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1 haven't any idea just how
widely The Farm Journal - pub-
lished in Philadelphia - is. cir-
culated in Canada. In my opin-
ion it is one of the very finest
.magazines of ets kind; and I hope
that its editors will forgive me
9@ I, once again, "pinch" an ar-
ticle which I think 'will interest
many of you.
It its titled "Their Orchards
Never Die" and is written by the
eminent Western horticulturist
John C.i Snyder.
Your apple trees may look like
they'll live forever. But don't be
fooled --- they grow old and pass
the stage of peak profits far
sooner than you think.
Experienced growers in Wash-
ington, one of our really famous
apple states, find that trees are
most profitable when they're 10
to 25 years old. After that they
need more and more care and
attention. And that costs money.
Hanging onto an old orchard
is one of the most expensive mis-
takes you can make. That's why
these Washington growers have
developed systems for keeping
their trees young and high -pro-
ducing.
Pull'em out and start over
again, once trees are "over the
hill?" No, because that means a
Five- to ten-year wait until young
trees come into bearing. And
who can afford idle land in times
like these? ,.
The Washington growers simp-
ly replant young trees in among
the old-timers that are beginning
to fade. That's not just occasion -
el fill-ins, but new trees, set in
t h e center of every square
througout the whole block. It
means that you have just as many
young trees coming along as you
have old ones to take out.
As the young trees grow, you
gradually prune back the old
ones to let in plenty of sunlight.
-About the time the young trees
come into full production, you
have the old ones eut back to
Miss Is A Hit -- Three-year-old
Frederique Lanchet, youngest
mannequin in Paris, France, is a
big hit in this pint-size creation
by Virginie. Her Easter coat -and
matching hat, both completely
reversible, are done in red and
white, checked nylon, backed
by white corduroy.
little more than •stuf ops, elid you
know that theiretime has come.
* *
But what if the old trees are
planted by one spacing system,
and you want to change .to an-
othher spacing for your new
trees? That's what faced Del
and Walter Law of Douglas
County, Wash. They had a block
of 30 -year-old Jonathans set 30'
x 30', and they wanted Delicious
and 'wider spacing.
* * *
Here's how they did it: the old
trees butted up to a young or-
chard set in 40 x 40' squares. So
they merely extended the rows.
If a new tree came within six
feet of an old tree, out came the
old one. (In non -irrigated or-
chards, the USDA recommends
that new trees be planted no
closer to old ones than 15 feet)
The Laws feared the worst
when they found that the new
planting took a third of the trees
out of their old stand. Besides
that, they pruned many of the
remaining old trees, to give the
new ones sunlight.
It sure left a ragged -looking
orchard. But what -surprised the
Law Brothers was that produc-
tion, even after that first-year
cut back, didn't drop a whit?
"And to prove what a little
extra sun will do, both size and
color of fruit showed a big im-
provement," says Del Law.
a: * *
You should; start young trees
when the old "stock is about 25
years old, Washington growers
have found. Too many wait
until trees are 35 to 40 years old,
then have poor success.
For the first year or two, lop
off just a few branches to let sten
in to the new tree. Then, in not
more than ten years, only a
stump and one or two central
branches of the old tree remain.
What then, pull out the old
stump? You don't have to - just
saw it off flush with the ground
and leave it.
Here something else; to.reznem-
ber: these renewal: • treeile don't
take the place of "fillers." Any
time that a tree in the original
planting dies, a young tree goes
in Its place right in the row.
e *
But doesn't this system of re-
placements interfere with spray-
ing?
If you plant young trees in the
centers of the squares, be suee
that the sprayer rig doesn't run
over them, nor pack the soil by
passing too near. You'll have no
trouble at all, though, if you
plant between the old trees in the
row.
The kind of system you use
isn't nearly as important as hav-
ing a system and following it.
The outcome is the same, whether
you replant 25% of your trees
every ten years, or 10% every
four years.
His Job Was
Guarding Rinds
I most certainly do not wish
to give the impression that the
game department's main interest
was the elimination of maraud-
ing animals,. Conservation was
also of prime importance. Some
eighty miles south of the Makin-
clu district lay the Makindu area.
However, in part of this district
there was so much lava rock
that it was calculated that the
cost of uprooting bush among
the stones would be prohibitive.
This section was set aside as a
game r e s e r v e, particularly to
preserve the rhino.
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
AC11oltia
' t. Dinner course
6. Restrain
11. hunt resin
12, Banishes
14 -Digestive
organ
16. Cara gums
t7. Broad
tercet {tib.)
12. Upright
20 Hindu
cymbure
23. Part of the
foot
23, insect
24. 1;•f*asure of
duration
26. Single thins?
27. Sweetheart
28.Strcte.hed
31. 13e sorry
32. Thicket.
38. t. ov5 to execs,.
34, Wine vessels
88. Complement
of n bolt
86, Cut of meat
40. Strike
violently
41..Ala,rin whist le
48. And trot
44. Defame
46. lt1a.glestone
48. Cutting
im tlethent*
49. Satissas
igy8, Sign of epee° at
ii. noels of hail"
11011V1/
1.Liturgical
direct:tor
'3. lAving
3, tImbitnkinent
4. ,lapanevo rice
paste
3. Calamitous
6. :Proper
7. Prenlae
3. Variety of
color
A, Old musical
note
3.0. Uneasy
13, Part of 8.
flower
IC. Vigilant
19. Foray
22. Breatbing
organs
24. Drinker
20.13Y birth
27. Allow
16, Mon
•'h. Observation
89. FIard
substance
81. Repetition
33, Force
28. More
agreeable
37. join
88. Particles
39. Squeeze
41. Capital of
Fiji Islands
42..Cozy home
46. 30x tare
ii. Satins
Ariarwelr el ewhet
on thie
Fashion flints .
Modern. Classic - The kind ss `�?e"erywoman loves to live
in.. It's a crisp wrinkle -she' 1:1 "'e1.. of Acetate known as
"Phaeton" flannel, that will kee it ;.fresh new .look after many
dry cleanings. Note goodlooking ''pleated pocket and lapel ap-
plique finished with arrowheacs, An all -Canadian fashion.
I was appointed game ranger
of this district, a position which
I still hold. My duty was to
protect the rhinos from poach-
ers, both white and native. I had
developed a great affection for
these pugnacious beasts while I
was hunting them, so I accepted
the position gladly. However,
several personal complications
presented themselves.
If Hilda and I lived in Makin -
du, we would have to sell our
house on the Ngong Road. This
in itself was not too great a sac-
rifice. Now that the children
were growing up, the house had
become too large for us... .
Hilda accompanied me to Ma-
kindu to help set up my home
there.. I liked the place the first
time I saw it. The village Is a
small stop on the Nairobi -Mom-
basa Railway and was once the
headquarters for t h e railroad
personnel. L ate r, the offices
were moved to Nairobi, but the
very comfortable houses, origi-
nally built for the railroad offi-
cials, still stood. They were
mainly deserted. Hilda and I
rented a nice house and moved
in. From our front porch on a
clear day you could see the
snow -topped peak of Kiliman-
jaro; sometimes it seemed to be
floating among the white cioudg.
When we went to bed at night,
we could hear the laughing
wails of hyenas as they fed in
the bush and often vire dropped
off to sleep listening• to the
throb of drums in the nearby
village s. Ostriches wandered
within a hundred yards of our
house and it was a poor morn-
ing when you could not sight ,a
herd of giraffes teetering along.
through the bush on their long
legs....
I was very happy in Makixldu.
Hilda and 1 had all the comforts
of home and yet had the feeling
of living in the bush. The days
were full, We generally woke
at dawn. A native boy sat out-
side our door and as soon as he
heard us stirring ran for the
kitchen. , .. Under Hilda's train-
ing, he always dressed in a clean
white robe with a red fez, Hilda
once tried having the boys wear
shoes, but a bush native wear -
lug shoes is both clumsy and
noisy, so she quickly abandoned
that plan.
Our moan, were always excel-
lent. ''file lev l rtntivcs brought
tis fresh eggs every morning; we
had a plentiful supply of bacon
(ir our storehouse, and occa-
tonally Hilda would vary our
r�xrenu with sand grouse or quail.
. As a Scot, I liked porridge
or breakfast and Hilda always
aaw to it that I had a plentiful
Supply. --• From "Hunter," by
J. A. Hunter.
Her Quick Thinking
'Foiled Kidnapper ,.
As a beautiful and wealthy
Married woman walked along a
street in San Jose, a California,
a short time ago, a big and
flashy car pulled up just ahead
of her. She drew level with it
and suddenly out sprang two
men. They bundled her into the
back of the car, got into the
front seats and drove off at tern
rlfic speed.
The woman realized that the
Men were kidnappers and .after
a ransom which her doting hus-
band was certain to pay.
But she was a woman of
spirit, and with great presence
of mind hit upon an effective
.and very feminine scheme to
outwit her captors. She pulled
Off her shoes and flung them
out of the car. Her nylon stock-
ings followed them.
As one of the men tried vainly
th stop her, she tore off her
dress and cast it into the street.
There followed in quick suc-
cession other garments she was
wearing. Seeing an article of
Underwear flying- from the
speeding car, two police officers
in, a car at once gave chase.
By this time the kidnappers
realized they were beaten...They
stopped the car, abandoned it
with its lovely occupant, and
dashed down a side turning.
They were caught ten minutes
later and are now in prison.
And the woman? She wrapped
herself in a blanket and was
driven quickly home.
The Big Idea. In Dearborn,
Miele, Mayor Orville Hubbard
ordered his department heads to
loch . themselves in their of ices
for half , an hour each morning,
take a pencil and paper and "jot
down any hot ideas . _ . That is
the way Newton discovered the
law of gravity," „
NI moot
ESSON
11, Barclay Warren, O.A,, B:➢D.
Jesus' New Commandment
John 13: 12-17, 34.35; 14: 21-24
Memory Selection: t1 new eor'gths
mandinent 1 give unto you, thea;
ye love one another, as 1 WE
loved you, that ye also love one
another. John 13;34.
Various organizations have
signs and symbols by which their
members may be recognized or
by which they may recognize
each other. Christians have a
badge, too. "By this shall all men.
know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another."
It doesn't matter about colour or
language. The important point
is, "Has the love of God been
shed abroad in our hearts by the
Holy Ghost which is given unto
us?" Our creed will not save us.
Neither will our good works or
our respectable way of living. To
become a Christian a spiritual
rebirth is necessary. We become
new creatures in Christ Jesus.
The love of God in us issues in
obedience to God. Our profes-
sion is sheer hypocrisy if we do
not obey the commandments of
God. If we love him we will keep
his commandments. Jesus show-
ed his love by giving himself for
us. When he comes into our
hearts we share his spirit, We
love our fellowment and will
work to bring them to Jesus
Christ that they too may share
his love and keep his command-
ments,
The disciples knew that un-
usual events were about to take.
place. Would Jesus set up his
kingdom, if so, which of the dis-
ciples would have the highest
place? (Luke 22:24.) At any rate
no one of them would jeopard-
ize his chances of leadership by
taking the 'lowly place of wash-
ing the feet of the others. So
their dusty feet went unwashed.
But after supper Jesus did the
task usually done by a slave or
the lowest in rank. Jesus took
the lowly place. He established a
new concept of service. He set
the example. To serve is the
mark of greatness,
Experts at Hand. In Denver,
State Institutions Director J.
Price Briscoe admitted that Can-
on City prison inmates, who
make jewelry and leather goods
for sale in the prison store, were
losing about 20% of their pro-
duction to shoplifters.
'So Doctors Say
Laymen Are
Suckers/
17octers and dentists are often
bombarded with free samples
by manufacturers of medicines
and toothpaste; with requests to
therm en their patients.
0,ei telly the doctors take it all
eitteematter of course, and many
sjee«;little attention to the flood
pf
lift" samples they receive. On
the other hand, it would appear
that some United States doctors
are keenly interested in the
slightest variation in any formula
or technique, and will ask for
"samples of the most out-of-the-
way commodities.
This attitude enabled a local
chemistry research student, G, A.
Kellog, to pull off a successful
hoax.
He notified over 1,000 doctors
and dental surgeons that he was
in a position to offer them free
samples of new cures for various
diseases. These he mentioned in
a list as long as your arm, in-
cluding in it "gastraposis," "gal-
lardia," "Hemingway's Syn-
drome," and - "Hyglochycococe-
phelica!"
The last-named proven by far
the most intriguing complailnt.
Not one doctor out of the 80 who
wrote to Kellog expressing inter-
est in it queried the existence
of such a disease. They merely
asked Kellog to send them as
quickly as possible some samples
of his cure for it.
Then Kellog confessed that
none of the diseases he had listed
actually existed, or could be found
in any medical dictionary or
handbook.
The Formula. In Chicago, J.
Frank Winebrenner, 91, revealed
the secret of 72 years of success-
ful marriage with his wife Tres-
sa, 90: "We did little fussin', we
said little; mostly we just set."
(Upside down to prevent peeking)
TELEV!SFO
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ST
CORDS
by DICK KLEINER
NEW YORK--.(NEA).--"Your Show of Shows," which has dropped
in public interest drastically of late. is going to do something.
about it. It's going to quit.
Rumors have been flying about Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca
and producer Max Liebman, but it now seems definite that this is
the last season for the once -mighty show. Next year should find:
Sid Caesar doing the Colgate Comedy Hour on Sunday nights,
three weeks out of four.
Imogene Coca with a show of her own -she's shopping around
now.
Max Liebman building a completely new program, in the
same Saturday night time he made into TV's best.
Sic Semper Formularis. (English translation: Thus always
with shows that get too formularized.)
Birthday card to "Suspense":
Happy birthday to you, buddy,
But can't you be a mite less bloody?
* *
The surprise hit of the .last few months is DuMont's "Dollar
A Second," starring Jan Murray. This is a game -quiz that combines
the best features of "Beat the Clock," "Break the Bank" and
Saturday Night at the Psychiatrist's. It comes out a very funny
show.
And Murray seems to have finally found the right spot tor
himself. Talking to him in the office of producer Jess Kimmel, you
get the definite impression that here's a guy who's happy in his
work. And vice versa.
"I think this is the best show Fre had," he says. "Of course,
as a comic, 1 sometimes wish I had more chance to do comedy. But
I still do benefits and things like that, to keep my hand in. if
I didn't do some outside work, Ed miss not doing so much comedy.
As it is I'm (having fun."
The Kimmel -Murray office is dominated by a blackboard that
covers one wall. On it are scrawled the brief descriptions of coming
shows, with phrases for each planned stunt anddgame. It roads like
a coded message, with items like "squirt candle." "lost dog," and
"husband home late."
Murray, like :most top TV figures, Is 330 longer a private
citizen. He's public property. The views regard him almost as a
national monument.
"They know every blemish on your .face," he says. "If 1 wear
a dark suit, they write and say I look good in dark suits and
should never wear anything else. Then I'll wear a light suit and
I'll get letters saying they love nie in light suits. If I cough,
they send me medicine."
*
The two-tone hair -dos, all the rage a year ago, have slipped •
down a few inches. Now it's two-tone eyebrows. The models at
. the Grace Downs agency started it. They wear one bloticle and
one brown eyebrow.
This way, see, they can go on a double -dote by themselves.
* *
Tinted auto windshields are adding another 1) to 3 1) uloviee:
dilcmnta. Operat.nrs 01 outdoor movies are worried, because looking
at a :i -I) ttinVic' through a tinted windshield distort; the effect,
'I'1321'(' 5 U"tc' ('tt ': wo'luttbll, mon- beck 'cin in.
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