The Lucknow Sentinel, 1963-06-26, Page 9nA
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WENE3AAY J TSlr LUCKNOW 8ENTINEL, LVCKNOW, :ONTARIO
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With Bell's .reduced rates
calls. between; '. points in
The• day rates are low
there 'are. bargain rates
after 6• and all daySunday I
enjoy yourself
all the way
-call ahead
for reservations -
ahead .and make sure
On STATION -TO -STATION
Ontario and Quebec.
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•01Ir, ' and . Mrs. . Donald,; , Mac'
Kenzie were : in' Kitchener . on
• Tuesday where they • visited
with • Mr, ' -MacKenzie's ' • sister'
who is in hospital there. :• '
Many .from the •community.
+attended a . shower 'for Shirley;.
Brooks. on Saturday evening in
' ' Clover Valley School:
Finlay •'Macl:'en+nan has . been
• tholidaay°ing in Q:iondlVl
on. r... and
Mrs. D. , A.' 'MacLennanmotored:
there ion; : Saturday and `Finlay
returned'' home with :there.'
•• The 'Legion; and Auxiliary . to
..the ..Legion of Ripley _attended"
service atAshfield" Presbyterian
Church' ,on.' Sunday.
• Mr. '':•and' ''Mrs. Dan. MacLean
Spent . the :week -end in •Coiling
wood' 'with Mr. and Mrs. Allan
MacLean
M�aen and family.
Sympathy is , ex'tended to the
Simpson . families in the passing.
of Mrs. A. A. 'J. Simpson ,in
Croderidi Hospital on Sunda.
A 'ball game .between North
Ashfield :School and Kings-
ibridge ';School . drug a ' large
•crowd• on 'Thursday '.eveningr• :at.
North Ashfield School,. The score
was 14-3 • in favour of •.North'
Ashfield; .
Mr. and Mrs:. Emile MaoLen-
nan ',motored to TobermOry. on
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Monday. . .•
The.' VJ,NI.S. meeting of . .Ash
'1 ma. 'Presbyterian Chuleh was
held on .Tuesday. '..afternoon • in
the church with Mrs. Dick West
in charge•.
Is: Your' Subscription' Rerewed?,
By JOHN BRADSHAW
PESTICIDES •
All the •furor caused by
•Rachei. 'Carson's book TheSilent
Spring, has, re‘ul1ted in an 'in-,
crease, • in de'rnand dor certain
Old-time . pesticides, many of
which are .now Obsolete. De,aler's;
haves 'discovered that these-- are
wanted because they :are • • sup.-
posedly 'less `Spoisonous" ;than
the modern chemicals which
have replaced ''them.•
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In Amy''opinion, sand:that of.
many leading. scientists, so
niuoh' of this thinking.. is wrong.
Suppose we examine : the ,rela-
tive toxicity or -poisonous .:rat-:
ings of chemicals 'oldt' and: new.
In comparing them, • it's :dm -
portant to understand the mean-.
Mg ''of ••LD -50• value. ' This ;is. 'a
figure that shows the •. nu'mber
of milligrams of ,a given . chem-
ical needed. to every :1,0O60 gratis
of 'body.. weight ilk) kill ',half the
test animals. The More 'poisonT
ou,s, the lower .the • index num-
beg,
Of the old-fashioned ChemiCals,
sold everywhere,.. ,perhaps . lead
arsenate: is . the .most ,to*ic with
a' rating of 15. Slightly below. :it
is calcium: . arsenate with • a rat-
ing
at
�ing.�of 20,::�and• parrs green with a
rating Of. 22./Rernember••.we said
earlier; the ;: lowerthe.' figure,
,:the 'more' poisonous.: The ::fourth.
'Most :poiionous ohernical sold
,widely, ; is Dieldrin; :which is only
a third • as ',poisonous. as• arsien
atie 'o'f :lead, with a .,mating of .46.
It is, of co•urse, a , modern ma-
terial. • 5 •
•A spray used ,by Our' grand=
mothers was nicotine sulpha'te,,
rated at 55, . with .diazinon;~ a
better insect: 'killer, rating 92.
ILindan•e, is •rated at- ,125, only
slighrtly more toxic than .grate-.
none' and pyrethrum. 'Incidental-
ly, the Latter twno chei iicals are
recommended - by ,• Rachel Car-
son •nor use iri•'place'of "poison-:
oda DDT;•' which has • :a rating
of 2150, far lbelow any . natural
onganie pestiFide.
The weed 'killer 2,, 4-D ''is .so
mild lt's. not even" sated, being,
less .:poisonous than common:
table salt ' Another' whipping
(boy (f, Rachel„ 'Carson's ; *as
`"dangerous.:' Chlordane," rated
383, or one half ..to pie third .as
toxic as rotenone and pyreth-
rum.
Another interesting ..Com-
'parison .is the ratMgs •'of Mala-
•thion and. Methoxyohlor, which
are •1500 and .600Q respectively.
.These are so low that toxicity'
test animals.. refused,. to eat
enough to, show. toxic symptoms,,
.but' must be • forced ':fed in .order •
to test •there•. • •
As .' to .the. 'long , term, delayed
effects, of such ,chemicals,,I'. referyou to . the' statements of !the
'American Medical' Association,
which, find.s. no. ibasis:. for • such.
exaggerated claims'. Since every
chemical •sold . must the ;tested;' in
massive doses on animals. be:.
fore: it ':can be offered ,obviously
ct
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if it .is not, dangerous sn..' such..
huge doses; it just isn't poison-.
ous if given in •snail doses 'over a'
a dlon 1period of time. .
• -As a final comment, let me
point out 4th,at a ,million .people'
pre • reputed to have`" died in.,
Ireland 'during the famine caus
ed ' iby the ;fungus disease :late
.,blight, which destroyed :all' the
potatoes. No chemical had ' been
developed at ,that time. 'to con-
trol this disease Nowadays late
blight .is .easily kept under con-'•
trol by fungicides.
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ST.HELENS
Mr. and Mrs ' Edwiri••Pinkwood
and family of 'Arnold,. Maryland .
were` recent visitors with Mr, & ,
Mrs. John Cameron and . Mr, &
Mrs. Dori Cameron74 •
Mr. and Mrs. Jahn .Burns and
family of ••Edmonton and Mr. &
:Mrs, Warner Smyth of Teeswa-
•ter. , were recent visitors, . With
Mr. an Mrs, Ross . Errington +&
Mrs. . James .Little.' . ' •
>VL.
rs.., Frank McQ uillin" attend-
ed • ,the secretary's •conferenoe an •.
Guelph this ..w•eek'. . • . • r
Over the. • week=end ' visitors
with Mr:. ,amid• iMrs. Harvey Webb
:were 'Mr. and Mrs..:Dan Rose
,and David of ' Newmarket land
Mr. and Mrs David Gilmour &'
Jeffrey of Toronto. • .
Sympathy of the comn(tit
y
goes: to the family Of the late•
1VLr. ,Colin .McDonald "..anal ' to Mr. is
and, Mrs, Simon De B•oer in the
loss. ' of ,their. grandson.
,Mrs. William cPherson• :and
baby Larry. GMordon , returned
home from 'Victoria •;Hospital,
London.. on Wednesday;. '.
Several ladies of. the St. Hel-
en's W.I ' joined' Dungannon &
Kintail W.I.•.'abds, trip A'Guelph.
on Thursday. At ,the' conference
Mrs. Geer -11a . Van : Beikhoff of
Holland, . the president :of; the
A,C:W.W. was `guest ' speaker.
1 On' . Thursday, July • 4th the
Children's , Dray • Bionic will ,. be
held • at tl}+e' •hall.'. All 'ladies • and
children: in the comm unity • :are:
invited. Picnic lunch: Games in
charge' of ' `4-H 'girl's. ' Short. busi
ness .meeting: ..
Mr. and ` Mrs. Tom Salkerld
spent ..the past' .week. with their.
daughter, :. •Dr. Helen Salkeld,:
near. Ottawa.:
2nd MEETING OF DAIRY CLUB
HELD • LAST. WEDNESDAY .
The 2nd .meeting: • of the' Luck-''
naw 4=H :dairy' calf • .cluibwas
held Wednesday, June. •19th at
the, farm of Vernon Hunter.:
• The regular. . •business •' was
completed 'before . 2 classesof
Milking • cows were judged.
After: everyone had given:rea
sons On the classes;' a lesson was
given ' by. Mel Chamberlain, and,
then •a short quiz was given to.,
: the mern+bers • concerning,. -the-
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'When themeeting . was over
the leaders and •members were
served refreshments at ithe Hun=
ter home. Before .leaving, •' :Vernie
was thanked' 'fol. a pleaSent and
worthwhile :evening..
Daughter :."Mother, can't you
get • Dad •o stop !calling fertilizer
— .manixre?" :
2Vlother
• "Don't .push it, dear,
• it took me tvuo years to get him
' t6 call 'it manure.'.'
GARAGE,,,
CARS ;TRUCKS ; TRACTORS.
LAWNMOWERS-WELDI
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