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The Huron Expositor, 1943-04-09, Page 34. ' r A 4 1 • r 4'- r 1? 4, f, 4 IMPROVE your Crops and reap more PROFIT JUDICIOUS purchase of Registered or Govern= m*nt Tested seed grain will enableyou to improve the quality of your crops, increase the yield, and make your farm operations more profitable. The results depend largely upon the forethought given to cultivation, fertilization and the quality of seed you plant. This Bank is prepared to make loans for any purpose which will promote successful farming. Consult the Manager of our nearest Branch. THE DOMINION BANK ESTABLIE4NIE ESTABLISHED 18?1 a�AFURTH BRANCH :t OSw ell - Manager AmonnimmomminopikowessviorK '9iY.Or'w"c12T2akiRtt-.�b,xS�Aa'. � HENSALL (Intended for last week) Dedicate• Church Gifts The morning" service at Carmel Presbyterian Church on Sunday was of special interest when a pulpit fall and Communion ' table runner were dedicated. These two additions to the church auditorium were the gifts .of Donald Walker, now resident ...in `Toronto. They .are both of rich -maroon velvet on which • has been worked in suitable ,colors appropriate .decorations. On -the pulpit fall there is the burning bush, the symbol of -Presbyterianism the world over, and ,on the Como union table runner there J is at each end a St. A^drevei" Cross, emblematic of the birthplace of Pres- byterian institutions. The minister;' 'Rey. W. Wen received a" 1 dedicat= .ed these lovely gifts on behalf of the seongregation and delivered a sermon in keeping with the o,'c ion: The •choir,•under direction Of Mrs. J,.Mur- 'doch, for their selection. sang, "0 Wor- ship the Lorcl," soloist, Rev. W. Weir, rind a duet, "Begond the Sunset," was Teasingly' sung by Mrs. Harold Jones and Miss Jean Love. - 44. HERE'S WHAT TO DQ I You can talc fatour fat drip - and bones to pugs, scrap He will your meat dealer. pay you the established a rice dripping the fox the sh, you scrap fat. is you on y over to ,urn this m Salvage your local Voluntary Committee or Regi$ W at Charity, or - 2 You can donate your -fat drip- ping, scrap fat and bones to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee 'if they collect oz= the in your community, You can continue to place out your Tats and Bones for col- lection by your Street Clean- ing Dopa is in effect.ere such 6P 44111 5tp*ptIItt iii 7I0}N 0,W* SERVOS Maple Syrup and Pancakes Everyone likes pancakes and now that maple syrup time is here. again pancakes come into their own. Maple syrup, however, isn't a `must for pancakes are equally good servr ed with a fruit or tart jelly sauce. French pancakes—made from• a thin- ner than ordinary batter, are roiled and at their most delicious sprinkled lightly with sugar and served with a wedge' oz. lemon. There are extra vitamins for the ..family when you serve ;,:them wheat germ or whole wheat pancakes. These are tested recipes from the Cohsumer Section of the Dominion Department of 'Agriculture. French Pancakes 1 cup all-purpose flour % teaspoon salt 3 eggs, weft beaten 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons fart, melted. Mix sifted flour and salt;" combine eggs and milk. Add flour and beat tillm s ooth. Add melted fat. Drop by spoonfuls. on a hot griddle or light- ly greased frying pan. Cook till bub- bles form on the top apd edges are cooked. Turn and cookron the other side. a§pread each cake with tart jelly, roil and serve immediately. Makes 2 large (five -inch) cakes or about 18 small ones. .Wheat Germ Pancakes ' 2 cups all-purpose flour 1% teaspoonsbaking soda % teaspoon salt, '114 cup wheat germ 2 tablespoons brown Sugar 1% tablespoons fat, melted 2 cups sour milk. Sift flour, soda and salt together: Add wheat germ and sugar.. Add milk' slowly. Add melted fat and mix well. Drop by spoonfuls on to a hot griddle or lightly greased frying pan. Cook. tilt bu'bbles.. form on the top and the edges are cooked. Turn cpok on the other side. Serve at once. Makes about 18 cakes. In place of 2 cups flour and one-quarter. cop wheat germ, use 1% cups flatdr and % cup whole wheat flour. Plain Pancakes 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 -teaspoons sugar (optional) 3 teaspoons baking powder Ir, % teaspoon salt 2 eggs, well beaten 1% cups 'Milk 1 tablespoon fat, melted. Mix and sift dry ingredients. Add milk to beaten eggs and stir 'quickly into dry ingredients. Mix till smooth. Add melted fat. Pour from a pitcher or drop .py spoonfuls onto a hot grid- dle -or lightly greased fryiog pan. Cook on one side until bubbles form on top and edges'hre cooked. Turn and cook on the other side. Serve at once. Makes 15-18. cakes. 'For variety one- half cup finely chopped apple may be added to batter before cooking. Fruit Some,. 'Gradually mix one tablespoon corn- starch with 1 tup warm water, . boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, add 1 cup syrup from canned cherries, plums or other fruit, 1, teaspoon but- ter and simmer 10 minutes. One-half cup finely chopped fruit may be add- ed. Sauce may be served hot or cold. Makes about two cups. Tart Jelly Sauce - Beat % cup tart jelly with a fork, till soft. Stir in two tablespoons hot water, two teaspoons lernon juice and a dash of salt. Moves to Tow, Mr. Everett Haist, distributor for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Co. in this district, who has been living at Sare- pta, near Dashwood, moved to Exeter on Saturday into the residence on San- ders Street, recently purchased from Mr. R. Balkwill. This is a newly erecta bungalow, just completed by Mr. Balkwill. It is asbestos shingle covered and complete with all modern conveniences. Mr.. ani• Mrs. Heist have two children, Eunice, in London, 'and Stanley at home. We welcome them to our midst Exeter times-Ad- V'tieate. (Rohe. ealznin'p,' tlh'i$ 'Fear lilies new i>?aportance It rests with Calla W10,14, housewives, in'the country; alb ell as. in the towns and cities, to make fullest use. of 'Canada's fruit crops for 'wartime food. � Housewivepo are asked to estimate iu advance. the amount of sugar re- quired for canning and jamnµaking, so that arrangements may be fade to provide and distribute Abe necessary, supplies.: _ The following questions and an- swers have been prepared by the War- time Prices • and Trade Board 114- co- operition with the •Department of Agriculture, as a guide for the house- wife 4 i making her application for sugar for the canning season.. Q.—Where should I send my appli- cation card? A.—To your ration board. Q.=—When should'I fillQat my appli- cation? A.—Asf' soon as •possible. Your' ap- plication must be in the hands of your Local ration board not later than April 15th. Q.—How can I estimate the amount of sugar I require for canning? A.—Estimate the total number • of. quart sealers you plan to put up, then allow % pound of sugar for each quart sealer. Q.—But how can I tell exactly how much of each kind of fruit? •• • A. -That would be impossible. Don't try to decide exactly the amount of each kind of fruit you will put up. Some fruits may be more plentiful than others. Base your estimates, rather, on the number of sealers you have on hand, on what you put up last year, on what" you think your needs will be this year. Q.—But I also want to make some jam and jelly. How shall I estimate m y sygar for these? _ A.—One and one-half (1%) pounds of sugar for each quart of jam, or jelly. - Q.—But most of my jam or jelly jars are of 'various shapes. How can I estimate how many quarts they hold? A.—Take the jars you usually use for jam or jelly and ,see how many cupfuls of water they hold. Four cups make a quart. If they will hold 20 • cup' of water, for example, you will re- quire sugar for five quarts. Q.—Hew do I list these amounts on my application card? A.—You will notice that your ,appli- cation card reads:. "I, holder of Ra- tion Book No.—make application for —pounds of sugar for canning and jam and jelly making. This will make —quarts of canned fruit,—quarts of jam or jelly." You will fill in the blank spaces. You will also fill in the Wank which asks the number of per- sons in your household which you will be feeding. Make sure, too, that you give the serial number of your ration. book. Q.—Are the amounts .of sugar al- lowed for canning „and for jam and jelly making adequate? ..' A.—The amounts are satisfactory for canning and jam and jelly making, es proven by test's in the Dominion Department of Agriculture experimen- tal kitchens. Q.—Is it true that I should can more fi urt'and make less"jain and jelly? A.=Yes, the Department of Agri- culture recommendscanning fruit in preference to making jam or jelly be- cause: 1. More fruit can be put up with less sugarand at less cost. 2. Canned fruit retains more of the vita- min value of the fresh fruit. Q.—What do I do with the applica- tion forms in Ration Book 2 of other members of the family? A.—Attach to your own application card the 'application . forms from . the ration books of the other persons you will be feeding in your household. Do not write anything but the serial num- here of the owners on ,these other forms. Simply copy the serial num- bora from the front of their ration 'books on to their .application forms and pin them to your own fully comm- pleted application. Q: —I haven't very goodstorage fa- cilities for canned fruit: Is it wise for. me to do much canning? A.—It would be false economy to can a lot of fruit and have it spoil. We cannot afford to have any spoil- age of fruit this year. Both•fruit and sugar will be too precious to allow for that. So unless you have a cool, dry cupboaed in which to keep your ,gruit, it is not wise to can. Q.—Will canning sugar be allowed for all fresh fruits? A.—Yes. All fresh fruits including citron and wild fruits. But canning sugar will not be allowed for marrow, tomatoes and pumpkins as they are considered vegetables. Q.—How shall I get my•'sugar for canning and jam and jelly making? A.—When your local ration board has reviewed your application you will be provided, sometimes 'before "June lst, with special canning sugar coupons. These will entitle you to buy sugar, at any grocery store, at specified intervals. Loses Series Windsor Patricks advanced another step in the provincial senior men's basketball playdowns by eliminating the Clinton R.A.F. five in Windsor Saturday night. The Fliers won the game, 48 to 44, but their vihargih was fa' short of the 28 point advantage the Patricks had collected at Lon- don, the previous week in the first game of the total point series. Wind- sor won the round 91.67. Clinton look- ed far better on the Windsor floor than they did the previous week and deserved the win. .The score at the half was 23 to 22. Two Windsor boys, Don Gray and Doug. Scaife, stars of the Clinton Five, put on a good show for the home fano, leading their tea-„ to victory. Gray was high scorer for the night with 18 points. Lawson was high man for Windsor with 14- points. —Clinton News -Record. A SeSattle lawyer broke a lengthy cross-examination of a witness to ex- claim: "Your •Honor, one of the jur- ors • is asleep." - "fiwou put .him to sleep," replied the judge. ,"Suppose you wake 'him up." estemessamesc.F3rltish Secretary Fe reign State for Fre Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, ign Affairs, is shown chatting with Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King a few moments after his arrival in Ottawa. Mr. Eden flew from. the United States in the same huge bomber which carried him across the ocean. He addressed a joint session of the Cana- dian Senate and the House of Commons during his brief stay. Few peo ,l'ine real a that ^ o ,can start gardening very early and keep on planting right into July. Only when the business is extended fully in this way is it possible to maintain a sup- ply of the freshest, vitamin -packed' vegetables_, right through the season. In our victory gardens this year this point is especially important. Early Planting There are solpe things which must get their first growth while the wea- ther is cool and .moist. In this line, of course, are shrubs, vines and trees and other nursery stock. One can hardly plant these too early. There are also those flowers which normally seed themselves= things like cosmos, corn flowers, marigolds and alyssum. - Grass is also in this category.' In- deed if onewaits until the weather really turns .warm.,before putting in a new lawn or repairing an old one, then results are almost sure to be dis- appointing because grass makes its best growth only during cool, moist weather. -...• First Vegetables And in the vegetable line, too, there are ,several that must get early growth in cool, weather. These include 'peas, spinach, onions, curly endive, radish and lettuce. One can plant all of these just as soon•as the driest part of the garden is ready. While one can hardly plant these vegetables too soon, one can easily stop planting them toq soon. With most vegetables, the ea/sports advise - making at least three«sowings, about ten days to aiQQrtnt htaPart In this s way the gardener is protected against Carnage which might wipe out one sowing, and the season of garden fresh vegetables will be greatly ex- tended. Started Plants For speedy results, the use .of start- ed or bedding plants will help: These may. be secured from the nearest seed firm or florist or professional garden- er. • They are plants from seed sown indoorrs, usually irra hotbed or green- house and are well grown when set outdoors as' soon as danger from frost is over. They now come in a great variety of both flowers and vegetables. Only by the use, of certain started plants is it possible, to get flowers and` vegetable maturity in some pants of Canada. Petunias, tor instance, "would hardly reach blooming stage in most parts of Canada it sown from seed outdoors/sr .The same is true of toma- toes, andpossibly of cabbage and oth- er things. In• transplanting these from the flats or baskets in which we buy them, one should water well, and if the sun is hot, it is , good thing to" provide a ',little shade for a day or two. Alsd, if these plants are in flower or are very tall, it is advisable to snip off flowers and pinch back main stems to encourage stocky growth, Planting Hints There 'are ' various- little ways the experienced gardener uses to hasten things along. With tiny seeds like those of lettuce, onions, etc., sewing will be more economical and "need less arduoug thinning if the fine Seed is mixed' with a little sand and the mixture spread thinly along, the rows. .Allow potatoes to sprout in. a .sunny, warm room for a week or' two and see that sprouts are not broken off in planting. Soak the seeds of beans, peas, beets, corn, etc:, before planr,• ing. • NEXT WEEK—Grow Your Own Vit- amins; importance of Thinning; Ear• ly Cultivation. • Seed Cleaning Although 'large, well equipped seed cleaning machinery is now available to farmers at a large number of points across 'Canada, these facilities are still beyond the reach of many, states Dr. L. H. Newman,' Dominion •Cereal- ist. As a matter of fact, the ...great majority .of farmers in most of the provinces are still obliged to clean and grade their seed at home. In such cases the farm --sized fanning' imill is practically a necessity except on large holdings wherec • a machine, of greater capacity may be justified! While the targe power unit usually Is capable of doing ,a better job than is the small fanning mill back on the farm, yet the .careful operator of a farm mill can ,make a satisfactory separation of the small from the large, seed and can remove the weed seeds present quite satisfactorily except in certain cases. The labor of cleaning and handling seed on the farm may be greatly re- .duced *here the lay -out permits the elevation of .the -seed from the cleaner to an overhead bin. From this bin the seed may be spouted back to the fanning mill for a second cleaning. It is almost always necessary to run seed grain through a fanning mill at least I wice and sometimes three times in order to make a satisfactory job. If a gives lot of seed is to be cleaned a third time it may :be elevated to a second Overhead bin which 'is within spouting distance of the fanning mill on the floor; below. In cleaning seed through any mill either large or small it is absolutely necessary that the grain pass thinly over the screens. Otherwise a separation of the small . seed and weed seeds cannot be,niade effectively. The most lmportaint`-eatlire of any seed cleaning machine, be it large or small, is the combination of sieves used. The top o; .scalping sieve should .be barely large enough to let the grain throfgh, the larger material being separated off. The size of grad- ing screens used should, of cgurse, be determ)ned by the size and shape of the seed being cleaned. In• the case of ordinary oats, sieves with oblong openings about one-half inch in length by'one-fourteenth to one -twelfth inch in width are commonly used. In sortie seasons and for some varieties, sieves of different ,sizes may be required. Information as to where the material for the making of sieves may 'be purchased may be had by applying to an -,Experimental Station, Agricultiii'al College, or a Department of• Agricul tore. One of the difficulties which con- fronts many registered, seed growers is the uncertainty as' to whether or' not their seed is going to find a mar- ket. This often ,means that. they .de- fer going to the expense of. having their seed cleaned at a central plant until spring' is well advanced when they have not the time to bother with it: This often Means that much good seed is used for other purposes than seeding. Where a seed producer has his own fanning mill. he can clean his seed well .before 'Spring opshs and thus be in a position to All any or- ders which may .come in. Where a grower has a mouse -proof room avail- able, he can even have his seed bag- ged, weighed, and teddy for inspec- tion, and -if the eeed'•is not all sold it may, be kept over. Victory Gardens - Need Special Care The success of the 1943 Victory gar- den depends, to a large extent, on the way the ground is pr'pared for plant- ing. - No special • type of sail is required to grow good quality vegetables, pro- vided the plot receives at least five hours sunshine a day and is free from tree roots which absorb plant food and moisture required by the vege- tables. The best soils are sandy loam, grav- elly loam and clay loam- The first two being known as `early' soils be - :cause they war spring Clay dry Put and.Cax dug while wetbap lumpy and the p4'eparetie seed bed Will be diff�eult ii sandy soil is poot• and rsquit amounts of zoanure a -140.. /A while a: heavy clay soil 1s d• handle. The (ratter slieuld ; four -lurch layer of sand or coal pluswell rotted manure dug into The Agricultural Supplies Boar the Dominion Department, Of., ture gives the following dire qt preparing the ground for the've garden: "Fall digging or ploughing la ferable but this may be done in -i spring as soon as the.. ground 1:14' enough, "If, it can be obtained, well ratted manure should be spread •before,„ldig-:, ging, using 100 pounds mewls -4%40'1D square feet of ground. Less manor a may be used if two to three potinds o commercial fertilizer per 100 fignainis, feet is used with it. • "The ground sb,ould be dug to depth of 8-10 inches, ' covering- aztd. thoroughly mixing in the manure. Sod should be turned over and completely. covered and if there is couch grass,:a digging fork should be used ti ahalce out theroots- "Fertilizer should then: be • spread over the dug or ploughed ground us- ' ring four pounds per 100 square feet. It should be well worked into the; ground with a rake or harrow',- It - roots or tops of young plants come jib direct contact with the fertilizer they may be injured. r Recommended ter: tilizers are: • For light sandy pod, 4-8-10 (4% nitrogen, 8% 'phosphorus, 10% potash), for heavier soils. 4-32-6 These fertilizers may be 'bouglitlat`a,._ ,seed store or trona .a dealer' -in. agri- cultural supplies. . "After digging and . fertilizing •tho • soil should bye pulverized and smooth- ed ed and is then ready for planting." You Roll Them Beffrer With GUR BREAD CAN'T BE (_BEATEN - ROYAL YEAST CAN'T BE BEATEN r the 6,000 Recruits are nee serve Army in Military Release an Active Army mart for duty overseas by joining NOW. e 'strict If you are not eligible for the Active Army you can still do YOUR bit,. FOR MORE INFORMATION ASK ANY MEMBER OP YOUR LOCAL RESERVE UNIT THIS is YOUR WAR! rd 41 1 • e.� iP