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The Brussels Post, 1961-01-19, Page 3enough, and the ground is still frozen, If 1 don't do it one day, I do it another-it doesn't matter, Then, usually when somebody is around to help me, I fit the big circular saw in the tractor, and we cut the sticks into stove and fireplace length, Some of it I split, some I don't, This year the job idled along until late- I had some in the shed but more outside, and it wasn't until the day after Thanksgiving I tossed in the last stick and fastened the window. I had several bigger pieces, yellow birch, that I left easy to get, thinking those would make our Christmas fireplace blaze, All during this year-long ef- fort, it pleases me to .remember that I, once had to do this in all seriousness. By Thanksgiving, we had already burned more wood than I had, -this year, put in. Now, it's exercise, and fune and an expression of doubt to- ward the electric people. But this particular morning, with the clock stopped at 1:30, and the thermometer on the porch showing a reluctant five degrees, the idea of a woodshed full of wood appealed to me. I pulled on some boots and went to work. First, I laid up a wonderful blaze in the fireplace. I pulled .the wire screen far back, tossed some "kero-dust" in, and racked up an armful of kindling. Kero- dust, incidentally, .Ls a modern woodsman's trick-you take a bottle of sawdust and pour some kerosene into it, Screw on the cover, and save for starting fires. A spoonftil of kero-dust will touch off even green wood if you lay the, fire right. Then I put on some whopping great logs, and struck a match, Next, I opened the damper's on the kitchen range, which sits teamed up with our bottled-gas stove, and loaded it; The gas stove, of course, will work even when power is off, but it won't heat a house. I was after heat. So I got that going, and present- ly it was jumping up and down, In the living room the fireplace was rattling away. It made me feel good. The effort was paying off. They can't stop me! Except that, just as' the house got, warm ,again, the crew repaired the. wires, and the fur- nace down cellar came on as advertised.-By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor, Q. How can I remove some bluing stains from white mate- rial? A. Soak in water to which you've added 1/2 -teaspoon of neutral detergent and. about an ounce of household amnionia, Then launder. If any of the stain remains, the next step is bleach- ing. For rayon, cotton or acetate, use a solution of chlorine bleach. For silk or wool, use hydrogen peroxide. 'MYSC11001 LESSON Barelay. Warren ILA., KB, "Can This He the Christ?" oitit 4: 2140, 3942 Memory Selection: They said unto the wonlatt, Now We be- liev e, not because of thy safitlig: for we have• heard itim our- selves, and know that this is Indeed the Christ, the. Saviour of the world, 4:43. We have an unusual scene; a Jewish rabbi talking with a Samaritan woman. The Jews had, no dealings with the Samaritans, Furthermore, it was contrary to custom for a rabbi to talk with a woman. Indeed, it was consid- ered improper for a rabbi to greet is own wife in a public place, One of the forms of thanksgiving current among the Jews was, "Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who hest not made me a woman," Jesus asked the woman to give him a drink, Then he told her of the living water which he could give her which would be in her a well of water springing 'up into everlasting life. She wanted such water, Then deli- cately, he pointed out to her one of the great sins of her life. She had had five husbands and was now living with another man, Today in the account of the mar- riage of one of, the Hollywood stars, one usually sees a state- ment such as this, "This was her third marriage and his fourth." Yet these are the entertainers of our youth, In most instances when a picture is produced on some Bible theme, the emphasis on sex is prominent, as in Ba- thsheba and Delilah. If there is nothing of that nature to exploit, something is imagined as in part of The Ten Commandments. What is the reasons for so much changing of mates in Hollywood? Too much money? Or dela the playin of the Sensual stimulate the desire to make it real? Whatever the cause, the effects on the children are devastating. The Samaritan woman tried to turn from the embarrassing sub. ject. She referred to their dif- ferent place of worship; just as EGG PROQUCTION LINE -- Eggs moving along a conveyor belt typify a new production system at Cargill-Nutrena research farm. Automatic equipment ventilates, feeds, wafers, nests, lights and gathers eggs, Slanted floors in nests allow eggs to roll into plastic carriers for trip to gathering room. Misses run less than 2 per cent in the new system as against a normal 8-10 per cent loss. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking OBMGI UMW WOD MOW UNUO UOD MOOD MUOUBUCt ODWOMM IMMO BODWEI OMMOE BO OD 0€7 HMO MUM MUM OWD OMB MUM DEI HELM WOOMO MOO EIDUMMO cummonn num WU° MUM OEM UOM ©©DM MEM many .today bring up denomina- tionalism. But Jesus led her Pro, the truth. that He was the Mes- siah, She was convinced and„, leaving her waterpot behind,, went into the city and said tr) the people, "Come, see a many: which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" Many Wilma ext. Jesus that day". We must know from 1)0110.11g experienee that Jesus i.s the Christ, the Saviour of the 'world. Foam Mattresses For 'His Cows! This was a wonderful Christ- mas for the Friesian cows be- longing to Major Antlionyl3rarn, ley, of Oosford House, Kidding. ton, Oxfordshire. Believing that comfortable cows give the most milk, the major has installed plastic foam. mattresses on which his animals can laze in luxury! It was when Major 13ramley had difficulty in getting long straw suitable for use in bed- ding down his pedigree milkers* that he looked around for an al- ternative, Foam mattresses covered with plastic sheeting was his answer, These are tough, bard-wearing and very popular with cows, which have lost the urge to wan- der around their pens, Instead, they just nestle hygie- nically and cosily on their foam rubber, grow fatter and fatter, and produce more milk than every before. Laundering is now a simple affair - the mattresses just require a rub down with at damp cloth. It's claimed that this solutiont to the bedding problem may mean an end to the knee-trouble that results from cattle sleep- ing on concrete. A company has been formed to market the cosy-cots-for- cows, so it may not be long bee fore Britain becomes a paradise for sleepy cattle. Netting iS more disillusionin$ [ fo the "-e.aMt-yourselfer than ti now find out, via, the Nati...514 fietall Lumber Association, that the two-by-four's actual men:• urement is one and. five-eighths ' by three and one-half inches. In a special interview at AFBF headquarters in Chicago a few days before that meeting, Dr. Kenneth Hood, Director AFBF Commodity Division explained how the association could help: "One man , perhaps cannot sell his apples to good advantage. Fifteen of them together can probably get a good price. AAMA will work first in areas where contract is the usual way of selling, and where • farmers have no way of management. "Right now our effort is to get state affiliates organized where there are processing activities,' so farmers can sit down with canners and work out agree- ments." „ A "realistic" price does not necessarily mean .the highest price, ferniers have learned, 12,- cause prices pegged too high me, encourage farmers to produce too much, or force buyers to seek substitutes it was pointed out by Harold Hartley, Assistant CoMmodity Director.- Either de- velopment causes farmers to lose markets. ' Nor is price the only consideration involved In bar- gaining. Contracts usually set standards of quality, too, which are of direct benefit to consum- ers. * 4, `,`Increasingly," said Dr. Hood, "large-scale buyers contract for volume with minute specifica- tions, They contract with indi- vidual farmers, organizations, and cooperatives; and they speci- fy certain breeds, and certain production and marketing prac- tices; Buyers are reaching back into the area of production not only with a package of know- how but actually, in some cases, has happened in the broiler in- dustry, an outstanding example of vertical integration. "It takes a lot' of farmers working in unison to take advan- tage of this kind of market," And the Farm Bureau believes that the voice speaking for "far- mers working in unison" should be a voice from the farmers' own organizations; not from labor unions, which in some cases doing some of the financing, as have undertaken to try to repre- sent farmers, * Fruits and vegetables for pro- cessing are practically all pro- duced on contract, Dr. Hood pointed out, and in the case of vegetables, some contracts are drawn up b e f ore planting. Among other commodities tradi- tionally sold- on contract are milk, certified Seed, hatching eggs, * „ * AAMA will at first give special ethphaSis to three "target" coin- n-lodities: apples, asparagus, and tomatoes. The program includes "organizing growers in such a way that their associations con- trol enough tonnage of each com- modity to be effective in their bargaining activities." Mr. Tyler explained at Denver. This would, of course, require participation of a high percent- age of producers in a given com- modity. A heavy measine of responsi. bility accompanies such control, Mr Tyler stressed when address- ing American Farm Bureau dele- gates at Denver, Making The SUn Go To Work •••• *X 42. Russians launch 54on space ark"; fail to return it to earth, Police and demonstrators clash in Brussels during prolonged strikes against government, tiljet,V.,.10-- r olnolunists seize control of toot government; they rq driven from capital by pro•West forces; U.S. 0090 Russia ships arms to rebels. DEC 14 Imperial guards attempt to overthrow r ie egim e voofl s9ipi eu t5de IX; DEC. 17 DEC. 12 17-inch snow cripples New York and. Nast Copt, DEC•16 Two airliners collide OY NSW Yuor,ks,. kaiiirlindeisal erin. Worst DEC. 19 75-million.dollar fire guts 'Kraft carrier Constellation in Brooklyn, claiming lives, of 50 workmen, Ike and Kennedysonfer administration changeover. eell'Ir:1;•;a:eIIeereelee!eee, ..,1••••••••••••••.... Bit FARM FRONT Jahn 52 killed as U,S. Air farce, plane ;rushes Into streetcar In Munich. DEC 21 U.S. tanker Pine Ridge breaks in twb off Cape Hatteras; Hoy helicopters rescue 28 men, DEC 2 4-Premier Lumumba of Congo captured, imprisoned, France explodes third otorn bomb In Sahara. DEC 9 C 27 De Gaulle's visit to Algeria Welles off French. Arab rioting; over 100 killed. r ISSUE 3 - 1961 mofilaesseacwoialydo fhnarsnal cuest a wt 00nd eai gl 00, y6,. ernmental go-ahead of $1 million. When completed in 1902, it will be the world's most powerful, capable of temperatures up to 6,30Q degrees. F. While many methods are used to fuse, metals at high tempera- tures, a solar furnace has several advantages. Most importantly, it can produce purer metal alloys than an ordinary furnace, which are necessary in making minute parts of electronic equipment. Moreover, the heat Is instantan- eous, saving both metal and time by cutting down on vaporization and speeding up heating. As Prof. Marc Foex, tile shy assistant director of the Mont Louis laboratories, explained: "We should be able to make large crystals of refractory products like corundum e for instance, that could have important uses in watchmaking, in electrical con- ductors, and rocketry. Thus the research center will serve as a sort of pilot factory for private industries that might want to es- tablish solar furnaces." There are five furnaces func- tioning at the Mont Louis solar- energy laboratories. But the real' Showpiece is a huge parabolic mirror (37 feet wide, 34 feet high) with 3,500 component mir- rors. It uses the method known for centuries to schoolboys who burned holes in paper with a magnifying glass`. An orientatOr made of 500 flat mirrors folloWS the sun across the sky and dumps the sunlight Into the giant para- bolic mirror. This, mirror focuses the rays at a simple metal box, a yd, long and 2 ft, high, and into a focal,, point about 4 inches in diameter. With a whitish puff of smoke and a sizzling sound, met- als fuse in the box. Foex summed up: "Our ex- periments in the field of metal- lurgy - with pure iron and chrome, for instance- allow us to hope that we are finding a way to produce alloys of a type that would not be obtained from any other system." From NEWSWEEK Woocishecl.'s ,Opoct When Polyp!. Fails Upon arising, in tlw gray light of a certain a.m., I discovered upon moving out of the bedroom that a brisk chill pervaded the upper hallway and struck to the marrow, investigation in the kit chen showed that the electric clock had stopped at 1.30. The automatic ,facilities in the base, anent, manufacturing warmth as advertised, seemed to be still for 'the nonce, and when I picked up the telephone hoping to inform our utility man of a hiatus, I beard only a loud and prolonged silence, The power had failed, and it is pretty much the one thing that eon happen out here which leaves us helpless. Later on I learned that a couple of young blades, cavorting in their automobile, ' had mischanced in the direction of a pole, and had brought down in a tangle the expensive capital- ization of the power and eom mueication industry. Even as I stood in the kitchen and shook, the repairmen were assembling- but I didn't know that, Now we don't put all our eggs In one basket,, and we can make out if a' thing like this happens. still have a way to get water In a pail, and I still have ways to heat the house. The living-room fireplace and wood-burning kit- chen range are available, and I left a thimble so I can move a cast-iron stove in from the shed if needed, I also maintain a wood- pile in the shed. The woodpile isn't as big as it was back along, naturally. I used to spend a good bit of time in the woods in winter, with a one-man crosscut saw, and con- trived to keep at least four or five cords of wood ahead of cur- rent needs. There was a time schedule on it, because wood Is no good until it is dry. Easter used to be an important date, fOr the prudent householder would have his wood in the dooryard by that time, give or take, and there was a kind of pride went with exhibiting it. Some years back one of our extension service experts did a little bulletin on the etiquette of home grounds, and seemed to find fault with ,the 'Maine. cus- tom of piling cordwood on the. front lawn. He felt this was less than neat, and that, such exhibi- tionism hurt the appearance of the homestead, This is bosh, for the prominence of a woodpile is inherent in our ways,. A woode pile on the front lawn was a badge of industry and foresight, and you didn't need to worry about anybody insured that way. When you hid a woodpile, every- body wondered what you were burning. The better citizens kept ahead of the-fuel requirements, and there was no reason to be mum about it, A woodpile, to us, is a beautiful' thing, Or was, back when wood was needed. Nowadays I don't cut so much, But I do like to get up in the woods for the woods' sake, and putter around for what that is worth. Instead of whaling into an ancient beech that will run to maybe two cords of wood, be- cause I need the wood, I select smaller trees in a thinning pro- gram, and sometimes just clean up doWn limbs, I take my lunch, as I used to, and eat by the spring with the dog waiting his turn, but some days all I do, is lop branches off pines and brush out places, There is no longer a necessity, except to keep some wood on hand for the ornamen- tal purposes of the friendly firee- place hearth, and to be ready if the power fails. By the time I've got a cord or two piled up, win- ter is gone. Along in March, sometimes later, I tractor the wood to the house, The snow has settled CROSSWORD PUZZLE 6. Breathe through the pores 4, Seaweed 7. Token of affection 3. Park in the 26, Labor ... breath 27, On the sheltered side 29. General debility 82, Garments 34. Of the dawn 37.t'ipster 39. Dark problem 42, Nasty 44. More, certain 41. Russian emperor 48. Resounded 49. Scrutinizes 50. Lurnhermarfs boot 61. Since 52. Fourth caliph 48. Silkworm 69 'Work units ACROSS 56. Untispiritted Rockies 67. Pass between 9. Execute mountains IS. Adoring wonder 11. Marry 17. Leather flask 1. Edges 19. Hawser 2. Egypt. tun 22. Establish disk by law IL Grants 24. Coth of (ran 4. Fish baskets: 26. Canvas (var.) shelter Before you buy fresh produce or other food at the store, of your choice, it must first 'be grown, some of it must be proc- essed, and practically all of it must be marketed at the whole- sale le„vel. The marketing of farm prod- ucts has :become a focal point in current efforts to encourage farmers to stay in business by insuring proper prices for what' they produce. One nationwide coordinated program to help farmers with their marketing problems has recently been launched by the American,Farm Bureau Federation-in a project they have named the American Agricultural Marketing Associa- tion, incorporated last February. This, of course, is only one of. many bargaining groups .already functioning with varying degrees of effectiveness; but the long ex- perience of the Farm Bureau in helping more. than a million and a half AFBF farm families solve their own problems inevitably focuses special hope and. atten- tion on this new affiliate. In recent years, most farmers have faced critical problems be- cause all' the farm equipment and supplies they buy have kept going up in price, while the prices farmers receive for their products have not kept pace, This cost-price squeeze has been a dominant factor causing- the exodus of farmers away from the land and into other ways of making, a living. * e * Aside from the personal dis- locations involved, economists" generally believe this has been a wholesome movement because -with the advent of mechanism on the farm, and the progress made by chemistry and tech- nology in giving ,farmers modern means to increase yields and expedite their chores - all the food and fiber needed by the United States can be produced now by comparatively few farm- ers, But there is a point, of course, ' beyond which the American farm community, in the interests of national survival, could not be allowed to' dwindle. (It's re- ported to be down to around,12 per cent of the population now.) There is also strong sentiment among manyeArnericans for find-' ing ways to make it possible for "small" farmers to continue farming in spite of competition from biggeroperators. * * American Farm. Bureau Fed- eration believes that its AAMA may hold the answers for at least some of the farmers, for some of their most grieVous problems, writes Helen Henley in the Christian Science Monitor, T h e American Agriculture Marketing Association, made -up of local state cooperatives affili- ated with the Farm Bureau, offers farmers marketing assist- ance at the local level, but- tressed by experience and con- tacts built up through the na- tional association. It is intended to give farmers a bargaining power that in general they now lack, The bargaining between producers and buyers is hot oil a national basis, however, unless the affiliates, so choose. * In some commodities, such as tomatoes, for instance, farmers might sometimes work at the national level,. SO tigtionai pro- Cessors cannot use one area against another. At the local 'Weekly Markets arid auctions which traditionally bring pro- ditto' and buyer together for Many eotnreo di ties,. individual farmers often find themselves at ti disativantege, although this method of finding rn,tkets is ex- pected to ,continue Many products, 1. Frame for holding articles 6. Shove 9. Animal's foot DOWN 12. Brain passage Goddess or discord id Lamb's mother IS. Ancient Asiatic 1,8. Repaired 18. Smiling 11 3 10 8 7 5 9 4 I 2. *X% yf +:$ 12 13 14 lb 17 13 stinis Ego 1 zi 22. Fun 86, Southern State (Obi' Att. Barrier id ti Romrin drabs: Se. Great take 21, AtinPit . 33, IExpunge. 11111111111 race 118. Clan 28, County. in S. W. Tetai- , Artily officer 7tib,)' 41 Go'urd's 48 Fr 600010 heroine St. Sitter o f Cries parent 47, Be ortinnerfl 20. 'Blindly.. devoted 111. Cart ter hastvy 1460" 'St "afire of, lif' sartiminde ostittot 13 20 19. • 21 22. 13 24 25 26 27 30 28 .31 35 32. 33 34 :et High in the Pyrenees, in an elleient fortified town whose walls, turrets, and meats were built during the time of Louis XIV; French Scientists have been finding ways to make the Spat do their bidding. There, at the sunniest spot in France, a proto. type solar 'furnace capable of temperatures of 5,400' degrees Pattrenheit has been ,functioning for the past decade. Construction 35 36 37 39 41 44 43 45 47 46' 4E4 53 •em• vex. ten ,441.F A.HUNtING THEY WEN7 - three heads of Ste te enley their hunting' but adopt different cos, fumes to pursue the sport. Left, tritith Prime Minister Harold' Macmillan is his usudi dapper self Os he walks through' the WadiCis of baubleis, eciuipped with "oats' end ing stick. Center, President Tile hiss a booted, rough ,dh&tedidy look In the KaradjardieviS hunting preserve in Yugoslavia, Right, hard ,hatted President quick.marthes With' Shouldered gun on a expedition near Albany, Gtr:, (;‹17 52 50 51 AnsUtitc. elst•wti un this osge $4 57 Otto rn