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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1957-11-07, Page 3'ea •ee • Pigs Complicate Highway Problem There are two sides to every injustice, and I rather like the situation at West Unity, Ohio, where a farmer named IVic.Karns keeps a. few pigs, Mr. eacKerns, like so many loyal American, was quietly minding his own business and suddenly was informed by a bolt from the blue that he was play- ing left drawback on the great team of Eminent Domain. The Public had struck again. The Ohio Turnpike Commission, vested with everything it need- ed, had decided to build a won- derful highway where none had existed before, and if found that the hitherto unpublicized pro- perty of Farmer McKarns was in the way. Immediately one of the, great- est injustices in American affairs blossomed and ripened full and complete, and where Mr. Me - Karns had one farm on which he could exercise his inherent and inalienable rights, he now had two farms with a road down the middle -57 acres here and 49 acres there. Mr. McKarns likewise found, as millions of Americans already had, that there is nothing, he can do about it. Every intended safeguard has been circumvented, and every inalienable right has been nul- lified. • Oh, to be sure, he can go to court. Every schoolboy knows, from the books he has read, that the courts are to protect a man from the majority. It is in the Constitution; Only those who have tried to get into court to correct some present-day situ- ations know how difficult and expensive it can be to obtain effective and timely relief. Under modern politics, with a highway to be built, the interests involved greatly outweigh the PENNIES TO HEAVEN -Literally a penny pillar, this sky-high stack of coins is a source of amazement to all who view it at Great Yarmouth, ` England. Standing more than 51/2 feet high, the pillar contains more than.24,000 pennies plus a few miscellaneous coins, and repre- sents over $280. The money was raised by "Holidaymakers" from the London area and is to be used for holidays for hcrdi capped persons. influence of anybody named Mc_ Kerrie, or named anybody else, for that matter, The contractors' associations, the insurance writ- ers, the trucking firms, the union spokesmen, the cement people, the automobile leagues, the machinery makers, the mill- tary plapners, the patronage boys, and numerous other organ- ized pressures have been hard at work for some time pushing the project, and Mr. McKarns has merely been sitting back like a good citizen minding his own business -.-paying his taxes and looking at "Gunsmoke" and meeting the grocer's demands. When public use was first for.. bidden to tread on private pro - pert' toes, theconteMporary political situation gave us a good yardstick to explain just what was meant. The provision was obviously intended to prevent exactly what is happening across the land. While the wording has been retained intact, law and usage have gone around it. In too many places land is being taken for public use without just compensation, and all ever the land are institutions designed to defend us 'against such en- croachment. You get a registered letter in the man informing you that your property has been con- demned, and that's that. Before you recover, the machinery has moved on; the road is built; and the traffic is terrific. Your trees have been cut down, your mail- box pushed back, and cement pipes piled on your lawn. Stand- ing timber is bulldozed into gul- lies and buried, outcroppings of feldspar are blasted and used for fill, and if you had a well it is gone. And nobody, usually, has come near you to make an offer, see how you feel about it, or ask forgiveness. • The fine stories about the Gov- ernor snipping a ribbon and opening the new throughway injustices per mile as private land was taken for public use without compensation. That comes later, and sometimes only if you sue. And if you don't sue, the value and condition of your constitutional rights will be set by engineers employed by the agency that has used you. Of course, none of this can really be done, because the Cetistitu- ton forbids it. Now, what I like about the situation in West Unity, Ohio, the home of Mr. McKarns, is the . happy news that Mr. McKarns a „pig: farmer. Mr. McKarns apt pigs hefore the toed 'was built, and Mr. McKarns con- tinues to ply ,his accustomed -trade- afterward. Sornellovv the Turnpike Commission neglected to take full notice of this inter - Vesting fact, andeprlezieledeefor a luncheon nook, also known as a refreshment plaza, just where Mr. McKarns leaves off and Eminent Domain begins.. • Here sit i the tired wayfarer to rest and ',refresh himself, and there stand Mr. McKarns' pork- ers. The people seem not to bo- ther the pigs the least little bit, but it is reliably reported that the pigs offend the peopl.e Re- marks have been made to this effect, particularly when the wind sits right and Mr. Mc - Karns has been generous. You'd think that these tra- velers, observing the situation, would see that Mr. McKarns has been put upon, with his two Arils where ene ' effluViated be- fore. They are quite naturally, the "public" who has done the putting,. They could sit there and iscokilisaideri, how 'far practical usage has transgressed the basic - intent. After all, Mr. McKarens is also a citizen and a taxpayer, and what has happened to him could happen and is happening to others. But of course they don't do that. They smell the pigs and declare they are a nuisance, which is the same word Mr. Mc - Karns used for the Turnpike Commission. But whereas it is • CROSSWORD PUZZLE ecanes 1. 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Now hte friendly calf is one of the family and has the run of the house. Those who have ever felt that farmers are slow to put into practice new scientific ideas should pay a visit to F. C. Welch, the owner of Welch -Lo Farms , Limited, W'olfville, N.S. He has a habit of adopting ev- ery innovation which might conceivably increase the revenue from his 75 -acre apple orchard. As a result, about half of his crop will be housed this year in what is probably the first con- trolled -atmosphere storage to be lined with plastic film. * It's more than coindidence that the first storage at etteela- ture• should be built in 'the 'heart of one of Canada's beet -known • apple districts' a- the' Annapolis Valley. Each year this apple paradise produces in the neigh- borhood of 2,000,000 bushels. Approximately half the crop ends up in processing plants. The remainder is divided fairly evenly between the local and overseas markets. '8 4 * A few years ago it looked as though King Apple might be de- throned in the Valley. With overseas markets dwindling and uncertain, production began to exceed demand. Encouraged by the provincial government, many owners tore out their trees and turned to other branches of farming. Those who remained in the apple business found one of the answers to their marketing problems in cold storage plants. Refrigerated storages sprang up all over the Valley and experi- ments with controlled -atmos- phere storage units got under way. Results of those experi- ments are today setting a pat- tern for apple growers every- where. Mr. Welch was one grower who didn't give up. He kept his faith in the apple business and over the years sought . various ideas for storing his crop until it could be sold advantageously. * McIntosh apples were a par- ticular problem. Although the most popular of all Canadian ap- ples, the McIntosh develops core browning after three months in refrigerated storage at 32 de- grees Fahrenheit, Also, it loses its flavor after four months. Last year for the first time Mr Welch rented space in a gas storage unit for some of his crop. Not only was there a delay in the onset of core flush, but the fruit retained its flavor for a month or two longer. These simple, today, to take a man's land and confuse his rights, it is still a little difficult to prove that raising pigs on a farm is a nuisance. Even lawyers, whose compromising of logie is notable, would have to admit that. Mr. McKarns has them surrounded, and it's their own doing. No doubt it's a losing battle, Mr. MaKarns and I are wrong, and will soon be proved so. It is only a momentary fact that legal papers are one thing and 1,000 pigs, Mr. McKatne present esti- mate, are another, But for a momentary illusion of glory, I vvot,ld rather have 1,000 pigs and " Mr. McKarns on my side than the Ohio Turnpike Commission. Our fuzz will be brief, and we are nuisances, but perhaps we shall be remembered, -by Sohn Gould • hi The Chistian Science Mont tor. results were sufficient to en- courage him to construct a simi- lar storage at Welch -Lo Farms. * Technical assistance for his building project was provided by C. A. Eaves, senior horticul- turist at the nearby Kentville experimental farm. It was at Mr. Eaves' suggestion that plastic film was used instead of • metal sheeting to line the walls and ceiling of the storage. • His suggestion was based on the results of experiments con- ducted last year with polyester film, both at the experimental farm and in the storage of A. • R. Stirling, a aorominent apple • grower from Grand Pre. • During the five-month testing period at the experimental farm a temporary gas storage unit made of the film proved it was able to hold the concentration of oxygen and carbon dioxide required for gas storage as well as a metal -lined storage. When removed, apples stored in the film unit showed less than one per cent of fungal rotting and only a slight development of core browning. The flavor was good and the fruit reasonably firm, From a grower's point of view the use of the film means a re- duced storage cost per bushel of apples. Not only is the plastic film less expensive than tradi- tional materials, it is also much more easily and swiftly installed. The new storage is 96 feet long, 24 feet wide and 12 feet high. It has four separate rooms, each with a capacity of 2,500 bushels. Each room is construc- ted as an independent unit to permit the removal of apples from any one room without dis- turbing the temperature or at- mospheric control in the others. * 4 • Wall - blower refrigeration equipment was installed by Mr. Welch to maintain a constant temperature of from 38 to 39 degrees - the temperature re- commended for controlled -at- mosphere storage. Because this is several degrees warmer than the temperature at which apples are normally stored, it was necessary to regulate the con - of oxygen and carbon di- oxide in the storage to check the rate of ripening and eliminate break -down of fruit texture. This' will be done at Welch -Lo Farms by a- controlled -ventila- tion system, As rapidly as a • staff of 30 pickers can remove the apples from the trees, they' will be placed in boxes and transferred without grading to the storage. Mr, Welch plans to have each roorn sealed within five to seven clays after the first box of apples reaches the stor- age. * After the rooin is sealed, the fruit will be allowed to absorb oxygen until the normal 21 per cent in the surrounding air is reduced to 14 per cent. Since the apple breathes out carbon dioxide during this process, the carbon dioxide content increases to seven per cent. At this point outside air will be admitted through ventilation ports - one to each room - in sufficient quantity to maintain those con- centrations. Since the rate of respiration of the fruit is largely dependent upon the temperature, maintenance at the desired level without excessive fluctuations willbe necessary at all times. With this new storage Mr. Welch expects to be able to keep his McIntosh apples six weeks to two months longer than he could with ordinary refrigeration. They will be removed from storage around the middle of March or the first of April, a time when demand far exceeds supply. 4. * * Most of the apples will be sold locally. They will be carefully graded after removal from stor- age and packed in cartons or bags made of polyethylene film. Mr. Welch is not concerned about the length of time his gas - stored apples will keep at ordi- nary temperatures. Tests have already shown that gas -storage apples can be kept in better condition than those taken from regular cold storage plants. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking DDD EILIBEI a -ECM 00111 Ut301513 2:119912E1 19171- DOOU MBUMWOU LIEJ U000 00E100 OM 1:511:1E3 EiLlf3M1 ma • E301211i213 EirE7013 EIDEIIIMILI 111000 EIRE UD CI 11113131110 0 BEI MEM IMMO MEI Emu 0131111130 DEM ikIINDAYS01001 LESSON Ey Rev R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Concerning Spiritul Gifts 1 Corinthians, chapters 12-16 Memory Selection: So we, Bs. ing many, are one body tti Christ, and every one members , one of another. Romans 12:5. We need to distinguish be- tween the gift of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit as given to the one hundred and twenty ha- lievers on the day of Penteccalei (See Acts 2:38) and later tit those Gentiles assembled in the home of the devout Roman cen- turion, Cornelius, was a GIN (10:45). The Spirit is the gift ed God (8:20) as promised by Jesus before His ascension (John 181. 7). He distributes a diversity of gifts among the members of the body of Christ according to His own will. Let no member despis4 another for God has a work for each of His children to do. Ws are all members of Christ's body. Let each of us exercise the gita which God has given us for the building up of the body ei Christ. The love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Gho%1 is more important than any gift of wisdom, faith, healing or pro- phecy. Paul makes this unmis- takeably clear in chapter 13. To love God and our neighbour is the fulfilling of the law. The author of Arnold's Com- mentary suggests that there aro other gifts not enumerated here which today are likewise impor- tant in the contribution they may make. One is the gift a? song. Another is the gift of writ- ing literature for publication which will convict sinners and edify the saints. The interpreta- tion of tongues may be broaden- ed today to include the transla- tion of Scripture and other spiritual literature into the laze guages of men. And a very literal and practical application of this gift is ,he ability of an interpreter to instantly trate. slate and preach with power the messages of another, such st those of Billy Graham, over a public address system to throngt of the' people. • Let us live humbly before God. If we will give ourselves„.:to the .temple of the Holy "Ghos41 thenhe, in His own sovereign will endow us with suet, 'gifts as we can best use for the glory of God and the advance. ment of His kingdom. But Got is more concerned about out love for Him than any serviel we can render. "DOG TIRED" -If a pony can get "dog tired", this one is. The Shetland, owned by Carl McBride, prefers 10 take his. rest on this camp cot. McBride says "Charley" also has a liikng for shoe polish. He'll lick shoes to get it. ALL -IRELAND DONKEY DERBY -These donkeys mightn't be the most glamorous mounts in the . history of racing but their riders do their best toward getting to the finish line first. It's thin All -Ireland Donkey Derby cd Clabby in Northern Ireland. Victory in the event was worth $280 to the winner.