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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1940-06-06, Page 3Thursday, June 6 th, 1940 WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES PAGE Tin?® porary loss of vision which develops within 24 hours, 2. In the repiratory tract, irritation and coughing with loss of voice. 3. On the skin - redness and irrita­ tion with possibly small blisters later on. Another Vesicant made, but not us­ ed by the United States called Lew<- isite, became known at the close of the Great War. It is considered a very dangerous product. Colorless," the liquid gives the smell of geraniums, It is readily destroyed by water and any alkali. In action it resembles Mustard gas but acts much more rap­ idly. The liquid in the eyes produces an immediate inflammation and ulcer­ ation with permanent injury, it blist­ ers the skin in 15 to 30 minutes. The vapour causes severe irritation to the nose, fortunately forcing people to at once put on respirators. If not used; the victim may develop pneumonia in 24 hours. On the skin the vapour of Lewisite is less irritating than Mustard gas, Both Lewisite and Mustard gas in li­ quid form penetrate clothing, leather and wood. Clothing has to be boiled or steamed; leather steamed 6-8 hours and wood has to be dried in an oven or burned. If clothing or leath­ er goods can be thrown away, they should be buried and covered with chloride of lime, it over whenever the occasion came [ along. It sprawled along in an untidy, straggling way, lurching to. right or left as the frost decided in heaving from the earth in the spring-time. A half-hearted attempt was made to put it back into service by bracing and with two strands of barbed wire strung along, but this was definitely not a success, Then came the straight wire fence, and even here the rails came into ser­ vice as posts to hold the wire up and its centre strand of barbed wife, But time proved that even this simplified form of fencing lacked a great deal of being a success, We came to buy woven wire. How proud we were of that fence, and how diligently we scythed the weeds along the fence, and indignantly demanded that our neighbours do the same. This was modern progress. The rails were piled up behind the barn. Threshing day used some, but for the most part they came to the house in the form of cedar. Through the years the pile went down — and as it did we started casting about for another rail fence to be sacrificed. There was only one — and that a useless straggling creation that start­ ed in the clearing and petered out half way through the bush on the way to the river. This, too, was cleaned up — and in turn became kindling. Where do we go from here? The rails will soon be used up — the farm fenced with wire — and we have lost the knack of splitting rails. Any man can tell you that a cedar rail hasn’t' the qualities unless it has been weath­ ered for years on a fence — and so, perhaps, we are entering a. new era as the rails disappear and we look about for some new form of kindling. WARTIME—with th. Assists. »f I TTie Royal Navy's motor torpedo-boat;^ three 1,100 hp, Rolls Royce engines;, speed over 40 knots; guns mounted in' power-operated turrets, A vital new development in coastal defence. ENLIST?™* MONEY DEFENCE Help win the war by using every dollar, every cent that passes through your hands, constructively. Spend wisely, save all you can. Buy Dominion of Canada War Savings Certificates—on sale at all Branches of this Bank. Open a Savings Account and make regular deposits. Public savings provide the funds with which the Bank helps finance war and other industries and * the Government. Patriotic use of your money is made easy by the services and advice available from this Bank. THE DOMINION BANK ESTABLISHED 1871 WAR GAS PHIL OSIFER OF LAZY MEADOWS By Harry J. Boyle “CEDAR RAILS” If a man' wants a lesson in regard to the progress of the world, he should just think about cedar rails for a short while. Take, for instance, to- nght, when the occasion arose 'to get some kindling for the morning fire. It was quite easy to walk out into the backyard, pick up the bucksaw and a scrawny rail, and after a few seconds of pushing and pulling with the saw to achieve a block of cedar. With a slicing-like motion this block was reduced in turn to flat strips, and these yielded to the thin, taper-like strips that virtually guaran- tee a good fire. As an added assur­ ance they were piled on the oven door where the tangy fragrance of their drying wafted a clean odor ‘through­ out the kitchenr. . ■ What shall we ■ do for kindling when the cedar-rail has gone? Some­ how it appears that the cedar rail marks an era, and that as this day and age of ours, melts into a modern one, the cedar rail becomes a vanishing symbol. Pioneers there were who entered this land first and cleared the land and tilled it — and in due course of time they fenced it with the old-fash­ ioned ' snake-rail fence. Sprawling tlon> along as it did, the old rail fence took both like a liquid and as a vapouf. The use of chemicals in warfare has a present day review in the April Bul­ letin of the (Toronto) Academy of Medicine by Major Stanley Campbell, of the Royal Canadian Medical Corps, M.D. No. 2. These and particularly those called Vesicants were a German revival of barbarism although opposed to inter­ national law, and national agreement. The commonest one used was must­ ard gas which one is likely to be used again by the Germans if the wind is favourable. Mustard gas, is an oily yellow to a dark brown liquid, soluble in oil and spirits, neutralized by bleaching pow­ der and with great power of penetra- It smells like garlic and acts SUBMARINE CABLE WELL PROTECTED A typical submarine cable consists of five parts, according to the Canad­ ian National ■ Telegraphs who have cable service connections to all parts of the world. The central copper wire which carries the electric current is about l|5th of an inch in diameter. In the new Western Union-Anglo per­ malloy cable, the fastest which the in­ genuity of man has yet devised, the 'central core is wrapped with a thin, narrow tape of a. new magnetic alloy of nickel and iron called permalloy. This central portion is protected by an insulation of- gutta-percha. Cables laid, more than fifty years ago in depths of more than two miles have ,been recently lifted for repairs, and the gutta-percha found to be in per­ fect condition. Over this is applied a "serving” of several layers of tarred jute or yarn, and over this an armor of as many as 18 galvanized steel wires to protect the precious conduct­ or from damage by ships’ anchors and the many strains to which it is 'sub­ jected. The outside covering of a cable is a wrapping of tarred jute yarns. THE GOODRICH SAFETY SILVERTOWN MORE TIRE MILES FOR YOUR MONEY. No matter what your requirements may be, there is a GOODRICH tire to fit your needs . . . AND PRICED TO MEET YOUR BUDGET. COMMANDER STANDARD THE GOODRICH $ The Silvertown . Leader in passenger tire popularity, Goodrich Silvertowns FOR NO EXTRA COST offer you: 19.1% MORE MILEAGE . . . SEN- SATIONAL NON-SKID PERFORMANCE ... plus GOLDEN PLY BLOWOUT PRO­ TECTION. All these are exclusive Goodrich features. The Standard An outstanding tire buy . . . the Goodrich Standard carries a full year’s guarantee . . . Available in either four or six ply . . . the deeply grooved non-skid tread makes it second only to the Silvertown for performance. The Commander Here’s a tire bargain! This full size tire avail­ able in all popular sizes, at surprisingly low prices. It’s a lot of tire and a lot of mileage for the money. C. N. MERKLEY Complete Auto Service Modern Towing Equipment Phone 84 Wingham, Ontario it harbor­ snakes time it Farm- unused SALLY'S SALLIES I Speech may be free but It's rntlior expensive if you «K' ‘'Yes" • -i- - too often up a great deal of room — ed weeds and. stone piles and berry bushes — and in was considered out of fashion, ers with fields and fields of land would get all excited about the waste taken up by the rail fence and then they would build a straight rail fence. It took' a great deal of labor to achieve, but the results.were consid­ ered worth it. , The rails left over in.the process of building a new fence were piled up and buzzed for kindling. Others were used for piling over the straw stack to keep the wind from taking the top off it. The rails were certainly handy, but nobody thought of going back to the bush and cutting a cedar tree down and, in time, splitting some new rails — they were out of fashion. The straight rail fence was doom­ ed. It' fell into disrepair and the cat­ tle had an -irritating habit of pushing The liquid effect: 1. In the eyes there is an immediate irritation producing ulceration of the mucous membrane, oedema of the lids and closing of the eyes in about an hour. 2. On the skin there is no immedi­ ate effect but a little erythema which develops in about two hours and in from 12 to 24 hours' by a blister.’ En­ ough of the liquid to stick to the point of a pin is sufficient to cause a blister half an inch in diameter surrounded with tion This gree heal. spray from an invisible cloud, when the wind is not too high, from a height of 10 to 15 thousand feet. The vapour effect: 1. In the eyes there is irritation and inflammation, with swelling and tem­ SUMMER FEEDING TIPS FOR MILKING HERDS Ont. Feed Board tells how milk pro­ duction can be kept at fairly high level. T intense oedema and inflamma- to a total width of 1% inches, blister will become a third de­ burn, taking several weeks to The liquid may be used as a The feeding and management of the milking herd during the summer is just as important as during the win­ ter, points out the Ontario Feed Board’ of the Ont. Dept, of Agricul­ ture. Supplies and kinds of feed are fairly constant during the winter but pasturage during the summer varies from immature grass to ripened hay. No hard and fast rules can be given for summer feeding but by, directing attention to certain details milk' pro­ duction can be kept at a.fairly high level throughout the season. 1. Rotation grazing of pastures on well fertilized land lengthens the pas- ^WHITE • WHITE ♦ WHITE • WHITE • WHITE • WHITE ♦ WHITE • WHITE • WHITE* I THE ture season and ensures a greater quantity of young growing grass throughout the season. 2. Use of silage, emergency pasture crops, aftermath or green crops to supplement the regular pasture, par­ ticularly during the latter part of the summer. 3. Feeding meal mixtures according to yield of milk and kind of pasture. Young growing grass provides suffic­ ient protein and a meal mixture made up of home grown grains will be sat­ isfactory. When the grass matures the protein content of the meal mixture should be increased to approximately 16%. Cows on good pasture should produce from 20 to 30 lbs. ,of milk per day without meal. Feed approximate­ ly one pound of meal for each three pounds of milk produced above this amount. 4. Provide water, salt, mineral mix­ ture, shade and protection against flies. damage to the plants. There are two generations of carrot rust flies every year, the first one in late May and early June, the second one appearing in late August and early September. By delaying planting until the middle of June, injury fiom the first genera­ tion will be avoided because by that time the flies have mostly disappeared. When carrots are planted early for j en pails or granitewear containers the summer market, the rust fly can should be used. Corrosive sublimate is be controlled by watering the seed-' a deadly poison and therefore should lings twice with corrosive sublimate, be handled very carefully. Carrots used in'the strength of one ounce to ' should be harvested as early as pos- 10 gallons of water. The first appli- sible to escape damage from the mag­ cation should be made during the first gots of the second generation which week of June, and the second a week appear in late August. later, pouring the solution over the plants. Care should be taken to wet the plants thoroughly, as well as two or three inches of the soil around the seedlings. The corrosive sublimate should nfever be mixed or used in metal vessels as the sublimate quickly I eats away the container and in so do- ' ing loses much of its strength. Wood- j en pails or granitewear containers i nnnrw~brr'ji I jflj] J JLscJ JOF ALL EHAMELS i ■4 WHITE • WHITE ♦ WHITE • WHITE * WHITE • WHITE™ WHITE -4 m THE WEED OF THE WEEK »wij' 1 PAINTS ENAMEv • “Dulux” Super White Enamel is absolutely the whitest enamel you have ever seen! Moreover “Dulux” keeps its brilliant whiteness, does not yellow like ordi­ nary enamels. Easy to apply. Washes as easily as a porcelain plate. Your own electric refrigerator is most • likely finished with “Dulux” Super White Enamel. You ' can have this same finish anywhere in your home. Ask your C-I-L Dealer about “Dulux” Super White Enamel. For f VERY PURPOSE in the Home... You can get C-I-L Paints, Enamels, Varnishes to meet every painting need. See your C-I-L Dealer. He will be glad to help you with your painting problems. GET THE FINISH EXACTLY RIGHT FOR YOUR PURPOSE Special For Limited Time — % Pint of Enamel Free with each Purchase of C. L L. Paint or Enamel. MACH AM BROS. - Wingham VEAASW ROCKET A weed may be observed in flower at this particular time of. the year which resembles Wild Mustard and is often mistaken for it, says John D. MacLeod, Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch, Ont. Dept, of Agriculture, Toronto. This is Yellow Rocket, a perennial weed which appears in new parts of the Province each year and which is apparently on the increase. It is usually found in low, damp parts of the fields. Upon close examination Yellow Rocket will be found to resemble Mustard only in the colour of the flower. It may be easily distinguished from this weed by its dark green, smooth and shiny leaves, somewhat oval in outline. It is usually in flow­ er from May to July, and matures seed during July and August. CARROT RUST FLY METHODS OF CONTROL SCORE—TWENTY NAZI PLANES Carrot Rust flies emerge from the ground ill spring and lay their eggs upon or in the soil immediately sur­ rounding the carrot seedlings. The maggots, when they hatch, kill many of the small carrots or burrow into the roots of the larger ones. Tunnels are formed in the roots, causing much Waging practically a one-man per­ sonal war against the German air force in Belgium and France,, this young New Zealander, Royal Air Force Pilot Edgar (Cobber) Kain has brought down no less than 20 Nazi planes to date’. Single-handed, Pilot Kain recently tackled a group of Heinkel bombers over France. He shot down two and was ready to call it a day until attacked <by six Messer* schmidts. Then he bagged two of the Messerschmidts and high-tailed it lot1 home. He is shown loading tip his ammunition, belts liefe. Incidentally, ‘'Cobber0 is New Zealand slang for "pal?