The Seaforth News, 1952-02-14, Page 7Groat Lakes Make
Weather Forecasts
In cooperation with otter meteor-
ologists the Rev. j. Joseph Lynch,
S. J., director of Fordham Univer-
sity's se: 1uie observatory, leas been
malting a study that indicates a re-
lation between changes in the
weather and atrial! :;round waves.
He and his citllcagues.have 'yet to
determine what causes these micro-
seisnvc waves, This done, they hope
to prognosticate the weather as it
moves front west to east.
:Unlike earthquake tremors, which
are recorded as two distinct types
of waves with a constant ratio of
speed and which therefore indicate
the distance of the shock from the
recording machine, micro -seismic
waves are recorded' as a single vi-
bration. I)istatue, therefore, has
been the great unknown, The Office
of Naval Research awarded a con-
tract to Fordham University to con-
vert this unknown into a known,
Center in West -Northwest
Heavy surface traffic in the New
York City area has made it difficult
to record the micro -seismic waves
with accuracy, for which reason it
was necessary to set up a seismo-
logical triangulation station at St.
Andrew -on -Hudson, adjacent to
Hyde Park. This triangular net-
work showed that the center of
ground vibrations associated with
weather changes lay in the West -
Northwest,
Center in Lake Erie
To make sure that the Hudson
River, wide at Hyde Park, was not
the source of the weather ground -
vibrations, a second network of
seismographs was set up on the
opposite bank of the Hudson. This
second network indicated that' the
waves were coming from the same
source as those recorded: on the
east bank of the river. The agree-
ment indicated) that Lake Erie was
the broadcasting station.
The instruments were next mov-
ed to Hot Springs in North Caro-
lina in the Appalachians near the
Tennessee border. A triangulation
pattern covering hundreds of miles
indicated that the source of the
vibrations was almost due north. A
line drawn from the station in the
direction of the source intersected
the previously drawn line at Pough-
keepsie at a point over Lake Erie.
..—.Father Lynch infers that probably
the entire Great I-akes system acts
• as a transmitter of ground weather
waves,
"Sure Thing" Bets
To Amuse Friends
Ask a friend to think of any hoar
between one and 12, and say that
merely by consulting your watch
you will tell hint the hour he
thought of. He will be very sceptical
and probably willing to take a bet.
Hold the watch in your left hand
and a pencil in your right, telling
your friend to make a careful mental
note of the number of times you
tap on the dial, counting from the
hour he has thought of. Thus. if
he has thought of five o'clock he
--.__-_starts counting to himself from six
as you tap. You add that he must
stop you when, mentally, he has
counted twenty, when the pencil
will he pointing to the hour he
thought of.
This is how it works. Th'e eighth
tap of your pencil, going round
the dial, must he on the figure
12. The first seven taps can be
anywhere you like, but to make it
look more mysterious, start on the
figure five and work round clock
wise until 12 is reached, tapping
your pencil once on each figure.
From this eighth tap, work back-
wards. -1l, 10, 9, 8. and so on, until
your friend says "stop" having
counted twenty taps. The point of
your pencil ' will now be resting
on the required hour, and you can
pick up your winnings.
Bet any lady present that you
can make het tell yott her age.
Give her a slip of paper and a pen-
cil and stand away so that you
can't possibly see what she is writ-
ing. Ask her to nntltipy the years 01
her age by .3, and add 1,
Quick change Artists—This sign in the American Express Company's window in Paris warns tourists
not to exchange their dollars at unofficial rates offered by shady characters. Caricatures of some of
the more notorious black -marketeers make up the display.
Then she must multiply this total
by 3 and add the result to her
original number (her age).
Now ask what her total is. It will
always end in 3. Strike off the
figpre 3 and the number retraining
will be the one originally thought
of -the lady's age,
Suppose her age is 21. Multiplied
by 3 you get 63; adding 1 the result
is 64. Then 64 multiplied by 3 gives
192, which, added to the original
number (21) gives 213. Drop the
3 and you have the original num-
ber, 21. It works with any number.
Here is another trick. Place 21
matches on a table. Explain that
this is a game in which one, two
or three matches at a time can be
taken from the heap. You are will-
ing to bet that you can force ?bur
opponent to pick up the last match
and so lose the game.
His Move First
Always allow your opponent to
make the first move. If he takes
one match. you take three; if he
takes two, you take two --each time
you pick up the difference between
his number and four. After five
moves 20 matches will be picked
up and your opponent will be forced
to take the Iast one,
The late W. C Fields used to
win himself many a wager by
walking into a bar and betting any-
one that he could take a drink from
a bottle without touching the cork
or tampering with the bottle in. any
way,
His secret was to select the right
type of bottle -the type with a
hollow bottom. Fields merely invert-
ed the bottle, p6ured a drink into
the cavity, then drank it. Ile had
not touched the cork or tampered
with the bottle, ,yet he had taken
a drink from its
That's the way to snake a bet'.
TIIL FA
M FRONT
1 don't want you to rush eight
out to try and buy some, because
it won't be on the market in quanti-
ties until 1953. Btu there'll come a
time, probably, when we'll all be
using a new synthetic nrganie
chemical called Krilium, which is
said to be from 100 to 1000 times
more effective in improving soil
structure than compost. mannrrs or
peat moss.
Developed by a leading chemical
company, Krilium was introduced
by their researcher, Dr. C, A.
Hochwalt at the anunal meeting of
the Association for the Advance-
ment of Science last December.
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Not a fertilizer, Kriliunt is a
soil conditioner which for the first
time radically and immediately im-
proves soil structure, lir. Iiochw'alt
said.
It is highly resistant to nacterial
decomposition, effective and econo-
tnical in control of rain erosion. It
shows promise in control of spot
erosion problems in productive
agricultural areas.
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,One pound of Krilium has es-
sentially the seine effecton soil
structure as 200 pounds of peat
moss or 500 pounds of commercial.
conmpost. Peat retails at four cents
a pound, commercial compost at 2V;
cent, and Krilium at under 32,
Rate of application, which de-
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pelt. s on the type an,l degree of soil
improvement desired, ranges- from
concentrations of 0.02 per cent to •
0.1 per rent. (by weight of soil).
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lu agriculture and Imre-gardeu-
ing the new conditioner may be
spread on the soil surface at a
uniform rate. Both soil surface and
conditioner preferably should he
dry at titre of treatment.
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Since such minute.amounts of
liril'unt ate effective,- it may be
desirable to use a diluent. "Then the
cohditioncr, which Is a nontoxic,
free-flowing powder, should be
mixed thoroughly into the soil. to
the desired depth. by means .of a
d'ek, rotary title- - ' and ivaple-
tnent. * *
Adding sufficient ,;;ter to soak
down to the treated depth helps
achieve the maximum effect, If
rainfall is the expected water source,
treatment may be made just prior
to anticipated rain. Seeding can be
done conveniently before watering.
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Kriliunt is an effective and eco-
nontical agent in. control of rain
erosion. .ln this application it merely
may he spread on the surface eveu,
1p.
After it becomes wet, Krilium
forms a water -permeable film on
the surface of the ground during
the period necessary for establish-
ment of a permanent cover crop in
erosion control,
itt addition to providing marked
resistauce to the erosive action ot
water, including splash erasion by
raindrops, Krilium improves con-
dition for seed germination and
subsequent growth of the grass or
vegetative cover always• uecessary
for permanent protection against
erosion.
The conditioner holds seed 5011
S011 in place while grasses or le-
gumes are germinating and becom
Mg established, Tests indicate that
the surface application of Kriliunt
is effective in treatment of a wide
variety of soil types,
Tough On Tires — This picture,
taken at speed of 1/15,000 of
a second, shows what happens
when your auto tire, properly
inflated, strikes a brick at a
speed of 40 miles per hour. It
is one of a series of photos
made by engineers at Seiberling
Rubber Co., to study effect of ob-
stacles on tires at high speeds.
Ecouont'c advantages- of Kriliunt
in comparison with various surface
mulches widely used in erosion
control, include its case of applica-
tion, lack of flannnability, resistance
to wind, availability in areas where
mulches are not obtainable readily,
and savings in transportation, stor-
age, and appl'eation costs.
Kriliunt may be useful in green-
houses, since 30 to • 50 per cent.
crude organic wastes, such as peat
moss and composts, constantly must
be added to poor soils to bring
then: to ordinary greenhouse stand-
ards ,To achieve 'such standards,
sand and vermiculite also usually
are added bemuse they do not rot
away. K: * K'
Krilittm-treated sols may elimi-
nate considerable surface tilling
and mulching with organic matter.
Ifrilitun mixed with soil before
seed'ttg or transplanting will im-
prove soil aeration for patted and
bench plants.
*
Even light surface treatments will
aid infiltration and drainage, which
are important processes when sur-
face irrigation, such as that used
in most greenhouses, is employed.
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Soil structure is the arrangement
of tiny, primary soil particles htto
aggregates with varying stability
to water. Soil structure should not
be confused with soil texture, which
is based an the relative proportion
of the. three major sizes of soil
particles—sand, silt and clay.
Kriliunt forms and stablizrs na-
tural soil aggregates against the.
dispersing or slaking taction of
water. The new cottditiotier im-
proves aggregation of poor soils, in
which aggregates may range front
dust to clods but have very low -
stability to water.
In well aunditloited .mils aggre.
gates retain au optimiuttt size rang-
ing from a pinhead to a pea. In.
creases in vegetation through the
use of Krilium can he regulated as
conditions demand.
Aeration,. the prucvs by which
plant roots obtain oxygen and
lise nutrients, is increased greatly
by Kriliunt. Roots need air in ad-
dition to water, and treated soil has
large amounts of pore space for
P(.1143. access of oxygen.
How They "stop
'1']te doping of racehorses is !read.
line news to -day. There's no doubt
that thoroughbreds are "got at"
from time to time by unscrupulous
Individuals; and it's also interesting
to recall some of the perfectly legal,
but somewhat unorthodox, methods
employed by trainers to bring their
charges up to scratch in the early
days of the Turf.
One of the first on record was
Gervase Markham, who revealed
the mysteries of his calling to the
world of 1599 with a work entitled:
"How to Choose, Ride, Train* and
Diet both Hunting -horses and Run-
ning -horses."
He explains, somewhat obviously,
that you must first pick a horse
whose 'shape, countenance and de-
meanour give promise of speed," On
the morning of the race, after bring-
ing your charge to its peak on a
diet of straw and oats varied with
hay and bread, its recommended
breakfast is a large white loaf, cut
up, toasted, soaped in wine, and
then dried out between hot cloths.
There is now but one final service
for you to perform. Namely, to fill
your mouth with strong vinegar and
blow it in the animal's nostrils,
"malting thetn apt for the receite of
wind." This rather tricky operation
should be repeated immediately be-
fore the off , , . "arid so begueathe
him and yourself to God."
An owner of the last century with
some original ideas was the fourth
Duke of Portland. He decided that
none of his two -year-olds should
face the alarunts and excursions of a
racecourse without first being
thoroughly conditioned to noise;.,
and accordingly decreed that squibs
should be let off unexpectedly in
their corn -bins, and that at exercise
on his estate they should constantly
encounter dram -and -fife bands at
full blast!
Another unorthodox owner of
that time was Lord Glasgow, who
used to shoot any of his horses
whose performance displeased hint.
He also had a way of dealing sum-
marily with servants; be once threw
a waiter neck -and -crop out of the
window of a Scottish hotel, break-
ing his leg and causing other in-
juries. When the irate manager
remonstrated with him, his lord-
ship remarked cheerfully: "Put hint
on the bill, no matter what it is."
It's so long since a filly won the
Derby -1916 was the last occasion,
when Fifinella scored in both Derby
and Oaks (substitute races at New-
market)—that not everyone realizes
they are eligible for it. They are,
however (although colts, of course,
are barred front tate Oaks), and al-
together four fillies have been suc-
cessful in both great Classics.
The first to bring off this re-
markable double was Sir Charles
Banbury's Eleanor, whose excel=
lessee inspired the famous last words
from the mouth of the Bunbury
groom, to whose death -bed a parson
had been sununoned just before the
Epsom meeting of 1801.
After a variety of helpless con-
tortions, the poor fellow finally
divulged the dramatic secret of
which he was so anxious to rid his
conscience before departure. "De-
pend on it, that Eleanor is a hell of
a snare!" he cried—and fell back
dead, The parson had only himself
to blame if, a few days later, ire
Horses in Olden Days
failed to back the winner of both
Oaks and Derby. He bad been
given the tip all right!
Denzil Batchelor tells that and
other amusing stories in his very
readable book, "The Turf of Old" -a
notable contribution to the literature
of racing itt Great Ilritain, He also
includes some rentarkable wagers
of the bad aid days, when a man
could cheerfully lose £40,000 on
one throw of a dice, and when the
general zest for gambling is perhaps
best epitomized by the prince of
then all, Charles James Fox, who
yawningly asserted that next to
winning at gambling he loved
losing best.
One of the most astute wagers
was that of the Duke of Queens-
berry, who had the temerity to bet
that he could dispatch a letter fifty
miles within an hour in days when
the swiftest transport was the stage
coach.
His opponent :trust have con-
sidered himself on velvet , , , until
he saw the Duke enclose the letter
in a cricket ball, which he handed
to twenty-four skilled throwers to
fling round a measured circle for
sixty minutes . . , he won his het.
He Paints Pictures
On Reads Of Pins
When Italian artist, Egidio Bos -
chi, holds an exhibition of his
work, each painting can be seen
by only one person at a time, View-
ers study his pictures through the
lens of a high-powered microscope.
For Boschi has executed seven
paintings—six landscapes and a
portrait—on the heads of ordinary
pins,
He will never stake any more
of these minute masterpieces, be-
cause the strain involved has cost
him the perfect sight of his Left
eye. -After three years' intense
work, it has been irreparably dam-
aged.
Art experts who have studied his
work are amazed at the amount of
detail in the paintings. Bosehi's
landscapes show clouds in the
skies, trees and shrubbery on tiny
hills and other items that are
frequently ignored in normal sized
pictures.
He used special colours that
would retain their brilliance tinder
enormous magnification, and instead
of a brush he used a single stair
front the back of his hand.
Artists throughout the ages have
attempted to paint the greatest pos-
sible detail in the smallest possible
area, but few have equalled the
work of Bosehi,
An American named James 33'.
Zaharce is also famous for his
close work, but he uses a pert
instead of a brush. Zaharee's hand-
writing is so small that he Inas
been able to put the Lord's Braver
on a single grain of rice. It is said
that he has written more than
7,000 letters (clearly visible through
a microscope) on one side of a grain
of rice.
A man had been talking for hours
about himself and his achievements.
"I'nt a self made than, that's what
I am—a self made man," be said.
"Yon knocked off work too soon,"
carne a quiet voice from tate corner.
Feeding Time At Oak Ridge — A workman places an aluminum.
jacketed uranium slug in a fuel channel opening of one of the
graphite reactors that make up the atomic pile at Oak Ridge. The
natural uranium slugs, like the one being inserted above, weigh
2,57 pounds each arid are four inches long.
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