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The Seaforth News, 1934-11-15, Page 7:Q•tI.A,V TnAFzt.'S'nrt,7z ntt7 1 S - 10'. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN. ing through the latter to the plate, This fi'l'ter is so dense That, to all alp- Peara1ee, it is Glaek, and to Focus 'with it in po's'ition would be quite hope- I less, 'T•o all intents and .purposes then, the plate, When the shutter of the is withdrawn and site cap is re- 'moved from the lens, is in starkness, even if the ob'jec't towards whichh the tot's is directed is 1a Mo'ad daylight. In such circnm's6alvices an ordinary plate Might be exposed for hours ' .without producing the semblance of g en image. Wntla an Ilford Infra -reef plate and infra -red filter an image is produced fairly quickly, but it is a peculiar one, ;ince so ,many image4aeraing rays have beet). stap'ped out by the filter. A pair of p'h'otographs, one taken with a ;filter, which gives a true' rendering of all colors 'wilco used, as in this case, with a pan•chroniatic plate; the •ofh'er, taken with •an Ilford infra -red ,fitter upon an I'iford infra -red plate, ware taken by the writer in gtick 'succession on a dull morning at 930 'summ'er time, The excellent imitation of wintry conditions in the infra -red ray picture is interesting, but other- wise it is clear that for ordinary band_ work nvfra-red plates and filters are not suitable, The applications of infra -red ray photography which indicate really g 1 Y useful p'Ossibahties are being vigorous- ly explored, and some of then)., while extraordinari'ly promising, are still in the con'fiden'tial stage in which it is so expedient that some kinds df ex- periutental work should remain until definite results can be published. 13u1 an interesting plate was wade in the lilford laboratories-, 1t was sought to dis'crimina'te 'between pieces of cloth of di!ferent textures, but all appar- ently of the sante, or very nearly the same, degree of blackness. Haw to do this photographically was a real problem dor, whether with an or -din- ryl art orthoc'hrantatic or a pan ntati,: plate, black is rendered in the negative as 0 trans'p'arent patch which, of ceurse, means an even black patch in the print. But the infra -red plate with an infra -red filter was able to re- t' Cal the fact that there is a great deal more white in some kinds of b1aC1. then the human CYe is Cilpablc of ,grasping;, This opens up an interesting pox- 311PIhty' in the way at crime detection, As a rule a simple forgery, or the of figures by erasure or otherwise, can be easily exposed by enlarging an ordinary photograph, but there are baffling cases, and in some of these it might conceivably be useful to know whether two duce- mcnts, or two portions of the same document, had :been written in the 'same black ills That the .infra -red fate and filter will Plate Prove a searching investigator i11 such circumstances may almost be taken for granted, ;ince the. enm osiProvide p tion of inks in gen- eral use probably varies at least as I notch as that o.f the black dyes used fur textiles, 13u•t of all uses of infra -red ;Plates 'perhaps the most practical are the cutting out of haze add the penetra- tion of fogs qs The former is best de- monstrated in longt distance work with the telephoto lens. The value of i this remarkable intsroment, tit which the ordinary lens is converted into 11 'i 11,toglaphic telescope. is apt to be discounted b the 'haze in which dis- ).once is often ,brooded owing g to an excess of Glue light, g 'E, the effect of which is vouch the same as tit the case ni cloads. With an ard7nary plate chs'tanf blue mountains anal clouds alive are mlerged into the sky, y, and being, so +to •sh,eak, over -photographer, da not appearSaar- at 111 in the negative. 3\'s hos been proved :by a telephoto- P graph of the !French coast taken d❑ such a mist ,that •fo'cussin I g by cum- Pass beaaing was necessary, some very convincing results in this di- rection are 'possible. 1O'win P g to the clarity of the atnvosrp'here during the g past two or three weeks the writer Mas not been able to riot this demonstration, but 'here is a tele- with infra -red rays at a y ver 'considerable magnification which is of so'nte interest as s'ho•ooing :both ,posei'bitities and 'I'invitatio'ns of kind of world, With it is a photo- graph taken from the same 'avinalow I as the ,tele' bloko' p' grarph, with an ortiin- ary photographic lens of 6i in, focal 1 ' length. A -cross drown in the tele- g ,fs on;ly very ,Faintly vas- ible with a magnifying glass even on the negaitive of the ordinary photos p graph. The magnification in the 'tele- photograph' is a little x 1G, 'which means Viet iflhe focal length 01 the telephoto l ho.ko eoanlb'ination was more ;th'an 90 ,inches. Ti other words a photo- g'rap'h: showing the cross this sire. would, if taken in the ordinary way;' need a camera ab out'S,feet loo g• While 'the cross in the telephoto- graphstands out fairly well, the ten_. ds oc Of the 'infra -recti raysC. y t to give a dark reirtl'en••ing •01 sky, to stake fol- g !pear as it were w'hitc, and 'to • e ap ate, detest in sdtadeses, ,s rather sharply 1'p accenituated, IEloe some Idi;nds of teleip'hotogra'prhs, however an•d more especially those take for uri'li-. Purposes, These d'raw'backs are o•f nary pu,npo' small practical s16ni'fic'atnlee The above does not ,pretend to be more than a fragmentary 'sketch of what may well prove to be an epoch- making advance in 'the application of ,plvotoanaPlhy ro pthe'servire of malt. It 1•cn sins td be 'seen what photograph- is use of the .iunfra-red rays carr •be !trade in a number •of 'special (thee- lions, astaonomycal, medical and other. The revelation of the uu'seen may not be an .unmixed but, Yblessing,Inter properly approached and scientifical- ly conducted, ie estigati�on on the line: indicated can hardly fail to he of some benefit, and may quite con- ceivably lead to discoveries of trans- 'ceneIental impor'taince. Anyhow, there is no getting away from the fact that here is something definitelystew and arresting, something which not so very long ago would have 'heels re- garded as savoring 01 poro' magic. If, too, he js a benefactor Who makes two blades of grass grow where Only one grew before, is not large credit due .to those wwho lhetve (produced vie- chen'isnt for seeing and recording things 'which to the most perfect Int- man vision, even when assisted by microscope or 'telescope; are absolute- ly intpercfptible ? * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * *•u FOR THE BUSY FARM * QFurnished by Oneario Deparrte * .* ment of Agriculture) * * * * * * * * * *' * *ehiro:praetor p nap : D. 111 McInnes Electro' 'Therapist = Massage O'E1fice '- Commercial Hotel Hours -Man.- an'd Thugs, after - noons and b a ointment y pp FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation -Sun -ray treat- Phone x29, 0r�n�er�*nrn--r■�■e�rr.rr.•�■rrr�r+ •, • n Q 1 �plcate 3 } onthly ' Statements • I Initric ( r iii ` .1 Boys' Inter Club Competitions • Teattts t•e'preseu,ting ehaty-tvvo ,Goys' agricultural clubs gathered at the On- tario Agricultural College on October 1lllth to vie for the honour of repress eating the Province of Ontario ill an Provincialmens Boys and Girls' CIuG Competition, to be conducted at the ,Royal Winter Fair. Each club cont- peting was represented by two mem- bers between the ages of 116 and 20 years inclusive. lin Ontario in 1934, there ).were 2,•1,82 .boys enrolled in 1133 cattle. swine, grain and potato ciuba, supervised' by the Ontario Agricultural Representa- tire Branch, under the direction of the Director; R, S. Duncan, The cattle Club 'Competition was closely' contested by 24 teams and the honour of winning first place was cap- tared. by Ronald Bagg,. Unionville, . and Lorne Petcdh ;Milliken; memrbers of,bhe Markham Dairy Calf Club in York County. ii. E. Alexander and Ar - thur huff of Prince Edward County finished a close escund• ,lo elie'Grain Club competition, Tiar- ray Kennedy Cavan and John Holmes of New -castle of the Durham County .Groin Club were successful in 'w•inn- ing The highest score in the cowpeti_ ti0n, with 116 other teams, while .Billy Wil- Jrh nston, 'Renfrew, and Harry Wil-, son, Pembroke, dfin!shed secned. First and second Maces in the Swine Club Competition were taken by representatives of Durham County -.Garnet Rickard, B'ovt'manvifle, and \\''nt. Rowland, Newcastle, beim; members of the Winning teamand John Rickard, Newcastle, and George \berry, Hampton, of rsecoud place on the team: T'he bays interested n Potato Club Work also featured keen cumpe- talon, and Ralph Rowan, Bethany, and Gordon iFallls, Millbrook, Dur- ham 000013. were successful in winn- t 1 ing firs. place from Duncan Fletcher, Idderten and \\ i118 ote Skinner, Stra- thray". „1 Middlesex County, w•lhQ fin- ished in SCC1lt1 place. ;Following the - keenly Catlteste(l competition', the competitors, coaches olid officials were guests at a canner in the O..\,C. cafeteria. I Following the announcement of the results, Dr, G. I. Christie, President of the College, de- livered an inspiring address which climaxed an interesting' and enjoyable day for the club members who lead gathered from as far as Renfrew in - the east and Lmnblon in the west, Another pleasing feature at this irte- tion was the presentation of "The it%arutrr" trop.ttids, by Editor C, 1[ndge, to the teams from York and '.Durham counties, winners in the Catt a and swine competttioes respec- tivety, 1 We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit si ° { 1 ledgers, white or colors It will pay you to see our samples Also best anality Metal ,.Hinged Sec- iscope bona] Post Finders and Index. 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SAAR VALLEYP The problem of •the Sate of the Saar Valley looms large as the chief clang- er point in the European political sit- dation 'writes John A. !Stevenson, Ot- fawa Cor e'spondent of the London Times, in:I'he (Financial Lost, Lying north of what is now the French province of Lorraine, its territorial area is small hop thanks to its rich coal mines, it is one n[ the busiest hives of industry in 'Europe and has a population of dd218,dOr) souls. At the Versailles IConfereuce the French wanted 10 annex the Saar outright The British and Americans fearing France of' a region, whose inhabitants save for. a small minority were of •German blood, would leave a rankling sore, insisted upon a compromise solution. It was , arranged that the Saar Valley should be Placed under the ad1iiiiiieeration of the -League of 3atioes for a period of la t'eal's. •Isaac).). the Saarlandcls would decide their own ultimate destiny by a Plebiscite, The coal mines, however, were Mimed over t0 •I' come CQ- pensation for the damage done to the coal alines of the Leas district in nor thern France .during the German in- nasion. The iLeagus Commission on which two Canadian;, G. \\ Steph- en_, of Montreal, anal R. D. Waugh, of \Winnipeg, have served, has govern- ed the 'Saar Valley with impartial ef- Ificiency and general ;ati;[action for '•1i3 years. 'Linder it, rule there tae been steady p'rnsperity chiefly because there was a good and ample free mar- kek for coal the chid local product, to the iron and Steel plant' of Lor- rains, Now the plebiscite has been fi�ed'for' ' • Jant,ary ll'th, !For nnanths past the Saar has been the scene of a Ginter eampaigin Mein which the eyes of all 'Europe are fix- ed. ).Only people, who resided in the !Saar on June 218th ;10119, are eligible to vote and they are given three a.- tentative •choices; reunion with Ger- Many. Today y the',3aarlanders are still ardent ,Germans 'Gut the Socialist. Co'mntunpist and Jewish c51115015 having noted the fate of their breth- ren in Germany, have developed an i intelligible fear of putting their necks unticr 'Nazi' rule alitl many beb- ere, seeing the persecution, to which their church ha been. sub jected in Germany, Y, have become equally ap- Pi'ehentive. So there is now in the a formidablecause party called the °'Einheitsfront" which is fighting for g the preservation of the statusin gainst it is ranged the "Deutsche t\' gyear iF�ront," composed 'o4 partisans of re- union with Germany, To the latter, the Hitler Government, _which realizes that the defeat of the pro -German side would be a serious blow to its own Prestige, 1 g , has been 'lend'ing every pox- Bible kind of help, Monster , ro-Ger- 1 on dcnoonstrations addressed by 'proun•i'nent r':N'az'i" leaders have been lielz11015 the borders of the (Saar, high- 'powered radio stations at ,Colo laid elsewhere are is action clay and n'•glt't telling the Sam -tan -dere that they. will be traitors and gene renegades ,if they vote against -reunion with G.ermany,. The Valley has been inundated with a flood of pamphlets and propaganda and the !Deutsche Front ,has been .sup- plied with generous fund; to posh its a.T cause, Its leaders, under 'Nazi" i11- sparation, have freely resorted to tae- 'ties of intimidation and there have 'been violent disorders and clashes ill - vol'viug several deaths. ese isr—all—■■—gown--rr- .• •• • WORTH '4p for a six Necks' triol subscription to P MONITOR So0ENda P0ara88100 Sperm. II. 9, A. o[ the World from fta sec apodal wrltera, sports, mucro, and ah to welcome be glad to don't iota your Boma so And don't mise snubs, Our Dog.: 1 . 4 4 + s A DOLLAR'S Clipthis coupon and mail it with 51 THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Published by THg Onnfs•1zOH Boston, Massachusetts, In ft you will pori the deity goad news o. etod '' women's ns. Wen u departments4.-g; an4rlca, edaaSono, radio, etc You will 505 511 Su dial andate of peace111,and prohibition. and Um Sundial end the. other tcaEureo. THE Please sudor 0 a p1= MONITOR, Back Bay Station, Boston, Mass._ Please send me a six weeks' trial Subscription. I enclose. one doar (S1). ft ''1'(Nome, please print) q� lo ■ry `4o (Address) ® >, zmanipulation '.r:,7' (Town) (Stat,) toe,- ' process; and would he of little inter- cat to m. anyone ilesir11 immediate effect. This article, however, may ',e helpful to the amateurgardener who desires to increase his supply' of shru1,s, will] a view' to more exceJt- sive Alantin w''thin a in:wC ; ! S 1 vv ars. 'It cannot be said that ahrdwood cuetingc the best method of propa3a- tion, as conditions cannot be control- led to the extant that they may be with propagation in a greenhouse; but this method at least possesses the advantage of requiring ilo elaborate egnapntent. ..hardwood cutting is one taken from ripe wood of the current gear's growth. Cuttings of this type may be taken taken at any time after growth coin leted re•FcraGl s p p y when they nu frost in the branches. Six inches is a good general-purpose 'length of cutting, aiihaugh the length will be governed to a certain extent ,bytha distance between bud:, govt cutting have one bud, or one Pair at the sup •and one at the bottom; anti ill short -'cin 1 ted wood :where more buds are present these stay be retained, be - if: the cutting is, made too short it Dilly be difficult to firm it pruperiy the soil. To insure that the cuttings will be with the •right and u.p, tha cut at the top may be slanting and Inc g bottom one straight across. Cuttings taken in late August may be :planked diredtly outdoors, hut it is considered advisa'b'le to store later - taken cuttings in sand or peat until sprin It 'it desirable to keep the ctor niant until spring, and this is ac- complished conn 1 - y p p''ished b ked mg the storage tontpetature ill the neighbarhod of 40 de gees F. The g storage material 'to .con'ta'in ;!ant enough moisture to prevent drying out of the cuttings. --lDon,, Exp, Station, 'Tlarroiv, Ont. INFRA -RED RAYS iOf all q recent developments in ahoto ra by the most intriguing is g p the l' 'el' of Pictures :with the help ch orilinaril are not, ill- of rays n1 hl Y 3eed cartnatr be used for that purpose. Tlie light eomnronly employed when -we take a photograph is not merely rhite'li It in the everyday sense of white'g term. In summer there is a fair amount of white light very early in the morning, but to take ae photo- graph then would raced a very' long exposure, because a photographic plate -u1 fitne sMich has not been spec- Sally sensitized is only sensitive pro The rays of light at the blue end of The sPactruln-those, to 'pu't it in an ptfier way, wdlich we see at the blue edge of a ra'in'bow*-i>aJnely, blue and that reason, main when violet. For ti a we want to handle ordinary sen'`�la{ke (plates we Oto so in so-called room' illuminated by rays in the arid- .semshould die, or at the other end, of the epees trans, namely, greed, yellow, Orange, or red. For a good many years past :photographers tare not been content to use p'l'ates t5^hich are sensitive only to blue and violcC rays. They Iiave P asked for,and have been supplied wise)., plates wnhich have been rend- -red sens'i'tive to green; •Bellow and red rays by heiltg treated with certain w�ond'erful dyes. Trhis in itself has Seen a trenven,dou•s advantage, since r ena•bbes us •to ta' 1 I ie gl•, w of green, yellow and red obyects, winch 're -n' their true cerci valise, int. give t =teed of making them out to be Meek 7r nearly black, as a non-'color-sensi- .or Pla'ke'doce. Vi%i•th what is called an „ eerthoehronu t' or corre'et color"he a'nd a ells w light F•lter m1 the 851010, N can l'elis 10. cut out :the Gluc rays, vv°e slow a d'atiadii as ,th e beautifully ffirighk fl'oNer it is. With a iianchroma tic plate-i.e., one sensitive •Eo all drags -and a red filter, ,we can make btaok Ietterin'g stainer out on a real ground. Neither df these Eliin'gs is passible with an ordinary non -color- seus(tfveplate, )Pigai•n, vv'ibh the help of X-rays reach can be photographed that is in-; •e ible, 'becau'se hliese rayon lot re the; poop ety of Pas's'ing th'rouglh same. ).redia and being checked':by others, steed the, ne's'ud,t th�aP, if they are - di- retied to one side of, say, a 'human iand, and ti'senrsaitive plate is Placed en the other side,. the X-rays, Through -Phe slain orad blood but beteg anpeded by the bones, will form a Pvphdeh eh'dtagrap'h,gc image ,of the latter on elle:sensitive surface. ! ,. . InFrt !Infra -4-9d rays, which lie et the e� *treme red end of tris spectrum beyond the ordinary rays, are, like X-rays, the invisible to the human eye. For our visdun, and for either the ordinary, the orthochromatic, or the pauchro- manic Plate they have no illuminating property at all. For many years Past photographic b envfsts in lnteriea and Europe have been experimenting,• dysin the 'l1a'pe at di'sC'OVCl•]l7g dyestuess :which, when app'Ited ,to ordinary phutogra'p,hic enutl tiaras, would ren- der the latter sensitive to these ntY o serious ray's, and so, perhaps, lead to the d'iaelasure of much that hdtln- erto romaine<I utterly obscure. The 'firm satisi!actory results were secured with a dye called di-cyanine, This was sup'ersedede by neo-cyanine, and now the Ilford Company, which con- ).gals a large proportion of the luanu- facture of British .photographic pro- 3-5 vwoduct'h 1i th!atrmitt& ooduced f inftra.tred rayy Photography is well ahead of any thing previously formulated, !Before we go further it is well to ren).ovo the prevalent misconcep p' 1 • tion that this discovery is of suoremc intere>rt and value because it enables photographs to be in total dark- ne,'s. All the so -coded `'natal dark- ness" photographs Have been produc-quo. ed with the help of lamps screened byfilters so deeply reel that the effect �total darkness was produced. But JpeChind the screens there was luntin- „ oS'ity, evert i[, assuming perfect filter;, it was w"holl imperceptible Y I ! triple to the 'human eye, Photographs have beenn'licate taken in total darkness with an ex- posire of about Oµ hours, but a mo - lnent's rtifiecaion will show that a freak of this kind is of no practical value whatever, slime a auuoli better.Cologne 'result could be obtained with ordia-,than ary elector+c light, or by the ignition ori a s•nrall quantity of ,Flash powder, What the Research .Depantnent of 1 ee,essr'S, Ilford has done is to discover a means of making plates so sensitive'-esho.tagra•pfi to what may be called the useful in- ire -red rays that photographs c :n b 3 a e ,taken on these probes With exposures= measurable, .not In hours, but in sec- ands, Useful infra,red ray's, of course, are Phone which will reveal things that. ,,the visible rays of the spectrum, will• ,,not reveal. The ti'sual method of ap- } 3" 'g them to ,h'oto.gra liic plying p P purposes.' .is the same as •thaa employed when wC,• avant to take pihoto ra !hs q g• p giving true renl(tetaing• in nio?7ac!Iu•ome of ;colors like yellow, ,green and red. are not properly rendered by a ,. noncolo:r-sens'i•tive plate. A light-f7l_ ter" -).innerly a piece of stanied gala- - tine tithe -4s planed before the lens tog , pt etent any but infra -red rays pass- Potato Marketing Scheme \ prnposcd schenis for the reguln- tion' of the marketing of potatoes produced in the five eastern provinces of Canada, and marketed through the channels of the commercial potato trade, has been submitted to the Do- minion Marketing 13•uarcL Copies of the scheme are available I for distribution, and representations, with respect to it by those concerned, should he forwarded to the Secretary5 Dominion Marketing Board, Ottawa. :1s the Potato market situation is all urgent nuc, it ••- •desired that any rep- resentations which are made should be forwarded promptly, Ontario Crops 'Win [,Seen a[ excellent quality has been harlesteri from the ,field •crops in On` toric this and gtovwers have a wonderful opporunity to .itr' a -S •Platlhed p. s- the 'fine records which they have made in the Past at Ontario exhibitions and ' the International Grain and Tla, Shaw held annual! in' Chicago. Dur- y ing the last five years; Ontario farm - ern have entered a total of 6411! ex- hibits of grain xnl small seeds at Chicago, for Which they brave been awarded 3812 prizes including 7 chant- Paotlshipa, 4 reserve chamnpionships and '1,8 first prizeas, Peas, beans, soy- beans, red clover, alike, alfalfa tint, ()thy seed and ,flirt corn are classes in which Ontario has usually made a 'fine showing. This year's Internatfmial will he held: 'from Deconvber 1150 to •Sth and addition to the regular o ize• d nl prizes the. On- tario Department of Agriculture is 0f- facing special prizes to Ontario exrh•ib- itors, All 'ex,hi'bits which are delivered ' ,to thetDepartment :f +i' , •o I rel •d-Hus•ba'n'd- ry, OtA.C., Guelph, before Novem•Ger > 'r I_hst will be 'fonwnarded to Chicago in one shipmeitf I and returned 'when the s'li •- is ower. En' ' ries AO be made 'before hN•ovenllber 20Th direct to the •' 'International Grain and Hey: Show- :Union '• t L ,ton ISto'ck Yard's, Chicago. — PROPAGATING ,SH• I RUBS BY ' HAR)3WOOD • CUTTINGS '_ 'I3ioscl Growing, a toloru'b to'. size from a cueti ng is a soneew+hat den th}' S INVENTED CARPET SWEEPER e•' l Vele R. 13' WEEPER former •Pi•esic}ent oC the Bit'sel 'Car.pet Sweep - r er .Company, died on 1\ov. 9 at her her 110110 til Clraud ,Rapids, \'[ichigan. S,he was 87 e y^ arS Md. Mrs..- Bissel, who, with her husband I esLaind, made and marketed the sweeper earned after hair; developed the'businese to one of the largest in the field. ,She was barn, in Nova 5'cotia; •ju 115416 an d went to tite ,:� United ,States when 119. She mar- i • arpd 3tfr. r.BJs'sel rn '1G6, IJater k they to. Grand Rapids wahere, while ruining a cro'c'kery ,business, the cau- pie invented their sweeper. •W'he-ii Mr. ,,. • • died .fn ,1!3189, lets wife took over the resident , a po- , . P y of the coln,paiiy• sttton she held until 111 119, Drives Asthma .Before T:k. The Smoke or vapor front 1J,i, J, D. Kel- Iogg'c Asthma Remedy •gives asthma no chance to'isn'-er. Tt.eladicates the''In'te'rt g cause. 'Our ek'perieitce with the relief c+ivin,g retnCdy s.hotvs 9vo v actual ande-______,..—mooed pesi•ti've is the succor it gives, :It is the result rnf long study and' expert- m,ent and w'as,.not su'b.ntitted' to the public l c uutil.rts makers knew it woalbd do it's wor'lc 'w-e1J.