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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1949-03-24, Page 3'.t All Ready To Sign The Newfoundland Union Bill—Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada (seated) prepares to receive and sign the much discussed bill relating to terms of Union with Newfoundland. Attending the ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa are seen, left to right, Dr. Arthur Beaitchesne, Clerk of the house of Commons ; Senator Wishart Robertson, Government Leader in the Senate; Prime Minister Louis St, Laurent; His Excellency Viscount Aleiander; Dr, Gaspard Fauteux, Speaker of the House; Senator J. 1-1 King; Speaker of the Senate; Major General H. F. G. Letson; L. C. 11Ioyer, Clerk of the House. TllEFA1M FRONT J06T Now I don't really know if this information will be of use to any of you, but I'm passing it along just on the -off chance, .A. Canadian firm that manufactures a brand of 2-4-D has put out a movie film, which sounds—front the word I've re- ceived about it—as though it night be both interesting and instructive, * * * Filmed in full natural color, and with sound, it's an authentic pres- entation of what weeds cost the , farmer in terms of yield, dockage, and cash. It shows how the weeds suck the land dry of moisture, nour- ishmint and fertility, and how they choke to death the grasses which hold the soil in place, The location shots, by the way, were made in the fields of western Canadian grain farmers during last spring, summer and fall. n 4 } NA After showing how those weed losses have cost Canadian farmers more than rust, grasshoppers and all other pests and diseases com- bined, the film goes on to show how—under the impetus of World War Two the research facilities of all Government and commercial agencies were stimulated to find the answer to the problem, * 4, 4. The film — it's title is "The Triumph of 2,4-D"—is described as being of vital importance to every Canadian farmer and his family. It was produced only for 16mm sound projectors, and runs for a little over half an hour. And it is available— Without charge—to farm organiza- tions and other interested groups. Ano, if YOU happen to be inter- ested, just write to BENOGRAPH, 100 Adelaide St. West, in Toronto. * a , * Now for a little assorted informa- tion about this, that, and the other." Around about thin time of year what is known as "ringworm" call give your livestock a lot of trouble. It shows up as small bad spots . covered with lifeless, wrinkleed grey scabs. * * * Actually "ringworm" isn't a worm at all, ft's a fungus which grows best when animals are in damp, dark barns or stables. There are two things you can do to knock out this fungus. One is to keep your stock where there's plenty of light, ventilation and clean bedding. The other is to treat the disease if it develops. * * * Once the fungus starts, you can whip it by washing the dry scabs with a mild soap and a medium stiff brush. (This softens the covering which protects the fungus.) Then use tincture of iodine, or pite- morol, lime -sulphur dip or Whit- field ointment for a few days. When the scabs are unusually' thick it's best to use an oil antiseptic, as the oil will help to loosen up the scabs, * * * And as "ringworm" is very coo- tagious, be sure and separate the infected animals from the rest, also - be careful not to touch, with your bare hands, any diseased areas. a: * * Now here's something that night be worth the attention of hog raisers. Specialists at a big Ameri- can university have just proved, by a carefully conducted test, just how important good legumes can be in a sow's ration, and what an effect they have on the size of litters. A; 4, * These experts have just finished feeding two groups of gilts from the time they were 57 pounds weight right through their first litters. One group was given alfalfa, either as pasture, or as alfalfa meal on dry - lot, The other group was on dry - lot and got no alfalfa, * * * The balance of the ration in both cases was made up of grain, soy- bean oil meal, mineral and concen- trated cod liver oil. Five of the New Type Chick Hatch- ery -As Harold Duggan lay in a hospital, bored with life and weighted down with a heater for his injttred foot, a visitor remarked that the contraption looked like a chicken brood- er. So Dugan decided to breed "chickens. For 3 weeks he kept some eggs n ext his foot and four chidk- ens were hatch- ed. The chicks were doing very Well -too, -until- the doctors re- fused to tet Duggan keep therm ,longer, thirteen gilts that got no alfalfa lost ALL their pigs within a few days after farrowing. Altogether this group weaned only thirt-nine pigs. * * On the other hand, the group that gotalfalfa weaned seven pigs apiece! The moral would seem to be that if your sows aren't getting plenty of 'legumes, you're tossing away a lot of potential profits, * 4: * And when I start pointing out Morals, it's a sign that it's about time to pipe down for the week. ITEMIZED! An artist who was employed to renovate and retouch the great nil paintings in an old church in Bel- gium rendered a- bill of $67.30 for his services. The church warden, however, required an itemized ac - 500111, and the following was duly presented: For correcting the "Ten Commandments" $ 5.12 For renewing heaven and ad- justing the stars 7.14 For touching up purgatory and. restoring lost souls 3.06 For brightening up the flames of hell, putting new tail on the devil and doing odd jobs for the damned 7.17 For putting new stone in Da- vid's sling, enlarging head of Goliath 6.13 For mending shirt of prodigal son and cleaning his ears ,. 3.39" For embellishing Pontius Pi- late and putting new ribbon on his bonnet 3.02 For putting new tail and comb on St. Peter's rooster 2.20 For replutning and regilding - ' left wing of the Guardian Angel . 5.18 For .washing the• servant of high priest 5.02 For taking the spots off the son of Tobias 10,30 For putting earrings in Sar- ah's ears . 5,26 For decorating Noalt's ark and new head on Shent .,. 4.31 TOTAL - $67.30 P,S, He got the money. Newlywed husband: "Do you mean to say there's only one course for dinner tonight? Just cheese?" Newlywed wife: "Yes, dear. You see, when the chops caught fire and fell into the dessert, I had to use the soup to put ottt the fire," TLE REGG'" WHEN HITLER WAS A JUMP FROM VICTORY Fifty `years` ago the ittyasion of England was a favorite subject for boys' thrillers. Evert as late as 1922 the "Champion" published a story entitled"Germany's War' of Re- venge "' This told in detail bow a German task force landed in East Anglia and captured the whole of London north of ,the Thames, de- stroying St, Paul's and the Houses of Parliament, only to be thrown back by our gallant defenders. It was all great fun and nothing more. No foreign invader had set foot on English, soil since 1066, Well, we all know what happened. In 1940 the thriller all but came true, By June 4th the British Army had been driven out of Europe. After seemingly impossible efforts 337,000 men were brought back; but they were exhausted, disorganized, 'un- equipped. On June 17th. France rap-. itulated, and Britain was left alone to face a triumphant Hitler, master of the whole' of Western Europe north of the Pyrenees—a Europe from which we were separated by only twenty-one- utiles of water. One Jump to Victory It was obvious what his next move would be. In the opinion of all observers he had only to cross the Channel to win. the war. In fact, he didn't cross the Chan- nel and sc be didn't win the war. But the question everybody asked at the time,. and has gone on asking since with such persistence that it has become one of the great ques- tion -marks of History is: Why not? Most historical ttst r tcrti u e i t qscot s of that importance take years to answer. But owing to the fact that we cap- tured nearly all the German docu- ments we can rely to this one right away. For from the documents a book bas been written giving an excellent account of how the Ger- mans regarded the war at sea.* It is the German view of sea -power which is the clue td the puzzle. We were accustomed to despise the German Navy. It was, in fact, by no means contemptible. Render- ed virtually ineffective by the Treaty of Versailles it was not revived un- til 1935. In 1940 it was only a small force compared to the Royal Navy. "A Surprise Crossing" But it was efficient, and its Com - ander -in -Chief, Grand -Admiral Er- ich Raeder, knew Itis job. Because he did lie had ordered his staff to investigate the problem of invading England as early as November l5tlt, 1939. At a conference with the Fucher on May 21st; 1940, Raeder mention- ed his plans: "But Hitler," says Mr. Martienssen, the author, "jubi- lant over his victory in France, paid scant attention." Nothing daunted, Raeder raised the subject again on June 20th. This didn't go much better, for it was not until July 2nd that the staffs of the three Services were ordered even to investigate the possibility. The truth was that no one in Ger- Many (nor anywhere else, for that matter, outside our island) imagin- ed that magined-that the mad British would con- tinue so unequal a struggle. Raeder himself said to Hitler on July 11th: "I consider that an invasion should be used only as a last resort to force Britain to sue for peace.. , . The pre -requisites are complete air superiority and .... a mine -free area for transport and disembarkation." However, Mr, Churchill's defiant broadcasts did not sound like some- one suing for peace, and two days later Hitler ordered the three Ser- vices to prepare'for "Operation Sea - Lion," which was to be "a surprise crossing on a broad front front Ramsgate to a point west of the Isle of Wight." They were also to consider the preliminary occupation of the Isle of Wight or Cornwall. The Navy On Guard Immediately the trouble started. Within three days Raeder was moaning: "The task allotted to the Navy is out of all proportion to the Navy's strength, and bears no re- lation to the tasks that are set the Army and the Air Force," Among the difficulties he listed were the damage done to invasion - ports during the Battle of France, and the fact that the Royal Navy would certainly intervene in full strength. This does not seem to have occurred to the rest of the std' SCRATCHINGI --77�� Relieve Itch in a Jiffy 'v-ticaeve hoot., Om to mean, him lea athlete'& toot and minor itchtroultlat, oat oolitg merautcd D. D• D Pr ipe M (orNnaey or utm kaaeth) Grooa Irss ttu.tot A 1) tory Pormala Stator& o d colon iattt&ettcbingba,k. y yotrinlb stir nrova tt—or mo ort beck, Ask roue for D•D,b. Prosarlpnan. Supreme Command, who "consider- ed the landing quite a slinple opera- tion," The Army chiefs, indeed, were completely ignoring the implications of the fact that they had to cross a sea dominated by the enemy, They demanded transport for 40 divisions (800,000 men) attacking on a broad front from Ramsgate to Lyme Bay, Raeder had no proper landing craft and he pointed out that to take this number of men in barge's would paralyse German internal trade, de- pending as it did so much on water - transport. The Army then reduced their re- quirements to 13 divisions, but in- sisted on a landing on a broad front. This resulted in an Army v. Navy deadlock at the beginning of Aug- ust. !lout sides were right. If troops were landed on a broad' front the British would be forced to disperse their forces and a German break- through would be easy; conversely, a narrow front landing would con- centrate all the defenders and invite annihilation. On the other hand, Raeder with his siiaall navy could only protect a small section of the Channel; any attempt to take troops across' outside this small section was bound to end in disaster. On August 27th Hitler reached a compromise between the broad and narrow front policies and issued orders for four main landings in the areas Folkestone -Dungeness, Dun- geness -Cliff's lift End Bcx ' ll -Beach Y Head, Brighton -Selsey Bill. The first objective was to be a line from Portsmouth to the mouth of the Thanes. Meanwhile, Goering, confid nt that his Luftwaffe could both sweep the R.A.F. out of the sky and para- lyse the Royal Navy (a view not shared by Admiral Raeder), had started the first part of the opera- tion with odds of 2 -to 1 in his fav- our. But in spite of the fact that all his first reports were favourable, on September 3rd the landing was postponed to the 21st. The barges were difficult to col- lect and the R.A.F. and R.N. would insist on destroying them. More- over, German Intelligence Reports were not encouraging. There was apparently a menacing concentra- tion of -tanks on a mythical golf - course called "St. foseph's". The•' British Army consisted of 39 di- visions, of which 20 were completely operational. -(In actual fact there were on paper only 27—mostly re- cruits with no equipment,) The area of Tonbridge-Beachy Head was "a labyrinth of defence." "Tonbridge must lie on the coast .. . but this cannot be confirmed from the charts in our possession," (It is roughly half -way from Loudon to the coast!" With this sort of information be - tore them it is not surprising that the Supreme Command became a little uncertain. While junior staff officers were painstakingly dividing occupied Britain into six commands and fixing an exchange rate of 9.6 Reichmarks to the £ the high-ups were becoming increasingly doubt- fol of "Sea Lion," In spite of Goering's reports the - R.A.F. were still painfully in evi- dence. On September 14th, Raeder again refers to the invasion as "a last resort—the risk is very great," and asks for a postponement till October, He had noticed a meauac- .1 UMB #a !, ' ' N / Got'do Sutittlw 'v fir- GARDEN NOTES; TIME. TO PLAN The experienced gardenerdoesn't waif until the sun and soil are warn before starting to gest ready for planting. No matter what the weath- er is like . outside planning can - commence anytime, and there is fun and value in this planning, too. A good Canadian seed catalogue and a Government bulletin or two will prove invaluable. Despite all the time -worn jokes about the seed catalogue, these publications are packed with real and vital informa- tion. With the bulletins, they will tell you when the various flowers bloom, the colors, and whether they are hardy or tender and safe -to plant in your neighborhood, heights ate also given -and the type of growth. Only with such information can one go ahead and plan real borders and other layouts, can be sure there is something in bloom right through until Fall, and that the little things will not be hidden by the tall. With the vegetables, the cata- logues and bulletins will help in the planning and also ir. getting sat- isfaction when the garden starts to yield, One will.learn from the des- criptions whether certain varieties are hardy, half-hardy or tender, and how many days from planting to maturity. All this is vital informa- tion, One will also read about brand- new discoveries in the vegetable line, improvements in ol'd stand- bys. FIRST JOBS There are some outdoor jobs that can be started almost as soon as the ground is bare, One of the first will be lawn repairs or the starting of new ones. Grass seed makes its best growth in cool weather. Sweet peas also must go in early for best results. They need to develop their deep growth before the soil gets warm, ing number of H.M. ships within striking distance of the Channel. Final Postponement Hitler hedged for a few days. but on September 17th he ordered an indefinite postponement of the op- eration. On October 12th it was postponed till the following spring. Everybody forgot about it, but it wasn't finally cancelled until Janu- ary, 1942. Now Hitler and his top boys, great rogues though they may have been, were men of first-rate ability. Why did they make such a poor showing in this operation? Because (with the exception of Raeder) they were land -minded, not sea -minded. Bred on a continent they did not understand that in a global war con- trol of the sea will enable its pos- sessor at least to avoid defeat in- definitely, while such control is' ab- solutely necessary if victory is to be won. Goering thought that air -control alone would be sufficient: thanks to "the Few" he was tillable to achieve even that. 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