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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-06-07, Page 7S.t u '�}ll`u e: Rea Ay' ! °ltii oroiJts For the i..,:,t i -•r; months a seal- plucr f:unui,• lege.. been Hoe:tolling modern iulu try and emi ill ,.serious set-.heel:s in m dinetiun, gate litre had a.,, he iutpctseil uu users of r:ulplor and sulphuric acid, wetly tilt resalt that 1111. pru,htrtiuu Of such things' as steel, textile,, fertilizer's. l it tseet le".ide.., .ntutnr tires, synthetic dyes, batteries, disinfect- ants. )gasoline and a hundred other Crenae t't nine's are Tieing retarded. • 'For civilization cannot du with- out this important chemical. It is used in so unary Farms for such a variety of purposes that it is quite impossible to find a uui- vcrsal substitute. There is not nue of tis who docs not handle suntc1hing every day which could not have been trade without some form of sulphur. One sulphur compound gives the familiar dark anther colour to glass bottles; another. when miffed with a certain oil. enables the thread to be. cut on the smallest screw. Yet others help to fix iron tail- ings firmly in cement, and perform jobs that range from the fumigation of wine casks to the preserving of dried fruits, - \vithout another compound nam- ed sulphur chloride our lives would be very difftrcut, for this is indis- pensable for vulcanizing motor tires, electric insulation, and all the domestic uses to %Illicit rubber is now put. But the utast important of the sulphur compounds is sulphuric acid. Without it, within a very short time, our great fertilizer in- dustry would have come to a stand- still, for it use millions of tons of sulphuric acid per year to snake super -phosphates essential to tete farmer. Fortunately, scientists recently discovered a method by which they can save a quarter of a million tuns of sulphuric acid 1*, substituting nitric acid, of which there is no shortage, Nitric acid had been tried before, but the resulting phosphates were useless because they absorbed water and hardened...when. stored. The latest nitric acid fertilizers however, are as good as those spade with sulphuric acid. In other fields science has not been so successful. No workable substitute has yet been found for sulphur in the newspaper and ma- gazine industry, This paper would not only be of a very different texture if sul- phur supplies were cut off alto- gether, but it would he entirely without photographic illustrations, which are dependent on a chemical called hypo -sulphite for fixing pho- tos. Chief sources of the world's sul- phur are Texas and Louisiana in the '[united States. A single sulphur well may pro- duce as much as 500 tons a day and the Louisiana deposits are esti- mated to be about 40 million tons. so that America's supply at least would seem to be assured for a while. Rapid rearmament, however, is making great inroads into stocks, and •even the U.S. is not mining enough of this important chemical to keep her industries going full out, " `Cahn yours.^.1P, darling! That's ' the very 1iirat principle of price control." Clothing Trouble 'On the Double' 1h shouldn't happen to the K-9 corps, the things they do to GI clothing and equipment at the Army testing center. There, to test durability of uniforms, groups of rugged soldiers crawl through barbed wire, cement pipes, gullies, thick brush and artificial rain to speed up the wear and tear of experimental Army gear. Here are some ex- cerpts from a day in the short life of a fatigue suit at the testing cen',er. In green fatigues with white fronts, GI's crawl over cinder -packed rail ties, then down cobblestones. Over a slate rooftop through a downpour of controlled "rain" ...... and now through a cement pipe. I''s tough on men and clothes. .A little early, perhaps, to talk about picking peaches. Still, the way the days, weeks, mouths and even years seem to flit by, maybe these hints from Fred R. Dreiling, noted horticulturist, as reported in "Coun- try Gentleman" might be worth noting by some readers. '5 Your peaches --Mr. Dreiling says —are almost certain to sell better if the buyer can be sure of two things. First, a peach that's'been picked from the tree at as near its peak quality as possible. Second, one that hasn't been bruised in handling. Perhaps the best time to harvest peaches for quality is when the grown] color is just beginning to change to yellow (or white for white varieties) and while the peach ie still firm. Some growers pick their trees at least three times to hit this goal. t-ir(wers who are most successful at marketing their crop usually will tell you that good picking is the re- sult of a smooth -working partner- ship between grower, foreman and picker. The pickers themselves can be more effective if they start at one side and circle each tree in the same direction. If a picker first palls the highest peaches within easy reach, he will find that many of the low -hanging branches will flY- HAR'O D ARNETT SCREEN - DoOR taooi< Ant) EYE CLOTHESLINE CLOTHESLINE f10OkS $cmat ra p49rt I--100 K$ TIED TO Eh1p5 p .!NHLs I -1N1 • PROVIDE EASY MEANS ANS C 1 c - UP AND .T.61KIN p; w lift enough so he won't have to stoop. After he has all of the ripe peaches that can be reached from the ground, then it the time to set his ladder for the ones on top. Pickers should take hold of the peach so that the cushions of the fingers. not the tip:, touch it. The fruit should he removed by pulling it outward and giving a slight twist. The peach should be placed, not dropped, in the picking con- tainer and there shouldn't be any stents or twigs attached to it if you want to avoid cutting and bruis- ing of other peaches in the con- tainer. When the fruit is emptied, pickers can help avoid bruising it by using their hands to keep it front falling and bumping. A picker can ntal,e snore money if he keeps his hands close to- gether in front of hint and keeps glancing ahead to select the next fruit to pick. And he can save his back by not stooping, reaching or climbing when his picking con- tainer is nearly full, Start the ditii• cult picking with an empty con- tainer. Let a picker seta paee he eat keep. then have hint keep at it steadily. One important thing to remember is that picking clothes shouldn't have trouser cuffs, It's too easy to catch a heel its them and take a bad fall. The saute magazine also reports that middle -western dairymen are finding that the right moisture con- tent is more important in top- quality silage than the addition of preservatives. it is generally agreed that 65 to 70 per cent moisture is about right for most grasses and legumes. ', * Art Giese, a highly successful dairyman, has a rule of thumb for moisture percentage. He gives a handful of chopped forage a good squeeze, then releases it, If the material strays its a compact ball, it probably has. more than 70 per cent moisture, too wet to handle without a preservative. If it gradu- ally swells and breaks into sec- tions, moisture is about right. If it falls apart completely, it's too dry and should be made into hay. More than half of a group of farmers surveyed last year made grass silage without preservative by wilting to 65 or 70 per cent moisture. Those who added mo- lasses or ground grains to forage at that moisture level did not im- prove their silage. * Farmers ensiling low -moisture forage actually cut quality as 150 to 200 pounds of grain added per ton may further dry the silage by 4 or 5 per cent. Preservatives were useful when forage, especially that from legumes was put in the silo wet. The re- sulting silage was more palatable and better -smelling. Ground grain and molasses. the most popular preservatives, also reduced seepage loss and boosted feeding value;. '5 Silage made with chopper- set for a 3/4 -inch cut kept well on most farms when moisture was at 70 per cent. When wilted below that level, a aN-inch cut was better. Over three-fourths of all grass silage made in Wisconsin last year went through forage harvesters, This method takes about half the time required with the hay -loader and silo -filler method. New Paint Wiitb Magic Qualities In a wonderland of colour, chem- ists are performing feats of magic with modern paints, Spotted paint is their latest miracle. Brushed or sprayed on from r. single tin. this gives a polka-dot effect, a light color being speckled with a darker one. Another new paint is called "brit- tle lacquer." It is now being used to show the stresses and strains on pieces of machinery or parts of air- craft, ships, cars and weapons. The lacquer coating cracks into a definite pattern when the forces built up in the material are acting, and thus engineers can plot what they call a "stress map" of a piece of machinery, which shows the pat'is bearing the greatest strains. Previously these stresses and strains could only be detected by using a complieatecl electrical de- vice. A life-saving phosphorescent paint is another of the latest wonders. A staircase treated with this appears quite normal in daylight or in arti- ficial light but in darkness it glows so that every stair can be seen. Light switches. fuse boxes, the names of streets and numbers of houses, signposts, time -tables, are just a few of the uses to which this `'glow-worm" paint can be put. Theatre exits and fire equipment can be painted with it so that its the event of a power cut or failure they will still be visible. Green and white paints—once the first choice of those seeking bright- ness and relief from fatigue in fac- tories and workshops—are being ousted by pale primrose, shades of peach and lepton. I..oni' tests have proved these to be tite hest produc- tion boosters. The traditional gleaming w?rite of hospital operating theatres is giving Mace to cool pastel shades which reduce glare and prove restful to the surgeons' eyes. In hospital wards it has been discovered that the usual "buff' and white colors tend to create a feeling of de- pression:" so a warm rose volute• is being recommended. COURTSHIP has been deleted as that short space of time between lipstick and tt':'i stiu'k -'tfa or t_ ity Globe -Gazette'. Gordoi. Sorest% • QARDEN NOTES Still Time For Garden There is plenty of time yet in any part of Canada to bare a real garden. Practically all sorts of hardy flowers and vegetable,; eau still be sown dttd they should con- tinue to be sown at interval, of ten days to two weeks until well into sununer. : preading out the garden in this way makes the work easier and ntroe pleasant, but it also spreads the harvest of blooms or vegetables over weeks and months instead of days. Its these titres of high-priced, scarce vege- tables there is a real dollars -and - cents saving iu having a plentiful supply of vegetables contirg 00 right until fall, Suitable Seed Its seed. for ntstaace, it is it,por- tatrt to use only those recommend- ed for Canadian conditions. Those listed in any reputable Canadian seed catalogue will be suitable be- cause they have all been tested for Canadian conditions. The best seed costs only a few cents per packet but without the best then it does not make much difference how well we prepare the soil or look after the resulting growth. But cultural directions should be followed. Watch Out For Damage If insects or disease really get well developed in a garden •there is liable to be heavy damage before control can take effect. To guard against this. experienced garden- ers are always on the watch for signs of pests and at the first in- dication they open an offensive. These experts are suspicious when they see a wilted or curled or eaten leaf, even if the insects responsible for same are too small to be no- ticed by the naked eye. Generally signs are easy to read and cures are readily available. Holes in the leaves mean that bugs that chew are present. These are destroyed with poisons. If the leaves wilt and dry up, sucking in- sects are extracting the plant juices. Sprays or dusts that burn them, but not the foliage, will control. I£ leaves turn reddish or greyish this usually indicates the presence of a fungus disease, It is common with climbing roses and hollyhocks especially during muggy weather. Finely ground sulphur and other chemicals will check it. • One can mix his own sprays or dusts but as a rule it is cheaper and also far more convenient to buy ready -mixed preparations. Many of these are combined to control sev- eral different types of pests. the newer DDT dusts and sprays being particularly effective. a: Keep Planting 'Coo much strew cannot be laid on continuous planting of the standard vegetables like Lettuce, radish, beans, carrots, beets, corn, etc. These taste ntuclr better when they just begin to reach proper maturity. Beans, lettuce, corn and such things begin to get tough if left too long. In most parts of Canada it is quite possible to peep planting many vegetables right up to nod -July. Communists' Cadillac?—The caption accompanying the Soviet - released picture above fails to tag a price on the Zim auto- mobile about to roll off Moscow produc'ion lines. But judging from the grill, which bears a suspicious resemblance to that of the 1951 Cadillac, the sleek Russian car is probably beyond the means of the average Ivan. --JITTER nig GOT TO Ltytlt( RIGHT TODAY.. NAVIN' LUNCH WITH THE 11)G BOSS/ JITTER! GET DOWN SEFOR1= 'ioU Be..WAK $oMEt'HING/ I By Arthur Pointer