Zurich Herald, 1951-08-16, Page 7"Build Their Own'
Over hk Sweden
At this time of the yar hun-
dreds of families throughout Saud -
en are hiking advantage of the
summer weather and long hour.~ to
build their own homes.
Under a unique "build -it -your-
self" plan sponsored by Swedish lo-
cal authorities, people in over-
crowded city tenement• can loop
forward to having a home elf their
very own, built with their own
halals for a total cost of about
$4,000.
The work they do this summer
counts as 10 per cent of the pur-
chase price, and the local authority
gives theut •t loan for the other
90 per cent.
This "build -it -yourself" plan was
devised to save skilled labour and
cut down the cost of new homes.
It is limited to workmen earning
not more than $1,750 a year and
has been organized in Stockholm,
Gothenburg, Uppsala. Hahustad
and other large municipalities.
Taking it for granted that any-
body can build a small house pro-
vided the necessary materials are
there and he or she is shown how
to, the authorities have employed
full-time instructors on the sites.
One building instructor and one
gardener are allocated to every 80
houses under erection, and they
are responsible for seeing that no
glaring mistakes are made.
Prefabrication and standardiza-
tion are used to a large'extevt. Al-
though there are several different
exterior designs to choose front,
the fitments—plumbing, heating ap-
paratus, window frames, walls—are
standard and interchangeable.
Walls are made complete with
windows already fitted. Joists, floor
boards and roof trusses are already
cut, ready to nail and screw into
place.
Staircases, cupboards and ward-
robes are provided complete and
have only to be set up in their
appropriate places.
Steel for reinforcement arrives in
suitable lengths, bent to shape.
There might be 2,000 separate
items needed for one house and
each "lot" is delivered at the site
and placed under the charge of the
instructor.
The future owner is told to get
on with it one step at =a time, and
until one. step is completed materi-
als are not forthcoming for the
next.
Work starts in IIay with the
excavation of the basements, where
a small furnace is installed for cen-
tral heating.
From then ou right through the
summer whole families can be seen
building feverishly during every
hour they can spare.
Neighbors lend a hand with the
erecting of the walls and ,roof, and
the plumbing and electric wiring
are installed by professionals.
Normally all the structural work
is finished by October, and as soon
as the roof is on the owners move.
iin, finishing off the interior while
living there.
The complete finished job' takes
about nine months and each build
er is allowed $200 for professional
touching up,
The house then has to t+ass a
rigorous inspection, and if it does
not conform to the local building
standards it has to be pulled down
and rebuilt.
This is how the local authorities
ensure that the generous Islas
made to owner -builders r'un't tnru
out to be bad investments.
Sites are owned by the local au-
thorities :+nd are leased for sixty
years.
Suggestions for 1mpruveurcnts
and easier methods of erection are
invited, with the result that owner -
erectors have often come forward
with ingenious ideas ovcrinnled by
professional builders.
HIS ONE WEAKNESS
Two druggists were talking about
one of their associates who had just
died,
"Hi! was a great druggist," ,said
on e.
"1-1 c was," admitted the other,
"but don't you think he made his
chicken salad a little too salty?"
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lay Rosette Hargrove
i-'nris---(N E.\)-7'lle fancy names
under which Parisian fashion dic-
tators are unveiling their Vail col-
lections is one good indication of
what's iu store for style this Au-
tumn.
Dior calls it the "Shapely Look."
Fath's line is the "Egret," Bal-
ntain's the "Enchanted Flute," and
Desses' "The Bluebird."
.1t would seers, therefore, that
smart women this combug Winter
(at least those who eau afford to
keep up with tate Model will wear
grandman'a's rustling petticoats
use ler shirt, which are said to he
111ALMAIN: "lEnchanteel Flute."
staging a "brutal" return to full-
ness in many disguises.
"Haughty" collars will coui-
ntand a regal bearing while bird-
cage veils will stress the mysteri-
ous, alluring, ultra -feminine 1951
belle.
The "New Look" threatens a re-
turn offensive. Skirts have crawled
down a few inches lower than in the
Spring. They will focus and com-
mand all the interest, while bodices
will be denture, simple and form -
fitted, achieving a new pigeon -
breast look by the help of darts
and whalebones.
Sleeves are to be more fancy and
there is a definite return to the
choker collar.
Besides dropping skirts, Chris -
r
ffens ive
tiau Dior, father of the "new" look,
is said to have also subjected waists
to the same gentle treatment. He
has used a greate many deep -piled
fabrics as well as those with plenty
of "body" to theta.
Path launches "magic" petticoats
to underline longer and fuller skirts.
Fullness will be introduced with
pleats, panels and other .devices.
Path will also feature a square -cut
armhole which is said to be very
new.
Pierre Lalmain, on the other
hand, shows full overskirts looped
back over pets'coats of a contrast-
ing shade. His coats will be vol-
uminous both as regards yardage
and fabric. The inside or lining
is as important with this creator
as the outside.
Jean De,ses has completely dis-
carded the straight skirt and pro-
poses to center all the new full-
ness at the back. He launches the
wide -winged skirt over starched
petticoats. The 1)irectoire- is the
period which has most influenced
this designer; twa'stlines are raised
and collars sometime; creep up to
the !'.ars.
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Generally speaking, shoulders
will still slope and the raglan and
kimono sleeve carry on through
another season.
Colors show a preference for
"dynamic" reds, followed by "wild"
greens, sulphate blues and all the
touted. "fur" shades. "Fatal" black,
of course, still remains the most
elegant of all.
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It's eto the hat designers that
one must turn for whimsical no-
tions. So far lines shown have been
influenced by all the retrospective
history of Paris going back to the
Middle Ages. This -has caused a
blossoming of hennins, "coifs," as
wele as all sorts of turbans, tor-
sades and topknots.
The :Directoire influence can be
traced in hats, too, while the hair-
dressers are showing hairdo's with
chignons and twists placed at a
new high point at the back of the
head.'
Veils are a "must" 'on all but
the most informal type of winter
'bonnet," and even modern woman
cannot deity that it does much to
add a touch of piquancy to a gal.
PAM'S, IN THE FALL: An artist in• the Paris newspaper "IFigaro"
sees lines like these in the Paris Fall collections—'Path's "Egret"
(left) and Dior's "Shapely Look" (right).
Poultrymen out in Southern Cali-
fornia have been using dried cow
or steer manure for poultry -house
litter, and are loud in their praise
of it. They have found it espec-
ially satisfactory for floor brooders
or in broiler ot laying houses where
a built-up litter is needed. More
than that. they find it economical
too, according to an article is The
Country Gentleman, the cost being
less than one-tenth of what they
had formerly been paying for peat
moss
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They also believe that this dried
manure contains a certain amount
of valuable animal protein factor.
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C)tie rancher whos broods several
Hundred broilers per week reported
he had been able to discontinue de -
beaking since using manure litter.
Another producer claimed that he
hadn't had a single case of coccid-
iosis since turning to this kind of
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;lrtea1 handling of the dried cow
manure varies. Some prefer to run
it through a grinder, while others
use it just as it comes from the
dairy or feed yard. In one opera-
tion where the pens in the broiler
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houses are 10 by lu ft.et, the litter
is put down 3 to 4 inches deep—
with the brooder placed in one end
of the area. Some 300 broilers are
raised here from day-old chicks to
eight weeks. After each bunch of
broilers is- marketed, the litter is
piled in the centre of the pen and
thoroughly- nixed with 50 pounds
of hydrated limn.
11 is then allowed to stay in the
pile to dry and heat for from two
to four weeks. Litter treated like
this has been used as many as
seven times. Some producers pre-
fer to continue a built-up litter with
no treatment, adding more manure
front time to time, Others begin
each bunch of birds with a fresh
supply of litter. •
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Now a few words about a man
who didn't let present-day high
building costs keep hint from going
into the poultry business. He's a
\Vest Coast man and he built a
sturdy, compact laying house,
mostly from materials cut in the
farm woodlot, for just over $2 a
bird. This included !tiring labor
for most of the building, plus all
the inside equipment
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1!e has a 32- by 52 -foot, two-
story house for 900 layers. Nearly
all lumber was cut on shales at a
nearby custom mill. Peeled poles
were used for afters, joists and
some studs.
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The , bottoth story leas dirt -floor
laying pens, while the top deck has
concrete laid on shiplap with stucco
netting for reinforcement. He likes
dirt best because litter stays drier
and is easier to handle.
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One enol of the building has feed
roosts on each floor. Long gets
,BATTER
supplies into the top room with a
rattp built up as high as a truck
bed on one end and the level of
the second story on the other. It is
sufficiently large and sturdy to ac-
commodate a big cart of feed, or
for a regular hand truck for easy
moving.
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Cross. ventilation conies from
windows covering most of the
south side, and from a 6 -inch open-
ing •on the north wall between the
plate and top of the ,joists. This
space is covered with 1 -inch poultry
netting. A 6 -inch overhang. of gal-
vanized metal extends down from
the roof outside to keep out rain
and wind. This stakes a well -ven-
tilated house in all kinds of weather
and one that isn't drafty.
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The building has large sliding
doors opening from one cad on
both floors, The upstairs is cleaned
by pushing litter into a chute and
clown to a truck below. Litter on
the lower floor is handied with a
power manure loader.
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Nest rooms are adjacent to the
feed supply to reduce chore time.
Long can gather eggs from both
floors in 15 minutes and doesn't
have to do much walking. The
nests are built in groups, 12 feet
long by 8 inches wide and three
decks high to accommodate 500
birds. They are staircase style with
a 6 -inch perch in front and divided
into partitions about 4 feet long.
The entry way is covered with gyp-
sum to keep the bird's feet clean.
Boards used for the front side of
the nests lift off so that each sec-
tion can be cleaned once a year just
by pushing the litter onto the floor.
THOSE SCOTS!
'1'lte Scotsman leaned against the
public bar holding his stomach and
moaning piteously. "Sick i" asked
a sympathetic stranger.
"Verra, verra sick." said the
Scotsman. "I'm afraid I've got
yoors."
"What's `yours?" inquired the
stranger.
The Sctosman brightened imme-
diately, "Make it a Scotch and
soda," he said.
Achievement of a uninterrupted
succession of bloom in your borders
is not always merely the result of
careful planning and placement of
material, but is frequently also the
result of judicious discarding and
replacement of bloomed -out plants.
Ruthless pulling up of leggy and
sparsely flowering plants also adds
greatly to the neatness and charm
of the entire garden. •
The drifts of cherished biennial
species of dianthus that may still
show intermittent bloom, and digi-
talis with a few pendent bells at
the top of the stalk, or the sprawl-
ing pansies with an occas'oual
mammoth flower are a few ex-
amples,- The border will -take on
new life if the pinks are removed,
the digitalis uprooted and the pan-
sies cut back sevgrely for fall
blooming, Most biennials are best
discarded after maturity, including
canterbury hells and hollyhocks.
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Such: annuals as have bloomed
themselves out and have gone pre-
maturely to seed should also be
removed from the garden. This
group includes larkspur, annual
poppies and cornflowers. And the
golden coreopsis after its early surn-
titer bloom might just as well be
discarded, for later flowers are in-
ferior.
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Where gaps are left in the border
by the removal of tall plants, large
annuals, such as cleome and giant
cosmos, and tall formal dahlias (not
disbudded) will provide both color
and foliage. In our own garden we
set bulbs of the summer hyacinth
(galtonial in closely spaced groups
among the digitalis. This assures
display for summer after the digi-
talis has been removed.
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Nicotiana, a delightful white -
flowering annual, should be spaced
to allow complete development.
Then it will cover an area three
feet in circumference and display
myriads of fragrant blossoms on
stems of the same height. Tall mari-
golds of the African type and the
new Skyscraper snapdragons also
will fill vacant spaces in the back-
ground of the border.
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Many annuals of medium height
can be used to add color interest
in barren spots. Cornflowers, cal-
liopsis wh'.te or yellow summer
chrysanthemums. camelia - flowered
balsam with red coral lilac or white
blossoms, annual phlox especially
the new Tetra Red with branching
plants eighteen inches high are
all good space -fillers. All of them
are eas'ly grown. Even now most
of them will conte up quickly from
seed and provide bloom for late
Slimmer.
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Lower - wowing annuals for
retention will not commend itself
or the yellowed foliage of bulbs in-
clude petunias dwarf forms of an-
nual phlo`: and nasturtiums. The
new dwarf Heat eitly Blue morning
glory and the sky-blue southern
Southern Belle—The new first
lady of beauty in North Caroli-
na is 19 -year-old Lee Long 09••
burn, above, who took their
state's beauty title from 37
other lovlies. Miss Ogburn wilt
represent the Tar Heel State in
the Miss America pageant ot
Atlantic City.
star (oxypetalum) are also good
in the foreground.
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Among perennials valuable for
low screen planting are the cushion
chrysanthemums, which flower late.
in August. The dwarf hardy asters
are equally useful. Anthems aizoo0
is attractve with its silvery neat of
foliage and white starry flowers.
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Such supplemental material not
only will perform the functions of
filling in spaces left bare by up-
rooted plants, but will add its own
charm to the beauty of the late
summer and autumn border.
No Scratches
When our furniture was to be
moved by a van to the coast, hun-
dreds of miles distant, and put in
storage on arrival, it seemed wise
to give some of the pieces spe-
cial attention writes a correspon-
dent. Having a few antique pieces
I used some old cotton stockings
to protect their legs.
Cutting the feet off the stock-
ings, I pulled the stocking legs
up over the legs of the tables, fas-
tening
astening them at the top and the
bottom. I used the stocking feet
in the same way, drawing therm
over the legs of carved chairs, thus
giving these protection from rub-
bing or scratching. Old chintz and
other materials were used to cover
needlepoint chairs and tacked ore
backs, seats, and arms, protecting
them from soil or dust,
FIXING THE DATE
The playboy had a closer shave
than he bargained for in a local
barber shop. His manicaure girl
was very beautiful, and he suggest-
ed dinner and a show that evening.
"1 don't think I ought to," she de-
murred, "I'ni married."
"Ask your husband," suggested
the ployboy. "Fin sure he wouldn't
mind."
"Ask hint yourself," said the girt.
.'lie's shaving you."
" Scream, You Scream ... Far Ice Cream"—Twin girls, r pair of
s ippery hands, and two ornery ice cream cones set the stage for
a double tragedy at Rockaway Beach. Quicker than you can
say pistachio, Margaret and Duanne Edge dropped their cones,
Both ice cream and the heats of bystanders melted as the tots
sat—and bawled.
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