The Seaforth News, 1931-11-12, Page 3THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931
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GROWING, .SELECTION AND
PREPARATION OF GRAIN AND
SEED FOR EXHIBITION.
(Cppyrigh!t, 1+9311.)
By Herman TrelIe.
Last of Series of Special Articles
written for The Seaforth News
'batss Put only about half the
amount in the sack as for wheat. Use
the same process. Watch them very,
',very carefully and when the slightest
sign of splitting the .boson shield be-
gins to show, stop. Olean out the
dust and look them over again, and
lby a quick hand picking method re-
move any signs of damage, because
there always will be damage done if
oats are niovect about in excess. Oats
should become very slick, and should
increase at least the same as wheat
in weight. Caution: tender oats, such
as Early Alaska, can stand only a
very light finishing process.
'Barley: Handle exactly as oats but,
because of the tougher hull and awns.
'the process may be made more vigor-
ous and extended,
;Rye: The delicate coating of bloom
on this seed cannot withstand any
processing whatsoever. The sample
.should retain its silky, velvety ap-
pearance, and this can only be done
by working it as little as' possible,
from the very start, at threshing time.
Alfalfa: Just slide the tiny, hard ai-
falfa seeds in a sack in the same man-
' :leer as wheat. There is not much
'danger of damaging a sound sample,
Sweet clover is treated in the same
man ner.
Timothy: This seed should be very
carefully handled so as not to re-
' stove the hull, The "sad." method
'has a tendency toward too much pres-
sure. A little movement in a pail, or
a jar, and a thorough removal of dust,
is about all that requires to be done
to add a half a pound to the weight
and increase the smoothness safely.
Flax: Nothing beyond a shake up
and "airing" can improve the oily
shine of flax.
Peas and beans: Peas and beans
mill take on a tremendous shine when
simply placed in 'a sack and rolled
around on the floor and table.
IBy reasonably applying one or oth-
er of the above suggested methods
one may finish off every kind of seed
included in the World's Show prize
tlis't.
(By all means forget the idea that
•there is any chemical, or some con-
cocted means of procedure, to im-
prove the color of different seeds, es-
pecially oats or barley. There is noth-
ing to compare with the lasting, and
true, and clean, results ,which one gets
Iby simple, natural ways.
Final advice: Leave a beautiful
sample alone at finishing tinge, unless
.tested and tried experience has taught
the proper thing to do for betterment,
With no exception, grain show judges
look with favor upon, and give very
'careful consideration to, any beauti
•Pail sample which has mot, been over
;done.
Before one contemplates showing
an aged, "carry-over" sample in the
!World's Grain Show, he sure to make
`certain that the germination and vital-
ity has not been appreciably weaken -
eft. IVYbeat will keep for many years
ate a dry cool place where the air is
not changeable. The writer has never
...keen associated with the growing of
Egyptian wheat taken from King
'Tut's tomb, but he has grown wheat
from seeds that• were sixteen years
,old and could detect no difference in
their uitality compared to that of
+ores:h ones. Oats were o.k,. at 'six
years. Barley, however, showed a
weakness after three years.
Seeds that are carried over without
being handled much,or better still if
not yet 'prepared for the show, will
make a much ;better appearance than
those which have seen the 'light of
day under 'many changes of atmos-
pheric conditeen s,
•'From observation the writer is
firmly of the opinion that the leas a
mass of carry -.over seed has been dis-
turbid, when stored under favorable,
protective conditions, the better will
be the chances to win in the show
room.
A highly polished sample will lose
its attractiveness much more rapidly
than one which carries a finish to a
less degree, But, always remember
that an aged sattale, even at its best.
falls down to second place when pit-
ted against a fresh new oot1e.
Any sample of seed begins to take
on a uniform "overcast" of grey and
tan as soon as summer sets in. This
cast somewhat resembles t'hat of over
maturity, and weathering, which some
new samples take 011 et harvest time.
The condition :can best be detected
from a distance. This cast is much
more uniform in the aged sample.
;If two different samples of the same
variety must be mixed be sure that
the germination, the moisture content,
the weight per bushel, the general ap-
pearance, and the processing are
about the sante in both.
ft is poor business to mix seeds
from two different years. Any old
sample may be much improved in ev-
ery way by being given a complete
screening and hand picking, :but only
a light polish before again entering
the show room.
The writer never sends a sample to
a show unless it is in a double sack,
and best of all, when the outer sack
is made of some moisture proof odor-
less material. Tag it .dou'ble, and plain-
ly, sewing one tag on the inside sack.
(With the sacks and tags complete,
pack the exhibit in a strong box or
non -crushable container. There is no
objection ;to placing more than ;one
exhibit in the same container so long
as it is made convenient and strong
enough to handle.
Then when the time comes address
the precious sample .p'lainly to the
World's Grain tExhibitfon and Confer-
ence, Regina, Sas'k'atchewan, Canada,
and include the ,following in bold let-
tering?
"Please keep in a cool .place."
May good luck go with the exhibit,
and whether it wins or comes second,
may the exhibitor show the true spirit
of genuine sportsmanship.
This article concludes the discourse
THE SE FORTH NEWS.., PAGE THRE .
tion of Gra 1r and Sie 1 :s'
Sometime in the fat.. -,re v l
may have the e , r ut :.f e id
ing the series to include the growing
of quality grains .for showmanship
and seed' purposes.
DISCLOSES SECRET GROUP.
"Comrade I sselwveiti " former sec-
retary of the Regina branch of the
c enrmitnist party of Canada, and for
seven years an active executive, ap-
peared in the witness box at Toronto
in his true colors, the scarlet -and -gold
uniforate of a sergeant in bhe Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.
While nine communists, on trial on
charges of being mennbers of an un-
lawful association, smiled sardoaeical-
ly, Sergeant' John Leopold' told of
the inner workings of the communist
organization, ..described secret meth-
ods and 'codes used to cover up the
activities of an "underground party"
which had functioned in the days of
the workers' patfty. "Comrade E'ssel-
wenn" or 'Sergeant Leopold was eject-
ed from the comuliist party in 1928.
The communist party had been organ-
ized and"financed in Canada by the
Third International, Sergeant Leo-
pold testified. Sergeant Leopold cabs
ed an almost sensational impression by
his testimony, in which ,he traced the
developmen't o'f the communist party
from an "under cover" group which
began operating secretly in 1921, to its
present status as. an openly and vig-
orously operating entity, From the
early days of Communist organization
in this country in 292'1 until the time
of his expulsion, Esseiwein was a
trusted member df the party's comb-
oils. Voluminous correspondence from
headquarters to the Regina unit pass-
ed through his hands, some of it in a
secret cipher. He attended party con-
ventions• and executive meetings,
some of them held in secret. Iu 1925,
a comm'iss'ion had been set up in Rus-
sia, an offspring of the International
executive to study secession of Canada
from the British Empire. Several thou-
sand dollars had been expended by
Moscow to s•dt up a'Canadian organi-
zation, and more spent to carry it
along for several years, at first en-
tirely "underground," then under-
ground behind a "blind" title of the
Workers' panty of Canada, and 'final-
ly quite openly as the communist
party of Canada. With the sergeant's
testimony and .with voluminous ex-
tracts :from seized documents, the
crown sought to shows that the ob-
jects and activities of the Canadian
unit, under direct dsciplinary control
df the conlintern at Moscow, were
concentrated at dicta'torsh'ip of the
proletariat by civil war, insurrection
and revolutionary overthrow of the
capitalistic dictatorship" in Canada
and elsewhere.,
The wvituess appeared smartly at-
tired in the scarlet tunic of the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police. Attached to
the force since 1918, he had been ord-
ered in 1921 to Carry on investigation.
into "the revolutionary movement in
Western Canada," He had joined the
•Communist party at Regina in the fall
of 392.1 under the name of J. W. Es-
sel•wein. Later becoming secretary of
the party's Regina branch, he retnain-
...t }.'. ;oils 11111:•.
l e e' h111
from the party He attended the sec-
ond, third, fourth and fifth coiifeit-
titncof the cotitmuli'st party in To-
ronto, 4well as a :on, of the cen-
tral oxruttire.'1'he ;erg,eant ex,,laiu-
ed bhat the 1 gun,, Communist League
MIS the "youth section" of the party,
c mtrolled by the party and when any
member of the league reached the age
of 22 .y'ars, it was not only usual but
more or less compulsory for him to
join t'ihc party proper: Persons under
22 could join the league, the party, CP:
both. The .pa'rty's children's section
has known as the Young Pioneers.
,tri carried
JURY FAILS TO AGREE
FOR THIRD TIME
For the third time within one year
a Supreme Court jury has failed to
agree as to the -guilt or innocence of
'Gifford and Harvey. McNeil, accused
of rob'bing, While arched, the Brussels
branch df the Bank of Nova Scotia,
of $6,000 on October 29 last. At 9
o'clock Friday evening, Lifter deliber-
ating for 12' hours, the jury reported
a disagreement for the third time
since it retired at 10 o'clock in the
morning and was discharged by Jus-
tice Logie.
"Have you reached a verdict?" ask-
ed the court clerk.
"We have not," replied the jury
foreman.
"Is there any chance of your
reaching an agreement?" inquired
Judge Logic.
"There is not."
"You have deliberated a very long
time. \'Chen you are deadlocked as
you are there is no use keeping you
up all night The situation is now in
the hands of the attorney -general.
You have had a trying week and you
are now discharged," said Justice
Logie.
Within a year the McNeiI brothers
have been placed on trial three times,
the proceedings eonsunling 12 days
all told, in February, in June and
again in November.
It was announced by defense coun-
cil, e. C. Makins, I'1.C., for Harvey
MdNeil. and Campbell ,Grant, who act-
ed at all three trials for Gilford Mc-
Neil, that immediate representation
would be made to the attorney -gener-
al to have the prisoners discharged.
Their mother, whose hone is in Re-
gina, awaited the news of the trial at
the hone of friends in Toronto.
The prisoners were much pleased
w'h'it the news df disagreement, as
were numerous relatives front Tees -
water and Walkerton, who were in at-
tendance at the' trial. The prisoners
were returned to the county jail, but
it was with light hearts and jaunty
step that they descended the court-
house steps at the conclusion of the
anxious four days.
At the conclusion of Justice Logie's
address, which was strongly against
the prisoners, his lordship told the
jurors to retire and that meals and if
necessary, beds would he provided for
them until they had reached a verdict.
This was taken to mean that there
was little possibility of a disagree -
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Francis N. Cluif A. W. Archibald
1J'autes J. Hutchison ,Bernard ;Brown
J. Scott Hays ?John E. Bullard
\R'fllia:nt Bart Thomas E. Govenlock
;W. Stanley Hays William Isl. Hall
:George Mulholland Clarence S. Garden
Arthur i\doLean ;George Weiland
Arthur C. Neely Francis Weiland
john J. Purcell John eLeod
R. E. River's Clifford W. Ruffell
;3. Leslie Reid A. T. Parke
Mate son Reeves E. Cecil Dil[ing
'Charles Rolph Albert Bates
,Frederick Weir James Horan
Clarence W,estcott James Spearpoint
Douglas Calder 'Percy Vanner
Herbert Chapman 12:obert • I. Rest
IRollo E. Cook Charles McNamara
'Thomas Edgar James Jamieson
S'anniel H. 'Dorrance Russell G. Scott
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?tient in this case.
Unlike other sessions of the tilal,
there were very few woolen present.
The judge's charge to the jury lasted
exactly one hour and was very strong -
13' against the prisoners, so much so
that strenuous objection was taken to
it by the defence council, who charg-
ed that His Lordship's summing up
was biased and not founded on the
evidence. The defence also contend-
ed that his Lordship assumed too
much.
Justice Logic refused to recall the
jury as suggested by 11r. Making.
"I know that the court of appeal is
driving the judge to the position of
junior, or assistant defence council,
but I still hold it is my duty and my
privilege to charge against the pris-
oners if in my opinion the c vidence
and the circumstances warrant it."
said Justice Logic,.
An extract from a letter written
from Detroit by Gifford to the broth-
er. Harvey in Teeswater. dated Sept.
11, 1930, six weeks before the rob-
bery, was dealt with at length by the
trial judge. Sentences written by
Gilford read : "I will have to pay Stn
to $30 for any good reliable auto--,
I have now only 565 left, so will hare
to get a couple of pays under my kelt
to play safe on the job to fattish plans
and purchases,"
Phis letter was taken front Hervey:,
pockets when he was arrested at his
home in Teeswater nine days after
the Brussels robbery.
"I will have to pay $20 to $30 for
any good reliable auto--" repeated his
lordship, What does that dash mean
after auto? Does it signify automatic
or automobile. The prisoner's explan-
ation is that ciphers were accidehttally
left off the $20 and $30 and that it re-
fers to automobile. Do you believe
that or do you believe it has reference
to this dangerous weapon which was
found fully loaded under Gifford Mc -
Neil's mattress as he slept. Why did
lie have it there? Was it one of the
two automatics used itt the bank rob-
bery? Was it the gun which Manag-
er Wilmot says was shoved in his
face with tate command, 'Put 'em up,
or I'll blow your d— brains out?"
The judge delivered his address in
two parts, the alibi of the defence,
which he ridiculed and the identifica-
tion of Crown witnesses, which he
cemmended. He simmered the de-
fence testimony which 'he considered
,c,1 any importance down to two wit-'
nesses, Frank ,Moore, uncle of the ac-
cused wh.., ewore he wa's talking to
accused on the day and hour of the
robbery. The other was Louis Warn-
er, former Chief of Police of Teeswa-
ter.
Iris Lordship pointed out that
Moore was a relative of the accused
and naturally interested. When he
was asked nine days after the robbery
if he knew anything of the prisoner's
doings on the day of the ro'b'bery he
had replied in the negative, yet he
caner along a year after and gave the
court a minute account of being in
the company of his nephews oft the
very day and very hour of the rob-
bery. "Can you believe a witness who
acts in that manner?" asked His Lord-
ship.
"As for Louis Warner he is a self
confessed thief. You may also think
he is a liar. His explanation of how
his lingers touched the keys of a cash
register in a restaurant, whereas the
true story is that this plan. while an
officer of the law, put hie hands intg
the till of that cash register and stole
money, for which he w'as sentenced
to a terns hi jail. I ask you not to give
any credence to his testimony at all.
"Bank robbers lay their plans with
levilish cunning. They are aware of
the clanger of identification. The use
of masks is not as popular with them
as it once war. Masks obscure the
vision. There are other ways of. dis-
guise such as to apply greiise to the
face and the adoption for the robbery
of a disguised voice," the judge said.
as he reviewed the evidence of Man-
ager Wilmot, the Customer, i amont,
and of Oliver, Spading and Denman.
111 of whorl identified the McNeils as
the robbers.
T'1 e e witnesses, h, saA. were dis-
interested, They were reliable citi-
zens 1ngnpd standing in their com-
munity. Thy were known to be him.
est and they had made their identifica-
tions after a careful study of the fea-
tures of the .accused. Lamont, he
said, had six opportunities to identify
the accused during the progress of
the robbery, and he now was positive
in his identification,
His Lordship warned against jury-
men disclosing their deliberations to
the public after the trial. No juryman
or newspaperman should commit that
blunder, he said, as he read a ruling
on the point of the British Court of.
Appeal.
GHANDI VISITS AT PALACE'
The Mahatma sfohandas Karam -
chew! Gandhi pattered through the
corridors of Buckingham Palace in un-•
sandalled feet, his frail brown body
swathed in a voluminous shawl, and'
his thin middle clothed in a loin cloth •
of more dashing cut than on ordinary
occasions, to meet Their Majesties.
King George and Queen Mary the oth-
er day.
In his costume. which ignored the -
royal request for "formal dress," the
little Indian leader was the centre of
attraction among 400 guests invited to.
tea. Even the gorgeous, gem -encrust-
ed turbans of his colleagues could not
distract attention from the bald pate
and ascetic countenance of the man
who is revered by millions of Hindus..
The -Mahatma bowed graciously to,
the Xing and Queen, clasped their -
hands in friendly but .not humble fa-
shion and chatted with them for five:
minutes, But he violated another cus—
tom when he declined the tea and oth-
er refreshments set out for the guests,
departing hurriedly after his interview.
with royalty.
Gandhi was taken to the palace in
an automobile put at his disposal by
Scotland Yard. A tall inspector sat in:
the front seat, while Gandhi's secret-
ary. Mahadeo Desai and Mrs, Sarojim
Naidu, who is closely associated with'
him in his political movement, occup-
ied the rear seats.
At the gates of the palace, where-
thousands of Londoners gathered to
watch the incoming celebrities, Gand
hi leaned from the automobile and'.
flashed his amiable, toothless senile at.
the crowd. He was loudly cheered.
As Gandhi's brown legs, showing
beneath the shawl, carried him up the
palace staircase, it was recailed that
his costume was the same as that he
affected when he began his famous
salt -march to the sea eighteen months
ago, instituting a far-reaching cam-
paign of disobedience to the authority
of the British Crown,
From Gandhi's waist. at the end of"
a cotton string, dangled the cheap sit=
ver watch which always forms anoth_.
er distinctive item of the Mahatma's
dress: and his twinkling eyes were set
c fr
as usual, by steel -rimmed gases.
Gandhi's entire visit consumed only.
35 minutes. This is not The first time -
the Indian leader has met King
George and Queen Mary. Thirty-one
years ago, when Their .Majesties visit-
ed South A'fric'a, as the Duke and Du-
chess of York, Gandhi was practising
late at Durban, and it fell to his lot. to
read the address of welcome in which
he expressed the "loyalty of the Ind-
ian community," '
(hanks very much," said the 'vicar,
as little Toddy handed up his offer-
ing for the harvest festival: "9 must
call round this afternoon and thank
your mother for these eight beautiful
apples."
"P -please sir," stammered Toddy.
":would you m -mind thanking her for
1 -twelve apples?"
Bert's Desire
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street in an Ontario town, a small
boy gazed longingly on the "ball
players" to an adjoining lot. A
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on a ehair or in his rot, unable t...
join in the fun.
When the doctor war 51,11.A.
glans° told Mtn .the st e - d 1�
was not long hs fore little I. -rt. u.:
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