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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1953-01-29, Page 3Electric Heating For Eskimo Igloos Tkre ::tree Eskimos who bought icelemet are about to get another modern invention. Only this time the developers hope Ittelt mos won't be so in- genious in adapting the product to daily regit e:meets above the Arctic Circle. "They use refrigerators to store food so it won't freeze," ad. knitted Tex Ziegler, a pilot who has spent the past seven yeare flying everything from pressure cookers to ogruk skins in and out of the frozen north. Mr: Ziegler, in his small plane, arranged to carry a supply of radiant heat panels and a couple of brand new combination light and heat fixtures called ther•mno- lites. Destination; Kotzebue, an Alaskan village some 50 miles above the Arctic Circle. This seems a radical change for an igloo formerly heated by burning seal oil or maybe wil- low branches. Yet one of the overhead heat -light fixtures is earmarked for the one -room sod igloo of an Eskimo woman. "She can pay for it by making Esldmo dolls," Mr, Ziegler ex- plained. "I can sell those to post exchanges. Electric heating will do her a world of good." Electricity is provided from the town's generator. The cost of seal oil being what it is today, Mr. Ziegler figures the Eskimos will regard electric heating as a saving. "The electriglass heating pan- els Will go in Archie Ferguson's house first." the flying trader explained. "He used to run the trading post in Kotzebue. I need Elkins from him anyway." Mr, Ziegler traded most of the refrigerators for reindeer skins. The Eskimos promptly discover- ed that the insulated boxes were ideal .for thawing out meat. Pressure cookers have become a popular kitchen item in the Pot Roast Always Qets cz Hearty Welcome DY DOROTHY MADDOX BEEF pot roast is a timely menu suggestion, With good supplies of beef an the markets, most beef outs, particularly the chuck and rump; are economical meat buys, Other pot roasts may be the boneless sirloin tip or round steak, cut at least 2 inches thick. Look fora goad covering of fat and streaks of fat In the lean of the beef Mr a more juicy roast. In purchasing a pot roast, allow iA pound of a bone -in roast or 3 pound of boned roast for each serving. Because the leftover pot roast is so good and has so many uses, you will probably want to purchase enough for at least two meals, Good seasoning, slow, ,moist -heat cooking and colorful vegetable aaeompaniments are the basis, for a fine beef pot roast, Cover the meat with seasoned flour and brown thoroughly in a little fat in a heavy kettle or a roasting pan. When browned on both sides, place the meat on a trivet or rack and add 3/4 cup of water, a thin sliced onion and 2 bay leaves. Cover and cools either on low surface heat or in a moderate oven 5350 degrees F,). After 2 hours cooking, add prepared vegetables, such as quartered onion, scraped carrots, strips of green pepper and pared, whole, small potatoes, Cover and continue cooking 46 to 50 minutes. When ready to serve, remove the meat and vegetables to a warmed platter and thicken the meat broth with dour to make a rich flavorful gravy. Here is a variation of the conventional pot roast and vegetable combinations: CREOLE POT ROAST (Yield; 6-8 servings) Three pounds beef pot roast, 2 tablespoons fat, lie cups tomato puree, y cup olive liquid, 2 cups sliced .onions, ?g cup sliced sniffed olives, Melt the fat in a beavy skillet. Brown the meat well on both sides, Add the tomato puree and olive liquid. Top the meat with onions and olives. Cover tightly and cook over low heat for tis Savory pot roast with vegetables, an ideal cold weather meal. hours. Serve with hot fluffy rice In true Creole style, if gravy is made with the pot roast use only 1 tablespoon flour mixed with la cup cold water for each cup of broth. A teaspoon of curry powder mixed with V4 op water, a few shakes of pepper sauce, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce will give added evidence of the Southern influence. sparsely populated area too. Es- kimo women use those in the accepted fashion. The igloos around Kotzebue are made of sod blocks instead of ice blocks, so for the tirne being, at least, there is no pos- sibility of a gullible Eskimo turn- ing his house into a puddle by installing wall radiant heating. "They like to keep up with the Joneses the same as we do," said the former soldier, who has his own trading post at Igloo, halfway between Nome and Kotzebue. "From seal oil to ra- diant heating isn't as far-fetched as it sounds." LOOTS WHAT FRESH WATER CAN DO DURING WINTER A simple thing like fresh water can put an extra 10 pounds of gain on your pigs this winter, so tests at Iowa State College show, Three bunches of pigs were put on test for 40 days last win- ter when temperatures averaged 16 degrees, One bunch got water by the old method—it was just poured out to them each day, and usual- ly froze a few minutes after it hit the trough. . Two other bunches were serv- if 'But 1 thoughi your Homo was Mrs, Gasbag; Daddy calls you thatl" ed in style — trot automatic, heated warterers. They had water whenever they wanted it. The bunch that had just ice most of the day gained 49.1 pounds per pig, while the two bunches drinking from heated waterers averaged 58 and 60.2 pounds per head. .Did the warmth of the water snake any difference? No, say the researchers. As long as you keep it from freezing, that's enough. Water will help put cheaper gains on your pigs too, they say. Pigs that had water all the time not only ate more feed than the others, but they also made more gains per pound of feed eaten. So there's a double pay-off. FEED EXTRA SUPPLEMENT WREN YOU HOG -OFF FIELDS Corn and soybeans snake good feed for hogging -off, but you still need to feed some protein sup- plement at the same time, tests at Virgilfla Polytechnic Institute show. It's the same story for peanuts and corn planted together. They give good hogging -off gains, but the pigs still need that extra sup- plement. up- pleneent, But the pasture tests told a different story. When growing pigs were on good ladino clover, they didn't need any extra pro- tein, Boils down to this: Thev need proteins, either in or with teed. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 3. Century plant 9 P1•od110C 15. Canadian Province ((Ib.l 11, Turn right 19. Notion 91, Salutation ACROSS 5. 1(4.01,1 2. Gaelic 25, Box 1. Aninuttien20. weird 2. Nuisance 27..;mash 28. !lady of water 30, witty answer 31, That thing &I. feel 4. 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(A) Suez Canal —Aegean Sea and Ionian Sea (B) Panama Canal —Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea (C) Sault St. Marie —Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (D) Corinth Canal —Lake -Superior and Lake Huron name —Robert Sherwood —Leaves the other three —Ventricle —The Hermitage 6. ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST teas mime' put; 0x13 u002av (Q) emanee arl0'I pus aolaadn5 a OrI (0) 'streao0 al}tru11v put °grovel (E) '01113 neaueaaatipayy put Das pale (v)—g '2inlaureas xrlyq —g •onao0tioy4r—e 'alotaluaA—'E 'salteate—r 'seumtly uacusoN—e NEW TEST WILL SHOW IF COW IS PREGNANT A quick, easy -to -run pregnan cy test for dairy cows has been developed by Oregon State Col- lege dairy scientists. While they admit there are bugs to be ironed out (a cow will test positive for three weeks or so after calving), the test proved 91% accurate when tried on 130 cows in the college herd. Some animals were tested suc- cessfully within 10 days after service, - A urine sample is needed in making the test. The sample is treated with a solution contain- ing this jaw breaker — sodium benzenoneindophenol. If pregnant, the cow's urine turns green; stays that color for 5 to 10 minutes.. If she's not preg- nant, the urine color reappears within a matter of seconds after the initial color change, When the test is developed to a point where any dairyman can use it, it should cut heavy losses. "The number of dairy cattle sent to slaughter as sterile and' non -pregnant, but which are ac- tually with calf, amount to 10% of all dairy animals butchered," says J. 1:I. Byers, one of the re- • searchers who developed the teat. FEED COWS SILAGE AS TIIE ONLY ROUGHAGE? If they have to, dairy cattle can do their job of producing calves and milk, with silage as the only roughage. In other words, they don't necessariI,v have 00 have hay or pasture. In tests conducted by the Bur- eau of Dairy Industry, U.S.iD.A., eight grade Flolstein and Jersec heifers were split up. One bunch was raised on only silage and grain, the other got a regular grain ration plus alfalfa and tem othy hay, After freshening, the [lolstcuns on silage produced 12.149 lbs. milk, compared with 11,400 for 550185eins on regular rations. Jer segs on silage made 10,316 pounds compared with 9,585, on three miikings daily, 305 day's. Off -hand, you'd conclude tram these records that it's better to feed silage and no hay, But folks running the tests have this to say: When corn silage is the only roughage; you have to foed more grain to boost the total digestible nutrients, One other thing —carotene !s essential for a cow to produce normal calves, Silage is low in c„ rotene, so there's a chance that feeding it as the only roughage might cut deem the calf crop. • FEED YOUR TREES HAY? Don't give up on those non- productive apple trees just yet —Trot until you've tried mulching with high -nitrogen hay. et works like a tonic; restore: vigor, gives trees all the plant food they need, and in just the right balance. USDA horticulturists tried the idea first at Beltsville, Md., on some 18 -year-old York trees that were on their last legs—pretty sorry looking, C. P. Marley, in charge of the experiment, used orchard -grass,. but says that you can use brow. alfalfa—any meadow grass. Just be sure to fertilize that grass well, so that the nitrogen con- tent is high. Harley put on 300 pounds of ammonium nitrate per aCM. At heading time, just when the stems carried the biggest amounts of nitrogen and other plant nutrients, Harley cut the grass, and spread 200 pounds of air-dry hay under each tree. He saw results quickly—foliage be- came dark green and thick, fruit spurs increased, and the trees started bearing. Unmu)ehecl trees still limped along, even when Eiarley gave them commercial fertilizer equal in Plant food value to nutrients its the liay. "We've been usiug this meth- od of handling trees for several years, and the response has been nothing short of alna-line," says Harley. "'frees on their last legs that would not respond to other trent- mews, made remarkable come- backs. "it's the best medicine that we know of." WONDER DRUGS ZION'T MAKE MORE EGGS Anti biotic (trues may tnake chicks grow faster, but they won't unite lit ns lay any mere eggs, That's what J. S. Carver and 0., R.. Berg have round out at Washington Slate College, They ran three teats with White Leg- horn pullets, and drew blanks on three scores: The antibiotics didn't raise . egg production; they didn't make the birds any heavier; and they 't didn't cut down death losses. Aral when the pullets were ,hated to produce hatching eggs, anti -biotics in tiro feed failed to make any important difference in hatchability of the eggs. This apparently means that there's a limit to what even won- der drugs will do. It looks like your hens will do just as well on a good, standard laying ra- tion as on one that's fortified With drugs. -- EIGHT LIGHT BULB HELPS EGG GRADES The kind of electric light you use when you carton or case eggs can make money for you or lose it, That's because some lights show up tinted eggs better than other lights. There's nothing wrong with tinted eggs—that isn't the point. But customers, whether they buy from you at retail or wholesale, like their eggs to look alike—all white, all brown, or all tinted. They'll pay more for a uniform pack. A daylight fluorescent bulb Is the best light for showing up tints, according to tests made at Cornell University. Next best is a white fluorescent, and after that cool, white, deluxe bulb. Here's a tip: Shade the bulb, and hang it low enough so none of the light shines in your eyes. Catches and Bands Geese by Hundreds On November 22, Jasper Wil- son Miner, who was be charge of banding Ducks and Geese at the Jack Miner Sanctuary, Kings- ville, Ontario, made a record catch of Canada Geese when he caught 844. 251 had been banded in other years. 189 had been banded previous- ly in the fall of 1952 and 404 had never been banded previously, making a total of 844 in the catch. Each bird was banded with a Jack Miner band which contains Jack Miner's name and address, date and serial number. No Wonder: Man in Brixton was going bald. "Move to Hampstead," a skin specialist ad- vised him. He did and his hair grew again. Said the doctor: "I found he had been living next door to his mother-in-law," (TA 1JNMAY SCHOOL LESSON $it Rev. R. Barclay Warrent B.A.. 53.D. Possessions : help or lfindraoases Matthew 19 ;16.20 Memory Selection; Take beteg and beware of covetousness; /for a man's life consistetlt not in the abundance of the things which Gent possesseth, Luke 12 :10 In the Bible we read, "Give ane neither poverty nor richest feed me with food convenient foe me: lest I be full, and deny thew and say, Who is the Lord? or lent I be poor, and steal, and talar the name of my God in vain."' Proverbs 30:8, 9. Some one hem said, "It is no disgrace to be poor, but it is inconvenient." Hcweves a man's character is determined not by what he has but by We attitude toward what he has" "They that will be rich fail into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful( lusts, which drown man in dee•• .ruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil." 1 Tim. 6:9, 10, The rick young ruler in our lesson failed in the most crucial hour of hie life not because he was rich but because his heart was so set upon. his possessions that he could nos: give them up for Jesus' sake. He was a clean respectable young man but the coin was so close to his eye that it hindered him fror'o. seeing the value of following Jesus at any cost. We have: no record that he ever altered his decision, He gained the world but lost his soul. "How much did he leave?" ask- ed one who had just been in- formed of the death of a matt reputed to be rich. "He left it all," was the reply. There are no pockets in a shroud. We are only stewards in title life. Let us use what we haver to the glory of God. Let the rick: remember that "It is easier for the pamel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Let all others remembee that when the disciples asked, "Who then can be saved?", Jesut4 replied, "With men this is im- possible; but with God all thinge are possible." The salvation pre•• vided by our Lord Jesus Chrla5 is adequate for all. LONG RUN An electric motor to be used. in the first atomic submarine engine has been operating for is year and a half without a break- down, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation reports, The motor has been sealed in a tin contain- er to test its performance during the eighteen months. (Upside down to prevent peeking) Substance Over Shcidoiv—Mrs, Herbert B. Smith (right) spends a few moments with her five-year-old daughter, Linda. Carole, in Memphis, Tenn„ before the child carried out o court order by receiving rabies injections.. Linda had been bitten by dv rabid dog but her parents refused medical aid because,, they said,, "God has cured her," A Memphis judge ordered treatment.: No one contested the action.