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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
4
The article notes rumen microbes digest roughage via fermentation, aided by nitrogen from synthetic urea improving cellulose breakdown. It cites Dr. E. F Kipling praising modern insecticides, including DDT, pyrethrum, and methoxychlor, for safety and disease prevention while replacing older toxic chemicals.
Dr Kipling cites insecticides curbing insect-borne diseases over decades while noting safety. Tests from the University of Illinois show copper sulfate foot baths reduce foot rot in cattle. Canada adopts polythene piping for farm water, enabling trenchless lay and flexible routing through fields and pastures.
A long tale from Vermont Traditions recounts a great-grandfather guiding sheep through a sunlit barrier to water, illustrating unquestioning obedience to a leader. The piece links the fable to political conformity and warns against blindly following the party line.
Gordon Liz reviews G H Hamilton's A Gardener's Source Book 268 pages Dent 4.50. A Canadian tailored guide by a botanist tied to Ontario's Niagara Parks Commission, with month by month guidance, pest and disease control, soil and fertilizers, herbs, perennials, trees, shrubs and showy blooms. It provides tables on northern garden favorites and notes gaps on native shrubs and dogwood cultivation.
The piece urges transforming Christmas goodwill into year round action. It emphasizes generosity, tolerance, and loving God and neighbors as taught by Christ. It recalls family rituals, community acts for children, shut-ins, and the needy, and Santa as a symbol of universal benevolence.
The article notes Queen Mary left a fortune of £406,407 with £379,864 allocated. No will details will be published by royal decree, while implying potential windfalls for royal family members. It recalls John Camden Neild, a Buckinghamshire miser, as a counterexample of how a will can affect the sovereign.
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