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The first plantings will be the
seeds started in flats on the win-
dow sill or in hotbeds or green
houses, These are sewn early in
March and by the time they are
ready to transplant to permanent
quarters outside they will be six
to ten inches high, Things that
should be started early in this
way aro those that if sown di-
rectly out of doors would hardly
have sufficient time to mature
or flower, Tomatoes, cabbage,
peppers come in this category in
the vegetables and petunias,
zinnias, begonias and scores of
other flowering plants.
Many gardeners it? the cities
and towns are able to buy these
as started plants in flats from
seedsmen or nurserymen. But in
some cases, of course, this is not
possible: Then again there are
some gardeners who, to make
certain of particular varieties,
grow their own plants anyway.
Where the garden is large and
several hundreds of stared plants
are needed it is cheaper to grow
one's own. In this case, however
a hotbed is advisable. For the
construction of these affairs one
should consult a government bul-
letin. For starting seed indoors
use e. good mixture of sand and
fine loam. '
First planting outside will be
very hardy things that are not
afraid of frost and like to make
their best growth in cool weather.
Sweet peas are in this group, and
grass seed and nursery stock.
The latter is the trade name for
young vines, shrubs and trees,
xeady for transplanting. One can
hardly plant these things too
soon. . -
When Soil Is Ready
With trees and other nursery
stock, one can move or trans-
plant when the soil is rather
damp, but it is a mistake to do
any general sowing or cultivat-
ing while the ground is the least,
bit muddy. Heavy soil is actually
inured and later trouble results,
when it is dug or. worked too
soon. A • good test is to take a
little earth and squeeze it in the
hand, If when released it crum-
bles but does not pack it is fit
for the spade or plow.
Good Seed the Rey '
Too much emphasis cannot be
laid on good seed. That means
more than just high quality. It
is seed of varieties especially se-
lected and for Canadian condi-
tions. In vegetables it also means
that the variety has been ap-
proved and tested officially for
Canada. As seed is the only fac-
tor in gardening over which one
has absolute contramand it costs
only a few cents, ffeithirig but the
best should be considered.
Constant Improvement
Last Spring, in three or four
experimental grounds across Can-
ada and in similar places in the
northern part of the United
States, certain seeds of vegetables
and flowers were planted. Only
a test number identified these
new introductions of plant breed-
ers from all over the world. Ex-
perts watched the results, They
noted hardiness, freedom from
disease, adreness of coloring in
flowers, quality in the vege-
tables, earliness and other points
which make a plant suitable and
valuable for our hardy climate.
On the basis of their observa-
tions these new introductipns
were approved or disqualified.
The best of these, along with
those of previous years will lie
• • listed in the Canadian seed cata-
logues this spring.
This is the way new develop-
ments in the garden world are
introduced to the home gardener.
In few other lines are the results
ef research, experiment and field
trials made available so quickly
for amateur or commercial use.
A Poet Who Was
Always In Love
J.1 was at the age of sixteen
that Robert Burns, Scotland's
national bard, began to compose
verses in the Scottish dialect, and
it is not surprising that these
were distinctly amorous. Even at
that age he was deeply in loge
with a fair-haired child of four-
teen,
She was the first: of a long line
of love affairs, which all acted
more as spurs to Burns' poetical
genius.
One of Burns' Most poignant
afiairs was with Mary Campbell,
daughter of a Dunooft sailor. He
fell deeply in love with her and
they exchanged Bibles as tokens
• of their vows to remain faithful .
to one another. They became
engaged, and Mary went away
to the West Highlands to prepare
for the wedding, but while there
she fell 111 and died.
Burns and his brother Gilbert
later took a small farm called
Mossgiel, in Mauchline. There
Burns composed rhymes about
farm animals, and wicked stan-
zas mocking at the neighbouring
preachers.
It was there, too, that the
crowning romance of his life
came to him. lie met and fell in
love with Jean Armour in the
spring of 1786. She was the
daughter of a master -mason liv-
ing in Mauchline, an upright, re-
ligious man, with a very narrow
mind. Jean was one of the local
beauties, and we have it on
Burns' authority that she was "a
dancing. sweet young handsome
queen."
Burns had not forgotten Mary,
but this did not prevent him
falling deeply in love with Jean.
At first Jean did not return his
love.
This was perhaps why Burns
sought consolation elsewhere in
the person of a pretty servant
girl named Elizabeth Paton, who
lived in the village. The birth
of an illegitimate child brought
about a public condemnation of
the young poet by the ministers
of the hurch. He ridiculed
them, using the sharpest weapons
ufhis genius to do so.
Fiery poems, such as "The Holy
Friar," "The Ordination," "Holy
Willie's Prayer," and other bit-
ter brilliances flowed from .his
pen and hardly tended to enhance
his reputation an the eyes of Jean
Armour's father. In fact, he for-
bade her ever to speak to Burns
,again.
But this dictatorship had pre-
cisely the opposite effect on the
girl tq what was intended.
The two lovers went through
their own form of marriage, writ-
ing down that they legally took
each other as man and wife, but
they did not dare to proclaim it.
Jean was to become a mother,
and she went to her father and
confessed to him. He threw the
marriage lines they had written
into the fire.
The neighbourhood branded the
.poet as a villain and an outcast,
and under constant persecution
he determined to emigrate to
Jamaica, but before he could do
so the first volume of his poems
appeared in Edinburgh.
They were an instant success. •
He came back to Jean and
found that her father had relent-
ed. They were married in -April,
1788. She was an ideal wife, but
he found that he simply could not
escape the attentions of other
women who -wished to lionise
him. He • constantly lapsed into
flirtations, but through them all
Jean seems to have borne with
him devotedly and understand-
ingly.
In 1795 his only daughter (at
that time) by Jean died, and the
blow weakened him. He was
stricken with rheumatic fever the
following spring, and before he
was fully recovered he went out,
caught a chill, and died at the
age of thirty-seven.
On July 26t1s, 1796, over ten
thousand people followed the
Pard of Scotland to his grave.
Thieves broke into a New York
apartment and stole the tenant's
uninsured diamond ring, leaving
the fully insured ring untouched,
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Texas _Corn Chips Will Enliven Ypur Cooking
BY DOROTHY MADDOX
CATTLE, cotton, oil, cern chips, tall handsome men and
gracious women, that's the Texas we saw,
From Fort Worth to San Antonio, from east to west in
Texas, we ate chili and nibbled on golden corn chips .to
our heart's. content.
In Dallas, Nell Morris, director of Frito Company's research
kItchenS, gave us lessons in how to use corn chips to brighten up
ordinary dishes. You don't have to live in the hospitable Lone Star
State to serve these unusual dishes to your family and friends, All
Yoe need le some of the knoW-how Nell Morris gave us under the
Texas sunshine.
Texo's Baked Beef Hash
(Serves 6-6)
Two medium old potatoes, 1 teaspoon salt, V. teaspoon black
pepper, 1 medium onion (chopped), 2 cups cooked ground beef, 1 can
condensed cream of mushroom soup (diluted with I can water), 1 cup
lightly crushed corn chips (measured after crushing), lh cue grated
American cheese.
In an oiled casserole, arrange a layer of thinly sliced potatom
eprinkled with salt and pepper. Next a. layer of chopped onion.
Repeat. Top with the cooked ground beef. Heat soup with one can
of water and pour over the beef. Sprinkle corn chips and cheese
on top. Cover, bake in moderate oven (325 degrees F.) for one hour.
Corn Chip Tomato nalfbit
Two tablespoons butter o(ry
rSemaregygari-n8e), 2 tablespoons Sour, 1 cup
milk, I can condensed tomato soup (10½ .0(300432). 1 medium onion
(chopped), 11/2 cups grated cheese, 2 cups corn ebips.
Make a white sauce of the butter or margarine, flour and milk.
Add 1 cup cheese to white sauce and stir until melted, Add soup
Texas baked beef bath with golden corn chips is a &a�07 com-
bination to tempt the appetite of anyone whether be hails from the
Lone Star Stale or the Empire State. 11 has universal v,ppeal.
and onion. Pour sauce over 1% cups corn chips in a baking dieh.
Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese and corn chips. Bake in
moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 20 minutes.
..Plain Horse Sense..
by BOB ELLIS
Looks The Same—Tastes--?
The way things look at the
•time these words . are written,
we will all have "Frozen Des-
sert" to top off our Easter Dinner.
"Frozen Dissert" is a stuff that
leeks like ice cream, tastes like
ice cream, -but in the eyes of the
law is not ice cream, because it
does not contain cream, Instead
of butterfat, vegetable oils are
used. It is made in Ontario right
now and will be ready Inc sale
any time.. •
Some provinces have banned
it, while so far in Ontario any-
body is free to manufacture it
Last year the Ontario Legislature
passed the Edible Oil Products
Act which was never proclaimed.
Now the Minister of Agriculture
wants to amend this act which
isn't even in force.
The amendment will give the
government power (a) to ban
edible ell products, (b) to ex-
empt oil products from the ban.
Who will win in this little
game of ban and exemption? The
farmers?
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Another Union Needed?
Doctors, lawyers, bankers,
manufacturers and eeven labour -
men, all have their unions,
Pretty tight ones too, with closed
shop, examinations, licences,
membership fees and what not.
On the other hand anybody
can go and buy- a piece of land
and start producing milk and
eggs and. beef and. pork,
Not that we want to change 11;
after all a man is only really
free on his own land and free we
want to be.
But why is there no farmers'
union? One strong ,organization
whose leaders can speak for the
farmer without first looking
around to see whether there is
somebody to back them up.
True, we have the Federation
of Agriculture. But is it givibg
the farmers the leadership they
expect? And are the leaders of
the Federation getting the back-
ing from the rank and file, which
they need to do a good job?
What do you think, neighbour?
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Strange Discrepancy
Canadian National Income in-
creased from $17,284 million in
1951 to $18,307 million in 1952;
wages, salaries and supplement-
ary labour income gained almost
12%, climbing from $9,132 mil-
lion in 195T to $10,855 million in
1952.
According to the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics "Accrued net
income of farm operators from
farm production declined by $255
million in 1952,
a drop of 12%
from the recordlevel established
in 1951."
Maybe farmers should hire
some labour leaders to look after
their affairs. What do you think?
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The writer of this column will
be -pleased to hear from farmers,
or others interested in farm
problems, at any time. Criti-
cisms, suggestions for subjects to
be dealt with, knocks or hoods
— all will be welcome .Oust ad-
dress Bob Ellis, Box 1, 123 Eight-
eenth St. Nwc Toronto, Ont,
You Can Lose An Eye Playing This Game
How many of the thousands of
squash enthusiasts realize that
their favourite game originated
in the Fleet•Debtors' Prison, prob-
ably on the site that is now
Racquet Court, about 150 years
ago?
Debtors were not treated as
criminals, but were allowed to
wear their own clothes and eat
food from outside.
And, as they waited for their
debts to be settled, they gambled
of took exercise by hitting a hard
ball about with rackets fashioned
and strung by prisoners,
Their court had no back wall,
little or no side wall, and no roof,
But,,rules were devised, players
became skilled, and crowds flock-
ed to watch them and bet on the
results.
The fame of "racquets" soon
spread and became popular;
gentlemen of leisure, the "Fancy,'
took it up; and bare -knuckle
fighters who wished to rid them-
selves of surplus pounds visited
the rackets courts and sweated
them off,
Jem Belcher, England's finest
bare -fist champion, loved rackets.
But the sport proved his undoing.
In June, 1803, while playing with
a gentleman named Stewart on a
court in Little 51, Martin's Lane,
the marker returned the ball with
such eielente that it struck Belch-
er in the eye, almost knocking it
from the secket.
He was never the same 'as 0
pugilist afterwards.
Players in the Fleet Prison were
among the best in England; and
when the first ehampionship was
organized in 1820 it was won by
1013 inlnate, Robert Mackay, who
held it for live years.
The modern rockets court is
60 by 30 feet, has four walls, the
front and side being 30 feet high
and the back Wall 16 feet, 'above
width is 'Wilt 0, speetaters' gal -
I ery,
Ms one of the fastest of games,
for the ball bounds off the walls
with lightning speed. Years ago
Walter Furness, an architect was
struck in one eye and lost the
sight of it; but he continued to
play lest others might have been
frightened out of the game by
his mishap.
One doubts whether any
modern player is as good as Peter
Latham, who held the profession-
al championship from 1887 to 1902
before he retired and took to real
tennis, at which he was cham-
pion for seven yetu-s. In recent
years Charles Read, champion at
tennis, rackets and squash be-
tween 1920-31, was outstanding.
Latham, who will be eighty-six
this year, was a pupil of Sandow,
and so powerful was his grip that
he could rip a pack of cards in
, half.
Americans have never won the
British championship, but in 1924
G, Roberts won the American title.
Incidentally, only two amateurs
have won the English Rackets
Cluunpionship: Sir William Hart -
Dyke in 1862, and David Milford,
who won it seven tunes in twenty
years, and In 1937 defeated Nor -
bet Setzler, the leading American
professional„, to become world
champion.
Korean Water Hole—Water may
be easy to get in most parts of
the world, but this Seoul, Korea,
boy had to chop a hole in the
thick ice of the Han River to
get his. There is still a critical
water supply problem in this
war-torn city and the bitter win-
ter cold is hampering efforts to
solve it.
Beauty's Price
(Male)
It is no concern of ours whether
the government lets working
girls deduct their beauty costs
from their income for fax pur-
poses, the same as professional
glamour girls. Laissez-faire, that
is us. But if the government does
allow it, there should be no
double standard. Working men
ought to be allowed to deduct
their handsomeness costs, too.
Maybe there are some people
who think it does not cost work-
ing men anything to be hand-
some. Mario Lanza, yes. Kirk
Douglas, yes. The guy at the next
desk, no. Nothing could be far-
ther from the truth.
His face has been shorn with
expensive steel, laved with a per-
fume called after -shaving lotion
to make him smell as handsome
as he looks, and powdered with -
the choicest talc to keep it from
shining. All cuts and abrasions
have been stopped with the cost-
liest styptic. A tie of the most
exotic silk covers his front, serv-
ing no useful purpose not already
served by his top shirt button.
His hair is freshly cut, at con-
stantly rising expense. His suit
is of the finest wools, the trousers
creased knife -sharp from the re -
rent touch of the dry -cleaner's
iron. His shoes gleam.
Maybe this guy at the next
desk doesn't look as handsome
as Mario Lanza or Kirk Douglas
even after all the expense. If so,
it only mean:, that his unit of
costs are even greater. He is
paying Inc more handsomeness
than lie is getting, but the point
is, he is paying, It Trudy Typist
gets a deduction for beauty costs
the same as ex -Mrs. Prince Aly
Khan, Charlie Clerk ought to
get it too, that's all.—St. Louis
Post-Diepateb
Goats Like Solomon
Wrote About
We were' camped under
Mount Sannine, out of whose
rock wall Neba Leben pours with
a roar. Its northern cliffs rose
over three thousand feet above
us and flared out at the base
forming a rough amphitheater.
We had indeed front -row seats
for a beautiful spectacle.
A herd of goats dropped off
the' mountain. I first saw them
when they were fifteen hundred.
feet or more above us. These
goats are different from ours.
They are smaller than our goat
— wiry and robust, shiny black
ears that are long, narrow, and
thin.
This was a herd of several hun-
dred goats. Behind them was the
herder dressed in flowing robes
and a dark kafiyeh. He had two
dogs with him. The goats came off
Sannine mostly in double file.
They were spread oilt seyeeal
bunderd yards, forming shiny
black streamers down the lime-
stone slopes of Sannine.
Bill West turned to me and
said, "Do you remember what
Solomon said about his lady's
hair?"
I confessed 1 did not recall.
'Thy hair is as a flock of
goats.' That is from the Song of
Solomon."
Memories of Sunday -school
days came back to me. I remem-
bered how puzzled I bad been
over that expression. Hair like a
flock of goats? Tt must be some
allegory.
But low I knew that Solomon
complimented his lady. The
prophet had doubtless seen sights
such as this, evening after eve-
ning, as shepherds brought their
goats off limestone and basalt
Mountains for bedding down in
the valleys. The sight was indeed
a beautiful one. Black, lustrous,
rippling streamers of hair down
a mountainside! A more graphic
description of beautiful hair
would be difficult to achieve.—
From "Strange Lands and Friend-
ly People," by William O. Doug-
las.
UNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
By Rev. it. Barclay Warren
B. A.. B. D.
In The Shadow Of The Crow
Matthew 2(1:6-12, 26-30.
Memory Selection: I lay dot"
env life, that I Might take 0
again. No man taketh it trolle
me, but T /ay it down of myselt.
John 10:17-18.
In the tenseness and serrow
that weighs heavily as the het*
of Christ's sacrifice approaehe
t
is
there One clear shaft Of nigh
While the religious leaders smigh
to secure Xis death and a disciple
Was about to betray Him, there 1#
this picture Of pure and unselfish.
affectien. It was in Bethany, s
little village near Jerusalem*
It was fitting that it should taki
place in the large dining hall of
Simon who had been a leper. The
woman poured out her expen-
sive perfume upon the head a
Jesus. The fragrance filled the
house. Indeed, it now has spread.
throughout the world. Here we
an act of enthusiastic devotiee,
that involved the giving of this
most costly thing she possessed.
How the soul of the Master him-
self must have thrilled at ebb
expression of love. She was giv-
ing her flowers," as it were,
while he was yet alive. Josue
himself interpreted the act as
anointing his nody beforehand,
for the burial. The rewards she,
received were appreciation oat
the part of her Master and the
perpetual remembrance of her
loving deed through its inclusion
in the Gospel record. This is a
memorial more enduring than
granite and more beautiful than.
art could devise.
During the meal on the night
preceding the day of the cruel -
fiction Jesus instituted the sae-
rament of the Lord's Supper. 'It
was something more than a gust
of longing sweeping over the•
heart of a doomed man, wha
suddenly felt a desire to be re-
membered by his friends. It was*
not at random that Jesus chose
bread, nor did he take wine be-
cause the juice of the grape hap-
pened to be at hand. The Holr
Supper was deliberately chosen,
a ineedless preaching of the g00
pet As we take bread and til
wine we testify that as a mem
must eat and drink to live, a&
our souls cannot live except
Christ in us be our nourishment.
Here also in proclaimed for
punrowuedicohmume atnrutnhatuarethtehegorespeot
that as bread is broken and win*
poured 04, life is given througbr ...,
s"AreiRee.
wepartake of the emblemt
we rememlfer His death till he
come. It is both retrospect and.
prospect. He died for us. He will
come for us.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
Kid -Size Car—Rolling along in the miniature Lucciola is six-year..
old Roy Ratcliffe, He tried out he car at the World Motor Sports,
Show. Seen in the background is the most expensive auto al.
the show, a $30,000 Spanish Pegaso. The Lucciola is powered
by a 12 -volt battery, costs $495.
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