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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-10-23, Page 3How Uncle Harrold Located. Well Whenever any man wanted to get down to living water, be sent for my Uncle Harold, My Uncle Harold located wells, It was his purpose in life. When' the word came to him, my Uncle Harold would nod his head that he would. come. Then he would sit back and wait for the moon to come around right. The moon was mighty important in the business, And it was a business, and my uncle had a lot to do. Sometimes, too, he got paid for doing it. Not much. But paid, When the moon was just com- ing up full, and the gold edge of it was just over the tops of the trees, my uncle went to the haz- el tixicket with a wary step and art odd kind of fire in his eyes. And there in the full moon he cut himself a great fork of hazel wood, rankling with wet sap. He looked about, to see that no one was watching him as he limped it off. That would have spoiled it all, and he would have had to cut himself another fork, deeper in the shadows. That was important to my Uncle... . Uncle Harold then took hold of his hazel by the two forking ends, with the single stem of his Y straight out way from him, He set his legs at the same angle his fork made, Then he tensed up. I loved to see him do it. It was the most interesting thing I ever saw a man do. And I saw a lot of men do many things in my time. This uncle I had might go over a dozen fields, with his shoes getting parboiled with the night's dew, without a thing happening to hirn. Or maybe he would not get halfway across the first field. It might happen any time. You never could tell. My Uncle Harold couldn't even. But you knew when it hap- pened all right. A11 at once, that hazel fork came to life, It began Mail` tchoScent Sets; Perfume Hari i ; o iI,y Fragrant Toiletries Must Blend 13Y EDNA MILES WOMEN who use a solid cologne stick in one scent and Vn a cologne deodorant in another frequently find that the fragrances clash and thus cancel out each other. Actually, a woman does herself more 'farm than good if she wears several scents at the same time. Not only are they confusing, they are far from subtle or delicate in their appeal. It's always best, then, to buy toilet water, cologne, per- fume and solid cologne in one matched set so that you can carry through on one fragrance, Change your perfume with the occasion, day, or hood but never let the fragrances war with each other. LIGHT, AIRY SCENTS ARE BEST TN a cologne deodorant and solid stick, it's best to pick a light, airy, trash scent that's flowerlike in its appeal. Save the musky, exotic, sophisticated perfumes for the brisk winter days that are corning. You'll find that the new cologne deodorant conies pack- aged in a spill -proof, leak -proof plastic bottle and that it's teamed with a solid stick cologne that's foil -wrapped in a plastic case. This stick is small enough to fit into the corner of your overnight' case or handbag but the supply is suffi- ciently large to last you for weeks. *--- This young lady uses stick cologne and cologne deodorant US a spill -proof plastic bottle for traveling. The stick cologne coaxes in a plastic case and both travel necessities are in the sante flower- like scent. to turn. It turned right over in my uncle's clenched fists, no matter how hard he was grip- ping it. His knuckles got white, but the live wood turned. It was just as though some huge hand you could not see had reached up fierce out of the ground, taken hold of that stem of the green Y, and pulled it down slow and sure towards the earth. The stick went over slow and pointed straight down be- tween my uncle's parboiled toes. It pointed right down where the running water was. -- From "Boob of Uncles," by Robert P. Tristram Coffin. Latest thing for poultry rais- ers is high - energy, low - fiber feeds for laying birds. * - * * Poultry scientists at the Uni- versity of Connecticut have come up with a laying ration built along the same lines as the new feeds that make broilers grow faster. Here's what it does: • * * 1, Steps up production. 2. Lets you use less• feed. 3. Gives you a heavier hen at the end of the year. * 4' r The Connecticut people got those results with both Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Tests haven't been made with Leghorns, • * * The biggest difference in the new feed, compared to standard laying mashes, is that it contains more corn, no oats, less wheat middlings, and more soybean oil ureal. * * e In an 11 -month test, Barred Rock hens laid 13 more eggs on the new ration than they did an standard rations — 179 eggs per hen against 166. Rhode Island Reds laid 1 6 eggs more per hen -158 against 142. * r: * If you want it percentage - wise, the Rocks on the new feed laid at a 55.7% rate, compared to 51.6% on standard feed. The Reds laid at a 49.1% clip on the new feed, against 44.1%. The feed savings are big. It took only 6.8 pounds of the new feed to get a dozen eggs out of the Rocks, compared to 8.4 pounds of the standard feed. The reds produced a dozeri eggs on 7.2 pounds of feed, as against 8.6 pounds. * ,e * The Rocks gained nine -tenths of a pound each on the new feed, ending 11 months of lay at 6.2 pounds each. On the stan- dard feed, they gained only three -tenths of a pound each. * * * The Reds also gained nine - tenths of a pound apiece on the new ration, but only one-tenth of a pound on the old formula. * 4' * Death loss was practically the same on both feeds, but the Just Breezes Along -- In Southampton, England, Malcolm Reece Mee out the odd aero -cycle he invented. It's a tricycle, driven by et miniature airplane propeller powered by a 98 c.c. two.sfroke Antoine, The contraption hos a speed of about 30 miles an hour. Balanced Bushels — Champion bushel balancer of the world shows his skill at a London basket -bearing contest. Each bushel weighs 10 pounds and Alf Hardy totes 10 of them on his head. Called upon to de- fend his title, Hardy stacked up the baskets, showed up all com- ers in the bushel -basket stakes, slight margin was again in favor of the new feed. So was hatch- ability. Cannibalism was no problem with the high -corn ration, .and as an extra dividend the litter stayed dryer, * * * Here's the formula for the new feed: ground yellow corn, 1,223 lbs; standard wheat mid- dlings, 250 lbs; soybean oil meal, 200 lbs; 50% meat scrap, 100 lbs; 60% fish meal, 40 lbs; alfal- fa meal 50 lbs; butyl fermenta- tion product (for riboflavin), 20 lbs; steamed bone meal, 40 lbs; 10 lbs; vitamin A & D feeding oil, 5 lbs; vitamin B12 concen- trate, 2 lbs; manganese sulphate, Y4 lb; nicotinic acid, 20 grams. Brucellosis Advance Dr. Louis C. Barad, consult- ing biochemist and toxicologist, finds that chlorophyll, chloro- phyllins and similar products have marked deodorizing prop- erties but that too much should not be expected of them. Be- cause of the publicity that chlor- ophyll has received, he says that more deodorizing products have been studied during the past few months than in the preceed- ing century. Though in his opin- ion nothing can take the place of the nose, he has devised an "osmometer," which appears to be a useful instrument for meas- uring smells. His latest "osmo- meter" twelfth hi a series, can theoretically. measure up to t h r e e hundred intensities of smells. The precision of the in- strunlent is such that if several operators are working on the same sample, the differences in accuracy do not vary more than 4 to 5 per cent, 'which is within the scientific margin of error. T LTALKs Janes Andrews Chop suey is one of the best liked of foreign dishes, but many home cooks feel that it is too complicated for them to make, On the contrary, it can easily be prepared at home and, by using corn soya shreds as a substitute for fried noodles, it takes a lit- tle more than a half hour. CANADIAN CHOP SUET 1 pormd diced fresh pork 1k cup flour 3 bouillon cubes 2 cups boiling water 3 tablespoons soy sauce 334 cup sliced' mushrooms 1 cup sliced onions 3 caps celery strips 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 4 cups corn soya shreds Brown meat in heavy frying pan over moderate heat. Sprin- kle witth flour, stirring until each piece is well coated. Slow- ly stir in broth made by com- bining bouillon cubes and boil- ing water; add soy sauce. Add mushrooms, onions, and celery. Cover and cook slowly for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Combine but- ter .and corn soya shreds; heat in oven. Serve the chop suey with the hot buttered shreds. * * * For those who like French food, a veal ragout made with sour cream will really satisfy. Men especially like this type of all -in -one dinner dish. RAGOUT DF VEAU 2 slices bacon 1 Large onion, sliced 3 green onions, chopped 3 tbisp. butter or margarine 2 pounds boneless veal, cut in -1e-inch cubes 2 tablespoons flour Ile teaspoons salt ';r teaspoon pepper IA teaspoon oregano r•:!. cup water 1 cup sour cream Parsley or chives, chopped Cut bacon into 1 -inch strips; stir and cools in heavy skillet until lightly cooked but not brown. Add onions and butter; stir and cook until onions are partially done but not brown. Dip veal into flour mixed with salt, pepper, and oregano. Add to contents of skillet and brown. Stir and . mix to brown veal. Add eft cup water. Cover and simmer about 1 hour, When veal is fork tender, push to one side of pan. Stir sour cream into drippings. Stir all together. Cover and heat 15 minutes more to blend flavors. Serve garnished with chopped parsley or chives. * * * This dessert, from Greece, is particularly suited for party service becauso it can be made the day before, stored in the refrigerator, and baked the day it is to be used. This recipe makes 8 serving. If served after a heavy dinner, cut it into small servings, making 16. BAKLAVA Pastry 2 cups sifted flour, ' cup shortening 3. teaspoon salt 1 egg plus water to make 1 cup Cut shortening into flour and salt until mixture looks like cornmeal. With a fork, blend the egg and water. Add to dry ingredients, mixing until all dry ingredients are thoroughly dampened, Turn onto waxed paper. Knead 8 times. Roll into ball and let set for % hour. Filling 2 cups slivered almonds ?�a cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 cup melted butter or mar- garine 1 teaspoon cinnamon xn teaspoon nutmeg Mix together all ingredients. Sirup 1 cup water 1 cup sugar Grated rind or 1 orange Grated rind of 1 lemon Mix ingredients and boil 5 minutes. To Combine and bake Baklava: Divide •pastry into four por- tions. Roll one portion very thin on lightly floured pastry cloth, into rectangle 8 x 16 inches; cut in half to form two 8 -inch squares. Place 1 square in bot- tom of 8 2 8 x 2 -inch baking pan. Spread 2 tablespoons filling over this; place second layer of pas- try on this and top with more filling. Rollout more dough and repeat, having last layer pastry. Cut this into 8 servings, leaving them in pan. Pour 3 tablespoons sirup over all and bake at 350° F. 35-40 minutes. Serve remain- ing sauce (cooled) over hot Bak- lava. UNDAYSCHQQL LESSON By Rev. R, Barclay Warren B, D. Jesus' Test of Faith Matthew 7:12, 15-27 Memory Selection: Not every one that saith unto me, Loral, Lord, shall enter into the Idng- dom of heaven: but he that doetit the will of my Father which is in heaven, Matt. 7:21 The, native, in Africa, for ex- ample, in his primitive religion„ had his gods in the trees, the storms, etc. It was all about him. Hence when the white mast comes with the new religion he naturally associates it with everything the white maxi brings. He does not separate the religious and the secular as we are prone to do. Thus when Communist agents point out to the natives that their wealthy mine -owner does not want them to learn to read and have a standard of living comparable to them, they associate this in their idea of Christianity. Accord- ing to Frank Lauback wheats literacy campaigns have helped millions to learn to read, this attitude is not characteristic of all mine -owners in Africa.- The blacks want to have human rights, too. Lauback says with regard to this situation we must either "wake up or blow up." If Christianity is to succeed in Africa—or anywhere else—the golden rule must not be packed away after the Sunday services. It must be practised among the people seven days a week. There have alway been de- ceivers. God knows the wolf in sheep's clothing and will finally bring hint to judgment. Mean- while we shall know them by their fruit. The great Sermon on the Mount closes with a vivid il- lustration. It is not enough to hear the good true things which Jesus says. We must do them. Only then are we building on a foundation that will enable us to stand the storms of life. The man who doesn't do on Monday is building on sand. Great will be his fall. Chris- tianity is practical. An agnos- tic exclaimed, "Christians are men who would be equally hor- rified at hearing religion blas- phemed or seeing it practised!"' That utterance does not only apply to true Christians; but it applies to many who bear the name of "Christian." If the peo- ples of the world do not em- brace in faith and practice the simple message of Jesus Christ they will soon be at each other's throats in the most terrifying conflagration the world has known. May we turn to the Saviour, A gentle old lady sitting in a suburban train for some time watched with the kindliest inter- est the young American soldier who was seated opposite her, chewing gun. Finally she leaned across, patted him on the knee, and said; "I'm terribly sorry, but it simply isn't any use trying to talk to me, young man. I'm com- plett+;,c• Fresh From The Grainbelt--The largest cargo of Canadian grain ever carried across the Great Lakes by ship was unloaded from Canada's biggest lake steamer, the 678 -foot John O. McKellar into Canadian Pacific Railway grain elevators at Port McNicoll recently. The vessel's arrival at the Georgian Bay part marked the beginning of large grain shipments eastward as western farmers harvest the biggest crop ever grown, an estimated 1,250,- 000,000 bushels of all types of grain. Over 20,500 tons of wheat and barley, part of this year's crop and enough to fill 410 railway box cars were unloaded from the lake ship to await transfer to eastern ports by rail,