Zurich Herald, 1928-07-05, Page 6• powders,, also the aphides or plant lice
rrn that Yield readily to sprays of dilute
nicotine.
Notv4/' STANDARDIZING HONEY
.The 'Dominion Department •of Agri -
's IMPROVING, UNDER culture in co-operation with the hand-
•
GRADING lers of honey are engaged in the
Hog grading' is approaching the preparation ` of grades for the stand-
stage that .is ensuring to hog raisers ardiziug of honey. It is intended that
values for their stock consistent with h grades apply first to the, export
their quality. A long stem towards trade.
Canada exports honey to the 'United
this desirable objective was taken IlCingdom, France, Belgium, Denmark,
when grading was made effective Germany, Holland,• Norway, Sweden
the market centres and abattoirs. and the. United States. These exports
Farmers living far from the market last year amounted to 1,56;,712
and not able .to ship thin hogs co-
operatively, did not receive muck en pounds; whichin -four yeas is an 1n -
crease of over 200 per cent.
couragement to raise the highest grade
of stock because they were unable to Beekeeping on a national commet•
receive the benefit of the higher prices eh±1 footing is practically a new in
dustry, but it is increasing -by leaps
for the improved stock. 1and bounds. The honey cro pin 1927
Last autumn the regulations were showed" an increase of 77 per cont.
further improved providing for either over 1926, and now stands at 23,647, -
compulsory grading or marking for 268 pounds. , valued at $3,664,629.
Identification of ownership of hogs I The Publications Blanch of the De -
bought from different fanners. The partntent of Agriculture, Ottawa, has
new regulations are reported by off- a number of interesting pamphlets on
cars of the Federal Live Stock. Branch beekeeping wlzich may be had on ap
to be working very well, ninety-five iicatior:
per cent. of the shippers .in Eastern, pILLUSTRATION STATIONS
Ontario and seventy-five per cent. of
the territory west, complying fully, The Illustration Stations Division of
with these requirements. There has, the Experimental Farm reports an
however, been some defiance of the increase for the fiscal year ending
law, a shipper sending forward a load March 31, 1928, of 45 stations, bring -
made up of stock purchased from sev-, ing the total up to 195. From these
eral farmers without either grading stations last year there was sold to
or marking. The case came duly to farmers in the vicinity of each 30,942
the courts in the city of London andbushels of seed grain, 11,893 bushels
the shipper lost his case. I of seed potatoes, 20,080 pounds of grass
Ontario hogs -Under the grading and clover seed, 266 purebred bulls
regulations have shown consistent and and heifers, 106 hogs, 165 sheep, 602
- steady improvement and now that pro- cockerels, 682 pullets and 1,52S set-
ducers are provided with means of tings of eggs.
being fully rewarded for their pros -1 These illustration stations are
pest that Ontario hags and their prod-, chosen by Experimental Farm oft"--
oft"--
acts-
as
ft"--
acts will, like Danish hogs, ultimately 1 vials in districts where it is felt it
be of such a quality as to give thorn will be of advantage to introduce in
a preference in whatever market they a practical way,the work being clone
may be presented. These regula- by the Experimental Farms. The
tions, like most of the regulations' , owner of the farm continues to oper-
causing modification of usual prac- ate, but does so under the supervision
tires, have been objected to by some of an expert appointed by the Domin-
shippers and recently a drover at a ion Department of Agriculture. By
Western Ontario town undertook toil this system each station becomes a
test the strength of the law in this 1 centre for the growing and distribu
matter. He sent forward- a load oftion of high -grads seed, purebred live
market hogs of mixed ownership I stock, and also as a demonstration
without grading or marking in accord-{ station for the best type of cultural that tically ante with the regulations. The case I methods, the remaining parts were well lubrr- a vantages in the Northern Hemi- carried out on pack animals in charge
was reported' to the authorities and One of the outstanding accomplish I at a comparatively high rate of speed sphere, and he hoped to interest the of `muleman,' or is loaded on tram -
tried in the London Poifce, Court be-� meats of the illustration stations is sated. Somewhat to my surprise he i for a long period of time without un- peoples of South America in the prob- cars for transportation to the railway.
lore Magistrate C. W. Hawkshaw of the production of clover seed in British found that the transmission was in flue depreciation of the motor. One lem in the same way as the nations According to the location of the plan -
that city. It will be gratifying to Columbia. The first clover seed ever need of lubrication and that the hub big advantage under these conditions in the Northern Hemisphere had be talion, the pack by animals, as well
those who are doing their full share 'produced in British Columbia was liar- of one wheel was nearly dry. ',Chis is that the life of the motor is con as the haul by trams, is of varying
i im roving Ontario hogs to know vested last year at the Prince George illustrates a point I want to empha-isiderably extended.
size, namely, that a driver who be- on
Heves himself rather careful about this
matter of lubrication sometimes over-
looks some vital part of his car and
does well to have the machine checked
oxer by a service station man.
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DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE
•ter
tis'.
Auto Suffers
If I bricatinn
Two Poles Related I e Banana
Declares Wilkins.
1! lk a Details of an Industry Vvich
Engages the Activities of
Forthcoming Flight in Ant' 70 000 Mien
"Direct Relationship" . With " From a "sea of 'bananas" In ti19'
tropical jungle to ..banana -bearing^
' Arctic -- Meteorological ships steaming -over the ocean to our
Data Being Studied I of the servicee
b frig rts zez but
e a phase great Industrial
London-Oapt, G. H. Wilkins, who army,of 70,0�0�0 men. Divisions of this
with Lieut• C. B. Eiels‘on was the' army aro located in various countried
gttest of honor at a luncheon given of the Caribbean area, such as Cuba,
by the Royal Aeronautical Society, amaica, Costa Rica, Panama, Colome
the Royal Aero Club, and the Air Lea- bia, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico,
gue of the British Empire, declared "It is an inspiring and romantic
that there was need for greaten• storf-the story of the innumerable
knowledge of aretio and antarctic at activities of this, the greatest agrieul•
mospherio conditions in connection Lural army in the world," says a book
with the forecasting of weather in let recently issued by the Pan Amer.
both hemispheres. I -can Union.
He said his flight across the .arctic , "The banana stem .(rhizome) rapid
regions was dictated entirely by the , ly changes from plant to tree the
ne, d for investigation into meteor- latter contains about 85 per cent. of
ological' conditions;. for there was no water. It is probably the largest
question that it was possible to make plant in the world not having a woody
a flight by airplane, and with a Suit- I stem above. ground—it is subterran-
able cooling engine there was no ciif- -
dirt can be taken out.of the filter.
After a year's use or so the filter can
be easily' replaced if necessary. This
makes it possible for the motorist to
Is Neglected travel farther on the same amount
of oil and at the same time get a
- - better quality of lubricating substnce.
The pressure feed method of engine
Study of Oiling System' Is 'lubrication represents another advance
Well Repaid by Results,
Obtained. in Run-
ning Car
Safeguard in Check -Up
The other day I drove niy carinto
a service station 1 get the oil speed When this iseveloP ts greatest useful -
d ne the pressure
changed. I knew it must need a on' the bearing becomes sufficiently
change of lubricant because- the speed-
ometer indicated I had driven 500 great
eat tllo f the metal orce out he itmtofeoril id
and
miles sincee the lasthchange. It is not direct contact with each other. Under
a bad idea to change the oil in the , forced lubrication there is a pressure
manufacturer's
tat whatever nmbook the , of approximately twenty-five toq'thirty
manufacturerh instruction re pounds which is maintainer on the oil
commend n r to n whether or not it appears f i n the bearings. This pressure aids
to Ho abouto need restit. I the natural viscosity of the oil to, hold
ch"How the of mthp ma-. the bearing surfaces apart. As long
inquired.
r" the "You mighte station employe" as these surfaces are kept apart prac-
Itold hi ting look itover,"• ll no wear can occur. This means
I told him, calculating, however, ath t 'a car so equipped can be driven
In lubricating technique. This has
now been quite generally adopted by
automobile manufacturers. The de-
velopment of this pressure feed sys-
tem has done much to increase the
efficiency of the automobile engine,
which must be run at a high rate of
arctic,•
He Says,Will Show' 1
San. The food"'stored in this under -
in maintaining the requisite I ground stem, as well as that furnish-
Realtytemperature conditions for of&ciency. , ed by the leaves, nourishes the flower -
Despite the tremendous compass ;stalk of the fruit. From the root -stalk
variations in flying experienced be- I arises a mass of cordlike roots, of
tween Point Barrow and Spitzbergen, l about the diameter of a lead pencil.
he found there was no insuperable !Running through the bentral part of
navigational difficulty, but absolute the roots is a system of veins which
co-operation between navigators and act as conduits for the transmission
pilots was essential, and he had been' to the stem and leaves of the water
extremely fortunate in having Lieu-
tenant Eiel-son, Their flight had been
of tentative value in that they found
no land on which a meteorological appears. - .In twelve months the "tree"
station could be established, though has reached a height of fifteen to
information on arctic weather might I thirty feet. By the tenth or twelfth
be of extreme importance to air month, the stem which is to bear fruit
transportation and the world in con- has pushed itself up through the
rection with the forecasting of centre of the leaf -sheaths, and the
weather conditions, as had been - blossom has `shot.' From three to four
pointed out by Viljalmur-S�tefansson. months are then required to develop a
This problem was being followed up bunch of bananas ready for cutting. '
in aeronautics by men with whom I Cutting of the fruit is done at least
he' had discussed the situation in Ber-
lin.
He declared the forthcoming flight
across the antarctic would show there
was a direct relationship between the
Southern and Northern Hemispheres
and the conditions. at the two poles.
They could expect to reap great ad -
and raw materials. -
"Three to. four weeks; after the rhi-
zome has been planted the first leaf
once a week, and sometimes twice.
Since the fruit is in various stages of
development, a practiced eye is re-
quired to select the bunches of proper
grade for shipment. A cutting gang
usually consists of three men: the
`cuter,' the `backer' and the `muleman!
"Without loss of time the fruit is
Dome alive to the importance of polar
investigation.
Different Methods Employed
In regard to chassis lubrication, the
distance. On some 'farms animals are
used to draw the trams, while
others small locomotives are employed.
on account of the long, heavy hauls.
n p
that the regulations have been upheld,I and Salmon Valley Stations.
an dthat the shipper was found guilty' Reports on these stations may be
of breaking the law. This being one had by applying to the Publications
of the first cases to be brought to the Branch, Department of Agriculture,
courts in connection .with hog grad- Ottawa.
ing, no fine was imposed.
BENEFICIAL AND HARMFUL
INSECTS
A11 garden insects are fortunately
not injurious. A few of theta at least
Rquirementes of Machinery
Gets Back Old Tablet
one-shot system has met with some After au absence of 242 years from "Immediately upon the al
success. In this system the driver the Protestant Temple of Saumur, the the wharf t yhe first train arrival aal
can push down on a plunger and force headquarters of French Protestantism the wharf
of the steamship fruit,
oil to the main part of the chassis from 1562 to the revocation of the and it continues day and night with,
Which needs 4 lubricating. This is a Treaty of Nantes in. October, 1685, the .out interruption until completed. Tha
cutting orders and the schedule of the
trains are so arranged that a tertian,
are beneficial. Some of these are pic-
tured
lc- I ous flow of fruit is assured. A cargo
tin 99, described "Insects in the new r Gar' of parts is reduced to a mtn is adept getting his clothes of 85;0.00 bunches is dispatched' in
tin No. of the Flower Gar- other continues to increase as the the application of grease or oil, Auto i from twelve to fifteen hours. 4.
dirt, grease and oil fn the process. ' a sheet of slate 4U,/ feet wide and 6 "The problem of discharging ban -
1 den and Their Control," by Mr. Arthur, summer draws on, and each day the mobiles increasingly require less at -1 Shooting grease into the various fit- feet high, on which are engraved
l cons
Gibson, Entomologist. Among the entry list swells so vent thegr ester nuon
tendon in this line as manufacturers tinge with a pressure gun is one of the Tables of the Law, was discovered ana ditionsrgoes varies with the exist ng at the different aports.
benekno insects referred to are feeds
may be made that even a year
will, 'improve their products, and this fact • the .most approved methods of lubrica- by M. Meteyer, pastor, of the Temple,
well-known ext )sive yd beetle that feeds bar than start the plunge lastw year will p tion:. This is certainly an improve- in the Catholic Church of Varrains, While the stemship is nearing the
almost exclusively on plant lice and ; make a at the two swims to be lin itself may tendn to make one otos-
conducted bythe Canadian National' gent of this essential factor in motor- mart over the older system of putting only two miles from Saumur, al- I wharf, every preparation is made both
scale insects. Then there is the fiery i in, grease into cups, at least in the mat- though, in the meantime, a country- aboard the vessel and on the pier to
ground beetle. Calosoma cafidum r ab.; Exhibition in August and September. The nation's best chemists have
which destroys` cutworms. Other in- Some of the best American swim- ter of convenience in caring for the wide search had been -going on for commence unloading and
soon as the
mars, particularlyin the women's sec- bean at work steadily improving the cal, it during two centuries. The tablet is ship is made fast.
sect friends ofthe gardener are the quality of lubricant fol• automobile.1 In spite of all improvements every now restored to the Protestant Church I "In transit from seaboard to des-
l
winged
liar d t a 1d some of thetifour-1 Ytiear,
havewho wereindicatedlinable theirto compete last motors. Manufacturers have made ex
winged and two.), inged parasitic flies, Year, intention owner of a car will find that a ire on the order of the Catholic Bishop of � thet'empe aturesnas are taken byscaretakers
ected and
haustive tests and most of them now quent check-up on lubrication of all Angers.
predaceous mites, and spiders. These, l take part in the Third Marathon. recommend a particular grade of oil
• parts will be worth while. Little time When the tlPempliwas demolished
dtiie )tablet Gond florcalled a of each carssengers,' h and o p make any
ial v� sea
LL The automobile, is a machine and decided convenience' fora driver who return of the famous Tablet of e
the Ma�athOfl ? every machine, from the lawn mower takes care of his own car, inasmuch as Laws will be celebrated on - June 30,
up to the huge dynamo,_. must have fro- it relieves him of the job of crawling the 242d anniversary of its disappear -
Interest in the Third Wrigley Mar-, quest attention to see that
imumtibv
about under the vehicle, and unless he ante,
soiled with Two years ago the tablet, which is
however, are infinitesimal in their Among these are Mille Gade Corson; that they know will give the best Will be involved, but much greater by Royal au fern y ,
number when compared with the very the first mother to navigate the results in their motor. Motors have satisfaction in motoring will result. became the Property of the Cesbron changes in ventilation, heating or 10 -
many injurious varieties of bugs and treacherous waters of the English been so improved that the constiimp family, the present head of which, ing necessary to insure the arrival of
caterpillars that are so evident at this Channel; Mrs. Lucy Dimond, who tion of oil is very small, and therefore Senator- Cesbront, in 1815, bestowed shipments in good condition.
season a the year in the flower gar- l swam so impressively at Lake George the automobile owner can well afford —_-- it. on the Catholic Church of Varrains. "In the winter season the cars are
The Senator, curiously ignorant of the papered and more or less heavily
search being made for the tablet by `strewed; according to the weather
the Protetsants of Saumur, on the dis- .conditions, and heated as an added
covery of Pastor Meteyer, immediately precaution to insure good deliveries.
interceded with the Bishop of Augers
to have the tablet returned. In a let-
ter to the pastor he expresses his
pleasure in associating himself with they are again heated before they
the gesture of Christian fraternity, started -on their way.
"which, after more than 200 years, re- "At present, bananas are marketed;
pairs the injustice of which the Pro all over the United States and Canada
testant. Church of Saumur Was the and in all. European countries, except
victim." • Russia: In Great Britain, within
twenty-four hours of the arrival of
A Scotsman was booking a ticket o of bananas from Central Ami
for Manchester, putting down a ° 1 a car eriea,the entire shipment is safely
g
note for his fare, the booking clerk housed in the jobbers' stores in every
said: "Change at Crewe." The Scots- part of the United Kingdom:"
man said: "I'll have it neo!"
dens of Canada. This bulletin, which I last year; Ethelda Bleibtrey, a world's
is obtainable from the Publications record holder and Olympic champion,
Branch, Department of Agriculture, and others.
Ottawa, pictures and describes the .� . Ethel Hertle,
more important of these and gives °
who made her -
explicit instructions for their control. self universally
—Issued by the Director of Publicity, > popular before
Dominion Department of Agriculture,
and during the
Ottawa.
INSECTS OF THE FLOWER'�.
GARDEN
While the loss in field crops annu-
ally from the depredations of insects
is estimated to run into hundreds of
millions of dollars, damage to garden
crops is relatively no less serious.
While the damage clone in the fields
and orchards may not be as apparent
to the observer. ,it is perhaps even
more annoying when it: is happening
to roses, irises, dahlias. and many
others of the beautiful crops of the
flower garden that are continually un-
der observation.
In combatting the bugs and worms
that work in garden crops it is nec-
essary to Have some knowledge of
their life history and habits:. An ob-
servation of how the insects -feed will
'help materially in deciding the proper
remedy,to apply. To assist gardeners
to understan dthese matters the De-
partment of Agriculture at Ottawa has
issued Bulletin No. 99, entitled "Insects
Di; the flower Garden and Their. Con-
trol," by -Mr. Arthur Gibson, Dominion
I+intotnologist, The author "points out
that injurious insects may be divided
roughly into two classes by the nature
of their mouth parts, which indicate
they destroy by eating the
Ca substance, �
1:flees frouI within the leaves or swarm far slit hours last year and
stocks. Insects are' further divided Edith Hedin, "the sweetheart of - the
inti- beneficial and injurious, each of swim)'
scores of this destructive onee is plc
tared, and described and definite in-
struction given for its control. -This
the Publications Branch of the De.'
,partrnent, will be found partieulariy
useful to rosarians who, at this soasoii
Of the year, will • find it recommended
tax teeztt the rose bud worm that does
great ;damage to roses but to deli-
;Ishinirrrns, the ` snapdragon and the
columbine, lay arsenical sprays and regardless of age,
to pay whatever price is' necessary• to
procure the best for his particular
motor. While the highest .priced oil
is not necessarily the best, high first
cost should not influence the pur-
chaser to accept an- inferior grade.
Among the most notable develop-
ments which have brought motor lubri-
switn at Toronto cation systems nearer to perfection
last year, and is the oil filter. This is effective
who won first in removing from the oil the metal
money for wo- particles which have been worn off
men, will be 'particles
operating parts, and takes out any
again a contest-
ant. Sh
is, per-
dirt which may get into the machine
dirt
or dirt which may collect in the oil
an . e
careless filling. It also cares
haps, the finest for the hard particles of cal,►•bor which.
stylest ' among drop off the under side of the piston.
t h e 'W 0 ni e n 1 These are caught in the • filter, This
swimmers of the
world, is excep-
tionally strong
"X s< ;, , a rid i s again
`hr favored as be -
'a ing the woman
Ethel Iertle - to beatthisyear.
Byron Summers, of Alameda, Cali-
fornia, writes that' he will be here and 1
that he is a different performer entire-
ly than he was in 1927. He recently
won the annual 14 -mile swim around
the City of Alameda in record time.)
Ernst Vierkoetter is now located i.n:
Milwaukee, and while his entry has ;
not yet been received it is taken as a'
foregone conclusion that he will again
be seen in action,
George Young continues to improve
and will snake. his skill felt in the big
whether contest. At his camp are also Helene ,
leaf I tance or by sucking the Galand, a Spanish swimmer who
THE PRESERVATIVE
"He's Shrinking all the timo—what
preserves him I'd like- to know?"
"The alcohol, I guess."
Age and Industry
Hon. James I. Davis In the North
American Review (New fork): Not
only have the reasons for arbitrary
discharge ;Cor age disappeared, 'but
their place` has been taken by every
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caveat reason why employment) RADIO HOOK-UP FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
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At northern seaboard points the cars
are given an initial heating before
they are loaded, and, when necessary,
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French Parking Tax Ended
By Order of State Council
Paris.—Town constables who dislike
things modern' have lost their right
to collect toll from visiting automo-
biles. The Council of State ,after
years of argument, has held that the
parking tax, usually collected only
from "foreigtt'f 'ears as they' entered
certain inhospitable communities, is'
illegal because it discriminates.
. fr 'fNational Ilroadcasting 'Company, New York. Here a single wire from the Bepttb-
,. 'five aloin control room of the h World.
for the inaxitntttn number of workers',
ttw"w Convention at Kansas. tante iti and tl:re broadcaster's report was redistributed thratriyltottt the � ,
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AN ANALYSIS .
"That men surely has. been a site•
coal in .life."
"Well, as a :golfer he';certainly hat
plenty' of lie abilltfeS.t