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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-01-29, Page 7TEEN -TOWN TOPICS sem. By BARRY MURKAR sa Ws alight call this column, "Down On The Farm", because that is what It is about. What is wrong down on the f a r nt any- way? Why is it that more and more yottng. people are turn- ing from the land, to try their luck in the big, noisy city? When you ask thi question, you get a lot of answers. Some men sa it's the money angle, others say it's the work, and others will say there's is no prestige carried with today's farming — at .least as far as the young men of today are con- cerned. - Many of the boys whom I went to school with were quite content with helping on their father's farms after school and on holidays. But did they stay to help the old- man when they got to the age where they could be of some real help to hits? They did not. Farms Paid Off Some of the farmers I know are struggling on alone today; their sons have left them and gone to tf city to work. They don't like the old man's farm, his stinking old barn yard nor the seemingly measly pay they get; they don't like gets' Ong up early and wearing smelly, dirty old clothes and they hate be- ing milled, "Ya Farmer" and "Ya Hick". What these young men seem to forget when they stampede for the tall buildings is, that the farm paid off enough to give them a comfort- able home, good food, healthy liv- ing, lots of good fun and sent many of them through university. Like the city fellow says: "There is no money in farming". Well, 0 there Is no money in farming, I would like someone, anyone at all, to tell me why it is that most farm homes today (at least around here) are as modern as city homes, have all the city conveniences? How can most of the farmers drive nice look; ing cars, get enough time off to take pleasure trips, be their own boss and, in general, enjoy life to the utmost? Brother, the farmer can complain all he likes. (and he likes it) but the most of them are doing alright, So you ask me, why are the young fellows heading for the city to make • $35.00 a week, live in two rooms and pay *40 a month for them, pay car expenses and nine hundred other things? Once again, Mr., •you have me stumped. I think the young fellows of today are headstrong. They leap before they lock. Push -Button Farming- Later There is no reason why any young man r n't- do well on the farm. He always puts up the argu- ment that there is too much over- head to get started. Yet he knows there is plenty of overhead in gets ting started in any real sound busi- ness — and that's what farming A friend of mine, many years my senior and a man witha great deal between his ears, tells me that the farmer is the only person who is almost self-sustaining. If the worst tomes to worst, the farmer can al- ways keep going. That is of courae unless his city cousins start to live all around him; make it a residen- tial area; put in water works and send his taxes so high he goes broke. But generally speaking a good farmer has as much, and a little more, security than most people. As the city man at his work dis recta the controls of his industry, so does the farmer. Machines make nearly• all his. jobs easier. In fact in time, all he'll have to do to farm fa to pull a lever and then walk .over, lean on the top rail and watch the crops rotate. Worse Places Than farm I personally feel that many of the young men who go to the city will realize too late that it would have been much better to have stayed home on the farm. However, as we said a few lines back, many of us young men today are head- strong. We think we have all the answers and that the old man is getting Mangled up in his beard. Well, maybe fathers don't move as fast as they used too and maybe they like to try a new idea out be- fore putting it into practice, but that doesn't mean they are finished — not by a longshot. So in closing, we would suggest to the young fellows on the farm today, — look into the situation a little closer before making any rash decisions. There are it good many places that you could be working ' that are a lot worse than down on the farm. Think It over, boys. oPSCRATCHIAG Relieve Itch in a Jiffy, ensue hast des to menus, ptmdW attitele'e ret--.ud manor Itch troubles. Die log medicated D. D. D Proeorlptten rd,ne y strength er extra strength), ereweless tsWos Bootham i t t g9uickly.s. tur lrd prom it—or money bad. 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To make them cut a paper pattern from a "store" pair — it is really quite simple. Cut all in one piece with a mitred seam over the toes and a curved seam at the heel. Cut your footlets from the garter top of old stockings or from under- wear. Machine the seams, then turn down a single narrow hem all around the top, thread through it a strand of round elastic — and there you are, a pair of footlets for about five cents — or the price of the elastic. And by the way, the elastic can be used again after the original footlets are worn out. These footlets are particularly good for children — saves wear and tear on the stockings and keeps little feet warm. They can be worn tither under or over regular stockings. Well, there's any good deed for the day, and I hope it will be of use to those of yo 1 who are anxious to save the odd quarter. * * * Hasn't this been a bleak, cold week? The farthest I have been is down the lane to the mail -box, And that, believe me, is often far enough. Sometimes I think the four winds of heaven gather momentum for miles around and then let it loose in a sudden burst of fury when they strike our farm. And of course when the lane is full of snow and walking difficult that adds to the fun. At such times I often have to turnabout face to get my breath. But still it could be a lot worse. Card Fortunes Fun And Easy To Learn How to be entertaining when you haven't a sparkling line of chatter? Easy—let the cards talk for youl They're bursting with tips on ro- mance and riches, which you . can quickly learn to read. Let's start with Jim's fortune. Shuffle the decic and have him cut it twice. Lay the cards out in rows of nine. Locate Jim's name card— it's the King -of Spades for a dark man—and pick up every ninth card from the King. Now you're ready to weave a tale, "Ah, I see n glamorous blonde," you mysteriously begin as you study the Queen of Diamonds. "I wonder if she's the old romance that Ten of Hearts says is coming back into your life. And see this Six of Clubs? Looks as though that business deal is going through, after all I" So it goes; It's thrilling and loads of fun to tell fortunes—and so easy with our Reader Service booklet No. 65, Includes nine ways of tel- ling fortunes by cards; also horo- scopes, crystal ball, tea. leaves, dice dominoes. Send THIRTY CENTS (in coins) for "Let Me Tell Your For- tune" to the Reader Service', room 421, 93 AdelaideSt. Weal. Toronto. Print NAME, ADDRESS, BOOKLET TITLE and NO. 65. Bob's big, heavy truck with its dual wheels does help to keep the lane open and leaves a nice wide track to walk in — although that same track can disappear in an aws .ful hurry when the snow starts a -drifting. For extra protection against the wind I often take an umbrella :and that really does the trick. You see I learnt my lesson a good many years ago when I got badly wind- ed. It was on a day when the lane was almost knee-deep in snow, a wind was blowing and it was cold- er than I realized. As usual I set out for the mail and because I wanted to get back to the warmth of the house I did a very foolish thing, I hurried! Going down to the road the wind was on my back so I could hurry fairly easily, even though I did have to plunge through the snow. But coming back I was winded before I had scarcely turn- ed around, To this day I hardly know how I got back home. I know my great fear was collapsing and that no one would know about it. When I did get to the house I dropped on the first chair I came to, literally fighting to get my breath, which was coming in short, sharp gasps. It was such a dread- ful feeling I shall never forget it , . , . hence the umbrella. * * e Out West one soon learns what one can and cannot do in a storm. So often if Partner and I were driving home across the open prairie he would be watching me and if I showed the least sign of being sleepy he would make me get out and run behind the sleigh until the blood was circulating and I was properly awake again — and quite possibly mad as well1 The drowsy feeling one gets is like going under an anaesthetic — and really rather pleasant — just a nice comfortable drifting away into space. * * 5. Often I think of those days out west and wonder if cars are run- ning and roads kept open on the old prairie trail from Chaplin, in Saskatchewan, to our half -section farm at a point nine miles north of the village. In those days I don't think there was even a car running at all in the winter. Sleighs and cutters were the order of he day — and in them we would get around and have a very good time. Driving home from a party on a cold, crisp, night, with the Northern Lights crackling and changing colour and shape every few seconds was awe- inspiring — and something• to re- member. But the woman who was driven twenty-five miles to the nearest hospital for n Caesarean operation — she, too, had some. thing to remember-, Mother and baby both survived the ordeal. Those Winter Bells Do - You Remember? If trucks and cars could wear bells it would not be so - bad, A generation ago the sound of bells` was an integral part of the cold months. ,There were, of course the year-round bells. Many farms had a bell on a cedar post in the yard or hanging from a framework in the ell or woodshed. At noon the tones carried far over the fields, to summon men folk to dinner. The village bell tolled the hours -through the year, In Sum- mer cowbells tinkled from the pas- tures, relates the New York Times. The Winter bells were different. The work teams had clear -toned, wrought steel bells, fastened to their collars, The sound was sweet and musical, compared with the clanking, nasal monotone of the flat -sided cowbells. When teams went by with a load of logs to the sawmill, or to the village for a load of meal and middlings, one could distinguish his neighbors by the tones of the bells. Countrymen took pride in the bells of their sleighs and pangs. Most of the strings of music mak- ers were fastened to the shafts. There were Harmonized Swiss Shaft Chimes, Mikado Chimes, Nickel Plated Guaranteed Wrought Steel Cup Chimes and Graduated Band Chivies, For $2.09 one could ge' the Swiss Pole Chime. 'High- est grade manufactured, of pure Swiss bell metal, beautifully pol- ished and nickel plated. Nine har- monized bells of graduated sizes and will please those who desire the best.' Sonie preferred the long body straps to fasten around the Mor gans. These had thirty or more bells. When a snappy roader whisked the pung to town on'Sat- urday evening for the family to do the trading, the music of the bells was sweet in the frosty air. And for the man who was really part- icular and wished to make his own string, t' a catalogue offered loose bells in diameters from one inch to three and three-quarters. Rarely does one hear the bells today, But sometimes when the countryman stands on an open ridge and looks at the beauty of distant white hills, ,he thinks he hears the bells still sounding along th valley road. Massive sea walls protect Gal- veston, Texas, from a recurrence of the 1000 hurricane's tidal wave. Bran Brown Bread and Baked. Beans It just seems that baked beans and Bran Brown Bread are a team of foods that go together. Especially, it is a good filling combination for a winter supper, when the children pian to have their friends stay to eat with the family. This is a good basic menu, plus a big salad and a hot vegetable, and a fruit dessert,—if there is any room left! Bran Brown Bread has high nutritional value, because it contains bran, raisins and molasses, all excellent sources of iron so necessary for building good, rich blood. Steam Bran Brown Bread 1 cup All -Bran / cup raisins e/a cup buttermilk or sour milk '/s cup light molasses 1 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon soda 3, teaspoon salt Combine bran, raisins, butter- mi,k and .olasses. Sift flour with soda and salt; add to first mixture, stirring only until flour disap- p ars. Fill ,,reased cans two-thirds full; cover tightl; and steam for three hours. Yield: 2 loaves (4/ inch cans, 2% inches in diameter,). The system of apprenticing a young man to a craftsman for sev- eral years until he becomes a crafts' man himself, can be traced to the lath century. rnwx, PHILLIPS'11 I!so,�Gn�tAI 0,eno need to keep it in t ece Keeps in the cupboard for weeks! Always right there when you need it! It's New Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast—the modern baking discovery that gives you delicious breads and rolls in quick baking time. No dashing off to the store at the last minute—just keep a supply of New Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast handy in the cupboard. Use it as you need it. IF YOU BAKE AT HOME—get Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast today: At your grocer's. JITTER By -Arthur Pointer \MDU DIDNT YOU DIOtfr S LOTUS