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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-01-26, Page 9Vor TIIIPAIN FRONT .Important consideration in brooding chicks include such things as cost of fuel, fire haz- ard, and ef'icieney of, operation. Where individual brooder stoves are used which burn wood, coal, oil or gas, some chance of fire exists, although modern oil and gas brooders do have valuable safety features. For this reason many operators' consider it wise to use brooder stoves only in colony houses. Thus if fire should start it can be usually confined to one small house and the loss is nottoo serious. Large operators, how- ever, find that labour efficiency is reduced with this type of brooding because automatic wat- ering systems cannot be easily installed iii colony houses and more Tabour is required for several small units than for a large. one. A large brooder house can be heated with a central heating plant, The . extra initial cost over several small unitsis likely to be more than repaid in a few years by savings in fuel and labour. The risk of fixe involved in brooding can be practically eliminated by proper installa- tion of the central heating plant. in a fire resisting section of the building. Electric brooders 'of various types have become popular with small •or medium size producers. One type, in which soil heating cable is embedded in the con- crete floor, has been used at the Experimental Farm, Fredericton, N.B., since 1949. This method of brooding is very convenient and gives satisfactory results but the cost where the entire floor area is heated, is likely to be high., Electricity required for one hatch using ' this type of brood, ing, has varied between 4 k.w.h. per square foot for mid -winter brooding. Commercial broiler growers usually allow one square foot of floor space per, chick. With this method, it would be necessary to brood two or more chick's per square foot of floor space for the first two to three weeks, in order to, keep costs, ' within reasonable'. limits. After this period: the chicks do not , require so much "YES, WE .HAVE NO . • Bananas, peaches, grapes or much of anything &se. Not aftd'r elephants came. to call at a London,' England, greengro- cer's. The proprietor doesn't mind too much when an apple is snitched now and then. But when his produce disappears by the trunkful into parading pachyderms-.. heat but more floor space is re- quired. Infra -red heat lamps are also giving satisfactory results for brooding at the Fredericton ,.)x- perimental Farm. Electricity required has been about one, k.w.h, per square foot of floor space for mid -summer brood ing.. The incidence of crooked toes 'vitas been reported from some sources to be very high under infra -red lampsbut there.. is no clear evidence at the Farm that there are appreciably more crooked toes under infra -red brooding • than in • pens with floor radiant heating. Results of a survey conducted in the United States ' indicate that the ' average cost of fuel was slightly over five cents per chick with chicks started in De- cember. The tests were taken in various parts of the country with different types of brooders. Satisfactory results • can be obtained with many different. methods of brooding. Cost of equipment and cost and coxi- venience of operation with con- sideration of the fire hazard in- volved, are likely to be the deciding factors in the method selected. Loss of iodine in' salt blocks exposed to the weather can be, • avoided when potassium iodate is used as a source of 'iodine. This was demonstrated in 1951 by Dr. Watson and Mr. David- son, chemists with the Canada Department of `Agriculture,' and. their , recommendations have now been given official sanction. under the Food and Drug ' reg- ulations. 'Iodine is required by live- stock, as • it is by humans, to prevent goitre and other, ills attendant on disease's of the thyroid gland. When pigs, calves or foals are born dead,. or weak and hairless, iodine de- ficiency in the maternal "diet' •is immediately suspected. For this. reason iodine, as . potassium iodide is incl•i`zded_; in the -salt. This is quite if c'tory fpr table salt which is kept :dry,but not for livestock as an iodized salt ' block exposed to the: weather or left in a manger will lose its iodine fairly rapidly. Efforts have been made td stabilize the iodine in sale blocks by coating them with fatty materials, photographer's hypo, and even molasses; with no real success. Blocks exposed for two monthsunder summer pasture conditions lost all their iodine in spite of such treat- ments. Two compounds containing an available source of iodine proved relatively stable under both• stall ' and summer pasture • con- ditions. One of them, potassium iodate, proved to be' cheaper than the other:. Salt blocks were made up to contain 0.015 per cent and. 0.50 per cent iodine, and tested by the Department's animal pathologists who gave the iodate a .clean•• bill of health. Permission to' use potassium iodate has now been granted by Food and Drug officials and when salt -blocks . containing this. compound are, produced :coin- mercially, farmers can be 'as- sured of a stable source of iodine for their livestock. * * * Ferguson a new tomato va- riety produced by the Horticul- tural. Division, Central Experi- mental Farm, • Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture, ' Ottawa, is especially suited to the needs of canning •crop growers in On- tario. The variety is the. result UZZL AC1tOSS DOWN 3.Entrance I. Openings 5. Be1'•ien "•, s'^�'tered commune 3. Dire' 8. Tr a line 4.'' • •found 10. Drinks ether .13. Auto 5, Scrutinized 14. Cause of ruin 6. Summon 15.5. Sauey pnUllott 436. Stirred up ' 18. Lary , 39. Close 20. Worn . 21. Press 23, Pored as a model 25. TTnruly crowd 27. Rosy 29. Moved with measured step 33, Competent 35. Submerge 0,7, Large btmdle 38. Give way • 40. And not 42. Went hurriedly 43. 'Fortune 45. Perused 47, Likely ,0. For fear that '66, Vni1nhal pit te'd ,57. Crystallized precipitation 68, Son of Lsaae "v9. Male • descendant R0, Roof edge 61, Variety' 62, Corrode 'd3, Winter veltlel e 7, Melodies 5, (" s rl's hair cloth 9. Amount of speed i 0: 1.ndivlduals 31. Espouses 37. Snare 22. Correlative of either 26. Is possible 26. Japanes,, sash 23. Clamor 30. Fundamental 31. Old musical ante 32. Snug ronin 34, Building addition 86. Sign 9. Puppet 41, Concerning 44. Coax 46. Donkeys 47. Fruit drinks 48. Mexican dollar 40. .Cussian emperor 51. Portico 53. Affection 94, Was indebted 56. Not in 1 2. 3 4 . 5 6 7 :::- 8 9 • t. a 11. 42 x`,.,13 15 4SIG 17 It ?ryci`k'21 • ` :i 22 t9 •.} 23 24 "<•, W31 of 25 33 26 •, 34 27 4, .a 35 28 • R :: 36 29 •,4737, :. 'r 30 32 38 39 \`.`k•.; 40 41 �•.,• 42... r.�.4'i. ••. •.1 43 .... 44 45 46 .0. .zy,.5ti} 47 48 494ti so 51 . 52 53 54 55 56 57 se . 59 - �t 60' 61 6x a a. 63 Sins et elsewhere on .this page, aTelielataatee BLASE -Newsmen who meet ocean liners at' dockside in. New York City are.used to being; deadpanned by celebrities, but nine- ' month-old Barbara Torarz presents ct new high in well-bred boredom for the camerarrpan. The Yugoslavian' youngster, was one ofmany refugees arriving., aboard the transport General Langfiit, under the Refugee Relief Act., of ten years of selection and testing of lines developed from a cross between the Bounty and Rutgers. varieties: It is named after the late. William Ferguson who for several years headed the vegetable crops section of the Horticulture Division. For many years the. variety Geneva John Baer' has made up, a large part of the acreage of tomatoes grown . for 'canning. Although produtive and Of good quality whenr grown andercan- ditions Geneva John.. BaeF ,is ixr-.' consistent: This is due.. mainly to its 'susceptibility .. to fruit cracking and other _ defeats drought . or poor.' soil .structure. caused by by e•xc'essiv.e 'heat, Ferguson on the hand is more consistent in its performance and produces . heavier yields of canning grade fruit than. Geneva John Baer regardless of adverse ` growing conditions. . This new variety, has a determinate :or.. "bush" type plant as compared • to the spreading open- striictizre of Geneva John Baer. It is con- sidered vigorous' and' has sizffi- cent leaf cover 'to protect the fruit against sunscald. The cross , betvsn.' Bounty and '.Rutgers was made at Ot- tawa in 1941 although the first •selections,were not made from• this cross, until .1946. Of .these selections, one showed' parti- cular , promise ,and . in 1949 was'. assigned the trial distribution number Ottawa. TO -17. This selection later named d Ferguson, hae been.. grown for five seasons in yield trials . at the Horticul- tural Substation at Smithfield, Ontario. Each year it has been one of the top yielding varieties, and each year has given better yields and has consistently shown less fruit cracking and sunscald than Geneva John Baer. In 1954 and 1955 extensive commercial plantings were .made by a number of Ontario grow- ers. In,general the reactions of both growers and processors 'have been, 'favourable, .and it ap- pears that. the Ferguson variety should be of real value to the industry. Not Quite Goodbye Ever wonder what became of discarded Christmas wrappings and boxes? The containers that bulged so mysteriously and cu- ''riosity-ticklingly before the gifts were taken out of them? The wrapping paper brave with Santa . Clauses and holly and lighted homes and trees and sleighs in red and green and gold? It, seemed sad to dump them off into oblivion, to cover their once-rediant promise with the lid of, a trash can and bid' thein goodbye forever. But be of good cheer yet! The news is happy! These bright ap- purtenances of the season are not lost iii limbo. They are only undergoing a Great Transmogri- fication. Waiting for them with open arms is the wastepaper in- dustry, to .which they come just in the nick of time (the tempta- tion is stoutly resisted to say the St. Nick of time), This up -and coming industry, which does a $200,000,000 busi- ness a year, had been starving for paper, Production ran at a record high, and collections were not keeping up. So a big post- Christmas gift, tons and tons and tons of it, will go to paper and paperboard mills through- out this country and abroad. It tl!iay be a strange reincarna- tion that Sister's doll -box aiid Buddy's cowboy -suit wrappings are in for, but it's a reincarna- tion, and that's what counts. - St, Louie Post -Dispatch. CNR President Reviews. Past Year by Donald Gordon, C.M.G., Chairman and President Canadian . National Railways MONTREAL - The Canadian National system shared, to a de- gree, in the , general upsure- in the nation's business . in ' 1955. The transportation .industry as a whole; both in' Canada and the United ' 'States, ' stepped' up :its level of activity: to meet the di- . versified demands of'a prosper- ous and ' optimistic economy., The increase in the volume' of business done by the railways was accompanied in 1955, as in. other recent years, by a sharp- ening of competition from truck, airplane, bus and . automobile. To meet this,- stiffer competition, the Canadian National has been moving ahead on a broad front towards; better utilization of both its human and material resources. The Canadian National system has made notable gains in oper- ating ,efficiency in. the .past few Years,: and more . such gains will be required in the future if the company is to win and hold a sound financial position in an expanding Canadian economy. The' events of 1955 are both a measureof the challenge and evidence of current efforts to meet it. West and east from Montreal, new trains and schedules brought added comfort and speed to Ca- nadiar rail travel, Under diesel power, the Super Continental, Ocean Limited and Sdotian cut over sixteen hours eff.the rail trip from Halifax to Vancouver. The rapidly expanding devel- opment..of , Canadian .resources• is reflected in the contribution of new. CNR lines to the open- -ing of: base metal areas.' The Kitimat line, opened last Janu- ary, is now in operation for both* passengers and freight. During :•1955, a rail line from Hillsport to .Manitouwadge, On- tario was completed and con- struaction was started ' on one from Beattyville to Chibbuga- m.au and ' St. Felicien, Quebec. The steel skeleton of : The Queen Elizabeth 'is' now clearly :visible on the laffintreal "skyline and general:' !contracting„ , work will begin early in the new year. A start has been made.: on the Terminal Centre Building being erected on the railway's prop- erty near the hotel. These are further steps towards realiza- tion of a long-term plan for the. development' of the terminal area. In an effort to strengthen its competitive position in the trans- portation of motor vehicles, the Canadian National designed and ordered 25 new car transporters, special box cars each with a capacity of eight vehicles. De- livery is expected in 1956. Jointly with the Canadian Pa- cific, the CNR extended the CBC's microwave TV relay sys- tem ' from Montreal to Quebec City, thus helping to bring more Canadians into the widen- ing area of television reception. These and many other new developments in 1955 took place against a shifting pattern of railway traffic Canadian Na - Venal freight tonnage increased over 10 per cent, mainly as a result of sharp increases in ship- ment of trine products, base metals, construction materials and lumberas well as most manufactured products, especial- . ly automobiles. These increases, which • more than. onset scattered tonnage declines . in grain, pulp-' wood and coal were not; however, large enough to bring total traf- fie to . the peak level of 1953,. The most significant gains were in low -rated commodities and this is reflected in a lower aver- age revenue per ton anile than in 1954. 'While there wag nO change' in the general level of freight rats during 1955, there were import- ant developments in the rate structure and its administration. A new Canadian Freight Classi- fication was filed with the ;Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada on March ist, and on the same date a scale of equal- ized class rates became: effective. In a move to add to' the com- petitive: opportunities of carriers, Parliament in 1955 enacted legis- lation providing for freer ad- ministrations of agreed charge contracts for freight transport Since. the latter part ' Of July, when the new procedures came into effect, the ''Canadian Na- tional , has arranged 28 new agreed charges . with shippers, bringing the total in effect at year end to 95. Passenger travel over Cana- dian National lines was about the same as in 1954. Faster trains like the Super Continen- tal, together with special tours and incentive fares, offset de- clines in immigrant travel early in the year. The Canadian transportation market is larger and more coin plex than it was a few years ago, and the CNR, like other carriers, is constantly striving to adjust its services to this changing market. The • process of adjustment can be seen on many fronts: in new trains and. lines and in line abandonments (of which there were eight to- talling 144 miles in 1955), in the extension of "piggyback" serv- • ice and incentive loading rates, in faster freight and passenger movement through dieselization, in dinettes and coffee shop cars which in 1955 served 30 percent of Canadian National train meals, and in the addition of truck >i±outes for better service through .integration of road and rail transport., Throughout the system, many • long -needed improvements are .being made, enhancing its abil- ity to render ,good:;service and strengthening its -basic earning power. These physical advances are being made all across Canada. Cape Breton Island was linked to the mainland by rail androad for '' the first time in 1955, . on completion of the Canso Cause- way. Extension of rail lines was • MAIL FISH --• Fish -by -mail is bill- ed as a "first-ever" offering by a mail order house, which has added aquarium residents to its 1956 catalogue. Connie Mc- Gewan shows how a plastic bag, containing oxygen -charg- ed water, is packaged for parcel post shipment. K. Barctay. Warren, BA., IESA, Owl's Concern for Sinners Luke 15:1-10 Memory Selection: The Son t man is come to seek .and to save that which is lost. Luke 19;10. The , publicans and sinners came near to Jesus to hear him, The religious Pharisees and scribes sneered, "This man re ceiveth sinners, and eateth with them." Jesus effectively ans- wered the sneer by telling the story of the lost sheep, the lost coin and the lost son, The . last part, The Prodigal Son is the best known but will be dealt with next fall. Yes, Jesus is a friend of Sin- ners. He leaves the ninety and nine that are safe in the fold and goes searching for the lost one. When he finds it he car- ries arries it home, rejoicing. He calls his friends and neighbours to come in and rejoice with him. He loves the sinner. Ninety and nine good people do not satisfy him if there is one lost. Ira D. Sankey has popularized this story in song. While in Scot- land with Evangelist D. L. Moody he came across the poem, The Ninety and Nine., That night in the service he sat at the little organ and set the words to music as he sang. When Billy Graham was in Scotland last year the organ was pre- sented to him and shipped to USA. Similarly the Woman who has lost one of her ten coins, per- haps a precious h e i r l o o na, searches till she finds it: Then she rejoices with her friends. At the conclusion Jesus says,, "There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sin- ner that repenteth." God is greatly concerned for sinners. That's why He gave Hit only begotten Son to die. That Son shared that concern in giv- ing Himself. If we are His di- ciples we shall share that con- cern. "Did Christ o'er sinners weep And shall our cheeks be dry? Let floods of penitential tears Burst forth from every eye!" There is danger of our being more concerned over the . ex- quisite architecture and. interior decoration of the church than the saving of sinners. May God help us to share His concern fer sinners. We shall then share this joy of the angels when one sin- ner repents and comes ei Christ supplemented in 1955 by wide- spread modifications . in ,locomo- tive servicing facilities and lito passing tracks to get the moat out of new diesel . motive power. Moreover, some 200 diesel-elea-- tric locomotives were put he service along with about a thou- sand new freight and passenger cars. Four r additional diet Railiners began operating fm Quebec and Alberta. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeki¢ CION© -HENEV BODE;! 0IoQ :ooS ..00© Imo UNDO E]�1 d8 ' II1010 ?JUNG] ' 130€00 OEIRCEMGEM 121:115n ELMO E]®© ©WED 521:301.7 0010 ENO -, Y!•Yi.J ` irYY duo um E0n0 DA C]©© d C1�77 ©vIg-© a� ..Q c3 0 WHAT'S IT TAKE TO GET A DEGREE?. - Albert Knute, senior at John Carroll University sits amid one professor's answer to that question. A survey conducted by the Rev. Fr. James J. McQuade of, the university's department of religion found that the averages college degree requires: 2000 50 -minute lectures, purchase anal study of 50 books, book reports on 160 other volumes, 25 term papers, 800 study assignments, 68 pencils, nine bottles of ink, sin reams of paper, 50 semester examinations, 650 class qulzzert and 4000 hours of personal study. The survey did not induct* the amount of brain power used. a 1 w ,y 3