national Coun- cil, notes that the farmers of South- ern and Eastern Ontario seem re-' luctant to vote for Socialism. How can they be converted? "This is not so much a question of program—the program is there—but a matter of education, which takes both time and money.", The professor can then get busy with his task of education leading off with some bright remark like "Don't you think it's terrible, the price Toronto's suffering masses have to pay for butter?" or "I'm sure we can count on your support during the next packinghouse strike." Little visits of this nature between professors and farmers should be of great value, we think, to the CCF's educational campaign. Of course, some boorish agrarians might resent, being educated. Some professors might find themselves confronted with the business end of a pitchfork. But every noble cause must have its martyrs. And what cause could be mare noble than spreading the true faith among benighted heathens? Helium gas, at the end of World War I, cost about s2,500 per cubic foot, today, it costs about 2 cents. Just For Fun A teacher in a. school just out- side Belfast Ireland, tells of a pupil of his who had been taken to the launching of His Majesty's Aircraft Carrier "Bulwark" and wrote of the big moment thus': "The Countess broke a bottle of champagne against the bow and then, to the delight of the crowd, she slid slowly and majestically down the greasy slipway into the sea." New-- And All Of Them Useful. New -Type Soldering Iron, Re- quires no electrical current or ex- ternal heat. Operated by a cartridge which heats iron to working tem- perature in five seconds and main- tains intense heat for at least ten minutes. Cartridge, which is about same size as small flashlight bat- tery, is ignited on sante .principle as firing a bullet. Automobile Sun Visor. Will fit all 1541' and latercar models. Made of transparent smoky green ,plexi- glas,the visor lies flush against in side upper surface of windshield, covering' approximately its upper third and extending' across the full width. It slips under and is held in position by. rubber molding strip of windshield channel, Visor and windshield are automatically sealed so no dust collects between them. Claimed also to reduce internal frosting in winter driving: Can't Catch Trout? Try Cranberries ! 1 was fishing a small creek north of Hagar and having poor luck, writes T. Thorpe in Sylva. Coming to a spot where the creek narrowed to about four feet in width, there was quite a lively run of water for about 20 feet, where it spilled into a miniature pond. This pond was alive with trout -jumping at the odd leaf, small -pieces of old birch bark and almost any small particle of old driftwood that was carried by the freshet to the pond below. These trout would take none of my offer- ings—flies, miniature spoons, bugs, worms and grasshoppers were all tried without a strike. I was standing directly under a high -bush cranberry tree. Pluck- ing a bunch of half ripe cranberries, I threw a berry into the creek to watch results. As it was buoyant, the berry tossed around in the swift water and immediately on reaching the foot of the run it was taken un- der water by a trout. It came bob- bing up again and was the imme- diate centre of attraction. The berry was so buoyant it would come to the surface unless tightly held by the fish. However, the berry soon went under for keeps. After trying a few more samples with the same results, I proceeded to take 10 nice brook trout with high -bush cranberries as bait, after all other offerings had failed to pro- duce a strike, Pipe-Fil1pg Tobacco Pouch. New plastic pouch which not only is claimedtokeep tobacco fresher• but perinits smokers to - pack a pipe without spilling. Piston -like plunger packs tobacco into pipe and tamps it firmly into bowl. Pressing the plunger back into place closes and locks pouch. -- Portable Pumping - Unit. Meas- ures approximately 20' x 22" x 25" and can be had either with hand carrying frame, a barrow carriage type, with pneumatic tires, or for stationary mounting, this unit is a complete pumping system ready for immediate use. Typical uses -emer- gency fire equipment; high-pressure washing; pumping water from base- ments or excavations; emptying or filling tanks or tank cars; well sink- ing; .irrigation, etc, etc. Self-ppwer- ed centrifugal type of puinp. Nylon Carpets. 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Could you keep your car under control or stop in time at the speed you are travelling? The Department of Highways suggests you ask yourself that question when you drive. And if your good judg- ment tells you the answer is "no" — then you are driving at an UN- SAFE SPEED whether you are under the legal limit or not. New Zealand became a Dominion in the British Empire in 1907. 'Way Up North on the Alaska Highway—Pictured from the air is this typical stretch of road and scenery north of White- horse, Yukon Territory. As conditions improve, former checks on travel along this route are being modified by the Canadian Army and'R•C.M•P. ARCHIE PRETTY SHARD HUH ?ARGYLE TRUNKS! VERONICA KNITTED THEM FOR ME!! FOR A MINUTE I THOUGHT YOU'D GOT INTO YOUR SOCKS TOO FAR' U "(:{'1, 'y ARCHIE! ARCHIE! DON'T SWIM OUT ANY RELAX,! FU.RTHFR/ I CAN TACKLE THIS UNDER -TOW! MONTANA I KNOW! BUT A THREAD FROM YOUR SUIT GOT CAUGHT ON THIS POST AND YOU'RE UNRAVELLING IT! By Montana OKAY ARCHIE! 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