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The Seaforth News, 1948-08-05, Page 717, GREEN �f JTlNMS e 1, Gordon There's probably no more favor- able time of year than August for starting biennial or perennial flow- ers. This is chiefly because so much fresh seed is now 1 available, for freshness is a'4( most important factor. in obtain- ing good germin- ation for these two groups of plants. Seeds of biennials will germinate almost immediately after being gathered, unlike the seed of annual flowers which is generally better for being -stored a few months. * * * Pansies, sweet william, Canterbury 'bells, English daisies and foxgloves are all biennials easily grown; and seed sown now will provide young plants ready to be moved to garden locations in about two months. They will flower next year, but hollyhocks require two full years. * * * It is almost impossible to estimate the number of seeds or keys that will fall from even one maple tree in a single summer. And the seed- lings that grow from these seeds, and those of other trees such as the elm, add greatly to the gardener's task of weeding and cultivating. One of the places were they give a lot of trouble is around a hedge. Unless the tree seedlings are re- moved, your hedge can be ruined by them. When the seedlings are only two or three inches tall It is fairly easy to uproot them; but when they get past this stage there is little that can be done about them me cutting merely stimulates more vigorous growth. * * * Hach season a few new tools are introduced which even the experi- enced gardener welcomes. One such is a cutter -holder that can be used Inc gathering flowers and for light pruning. It is made of aluminum, is eighteen inches long, and can be used with one hand. A push lever, worked by the thumb, works the razor cutter and the holder at the other end. Stems are cut cleanly, lot crushed, which Is an advantage with such flowers as roses. * * * A combined hoe and cultivator is bandy in dealing with the inevitable weeds. One of the newer ones has ■ three -prong cultivator and a nar- row bladed hoe. Either tool can be brought into use by a flip of the wrist; and although quite light, it will do most of the weeding and cultivating in a fair-sized garden. * * Watering and fertilizing can be done at the same time with some of the new -type sprinklers. They fea- ture a glass container in which any soluble fertilizer, lawn weed killer or insecticide can be mixed with water. The sprayer may be used for watering only, if you so desire. * * * A new addition to the list of sprayers is one mounted on wheels with a boom on which three nozzles are mounted. This sprayer is used for applying 2, 4-D weed killers. It k simply filled, the tank pumped ftp, and wheeled back and forth over the lawn. * * * "Every time I go into a garden whert, the man or woman who owns It has a passionate love of the earth and of growing things, I find I have come home. In whatsoever land or clime or race, In whatsoever language, we apeak a common tongue; the everlasting process of earth bind us one, stronger than League or Covenant can ever bind" -Marion Cran. es New Arrivals -More than 200 Dutch immigrants had their first look at Toronto, when they arrived in Union Station en route to farms in Ontario. Left above, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hendrick Griffioen dig into the cookies offered by Ruth Barclay of the Red Cross Corps. The Griffioens are headed for Embro, Ont. At right, guarding the family possessions is young Walter van der Heijden from Beek En Donk, Holland. With the Movie And Radio Folks By Grace Sharp It's is rumored that Hollywood is getting ready to start a big anti - daylight saving campaign early next year. Movie bigwigs are convinced that shoving the clocks an hour ahead wrecks summer theatre at- tendances, and are said to be willing to spend plenty of money for lob- bying purposes. * * * Radio folks are having attendance troubles too. The big networks are having plenty of trouble getting big enough studio audiences for dram- atic, comedy or musical shows. What people want tickets for, these days, are the "give-away" programs where they will have a chance to win a refrigerator or some such. * * * A film version of Lloyd C. Doug- las's sensational best-seller, "The Robe" has long been expected and the latest word is that it will go into production shortly. Gregory Peck is slated .for the leading role with Joan Fontaine a strong probability for the feminine lead. It is to be a four million dollar affair, with Max- well Anderson doing the script. * * * Although the Rexall people are replacing Jimmie Durante with the Phil Harris- Alice Faye show, it did not take "Schnozzola" long to find another sponsor. He'll be on the air for Camel cigarettes again on Friday evenings. Most of the top-flight movie stars have been "ducking" television; but now that Ronald Coleman has talcen the plunge there will no doubt be plenty to follow his lead. Colman has signed up to do a series of 26 half-hour films that are to be made especially for television. Half the stories will be by Dickens, the others by Robert Louis Stevenson. * * * This happened while they were filming a scene for "Loser Take All" or anyway the publicity man says it did. In the scene Anna Lee fur- iously polishes her silverware to mask her agitation as she berates Edgar Buchanan for deserting her eight years before. It's a pathetic scene, all right, but when an assistant camerman broke down and wept, the director told him to get a grip on himself. "After all," he said, "it's just a pict- ure so don't take it so hard." "Why, I feel fine," said the camera man, "It's that I never could stand silver polish with amonia in it." CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 7. Parson who L Ready money brings bad e. Dervish's cap luck a. Incline &Stdll 1a. Drug -yielding 8. Vox plant 1e. Wind Matra - 19. Puss ment 14. Garment 11. Go 15. Variable star 14. Girt 18. Man's nick- name O. Shred 1. Guided . Porcupine 15. Copy 7. Aurora 8. Open court 2. Crevice 4. Go away e. Small bird 17. Study 88. Turmeric is. Excessively dem onstre.tly* 42. Faint 0. Extended ' 47., Ventured Works CFathereremony . Corrode Heroic . Vehicle on • runnera �I Crafty 81. Search DOWN ' L Mechanical 1 f pp�a�rtsi iemoua I. DD(laagen�e ' . nd`d1g) ot'ehipe 17. By 19. Paradise 88. Non-Scwlsh person 84. Opening 26. Deed 86. Golf instruc- tor 39. Kind of onion 80. Before 81. Luzon native 88. American humorist 84. Dowry S5. City In Oklahoma 37. Weege-ehaned 40. Brother 41. Goddesses of destiny 42. Plower con- tainers 48. Beetles 44. Pacific Leland tree 46. Measure 48. Canal in New York state 49. Array 61. Color 92. Pen Answer to .This Puzzle Will Appear Moat Week ui TABLE TALKS elavw .^ ndetivs. What are known as "low acid" vegetables, if improperly canned, are far more likely to spoil than fruits„ so it's of the utmost impor- tance to follow the rules with the greatest of care. General rules, cov- ering all the following varieties are - Use young and tender vegetables, and can them quickly while fresh. Wash them thoroughly but do not soak. When filling containers have vegetables as near boiling as possible. If the vegetables are to be packed in hot cooking liquid and there isn't enough of that liquid, use boiling water. Snap Beans Wash, trim ends, and cut into f- inch pieces. Cover with boiling wa- ter, and boil 5 minutes. Glass Jars: Pack hot to kf inch of top. Cover with hot cooking liq- uid. Leave if -inch head space. Add 14 teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 20 minutes, quarts 25 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure (240 deg. F.). Beets Cut off tops, leaving taproot and 1 inch of stem. Cover with boiling water; boil 15 to 20 minutes, or until skins slip easily. Skin and trim. Can baby beets whole; medium4or large beets cut in 4 -inch slices, halved or quartered, if necessary. Glass Jars: Pack hot to % inch of top. Cover with boiling water. Leave 54 -inch head space. Add teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 25 minutes, quarts 55 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. Carrots Wash, scrape and slice or dice. Cover with boiling water, and boil 5 minutes. Glass Jars: Pack hot to % inch of 'top. Cover with hot cooking liquid. Leave 4 -inch headspace. Add tablespoon salt to pints; 1 tea- spoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pint jar 20 minutes, quarts 25 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. • Whole Kernel Corn Shuck, silk and wash. Cut corn from cob. Add 1 pint of boiling water to each quart of corn. Heat to boiling.' Glass Jars: Pacic hot to 1 inch of top, dividing hot cooking liquid among the jars. Leave 1 -inch head space. Add ' teaspoon salt to pints; M3UU.'©rg®W®' ©D+�i UGEra ''- G ©©®;fr WWD wgiri7w©©'li.-UWfALea MU/1210 EAGIU1512111113tI GILD i 1 �+� !J ; i ';tpW®®V u0G` �1211;110k,i,^ DMZ rr2-7r' ya-�i))�j��ii r �[45 y1121r ri y}►y 1liialac4i tel cl(1.p''� Yr J V."IhS � t®g0®©i40 CI©®0® 1por1 1✓ Figr LIf J JF ©v® Answer to Last Week's Puzzle 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 55 minutes, quarts 65 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. Green Peas Shell and wash. Cover with boil- ing water. Bring to boil. Glass Jars: Pack hot to 1 inch of top. Cover with boiling water. Leave 1 -inch head space. Add '4 teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pint and quart jars 40 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. Summer Squash Wash; do not peel. Trim ends, and cut into 4 -inch slices, halved or quartered to make uniform -sized pieces. Add just enough water to cover; b ting to a boil. Glass Jars: Pack hot to r/a inch of top. foyer with hot cdoking liq- uid. Lekes 4 -inch head space. Add teadioon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 30 minutes, quarts 40 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. New, - And All Of Them Useful Self -Powered Telephone. Although primarily designed for use on oil - tankers, or in plants making explo- sives or chemicals where standard phones present hazards, this tele- phone can be used as a communica- tion system on farms and to provide service in isolated districts where commercial power is not available. Will talk and ring up to a distance of 20 miles. Aluminum Identification Cards. You can prove who you are beyond a doubt as these featherweight alum- inum cards carry all important identifying data, including the bear- er's photograph and signature. Space also provided for complete physical description, as well as addresses and telephone numbers. Useful when cashing checks, establishing credit or in emergencies. Personal Protectograph, Designed to make scientific check protection available to private individuals as easily as to business firms. Oper- ates like its full-sized counterpart, shredding check amount into fiber in indelible ink, making alteration impossible without destroying entire encck. Rat Water Trap. For thousands of years rats have been lured with food, until they're food -wary. But they always need water, sometimes desperately. This new trap, made of rust proof metal, takes advantage of this need. It can also be used with conventional food bait. Heat Saving Screen. New fireplace screen has venetian -blind -type glass louvers and is claimed to eliminate smoke and triple the amount of heat radiated into the room. Plastic Car Lens. Amber fog lens for automobile headlights made of plastic. Suction cup holds the de- tachable lens in place. Fan Lamp. Combination fan and floor lamp with the electric fan con- cealed within the shade of the lamp. H oN.IcLEs ; 4:^INR ' t La hla �tYn emz,el-dottc\.e P. C a .e This is Sunday, and after dinner Partner and I were all set for a nice, quiet afternoon -which we both needed. We had it -for about half-an-hourl After that brief period of peace, Tippy barked, voices shout- ed, and cows moo -ed and bellowed. The boys were both away so Part- ner -ran out in slipperless feet to see what it was all about, and I soon followed. We found all our cows out in the front hayfield from whence, if they were not prevented, they could wander on to the road. Either they had managed to nose open the gate themselves or some- one had left it open. John, going by in his car saw what had hap- pened, so he and his chum drove in and were busy chasing the cows when we heard them. Once the cows were back in the yard Partner took over and drove them back to the bush pasture where they be- longed. But would they stay there? Not a bit of it. "That alfalfa in the hayfield tasted pretty good," they thought. "Perhaps we could snitch another feed." So, hopefully, down the lane they came again, but when they found the gate shut ... oh'my, such bawling you never heard. Of course it wasn't long before Partner was out again and he and Tippy chased them up the back lane once more. • * * * Presently I said to myself - "Those cows will never stay there; they will keep up that bawling all the afternoon and there will be no peace for anyone." So here I am, sitting on a tree stump in the pasture, herding the cows. That way, Partner, at least, will get a little peace. Twice since I have been sitting here the cows have made a bee -line for the gate but each time I got there first. * * * It is nice up here; in fact, it is no real hardship to stay here at all - except that it tree stump is not the softest thing in the world to sit on. The view is lovely -trees and fields and farm houses nestling here and there until the scenery as a whole merges into the background of "The Mountain" and the dark green of its evergreens. Not only that but as far as the eye ran see there is wheat -ripe, rich and golden, all just abo It ready for the binder - and still standing straight and tall. That is what we are so thankful for -it could so easily have been flattened by wind or heavy rain0�r which would have meant so much more work for the farmers -and aq much loss for their pockets. Last Friday we had a wonderful rain -- it did much good to the gardens and yet no harm to the crops. * * * Right where I am sitting is all that remains of our bush -twenty- six trees in all -and under the shade of its elms and oaks the cows are now standing around peacefully chewing their cud. Laurence is the only one lying down and taking life easy! Ah, now they are heading this way again . . . excuse me a minute while I change their minds for them. Thank you , . . that's better. Just imagine, by the time this column is printed my friend will have arrived front England. That is, if she doesn't' get cold feet at the last minute -and I don't think she will. Thirty long years since we have seen each other -and thirty years is a long time for friendship to survive by correspondence, es- pecially when even our letters have been haphazard and irregular. And yet, in spite of that, we have always been so sure of each other, always knowing that each would be wel- come at the home of the other should the opportunity arise. We were the kind of friends who could sit for hours, if we felt like it, and never say a word. We used to scrap occasionally but I cannot recall a serious quarrel at any time -there were never "hurt" feelings because this or that was said. It is going to be fun watching Cicely's reactions to Canadian life. Like most English people she has entirely wrong ideas about life on this side of the water. She is very excited about the trip. Every few days I get an airmail letter with original illustrations of herself fly- ing, or the two of us meeting at Matlon airport. Neither of us has ever mentioned any possible risk coming by air. After all, why think of it, when the proportion of acci- dents is so slight. I would imagine the odds for getting killed are far greater when driving a car through Sunnyside between five and six o'clock at night! "Suicide Stretch," one of our friends calls it. Co -Stars With Mother -Although she is only seven weeks old Candice Briskin acts like a veteran as she poses for her first picture with her movie star mother, Betty Hutton. Miss Hutton is the wife of Ted Briskin, camera manufacturer. They have another daughter, Lindsay Diane,. 20 months. PENNY By Harry Haenigsen 4a4w4i1;01.;