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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-09-30, Page 6• 1 4 Driniting water is in the news these days. In recent months Oanadien health authorities have been proposing adding the mineral fluorine to community water supplies as a preventive against tooth decay. Tests have shown that children who drink water which contains about one part of fluorine per million parts Ot water spend half as much time in the dentist's chair as other children. But in spite of medi- cal assurance that it is harmless, some people are concerned t about the principle of fluorida- tion on the grounds that they • don't want their drinking water "tampered with." Quite apart from the proe and cons of fluoridation, chem- ists point out that if it were not for intelligent "tampering," the water in most communities would be unfit to drink. Epi- demics of typhoid, dysentry and other diseases caused by water- borne bacteria would be a con- stant menace to towns and cities if it weren't for the chem- icals which safeguard its purity. The use of chlorine to sterilize water began more than 40 years ago and today most drinking water - at least in the larger cities and towns - is given painstaking treatment before it reaches the kitchen tap. Less than one part of chloriefe in a million of water is usually all that is needed. Chlorine in eiroper quantities gives us water which is not merely pure but also tasteless and odorless. Scientists search- ing for water purity discovered that chlorine produced a prac- tically "sterile"water - almost free from all kinds of bacteria. Moreover, the chlorine when used in sufficient quantities des- troys taste and odor -producing particles dissolved in the water, leaving it not only safe but Arsehr. .,:esseeseneke seletatettlease... in first step, mother shows how to hold brush parallel to teeth. Guiding child's hand, mother demonstrates proper rotaiy 'motion, TH IVORIES With the reopening of school, more emphasis falls on proper tooth care. Most shook inspect children's teeth and parents should be aware of the right technique to teach their offspring. It is never too early to begin, Even baby teeth can decay. The arrival of permanent teeth can be followed immediately by tooth troubles. Dental researchers have found that loss of teeth is most common these days in the ages of 10 to 20, They say when the children are going back to 'their regular routines, of school days is an ideal time to begin q proper program of care. The schedule calls for a regular checkup by a dentist at least once a year. Brushing after each meal is best but bedtime and morning brushing is the minimum. The researchers urge also that parents try to have youngsters cut down on betw'een-meal sweets that stick to their teeth. They find a connection between consumption of chewy, sticky sweets and lots of cavities, Daughter soon gets rhythm, down on lower teeth, up an uppers. pleasant to drink. Another chemical - aluminum sulphate - is' used to speed up the purification of water by helping impurities to settle to the bottom. These small particles are to blame for the haziness and dark color of sone water supplies. When they are re- moved in filteration processes, we have water which is tempt- ingly crystal-clear. Elea. hant Heart, Hippo Fat, Lion's Teeth For Sale Do you need some hippo fat to smear on your enemy's door- atep? Or perhaps some lion's teeth or an elephant heart to make you brave? Or would you like to stick pins in a wax figurine and fancy it is your rival in love? Then just drop a line to Mr. I. Alter, high-pow- ered businessman in the shop- ping centre of Johannesburg, who purveys by oppointment to 5,000 of the most exclusive witch doctors in Africa. Surrouxided on all sides by the city's most modern stores and tall office buildings is Al- ter's Emporium, almost entire- ly mail-order, which takes the thankless tasks out of the busy witch doctor's daily grind. Not only does Mr. Alter run a fac- tory with thirty employees, where the lion fat and sundries PARA CAT GAME - Wake up, let's play Putty Cat, the para- keet fells its playmate in the home of Mrs. Marvel Rene The first aid kit is around - just In case the garne gets rough, are rendered clown, but be op- erates two retail shops where jungle suburbanites can do their shopping when in town. This oddest of all mail-order houses is conducted on a hy- gienic basis with a staff of chemists to ensure against the accidental brewing of noxious mixtures, and an advisory staff consisting of three witch doc- tors. These assistants supervise all preparations. Go - getters with an eye to fads and fashions, they constantly recomthend new formulae that will guard their purchasers against evil eyes, help them to win fame, power, love and fortune, . step up potency, and cure the common cold. Alter's Einporilent u. i:1C01:Etallt touch with trappers and hunt- ers who send him the necessary parts of the animals for proces- sing. Out of a lion's heart, weighing about twenty ounces and costing about eighty cents, thirty half -ounce bottles can be rendered, retailing to courage - deficient customers in the re- motest parts of Southern Africa at about $1.20 each. Alter's comprehensive cata- logue is written in several na- tive dialects as well as in Eng- lish and Africaans. Hundreds are sent out to out -lying trad- ing posts and native villages, and the returns might be envied by any up-to-date mail-order firm in Canada or America. 'About twenty-five per cent," says Mr. Alter beamingly. Snakes, especially pythons, are much in demand at his astonish- ing establishment. The skins are sold at so much a yard, the price increasing with the intri- ca'2y of thc tTri1s. chose skins are worn as wristlets or as slave bracelets, and the wear- COSSWaiD PUZZLE ACROSS 3. Endure 1. Caress 4. Backbone 9. Conquered 12. Bother la. Devoured 14, Source of metal 15. Nothing 16. Always verdant 18. gore precipitons Sn ,'assageway Tall grass stem 22 'rge ▪ snrn 2' stthor of ' "he Raven" 2tpanese sash 23 141.11nery .**vamp 31 'toasting stake 3** 'man -lune in .apport 'ssmpositiona two • urch seat Clack (Fr.) ' Dogma 4ss Far away 4• speratic Introductions 4.. Pointed end 4s geadOw 47. Heather 48. Type measures 49. Oriental dwelling. SO. Drive off 51. Collection Power 1. Omen dishes 8. Reelect 4. Percolated 5, 47ovared with issolla It 6. Rotuma 'matt 7. "andfathes N. litre 9, SorruwX 10. Mission ri 17. Ha wailau gum./ 17. Outfit 19. Long ra4t1 22. Tilterility 23. The girl 24, Bounder 25. Worstleso 1sta 26. Cunt, 49. (11,,, 27. Sala is part 28. Prwrionn 10. inorly ; IA*: to.o.entent al. AO. turr4sr,..; 36 Peratle reho is e 71, Inforitaa 39. Inevaa olgnt 39. (Mosp. " 40. 1,'o1 41. Not anv 42. y 11. SACCO.. sten/nine fon All.SWe• t sewhcre n This Pr er is assured that he or she will never be bitten by a snake so long as one has some section or another of the same species on one's person. Flourishing sidelines with Al- ter's are the (to non-Africaas) less savoury portions of the hip- po, the rhino, the elephant and the' lion. These odd remnants are sold as cosmetics to the belles of the Basuto and Kaffir tribes who bathe themselves with the stuff in the advacy of their jungle homes. An outsiz- ed pea -pod, faintly scented with veptable oils, is used by the na- tive girls as a sort of face -cloth, and Alter's obligingly supplies this too. The Emporium will also send by express delivery_ teething - rings made of teeth ground down to theseyeeeteared size. The tribal eratalaa doctors recommend these .aaingse • Very highly, and youngstete whose 'parents use' -them are assured :of growing teeth as tough as any to be found in the mouth of.the fiercest lion. Porcupine quills 44..•#,,qu specialty of the house, ie4M"' are dipped in the juices ions berries and treed tj s tat - tannin, a requisite for the' teibal social life. Crocodile claws, grourn to •,a fine powder, are eagerly 'sought after by the native healers who rate them very highly. as •• a specific for stomach disorders of all kinds. The favorite cure throughout native South Africa for toothache is the juice of. an indigenous shrub, and this, of course, is always in stock at Alter's. So, also is our own familiar candied peel, which,' if nibbled constantly, will ensure the consumer of a large family of boys -girls are not highly thought of the best native This flourishmg mail-oraer house is a boon to more thee 375,000 natives who are recruie ed to work in the gold miss and who must live far from the sources of their medicinal super •"9 and magical preparations. Some- times whole tribes come to work the mines, and so, of course, the witch doctors come along acid do the shopping for ailing -or ambitious miners at Alter's. Orders left, special orders for sonic tribal function or personal client, are promptly filled. The cuetomer is always tight at Al- ter's and no reasonable demand, such as a hyena's ear or an ele- phant's tail, k ever turned down. And it is interesting that, since the Emporium is situated in the busy shopping centre of Johanneeburg. many Europeans drop in for a browse among the strange merchandise. Often women shopperwill shamefacedly ask for love po- tions, and giggle nervously. Others claim to find a real remedy in some of the witch - doctor formulae tor colds, fev- ers, toothache and rheumatism. An analysis of the many roots and distilled fats show that some at let, contain many of the basics which are used in the formulae dispensed by chemists in the most sophisticated parts of the world. The way Mr. Alter got into thie ianusual trade is obvious, he says blandly. "Here are hund- reds ot thousands of pathetic natives with no place to shop; with no confidence in the white man's medicine. My Mail- order. • =lilvf boon to such as they." So, if you go to Africa arid hear the dull, inceesant beating of the tom-toms, don't irmmdt., ately start worrying about Men 66 Mau spears, the war -clubs or the assegai . . . it may only be a mail-order message to Mr. Al- ter by special delivery to ask him to get the skin off the belly of a crocodile to offset unre- quited love or a severe itch, And Mr. Alter will leave no zebra's gallstone unturned an his effort to meet the request. THE. FARM F !ONT - -- A red cap sits at a jaunty angle on his head, A rifle shin- ing with newness is gripped tightly in his hands. His eyes peer up the well-worn game teal. A dry twig cracks sharply in front. Leaves move as if something were passing through the trees. He whips his weapon 'to his shoulder, aims quickly and fires. A body thumps into the clay leaves. carpeting the forest floor, A human body - that of his hunting'compariion. The hun- ter thought it :was a deer! • *. * There is no need to elaborate on the genuine remorse this hun- ter must have felt over the accident. But it as hardly believ- elate how such accidents could happen. Men are not only taken for deer but recent reports show that they've been mistaken for squirrels, partridges, racoons, infiose, fox. A Jit Then there are other hunters wha handle their guns so care-' lessly they not only endanger the lives of those' around them, but their own. Such a theme is expressed in a 20 -minute 16 mil- limeter motion picture film avail- able from Canadian Industries (1954) Ltd. This production "stars" Trigger Happy Harry who is the epitome of the maxi who does everything wrong with a. rifle. His antics serve as A convincing lesson to hunters who are in the "sound shot" class or whose impatience impells them to let loose at the slightest move- ment in the bush. Our constitution has given every Canadian the right to own a rifle or shot -gun without the benefit of permit or registration. Let us not usurp this right, by making murder weapons of them. Make absolutely certain you know what you're shooting at this coming hunting season before you squeeze the trigger. Statistics show hunting is still one ol the safest sports. Let's keep it that way; and right now, with to many farmers getting ready for the hunting season, is a good time to resolve to do our part. * * Farmers now producing 50 to 60 bushels of fall wheat an acre could raise their per acre yield to 80 bushels if they followed the practices recommended by D. D. Dolson of the ,Farm A.d- visory Service. • * Mr, Dolsoti says that soil for fall wheat must be well drained. Tile should be placed in low areas or open drainage furrows plowed after wheat is sown, A good seed bed is one that is well aerated, contains plenty of mois. tura and is firm below a depth of one and a half to two inches so that soil is well packed around the seed. 41 41 * Best seed available should be used This should be treated with 0 mere seed disinfectant for the ' in beet deeding rate in PnlJ A 11, at OD s(uthWestern huh. *th r r • r rr - . . Ontario) should be seven to eight pecks per acre. Date of seeding should be adjusted to avoid the insect infestation per- iod but permit development of an adequate root system and top to withstand winter cold. Too early seeding may lead to an overly large top which is sub- ject to winter kill and to attack by the Hessian fly. Fertility requirements of fall wheat are not complex. Mineral plant foods (phosphoric acid. and potash) should be applied mostly in the fall at the time of seed- ing along with some nitrogen. This will stimulate moderate top growth and development of a strong and large root system: General recommendations are the use of 3-18-9 or 2-16-6 at 400 pounds an acre on medium -to heavy soils. If the crop is :sown on fallow or manured land oi following a legume crop. use a no -nitrogen fertilizer such as 0-16-8 or 042-20. Apply an addi- tional 100 pounds per acre if seeding down in the. wheat. It is wise to have .the soil tested as it 'may rewire, some variation from the 'general' fertilizer' re- commendations. * 41 If enough fertilizer has been applied in the fall, yields can be increased by top dressing early in the spring with 75 . to 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre, For weed control spray with 2, 4-D in the epring when perennial weeds have emerged. * 41 * While many of the Holland Marshmen don't know the exact names of the agricultural chemi- cals they require to produce some of the best vegetables in the world, they certainly know how to use them. Take lettuce for example. This le the major crop in the 8,000 urea of re- claimed bog skirting the Holland. River about 50 miles north of Toronto. * Lettuce once became plagued with a virus disease called "aster yellows." This struck at the heart of the plant, causing it to turn soft and rot. Entemolo- gists could find no control for it until they discovered that aster yellow was carried by leaf- hoppers. After this the problem of checking the disease became simple. Kill Off the leafhoppers with five per cent or seven and one-half per cent of DDT dust applied at the rate of 30 to 40 pounds an acre and you get rid of the virus. Today, clean, hit Hen. to ,tfurela4 ta.13 God's-. Answer to Job's;, Perplexity Job 38:1-7; 42:1-6, 10a. itlemory Selection: Be stale and know that 1 syn God. Psalm 46:10. The speeches of Job's pro- fessed friends in the time of his great suffering are not the most inspiring reading. They are a mixture of truth and error. However beginning with chapter 08 the Lord speaks t Job. He asks Job two funda- menal questions; Shall mortal man contend with •the Al- mighty? and, shall men charge God with unrighteousness 10 his rule of the world? 1 -le im- presses and humbles Job by re- counting the greatest a n d. grandest things in nature.. and. by showing his ignorance atn8 insignificance in comparison with their Creator. Look 91 in- animate nature; the stars, the? light, snow, hail, ram, light- ning. Look at animate nature; the lion, wild ass, horse, ostrich, eagle. Behold behemoth, or the hippopotamus, and leviathan, or the crocodile. None dare stir him up; who dares to contend with his maker? An intellectual. solution of Job's problems is not given him, but in a brief reply Job humbly submits him- self to God's inscrutable wis- dom and expresses keen regret for his unwise Words. He now knew God better, He said, "I have heard of thee by the hear- ing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee." God proceeded to 'vindicate Job before his friends. As Job prayed for them he became well and the severe testing was over. Soon his wealth was doub- led. He had another family of seven sons and three beautiful daughters. The story of sufferers does not always have such a happy climax in this life. But let the sufferer be faithful, as Job was, remembering that deliverance will come in this life or et ite conclusion. • • els a V4.4eFit4 crisp Marsh lettuce is a favour- ite choice in the vegetable mar kets of Toronto, Boston. Mon- treal and New York. Potatoes ate another large croai ;with .some se,500 acres denoted to their growth. Although they are under attack by insects like the Colorado beetle, flea beetle and leafhopper, and diseasee such as scale and late and early blight, Marsh potatoes are pur- chased for premium ,prices be- cause of their fine quality. Rea- sons? Hard work, heavy fertili- zation .of soil and unceasing in- sect and disease control by spe- cial chemicals. * * 41 Onion growers have their peels too and adhere to strict spraying and dusting schedules. Mess - wise mildew, leaf spot, maggot and onion thrips will have tk3 plants before they can be hee- vested in any decent shape. it le with other crops. Che warfare has paid off for th Holland Marshmen. Upsidedown to Prevent PeekIng kl V ed Sid TARS SAIL SEA OF OATS -Sailors from H.M.S. Dryad, do, .ed at Portsmouth, England, come to the rescue of Mary Tosdevine, 21 (in cart), to help her with the oats harvest cit Southwick, The horse, that usually pulls naval lorries at dockside, is also is recruit, Seaman Grahame Gooch, left, henies cargo aboard while Petty Officer Leonard Ellis naviglios from the "bildge.m 2 4 $ I Ill .. *:„9 11 ,2 13 .,....i. IS 18 .0. -.4. 19 I 11 i;i71 ,,,.. ...„ ri I N • :33., , 1 • ....%.,. 2 24 ....7. 6 ...4 „ 27 28 29 31 3? ,. . '• ' e ..'' :' „ i3S stec, is v.." 8 axes se:1;7:f i ill, me = 4." ill a ligi iiii All.SWe• t sewhcre n This Pr er is assured that he or she will never be bitten by a snake so long as one has some section or another of the same species on one's person. Flourishing sidelines with Al- ter's are the (to non-Africaas) less savoury portions of the hip- po, the rhino, the elephant and the' lion. These odd remnants are sold as cosmetics to the belles of the Basuto and Kaffir tribes who bathe themselves with the stuff in the advacy of their jungle homes. An outsiz- ed pea -pod, faintly scented with veptable oils, is used by the na- tive girls as a sort of face -cloth, and Alter's obligingly supplies this too. The Emporium will also send by express delivery_ teething - rings made of teeth ground down to theseyeeeteared size. The tribal eratalaa doctors recommend these .aaingse • Very highly, and youngstete whose 'parents use' -them are assured :of growing teeth as tough as any to be found in the mouth of.the fiercest lion. Porcupine quills 44..•#,,qu specialty of the house, ie4M"' are dipped in the juices ions berries and treed tj s tat - tannin, a requisite for the' teibal social life. Crocodile claws, grourn to •,a fine powder, are eagerly 'sought after by the native healers who rate them very highly. as •• a specific for stomach disorders of all kinds. The favorite cure throughout native South Africa for toothache is the juice of. an indigenous shrub, and this, of course, is always in stock at Alter's. So, also is our own familiar candied peel, which,' if nibbled constantly, will ensure the consumer of a large family of boys -girls are not highly thought of the best native This flourishmg mail-oraer house is a boon to more thee 375,000 natives who are recruie ed to work in the gold miss and who must live far from the sources of their medicinal super •"9 and magical preparations. Some- times whole tribes come to work the mines, and so, of course, the witch doctors come along acid do the shopping for ailing -or ambitious miners at Alter's. Orders left, special orders for sonic tribal function or personal client, are promptly filled. The cuetomer is always tight at Al- ter's and no reasonable demand, such as a hyena's ear or an ele- phant's tail, k ever turned down. And it is interesting that, since the Emporium is situated in the busy shopping centre of Johanneeburg. many Europeans drop in for a browse among the strange merchandise. Often women shopperwill shamefacedly ask for love po- tions, and giggle nervously. Others claim to find a real remedy in some of the witch - doctor formulae tor colds, fev- ers, toothache and rheumatism. An analysis of the many roots and distilled fats show that some at let, contain many of the basics which are used in the formulae dispensed by chemists in the most sophisticated parts of the world. The way Mr. Alter got into thie ianusual trade is obvious, he says blandly. "Here are hund- reds ot thousands of pathetic natives with no place to shop; with no confidence in the white man's medicine. My Mail- order. • =lilvf boon to such as they." So, if you go to Africa arid hear the dull, inceesant beating of the tom-toms, don't irmmdt., ately start worrying about Men 66 Mau spears, the war -clubs or the assegai . . . it may only be a mail-order message to Mr. Al- ter by special delivery to ask him to get the skin off the belly of a crocodile to offset unre- quited love or a severe itch, And Mr. Alter will leave no zebra's gallstone unturned an his effort to meet the request. THE. FARM F !ONT - -- A red cap sits at a jaunty angle on his head, A rifle shin- ing with newness is gripped tightly in his hands. His eyes peer up the well-worn game teal. A dry twig cracks sharply in front. Leaves move as if something were passing through the trees. He whips his weapon 'to his shoulder, aims quickly and fires. A body thumps into the clay leaves. carpeting the forest floor, A human body - that of his hunting'compariion. The hun- ter thought it :was a deer! • *. * There is no need to elaborate on the genuine remorse this hun- ter must have felt over the accident. But it as hardly believ- elate how such accidents could happen. Men are not only taken for deer but recent reports show that they've been mistaken for squirrels, partridges, racoons, infiose, fox. A Jit Then there are other hunters wha handle their guns so care-' lessly they not only endanger the lives of those' around them, but their own. Such a theme is expressed in a 20 -minute 16 mil- limeter motion picture film avail- able from Canadian Industries (1954) Ltd. This production "stars" Trigger Happy Harry who is the epitome of the maxi who does everything wrong with a. rifle. His antics serve as A convincing lesson to hunters who are in the "sound shot" class or whose impatience impells them to let loose at the slightest move- ment in the bush. Our constitution has given every Canadian the right to own a rifle or shot -gun without the benefit of permit or registration. Let us not usurp this right, by making murder weapons of them. Make absolutely certain you know what you're shooting at this coming hunting season before you squeeze the trigger. Statistics show hunting is still one ol the safest sports. Let's keep it that way; and right now, with to many farmers getting ready for the hunting season, is a good time to resolve to do our part. * * Farmers now producing 50 to 60 bushels of fall wheat an acre could raise their per acre yield to 80 bushels if they followed the practices recommended by D. D. Dolson of the ,Farm A.d- visory Service. • * Mr, Dolsoti says that soil for fall wheat must be well drained. Tile should be placed in low areas or open drainage furrows plowed after wheat is sown, A good seed bed is one that is well aerated, contains plenty of mois. tura and is firm below a depth of one and a half to two inches so that soil is well packed around the seed. 41 41 * Best seed available should be used This should be treated with 0 mere seed disinfectant for the ' in beet deeding rate in PnlJ A 11, at OD s(uthWestern huh. *th r r • r rr - . . Ontario) should be seven to eight pecks per acre. Date of seeding should be adjusted to avoid the insect infestation per- iod but permit development of an adequate root system and top to withstand winter cold. Too early seeding may lead to an overly large top which is sub- ject to winter kill and to attack by the Hessian fly. Fertility requirements of fall wheat are not complex. Mineral plant foods (phosphoric acid. and potash) should be applied mostly in the fall at the time of seed- ing along with some nitrogen. This will stimulate moderate top growth and development of a strong and large root system: General recommendations are the use of 3-18-9 or 2-16-6 at 400 pounds an acre on medium -to heavy soils. If the crop is :sown on fallow or manured land oi following a legume crop. use a no -nitrogen fertilizer such as 0-16-8 or 042-20. Apply an addi- tional 100 pounds per acre if seeding down in the. wheat. It is wise to have .the soil tested as it 'may rewire, some variation from the 'general' fertilizer' re- commendations. * 41 If enough fertilizer has been applied in the fall, yields can be increased by top dressing early in the spring with 75 . to 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre, For weed control spray with 2, 4-D in the epring when perennial weeds have emerged. * 41 * While many of the Holland Marshmen don't know the exact names of the agricultural chemi- cals they require to produce some of the best vegetables in the world, they certainly know how to use them. Take lettuce for example. This le the major crop in the 8,000 urea of re- claimed bog skirting the Holland. River about 50 miles north of Toronto. * Lettuce once became plagued with a virus disease called "aster yellows." This struck at the heart of the plant, causing it to turn soft and rot. Entemolo- gists could find no control for it until they discovered that aster yellow was carried by leaf- hoppers. After this the problem of checking the disease became simple. Kill Off the leafhoppers with five per cent or seven and one-half per cent of DDT dust applied at the rate of 30 to 40 pounds an acre and you get rid of the virus. Today, clean, hit Hen. to ,tfurela4 ta.13 God's-. Answer to Job's;, Perplexity Job 38:1-7; 42:1-6, 10a. itlemory Selection: Be stale and know that 1 syn God. Psalm 46:10. The speeches of Job's pro- fessed friends in the time of his great suffering are not the most inspiring reading. They are a mixture of truth and error. However beginning with chapter 08 the Lord speaks t Job. He asks Job two funda- menal questions; Shall mortal man contend with •the Al- mighty? and, shall men charge God with unrighteousness 10 his rule of the world? 1 -le im- presses and humbles Job by re- counting the greatest a n d. grandest things in nature.. and. by showing his ignorance atn8 insignificance in comparison with their Creator. Look 91 in- animate nature; the stars, the? light, snow, hail, ram, light- ning. Look at animate nature; the lion, wild ass, horse, ostrich, eagle. Behold behemoth, or the hippopotamus, and leviathan, or the crocodile. None dare stir him up; who dares to contend with his maker? An intellectual. solution of Job's problems is not given him, but in a brief reply Job humbly submits him- self to God's inscrutable wis- dom and expresses keen regret for his unwise Words. He now knew God better, He said, "I have heard of thee by the hear- ing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee." God proceeded to 'vindicate Job before his friends. As Job prayed for them he became well and the severe testing was over. Soon his wealth was doub- led. He had another family of seven sons and three beautiful daughters. The story of sufferers does not always have such a happy climax in this life. But let the sufferer be faithful, as Job was, remembering that deliverance will come in this life or et ite conclusion. • • els a V4.4eFit4 crisp Marsh lettuce is a favour- ite choice in the vegetable mar kets of Toronto, Boston. Mon- treal and New York. Potatoes ate another large croai ;with .some se,500 acres denoted to their growth. Although they are under attack by insects like the Colorado beetle, flea beetle and leafhopper, and diseasee such as scale and late and early blight, Marsh potatoes are pur- chased for premium ,prices be- cause of their fine quality. Rea- sons? Hard work, heavy fertili- zation .of soil and unceasing in- sect and disease control by spe- cial chemicals. * * 41 Onion growers have their peels too and adhere to strict spraying and dusting schedules. Mess - wise mildew, leaf spot, maggot and onion thrips will have tk3 plants before they can be hee- vested in any decent shape. it le with other crops. Che warfare has paid off for th Holland Marshmen. Upsidedown to Prevent PeekIng kl V ed Sid TARS SAIL SEA OF OATS -Sailors from H.M.S. Dryad, do, .ed at Portsmouth, England, come to the rescue of Mary Tosdevine, 21 (in cart), to help her with the oats harvest cit Southwick, The horse, that usually pulls naval lorries at dockside, is also is recruit, Seaman Grahame Gooch, left, henies cargo aboard while Petty Officer Leonard Ellis naviglios from the "bildge.m