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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-06-10, Page 34d. Gy F (808) VON J'ILIS Last year the delegates to the view of the growing tendency in Annual Meeting of the Ontario Beef Producers Association in- structed their Executivo to pre- pare the outlines for a market- ing, scheme which would give the producers more control over the marketing of their product. When the delegatereturned this year they were presented with a draft consititution and by- laws for a proposed Canadian Meat Council with the follow- ing objects; a) to disseminate correct information concerning the value of meat in' the diet and its relationship,to health; b) to encourage and foster educa- tional research activities per- taining to meat and meat pro- ducts: c) to create and maintain a spirit of cooperation among the members for the purpose of hav- ing all work together for the " livestock and meat industry; de to do all things necessary to promote the livestock and meat industry. Producer and Packer The Membership of the Coun- cil will consist of the members of a number of producer asso- ciations, some of whose names we have never heard before,, and certain packers and processors associations. Each of the member associa- tions of the Council will nomin- ate from one to six directors. One section says that the board of directors will elect an exe- cutive committe consisting of a president, a vice-president and three directors; another section provides that a president and a vice-president shall be elected by the members of the Council. The work of the Council is to be financed by a levy of.5 cents on every head of cattle sold by si producer while it is left to the discretion of the packers to deter - imine the size of any donation they may want to make. Grey County in Opposition Delegates from Grey County offered strong opposition and eritized the proposal as "a weak eubstitute for a marketing scheme", James Boynton, fieldman of orey County Federation of Agri- eulture, complained "that Grey County delegates and their re- *.esentatives were not listened to by the officers and Execu- tive." "Resolution forwarded 4rorn the County mysteriously disappeared, he said., and never earns before an open meeting," 46n:times the report in the Farm- . etr's 'Advocate. . Grey County's grievance is understandable, particularly in Student — Hiroshi Yasuma, 5, of Nirasaki, Japan, believed to be the youngest "exchange student" to enter the U. S., leafs through some books after his arrival in San Francisco. our farm organizations of rul- ing from the top down without giving the rank and file an op- portunity to consider and discuss new schemes and ideas in local meetings at the grassroots level. Grey •County lost in a vote of 48 to 0. Farmer Gets Balance Without doubt a sales promo- tion scheme could bel beneficial to both producers and distribu- tors, but in Justice both should contribute financially. Sales pro- motion, however, cannot replace producer controlled orderly marketing, As to the "spirit of co-opera- tion among the members" we re- serve the right to be sceptical. We have not forgotten the testi- mony of the President of Cana- da Packers before the House of Commons Prices Committee on May 6, 1948 when he said: 'We buy as cheaply as we can and we sell our meat for as much as we can get for it," and again "the total livestock is sold for the total sum, whatever it is; from that sum is deducted the packer's expense and the pack- er's profit, and the farmer gets the balance." Perhaps the producer associa- tions of other provinces will look twice before they tie up with Big Busines. This column welcomes criti- cism, copstructive or destruc- tive, and suggestions, wise or otherwise; it will endeavour to answer all questions. Address letters to: Bob Ven Pills, Whit- by, Ontario, When Jockeys Wore Long Hair & Skirts There is no sight on earth more stirring than the glossy coats and shining silks of an Epsom Derby field. And it must have been -even more so 150 years back, Judging by a con.; temporary account of the cos- tes wornfsieS, riders. en.lach hace•-4, Meek velvet cap i`ilth. a longsffeench peak and a bow of blacinilibitie behind; long hair failing Ab the shoulders; a ' white. caiiebric .neck -cloth of ample folds tied at the back; a long body -coat with flaps; wide skirt, three buttons at the. side, where it opened in front and behind; breeches strapped jugt below. the ,knee; whete cotton stockings; black leather. Oxfcird shoes with long tongues and sil- ver buckles. One of the • worst features of early racing was, the bad start- ing, when horses got off — or more often didn't—to a shout of "Go!' One official suffered from an impediment in his speech, and jockeys complained they never knew whether he had shouted "go" or "no" by the time he had stuttered ,his com- mand! False starts were numerous— ten in a particular St. Leger— and at one Croydon meeting (long since defunct) it took the starter an hour and a half to get a race under way. Hardly sur- prising that racing sometimes finished in semi -darkness — with a lamp to light the .winning,post. The man who did most to put such matters right was that great reformer Lord George Bentinck, who contributed so much to rac- ing between 1836 and 1846. He introduced the flag method of starting, and was once so in- censed by a holdup that he went down himself to get the riders away. • • He had one 'of his own horses in the race, and was later accus- ed 0 giving it an advantage of some yards at the start! 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At right, gardeners spray seedlings, which will be transplanted to larger beds for growth and harvesting. One commercially successful farm is already in operation. New Pine Furniture Flaunts Its Knots With Old -Time Grace Pine has its own long-estab- lished place as a cabinet wood. It is mellow, homey, and steeped in a charm all its own. It is a wood indigenous to America, was used by the earliest colo- nists, and has been used con- tinuously by cabinetmakers ever since. Today we see it in new ranch styles as well as in the traditional colonial styles with which we are familiar. Critics of pine like to call it a "soft" wood, cheap one, - and a difficult one to manufacture and finish, Yet those companies who have chosen- to make their furniture of pine rush to its support. They manage to take the very • arguments used against , it, and show that they can be- come advantages after all. Pine Versus Hardwood There is, first, the old theme of the. soft pine versus native hardwood such as maple and birch, 'The iero-pine people re- , ply that, according to reliable sources, from the year 1700 to the present time pine has prob- ably been used more .extensively than any other kind of wood. They say that a list of articles which were and are made cifd pine, wholly or -in- part, wotild,. include almost every household Wooden article with which we. are acquainted. Probably more pine antiques have survived 'the centuries of daily use than any other type, and are still giving pleasure and gaining value. And, claims ,Presi- dent L. Lisle of Vermont's Townshend Company, "this in spite of 'the fact that its soft- ness was not in pine's favor!" Mr. Lisle, whose company makes both adaptations and ex- 1 act copies of old pieces, claims_ staunchly that, "in design, con- struction, and finish, the best pine furniture is more than equivalent to the best maple, and at far less cost." He feels these factors account for the growing popularity -of pine to- day. Details Done by Hand Also in defense, Mr. Lisle points out that because pine is softer and structurally weaker than hardwoods, designs have to adhere to the old tenets of good cabinetmaking. Good pieces can- not be produced strictly by -mass-production methods. he says. Much of the detail work, which is done by machine when hardwoods are used, must in the case of soft pine be done by hand. Pine's softhesssis turned to advantage, also, where finish is, concerned. Most pine is given a lustrous, warm, mellow, waxy brown finish by . hand. At both the Pine Shops, in Big Rapids, Mich., and, the Townshend fac- tory, al] pine furniture is "dis- tressed" during the finishing process. Townshend calls this "deliberate antiquing" which improves the appearance of the finish with further mars and scars. "Reece," points out Mr. Lisle, "when further • mars and scratches occur from every day use, darkening these with stain or wax makes them indistin- guishable from others. Thus, he claims, the very softness of pine almost becomes an attribute in keeping pieces looking well, for you can tottch out the scratches which in other types of wood would require complete refieishing. One corn-, pany even claims an additional scratch or two will enhance the A spokesman for the Pine Shops emphasize the fact that pine is a smooth -grained wood which wears away at, project- ing corners and edges, giving it a "texttire duplicated in other wood." This company likes the gentle, worn look which • comes from years of usage so well that, with careful sanding, it reproduces these "graceful" wear marks and grooves and smoothed -off edges. Loved by Generations The company also. makes a point of the lack of uniformity in pine, claiming that the tex- ture, grain, knots, checks, hair- line cracks, and other character- istics which make every pine board different from the one be- fore it, all add to the "charm beauty, and individuality Of every piece of pine furniture." Though there is a difference of opinion about making exact copies of colonial pieces, the Townshend Company does so when it "finds a piece of furni- ture has been desired by sev- eral generations, so continuous- ly popular ethat it has been handed down from generation to generation," When the company identifies such a piece in a mu- seum, a restoration, or a private collection, it feels that, there is no need to change size or dimen- sions just for the sake of change. Any slight variations which, it nmakes in' such pieces are to ac- commodate manufacturing • pro- cedures. In the 18th and 19th centuries, itinerant craftsinen travelled through the countryside from village to village 'and from farm to farm. They traded their serv- ices for room, board, and pro- duce. They carried their tools with them and their designs in their heads, improvising as they e went along, to fit need and in- clination. Thus evolved , the practical furniture for every- day use — the otrestle tables, candle stands, spice chests, lazy susan, tables, cupboards, hutch „tops, silver trays, sailmaker's, and cobbler's benches — to name a few. • Townshend calls its reproduc- tions of such informal yet digni- fied furniture, "New Eegland Farmhouse." It is the type of furniture which we generally as- sociate with pine, and it lets pine be itself, Lancashire Lass Is Island Queen The islands are so beautiful that -a hard-headed man like Charles Darwin was forced to exclaim, "This is a human para- dise!" A hot sun blazes in a bright blue 'sky and vividly coloured tropical flowers mingle with Eng lish roses in glorious profusion. Cool sea breezes keep the tem- • peratuee at an even eighty de- grees. Theseare the romantic Cocos Islands of the Indian Oceah, which.. the Queen visited during April. They tell the story there of a pretty young eirl, passing on - Sydney-boundb boat, who was so struck by their beauty that she wrote an affectionate message for whoever in the Is- lands might find it, and threw it overboard in a bottle. It chanced that very morning 'that a young man from the cable station on Direction Island strol- led along the beach thinking . wistfully of home. The sea rolled a bottle almost to his feet. He kicked it aimlessly, and some- thing in 'it caught the sun as it rolled on the sand. The young man bent, picked up the bottle and read its mess. age, No tale of despair or danger, it contained a Sydney address and an invitation to call and claim a bride if he cared. Two years later a tall stranger called at the Sydney girl's home and introduced himself saying, "I am the man who found that bottle at the Cocos," The girl blushed and dimpled prettily. "And if you meant it," he added, "I'm here to claire the bride." They married soon afterwards. The present owner of the Is- lands, tall, dark and handsome John Clunies Ross, is a keen photographer and amateur sailor. His family own by royal charter ". . the lands situate and being above the high water mark with- in the Cocos Islands . . to have and to hold forever." Ross studied colonial adminis- tration at Oxford, and there met his future wife. A slim, blonde Lancashire girl, Daphne Parkin- son was studying occupational therapy when she met student John Ross, Now she is the only European woman on the Islands but she is fond of the solitary life. John Ross's father, Sydney Ross, died from a heart attack during Japanese air raids. He regarded himself as virtually "King of the Islands." On one of his frequent visits to London, he was told by a cockney tailor, who gazed at his big and imper- ious figure while measuring him for a suit, "Blimey, guv, you look like a king." The reply was quick and to the point. "My man," thundered* Ross, "I am a king!" The 'first the Queen would see of the Cocos Islands would be a faint fringe of waving palm.tops. The Cocos are so low-lying that by a slight error of navagation they could be missed at night al- together. Be day, though, sailers have the Cocos pilot to guide them. This is a beautiful snow-white tern which never flies far from the islands, and is a sure sign they are near. During the first world war, the Cocos Islands were right in the front line. 'Almost immedi- ately after the outbreak the German Cruiser Emden was re- ported on the loose in the In- dian Ocean trade routes. The hunt was on. As the search for the Emden increased in intensity the cable station in the Cocos, as a link by which the reports of the Em - den's latest activities were check- ed, became vital. To survive, the Emden had to destroy it. On November 9th, 1914, the lookout at the cable station ob- served a strange ship coming, towards them. The vessel was a four -funnelled cruiser and flew no flag. Under the glass of a telescope the fourth 'funnel was Aloe seen to be ebvienisly false and the ship was recognized. as the daring Emden. Over the air went the appeal? "SOS Emden here. The SOPS faded into a harsh crackle and screech. The Emden was jam- ming the signals. A few ele ments later two armed launchee grounded on the beach. The tine armed Islanders could do nothing while the German landing party began destroying the wireless and cable station. But H.M.S, Sydney, a leeavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy which was escorting a con- voy in the vicinity, had picked up the wireless call and wag racing to the rescue. At 9,30 a.m. above the din of destruction, was heard the Ena- den's siren recalling the shore party, Her captain had sighted the Sydney's smoke. When the detachment reached the beach the Emden had put to sea to find a more favourable fighting po- sition, The two ships soon clashed. The Emden fought bitterly and gamely until in the early even- ing the white flag was run up and she surrendered. She had wounded. To men killed and fifty To this day th empty shell of the Emden lies on North Keel- ing, slowly rusting away, the home of crabs that infest the Is- land and a grim reminder of a sea raider's last fight. It was after the second world war, in January, 1948, that ow- ing to bad weather H.M.S. Orion of the Orient line made a stop at the Cocos. On the ship's ar- rival in England the captain was swamped with inquiries of rela- tive., and sweethearts of men on the island. One girl asking after her sweetheart was told he was looking fine and had a mag- nificent red beard, "Good Heavens," she exclaimed, "11 wasn't that colour when he left!" All who have seen these para- dise Islands have been deeply impressed, Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail round the world single handed, paid the islands a call in 1897. He came for a quick refit of his boat, but stayed two month and, noted regretfully in his log when he left: "I left the Islands except in my strongest affec- 6t iuotn s�.f" sight. Out of sight, I say, TO SUIT EVERYBODY A maharajah was showing a . visitor round his palace. "Why three swimming pools?" the visi- tor askea. "Well,, you see," replied the maharaj‘ah, one is a hot water pool and the second a cold water one." "But the third one is empty!" exclaimed the visitor. "Yes," returned the mahara- jah. "That's for friends who can't swim!" The Line—Bingbush—"What ia the Mason and Dixon Line?" Whanglock — "It's the bound- ary between you -all and youse." (Upside down to prevent peeking) A 103 0 t13 0 19 N d N 3 N,V3V4 3113IAIV31 /,j3bo _MN n I 0 d ti V4 1 V 3 Good Hunting — Harbinger of a good mushroom -hunting season is this 51/2 -pound beauty. The big beefsteak mushroom was found by L.13. Wallace, right, and a neighbor, W. E. Gulley, on the Wal- lace farm. Almost sensational finds of two to 18 gallons per hunt- ing trip have been reported, At sides of scale are two half -pound mushrooms. Shape of these fungi shows why atomic -bomb cloud is called "mushroorn-shaped."