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the georgetown herald wednesday evening march 5th 1941 w ri n ifmt of interett to the local farmer our farm page large shipments much has been done bacon to britain pob potato growing with the expiration on october 31 1840 of the tint 13month bacon agreement between canada and the united kingdom two striking fact stand out in canadian bacon history states h k leckie economics divi sion dominion department af agricul- tore in the february issue ol the economic annalist the first is that on and after january 20 1940 the ex port of canadian bacon was carried on through a stogie administrative body the bacon board set up by the do minion government to superintend seaboard delivery of the product to the british ministry of pood the second is that under this arrangement the volume of product cleared from canadian ports in the twelve months commencing november 1 1039 totall ing 331000000 pounds exceeded the high total for any recent calendar year by about 140 million pounds and this under wartime conditions last year 18 678 000 graded chicks were produced in canada by record of performance breeders and approved hatcheries this was an increase ot more than one million chicks over the figures for 1939 three grades of chicks are produced under the national poultry improve ment program which coordinates the work of many breeders hatcherymen dominion and provincial depart ments of agriculture and others in terested in the canadian poultry in dustry under the national plan poultry misers can purchase chicks which have been produced under careful government supervision of both breeding flocks and hatcheries only record of performance breeders and approved hatcheries can produce graded chicks there are three grades of chicks under the national program rop rojp ahed and approved all breeding flocks are government in spected called and bloodtested for disease either by dominion or pro vincial inspectors rojp chicks are produced according to record of performance standards both male and female breeding stock t peds ptodutatng hop chicks are of two jtmsll f ao tbreedng or better chicles from these pear awpurobased mainly by breeders wh want the best foundation stock sr cockerels of known breeding about c000roj chicks were sold rotqred ducks are the highest g grade they come from stocks of approved female mated to itxjp ires tn 1940 a total of 400400 ropeued chicks were pro duced un yer met hatcheries sxe planning to hatch this grade of chtckw around 15 mumop chicks of the ap- gmejf wfo agjjntlm thes citie are crant noun of approved mies m floe approval sefcepon is made on thetjasls ef such important p ss early ges4hctng imp de- pelcniiieut egg- slse and body con- frsinsrtlon the objective is to pro dace pallets which wjjl give high egg ggcd and cocke of the best typo for meat production m canada the potato is used almost as freely as bread by all classes of people it la adapted to growing in almost every section of the dominion extending cram the extreme eastern pr here very large yields per acre are obtained to the western coast lorthwardo the potato has progre towards the arctic circle giving re markable returns under cool climatic mod soil conditions wherever the sea- son is frostfree long enough for the plants to make growth canadian certified seed potatoes are highly prised in many countries and this- circumstance has not been brought about by chance but through the ef forts of the dominion and provincial departments of agriculture and by the growers in aiming to produce a dls case free vegetable the influence of climatic conditions on the potato crop is considerable and while soil is im portant and has not such a strong effect as climate it is necessary that the land used for potato production be kept in a satisfactory state of fer ulity there are also many other requirements such as fertilizers and manures the best time to plant how to plant and the proper amount of seed the varieties to be used cultiva tion ridging ullage the protection ol the crop against disease and insects harvesting digging storing and grad ing the fullest information on all these and other subjects is contain ed in the 72page bulletin entitled the potato in canada by t f ritchie division of horticulture to gether with a section on insects affect ing the potato by alan g dustan di vision of entomology science ser vice and a section on potato diseases by the division of botany and plant pathology science service dominion department of agriculture a copy of the bulletin may be obtained by writ ing to publicity and extension divi sion dominion department of agrl culture ottawa a hharp rebuke the slightly unpopular golf club member was observed to be adopting even more swagger than usual presently approaching an acquain tance he thrust out a fat hand and said wot would you do my boy oh said the other member id ouy naobrush s bra 1 chicks the bray chick does the trie let i p your oedsr here- no writing no bother cab orphans george c brown author unknown a reader turned in this interesting poem clipped many years ago from an english magasine it is left to speculation what might have caused the morbid thoughts of the unknown author he surely must have had an unhappy existence with such a dreary philosophy of life notwithstanding this the poem is of interest and caus es one to stop ind reflect on the sub ject matter oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud like a swiftfleeting meteor a fast- flying cloud a llash 6f the lightning a break of the wave man passes from life to his rest in the grave the leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade be scattered around and together be laid and the young and the old the low and the lugh shall moulder to dust and together shall die the child that a mother attended and loved the mothei that infants affection who proved the husband that mothef and infant wlio blessed each all are away to their dwellings of rest the maid on whose cheek on whose brow in whose eye shone beauty and plasure her tri umphs are by and the memory or those who loved her and praised are alike from the minds of the living erased the hand of the king that sceptre hath borne the brow of the priest that mitre hath worn the eye of the sage and the heart of the brave are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave the peasant whose lot was to sow and to reap trie herdsman who climb d with his goats to the steep the beggar who wanderd in search of his bread have faded away uke the grass that we treed the saint who enjoyed the communion of heaven the si w dared to remain un- forgtren the wise and the foolish the guilty and just have quietly mingled their bones in the col e a deacon who is director of auxiliary ser vices canadian active army r btankstoller ltd photo plant canadian certified seed food stej is the first requirement for an excellent j crop because onfy good smmd will grow vigorous and productive plants canadian cortiftod seed potatoes sxe good seed potatoes by- dentins than highefpiahrr cleaner smoother more uniform potatoes tba those grown front ordinary seed stock will be produced so this season to hsrvestaarr potatoes and m of them plant canadian crtud seed be sere to mlotttb otricfy moat sitku jw yomr ucswy askthdistrict gorernmedt inspector punt prmtoctiom dm for roil lnf crntic sj list of dears distri- nsector rpr o so the muhltude goes like the flower that withers away to let others suc ceed so the multitude conies even those we behold to repeat every tale that has often been told for we are the same our fathers have been we see the iame slgh our fathers have seen we drink the same stream and we feel the same sun and r m the wme course that our fathers have run the tlioutjus we ae thinking our fathers would think prom the dtath vie arc shrinking from uioy too would shrink to the life we are clinging to they too would cling but it speeds from the earth like a bii d on the wing nicy loved but their story we cannot unfold thcj scorned but the heart or the haughty is cold they grieved but no wail from their slumbers will come tliey joyed but the voice or their gladness is dumb they died ah they died and we things that are now who walk on the turf thai lies over their brow who make in their dwellings a trans ient abode meet the changes they met on their pilgrimage road yea hope and despondence and plea sure and pain are mingled together in inrfim and rate and the smile and the tear the song and the dirge still follow each other uke surge upon tis the wink of an eye tis the draught of a breath prom the hlnsaom of health to the paleness of death prom the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud oh why should the spirit of mortal be proud qsnapsh0t guild picturing the house automobile hudjlghts provided the illumination for this novel picture of the house taken with s time exposure en high speed film almost everybody has taken pictures of the house in the daytime bat how about a picture sfnlghtt all yon need is a location where the camera wont be dis turbed sad of course a camera that can be set for a time exposursv naturally the boose must be lighted in some manner either by automobile headlights by street lights by moonlight or other means the light doesnt have to er you jest expos for a longer time but the luumtaaoon should be fairly ere on 4m ska of the for just a portion of the house yen can use m flash bulb if your camera has fast lens aa4 ts load ed wit high speed aim rat ex ample n yen hare an 14 leas the tash can be need 40 or ee feet from ths one mtfa jnst one medtunt- atsed flesh bulb hi a good reflector automeboe headhghts provld floe ulammstlon for s singlesfbry house if the ear is parked carefully the exposure will vary according to the distance of the car from the house and the brightness of the light so it is best to take several shorn increasing the exposure time 1n each case moonlight shots are easier to take 1 than on may it g on a clear night with fun moon an average earpoeure is 100 mmetee with a box camera and average speed flbu if then is snow en the iwuse joot and jjninejrrouud this tune can be out la asgstor eawierlf yesruse hlgnepeed sum lass einusis is re quired besaemeev thai fur all tuns expatm fh cutter tenet be ptttbei en a firm eohd support another mteresttog stunt is to take a short time- exposure of thm house just at dusk when there is stm eonw light t tbeak but the hones ugwa ssnsr up brightly only a few secoaos exposure will be needed for such a shot and h wfb sad interest to your snspshot eol- 314 john van guilder as sam clemens mark twain was an ace pilot even now on the mississippi you will hear that mark twain really new comparatively little about pi oting that he learned nil he wrote bout it as a clever reporter m the ibow of horace bixby king of river lots ftarnett laidlaw eskew writing tn he may coronet magazine says hat he shared that belief until re entry when he talked with capt alter blair of davenport iowa on he veranda of his home from which smi can see a mile down the rivet n two directions listen blair said as quoted by skew i ii tell you about mark twain every pilot that has read life on the mississippi is jealous f mark they all wish they could ave done it when mark lectured ere in davenport in 185 with rorge cable i made it a point to ilk with him that was more than 0 years ago i was then piloting the j w mills and i had read ev erythmg that mark had written way back in 78 he d brought out a little paper back volume called old times on the mississippi later on m 84 i believe hed pub ished his amplified book life on the mississippi after i read it i wrote him a letter saying what a fine authentic hook i thought it was nd livy that s what he always called his wife wrote back and said sam was on a lecture tour so it vas a lucky chance that my host was in port thai night when he lee tured here after the lecture i walked back stage mark was sitting in an indcrtiker s ch nr resting after h t ture he looked doj tired his bij mustache was drooping i walked up to him hello he sud who irt you mv name s of no importance f lipid in i told hi in but maybe u ii rectijnic tin h mdwritinj on i his letter his je k nd of lighted ij ind ht sorl f ti nned nhn il td him rapt un he looked dl ihe letu i and liawled tint s ny wif hind snting now whore the divil did voj k that after he d reta it he made mi sit down beside him and began to isk questions i never saw a man o interested in boats and the river i iter at hermitage landing on he mississippi blair tontinued he had an opportunity to ask bixby mself ibout his former pupil nd the latter s ability as a pilot lei me teli you something said bixby sam clemens i never call nm anything else was a first rate 3i lot make no mistake about it nd i don t think in the whole four tears he was steam boating he ever ad a serious accident if he d stayed longer he would have been ne of the great pilots of all time he had all the qualities that a good iloi should have nerve and a fine nemory and the ability to catch on luickly a pilot s got to have those raits and he was a good talker ou and as fine a companion as any nan riding the river cotton hulls repository of vast future fortunes packed in the homy brown cotton eed hull are at least 19 chemical lements tn combinations to const ute one of nature s most lavish hemical storehouses as a source f diversified chemicals useful to the petroleum dyes tuffs perfume plai tics and sugar industries these hulls in our generation may rival any known agricultural or mineral raw natenal a decade hence planters ay be growing dwarfed cotton olely for hulls the development o commercial rocesses to extract hull chemicals a ii signal another industrial expan ion in the south and lead to better n nme balance bttween agriculture md history throughout the nation rites john w w sullivin in the levclond plain dealer half the ted is hull and half is kernel so liat the hulls alone represent one lurd of the total crop a sumcientlv n h source of supply to be indus r jii attractive fler cotton is ginned the seeds t tun short fibers or lint which is nostly removed in dilinting ma nines cracking thi seed permits removal of the kernel or meat leav nj the seed covering or hull and lmaining 1ml further separation if hull and lint is now possible by owd ring the hull and applying ar tr blast or by dissolving it in a uitable chemical solution of this irst problem marks the beginning if modern hull research the sec jnd problem chemical analysis of the hull is stfll under investigation porky has a lamb pork chops whose petting by the mcgaveck farrriry when she was a lamb spoiled her for life with oth er sheep has settled down to a ewen responsibilities placed in pasture with bther sheep porky would always run back to the house for a frolic with the children and the puppy one neighbor then another took her to new fields in die hope of making her like her own kind and still porky wouldnt stay put fmnnth corner- too hdr- to a mountain pasture where there- were no children or puppsee to de tract her there sh found some jieep she liked the farmer re joiced when porky had a lamb but howed consternation when he re- urned to the house tor some cows mlk- twins hewxpiainedx few n mutes later be was beck fwarm he rest of the mine he cried porky has triplets you get to salt water at oklahoma ttf fields prom many of the prairies of in- land oklahoma its less than a mile to salt water thats because salt water lies directly below the rich oil fields as an unwelcome byproduct of 4 400000000 barrels of petroleum there were 13200000000 barrels of brine thats enough salt water experts say to cover 400000 acres six inches deep with dry salt formerly this brine- was allowed to drain down natural water courses devastation followed towns dependent upon rivers for their water supply got a brackish and unhealthful fluid trees and crops along the streams withered and died live stock perished then the state stepped in three years ago to halt further losses the big companies plagued by damage suits for millions of dollars were glad to cooperate engineers began putting the wa ter back under ground today 3f disposal systems are pumping 150 000 barrels of brine dady into the earth in terms of dry salt thats 6 000 000 pounds a day the oil companies paid the entire 1 500 000 cost of the systems aided in technical phases of the- installa tions by the pollution department- of the state division of water re sources the disposal systems are relative ly simple a separator at or near the well cuts the brine away from the petroleum gravity lines carry the brine to a treating plant at the downmll end of the fields these chemicals are added to coagulate the solids and the brine is run through a series of filters to take out impurities which might clog the permeable sands 300 to 7 000 feet be low tht surface into which it is pumped oil merfs luck gave a fillip to con- sli uction of a disposal system by one petroleum company in pontotoc county at the lower end of the field in territory believed to be dry drillers struck a 2 600 barrel- per day gusher and had to move over a quarter mile before complet ing a successful dry hole stay feminine is advice given to women aviators mrs arnele davis the world s- ranking woman aviator m pilot rat ings offered a few success tips the- other day stay as feminine as you can she advised a man is quicker to- accept an attractive woman as a competitor he 11 forgive a woman more readily for beating him if she is good looking a successful artist as well as a flier mrs davis practices the phi losophy she preaches comely and smartly dressed she looked more like a screen star than a pilot who had just flown to washington from her cleveland home to attend the- convention of the national league- of american pen women since she took up aviation after her husband m thomas davis bought a plane nme years ago mrs davis has rapidly climbed the lad der of air ratings until she now holds the coveted commercial 4m license this entitles her to fly any land or sea plane with the single- exception of the giant transoceanic- clippers she can discuss blind flying from her experience of 200 hours under the hood and she can talk just as enthusiastically about pretty clothes or makeup women when they compete with men in occupations usually consid ered masculine often go masculine in their clothes she observed dis approvingly plat heels mannish suits an unpowdered nose are def- tnitely a mistake mrs davis is optimistic about the opportunities for women in aviation but she doesn t underestimate the difficulties that are apt to be en countered she has talked frequent ly on the subject to school and col lege groups i tell them she said that so far aviation is a man s field i tell them they can t be just as good as a man to succeed they ve got to be better and above all they ve got to keep attractive motor inside airplane wing development of a new type of air craft engine designed to fit entirely within a thin airplane wing was an nounced here yesterday by harry woodhead president of the avia tion manufacturing corporation the new motor develops 1200 horse power and has 12 cylinders in two banks of six each the banks are 180 degrees apart so the motor is virtually flat as such it is stdd to be one of the first ever devel oped of its type woodhead said the engine was p inches high 44 inches wide and thpt if was built so that it could be in stalled in a thick root of a bomber or transport plane the engine is liquid cooled power is transmitted to the pro peller by an extension shaft byfts use in multimotored planes he snfct speeds could be increased 15 per cent war cost the estimated money cost of tpn world war to the united states goir- ernment to june 30 1834 was 4j- 785000000 as shown by the an nual recta of the secretary of the- treasury for the fiscal year winw juanbo um tins dbevmbt incltte the cost of veterans honiisra ind ofhnr iterhs which have de un a result est the war