The Seaforth News, 1930-12-25, Page 3Ancient Totem.
CHOrne Utak
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IEANN1?EST
THE TWILIGHT STORY.
CHAPTER THREE
What Lady Ilea Did,
Do you 'ember I told yon Lady
Iden stayed sitting on her white egg,
which she hid hi the barn, all night
° long to keep it warm? ' Well even.
when daylight came around she. just
felt she couldn't leave it there all
alone and didn't know what to do,
But just then to flew Miranda Spar-
row. When, she saw the egg she told
Lady Bea' she was .right to: keep it
warm ail the time and not let it get
cold„ So Lady Hen was glad she stay-
edr`and 'sat there all of today too, The
dark came again and she went to sleep
the way she did the night before, But
when the next morning came, my! but
she was feeling lui'ngry and so very
thirsty too. I guess you would feel
pretty hungry it you just didn't have
your dinner and. would. only have to
wait till supper time, wouldn't you?
13t Lely Hen did.,,'[teout breakfast
and dinner and supper, because she
,s, !thought the egg might; get cold. She
got just aivfully hungry, so thih'morn-
ing when she knew it ,was .•time for
\ breakfast and the nice. Leer from the
big house was calling all the chickens
to come se she threw out a lot of gond
grain, she looked out to see that no -
.body was around and then she crept
carefully out and ran over and she had
a great big breakfast. Oh, it was good,
and the water was eo good too. But
as soon as she was finished she hur-
ried back, afraid the egg would get
oold. However she found it wasn't
,rpt because site was away such
" c decided she would
find get something
flack again.
:'w what else
'lea, why . she
neat, then an-
" ad eight
,e to herself,
-teeth tor me
.,tame flying ie one
a had the eight eggs
prosperr., ,something la her ear.
.e ew out again, and atter elle
p ..:ae Ladylieudid what she told
to -do. She Would guff up her
( .+thgs out big and then can you Ma-
ley gine what she did? See roiled on the
cgs and they didn't break for her
1T�,as etly was so soft, but site did look
d Y-utiny. Then she put her bili down
A
Merry
i Chr
StmIYS
and
and turned over each egg. you 'see
Lady Hen never had any babies before
so Miranda Sparrow had to tell her.
to do that.
Lady Hen had been sitting, on those
eggs a long, long time.. Just think
she was there tor three long weeks:
Little boys and girls had their play
day on Saturday and went to Sunday
School an Sunday three times, -going
to- school all through the week for
three weeks and still she was sitting;
there. She began to uottce no other.
lady liens . seemed to want to have
babies so late, in ;the year, for. here
it was after the =miner holidays,
but she didn't like to ask them about
it because' then they would know
about her eggs hidden away so well
In this nice dark corner.
The very next morning something
wonderfgi happened. Lady Hen heard
something. If she had been the least
bit deaf she wouldn't have heard it:'
Pretty soot!:the -sound Dante again as
plain as could be. Peck -Peck -Peek.
Where did it come from? and here
was another little nee* only it had a
wee bit higher sound, peck -peek -peck,
and she got quite fussed up about it,
At last she peeked underneath her,
warm body for; she wandered if some•
thing was wrong ,with her eggs, and
sure enough one ot the eggs was brok-
en and she said, "Cluck, Cluck, Cluck,
well what's this? I don't understand.
it, but I better alt real quiet so they
don't all break," but soon the eggs
started to move and a big piece came
off, She thought she better look un-
der again.
When she looked under this time.
oft what do you think she saw? a
fluffy little head was.peeking ant of
the egg and his bright little eyes were
looking ,at her. Lady.Hen was so ex-
cited and hurried and covered her
feathers around' it so it.wouldn't get
cold, but pretty soon en the other
side she felt another egg break and
here was another little fluffy head.
Oh, how cute they looked. -She cud-
dled them, in under ter so, close and
warm, and Lady Hen khew theu these
were her babies that she had waited
for, for such a long' time. Tho dark
VMS softly creeping in around the cor-
ners and Lady Hen told her babies
about the lovely night for the first
time and they shut those sleepy
little eyes and soon all were sleeping.
Next week—How about the next morn-
Mg?
orn
lug?
After The Pudding
Comes The Cake
'The Christmas cake ranks next 3n
importance after the puddiug and the
mk,ce-Pies, and It is wise, when
youngsters /rave to be considered, to
to .provide a cake not too rich or
heavy. The -Christmas coke, and not
the pudding and mince -pies, as many
believe, is the "lust straw" at many
Christmas feasts.
Concentrate on a cape that is fruity
without being too rich of heavy. An
ideal cape- can be made from the fol-
lowing recipe;—
To a pound of self-raising dour add
a good pinch of salt; then rub iu half
a pound of margarine. Wlten the mix-
ture is like breadcrumbs, add a qua!•-.
ter et a pound each of washed cur•
rants, sultanas, and stoned raisins, and
'two ounces of chopped candied peel,
To this add a quarter of a pound of
fine white sugar and a tablespoonful
of mixed spice, and stir well.
Next take two eggs and beat them
Well, adding a gill of milk. Stir this
In- the cake mixture until the whole
is thoroughly moulded together,
Grease a cake tin and line with clean
white paper. Put the mixture in the
'tin and place in a hot oven for twenty
minutes, After twenty minutes the
heat must be reduced, and_the cake
baked in a Stow, even. After two
hours the calve may bo tried with a
knife, 10 the latter comes out clean,
,the Dalt$ is done, If not, put it back
in the oven and altow it to cook until
the knife o0
d s coriia3 out. clean.
To ice the cake, allow it to get
quite cold, then cut ofC •the top until it
is perfectly fiat. Take hall a pound
of icing auger 'and roll out until
smooth. Beat up atittiy the white of
one egg with a pinch of salt, then
add the icing sugar gradually. Take
a bread knife and, after dipping it in
hot water-, prepare to 5m001h oyer the
icing, which you can pour over the
cake in spoonfuls, dipping the knife
from time to time is hot water to en
sure smoothness. Then leave it to
set.
To colour the icing, cochineal or
vegetable coloring can be obtalned at
any grocer's, and a few.drops are add-
ed to the icing before putting it on
the cake, To make almond icing,
work four ounces of ground almonds
into the yolk of an egg without beat.
lug, with four ounces of icing sugar
as well. This makes a stiff mass
which can be piled and arranged on
tbp of the cake before the white icing
is added,
"Your wife seems terribly worried,"
"She is. She is worried about how
to buy 24 Christmas gifts with three
dollars and a half,"
"Economic ideals must Include the
ideal of beauty as well as the ideal
of plenty." —Sir .Basil Blackett.
Farm Problems
Conducted by Prof. Henry G. Boll, Dept, of Ch • E
What New Yet
Is Wearing
Chemistry, Ontailo Agricultural College; •Csnelph BY ANNaiBELLE WORTHINGTON
The object of this department acre of fertilizer 'anatyaing 2 "":1:11,1 ItltisI,atetl D,es6makinq Lesson ztr
Is to piece at the service of our cent nitrogen, 5 to I2 tar, csto a- visited Flith;vkeiry ,PaLie>n
farm readers the advice . of ac• able phosphoric acid;: aqy 10 a'
knowledgod authorities on ail sub-
jects
per cant potash. Tlie Ut.1
fertilizer should be used on the Ma�x
ground since utuok soils are mw":'
short of this type of plantfeed, eP
best. results apply 200 poondg, ot tQr
tilizer through the fertilizer attagtt•
ment of your sugar beet drill when
planting the seed, Two hundred to
six hundred, pounds of; the fertilizer
should be spread on the ground by the
fertilizer dropper grain drill preced-
ing sowing
reced-ing_sowing of sugar' beet seed.
T, W,-1, A five acre field has a
mailed direct before being clay sub -soil with live inches of block
pub-
lished. earth tin surface, is it suitable for tur-
copyright by Wilson Publishing nips and potatoes? 2. How deep
Co,, Limited.
should potatoes be planted and bow
, malty bushels to the acre?
pertaining to the farm,
Adtress all questions to. Pro-
feeso:• Henry G. Bell, in care of
The Wildon Publishing Company,
Limited, Toronto, and answers
will appear in this column In, the
order In which they are received.
When writing kindly mention this
paper. As space is limited it is
advisable where immediate reply
is necessary that an addressed
envelope be enclosed With the
question, when the answer will be
Strange things—strange ways—have left their pristine traces among
Canada's aborigines. Rere we see a mighty' strange totem with wings.
Unusual, And la background may be made out prow of ancient dug-
out.
I•iere are some of this weeks ques
tions and answers:--
Reader:-1.
nswers;—Reader —1. 0 have a Piece et clay
ground which I have had in potatoes
for two years and I intend sowing
wheat on this next year. I ask your
advice in regard to tit: best results.
Would it be wise to put any more
manure on? 2. What do you think
about sowing oats on sod which is to
be plowed next spring?
Answer: -1. If you menured the po-
tato ground_ heavily, t would not ad-
vise adding more stable manure when
preparing it for wheat. I -would ad
vise, however, 'adding about 300 lbs.
per acre of fertilizer carrying 12 to 14
per available phospborio acid and
5 to 6 per potash. The reason is
that stock manure is relatively weak
in plant ripener—phosphoric =M—
end the addition of the fertilizer in
question will tendto balance manure
and, assist the wheat crap to make
good root -growth and to ripen evenly,
q The potash will help the plumping of
Life or Cut Flowers powers Prolonged the grain. The fertilizer is best ap-
By Carb.;n Dioxide Atmosphere
The life .of rut dowel's, fruits' and and vegetables, can he delayed by the
presence of carbon dioxide in the air.
"To handle dry ice efficiently," Mr.
Thornton explained. "'It became im-
portant to determine the tolerance of
various plant organs to artificially pro-
duced dioxide atmospheres. The re-
sults show that some plant organs are
improved for consumption by proper
percentages of carbon dioxide, others
have considerable tolerance of the
gas, and only a few require that mini-
mal amounts of it be present.
"During the treatment the pear be-
came very soft and juicy, while the
peach and the banana,remained hard.
The banana withstood 33 per cent
carbon dioxide without appareut in-
jury to the final ripening color or
flavor. This concentration . retarded
the coloring of the banana so that it
was approximately two days longer in
ripening than the =trolls. Citrus
fruit withstood a relatively high con-
centration of carbon dioxide without.
noticeable injury during or after. the
vegetables may be prolonged by stor-
age in a carboy dioxide treated at-
inosplleee, show experiments reported
to ,the. American Cbemical Society by
Note ood C, Thornton. of the Boyce
Thompson Institute for Plant Re-
search, Yonkers, N.Y,
Roses, - one of the most perishable
of flowers, responded well to the treat
-
mein. Rosebuds stored in carbon di-
oxide treated air for seven days were
still fresh and opened slowly with
good Dolor and shape when removed
to warm air, while those kept for the
same period in ordinary cold storage
were badly shattered. Since florists
have considered three days the maxi-
mum period for roses, the treatment
gave a possible gain of four days.
This is a new application of the
principle on which all refrigeration by
solid carbon dioxide, known as dry
ice, is based, All living orgaulsms
respire, giviag oil carbon dioxide,
This process, which leads to total
decay in the case of cut flowers, fruits storage period."
Earth's Four -Hour. Day
Most people impatiently await the
coming of the shortest day—because
from thence onward the evenings be-
gin to lengthen.
The date of the shortest day de
pends upon the exact time the sun at'
tatus , ire mpp[;,, t;.flgtltOtly"`-- i �acsi .
If it does this before midnight on
December 21, then that day Is the
shortest, If after midnight, then the
22nd efijoys the distinction; while if
the tune of moat southerly declination
occurs exactly at midnight, as occas-
ionally it does, then there are two
shortest days in that particular year.
Stiff morn infrequently it sometitnes
happens that this time is delayed until
after midnight on tate 220d, in which
case, of course, the 23rd becomes the
shortest day.
Judging by our modern standard, at
one period of 'the earth's history all
out• days were "shortest days," for
astronomers have shown that; in very
remote times the clay lasted only
about four hours.
This means that for milliolts of
Years the day has been slowly bttt
surely Iengthening. Its duration, in-
deed, hag altered In this direction
MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER
YES, GirSEVdM, tFe Tutt
l=1GHTEetJ.t AY DIST'
tS A SUCCE'T, Mu'l;.'t
wit. Td�Y' T tit 4SE1.F1
i1 S -me
smite olb
Murcl .
even during the time of civilised man.
We know this from study of ancient
eclipses, as found is. Chinese records.
C,L.IILS.
The othet day a mau, hitherto with-
out a spot on his character, inquired
plied through a grain drill with fer-
tilizer distributing compartment. 2.
Oats may be sown on sod Ian.`. which
has been plowed this spring, How-
ever, the plowing should not be too
deep, else the water supply for the
oat crop might be seriously impaired.
I prefer using plowed sod for potatoes
or some other cultivated crop siace
cultivation gives a chance to rid the
soii of weeds before the grain and
grass crops are sown.
G.0,:—I have fourteea acres of roll-
ing clay soil to plant to beans next
spring. Would like to get advice as'
to fertilizer. Would you advise using
fertilizer on this land, and if so, how
much per acre, and what kind?
Answer:—Many beau growers have
obtained satisfactory returns from
fertilizing their crop. In tests carried
on with beans in Huron County, by
this institution in 1929, the average
increase for fertilizing beans was 2.93
bushels per acre. The increases in
the seven experitneuts conducted at
that time, ranged from 0 to 5.75
bushels per acre. Good results were
obtained from the use of 2.12.6 or
3-10,5 fertilizers. These are usually
applied at the rate of 300 pounds per
acre, Best results are obtained by
applying tills fertilizer tltiough the tea
tilizer section of the grain drilla Many-
beau
anybeau growers recommend spreading
the fertilizer 7 to 14 days before plant -
Ing the beans. If you do not have a
grain drill with fertilizer dropping sec-
tion, any broadcasting machinery such
with well -feigned innocency - as a lime spreader will distribute the
0"w 0,,5-, fur, tfinetriereer ettSeet.,e_t'Cnr t> °vvi4 f' r'reg ground.
t can live perms dIvrde fine. i on tau „• <�,, rluu .. '
eggs so that each man will receive one 'Careful harrowing and diskiugitef.li
"He v °, ' • err er
and still ono remain in the dish?"
After the company went all but dis-
tracted in the mazes of this propost-
tion the fellow meanly said:
work it in, Wlien fertilizers are ap-
plied through the grain fertilizer drill
it should ire allowed to drop through
the hoe on each side of the one drop -
p ng eaas, ut not in tate ho tha i
dropping tete seed. If fertiliz r
care u y applied as deeeribetl lbs
supply available plant -food to the
young growing crop and give ft ma-
terial
a-
er al assistance, Do not deo the
Bans on a fort lizers.
P, r.: We are contemn latin row-
ing a small acreage or sugar beets the
coming season and as it will be our
Answer: -1. The clay soil with the
black earth on top if carefully worked
should be suitable Inc turnips and
should produce fairly good potatoes,
Potatoes as a rule do hest on gravelly
or sandy loam soil. 2. As a rule Ito-
tatoes should nat be planted more than'
4 to 6 laches deep. Ten to twelve
' bushels to the acre is considered a
sufficiently thick seeding,
M. F.:-1. Would it be wise to tolt-
dress fields of wheat with manure for
! winter? We were not able to get the
I manure out earlier.'
Anewer:— You wilt be well ad-
,
�
vised to top -dress wieter wheat with
manure, especially if the wheat has
not made a very heavy top growth.
Do not put too heavy a covering of
manure. About 2 to 4 toes to the
acre has been found to be most ef-
fective. This will tend to lodge the
snow over the wheat and will, there-
fore, protect the wheat and gain more
moisture for it: in the sprtag as
soon as the Held is sufficiently dr
to go upon, it may be advisable t
top -dress the wheat fietd with 25
pounds pee arra of a fertilizer analys
ing shot t 2-12-6. This wilt give tit
early growing wheat a good start an
shored help in the general vigor and
yield of the crop. Fertilizers can be
applied as a top -dresser by broadcast-
ing them with a lime and fertilizer
spreader or by crossing the grain with
a regular grain drill, applying the fer-
tilizer through the regular fertilizer
section. Care should be taken to have
the discs or hoes suspended so that
they wilt not injure the growing crop.
eteeee
y Feati erweight tweed i. rovides a
o new appeal for the tailored utility
0 frock that will slip easily under thee--
•
il ...
• winter coat.
e This snappy model adopts slimness
d through its clever cross-over effect. of
the bodice and panel at front and back
of the skirt. The button trim adds
still further to its slenderness, The
youthful kilted :flatted arrangement at
either side gives smart flare.
Style No. 2803 is designed in sizes
36, 38, 40, 42, 44°and 46 inches bust.
Size 36 requires 49...1 yards 30 -inch.
with 91 yz,rd 35 -inch contrasting. `
Black 'canton crepe with vest epi:
white, rich wine red erepy patterned
woolen with blending shade - plain
woolen and dark green crepe maro-
cain with vest of lighter green shade •
are attractive combinations.
HQW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name'and address plain1•
ly, giving number and size of suet!
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address yeur order to Wilson. Pattern'
Service, 73 WestAdelaide St., Toronto.
World's Most
Wonderful Baulk
•
The recently completed head office
building of Lloyd's Bank in London is
probably the most wonderful in the
world. It has taken more than four
years to 'erect, and during that time
000 men have been engaged incess-
antly upon the work.
Labour-saving devices have been
brought to a fine art. There enters,
let us say, a customer who wishes to
inquire the size of his balance --or,
more likely in these days, his over-
draft. The cleric of whom he makes
his inquiry writes down the message
upou a telewrlter. This is reprodticed
automatically and instantaneously in
a ,department several floors away
where the bank ledgers are kept. The
ledger clerk looks up the amount and
records the figures on the telewriter.
Next moment these are passed ever
the counter to the customer.
Inthe basements or the batik far
1 ete -r 's w tee tee .t •rmbernaf
below 'drake T vet 'Ytt✓d' 6tAr.,,:. Arts
strong rooms with huge steel doors
weighing many tons. Yet so beauti-
fully balanced are they that a child
clip open them—once the keyh
been turned is their burglar-proof
c s. cors dors are etre! e
cessant y,.and. a wonderful system of
mirrors enables the guardia
routed distant corners,
ti
r 'thi-;�
f
5a lain . beli?ve iu Sento.
"Bobby, d +u.tlt "i}'••t t
Claus "
"One takes the dish with the e" i b b e i s as
gg• � "Surd• He's beau to otu• house at-
1 f li e s aro [o k Alt i p 1 d in-
cessantly,
n ready and hid a dell in ma's desk and
The cause of peace is not the cause y i a rocking horse In the Coal bin."
of cowardice. If peace Is sought to ns 10 see
be defended or preserved for tate safe-
tySome of the luxurious and the timed, itis b th i P It has been proved that the nom -
a sham, and the peace will he base; d a tramp men snail can draw a load which is.
war Is better, if peace is to be main contemplating g
asleep f t clopy {foes a heavier titan itself, If an
. elephant were as strong, in proper
first experience along this line, we
would tike to have your advice as to
what analysis of fertilizer to use, One
Held is heavy ground with clay sub-
soil. The other is black ground with
gravelly bottom,
Answer: --Por fertilizer for sugar Iavetybody is erten, as likely to be
beets use from 400 to S00 pounds per wrong as right
•
lie Got a Plenty.—"Now," said the
college man to his dad at the football
game, "You'll see 11101.0 excitement for
two dollars than you ever saw before."
"I don't know," replied the old gent;
"that's what my marriage license
cost inc;" .---"Maiteaser"
The pant -keeper faun
1 0n 0116 0 the seats.
Iii, you!" he exclaimed shaking.
theclose manthe'sgatesshoulder. "I'm going to
."
"All right," murmured the tramp,
sleepily. "Don't slam them."
Far be it from me to assert that
what everybody says must be true.
t : 'MAY S. 1•tATgXa
SPINAct-U Mu-r'r HAS Cetr'rAtiutN
Go'r- A late they re Glues
Me ANY lNG H¢ bacsi0r
WA -y3'. his WAS MY WQotaeel
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Mutt Gets His Appetite Back By Proxy,
WA,ITE1J BRING MC, ,q SiRLotnl
MOUT THE stApo 4F Rtto1 s, rsLgtvb
ANU THC SIZE OP TeXAst t3ROWeJ Ci-'
UO4T1[_ Tile CNCF 'pRoiums IN GRAVY:
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thin to elle, it would have to move
nearly 270 Mus.
That is only one specimen from;
Nature's collection of "mighty midg-
ets'
idgets' that perform in secret on land
and in the sea.
IiVen the situp€e81 men find it diel
cult to lift more tltau their own
weight. Yet, a bluebottle fly can lit'
more than 30 times its own weigl}>
while it can draw a load that is 1
times heavier than itself..
Objects which are about f
times heavier than themselves ar
ten carried by the mason wasps "
You have seen these eases
powerful drills which etre usedf
up the road? well, titer is a t
I.tuawn as the piddock or plry
tylas, which can rival th 't
and Is a superior worker, a'_
no noise.
Silently, but none rho 1�
ly, the piddock bores "(h
hardest rock as casex ;y
soap,
'tee
Sy [oviug w tovor i Xpvoht6 i
those around us,' lova wits flow hack
from them to us ,baud will become e-
^r"asure tustgfd.t3P a !lain; and caribi
will bgpomc .lire.,,,,, "n;. and we shalt
become C uhwottIly nC
Hien }NS carne folXodrNty,:
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