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4- « 4 4 t A * 4 r It i 1. »• 4 *• ♦ mm f- V [â- : •r l The Green Thumb By Gordon L>. Smith Pest Control There it one thing that any gardener can be pretty sure about coming, and that is pests. Fortun- itely, however, measures of dealing with them are also increasing. After the plants start to grow, too, the good gardener will keep an eye open for in- sect or other pest ^3^^_ damage. He will ^^^^L guard against this 4^ M^^^ b y encouraging ^^^^^^^^ growth by f re- â- ig^l^^B quent cultivation, J^B^2|^^Lak ^y spacing or ^^^^K^^f thinning for room ^^^^ and by s p r ? y s, dusts or other protection applied just as soon as the first attacks are noticed. Un- fortunately for almos' every variety of fruit, vegetable or flower in Can- ada or any other country there Items to be a special pest. But it It amazing how easily these can be controlled if measures are taken promptly. Signs of Damage If insects or disease really get well developed in a garden there is liable to be heavy damage before control can take effect. To guard against this, experienced gardeners are always on the watch tor signs of pests and at the first indication they open an offensive. These ex- perts are suspicious when they see a wilted or curled or eaten leaf, even if the insects responsible fpr same are too small to be noticed by the naked eye. Generally signs are easy to read and cures are readily available. Holes in the leaves mean that bugs that chew are present. These are destroyed with poisons. If the leaves wilt and dry up, sucking in- aects arc e.xtracting the plant juices. Dusts and Sprays On the market today are all iorts of good weed killers and des- troyers of bugs and diseases. The new DDT dusts and sprays will handle many of these pests and the new 2-4-D will also handle a wide range of weeds. Beginners are ad- vised to look into some of these new developments. By following direc- tions they will save themselves a lot of extra work and disappoint- ment There are many low-priced dusters and sprayers available for applying these chemicals. One point thai -the experienced gardener will always emphasize is to get control measures underway just as •oon as the first bugs, disease or weeds appear. It is much easier to check these pests before they get really established. Want A Good Lawn? To set off a new house to the best advantage a good lawn is essential. It isn't a difficult job for anyone to construct a new lawn, if the instructions in the leaflet "The Construction of New Lawns" are followed. A copy can be obtained fret from the Division of Forage Crops, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. • » • How can a lawn be kept in the best condition.' The answer is given in easily understood detail in a pamphlet "The Care of Lawns" which is arailable free from the Division of Forage Crops, Central E.xperiniental Farm, Ottawa. LIFE'S LIKE THAT 'It's your father's day present, jear, and I've arranged so you can pay for it in small weekly pay- ments." ...TABLE TALKS... Blossom Queen. â€" Phyllis Mary Webb, centre, 21-year-old Toronto girl, was chosen Blossora Festival (Jueen for the second annual observance of the event at Thornbury. Her nearest com- petitors were also Toronto .Sfirls. Phyllis Wil Hams, right, came second, and Evelyn Fell third. CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM Bv Uwenaoluif H Clarke In spite of rain and lack of sun shine the spring crop has finally got itself growing. Patchy, of course â€" bare spots here and there will need re-seeding, but still a lot better than we expected. Un- fortunately there are quite a few farmers around here who haven't finished seeding yet, and some, through lack of help, who never even started. If that state of affairs is general in Ontario then the "probs" for a plentiful crop are not too pri'ni>;ng. « « « On this farm, however, one crop looks as if it might produce a good harvest â€" and that is our crop of spring calves. Six of them â€" and all boys, i 1 thou'.;li' ' ' ' say "boys" because you know there are some io:k thiit it is higii.v i:n,)rupci .. . a lady to speak of "bulls". Why, LU never understand. But then 1 guess 1 am just a woman. 1 1 should also ' have said there were six calves â€" there are five now. One of theui was a "blue baby" and had to be put out of its misery. Did you know it was possible for a calf to be a blue baby? It was a new experience for us. Such a lovely big calf â€" but it was soon quite evident there was something radically wrong with it. The other five calves are doing hne. so there should be some good veal chops an. I steaks on the market ill ;;liont â-  â- ',• uecks from now. » « • riiere n. â-  » ^o:ue half-grown chickens aro.uul here by that time too â€" we had a man in here yester- day looking for orders, .\ccording to what he said a lot of farm people, like ourselves, felt that chickens cost too much to raise this year â€" the price of eggs and chickens being â- too cheap in proportion to the price of feed. I'robably you liilk wlio ha\e to buy eggs and chickens wiH just about hit the roof at my saying the price is too low. But don't forget, farmers don't get what you pay, nor anything like it. .â- Xnd there isn't much we can do about it. .-K farmer with even a ln'Tuircl hens gets too many eggs to dispose of direct to con iniK'r> â€" uiilc.>> he has a market stall, and we can't all have that. As for chickens â€" there were so many last fall that farmers who didn't have private customers h.ul difficulty in selling them at all. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1. i. s. 11 13. 14. II. n. 18. IS. 11. ss. 16. SO. 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Swiss canton The butchers were over - stocked with them â€" there were chickens everywhere, the market was abso- lutely glutted v:hh them. • • * If you want to know the reason think back to any drive you took through the country the last few years. Remember you passed farm after farm, where, not too far from the other buildings, there was a brooder house, perhaps two or three. Later there were dozens of range shelters scattered throughout past- ure and stubble fields. .\nd chick- ens â€" chickens everywhere you looked. They represented a lot cf work but as long as they could be raised at a fair profit that was all right â€" not counting the labour, of course. On a farm that isn't con- sidered at all. But when the mar- gin of profit is so small as to be almost negligible is it reasonable to expect the farmer to keep right on raising chickens? So that is why we are buying our chickens halt grown â€" buying just the number of pullets we can house and no cock- erels at all. • • • Right now I am sitting, with pad and pencil, in the cab ot the "pick- up". The sun is actually shining and there are banks of billowy white clouds all over the sky. In between the clouds there are stretches of turquoise blue. A sky to delight the eye of an artist, """he mountain is lovely this morning, partly in shade, partly sun-flecked over various shades of green. Birds are fhtting back and forth and there is an occa- sional butterfly. I'he sun is bright and warm but the wind still cold and the ground very damp. Our tulips are in full bloom but we can hardly see them for dandelions. Be- fore I can do anything in the gar- den it will be a forest of weeds. Now I must go in and get this typed â€" maybe a portable typewriter wouldn't be such a bad idea â€" except that they cost money. • • • Here is another little bit for the CBC! In a letter from Daughter this morning she said â€" "Keep up the good work. Mother. 1 also heard that broadcast about the cows going out to pasture and I talked back to the radio too. Even if I haven't lived on a 'arm for ten years I still know what the weather does to thi;ii;sl" Your Handwriting and You By Alex. 3. Amott Constructive Ability Constructive ability is one of the virtues of the er.gincer, the I chanic, or builded. This ability is shown in ha. Iwriting in numer- ous ways, some of which are artistic capital letters, continuous writing from one word to the next without a break, and by the use of unusual methods of constructing letters and words. These indications are usually backed up with signs of intelligence, patience, intuition and logic as in- dications of the writer's ability to progress under ditliculty and dis- appointn-.ent. High intelligence is usually indicated by the clear cut but rapid style of writing, and patience is shown by the sharpness of the letters. Intuition is readily observed from frequ nt breaks in the words which appear mostly at the base and not at th trp of the letnrs. .Architects and those engaged in similar constructiv . work show their natural ability for construct- iveness by ad ng an artistic touch to their handwr g i the form of graceful capital letters. Continuous writing from one word to another without lifting the pen from the paper is one form of unusual writing and this type of writing usually a,^pears in the script of those en- gaged in higjjly complicated forms c' construction. An\Lnf uishtno a u , ,• complete analysu please send seij-addressed stamped tnvelafe to Alex S ArnotI 123. 1S//I Street Xe-.t Toronto 14. There is no charge for this serz-ice CHANGE of LIFE? Are vou going through the functional 'middle age* period pc^culiar to women (38 to 52 yrs.)? Does this make you suffer from hot flashes, feel ao ncnvus. high- strung, tired? Then do try Lvdia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compouud to relievm such symptoms, l^okhani's Com|>ound also bHs what Doctors call a stomachic tonic effect! VLYDM E. PINKHAM'S l^^m Age apparently is no barrier to success in gymnastics. Most of the entries in the National A.A.U. Championships are in their 30's. Soi^a SORE FEET THIS WAY Rub in Min.ird s Liniment generously. and feel the relief steal over the aching muscles and joints. For .ill musole and joint pains, achesandstifTnesSs sprained ankles, twisted limbs â€" Mmard's has been famous for over 60 vears- Good for dandruff and skin disorders, too. Get a bottle today; keep it ^VK handy. Ojfi ARD*S LINIMENT Rhubarb â€" Serve It a New Way Frozen Rhubarb â€" Cook and mash through a strainer enough rhubarb to make a quart when finished. Use rhubarb with a pink skin if possible, leaving the skin on. Add a cup of hot water and sweeten to taste. Cool and freeze as for sherbet. Serve in sherbet glasses with whip- ped cream topping. Jellied Rhubarb â€" Put into a saucepan three pounds of washed and cut-up rhubarb to which half a pound of sugar, a scant cup of water, and the sliced peel of half a lemon have been added. Boil all together, adding a few sticks of cinnamon. When the rhubarb is tender remove from the fire and strain. Have ready four tablespoons of gelatin soaked in a little cold water. Pour the hot rhubarb sauce over this. Place in a mold and set in the refrigerator to harden. Serve with plain or whipped cream. Rhubarb Fritters â€" ilake fritter dough by mixing together two well- beaten eggs, two cups of lour, two teaspooi^s baking powder, half a teaspoon of -alt and enough sweet milk to make a batter that drops well. Stir into this a cup of stewed rhubarb, adding a little more flour if the batter seems thin. Have deep fat hot and fry the fritters in this, draining oil any surplus grease by dropping them on absorbent paper when fried a nice brown. Rhubarb Brown Betty â€" Cover the bottom of a baking dish with a layer cf rhjbarb cut into short lengths. Sprinkle well with sugar, Add a layer of bread crumbs, season with butter and a little cinnamon. Repeat until the dish is almost fulL Pour over a half-cup of water. Cover the dish and bake for half an hour, then uncover to brown. Serve with favorite pudding sauce or with rich milk. Rhubarb Pie â€" Line a pie pan with rich crust. Sprinkle thinly with dry bread crumbs. To one and three-quarters cupfuls of tender un- cooked rhubarb, cut into short lengths, add one and one-half cup- fuls of sugar, one well-beaten egg, and half a cup of seedless raisins. Mix well and fill into the pie crust Cover the top with a crust or with lattice strips. .Bake in a quick oven. You can add a tablespoon of maple s>rup and im.prove the flavor. Rhubarb Sauce â€" Wash and pre- pare pink stems of rhubarb by cut- ting them into short lengths. Place in the top of the double boiler and cook until soft. Sweeten to taste and «er\-e hot or cold as desired. Rhubarb Sauce With Raisinsâ€" This is a delicious variation and a fine way to serve rhubarb that may have been left over. Stir into the sauce as many stewed seedless raisins as desired. Children are especially fond of rhubarb sauce served in thi^ manner. Rhubarb Foam â€" To a pint of cold, cooked, sweetened rhubarb add the whites of two or three eggs, de- pending on whether or not the rhubarb is very juicy. Beat briskly until stiff. If not sweet enough to suit the taste, add more sugar be- fore the beating process is entirely completed. This is especially pretty if pink-skinned rhubarb is used. Rhubarb Shortcake â€" Split baking powder biscuits, as for Strawberry Shortcake, butter underhalf portion, insert generous layer of Rhubarb Sauce, cover wirh top half addition- al sauce, and whioped cream. 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