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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-02-06, Page 19A slow man* for Bash jockey f, J — When reg tired British jockey Jimmy Lindley rode here in an f;rr national invitation row re. tly, lila hosts had music played over the public ad- dress system in his honor. The musical selections in - luded, 4 Qnwird . ilsti*n Soldiers, " "'For Tb9se In Pent 'li The Sea",q,nd "Silent Night" Jimmy's horse An. Jibed out of the money. PARACELS TAKEN On Jan. 20, 1974, a Chinese force overwhelmed South Vietnamese troops and took over control of the Paracel Is- lands. VISIT US For an original Oil Pointing or a Beautiful Grandfather Clock or Wall Clock ONTARIO'S LARGEST CLOCK GALLERY DAVE AUSMA FINE CLOCKS Hwy. 6, '/2 Mile North of Guelph Phone 822-2485 For FARM, TOWN and COUNTRY HOME OWNERS! Can You Use $1,600. to $20,000.? 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PALMERSTON VARIETY Dry Goods, Ready-to-wear, Gifts CUYLER SHOES Footwear, Luggage, Purses . MacLACHLAN MEATS Choice Quality Meats LAIRD'S MEN'S WEAR Work -Dress -Casual SARGEANT DOMINION HDWE Paint - Sporting Goods - GOETTLER'S I.G.A. Groceries, Meat and Produce SHANTZ "BP" SERVICE Wheel Alignment, General Repair DON'T FORGET OUR THEATRE'S OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS FREE PARKING PHOTO FUN Testing flash units By GILBERT HILL, FPS* Film exlmoure "guide num- bers" for moot electronic flash -wits sugge :ted by man- ufacturers these days — .in- cluding the automatics — seem to be at least "in the ball park." But there are just too many variables in photography to trust a newly acquired or un- familiar unit completely for pictures the photographer re- ally wants. So, the first rule for use of electronic flash, like any oth- er piece of photographic equipment or supplies, is to make your own tests. Remember that if the man- ufacturer is in error it is most likely to Ile an over-estimate of the power of the unit. So, check that particularly to avoid under -exposure. And, if you haven't had time to make tests — and often when you have — it is a good idea to "bracket" exposures. Make one the way it is suggested, one picture open one stop of the lens, and one closed down a stop. The manufacturer must make tests under uniform, and hopefully "normal" con- ditions. But what is normal? Is it flash out of doors at night without walls or ceilings — or flash in the sunlight to fill a shadow? Is it an extreme close-up of a flower or a room full of. people? Then, cameras differ, even brand new ones made by the same manufacturer. The shutter may ` be "slow" or "fast," still within rigid limi- tations, but enough to make a difference to a photographer who is conscious of his needs for a perfect slide or a good negative. There are slight differences in the speed and color balance of film from batch to batch - so that photographers doing critical jobs often buy large amounts of film with the same emulsion number and keep it stored in a freezer to use as needed. The growing popularity of the "automatic" flash units has produced some new and still largely unrecognized hazards. It is true that they can°take a lot of mathematics out of picture making for 90 per cent — and for some photogra- phers — even more of all ex- posures made: They work with a tiny electric "eye" that catches light reflected from the. subject and cut off the light the instant there Is enough. This means, how- ever, that the light may be on for as little as 1-30,000 of a sec- ond eaand — or as long as 1-1,000. WW YOU CAN FIX -IT By Gate von WINDOW FROSTING If you're looking for a little more privacy in one of your rooms, in which the window isn't frosted, here's one method of frosting that window. Soften tome putty with a few drops of linseed oil, and dab this over the window glaze. This will dry into a nice frosting in a day or two, whereupon another coating may be applied. This frosting is more or less permanent and weatherproof, and can be safely wash- ed with soap and water. But it is possible, too, to "defrost" the glaiis at any time, if you wish, with some con- centrated ammonia. WINTERTIME IS MUSIC TIME Instruments are always enjoyed. Ideal for gifts anytime. Quality by: *GIBSON *CBX *HAGSTROM *MANSFIELD Instruction Books Available RECORDS - TAPES - ORGANS - VIOLINS Elmira Music Centre Instruments, Violin Repairs, Bow Rehairing, Strings, Etc. ELMIRA, ONTARIO 5 CHURCH ST. PH. 669-2891 MAKING LIGHT — Accurate flash exposure from the camera with daylight coming in r. from the window behind the subject helps to lift this picture of a worker in a pioneer kitchen out of the ordinary. Testing of equipment is the key to good exposure with flash. The extremely short expo- sures,, which come of course with extreme close-ups (any- thing under six feet is suspect, however), introduce a phe- nomenon called "reciprocity failure." The light just isn't on long enough to expose the yel- low band, say, in a color film — and the picture can come out an ugly blue. Instructions on automatics set definite limits on the dis- tance for which various "modes" of the unit should be used — and most of them warn that automation cannot be depended upon for more than 25 feet. So, back to the - mathematical table you must go and to manual, or normal operation of the unit, for these longer shots. All guide numbers are based upon distance from the light to the subject. If the guide number is 110 for a par- ticular film and light, and the distance is 10 feet, then 110 di- vided by 10, gives a lens open- ingoffll. • But what do you do if your tests show that the "guide numbers" are not accurate? The photographer may make either of two adjustments (1) remember to open, or close, the lens enough to compen- sate for the guide number er- ror; or (2) simply change the ASA number of the film and continue to use the "guide number." ,For instance, changing the fill speed dot from 04 to 80, or even 100 can quickly cure almost any . bad case of over-exposure; while changing toward 50 can easily offset under -exposure prob- lems. But test enough to know your problem — if any! Task for Hercules Even the legendary Hercules might have reeled a little under the strain of present-day haying operations in the Melfort area of northeastern Saskatchewan. Ma- chines were moving around the huge prairie fields this past summer producing bales weigh- ing up to 1,500 pounds — too heavy for even comic -book characters to handle. The sight of farm laborers loading traditional 50 -pound bales onto trailers is becoming uncommon. The modern bales are lifted by tractor -mounted loaders onto large flat-bed trail- ers. The balers, which have been developed primarily to ease the farmers' task of finding man- power during the annual haying season, and the bales they pro- duce, are being studied by Dr. Al Robertson, a forage -use special- ist at the Melfort Agriculture Canada Research Station as part of a- larger project. "One of our main concerns is the quality of the hay in these large bales at winter feeding time," he says. "We want to make sure that deterioration in quality is no worse than that ex- perienced with conventional methods of storing hay." In addition to the giant bales, tests° are being carried out at the research station this winter on mechanical stackers, which are also being used to some extent on western farms. They, too, were introduced to alleviate the perennial shortage of summer help. Looking like a forage -crop trailer, hay is blown into them as they are pulled along the swaths by a tractor. Some rely on the bouncing of the trailer to settle and compact the hay, while others use mechanical means. When the trailer is full, its packed cargo is released onto the field to be collected later by a special, self -loading trailer. Both 'devices obviously make haying a- one-man operation. Says Or. Robertson: "The re- search project we're conducting here this winter is really a corh- parison of several different forage systems — the large balers, the mechanical stackers, the standard -sized baler, silage and artificially dried hay. Tests have already indicated shortcorhings with the large baler and the mechanical stack- er. While the large bales are easily handled by mechanization from the field to storage and also shed rainwater well in the field, hay must be very dry before being baled and it has been found that a bale standing in the field will soak up moisture from the ground.. Additional storage space is also needed because the bales cannot be stacked. They must be stored Singly, with a space separating them. The hay stacks made by the mechanical stackers have been found to settle and compact after they have been placed in storage — again separated from one another. The settling process often results in depressions in the `roof', which tend to collect rain and soak the hay. "The • real test will be this winter," says the researcher. "We'll find out just what quality of hay we'll be getting from each type of forage." The tests will involve weighing and quality testing the forage from each storage system before feeding it to animals at the re- search station. Weight gains in the livestock will be monitored to determine such factors as palata- bility as well as nutritional qua- lity and protein content. HUGE HAY BALES weighing up to 1,500 pounds may be- come common. Dr. Al Robertson, an Agriculture Canada researcher, is studying the winter feeding quality of hay In the giant bales. . —Cr+�s t Febli my 0, W Agrcvlturol Tidbits with Adrian Yah -a b If one . of yogi belongs to a church group that organizes picnics in summertinle here is an Interesting recipe that I read in a Magazine: Ingredients: one medium sized camel, one medium-sized lamb, 20 chickens, 60 hard boiled eggs, 12 kilos rice, 2 kilos pine nuts, 2 kilos almonds, 100 gallons of water, salt to taste, 5 tablespoons of black pepper. Skin and clean the camel, the lamb and the chickens. Stuff the chickens with the eggs and some of the cooked rice. Stuff the lamb with five of the stuffed chickkns. Stuff the camel with the lamb and some rice. Bake until brown. Serve the camel on a bed of rice and sur- round it with the remaining chicken6 and the nuts. 'Serves from 20 to a 100 people. One could substitute a pig for the lamb. 0-0-0. Some interesting figures gleaned from an American magazine debunk some of the recent appeals from some do- gooders to eat less meat in order to preserve protein for needy people. Two-thirds of our protein comes from beef and dairy pro- ducts. We can utilize many vege- table products that are unfit for human consumption, as well as many waste products and other sources of nutrition that could never be used for food. Using haylage and 45 bushels of corn eve can produce a 1,100 lbs. steer. This means that a pound of car- cass can be produced from three pounds of grain dry matter. This is very efficient if you consider that the protein content of the grain is less than 10 per cent and the protein content of the beef is more than 20 per cent. Not men- tioning the difference in taste between a pancake and a steak. ‘The protein level of pork is 25 per cent.) Also we can produce 100 pounds of milk from 35 lbs of corn, and the "perfect food" yields 3.3 lbs. of protein for 21 lbs. of low quality protein. Think of all the fields that are too dilly for field crops, but are used extensively for grazing. It's too bad that so many well-meaning • people ex- pend their energy without fully knowing and investigating. That. they could do a lot of harm to our industry at home, without** - fitting the people they are con- cerned about is, to say the least, regrettable. TI>e'Wortd War 1 peace,e feaence opened at Versaillet0, an Jan, 10„ 191 TW'N GALES Listowel THIS WEEK BECKETT No Cover Charge Friday and Saturday NEXT WEEK REBECCA & SUMMERSIDE No Cover Charge Friday and Saturday BRING YOUR PROOF OF AGE Licenced by L.L.B.O. Don't Send Up Smoke Signals Place an ad in a Crossroads for HEAP BIG RESULTS ONE AD IN CROSSROADS COVERS THE CIRCULATION AREA OF THE LISTOV/EL BANNER WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES and MOUNT FOREST.`' CONFEDERATE PERTH COUNTY AG. WEEK FAIRGROUNDS, STRATFORD February 10 to 14; 1975 FARM MACHINERY - EQUIPMENT FEED - SEED - FERTILIZER Exhibits open Tuesday to Friday 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. PROGRAMS- MONDAY - 1:30 P.M. - BEEF DAY Topic -The Rome Food Conference Speaker -Wm. H. Jarvis, M.P. (Exhibit bldg. not open) TUESDAY - EXHIBITS OPEN AT 10:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. -County Milk Producers Annual Meeting Election of County Milk Committee Members Topic -New Penalty Program (Panel Discussion) Speaker -J. Krauter, Director Milk Industry Branch WEDNESDAY - 1:30 P.M. - FEDERATION DAY Topic -Futures Market, Good or Bad for Farmers Panel -R. Smelski, Wm. Harvey, A. Kneeshaw, B..Bilderback THURSDAY - 1:30 P.M.' - PORK DAY 1. Topic -Economic Outlook Speaker -P. Simmons, Swine Specialist, O.M.A.F., Markdale 2. Topic -Pork Production, 1985 Speaker' -R. B. Smelski, Swine Specialist, 0. M. A. F. , Stratford 1:00 P.M. - LADIES PROGRAM -Coliseum Boardroom 1. Topic -Cooking with Pork (Micro -Wave Oven) Demonstrator -Linda Markle, McGraw -Edison Ltd. 2. Topic -Coke Decorating Demonstrator -Mrs. Shirley Weitzel FRIDAY - 1:30 P.M. - CROPS DAY MARKET ANNEX BUILDING Topic -Herbicides and Sprayer Demonstrations