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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1941-05-22, Page 7THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941 THE SEAFORTH NEWS SAFEGUARD FINE CAKE! INGREDIENTS THE MIXING BOWL Sy ANNE ALLAN Hydro Home Economist THIS AND THAT RHUBARB Hello Homemakers! Did you know: Drinking tea out of a saucer was considered "1n good taste" in this country a hundred years ago, Special "cup plates" were used as recep- tacles for the tea cup, while the saucer was in Use. The salt cellar, which superstition decreed should always be ,the first article placed on the table, occupied an important place in the 16th Cen- tury English society --it separated the important guests from the in- ferior ones at the dinner table, * Did you know that coffee is com- pletely tasteless and odorless until roasted? * * ,. "Swapping" is an old English cus- tom which came to Canada with the U. E.L.'s, Early in - the Spring gard- eners often swap rhubarb plants, when it comes "thinning -out" time. Later homemakers may "swap" the rhubarb itself, for some equally pal- atable fruit or vegetable. And failing that—there is the ever -intriguing ex. change of recipes. Rhubarb is so del- icious, and has such a tonic effect in the Spring every homemaker should try at least one of these budget•wise rhubarb recipes. . * * e Recipes Rhubarb Conserve 4 quarts rhubarb 1 quart shredded pineapple 2 oranges 31/. quarts sugar 1 cup nuts Cooit the piwvtppie in a covered kettle, with a small 511(101111 of water, until tender. Add the rhubarb, juice and grated rind of oranges, and the sugar, and nook moll thick. This makes an excellent tilling for sand • niches. Add the chopped nuts when partially cool and seal in clean hot jars. Fashion Pie 2 cups eut rhubarb 3 tbsps. dour 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 tbsp„sugar for merfugu., 1 tsp. butter • Line a pie plate with platin pastry. Wash and peel the rhubarb, cut into small pieces, and dredge with lour until each place is quite white. Mix the sugar. rhubarb and egg yolks to- gether ant' place in the hued pie plate. Dot with butter, Bake in elec- tric oven at 4511 deg. for 10 minutes, then at 325 deg. for 30 minutes. When the filling is set spread over the top the stiffly beaten egg white into which the tablespoon ,>f sugar has been folded. Return to the oven and brown lightly at 325 deg..for.- 3-10 minutes. t• Take A Tip 1. if meat, just purchased. sticks to the paper. hold under the cold water tap for a few minutes, and it' -can be removed with ease. Meat does not need to be covered when kept in the meat keeper of the electric re- frigerator. However. if the meat keeper leas no cover, it is advisable to cover with wax paper.- 2, aper.2, Here's a polut to remember in preserving the length of life of your aluminum utensils. Do not pour cold water into a hot aluminum pot or kettle repeatedly. It is quite liable t0 become warped. BRITAIN DELIVERS PLOUGHS Ploughs made to a special design for Turkey were among the agricul- tural implements sent out from Great Britain overseas last year. South Africa, and particularly Rho- desia, had a wide range of higher class manufactures. Burma, Iadle and Egypt took cheaper wares. ' Cultivators of the latter countries were actually using, a century and a half ago, ploughs identical with those handled by their ancestors two thousand years before. It was Brit ain who introduced: to these and other lands of primitive agriculture the first light (32 lb.) steel -shared ploughs. The makers catering for the poorest of native cultivators, made as well disc ploughs weighing 3 tons. Many British makers have been supplying overseas markets for close on two centuries. They have been able to keep steadily going since the war because of the accumulation of raw material which they had the foresight to put aside. The result was that they 'could send abroad daring 1940 more than £1,000,000 worth of PAGE SEVEN waassaaaeamanatesenessamaxampswasil 3t Vo.1'0i This is a war for existence. It is war to the death. It is a war to win or to lose. There can be no half way—no compromise. It is a war to WIN. Money is the fourth arm of the service. Whatever you are called on to pay or to lend, it is little compared to the lives that our sons offer. There have been many and heavy calls upon Canada already. There will be more. Let us face the truth and the truth will make us free. It is freedom we are fighting for, British freedom, the freedom of body and spirit that makes life worth living. If we fail, we fall. Be prepared for sacrifice. Great Britain has set us an example on a scale of heroic magnificence history doesn't record. Let us FIGHT! Canada has the resources. Let us spare nothing. When our soldiers offer their lives, let us be willing to share our livelihood. Presently the Government of Canada will call for money. The money is here. We are spending billions. We are already heavily taxed. But most of these billions and those taxes are being spent in Canada. That money comes back to you. Keep it rolling. Keep putting it back into the war effort, so that it may be spent again and again and again until Right prevails and the world is free. DEPAR TMENT FINANCE,CANADA jj •m n 't'', * er t°xi�.`9't�l,¢ t �'�;,�. E^�-'• iyJt ploughs andother agricultural im- plements and machinery such as threshers (£30,000 worth), air and gas compr'esse's (£26,000) and tractors (£30,000). TURKEY AND CHINA Get Big Electrical Equipment From Britain In twelve months no fewer than thirteen generating units have been built for overseas by one British firm alone. In new territory an outstand- ing order was a complete power sta- tion of 60,000 kw. for Turkey; and China received a 20,000 kw. 3,000 r,p.m. turbine plant. Apart from these large orders, the construction of transformers set up an export recotd, a considerable part of which was for high-voltage transformers, New Zealand took seven big vertical -shaft waterwheel alternators; Madras a horizontal- shaft alternator, and South Africa a number of smaller alternators of similar type. • The year's achievement is strik- ing 'whop it is remembered the amount of Government work done at' the same time; and+ despite the calls of war work upon technicians, a steady improvement in design has also been accomplished over the period, especially of transformers for efficiency and economy. Want and For Sale Ads., 1 week 26e GRASSHOPPERS Antoine, the .greatest of the calatn- ties which hostile nature viseted upon pioneers of the ,western prairies were the ,devastating grasshopper plagues. In 13113 a swarm of •gr, e hoppers des- cended upon the Red River Valley in North Dakota and devoured all trace of vegetation. They made destructive raids in '57, '66 and '67. The great cal- amity of x37(4, however, surpassed anything before or since. On :the pl- ains it is still called "The Grasshopper Year.” The 'hoppers came soddenly out of the north on an afternoon late in July. They traveled with a strong wind; ris- ing high in the air with their wings Spread, they were carried along with little effort and :their ravages res hod from the Dakotas to Texas. To Observers sof their 'approach it seemed at 'first 'that a squall might -be in the .offing. 'Gradually ,the sun 'dank- -erred by a cloud in the northwest.. Presenitly :the cry went up: "'Grass hoppers!" They carne like a riving enokv, fill- ing the air,covering the earth, the tbuildings, the shocks of grain, every- thing, According to one observer, their 'alighting on the rocks sounded like ,continuous hail. They alighted on 'trees in such numbers that . their weight ,broke off longe limbs. Chick- ens and turkeys were frightened at first and ran from them. but they soon identified the 'hoppers and ate (them- selves sick. One ipioneer reported that a herd of 40 hogs and '50 turkeys fat- tened on nothing else but grass- hoppers and a little hay. The pork anti fowl had a peculiar taste of grasshop- pers. 1t times the insects were four to six inches deep on the ground, and contin- ued to alight for ,hours. Men were ob- liged 1e tie strings around their trous- ers to keep the pests from crawling up their leges The 'happens gathered so thick on the tracks that 'Union 'Pacific trains were stopped. The rails were so oily and greasy that the wheels spun and would not pull a train. People tbrought out sheets and 'blankets to 'protect robe nee st valuable .crops. Yet the insects ate holes in bhe 'bcdelo $hes or ,crawled underneath and destroyed everything. Ln Dakota old. straw 'Win +piled around a field and set on fire; sotite,put a salt solution on ,the tgitadn, all Ito no avail. Men with clubs walked dawn the corn rows knocking the 'hoppers off, but on .looking back they saw the insects as numerous as ever. They alighted in such numbers that the :cornstalks were bent toward ,the' ground and the' potato vines masih- 1'ed •flat, The sound of their +feedin;gs was like a herd lof ,tabule eating in a cornfield. Every green thing except castor 'beans, cane, native grass, and the teals- es of ,Certain trees was eaten. Onions and turnips were eaten right down to the end of the roots, leaving holes in, the ground. 'Free, denuded of their leaves and stringed of their hark, died. The water iu tthc creeks. 5traillOd with the excrement of the insects, assumed the color of strong coffee. The cattle refused to drink until compelled by extreme thirst. Even the fish tasted grasshoppers. A piece of harness or a garment left on the ;ground was quickly ruined. Pitchfork and syrhe handles were gnawed so rough as to become un- comfortable to the hands, and the weather-beaten 'boards on houses and fences were so eaten that within a few hours they looked like new lumber. if any of the creatures were tramp- ed anderfoot, their companions quick- ly devoured them, They ate +the mos- quito bar •off the windows and even invaded houses and ate the window ,curtains. The Jaunty waving fields of corn were reduced to 'bent -over denu- ded ,staiks in 12 hours, and even the large weeds were destroyed. When the insects left, the country was a scene of ruin and desolation. Those who had the money to get out of 'the country did so. Those who re- mained were largely dependent noon relief appropriations, which were quickly Toted ,by federal and state governments. and supplies provided by churches, 'benevolent societies, and relatives in the East. To +the clergy, the calamity proved a blessing in dis- `+guise. It 'Made the individualistic fron- tiersman see how 'helpless he was in BUS TIME TABLE Leaves Seaford; for Stratford: Daily 8.23 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. Leaves Seafurth for Goderieh: Dally except Sunday and bol 1.03 p.m. and 7.4') p.m. Sun. and bol., 1.05 0,18. and P.29 e m, Lunneenun al Strattmd to Hamilton. Buffalo. London, tr=+.r,it. Tavistock, Woodstock, Hrantt,rd Agents: Queen's, Commercial, Dick Soon the face of God's providence, and there were wonderful revivals. There have been other Gmeeehopiper plagues since the disaster of '74, but roue which caused such desolation. The terrible news deterred prospec- tire homeseekers, and it was years 'be- fore westward m•i„c;ration 'w'as restored to its former proportions. YOUR COLD? A GERM'S "GHOST" MAY CAUSE iT Science reports, at last, on the causes of colds and sees down to the borderline itself, studying a strange new world, where live the viruses, or poisons, (not germs, but maybe their "spooks'), which gives us diseases like influenza and many puizling, but deadly, afflictions. See this feature article in The American Weekly with the May 25 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times. na best way to waken a man is to tickle his bare feet, says a. doc- tor. Oh, well, another little job won't. do the sergeant -major any harm.