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r .k ( « i * k 4 k A » 4 k * t A * f CHBONICLES OF GINGEB FABMS Rain, Rain Go Away â€" Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Stanley arrived in Chicago from their home on tl>e African coast and were greeted by a downpour that threatened to wrinkle their formal attire. So Jini Roche, hostess on the plane that flew tlx-m frora New York, gallantly supplied an unmiirella. The penguins will live in the Lincoln Park Zoo. Some Notes From The Farm Front Items of Interest to Our Rural Readers By John Russell hi "the United States great concern as being shown regarding the rapiJ falling off in the number of live stock, said to amannt to something like fiiteen per cent in the past four years. This should be of ical interest »o Canadian stock raisers as showing "the modern trend. Some department of Agriculture officials sonth of the border are reported as wanting to advise farmers to start rebuilding their breeding-stock right away, but are held back from doing so by "top policy" makers who >tiri want to put the emphasis on grain production. However, several of the great State agricultural colleges are already tell- ing farmers to hang on to their tree;! ing stock. » • ». Some time next Fall apple grow- ers are due to receive a lot -of free, but still very valuable publicity for their product. Walt Disney's big feature picture "Slelody Time" will star Johnny Appleseed, the almost legendary character who went about the conn- try planting appleseeds here and there, and to whom millions of apple- TABLE TALKS Muffins â€" Mixed The Pastry Way Blueberry Variety Try this new way of mixing muT- fitts. It's the same idea as mixing shortening and flour for pie or tea biscuits. It's quick â€" no shortening to melt â€" and the results are perfect. yi cup shortening 3 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar ^4 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 cup blueberries Cut shortening into sifted dry ingredients witli p.istry bleiulor. Use a light, quick mi.xing motion. The mixture sliould look like coarse crumbs before the liquid is added. Spoon a "well" in the center of the dry ingredients. Combine wcll- beatei\ egg, milk and well-drained canned or frozen blueberries: pour into well at once and mix inst tmtfl dry ingredients are moistened. Bat- ter still will be lunH\v. Dip batter into greased muliin pans, using two spoons. Don't ovxr- sttr the batter by scooping to the bottom of the bowl for each spoon- ful. Fitl each Tuufhn pan a little over half full. Bake in hot oven (.450° I 30 to 25 minutes or until muflins are a sltiny, golden brown. Serve hot with a big pat of butter. This recipe Trtakes 1? meditnn-sizcd muf- fins. loiers owe a deep debt of gratitude. "The .\rp!e Song", sung by Dennis Day is expected to have folks not <nly humming the tune but also craving and buying more apples. » * « Low-quality ]-.ay u^ed to mulch a block of 2.^->ear-old N'onhern Spy apple trees «"as found to bring re- sults worth many times the costs, In experiments oinducted over a 7-year period. Starting the very first yrar the muldi was applied, yields increased by 6 bushels per tree, and have aver- aged that much increase each year since. The hay not only saves mois- ture but acts as a fertilizer. In the e.xperin-.ait a quarter-ton of hay was put around e;'.ch tree to start with, then added to as it decomposed. Al'out a (it:arter-tou even.- three years is aboTjt the right amount to be ad- ded. * » » On the farms of Canada, and es- pecially Eastern Canaila, there are probably millions of acres that are too wet tor profitable cultivation. Yet, property drained, such wet- lands often yield huge crops. More titan that, when put into production they help "take the load" off a farm's poorer, steeper Tands, which may be allowed to lie fallow lor a time, or planted with trees. Bta whether the tile or open-cut method is used, proper drainage is an exr.cting operation, requiring both knowledge and skill, as it must leave sufficient water on the land, but not either tiKi much or tcio little. But as many have found out, when properly done ft can really pa; . « « • .\ quarter century ago 120 eggs a year was considered pretty fair pro- duction I r a hen. Today, with mod- ern methods of breeding and feeding, the average throughout the country is probably around three dozen eggs a year better than that. However, there is still plenty of room for improvement before general egg production approael'.es the mark set by a hen called "Miss Mas.^achus- etts" back in 1944. She laid J51 eggs in just 3?7 days; and what is more, each dorrn of those eggs scored per- fectly for size, weighfiig 26 oimces or better. ♦ ♦ » Back in prewar days there were oS.OOO Ontario acre>- tn sugar beet-s. Because of labtir and price control difficulties, totals dropped so greatly that the eiitii-e mdnstry in this Trov- ince was thrv.itened. Birt at a meet- ing held in Chath-am recently, with representatives of both the growers and manufacturers pre^cnt, it was decided to make a real join: effort to sa\ e it : and with more labor and labor-sa\ ing machiuer>- avTiilable, the future should offer fewer difficult- ies for tbc Ontario beet grower. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1. 6. 8. . 13. i 13. ' 14. ' 16. , 16. ,17. 1», 1». tl. 23. i t(. IT. !!> 33. 34. 35. 36. ACKOSa Coasters Hquality Wootl sorrels Toward shelter Turkish Utl« MilBic Careen \ Roilent Assistant Night before Continued % stories f Reiitraiutnc .\rtinoia I^inguaKe Not profes- sional t^no entirely lost Mi:Mite ^JlUdln* material Spolien Transportation tharK> vnastio bitumen Cited flan's name 'roB Btnus Tilt up J, Whirlt'ool Cretan mountain Hebrew month Remunerates KnKllsh letter Contradict POWN Hade up Into large l»undl»«_ I. Fruit 3. .\ssail 4. Appoint 5. Partially paralysed ♦. Mnshroom 7. Proportion S.'Of the mouth 3. Kitchen 10. Moreover 11. t'nderstunil 1?. Moved very slowly !0. Infuriated 22. Sailors' patron saint •4. Lair 25. Krascnient 2S. Ufb'.ew \ measure S9. .Vnthropold animal 3a. uoaa-i>',!i\v..g materia'. SI. Dress fabric 32. Chains 34. Front elevatio* 37. Clear 35. iSultan's decre* 39. Kast Indian gateway 40. Kocord 42. Time units 44. Twilled cloth 45. Ohio college town 47. Sn^all cusl'.ion The aiww«r to thl« puaal* li alMwhw • on Ma pAft^ B; Cweadoiinc P. Clarke Spring... we know what it ia, of course. The time of year when there is new perennial growth; new planting, new seeding; tractors, frogs and robins; the time of which poets sing â€" "when a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love". The time ,vhen it is a mercy that that spring feeling, or some- thing, calls the men outside to rake the yard or polish the car, for there is no place for them in the home â€" it being also the time for spring housecleaning. » • « V'es, actually we all know what spring neans â€" I do too â€" but yet, just now, I was tempted to find out what definition my Oxford dic- tionary ga.'e for the word. The des- cription was very apt and applies to many activities. "Spring. . . jump from the ground" â€" yes, that is true of flowering bulbs, wheat, clover and rhubarb. "Sudden niovement from rest â€" bring sud- denly into action or view." Well, now. tbat surely applies to house- cleaning at its best â€" or worst, de- pending on your point of view. Could it be that Messrs. Fowler and Fowler were married and spoke as men of e.xperience when com- piling tiieir dictionary? Men, natur- ally, would think housecleaning was a "sudden movement from rest"! because they themselves are inter- rupted and disturbed by it. In winter, when routine work in the house runs along smoothly; meals appear on the f i)!e well prepared and nicely served, that, to the tnas- culine mind, indicates that very little work has been involved, and plenty of rest for the lady of the house has therefore been possible. "Bring suddenly into action or view". That surely, could have no other mean;.i;T tl'.an what happens in a home when the housewife gets busy, if it were ot for houseclean- ing many things would b- perma- nently lost especially when there are people arcjnd who put things a.vay so carefully they never know where to find them afterwards, -â- ^nd their number is legion â€" and among their number is myself. But still, the lost things that are sud- denly brought into view make spring a. time of e.xcitenieiit and anticipation, * * * But oh dear, if we could iu^t get on with the work without inter- ruptions. But no. just as sure as extra work is in progress tliere are unlooked for hindrances. .\ matter of business that lias to be attended to; invitations tor this and that that cannot very well be refused; phone calls and more phone calls: and the chances are that one of the local organizations to which one belongs decides to cater for a ban- q-net. You feel you just can't spare the time for it until you remember that probably ninety-nine per cent of the members feel exactly as yon do. So you pitch in and do your bit â€" and then it's the end of the week and you look back, realizing how little you have accomplished. But then, it you are philisophical, you look forward and think â€" "Oh well, there's another week coming â€" surely there will be ne> hindrances ne.xt week? I can't think of any- thing that's likely to come up any- way." * * at No, you ir.ay ne>t kiiov,- of any- thing â€" now â€" but interruptions will come, you can be sure of that. .â- \nd if they do. what then? It isn't really the hindrances that eo;int. is Long Bob Are you Koing through the functional •middle age' period tvcuUar to women i3S to 51! yrs.^V Does this make you suffer from hot" flashes, feel .«u neri\ttis. high- strung, tired'.* Then Do try Lyditi E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound to rebeve such symptom.-*. Pinkh.nm's Compouorf also has what Doctors coll a stomachic tonic effect! VLYDIAE. PINKHAM'SScSfi^ it? â€" only how we deal with them, and whether we let them get us down. Why try to do anything in a given length of time or start on a strenuous job when over-tired? The chances are a cat-nap, followed by a cup of tea, would do much to mene. frazzled nerves and give you a better start, .-^fter all, in England, there is very little that a cup of tea can't cure! Who knows, it may be those cups of tea, at the right time and place, made all the difference in helping England do her share in winning the war. Well, that's that I Xow I'll get this typed, and after that a cup of tea. and then I'll be ready to wade into a pot of paint once more â€" unless, of course, there are inter- ruptions! .\long with ankle socks, saddle sheies, Sloppy-Joe sweaters and the inevitable string of pearls, the swinging shoulder length hair style of teen-agers is out â€" "but defin- itely." -\ccording to fashion experts in a recent style show in Toronto, the former "Swoon Kid" will take to ladylike clothes and short hair styles this spring. The Smooth Dancer Rates More Cut-Ins To be a popular dancer, scarcely able to circle the floor without a cut-in â€" that's every girl's dream! Why not make it come true? What makes a girl fun to dance with, anyway? Perfect rhythm, of course, plus feather-lightness and responsiveness to every step and tarn. .\ large order, but you can fill It if you have balance. Ba'ance means carrying your weight evenly over the balls of your feet. In stepping backward, for instance, keep your weight on the ba ' of t'e forward foot until your stepping foot is in place, ready t.i share the weight. .\lso. swing from the hip and reach back as far a possible with the toe. Chop- pint; off those backward steps is just inviting y partner to tread on your toes. To be a gcd dancer you must be able to do the waltz, rumba, samba, tango, fox trot and lindy with eq'ja! ease. Our Reader Service booklet No. 37 teaches the latest steps by means of footprint dia- grams and actual photos. The au- thor is one of the country's well- known instructors. Get your copy todav! Send THIRTY CENTS un coins) for "How to Do the Latest Dance Steps'' to Reader Ser\'fce,. Room 421. 73 .\deiaide St., West, Toronto. Print nan-.e. address, book- let title and Xo. 37. Alberta Indians Giving Up Horses The large herds of horses form- erly maintained on the Indian Re- serves of Southern Alberta are rap- idly becoming a thing of the past. ^^ost of them are finding their way to processing plants at Swift Cur- rent and Edmonton where they are transformed into meat rations for hungry Europe. This signifies a quiet revolution in Indian customs. Before white settlement began in the west, die whole life of the Blackfoot tribes centered around their horses. On horseback they rode to war or hunt- ed the buffalo which were their prin- cipal source of food â€" and a man's wealth was estimated by the number of animals he ow-ned. But in recent years the yoimger Indians have been taking an increas- ing interest in scientific farming. Many- of them are raising purebred cattle while others have broken up their land and are growing wheat. Some of them e\en own and use a full set of power-driven implements. And so the horses ha\e become more or less of a nuisance and there is a srcwiiii; tendency to scU them of:. ANSWER TO THIS WEEK'S PUZZLE g ^I'Sn P\A R^O <^\^\s\ » L £;£â-  /j|cj/JH>e|i>i/vi£|| T / \S\TmR'A Tmfi\l\D\C]\ £ V!£|(5 £j/e'/ i/? {£{>'â- â-  V t\Ty.\N T 1 o\nf^i |o:o| 1 wtu^ 1/ c ^a\0\N\JL\li f\ T\0\M\l i 'C"£\M]£.'NX P S K O'L A >e;£piH| £^R'C^£\Lfi r\£[^ rre. â- â- /?ip P U C £ Pi li O^H R^fl N 4jg /IP P:£ Nmp\/i ff,T t'pp /p »H/9 D\A,I^ ,«,/!, yi^B ^m^ ^\t^\y\\ Soap-Makings .â- \ny fat may be used in making soap, but the most important of rniraal oils .ed are tallow and grease for toilet soap; vegetable oils, cotton seed and coconut for marine soap: pal.n and castor for transparent ^oap; and olive oil for toilet a -d te.xtile soap. Low grade soaps (brown'l are made from bone fat. kitchen grease and low grade tallow. 'ie le^Pi ffC'M'^' it's delicious, when you make it 'vnth -Canada Corn Starch and it will be a favourite â- with the whole family. The quahty of Canada Corn Starch is the reason for its popularity •with housewives from Coast to Coast. )X hen your recipe calls for Com Starch be sure to use Canada Corn Starch, its dependable qual- ity ensures excellent results. ^'^xThat's Calumets Double Action // T T'S TRUE ! Women everywhere are discovering that Calumet's double aaion assures greater baking success. Mui5ns, fine-texrured as Gike . . . fluffy, rnelc-in-vour-mouth biscuits . . . feather-light cokes â€" Calumet s double action protects their Hghtness, all the way. f it^ â€" in the mLxing bowl, myriads of tiny, even-sized bubbles are formed when liquid is added. Then â€" in the oven, new even-sized bubbles contiaue to raise die mixture, holding it ttgh, light and even. 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