Zurich Herald, 1955-06-16, Page 3FARM FRONT
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A, good deal of attention is
being focused on the hazards
attending the use of agricultural
chemicals, especially pesticides.
Not the least of the efforts for
xafe use is 'made by •industry in
determining the potential danger
of the chemicals sold, arid In
putting practical precautions
and directions on the labels, that
if followed, practically eliminate
the possibility of harmful ef-
fects.
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The following list of general
precautionary measures taken -
from the National Agricultural
Chemical News and Pesticides
Review adds emphasis to the
need for careful use of pesti-
cides, a group of agricultural
chemicals which are an essential
component of the farmer's pro-
duction program.
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1. Read the label noting par-
ticularly .the warnings and cau-
tions before opening the con
t&nc r and before each use.
2. Keep the pesticide out ,of
reach of children, pets, and irre-
sponsible persons. In case of ac-
cidental poisoning, calla physi-
cian or get the patient to a hos-
pital at once.
3. Always keep the pest con-
trol materials in original, closed
ani nroperly labelled containers.
d. Never give a neighbour ,or
anJone a portion of a pesticide
in an unlabelled container.
5. Store in a safe, separate
room, cabinet or closet, or on a
high shelf and where " not ex-
posed to excess sun or cold.
6 Do not store pest control
materials where food or feed
stuffs are stored or handled.
7. Observe cautions to mini-
mize residues on edible portions,
of plants.
8 Wash. hands and face after
spraying or dusting.
9. Do not smoke while spray-
ing or dusting.
10. Do not spill insecticides on
the skin or clothing.
11. Wash immediately and
--thoroughly to remove such spil-
lage.
12. Avoid inhalation of sprays
or dusts.
13. Wash clothing each day
before re -use.
- 14. When treating around pet
or livestock quarters, cover food
and water containers.
15. Be careful not to con-
taminate fish ponds.
16. In case of hormone' weed
killers such as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T,
use separate equipment for ap-
plication of these materials. Re-
moval of 2,4-D and. 2,4,5-T resi-
dues from equipment is impos-
sible. Even minute traces can
cause damage to some valuable
plants.
17. Dispose of empty contain-
ers so they pose no hazard to
humans, animals, or valuable
plants.
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M a ay pesticide companies
have extensive programs for co-
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10 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH,
Hitler laves Agaw
Ton years have passed since Adolf Hitler's body was cremated.
outside the Chancellery In Berlin, The event le being marked in
Vienna, Austria, by a new film written by Erich Maria l3;emarque.
Called "The Last Act," the film records the most widely accepted
version Of the last ten days in the lives of Hitler and his mistress,
Eva Braun. Starring are Albin Skoda, as Hitler, and Lome Tobisch,
ae Eva Braun. Exact date of Hitler's death is unknown. On May
1, 1945, Hamburg, Germany, radio reported he died "Fighting the
Bolshevists" in Berlin. The next day Moscow reported he com-
mitted suicide,
UPPER LEFT - Hitler (Albin
Skoda) pounds the map table
vehemently as be portrays the
German dictator in a typical
"rug -chewing" rage in the final
phases of the disastrous war -
and his life. Scene takes place
in a replica of Hitler's under-
ground bunker in Berlin, built
outside their Berlin bunker,
Actual photos of the real Hitler
and Eva are startlingly similar
to this scene from the movie.
UPPER RIGIIT-Light moment
in the -grim film finds Hitler,..
and Eva Braun (Lotte Tobiscb)
playing 'with their favorite Ger-
man shepherd dog, "Biondi,*
outside their Berlin bunker.
RIGHT -Film reaches its cli-
max as the blanketed corpses of
Hitler and his mistress are pre-
-pared :for cremation in gasoline.
Insertis actual photo showing
ditch' where they were report-
edly hurled. An American sol-
dier examines the grave, beside
which can be seen empty gaso-
line cans.
operating with interested' groups
in the safe use of agricultural
chemicals. However, officials of
the Plant Products Division, De-
partment of Agriculture, Otta-
wa, point out that for the most
part, the essential information
is on the label. All farmers and
agricultural leaders have a great
opportunity to help establish
1955 as a year which sets new
records in safe use.
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Harmful ingredients in feeds
are rarely the cause of serious
declining performance or mor-
tality in poultry flocks, states
C. R. Phillips of the Plant Pro-
ducts Division of the Federal
Department of Agriculture.
When losses occur, a few affect-
ed birds should be submitted to
a poultry pathologist for labora-
tory examination, because the
cause of death in nearly all cases
is disease,
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It is recognized that poultry
diets are sometimes deficient in
vitamins and minerals, which
may affect the health of the
birds. Such health changes, how-
ever, do not occur overnight,
and an observant poultryman
will notice these changes before
they reach serious proportions.
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A change of feed when an out':
break of disease has arisen in
the flock, has often been credit-
ed for the control. Actually the
disease has run its course as it '
would have done on the original
feed and valuable time is lost
when corrective action probably
could have been taken had a
poultry specialist been notified.
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Iv Cent riesA vow taken by the black-
smiths of Chittor (Mewar-Rajas-
than), in north-west India, four
centuries ago will be fulfilled
about the end of March, 1955, ..
when their descendants make a
triumphal march into Chittor
Fort.
The ancestors of the present-
day nomadic tribe, Cadulya Lo -
hers, left Chittor Fort in' a body
in the 16th century. when it fell
to the Moghul forces They took
a• vow that they would not re-
turn to' the fort until it was
liberated.
The Lohars made arms for
Rana Pratap, who took a vow '
to eschew all uuxuries until the •
fort was liberated of Moghul in-
vaders.
But Rana Pratap fell in the
battle. Since 'then the Lohars
have been awandering tribe,
earning their livelihood by mak-
ing household wares and agri-
cultural implements as they
move from place to place.
Social workers have now per-
suaded these artisans that their
mission has been fulfilled. as
Chittor has now been fully liber-
ated with the attainment of in-
dependence by India.
They will be settled on land
set aside for them, and encour-
aged to take up handicrafts and
tight industry,
AVIATRIX New French airmail
coming out June 6th honors
Moryse Bastie, first woman to
fly the Aflcintic, The French»
woman set many speed and des.
twice records in early days of
flying,
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Judges of the British Probate
Court often have some difficult
problems to solve. And the wills
that come before them are fre-
quently indicative of a variety
of emotions.
Not long ago, when a will was
contested on the ground that it
was invalid, it appeard that a
dyingman told a visiting clergy-
- man that he wanted to make his
will. He expressed his wishes,
which were put into writing by
the parson, who read the will to
the dying man. He approved.
And then it was discovered that
he could not write - although
he was comparatively rich.
With great presence of mind,
the clergyman, in the presence
of witnesses, smudged the man's
thumb - with ink and then nn -
pressed the prints on to the will.
The court held it to be a good
will and pronounced in favour
of it
In the archives of Somerset
House there reposes a will on
wood, The testator took it into
his head to write his last will
and testament on a bedroom
door. It was done in red chalk.
Two witnesses signed it. The
court refused to admit a photo-
graph of it, so the door was
taken off its hinges and pro-
duced in court.
It was held to be a good will.
A Welshman once indicated
his last wishes on a Caerphilly
cheese and got a couple of his
servants to witness his signature
- made with a bodkin. It was
admitted to probate as a valid
will But whether it is still in
Somerset House is, to say the
least of it, very doubtful!
The inscription of a will on
the, smooth surface of a coin was
at one time fairly common, and
there are a great many instances
and examples of this practice in
official custody.
Somerset House once narrow-
ly missed having the task of
preserving a will made on an
egg -shell. It - the will -- was
held to be bad, not because of its
form, but on account of a defect
in its execution..
The old saying, "He was cut
off with a shilling," was due to
the circumstance that the law
at One time was very solicitous
about the rights of inheritance,
And if, for reasons that appear-
ed to him sufficient, .a father
left his eldest son out of his
Will, the law with ridiculous
artificiality assumed that this
was due to an oversight and
alotted to the heir the proportion
that it thought was his due.
To indicate that he had not
overlooked such a person, it be-
came the practice for a man,
with such views about a way-
ward son, to leave him the sure
of one shilling.
Until comparatively recently
it was possible for a man to
leave his wife and children com-
pletely out of his will and leave
his estate totally to a mistress
or to some institution or other-
wise. But the Inheritance Act
makes it possible in such a case
for the court to order that suit-
able provision shall be made for
the testator's widow and chil-
dren, and fixes the amounts they
are to receive from the estate.
Some testators take delight in
expressing their views of some
of those whom they leave be-
hind in curious ways. Perhaps
the strangest of this case of will
was that of one Philip Thick-
nesse "of the City of London,
merchant." He directed that:
"My right hand, to be cut off
after death, to my son, Lord
Audley; and I desire that it may
be sent to hien in the hopes that
such a sight may remind him of
his duty to God, after having
so long abandoned the duty he
owed to a father who once affec-
tionately loved him."
A devoted husband once pro-
vided in his will that his widow
should "annually receive her
weight in golden sovereigns"
from his large estate. The court,
however, on the ground of in-
definite delay in winding up the
estate, and of the "obvious dan-
gers" (perhaps deliberate obes-
ity was one of them), directed
that the lady should be weighed
once se "as soon as may be"
-- and her yearly income fixed
accordingly.
Diamond Tragedy
All ballplayers who come to
a tragic end aren't screwballs.
There was another youngster, a
catcher, who paid with his life
for an error that he made.
Catching for Cincinnati one
night tinder the ares at the Polo
Grounds in New York was the
Red's second string catcher,
,young Willard Hershberger. He
was a spindly -legged, nice -look-
ing boy, sensitive, high-strung,
and ambitious to snake good in
the big leagues.
Bucky Walters was pitching
for the Reds that night and he
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By Solid Beds
For big solid beds of flowers
there is quite a variety frons
which to choose. Some of these
new type zinnias make a wond-
erful show and they come in an
enormous range of colour and
sizes. We can use small types
along the front or in smaller
beds and anything up to three
feet for larger beds and farther
back. One is advised to get pack-
ets of special varieties. The aster
is another plant that lends itself
to clump planting and here too
the range in colour and size is
wide in the new varieties. And
of course, there is the petunia,
a natural ' for solid beds and
borders. These and others rang-
ing all the way from the inch
high alyssum to tall cleomes and
cosmos are all suitable, either to
plant in solid beds or to arrange
together in big clumps.
Finer and Better
There is nothing the average
seed likes better than a bed of
finely worked soil. Of course,
moisture and fertility will be
necessary, too, but it is almost
impossible to over -emphasize the
importance of having the soil
fine. Especially is this so when
seed to be sown is tiny like that
or lettuce, carrots, alyssum or
portulaca. If the seed bed is
coarse, and lumpy, it will be
impossible to keep out air and
either the seeds will not germin-
ate at all or they are liable to
produce only weak plants. It
will pay well to run rake or
cultivator through a few extra
times.
Green Manure
In fairly large gardens here
is a useful trick for building up
the soil. A bit of the land should
be set aside and sown to clover,
oats, buckwheat or almost any-
thing that will grow quickly. In
a pinch, we sow nothing at all
but" simply let the weeds ger-
minate and grow a foot or so
high, then these are cut with a
scythe or power mower and al-
lowed to form a mulch and rot.
Better still, we can have them
plowed under or dug in where
they will make a compost of
their own and help loosen tho
soil. In addition to adding hum-
us, they will also be of consid-
erable value as fertilizer. It is
best of course to cut or dig in
while they are still green and
before too many seeds have ma-
tured. Often when the first crop
of early vegetables have been.
taken off, the ground is sown to
one of these special cover crope
which choke out bad weeds and
form valuable green manure.
Still Time
Too much emphasis cannot be
laid on taking gardening slowly.
Nothing is gained and often con-
siderable is lost by rushing in toe
much, too soon. In the old, old
days everyone would get the
whole garden, both flower and
vegetable, planted on the firk
fine day and then, providing
it 'escaped the last frost, there
would be a big display of bloom
and a feast of vegetables for a
week or so in the summer. And
that would be about all.
came down to the last of the
ninth inning with a lead of 4
to 1 over the Giants. Two Giants
quickly went out. Then there
was a walk and a home run,
and the Giants trailed by only
one run. Walters walked another
man and the winning run came •
to the plate. The batter took two
quick strikes. And then Hersh-
berger decided on a bold move.
He called for a fast ball down
the middle, hoping to catch the
hitter unprepared. But the bat-
ter , crossed him up. He swung
and the ball sailed over the
fence, giving the Gts the
victory,
The kid had called for the
wrong pitch. He stood there,
shocked and numb with despair.
Manager Mclechnie tried to
snap the kid out of his misery,
but the error of judgment
haunted the boy. A couple or
days later, he failed to show ui
at the ball park. Someone was
sent to the kid's hotel. And
there, after the door of his monk
had been broken down, they
found the little catcher dead. He
had killed himself.
Nine -tenths of wisdom is be-
ing wise in time.
-Theodore Roosevelt.
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