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BE g 5 £4 : § STAN AS I 3A Planting Corn By Hand-And Foot The United States Department of AEeanuey s' found that L +18, yield per _ increased if | seed corn is planted with the points down and the sides ipar- alled fo the rows. This impor- tant information arrives while we are in! deep 'national hack for warehouse storage on sur. plus corn, and farmers have de- pressed the meat market hy forcing too many. animals on the surplus-surplus. That thing sticking up like Mt. McKinley is a moral But no"doubt somébody has already gone to work on a mechanical planter t hat will drop sced corn point down and sides out, that we may' grow still more corn. Except for back- yard and kitchen gardens, no- body much has planted corn by hand in long.years, and it would be impossible to sel seed so- meticulously {hat way. By ma- chinery, however, it could be done, and probably will," Here in Maine, this kind of corn has never been much of a crop. We grow a lot of sweet -corn and: considerable ensilage, 'but we are not hard-corn :coun- try. It used to be said that one year in ten was suitably hot and moist enough to 'give us a bumper crop, and between times we made out, Everybody, in those days, kept seed corn over for two or three years, in case there. happened to come a failure. The thickest, longest and fullest ears would be traced. and hung 'over wires in the attic, to frustrate the mice and squirrels, and would be brought down in the spring for seed. We had corn shellers that turned by crank, but usually seed was scraped off on a bar of iron over: 'a: box. When the box held about:whatiyow'd:need, you put the unshelled ears back up_in_ the attic as a backlog. here/ were: various ways to treat' corn' so the"crows would let it alone, but even so the old planting jingle went, "two for the crows," and this, totalled five or six kernels toa hill, Not that you ever counted -- you felt, Pais _-- = gig a en 7 ii CENTER LINE -- A forestry worker stands near a crack in the road at West Yellowknife, Mont, following the earthquake that struck the area. ---------------------------- ISSUE 38 -- 1959 ' 34M Wht iit and seven were too many, four too few, There was a "King of the Corntield" planter made some- Where in Vermont that was - popular, and very likely the firm still holds paténts on the newer tractorshandled planters. It dropped fertilizer along with' the seed, Here, the fertilizér was taken care of by liberal applications of "dressing," and we continued to plant 'by hand, The hills would be about three feet apart, or a man's step, and at the toe of each advancing foot, you would drop the kernels, I find I' can't' remember the jingle, but it went something like this: Three to sprout, two will grow -- One for good measure, two for the crows. Undoubtedly plenty of people will want to "set me right" on that. Anyway, a hill with two or- three shoots init was. what we were after, and would be enough for a harvest. Thus, we walked up and down the fur- rows, dropping from a bag slung on the'shoulder, and for my part I liked to. operate barefooted because there was a certain way of rearranging' the seeds with the toes, and it couldn't always be done with 'a boot on. There was. a way to set a "hoss-hoe" so the seed could be covered, but it was almost as easy to: scuffle dirt over the seeds with a hand hoe. Then, all summer, it grew, and usu- ally it grew very well so we'd have a crib full. Enough for the poultry and pigs -- and the family. There was a meal chest in the shed, and every fall it would be 'filled with rye, corn, and buckwheat meal. We had stopped grinding wheat long © ago. The. very same cornmeal that went in the meal chest was also put in the zinc-lined bin in the barn for the-animals. It was all one; We had -cornbread two- three times a week. Indian:Pud- ding-.as often, and brownbread Saturday: night. It seemed, at the time, like a fine arrange- ment, and never once did: any- body connected with the: deal ever. imagine that the yield would 'increase if we'd set the corn seed down with the point under and the sides bilateral. us. But the USDA, sthmbling around in more corn then they know what to do with, has found one more way to increase the yield. I'm just glad I'm not a little boy again, facing a cou- ple of acres, and knowing what we know now. Standing seed corn on end with your bare toes is not my idea of advanced agronomy. -- by John Gould in ~The Christian Science 'Monitor. WELL SHORN Although the luxuriant red beard of Harry Falso, California bank robber, was a dangerous mark of identification, he stub- bornly refused to have it remov- ed. Instead, he hired a personal barber to live near him in his Fire Acres headquarters and im- ported from Chicago some $500 worth of hair oil. One day, as he slumbered in the barber's chair, two of his drunken riders pushed a razor through the red locks that were the chief's pride and joy and, giggling, left his chin and head as smooth as an egg. A few minutes later a troop of cavalry, led by two Federal marshalls, swooped: through town looking for Falso. They missed him. "Not a red beard in town," they reported disgustedly. "Only a bald, funny-lookihg gazook asleep in a barber shop." "Blind as a bat" is a meaning- less phrase. 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Ea LJ] [ LJ There are thres major factors-- "which affect automobile insur- ance rates. During the past num- ber of years these factors have caused rates to increase. The three main culprits are: (a) Ris- ing damage claims, (b) Bigger, fancier cars with thelr higher repair bills, and (¢) More acci- dents, LJ * LJ Not many years ago, auto- liability protection was consider- ed-adequate if the policy paid up to $10,000 for a claim of one individual, or a maximum of $20,000 for claims growing out of any one accident. Today with awards soaring, insurance protection is often con- sidered inadequate unless it pro- vides for payments of up to $100,000 for a single claim, or for a maximum payment of $300,000. * LJ [) 'Records from one county in Oklahoma show the average awards in personal-injury dam- age suits rose from $2,585 in 1947 to $89,781 in 1957, an increase of over three thousand percent. Some of this increase is natu- rally due to inflation. The cost -of everything involved in an automaebile accident has risen considerably." In the past ten years, medical costs (hospital and doctors' bills) have in- creased by approximately 150%. * Ld LJ] The increase in cost of one of the popular low-priced: model cars has been over two hundred percent in the last ten years. Today's cars are faster and more powerful than those of a few years ago. Accidents when they do happen, tend to be more seri- ous and to cause more costly damage. This together with in- flation has had the obvious effect. "In 1939 it took two hours to install a new fender. At that time the fender was a separate part, bolted to the car body. To- day's fender is part of the body panel. Putting on a new panel may take as long as 22 hours. e amount of time required to do this fairly common task has increased 1,000%. Add to this the fact that the price of la- bour in the past six years has risen 50% and it is not difficult to understand why in the United States, member companies of the National ureau of Casualty Underwriters lost 147 million dollars in 1957 from their under- writing activities. Most of this loss can be laid to automobile underwriting which is sometimes called, "the problem child of the casualty-insurance business." LJ . LJ * In 1945 there were 101,513 pas- senger cars registrations in On- tario, Twelve years later this number had risen to 1,793,499 -- an increase of 900%. In the same period of time traffic accidents ohn Russell in Canada have increased by 194%. Reflecting both rising costs and the rising number of automobile accldents, is the increase in prop- erty damage in Canada-resulting from: automobile 'accidents over a ten year period. In 1947 prop- erty damage was ten and a half million dollars. By 1957 this fig- ure had passed the seventy-three of 900%. - [] LJ LJ How to Save on Your Insurance ----1.-The-premiums on a "deduct- ible" collision policy are con- siderably lower than on one offering full protection against damage to your car. "Deductible" means that you yourself pay, for example, the first $50, $100, or $200 of any repair cost. 2. It you own two or more cars, you might save money by {nsur- ing them in one policy. Savings can be as much as twenty-five percent. rT '3. Make certain your insurance company lists you properly as to job and driver classification. You pay most if you use your car for business, least if you use it only for pleasure. Farmers and clergymen get a special break on rates. 4. If you have had no acci- dents In recent years, you might qualify for the reduced rates cffered by some companies to "preferred risks." 5. Consider the age and value of your car in deciding whether to carry "Comprehensive" insur- ance -- fire, theft, etc. 6. Vigorously support traflic safety campaigns. Insurance rates have dropped sharply in some cities having effective safe driving programs. What many motorists don't realize is that the premium they pay is based on the accident experience in the territory in which they live. Losses for any particular acci- dent on an an insurance rom- pany's records are charged back to the place where the car owner lives, not to the area where the accident occurred. Thus if a motorist from Toronto, for ex- ample, drives to Hamilton and causes an accident there, the cost of paying the claims will be charged against the claims rec- ord for Toronto, not against the Hamilton area. How To Root Those Geranium Cuttings If you have some geraniiims in the garden you particularly like, or if you have a stand-in usual variety of one, now and into September is the time to start cuttings from these plants for next spring and s flowering. (May and June is the time to slip them for winter- flowering plants.) Take your cuttings (or beg some from your friend) from the tip of a plant, a firm but not woody section, They should be three to five inches long. Make a clean straight cut with a sharp knife or razor bladé just below one of the small joints (hodes) along the stem. Each cutting should contain two or three of these joints, and if possible should have some branching along its length, Next, take off the lower leaves, million dollar mark, an increase with a friend who has some un- summer i but leave two or perhaps three. Also take off any flowering buds, of course, and snip off the little winglike things at the nodes. You may be able to root one or two cuttings in water in a light but not sunny window. A surer way though, especially for several, is to root them in sand. Stick the stem deeply enough to wa the little thing firm in the pot, ' Several cuttings can be rooted at once if planted in one of those wide, not-so-deep, so-called "azalea" pots in a mixture of sand and peatmoss, with a small clay flower pot set down into the center. Plug the hole in the flower pot and water the cut. tings by filling the center pot with water, It will seep through, Some cuttings may take quite a while to root -- several weeks In fact -- so don't give up if they "| won't go right about it. Give them more time. Keep all: the (cuttings shaded -at--first..with a ""newspaper, or something sitfii=*" lar, and at about 60 degrees. At the end of two or three weeks carefully dig up one cutting and see if you have some roots. If the roots are about three-fourths of an inch long, transplant your cuttings Into separate pots (2%- inch pots will do), The soil from now on should be good garden loam but not enriched in any special way. Geraniums will run to foliage if fed too much. ~ By January these little pots ought to be a mass of roots. This is the time to transplant again, this time into pots an Inch wider In diameter, and later into four- inch. If the cutting grows leggy, pinch out the top to encourage side growth, By May or June these young geraniums ought to be ready to set out in the garden borders for next summer's flowering. Anyone with one or two good plants this autumn can raise a whole bevy of plants for next year in this way. Do You Know? The emu, the national bird of Australia, is the second largest of living birds. The adult birds average five feet in height. . LJ Ld A curious froglike fish of Africa, the goby, climbs trees to feed on wood ants. Often some gobies climb while others stay below to nab dislodged victims. LJ L] * A snowshoe rabbit is not a rabbit but a hare, often called the varying hare because his coat changes from brown in summer to white in winter. He depends on his white fur and his huge, spreading hind feet--from which he gets his "snowshoe" name--to escape from most of RL Rev. R. Barclay Warren, B.A, B.D. God's Call to Faithfulness Malachi 2:17 to 3:4, 16-18. Memory Selection: Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me, Psalm 101:6. The Old Testament closes with the prophecy of Malachi, He calls for greater falthfulness to God. He reproves the people for giving the poorest of their flocks for sacrifice, The law call- ed for animals without blemish. Today we have seen people quite proud of themselves for handing in their old clothes to send to the missionarfes for distribution to the poor heathen. They, in turn, went out and bought ex- pensive new outfits for them- selves. Now, it is good to give used clothing to the heathen. They who have so little will be is now out of style won't matter to them. Moreover, if the cloth- ing 'were new, the customs charge on it in many countries would be so high that it would not be practical to send it. But when we hand in our left-overs we must not confuse It with sacrificial giving. Malach] urged the people to bring in the tithes. The curse would be removed and the Lord would pour great blessing upon them. In a new suburban area the low giving of the people was excused with the oft-used ex- pression, "They are just young couples and they are paying for their new homes." I thought of the word of the Lord given by Haggal when he was exhorting the people to rebuild the temple: Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lle waste? Now there- fore thus saith the LORD of hosts: 'Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and. bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not h-- enough; ye drink, but ye are not grateful. 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When He makes up His special treasures He will spare them, And there is prediction of the coming of Messiah, too. = vy In The Day Of Sailing Vessels There was nothing slipshod og lackadaisical about either the ships or the seamen. If the salls appear cumbersome to us Weg should be remembered that the large sails lowered to the deck, where they could be man- handled with comparative ease, and the lighter topsails (of which there never was any pro- fusion) could be handled aloft very simply. They were small and of light canvas. A few boys sufficied to pull the bunt of a light main topsail -- or fore topsail on a barkentine caravel -- Into the roomy top, where they had a good place to work -- a better place by far than the slippery, swaying, often ice-in- fested footropes of some square-rigger trying to ro Cape Horn, The area set in a big sail could be reduced by remov- ing its lower third, for this was laced on, and could be unlaced again by the simple process of lowering the yard while the men stayed on deck. There were plenty of men, and the Portuguese were then and . have ever since remained excel- lent seamen. Watchkeeplng, turns at helm and lookout, the maintenance of the reckoning -- all these were well unders and thoroughly regulated with could do in a ship that was bale anced by her sails and had problem... from. tba th torque of floundering propellers to confuse her. They were undee the constant supervision of am officer who never left his bridge to go Into the chartroom, or peeg Into a radar screen. The whole works of the ship, and 'the whole of the work of the ship, were in the open where all could see. A watch-keeping officer had in- stant and complete control and supervision of everything. -- From "Wild Ocean," by Alan Villiers. the animals that pursue him. Jf 2 Led / lat WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE -- Margarete Brown doesn't appear happy about 'pumping water from her well near Shelbyville, Tenn. The pump has almost been inundated by the formation of a big pond near her home. §r WATERY ROW TO HO 5: Viet Nam follows his two water buffaloes flooded a wide area of the E -- Pushing onward through bo Lg A countrv. waist-deep water, a farmer 'in South and plow through a rice field. Heavy rains have meticulous accuracy, which-they "int Nie 2 £4