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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-22, Page 22b 22, 073 — IT: SAO ME Eiv,SALLY LESLIE►� i SO many of you let me of the bulb above the soil bine. disappointed you are Mir * shoppino expedition so $ air this peeve. Un- g!iitely, sales service isn't "that it used to be and, quite trihkly, we really can't afford to shop with the same personal attention. However, it does help aeareh out stores that give satisfaction, and so give a "vote" of confidence that only con. mere can give. Always express by phone or letter approval or 'disapproval o, store policies that please or irritate you. In addition, here art some tips I've acquired over the shoppingyears: Salespeople; te cleanly what you want. Wait your turn and know what you want SO you can decide on your purchase in a reasonable, time, particularly if you must shop during rush hours. Express your appreciation to re- liable and helpful salespeople and when possible return to them and recognize them.. Stores: Make payments and re-. turns w or exchanges promptly. Avoid making unfair exchanges • or abusing customer services whichonly up the costs, Merchandise: Handle with ,Care, avoid soiling, stretching or rumpling items, . Askfor the salesperson to open a package,for you or show you a sample item. Retur n items to 'their paroper . place if you don't wish 'to buy. This is particularly important with frozen foods but it applies to all .types of food and goods; those left around must ,be returned by to the ' salespeople,:so only raising re .costs again. Always inform the staff of accidental breakage. th general,. watt your tur Mb hours, keep aisles an doorways clear. Control children deep the bulbs In a cool dark place, because amaryllis need at least two . months dormancy before the bulbs are forced into bloom. Food Notes —Cakes and pastries with a seven -minute or boiled frosting Should not be. frozen, because they tend to break down and beconne sticky. Fruitcake keeps well in the freezer for about one year. --Store maple sugar at room temperature in a cool dry place, but store the syrup in tightly - capped containers in the re- frigerator. - Are organically grown foods better? Agricultural specialists say there is no proof for the claim that plants grown only with organic fertilizer have a greater nutrient content than those grown by conventional methods. Type of fertilizer is not a determining factor; the nutrient content of a plant is based on its genetic nature. The genes in a carrot cause it to develop a relatively large amount of vitamin A, just as genes in an orange are respon- sible for the• vitamin C. —How is the nutritive value of fresh vegetables and fruits main- tained and observed from ,har- vest to market and then until they are consumed? It requires great care. Freshness depends on the manner and time of harvesting, control of temperature, humidi- ty, packaging, speed of transpor- tion, the handling at wholesale, etall levels and in the home. But maintaining freshness, including e desirable flavor and appear- m'n, ance, has nothing to do, wit h the d manner in whicir`t t"r get ables and fruits are fertilized ,and pets - and carry ,packa: umbrellas etc.,, in. a position th does not inconvenience other Let's try and make shopp mere .pleasant "for everyone:KeepmgHousePlants Blooming taryll k are those wonderful inter' bulbs that. seen) to shoot overnight and::the gorgeous rumpet-shaped flowers coxae •-' fore the; leaves, But once the w. as over,':what's ',to' be,.done?; " :you have ,a choice., Either Fant can „:be ,grown; con- �Y or it -can have a: rest v `rind, In the continuous growing ethod, the plants. are "'kept bowing alt year. Free the plant very two Weeks`'withafertilizer t plants' grown.this =way. will, h er', at any time of the year. iib a 'rest period, plants c oom'moreevenly. After the last eat of frost, set the .plant out-. �ro ina' shady location for' the Lmer Fertilize regularly and Ater , often to keep foliage owing.Bring the plant•indoo r just before frost in the fall` and in soil that contains' some imold,'keeping. the upper�.third ges, Stain Removal• at T am always amazed at the s. number of stain removal ques- mg tions I answer in a year. One of the most pesky is that caused .by t hair dressing. solutions. Cold e Nomadic Gypsy Moth. Nomadic Gypsy Moth Using the underside of a mobile home may not be the best mode of travel for most of us. But to the gypsy moth, it's ideal. In fact, the gypsy moth, true to its name, has taken full ad- vantage of the modern North American nomad who hits the vacation road every year with camping gear or trailer. It's a movement that gives the entomologist nightmares. "Travellers could help. us con- tain the moth by checking their camping gear or any lumber products, such as firewood, which has been brought home," says G. S. Brown of Agriculture Canada's Plant Protection Divi sion: "The female moth lays her eggs in late July or August, and he egg stage lasts until May. The ggs asp wave permanents, hair colorin and , the like cause permanen damage to . garments. The firs precaution before having an a home hair -do is to wear of clothing.. Contact with wavin solution . or neutralizing agent_ can't be' repaired. If some ha spilled, sponge. it off .:immediate th cold water. Take the gar ment to the cleaner as soon as possible and he must be , told where and what to prevent fur - her damage. Those strange oles that appear in garments recently drycleaned are usually aused by hair dressing liquids that have eaten away at the fibre. im ilarly, when working on a car be careful when handling the battery. , Editor's Note: Consumer prob- lem? Why not ask Sally Leslie for the solution? Just write to Sally Leslie, c -o Advance -Times, Wing-. ham, Ont. g t d s s Buy your Lawn -Boy early and realize big savings. Just $10. will hold your new Lawn -Boy until you need it. Choose from •ls Lawn -Boy models, with many ex- clusive features. priced from s99.00 Your authorized Lawn -Boy Dealer in Wingham and area for parts and service. MCGEE AUTO ELECTRIC 355 JIB.pMjgg St., Wiugkes, 557-1416 OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK "SALES BACKED 13Y SERVICE" pear in a velvety chamois -like, buff -colored mass about three-quarters of an inch wide and one-and-a=half inches long. Several masses may appear together in any protected spot," he says. Although . trees and stacked logs are favorite egg .laying areas, masses can,.also be found on the underside of a camper or trailer; in wheel wells;: under steps; in extensions, joints and d trailer hitches; and even inside t propane gas caps or gas bottle rims. t "The masse should be scraped off .and burned, or painted over h with a 50-50 mixture of creosote o and oil or kerosene, From late summer to spring is a good time m to do this." "The , pest can alio destroyed by : crushing it in caterpillar stage. Sticky tape burlap on a tree trunk will gath the caterpillars in as they era up towards the leaves," says Brown. ' The moth appears in its de- structive larva stage in late May and June. It pupates in July to emerge as a moth—light buff to brown with black crosslines—a few weeks later. "The unusual thing is that the a and now has spread to regions north of Montreal, east to the Eastern Townships and west into the southern portion of Ontario's .Glengarry County. Another in- festation was found near Kings- ton, Ont,, in 1969. "We've been setting sex traps to attract the gypsy moth males across Canada., With these, ,We try to determine where new in festations are building. The traps are set in camping grounds. and other areas. This year we turned up a moth in Ignace, Ont., 800 miles from the nearest es- tablished infestation." Moths have been reported in similar surveys in California— far from their point of origin in eastern North America. The moth -has also taken on new hatching habits, according to Mr. B "Before, there was a week of hatching. The effects of DDT or gathering eggs masses by hand made a containment policy- possible. Now, hatching Lasts for a month—long after the effects of a pesticide. like the seviri-4-oil now used have" wan off.' The pest does most' of • its damage to forest and ornamental trees. It eats leaves of hardwood, eciduous trees and; in hard imes, the needles of conifers like the spruce. Without their leaves, he trees die. "The traveller who does not elp us curb this pest may be the ne to pay • most if campsite forests are denuded by the gypsy oth," says Mr. Brown be the or er wl Mr. fern le cant fly. The male does all the travelling; but, of course, he doesn't lay the eggs. Most of theinsect's natural spread comes 'with the warm spring winds which carry the small larva up to 25 miles." But the natural spread is not the greatest concern. The moth's Q- new habit of hitch -hiking with travellers to 'unpredictable spots is more worrisome. The gypsy moth was imported from Europe during the last cen- tury to mate with the oriental silk moth on the hope a commercial moth, feeding. on North American plants, could be prc duced. But larvae escaped from the experi- mental area. Until the modern nomadic movement, the moth was con- fined to an area east of a 20 -mile - wide barrier, from the Canadian border south to New York City, immediately west of Lake Cham- plain and the Hudson River. It first became established in Canada about eight years ago, U.S. and Canadian clubs to exchange Plans have been finalized by Huron County 41 Clubs for an exchange with Gladwin County, Mich., which lies opposite Huron on the west side of the lake. The ekchange is set for the last week in July and the first week in August. It is hoped that 25 junior and senior 4-H agricultural and homemaking club members from each of the counties will partici- pate. TORONTO ,(TIPS) Dr, prescribe) 'for medieation: or treatment of Mumma are as tato gerous as non-medical dry when they are overused and abused. Canadians loin .growing Kinn- bees of people all over the world' � n their increasing d dente oil drugs to help them overcorine all the little problems they encoun- ter in what to most of thorn, is the daily drudge of living. The businessman is depresd because sales are bad. :e takes a pill. The truck driver can't, keep his eyes open, so he takespill. The student has '12biours of cramming to do before he can write the final exam, :ten' hours from now. He takes a pill. The mother screams at her children for asking questions. She immediately feels ashamed and takes a pill. Why doesn't the businessman make a sale to boost his morale? Why doesn't the truck driver pull over to the side of the road and sleep for a while? Why didn't the student learn his lessons when they were being taught? Why doesn't the mother com- municate with her children? Because they've all been condi- tioned to let drugs take the strain out of living: It's faster and easier to take a pill and there's more where this bottle came from. And why should they take responsi- bility for their lives when the pill can put off their problems for the moment? " • In 1966 the Addiction Research Foundation conducted a survey in Toronto. They found . that' approximately 1470,0004 pre- scriptions. . for mood -modifying Record set for soybean fuUres TORONTO (TIPS) 2-- The ef- felt of world monetary news on soybean futures, which has been substantial recently, finally gave way to the more basic laws of supply and demand in Chicago, it was reported here lastweek. Soy- bean futures soared ahead to a record high of $6.83 a bushel, and futures on live cattle and hogs also 'jumped ahead. Future for April live Battle 3" futures w cents a pound and ag , er�t h d by'd1mosf one cent a pound, hitting a season record. ` Wholesale price increases were responsible for most of the gains, with , . wholesale beef raised by half a cent a ° pound. Wholesale bacon remained at 53 cents a pouted but pork bellie. futures for March were up half a Cent to 55.25 cents a corn • p • MAN AND HIS, HOME• by Daniel J. Albert & Norman Spector drugs were filled in Metropolitan Toronto in that one' year. This gave .a crude rate of one prescrip- tion per capita aged15 years and older.' It can be assumed PO the premise that overall drug sales have been increasing yearly, that, these atatistios, have risen con- siderably since that time as well. Medical drug abuse is not, bow - ever, limited to those who know little about the drugs they take. Dr. Robert Halliday, a British Columbia psychiatrilit, ,says that the number of Canadian doctors whose skills are lost because of dependency on drugs equals the annual output of two small:• medi- cal schools, ooki the wit :1 turn off rust mewhore in chemical world of wheat rust, there's a switch that will shut down rust production, and two Agriculture. Canada scientists are looking for the switch, They are Drs. Roland :.Rohrznger .and W. K. Kim of the Winnipeg .lie- • search Station, Scientists bell;ve that rust -re- sistant wheats workause,they push the " chemical switch that turns off rust production. If they can find that chemical switch, it would be 11 major breakthroughwhich, could change the entire wheat,produc- tion systeni in Canada.. $quirnol- motets shot boo( ahh•rfirr.. Britiicurrently facing high beef prices have bOoo rd . alternative dish to buy.. 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This eternal pro- cess of evaporation, condensation and precipitation is called the water cycle. During hot, muggy, summer days we find the amount of water vapor high; during brisk, cold, winter days we find the water vapor low. The amount of water vapor in the air is what we refer to as low or high humidity. 0-0—o Question. What is relative hu- midity? Answer. The relative humidity is the degree of saturation of moisture in the atmosphere at a, particular temperature and is universally expressed as a per- centage. It is the percentage of moisture that air can retain in re- lationship to the amount that the air can hold until fully saturated. For example: Air at 70 degrees Fahrenheit can hold up to 8.05 grains of moisture per pound. w When this pound of air at 70 de- pa grees contains 4.03 grains, we up know that this air is only half saturated and we refer to the lea relative humidity as being 50 per mo cent, that is, this one pound of air coo could hold twice as much tha moisture. bod 0-0-0hV Question. Why is air in the in the home bone dry? 700 Answer. During cold weather, or most of the moisture in the air dry freezes and becomes sxiow or frost. Then • the remaining dry, cold air infiltrates indoors through ' walls, window sills, openings and doors. This air is heated and expands greatly. If no water is added to this mass of ex- panded air, its relative humidity drops and it becomes dry. For example: Air at 70 degrees Fahrenheit will be almost 16 times dryer than air at 0 degrees. It will require .66 pints of water to saturate 10,000 cubic feet of air at 0 degrees. 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