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Grim fall for farmers !
This past few weeks have certainly demonstrated
the truth of farmers' contentions that their industry is a
very unpredictable one. There have hardly been two
days in a row since the middle of August with enough
warmth and sunlight to dry field crops. Suceeding rain-
falls, some of them extremely heavy, have left grain in
stooks and swaths to sprout where they lie. Some farm-
ers have already burned the crops right in the fields.
Our section of Ontario is actualy one of the most
dependable agricultural areas on the continent. Torn-
adoes are a rarity; locusts and grasshoppers are
unheard of; serious drughts are not often experienc-
ed. But a year like this one can certainly prove that
farming at its best can be a very hazardous way of mak-
ing a living.
Fortunately, many farmers have the protection
of recently -introduced plans to cushion them against
nature's calamities. Crop insurance, as one example,
provides some protection from unexpected losses and
organized marketing arrangements take some of the
risk out of food production.
Nevertheless, it must be a chilling disappoint-
ment to work for months on the raising of a fine crop,
only to see it rot in the fields under leaden skies.
(Mt. Forest Confederate)
Lessons from lightning !
If you're like us, every once in a while you get bogg-
ed down with the cares and responsibilities of this
weary life and all but overwhelmed by what you imag-
ine is expected of you. At such times we like to look to
the fundamentals of nature to remind ourselves just
how tiny and insignificant we really are. It isn 't diff-
icult to find some new piece of knowledge to put us
firmly in our place.
Last week we were totally intimidated by facts and
figures concerning lightning coaling from Dr. Frank
Creed, principal research officer with the National
Research Council's electrical engineering section.
He's been working on lightning research for the past
30 years, so he knows of what he speaks.
Lightning, he says, should be treated with the
very greatest of respect. Having always been fascinat-
ed rather than frightened by electrical storms which are
a part of every summer in this area, we couldn't
wait to read on. And it wasn 't Dr. Creed 's practical
advice we were interested in, but the characteristics
of the lightning itself.
It comes in many forms, including forked, heat,
ribbon, bead and streak. Some authorities suggest
the core of a strip of lightning is as- small as a half-
inch in diameter, though its field of discharge can be as
wide as 20 to 30 feet.
The speed of lightning varies from 100 to 1,000
miles a second and it carries thousands of volts. And
if that doesn 't impress you, how about this?
Some lightning, called "positive giant" strikes,
which occur every million or so flashes, are as hot as
30,000 degrees Celsius, more than five times hotter
than the surface of the sun.
Still think you're something of importance to the
well-being of this Earth?
About that practical advice. The safest place to be in
a bad thunderstorm is inside your car. But don't lean
on the outside of it --it could be fatal. Stay away from
water, isolated tall trees, electrical wiring, metal
pipes, sinks, fireplaces and plug-in appliances and
don 't use_the telephone.
Sit in the middle of the room and if you're concern-
ed about the proximity of the lightning, count the sec-
onds between a flash and the following clap of thunder.
They occur at essentially the same time, but light
travels faster than sound. So if you see a lightning flash
and don't hear the thunder for five seconds, then
Dr.Creed says, the storm 's about a mile away, working
on the principal of sound travelling a thousand feet
per second.
If the lightning and thunder are perfectly simult-
aneous. you can start worrying about your own self-
importance again. (Listowel Banner)
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The International Scene
(by Raymond Canon)
TOURIST GO HOME! bookings. This is fine as long
I'm sure there are a great as the rule holds good, but
many people who think at when the required number
times that tourists are more don't go out of business,
bother than they are worth. there are a lot of unhappy
I recall in the early post-war people.
years in Europe seeing any Then there is the business
number of signs "Yankee Go of overcharging for drinks. It
Home," and, after watching is easy to get the impression
some of the American tourists that, in some tourist regions,
in action, I can understand the wine is made out of pure
why the signs were written. gold. I would hate to tell
I ani not singling out the you the mark-up on drinks
Americans as horrible tour- even in Canadian restaur-
ists; at that time they were ants but it is substantial. In
about the only ones that had some places outside of North
any money. There weren't America, it is considerably
enough Canadians to notice more than substantial. How -
and nobody else could afford ever, here again, the counter
to travel in style. argument is that people
Now that the world has expect to pay a great deal
become much more affluent, for drinks. If you don't
and tourists are more numer- charge very much, tourists
ous and of many different think they are getting cheap
nationalities, the Americans wine and start complaining.
are corning in for far less If you charge a great deal,
abuse. It even happens the sante tourists think
that some resorts in Europe they are getting a vintage
long for the good old days champagne and brag about it
when the Yankees were there all the way home. By charging
with lots of money which they a great deal for drinks, the
spent with rare abandon. spenders run through their
There are a great many pack- money faster and don't
age deals, as you all prob- get as drunk.
ably know, where costs are cut With all the claims and
to the bone and only because counter -claims that are
a great many people travel hear d, it is a wonder that
to one place at the same time. the United Nations doesn't
For this reason, being a get into the act and send peace
tourist is not what it used to keeping forces out. They may
be. If you go on any of these have to if we have any more
tours, you are far more likely incidents such as the one in
to be herded about like a Denmark where five members
bunch of sheep, the hotel of the Scottish national soccer
personnel could care less
whether you are satisfied
or not, in fact, it frequently
seems as if people resented
having you there. I know this
is• not always the case and
you may have gone on a
trip and had the time of your
life. However, there is no
doubt that the griping has
increased a great deal over the
years.
First of all, contrary to what
all the ads say in the news-
papers, the airlines for the
most part are not willing to
pamper you the way you
may have been led to believe.
It niay be true in first class,
and let's face it, many of the
ads are describing the first
class, not the tourist service.
When you are in a jet with
a couple of hundred other
people, the cabin crew hasn't
got time to do too much more
than give yu a bare minimum
of service. If the plane is only
partly full, you may be lucky
and get the service you have
dreamed about. This has
happened to me several times
and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
However, in the package
tours, money can only be
made if the planes are fully
booked both ways.
Just in case you may think
that the Americans are the
only bad tourists, let me
tell you bout what is becom-
ing a yearly ritual between
Spain and England. Due to the
rather unpleasant weather
which prevails in Britain
much of the time, a great
many people have taken to
flying off to Spain on one of
the many package tours which
are available. The grumbl-
ing starts when some people
arrive and find that the
hotels have overboked and
there is no accommodation
available. The Spanish retal-,
iate by pointing out that, from
experience, they have learned
that one tour operator in four
goes out of business and
leaves them without clients.
To fill a thousand rooms,
they have to accept 1,250
team got banned for life as
a result of a brawl after the
game. Come to think of it,
there have been quite a few
brawls involving touring
soccer teams.
Still, the money earned
from tourism is so import-
ant to so many countries
that the same people that
are complaining the loudest
are doing so all the way to the
bank. Perhaps, if the United
Nations wants to do some-
thing, they could put out a
couple of booklets entitled
"How to be a Tourist" and
"How to treat a tourist."
That might do more for world
peace than a lot of other
things the U.N. has done.
New teacher for
ARC Industries
workshop
The Huron County Board of
Education is providing a
teacher for the ARC Industries
workshop at Dashwood.
Huron superintendent.R.D.
Kenwell announced this' week
that Mrs. Jacqueline Mitch-
ell of London would be giving
academic instruction at the
Dashwood workshop for ret-
rainable retardates four
mornings each week.
Kenwell continued, "This
is the beginning of an academ-
ic program at Dashwood and
the board is pleased in being
able to provide the service.
Mrs. Mitchell is an exper-
ienced classroom teacher and
has been employed recently
by the CPRI school in London.
TODlYISIL
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BY HELEN ALLEN
Derek's disposition is as engaging as his dimpled smile.
Sturdy, healthy, eight-year-old Derek is Anglo-Saxon in
descent and has brown hair, green eyes and fair skin with
freckles. He needs glasses for near sightedness.
Because of a poor start in life he is somewhat behind
academically but improving all the time. He is becoming in-
terested in school (grade two) and is expected to be an average
student. He was especially backward in speech but now speaks
more clearly and most of what he says can be understood even
by strangers.
Derek loves to play outdoors. He gets on well with children
and is affectionate with adults he knows well.
Parents who will give him much love and who are un-
derstanding about his slow beginning will find Derek a fine son.
To inquire about adopting Derek please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. In your letter please tell something
of your present family and your way of life. For general adop-
tion information, consult your local Children's Aid Society.
NEEDS MUCH LOVE