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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-06-25, Page 70. PUTTING' UP STRAWBERRIES BY LUCILE A, DAY. Strawleerriee licep their, Calor, flavor, .i and texture1 ;;.i; when canned with a large •amount r,;° sugar, al- though they, may he eucssessfelly eerie ¢ ned with a smaller nmol..,,, . sea v,ith no sugar at all. After trying various ressepes I. cave selected the best for my pe17man., ,t cook -book. I have four?d that strasee berries can be successfully canned by. the .open-kett'-e method; The fruit must be in first-class condition, espe- cially wheel but' 'little sugar is used. Hot fruit' must be canned in hot: steril- ized, airtight jars, and cold fruit in cold' sterilized jars. We have found the pint jars best for a family of six or fess. • • The entire cooking processe should be brisk. Time of cooking is front be- ginning of actual boiling. From. twelve. to fifteen minutes' cooking gives the best results. The best recipes call for one pound of sugar to one pound of berries. If you have no scales, use' approximately two cupfuls of sugar to three cupfuls of berries. ' Broad, flat bottomed cooking uten- sils of granite or'aluniinum ware are best.,. for. the purepese. Do not eooi. Snore than one-half gallon of ibeeries at •a ,time in one vessel. In order to retain their color.,. wish berries be- fore hulling. Storeyour rr:.t in a dark place -cover each far with a paper hag, or store the jars : in the boxes in ,which they are shipped. IiERE ARE''TIIE i:ECiPES. My Favorite Canned Strawberries:. Wash and hull berrie3 and toe each pound of fruit add one pound of sugar. Let stand 15 minutes. Then place over'. the fire and- boil briskly_ for 15 minutes. Remove and can at once in hot -Sterilized air -tight jars. Canned thus the berries will not 'rise to the top ..and there will be little surplus juice. Froth -.a crate of berries- • last season I. had left only one and one - .half of juice. Strawberry Preserves: To each cupful of washed •arid hulled berries add a scant cupful of sugar. Let sten(' 15 minutes, then place over the fire and boil briskly for five minutes. Re- move from fire and with. a skimmer ladle• carefully lift out rill the berries. Do not try pouring the whole mass into 'a colander to ,drain or the berries will be hopelessly mashed. Set juice back over fire and continuecoking until it thickens, Carefully returnthe berries to the jelly like juice and boil up again for from three to five min- utes • according to the quantity el. juice removed from the berries, Be- e:ewe from the fire and when entirely cord l;ut into cold sterilized jars and cover wtli melted -paraffin. If proper- ly prepared tli•e.- slin,a'1d be, a jelly- like mass and equal' (in Aver .:eta color) the famous sun•preserved ber- ries whl& are so much trouble to prepare. Strawberry Jani: Inferior berries can bo used in the jana; the larg, er and better berries can be sorted out for the preserves. Mash thoroughly and. washeand hulled berries with a` d wooden potato -masher. To two cup^e full of pulp add one .cupful of sugar.. Set•over the fir, and boil briskly Tor 15'minutes. Pour while bot ii;;to het sterilized d ;mar's. Tf to be ;is'd foe pierri or Shortcake, even Leos sugar may be cried;,. for since the berries ate sof" thoroughly meshed, there is no danger of 'their coming to the top. Canned Strawberries With a srciall'. armpit of sugar. are put up by this method: To two quarts of we hcd an'. hulled berries ie.s add two cups uls of Bugler. Set over the ,'ire -3.nd boil brisk- ly foe tee minute:Li Seal in hot steril- :hied jars. Celled tl ue the berries will. , b•3 evenly d... s....inited, 1. the juice and are excellent for ies, shortcakes and fruit salad. Canned Strawberries Without Sugar: Wasli and hull and put on to cook without. any Yate4• except that vrhich clings from ,. as'airg. After reaching the boiling point bail brisk- ly frit three minutes. Can in hot sterilized jars. The juice. will be sur- prisinglythick, and eller •and' flavor good. L:ft•over juices can be calmed for fruit drinks, or made into jelly by the use of the commercial pectin which you` canbuy in any grocery store; o'r rhubarb juice can be added in the pro- portion of one cupful to two cupfuls „of burry juice. To Cure Ivy Poisoning. This' is ivy -poison season for both the barefoot country youngsters and the city eliff-dwellers who camp and hike in the.open. Victims of the pest try the old-time remedies, one -after another, in their: efforts to relieve the painful irritation of ivy poisoning. Experiments and tests of 'recent dates throw much doubt on the value of most of these old "cares:' which in- clude lime, sulphur, hypo; bluestone, jewelweed;`: milkweed, plantain,: mint and grindelia. ' A new -remedy which `has given relief through different' trials is 'strong soap, hot water and a stiff •scrubbing -brush. A cold-hearted scientist 'says the value of most ` old- time- remedies ld-time=remedies is imaginary, and their reputation is gained from, the fact that ivy poisoning.. runs its course, heals, and the remedy last used is given credit for the cure: "It is well established," he asserts,' "that the poisonous property of ivy is a non-volatile oil which penetrates the skin and the underlying tissues,,pro- during intense irritation and much in- flammation. Few .persons are entirely immune to poison -ivy and yet com- paratively few suffer severely from it. The poison is contracted by contact with the ivy or with other objects which have bruslied through it -such as shoes or clothing, animals,. tools or sticks. `There is little' or no basis for the belief that=wind carries the poisonous oil and the susceptible per - dons contract poison by merely pass- ing a clump of ivy. "The best cure for. ivy poisoning is a very simple one and it is based on the relation of the skin' irritation to the oilpoisor. The oil can not be re moved with ordinary soap and water,. but it can be washed off the.skin by thoroughly scrubbing, with very hot water and strong laundry soap. "Even after the irritation has start- ed and the small pustules or blisters have appeared (indicating penetra- tion of the oil into the skin) virtually all the irritating oil can be removed by scrubbing. ° The water should• be ata hot as possible and the soap used should bo,a strong laundry type con- taining considerable ' free alkali. A. .., piece of pumice -stone or a stiff brush is a valuable aid, and -several wash- ings should be given the infected parts of the body. "Susceptible persons will find.:, that after exposure to danger prompt and thorough scrubbing of all exposed skin win readily remove, the oil poison before it has had time eeq penetrate." A solution combining -Cine teaspoon- ful of salt and one pint of water is also recommended. After exposure wash hands and wrists thoroughly with this so'utiona Throw tine away, prepare the solution again and wash the face, especially around the eyes There are skims so sensitive as to, be -affected by Contact with tomato plants, and the weaves of verbena and rose geranium. Try the remedies suggest- !ed ter counteracting these poisons. The Ten Chief Points in Canning. The aim in home canning should be a palatable product with a minimum of spoilage. The following sugges- tions are made to further this. end: 1. Be sure the product to be can- ned is fresh and free from spoilage. "Two hours -from the garden to the can" is a good slogan. 2. Wash carefully and thoroughly to remove all traces of soil.' 3. Pre-cooking shrinks., the product so the' cans pack better. Get it into the ceetajner as hot : es possible and place 'immediately in the hot canner. This decreases the.. time required for the material in the can to heat through., • 4, Either tin . or glass:: containers may be used successfully Glass con- tainers heat -up more slowly, and when these are used the time should be increased. Unless flied. boiling hot and sealed immediately, tin cans should be exhausted to remove air. 5. Process fruits and acid vege tables, as tomatoes, or vegetables can - .ed with acid, as pickled beets, in a water -bath canner. Ally vessel. hold- ing sufficient water to cover the tops of the jars can be used for this. Count time from when the.. water starts t i. boil. 6. Process the nonacid vegetables, like peas, beans, corn and spinach, in a pressure canner. ..When praperly ;used such a canner will pay for itself in decreased spoilage and shorter time of processing. 7. Use the pressure canner or cook- er carefully. Be sure the safety valve is kept cI'ean. Do not close the Tet cock until the air is completely ex- hausted. Count time from , when the desired pressure is reached. Regulate the heat so that the pressure is kept at this point. 8.I{eep the canned material under observation at room ternperature for. about'a week in order to be sure that it is keeping, then store. 9. Examine all canned. goods care- fully before using.' Discard any with. an off ...odor or appearance. Never •tasto to determine whether spoiled until the materi has been boiled for at..least tett min'tes, 10. Any spoiled material should be disposed of carefully, since it is harm- --- Wild arm- Wild Gardens. To be euccessful, a co-operative organization re'gtiil es the same busi- ness ability that any successful busi- ness must have, plug 'some special qualities of fortitude and psrlienco needed in the question of grower relations. hisiaP r 4('1"1Zi•.iti, Z f .9.6,e4 -a) 1129 80 -inch material for the complete suit, Price 20 cents. '• • HON? TO ORDER PATTERNS, Write your name and, iiddrese plain- ly,. giving number end size of suet patt,;rns as you went. Enclose 20c in stamps orcoin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully)' for each number, and address your order to Petters Dept., 1V id.aSk.i,l�., ituhliebing Co, lS West da - laide""St, Toronto. Pathirns"'Soffit by return maii, y IVIother't I-Iangls. My mother's hands are lovelier than any bands 1 know. Although they bear some scars and cuts, I am still thinking so. There may be whiter : i:iia than theirs, and fingers shaped more fine, But of all hands on earthgive me the hands of mother mine' ..They do for me what none would do of all th•e Bands oil earth, They soothe me in my 'sufferings and guide me in my mirth. They've worked far me full many a day, and many a lonely. night; They show me things that I should see yea, all that's true and right. , They've taught me, ere I - went to school, how I must hold my pen; And all the clothing that I tear, her hands will menu again. They do correot me when I make mis- takes as children make; They wash my things, they scrub the home, they cook, and sew, and bake. ' They tuck me in my bed at night in such a tender way! .<• They've. taught 'me how to fold my hands, when we together pray. What mother's hands do mean to me can never half be tole; But this I know, they're lovelier than GIRLS' BATHING SLUT. t . diamond's and gold! Although the small amiss pictured -F. Steinmann. here may spend a goodly portion of her time "building castles in -the sand"• on` the beach, which always come top- pling down in time for her to take- a swim, making it necessary that the costume serve a dual` purpose. The graceful model sketched provides the right amount of fulness for , comfort and is made of a lightweight jersey - cloth. The boomers are made separ- NlCQTINE DUSTS FOR KII�I�G BUGS.. BY GRIF McKAY. Nicotine dusts for killing striped, et/cumber-beeet:ee, potato -aphis, melon•» ,ephis, .cabbage -aphis,'' pea -aphis, : on- ion-thrips, etc,, have mite ,tto be one; o,. Y ., . �©' sit irdb --�- a la i ,,,. v t y "! i. h nicotine du t. kill'sinsects in T e c s s i this way: The fumes of the nicotine, enter the breathing pores " of the in- ; sot and,paralyze the nervous system. The dusts can be bought at most any' seed store. Consult your seed catalog. The dusts are more effective if they l are applied by using a duster that has a sort of canvas cone on the non. zle.: This cone keeps the fumes con- fined, keeps dust from blowing away in windy weather, 'end puts the dusts. right where they are wanted. Dusters can be bought for using this new wea- pen„ of bug warfare. Last year we sl%gwed a sketch of a home-made' dust- ing device that can be used with o'al- cium cyanid or- nicotine dusts, but it is not•so satisfactory as a good duster. , ••.One thing above all others is es- sential in using nicotine dusts—use only fresh material. Tries killing part of the dusts is volatile, and if left in open .containers will soon become too , weak to kill. It will keep in air -tight ,cans. I_ Some folks like to make their. own di nicotine dusts, and it is not a hard job. Here is how to do it; Get a 50 -gallon barrel and on each end . attach flange unions into which sulphate,' Cloveand fast°en the door and "churn" far five minutes. Thi- resulting powder will be a 2 per cent; n'iaotine dust, It should...-b'w used ani»' n .r pa 4 t.. duet,' �n , mediately. To get: a 4 use five pounds of the 40 pet' cent.' nicotine sulphate for 50 pounds of; hyd'r'ated lime, and so on for other' strengths. You ekin get the nidotine sulphate from your .seed store. Cucumber -beetles require a dust having strength of 6 per cent. Soule use' 10 per cent. dust. On snnal'l cue cumbers, one pound of dust will• cover ft'nm 200 to 800' hills. The tuelon*aphis,' which attacks melons, squashes., cu-, cumbers and cotton, feeding on the under side of the leaves, requires from 10 to 20 pounds of dust to the acre, The pea -aphis is one of the hardest' pests to handle. Dusting should be- gin es soon as'the pests appear. Use' from 50 to 75 pounde of dust per acre," From one to three applications will be needed. For use an peas, : it is all right to mix the nicotine dust in combination with sulphur, thus fighting mildews and aphis at the same time. Such a mixture should be about 70 per cent, finely ground sulphur and 80 per cent) nicotine dust of the proper strength) In districts' where beet army -worms attack peas, lead arsenate can be added to the nicotine dust. This mix-{ tune will be all right for cabbage; where aphis and cabbage -worms axe troublesome, The - nicotine dust ':ills the aphis (which get nourishm•?nt from. the plants by sucking) and the lead arsenate poisons the cabbage - worms, which eat the leaves of the cabbage plants. Remember, nicotine dusts are for insects with sucking mouth parts; lead arsenate is for in- sects that chew the plants; sulphur is for fungous diseases_ Best results in dusting are secured if -the' weather is warm—say 75 deg.' F.; warmer weather is better still. Start dusting in the morning as soon as the dew leaves the plants. ately and joined to a sleeveless waist with back closing. A number of at tractive -looking suits are made from black sateen with bright -color trim- ming -bands, or even a good quality of gingham may be used. No. 1129 is cut in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 years requires 8 3's yards of 1 never owned a gardo, a quaint and lovely garden, ' ' W'th buds and blossoms . glowing, the ordered beds amid; , With hedges all around it, the gre»n- est sheit'ring hedges, And maybe too, a sundial; rye often wished I did, 'Just the Thing. Tommy Fish—"I'm hungry, Mal Ma Fish—"All right, I'll fix you some bread and jelly fish." Most of the transatlantic liners are captained by ex -officers of the Royal Navy. THE. BLUE BOTTLE FLY BY J. T. WOOD. It was e warm summer evening, and little Charley, who had eaten his bowl of bread and milk, was sitting on the steps of the .porch. -••A -sweat honeysuckle- climbed over the trellis. on 'either side, giving a graceful per- fume. As he sat there, weary, thinking of what he had done, and what he would like to do, a blue blue-bcttle fly came buzzing about—touched his nose' - flew away buzzed and' ?fuzzed, and finally came back. "Confound . the old bottle!" cried Charley, vainly striking at it. "I don't see what flies are good for. They don't give any wool, or lay eggs, or draw load's; "arid their meat isn't good to eat,. and nobody wants 'em in a show!" Here the bottle buzzed up and bit Charley on ' the chin; then flew into the vine. While it was singing in and out of the flovrers, Charley suddenly found himself far away from home. He was transported into a great forest, and all of the trees were heavy With oranges, peaches, grapes,,, straw- berries, apples and melons, growing, on the same branches and having every color. One monstrous pippin hung close to his hand, and he was doubting whether he should pluck that or. •a banana, a little above his left eyelash, when he -Suddenly awoke crying because he had But as !a wondrous garden, a prim and stately garden Is somehow quite denied me, and all, the joys it yields; I'm thankful that I'm sharing, with other folk, glad sharing The colorful and gracious, wi:d gafr dens of the fields. -Alii Thorn. • entire,. Y Y ,l 17 .� , r When preparing the custard. fil;i is T gleesant by the South African ;�olvoi'n- tho hist' hin r a 1. ,us Caps i c.i, it i Cl for pros, add the sugar he o l,c en o \edible.. TheyMe the Drst orchestra from the dominions to visit andthocustardisnatsoapttaloolcin. nicht � y � .,. watery. •l: ugc`and. r. not taken the Vbanana. - " A thunderstorm had disturbed him, and he- went into the dining -room to escape from the rain. - Lo, there + was the blue -bottle, as pert and. active as thoti h he owned the house, and as inusicai as two hand organsl' "Now for it!" .cried Charley; and creeping up, he clapped him under a big gob -et on the sideboard. The victory was won, and Charley capered • a sort of war -dance before the fly. -If his, pleasure was not of the highest type, it was reasonable. Re had overcome an annoyance, and that is something. His victory was .blood-, less, and that is something; and it wee just, and that is something more. And thenhe began to examine his captive. It was not like the house fly; it didn't -resemble the gad -fly, and could have eaten a whole colony of midges and gnats and mosquitoes. Charley lifted the goblet to study it more carefully. Away whizzed the. fly, while Charley was tubbing off the tickle it gave hint as it went—away, into all the space outside, as merry and as happy as though it had not been -a plague and torment" for half an hour., Charley's mother laughed at her lit- tle boy's rage and 'sorrow, and threats of vengeance, and quietly asked him if the old blue -bottle did not remind him of some of his own pranks on busy days, when he felt like teasing her, and did make a great deal of "bother"? Charley went out and sat down on the porch in the returning sunshine, and, as he watched the rainbow and tinted raindrops glistening on the gine, : he suddenly "thought out loud": "Mother, I mean to turn over a new leaf•! That old blue -bottle has taught me a lesson" Perhaps the lesson doesn't "stand straight out" from .the -story, like a fea.their• from a hat, but there are many . children who can find • it as ea'si'ly' as they can the answers to some of the puzzles and all can try. They can, at any rate, find the blue- bottie fly, He is flying around now everywhere, and is worth seeing and studying by every one,` There is not a boy or girl hi all the land who is more beautifully dressed, and he al- ways keeps "in apple-pie order.,' y,ou can screw pieces of one -inch gas- pipe. These . are the "axle," if. you want tocall them that. The barrel is mounted' op a stand likethe old- fashioned churn stand, but the bar- rel rests lengthwise instead of cross- wise likethe old barrel churn. A door is cut in the face of the barrel; it is hinged so it can be open- ed and closed. A handle is put on the end of one piece of the gas -pipe. Put 50 or 60 pebbles (one inch in diameter) in the barrel, then put in 50 pounds of high-grade' hydrated lime, and on this pour two and one- half pounds of 40 per cent. nicotine The : Control of Potato Insects. Sprays or dusts thoroughly applied at, the right time are effective. For Potato Beetle Use: Calcium arsenate , (arsenate of lime) 1% pounds to 40 gallons of water or Bor- deaux mixture, a Or Paris. Green, 1 to 2 pounds to 40 gallons of water, Or Paris Green 1 pound, and arsen- ate of lead 1 pound to 40 gallons of water or Bordeaux mixture. Any of the above may be applied in the form of .a dust, but should be diluted, with from 10 to 20 times their own bulk of hydrated lime. Apply. with duster or shake through a bur- lap sack. For Flea' Beetle Use: Bordeaux mixture (4 lbs. bluestone, 6 lbs. hy- drated Iime and 40 gallons water) with any of the poisons used for potato beetle.'. For Leaf Hopper Use: Bordeaux mixture;• spray both sides of the leaf thoroughly. For Potato Aphis Use: Black Leaf 40 as soon as the aphids are at all Cruelty to Fowls Costs You Dollars. Sometimes from lack of knowledge, sometimes by mistaken kindness, and quite often from wilfulness, fowls are treated cruelly. "Always speak to a cow as you would to a lady" was one of a successful dairyman's nioftoes, and it, applies to hens as well. • Not only from a humane standpoint is it best to be kind to fowls, but from a money standpoint, too, for cruelty to fowls is costly. One of the most cruel acts - is to carry fowls by the legs with the heads hanging downward. It has been a practice for ages, but it is cruel never- theless, for the blood rushes to the head. A neighbor one day carried a fat hen by the legs and in a few min- utes it was gasping and came near choking to death. Another cruelty is to carry fowls by the wings, and with heavy -bodied fowls this practice is dangerous. The proper way is to have the bird under the arni, the head facing the rear of the person, and the legs held' firmly by the right hand. numerous; spray thoroughly. A dealer in table poultry was one day noticed yanking stock out of a Asparagus in Summer. crate. He w-oulds catch a bird by the After -the cutting season is over, leg or wing and otherwise roughly clean the bed of all weeds and trash. handle them. When remonstrated he Disk the entire bed several times to replied: "It does not matter; the. destroy weeds. This will do some deirds will soon be killed." damage to the shoots, but the bed will It is more er less common to see soon recover and make up for the fowls thrown over the fence into a temporary setback. Very often it is yard- There is no telling how they necessary to cultivate between the' will reach the' ground, and the sudden rows and hill up the crowns if the jar quite frequently does internal in- small weeds can not be destroyed jury. This cruelty is all the greater otherwise. Weeds killed at this stage if considerable force is put into the will not draw on the • piantfood and throw. ,moisture needed during the dry wen-' A very pious old gentleman one day ther period of the summer. i was vexed to the "cussing" point, be- . 'The bed should be stirred up fre- cause his hens got through a broken quentdy during the surnmer; _ if the fence and w'and'ered into his garden. weeds grow; hand -weeding may be In his anger he threw a stone and it necessary. Keep the bed clean—that's lamed one of the fowls. "There, it the main thing A top dressing of serves you right; 1 don't pity you a 800 to 400 pounds per acre of nitrate bit," was the only comment on this of soda will help things along injury done. How much more credit. ._ -ey._" able it would have been to drive them Poison the Cutworms. i back and repair the fence. Overcrowding fowl's in houses of Have you observed any cutworms insufficient size; cooping up stock in lurking about 'lbs corgi field? If so, close; badly -ventilated houses; allow - you can foil their attacks upon the . tender corn shoots by tempting them mg the supply of drinking water to with a littleoisoned bran One rue out; neglecting to feed at regular p e+. formula.. for making this bran mash hours; allowing filth to aecumu1 is to use twenty-five pounds of wheat in the pens—all these crue-ties can be y p laid et the door of shiftless, lazy per - bran, one pound of Paris green, one quart of cheap molasses, and three sons. and oneehalf gallons of water, These tituenits are mixed taget • cons her, anu Dousing the hens in water, tying by the mash is then broadcasted over the . field in the late afternoon or early one leg tgo a stake, throwing in a yard evening at the rate of about fifteen of youn cockerels to be knocked pounds per acre.. The worms will little about, penning up in coops without suspect the naughty trick that is be- food and water—these are cruel and ; vision of nature; it is a period of A Successful Plan. ; rest. There Is but one humane way I used to have a epo* of very light to get the hen to change her ideas,. and that is by placing her in a sop - soil that grew poorer instead of bet- crate coop where there are neither ter under my short. rotation of clover, nests nor :male birds. one hoed crop, oats, and clover again. So I hauled out some rotten hay and. - - . to covered the s of whi'-e it tuns iii clover ' Countless' acts of cruelty may be seen in breaking up broody hens, ing played on them. --J. R. costly methods Broodiness is a pro. p , mowing .ground the spot in haying, and plowing the field the next spring for potatoes, fo::owed by nets and re- seeding with •a1sike clover. Sinoe than there •has been but little difference between the poor spot and the other parts of the field, --11. 0. S. Don't let lice sed mites be part of your overhead in,the poultry be:Meese, when 't fe so easy to got rid of them. When mending lace curtains, if 'a piece of net of the required size mesh is unobtainable, a .piece of white mos - quite netting will fill the bill exactly. taste to the curtain and work the motif in coarse, linen or crochet tigroid as required. The mended por- tion will hardly be both:eable and the curtain will bo given a new lease c. life quite an item in these days :• ,q y high prices.• -•-•G. S.