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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1955-02-10, Page 7ThHMN FRONT Jokt Due to the unprecedented wet weather during late summer and •at harvest time last year, there will be a drastic shortage of good quality seed oats, red clo- ver and alfalfa in most Cana- dian provinces this year, says a well-known expert. Weather conditions were par- ticularly bad in Quebec and it is estimated that close to one- third of the province's require- ments or nearly 1,000,000 bushels •of seed oats may have to come from outside the province to Srovide for normal planting. upplies of registered seed will be much below normal in the Maritimes, Ontario and western Canada with Alberta being par- ticularly hard hit. * * e Since this year's harvest will depend in no small measure on the quality of seed grown this spring, farmers with good qual- ity oats are urged to clean their supplies early and avoid feeding of any oats of good commercial seed grade. Production of alfalfa and red clover seeed in Canada in 1954 fell much below the 1953 level. Alfalfa seed production was re- duced by 70 per cent and red clover by 65 per cent. e To ensure the best possible -results from this year's seed, more widespread treatment of both grain and clover seed with proper seed disinfectants is re- commended, also giving more attention to the fertility needs of existing meadows and pas- tures next fall to compensate for the pending reduction in new seedings resulting from short- age of clover seed. E g g quality is affected by heredity as well as the feeding and environment during produc- tion even though the major cause of poor quality eggs on the consumer table is poor han- dling practices after -the egg is produced. x. The breeding behind a flock IS an important factor in deter- mining the quality of eggs at the time they are laid. For- tunately both the shell and in- terior egg quality can be im- IT SHOE IS BIG — This young Parisienne seems fascinated by the size of this boot, used by l8th Century mounted mail car- riers. It's part of a postal ex- • hibit in Paris. proved by selective breeding, and by . elimination f r o rn the flock of birds producing poor quality eggs. * Feed is the most important factor affecting egg quality dur- ing production. Variations in the quality of feed results in varia- tions in egg quality. Work con- ducted at Nappan has shown that feeds high in oils are par- ticularly objectionable since the oily taste of the feed is fre- quently imparted to the egg. Ex- cess feeding of fish liver oil may result in eggs with a fishy taste. Other quality factors such as albumen height, yolk colour, and blood and meat spots, are also affected by the feed. The colour of the yolk can be varied from light to dark, depending on the amount of pigment in the ration. A large quantity of corn or cereal grass in the ration will result in dark coloured yolks. An excess of highly col- oured feed such as grass, may result in yolks of such dark col- our as to be unacceptable to the consumer. The environment of the lay- ing hen is invariably reflected in egg quality. Hens kept in clean surroundings with lots of fresh air, water, and good feed, will produce eggs of better qual- ity than hens kept in a dirty environment, lacking clean wa- ter and forced to forage for their food. The consumption of dirty, decaying food is reflected in poor quality a n d off -flavour eggs. . a .� * Most poor quality eggs pro- duced as a result of poor breed- ing and feeding are removed in the grading and candling pro- cess. Poor quality eggs reach- ing the consumer's •table are ' generally the result of poor han- dling after the eggs are pro- duced. Failure to cool eggs pro- perly and keep them under re- frigeration, is the major cause of loss of quality from the nest to the table. Eggs held in an unfavourable environment tend to become watery, with sof t spreading albumen, flat yolks and stale odours. World Convention Churches Of Christ • Plans for the fifth World Con- vention of Churches of Christ, to be held in 'Toronto from Aug. 16th to 21st and which will be attended by representatives of 30 nations, were discussed re- cently at a dinner meeting in the hall of Hillcrest Church of Christ in Toronto. Dr. Jesse M. Bader, General Secretary, New York, told the gathering it was anticipated more than 12,000 delegates would be registered. Prime objective of the con- vention is to bring about a greater unity of the church and to enlarge and enhance a fra- ternity of World Brotherhood. All general sessions of the con- vention will be held at Maple Leaf Gardens. Features will in- clude a mixed choir of 500 voices, a pageant of flags as a tribute to the various' nations represented, addresses and dis- cussions by world leaders and a world 'communion service. A good team of Arctic sled dogs, pushed by an expert driv- er, can cover 100 miles a day with a light load, "DREAM" TRUCK WITH MANY USES—This is et drawing of a new experimental truck created by General 'Motors. The all-purpose delivery truck, with a 15D-horsepowerengine, will be called °'L'Universelle," According to company officials it can easily be converted into a bus taxi, station wagon or sportsman's car. h is ten. inches lower and ten' Inshes shorter thancurrent panel delivery trucks, yet has greater capacity. A panoramic wildshleld le one of the many passenger feature* of the unit. Part of truck's Bide, l4Daelegrevn eedn Ifs* opened Mr htmeltag. How Repulsive a driver Are Yogi? Lr� REPULSIVE DRIVER NO. 1: The egotist thinks the world re- volves around him. Cartoons are from AAA's "Sportsman- like Driving." Rate your own accident proneness`" by scoring your. self zero to five on ,the following habits: ( ) I boast of breaking traffic laws. ( ) I race with drivers on the highway, ( ) I'll break a traffic law on a dare. ( ) I demand the right-of-way whether I need it or not. ( ) 1 beat everyone away from the stop -light. ( ) I show my dust to smaller and older cars. If you score yourself zero you're a good driver. Up to six points makes you a repulsive driver. Six to 12 points makes you a repulsive driver who'll be dead within six months. Over 12 points means you should have been a dead repulsive driver six months ago and are just living on borrowed time. TEMPER! TEMPER! Over -emotional drivers who lose their tem• pers lack presence of mind in emergencies, are accident prone. Are YOU In This Contest? The Prize Is Highway t.eath! By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent Will you be "Mister Repulsive of the Road for 1955?" It's ridiculously easy to get in on this great contest which was so popular in 1954. Just observe the following simply rules, and if your men- tality is warped in this direction improvise from there: 1, Be the complete egotist. Cut in close after passing. Never signal when stopping. Park double. Use "pull" to fix a traf- fic ticket. 2. Be the show-off. Prove to everyone on the road how much horsepower your car has. Pass all possible cars on hills to prove how lucky you are. Go through red lights with a gay air of bravado. 3. Be over -emotional. Lack presence of mind in emergen- cies. Lose your temper with any driver who challenges your right to the middle of the road? Cuss out traffic officers. 4. Be a rationalizer. Figure out how every other driver is wrong but you. Explain 'why all traf- fic signs are wrong. Tell your- self that speed limits are for the other guy, .not you. ' 5. Never be thwarted. Get even with drivers who pass you. Make pedestrians jump for safe- ty. Beat ,a guy into a parking place which he found before you. * * * Beauty of this contest is that every conscientious entrant can be a winner. The prize, natural- ly, is glorious death on the road. Your family and any number of innocent by-standers might be prize -winners along with you. As a bonus you'll be immor- tally enshrined as a traffic sta- tistic for 1955. Last year there were 36,000 winners. Will we beat it this year? These charming personality characteristics, which give a person a head -start toward hav- ing an automobile accident have been isolated by the American Automobile Association and are revealed in a brand new edition of the book "Sportsmanlike Driving." It explains: "The psychologist, the physi- cian, the judge, the traffic en- gineer, and the enforcement offi- cial have all been studying what it is in a person's make-up that gets him into traffic troubles. It is found that some drivers are much more likely than others to have accidents. They are called 'accident-prone.' Their wrong at- titudes and ' their emotional weaknesses make them bad risks as drivers," The book makes these recom- mendations on how to handle such people: "1. Sort out accident-prone drivers and revoke their driving privileges until their weaknesses are corrected. "2. Test drivers for certain mental and emotional weakness- es before they have accidents. "3. Show individuals how to recognize and correct traits in .themselves that cause accidents." On the • other hand, AAA claims, if you're not the type to qualify for the "repulsive driv- er" contest, you probably possess the qualities usually found in '"'top-notch drivers. In that case you accept re- sponsibility. You have self-control. You show good sportsmanship. You display forethought. You control your attention. You show good judgment. You have a good sense of hu- mor. "He was expecting you—he just leftl" He Believed In Miracles The Story Of 11 Famous Author Lloyd C. .Douglas died op February 13th, 1951,.in a Los Angeles hospital, and almost the last thing he did was to tell a funny story to the hospital or- derly who wheeled a tank of oxygen to his bedside. He was a 'story -teller to the last, and the world lost a great novelist when heart trouble took him off at the age of seventy-three. Yet it wasn't until he was fifty-two that he wrote his first , novel. He had been a clergyman up till that time. Swift fame came to him as a novelist, and it is rather ironical that, since his death, his fame has spread even farther. The sheer chance that his book, "The Robe," should be chosen as the first film to be made in Cinema - Scope brought his name into focus. Now filmgoers can see an- other of his books on the screen, with the general release of "Magnificent Obsession," It is the second time this story has been filmed. It was produced for the first time in 1937, with Irene Dunne as the feminine star, and it turned Robert Tay- lor into a leading dramatic act- or. Jane Wyman and Rock Hud- son play these roles in the new production. Lloyd Douglas wrote roman- tic stories about miracles. This, no doubt, was because he was a man who believed in miracles. But his own story was as ro- mantic as anything he ever wrote. It was extraordinary from start to finish, and "Mag- nificent Obsession" was the most dramatic chapter in it. He had written articles and texts before' this, but he had never thought of writing fic- tion. He had two reasons for writing "Magnificent Obses- sion." One was to amuse him- self while taking a holiday. The other was the hope that it might earn him a little money. He needed the money badly enough. As a clergyman, he had always found it difficult to make both ends meet, especially with} a wife and two children. His daughters recollect his once re- marking: "If you are ever cur- ious to know what kind of a place hell is, accumulate a mis- cellaneous assortment of un- paid bilis!" His hope was more than ful- filled. "Magnificent Obsession" earned him a fortune and turn- ed him into one of America's highest-paid writers. How the novel came to be written is a story in itself. It began when he read a news- paper report of a doctor who died from a heart attack when the machine which he always kept handy in case of such at- tacks was being used to revive a drunken playboy who had fal- len into a lake. Douglas based a sermon on this report. He then wrote up the sermon as an essay under the cumber- some title of "Personality Ex- pansion Through Self -Invest- ment in Philantropic Rehabili- tation of Other People's Lives." Which was not exactly a best- selling title! When he wrote his novel, using the theme as a plot, he first of all called it "Salvage," and it was not until it was accepted for publication that it became "Magnificent Obses- sion." It was rejected by publisher after published. One top pub- lisher sent it back with the comment that it possessed a great message, but that its fic- tional value was negligible. An- other equally eminent publish- er turned it down because he didn't like the message, al - thought he though the story value was good. Eventually, in desperation, Douglas sent the book to a small firm, Willet, Clark and Colby, which specialized in pub- lishing Sunday - school texts. And it was accepted. Neither Douglas nor the publishers exe pected large sales, and they didn't even bother to sign a contract. No one even expected the initial edition of 2,500 cop- ies to be sold out, and no at- tempt was made to interest the general fiction -reading public in it. The first edition sold more rapidly than had been antici- pated. So a second edition of 1,500 was printed. It went in no time. So did a third edition of 5,000. The sales snowballed at an astonishing rate. Orders began to flood in. The small publishing firm couldn't cope, There was one period when every member of the firm, from managing - director down to the office boy, working right into the early hours of the night, struggling to the books out. In the end the task proved too much, and the printing rights had to be farm- ed out. Sales went up and up and up, until they topped the two -mil- lion mark, and at no time was there any from of advertising or publicity. Readers discovered the book for themselves. The middle-aged clergyman became famous. Other novels flowed from his ;pen, many of which were filmed. "The Robe" provided one of the oddest quirks of all to the Lloyd Douglas story. He was paid $75,000 for the film rights on it before he had even com- pleted the story, and when the picture was first visualized, Douglas and the producers agreed on the form its treat- ment should take. "We have agreed," Douglas announced, "that 'The Robe' shall be made as an intimate picture." If only he could have seen how it fi- • nally reached the screen! As with the publication of "Magnificent Obsession," it looked for a long time as though "The Robe" might never reach the screen. Production was orig- inally planned for 1944, but it was postponed at least a dozen times. Three different directors were signed for it. The purchas- ing studio eventually sold the rights to 20th Century -Fox, and the film was not made until after Douglas' death. Douglas was so disgusted with the way Hollywood treated him over this picture that he stipu- lated that his next novel, "The Big Fisherman," was never to be filmed, broadcast or serial- ized. Which, in some ways, is a pity, because many people consider it to be the best of his novels. PIN PAL—Craig Steen, 7, has na bowling pins to spare as he strikes it rich in a give-away program at a local bowling al- ley. So many takers showed up for souvenir used pins that three moving vans were needed to move in more replacements for the 50,000 -pin give-away. WINTER'S TOY --Looking like a to, 'nage one would Oxpect to see by the side of a boy's model railroad layout, this is actually a r homes and an auto storage lot in Fort Scott, Kan., buried under 25 inches of snow. National Guard troops were called out to dig out Fort Scott in the wake of what weathermen call the most vicious storm to hit the urea in years.