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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-09-13, Page 3'TAA. `► °latus Anti wa. First recipe today is for an un, cooked tomato relish, fairly easy to make, andvery, very fine to taste, You'd better plan to use it within five months, however, es it doesn't keep so well after that. But You'll. find it so tempting that I doubt if your supply will last any- thing like that time. * UNCOOKED TOMATO RELISH 2 quarts peeled, chopped ripe tomatoes 1 quart finely cut celery 1 pint finely chopped onion 1 pint chopped cored, red -skinn- ed apples 34 cup prepared horse -radish ye cup salt 4 teaspoons dry mustard 1% cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon ,round cloves 1 teaspoon mace SA teaspoon cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 quart vinegar METHOD: Combine the toma- toes, celery, onions and apples. Drain well. Add the remaining in- gredients and 'mix well, Pack in sterilized jars. Put on lids and seal securely. Makes about 8 pints relish. * * * This particular Chili Sauce mix, using as it does pears and apples in its making, you'll find a little different from the ordinary kinds. I 'feel sure that you—and your family too—will be glad you gave it a trial. * * * TOMATO -FRUIT CHILI SAUCE 4 quarts peeled, chopped ripe tomatoes 1 quart chopped, cored pears, unpared 1 quart chopped, cored tart ap- ples, unpared 1 quart chopped onions 1% cups chopped green pepper 3 tablespoons salt % cup mixed pickle spice 3 cups sugar 1 quart cider vinegar METHOD: Connbine the toma- toes, pears, apples, onions, pepper, and salt. Cook uncovered until mixture is reduced to half (this will take 14 to 2 hours). Tie the spices in an 8 -inch square of cheese cloth. Add the sugar, vinegar, and the bag of spices to the tomato mixture. Cook uncovered another. hour or until thick, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Retnove bag of spices. Pack in hot sterilized jars and seal. Cool on a rack or folded towel, Label, and store in a cool, dry place. Makes about 7 pints. * * No doubt you've canned toma- toes at home; but did you ever try putting other vegetables with them? Along about next February, say, you'll find such a vegetable mixture as the following. extremely useful to put in soups, casserole dishes and so forth, * * TOMATO VEGETABLE MIX 14 quarts diced sweet peppers 1 quart diced onions 1 quart celery (stalks and leaves) diced 1 quart water . 4 quarts peeled, chopped ripe tomatoes (Exhibition Attractions—A wealth of beautiful Chinaware and Pottery is seen at the Canadian National Exhibition—and pretty'Girls are by no means scarce either. 3 tablespoons salt 2 tablespoons sugar METHOD: Combine the pep- pers, onions, celery, and water in a large kettle and cook 20 minutes. Add tomatoes, salt, and sugar and bring to a boil. Pack in clean hot jars to / inch from top. Work the blade of a knife down around in- side of jar to remove air bubbles. Wipe the jar rings with a clean damp cloth and adjust the lids as directed by the manufacturer. While preparing the vegetables and packing the jars, fill a large. Icettle which has a tight -fitting cover, 2A full of water. Heat to boil- ing. Put the.filled jars in the kettle, on a rack which holds them at least inch above the bottom. Allow space between jars. Add more boil- ing water if necessary to bring level of water 1 inch or more above tops of the jars. Put on cover. Bring the water to boiling, then process (beat), quarts for 30 min- utes, pints for 25 minutes, counting time from moment water boils. Re- move the jars from water, Com- plete seal as directed, Coot on a rack away from drafts. Label and store in a cool, dry place. Makes about 6 quarts. r/vc GI Gorcloia Snntih. The tansy that, is seen in fern- like clumps topped with golden buttons along country roads in August and September was once a respected garden occupant. Early settlers brought both the common tansy (Tattacetum vulgare) and its curly -leaved variety T. crispum England to this country. From those early gardens the two kinds have spread into the wild. * * * Today tansy again is finding favor with gardeners because of its good foliage color and long- lasting flowers. Plants remain fresh -looking outdoors until long after frost. It is too late, of course, to do anything about having some this year, but as I shall explain further on, you can prepare for a fine start for next season. In decorative arrangements the finelyl,out pinnate leaves make a splendid background for brilliant blossoms or for leaves of lighter green, The tall prim dusters of tightly packed, rayless flower beads hold up well after cutting, They keep their color for a long time also when dried for winter bouquets. For this purpose they are cut when freshly* opened and hung upside down in loose bunches to di v. * a: * Curly tams is the more orna- inental varie ' for the garden, It does not flower as freely as Tana- eetum vulgare, but the leaflets are more finely cut and they are tightly crisped. The two are also different m leaf shape. On the common tansy the leaves are three or four inches long with the greatest width in the middle, Curly tansy leas longer, wider leaves, irregularly shaped, but broadest at the base. It does not grow as tall as common tansy, nor docs it spread as rapidly by stolons, * * Roth kinds have a richt chatno- milelilce scent which is refreshing. This aroma helps to keep the water in a vase of flowers such as mari- golds or zinnias ,from becoming foul-smelling, Apparently adaptable to sun or part shade, tansy is a long-lived, hardy perepnial. The curly vari- ety adds beauty to the perennial border, while the coarser type makes a useful background or screen out of bounds of the garden proper. The common tansy can be grown from seeds, which are best sown in November, too late to germinate in the fall but ready for a head start in the spring. It is also prop- agated by root divisions, These can be made at any time of year by chopping the underground sterns in pieces and planting thein like mint. Plants set two to three feet apart will soon fill in the space between them, If they spread too far afield the clumps can be kept to size by spading around thein in the spring and sifting nut the pieces of • root. The tansy that is found growing about old house foundations or on road batiks was one of the medici- nal herbs known as "simples" grown in horse gardens of an earlier day. It was used both fresh and dried for many household pure poses. The fresh leaves were spread about the wire enclosures known as ."meat safes" which were used in homes in England before the day of ice boxes and refrigerators. The strong odor of the herb was sup- posed to keep away ants and flies. Even in a modern kitchen, tansy leaves stuffed in the cracks through which ants gain entrance about a door will discourage the insects. 'Pansy leaves have also been used in the present day to stake bitters by steeping them in whisky or brandy. The pungent flavor of all parts of this plant, with its flat, round, butter yellow flowers, has givens tansy the oceacional name of "bitter buttons," TFIEFAYM FRONT Johul2u it This might -be an appropriate time to remind you that much of the damage done to potatoes at harvest time is caused by the dig- ger—in fact one of those contrap- tions, if not properly adjusted, may bruise one-third of your spuds. And I don't need to tell you that such damage may mean all the differ- ence 'between- black and red ink in. your profit and loss account. * * * .Adjusting the rate of travel, depth .of digger share, speed and agitation of the elevator chain and by increasing padding on the de- flectors and rods of the machine will reduce damage to a minimum. * * * The rate of travel of the digger, says Allan Magee, Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, should not exceed 1% Miles per hour. This reduces the bouncing of potatoes against the elevator chain or any stones that may have been picked up. * Obviously the depth of the blade ' should be below the potatoes but it should also be deep enough to pro- vide a soil cushion two-thirds of the distance of the elevator to protect the potatoes from the ele- vator chain. * * * The speed of the elevator chain should not exceed 150 feet per min- ute. Usually a tractor at half throt- tle in low gear will give this con- dition. T It e agitator sprockets should not be used unless soil separation is very difficult and they must be removed as soon as con- ditions permit. Injury may be reduced further by padding all parts of the machine that come in contact with the po- tatoes. Rubber tubing on the chain and belting on deflectors is advis- able. * * * For mininnnn injury a potato digger should be operated at a low speed, with a soil cushion on the elevator and sufficient padding to protect the potatoes, * * * It takes plenty of time tor the lads who deal with statistics, to get around to handing out the results of their figuring, that is to say, we read about what happened in 1950, for instance, just about when 1951 is on its last legs. Still, for all that, it is interesting to learn how our co-operative businesses, and espe- cially farmers' co-ops, sieve been MADAW *,7Hls WALK/Ne i -J i,.$4su1N laTNK LAST waaa IN 4Natsttia 'rove. making out. And, the dope is that 1950—which, incidentally, marked a. half -century of co-operative effort in Canada—w as a bumper year. * Total••.business in 1950 at con- siderably over one billion dollars ($1,039,837,258) was the largest ever transacted. Compared- with 1949 it Showed an increase of $38.4 million._ The number of associations at 2,951 increased by 314 and mem- bership was up 118,177, In 1932, the first year for which complete rec- ords are available, total business through' 795 associations amounted to $145,303. * . Co onst';ative sales of farm pro- ducts made up $803.6 million of the total.; sales of merchandise such as farm machinery, feed, and home furnishings, amounted to $206 mil- lion; sales of fish and fish products amounted to $13.8 million; and sales of fishermen's supplies and • mer- chandise - totalled $2.9 million. Mis- cellaneous items made up the re- mainder of this snore than one billion dollar business. * a= It is calculated that during the twelve months to July, 1950, co- operatives marketed 35.2 per cent of the main farnn products that were sold commercially. Omitting grain and seed, in the marketing of which co-operatives are very active, still one-quarter of all farm produce was handled by these or- ganizations. Of individual products, co-operatives sold 99:4 per cent of the tobacco; 76.4 per cent of the wool; 6p. 6 per cent of the grains; 35.8 per cent of the fruits and vege- tables; 33 per cent of the honey; 2$.2 per cent of the maple pro- ducts; 27.9 per cent of the dairy products; and 15,3 per cent of the poultry and eggs. Merchandising co-operatives re- ported an increase of $14 million over their sales in 1949. The in- creases were mainly in sales of groceries, coal, wood and building materials. * tt * Of the 104 fishermen's associa- tions reporting, the bulk are in Quebec and the Maritimes, 'But the seven in British Columbia which sold fish to the value of $7 million accounted for just over half of the total sales for all Canada, * During 1950 Canada's newest province, Newfoundland, organized a provincial co-operative union. Plans are under way to merge with the Co-operative Union' of Canada by 1952, A crowd of women held a meet- ing in Caserta. Italy, to protest the high taxes and areteed to do some- . thing about it. They invaded the Tax Collector's t t o in mass and yet fire to all record. "Usoie tar* On, Hurmirefith. :; > ll w airy e,1ztaLt mweras thuastt kryeta o hshoif towe's "IJ'ncle Tom's Gabin be- gan to rouse public sentiment On the slavery issue. The Chicago .HistoricalSociety of oontmeinns rating the event with an exhibit of book posters, early editions, and other memorabilia. Running serially in an obscure abolitionist weekly-, it started out as a fictionalized treatise setting forth the evilsof the slavery as an institution established by law, Et soon developed into one of the world's biggest sellers and biggest stage hits of all time, stirred pub- lic feeling to a fever pitch, and helped bring on the Civil War and consequent abolition of slavery. The exhibit was set up early this summer, with the help of Museums and individuals elsewhere, to com- memorate this centennial of one of the most influential books ever pub- lished writes Bernice Stevens Deck- er in The Christian Science Minitor, Special Current Interest Because She exhibit points up the ardent public interest in and reaction to slavery as portrayed by "Uncle Tom's Cabin," it has spe- cial interest at this time of concern over the race problem in the United States. The recent Cicero riot near here has emphasized this. The exhibit is a "Chicago first" presentation. Historical societies and museums have regarded 1852 as the publication of the book. However, it was first published serially in the Nation Era, an anti- slavery journal, with the first in- stallment appearing on June 5, 1851, A copy of this issue, scores of first editions of the book in many languages, a state tableau of Little Eva and Uncle Tom, sheet music, and flamboyant show bills featuring bloodhounds, overseers' whips, and a terror-stricken Eliza in the middle of an ice -choked stream help make up the exhibit. In March, 1853, John P. Jewett & Co. of Boston reluctantly brought out the book in two volumes, bound in black cloth. Only 5,000 copies were printed because anti- slavery books did not sell. This one, however, canght on at once. To meet the demand Jewett issued a paper -bound one -volume edition which sold for 374 cents. ,Sales Zoom Sales zoomed from 10,000 copies to 50,000 to 100,000 to 300,000 be- fore a year passed. The book was blazoned on billboads and posters, Hawked by boys in the streets. Since it was not protected by copy- right, other publishers took it up and 12 pirated editions appeared within a year, Soon the subject touched the public conscience everywhere and foreign publishers had scores of editions out within the year. Eng- lish editions and one in Spanish, "La Cabana Del Tio Tont," were • me the stands betaee ' the end. 9jf 1052, The year /853 saw taro* v tions in Freu bl German "Onlche 'tom's Hutte", Dutch; Italian; bat, ish, and Welsh. Greek, M'agyaC' a`wedish and Norwegian e4i00 and even one out of serf - riddetr. Russia followed, The museum has an impressive; display of some 50 of these early. editions, nearly all from the Coli lection of T. Henry Foster of Ot- tumwa t tumwa, Iowa. There is the fiatEnglish edition with George Cruik- ' shank's illustrations (in 13 paper. covered parts), the English edition of the same year (1852) with the Leech illustrations, and aFretteb edition with introduction by George Sand, Most unusual is the Javanese edition printed in Batavia. Songe and Marches Music publishers brought out songs and marches, print makers% put their artists to work on scence from the books, The American. theatre was just in the making and "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which has been a perennial ever since its first chopped -out version, helped to make it. The first successful public per.. formance was at Troy, N.Y,, in the fall of 1852. As many as three rival companies were soon appear- ing to packed houses in most major cities. Before it reached New York, it was on the London circuit, In. Paris, "La Cace de L'Oncle Tom" was presented in January, 1853, and after that swept the continent. In the U. S. A. ardent abolition•• ists had previously scorned the theatre on moral grounds. Mrs, Stowe, herself, did not approve, But leaders like Horace Greeley and. William Lloyd Garrison saw in the play a vehicle for their cause . Minim isters began to recommend it front their pulpits and attended with their entire congregations on the grounds it was a moral play. Successful Revivals People who have never been ie. - side a theatre went to see it. Un- lettered and uneducated seamen, dock workers, and tradesmen who viewed it in lower New York, learn- ed what they could not or did not read in books or new0apers. Th cause at which abolitionists had failed with pen and oratory was taken up by the ordinary public, Despite forecasts that an anti- slavery play would no longer ,in- terest the public, there was a• greater dramatic revival of. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" than ever after the Civil War, This accelerated through the '80's and '90's and last- ed asted well into this century. It be- came real theater with such stare as David Belasco playing Uncle Tom, Maude Adams, Little Eva, and Latta Crabtree, Topsy, It be- came more and more significant as ,as the first serious portrayal of the Negro on the stage and paved the way for later vehicles. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was one of the greatest successes in publish- ing history. This summer the Chicago Historical Society is present- ing a centennial exhibit of first editions and early advertising matter, including playbills. This poster from the Bella C. Lan•. dauer'collcction Society was printed as the Amorican classic rams. toward the height of its popularity. HE'S 68s'N MISSING AN '! HOUR .....r CAN'T UNnsR,- STAN➢ IT!