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The latest issue of that very
nteresting publication, ESSO
Farm News, carries a story about
in Ontario Stock Feeder who
las proved that it pays to spend
money in order to cut tenor
costs. We found it so interest -
lag that 1 am taking the liberty
rf reproducing it in case some
►f my readers haven't seen it.
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The trend toward methods
and means to reduce costs of
operation on the farm continues
In full swing. While the prices
which farmers receive for their`
products have declined the cost
of things which the farmer must
buy remains at high levels. The
only avenue still left to farm-
ers for a financially successful
operation lies in reduced cost of
operation.
One trend has been toward a
larger operation. As J. W. Maus,
Ayr Ont., sees it, "Six hundred
dollars coming in to a farmer
with six farms is a more profit -
Ole operation than one hundred
dollars coming in to each of six
Individual farmers."
But Mr. Maus is combining
the larger operation with more
efficient use of labor to keep his
costs down. At the present time
he farms about 1,700 acres of
several farms and has made
changes in his barns that, as he
puts it, "One man does a lot of
work"
Dry feeding around 1,500 head
of steers a year can mean a lot
of labor. Mr. Maus has convert-
ed a number . of barns to make
the labor go further.
Taking one of his remodelled
barns as an example of his
operation, he replaced the wood
supports and beams with steel.
He was surprised to find that
the difference in costs between
the wood and steel was just
around one•hundred dollars.
He divided the ground level
into long pens. Concrete alleys
run the length of the pens and
the feed troughs are right along-
side. At the top of the pens are
constant -level water troughs.
The pens in this building can
handle up to 320 head.
Poster Soy -- Kwon Kwang Nam
is poster boy of the Far East Air
Forces` drive for funds to buy
things for children at Myong Jin
Orphanage in Seoul, Korea. It's
an annual event.
The entrances to the pens are
open to permit the cattle to en-
ter and . leave at all times. "The
climate in Ontario is inclined to
be damp and chilly during the
winter so I feel we need a fair
amount of protection for our
stock," says Mr. Maus.
Straw is used for bedding and
the resulting manure is easily
removed by a tractor with a
front-end loader:
Hay, straw and grain is stored
in the huge mow. Feeding
grinding and mixing is done
here too. The mixed feed is let •
down through a feed chute to
the floor below where feed carts
can be wheeled directly under
the chute and quickly and easi-
ly loaded.
Salt blocks are kept in the
feed troughs but some fine salt
is mixed in with the ground
feed. With this arrangement it
takes little work to feed out the
stock. The whole set-up is de-
signed for efficient operation,
Last winter one man and a 16 -
year old boy looked after this
barn with 320 head and another
125 cattle and . about 80 hogs,
with the exception of cleaning
out the manure.
While Mr. Maus raises about
125 calves a year most of his
feeder stock is bought in West-
ern Canada and the biggest part
of that in Alberta. He stil talks
about the 1,000 head of fat cat-
tle he bought in the Lethbridge
district a year ago last August.
He claims they were the best
he ever handled,
When Imperial Farm News
-visited him this last August he
was feeding 140 head of blacks
and 40 of whitefaces for the
Royal Winter Fair, all bought
in Alberta.
Naturally, there is a lot of
feed involved in an operation .
of this size. While he grows a
lot of it he still must buy a
good-sized chunk. This last June
he put up "a couple of stacks,
each franc eibout 50 to 60 acres,
from thie ,'Ci:ippings of surplus
pasture-. The clippings were
dumped on the ground and then
bull -dozed into a stack. A bull-
dozer packed it firmly. He al-
lows there is some spoilage by
this method and it certainly is
not as good as a surface trench
silo. Still, it was surplus and
fed well.
Mr. Maus doesn't believe you
can beat corn fox,' finishing cat-
tle but he concedes there are
times when price relationships
make barley a mighty attractive
feed.
In Canada, the production of
finished cattle is just about even-
ly divided between Eastern and
Western Canada. But where the
Western rancher and feeder
operates on a large scale by far
the largest part of the finished
cattle produced in Eastern Can-
ada come from a multitude of
small feeders -- the man who
takes in a carlot of 10 to 40 head
each fall. Recently there has
been a trend to a little larger
scale operation and in south-
western Ontario feeders are
taking on 150 to 200 head with
an odd one handling up to 40Q
head. Mr. Maus' operation rep-
resents larger and a new trend
in Eastern Canada. .
STRONG MEAN WANTED
Miss Hamida Banu, of Jod-
hpur, is looking for a husband,
but he must be some kind of
a superman. Miss Banu, who is
a professional wrestler, has of-
fered to marry any man who can
throw her out of the ring.
So far three have tried; two
were knocked clean out and the
third was pinned down in five
seconds. She is still looking
round for her Dream Wrestler.
t»Prise Arrival - "Pudelo,"' si y* r -cold pigmy hippopotamus
arm Mork*, takes a pock area`Und las ho arrivon In New York.
on full Ott, dud1p io will with only mne•torath as much ci
h+li-Brow.► kl ro. /Wog sere of tho animal Is Betty D'Amdr.,
*t *IAA* otowvrdots,
For Holiday - For Every Day - Fashioned after a Tibetan head-
dress, the luxurious blue -and -turquoise velvet dinner hat, Deft,
is crested with a diamond plume. Diamond earrings and bagu-
ette necklace set off the exotic creation, recently modeled in
Paris, France. To get back to the workaday world, man -tailored
shirts of combed cotton, right, are offered this season in multi -
calor or charcoal -gray stripe, or may be had in other designs.
They're styled for either coed or office worker.
Sought One
Treasure And
Found A J air
A ship laden with pearl -shell
was running before a gale
through the Torres Strait, off
North Australia, when she came
face to face, suddenly with a
coral reef. She was the schooner
Lancashire Lass, returning to
her Queensland port one day in
1890,
Her skipper looked for a gap
in the reef, but in vain, It seem-
ed there was nothing he could
do to avoid being wrecked.
Then came a chance in a mill-
ion. As the boat ' was about to
crash into the foaming wall, a
huge wave came up behind her
and carried her over the reef
into the calm water of the la-
goon beyond.
No Way Out •
Her crew were fervently
thankful, but when the wind
died down they could find no
way out of the lagoon. The core
al barrier was all around them,
They had to jettison their
precious pearl -shell and float
their ship across the reef at
high tide.
When they returned to port
and told the story of their mir-
aculous escape, the ship's own-
ers fitted out another and light-
er vessel, and sent her with a
diver to recover the cargo at
the bottom of the lagoon. The
diver reported that not only was
their cargo safe, but it was rest-
ing on top of a great mound of
Spanish silver dollars.
Perhaps a Spanish galleon
was wrecked there hundreds of
years before while sailing to
the Philippines, though there is
no trace of a sunken vessel. Or
perhaps the galleon also had
had to jettison her cargo. ,
Castaways Disappear
This is just one of the exciting
stories of lost treasure in Bill
Beatty's colourful and enter-
taining collection of Australian
folk lore, "Come a Waltzing
Matilda." He tells also this
story of treasure still waiting to
be found.
In 1655 the Dutch ship Gilt
Dragon was sailing from Hol-
land to Java with 80,000 golden
guilders and a great quantity
of silver ingots on board when
she was wrecked off Australia.
Months later seven survivors
arrived in a long -boat in Ba-
tavia harbour with the story
that their treasure had been
brought ashore safely before
the boat sank.
But when ships arrived in
Australia to pick up the rest
of the castaways and the gold,
they found no trace of men or
coins.
Then, a few years ago, a boy
discovered a cave along the
coast of Western Australia, the
mouth of which was partly
blocked by huge boulders. In-
side was a crumbling skeleton,
and some Dutch and Spanish.
gold and silver coins, dated be-
tween 1618 and 1648. But no
clue to the treasure hoard.
In 1875 two men found in the
surrounding country a ring of
stones, about six feet in dia-
meter. Stones are scarce in that
district and these were thought
to have been brought up from
the shore. They did not mark
the spot, however, as they did
not know the story of the Gilt
Dragon.
A shepherd once saw the ring
of stories, but he, too, diel not
mark the spot. So there the
puzzling ring remains, perhaps
a clue to hidden treasure.
Bill Beatty believes there
shay be a pirates' hoard some-
where on Booby Island, off
Worth Australia headquarters
of the only real pirates Aus-
tralia has ever known. This las-
cheating book contains many
legends, tales of mystery and
stories of bushrangers acid other
'famous and infamous charac-
ters.
harac-ters.
HARD TIMES?
The Rotarian magazine has
some fine philosophy for busi-
ness and sales people. It's the
psychological effect that de-
pressive talk has.
It begins with the French ar-
tist who sat sipping his wine
in a cafe. Spying t headline
"Hard Times Coming" _1n a
newspaper on his table, he can-
celed his order for a second bot-
tle of vin and explained why.
"Hard times?" exclaimed the
cafe owner. "Then my wife must
not order that silk dress."
"Hard times?" said the dress=
maker, "Then I must not re-
model my shop."
"Hard times?" sighed the con-
tractor. "Then I cannot have
my wife's portrait painted."
After receiving the letter
from the contractor canceling
the order to paint his wife's
portrait, the artist went back to
the cafe and picked up the same
newspaper he had read there
before, Studying it more close-
ly, he found that it was two
years old!
WINTER FOOT CARE
DAY SCIIOOL
LESSON
An, old lady who had lived to
be 103 years 614 without ever
having a cold was recently asked
by reporters covering her birth-
day celebration how she Man-
aged -to avoid this common 'ail-
meat,She said:
"Well, as soon as the cold
weather comes, I stay indoors. Z
never stir outdoors from the first
frost until Spring comes."
Which is fine if you can man-
age it. But most of us are eith-
er rearing a family or earning a
living, and we find it necessary
to brave the elements whether
we want to or not. So we need
some more practical advice.
Since a good part of the an-
nual toll exacted by colds re-
sults from cold and wet feet, it
is a wise precaution to start at
the bottom, with your feet.
Don't overprotect them. Swad-
dling feet with heavy galoshes,
overshoes or rubbers deprives
them of air, .resulting in an ac-
cumulation of moisture, which
brings chafing, blisters, some-
times swelling - and, of course,
damp feet make you more likely
to catch cold.
Give your feet regular exer-
cises at the end of each day to
keep the blood circulating prop-
erly and to limber up muscles.
This can also be done during the,
day, in a more limited fashion,
by wiggling your toes inside your
shoes and by rotating your foot
from the ankle.
Two good end -of -day exercis-
es are these: '
(1) Stand on your bare toes
until you've stretched up as high
as you can. Then point your feet
inward. This is wonderful for
strengthening the arch.
(2) Sit down in a chair and
rest your feet on a stool or otto-
man.
ttoman. Hold one end of a folded
towel in each hand and place the
sole of your bare foot in the
centre of the loop. Bend your
knee and then push as hard as
you can against the towel, Do .
this alternately with both legs
about 40 or 50 times. This exer-
cise strengthens the calf muscles,
which frequently ache when you
change from high -heeled shoes
into low-heeled walking shoes
for stormy weather promenades.
The right shoes and a little
care can mean the difference be-
tween a winter of sniffles and
painful feet or warm comfort
underfoot.
By .Rev, R. Barclay Warren,
Bev. R. B. Warren, B.A., B.D.
The Bible, Our Authority
2 Timothy 3:14-17;
Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1,16.21.
Memory Selection: These are
xvritten that ye might believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God, and ant that believing ye
might have .life through hie
name. John 20:31,
It is apropriate that the first
lesson of the year should direct
our thoughts to the authority of
the Bible, The main purpose
of the Bible is "That ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believ-
ing ye .might have life through
his name." This brings hopeto
the soul.
The question is often asked,
"Why do you hold the Bible in
higher esteem than other good
books?" The reason is that "Ali
scripture is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for cor-
rection, for instruction in right-
eousness." "The word of God is
quick and powerful, and sharp-
er than any two-edged sword."
The apostles believed this and
preached accordingly. The fruit
of their ministry indicated the
correctness of their position.
Arnold's Comentary tells of
an incident in the life of Robert
Ingersoll, the famous infidel. He
had delivered one of his tirades
ridiculing the inspiration of the
Bible, pointing out what he
termed its errors and assailing
the reality of the Christian faith.
A humble appearing man arose
and with no attempt to answer
Ingersoll's arguments simply
gave his testimony. For years
he had been a great sinner, giv-
en to drink .and abusive to his
family. Then his life had been
transformed by the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ. He had a
happy home. He asked, "Mr.
Ingersoll, would you advise me
to abandon my faith, in accord-
ance with your declaration that
the Bible is untrue and Christ-
ianity a false religion?" Mr.
Ingersoll dropped his head, hes-
itated a moment, then replied:
"Keep your faith."
Let us search the • Scriptures
daily!
y MEADER G. PATTI>ON
NEA Special Correspondent
For wacky events in the lar-
ceny business, 1954 was a vint-
age year. Auto thieves, burg-
Iars and stick-up artists acted
out zany plots that must have
Martin and Lewis complaining
of plagiarism.
The alibi list, for instance,
could have been written by a
TV gag -man. At Los Angeles,
a 240 -pound burglar who forced
his way into a doctor's office
claimed after his ' capture that
he seeking reducing pills. A
man in Hamilton, Ont., charged
with stealing a $1.50 pair of
glasses, insisted he only took
them to "see my way out of
the store."
And late one night at Chicago,
two youths surrounded by hack-
saws and wrenches and nabbed
on the roof of a packing house,
said, "Honest, officer, we were
just looking for girls."
Then there was the fellow at
Cincinnati who swallowed a
dose of heroin to avoid arrest
on narcotics charges. When
police pumped the drug from
his stomach, he loudly demand-
ed his freedom claiming the
cops got the evidence without
a search, warrant.
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Loonier even than alibis was
some of the year's odd loot.
Thieves broke into a shoe plant
at Brockton, Mass., and took on-
ly one item: a watchdog named
Judy, At Thurmont, Md., a
snake farm reported the theft
of a king snake, a rat snake, two
corn snakes, a five-foot boa
constrictor and $30. And . the
only loot from a drug store
heist in Hamilton, Canada, was
two dozen bottles of castor oil.
Another burglar at Bethel,
Conn.; entered a doctor's office,
ignored a safe and valuable
'
drugs but took two books,
"Childbirth Without Fear", and
"Obstetrical Techniques."
Thieves who might be movie
fans stole a king-size bag of
popcorn -- four feet high and
two feet around—from a plant
at Missoula, Mont.
Crooks are getting stronger, it
seems, for stolen at Houston,
Tex., were 29 lead balls, weigh-
ing 150 pounds each. Other un-
wieldy items were a 1,000 -pound.
copper kettle, stolen at Racine,
Wis., and 600 feet of snow fence
lifted at Watkins, Colo.
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At least one other theft has
a long list of ready-made sus-
pects. A shop was burglarized
of two men's suits, a $150
camera and $45 in cash. The
place: Toyotama Prison.
A man at Atlantic City, N.J.,
released after serving a car theft
sentence, stole a 1949 Lincoln,
abandoned same for a '53
Cadillac, drove to Pennsyl-
vania and switched to a '54 Mer-
cury. After his arrest, he told
officials, "A new automobile
always fascinates ine."
Another thief at Merced,
Calif., made off with a station
wagon from a local mortuary,
but left it behind in a hurry
when he found that it held a
corpse. A patrolman's car in
Columbus, Ohio, suddenly back-
fired loudly, causing a running
thief to stop and throw up his
hands.
And in San Bernardino, Calif„
when `hsked if he got the license
number of the car driven by as-
sailants who robbed and slugged
him, the victim held up the en-
tire license plate he had ripped
from the car as it drove away.
At .Shively, Ky., after being
Mated of $50, an insurance firm
sadly admitted that its loss had
not been insured.
SOFA
A few thieves were polite.
One at Edmonton, Alta., broken
into a house, cooked a meal,
dirtied the dishes, slept in a
bed, stole a tie clip and lighter,
then left behind a note: "I thank
you for the use of your house?'
Another at Dallas, Tex., charge
ed with a meat market safes -
cracking job, told police that bee
fore he left he had carefully
locked the store's front door,
"I didn't want some thief," he
explained, "to come along and
steal all the man's meat"
Two gunmen in Chicago, find-
ing a homeowner out, enter
tained his children and baby-
sitter with fairy tales until lawn
returned, then relieved him ofi
$4,525 in cash and $7,000 in
jewelry. And a grateful gunman,
in Hartford, Conn„ after taking
$50 from a woman, kissed his
victim and said, "You are. su
a nice woman."
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For some men, stealing was
easy. Shown a .45 -cal. automatic
in a Glendora, Calif., store, the
customer admiringly loaded it,
pointed it at the clerk, walked
out with a gun and $41.
A sign on a hardware safe in
Du Quoin, Ill:, read: "Positively
not locked. No money in safe.
Turn handle and open." .Burg-
lars followed instructions, made
off with $700.
At Denver, a city detective
twice had his license plates lift-
ed—and twice got a traffic ticket
before his colleagues knew of
his plight, Philadelphia cops
had their prowl car stolen, The
police office safe at Ferndale,
Wash., was robbed' of $200, A
bold thief at Bridgeport,
walked off with the station
house pay telephone,
And the ultimate was reached
at St, Catharines, Ont., wheat
someone looted a house of many
things w-- including the kitchen
sink.-