HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-06-11, Page 2?LANNING THIS SUMMER'S CANNING
BY MARGARET E., LEE,,
+ ' . Sernetimes I 'h'ave looked into the
tired faces a£ farm •women gathered.
g
fora canning demonstration and wan-
dered if it would not be better to urge
them to can less and rest more,
When I knew that many a cellar
held a surplus of Fanned fruit and
when I realized'that improved meth-
ods of storage and shipping, are daily
bringing fresh fruit and vegetables
nearer our market and purse, I felt
that wise planning should be used by
of us in the quantity and kinds of
Fruit, vegetables and meat canned.
So last year I read very carefully
the .bulletin sent out by our extension
service. It told the quantity of fruit
awe vegetables necessary to feed a
'Fancily of given size throughout the
winter months.
I surely wanted to feed my family
,to keep them in the best possible
',health. Andwith three small boys
rnd a baby girl the time I had to
pickle and can would have to be used
'very carefully.
First, I' considered the location of
our farm. We are near two. large
markets, although it is not always
sprofitable to'run to town with one
urplus crate of cherries or tomatoes.
eowever; I decided to canonly a iea-
onable quantity of each fruit or vege-
table and try to market fresh all the
}surplus. The money obtained from
telling these fresh products should be
used to buy oranges, grapefruit,
!grapes, lemons and bananas to sup-
plement my canned fruit and my let-
tuce, early radishes, sweet potatoes,
early tomatoes and cucumbers. .
Secondly, I thought of the vege-
tables and fruit that•will keep without
the extra labor of drying or canning.
We have apples. These I would keep
upstairs. Pears we had until Christ-
mas and. grapes picked and kept cold
lasted long after the vines were frost-
ed. Tomatoes ripened in the south
windows when the air was full of
frost. Onions, cabbage, turnips, beets,
carrots and squash we had to store.
DOESN'T PAY TO GAN MEAT.
Lastly, I slipped paper and pencil
just inside laity cupboard doer. Every
time I made some jelly oe canned ar
pickled Sereething I s'et down. Now,
I thought, I shall use my called goods
freely this winter and supp.eseent
with fresh. Then next year I will
Know better now much Or each
lety we can be expected to use. The
extension service can help by telling
me how much of each ie required by
the .average individual.
leluch has been said of canned meat
for the farm women. No doubt in
some cases it may :be desirable and
economical. Personally I prefer to
have a fresh killed chicken than to
can them with the extra labor :and
chance of "loss. .Beef I have seen pur-
chased by the quarter imd canned at
one of my neighbors. When the cost
of canning was figured carefully the
few certs saved would hardly pay.
And nothing was allowed for labor
involved.
We brine and smoke pork in the
old-fashioned way to help out our
fresh -meat supply. Eggs we use free-
ly. We hope to have a snial•1 hotbed
that will extend our season of fresh
vegetables. I believe labor can be
used in growing earlier and later vege-
tables rather than canning a heavy
midseason supply. •
This year, when I begin to can, .I
shall inventory ley supply. All last
year's surplus will be used first. I
shall try to can more of some things
next year and fewer of others,
There are, no doubt, localities where
families are poorly fed in winter be-
cause of neglect in canning the sum-
mer surplus. But there are many,
many farm women with an already
overfull day. I shall can both to save
our pocketbook and our health, but I
shall. try to plan my canning carefully.
And I' think that my family will be
better fed by using more fresh fruit
and vegetables.
I shall feel free to use all I want of
my stored supplies, secure in the
lmowledge that what was used freely
last year cannot fail me badly this
year.
1.1.1111
OUR LITTLE TOT'S ENSEMBLE.
While mother and big sister are
enjoying their ensembles the little
girl will be happy to have this clever
ensemble just to her liking. The
bloomer dress is developed in wash-;
able crepe which also lines the coat.1
The little frock, No. 1005, is of simple'
kimono style with tucks on the shoal- ,
ders. The round collar and bateau
neck lend themselves to the present
vogue, that daughter's dress must in
some measure resemble mother's. The
raglan sleeve in No. 1097 makes the
construction of the coat very easy and
the fitting assured. The notched esee
,the
and turned -back cuffs give our lit-
tle miss a tailored finish that pleases
the mother in these days of "Prince
of Wales" .narks. - Cut in sizes 1, 2,
4 and 6 years. Size 2 years requires
2% yards of 36-inoh material for the
bloomer dress and 2 yards for the
coat. Price 20c each.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS..
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and . size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
atelnps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number,- and
,address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
return maid
Competition.
"And didn't you even look .through
the keyhole?" said Teddy's big deter,
who had offered him a dime If he
would stay away from the parlor while
her beau was there.
"Naw,e replied Te 1
� cads. I didn't
have a ehasice. Man an'a
b was hi, the
SV"y."
Easy Beadwork.
Stringing beads for the popular
crocheted bead necklaces and purses
is a tedious task on account of the
many beads with centres too small to
go over a needle or knot.
I have seen various ways suggested
for doing this. part of the.. task, but
here is a method that is easier and
!quicker than any way I have yet no-
ticed, and I will pass it on for the
benefit of those who are interested in
such work.
Fray the end of the thread you wish
to transfer the beads to so as to make
it tapering, then pull ore of the short
strings of beads out -of-the bunch in
which theycame and lap one end of•
this string about an inch over on, the
taperin d of the other thread.
;SIN la;,ped threads to-
gether over a little piece of beeswax
until they are united and smooth.
The beads may be easily. Blipped
over this joining—e'en the small ones.
When they are all off the short thread
it can be quickly twitched off the
other thread and another little string
of beads waxed on.
By following this simple method "I
have found that two or three thou-
sand beads can be strung in a short
time. -A. V.. B.
Old Order is Upset by New
Picnic Plan.
Did you ever go to a picnic where
everybody brought hard-boiled eggs,
and some vitamin fiend in the crowd
was so disturbed that someone had to
drive to town to get• !nod to balance
the ration?
If picnickers this summer will fol-
low this plan they will find it suited
to picnics and meetings of all sizes,
whether in or out of doors.
The main idea of this plan is to
supply each family with a simple
menu or list of the food to be taken
to the gathering. Each menu is the
same and can be sent with the invita-
tion or announcement of the affair.
Each family brings its own silverwa.r
and at lunch time the food is assem-
bled and each person helps himself in
cafeteria style.
This method will eliminate several
evils of the old system. For instance,
under the old system if Mrs. James,
who was to bring all the potato salad,
and Mrs. Hodge, who was to furnish
the cold tongue, fail to come at the
last moment, the party has to get
along as best it can with Mrs, Death's
hard-boiled eggs and Miss Sweet's
lemonade. Under the new system
each family brings enough of all four
dishes for its own members, and it
doesn't matter if everyone don't come.
Preserving Eggs.
Poultry specialists tell us that the
spring and summer eggs are the best,
for -packing. They will k•esp better
than eggs produced later in the year.
To preserve them in water glass;
mix thoroughly one and a half quarts
of commercial water glass solution,
which May be obtained at any drug
store, with eighteen quarts of boiled
water. Pack clean eggs in an earthen
ware jar. Two six-gallon, or three
four -gallon jars are sufflcient to pre-
serve thirty dozen eggs. Cover the
eggs with the water glass solution
Until the solution is at least two
inches above the tops of the eggs.
Covet the jars to prevent evaporation,
and keep in a cool place,
Joint 111 Will Talcs its Toil,
Try and stop the losses. Colts are
valuable. Joint ill, is a ;robber that
call he frustrated by etieeful' n7ethocle.
';lop'enic etil.ptpcoeci are believed
to be responnihee for 50 >per cent~ ofi
all joint ill cedes. JJ
ui.
X3 o lG2as 'zGe�xia�t�lt.idas . ctpu•i are • res-
ponsible for 2'0 per cent. of all "joint`
l ;eases.'
1)-1 xl1ese two types of bacteriaain
entrance to animalg
the body soon after
birth by way of the recently ruptured
navel cord,
Bacillus coni comvt,unio is also res
possible'for 20 pe`' cent., -of ,ell joint
ill cases. This ane gains entrance'te
the animal's body -either through in -j
jestion at the time of missing or by.
way of the navel cord.
Ea iti s ccbort2t,s equi is responsible
for about 10 per cent'•of all cases. It
gains entrance to the foal's body be-
fore birth. .
Treatment 'I•Iygienia "siirri%ut%d n 4;
for the prospective mothete Havead-!
ministered the anti -joint -ill serum as
soon as the foal is born. Have rhe'.
navel attended to by applinations of `
astringent dressing powder or:tinc-
ture of iodine .until it is cornpletelyw
dry. Dirty hands usually carry mil -t
lions of the above named .bacteria.1
Don't touch the raw navel corawith!
hands. The navel cord should not bte
ligated unless there is serious ;linin -i
orrhage or previous urachus , Some!'
forms are heavily infested with`"the
bacteria causing the iroubia and,. the!.
greatest care is required to . prevent
infection. Extensive use is; being
made of Polyvalent vaccines and ene-
terins to prevent the trouble_in Great
Britain. Pregnant mares are in cted
for three or four months bey- the
foal is born and the foal treated with
polyvalent serum at birth. •
Preventative treatment is surely.
worth while, evhen it will save a colt
that has normally cost you '$50, to pro-
duce.
Sweet Cloyor Meal :and Alfalfa.
Mori fort Hogs, •
To .determine the value of alfalfa
. BY JENNY WREN,
TRE LESSON OE THE FLOWERS
and sweet plover meat in the meal M-
elon of geowleg growing hogs durthg' the fmisb
s
infa. period end to compare sweet
clover meal, .alfalfa 'awe. and .a .stance
daxd meal ration as to economy of
gains, a test was made at the Central
Experimental Fenn in the winter of
1924. According to the xcpot•t of the
Dominion Animal Husbandman, the
suppiementieg of a well-balancedmeal
ration with alfalfa meal or sweet
clover meal in this test gave greeter
gains at an increased cost. Sweet
clover meal was slightly sailperior to
alfalfe meal, and both improved the
Health, '.thrift, and general appear-
ance of the hogs. Fed at the rate of
one pound to $.8 peunds,of the stan-
dard meal ration, neither proved scan-
omieal for the feeding of hogs finish-
ed at. 170: to 200' pounds.
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Oats, Peas and Vetch Silage
Compared With Corn Silage.
Experiments to find the comparative
value of corn silage, and a silage com-
posed of oats, peas and vetch were
continued at the Central Experi-
mental Farm in the winter of 1924.
From these experiments it may be
concluded that oats, peas and vetch
silage is almost the equal of corn sil
age as a feed. On account of its com-
parativly low tonnage per acre, how-
ever, it is not so economical a crop to
grow. The details of the experiments
are given in the report of the Do-
minion Animal Husbandman, distri-
buted by the Publications Branch of.
the• Dominion Department of . Agri-
culture.
A Hard Job.
The Skipper—"This boat makes fif-
teen knots an hour."
The Girl—"Who unties them?"
A DOMINION DAY JAFIBOREE
BY BEATRICE PLUMB.
Why not celebrate the. First of •July, red, 'white and blue ribbon. After
with a neighborhood jamboree? Wel they have written against each num-
a lot .of fun if all the families in your her the sizes guessed, ask them to
community pack a picnic sepeese and eign their name and turn the Paper
eat together under the trees "while ill for judging.
you rest up between an afternoon of
games and an evening of dancing.
The young folks will be sure -VS want
to dance, and Dad and Mother will
enjoy it if there are plenty of;old-
•time square dances mixed in.
Let the boys have a "bawl" game of
their own. The prize -a baby pacifier
or an all -day sucker—goes tothe boy
who can bawl in the most realistic
fashion and for the longest time.
The girls can compete in the "run -
Your invitations may be written en Hing high squeal." They toe the line
white note paper with a small Union and run to the tape as in, regular
Jack or picture of . Tack. Canuck races. But here they all stop and
stuck to theoutside page. On the squeal. The girl who can squeal high -
left -hand inside page of your invite est, wins a prize.'
tion write a patriotic verse. On the "Standing high jump" is for the
opposite page write the necessary di- youngsters. Prepare plenty of dough-
rections, such as .place; time and ape- nuts and tie to each a long length of
cial events of picnic. string. The doughnuts are then tied
Select some, shady spot.for your , low branches of a:' tree or. tight-
iiic, with a levelstr �tt�h•.of :7,ras relied wire. Each child chooses
it u .
races and dancing and ,a spring or ;a.•�,d�vdoughnitt and the' umpire strings It
well not too. far -away. Coax souniiupjust out of its owners reach, so he
dependable man to dress up like. Jack' 'n lust jump. to take a bite. A. picnic
Canuck and be chaster of ceremonies. i plate is given to each child in which
Now you are ready to plan the pro -Ito. catch not only the crumbs but usu-
gram. Let" the men help you plan. i ally the.falling doughnut as well. The
Some real athletic contests are always prize goes to the one who eats his
fun—a three-legged race, egg -andel doughnut- first. Every crumb must
spoon race, or a sack race, but sprinkle be licked off the plate and not once
in enough fakes to make it interesting; must the doughnut be touched with
far the entire party,the hands. A skipping rope makes
The big feature of the afternoon f an egeellent prize for a girl, a bounc
will be an informal ball game, men ing ball.'.for a boy.
against women, the men to bat left - 1 While this is going on, line up the
handed. . . I'men. for the "standing broad grin."
Guessing contests keep things lively. On the word "grin" every man does
Here is one to try: Line up ten wo- I his' best while the women . judges go
men of various heights and sizes 'and 1 around measuring the different widths
let the nieu guess what size shoes each' with tape :measures. Present the win -
woman takes. Then line up the men! Tier • with a flag -decorated little card
and have the women guess what size on which you have pasted the chorus
hat and collar each wears. Hang' of `"There are smiles that malco you
around the neck of each .exhibit a I happy.".
different number instead of name. For , T.o provide music for dancing, there
some inexplainable reason -this "fuss is always ,the phonograph which can
es" them. Give each guesser a slip be curried in the car to your open-air
of paper and a pencil decorated with dance floor.
Striking illustration of the fritinlph of svvill 'over playsicei handicap is
this street w o rl. .
o el in rrsiidon.- With one-eand'he'iaccxvow designswhich have
won universal acclaim trona critics,
1 "What a, peetty little girl!"
This remade had . so often reached
little Nettie•, Guard's ears that she
began to realise that' it must be a
truth, aed to feel rather disappoints
ed when sibs failed to hear it, Then;
instead of playing with other cnil-
dren, she would strut up and down
before them like a little peacock, as
though, expecting them to vein -lire her.
She never passed a looking glass
without taking a sly peep, and often,
when alone, would stand a long time
before her mirror, admiring her own
reflection. Nettie forgot that it is the
expression which gives to a face its
greatest beauty, and at last grew more
proud and disdainful.
One day, in the middle of summers-
she
ummeryshe wandered eff alone into the woods,
and throwing herself down by the
side of a clear; running brook, on the
cool, green grass, she leaned over to
find her own face reflected In the
water. Then she took off her hat,
and the long, golden curls fell about it.
Her head felt very hot to -day, and
her cheeks burned. She .would have
liked to bathe them both; but she was
fearful of disarranging her hair, so
she lay still, looking in the brook and
idly dreaming. Presently she saw
tripping up beside her, the tiniest
little creature her eyes had ever :be-
held.
She was dressed all in green, and
was scarcely taller than one of the
blades of grass.
Nettie opened her eyes very wide.
All her life-long she had had the
greatest desire to see a fairy. This
tiny creature could be nothing less. 1
"Good morning, Nettie!" she said,
in clear, distinct tones, though very
low and musical. . I
"Good afternoon!" answered Nettie,'
not the least frightened, only very
much amazed.
"True, it is afternoon!" replied the
fairy, laughing; "but with usitis
always morning. Will you not come
and take a little walk with -me?"
Nettie sprang to her feet, delight-
ed. How much taller she was than
the fairy! She tossed her head, too,
that she might see the golden gleam
on her long, floating curls, but the
tossing hurt her, for her head ached
sadly, and the fairy took no notice. I
Soon Nettie, for the moment, forgot
herself, as she found -herself in a most
beautiful garden, filled with exquisite
flowers. •
Over one large, superb blossom Net-
tie bent, delightedly, bet raised her
head in disappointment. The odor it
gave forth was positively disagree-
able.
"Oh! Why do you have this in your
garden?" she cried. - • I.
"Is it not handsome?" questioned
the fairy, in answer. 1
"Yes; but that is alp seised `Nettie.!:
This time :Wee smiled.'
r ext : time- the . e ger ie Aped be-
fore a cluster of • roses. How very
beautiful they were, and full of frag-
rance, too! No wonder that they rear-
ed up their heads so proudly, as
though asserting themselves' queens.
of the garden. Their petals were wet
with dew, which shone like diamonds
on their soft, velvety surface of crim-
son and gold.
"May I pluck one?" asked Nettie,
and, on receiving permission, eagerly
extended her little hand, but as quick-
ly drew it back, torn and bleeding.
The thorns had hurt et cruelly---so1
cruelly that tears sprang to her blue
eyes, and she turned away with quiv-
ering Hp.
Next, she saw a lovely mass of blos-
som. Delighted, she ran toward lkw,
but the tiny figure at her side drew
her back.
"Po not go near it," she said; "it
is 'poison,"
Nettie shuddered,
"Why do you let it grow?" she ask-
ed again.
"it is beautiful to the eye, is At'
not?" the .#airy said. "alt's. is
qualities are hidden."
Nettie walked on in silence, Sud -1
deny the whole air became_laden with'
.sweetest fragrance. Where could it
come from. She looked about her, butt
the,beauty of the garden lily behind(
her. She could find no majestic planta
no queen -rose with its thorn -armor.'
When had she smelt anything so de
licious? The atmosphere was almost
intoxicating in it sweetness.
She looked at the fairy entreating-
ly, and in answer she pointed to the
ground.
Nettie stopped, and there, under her
very feet, with their sweetness crush-
ed out by her tread, all hidden under
their green leaves, were myriads ofj
violets. "
Overjoyed by her discovery, the lit-
tle girl filled her hands, but no thorns,
pricked her, and ail the delicate, ex=
quisite fragrance remained,
"They are the loveliest things in all
the garden!" she exclaimed. "And
you keep them hidden here?"
"Nay! nay!" replied the fairy.'
"They hide themselves. The rarest'
thing in flowers, as in humanity, does'
•
not find it necessary to grow on tall'
stems, or flourish their virtues, but to
remember that they are but parts of
a great creation, and, abashed by their)
J
own insignificance, leave it for others
to discover their charm.
"The violet, in its nest of green,
should be the type of childhood ,in its
modest purity. It needs no thorn to
protect it, no poisonous exhalation to
make it shunned, no disagreeable odor:
to teach us 'that its beauty goes no
further than the face. From the mo -1
ment that it'springs into :birth, untill
its little life is ended, it lives a lesson.)
Keep these you have gathered, myj
child, and remember that if God has
given you beauty,' the beauty of the
face is like the poison plant, to be
shunned and avoided, without there isj
added the beauty of the soul."
With these words the airy vanish-
ed, and Nettie found herself againoni
the banks of the .stream and rubbing
her eyes as though she had been:
asleep.
Where were her violets.? Her fingers
were empty, but the subtle fragrance
still lingered. Her .head was hot and
burning, too, and it was with effort
that she rose and walked home.
When she reached there, her moth-
er looked very anxiously at her burn-
ing cheeks, and Nettie . was glad tot
get into the cool little bed prepared!
for her.
Poor little girl! It was the begin
ping of a long illness, and whenshe
recovered, ail her beautiful hair had
been shaved closeto her head; but
Nettie did not regret it as she would
once have done, and when she grew.
strong and wellagain, every one no
ticed the great change in her. Every]•
one loved her, and soon her little play-
mates began to think how pretty Net i
tie had grown.; but it was her un-
selfishness and thoughtfulness for
others which lent to her beauty its
chiefest charm.
She knew now that she had been
only dreaming that day by the brook, •
but she never forgot the lesson of
the flowers.
War on House Flies Urged.
"Now or never" should be the motto
of every housewife in these balmy
days in regard to killing houses flies,
one of the most •annoying, disagree-
able, and unsanitary• household in-
sects, and a carrier of typhoid fever
and ether diseases.
On the farm, most of the flies breed
around the barns. This fact can be
capitalized in poisoning them. An
effective poison can be made and paint-
ed or swabbed on the side of the barn.
Flies will then be killed in enormous
quantities. A good poison can be made
for this purpose by mixing one table-
spoonful of lead arsenate, white arse-
nic, or Paris green with one pint of
syrup.
Ply traps are also effective if the
proper bait is used. The most attrac-
tive bait for a fly trap is bread and
milk sightly sweetened With sugar.
Of all the poisons for killing flies
formaldehyde is probably the best of
all. By diluting a cup of milk with a
cup of water, sweetening with a little
brown sugar, and adding two table-
spoons of ordinary commercial forinal-
dehyde, a very attractive and highly
poisonous dope is made, for flies, but it
should be kept away from children.
An effective self-feeding poisoner
can bo'made by filling a glass tumbler
full of this same poison, then placing
a piece of blotting paper on a saucer
rand inverting the saucer over the tum-
bler, and finally, holding the saucer
down tightly, quickly turning the tum-
bler over. The solution will gradually
feed out into the saucer.
To remove paint from plows, culti-
vator shovels, and all new implements
before using, nothing is better than
scrubbing with strong hot lye water.
An old broom can be used. Don't get
the lye water on the hands, or on the
paint of the implement --just on the
shovels,
Patchwork Designs.
The patchwork designs that are just
now so much used for decorating cush
ions, curtains and table runners, as
well as aprons and tub dresses, offer
wonderful opportunities for .the de-
veloping of ingenuity and skill in the
children.
Pieces from the scrap bag furnish
material. At first it is best to use a
paper pattern and carefully follow
directions, using a very plain and
simple design such as a cat; goose or
large flower.
When. the child has learned to cut
out the, design, baste back the edges
neatly and sew it smoothly to the gar-
ment, it is good practice to begin mak-
ing designs of'her own. These should
first be drawn on paper, Then pat-
terns must be cut. Older persons than
children find this interesting.
Green and White Salad.
This toothsome salad is available ter
nearly every family that hiveson the
farni and will prove to be an appe-
tite coaxer.
Two cups cottage cheese, 2 tbsp,
minced sweet onions, S ed.
cup minc
watercress,
The young onions of the garden may
also be used. Blend' these ingredients
well and form patties and serve on a
lettuce leaf. A dash of paprika im-
proves it.
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The element of feed that you pay
for in buying dairy feeds is protein -e
used for building muscle and for mak-
ing the curer of milk. Protein' is the
most expensive, part of the dairy cotv's'
ration. Alfalfa hay contains lots of
protein, and if you feed alfalfa, you
can cut diswe your feed dealer's bills.
• Ile who relies upon "luck" in the
care of hens has missed his calling.
Success' does nob depend upon ?uck.
The foundation of success lies in
the breeding stock,