I t i • FALL FAIRTIME IN ONTARIO • • * > * « r / A » » r >• r >- > » V « I ♦ * ft G)m Root System Seven Miles Long There's more to a field of growing corn than meetf the eye, especially during these days of "com weather time" when the cornfields put on a "Jack-and-thc-bcanstalk" performance. Some scientific observations on corn's rema-'kable capacity to grow quickly were reported by Dr. T. A. Kiesselbach, well-known ag- ronomist. Corn, for example, on an aver- age July day grows about two and a half inches every 24 hours, bnt if conditions are e.xceptionally gooc it will grow as much as four inches a day. University research has shown (hat corn grows exactly as much daring .he day as at night, con- trary to a general notion that it does most jpf its growing at night. " Corn, on the average, rises Irom a height t>i 30 inches to about lOO rneh^fduring the four week July 5 to August 5 "corn weather season," a rate of growth which is one of the greatest per day of any crop grown in the eornbclt. During its first week above Ibe ground the corn plant has tbont 15 square inches of leaves. At the end of eight weeks of .^owth it has 1,400 square inches of leaves, or more than enough lo cover an ordinary card table. The corn plant draws its mois- ture from a vast fibrous root sys- tem which when the plant reaches maturity is over seven miles long if all of them were placed end to end; and the roots run six feet below the surface. About half of the corn plant's hfc is expended before it reaches the silking stage; and the other half is consumed in developing and maturing the ears. "fdeal com wtatlier" should include plenty of moisture in the soil surrounding the corn plant. and hot dry weather with tempe- ratures averaging between 90 and 100 degrcts during the day. These couLlusions, Dr. Kiessel- bach points out, are based on corn grown at the university's agronomy farm and are applicable to corn grown in the eornbclt states. Comfort for Cattle Cattle cars are becoming as comfortable, almost, as Pullmans. At any rate, they now have anti- friction roller-bearing journal box- ts and the latest sorts of spring andcrframes and air brakes, and they make it possible to cut the former travel time from range to market in half. That is as it should be. Xothing can be too good for the gentle creatures that provide us with beef-steak, if and when we can afford it. â€" New York Times. Scores of nations invite you to St* how they live and work and play. The world's finest music . . . advanced techniques of agriculture. Education and Science . . . beauty and art and industry are at the C.N.E. And there's fun, sports, fire- works and thrills for tiery- ene in this world-famous exhibition. J.A.$CVTH(S IIWOOD A. HUGHES C«iicfo' Manager Canadian National ' ^ Exhibition â€" Photc i y rull-O-Pcp Plu to!.;raprer Home from Germany. â€" Mr. Ross Hancock, {rem Gravenhurst snapped with bis wife and neph evv while resting with other tired sightseers at the C.N.E. Mr. Hancock was active with liie R.C..'\.F. Graves Commission and arrived home from Germanv several weeks asu. FAIRTIME HIGHLIGHTS The crowds at the Canadian National Exhibition this ytar broke records in more ways than one. Ai your Ful-0-Pep reporter roamed through the throngs he rapidly ac- quired the knack of spotting the out- of-town visitors. The non-residents of Toronto seemed much more at home in the Fair Grounds than the city folk. This isn't really surprising when one remembers that over 250 fairs and exhibitions are held every year in the small towns of Ontario. As a result, the small town anil rural sightseers found Ibeir way around the Exhibition Grounds with the air of old veterans, whereas ihc city man in many cases had the bewilder- ed mien of a tourist • .» « The Tccn Town booth proved a popular rendezvous for the younger set who. on the whole, seemed more interested in the cultural exhibits than the glitter of the Midway â€" and glitter there was a-plenty along this popular boulev 3rd ! * * * The livestock was of prime inter- est to many of the out-of-town visitors. The competition was keen in all classes, and such top-notch en- tries as the .Ayrshire bull, Prachcid Barr Imperial, i^wned by .^ J. Leid- by Your Ful-O-Pep Reporter m;in & Sons of Caledonia, provided real eye-appeal for tlte crowd. The livestock men. as always, talked shop nearly twenty-four hours a day, and many bewailed the fact that Ful-0-Pep feed is not more plentiful Your reporter did a little missionary work in this line, and pointed out the fact th.it the qucHty of this feed is neit being lowered to meet the demand, and. a? a result Ful-0-Pep is, at times, still a little ditiicult to obtain. It was also pointed out that production is being stepped up as -rapidly- as is possible without affecting the q«iality. » » â- * From the ^li^fwa.Tâ- to the most lavish industrial exhibit, the general public was treated to salesmanship of the highest order. Each exhibitor made a real effort to lure the public to his particular location, and. once there, to sell t'ne prospect. In this line, some tree samples were offered as a come-on. but not nearly in the profusion of yester- year. The adults complained about the scarcity of free samples gener- ally, but the youngsters had a "field day" acqiring everything frt^m paper cups to samples of soap flakes, which seemed to satisfv the vounc looters. for five cents. There the luck vouth- â€" riioio by l-ul-O-Pep riio;o.i;r.;pi;er A Real Champion, owned by A. Ci. l.oidnuin v\; .^oiis oi L JsUclonia, i\:c\\ a throng of ;uiiiiirfr< at the Cati.idiaii Xati(>nal F.xhtbitii>it. The Difference Jimmy and Bobby were in btds sidt by side in the children's hos- pital, and tl>e visiting hour had just passed. > "Ah, you big sissy!" Jimmy soid. "Crying beiiuise your mummy's gone away!" "I'm no' cryini} for my mummy," Bobby aiisteered. "I'm crying bc- eaust ma ttiv dog's died." "H'e//, HIV granny's died." OHJterr- td Jimmy, "and I'm not crying." "Maybe you hadna your granny since she uiis a wt* pup,'' Bobby sobbed cut. Electric Typewriter .•\ new electric typewriter is now ready for production by a coni- V^any in the United States. The new machine is the result of more than JO years of continueius re- search. Thousands of electric typewriters were produced in the nineteen twenties but the en- gineering techniques then known made the machines lo.i expensive and too cumbersome. Their m;Mi- ufacture was diseon'imied, but re- search was not. Not Cone With Mirrors / he court u'crcd Iwt. "Sir." stormed the defense la'iycr. "you have adiiiitled you Kcre scaled on the rigi:l side of thc^^'c^.tc-.uier coach where yen couldn't see a:i extra track Will you plca.tc c.vf>tain to this lury hoiV you kjh .Ki.car the line Tii;j doublc-t racked. '" • "ll'clt." meekly rnswcrcd the wit- itess. "t ccitld look acrv.<s the aisle and ihrciKjh the coa.li wi:!i!oi^s. I seio a l.aiu tehi: by cccasiKynclly a::d tcik it that there i.it.f either a tta k M ..i' ; ii ur c!.u litis rnilrooil hud suiiii >i:iffhly gmd iv.i.cudcrs." â€"Phot? by Ful-0-Pep Photographer Kitchener Residents, Roy Karcher and sons, Donald, Leonard and Bruce, appear highly engrossed with this tractor at the C.N.E. There apj.ears little doubt that this exhibitor won the fin-.ily vote of approval. Acmaliy the soap fiake samples were scarcely sufficient to properly laun- der a woman's small handkerchief. * » » The kiddies, as well as their elders, seemed to be price-conscious, and patronized such features as the Nickel Arcade where batter>- after battery of electric cranes operated ful operator could pick up ;,, valuable prize ; failing tliat he was assured of a claw full of candy. The funny mirrors and magic carpet were addi- tional "musts'' on the youngsters' hit parade. Children's Day proved to many of the concessionaires that buyer-resist- ance IS considerably more than just a . phrtiSe. The children shopped around for the best buys, and the operators who failed to reduce prices on this eventful occasion found themselves with a scarcity of customers. In short order the youtlitul hcrde forced the n.^Icctful concessionaires to post special Childrens' Day prices. • « * If what we saw at the CX.E. is a true indication of the trend of the times, it seems cert:iin that the buy- ers' market wc have heard of for so long is truly just arour^d the comer. â€" Photo by Ful-O-Pcp Photographer Study in Concentration. H. Persall of \\aterford. Ont. (lacing the camera) seems to be holding his own with J. Ruddell at the checker tcuniev. â€" C'.X.E, 1948 Car Features Comfortable Interior Silhouettes will be lower, achieved by dropping the height slightly and widening the body somewhat. Lines will be smooth- er, and front ends simpler ex- cept for more massive bumpers (on the rear alsct to bring the eye down. There will be a tendency to shorten body lengths a little be- cause of compaints that cars are not fitting in garages. Much more glass will be used, so that pillars will be narrowed and blind spots eliminated, says Newsweek. In body interiors the target is living-room comfort and atmos- phere. Front seats, getting wider for ten years, will add a little more space. Air condition- ing will be irstalled on the more expensve cars. Mechanically, the biggest change will be elimination of the gear shift. \ ith several compan- ies planning to offer this feature in their MS models. Engines will be shtirter. perhaps through wider use of \ -type models, the object being to cut down the length of the hood and bring front and back seats forwaiu, cradling passenge;s between the two axU-; for a smoother rid-. 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