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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1949-04-21, Page 7"Oh, To Be In England" Mews that Britain's lights -after a 10 -year blackout -ate "on" *gain comes as welcome tidings to the thousands of Canadians ;•/+rho are planning to visit the Old Country this coming su mrmer, as evidence that things are rapidly corning back to normal. These pictures show two very familiar London scenes, the 'Upper being a view of beautiful St. James' Park in London., The lower view is, of course, a. train on the Underground- or "subway" as we would call it on this side of the big pond. Coartesr or Associated British le Trish Railways. Ine. ..y • `•-r„afwx.:4:IL��+�. +-�•.s�.�'6--�4' ter'"- e:R�'i�. HRON!CL1S °PCi1NGERFARM iz irol%r 0. Clet,rb e Today I heard a tobin ung -b fact not only did I hear .one, 1 saw Arlo too. A big, fat fellow with a tawny red breast, perched on the lowest branch of an elm tree near the house- * * An I passed by he said to tate '"Do you know it's nearlyspring?" "Why, sure," T said, "it's hound to be - Now I've heard a robin sing." .And then I looked upon the ground, . And up above the wintered earth Green shoots of daffodil I found - New life: new hope; new birth. Yee, that's thewayit goes -.the lost of the snow has no -sooner -vanished under the influence of warm rain and strong winds than 'wc gee Mother Nature ready to Mart her cycle of growth all aver againand we perforce must co- operate. Most of its are willing to /lo just that. Of course there are times when you can't be too sure about the Old Dame -sometimes *he holds a few tricks up her sleeve. .She has been known to send a blind: Mg blizzard in April before now. Far instance from my Ginger Farm diary, I discovered that on April. 15, :1943, I wrote -'We have hist had an ice -storm, then fog and slippery roads, followed by strong r +,t winds mid freezing rain." On June 10 of that same year I find this -".An- other weelc has. passed and still no seed in the ground]" Apparently we got our oats sown about June 15, just a week before the wheat started conning into head. And yet we got a crop of sorts that year in spite of *he late spring seeding. Today there was quite a bit of sthunder rumbligg around and Fart - mer remarked -"Thunder in• March, empty barn in the fall". But don't /kink me pessimistic. Quite the re - 41)66'1 teli n cans. Mut 1 haste faint stick-up Mantest ttm nee mint Molt hta fi titgr •c.erse is true. it is just meant as a reminder that if we should have e dawdling spring -we need not be too worried about it. Just imagine -in that season of '43 we had the cows out en pasture before the spring seeding was ,even started! My little robin is hopping.aeound on the lawn wow --quite happy, in spite of the high wind: That same wind should dry the ground up :abit. We certainly hope so as we are expecting a truck to come along for some cattle. That means two of our calves will be gone. We need to get some of them away as we have had two more ,calves within the fast twelve !tours -and they were not twirls either. Now here is something that may start an argument among the women -folk -at least where there is - electricity. Three years ago 1 bought a vacuum cleaner, Since I had. never need one of any kind I had no idea which was the better type to buy- tank or upright. T sought advice from my friends. One said ---"Oh, the upright is so much handiei=it is a lot easier to push along the floor." Another said -"Don't get anything but the tank type." An- other advised -"Tank or upright, I don't think it makes much differ- ence. Any NEW vacuum will do a good job." That sounded logical .to me -so when an upright was of- fered to me, I took it. You' re- member one didn't have much' choke at that tine. For awhile I was thrilled with it. The attach- ments seemed quite satisfactory, too, and because of the novelty of. working with them I did not realise what a chore it actually was chang- ing from sweeper to-attachtnents. But after the novelty wore off I ' found myself going back to mop and duster rather than bother with them, I also found that using the sweeper created a certain amount of dust and made me cough. It wasn't long before I decided that when 1 got a chance 1 was going to trade hi my upright for a tank type. 1 did opt mention it to Partner because I ,eud't see the point of grumbling about anything unless you can sae a way to change It, But last week when the agent called for the fourth time I told Partner what I wanted to do. Then the agent gave a pretty gated demonstration --and that fin hied 1. Now I -have a tank -type vseuum-and I would not change it fee anything. There is no dust, less soles and you can gat under any ggd everythinn without mov- )t j'ou e6 desi're. T thought thle little experience of mann might be some help to others onto *night be just r,s tutdeei'ded se I was when I honght my Hest • etettttteu 5450etr. EASY TO CONTOUR IF YOU KNOW' HOW Whether you havb long, 'gentle slopes, or . short, steep ones, con touring is one of the first steps to-, ward working .out a good soil con- servation program, It helps hold fertility, and boosts yields. It helps stop soil and water loss. To the man -who has never grown corn on the contour, it looks like , bad job. At first, it's hard to, figure out just where the rows are going. But, as one fanner said after he'd contoured for, few,years: "T wouldn't' give a man his dinner to help me contour. It's easy once you know howl' Equipment is simple and iuex- pensive. Actually, you can make an outfit from a small level, a pocket mirror, a clothespin and a couple of boards. - If you want to contour your row crops, you should plow and disk that way. And don't worry about short rows. You'll have some. ifut you may have plenty of real long rows to even things out. Start just below the brow of the hill -about where you can just see the skyline over the hill. Some farmers dont use lath to mark guide, lines. They prefer old newspapers at each point on the contour. Pile a little dirt on them and you can plow them under and don't have to run ahead to get the lath out of the way. The idea in making a contour line is to find a series of points, about 100 feet apart, which are on the same level around the hill, The man with the target goes about 30 steps ahead of the man with the level. He moves up or down the hill until the target is at the same height as the level. Then that position is marked. Then the man with the level goes on past the target and sights back 'until he is again level with the tar -1 get. That point is marked. And on around the hill you go. Extreme accuracy such as is needed for a terrace isn't necessary. But you shouldn't let the contour lite sag, for that collects water- in the low spot:, allows it to break over the roe end wash down the hill. Once the line is plowed, keep plowing until the slope changes. Then run a new guide line and work both ways front it. Fill in with short rows where necessary, Two words of caution: Don't plant the end rows up and down the hill. The contoured rows dump water in them and you breed a gully in a hurry. And leave good, wide water -ways. , Most of the water -ways you've seen are too narrow. Leave them plenty wide. If you are contouring down a long hog -hack, and the rows make a fairly sharp "V," leave a turn - row right down the top of the ridge. Leave it wide enough for a hay loader and rake. You can use it for a turn -row and for a lane. ALUMINUM AS A BUILDING MATERIAL Aluminum makes a satisfactory roofing and siding material for farm buildings -if it's properly used. That's the report of Alvin Dale and II en r y t ieee, agricultural engineers. They list these advantages for the light metal: It's tong -lasting and requires no paint. It has gond insulating quail iea -is somewhat cooler in summtr than most root- ing materials. But, say the engineers, alumin- um may give poor service if not properly installed. Brace buildings properly from within and use plenty of sheathing under the aluminum - the metal itself hasn't much strength. Use plenty of Bails And be sure they are screw or ring -shank alu- minum nails -preferably with syn- thetic rubber washers. They should lie at least an inch and a half longi Bend and nail down over gable ends of roof Don't apply aluminum over old roofs or shingles. Start rooting and siding away from prevailing wind, so wind can't get under the laps. Give sheets ample overlap, Aluminum will corrode through contact with fertilizers, alkalis (in- cluding wet concrete), livestock manure and urine, copper and un- galvanized steel. • "Daddy," said an eight-year-old etudent of a progressive school, Ronald said a very naughty word to the teacher today," "Is that so?" asked the curious patient. "What did he say?" "Oh, we aren't encouraged to use such language," she answered, "but if. you want to say all the bad words you know, I'll tell you, when you come to it." [TEST YOUR 1. Q. Here are' some questions about Medicine and, Hygiene which you should find fairly easy. 'Try' and ' answer them all, anyway, before taking a peek at the correct answers printed, upside down, underneath. 1. About how much of the weight of the human' body is made up • of muscle? 2, Wow* many hours out of the twenty-four does a 'new-born infant usually sleep? 3. Does the sugar content of the blood: (a) increase; (b) de- crease; (c) remain static, under stress of strong emotion? Why does the flow - of blood from a wound serve as a dis- infectant? 5. What do medical authorities consider the least harmful form of tobacco smoking? 6. re all babies born with blue Are 7. Can poison ivy be spread from one person to another? 8: By what name is pollinosis popularly known? 9. What causes hiccoughs? 10. What is the most prevalent dis- ease`of mankind? 11. Who have decidedly superior teeth, Canadians or Asiatics? 12. Which is the longest bone in the body? 13. is cancer a comparatively modern disease? 14. Does hair grow faster at night than during the day? 15. When blood pressure is low, is the pulse more or less rapid than normal? 16. What causes shock after an accident? 17. At what time of day or night is normal body temperature lowest? 18. Does the pulse remain the same throughout life? 19. 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Barclay Warren The Disciplines of Discipleship Luke 12116-21; 14:27.22. Golden Text -And whosoever doth not bear his cross), and come after me, cannot be my- disciple. -Luke 14:27. One of the most tragic stories that Jesus ever told is that of the foolish rich man This man thought his soul could be satisfied with things. When he had harvested his bumper crops in bigger barns he would say, "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." But it is not only the rich who are in danger of this .misplaced emphasis. It is a common error to slave for the needs and pleasures of this life and forget the soul. The rich man received the death summons in the midst of his planning. How much did he leave? He left it all. The tragedy is that he appeared before God a pauper. He had lived for self and was not, rich toward God: In this day when the number of bankruptcies is increasing if i5 easy BUILD WITH STRAW A process for making insulating building boards from wheat straw is announced by the United States Bureau of Agricultural and Industri- al Chemistry. This new product promisee to compete with sugar cane bagaase and wood pulp as is raw material for insulating boards. About 40,000,000 tons of wheat straw alone are now burned or wasted every year on American farms. The new method for mak- ing straw into building board was developed by Drs. E. C. Lathrop and T. F. Naffziger. Their pro- cedure consists essentially in blend- ing ordinary straw pulp, now used to make strawboard' for boxes and packing materials, with a new type of pulp which is inexpensive and which contributes increased strength and other desirable qualities to the finished product. The nice old lady smiled at the little girl who had been left in charge of the cake shop. "Don't you sometimes feel tempt- ed to eat one of the cream puffs, my dear?" she said. The title girl was quite shocked, "Of course not," she replied. "That would he stealing. I only lick them." Answer to Crossword Puzzle ajR k4' ttrj,,tri '.y3►,,�� .1 1115111411 'XS' TAU O L 11L 3 ®is i °` ODE,y' e7EMR-, 4 ©ir��t •®Q ur OEM TA to get the point of the second story in the lesson. We, too, may have stood by the foundation andcom- nzented, "This man began to build, and was not able to finish. "The main reason for failure in Christ's kingdom is the failure to count the cost and prepare to pay it. It must be an all-out effort. There are no half-hearted disciples "Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my dis- ciple" The individual who will not give Christ the pre-eminence, in his life is left out of the Divine program,. Playing with religion and giving God the left -overs is being done by many. But only he who disciplines himself and strives to enter in at the strait gate will find an entry. He who takes the way finds to his pleasure that Christ's yoke is easy and his burden is light. PILE SDon't suffer any longer. For quick relief -treat painful piles with medicated Dr. Chase's Ointment. Soothes as it heals. A safe home treatment for over 50 years. 32 DR. CHASE'S Antiseptic OINTMENT DOES INDIGESTION WALLOP YOU BELOW THE BELT? Help Your Forgotten "28" For The Kind 01 Relief That Helps Make You Ruin' To Go More than half of your digestion is done below the belt -in your 28 feet of bowels. 8o when ladigeetioo strikes, try something Mat helps digestion in the stomach AND below the belt. What you may need is Carter's Little Liver Pike to give needed help to that "forgotten 28 kat" of bowels. Take one Carter's Little Liver Pill before end one after meals. Take them- according to threatens" They help wake up a larger flow of the 8 main digestive Mites in yourstamaoh AND bowels -help you digest what you have eaten in Nature's own nay. Then most Solite get the kind of relief tbat makes you feel bettor from your bead to your Little Leer apple from, your drug t-8a's gni aso. It's so different Lada • '/, a r Raiding the store -room was not enceulrageell in stern pioneer days. But today raids on the: pantry for delicious Post's Grape -Nun Finites. *koala bring no reproof. Yon need newer ram *bort of this healthful, ready.to•eat, eatay-te•eltgeas. cereal. It's perfect for the between -meal mech. P'est's Grape -Note Flakes have that unbeatable Grape•Nute flavor in popular, honey.goldeo lake form. They provide nourishment every- ewe verydare needs - useful quantities of carbohydrates protein-, minerals and other food essentials. So quickly served, eo teuly geed. Your grocer has Poet's Grape.Nnte Flakes. 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