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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1953-03-19, Page 3)I Prim 4, Goraoti Su�tft indoors First The fiat plantings will be the "seeds started in flats on the win- dow sill or In hotbeds or green houses. These are sown early in March and by the time they are ready to transplant to permanent quarters outside they will be sir, to ten inches high. Things that should be started early in this way are those that if sown di - seedy out of doors would hardly have sufficient time to mature or flower. Tomatoes, cabbage, peppers come in this category in the vegetables and petunias, zinnias, begonias and scores of other flowering plants. Many gardeners in the cities and towns .are able to buy these as started plants in flats from seedslnen or nurserymen. But in some cases, of course, this is not possible. Then again there are some gardeners who, to make certain of particular varieties, grow their own plants anyway. • Where the garden is large and several hundreds of started plants • lire needed it is cheaper to grow one's oven. In this case, however a hotbed is advisable. For the construction of these affairs one should eensult a government 'bul- letin. For starting seed indoors use a good mixture of sand and fine loam. First planting outside will be very hardy things that are not afraid of frost and like to make their best growth in cool weather. Sweet peas are in this group, and grass seed and nursery stock, The latter is the trade naive for young vines, shrubs and trees, ready for transplanting. One can hardly olant these things too soon. When Soil Is .Ready With trees and other nursery stock, one can move or trans- plant when the soil is •rather •damp, but it is a mistake to do any general sowing or cultivat- ing while the ground is the least bit muddy. Heavy soil is actually inured and. later trouble results when it is dug or worked too soon. A good test is to take a little earth and squeeze it in the hand. 'If when released it crum- bles but does not pack it is fit for the spade'or plow. Good Seed the Kea. Too eeench emphasis :cannot he laid on getod seed. - That means ,more than just high quality. It is seed of varieties especially se- lected and for .Canadian condi- tions. In vegetables it also means that the variety has been ap- proved and tested officially for Canada. As seed is the only fac- tor in gardening over which one has absolute control, and it costs only a few cents, nothing but the best should be considered. Constant Improvement Last Spring, in three or four experimental grounds across Can= ada and in similar places in the northern part of the United States, certain seeds of vegetables and flowers were planted. Only a test number identified these new introductions of plant breed- ers from all over the world, Ex- perts watched the results. They noted hardiness, freedom from disease, :sureness of coloring in flowers, quality in the vege- tables, earliness and other points which make a plant suitable and valuable for our hardy climate. On the basis of their observa- tions these new introductions were approved or disqualified. The best of these, along with those of previous years will be listed in the Canadian seed cata- logues this spring. This is the way new develop- ments in the garden world are introduced to the home gardener. In few other lines are the results of research, experiment and field trials made available so quickly for amateur or commercial use. Texas CornChips ill Enliven Your Cookin BY DOROTHY MADDOX CATTLE, cotton, oil, corn chips, tall handsome men at ILA gracious women, that's the Texas we saw. From Fort Worth to San Antoni9, from east to west Texas, we ate chili and nibbled '•44 golden coria chips t our heart's content. In Dallas, Nell Morris, director of 'Frit* Company's researci kitchens, gave us Lemons in how to use corn chips to brighten u ordinary dishes. You don't have to live in the hospitable Lone Sta State to Serve these unusual dishes to your family and friends. A yen: need le some of the know-how Nell Morris gave us under th Texas sunshine. T exata Baked Beef Bub (Sarwes it -a) Two medium old potatoes, I teaspoon salt, ?m teaspoon bfa pepper, I medium onion (chopped), 2 cups cooked ground beef, I c condensed cream of mushroom soup (diluted with 1 can watt;r),.1 c lightly crushed corn chips (measured after crushing), 2 cupegrat American cheese. In an oiled casserole, arrange a layer of thinly sliced potat ,sprinkled with salt and •pepper. Next a layer of chopped coni. ftepeat. Top with the cooked ground beef. Heat soup with one of water and pour over the beef, Sprinkle corn chips and • the on top. Cover, bake in moderate oven (325 degrees F..) for one ho Cern Chin Tomato rlt.w'bblt (Serves 3-8) Two tablespoons butter or margarine, 2 tablespoons !lour, 1 milk, I can condensed tomato soup (10% ounces), 1 medium o (chopped), in/2 cups grated cheese, 2 cups corn chips. Make a white sauce of the butter or margarine, flour and i Add 1 cup cheese to white sauce and stir until melted.' Add ,s 11•. nb Texas hatred beef hash with golden tarn chips is a 'savory tont- lbb,atlorn to tempt the. appetite 4o1' anyone whether he halls from the Lone Star State for the [Empire State. ft has universal appeal, ,and onion. Pour sauce over 11 cups corn chips in a baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese and corn chips, Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 20 minutes. ..Plain iorse Sense.. by BOB ECUS Looks The Salve—Tastes— ? The way things look at the time these •words die written, we will all have "Frozen Des- sert" to top off our Easter Dinner, "Frozen Dessert" is•a stuff that looks like ice cream; tastes like ice cream, but in the eyes of the law is not ice cream, because it does not contain cream, Instead of butterfat, vegetable oils are used, It is made in Ontario right now' and will be ready for sale many time. Some provinces have banned it, while so far in Ontario any- body is free to manufacture it. Last year the Ontario Legislature passed the Edible Oil Products Act which was never proclaimed. Now the Minister of Agriculture wants tea amend this act which isn't even In force. The amendment will give the government power (a) to ban edible? oil • products, (b) to - .ex-- empt oil productsfrom they ban. Who will win in this little game of ban and exemption? The farmers? a 4' o Another 'Union Needed? Doctors, lawyers, bankers, manufacturers and even labour - men, all have their unions. Pretty tight ones too, with closed shop, examinations, licences, membership fees and what not. On the other hand anybody can go and buy a piece of land and start producing milk and eggs and beef and pork. Not that we want to change it; after all an pian is only really free on his own land and free. Ste" want to be. But why is there no farmers. union? One strong organization, whose leaders can speak for the. farmer without first looking around to see whether there- ie somebody to back them up. True, we have the. Federation of Agriculture. But is it giving the, farmers the leadership they expect? And are the leaders of the Federation getting the back- ing from the rank and file, which they need to do a good job? What do you think, neighbour? 4: a 4< Strange Discrepancy Canadian National Income in- creased from $17,284 million in 1951 to $18,307 million' in 1952; wages, salaries and supplement- ary labour income gained almost 12%, climbing from $9,732 mile lion in 1951 to $10,855 million in 19, ,. Ac52cording to the • Dominion Human of Statistics "Accreted -filer income of farm operators from farm production declined by $255 milliozi in 1952, a drop of 12% • from the record level established •in 1951." Maybe farmers should hire some labour leaders to look after their affairs. What do you think? 8‘ 4< " The writer of this column will be pleased to hear from farmers, or others interested in farm problems, a.t any time. Criti- cisms, suggestionaelor subjects to be dealt with, i,fiocks or boosts --- all will be welcome Just ad- dress Bob Ellis, Box I, 123 Eight- eenth St. Neve Toronto, Ont. Goats Like Solomon - Wrote About • : were camped under 1116=1: Sannine, out of whose rock. wall Neba Leben pours with a- roar. Its northern cliffs rose over three thousand feet above us and flared out at the base forming a rough amphitheater. We had indeed front -row seats for a beautiful spectacle A herd of goats dropped off the mountain. I first saw them when they were fifteen hundred feet or more above us. These goats are different from ours. They are smaller than our goat --• wiry and robust, shiny black ears that are long, narrow, and thin, This was a herd of several hun- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 4 The,ton 5 I re'gind B 11o1rling sit etude 7. Variety of wheat L7n,ocheel 4. ,tto„ !. 'Cour g hereto g* 12 Gone 13 nea4ore 14. Dog :slang, 15 Kind of steak 07 The erenn, 18. Other 19. City to ltnl} 21 tttdget -3. reline 24 lita.fie into teenier 27 1' sterna! 29 Mit tiered 20. Ne: 33 1101. 75 Meek • 30. Seem' of hetrir Ss rrovreter 39 te •`mote dessert 40 Ft:tbbtrh 44..N.-0el: the aftlge of 47 1reimotne 'tame 40 Mar 54 1':xnert 67. ;Crterefore t,2. 1' ee out fi4. ('?t ms3' host 0. 1telie+•ee fie. Color ;7 ''.errs? 0etlon DOWN I. Demolished S Nitnl,ie Q. No, tv'tttr 0. Stasi 9. Slime 10. Behave 11, e4.rticte 10 ACid t'r'ulte 20 Atli -%e gran,na,tica 113 21 Institute suit 21 hand mearury 26 Marry 23. Vertigo ON f'r1Rttteile :t0 hiring north 31..1eigUov' 22.i"eonle9 34. laser: 37. Make 30. 1n,ai. t! Oil t,t i' Dab - rletai t? :Ui,11• nutter I Listens, 4 �. ta'eittee.i, 46 Areel). 4s :"hat girl 49, Legume el, River button 1 7 3 ?y re .....111611111111.1 yt 4 ..4* 13 IS ,1:1iR N�ita�t� 2 i as '..2f3 F`•� zq. zs' [ttt�3 ,' ti ‘;' t*44 27 3n 31 ,r,si 33 *XV' rte`•.' .. 41 42 • ,or a4`r: is .ti.,R 43 r 5o J111 is irtiP' a� S, ^{•� itki S7 b " ver Eleew ere 0af 'fa% :'age deed goats. Behind them was the herder dressed in flowing robes and a dark kafiyeh. He had two dogs with him. The goats came off Sannine mostly in double file. They were spread out several hunderd yards, forming shiny black streamers down the lime- stone slopes of Sannine. Bill West turned to me and said, "Do you remember what Solomon said about his lady's hair?" 1 confessed I did not recall. " `Thy hair is as a flock of goats.' 'That is from the Song of Solomon." Memories of Sunday -school days came back to Inc. I remem- bered how puzzled 1 had been over that expression. Hair like s flock of goats? It must be sone allegory. But now I knew that Solonion complimented his lady. The prophet had doubtless seen sights - such as this, evening after eve- ning, as shepherds brought their goats off limestone and basalt mountains for bedding down ill the valleys. The sight was indeed a beautiful one, Black, lustrous, rippling streamers of hair down a mountainside! A more graphic description of beautiful hair wotilcl be difficult. to achieve. From "Strange Lands and Friend ly People," by William O. 'Doug las. Korean Water Hole—Water may be easy to get in most parts of the world, but this Seoul, Korea, boy had to chop a hole in the thick ice of the Hart River to get his. There is, still,• a critical water',supply problem in this war-torn city and the bitter win- ter cold is hampering efforts to solve it. A Poet Who Was Always In Love It was at the age of sixteen that Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, began to compose verses in the Scottish dialect, and it is not surprising that these were distinctly amorous. Even at that age he was deeply in love with a fair-haired child of four- teen. She was the first of a long line of love affairs, which all acted more as spurs to Burns' poetical genius. One of Burns' most poignant affairs was with Mary Campbell, daughter of a Dunoon sailor. He fell deeply in love with her and they exchan.gecl Bibles as tokens Of their vows to remain faithful to one another. They became engaged, and Mary went away to -the West Highlands to prepare for the wedding, but while there she fell ill and died. Burns and his brother Gilbert later took a shall farm called Mossg:iel, in Mauchline. There Burns composed rhymes about farm animals, and wicked stan- zas mocking at the neighbouring preachers. It was there, too, that the ,frowning romance of his lite cavae to him, He stet and fell in love with Jean Armour in the spring of 1780. Stec was the daughter of a master -mason liv- ing in Mauchline, an upright. re- ligious n1an, with a very narrow mind. Jean was one of the local beauties, and we have it on Burns' authority that she was t'a • dancing, sweet young handsome queen.t;" Btriot teem!.;''': 11. but this di.l not prevent hire falling deeply in love with Jean. At. first ,lean chid not return his 1 ove. This was perhaps why Burns sought consolation elsewhere in i.he person of a pretty servant girl named Elizabeth Paton, who lived in the village., The birth of an illegitimate ~ child brought about a public condemnation of the young poet by the ministers of the Church. He ridiculed them, using the sharpest weapons of his genius to do so. Fiery poems, such as "The Holy Friar," "The Ordination," "Holy Willie's Prayer," and other bit- ter brilliances flowed from his pen and hardly tended to enhance his reputation in the eyes of Jean Armour's father. In fact, he for- bade ber ever to speak to Burns again. But this dictatorship had pre- cisely the opposite effect on the girl to what was intended. The two lovers went through their own form of marriage, writ- ing down that they legally took each other as man and wife, but they did not dare to proclaim it. Jean was to become a mother, and she went to her father and confessed to him. He threw the marriage lines they had written into the fire. The neighbourhood branded the poet as a villain and an outcast, and under constant persecution. he determined to emigrate to Jamaica, but before he could do so the first volume of his poems appeared in .Edinburgh. They were an instant success. He came back to Jean and found that her father had relent- ed, They were married in April, 1788, She was an ideal wife, but he found that he simply could not escape the attentions of other women who wished to lionise .hien. He constantly lapsed into flirtations, but through them all Jean seems to have borne with him devotedly and understand- ingly. In 1795 his only daughter (at that time) by Jean died, and the blow weakened him. He was stricken with rheumatic fever the following spring, and before he was fully recovered he went out, caught a chill, and died at the age of thirty-seven. On July 26th, 1796, over ten thousand people followed the Earl of Scotland to his grave. Thieves broke into a New York apartment and stole the tenant's uninsured diamond ring, leaving the fully insured ring untouched. MAY SCIII! �1 LESSON 8y Rev R. Barclay Warier, D. In The Shadow Of The Cross Illattheto 26:6-13, 26-30, Memory Selection: 1 /ay dote tree life, that 1 'night take.it again. No than taketh it front: one, but .I lay it down of mysett. John 10:17-18, In the tenseness and sorrover that weighs heavily as the hour of Christ's sacrifice approaches„ there is one clear shaft of light. While the religious leaders sought to secure His death and a disciples was about to betray Him, there to this picture of pure and unselfls affection. It was in Bethany, a little village near Jerusalem'.. It was fitting that it should talf fa place in the large dining hall ok Simon who had been a leper. Tho woman poured out her expen- sive perfume upon the head ol'. Jesus. The fragrance filled tit* - house. Indeed, it now has spreadt throughout the world. Here was an act of enthusiastic devotion. that involved the giving of the most costly thing she possessed., How the soul of the Master him- self must have thrilled at nils expression of love. She was giv- ing "her bowers," as it were„ while he was yet alive. Jesus himself interpreted the act tits anointing his nody befozehatut for the burial. The rewards she received were appreciation ora: the part of her Master and thce perpetual remembrance of herr loving deed through its inclusion in the Gospel record. This is a memorial more enduring than granite and more beautiful than art could devise. During the meal on the night. preceding the day of the cruel - fiction Jesus instituted the sac- rament of the Lord's Supper. It was something more than a guff* of longing sweeping over the heart of a doomed man, wince suddenly felt a desire to be re- membered by his friends. It wee not at random that Jesus chose bread, nor did he take wine be- cause the juice of the grape hap- pened to be at hand. The Holy' Supper was deliberately chosen,. a wordless preaching of the gos- pel. As we take bread and the wine we testify that as a man must eat and drink to live, flus OUT souls cannot live ekcept Christ in us be aur nourishment. Here also in proclaimed f' proud human nature the meet unwelcome truth of the gospel, that as bread is broken and wino poured out, life is given throng' sacrifice. As we partake of the embleno we remember His death till !tie come. It is both retrospect wag, prospect. He died for us. He w1141 come for us. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Kiel -Size Car—Rolling along in the miniature t.ucciola is six-year- old Roy Ratcliffe. He tried out the car at the World Motor Sports Show. Seen in the background is the most expensive auto at the show, a $30,000 Spanish Pegaso. The Lucciola is powered by a 12 -volt battery, costs $495, you CAN'T UM' A SUN LAMPTo pap YOU UP fie THAT'S W44AT You off POP. GOING TO 514150 UNoca 17.!! ."