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5 •6 i 4»- "a: Could Have Used Some of It Around Here â€" More than a thousand square miles hi Scotland and the north of England have been recently covered v/ith floods foUowingf torrential rain storms. Many marooned families have had to be rescued from their homes, railways were put out of action, river banks crumbled and ripening crops ruined. Coastguards" were rushed inland with life-saving apparatus â€" and some of them are shown here helping to assist a 73- year-old woman from her home in Berwickshire. Her husband, who is 76, was rescued by the same party. K-.X 'J <-i#-^/v..,- HRONICLES %ing£rEarm q/ 6vcz.rtdollr\e P. Clarke It's been a quiet house this week- end. . On Friday Cicely went to Niagara Falls; Sunday Bob was off to Toronto and Johnny, as you may remember, is westward bound. The last we heard of him he was In Winnipeg â€" and still travelling. So the week-end has been quiet but the preceding days have beea anything but! We Iiad hardly turn- ed around from our first threshing before the machine was back for a second go. Unexpectedly, of course.- Stook threshing was in progress on another farm when it rained so the threshers headed for the nearest farm where threshing might be needed. That happened to be here. It was five o'clock when we got "word they were coming. Did we put on a spurt! I just about went On two wheels around the corners Of course we managed our rusli- on my way to town for supplies, order dinner all right and although •we were through threshing by two o'clock yet we had the men for supper because the machine only moved across the road to our bache- lor neighbour and I offered to put up supper for his men too. After all when one has prepared one meal it isn't much more work to do two â€" and I did have Cicely to help. Thursday we had invited two elderly ladies out for the day. I was just getting ready to go for them when a friend phoned from Guelph that she was coming down by bus that afternoon and would stay overnight. Her visit was the outcome of a standing invitation. Answer to Last Week's Puzzle On Friday there was a threshing for Bob to go to; my friend to be taken to the nearest highway to catch a return bus to Guelph; a crate of eggs to get ready and to ship, and Cicely to be taken to Niagara. Of course Cicely could have gone on the bus but w^e had planned that I would go with her and Bob would drive us. Partner insisted that we go on with our plans and he would do the after- noon threshing. I didn't like the idea of leaving him to it â€" but oh, that man â€" he can be stubborn! \Ve saw Niagara Falls for about ten minutes and it was more beau- tiful than I had ever seen it before. There was more green above the falls â€" shrubs or brush of some kind which made the' Falls a richer green in colour. The water was very low so naturally there was less spray. As we watched suddenly there ap- peared a beautiful rainbow over the tumbling water â€" my first view of a rainbow at the Falls. It was really something to remember. Much, much nicer than the artificial illum- inations. Saturday the weather had cleared and my two men were drawing in oats and working late. Because they were late, milking was late, supper was late â€" everything was late. But so it goes. In between our joy rides and our big jobs we had a little job â€" a horrid, repulsive little job. And that was hunting tomato worms. Just before we threshed I found one of these horrid, fat green things but I didn't think much about it because any time we have grown tomatoes I have found one, or perhaps two, but no more. Well, the next time I looked at the plants I found to my horror that many of the vines had been stripped of their leaves. Then the hunt began and on our fifty plants we picked off no less than eighteen worms. Never having grown tomatoes extensively we know little about these pests â€" how they come or what steps should be taken to keep them under control. But now I want to know all about them and how to deal with thcin. There are things I would like to know about toma- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Anow 7. Entertained . Insect 4. Wish 6. Exist 1 16. Egyptian I goddess : 17. Be Indebted " ' is. About 19. East Indian I fabric 11. Flap 38. Appointment S5. AtiythinB bombastic 26. Thinner 28. Twitching 29. Section 81. Moon's age on 1 Jan. 1 »S. Work unit 3.4. Girl's nam* Jt. Place pf I combat M. One who «»- I tracts satisfao- I tlon it. FiuniiT* I suppci t tt. Not Bov.er*! 8. Exist T. MudhaT^"" 8. Cry like a cat 9. Accustomed 10. Musical not* 11. Relating to love 12. Imperfection 20. Droop 61. Join tlie colon 22. Insect DOWN 24. Luzon 1. Diminishes 2. Feminina 8. Anent 4. Greenland to^n 6. Underhanded 6. Warming tribesman 26. Wild 27. Merrymaking 30. Chess pieces 33. Open vessel 34. Not straigiit. forward 85. Althoog* ^^ 36. Recover tiM inside 37. Personality 38. Playing card 39. Fish 40. Wears away 41. Frequented spot 44. Command 47. Thatwliich 49. Nobleman 62. Infatuation 54. Private room 67. New Blngland state (ab.) 59. Soldier StroI<e Th 4b. Thing (TaTv) 49. Greek Cnpid 10. East Indies (ab.) (1. Owned 63. Cretan mountain 85. Besufti/.Tcnt H. One.eonflned to Ua institution S8. Sexton it. Seesaw toes as well. For instance why is it that tomatoes grown in the gar- den are so much better than those one buys in the stores? For thresh- ing I bought a basket of tomatoes and they were hardly fit to use â€" yellow at the top and tough and white inside.. What we get from the garden now are firm, meaty, and red right through. It is truly maddening these days that so often we have to pay exorb- itant prices for infer'jr goods. Why is it, when we have inspfctors for this and inspectors for that? Every- thing we sell is graded without mercy. Could is be there is one standard for the producer and an- other for consumer? In which case where does all the good stuff go? No Place to Goâ€" In spite of the smile on his face four year old Gaston Lalonde is homeless â€" unless, in the meantime, the Montreal children's court has found him one. When his par- ents separated shortly after his birth Gaston was taken in charge by a garage mechanic. Tiring of the job the latter took the little lad for a walk, gave him a nickel for a cone, then walked out of his life. Goodbye Maple Tree? A forestry expert in Southwestern Ontario has warned that the stately hard maple is dying out. He fore- casts that, in another few years, the tree will be as extinct as the pas- senger pigeon. The causes are man- ifold, but chief among them are mis- management of the farm sijpodlot and the increase of disease that attacks the tree. Southern Ontario has already lost the chestnut tree which was a distinctive feature of its landscape a generation ago, and the New England elm is on the way out. 'Sez Just Slang "What docs this expression you' mean?" asked the judge. The clerk of the court replied: "My lord, it appears that this is t slang expression of American ori- gin which has gained regrettable currency in the language of our people through the insidious agency of the cinema, and is, I am led to understand, employed to indicate a state of dubiety in the mind of the speaker as to the veracity or credibility of a statement made to him." "Oh, yeahl" said the judge. THEFABM FRONT Jolvrv12LUs^eLL._ Most farmers know the value of limestone for "sweetening" certain types of soil; but there may be many who are not aware that re- sults from liming depend to a large extent on the quality of the limestone that is used. Some varie- ties may run as high as 10 per cent moisture content, others not more than 3 or 4 per cent. And it stands to reason that a man who buys the former variety is paying good money for a whole lot of water. • • * Fineness of grind is something else that should be checked. Coarse limestone releases its benefits to the soil very slowly. For exi;nple, recent tests have shown that lime- sone that won't go through a four- mesh sieve â€" that is four spaces per inch â€" won't do any good in less than three years, whereas the kind that will pass tlirough a 50-mesh sieve is 100 per cent available with- in a similar period. * * • A question often asked, especial- ly by those who have installed sep- tic tanks fairly recently, is whether there is any danger in running into such tanks soapy water, or water in which cleaning fluids have been dis- solved. The answer is that ordinary mild soaps, or any of the new "detergent cleaners" are not likely to cause any trouble. But care should be taken with the use of strong caustics or disinfectants, as the useful bacteria which work in the septic tanks are even more easily destroyed than harmful germs. » » » So great care should be taken about the use of concentrated lye, chlorine solutions, chloride of lime, carbolic acid and other strong disinfectants. Water in which any of these has been used should go some place other than into your septic tank. • * • It has been estimated that the livestock industry in Canada and the United States is being robbed of up to one hundred and fifty million dollars a year â€" and not by packing plants, price controls, lack of price controls, or anything of the sort. The robbers referred to are internal livestock parasites. » * • Such parasites, according to ex- pert veterinarians, can be controll- ed â€" carbon disulfide, hexaclilore- thane, sodium fluoride and pheno- thiazine being some of the chem- icals used to fight various types of the pests. But it's just as well not to fool around with such things "on your own." Better consult a vet and find out from him which parasites are causing damage, and what is the best method of treat- ment. ♦ * • Mice can do plenty of damage to a young orchard, as no doubt plenty of you have learned to your sorrow. Three thicknesses of heavy, oiled wrapping paper tied around the young trunks with two or three pieces of string is a simple but effective method of giv- ing them protection. This was proved by an orchar- ist out on the west coast. Last year he didn't get around to wrap- ping 2Jj acres of young pear trees â€" and in the spring he had to re- plant nearly half of that area. But MINARD'S LINIMENT .-t- on five and a half acres â€" more than 800 trees â€" that were wrapped, only twenty trees were damaged by mice. • « * Most lovers of cowboy stories, and those who hke movies of the "Wild West" type, know that "maverick" is the name given to unbranded cattle. But perhaps you didn't know that the name was de- rived from an actual person â€" Sam- uel A. Maverick, a Texas politician and cattleman. * * * The tale goes that many years ago Te.xas cattle-raisers, â€" tired of "rustHng" and tlie resulting feuds and shootings â€" decided that each of them would brand his cattle with some distinctive mark, thus doing away with disputes over ownership. So they all picked out their "brands," which were registered â€" all, that is to say, except one. * * * This was Maverick who said, "Now that all you fellows have settled on your brands, tliere isn't any sense in me getting one â€" I'll just let mine run the ranges un- marked." Which, to the rest ct them, seemed like a fair enough idea â€" for a while; and for â- cme years the cow punchers, when they came across some unbranded l>cast^ would say, "Oh, those are Mave- rick.s." * * * But as time wen* on those un- suspecting westerners began to real- ize that the herds owned by the wily Mr. Maverick were increasing in numbers at a far greattr rate than any of theirs. So at la?t they clamped down on the nifty little scheme, and insisted that .Maverick get a distinctive brand of his own, and stop laying claim to all the cattle whicli had happened to e-cape the annual roundup. But the name has stuck â€" although no longer with a capital "M." Harnessing of dogs is forbiddeu in England, but they are used In Belgium to pull small milk carts. Youth prevents disaster stops runaway horse WINS DOW AWAHD lEAN-PAUL ST. PIERRE OF MONTREAL shovts unusual courage br spectacular rescue of child from ice wagon JLhe little boy, waiting alone on the seat of the ice wagon, was not prepared for the sudden jolt which threw him off bis balance. The horse, friehtened by a truck, had reared and started to charge madly down the street. Several pedestrians tried to stop the runaway animal . . . and cars screeched to a stop when ths careening ice wagon reached busy intersections. JUMPS ON WAGON 17-year-old Jean-Paul St. Pierre saw the plight of tbt youngster and acted quickly. Running out on tte street, he jumped on the wagon and grabbed the reins so firmly that they broke, throwing him into the ice blocks behind. Back on his feet, he told the child to hold on, and then leaped onto the horse's back. The plunging animal tried to throw him, but St. Pierre held on grimly . . . finally working his way to the neck of the horse and grabbing the bit with both hands . . . bringing the animal at last to a halt. The heroic action of 17-year- old Jean-Paul • St. Pierre, of Montreal, undoubtedly saved the life of the stranded child as well as the lives of many in the path of that wild race. We are proud to pay him tribute through the presentation of The Dow Awarda THE DOW AWARD is a. ciMrion for outstanding hero- inn and includes, as a tangible expression oj appreciation, a $!oo Canada Savings Bond. ^inneri an seleoed by the Dow Au/ard Committee, a group of editors 0/ leading CatiaJiati neiospaperi. Seeing the danger to the child as well as to the pedestrians on the busy street, 17-year-old Jean- Paul St. Pierre ran out and leaped oato tb« wagon. Grabbing the reins, he mgged at them with all his strength, in an effort to check the horse. But th* reins snapped â€" and St. Pierr* feP back among the ice blocks. Answer to Thti PiusI* Will Appear N«st Waak Honey and Hank Ry Seeg