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Zurich Herald, 1953-04-16, Page 3Make BMore Attractive. with Plaids Use These Clan Tartans BY EDNA MILES THE innovations in fashions for beds are many, One follows- another and most of them not only make a bedroom Macri¢ more attractive, but cut down on the actual 4iask of bed -making. News in -blankets includes worn 'ot a vlcara-blezld klanket in elan itairtans,. Tills 'is the first sue.h. to Se. Made of Vtcar'ss 04. blended 'With 'wool and rayon, The vicaeg. iia reeistan4 49 moths and mitf]e*, ruts down on shrinkage and IS iionlrritafing 'to sensitive sskit% the'makers of this blanket say,. It's -a cohering that's both light and warn. and it is priced under110. The clan tarta»s are authentic. There,are two: the Ramsay, 'which is predominantly red far5d' bitzck wih white strike, and the Sinclair Hunting, which is a dark.green. • Tile makers of this blanket have actio developed a neW fitted blanket, one with mitered corners at the foot. This makes bed - making easier and the final result neater. It also provides for greater sleeping comfort, 'In summer weight, it's made of 90 per cent cotton, 5 per cent rayon and 5 per cent wool. It comes in pastels, it both the full and twin -bed sizes. Both sizes are priced under $6 TIILFARN I'RONT 0 According to tests 1'(:.: sonciuded, you can improve your flock's egg production, hatcha- bility, and growth by means of simple crosses of the standard breeds. Crossbred pullets and strath- -cross pullets averaged 10 to 12% more eggs than pure strains on the average. Hatchability was improved 9% by crossbreeding, slightly by strain -crossing. Cross- breds gained weight 7% faster, strain crosses 4%. Mortality was reduced by crossbreeding and strain -crossing. The. 3 -year tests were made with 2 strains . each of 4 dual- purpose breeds -- N e w Hamp- shire, Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red and Austrolorp. Breeds were crossed in all possible com- binations, and the two strains within each breed were crossed. The tests showed that the odds favor any cross .as likely to do better than the 'original breeds •or strains.` While breed crosses are a lit- tle better -performing than strain crosses, Iowa State College poul- try breeder A. W. Nordskog says the strain crosses have at least •one advantage, A breeder who wants to improve productivity without inbreeding, and still pro- duce all white or all brown eggs, can do it by crossing 2 strains of one breed. He couldn't with crossbreds. * a It's poor policy to overcrowd broilers in the brooder house. One-half sq. ft. of floor space per bird is too little; i sq. ft. usually is too much. About sig sq. ft. is about right, according to a Dela- ware authority. N: a Mortality was lower, weight more and feed conversion better with the as -ft. figure than when only let ft. was used...Production costs were 226 a lb. for 92,000 birds with Rt sq. ft. per bird; 24a for 128,000 birds on ?l3 sq. ft. of floor. ri Tests at a Delaware station .showed that returns—per bird --- averaged higher when floor- space allowance was 1 sq. f[., but less --per house—than when ,)ld Runner --Throwing his hat nto the mayoralty race in New s(ork City is Bernarr MacFadden, 65 -year-old health culturist. He nade a bid to be a U.S. senator from Florida in 1940 and ran for the governorship of Florida an rhe Democratic ticket in 1948y avt lost both times. He was also • candidate for President in 1936, stir sq. ft. was allowed per bird. In each case the,house had a floor space of 600sq. ft, 4 N+ * Crowding (_ sq. ft. per bird) gave higher, returns per house when broiler prices were rela- tively high—from 30 to 326, But when prices were lower, a more liberal space' allowance paid off. • Since nobody can fortell ex- actly where the market price will end up :for a house of broil- ers just being started, experts advise that the safest bet is to allow them about 9' square foot of floor space per bird. t 41 * • And, as this seems to have de- veloped into a strictly poultry column this week, here's what Har o 1 d Baldwin, writing in "Country Gentleman," has to say about a high -corn ration for laying flocks. • Yon can .get more eggs and • grow a heavier bird with less feed if ydu put a high -efficiency ration before your • laying and breeding flocks. The same prin- ciples that save feed and cut costs in the Connecticut high- efficiency broiler rations were applied to feeds for layers. 4, N, * Ground yellow corn replaced all the ground oats and half the wheat middlings of a standard ration. This produced a dozen eggs on 6.67 lbs. of feed, while the standard ration took 7.69 lbs. k * Rhode island Reds and Barred Plymouth Rocks were used in the tests. Both breeds gained nearly 1 ib. per bird on the high - corn feed—on the standard ra- tion the Rocks gaited just 3/10 lb. and the Reds but 1/10 ib. An- other advantage was drier litter in the high -corn pens,- * * * Replacement stock was heavier on the high -corn ration and took less feed to maturity than birds fed rations high in oats or mill:feed products, There was no difference it egg size be- tween the rations. N: UNMY SUIOOL LESSON BY fi.C:V It EbAleCLAY WARREN E.A. B.D. ]PAUL .BECOMES A MISSIONARY Acts 11:25-26; 14:8-20 lil'emory Selection: Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though Gott did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:30. "When Saul was come to Jeru- salem, he assayed to join him- self to the disciples. btu they were all afraid 'of him, and be- lieved not that .he was a disciple. But ,Barnabas took him, and: brought him to the apostles, and declared mato them how he had seen the Lord •in- the way, and that he had spoken to Him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus." Acts 9:26,27, Barnabas did ane other, important piece of work when he went to Tarsus and brought Saul to labour with hien in the church at Antioch. Here they worked together for a' year. Then they took relief to Judea where there was a famine. Today there are. many agencies to are for the needy. But the church must not forget her responsibil- New In blankets is this first one made of blended Vicara fiber. Woven in authentic elan tartans, It is a perfect complement for an Early American room setting. Shown above is the Ramsay tartan, which is predominantly red and blank, with" a. white stripe, This Ain blanket alcomes in the Sinclair Hunting, which is dark green. ity. When appeals are made for clothing it is amazing the abun- dance of fine clothes which church members will produce from their cupboards. Worn? Very slightly. They are last year's styles and have been replaced. How different from the sacrifie cial giving of the Macedonians. See 2 Corinthians. 8:1-5. We have wandered a long way from the advice of John Wesley,.. "Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can." The Church at Antioch not on- ly cared for the poor but also sent out men to take 'the gospel to those who had never heard. No wonder the people of this church , were nicknamed Chris- tians. They were like. Christ in that they cared for the spiritual and material needs of others. How fickle are people After the healing of the cripple they wanted to worship Paul and Bar- nabas. But when agitators from Antioch and Iconiurn had done their work they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city leav- ing eaving him for dead. When grateful parents knelt at the feet of a medical missionary to worship her: as a god she hast- ily cried out, "We are not gods. Worship the true God. Suppose that I wished to bestow a val- uable gift upon you and sent by the hand of one of my coolies; whom would you thank, the coolie or . myself," "We would thank you, of course; the coolie is your ser- vant," the parents replied. "And so I am God's coolie, by whose hand God has been pleas- ed to send this gift of healing to your child. Give Him thanks." TOUGH LUCK Morey Amsterdam tells the heart -breaking story of a golf pro who lost his job,. and was pacing the streets in his skiked golf shoes, the only footwear he had left. He hadn't eaten a bite in three days, when suddenly he looked down and saw an un- used meal ticket on the sidewalk. He stooped down to grab it, but in his excitement, accidentally stepped on it with his , spiked shoes • and punched out every ureal in the ticket. GREEN THUflI Gardot‘, Slttitka. For The New Glome When the builder is finished, the gardenez is just ready to be- gin. He shouldn't be discouraged at the rough grading, the litter of plaster and bricks that the bulldozer has barely covered ar- ound the brand new bonze. One can hardly believe what can be accomplished in gardening the first year. Of course we can't grow trees, shrubs and perennial vines overnight. But it is amaz- ing what can be done with an- nuals. The best plan is to get in early whatever nursery stock and perennial [lowers are available and financially possible, Then in between these use all sorts of annuals which will soon look as if they had always been there. There are big, bushy things like cosmos, dahlias, camas, castor oil and spider plants, ornamental sunflowers c r helianthas, African marigolds and giant larkspur that can be used in the place of flowering r,hrubbery_ 'When there are quick - growing climbing plants, scarlet runner beans, morning glories, climbing nastur- tiums, sweet peas, hope and such for covering trellis or fence. And for solid beds, edging and what- not we have at least e hundred annual flowers from which to choose. Before any planting or lawn seeding is done, however, we must dig or cultivate thoroughly, rake as level and as tine as pos- sible. It is also advisable, where available, to dig 'n some good manure or commercial fertilizer. and all the grass clippings, leaves or other vegetable refuse as available. , Mix in Flowers Few vegetables look well am- ong flowers, but there are a lot of flowers that not only dec- orate a vegetable garden but are best grown there. Gladiolus, sweet peas and others that are used for cutting or bouquets can be grown most easily and in quantity among the vegetables. Plants with really wonderful blooms but plain fol- iage should go there. A more pleasing picture will result where these flowers are grown along the edge of .the vegetable plot or just in front. If they are very big they can go along the back fence, Usually a prize vegetable garden attracts visitors just as much as the flower plots so if we want to make it really dressy we can select from the seed cat- alogue S01Th? of the taller and - bushier annual flowers and use these as hedges between the, main divisions of vegetables. A great many experienced gar- deners now grow practically all their gladiolus in rows in the vegetable garden, Thee, they are more easily cultivated and dust- ed, and in most parts of Canada it is very necessary to dust to ward off thrip. Take Your Time Along about this time some- thing in the air makes one want to get outside with a spade or at least a rake and work up the soil. It is a natural urge. The average gardener, however, does not need to worry. He is In- clined to rush planting rather than postpone it until too late. Or course with the established things, or the perennials, like shrubbery, trees, peonies, del- phiniums, grass etc. one can start digging just as soon as the soil dries out enough. But for the new crop of annuals which must be planted or sown each spring, it is best to wait until the weather shows signs or set- tling down and the bulk of the frosts are over for another sea- son. A far more serious mistake than being a bit late is to stop planting too soon. This applies es- ' pecially to those vegetables which can be sown any time from early April to late in June. By spread- ing out this work, we also spread out the harvest. MERRY MENAGERIE o;Mitegui . P ,.tip s 4.8(plM�•'•Atiti "This nesting season gives me a pain in the neck!" HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT CANCER? SCIENCE MUST FIND • EDITOR'S NOTE: How vizic7 do we know about cancer? Here's the second of two dispatches in. a progress report on the battle to find a way to stop the killer that takes the lives of a quarter of a [million people even year in America alone. N1 o N, By RICHARD KLEINER NEA Staff Correspondent New York — (NEA) — Some- where, buried deep in the hu- man cell, is the secret that is the key to cancer. Until it is found, men, women and children will continue to die of the dis- ease, Science is attempting to find that secret. But it is handicapped, in its search because it knows very little about the operation of a normal cell. Before it can learn what goes wrong in a cell, to set off the mushrooming growth that is a cancer, it must first learn more about routine cell functions. That's why the conquering of cancer will take time. And money. Taking first things first, scientists are currently devot- ing much work to increasing their broad, general knowledge of the human cell. in thio 'way they're like radio repairmen, who can't attempt to fix a balky set until they first know how a radia operates. Much of the • millions annually spent in cancer research is going for this vital, although prelim- inary, work. Altogether the American Cancer Societe , says, 1800 scientists are involved in trying to solve the riddle of • cancer. Last , year, the expendi- ture for research by alt agencies amounted to more _ than $15,000- 000. Another basic problem tor can- cer research is "the test." Doc- tors and the man in the street alike are dreaming of a great . day when there'll be a quick, dependable test, which will de- tect beginning cancer like a chest X-ray discovers beginning tuber- culosis. Some tests have been an- nounced, but the results, while encouraging, have not yet been universally successful, These have used blood, urine and even skin electricity hi their attempts to diagnose cancer. But they've failed to live up to the dreamy expectations for one reason—so far, no one has found that cancer works a basic, measurable change in -any human body function. Those are the parted skirmishes lir the cancer war, But the main action, involving most of the time SECRETS OF HUMAN CELL BEFORE IT CAN FIND WAY 7O CONQUER CANCER 50 -Million Volt X -Radiation, a possible new wecipon against cancer, is controlled by this dough- nut -shaped tube being studied by Dr. E, E. Char Ifon, General Electric's X-ray boss, and money in cancer reseal ch, is directed to the actual curing of the disease. Since the cause is not definite- ly known, scientists are attack- ing it from dozens of angles, They are attempting to find a cure chemically—a wonder drug that can destroy cancer like peni- cillin destroys flu, or an inhibitor that can control cancer like in- sulin controls diabetes, s a: n They are working with sex hormones, the chemicals secreted by the sox glands, which seem to have some effect on cancer. In experiments, some hormones have been found to speed the growth of cancer, others to slow it down These seem to have most hope in treating breast can- cer in women, and prostate can•, eer iii men. • They are working with viruses, Which have also shown seine laboratory results, In expernnen- tal animals, viruses have attack- ed cancer tissue. So far, how- ever they also attack normal tissue, but perhaps a strain of virus can be developed which will be selective. Attempts at using • these viruses on humans have•not yet shown many results. They are working with new types of radiation, to increase the scope of this type of treat- ment. New radioactive materials, many from atomic piles, are be- ing tested, Radioactive iodine seems to be of value in treating cancer of the thyroid; radio- active gold in cancer of the pros- tate; radioactive cobalt in cer- tain other internal cancers; radio- active phosphorus in skirl can- cers. They are working With gas, particularly the dangerous poison gas, nitrogen mustard, Some tests, begun during World War II, have indicated this gas and certain of its derivatives may someday prove of value in treat- ing blood cancers. At „present, certain nitrogen mustard com- pounds are in accepted use. 1:: u e Most people hope that, eventu- ally, one substance • will be found which will cure all cancers. Sci- ence shares that hope. At the moment, in laboratories across the country, countless chemicals are being tested. They bear strange, as yet un- familiar names, like a-mathop- terin, TEPA and tirethene. some- times they're just n robered. Reeearcher'y at the vast S oan- Ketter.ing institt,tc Imo rrareedy tested some 16.000 diff- repa (ern• pounds. A typic: -t ofect, shoving h('X 1.ivoi'.'u'l1S' ^(•it;1'e explores every possible avenue, is under way at Sloan-Kettering. All cells, like human beings must have food. They need chemicals to exist. Cancer cells have vora- cious appetites. If the chemicals which cancer cells use could be made poisonous or radioactive, they would kill the cell quickly. And it is possible to alter the make-up of these chemica: foods to make them poisonous or radio- active. The problem, of reurse, is to find a substance that can- cer cells require and normal cells do not At the moment, scientific re- searchers are exploring the nu- cleic acids, which they believe may be the chief staple on a cell's menu, They are hrpeful of finding that cancer cells and normal cells differ in their need for nucleic acids If they can dee tett that difference, perhapa their can poison the food needed be. the cancer cells. Whether ane of these varies:! assaults will be productive is a question time will decide Per- haps the ultimate control 01 can- cer will come front some unex- pected direction, as it so often has itt science's past. Perhaps it will come as 0 result of some of woe lrut once thing seems certain— come it will.