HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-04-22, Page 7First Aid For Plants
Stricken With Pests
Don't let plant pests get the best
of your house plants and flowers)
After all, no plant can .blossom and
be beautiful when it's sick.
l-Iere are some first-aid tips to
help you recognize the pests and
fight them, •
`tale insects are sucking insects
usually about the size of a pin -head
which cover themselves with a
larger waxy covering or scale. The
scales may be round, oval, oblong
or oyster shaped and often ap-
pear on ferns and palms,
You can pick them off with a
toothpick, wash them off with a
soft brurh and water, or kill them
with commercial sprays.
Mealy bugs which look like bits
of white cotton cr wax usually
lodge between leaf and: stem (they
have a passion for crotons and
coleus) and can be treated the same
way as scale insects.
What to do about white /lies,
plant lice, worms, rot, red spider?
See the vital chapter on plant pests
and how to fight them in the Read-
Serv':e house plants guide.
Also, bulbs, ferns, terrariums,
sprays, repotting, summer house
plant care.
Send THIRTY CENTS (in
coins) for "Success With House
Plants and Flowers" t.. Reader
Service, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St.,
West, Toronto. Print name, ad-
dress booklet title and No. 29.
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English Climate Doesn't Agree With Her -One of last year's
epic news stories concerned the accidental shooting of Canon
Turner on Baffin Island, and the dramatic air rescue of the
mortally injured cleric and his fancily from the far North.
Flown out along with the Turners was Rebecca, a heroic Eskimo
girl who -following the Canon's death -accompanied Mrs.
Turner and her two small children to England. But the English
climate, and the lack of fats she was accustomed to in the
Eskimo diet of seal meat and fish, caused Rebecca to suffer from
one cold after another -and one of the first passengers to
arrive by Canadian Pacific steamship at Montreal this season
will be the 15 -year-old girl. Before returning to the North
country Rebecca will stay for a short time in Montreal at the
home of Mrs. Bildfell, one of those behind the movement to raise
a fund of $20,000 to provide a pension for Mrs. Turner and her
children, who now number three. The Fundis still far short
of its objective, and donations sent to "Turner of Moffat Inlet
Fund" at 604 Jarvis Street, Toronto will be gratefully received.
... TABLE TALKS ..
Onions, More Onions
Fried Onion Slices
If you are inclined to weep easily
while preparing onions, slice them
unpeeled. The dry, outer skin will
slip off the slices.
Slice large onions (Bermuda are
best) in thirds, or about t/a inch
thick. Arrange onions in frying pan.
Add a few tablespoons of water.
Cover. Simmer until just tender.
Test with a fork. Sprinkle with
salt and pepper. Now the slices
are ready for browning. Add butter,
or bacon fat - takes 6 or more
tablespoons fat for 6 to 8 onions.
Brown to a turn. Dpn't stir,
Leave lid off pan and brown onion
slices gently. Use spatula and pan-
cake turner to turn the slices with-
out breaking.
Perfectly browned onion slices
smothering a juicy steak -there's
a man's idea of a meal. Serve these
tender, slightly browned onion rings
as the hot vegetable with sizzling\
steak or tender slices of liver, a
green salad, and a fruit dessert.
Baked Onions
6 large onions
4 slices buttered toast
cup grated cheese
1 egg
1 cup milk
3fa teaspoon salt
• 5i teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon mild -flavoured fat
Peel, slice crosswise and boil
onions until nearly tender. Drain
well. Place the buttered 'toastin
the bottom of a baking dish. Ar-
range the onions on the toast and
sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Beat egg and milk and add salt
and• paprika. Pour this mixture
over the onions and dot with fat.
Bake in a moderate oven, 350°F,
for about 40 minutes.
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Onion Shortcake
10 medium-sized onions
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons fat
Biscuit dough
1 cup medium cream sauce
cup chopped parsley
teaspoon paprika
Dash of nutmeg
5.4 cup grated cheese
egg
1Pel and slice onions and sprinkle
with salt, Melt fat in frying pan
and add onions. Cover and simmer
until tender. Drain well. Prepare
a biscuit dough using 1 cup flour
as a base and adding 2 tablespoons
tomato catsup with the milk. This
should be a drop batter rather than
a "roll-out" dough. Prepare 1 cup
medium cream sauce, add paprika,
parsley, nutmeg and cheese and
beat an egg into it, Place cooked
onions in bottom of a deep greased
casserole. Pour sauce over onions
and drop dough from a spoon on
top. Bake in a hot oven, 425°F,
for about 20 minutes or until dough
is cooked.
Scalloped Onions In Tomato
6 large onions, sliced '
3 tablespoons flour
3•t, teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat
I teaspoon salt
1% -cups tomato juice
Arrange half of the onions in a
casserole; sprinkle with half of the
flour, the salt and pepper. Dot
with fat. Repeat ingredients in a
second layer. Pour over the tomato
juice. Bake at 400°F, for 35 to
40 minutes. Six servings.
Creamed Fried Onions
2 tablespoons mild -flavoured fat
4 cups sliced onions (4-6 medium)
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups hot milk
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt in frying pan. Add onions,
cover and cook slowly until tender,
about 15 minutes. Stir in flour and
cook 1 minute longer. Pour in the
hot milk and cook until thickened.
Season to taste. Serve with sliced
hard -cooked eggs, liver or meat.
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CHRONICLES OF
GINGER FARM
By Gwendoline P. Clarke
May 24th 1 as c... Inert the
traditional date on which all good
farmers "turn out" their cattle to
grass. If the cattle are turned out
sooner it means one of two things -
either the farmer is out of hay and
considered it unprofitable to buy it,
or he is inexperienced and doesn't
know any better. Cattle are usual-
ly kept in until that date to give
the pasture a chance to develop a
sturdy growth before being chewed
off by grass -hungry cattle. Also,
until May 24, there is usually a lot
of rain, and if cattle are allowed to
run in wet pasture a great deal of
fodder is wasted by being tramped
down into the mud. So, this May
24th custom is, I believe, quite usual
in many parts of Ontario, although
the tendency these days, is to keep
the cattle in even longer.
Yet, today, and this is early In
April, the CBC glibly announced,
"it is expected the butter shortage
will be greatly relieved when cattle
are turned out to grass, which is
usually about April lath!".
Sometimes one wonders where, in
the world the CBC digs up its in-
formation -or rather its mis-inform-
ation.
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True, the butter shortage may be
somewhat relieved by that time -
only for a very different reason. At
least, that is how a "dirt farmer"
views the situation. Calves have a
way of arriving fast and furious in
early spring, and with the calves
there is. naturally an increase in the
milk supply -often far exceeding
the milk shipper's daily quota. The
extra milk, must of course, be sold
somehow, sonic 'sere. On some
farms it is reparated and sold to
the creamery. More butter! On
other farms the extra milk goes as
"surplus" to the city dairies -and
what they do with it is anybody's
guess. The farmer would often like
to know.
* * *
But why, oh why, should a short-
age of anything be advertised? We
find out soon enough when we can't
get what we want. To broadcast
the existence of a shortage of any-
thing is one sure and certain
way to create panic buying. I was
even guilty of it thyself last week
without even realising what I was
doing. Bob was going to town and
I needed butter -our usual two
pounds. But when the radio spread
its dire news abroad I said to Bob
-"Maybe you had better bring
back three pounds -perhaps there
won't be any next week." See what
I mean?
* * *
In the country? Ah, yes! Do
you know the miracle of spring is
beginning all over again? Snow-
drops are blooming; green shoots
of daffodils and narcissi are several
inches high -some even have buds
just appearing. There is also a light-
- er shade to the willow branches, and
shrubs have pin -points of color on
their tightly twisted buds.
But alas, it is precious little time '
I have for seeing it all just at pres-
ent, as I ani completely bogged by
extra work in the house. We are
in the process of having a few alter-
ations done around here. First the
carpenters arrive; they pull down
one partition and insert a new one;
rip out the door and put in a win-
dow; and, although the work is in
one corner of the house yet old pla-
ster, shavings and sawdust get
tramped into every room. After
the carpenters, a couple of brick-
layers and plasters arrived. Now
their work is also finished which
means there is plenty of painting
for Inc to do before the plumbers
appear on the scene. And having
a boy around on crutches doesn't
help very much. By the way, I have
suddenly discovered a man with
one foot tracks in more dirt than
one with two.
There are no railways in Afghan-
istan; merchandise is carried either
by camel or pony.
Skin Eruptions
Nero is t dean, stainless, penetrating
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antiseptic. oil that brings speeds- relief from
the Itching and discomfort.
Not only does this healing antiseptic oil
Promote rapid and healthy healing in oven
sores and wounds but bolls and simile
ulcers are also relieved.
In skin affeetlmlo the Itching of Enoema
is Quickly stooped. Pimples -skin erentione
dry no and scale off In a very few days.
The same le true of Barber's Eck. Salt
Rheum, Itching Toes and beet and other
Inflammatory skin disorders.
You can obtain Moono's Emerald 011 In
the original bottle at any modern drag
store. Satisfaction or money booty.
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"An important part of my diet ever since my first bottle
has been Crown Brand Corn Syrup. Now, that may be all
right for a little character like myself, but let me tell you,
these grown-ups sure are lucky what with Mom serving
them Crown Brand Corn Sytup with so many of their
dishes. And she uses it in her baking, too, as a sweetener.
I can llardly wait until I'm old
enough to have some hot waffles
or pancakes smothered with.
delicious Crown Brand. If it's
as good as it is in my cereal-
mmmmm 1"
For years doctors have recom-
mended the use of Crown Brand
Cora Syrup as a satisfactory carbo-
hydrate acting as a milk modifier
for bottle-fed infants.
CROWN BRAND
CORN SYRUP
THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY LTD.
MONTREAL - TORONTO
Also Manufacturers of Canada Corn Starch
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"1'll raise with a package of super -delicious -
Post's Grape -Nuts Flakes"
"OK, pal. That's a blue chip if T
ever 'saw one -speaking delici-
ously,.of course."
"And these malty -rich, honey -
golden Post's Grape -Nuts Flakes
are a whole stack of good nourish-
ment."
ourish-
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"A spadeful, of carbohydrates for
energy."
"And minerals for muscle and
growth and rich blood."
"Using two grains instead of one
in making 'Post's Grape -Nuts
Flakes is a pair that really pays off
-in double breakfast enjoyment
and rosy -cheek nourishment."
"Fellahs-I think I'll pop over
to the grocer's right now and buy
up enough Post's Grape -Nuts
Flakes for a full house,"
'LITTLE REGGIE
THE WEDDING MARCH 15,
;ABOUT TO START... REMEMBER
REGINALD, BE POISED !,
By Margarita