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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-03-23, Page 3• r,Do4t-Yourself By No Metras New Comes a letter from an old- timer, lamenting the desuetude of hand tools, It does seem that many.. an everyday commonplace of tirepast has been venerated into the arty — at least into the craft -art department. People oh and ah over things that aren't really wonderful at all, except :beet not too many people know how to do things any more. It is too bad, because I take a lot of enjoyment from making and fix- ing things, and feel special and honored when somebody brings around an odd job he somehow figures only I can do, It's nine, too, to have the hand tools, and I do, T had the advan- tage of elders, when T was small, who liked to work at the "joiner's bench" (the term has passed from use) and who took the time to show me what each tool was for and how it worked, I can. even run a pod -auger, and you'd probably travel all day before finding another, I've even got one. Most people crank the han- dle instead of the stem when they first try it. It was niy pleasure, in my own turn, to pass some of the lore on, so we may still have pod -auger operators for a time yet. There was once I got repaid Ill at: once. We had put up a new reenhouse g that summer, and the boy went to school'in the fall to include "manual arts" in his curriculum, The teacher one day came toii t e subject of setting glass, and each student got a little window sash and a pane of glass, with a daub of putty, and a discourse on the principles. The boy didn't seem to develop full enthusiasm for the subject, and the teacher said to him, "I guess you'll never learn how to set glass!" The lad's answer was honest and revealing: he said, "It's hard to get steamed up over this when you've just finished glazing a greenhouse." He really gave that poor teacher a hard time all terra, be- cause the class kept studying things we had already done in our shop. One day the teacher had them learn to put up cur- tain rods, and the lad said, "Don't you have a centering punch?" The town, fairly lavish in . its edu e.tional appropriations, was ?wt rrn' possession of this handy • teok:— which I would consider - ''illdispensable if I were to start . teaching the village youth how to put up curtain rods. After that I would miss some gadget in the shop; and inquiry usually reveal- ed, "1 took it to school," I've never posed as a carpenter or joiner, and never earned a day's pay from it. When we built e FAKER —, This "Etruscan" War- rior's head, long a valued piece in New York's Metropolitan Museum, has been adjudged a forgery. Tests showed that the black glaze on the head could not have been applied 2,000 years ago — when the statue was believed created. our house a man came around and wanted a job, i'le had good reeonimendations, so we told him to write to work Monday and bring his tools, He showed up with a hammer and saw. Of course, with modern pre -fab Items and a lapse of the rudi- melitg, a "carpenter" can work all day with just a saw and halo. - Mei', but we were doing a lot of hand work in our construction, and this fellow was immediately lost. I asked him to scribe in the pine pieces between the spruce beams in the living room, and he gazed aloft a moment and asked, "Who's going to make the templates?" He thought some- body was going to draw him a pattern of each cut. So there was 1, paying carpenter's wages to a man while I taught him how to scribe a board so ` it would fit. It's easy - if you know how, I don't intend to sound braggy about this, I just want to make the point that I like to work with tools, and I think most people would. But mostly we've .got away from it. The home work- shop, where odd jobs were done for the farm and home, is mostly a hobby -spot; it isnot equipped with the old tools that give so much fun; and the proportion of people who know what the old tools did and how to use thein is smaller. We have a baby's high chair ,here which an ancestor made for my great - great - grandmother when she was a mewling infant. A has delicate lines of design, is clearly most comfortable for a baby, and it is sturdy, When I got it down from the shed attic for our youngsters, I had to re- pair one of the arms, and I did a rather good job of it. Every- body admired the chair, and we had some offers for it. The sheen and patina, i was told, were a magnificent "antique bloom." As I scraped on it, I decided this "finish" was mostly strawberry jam, And I discovered this chair was really a composite item, with some evidence it had been fixed and refixed as each generation got it down from its own shed attic. You could tell that several hands had left their touch. One rung was thinner than its mate. The foot -rest was made of fir, while the rest of the chair was maple. Maybe when it came time to put on a 'neiw foot -rest there wasn't any maple at . hand. Or perhaps the fellow didn't want to do the extra hard work maple requires. Fir is a splintery wood, and I wouldn't hazard it against the soft tootsies of a son and heir, myself, but there it is. I put on the new arm I had fash- ioned, and wondered as I did if anybody else,' down along the line, would someday be repairing the chair again. But, you see, this chair has had attention all al- ong the way from folks like my- self who never presumed to be makers of furniture, but who had a bench, tools, and a handy bent. It would be a wicked thing to take this chair to a "profession- al" and have him fix it for hire. But the man is right: the use of hand tools is "passing, and we have state agencies "promoting the crafts.' I hope somebody has a centering punch and a pod - auger. —By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. EASY WAY TO HUNT In Minneapolis, Minnesota, wild ducks took to drink, end- ing up like their human counter- parts, staggering and helpless. Tracing the source of supply, police claim they caught Philip Turnbull, 20, putting whiskey - soaked corn in Lake Calhoun. The ducks, tottering from kernel to kernel, would eventually fall to sleep it off, becoming easy prey to Turnbull's retriever, who had only to pick them up and bring then to his owner's car. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS - 8. Salt of 1, Pertinent tartaric acid 1. Bewail 4• Benevolent Internal 8, Cicatrix deities 12, Huge Nave ' 6. 'Riotous 12, Military force merry - 14, whimper making 15, Singular 6.nice paste 17, Types 7. tmliire 18, The Persona State lab.) mentioned 19. Large iauropeau flatfish 20. Minute orifices 22. To tease 23. Mohammedan 24. feig'otiate 22. Insect's egg 29, :radiate 30, 'Plbet'an gazelle 31, Genuine 33, Crape reales 94. independent Ireland 36. Mark of omission 36. Desired 38. Norse goddess of sky' 40. one who Scolds 41. T,otled 44. Done 45. Implores 4'11. Direction oars 48. Hop kiln 40. Noos quarrel y Stn OW N 3. Pdvdrlt eeraon Active 26. Lieaenee 9. pheck es 27. Diplomacy 19. counter -tenor 29. More crafty 11, Musical 22, Turn back. symbol - 33. Chief 16, Throaty noise 36. Hard coating. to attract 36. Boastattention 37. Puma 17, Artificial Uutter 10, Nasal Lone 20. Skewers 21, Terve out. 22. Threefold' 24. Preceded by weepers nlpers 26, Culture medium s3, awsetsop 39. Dense mists 41. Old yarn .. meaonre 42. The 1 43. rii inblem-ol morning 46. I bookkeep- ing, brought over Answer elsewhree un this page DOG'S BEST FRIEND — After the female German shepherd had been marooned on the Lake Michigan ice for a day, humane officers took to the air. Using a helicopter, they shepherded Me shepherd to the Chicago shore, left. But n of far from land, the ice gave way. Using a lasso, officer plucked deg from the water, right, and airlifted it to safety. TNLL&2N FRONT Jok The door to increased Cana- dian manufacture of processed potatoes—and possibly greater use of the Canadian -grown pota- to—has been opened by a Canada Department of Agriculture re- searcher, Dr. E. A. Asselbergs has de-' veloped a process for making instant mashed potatoes of such high quality that it is claimed the taste cannot be distinguished from the mashed potato pro- duced with much labor by the housewife in her kitchen. • « • Patents have been applied for by the government, Manufac- turers in Canada, the United Kingdom who have sampled the product have shown great inter- est and it is likely that the packaged product will be for sale in retail stores by the fall of 1961. Only a year ago Dr. Assel- bergs led a scientific team to first place in the research of in- frared heat for blanching fruits and vegetables prior to freezing and canning. * • • Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton paid public tribute to the discovery of the new process of the recent meeting of the Canadian Horticultural Council, He said the instant potato pro- cess on which patents have been filed will likely be known as the Asselbergs process. "It is a com- pact product resembling a pow- der or crystal and both our own and independent appraisals of it, based on production on a labora- tory scale, indicate that it makes a very good quality instant mashed potato. , ; I think it is fair to say that it is one in a long series of contributions which our research workers have made to Canadian agriculture." 0 • • Pre-cooked dried potato flakes and granules (forms of instant mashed potatoes) had been com- ing in duty free. In the 1960-61 budget a duty of 171/2 per cent was imposed on imports of dry potatoes corning in after April 1, 1960. The large number of manufac- turers who have tested the prod- uct developed by the Asselbergs process have had nothing but praise for it. Potato growers are just as hopeful for its success as it may well create a large mar- ket for their crops. • * • Dr. Asselbergs used a standard drum drier, designed for leaking powdered milk, to convert the potato into the crystal form, • ready for use in the kitchen. Potatoes are peeled, diced, boil- ed, mashed and passed between the steam -Heated drums. Similar products have been irnported in increasing quantities into Can- ada. In the home the addition of hot water and mills converts the crystals—in some brands they are flakes or granules — into a ready -to -eat dish. • • • Mrs, P. Saidak and Hugh Hamilton were Dr. Asselbergs' assistants en this project, Simi- lar products are being imported in increasing quantities into Canada and some are made in this country, • The freedom of Canadian firms to make instant mashed potatoes is, however, restricted by patent control of the other processes available. It wad important, said Agriculture Miririer T4^mllton, that: Cane- r -';an pot..tees should not lose out to imported potatoes merely be- cause Canadian organizations did not have access to a suitable process. At the request of rep- resentatives of the potato indus- try the research for another pro- cess was undertaken and when this was accomplished the gov- ernment took the step of patent- ing it. The minister added that the commercial adaptation of the process will have to be the re- sponsibility of any firm to which a licence to manufacture is given. • • • Dr. Asselbergs, somewhat sur- prised by the enthusiasm with which his achievement was greet- ed, said he would prefer not to comment until the product had actually proved itself on the market. Instant mashed potatoes are expected to give a boost to potato use especially in large establishments where the chores of peeling and cooking will be by-passed. • • « Economists reported to the dominion -provincial agricultural conference in November that the reversal in per capita consump- tion of potatoes in the United States from a decline to an ad- vance was due to the popularity of processed potatoes. In Canada the market for instant mashed potatoes was stimulated by the appearance in 1980 of several new brands as well as renewed sales activity for some of the older forms of the product. The sharp rise in imports of dried potatoes into Canada included this product. • • • With the right equipment, says a Canada Department ..of Agri- culture scientist, seed cleaning on the farm can be profitable. M. E. Dodds points out that some •farmers niay require a triple unit plant, some. a double unit one, and others only a single unit, There are, he notes, fanning mills with capacities of 75 to 100 bushels per hour for commercial grades. For seed, the cleaning rates should be reduced to 25 to 75 bushels per hour. • • • • >For a double unit, a high capacityaci tY fanning or two small ones may be required to keep one indent disk or cylinder working' at its highest efficiency. Clean seed depends upon the correct speed for shafts, shakers and disks for best results. A study of the directions that come with the machine is advis- able, says Mr. Dodds. Seed cleaning machines are discussed in Publication 1061 "Seed Cleaners and Separators", which is available from the In- for)native Division, Canada De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. A small oil can, painted to harmonize with your kitchen color scheme, makes a conveni- ent and decorative container for cooking oil. The filled container may stand in a convenient spot, ready to grease muffin or cake tins. Upsidedown to Prevent feeling MOM ii P! W [J BRIM' EEO HMO UUM OLUMNOW UMW 240E1© I©mo mum ©cum MUM OMENCER MO MEM HUE p®D©©k0® MUM RUM M❑❑®4�© ©©©©[]�1 ©BEpOpU� R N ham'] -©B EIEANIMMUU EIMIEVNOMMHOMO By Rev. R. B. Warren, B.A., B.D, Josue :fraysfor His Own John 17: 13-26 Memory Selection: 1 pray not thatthou shoyldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. John 11:15, The 'best known part of this great prayer of our Lord for Rig •disoiples, is the oft .repeat- ed petition, 'That they all may be one," The ecumenical winds are blowing strongly, Shall we soon see all Christendom in one 'world-wide church? Is this what Jesus envisioned in His prayer? Repeated prayerful readings of this prayer will convince 000 that Jesus was asking for some- thing more important than one mammoth organized union of all disciples. The fact that the one- ness involves the disciples of alt time (verse 20) is one evidence of this. Let us note also the spiriteai character of the unity. The dis- ciples for whom He prayed have come to Him out of the world. They have kept His Word. Ha prays that they may be sancti- fied, set apart for Divine use. Their ensuing oneness He com- pares to that of the Father and Himself: "As Thou, Father art in Me,1 a id I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us . . That the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and 1 in them." Here is no superfi- cial combine of Christian de- nominations: Rather it is a shar- ing of the love of Christ. ' By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, 11 ye have love one to another." John 13:35. This is the Christian's badge. We are not opposed to the u n i ting of denominations. Though, the aft quoted lament of "the sins of our divisions," is perhaps more often a pointing of the finger at those who do not rejoin their group than a con- fession of the sin that sparked their leaving. Divisions ntay take place without sin. There .is no Scriptural evidence that either Paul or Barnabas sinned when they split over missionary policy. Acts 15;38-40. The purpose of this spiritual oneness in every . sanctified Christianthat the world may is, know that Jesus is the Christ and believe on Him. More ap- parently hopeless alcoholi.;is would be redeemed if Christ's love were more manifest in His professed followers. May our love abound yet more and more. ISSUE 11 — 1961 • TWIST OF FATE — This railroad track is testimony to nature's power as it hangs over a deep gorge near Trowek, Java, Indonesia. The twist was caused by a landslide triggered by on earthquake. BIGGEST DISI( HARROW — The disks on this harrow measure 50 inches in diameter and that makes it the world's largest according to the Rome Plow Company which made it. T:hsi harrow is being used on a Hawa!ia.: plantation, It has a 4 -inch penetration In hard, dry sail. 2 3 li.1 4 5 So 7 8 q 1011. 12 I3 14• 15 ' le 17 118 3 Iy 20 21 22 2 23 28 29 `?A, 30 31 • 32 %33 gegSim ✓38 34 K { 35 36,3T 36.. 39 o o ,k 40 till 42 43 44 ti 46 47 - ok 48 � ...'w I=31 Answer elsewhree un this page DOG'S BEST FRIEND — After the female German shepherd had been marooned on the Lake Michigan ice for a day, humane officers took to the air. Using a helicopter, they shepherded Me shepherd to the Chicago shore, left. But n of far from land, the ice gave way. Using a lasso, officer plucked deg from the water, right, and airlifted it to safety. TNLL&2N FRONT Jok The door to increased Cana- dian manufacture of processed potatoes—and possibly greater use of the Canadian -grown pota- to—has been opened by a Canada Department of Agriculture re- searcher, Dr. E. A. Asselbergs has de-' veloped a process for making instant mashed potatoes of such high quality that it is claimed the taste cannot be distinguished from the mashed potato pro- duced with much labor by the housewife in her kitchen. • « • Patents have been applied for by the government, Manufac- turers in Canada, the United Kingdom who have sampled the product have shown great inter- est and it is likely that the packaged product will be for sale in retail stores by the fall of 1961. Only a year ago Dr. Assel- bergs led a scientific team to first place in the research of in- frared heat for blanching fruits and vegetables prior to freezing and canning. * • • Agriculture Minister Alvin Hamilton paid public tribute to the discovery of the new process of the recent meeting of the Canadian Horticultural Council, He said the instant potato pro- cess on which patents have been filed will likely be known as the Asselbergs process. "It is a com- pact product resembling a pow- der or crystal and both our own and independent appraisals of it, based on production on a labora- tory scale, indicate that it makes a very good quality instant mashed potato. , ; I think it is fair to say that it is one in a long series of contributions which our research workers have made to Canadian agriculture." 0 • • Pre-cooked dried potato flakes and granules (forms of instant mashed potatoes) had been com- ing in duty free. In the 1960-61 budget a duty of 171/2 per cent was imposed on imports of dry potatoes corning in after April 1, 1960. The large number of manufac- turers who have tested the prod- uct developed by the Asselbergs process have had nothing but praise for it. Potato growers are just as hopeful for its success as it may well create a large mar- ket for their crops. • * • Dr. Asselbergs used a standard drum drier, designed for leaking powdered milk, to convert the potato into the crystal form, • ready for use in the kitchen. Potatoes are peeled, diced, boil- ed, mashed and passed between the steam -Heated drums. Similar products have been irnported in increasing quantities into Can- ada. In the home the addition of hot water and mills converts the crystals—in some brands they are flakes or granules — into a ready -to -eat dish. • • • Mrs, P. Saidak and Hugh Hamilton were Dr. Asselbergs' assistants en this project, Simi- lar products are being imported in increasing quantities into Canada and some are made in this country, • The freedom of Canadian firms to make instant mashed potatoes is, however, restricted by patent control of the other processes available. It wad important, said Agriculture Miririer T4^mllton, that: Cane- r -';an pot..tees should not lose out to imported potatoes merely be- cause Canadian organizations did not have access to a suitable process. At the request of rep- resentatives of the potato indus- try the research for another pro- cess was undertaken and when this was accomplished the gov- ernment took the step of patent- ing it. The minister added that the commercial adaptation of the process will have to be the re- sponsibility of any firm to which a licence to manufacture is given. • • • Dr. Asselbergs, somewhat sur- prised by the enthusiasm with which his achievement was greet- ed, said he would prefer not to comment until the product had actually proved itself on the market. Instant mashed potatoes are expected to give a boost to potato use especially in large establishments where the chores of peeling and cooking will be by-passed. • • « Economists reported to the dominion -provincial agricultural conference in November that the reversal in per capita consump- tion of potatoes in the United States from a decline to an ad- vance was due to the popularity of processed potatoes. In Canada the market for instant mashed potatoes was stimulated by the appearance in 1980 of several new brands as well as renewed sales activity for some of the older forms of the product. The sharp rise in imports of dried potatoes into Canada included this product. • • • With the right equipment, says a Canada Department ..of Agri- culture scientist, seed cleaning on the farm can be profitable. M. E. Dodds points out that some •farmers niay require a triple unit plant, some. a double unit one, and others only a single unit, There are, he notes, fanning mills with capacities of 75 to 100 bushels per hour for commercial grades. For seed, the cleaning rates should be reduced to 25 to 75 bushels per hour. • • • • >For a double unit, a high capacityaci tY fanning or two small ones may be required to keep one indent disk or cylinder working' at its highest efficiency. Clean seed depends upon the correct speed for shafts, shakers and disks for best results. A study of the directions that come with the machine is advis- able, says Mr. Dodds. Seed cleaning machines are discussed in Publication 1061 "Seed Cleaners and Separators", which is available from the In- for)native Division, Canada De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. A small oil can, painted to harmonize with your kitchen color scheme, makes a conveni- ent and decorative container for cooking oil. The filled container may stand in a convenient spot, ready to grease muffin or cake tins. Upsidedown to Prevent feeling MOM ii P! W [J BRIM' EEO HMO UUM OLUMNOW UMW 240E1© I©mo mum ©cum MUM OMENCER MO MEM HUE p®D©©k0® MUM RUM M❑❑®4�© ©©©©[]�1 ©BEpOpU� R N ham'] -©B EIEANIMMUU EIMIEVNOMMHOMO By Rev. R. B. Warren, B.A., B.D, Josue :fraysfor His Own John 17: 13-26 Memory Selection: 1 pray not thatthou shoyldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil. John 11:15, The 'best known part of this great prayer of our Lord for Rig •disoiples, is the oft .repeat- ed petition, 'That they all may be one," The ecumenical winds are blowing strongly, Shall we soon see all Christendom in one 'world-wide church? Is this what Jesus envisioned in His prayer? Repeated prayerful readings of this prayer will convince 000 that Jesus was asking for some- thing more important than one mammoth organized union of all disciples. The fact that the one- ness involves the disciples of alt time (verse 20) is one evidence of this. Let us note also the spiriteai character of the unity. The dis- ciples for whom He prayed have come to Him out of the world. They have kept His Word. Ha prays that they may be sancti- fied, set apart for Divine use. Their ensuing oneness He com- pares to that of the Father and Himself: "As Thou, Father art in Me,1 a id I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us . . That the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and 1 in them." Here is no superfi- cial combine of Christian de- nominations: Rather it is a shar- ing of the love of Christ. ' By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, 11 ye have love one to another." John 13:35. This is the Christian's badge. We are not opposed to the u n i ting of denominations. Though, the aft quoted lament of "the sins of our divisions," is perhaps more often a pointing of the finger at those who do not rejoin their group than a con- fession of the sin that sparked their leaving. Divisions ntay take place without sin. There .is no Scriptural evidence that either Paul or Barnabas sinned when they split over missionary policy. Acts 15;38-40. The purpose of this spiritual oneness in every . sanctified Christianthat the world may is, know that Jesus is the Christ and believe on Him. More ap- parently hopeless alcoholi.;is would be redeemed if Christ's love were more manifest in His professed followers. May our love abound yet more and more. ISSUE 11 — 1961 • TWIST OF FATE — This railroad track is testimony to nature's power as it hangs over a deep gorge near Trowek, Java, Indonesia. The twist was caused by a landslide triggered by on earthquake. BIGGEST DISI( HARROW — The disks on this harrow measure 50 inches in diameter and that makes it the world's largest according to the Rome Plow Company which made it. T:hsi harrow is being used on a Hawa!ia.: plantation, It has a 4 -inch penetration In hard, dry sail.