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1941-02-13
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“THE GAZETTE, OLDS. ALBERTA Prairie Farm Shelterbelt Requires Careful Planning To Obtain The Best Results The development of the Prairie Farm Shelterbelt requires cons‘der- able thought and careful planning before the actual tree planting work is undertaken if the most efficient re- sults are to be obtained. No two farms are alike as regards local topography and layout of buildings, and there- fore no standard plan can be suggest- ed for general use. Each individual farm presents a separate problem. To fully develop a suitable arrange- ment. of shelterbelts may take sev- eral years, but it is essential that some definite plan be followed from the start to meet the special require- ments. The winter months afford plenty of time, when other work is} not pressing, for the careful plan- ning of future farm developments. Since thorough summerfallowing is the only reliable preparation for, prairie tree planting, states J. Wil-, ner, Dominion Forest Nursery Sta- tion, Indian Head, Sask., the first season’s work may mean only the; Jaying out and summerfallowing of | the necessary strips in readiness for planting the following year. Other points which require special attention are: 1. It is not advisable to plant tree belts too close to the buildings as this may result later in cramped and inconvenient working conditions and hindrance to further extension of; buildings. To avoid inconvenience from snowdrifts, which always ac- cumulate in the lee of any shelter- belt, the trees should be kept at least 30 yards back from any perma- nent building. . 2. There should be a sufficiently large area, within the main shelter- belt, say from five to ten acres, to provide for ample space for vege- table garden, fruit plots, and all fu- ture developments of yards, lawns, ‘and ornamental planting. 3. The belts should be eevanged as far as possible so as to utilize the | spring run off from melting snow to, the best advantage. By means of properly planned belts and well con-; structed dams and dugouts, the water supply from snow conservation can be greatly increased and used to irri- gate gardens and orchards during periods of drought. 4. Farmers are often tempted to plant more trees in one season than they can properly look after with the available labor. It is much better to plant a few trees at any one time and look after them properly than to set out too large a number with the probability that they may be more or less neglected. ~ 5. Trees require protection against stock by fencing and must be given frequent cultivation, particularly along the outer and inner edges -of the belts. Care, therefore, should. be taken to provide a space of at least 12 to 16 feet between the trees and any permanent fences. Bulletins giving detailed . informa- tion on Prairie Farm Tree Planting can be secured -by writing to the Do- minion Forest Nursery Station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan. Men Of Navy Grateful Crews. Of Boats Express Their Appre- ciation In Tangible Way Crews of boats from the United Kingdom and other parts of the Em- pire docking at Canadian ports are showing their appreciation of Cana- dian Red Cross assistance by taking up. collections among the men and presenting the money to. the society. The latest donation is one of £100 ($500) from the men of one of Bri- tain’s large ships. The captain of the ship -which docked recently. at an Eastern Cana- dian port, requested the Canadian Red Cross representative to come aboard, and there the men presented him with the money as “a small con- tribution to. the work of the Cana- dian Red Cross.” ae “This certainly is the best evi- dence of the way the men of the British navy feel toward the Cana- dian Red Cross,” Dr. Fred W. Rout- ley, national commissioner, com- _mented. Have Many Parts 1,000 parts, tape, cost £500 ($2,225) have a “life’ of three or Barrage balloons have more than | including 2% miles of, | ‘radio described as { Not Giving Information Censors Should Not Be Criticized For Using Common Sense Criticism of British censorship by a section of the United States press brought a plea from a high govern- ment official for “a greater measure of understanding.” “We should not be expected to play into the enemy’s hands by pass- ing out the very information he wants,” the official said. Several American correspondents reporting the British scene went after the censors hammer and tongs because they were not permitted to identify such targets as Birmingham, \ Southampton and Bristol immedi- ately after they were heavily bombed. The procedure seemed inconsistent with the prompt disclosure that the heart of Coventry had been cut out by high explosives in what the Nazi “a reprisal for ' Britain's bombing of Munich.” While admitting the Nazis prompt- ly broadcast its raids over Birming- ham, Southhampton and Bristol, the official explained Britain did not per- mit the towns to be named in official communiques for several days “‘be- cause we did not wish to confirm for the Germans the fact they had scored on their intended targets.” On the nights these raids were carried out the weather was muggy. It is possible that in naming the towns the enemy was making an astute guess and would have wel- comed confirmation of his guess. It is known the Nazis have guessed wrong on previous occasions. “It was a crystal clear night when Coventry was. raided,” the. official said. “There would not have been much purpose in withholding in- formation he so obviously knew.” One critical United States writer suggested that in admitting such ' places as churches, hospitals, schools | and theatres were wrecked by bombs, British communiques in effect asked the public to believe there was no military damage. The Government spolsbansaati point- ed out the communiques did not say military targets had not been hit. They merely did not admit that the Nazis had found such vital targets. The explanation for withholding such information was: “Tf.a raider rained his bombs,. say, on an airplane factory at night and from the great height at which they fly he could’ not be certain he had been successful. If the press were permitted ‘to report Jerry had scored a bull’s eye he would know that he could pass on to another target. And if we were to tell him he had missed his target he woudl know to come back and ‘have another go at it.” Guard Ancient Church 45 Men Watch St. Paul’s Cathedral Every Night St. Paul’s Cathedral has a night time congregation that will last until the war ends, says the London Daily Express. It is formed. of artists, architects, and other professional men. They are the St. Paul’s Watch. : Their duty, every night at 9:30, is to relieve the vergers. and other officials ‘who in’ the. daylight are ready to deal with bombs or fires. When dusk covers London.a team of these men enters: St. Paul's by a side door. They pull boiler suits over their dark office clothes. They fix specially designed torches’ on broad leather belts; and they take in hats from a row of pegs near the crypt. This Watch. goes on duty until dawn. Altogether there are 45 men on the roll, Every one of them must know the scores of passages and doors in St. Paul’s in the darkness. In turn, the watchers rest in the crypt. Before they begin their duty there is a 10-minute service under one of the crypt arches.- Part Of Old System Workmen Have Found Several Wood- en Water Pipes Under London The Edinburgh. Scotsman says each and'that workmen digging in a crater four!in a London area near the city months, Kenneth Davies, Welsh air-'haye unearthed a number of old man and balloon manufacturer, told| wooden pipes which must have form- the Cardiff Rotary Club. Origin Of Word London and its surroundings. ed part of one of the earliest at- tempts at concerted water supply for They Our word malaria comes from “mal are of a type known to pre-Conquest aria,” or bad air. Man thought this! days, made probably of hollowed fever, was caused by bad air arising trunks of elms, with one end of each from marshes before mosquitos were’ section tapered off so as to fit into found to be carrying it. lthe next, 2395 robe—start yours now! jumbo Detmot Ave. E., Winnipeg. Tans Under Londen. Cost For Gonstraction Averaged Five Million Dollars A Mile The unintended use of London’s underground railways’ as refuges from Nazi bombing raids has directed the attention of the world to this remarkable system of burrows, with- out which the transportation: prob- lems of the great metropolis would be taxed beyond solution. The initial official opposition to the public inva- sion of these makeshift dormitories has been overcome, mainly it would! seem, by. the persistence of the sorely-tried population, who, facing imminent peril, ignored all legal subtleties; questions of private rights being waived before the imperious ne¢essities of public safety. Now provision is being made for the greater comfort of the armies of sleepers and the better safeguard- ing of their health. It so happens that, coincident with this novel use of the “tubes,” the jubilee of the in- auguration of the system has been quietly celebrated this month. Fifty years ago the Prince of Wales, who later was crowned King Edward VII., opened the first three miles of track, running under the Thames from the city. That short stretch was bored through the blue’ London clay under the supervision of James Henry Greathead, who invented a_ shield which was steadily pcshed forward ehead of the cast-iron segments which gave permanent form to the tunnels. The method, though con- siderably improved upon, largely by Greathead himself, is still used: in the extension by rotating hydraulic cutters: of the vast underground transportation systems of the Old World and the New. London’s origi- nal three-mile tunnel. has grown to two hundred miles, constructed at an average cost of five million dol- lars a mile. One.section is. 25 miles long, believed to be -the longest tunnel in the world. Members of a town meeting re- peatedly demanded why not name the town after this or that hero so persistently, that a North Carolina town was named Whynot. The curvature of the earth is ap- proximately eight inches per mile. COPR. 1980, HOUSEHOLD ARTS, ING, PATTERN 6868 A knitted jerkin—the smart thing to war—so practical in every ward- This one is done in no time for it’s a jiffy knit in yarn. Pattern 6868 contains directions for making jerkin; illustra-: Sona of s and stitches; materials needed. ' ‘o obtain this pattern send 20 cents in coins (stamps cannot be accept- ed) to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 Me- | There is no Alice Brooks pattern book oe. ‘| such difficulties as leaving the earth, Here’s ; Your sity Knit Jerkin Churchill The ‘Coais Does Not Believe In Following Old Rules For War Walter Lippmann says: In Church- ill, Hitler has met his match. He has met a man who in theory and practice has devoted his life to the study of war, a man of whom there can be said what he himself said about his great ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough: “The success of a commander does not arise from following rules or models. It consists in an absolutely new comprehension of the dominant facts of the situation at the time, and all the forces at work. “Cooks use recipes for dishes and doctors have prescriptions for. dis- eases, but every gréat operation of war is unique. “The ‘kind of intelligence capable of grasping in its complete integrity what is actually happening in the field is not taught by. the tactics of commanders on one side or the other, although these may. train the mind—-but by a profound apprecia- tion of the actual event.” This is a definitioin of genius by @ man of genius—to be trained by. ex- perience but always to have a pro-, found appreciation of the unique char- acter of the actual event. : At long last on the. side of the | democracies there is a commander of genius, and the effects begin to be discernible. ; Opinion Of Experts After giving more than 66,000 in- dividual tests in determining type readability, experts came to these conclusions: 1, the upper half of a) printed line furnishes more cues to; “word form” than the lower half; 2, Old English and typewriter faces definitely retard reading; 3, long strétches of italics cause eye strain. Rather Hard To Do A trip to the moon would entail which is travelling 70,000 miles an hour, and landing on -a body which: is moving around us at the rate of} 2,300 miles, an hour. Kelp, a kind of seaweed, is the longest’ weed known. It sometimes attains a length of 1,500 feet. The British Fleet Air Arm Most Valuable Adjunct That Has Proven Worth ‘Scrap Iron Collection Saskatchewan Red Cross Has Cam- paign Under Way A province-wide campaign for the collection of scrap iron and steel has been authorized by the Provincial Red Cross Division, according to an announcement by W. F. Marshall, provincial commissioner in Regina. Saskatchewan Red Cross branches, approximately 900 in number, have been circulated and advised that the campaign for the collection of. scrap metal and iron may go forward im- mediately. Due to a late, slight advance in the price of scrap iron and steel, the Red Cross authorities are accepting the offer of many branches who wished to raise additional’ funds by the col- ‘lection of these materials. i Local branches throughout the province are advised that; {careful selection and the following rules set down by the Society will net, a fair profit, and the profit will be remit- ted or credited. by the - provincial office to the branch making the col- lections. Mixed scrap iron containing. 25 to 40 per cent. cast iron, Scrap cast in- cluding scrap cast only, and scrap steel, including wrought iron, steel and malleable, will be suitable. The local branches are advised that ali scrap iron is saleable ex- cept car fenders, car bodies, boilers, tin cans and other light tin, stove plate and stove cast. Other waste materials, such as paper, tinfoil, bottles or rags, cannot be handled in the campaign. The campaign is to be started im- mediately but local districts may choose the time which is convenient to them for their campaign. _ To Study Canada American College Will Teach History Of The Dominion Dartmouth College in New Hamp- shire next semester will. inaugurate a-new course on the history of Can- ada. ak Prof. Wayne E. Stevens, who has devoted many years to the close | study of the history and development of Canada, will teach the. course. Prof. Stevens has' announced he plans to emphasize those. aspects of ! Canada’s development whitch: are of special interest to the, ‘American student and ~*° which will help to clarify the present trend toward much closer relations between. ‘the two neighboring countries. Figure It Out The Chinese li, a measure of length, is the equivalent of oné one- hundredth of a day’s walk...’ ‘On. level ground, this slightly exceeds . one- third of an English’ mile, but in hilly country may be as. little as one- eighth of a. mile. “The Gersoppa Falls, in India, which are among the world’s most beau- | tiful and have a drop of 829 feet into a pool 132. feet deep, are “to be harnessed for hydro power. To. President Roosevelt goes: the honor of producing the most vivid comment on appeasement: “No man can turn a tiger into a “kitten by stroking it.” a LIVERPOOL STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS AFTER NAZI RAIDS German air reiders tried to do a “Coventry” act on Liverpool, Britain’s famous port, but it did not come off as well as they had planned. Residential areas took a pounding, but the “business as usual” sign is sell hang- ‘ing on the doors of the industrial plants. (By a Naval Correspondent) Once referred to as the Navy’s youngest child, the Fleet Air Arm to- day has grown into a young stalwart that has nothing whatever to learn about air fighting. For many months of the war. the naval Air Arm came little into the news. The traditions of a “Silent Service” are its traditions too. Little or nothing was said of the thousands of miles of the North Sea and At- lantic ceaselessly patrolled, of the clashes with enemy. aircraft, the sighting and sinking of enemy U- boats. In the Atlantic, searching for enemy raiders, the “Ark Royal” cov- ered 75,000 miles while her ’planes reconnoitred five million square miles of sea. Then came Norway. Within a few days of that gallant, ill-fated expedi- tion the deeds of the Fleet Air Arm leapt into world prominence, when it played a. great part in protecting our troops. and ships against enemy bombers, and launhced its own dar- ing attacks upon the enemy bases, warships, transports and supply ships. “We are. proud of the Fleet Air Arm” was the signal made by the Admiralty to the young fliers at the conclusion of these operations. It js rare for the deeds of the Navy to be so warmly. commended . © { There was a Royal Naval Air Ser- yice before 1914. In 1917 the R.N.A.S. became part of the R.A.F. Most of its pilots and all its observ- ers were provided by the: Navy while the R.A.F. supplied the maintenance staff. As the need for a stronger Naval Air Force became apparent, it was decided to abandon the dual method. In May, 1939, the Fleet Air Arm passed to. the control of the Navy : ‘To-day the Fleet Air Arm lives in .Britain’s growing fleet of aircraft carriers, in warships carrying up to ~ féur planes each, in shore stations ‘which, like all naval establishments ashore, carry the name of His Ma- jesty’s ships. ‘There is H.M.S. Dae- dalus, H.M.S. Kestrel, H.M.S. Pere- gyine—to name but a. few. ‘The machines flown by -these gal- lant young : men of the Fleet Air Arm are of ‘first-class quality and can be used for nearly every. purpose. There are @ number of types in use; among thym the Fairey . Swordfish, the — Albacore, the Fairey Fulmar id others. ae fighters, long-range reconnais- sagce machines and torpedo-bombers théy have more. than proved their efficiency. The firing of a torpedo from an ainraft is as tricky a business as can be imagined. Though no details as}to the exact method. used to put three of Mussolini’s capital ships out of. action’ have been revealed, there are many who think that torpedoes, rather than heavy bombs, may have been used. If this. is the case, still greater credit redounds to the Fleet. Air Arm. To fire a torpedo, the machine must come so-low as to risk. the al- most point-blank range of the enemy’s anti-aircraft guns. Despite the. barrage, the machine must. be poised with great accuracy at the low height and angle from which the torpedo reaches its mark. - No matter how the epic of Taranto was accomplished, the Fleet Air Arm inflicted a smashing naval defeat on the enemy. In addition, it provided a great new feather in the cap of the. Navy that flies, and shows, if’ we did not already know it, that the Fleet Air Arm has taken into the air the oe tradition of centuries. : One Great Change Pigs Have Replaced Sheep In Lon-_ oF don’s Hyde Park Hyde Park, one of London’s royal parks open to the public, has long been noted for its flock of shéep. Now ,the sheep have bgéen temporarily replaced by—pigs. police look after the pigs, tucked a) in the centre of the park, surrounded by a belt-of trees. The men stationed there feed the pigs every day from refuse provided by police canteens. They have a pig club with a subdivisional inspector on the committee, so that everything is properly organized. For the first 11 months of 1940 the production of concentrated milk in Canada amounted to 183,097,654, compared with 155,289,825 pounds in ‘the cgrresponding period of 1939. Next to having a doorknob come off in your hand, the emptiest feeling is stepping on a running board that isn’t there.
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