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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-03-07, Page 18Page 2—Crossroads—March 7, 1974— CHESS Dads set moving example By JOSEPH MILL BROWN Friedrich Nietzsche, whose philosophical cynicisms spilled over like soup from a one-armed waiter, was inter- ested In the relationship be- tween fathers and sons. They were, he felt, more consider- ate of each other than mothers and daughters. No one knows if that obser- vation was made around a chess table. Yet, almost every grandmaster is reputed to have been taught the moves by his father while chewing on a teething ring. Ex -champion Jose Cape- Bianca was four when he first saw his father play chess with a friend. The next day they played again, and the younger Capablanca accused the older of cheating. Years later he was to insist his father never taught him a thing about chess —. due probably to the whack across the mouth he might have gotten for calling the old man a brook. Sammy Reshevsky was also four when he learned the moves from his father. Resh- evsky the prodigy grew up to be Reshevsky the family man, but no one knows if he ever imparted even an interest in chess to his progeny. Some years ago a mild shack rolled through the chess world When a news photogra- pher . was allowed into' the Reshevsky home; ostensibly for a glimpse of hurt hovering over a chess board. The whole business went to pot when it was discovered that one of the world's greatest players didn't own a chess set. , Not long ago Soviet°journal= ists gleefully labeled one tournament, which contained A, sprinkling of 'Younger play- ers, a • contest between "fa- thers and sons." A ,similar evolution is becoming . visible in American chess. (The win below by young .Chicagoan An.Karkling over veter- u TODAY'S HEALTH an grandmaster Larry Evans is a neat exal iple. ) Few successful chess fa- thers a-thers produce successful ches,,sons.-, Perhaps, after tasting the "rewards" of the game, they'd rather have their children in; more re- spected and lucrative occupa- tions, like collecting garbage or selling mustard plaster. Considering the competi- tiveness of the hard, cruel world (especially for the boy of .the family), a chess fa- ther's reluctance would not be surprising. However, as worn - en are the less aggressive sex, it may be different among chess piothers, like world champion Nona Gtaptindash- vin.' (Although I'm not sure sensitive young men would' "want to excel at, say, karate, just because their mothers are great at it.) Many women though do in- spire successful husbands. The fabulous Alexander Alek- hine was married four times. Three of his wives were at least 25 years older than he, which may say something for the beneficence of the maternal instinct. But the uniqueness of the father is a recurrent theme in the genetics of chess. The his- toric achievements of the eighteenth century French- man, . Francois Philidor, are not surprising if you know that, when he was born, his father was already 79 /years old. Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world champion, was a mi- sogynist, but adored his Par- ents. He was also the -youngest of 13 children, and credited a Do-it-yourself hotel opens ill Munich. A Penta hotel has opened in Munich where there are no chamber .maids, no room service and no boy to help you with your baggage — the Ma- chine has replaced hotel staff. Eachbedroom has a vendor to supply whisky, cola, bread rolls, Distant coffee, even the bid for the- night's stay ' is automatically provided. Es- pecially aimed at the guest in a hurry on a limited budget, the hotel employs only one staff member for every three rooms. n Apple a Day... byDavid Woe ;ds You've heard it said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. With Waring .food prices and since the, advent of medicare -- it probably makes more; -sense to get a doctor. If you can find one. • There was a .time when family doctors made house calls. Today, the house call is practically non- existent, though the reasons for its dense ' are considered quite 'com- pelling. Medical science, the argu- ment goes, has become so sophisti- cated and complex that it can no longer be carried around in a little black bag., Some people take issue with that view. The retiring president of the College of Family Physicians, Dr. Claude • Murphy, told the annual , meeting of that organization in Quebec City last September that the house call is not outdated. He referred to a study of the' medical . profession in Ontario, which found that. 40 per cent of patients sur- veyed reported that their own doc- tors were unwilling to make house calls. He said family doctors can't claim to be providing Continuing care if they won't visit the homes of at least the aged, the incapacitated, or the young mother with several children. And so the seesaw of opinions teeters this way, then that, but the odds are still against your getting a GP to visit you at home when you need him. So, where does that leave you if something happens in, your home that requires immediate medical attention? Most People go to the emergency department of their local hospital. If it really is an emer- gency, then you're in the right place and whatever is wrong will be han- dled quickly. If it isn't, you're probably adding.to the problems of an already overburdened depart- ment and may be in for a long wait. You should be seeing your family doctor. But today's family doctor. works an average of 56 hours a, week. And he's as entitled as the next person to have some time off with his family, to relax, pursue his hobbies, or whatever. - Obviously, we' can't expect him to answer his phone 24 hours a day every day: What 'we can do is to find out from him how he arranges that his patients are covered at all times. • If he's a member of a group practice, there shouldn't be a prob- lem. If he's in practice on his own, he should make some arrangement for coverage by a colleague When he's away. But it's up to you to find out, in advance, what his services are. Try to find a general practitioner as soon as you move to a new loca- tion. If you have no referral from your previous family physician, a good way of finding a new one is to contact the Academy of Medicine, where there is one, or the hospital switchboard in the community you have moved to. The local Chapter of the College of Family Physicians of Canada is another good initial. reference point. Once you'be found your new family physician, get to know him, and let him know what he needs to know about you and your family. Respect the fact that he's a very busy man, but don't hesitate to call on him either, when you really need him. Give your family physician a chance to do what he's supposed to do provide personal, continuing and comprehensive care — and the hospital emergency departments what they're meant to do — look after emergencies. David Woods is a former editor of Canadian Family Physician maga- zine. late has served on the edical maga- stall of four medical pubh ations, and written for several others in Canada and internationally. ICrossroads1 Published every 'Wednesday as the big, action cross-country section in The Listowel Banner, The Wingham Advance -Times and The Mount Forest Confederate. Wenger Bros. Limited, publishers, Box 390, Wingham. ,Barry Wenger, Pres. Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. Dick Eskerod, Editor. Display and Classified ad deadline -- Tuesday, week prior to publication date. REPRESENTATIVES Canadian Community Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, Newspaper Assoc., esrite 51, 127 George St., f7 St., West, Oakville 884-0184 .to 962-4000 his father's achievement for his own chef genius. Finely there was the famed 16th century bhes!splayg clerX+ , Buy Lopez, who, though not bound by bled, was "father confessor" to Philip 11 of Spain. Hia paternal advice may not be saintly, but is abnoot touching in its thoughtfulness --- if your son happens to be a burglar or a con man. "In night games, place the candle at the opponent's right side. And in day games," was his counsel to chessplayers on the make, "be sure to sit so that the sun shines in your op- ponent's eyes." U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP El Paso, Texas -•- 1973 SICILIAN DEFENSE drew Karkllns Chicago, Illinois ,Larry Evans . Reno, Nevada 1. P -K4 2. N-KB3 3. N -B3 4. P -Q4 5. NxP 6.8-Q3 7.0-0 8. NxN 9. Q -K2 10. P-QR4 11. N -Q5 12. B -Q115 13. P.QB3 14. R -R3 15. RxP 16, RxB 17. BxNch 18. PxPch 19.PxR 20. B -Q2 21. Q -N5 22. R-81 23. Q -N7 24.QxQ 25. P -B7 26. BxP 27, R -B4 P-QB4 P P-K3 PxP P-QN4 B -N2 N R ; 3 P -Q3 P -N5 P-QR4 R -B1 PxP N -K2 PxN. NxR RxB BrK2. Q-0 B -B3 Q -R1 R -B1 845 RxQ R -B1 K -Bl Resigns March is Good Seed Month Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan has announced that March will be Good Seed Month. "We promote a Good. Seed Month each year to make Canadian farmers more aware of the many advantages of using Certified seed,"' Mr. Whelan says. Certified seed is the class of pedigreed seedused for commer-_ cial crop production. It is grown and tested under exacting condi- tions to guarantee purity of vari- ety,—germination and quality. When buying pedigreed seed, a farmer is sure of getting depend- able seed of a variety he wants, Mr. Whelan says, "Farmers should carefully study the merits of using pedi- greed seed. It pays off in the long run by giving increased yields, improved quality, and better.dis- ease resistance." The result is a bigger profit margin for the farmer who uses it. Canadian seed is known inter- nationally and is respected for its high quality. Canada participates in the Or- ganization for Economic Co-op- eration and Development (OE- CD) seed scheme, which provides a major part of our export seed business. "Last year, Canada planted 39.799 acres of seed under the scheme. If .,farmers in other countries find our Canadian seed so valuable, it stands to reason that Canadian, farmers should use it for their own crops." Mr. Whelan says. DOGGY YARN' Mrs. Joyce Dainty of Haw- sted Green near Bury St. Ed- munds, England, is planning to have a suit made from the hair of her St. Bernardi dog Sheba, who "... molts twice a year and I have been collect- ing her hair for five years." Storing BY JIM ZARYSKI Fourth of l>K $ Part Seri: The crop coming out of stole can be no better than that going in. Quality forage begins in the field and the objective of harvest and storage is to retain the crop at the high nutrient levels of the- growing hegrowing plant. The method of harvest to, 'u large extent determines the store age to be used, so we must talk of harvest -storage systems. Tradi- tionally ract%tionally Ontario forages have been harvested as baled hay, wit, ted silage, or direct -cut silage. There are some variations, such as loose, chopped, or stacked hay, but these are not as, popular as they have been in Years gone by. Similarly, barns and silos are of a wide variety of sizes and types. Baling hay is an easy system to develop. It produces a dry crop subject to no surface spoilage. Bales can be stored in most exist - hard to him at a the curing crop in the field* at the mercy etthe *oath- er. It mat hit eet4d when the crop is right, but also when the weathr right. The weather and eroprarelly communicate, so the hay tomer is caught ►, the wee**. !# third problem la 1a trienf loos with raking and . Hundreds of pounds of leav+tl* plc acre 'ere shattered from the plant. This Iva alone, ameentinil in some cases to a POtriiK1t value lir Gere of over $50I nab* the bating system ilmpraetieal on much of today's high,prieed land. The wilted silage system has partially resolved the dilemma for some. Thereis less labour and a shorter time in field curing re- duces the threat of weather. But again all is not perfect. An oxygen -limiting silo is an ex- pensive investment. An open -top silo presents a heating threat as air getting down into the material permits oxidation. Also, it is dif- ficult to get the precise moisture content required for harvesting wilted silage. If the haylage is too dry it will not pack and heating will again result. An additional difficulty with wilted silage is its strong offensive odour. Heating is a two -fold problem as it affects feed quality. Some energy is lost in the burning or oxidation process. Also protein is tied up in the reaction, diminish- ing the quality of the feed further. If an open top silo of wilted silage is not being used_ immediately it should bet covered, perhaps with plastic. This will prevent surface spoilage and equally important, will block the passage of air into the ensiled mass, acting as a blanket on a fire to prevent heat- ing. JIM ZARYSKI ing structures. The machinery needed can be acquired gradual- ly and at less than outrageous prices. Agricultural Tidbits With Adrian Vos If land for growing food is used up by non-farm uses at the rate if is now, we will have no agricul- tural land left in another 40 years. This however doesn't seem of much concern to many in our so- ciety. The mayor of Sarnia, for instance, seems to find it more important to have a broader as- sessment base for his city. He shoots off telegrams to govern- ments to build more four -lane highways or a Sarnia pipeline so. his city can attract more in- dustry, This in turn will necessi- tate more residential develop- ment and so spiral on to attract more industry to keep the people employed..It then follows that more. highways will be needed and to blazes withfood produc- tion.,If we have to import food at a higher cost, so what, the mayor will be famous for having created a super city. Another 'sample of short-sight- edness is the use of sewage lagoons in or near our small towns. Grand Bend needed 80 acres for a lagoon. Later it will turn out not to be big enough and ' a treatment plant will be needed anyway. We see this in Petrolia, where they'have dug holes in our food producing base and now they find out that a treatment plant is necessary. The same is happening in. Exeter I'm told. Town fathers who' are contem- plating .aa sewage system = will do, it well to see if it's 'Worth it to take food-producin land and still have to start a plant in a few years. Lagoons help to increase food prices in an infinitesimal way and in the long run waste taxpayers' money. Hydro -transmission lines are another example. Why not run them over the poorest land and through swamps? Sure, the initial cost will be higher, but the long run cost can't be measured. If we are to export electricity to the U.S., why not build the power plants close to the border so food -producing land is least dis- turbed? Planning reports are 95 per cent devoted to urban planning. As an afterthought a page is used for farm pInning.'And this when food prices are increasing at a fearful rate. It sure baffles me. Vitamin E may fight air pollutants A researcher from the Duke University .Medican Center 'claims he has evidence that vitamin E may eventually serve as a protection against air pollution. Dr. Daniel B. Menzel says that a diet rich in vitamin E, can help pretect the lungs from the effects of air . con- taininarits and could be a step toward ',prevention, ofemphy- sena and other cronic lung diseases associated with- air pollution. • - FEDERAL AGRICULTURE MINISTER Eugene Whelan took time out from his hectic parliamentary duties last June to check grain growing on his farm near Woodstock, Ont. March is Good Seed Month, and Mr.. Whelan reminds farmers t� use Certified seed when planting their crops. 4a� EMICEREG DLEKKA WERE IS A STIMULATING PUZZLE WHICH WILL MOST UKELY APPEAR TO BE VERY SIMPLE AT FIRST GLANCE. HOWEVER, ITS SOLUTION 1S QUITE A TEASER. YOUR TASK 1S MERELY TO TRAVEL TWQU THE MOST FAVOR- ABLE OPENINGS IN TUE FOUR RINGS AND CON- NECT EACH OF TWE CENTER POIN'T'S TO - ►G• T 4 R TW r Ywe FEW - Es NU�ER oc. STRMtGWT LINES. YOU MUST RE- MAIN WITHIN TWE SQUARE BOUNDARY. TWE BEST SOLUTION IS " LINES. VA11 Ee e OF ,aft" .0•4 JM 41672, RYAN COMPt t (Solutiop may be found on page 7) d Direct cut harvesting and en- siling may be the solution to for- age harvesting and storage prob- lems. In this case a farmer uses a. cutter head on a forage harvester and blows the material directly 'into a wagon. Complete harvest- ing in one pass of the field makes very efficient use of men and machines. There is no weather dependency — if, the land is. dry enough to drive on, the forage can be harvested. The plant is har- vested as top quality forage with virtually no leaf loss because you are not handling:a dry plant. This method has"a low labour require- • ment. A relatively inexpensive ,. horizontal silo is required to pre-, vent seepage, thus avoiding the expense of an upright structure. Furthermore, tests have shown that livestock performance on direct cut silage is excellent. Formic acid added at the har- vester or the silo blower can an - prove direct cut by reducing the smell to improve palatability. It stops protein breakdown and thus retains the high quality of the leaves. The cost of treatment is about $9.60 per dry ton of ma- terial, but this is a reasonable in- vestment when compared -to the protein losses of up to $50 per acre in the dry hay system. Also, consider the lower labour and machinery costs with this system. - Each farmer must decide what system best fits his own needs. Once using a system, he is reluct- ant to change, for obvious rea- sons. 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