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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1956-03-22, Page 3T E FARM FRONT John In a recent issue of The Gr-wer there is a most striking article about the trade in fruit and vegetables between Canada and the United States. It was written by Mr. M. M. Robinson, Secretary of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Asso- ciation, - a man who knows what he's talking about - and states some facts that should be of interest to every Canadian - ineluding some in Ottawa. The article is too long to quote in its entirety but the following excerpts will give you an idea. * * The story of trade in fruits and vegetables as between Can- ada and the United States can best be titled "The Trickle vs The Torrent," This observation is prompted by the resolution passed by the Vegetable Grow- ers' Association of America at their annual convention and by statistics for the first nine months of 1955. Before we examine the reso- lution of the V.G.A. of A. let us check the statistics. In the first nine months of 1955 Canada imported fresh fruits and vege- tables to a value of $86,973,273, a gain of $5,518,023 over the same period in 1954. In the same nine months Canada ex - tables to a value of $10,621,457, a decline of $1,739,099 over the same period in 1954. The gain in the adverse balance was therefore $7,257,122. Further examination of the records show that imports of fresh fruits declined $740,360 whilst the imports of vegetables increased $6,258,383 for a net in- crease, as given, of $5,518,023. It is obvious that when the statistics for the complete 12 - month period are released, im- portations will exceed one hundred million dollars - a LESS BOUNCE - New trains and buses are taking to air - air spring bellows, that is. Placed between the axles and body of a vehicle, the bellows form cushions of compressed air that absorb jolts, making for a smoother ride, designers claim. Edith Cox is shown above form- ing a spring bellows, She works at a Firestone plant which makes the spring that resem- bles several small tires placed on top of each other, record. On the 'other hand ex- ports will be considerably be- low twenty millions, * The figures tell an impressive story yet the Vegetable Grow- ers' Association of America has sponsored the following resolu- tion:- "Whereas, imports of vege- tables and fruits . competing with American' grown vege- tables and fruits have proved destructive in the domestic pro- duction and development of a• stabilized industry; Whereas, experience has shown that the tariff does not offer an effective means of dealing with the import prob- lem and assuring an orderly marketing system which would be beneficial both to domestic producersand foreign export- ers of vegetables and fruits to this country; Whereas, the regulation of the flow of imports is essr• ial to the health ofthe domestic in- dustry and; Whereas, the strong economic condtion of the domestic' in- dustry is essential to a sound market condition and therefore of equal concern to foreign growers; Therefore, be it resolved: 1. That the Vegetable Grow- ers Association of America lend its support to the establishment of important quotas as a means of regulating the flow of vege- tables and fruits into the Uni- ted States; 2. That the Association adopt as a basis of its • support legis- lation being prepared for in- troduction in the Congress dur- ing the coming session, subject to perfecting modifications de- signed to adapt the bill to the conditions and needs of particu- lar industries." * 4, * It's all part of a piece. Wit- ness the National Peach Council of the U.S.A. seeking, through the U.S.A. Embassy, standardi- zation by Canada of the 3 bushel basket used by U.S.A. shippers. Canada normally buys about twenty million pounds of U.S.A. peaches each year. But this isn't enough so our South- ern friends would further com- plicate a container situation al- ready in a hopeless mess be- cause each country, working in- dependently, has its own ideas of what containers should be used. Canada has enough trouble now securing agreement ',etween the various provinces on containers without having our U.S.A. friends : suggesting' what is good for us or for them. And the container situation is further confused by Ottawa ac- cepting for entry into Canada produce carried in any kind of container and then tossing the responsibility for maintaining order in the field of standard- ized containers upon the pro. vincial authorities. Standardi- zation of containers has long been regarded as essential to orderly marketing. Otherwise all the container regulations could be wiped .from the Fruit. Vegetables ant Honey Act and from the Farm Products Grades and Sales Act. * * * At a time when our exports, in nine months, dropped $1,- 739,099 whilst our chief com- petitor increased sales by $5,- 518,023 the proposal by the V.G.A. of A, that embargoes are essential to the prosperity of the U.S.A. fruit and vegetable industry leaves but one conclu- sion - our friends are still wet behind the ears. CROSSW RD PUZZLE Across 2. Dismounted 1. ltauu3' Money 3. Prophet 8. unclose, 4. Limit of 8. ltau hastily perception 5. Sheath 6. Kind anof dog. 7. Female sheep 14. cutter substitute 15, .tutimiaate 14.13e lond 15. Ito w 10. lied deer 17. Baking chamber 18. Llneu 20. 6habuy 21. Ardent 23. bind of song 26. Blunder 27. Turmeric 30. Boxing rings 33. Representa- tion 34. River bottom *0. Obtained T. P'unorai oration . 38. Asiatic country SIU. zmitate 43. Poisonous snake 17. German raver 8. Wooden pili 0. Pulled apart 0. other meltk College ofliee 4. Marry Rematedor 2 3 8. 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Our grand- parents would hardly recognize some of the things that they would see in the gardens of to- day. They may have thought they had' brilliant blooms in flowers and mouth watering quality in vegetables but there is just no comparison with the range and quality available now. There are all sorts of new and vivid colours. We have blues, reds and whites that were un- known even a few years ago. We have really stringless beans and celery, coreless carrots, sweeter corn and crisper lettuce. And we have more than that. We have certain vegetables and flowers today that will grow and mature or bloom well be- fore frost in Central and, even Northern Canada that a • couple of decades back we would hard- ly have dared plant in Southern British Columbia, the Niagara Peninsula or the 'Annapolis Val- ley. We can thank the plant breeders for this. As they have given Lis faster growing or, quicker maturing varieties they have steadily moved gardening farther end farther north. Take corn, or melons or toma- toes, for instance, or apples, roses or lilies. With the only varieties available 25 or 50 years ago there was not a chance of growing these things except in the very mildest parts of the .country. Now the hardier va- rieties of these can be grown over a wide range of Canada, and grown well, First Operations Aside from plans and orders for seed and other stock, and those pleasant jobs can be done at once regardless of what the thermometer says, there are some other operations which can start almost immediately. First of these will be the preparation of a hot -bed or window net in which we start things like zin- nias, petunias, asters, tomatoes and so on for later transplant- ing outside. March is' the month for this sort of gardening in most • parts of Canada. Then there is shrubbery and tree plants. The sooner these things go in after the frost has left the ground, the better. In the same category will be the planting of sweetpeas, If we can find a spot fit to dig in March or early April, the more bloom we are sure to get later 011, Invite The Birds Almost ail birds are the gar- deners' friend, and we would do well to attract them not only as protection against insects but for their own beauty. Invita- tions there are in plenty, Shrubs and trees, bird houses, feeding stations and watering or bathing pools, all will help to bring wrens and orioles and robins. But we can do more than this, There are certain bright flower, that have a special appeal for humming birds. There are all sorts of 'shrubs with bright and edible fruit or seeds that will invite Cardinals. It pays well to study the special likes of the birds, to plant things that will produce food and shelter in win. ter as well as in summer. Cutting Garden In recent years the fine old custom of filling our homes with an abulldallre of fresh flowers has been revived. And we can do this easily and at lit- tle cost of we have a cutting garden somewhere out with the vegetables or .at the back. Here, in regular rows, we grow those flowers which are especially beautiful for bouquets or cut- ting, and we can cut generously without marring the show of the flowers in the regular beds out in front. Here too, we grow things Iike sweet peas and glad- iolus, the foliage of which is not especially attractive for the reg- ular beds. Many gardeners make a regular practice of sav- ing a little flower seed from each packet and planting this in or along the edges of the vege- table garden for their bouquet supply, and a few flowers along with the vegetables, of course, add beauty in themselves. Windy Stuff! He watched his wife go to the door of their house to call in the dog as it was raining heavily, when suddenly - whoosh! - she went sailing into the air. And .the husband, who lived in Wor- cester, Mass., never saw her again! Another man recovered con- sciousness to see, through the gap M hishouse where a wall used to be, a tree, stripped of leaves, it.; branches broken and•festoon- ed with bits of broken furniture, torn garments, twisted steel pip- ing, fragments of what was once a car! Fantastic? Yes, yet common- place enough in the United States. • after a tornado has thundered by, spilling ,destruction in its path. Nobody can foretell exactly what a tornado will do as it rips across the countryside at up to 500 miles an hour. A farmer, noting the fearful, noisy ap- proach of "the twister" as it is called, dived into his cellar for shelter. It was early evening. Subconsciously he noted his flock of chickens were roosting in their usual tree. When the tornado had passed he left the cellar. There, on the tree, shivering, were his chickens plucked clean of feathers but otherwise unharmed. Much the same thing has hap- pened to people caught in the open - the tornado momentarily has enveloped them -- and then passed on taking every stitch of clothing with it! Cows don't fly •-- except when a tornado strikes. Lots of stories relate how cattle have been whisked up into the air and de- posited sometimes miles away - yet unhurt. A "twister" picked up an 83 -ton steel railway coach, with 117 passengers inside, and deposited it eighty yards away without hurting anybody or do- ing any damage! A tornado will suck wells and ponds dry and even momentarily dry up a stretch of river. In May,' 1954, a 35 -foot excursion boat was chugging on the Lake o" the Ozarks, Missouri, when, without warning, a tornado srooped down, tossed the boat upside down and sent 4t to the bottom. Six passengers were drowned. At Greytown (Natal) a tor- nado.lifted a train right off the line one day in January, 1950, tore the roofs off houses and flat- tened the crops - all in a few dreadful minutes. Another tor- nado snatched a heavy freight locomotive from the rails and deposited it squarely on the ad- jacent track - but facng in the Opposite direction, Drive With Care Mother Sees Invention Succeed It was a home -sewn slip fie ping on a clothes -line th turned a Toronto mother three into an inventor. Sever years ago Mrs, Audree Bro designed and made a combin tion bra -slip to her own speci cations of comfort and utili Today that same slip, with few alterations, is on sale at chain of department stores fro coast to coast. It all started when M Brown's weekly wash caught eye of a passerby. Re turn out to be a retail store exec tive. But, though obviously i terested, he didn't place order because Mrs. Bro wasn't a manufacturer, How ever, the incident encourage her to apply for a patent an to obtain a manufacturer fo her design which she calls h "seventh rib slip", The name evolved from bridge or insert of fabric acro, the seventh rib which is locate just above the diaphrarn. Th . inventor claims this construe tion keeps the slip anchore firmly and prevents it fro riding or binding. "I've worn no other slip fo the last nine years even wh waxing floors and washin walls," Mrs. Brown says. Although the garment is full slip as welI as a bra sine the Latter is built in behind th bodice, there is only one set o shoulder straps. These feature permit it to be worn with sheer blouse. When it comes to straps, Mrs. Brown is emphati about adjusting them properly "This is so important to a good fitting slip," she says: Though the bra -slip now o the market is -siiniliar in prin- ciple to the design which firs attracted the retail executive' attention, it is a far cry from it in appearance. The original model was somewhat severely tailored in a rather rigid type of woven fabric, while the latest version is all froth and femi- ninity in fluid nylon tricot and nylon lace. Since the style dispenses with a bra and the fabric is 40 -denier opaque white tricot, the slip should be well suited for wear- ing in humid weather under light summer dresses. A back zipper has been eliminated and two side inserts of rigid elasti- cized fabric replaced with a more flexible type. Mrs. Brown's slip isn't quite so easy to slide into as the con- vential type. And she admits that it is not for women with broad shoulders, The Size range. at present is from 32 to 38 in small and medium bra sizes with larger ones anticipated. Be- cause it is more than just a slip, Mrs. Brown feels it should be tried on first. A petite, pretty blond, who stands only five feet tall and wears a size nine, she is the mother of three daughters, aged 12, 10 and eight. Although her duties as a homemaker have kept her away from the busi- ness world most of her adult life, her inventive mind has been working on two other ideas. One is a nylon hair -net for those who dislike sleeping on pin curls after shampooing and,setting their hair. The sec - match. ond is a new kind of safety Mrs. Brown has also designed a junior version of the "seventh rib slip," which her daughters wear. They have caught their mother's enthusiasm for invent- ing new articles or perfecting old ones and frequently ask her if a particular idea of theirs could be .patented. at of al wn a- £l - a m rs. the ed u- n - an wn d d r er a s d e d m r en g a e e f s a 0 c n t s When using a cloth for wax- ing, first dampen it and wring dry. This will save a lot of wax which otherwise would be ab- sorbed by the cloth. MYSCIIOJI LESSON li. Barclay Warren B.A. 3i'„Jm, The Meaning of Christ'at Suffering Luke 23:4-18, 39-43 Memory Selection: He was wounded for our transgressing he was bruisedfor our iniqui- ties; the chastisement of esir peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. WA s 53:5. The lesson gives us some GZ the details with respect to Christ's suffering. We seal Herod's mockery as he arrayed Jesus in one of his robes. Wo see the faltering of Pilate. lie admitted Jesus was innocent bta>i: he didn't have the courage to acquit him. He feared for labs own future (See John 19:12) and to he delivered Jesus to In crucified. We see the rudeneas and mocking of the soldiers and of the thief ori the cross. But wet also see how Jesus spoke peace to the repentant thief. We sea how the centurion was impress - glorifying God, saying, "Cer- tainly this was a righteous man." We see also the kindness of Joseph who gave the body a decent burial in his own tomb. To get to the topic of the les- son we must consider the me- mory selection. Here as in the epistles written by Peter, Paull and John after the resurrection„ we discover the meaning of Christ's suffering. "He was bruised for our iniquities." Here is the very core of the mean- ing of redemption. Jesus Christ gave himself an offering of our sins. He bridged the gap be- tween a holy God and sinful man, As the Son of God he was the only one in the universe who could do it. As the Son of Man he could properly and ade- quately represent the humans family. His suffering and death emphasize to us the enormity of our sin. His resurrection fur- nishes indisputable proof that his offering was sufficient. He is able to save us from our sins, "We may not know, we eau - not tell What pains he had to bear; But we believe it was for us Re hung and suffered there. "There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin; Be only could unlock the gaffs Of heaven, and let us in," SALLY'S SALLIES "I'm an executive secretary' mow, Aunty, so- let's have a man -to -meta talk." 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