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Clinton News Record, 1944-05-04, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thurs., May 4th, 1944 Potatoes Seasdnal rise in the price of potat- oes was announced for May 1st,. by W. Harold McPhillips, prices and' sup - Ply representative for Western Ont, Potatoes have been selling at $2.47 for a 75 pound bag; the new price is $2.57 for a 75 pound bag. The' price increase is on table potatoes only. Seed potatoes remain at March prices. Inorder to make the best use of. available food supplies, it is not in- tended to gtant. perrnits' for the im- portation of new potatoes so long as there are good quality old crop potatoes still available. V' ;Victory Bonds and the Post - War A silly and harmful suggestion heard too often these days is that when the war is over the Government of Canada may not be able to meet its obligations, with a consequent doubtful future for Victory Bonds. Finance Minister ILSLEY, in a speech, at Windsor last week, dealt with such talk, and it is to be hoped that his words are read widely. Said he: "It will be of the greatest impor tance that we maintain, indeed assure a ready and stable market for all. these millions of bonds that we have sold. We have now the monetary and financial machinery and we have de- veloped the methods for accomplish- ing this, and we will therefore be able to deal with any situation. which may develop in a way which will keep faith with the millions of small in- vestors who are supporting the sav- ings program in this' emergency." The notion that this rich country is going to pass into poverty or chaos with the war's end, unable to meet its obligations, is a fantastic travesty of obvious fact. We have the resources, the people, the plant and machinery, the managerial and productive skills —why on earth should anybody im- agine that we will be incapable of us- ing them?—Ottawa Journal. REALLY TERRIBLE!' Father—Here, here Why is my darling daughter crying? Daughter—Oh, I picked out in the fashion magazine the dress for the party ball to wear when I get rich—y and now Marie says she's going to have one just like it when she gets rich! V BUT NOTA CURE Traffic Officer --Why did you drive by me after I blew my whistle? . , Motorist deaf, officer. Officer—That may be true, but the judge will give you your bear- ing in the morning. V ---- We hate some persons because we do not know them; and. we will not know them because we hate them. The friendships that succeed to such aversions are usually firm; for those qualities must he sterling that could not only gazer our hearts, but conquer our prejudices.—Colton. • V SHE KNEW HIM " there is one thing I enjoy More than `another," said Sprucer, "it is to get to the river banks and lie about fishing." "Why, I fail to see the necessity for, you going to die ",banks ofthe river to do that," remarked Mrs, Sprucer quietly, THE '.DAN !RANGER POP SAYS TO ED JONES: 'STOP SCRAPPIN' WITH THE INLAWS AN' TAKEACRACK AT THE OUTLAWS P May Use Double Boiler • For Cream Pasteurization Cream may be pasteurized in a double boiler. Place the cream con- tainer in a pail of water and set it on the stove, stirring the cream oc- casionally, until the temperature of the cream, rises to 145 degrees. The standard practice is to maintain this temperature for 30 minutes: A short- er method is to use 170 degrees F. for, 10 minutes. After pasteurization the cream should be quickly cooled in cold or ice water to 50 degrees F. or lower'. and, held at that tem- perature`for at least three hours be- fore churning. Some people prefer to hold the cream overnight at the churning temperature. The pasteur- ization,of cream destroys the.bac- teria arid enzyrnes which might lat- er .cause 'deterioration of the butter flavor. Low temperature refrigeration, of course, is best for long time butter storage. Zero storage is used by commercial operators. Cold storage lockers, likewise, are ideal. Where such storage is not available, butter may be stored in salt brine. A com- mon procedure is to wrap butter in pound prints or rolls using two parchment paper wrappers, tying the outer wrapper with a string. These prints or rolls are then sub- merged in a strong salt brine made of boiled water by adding salt at the rate of one pound of salt in four pounds of water. The butter is care- fullypacked pat ed into a crock, .weighted down with a plate or clean, hard wood rack and a stone. The brine is then poured in to cover the butter. Thin Shell Eggs Sometimes Guide for Hen Culling The production of thin shelled eggs during the summer cannot be cor- rected by causing hens to consume more oyster shell or some other form of lime. In most cases the birds have been laying for a long period of time and have exhausted their body reserves. Thin shelled eggs may usually be regarded as an index that the bird is about to complete her laying pe- riod and this fact should be valuable as a culling guide. Egg shells are chiefly calcium but are formed when calcium, phos- phorus and possibly other minerals are broken down in the process of digestion. Research study also re- veals that certain levels of vitamin D are necessary in preparing the minerals for bone and egg shell for- mation, If, at any season of the year, the mineral content of the diet is off balance or if an adequate quantity of vitamin D is not taken into the animal body, thin shelled eggs may result. In this case, a high percent- age of the eggs laid will have thin shells and the reason for this may be truthfully ascribed to the diet. Race Differences Japanese and Chinese differ in emotional reaction from Caucasians and from each other, it has been shown in experiments. One experi- ment consisted of dropping a "huge black object" near the outstretched hand of the subject and measuring certain reactions such as change in pulse rate, involuntary movement of the hand, electrical resistance of the skin, and rate of breathing. It was thought that the involuntary impulse to avoid a painful blow has a bio- logical origin which is, not related to cultural and environmental factors. Change of electrical resistance of the skin and the movement of the hand were, the reactions in which the mongoloid races differed most frequently from the Caucasian. Change of the pulse -rate is chief in differentiating the two Oriental na- tionalities. The Japanese reaction is, on the whole, insomewhat sharp- er contrast to the Caucasian than is that of the Chinese. The Chinese reaction, while clearly distinct from the Caucasian, is not quite "so mark- edly distinct from it as the Japanese r;eactione., ~ •I Automatic Bale Loader Hay harvest, from cutting to stor- ing the baled product, has become almost an automatic process, with machinery so well doing most of the labor that• women canreplace men in haying and baling. Mowers long have been used to cut hay and leave it in windrows; balers that pick the hay up in the windrows, bale it and dump it in the field, have been in .use for some time. Now is an- nounced by the agricultural engi- neering division of the College of Agriculture on the Davis campus of the University of California a home- made bale loader that will pick the bales up from the ground, carry them up into the truck and dump then: there. The loader obviates the necessity of men picking up bales and lifting them into the trucks. In fact, say the agricultural engineers, the work is so light that aside from unloading the bales from thetrucks and,stor- ing them, women can do all the work in the hay harvest field. Invades Food • Bacteria can invade food in a very short time if it is left exposed, and the thrifty homemaker finds' out how each food keeps best and stores each article in the right and correctly cared for cupboard, cooler, can or jar. It is very important td have a refrigerator, which should be kept clean and in the best possible.con- dition. Bread and cake, containers should be scalded, sunned, andaired at least once, a week. Paints Retard Accumulation Of Barnacles on Ships Smallest of all saboteurs, barna- cles are the ancient arch enemies of ship -builders and operators.',' he bat- tle against the barnacle has ,been waged' for centuries but during the past six years the • tide of victory has swung and the, pest is at last partially under control. Accurnulations of barnacles on the hulls of ships have caused losses• of millions of dollats in the past. Heavy. commercial losses have been en- countered because these accumula- tions have slowed down the speed of ships. Modern paints containing mercury discourage and almost eliminate the growth of barnacles and the ship- rejiairing industry has also devel- oped renioval to a system which in- corporates speed and efficiency. A 12 -month growth of barnacles on a ship' of 10,000 deadweight tons may average 30 tons, especially if the ship has been in service in tropical waters. On,. such a ship, bottom cleaners go to work on the ship in dry dock. The hull is hosed with fresh water. The men scrape the accumulations off with three -cornered scrapers, aft- er which the hull is scrubbed With wire brooms. After another hosing and a scrubbing with ordinary brooms, the hull is ready for paint. Modern ship -repair yards do the job in eight hours. Experiments with sand blasting equipment indicate that the time may be cut substan- tially in the future. • , Early Laundering Saves Life of Men's Shirts For years fabric manufacturers havestressed the fact that the way to conserve the life of a shirt, or of any washable garment, is to Iaunder it before it gets too dirty. Ingrained soil such as gets on collars and cuffs is hard to remove. The more it is imbedded, the • more rubbing it takes, and rubbing means wear and tear. So, if the laundry cannot ac- cept the shirts or all of them, the homemaker can make a real con- tribution to conservation of fabrics by learning to launder the shirts at home. Shirt - washing is not difficult, though there are knacks that help. The first has already been men- tioned; wash the shirts before they become too dirty. Second,, if the shirts are white or color -fast, soak them for a half-hour in cool sudsy water. Before soaking, rub mois- tened soap On soiled areas, roll each shirt into a loose bundle, and put them into the tub. After soaking, unroll the shirts. Then wash them in machine or tub like other cottons. Look first to see if collars need a little rubbing to get rid of soil. After washing rinse thoroughly. Beet Tops The tops of sugar beets may be stacked green and made into silage, which can replace about half the hay normally fed. Where beets are topped by machines, and the tops laid in windrows, the cost is not great and the feed will be worth about $20 an acre. Where beets are topped by hand, the cost is much higher, although beet tops are made into silage in Colorado under these conditions. Records in other states show that the return from silage fed to steers is three to five times the usual price for the tops in the field. If tops were harvested, made into silage or otherwise conserved and fed in mixed rations, the return per acre could be increased to between 150 and 250 pounds of live weight per acre, where beef is fed. Some three million pounds of beef were produced from beet tops last year; this could be increased four or five times, even with a greatly reduced acreage, if all the tops were con- served, Protect Servicemen Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Kentucky were among the states deferring collec- tion of property taxes owed by serv- icemen until after the war, at the same time releasing servicemen from penalties and interest on the, taxes. Illinois and Iowa legislation in effect gave servicemen the same relief. To protect servicemen's properties receiving homestead ex- emptions several states, including Louisiana and Oklahoma, made service with the armed forces equiv- alent to residence on land receiving such exemptions. In this conned- tion, Michigan extended to veterans of this war homestead exemptions granted veterans of World ' War I, a step taken by other states this year and in 1941 and 1942. Camouflage in Home When finishing an attic or other part of a house to provide more space for war workers or an' en- larged family, awkwardly placed or unsightly doors may be ingeniously masked by painting them in the sim- ilitude of shelves of books, or cup- boards, with vases of flowers or plants on the "shelves." This is not intended to deceive anybody but merely to make the room look more interesting and unique to its occu- pant and in some cases to cause it to seem larger, longer, higher or otherwise better proportioned. The expense is inconsequential. If you are doing a necessary paint job any- way, it Costs little or nothing more in material to make it as pleasant - looking and interesting to live with as possible. Use 500 Tugs for Traffic In Busy New York Harbor The 431 square miles of the New York harbor area is .the- busiest stretch of Water ''.irr the world and it requires the day -end -night service of ,over 500 tugs to keep Harbor traf- fic from a hopeless snarl. Tugs are engaged in a constant and never-ending fight against time as they jockey, push and pull ship tonnage greater than ever before moved in the history of the world. Fourteen million long tons were handled by the harbor tugs last year and their efficiency enabled Allied shipping to go and come on split- second schedules. Over a hundred tug companies) are operating fleets of tugs on the harbor and adjacent areas accord- ing to the Shipbuilders Council of America. While tugs are equipped with expensive shore -to -ship radio, souse of the dispatching is still done by megaphone. Dispatchers along the Battery are often located more than 20 stories high but years of experience enable them to holler specific and clearly understood di- rections through the roar of street and harbor ;traffic. Dispatchers are key Wren and must know their busi- ness as time is precious, and tugs must never lose a minute in aimless cruising. Rated as the most active water in the world, the New York harbor sector is also the most tricky. Cur- rents shift with every tide condition and tug skippers must anticipate ev- ery condition. They are men with years of experience and they make their sturdy craft move ships many times their weight. A single error can cause a loss of millions in a minute. South America Is Making Own Portland Cement Now In Peru, Portland cement is pro- duced by only one company. Re- ported output rose from 732,339 bar- rels of 170 net kilograms each in 1940, to 987,482 barrels in the first nine months of 1942, Japan was the country's largest supplier from abroad in 1940 and 1941. Peruvian imports of cement dropped from 105,260 barrels in 1940, to 30,573 bar- rels in 1941, and to 3,553 barrels in the first nine months of 1942. Bolivia has been producing most of the cement it requires. When present expansion plans have been completed, it is hoped output will suffice for all needs. The one ce- ment company covered 98 per cent of consumption in 1940 and 87 per cent in 1941. Present annual output is about 23,000 metric tons. It is hoped to double this. Chile produces most of the cement it uses, The minister of finance states that the Sociedad Cement() Juan Saldada, S. A., capitalized at 40 million pesos, has been formed to manufacture cement. One project is for a plant in the Province of Coquimbo. In Panama, the presi- dent of the Republic has been a mov- ing spirit in plans for a cement plant. An announcement appeared in La Estrella de Panama of the or- ganization of a $1,500,000 corpora- tion for the purpose. Tentative plans have been drawn for a plant in Maria Eugenia, a village in the Chi- libre area of Panama. This site is said to be accessible to hydro -elec- tric power, and to reserves of raw material adequate to maintain a 100 -ton daily capacity for 75 years. South; American Industry Production of textile mills in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1942, increased 40 to 50 per cent over the previous year. This was attributed not only to in- stallation of new equipment, but also to fuller use of existing spindles and looms. Brazilian textiles are report- ed improving steadily in quality, and leaders of the industry express themselves as optimistic, particu- larly over prospects of exporting cot- ton yarn. - Rayon output in Brazil also has increased•'substantially. The situation in Chile is different, due to the fact cotton must be im- ported. But, following the pattern of industrialization which the country has experienced in many flelds,the number of cotton mills grew from 16 in 1936 to 40 in 1940. The textile industry as a whole, exclusive of jute, hemp, and similar fibers, em- ployed 14,000 workers in that year. Of these, 4,420 were employed in the woolen industry, An estimated 95 per cent of its yarn is spun locally from Chilean wool, This means that almost the entire wool clip of the central and south central -zones is absorbed by Chilean spinning and weaving mills. Chile also has a flour- ishing rayon industry. Poultry Crowding Too many cooks spoil the broth and too many hens in the henhouse cut egg production. A safe rule in housing laying hens'is to tallow four square feet of floor space for each bird Of breeds such as Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Wyan- dotte. Smaller birds, such as Leg horns, can get along with about 31/4 square feet a bird. Overcrowding also results in, in- creased sickness and death losses in the flock. The bad effects of tem- porary overcrowding can be -reduced by providing more feed hoppers, wa- tering fountains and deeper litter, but culling flocks to remove the. drones should not be delayed too long.. Although more than four square feet of 'space' is not likely to increase production, less room will. certainly mean fewer eggs than the flock would otherwise lay. Space Donated By The C NewsRecord ALL ON THE WAS' in the 12 months ending July 21, the • i largest disappearance in a single DEAR. LAND OF MINT; "You'd' be surprised, Sam," said' e ero r • the keeper of a roadside stand to 1 Y ar since 1928-29 when the Dominion hung his neighbor, "how many people wa hungup its standing record '•y here and ask where Round Pond for overseas exports. Domestic utili- is. I've told thousands." zation win account for a .minimum of "Good thin theyask '175,000,000 bushels' of this total, g you instead while a substantial tf me," rejoined Sant. "I never' part of the b auto will represent exports to the heard of it." I "No more have I," said his -neigh- I United, States for live stock feeding ,or. "I sometimes wonder where purposes. they all finish up." The review said that these figures V suggest a Canadian carry-over of MIGHT BE MISREAD 375,000,000 bushels of wheat at the end of next July, compared with the Directions on an air raid precau- revised carry-over , of 594,000,000 Lions leaflet recently issued in an bushels last July 31. English south coast town:"If au "With this Wroth wheat on hand, eny bmhrough the even a poor crop in 1944 would not rooincf, incendiary don't loseomby ourcohesead.tPut it in threaten. Canada's ability to export a bucket and cover it with sand," a very large volume of wheat during the crop year 1944-45, although it Incorporation of Cost of night result in the carry-over being Living Bonus in BASIC Wage reduced to more normal proportions $ Rates by the middle of 1945," it added. V The National War Labour Board stated that information reaching Directors of Holstein Breed Ottawa indicates that some employers still appear to be in doubt as to the application of the regula- tions which required the incorporation of cost of living bonus in basic wage rates. This regulation was embodied chair, met in the Agricultural office in the Wartime Wages Control Order, Clinton on Thursday evening, April 27th, The main item of interest was the setting up of an entirely new prizo list for the County Black and White ers Club Meet The directors of the Huron County Holstein Breeders Club with the president Leonard, Leeming in the 1943, which, revoked and superseded the Order previously in effect. The Board points out that all em- ployers subject to the Wartime Wages Control Order were required, cont - 0 Favored realm beneath the North-. ern Star, 0 ]!allowed earth witerein oar: fathers keen:— True nation -builders journeying afar;, Beckoned by thee .across the anoi-. ent deep. Dear land of mine, may God protect,. thee still From tyranny and men of evil wil1f Greatly they dreamed who wrought and fashioned thee, Their seal and covenant from age to age; Thy mighty rivers surging to the sea,. Thy noble hills and plains our heri- tage. Dear land of mine, may God protect thee still From tyranny and men of evil will! Now under shattered skies thy valiant sons, Wearing thy shield of honor in the fight, Fling out their challenge to the reeking guns— "For Canada, for Freedom, and for Right!" Dear land of mine, may God protect thee still From tyranny and men of evil will! —Kathryn Munro. - THE FIRST DAISY Though lingers wintertime Day which is to be held in Seaforth In the year's calendar, stenting with the first payroll period in September. The new prize list con- A wee pink daisy flower on or after February 15 last, to es- I tains thirteen classes with over one Comes as spring's messenger. tablish a new wage rate inclusive oflhundred prizes offered. The Club has A small maiden lovingly the east of living bonus previously adopted the Black and White Day 1G tl • the bl paid. The Board further explains that all employers not specifically excluded to be an entry fee of fifty cents for I from the provisions of the Wartime,each entry. The directors are tabus - Wages Control Order were required iastic about the new prize list and to pay a cost of living bonus of 60c are looking for a big turn out of per week commencing with the first Holsteins. payroll period on or after August 15, 1942 to adult male employees and Inman Thompson of St. Pauls was Ma sweetie coupons canna last, An' ainee the taste o' toffee 's T5i$0, I sook ma thoomb. An' glower in windies by the 'oar, an, ochlma thochts get unco soor, , An' sonic in gloom. I try to look the ither ah -t, Or stein ma anguish wi' a tairt, But heck, its wairsh. Guid kens wha made sic silly laws; They've never soolcit strippit bats; They're faur owre hairsh. I envy ither fowk wha keep Their coupons langer than a week. I canna hain. 'Tae watch them chowin' wi' sic zest At a the thing I like the best Gies me a pain. But, fegs! I hae a postwar plam— I'il save as muckle as I ean, Ay, so I;wilil An' when the war is foeht and won, I'll buy up. candy by the pun, est my fill. w Lavinia Derwent, V - Every production of genius must. be the production of enthusiasm,.•--•. Beaconsfield. policy of equal prize money through- Hope and faith and cheer out all classes .The amount of each Rise in earth's bosom. prize is to be three dollars. There is I E. Lillian Morley, • IIM8 SWEETIES AND MAIC C,OIJPONS other employees earning $25.00 or again chosen judge. more a week and 2.4% of the weekly wage rate to male minors and female employees receiving less than $25.00 .a week; and that beginning with the first payroll period on or after No- Young Husband—My dear Molly, vember 15, 1943, it became obligatory I must say that the pudding does for employers to increase this bonus not taste very nice. to 95c a week or 3.8% of the weekly Young Wife—It must be your wage rate. imagination, dear. It says in the V cookery book that it tastes excellent. V-- '• Price of Fresh Sausage re - The Dominion Bureau, of Statistics Ceiling prices on sausage are duced about four cents a pound, ac - said Friday in its monthly review of cording to W. Harold McPhillips, V AUTHORITY CITED Sharp Cut Expected by July 31 in Canada's Wheat Surplus the world wheat situation that it is prices and supply representative for expected that 1,750,000,000 bushels of Western Ontario. The reduction in Canadian and United States wheat maximum prices went into effect on will disappear during the present April 27th. crop this year. The change in price does not apply The combined carry-over of the two to all stores. Some stares are now countries is expected to show a re- selling sausages atrices below the duction of o 540,000,000 bushel's from 'new ceiling price. Likewise, in some yeara ago. eases, the reduction will be less than Canada is expected to dispose of four cents a pound. at least 500,000,000 bushels of wheat , • THANKS, P LS YOU SURE PUT VICTORY FIRST/