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Zurich Herald, 1952-04-10, Page 5Fine Antidote For Too Much Gun.P1 xy Around dinnertime the other night we walked into a living room that rang with pistol shots, screams and hoofbeats. Somebody on the radio was having a bad time. Then the hubbub died down and we ap- preciated the quiet, The outlaw, had evidently been cornered and gave up; once more the Lone Ranger cowboy had done a public service. While. an announcer told our own cowboys stretched before the radio to print name and address on the back of a box -top, we were think- ing about the rest of the week. The next night wouldn't be the Ranger; it would be Hopalong who went through the pistols -screams -hoof- beats formula, and the night after that someone else—with our cow- boys not missing one of them. For it seems that cowboys (both on the radio and in the living room) are here for a while. • The best antidote we know is the CBC's school broadcasts, now in their tenth year. An estimated 600,000 Canadian school children hear half-hour programs planned by a teacher -broadcaster commit- tee. The broadcasts are used by teachers as an integral part of their lessons, and include such things as programs dealing with famous Can- adians and full-length radio ver- sions of Shakespeare's plays. Last year the Department of Transport issued 8,252 free radio licenses to schools. The CBC and .. provincial departments of education spend about $200,000 annually for the school broadcasts. This spring, after seven years' of service,_Dr. W. P. Percival, Director of Prot- estant Education in Quebec, retired as Chairman of the National Ad- visory Council out School Broad- casting; Dr. R. O. MacFarlane, De- puty Minister of Education' for Manitoba, succeeded hiin. We have no idea how many adults listen to cowboy shows, but the CBC tells us that many school broadcast pro- grams have higher rating of adult listenership than other day -time programs. —An Editorial in "Saturday Night" Toronto CORRECT After the service one Sunday morning the vicar was approached by an old lady who expressed ap preciation of his sermon. "Why, Vicar," she said, "you can never know what your sermon meant to me. It was just like water to a drowning man." BIM MIMI J d kd2u&eiI It'isn't much of an exaggeration to say that a real revolution Is underway in agriculture. It is a biochemical revolution in the pro- duction of cereals, meats and other foods, that is bringing neat animals and plants to maturity --and the market—in greater quantities and more speedily than ever before. * * * One ,of the most important of these developments is the new syn- thetic sow's milk formulated with terramycin. I have already referred to it in these columns, but I know that a little fuller information about it won't be amiss. * * * Herbert J, Luther is the name of the nutritionist who composed the original formula, and before announcing his discovery last No- vember he had tested it—and var- ious variations of it --on no less than 500 baby pigs in his laboratory as well as supervising the testing of an additional 3,000 on commer- cial hog farms. The milk is com- pounded of skim cow's milk, lard, fish solubles, vitamins and miner- als. Baby pigs taken from their mothers at 24 to 48 hours learn without difficulty to drink it from a trough. * * . * At 5 weeks, having been fed all 'they will drink of the synthetic milk, with dry pig starter kept constantly before them from age 2 weeks on, the "sucklings" weigh in the neighborhood of 35 pounds and are ready to go on feed. The three weeks saved over pigs suckl- ed by the sow gives the synthetic- ally -fed pigs is a big head start. The explanation is that terramycin as a feed supplement exerts its greatest stimulation in the first weeks of a young animal's life. * * * The new discovery is not merely a replacement for sow's milk; it is also the harbinger of a new way of life for hog raisers—and for swine. It opens the way to new practices that can revolutionize the breeding and feeding of hogs and, particularly, their care in the suckl- ing stage, It retakes available to agriculture a tool that can revolu- tionize swine raising and increase enormously the amount of meat available to the consumer. * * * Thestory of the synthetic milk REENtt . d, Gord \Smith' What, No Tin Cans?—Having given up hope of finding a tin can at an international agriculture exhibition in Paris, this billy -goat who hails from Normandy, condescends to accept a handful of hay from five-year-old Anne -Marie Vergne. Her bearded friend was judged one of the best animals raised on European farms. has its beginnings in the develop- ment by chemists of the antibiotics, chemicals produced by molds, which immobilize or kill disease - causing organisms. When it was. learned that addition of antibiotics to the regular feed consumed by poultry and swine would increase their rate of growth sharply, the earth -mold drugs became impor- tant economically to agriculture. * * * Animal nutrition studies indicated clearly that the younger the animals were when they began to get anti- biotics, the more impressive have been the gains in their rate of growth. With chicks, studies have shown, if the antibiotic feed is given the day after they are hatch- ed, the rate of growth gain can run as high as 50 per cent at four weeks; if it is begun four weeks after hatching the rate of gain is much less impressive; if begun after eight weeks, still smaller; and if not begun until after 12 weeks there is almost no gain over nor- mal, non -antibiotic -fed chickens. • * * * The problem with swine was dif- ferent. Young pigs normally suckle Useful Hints For thediPipe-Smoker Or For The Man ntend><ng f Start That great essayist, Charles which in turnodvices moisture in Lamb, wrote—"May my last breath be drawn through a pipe"—a man of much wisdom. ON CHOOSING A •PIPE A heavy or hot smoker may prefer a bowl with thick walls, since the more wood there is in the bowl wall, the more heat it can absorb from the burning to- bacco. Choose a pipe, however which can be held comfortably between the teeth. To gauge the weight and balance, hold the pipe be, the end of the mouthpiece be- tween the forefinger and thumb. If you have dentures, a light- weight bowl with medium or short stem is generally most suitable. TAere are also specially designed motrkpieces that can be easily held betweeiq,,dentures, ON CLOSING TOBACCO "1 cannot'ton with a pipe ... it burns tongue." How often this'has been said. The pipe is invariably •• lamed for this sensation, whereas re .eften than not the fault lies in the ,choice of tobacco. Many smokers choose a mild` blend but 'mild' is a somewhat mis- leading description. So-called 'mild' tobaccos smoke hotter than full strength tetaaccos, It should be re- membered that fine-cut tobaccos are not so cool as medium or coarse -cut, moist tobaccos smoke hotter than dry .ones_ and, very dry tobaccos burn too freely. Hot .nnoking leads to a burnt tongue. 1li's increases the flow of saliva, the stent; • A 'hot' smoker should avoid mild, .moist or fine-cut tobaccos and a 'wet' smoker should choose a me- dium to full mixture containing Latakia. THE CARE OF A PIPE A new pipe should be filled firmly and evenly only half way for the first few smokes and then should be smoked slowly unti' a protective layer of carbon has form- ed inside the bowl to avoid the risk of charring the briar. Good tobacco is often spoiled by hasty filling. A pipe should be care- fully packed to ensure even com- bustion. Light up evenly and well. Press down the lighted tobacco after the first pull or so. A pipe should be emptied imme- diately after smoking. The BOWL should be held when emptying and the tobacco tapped out against the palm of the 'hand. If held by the mouthpiece great strain is imposed on the stem which may split or break. If tapped against a hard object the bowl may be damaged. The bowl should be scraped oc- casionally, as too thick an accu- mulation of carbon will eventually cause the bowl to crack. This usu- ally occurs when a heavily car - boned pipe is being rested. An ideal crust is 1 -16th inch. Cool, sweet smoking depends on a properly scraped -bowl and a pipe which is kept clean. A penknife should not be used for scraping. The sharp point may bore through the bottom of the bowl. Use a pipe reamer or smo- ker's companion. Your tobacconist will recommend the best type for your purpose. A pipe should never he cleaned with water or steam. An ordinary cleaner is best. This can be dipped in methylated spirit if required. It should run through the pipe two or three times and the pipe then allowed to dry,off. When taking the bowl and mouthpiece apart avoid undue strain on the stem. Grasp the mouthpiece firmly in one hand and gently twist the bowl off with the ,other, holding the pipe at the juncture of the bowl and mouthpiece. A pipe should be allowed to cool off before re -smoking and a heavy smoker should keep two or three in use. To change a pipe from day to day ensures the fullest enjoy- ment. When not in use a pipe should be kept bowl downwards. Mats• a the sow for 56 days, Under those circumstances, they cannot be fed an antibiotic at predetermined levels. Moreover, with creep feed- ing of antibiotic -fortified dry sup- plement, piglets still face sanitary and other hazards, suck as crush- ing—problems not existing in poul- try production. How then get an antibiotic to piglets during this vi- tal period when it will have the most stimulating effect on their rate of growth? * * * Feeding abnormally high levels of terramycin to the sow in hopes that some of this would pass to the young pigs through the sow's milk, .proved very expensive and had little: if any effect on speeding the growth of the pigs. Obviously, this procedure was not the answer. * * Luther knew that from time to time in the past, attempts bad been made to devise a synthetic sow's milk,; Even before the advent of antibiotics, breeders realized they could sharply cut mortality and simplify their management prob- lems if they could separate the younk pigs from the sows within a day Or two after birth. One such attentipt had been made by Dr. Con- ner '. Johnson and co-workers. Thein; tailor-made synthetic "sow's nisi vas prohibitively expensive and' did not lend itself to ready ad- aptation at the practical farm level. But' ;their work did indicate what might be done. * x' The synthetic milk makes pos- sible reducing mortality from a present range of 20 to 35 per cent to 5 per cent, and at the same time produces pigs some 10 to 35 per cent heavier at weaning than the average sow -fed piglet. z * * But there are other short-range economic implications of great im- portance. The terramycin in the milk stimulates growth. By making the synthetic sow's milk available to the entire litter, the pig raiser can virtually eliminate the runt, that statistical pig -and -a -half in every litter that too often costs more of feed than it is worth. V+f Gardening Indoors It's possible to build a garage or even a house without a plan but It is hardly to be recommended. The same applies to a garden, though the planning is much more simple and it is a lot of fun, too. In fact with a pencil, a bit of paper and a seed catalogue one can put in a very pleasant evening while wait- ing for soil and weather to warm up out of doors. Vegetable Planning No elaborate plans are required unless one is going to do things on, a big and lavish scale. For the vegetable plot, indeed it is just a matter of simple straight lines and a little knowledge of the size the various kinds will grow and when it is safe to plant them. Where space is very limited one can get a great deal more by interplanting short season things like lettuce, radish, spinach, etc., with say car- rots, beets, beans. The latter will take much longer to mature and will require full space after the quick growers have been harvested. Another space saving trick is to train vines like cucumbers, melons and squash along boundary fences or paths. Also that is a good place to grow tall things such as staked tomatoes and corn. yjy 5 In the very small urban plot oto to ' should concentrate on those vegelti, abler that take up the least rooms for the number of meals producers. Things like corn, potatoes, peas and squash, for instance, require quite a lot of space. On the other hand it is positively amazing the quan- tities of beans, carrots, beets, let- tuce, ettuce, radish that one can harvest from a patch of ground no more than 10 feet each way. Flowers and Lawns For flower gardens and especial- ly the ground about the house, authorities generally advise an in- formal layout. This means a gener- ous allowance for a central lawn, and round this are arranged clumps of shrubbery, trees and flowers. The beginner is warned to steer clear of stiff rows for flowers, though along walks, fences and house lines the flower garden or shrubbery will have to follow more or less regularly. But planting in clumps is the best practice, even to the tiny edging flowers along the front of the garden. The same holds true of the medium and larger flowers, both annual and perennial, and the lower shrubs. Of course with trees, unless we have an exceedingly fine lot, we stick to individual planting, Here, just to prevent any monotony, how- ever, it is an excellent idea to have an odd tree or group of shrubbery right out on the lawn, but to one side rather than in the centre. Flower beds are broken up in the same way, with an occasional clump of larger plants brought deliberately forward just to add interest and screen a bit of the background. There are also some important long-range economic implications in the synthetic milk. * * * It's use would seem to open the way for the rapid development of the fledgling pig -hatchery industry, which could provide farmers with a thrifty, dependable and disease- free supply of weanling pigs. Though nearly 90 per cent of hog farmers now raise their own pigs, up to 40 per cent in one test sur- vey indicated because it recirculatea' the product. Thus, the packer, who frequently has so much lard he doesn't know what to do with it, can now dispose of it to help raise more pigs—and more lard—to go right back into making more pigs —and still more lard. Pay Tribute To Late Jack Miner During National Wild Life 'Week April 6 - 12 inclusive, the Canadian school children will pay tribute to tiff: memory of the late J..ck Miner, Canadian naturalist, by writing es- says and giving oral compositions on value of Conservation of which movement the late Jack Miner was a pioneer. In 1906 an editorial in The Minneapolis Journal referred tc, Jack Miner as "the father of the Conservation movement on the continet.t." Jack Miner's birthday was April 10th and National Wild Life Week was created by an act of Parlia- ment so as to fall on his birthday. This year the week falls on April 6 to 12 when all service clubs will feature special speakers. Sunday, April 6 is Nature Sunday and preachers and Sunday Schools will observe it by preaching and teach- ing GOT) IN NATURE, GOD THE CREATOR OP' ALL NA- TURAL RESOURCES and other sermons with sunilar titles refer- ring to God's great out -a -doors. It is strictly an educational week when nothing is allowed to be sold or commercialized and no financial appeals allowed to be made but a week that the public not only for this generation but for generations to come will be on the receiving end. "One of the triumphs of democ- racy seems to be that the minority has the , say and the majority has to pay." Leaves a Good T In Reader's Mouth st So much emphasis has been placed on sex, violence and mental ailments in books, today, that The Penningtons by Basil Partridge comes as a wel- come change of pace. It is a plea - sent and readable family novel, pub- lished both in Ca- nada and in the United States. In the latter country it was a choice of the family Reading Club which specializes in books that leave a gond taste in the reader's mouth. The book's action takes place in "Kingsford" (Maritimes), Montreal, and Ro- chester, New York. We first meet the Penningtons in Kingsford. The head of the family is the kindly, rather harried, and poor dean of the cathedral, ,but the driving force is his wife, Victoria. There are half a dozen children, ranging from Larry II, a Booth-Tarking- ton type, to a son and daughter in their early thirties. The action con- sists of the problems of the home, the action and reactions of the bro. thers and sisters to each other and. their parents. The dean dies sud- denly and readjustments liave to be made. The working out of these is most interesting. The author has a definite gift for characterization, so the Penningtons are very real people subject to the sorrows, mis- takes, disappointments—and joys— which normal people encounter in life. Here is a timely reminder that millions of people still lead normal lives in this discordant age. There is nothing mawkish about this book. It is a lively story. It moves. The kind of book that will bear read- ing more than once. FOR FREE A filar actor, remarried and divorc- ed five titres in three years, came to the registrar with his sixth bride. It was the same . registrar who had married the actor on the previous occasions, After the ceremony the actor reached into his wallet, but the registrar waved the money aside. "Not this time," he said. • ":Chis one is on the house!" By Arthur Pointer 4'