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The Seaforth News, 1954-06-10, Page 3Agge eM AIS HORSE SE 9S it3= to ilOat) Last yc,u the delt.l;ates to the Annual Meeting Of the Ontario Beef Producer; Association in- structed their Executive to pre- pare the outlines for a market- ing scheme which would give the producers more control over the marketing of thou product. When the delegates returned this year they were presented with a draft consitttution and by- laws for a proposed Canadian Meat Council with the follow- ing objects. a) to disseminate correct information concerning the value of meat in the diet and its relationship to health; b) to encourage and foster educe-. tional research activities per- taining to meat and meat pro- ducts: c) to create and maintain a spirit of cooperation among the members for the purpose or hav- ing all work together for the livestock and meat industry; d) to do all things necessary to promote the livestock and meat industry. Producer and Packer The membership of the Coun- eil will consist of the members of a number of producer asso- ciations, some of whose names we have never heard before, and certain packers and processors associations. i Each of the member associa- tions of the Council will nomin- ate from one to six directors. One section says that the board of directors will elect an exe- cutive committe consisting of a president, a vice-president and three directors; another section provides that a president and a vice-president shall be elected by the members of the Council, The work of the Council is to be financed by a levy of 5 cents on every head of cattle sold by a producer while it is left to the discretion of the packers to deter - 'mine the size of any donation they may want to make, Grey County in Opposition Delegates from Grey County offered strong opposition and ceritized the proposal as "a weak substitute for a marketing echeme". James Boynton, fieldinan of ,e--.-....elfrey County Federation of Agri- ulture, complained "that Grey ounty delegates did thole re- presentatives were not listened tat by the officers and Execu- itve." "Resolution forwarded om the County mysteriously isappeared, he said, and never +lame before an open meeting," eentinues the report in the Farm- er's Advocate. Grey County's grievance is understandable, particularly in Student - Hiroshi Yasuma, 5, of Nirasaki, Japan, believed to be the youngest "exchange student" to enter the 11. S., leafs through some books after his arrival in San Francisco. VON PILIS view of the growing tendency in our 'farm organizations of rul- ing from the top down without giving the rank and file an op- portunity to eoneidor and discuss new schemes and ideas in local meetings at the grassroots level, Grey County lost in a vote of 48 to 5. Farmer Gots .Balance Without doubt 'a sales promo- tion scheme could be beneficial to both producers and distribu- tors, but in Justice both should contribute financially. Sales pro- motion, however, cannot replace producer controlled orderly marketing. As to the "spirit of co -opera tion among the members" we re- serve the right to be sceptical. We have not forgotten the testi- mony of the President of Cana- da Packers before the House of Commons Prices Committee on May 6, 1948 when he said: 'We buy as cheaply as we can and we sell our meat for as much as we can get for it," and again "the total livestock is sold for the total sum, whatever it is; from that sum is deducted the packer's expense and the pack- el•'s profit, and the farmer gets the balance," Perhaps the producer associa- tions of other provinces will Iook twice before they tie up with Big Busines. This column welcomes criti- cism, constructive or destruc- tive, and suggestions, wise or otherwise;; it will endeavour to answer all questions, Address letters to: Bob Von Pilin, Whit- by, Ontario. When Jockeys Wore Long Hair & Skirts There is no sight on earth more stirring than the glossy coats and shining silks of an Epsom Derby field. And it must have been even more s0 150 years back, judging by a con- temporary acconet of the cos- tumes worn by riders. Each had a black velvet cap with a long French peak and a bow of black ribbon behind; long hair falling to the shoulders; a white cambric neck -cloth of ample folds tied at the back; a long body -coat with flaps; wide skirt, three buttons at the side, where it opened in front and behind; breeches strapped just below the knee; white cotton stockings; black leather Oxford shoes with long tongues and sil- ver buckles. One of the worst features of early racing was the bad start- ing, when horses got off - or more often didn't—to a shout of "Goi" One official suffered from an impediment in his speech, and jockeys complained they never knew whether he had shouted "go" or "no" by the time he had stuttered his com- mand! False starts `.'ere numerous - ten in a particular St. Leger --- and at one Croydon meeting (long since defunct) it took the starter an hour and a half to get a race under way. Hardly sur- prising t b a t racing sometimes finished in semi -darkness - with a lamp to light the winning post. The man who did most to put such matters right was that great reformer Lord George Bentinck, who contributed so much to rac- ing between 1836 and 1846. Ile introduced the flag method of starting, and was once so in- censed by a holdup that he went down himself to get the riders away. 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Her captain had sighted the Sydney's smoke. When the detachment reached the beach the Emden had put to sea to find a mote favourable fighting; pe. sition. The two ships soon clashed. The Emden fought bitterly end gamely until in the early even• ing the white flag was run up and she surrendered. She had lost 150 men killed and fifty wounded. To this day th empty shell of the Emden lies on North Keel- ing, slowly rusting away, the home of crabs• that infest the [e- land and a grim reminder 0 a sea raider's last fight. It was after the second world war, in January, 1048, that ow•• ing to bad weather R.M.S. Orion of the Orient line trade a stop at the Cocos. On the ship': 211 rival in England the captain was swamped with inquiries of rela- tive: and sweethearts of men on the island. One girl ask:Ing after her sweetheart was told he was looking fine and had a mag- nificent red beard. "Good Heavens," she exclaimed, "il wasn't that colour when he left!" All who have seen these para dise Islands have been deeply impressed. Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail round the world single handed, paid the islands a call in 1897. He came for a quick refit of his boat, but stayed two months and noted regretfully in his log when he left: "I left the Islands out of sight. Out of sight, I say, etiei,S.xcept" in my strongest affec- Chemical Farm Flourishes in Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico, with a population of 2,000,000 and with only 10 per cent of its area classified as first-class farmland, may someday grow much of its now - imported food on chemical farms, Workers, above left, Iine concrete troughs with emulsified asphalt as first step in constructing em experimental sallies farm near San Juan. Troughs will be •filled with gravel, and saturated with a water solution of 26 chemicals necessary to plant growth. At right, gardeners spray seedlings, which will be transplanted to larger beds for growth and harvesting. One commercially successful farm is already in operation. New Pine Furniture Flaunts Its Knots With Old -Time Grace Pine has its own long-estab- lished place as a cabinet wood. It is mellow, homey, and steeped in a charm all its own. It is a wood indigenous to America, was used by the earliest colo- nists, and has been used con- tinuously by cabinetmakers ever since. Today vve see it in new ranch styles as well as in the traditional colonial styles with which we are familiar, Critics of pine like to call it a "soft" wood, cheap one, and a difficult one to manufacture and finish. Yet those companies who have chosen to make their furniture of pine rush to its support. They manage to take the very arguments used against it, and show that they can be- come advantages after all. Pine Versus Hardwood There is, fust, the old theme of the soft pine versus native hardwood such as maple and birch, The pro -pine people re- ply that, according to reliable sources, from the year 1700 to the present time pine has prob- ably been used more extensively than any other kind of wood. They say that a list of articles which were and are made of pine, wholly or in part, would include almost every household wooden article with which we are acquainted. Probably more pine antiques have survived the centuries of daily use than any other type, and are still giving pleasure and gaining value. And, claims Presi- dent L. Lisle of Vermont's Townshend Company, "this in spite of the fact that its soft- ness was not in pine's favor!" Mr. Lisle, whose company makes both adaptations and ex- act copies of old pieces, claims staunchly that, "in design, con- struction, and finish, the best pine furniture is more than equivalent to the best maple, and at far less cost." He feels these factors account for the growing popularity of pine to- day. Details Done by Band Also in defense, Mr. Lisle points out that because pine is softer and structurally weaker than hardwoods, designs have to adhere to the old tenets of good cabinetmaking. Good pieces can- not be produced strictly by mass -production methods. he says. Much of the detail work, which is done by machine when hardwoods are used, must m the case of soft pine be done by hand. Pine's softness is turned to advantage, also, where finish is concerned. Most pine is given a lustrous, warm, mellow, waxy brown finish by hand. At both the Pine Shops, in Big Rapids, Mich., and the Townshend fac- tory, all pine furniture is "dis- tressed" during the finishing process. Townshend calls this "deliberate antiquing" which improves the appearance of the finish with further mars and 30211'0, Hence," points out Mr. Lisle. "when furthee mans and scratches occur from every day use, darkening these with stain or wax makes them indistin- guishable from others. Thus, he claims, the very softness of pine almost becomes an attribute in keeping pieces looking well, for you can touch out the scratches which in other types of wood would require complete refinishing. One com- pany even claims an additional scratch or two will enhance the finish. A spokesmen on � t' the Pine Shops emphasize the fact: that pine is a smooth -grained wood which wears away at Project- ing corners and edges, giving it a "texture dupiienLed in .no other wood." This company lilies the gentle, worn look which comes from years Of usage so well that, with careful sanding, it reproduces these "graceful" wear harks and grooves and smoothed -off edges. Loved by Generations The company ' also makes a point of the lack of uniformity in pine, claiming that the tex- ture, grain, knots, checks, hair- line cracks, and other character- istics which make every pine board different from the one be- fore it, all add to the "charm beauty, and individuality of every piece of pine furniture." Though there is a difference of opinion about making exact copies of colonial pieces, the Townshend Company does so when it "finds a piece of furni- ture has been desired bye sev- eral generations, so continuous ly popular that it has been handed down from generation #o generation." When the company identifies such a piece in a, mu- seum, a restoration, or a private collection, it feels that there is no need to change size or dimen- sions just for the sake of change. Any slight variations which it makes in such pieces are to ac- commodate manufacturing pro- cedures. In the 18th and 19th centuries, itinerant craftsmen travelled through the countryside from village to village and from farm to farm, They traded their serv- ices for room, board, and pro - ,duce. They carried their tools with them and their designs in their heads, improvising as they went along to fit need and in- clination Thus evolved the practical furniture for every- day use - the trestle tables, candle stands, spice chests, lazy susan, tables, cupboards, hutch tops, silver trays, sailmaker's and cobbler's benches - to name a few. Townshend calls its reproduc- tions of such informal yet digni- fied furniture, "New England Farmhouse." It is the type of furniture which we generally as- sociate with pine, and it lets pine be itself. Lancashire Lass is island Queen The islands are so beautiful that a hard-headed man like Charles Darwin was forced to exclaim, "This is a human para- dise!" A hot sun blazes in a bright blue sky and vividly coloured tropical flowers mingle with Eng lish roses in glorious profusion. Cool sea breezes keep the tem- perature at an even eighty der grees. These are the commute Cocos Islands of the Indian Ocean, which the Queen visited during April. They tell the story there of a pretty young girl, passing on Sydney -bound boat, who was so struck by their beauty that she wrote an affectionate message for whoever in the Is- lands might find it, and threw it overboard in a bottle. It chanced that very morning that a young man from the cable station on Direction Island strol- led along the beach thinking wistfully of home. The sea rolled a bottle almost to his foot. He picked it aimlessly, and some- thing in it caught the surf as it rolled o11 the sand, The young man bent, picked up the bottle and read its mess, or No tale of despair age. er da g 1t , it contained Sydney a v address and an invitation to call and claim a bride If he cared. Two years later a tall stranger called at the Sydney girl's home and introduced hilnself saying, "i am the man who found that bottle at the Cocos," The girl blushed and dimpled prettily. "And if you meant it," he added, "I'm here to chin. the bride," They married soon afterwards. The present owner of the Is- lands, tall, dark and handsome John Clunies Ross, is a keen photographer and amateur sailor. His family own by royal charter " . the lands situate and being above the high water mark with- in the Cocos Islands .. to have and to hold forever." Ross studied colonial adminis- tration at Oxford, and there met his future wife. A slim, blonde Lancashire girl, Daphne Parkin- son was studying occupational therapy when she met student John Ross. Now she is the only European woman on the Islands but she is fond of the solitary life. John Ross's father, 'Sydney Ross, died from a heart attack during Japanese air raids. He regarded himself as virtually "King of the Islands," On ono of his frequent visits to London, he was told by a cockney taller, who gazed at his big and imper- ious figure while measuring him for a suit, "Blimey, gun, you look like a king." The reply was quick and to the point, "My man," thundered Ross, "I am a king!" The first the Queen would see of the Cocos Islands would be a faint fringe of waving palet tops. The Cocos are so low-lying that by a slight error of navagation they could be missed at night al- together. Be day, though, sailers have the Cocos pilot to guide them. This is a beautiful snow-white tern which never flies far from the islands, and Is a sure sign they are near. During the first world war, the Cocos -Islands were right in the front line. Almost immedi- ately after the outbreak the German Cruiser Emden was re- ported on the loose in the In- dian Ocean trade routes. The hunt was on. As the search for ,the Emden increased in intensifl the cable station in the Cocos, as a link by which the reports of the Em - den's latest activities were check- ed, became vital. To survive, the Emden had to destroy it. On November 9th, 1914, the lookout at the cable station ob- served a strange ship coming towards them. The vessel was a four -funnelled cruiser and flew no flag. Under the glass of o telescope the fourth funnel was TO SUIT EVERYBODY A maharajah was showing a visitor round his palace. "Why three sw,,t1'mrning pools?" the visi- tor asked, "Well, you See," replied the maharajah, "one is a hot water poi and the second a cotd water one." "But the third one i; empty!" exclaimed the visitor. "Yes," returned the mahara- jah. 1eThat's for friends who can't swim!" The Line-Bingbush-"What ia the Mason and Dixon Line?" Whanglock - "It's the bound- ary between you -all and youse.'0 um - (Upside down to prevent peeking) GoodHuntingtin5 Harbinger of a goad mushroom -hunting se anon is this 51/2 -pound beauty. The big beefsteak mushroom was found by 1, 8. Wallace, right, and a neighbor, W, 8, Gulley, on the Wal- lace farm, Almost sensational finds of two to 18 gallons per hunt- ing trip have been reported. At sides,of scale ore iwa half•pouncl mushrooms. Shope of these fungi shows why atomic•bomb cloud is called "mushroom -shaped."