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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-01-08, Page 6V 1f Destruction is not• the only use to which man can devote the atom. Pictured is a scale model of the world's first atomic power station, now under construction in Cumberland, England. In' about 18 months' time the British expect the completed plant to have an output of enough elec- tricity lecttricity for a fair-sized town. Top left is the low turbine house, flanked on either side by two re- actors where heat will be generated in moderated uranium piles to make steam. 'The steam will drive four turbo -alternator .sets in the turtee house. Four towers on the right are coolers. Protection and Distribution of Eggs • An interesting study of the pro- duction and distribution of eggs appears in the October issue of the Economic Annalist, a .pulblica- tion of the Canada :Department of Agriculture. Some of the findings would apply with equal force to most areas 'of Canada. In summing up the general. pic- ture, G. B. Murray who made the study!' points out that "studies made elsewhere in Canada and the United States show a close rela- tionship between size of enterprise, management practices and labor returns to the operator. Small lay- ing flocks do' not provide as effici- ent use of labor as do larger flocks and do not yield . sufficient income to merit specialized attention of feeding, disease control and man- agement. For these reasons many poultry specialists are recommend- ing that farmers have either a -Small flock of layers •to provide their families' needs for eggs and chickens, or have a flock of at least 400 to 500 layers which can be profitably managed • on 'a eonimer- cial basis. Problems confronting commercial egg marketing agencies would tend to be' lessened by such a development in New Brunswick. 'But in areas where commercial marketing channels have..not been organized and flocks are small, it is obvious that the promotion of greater commercial production and the Organization of commercial out- lets must be simultaneous," Care of Farm Machinery It Is always wisdom to protect an investment and the outlay on farm machinery represents a con- siderable portion of the capital ex- penditure on the highly mechaniz- ed farms of today. It takes con- siderable, patience and time to put a moldboard, cultjrefer shovel, seed'drill or one-way dist into s•at- 4afaetory condition if the working --Surfaces have been allowed to rust for any length _ of time. Rusty bearings, &halting.• steel chains or slip- clutches May cause more wear in the first hour of operation, af- ter a season's storage than will occur during the entire operating season. RUst is found on iron or steel after exposure to moisture in the presence of air and to remove it from any surface that is to be pol- ished, some of the iron or steel bast to -be removed. Various oils and lubricating- materials, may be used for rust prevention, but un- tortunately most farm equipment receives no .treatment of any kind. Time spent in cleaning up ,farm machinery and applying an effec- tive rust preventative is far from wasted. Hours of irritating work and possibly expensive repairs may be saved when equipment is used - again in the spring. • Top Soil Losses Are. Expensive Whether top soil is removed from a field by wind, water or me- chanical power, the result is the same. Soil that le .left 1s incapable of producing good crop yields and may continue so for a number of years. At the Experimental Station at Lethbridge, Alta., wheat yields were secured during 1952 and 1953 froin fields which suffered severe wind erosion during the drought period of the thirties, and also from comparable non -eroded soil. On the average for a number of comparable yields in 1852 and 1953, the non -eroded toil produced 30.2 bushels per acre of wheat as compared with, only .12.8 bushels on eroded soil. These 'figures indi- cate a reduction in wheat -produc- ing capacity py severe wind ero- sion of 58 per, cent. Moreover, this reduced 'productivity has per- sisted tor many years after the erosion took place. ' At the Central Experimental Perm, Ottawa, top soil was remov- ed from e. field plot to a depth of aiX ¢hc1iel3. Ok an acent'.plot no ititt+ll4; was reffioveds Berleij, yields �n_the two Note, for a 10 -year per- foaveraged 4.2 bushels per acre the ;got frim moble top oil *'am i t but *7 tor. ' eat plot nrit Evoisitiiiir 'plot* did tap Idil was removed the plot still produced at the rate of 1.60 tone per acre of field cured hay, compared with 2:51 tons on the normal plot. In Eastern Canada rainfall takes top soil qff hill tops and slopes just as effectively as it is removed by wind storms in the West. Most farmers have seen the difference in their crops on land on which this has occurred. The figures provide a measure, of what erosion means in loss of production per acre—losses that continue year af- ter year. . House Plants Rest in Winter Don't be disappointed if your house plants cease flowering in winter time or flower feebly. This is a natural condition; for wicter is a resting period induced by the shorter days and the lower tem- peratures. Most of the plants that ,do flower in winter have been pre- pared for blooming during the pre- ceding months ,of summer or autumn. 'During the winter, house plants should receive.. special treatment to accommodate them to this rest period. All practices which tend to stimulate growth should be stop- ped; less water, is needed; repot- ting . and root disturbance should be avoided. Fairly low. temperatures are' de- sirable, but as the warmth of ; a house is' maintained to suit hu- mans rather than plants, this is not always practical. The av age room temperature .of 70 de- grees is much too thigh for most plants duringwinter time. Often a compromise can be made by keeping the plants in the coolest room, preferably one in whieh the temperature . falls to 60 degrees during the night. THE -VOICE OF TEMPERANCE On the North American contin- ent there are about as many cattle as people. Suppose that every year $200,000,000 were spent pro- moting a, commodity that had made 7,000,000 cattle diseased and increased the number of incurable animals by 250,000 a year, what would cattlemen sa:y? What would the Government agricultural de- partments have to say? Yet that is exactly what the highly colored lavish liqupr advertising is helping, to do to human beings. Look over those statistics again. They pre- sent a grim picture of modern drinking. .It is not exaggerated in the least. Alluring advertising is definitely encouraging the drink habit. Why not ask .our Govern- ment at Toronto apply a little of their liquor -revenue to advertising the harmful effects of liquor'drink- ing? We already have 30,000 alco- holics in Ontario. Twenty-two Clinics for the treatment of alco- holics are being set up in Ontario by the Government. This is admir- able SALVAGE work. What about at least an ounce of prevention through advertising? —Inserted by -the Huron County • Temperance Federation.—(Advt.). Report Indicates Deer Season Successful The four-day open season on deer in the District of Lake Huron (the Counties of Bruce, Grey, Hur- on, Oxford, Perth and Waterloo) was quite successful, according to a preliminary report by the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests. True, fewer deer were killed than many of us might have wished, and as a method of lessening- complaints of property damage, or of adequately harvesting the deer resource, the results were not spectacular, but the season did, show conclusively that the herd would not be, decimat- ed, that there would be no frantic influx of non-resident hunters, and that little property damage would be done by hunters duritg such a season, the4department points out. No figures for total kill of deer are available, but the check of 1,239 hunters by officefs of the De- partment provides a good basis for analysis of the kill. These 1.239 hunters had killed 191 deer, for a success ration of 15 per cent. This is a minimal figure, -since a num- ber of the unsuccessful hunters were checked during the early hours of the first day of the sea- son and they may later have been successful. This, figure of 15 per cent compares favorably with the province -wide average of about 30 per cent for deer hunting in non- agricultural areas. As a basis for analyzing the age - class distribution of the herd, the ages of 170 deer were determined by the field staff. The `information received shows that the deer herd in the Lake Huron District is both healthy, and prolific. Although there appear to be fewer 1% -year- old deer of both sexes and Ph- ypar-old bucks than would be ex- u is o:` courn8 s ev ; ;whop. van accumulate: as east t ' :his lifetime said thus place himself in the position of being able to •dis- tribute.hia worldly goods by means of a will. But there is no one who could not follow tale example of a lawyer who died penniless a few years ago. "I, Charles Lounsbury, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and pub- lish this my last will and testament in order, as justly as may be to dis- tribute my interest in the world among succeeding men. "That part of lay interests, which is known isi law and recognized in the sheep bound volumes as iby property, being inconsiderable and of no account, I make no disposal of it in this my will. •My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal but, these things excepted, all else in the world I now proceed rto devise and be- queath. "ITEM:—I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust for their chil- dren, all good little words of praise and encouragement and all quaint pet names and endearments, and I charge said parents to use them justly, .but generously, as the needs of their children shall require. "ITEM:—I leave to children in- cluskvely, but only for the term of their childhood, all and every the flowers of the fields -and the bins= soma of the woods, with the right to play among them freely, accord- ing to the customs of • children, warning them at the same time against thistles and thorns. And I devise to children the banks of the brooks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, and the 'odors of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds that float high over the giant trees. And I leave the children the long, long days to be merry ID i, a thousand ways, and the night; and the moon, and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, but subject neverthe- less, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers. "ITEM:—I devise to boys jointly all the useless, idle fields and 'Com- mons where ball may be played, all pected in a thrifty, well-managed herd, this shortage is probably of no consequence. There is no reason why open seasons similar to the one recent- ly closed, should nut be establish- ed as regular, annual events, the Department believes. With a pro- spect of only about 15 chances in one hundred of securing a' deer in Southern Ontario there is' small likelihood of large 'numbers of hunters passing up the opportun- ity of hunting in the better deer ranges of the north -central parts of the province. At the present time, the oppor- tunity of securing a deer legally as well as locally should act as,a deterrent to some would -Ise poach- ers in Southern Ontario, and it should make landowners a little less resentful of crop losses due to the activities of deer. "This year's legal kill can hardly be expected to reduce appreciably the rate at which deer are being struck by automobiles in the dis- trict, but it should go a long way towards convincing people in the rest of Southern Ontario that the deer herd can and should stand a short open season each year," the report concludes. • The Italian. Paierrno Brothers IN A RETURN ENGAGEMENT ONE NIGHT ONLY — in the — CLINTON LEGION HALL Tues. Night, Jan. 12 8:00 p.m. Come and enjoy an evening of superb musical entertainment and a rare presentation of the Gospel Clinton Area Youth for Christ b 7aNe a..' AINFtr..31 ts,t. pleasant waters. where One MAY • swim, all snawclad kills where one may coast, and all .streams and ponds where one may fish, or where, when grim yuinter comes, one may skate, to have and to hold the same for the period of their boyhood; and all meadows with the clover blossoms and butterflies thereof, and the woods with their appurtenances, the Squirrels and birds, and' the echoes and strange noises, and all distant places which may be visited, together with the adventures there found. "And I give to said boys each his own place at the fireside at night, with all pictures that may be seen in the burning wood, and to enjoy without let or hindrance, without any incumbrance or care. "ITEM:—To lovers I devise their imaginary world, ' with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red roses by the wall, the bloom of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else that may be desired to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love. e. "ITEM':—To young men jointly I devise and bequeath all boisterous, inspiring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weak is gin aunI their own nkr, are rude 11 to Make ssessing00 plliCil ns1 F em exclueively I give ail merry songs and brave choruses 4o sin with lusty voices. "ITEM:.—And to thoae who are no longer children, or youths or lovers, I leave memory, and I be- queath to them the volumes of the poems of Burne and Shakespeare and of other poets, if there be oth- ers, to the end that they may live the old days over again freely and fully without tithe or diminution. easemoNflenmagglionserillfaseesellesfieg Buchanan Cleaners Mount Forest Successors to TONE CLEANERS We Pick Up and Deliver Monday • and Thursday Phone 230 - Seaforth ANDY CALDER AGENT Ladies' and Gents' 2 -piece Suite, $1; Plain Dresses, $1; Plain Skirts, 50c; Gents' Trousers, 50c. Quality Plus. Service Is Our Motto S. 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