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For weeki Partner hai been worrTing about a cow that he waa •or* would have trouble in calving. Aad then one morning lie went to A* 'bam â€" and there was the cow with her calf, and everything abso- hitely normal. And was I relieved I Not only about the cow but because Partner was relieved from further worry. Later that same morning I went 4owii to see our barnyard family â€" and upon my word you couldn't â- Mvc for calves. There were ealves everywhere â€" some having their breakfast, others already finished •nd taking their "dally dozen" by eiiasing around the stable. Some were still tied up and a couple were ruiming loose in a pen. "For kesven's sake' â€" how many calves kavc you got around here?" I asked Partner. "Darned if 1 know â€" IVe lost track of them," he an- swered. So I went around and •onnted them . . . there were nine, •ren though we had already sent four out. I suppose the reason is that we had eight heifers all pretty much of an age last summer. Evi- dently they realized their main function in life was to produce â€" M they did just that. But definitely. A year or two ago one of my s«adeTs said: "I don't believe a wee* goes by but what you talk about your chickens." I hadn't realized h but no doubt she was right. Now the chances are some- one will say that never a week goes by without my saying something about calves. And that, too, is true. But then this column is a chronicle •f the doings at Ginger Farm â€" and right now calves seem to hold the apotlight. But enough of calves. . . . To- iay I had one of those unwelcome Ikings that come to all of aa whether we want them or not â€" I â- lean a birthday. But even a birth- lay has its compensations. It is lice to have letters, ciyds and phone <alls as if a few people, here and there, get the notion they are glad fon happen to be alive. And I have special fondness for birthday cards â€" they are such nice, personal Ikings. Daughter, for instance, kas an uncanny habit of picking •at cards singularly appropriate to Answer to Crossword Puulc wmr\K U J rwp^|/|Ar|£i i /? K rmw 7^ £ ^Nl£[Pl H 1 r S S t u C £ m/i £| c P\T\S 'S\K\£ It t J IP' M o r|/ o /vipp u\c\»\r\ i £ -;|/-|£| the person and the occasion. Mj card this year {•atorsd a cocker spaniel tethered to a bone stuck in the ground. As if one cocker spaniel by the name of Honey wasn't enough! This card was on* of the folder type with a picture and a bit of verse running on each page. The doleful expression oo the pup's face was really clever. The verse, put altogether, ran Mk* this â€" A BIRTHD.W MESSAGE ACROSS THE MILES. Can't come to see you, can't hear your voice. Too broke to call you; ain't got much choice. Can't do a durned thing â€" "ceptin' just set â€" And hope that this birthday's your nicest one yet I Daughter underlined "too broke to call you" which I took as a gentle hint that I needn't be expecting a long-distance call. Another very nice card was from a very special friend â€" and I knew it had been chosen for the lovely verse that was in it Little things like that are heart-warming and so very welcome â€" even if one's birth- day isn't. How nice it is to have friends. You know, I often think the best thing about this poor old world is the people in it. So why worry about a birthday â€" a year, more or less, what does it matter? We are never really old until we think we are. And we never need to think we're old as long as we can take an interest in what goes •n around us. One day I told an oldish person, on her birthday, that I hoped she would have many more happy birth- days. She answered â€" "Well, I don't know â€" I'm not sure that I want many more birthdays." What an unhappy attitude towards life. And yet it is understandable with some older folks. The accent these days is on youth. Young people must be provided with op- portunity for education, recreation, and a business or profession. The only opportunity denied them Is a chance to stand on their own feet and prove that they have what it takes to make their own way in the world. Old people are not given enough consideration. Surely our whole social structure would be greatly Improved if more thought were given to the problem of those, still independent in spirit but un- able to fend for themstiyes. 'W* mustn't have our old folk hopiiig they ^]Jj not have many more birtt days. Old people should be accepted as the responsibility of the younc Ihifor^unately ^is responsibility y not always realized and accepted. Tickets bearing the followiac words are being shown in a bah*r\ -' -n window: "Pies ttke mothar ' 1.1 ivakoâ€" .SOc. Pies Ht* â-  •â-  used Jo think sh« TEST YOUR I. Q. H«re are some questions about various weights and measures which shouldn't give you too much trouble. After you've tried to answer them all, check with the correct answers, printed upside-down, below. 1. How many yards are there in a rod? 3. In the avoirdupois system of weights, how many ounces are there in a pound? How many dozen are in a gross? How many cubic feet of air are there in one pound of air? How many points are there in a compass? How many fluid ounces in one quart? Is the xold carat a measure or a weight? In what other table of measure besides the time measure do 60 seconds equal one minute? How many mills are there in cent? 10. How many cubic feet are there in a cord of wood? 11. The word meridian pertains to what time of day? 12. If a Fahrenheit thermometer reads 32 degrees, what does the Centrigrade theremometer next to it read? 13. From what was the abbrevia- tion lb. for pound derived? 14. How many acres are there in a square mile? IS.What is the smallest liquid measure? 16. What measurement of time is reckoned by the time it takes the earth to turn on its a.xis? 17. How long is a furlong? 18. In nautical measure how many feet make a fa'hom? Ancv.'c-s to V.'cght and Measures 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. «. 9. â- 9 •81 -spjBX OZZ •^I •Xcp aqx •91 dojp 3U0 Ajugnoj •umiuiuiin 3qj_ •£I "OW t-I •punod Sa)««*ai tijqi] nijsq »m mojjj •ei •?i •uoox n •821 •01 â- uax 6 •SOJB j» m^ut JO tjnsoia »q) uj •8 y\oS »jnd JO HJEd SID fsjnsesiu ); â€" •jnsvsm y I 7£ •9 'ZS •s oe â- f •e^ls^X •f -naaixig z M.s I The Great Moment The year holds one moment, which may last for a week, when tree and bush and vine arc on the breathless verge of leafing out. It is then that you stand on a hillside and look across the wooded valley and see the scarlet and orange of maple blossoms like a touch of pastel crayon across the tree-tops. You see greenish yellow in the topi of the wineglass elms, and the amber green fountain that is the big weeping willow beside the brook. These generalities, so to speak, you see at a glance; and you know the breathless moment is here. Then you look at particulars. The crab apple trees in the orchard are dressed in green i.ice, their leaves no larger than your little fingernail. The lilacs are all tufted at their stem ends, each leaf cluster tipped with a faint brownish purple and not a leaf among them as big as a squirrel's ear. The wild black- berries have scarlet tassels not half an inch long, each tassel an unfold- ing group of leaves whose form can already be faintly seen. The late apple trees have gray silver nubs at their twig tips; draw down a branch and look closely and you see each nub as a young leaf cluster emerg- ing from its bud. each leaf the size of a ladybug's wing and each red- tipped as though blushing. The privet has a leaf tuft like a minia- ture green magnolia, and the bridal wreath bush is green at every joint with little green rosebud leaves. These things you see now. this instant. An hour from now all will be changed; tomorrow it will be still different. For this is the trembling moment when life stands between bud and leaf, between promise and achievernent. A new world is in the making on these old, old hills, even as we watch. Nothing is ever accomplished by committee unless it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent. JITTER New â€" And All Of Them Useful FOLDING BLEACHERS. PoM- ing bleachers which give maximum seating capacity for public aMcm- - blies. Open, bleachers are said to provide adequate, comfortable seat- ing which in many large-room areas can be made revenue-produc- ing. Folded, they become safe playing walls for basketball and in- door games, less likely to injure athletes than walls of standard construction. PLASTIC INFLATABLE BO.^T. Vinylite plastic jnflaUble boat weighs only five pounds in- flated; 6 feet from stem to stern, will carry two adults and two chil- dren. Smaller size also available. Plastic sheeting is claimed to be resistant to oils, grease, tempera- ture change and abrasion. Deflated, can be put in part of space of overnight case. SCREEN-AWNING. New-type aluminum screen, has cooling action of awning, shading value of Vene- tian blind and insect protection of fine-wire mesh screen. Special che- mical coating reduces glare and increases corrosion resistance. AUTOMATIC WINDOW. Doubls-glased window disappasN ktto wall at flip of electric switch, brings Kreen Into place. Sinee M*! double-glazed, ao storm sash ll required. Easy to install hi acw buildings, makers staiBi it can be placed by any competent mechanic in building already built. FAST SILO FILLER. Machine that "blows" forage where farmer wants it. Load is dumped from truck into conveyor-belt trough; 42-in. fan at other end of trough blows fodder tkroagh 8 - in. pipe where operator aims it. Gsim it can handle 20 tons of hay or JE tons chopped corn In hour. FOUR-SriED MOTOR- CYCLE. Advantages claimed for new motorcycle are: four-speed foot gear shift; automatic clutch; internal expansion-type brakes on front and rear wheels for self- braking use; constant mesh trans- mission and telescopic suspension springs said to eliminate bouncing. TESTS STRETCH. How much will a plastic or textile stretch under load? New electronic weigh- ing system is designed to IM loads from two grams to 5,000 n|^• san be applied to sample; hitfll- speed recorder, geared to pullmf Jaw, charts results as knid-elonga- llon curve. AIR WALL HEATING. Pra- fabrieated 4-tn. duets arc used • new warm-ah- heating systeaki makers claim two men can lnst«| system In six-room house in disy. Registers arc placed in (outer) wall; air is forced throu St higher temperature and velocf than present systems, comes out register in fan-like pattern, heat- faig the wall above the outlet. SMALL AUTOMATIC BOWL- ING ALLEY. Built for hom«K taverns, and eoin-maehine arcadalk the alley is 18 ft. long 26 in. wiji â€" about one-third the size of tli# runway. The alley has a maple be The player bowls at an illuminat setup of ten pin images. His bs| a little smaller than a duck-pin hits electrical contact plates ins's of actual pins. After every tw^ balls, unless he makes a strike; tta| score is tallied automatically o* the screen and is added to 'm s«*- secdlng plays. Balls are Aturn«4 sutomatically, there's no need tot pin boys or attendants. Tim* was no objact t« Cleopatn when her â- lave anendanu Mrred breakfast. The Geo of today mast be quick sff the maric So no wonder Motiur praises the served-in-a-jifiy, eiten-on> •igfat Poit'i Grape-Nnts Flakes. They're not only convanioit but delicioas ai>d neorbUng, too. •Sei â€" Peei\ CilHj Wats Flakes provide asefol qaanlMea a< sarbohydratat, proteins, aiinerals and ether lead essentials lo slart Iha busy day Mgks. Made «Mh mm wn^» - wheat and barley â€" to give yum Aat ifefioBS Cni)«-NBts flavor ia eriqp, |oM«si laka isaak iUk yoor grMcv lee PMt's er^a-IfMs Ikikaa. •MM ENGINEER RISKS LIFE TO HALT RUNAWAY TRAIN WINS DOW AWARD FRED RYAN •f Toronto tra>Wt ofoAg rvrnting Jboord fo on tmtrtm m y brxit k mtb-mmn tvcoWwr. The train was doing SO m.p.h. when suddenly the car heating pipe uncoupled aod the cab was oiled with steam. 98-year-old Fred lUan, his hands burned, climbed out and crawled along the narrow, icy running board. Cliogiag to the rail with his scalded hands, Ryan inched his way along the 55 hazardous feet until he finally reached the front bumper of the engine and ap- plied the emergency brakes. We are proud to present The Dow Award to heroic C.N.R, Engineer Fred Ryan. 1. The Toronto- Vancouver train was speeding through a desolate part of Northern Ontario. Every- thing was normal until a pipe uncoupled in the cab. I; Suddenly the cab was filled with live, scalding steam. Their hands badly burned, both engineer aod fireman were (breed to crawl out the windows. 1. Finally bringing the runaway express to a halt, Ryan fell exhausted in the snow. None of the pas- sengers realized how close to disaster they had come. ^_^. DOW BREWEKY . MONTREAL NATIONAL MEWERIES UMrffD THE DOW A WARD h otltatlon prtatnltJfor ac<< <rf oulitanJing 'â€"yltmaml Intludu a tlOO Canada Savinf Bond. Tht Oou Altnril (MnmCUtt. a (roup «/ W//ora <J ItaJlnt Canadian daily nmi»f>ap,rt miltcit winntrt from ntammmJaliom madt iy i mmtionalfy ^nown ntuv arganiutHtm, JiJSfi- «