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.sHom^cd^ Ebb-Tide Of Fear By FERN AUB?.15 Eddie RitchcT closed the "lospittl iloor gently. He stood outside for a moment, his eyes narrowed thouglitfiilly. Inside, his wife" lay quietly, a gentle smile curving her lips as she held Eddie's promise to ber heart. Don't you worry your pretty little htad about anything, Mary," he had told her, his eyes earnest and lov jng- "Everything's going to be all right. â-  I've got the promise of a fine new job and we won't have to worry about bills or expcnscg or anything from now en." Eddie Richter, oiic-time money rider. Even yet, jockeys throughout the racing world talked of him with more than a littU awe. He was a sort of shining star toward which silk-clad figures, up for the first time in a classic of sleek horse-flesh, groptd for inspiration. For Eddie Richter had been an inspired rider. That is, until the day he was up on Gallowing Wind, the great chest- nut mare that had startled the en- tire racing wo'ld with her amazing bursts of speed. On the day in question, he looked at the track nervously. It had drizzled all night and the course was a sea of mud- The liorscs utie brought to the barrier, and Eddie leaned over Galloping Wind's neck and spoke to her reassuringly. She tossed her head and reared. The horses broke raggedly and Gallop- ing Wind, on the outside, ran last. At the three-quarter post, Eddie leaned over and said coaxingly, "Come on, girl, now's the time. You can do it Why, the rest of those bangtails can't touch you for speed. Come on, now, let's show em. fi'hind the love in fter eyes there was worry, too, Galloping Wind lengthened her stride in response to the appeal in Eddit's voice. She moved up, mak- ing htr bid'' And then, ^yith victory within grasp, Galloping Wind stumbled and went down with Eddie under her. When they got him out, the Doc shook his head as he went over Eddie's body with knowing fingers. "I don't know," he said doubtfully, "he's pretty much bunged up. We can tell more after we get him to the hospital and have X-rays taken." He lay there four months, his broken body an intolerable agony. The pain wouldn't have been so bad, if he could have gotten the picture out of his mind of lying under Galloping Wind, the thunder of flying hoofs coming toward him. Something had gone out of Eddie then and been replaced by fear. When he came out of the hospital, he and Mary faced the fact that their savings were gone. Things got steadily worse. Eddie didn't know anything but horses and horse racing and he couldn't endure the sight of a horse. Finally, matters came to a climax when Mary had to be rushed to the hospital for an emergency opera- tion. She came through all right but behind the love in her eyes there was worry too. As he stood outside the door, Eddie came to his decision. He left the hospital and turned toward the track and to George Graybar. Gray- bar, fabul sly wealthy sportsman, owner of the Graybar stables from which had come Shooting Comet, Whirlwind, liigbpockets and a host of other famous horse-s â€" and Gallop- ing Wind. Somclliing in Eddie's face brought I welcoming smile from Graybar. "Well, it's about time, Eddie," he boomed. "1 wondered how long it would be before you'd be around to l(e mt " They walked out to the stables, to the Bmell «{ jImr |jav |nd Jhe "c'-rrmg of the ami* iti their stalls. When they came to the last stall, there was Galloping Wind. Tile Kfat lorse stretched out her neck and nuzzled softly. Eddje swallowed the lump in his throat as he '.U'll^'l !" Graybar who was T-i^-'-'i'g them. ' S. c remembers m< 1" Eddie's Syi, were shining. "Winn can I ridi her. sir.'" There was a great exritum-iit in his eyes. Eddit had oiik' home. The End Part of "Plant" Which Produces 120,000 Dressed Fowl Yearlyâ€" Brains and originality â€" ijIus a lot of hard work â€" can still pay off in a big way, as is evidenced by the success of N. VV. White of Seaforth, Ont. Still in his early 30's he has built up a poultry business that would be hard to match either in Canada or the United States. Poultrynien come to Seaforth from near and far to inspect th« White plant, the chief feature of which is this brooder house, four stories high and almost 100 yards long. Built two years ago it incorporates an original feed systein of Mr. White's own design â€" one which saves liini a large proportion of the labor troubles which plague most poultrynien. Among the many otiier unique features of the building are a complete modern apartment to hou.'^e the "staff" which at present consists of two students from the O.A.C. â€" third- year men in animal husbandry â€" there both to earn and to learn. THEFAfiM Jolm12u&selL When it comes to putting away milk products we Canadians have quite an edge on the .Australians. We also top them at consuming poultry, eggs, fish and game, to- matoes and citrus fruits. But the Aussies are far ahead in their consumption of sugar and syrups, fruits â€" other than toma- toes and citrus â€" and most sorts of vegetables except the leafy varie- ties. As to meat, there's really no comparison. Our 1947 consumption of 123 pounds per capita looks rather small as compared to the Australian mark of 211 pounds a head. Our 40 pounds per capita of pork and pork products was al- most double theirs â€" but "Down Under" they got away with 71.5 pounds of mutton and lamb as compared to a mere 4.6 pounds here. * * * The extension of rural electri- fication in Canada during the past few years is almost incredible. Lat- est reports show some 185,000 rural customers of electrical power lines in this country â€" an increase of over 120,000 since the end of the war. * • * Farmers intending to plant fall wheat might do well to investi- gate a new chemical, claimed to be much superior to previous fungi- cides in the treatment of seed. The chemists call it â€" take a long breath now â€" ethyl mercury pto- Come And, Get It, Chicks â€" Third year O.A.C. Student who ii spending summer at the great poultry plant of N. W. White near Seaforth which turns out 120,000 dressed fowl annually. He is seen operating part of unique and labor-saving feed system whicii is one of the features of the huge brooder house. luene sulfonilidc; hut dealers in farm chemicals and fertilizers will no doubt sell it to you under some name far less jaw-breaking than that. » • » fn tests this spring this chemical is said to have given excellent re- sults in treating seed of spring wheat, oats, barley, rye and flax, ft can be used either wet or dry jjith equally |oo^ r«ulti. ^j wjt|i other seed dismfectanls it does not control loose smut in wheat, for which the experts recommend purchasing the new disease-free seed plus proper crop rotation; but It has ^rm-ed hiehiy effective for stinking smut and kuni. '- ' >v * * « Poultrynien who have been de- pending on the time-consuming methods of dipping or dusting to rid their chickens of mites and lice now have a much easier way of doing this â€" by spraying. W-"^ Three years ago an Illinois specialist sprajed a mite-infected brooder huuse with a five per cent solution of UDT. The young chicks whicli were later placed in that house grew up without ever having even a bowing acquaintance with a mite or louse. Since that time this man has sprayed many brooder and laying houses in tlie same manner. In every case the mites soon disap- peared. When he sprayed the litter thoroughly, as well as the house, even the lice present on the chick- ens disappeared. » • * For those who do a bit of car- pentry at home, here's a hint which might be useful. With the passage of time the figures and markings on steel squares or rulers tend to become unreadable. If you have one of these just paint the entire square or rule with quick drying white enamel or aluminum paint â€" then immediately, with a dry cloth, wipe away the excess enamel or paint. Then let it dry, and your markings and figures will be read- able as ever. * * * Now is the season when work- ing farm horses must be care- fully watched for signs of over- heating. Most of such trouble comes on a muggy, cloudy day when there is little air movement. Watch how hard the horse is breathing, and give it rest periods often. Animals that do not sweat should be watched too, because these are the ones that most often go out with heat prostration. Treatment of animals suffering heat prostration is difficult. Most of them die, no matter what you do; and those which recover are seldom much good frfr work. * * * Collar sores on work horses should be washed and kept clean, but it isn't advisable to use disin- fectants, according to a well- known vetinary authority. A quart of water with a teaspoonful of salt in it, or the same amount of water with two tablespoons of soda is good for washing such wounds. Most mild lotions or oint- ments have a tendency to help the wound heal â€" always provided you can keep the collar off the animal for a few days, not otherwise. * * ♦ Then there's , 'd one about the hired man who was complain- ing about the stinginess of the wife of the farmer he was working for. "I was sittin' there eatin' my breakfast, and all of a sudden' she says to me, 'Jabez, do you know how many griddle cakes you've just et??' I told her No, that I never bothered to keep count of matters such as that. 'Well, I can tell you,' she says. 'It's just exactly twenty nine.' And do you know, it made me so durned mad that I got up and walked sway from the table without even finishing my breakfast." Socialism (?) The Waleswood Colliery in Brit- ain is providing a most embarrass- ing test case for British Socialism. It is a relatively unimportant unit in the British coal-mining industry. It is one of those pits which have become unprofitable to work, and the National Coal Board proposes to close it as no longer economic The Waleswood miners, however, object. They don't want to work elsewhere. They have their homes in the vicinity and they object to being moved. Surely, they say, a Socialist government is not going to put the profit motive before that of human rights. For Once And All Husband: "The barometer's drop- ped again." Wife: "George, you keep saying that â€" why don't you use a stronger nail this time to hang it on?" Floods May Prove Future Blessing After monopolizing public atten- ion for over a month, those floods out on the Prairies have passed from the front pages of most newspap- ers. They are remembered only for the tremendous damage they did to land, roads, and western crop i ros pects. But right now the soil ex- perts are balancing up the damage done against some of the things on the credit side of the ledger. And these are important too â€" how im portant nobody can really say at present. People who believe in weather cycles, which is practically every body in the West, have their fing ers crossedâ€" writes James H. Gray in the Vancouver Daily Province- Recalhng the dust bowl conditions of a decade ago, they have been wondering if we are not due for some more of the same. • • * It could be, but many people are now taking the line that the floods have filled the sub soil water stor age system tc an extent that will enable crops to withstand serious drouth. Certainly the floods have changed the face of the Western prairie. Lakes that once carried water traffic and then dried up nto dry marsh or mud flats are lakes again Marshland that dried up arid be came wheat farms is now back un der water and will likely stay that way. Farmers of such land are out of business. The vast expanse of unbroken prairie, so familiar to air travel dur ing the war, is now a land dotted with brimming creeks and rivers and thousands of minature lakes in the corners ot farmers' fields. All this will be reflected in less land sown to wheat and more to oats and barley. * * * More important, however, than the water that lies on the ground is the water that has soaked deep into the earth- The crowding dis- aster of the dust-bowl years was when the farm wells dried up. Life without water became impossible for man and beast. These wells draw the water from surrounding porous soil or gravel beds. Whsfl: this underground store i* depleted, it can be replenished, U ring the Summer, only by heavy rainfalL If, as now, the underground stor- age is full, rain does not have tO' fall to save livestock and farm fam- ilies. There is, of course, a contrary school of thought that regards the- subsoil watei levels as inconsr quential. They argue that it doesn't matter how much /ater 'here is in the soil, if the hoi winds start to blow across the plains again. It' may be, that these two schools ol thought will be tested this year After a cold and backward Spring, it turned hot in Manitoba and one day broke an all-time record when the mercury hit 94 degrees- Hot winds were blowing on that daj and many a set of fingers were- crossed. « * « Aside from this argument alto- gether, the floods have taught hund- reds of districts in the ihree prov- inces some elemental lessons in soil' conservation. Large gougeb of ruined land mark the course of ram- paging water. Particularly hard hit were farmers on rolling land whc had bare summertallow. The floods took away the top soil and plowed ditches severa' feet deep into the infertile clay below. But where an- adjacent piece of land had been sown to crested wheal grass, there was literally no damage from the water. Twenty years ago, farmers would survey the damage and shake their heads. Today, they are peppering, the governments for advice on what they should do to restore their 'and. Soil experts are hopping about all- over the country, trying to take ad vantage of the new interest in soil* conservation- This points up the fact that \Ves tern farmers today are both alert to the threat of erosion and -tager to work to prevent it. Thes*- -tre the dividends that are accruing from years of educational work jd the part of the co-operatives the elevator companies, the P.f.KA and provincial agricultural repre- sentatives. WTMmmiOFmipmuc One of a series of adverlisements in tribute to those Canadians in the service of the public REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" A Touchy Subject By GENE BYRNES n* *nv>t<ta lff-<M*t>i. tit4t lltik Sy* i- 4 4