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The Seaforth News, 1948-07-01, Page 6Luxury on Wheels in New Trans -Continental Buses—There'll be no dry spells for trans- continental passengers on this new bus. It has a fully equipped snack bar, plus other inno- vations, such as a two-way radio telephone. Two fair maidens sample the snack bar; with the driver's approval Some Notes From The Farm Front By John Russell tosay nothing of the increased value of the land, Real Oil Crop With the great shortage of vege- table oils and fats which exists througho-.t the world, the sunflower is coming in for more attention than ever before. In Manitoba last year no less i- an 23 thousand acres were devoted to this crop which, with an average of 800 pounds of seed per acre, would give a total production of something like 9,200 tons. Probably few of us realize just how much sunflower seed oil is used in Canada, In addition to our own production — in 1945 over 5 million pounds — two years ago our im- ports of sunflower seed oil amount- ed to over 14 million pounds, mostly from Argentina. There are other vast possibilities for sunflower growing. In the United States university seed doctors and cooperating farmers believe that they are so close to solving the "sunflower secret" that before long we may be eating cakes made with sunflower meal and thousands of farmers may have a new crop to harvest. Although sunflower seeds have long beenrecognizedas' valu- able winter feed for cattle and poul- try, up to now commercial use of the crop has never been on a large scale. It is interesting to note that the university of Illinois seed specialists, who are conducting the eseerinentst had to turn to Canada in order to secure the type of sunflower they wanted. The traditional tall sun- flower plants, with heavy stalks, were much too hard to harvest. Now, with a Canadian "dwarf" variety called the "Advance" they feel that the battle is won and that planting, cultivation and harvesting can be done with the machinery used for corn. "We can definitely promisethat dwarfed sunflowers, harvested by modern machinery, will produce yields of sunflower meal and oil that will be equal on an economic basis to soybean yields in terns of value of meal and oil per acre!' they state. So it looks as if it mightn't be a bad idea for many Ontario fainters, in areas suitable for this crop, to look into the pos- sibilities of sunflowers. Considerable interest was aroused by something we published last week about a method of bringing unthrifty apple trees back to good yields. It consists of planting from four to eight young trees — even crab apples will do — near the old trunk, then grafting them right into it. Going still further into. the matter, those who have tried it say there doesn't seem to bedmuch difference in yields from such "grafted" trees and others in the same orchard which have always been healthy. Last year one man claims to have harvested 40 boxes from a "grafted" Red Delicious; which is a real yield considering that the original trunk is dead and the grafts now make tap the entire root system, At times, when trees have been blown over, they have been straight- ened, and the sante plan of grafting young trees to them used. A few years later yields were equal to those of nearby unharmed trees. But here's something that should be noted; all water sprouts should be rubbed from the young trees used for such grafting; or else their sap will fail to flow into the old trunk. Plenty of Bugs More than 470,000 different species of insects have already been iden- tified and entomologists — bug spe- cialists, that is — estimate that the total number of species in the world is over two million. And we know one ratan who swears he hgs every last one of then, right on his owii farm. It Takes I'ime First reaction of many who use each weed -killing sprays as 2, 4-D 3s often one of disappointment. They expect something spectacular to happen right away; but the trouble is that most weeds just won't curl rap and die in a few hours, even if they've been fatally injured. Com- mon plantain, for example, may take from 3 to 5 weeks even to look different, That's because the leaves remain green and healthy in ap- pearance, even thoggh the entire root system is decomposed. But such spraying really pays, nevertheless. One man had 350 acres of oats so badly infested with Can- ada thistle that it looked like a hope- lese task to make them eligible for certification. But when the oats were knee-high he rigged up a spray out- fit and soaked them with 2, 4-D. The spray, which cost„around $3 an acre, returned him $20 an acre on the oats, Get your heart into your work, whatever it may be, for work with- out heart is dead, TI -IIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson RICE RAPER 11 NOT MADE FROM 1-1E Plni.tiOPA7RHE THATOROWS IN' FORMOSA. COPR. 1544 0Y NEA 0554 kr, INC. T. M. 540, U. 8. PAT. OFF. 0 LINES IN THE PLUMAGE OF THE BITTERN BLEND WITH 1HE UPRIC-,, HT REEDS 1N WHICH THE BiRD 1�IE5"f5.,.. PRoDtlyg1Q� uANOTHER EXAMPLE aF NOV IVa The Green Thumb By Gordon L. Smith Thinning After the first planting is up the next major job is thinning and spacing. This is vital work and applies to either flowers or vege- tables, Crowded flowers will grow thin and spindly,. will not b I o am freely and the biggest plants will topple over in the first storm. Allow about four or five inches between” plants for flowers like nasturtiums, less for alyssum, much more for tall marigolds,cos- mos or sp,der plants. Spacing With • the smaller vegetables, a couple of inches between plants is sufficient. This applies to leaf let- tuce, early carrots, beets, etc. Beans and peas should have from four to six inches between plants, and as all the seed usually germinates it should be planted about this far apart. Rows should be from fifteen inches to two feet apart, Corn is usually planted from three to six seeds to a hill, about eighteen inches apart each way or rows two to three feet apart. Tomato plants re- quire at least eighteen inches each way; melons, squash and cucum- bers three plants to a hill, and hills - about two to three feet apart, Zinnias Zinnias are among the easiest garden flowers to grow. They will grow in almost any kind of soil but will thrive better in rich, deep soil, well dug and manured. They need plenty of sun. Water them generously, particularly during the hot, dry weeks of midsummer, by soaking the soil. Overhead water- ing may cause mildew. Keep the soil from becoming caked by either a straw mulch during the hot months or shallow cultivating in the form of a dust mulch, to conserve mois- ture. Zinnias offer long -season bloom in the utmost variety of sizes, shapes and colors, They are also prime for cutting. The large dahlia -flowered giant types grow to three and four feet and mal showy plantings at the back of the flower border. Fantasy, chrysanthemum -flowered/ cut -and - come -again types are suited to the middle heights. For the front of a border and for bedding are the baby or pompon zinnias. Zinnias are often taught of as autumn flowers, but will start blooming In early July and will continue until frost, especially :if a new sowing is made in mid-June to take the place of those that have started early. Keep the old blooms cut off, Anti -Fogging Natural science has a solution to the problem of windshields that fog over in cold weather, A cotton cloth impregnated with an anti -fog- ging 'chemical will soon be intro- duced commercially. One wiping with the treated cloth will keep windows clear .for hours. The cloth ran he used indefinitely. A PASSENGER WANTS SOMETHING —,BE GOOD UNTIL 1 GET HACK, Seventh bmLig Stretch By FERN RUBLE The stadium was filled to capa- city for the opening game and a swelling chorus of voices filled the air. The sun was a brilliant ball in a sky of blue. But Johnny Longstreet sat hunched i the dugout, his huge hands banging loosely between his knees: The barites of his teammates was a meaningless babel to him, "1 wonder how -she is' by ndw,'' he thought miserably. His blue eyes darkened in despair as he thought 'of the interminable afternoon be- fore him. He groaned and glanced at Corky Blantnti, It was too bad that Chuck Leigh- ton had sprained an ankle. Doc said he'd be back in the lineup by next week, but next week was too late and Corky was depending on Johnny to pitch this opening game. "How's it going, Johnny?" Corky dropped down on the bench beside him and laid a comforting hand on bis knee,; "Gosh, Corky, 1 don't know. The Doc said she'd be all right, but I wish to Heaven I could be there with her." His knuckles whitened as he clenched his hands and Corky watched him with troubled eyes. As Johnny took the mound for the top half of the first inning, a cheer rose from the stands, His heart warmed at the sound and some of the sag lifted from his shoulders. He looked at Windy Norton, who was catching, and nod- ded as he caught the signal. As he started his wind -tip, a fleeting vis- ion of Milly's scared little face cros- sed his mind. He knew when the ball left his hand it was a stinker. Sure enough, Bill Lofton, the big Pirate shortstop, laid on it for a three -base hit. A groan went up from the crowd. He got hold of himself and fanned the next three men up, leaving Bill Lofton stranded on third. As he faced the first man up in the second inn- ing, Johnny's arm felt like lead. "1'f I just knew how she was," he thought. "If I knew she was all right." He tried desperately to keep his mind on the game, to keep from thinking about Milly, but, inspite of himself, he failed miserably. He simply couldn't keep her out of his mind. It happened its the sixth inning. He walked the first khan and the next batter up hit for a single, put- ting a titan on first and third. A sacrifice hit brought in the first run of the game for the Pirates. As the seventh inning came up, and the boys trotted out to their positions, Corky turned impatiently as someone tapped him on the shoulder. He took the note handed to him. His face spread into a huge grin and he ran out to the mound. "Well," Johnny thought, "here's where I get yanked and I dontt blame him, Any rookie pitcher could toss rings around me today." But Corky simply handed Johnny the 'paper, johnny read it and let. out a -whoop. The fans watched in bewilderment as they saw Johnny go into, a dance, Then they saw his teammates conte running in and cluster around him to break away with bowls and back -thumping, Finally, everyone bac'. in posi- tion, Johnny toed the niouncl and squinted at Wincl°y, waiting for the signal. As it came, he gave a satis- fied nod and started his wind -rap. The ball 'whizzed over the plate and you could almost see the smoke trailing is The next one was a beau- tiful slow ball that broke just right. Johnny grinned happily as the bat- ter took a healthy. swing at the next one and missed. The Reds got two runs in the eighth, giving them a one -run lead over the Pirates and Johnny put them away one, two, three in the ninth., Not a very big lead, to be sure, but big enough, especially when you consider that Johnny hadn't really pitched much of a game before Corky'd brought him that little slip of paper at the be- ginning of the seventh. Oh yes, the note? Well, it really wasn't a very big message; that is, not very big in words. It merely said, "It's twins, darling. Two future major league ballplayers. See that you make them proud of their Daddy today." And it was signed, . 'Milly'.' Modest Request The driver of one of those very small motor cars that look as if they'd dropped off watch chains was crowded against the curb by a huge motor transport. "Excuse me," the driver of the tiny car called to the truck driver, "is this Talbot street?" "Yeah!" answered the truck driver. "Well, would you mind moving over and letting me have a little' more of it?" asked the driver of the tiny car. Self -Sufficiency , Urged in 'England The British are putting a great teal f thought into the' question of to what extent they could be- come self-suffitdent in' food'. There are many experts who con- tend that Britain could feed itself. They are refusing to abide by the of ' maxim that to clothe and feed himself a man needs twoand one half acres per person, writes a London correspondent of the Chris- tian Science Monitor. The total area of Great Britain is only 60,000,000 acres, for a popu- lation nearing 50,000,000 And of those 00,000,000 acres, only 45,- 000,000 have be n suitable so 'far fc r agricultural purposes. With this area they managed be- fore World War II to produce one third of their food, During World War I1 they stepped this up to nearly two thirds, This is what makes experts hope- ful that with revolutionary methods 100 per cent self-sufficiency might be achieved. But it is pointed out that the methods probably would have to be unusual in the extreme. It is ruggested, for instance, that there would have to be a large-scale dr urbanization of the. population -- I t "win'; large' batches .from over- t .wdet cities out . into. the coun- tryside and getting them back onto.. the land. But this would b far less of an ' upheaval than the ' migration :10,000,00 or 20,000,000 people from the United Kingdom to Australia and other British dominions and colonies, which is urge' as one solu- tion of 13ri.tain's ecoito,..ic troubles. Anyway activities and experi- ments now going on to reclaim the land to ;riculture and to make two blalTes grow where one grew before have an interest and urgency sur- passing anything which the land of this country has experienced for a long time: Some 9,000 acres, which were used as a battle training ground be- fore D -Day in Europe, have cine back into cultivation this year in East Suffolk. Plans to reclaim '50,000 acres of historic Romney Marsh on the south coast of England' are being worked out. R ACM'S with Minard's, the great rubbing Mai. mens, sworn foe of muscular and joint soreness, stiffness and pain. Use it generously. It's greaseless, has no unpleasant odor, dries quickly. Use it fon dandruff and skin disorders, too, Get a bottle at your druggist's today. Keep it handy on your bathroom shelf. 125R ARDS LINIMENT The Daily Snack—Unusual companion for a woman 103 years old is Johnny, this wild deer .that regularly wanders into the farmyard of Mrs, Lydia Gordon°of the Norwich district, Oxford County,.who is shown feeding her pet. iThe deer trots in and out of Mrs, Gordon's old log cabin and is especially interested when she is sewing. took, Ft,L, I'LL. SWAP SOME CHEWING GUM. FOR YOUR SEAT NEXT TO THE STEWARDESS. ..A DOZEN BANANAS WHEN WESETOFF THE PLANE By Arthur Pointer • .TWO CHOCOLATE' BARSAND A BIG BANANA SPLIT,. • Iss