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Zurich Herald, 1953-08-27, Page 7On the majority of terms the production of vegetable canning crOps creates a problem in res- pect to the maintenance of good soil structure and fertility. It is difficult to suggest tender types of rotation that might be follow- ed since size of farm, acreage of canning crops, number of stock maintained and extent of other types of crop production are de- ciding factors in determining a practical soil management pro- gram, * * Growing a relatively small acreage of canning crops on a general or dairy farm does not present a real problem in soil fertility maintenance, since it may be fitted into the longer rotations "and sufficient manure may be available for the culti- vated crops. The real problem exists on smaller farms, of where the stock population is small or absent, and manure is not avail- able and cultivated cash crop production is the major enter- prise. In such cases long term grass rotations are not economic- ally possible and yet soil struc- ture is dependent on replacing the plant fibre in the soil burnt up during the cultivation period. * With this in mind, a group of plots with different rotations of canning peas, tomatoes and sweet corn have been studied for a period of six years at the Smith- field Substation, Ont., on Percy fine sandy loam. In the four-year rotations without manure but with commercial fertilizer ap- plied to the canning crops, and in which a crop of tomatoes, peas, grain and a mixed clover -grass sod are grown, there was a small decrease in soil organic matter In a five-year period. In a simi- lar rotation, but with tomatoes replaced by sweet corn, and all the corn stover ploughed under, there was no reduction in soil Organic matter. It appears that when the corn stover is returned to the soil, maintenance is not too serious a problem. In other four-year rotations in which three canning crops are grown and the land is in clover sod for one, year by the device of seeding clover with the corn or peas, the reduction in soil organic matter was no greater than in the stan- dard four-year rotation with two Banning crops. HOwever, seeding red clover with peas or corn re - it's A. Boy! - Ralph Kiner, star Chicago Cubs outfielder,. holds up seven cigars signifying the weight of his son, born recently at Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Kiner is the former Nancy Chaffee, a top tennis star. duced the yield of these two crops and a satisfactory stand of clover was not always obtained, Outstanding in interest was the soil improvement which had ta- ken place in two-year rotations of continuous canning crops. In these rotations a crop of tomatoes or a crop of corn is followed in the second year by a crop of peas. After the peas are harvest- ed millet or Sudan grass is sown and the crop is disked in at the early flowering stage. Fall rye is then sown, which is disked in the following spring in prepara- tion for tomatoes or corn, In these two rotations twelve tons of manure per acre are applied every other year. These rotations produced five canning crops in the five-year period comparedto an average of three crops in other rotations. Despite this fact, there was an appreciable increase in soil organic matter, exchangeable potassium a n d soluble phos- phorus. .W h i l e it is true that manure was applied in these two rotations the average annual ap- plication of six tons per acre is perhaps not beyond the supply available to the grower whose canning crop acreage is relatively small. * * * While the rotations have pos- sibly not been in progress long enough to attach significance to differences in yield, it is note- worthy that yields of corn, peas or tomatoes were highest when- ever manure was applied in a rotation and the average highest yields were produced in the two- year rotations described above. * * * Fortunately people cannot be treated like bees or there might be some interesting develop- ments from an experiment re- cently made by the Agriculture Division, Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa. s: $, * Treating bees with nitrous oxide gas apparently causes them to lose memory of their old loca- tion. Normally 'when colonies of bees are moved short distances, as may be required for the pol- lination of certain crops or fruit trees, the bees tend to return to the old rather than the new loca- tion of the hive. * * In a test at Ottawa, six colonies of bees were gassed lightly with nitrous oxide, and then moved a distance of some 500 yards to an orchard which required pol lination. The bees did not return, as they normally would, to the original site but remained in the new location. * * * If later tests confirm this re- sult, beekeepers will be able to move their hives short distances to new areas of bloom in the same or adjacent fields. This will give more effective pollination of fruit and clover crops and cut down the distance the bees have to travel, * i, * Since the gas acts as an anaes- thetic on the bees it may be use- ful also to the beekeeper in han- dling cross bees. It might even help the householder get rid of unwanted wasp nests if it has the same effect on wasps. * * Gassing the bees was accom- plished by igniting ammonium nitrate (one tablespoonful to two colonies) by placing the powder on top of smouldering burlap or similar material in a bee smoker, and directing the resulting gas into the selected hives. Exposure CR SSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 2. And not 1, Some 4. Scoff 8. Of the mouth 12. American author 13. Singing voice 14 fart of n. pedestal 10. Tread under foot 17. At any time 18. American Indian 98 .lowish ascetics 21. Not this 24. Vapors' 16. Venerates 28, f'lcricai collar 32. Exist 33. Compound ether 9s. Wing 96. N'nright 88. Legislated , 40. Acquired knowledge 42. 1tti11zes 48 Sneak in nubile 48. Puddle 49. Smooth 40.'Pa !king idly 64. Square of three 68. Small island 66. Mendovt 67. Turns right 68. Oast nit 60. Smn11 barrel DOWN' 1. night 3. Affirmative vote 4. Engrossed 5. States 6. Inhabitants of (suffix) 1. 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Special entertainment by the Three Sugar Crisp Bears, shown here with songstress Rosemary Clooney, will help to .keep the. youngsters happy. Damp Stroll -It was warm, so Alex Wozniak, of London, Eng- land, decided to put on his walk- ing "shoes" and take a stroll down the Thames. His shoes in this case are skis, each of which is in effect, a miniature boat with a keel. Wozniak push- es himself through the water with two ski poles which have cork floats at the end. He plans to "walk" the English Channel in the future. to nitrous oxides for periods up to three minutes had no toxic effect on the bees. * * * The demand for beeswax has increased greatly during the past twelve years. Apart from the bee industry it has many industrial uses and although there has been a large increase in production since the 1930's, the price has remained about double that of its former level. Much wax is wasted in many apiaries and a good source of added revenue is overlooked. A considerable amount of wax may be saved during summer by putting all pieces of scrap comb found during colony manipula- tions behind the hive and ga- thering them up occasionally throughout the season. Another minor source is t he scrapings from the frames after the honey has been extracted f r o in t h e combs. Broken ay: d warped combs and combs with large areas of drone cells are another source of wax, especially in the years of the periodical clean-up. But the cappings from the ex- tracted honey -combs are the main annual supply. Unfortunn ately, they. make a bulky, sticky mass if a wax -press .is not avail- able, and for that reason they are often thrown aut. The stickiness and much of the bulk can be removed by letting the bees work on the cappings. By putting five to six inches of cappings and half that amount of warm water in a wash tub, and putting it out- side on a warm day, the bees will take all of the liquid leav- ing only the clean, dry cappings. This should not be attempted if there is any possibility of Am- erican Foul Brood being present in any of the hives, or if there are other bees within two miles. The tubs should be put at least fifty yards from the nearest hive and preferably with a fence, hedge or other obstacle between the tubs and the bee -yard to prevent robbing. Tests made have shown that the weight of the cappings is reduced by approxi- mately one-half when thus soak- ed,,in water and cleaned by the bees. * * * Old combs, scraps and cappings may be sent to any bee -supply company during winter months for rendering or they may be melted and strained at home and .the cakes of pure wax shipped out. If collection and rendering of the wax is well planned, it will form a source of revenue and will help to supply an indus- trial need. This Bishop /Bought Two gil.Mdred Wives Dr. Francis Xavier Gsell, for- mer Roman Catholic Bishop of Darwin, now in retirement in Sydney, has 200 dusky aborigin- al "wives." He bought there with sticks of tobacco, rolls of cali- co, pocket knives and other trade goods. This was the Alsace -born Bisop's method of preventing the marriages of child wives to the old men of the tribe. Blue-eyed, square -bearded Bishop Gsell bought his first "wife" 42 years ago when he began mission work at Bathurst Island, 100 miles from the, port •of Darwin. He res- cued a nine-year-old girl by pay- ing £2 worth of tobacco, knives and • turkey twill to the ancient aboriginal whose wife' she was to become by tribal law. That child and 200 others who joined her in the years that fol- lowed were the first pupils at Bathurst Island .. Mission, edu- cated' by the priests and nuns un- der the guidance of the bishop, Once the bishop's life was in danger when a terrified girl fed to the Mission, followed hot -foot by a war party of the wizened husband and his friends. They demanded that the girl be given up..•The bishop refused. A power- ful native stepped out, waving a great spear and threatened to kill. the white rnan who had dared, interfere with the . tribe's business. Betrothed Before Birth Unarmed Dr, Gsell steed his ground, Calmly he pulled out a handsome knife and a dozen plugs of tobacco. Native deter- mination wavered, Soon . bargain- ing began, and finally a price was determined on. What Dr. Gsell did on Bath- urst Island was to halt race sui- cide. Under the tribal laws the old men each had from 10 to 25 wives, while the younger men, aged up to 30 and even 40, had no no women at all. There was no courtship as we know it. All the girls were affi- anced from the day of birth or even earlier. Young boys were allotted to mothers-in-law. These were baby girls, and the boys were entitled to all the girl -children of the mothers-in-law. Such an arrangement meant that they were old glen before this came about. They might gain wives by in- heritance - from relatives, But the custom in such cases was to give the young women to old men and the' old women to the young men. Courtship -With Tobacco When Dr. Gsell arrived at Bathurst Island he found men of 60 with wives of 15, and boys of 15 with wives of 50 or 60. Children were rare. Owing to Bishop Gsell's prac- tice of "polygamy" over nearly 40 years, race suicide has been halted. His "wives" have been married to young men who have come under the mission's influ- ence. To -day, on 300 acres of fer- tile soil, the natives raise pigs, fowls and other stock. They have a thriving timber industry, ex- porting to the mainland a type of pine which resists the ravages of white ants, which destroy most Other timbers, Courtship has conte to the mission aborgines. The young man who wishes to marry a girl offers her a plug of tobacco. It she .accepts and smokes it, the young man's chances are good. Living at the Sacred Heart Monastery in Kensington, Syd- ney, 80 -year-old Bishop Gseil still keeps in touch with his many "wives" and their families. Odd Jobs Who has the oddest job in the world? Not an easy question to answer, but we'd say the job of .Alfred Johnson, a Southampton man, takes some beating. He's a "chain tapper." It's his task to tap the links of the Queen Eliza- beth's enormous bow anchor chain. Why? For exactly the same reason that a railway wheel tapper taps wheels - to test their soundness. Woman with an extraordinary job is Mrs. June Lester, who earns money by screaming. Her wonderful, blood -curdling shriek once heard is never forgotten. It has been recorded for a sound effects library or broadcasting and films. Then there's George May of Hillingdon, Middlesex, who blows up lifebelts. Not long ago he blew up his 50,000th at London Airport for passengers. He also tests each whistle supplied with a lifebelt. No he doesn't do these jobs with his own personal puff. He makes good use o an elec- tric air pump. UNAY SCIIOOL LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren, B.A., 13.D. Standards for Christian Leaders 1 Timothy 4: 7-16 Memory Selection: Neglect net the gift that is in thee . , medi- tate upon these things; give thy- self wholly to them; that tory profiting may appear to ala. a Timothy 4: 14-15, Paul's advice to "refuse pro- fane" and old wives' fables," (KJV) or "have nothing to de with godless and. silly myths" (RSV), is timely today. Nfen are still bewitched by a lot of silly superstitions. One is constantly hearing of new one or old ones revived. Of course it is unwise to walk under a ladder. Common sense tells you that you may get spattered with paint or a brick or a hammer may fall on your head. But how can it bring good luck to throw pennies into a pool? Well, it's good for the man who has charge of the pool.. Included in the advice to this young minister is the exhortation, "Be thou an example of the be- lievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." The world watches a minister closely. A slight indis- cretion on his part will occasion more criticism than the same act by one in another walk of life. Not that God has -one standard of godliness for ministers and an- other for laity, ' but he who up- holds the truth of God in word. is expected to uphold it also in deed. He must practise what he preaches. Some ministers have some secret sins, some bad habits that they wish concealed from their parishoners. This is not being a good example. What a man really is, is soon reflected in his countenance. Truth will out. The veneer is thin. A man may pass for more than he's worth for a time, but soon he will be assessed for his real character. God can break every bad habit and. cleanse from every sin. The way to forgiveness is the same for all. 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The entire job of putting up the 4,outside• walls on the 26 -storey skyscraper took only six -and -one- half working days, while ordinary brick -and -stone construction would have taken eight weeks. The prefabricated aluminum panels making up the facade of the building were carted from a Long Island plant to the site ready for installation. left, workers start installation of the two -storey -high panels; at right, company officials look over a seven -foot model of the new building. JITTER.� W8'UE TRISD EV5Ra t(INDOI' SAM ISAAC WALTON cooLot'Y Hoak HIM? Arthur Pointer LET'S CALL IT A DAY/ •