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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-05-31, Page 7About Fluorine And Tooth De :air A report submitted by the New ,jersey section of the American Water Works Association to Now Jersey's State -Board of health focuses fresh attention on the use of fluorine in municipal water sup- plies to prevent the decay of teeth, In June, 1949, the American Asso- ciation of Water Works stated that where there utas a strong demand coupled with the approval of local dental and medical societies and public. health authorities there was no reason why watersupplies should not be treated with sodium fluoride or some other suitable compound of fluorine. Sixty-three towns in sixteen states treat their water supplies with a fluoride. Usually"=not more than one part of fluoride is added to a million parts of water—that is, 8,34 pounds of fluoride to a million gallons of water. If too much fluoride is. added teeth are, likely to become mottled—a per- manent tooth defect. The control- led experiments conducted for years by Grand Rapids, Mich,; New- burgh, N,Y.; Brantford, Ont,, and Evanston, I11., leaves no doubt that the fluoridation of water tinder proper supervision does check den- tal caries. Hence the United States Public Tieaitit Service, the Ameri- can Dental Association and other national and state organizations have endorsed 'the treatment of water with a fluoride. At its recent convention, held in Miami, Fla., the American Water Works Association again di ussed -fluoridation of `water, obviousy with the intention of counteracting the implications of the report of its New Jers section. On behalf of dentists, `' H. T. D"ean, director of the National Institute of Den- tal Research, declared at the con- vention that one„.part of fluoride in a million partsf drinking• water will have no bad effects on teeth, bones or other parts of the body. so far as the available evidence goes. A good medical survey is in order to make sure that the drink- , iug of fluoride -treated water year after year has no bad effect. There are legal aspects that cannot be ignored. Tlie private or public agency that supplies water to a 'community is bound to exercise • reasonable care in carrying out all its processes. If it could be shown that the addition to water of fluor- ide or anything else had had bad dental or physiological effects an action would certainly lie against the agency, though it would prob- - ably be difficult to prove negli- gence. Tlie dental case for fluorine seems clear enough, But, we, still need medical approval based on a thorough study. -'-The New York Times, BASIS for happiness: Something to do; something to love; some- thing to look forward to.—Kana- wha Reporter. Stricken Star—Herbert Marshall veteran star of stage and screen, was stricken by a heart embolistrt while recuperating in a Hollywood hospital from a minor surgical operation. Bane Stint 4 Is Body 144�i' ;EDNA 1'tI.AS OW that bathing suits are being unpacked Brom the mothballs, many women are ruefully regarding their legs. In many cases, too -plump thighs have resulted from 'inter inactivity, Mallet exercises are a good bet for you if you wish your swim -suit silhouette to reveal a smooth, sleekly -molded Dine from waist to knee. One routine suggested by Ludlnilla Tcherina, talented ballerina now appearing before American fihn audiences in the "Tales of Hoffman,” Iirnis your hips while slim- ming your thighs. Stand facing a wail, 'with your arms extended before you. Your palms should be flat against the wall, in a position to offer comfortable support as you raise first one leg and then the other. The trick is to kick your leg backward and upward, remembering to keep your knee straight during the en- tire procedure. If you're doing it correctly, you should keel a muscular pull through your legs, upward through your hips to your waist. A good daily stint is five times for each leg, or several more once your muscles are conditioned to the exercise. Ludnnill Tcherina, talented Rrtellerinnac, demonstrated an .exercise for firnt'lug the hips and melding the thighs. HAIN FRONT t. G. BROWN. Coach In an agricultural country such as Canada any movement that tends toward keeping the young folks on the farms, rather than rushing to- ward our already over -crowded cities, is a worthy one. And while I slay have mentioned The Salada Tea Company in this connection in other years, I feel that they merit congratulation for keeping up the good work. For, within the next few weeks, four fortunate Ontario farm boys are going to have the opportunity. of studying—at close range—land conservation and soil improvement methods in the Eastern United States—and all for free!,. * * The boys are members of the first and second prize winning teams in the Junior Inter -County Horse flowing event at last year's Inter- national Plowing Mateb held at Alliston. They are Gerald Bell, 19, of Woodville and Ivan Bell, 15, of Kirkfield representing . V i c tori a County; and George Markle, 18, of Atherton and Tom Braithwaite, 19, of Ancaster, representing Went- worth County. . GERALD BELL IVAN BELL HAROLD ARtNETT CETILI G t; I i .-rW% Geta -r P. OF AN ANGEL. MOOD CP,lf tPAN WILL HOED AN CO I EC -r As YO t U4 HE',PAN E KRNE~1,5 The trip,. which is expected to take the party as far south as Ken- tucky and Tennessee, is being sponsored by the Salada Tea Coni- pany to encourage good farthing methods and will be conducted by LeRoy G. Brown, provincial agri- cultural representative at Lindsay and a member of the Ontario Plow- men's Association. * * '1: Leaving on May 6th, it is expect- ed that the party will go first to Ohio where they will inspect the famous Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, the Ohio Breeders Co-operative and Malabar Farm. Other highlights of the trip will include a visit to the Blue Grass country in Kentucky and a tour of the Tennessee Valley conservation project. TOM BRAITHWAITE GEORGE MARKLE Most farm flock owners aren't set up to make commercial -type broilers out of their cockerel chicks. Besides; it's getting harder and harder to compete successfully with the hogs who turn out tender 2?' or 3 -pound broilers by the thole, sands. Does this mean you might as well forget about trying to produce meat chickens? Not necessarily. Many folks have shifted to buying sexed pullets entirely, but some still are finding a fairly god mar- ket for roasters. In matte area, though, it's no longer possible to get a good price for just any kind of roaster. Slow - grown cockerels at 5 to 7 or more pounds can be pretty tough..Flausc• wives are likely to prefer something more tender. But some folk would like to buy something a little bigger than the "pigeon -sized" commercial broiler. So there's dill a big demand for capons Capon raising is a lot easier these days. too, thanks to the new chemi- cal "capotiizerS." A capon, as your knots, is a Cie, - tutted cockerel which ,vi11 fatten up much better than a male bird and still be tender up to about 10 months of age. As a result, capons usually command a higher market price titan normal cockerels. , Capons aren't the easiest things in the world to produce under the old system of knife castration. For one thing. caponizing requires a high degree of skill. And the opera- tion sets birds back by several weeks and lays them open to more danger :from disease. These problems largely have been solved 1)y producers of "capon- ettes." These are cockerels treated with a hormone called stibesterol, which has the same effect on the birds as does castration. Male characteristics and activities dis- appear, and the caponettes fatten up with tender meat in a hurry. •* The hormone is used in the form of a pellet about an eighth of an inch long. The pellet is easily im- planted under the skin of the neck with a simple instrument. Pellets cost about 3 cents apiece, aid are sold tinder various trade names. * * Best age for hormone treatment of cockerels is 7 or 8 weeks. There. is some variation in the lasting effects of a pellet, and some birds require a second or even a third capsule. Time for the additional treatment depends mostly on when cockerels begin to revert to normal male characteristics. Either capons of caponettes nor- mally bring best prices if they're grown to fairly heavy weiglits. Rocks, Reds and Wyandottes make medium -weight capons sveighing about 7 to 10 pounds. Even heavier birds can be pro- duced from such breeds as Jersey Giants and Brahmas. As usual, the market prefers a yellow -skinned bird. * s, Both natural, and "chemical" ca- pons are best raised on range. They should he completely separated front other birds. Most capon pro- ducers figure there's no advantage in feeding a high-protien, confine- ment ration such as is used for, broilers. Many growers feed capons the same as they do their range - raised pullets. * * * At 6 or 7 months of age, the grain ration is increased and a milk supplement may he used to give a desirable finish. s: * * Commercial broilers have cut into the market for capons to soine ex- tent. But Thanksgiving to Easter markets in some areas still pay several cents a pound over ordinary roasters. GENTLE HINT A small boy had been told that he must wait patiently until he was served at meals, and not draw atten- tion to himself. One day he was dining at a friend's house with his mother, and somehow he was over- looked. For a time he was patient, but at last lie could stand it no lon- ger. Leaning across to his mother he said, in a tearful but audible whisper: "Mununy, do little boys who starve to death go to Heaven?" GARDEN NOTES Give Them Room Even where there is lots of room to spare the average person is liable to crowd his planting. Tins is true just as much with rows of vegetables as it is with trees. Seeds and seedlings are usually such tiny, little things that it is hard to real- ize the extent of the resulting growth. A rough rule is to allow as much space between the plants, trees, shrubbery or annuals as these things , will be high at maturity. Now with a big affair like a maple, elm or spruce tree, that means at least 40-50 feet apart, though the full space may not be required for years, Going to the other end of the scale, tiny alyssum would need an inch or so between plants, car- rots about 4 inches, staked tomatoes 18 inches, gladioli about a foot. This spacing is important. It gives the plants a chance to de- velop, If crowded together, trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables will he spindly, with the growth weak and a prey to the first storm. Flow- ers, as well as vegetables, will be poorly developed. With a little el- bow room, too, cultivation will be easier. te With vegetables, of co , codthere will be the space between the rows also to consider. It is a great mis- take to have this less than 12 inches for even the tiniest. If less than this one will have great difficulty in cultivating, and cultivating reg- ularly is one of the most important jobs in the garden, * * * Soil Must Be Fed No matter how naturally rich a garden soil is, it will benefit from some applications of fertilizer. The gardener should understand that be is using his soil very in- tensively, very much more inten- sively in fact than does the farmer. In a small plot of ground a great many things are being grown and the same plot of soil is used over and over again. Secondly, the fer- tilizer is being used for several purposes, not just to feed particular vegetables, flowers or shrubbery but to get bigger and better blooms, earlier vegetables, and in some cases to bring on growth or matur- ity quickly before frost or to get ahead of disease or insects. The best general fertilizer, of course, is well rotted manure but that is a pretty rare commodity in most parts of Canada. A good sub- stitute and an excellent thing for speeding growth is chemical fer- tilizer, but it must be used accord- ing to directions. Rotted humus or compost will also help build up soil and also digging in a "cover" crop of clover, rye, „oats, or just plain weeds. These Police Shoot Movies, And When They Shoot They SHOOT Reddy, Aim, Focus might be the policemen. As the "hoodlum" in A few feet front the nervous police rookie, a gang of hoodlums were lined up against a truck they were in the midst of looting. Suddenly one of them wheeled. Milling a gun from inside his coat. The rookie's gun blasted, Out who fired first? To .stake sure, they stopped the movie, since the only real person in this little drama was the rookie i,iinself, 1'hc rest of the act was on film in what the Cleveland command at this unique movie the movie at right prepares to (center) fires at the screen. Police. .Department believes is an international training premiere, _Police veterans feel they have a foolproof way of giving new- comers to the force a realistic taste of shooting situations with- out exposing inexperienced men to death. Capt. Richard \Vaguer. youti; ful head of the Police Academy. dreamed up the MON ie idea, in e hien policemen serve as the actors and the "plots" are all taken from - training draw, the program for rookie being rookie tested situations in the police files in which a policeman's life was at stake, Wtuns the rookie tires into the screen --a large sheet of newsprint --the movie automatically stops. lie's scored on where he shoots the villain, if at all: and if the villain beats hint to the dtar, tire. roolac gets a minus score, Old bands im the department like the idea so well they've start- ed going to Wagner's movies, too JITTER YOURS ACUTE LITTLE FELLOW HU'1 ONE MONKEY i5 Top MANY! 1T's BACK TO TH5 zoo 1''OP- POLI/ so THAT'S WHERE YOU WENT! 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