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» glazing a greenhouse." ""Do-1t-Yourself" By No Means New Comes a letter from an old- timer, lamenting the desuetude of hand tools. It does seem that many an everyday commonplace of the past has been venerated Into the anty -- at least into the craft-art department. People oh and ah over things that aren't redlly wonderful at all, .except that not too many people know - how to do things any more. It is too bad; because I take a lot"of enjoyment from making and fix- . ing things, and feel special and honored when somebody brings around an odd jop he somehow figures only I can-do. It's nice, too, to have the hand tools, and I do. I had the advan- tage of elders, when I was small, who liked to work at the "joiner's bench" (the term has passed from use) and who.took the time to show me what each tool was for and how it worked. I can even run a pod-auger, and you'd probably travel all day before finding another. I've even got one. Most people crank the han- dle instead of the stem when they first try "it. It was my pleasure, in my own turn, to pass some of the lore on, so we may still. have pod-auger operators for a time yet, There was once 1 got repaid all at once. We had put up a new 'greenhouse that: $ummer, and the boy went to séhiool in the fall to include "manual arts" in his curriculum. The teacher one day _came_to: the subject .of setting glass, and each student got a little window sash and a pane of glass, with a daub of putty, and a discourse on the principles. The boy didn't seem to develop' full enthusiasm for the subject, and. the teacher said to him, "I guess you'll never learn how to set glass!" The lad's answer was honest and revealing: he said, "It's hard to get steamed up over this when you've just finished 'He really gave that poor teacher a hard time all term, be- cause the class kept studying things we had already done in our shop. One day the teacher had them learn to put up cur- tain rods, and the lad said, "Don't you have a centering punch?" The town, fairly lavish in its educational appropriations, was not in possession: of 'this handy ~.._ took -- which I woulg: consider indispensable if 'T-were to start: teaching the village youth how to put up curtain rods. After that I would miss some gadget in the shop, and inquiry usually reveal- ed, "I took it to school." : I've never posed as a carpenter or- joiner, and never earned a day's pay from it. When we built rms FAKER -- This "Etruscan" War. rior's head, long a valued piece __in__ New York's Metropolitan. Museum, has been adjudged a - forgery. Tests showed that the black glaze on the head could not have been applied 2,000 years ago -- when the statue _ was believed created. our house a man came around and wanted a job. He had good recommendations, so we told him to come to work Monday and bring his tools. He showed up "with a hammer and saw. Of course, with modern pre-fab items and a lapse of t"e rudi- ments, a "carpenter'~.¢ .n work - all ddy with just a saw: and ham- "mer, but we ere doing a lot of 'hand work in our construction, and this fellow was immediately lost, . I asked him to scribe in the pine pieces between the spruce beams in the living room, and he, gaze! aloft a moment and asked, © "9's going to make the template. =* He body was going to draw him a pattern of each cut. So there was I, paying carpenter's wages to a man while I taught him how to scribe a board so It would fit. It's easy -- if you know how. I don't intend to sound braggy about this, I just want to make the point that I like to work with tools, and I think most people would. But mostly away from it. The home work- shop, where odd jobs were done for the farm and home, is mostly a hobby-spot; it is not equipped with 'the old tools that give so ° much fun; and the proportion of people who know what the old tools did and how to use them . is smaller. - We have a baby's high chair here which an ancestor made for my great - great - grandmother .when she was a mewling infant. It has delicate lines of design, is clearly most comfortable for a baby, and it is sturdy. When I got it down 'from the shed attic for our youngsters, I had to re- pair one of the arms, and I did a rather good job of it. Every-- body admired the chair, and we had some offers for it. The sheen and patina, I was told, were a magnificent "antique bloom." As I scraped on it, 1 decided this "finish" was mostly strawberry jam. And I discovered this chair 3 was really a composite item,'with | searcher. . -- Dr. E. A- Asselbergs has ~de--- veloped a process for making instant mashed potatoes of such "some evidence it "had 'been fixed |{ and refixed as each generation got it down from its own shed attic. ; : You could tell that several hands had left their touch. One rung was thinner than its mate. The foot-rest was made of fir, while the rest of the chair was maple, Maybe when it came time to put on a new foot-rest there wasn't any maple at hand, Or "perhaps the fellow "didn't "want to do fhe extra hard work maple requires. Fir is a splintery wood, and I wouldn't hazard it against the soft tootsies of a son and. heir, myself, but there it is. I put on the new arm I had fash- _ioned, and wondered as I- did if anybody else, down along the line, would someday be repairing "the chair again. But, you see, this chair has had attention all al- ong the way from folks like my- | --self-who- never -presumed- tobe --|--makers of furniture, but who had - a bench, tools, and a handy bent. It. would be a wicked thing to take this chair to a "profession- al" and have him fix it for hire. But the man is right: the use of hand tools: is passing, and we have state agencies "promoting the crafts." I hope sothebody has a centering punch and a pod- auger. --By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. EASY WAY TO HUNT In «Minneapolis, Minnesota, wild ducks took to drink, end- ing up like their human counter- parts, staggering and helpless, _ Tracing the source of supply, police claim they caught Philip "Turnbull, 20, putting whiskey- soaked corn in Lake Calhoun. ~~The ducks, totteri-g from kernel to kernel, would eventually fall ~to-- sleep it off,--becoming easy prey to Turnbull's retriever, who had only to pick them up and bring them to his owner's car. . ~ CROSSWORD PUZZLE - ACROSS ho Stari 14 1. Pertinent a cac 4. Benevolent 4. Bewall AT ter "Infernal 8. Sloatriy defties « 12, fe ave 8. Rlotous 13. Mu tary force meyrry- : 14, Whimper making - 16. Singular 6. 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Culture ing, brought medium over oAswer elsewhiter on this page thought some-~ we've got . ~ in increasing quantities Canada and some are made in, Se Ce tS "DOG'S BEST FRIEND 4 J N RR TS & Es -- After the female German shepherd had been marooned on the Loke Michigan ice for a day, humane officers took to the air. Using a helicopter, they shepherd the shepherd to the Chicago shore, left. But not far from land, the ice gave way. Using a lasso, officer plucked dog from the water, right, and airlifted it to safety. THEFARM FRONT | . The door to increased Cana- dian manufacture of processed potaloes--and possibly greater use of the Canadian-grown pota- to--has been opened by a Canada Department of Agriculture re- high quality that it is claimed the taste cannot be distinguished - from the mashed potato pro- duced with much labor by the housewife in her kitchen. . . * Patents have been applied for by the government. Manufac- Kingdom who have sampled the product have shown great inter- est and it Is likely that the packaged product will. be for sale in retail stores by the fall of 1961, Only a year ago Dr. Assel- 'bergs led a scientific team to tirst place in the research of in- frared heat for blanching fruits and vegetables prior to freezing and canning. - ' : . . » a Hamilton paid public tribute to the discovery of the new process of the recent meeting of the Canadian Horticultural Council. He sald the instant potato pro- cess on which patents have been tiled will likely be known as the Asselbergs process. "It is a com- . pact product resembling a pow- der or crystal and both our own and independent appraisals of it, based on production on a labora- tory scale, indicate that it makes a very good quality instant mashed potato. . . I think it is falr to say that it is one in a long series of contributions which our research workers have made to Canadian agriculture." L * EL ~ Pré-cooked dried potato flakes | and granules (forms of instant mashed potatoes) had been com- ing in duty free. In the 1960-61 budget a duty of 174 per cen was imposed on imports of dry potatoes coming in after April 1, 1960. The large number of manufac-: ~ turers who have tested the prod- uct developed by the Asselbergs process. have had nothing but _ praise for it. Potato growers are just as hopeful for' its success as it may well c¢reate a large mar- ket for their crops. ; * . . Dr, Asselbergs used a standard drum drier, designed for making powdered milk, to convert. the potato into the crystal form, ready for use in the kitchen. Potatoes are peeled, diced, boil- ed, mashed and passed between -the steam-heated drums. Similar products have been imported in increasing quantities into' Can- ada. In the home the addition of hot water and milk converts . the crystals--in some 'brands _.they are flakes.or granufys .-- .. into -a~ready-to-eat dish, LJ Ld . Mrs. P. Saidak and Hugh Hamilton - were Dr. -Asselbergs'-- assistants on this project. Simi- lar products are being imported nto this country, = The freedom of Canadian firms to make instant mashed potatoes is, however, restricted by patent control of the other processes available, It was important, said Agriculture 'Minister "Hamiltofi, that Cana-~ --turers .in.-.Canada; the. United | "the market for dian potatoes should not lose out to imported potatoes merely be- cause Canadian organizations did not have access to a suitable process. At the request of rep- resentatives of the potato indus- -try the' research for another pro=--- --cess--was undertaken and when this was accomplished the gov- ernment took the step of patent- ing it. The minister added that the commercial adaptation of the process will have to be the re- sponsibility of any firm to which .a_ licence to manufacture. is given. Ld * * Dr. Asselbergs, somewhat sux- prised by the enthusiasm with 'which his achievement was greet- ed, sald he would prefer not to comment until the product had actually proved itself on the - market. Instant mashed potatoes are expected to give a boost to potato use especially in large establishments where the chores of peeling and cooking will be by-passed. LJ L] L . Economists reported to . the dominion-provincial agricultural C--O Bn a a a "i "i "No - Y - We Agriculture -- Minister -- Alvin conference in-November-that the - reversal in per capita consump- tion of potatoes in the United States from a decline to an ad- vance was due to the popularity of processed potatoes. In Canada instant mashed potatoes was stimulated by the appearance in 1960 of several new brands' as well as renewed sales activity for some of the older forms of the product. The sharp rise in imports 'of dried potatoes into Canada included this product. - . LS LJ With the right equipment; says a Canada Department of Agri- culture scientist, seed cleaning on the farm can be profitable. M. E. Dodd} points cut that some triple unit plant, some a double unit one, and others only a single unit, There are, he notes, fanning mills with capacities of 75 to 100 bushels per hour for commercial graces. For seed, the cleaning rates should be reduced to 25 fo "75 bushels per hour. . CERT AN ~~ For a doublé "unit, 'a high capacity fanning mill or two small ones may be required to. keep one indent disk or cylinder working at its highest efficiency. Clean seed depends upon the correct speed for shafts, shakers and disks for best results. A study of the directions that come with the machine is advis- 'able, says Mr. Dodds. Seed cleaning machines discussed in Publication are 1061 "Seed Cleaners and Separators", - which is available from the In- + formative Division, Canada De-= partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Upsidedown to Prevent - Peck ng - farmers may require a Patrol. Ambushed By A Snake! Deep 'in the North Malayan - jungle, a patrol of the 1st Bat- talion, Royal Australian Regl- ment, was ambushed recently by ~~ a giant King Cobra. Suddenly the cobra appeared: on the track ahead, its hood angrily spread. Then, before it could. strike, "TLance-Corporal Stan Arnold, acting as second scout, shot from the hip with his . revolver and blew the cobra's head from Its body. The King Cobra measured 18 -ft.--2 in, "When opened it was _ found to have -recently- eaten a -{ 8 ft. 3 In. snake, which was ia- tact inside it. . The world's largest plosonous snake, the King Cobra usually feeds on other reptiles. Its bite Is often fatal to men. The largest specimen ever re- corded was more than 18 #4. rey Using Atoms To '| Make Better Seeds In a secluded greenhouse on the outskirts of Cleveland, two rg bulbs were planted Feb. in identigal soll, in identical flowerpots, under identical con- ditions. One bulb germinated in two days, the other not for ten. Within three weeks, the first plant had grown to a height of feet vs. 3 inches for the other. By mid-March, the first plant [would "bear blossomy, the other | not until mid-May. Secret of the | amazing growth: Atomic energy which, in comparable experi- ments; has already produced tasty sausage-shaped tomatoes, corn with eight ears to the stall, and 7-foot petunias. Last month, the public got its first chance to buy 27 varieties of similarly atomic-energized seeds, plants, and bulbs. The seller, through a Cleveland distributor: Oak Ridge Atom Industries of Oak Ridge, Tenn, first firm lic- ensed by the Atomic Energy Commission to produce irradiat- ed gardening materials on a com- mercial basis. With advance or- ders totaling about $500,000 and amateur and professional - gar- -deners alike fascinated "by the potentialities, Oak Ridge Atom « Industries was clearly off with a bang. Scientists have experimented with radiation for years in an effort to produce more and bet- ter plant life in less time at less cost. But it remained for a relatively obscure dental -sur: geon, Dr, Clarence J. Speas, 52- .1937, he won year-old Loupder and president the Oak Ridge firm, to score first commercial success. To some of his boosters, Speas {s the "Luther Burbank of the atomic age." While he himselt eschews the title, there can be no disputing the fact that he has a radioactive thumb, A chunky, mild-mannered man, Speas be. an experimenting with the ef- ects of X rays on seeds in 1937 while an Instpuctor in oral sur- gery at the Univer of Ver- mont. He transdféred his erg: tions to Oak Ridge in 108), In sanction- ing' from the AEC, obtained a small chunk of radioactive co- balt 60, and soon began turnin out his weird and wonderfu plants, . E The results of his genetic jug- gling are still largely a hit-and- miss proposition, and Oak Ridge Atom Industries olearly advises its customers that they are par- ticipating In an as yet unpre- dictable experiment. By *bom- barding seeds and bulbs with gamma rays from the cobalt 60, Speas is able, In effect, to change their inherited character- istics. But the result, often as not, is regression instead of pro- gression. For every giant pe- tunia, for example, there is a dwarf petunia; for every fast- dlowering bush, one that bears no blossoms at all. But by weed- ing the good from the bad, and "wcross-breeding the good ones, Speas has already created soma remarkable mutants. The most romising: A peanut with a shell ard enough to permit mechani- cal harvesting and capable of yielding 20 per cent mora oil _ than normal. Speas' long-range gdal is a complete new line-up of plants end vegetables tailored to the population explosion -- fast- growing, resistant to insects and disease, easy to plant and har- vest even in poor soil. "Some- day," he contends, "we may be producing trees for timber in 23 yearns that now. take 130 .years..-|- tec te oe "| "the sins of our divisions," is perhaps more often a pointing ob 'the finger at those who do nos to grow." In the meantime, the firm iguarantees that its seeds, plants, jand bulbs, whatever their antics, retain none of the cobalt 60's madioactivity. To prove it, Speas last year publicly opened a pack- age of atomic-energized morning- glory seeds, and gulped them wn. oF NTT ~~ *ANIMAL EXPLORER 'When you wvisit the town of Eau GQGallie, - Florida, don't be surprised by the entry the town directéry reading: "CHbson McVicker, explorer." Gibson is the family cat of Mr. and Mrs. James McVicker. "We consider ther a part of the family," say the McVickers, "and she ex- plores around the nelghbor- hood." - fied, set By Rev. BR. B. Warren, B.A, B.D, Jesus Prays for His Own John 17; 13-26 --_-- Memory Selectiont I pray nog that thou shouldst. take thems - out of the world, but that thog shouldst keep : them from evil. John 17:18. : The best known part of thls reat prayer is disciples, «is the oft repeat ed petition, "That they all ma be one." The ecumenical wi are blowing strongly. Shall we soon see_all Christendom in ong world-wide church? Is tlds what Jesus envisioned in His prayer? Repeated prayerful readings of this prayer will convince one that Jesus was asking for some- thing more important than ons mammoth organized union of all disciples. The fact that the one- ness involves the disciples of all time (verse 20) is one evidence of this. Let us note also the spiritual character of the unity. The dis- ciples for whom He prayed have come to Him out of the world. They have kept His Word, He prays that they may be sancti- apart for Divine uss. Their ensuing oneness He com- pares to that of the Father and Himself: "As Thou, Father art in Me, and I'in Thee, that they also may be one in Us .,., That the love wherewith Thou hast loved. Me may be in them, and I in them." Here is no superfi- vial combine of Christian de- nominatigns. Rather it is a shar. ing of the love of Christ. 'By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love oné to another." John 13:33. This is the Christian's badge. We are not opposed to tha uniting of denominations. Though, the oft quoted lament of rejoin their group than a con- fession of the sin that sparked their leaving. Divisions may take "place withdit sin, There is no Scriptural evidence that either Paul or Barnabas sinned when they split over missionary policy. Acts 15:36-40, © ' _ The purpose ofthis spiritual _. oneness in every sanctified Christian is that the world may know that Jesus Is the Christ pare opsléss aloohol would be redeemed if Christ's love were more manifest In His professed followers. May our love abound yet more and more. ISSUE 11 -- 1961 2: hy " f * - VY RANI J5- "° , TWIST OF FATE -- This railroad track is testimony "to nature's power as it hangs over a deep gorge near -Trowek, Java, "Indonesia, "The 1wist was caused by a landslide friggered by an earthquake. 4 BIGGEST DISK HARROW -- The disks on this harrow mea H h AC. 3 io sue 50 inches in diameter and thot makes it the world's largest, according to the Rome Plow Company which made it. The harrow is being vised on @ Hawalian plantation. It has a 4-inch penetration in hard, dry soil, of our Lord for ly en Him, More 2 . <