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thursday septembermth 1m2 the acton free press page thrks r the mixing bowl fry ahht auan mr mum iwimmmim how to save kxectttlctty in tltlc iiomk hollo homomnkers tho ordor of the dominion power controlor re stricting the use of electricity indi cates the acute nowor sltuntion how ever the snvlne tlitt la honed to be jiecompluhed through this regulation li only n hmnir portion of the total required jo meet the growing dc- naneuofivnr industries thousands of munition manufacturers from tno little village machine shops to the huge inrtubtrln plants muit push forwjird in the great crusade for vic tory by taking on the duty of elec trical power warden in the home each hamcmaker cnn do nor share hore nrc nuggentlons that will help you save electricity an well as keep your electrical equipment in service for the duration lights turn out the light when you leave 41 room use lights only when and where necessary place trlllte or table lamps to on- able several persons to road or sow and the children to piny somes on the floor try to accomplish ypur job in tho nttlc collar or clothes closet qulpkly and then shut off the lights watch your porch garnge and hnll lights too keer inmps reflectors nnd shades clean so that no light will be wasted do not use decoratlvo or colored lamps ns they nbsnrb light radio turn off the rndlo unless you are listening to it this will snvo eloctrluty ns well ns wenr on your tubes hot water heater turn tnpn off tight nnd have look ing or dripping taps fixed use cold water to soak conking utensils stock cooking utensils up nnd wash them nlong with the dishes nt the end of lhemenl for the hnlh run the cold water ftnrtvtiwn turn on the hot untcn to bring the temperature to lukewarm do not wash under running tap wahiiino machine fill your washing maihlnc onlv to the water line with hot water opernte onlv long enough to re move fnbrit holl- not stains too use vvnrmwntet in the first rinse only do not operate machine while using diit hen wringer electric iron small articles jif fine fnhrlis an 1m pressed while voui iron is heating dont let iuii iron get so lint that you have l wait for it to cool clothe that onlv need the damp ness taken out um he pressed after tho iron is turned off elictrh rknuflerator do not lenvt tin lefngeratoi door open longer tlinn necessnrv or open it more frequent l than mi need r let the c ondciiser sstem become clogged wlthhnt and dust defrost oui refrigerator rcgular- 1 never allow mot t than to inch of fitvst to m cumulate do not plan icgi ieram near tin- range leave space around each side and at the- top do not load tho refrigerator with packages bottles and cans thai may be stored on pantry shelves do not place worm foods in re frigerator wait till cool electric range trn electric elomont to off as soon as your tea kettle begins to sing the hont stored in the electric elomont will bring the water to boil ing dont boll more wntor than you need nnd keep the kettle free from lime electric toaster do not leave toaster on continual ly for staggered hroak fasts use toast or only while making toast other small electric appliances use thorn only when the electric rnngc is not in use nnd then only ns long as necessary cooking a smnll amount of warm tnp water is sufficient for cooking vegetables dn not hnll potatoes and nthor vegetables violently gentler heat uses less power nnd will cook them even hotter use flntbottomedpots with close- fitting lids always place small utensils on smnll electric clement use high heat for ns little time as possible then turn to low whenever possible use your well- cooker or steamer to cook skillet meals uso your deep fryer or skillet such meals mean a saving in oloctrlclty since thoy require only a fruit cup to com plete the meal for example veg etable medley flank steak creole vegetable noodles etc uso n double bolter to hent left over products if possible the lower part cnn he used to cook eggs tongue etc for use next day as devilled eggs cold tongue otc conserve power when using the oven by baking or roasting as many dishes as possible whenever it is on do not lonve oven elements on till the inst minute make use of stored hent to finish the rooking ellmlnnte reheating the mcnl trv to serve the family at one sitting w henever possible anne allan invites you to write to her cnre of tine acton fnrr press send in your questions on homcmnk- ing problems nnd watch this column for replies chronicles ol ginger farm i sfctf i written spmlsdly lor g ttta aesoa fr ftmm by a gwendoline p clarke g rwi britains national emergency biscuit thousands of tons of britains new welfare his uit are being stored nwa in preparation for a nntionnl emergence the hist uit has been evolved after man tests b british biscuit makers who are now to the number of 210 united with the rnke makers in tlw akt find biscuit manufacture rs wait inn alliance a non-profitmak- ing organisation i he welfaie is a sweet biscuit made from wheatmenl flour the purest vtgetahle fat and the finest grade of sugar it giis the maimutn of nu trition ut the low price of d per ih nnd the industrv rcgnrd it as the ins value ever offered to the puhlu i he bis ulis nro mainlv nhlcmg for although the iugiedients an stand ardized tin shnpus var a little so as not to limit production to -a- few cut ting mnchtm s 1 tiev ire i urefullv pat ki d in tins stored in cases of so lbs weight uhiui will preserve them mdeftniteh in ah t hmates ips the i1vity gng corns out tram under that piano bert pearl the folks are all waltlnc for the happy gang back on the air for another hil arious he- hour of joftet songs and nonsense a surefire cure tor the bluesj keep happy with the happy gang on cbcs national netwqrk at 1 15 fm edt 215 pm adt monday tb friday last week i watched the weather with anxious oyos hnt is from wednesday to saturdny wondering if the weather would hold good for acton fair not that i always pay so much attention to the weather but i was specially interested this year because of the days for holding the fair having being changed now i dont know anything about tho change i have no idea who was for it or whowas against it but i do know thnt at such times there is usually a difference of opinion and so i wanted the weather to stay fine until after the fair so thnt no one would have an opportunity to say i told you so but alas it was not to be not if it rained nnything like it did here but after the rain whnt a relief to be free of thnt terrific heat maybe i should nt we were not at the fair partner was busy on his wheat ground nnd i was nwa getting an inner tube fixed on the car during the morning i had n flat i was on my way to town and with rial much time to spnre i changed the tire on the road i didnt mind tho work hut the hent nnd the dirt of me pcrsplrntion smonred my glasses so that i couldnt see m hnndhag supply of kleenex was e- hnusted and surreptitious mopping of my brow with the bnck of mv hand just nbnut completed the picture and then i went on to town but i could not pet tho tire fixed at least not hefore dinner which hrings up an other suhject tho business life of our snilill towns is chnnging and the attitude of merchants toward their customers is also changing far more so than that of customers tow aids tht merchants wh well ns i see it the customer is in touch wltji perhaps hair a doz en merchnnts w hercas each merch ant is in touch with hundreds of cus tomers and he knows bettor thnn thev how increaslnglv difficult it is to meet their needs scores of times during the dnv the bnker the butcher and tin hardware man have tq ex plain to impatient people w hv the cant get this wh thev cant charge that wh the must return empt toothpaste tube s w h eggs are so dear and w h thev cnn t deliver ns thev used to the natural result is nerves nnd tempers nie getting a j little edgev now if merchants i are courteous ontl polite thev aro so because that is their nature and not because thev art out to get business competition is almost chad or so it si ems to me supposing ou tnke a tire to ho fixed as i did no garage is particularlv anxious for the job f thev do it it is to oblige vou they are all idiort handed nnd thev nil have mine work than thev know how to hnnclle let the customer show i impatient e and he or she inv ites discouitesv thinking nlong these lines two fa ts struck me as obvious oin that we need to be more under standing and considerate about othei peoplt s tiusiness problems tw o that we net d to ht mart nsotirieful and selfreliant it is the ilttl things that count i imi was when making a pun base of gas also iniludtd having the wlnd- shield of vour tar tlenmd hv nn at tendant erv niie of c ourst but after all nnvnni able to dnvt n car is also tqitnllv litih to clean nn small w indshit id and if something vou hav t ordered at a store doesn t nr- nvi don t pt t mad at th men hunt w in did ins best to it tt for vou rt t mad at hitler it nnjlil a a kiod ni a if vou mt iqad vei il tinn n dnv some pt oplt w oi k ih 1 i r u in ii tin v it mad ji i in miuj t ink mori onsuh 1 1 ii in tin tin olhii t how n tizht 1 nsk viu not ti hiln vi all nu hi t nhut tin farmer k t pniv tils iiitth nt tin mat k t fot hirhei pi i h it is di fituti 1 not tin him raiim tv i ntdlv vi i mark t tin r catth it tin- timi ntveir 1 hi mat ki t us illv ki pt supplied hv j ai kers fiuiii nn al lull m told stomal i his v ir tin pat kiiik luuisis ar liki ol f mother huhhinl s luplniaid ta uiiiuim last spring fnrnnts could x t a intttr prut bv m mini cattle to thi i xmrt tradi cnn vou bltmii them fur that fut of toipsi tin pm king houses anil nfti r tin m th n tail storvs and then xtu innsiinms in at the brunt havi a beast to sell sometinn at presi nt sh is stilt milking and pmhahlv will im until ihrntlut we makt a certain am ount of monev on the milk she vines lint we still have the tow would vou exmct us to sell her and take that loss eggs are high in prlct hulthe farmers wtfe don t jm it t ali right now the ecg price paid b i sliding stations to the farmer is fortv cents for grade a large how much plans livestock next year robby not vegetables writer brettzily ivicribefl his fight for 1942 victory gar den but thinkfi rabbits and so on better crop bv john orovtcr ttils is the bountiful harvest season but whnt i started ns a victory gar den last april is flat onlls hack hol ler ingf or a negotiated pence what apprentice gardeners need at this time of yonr is a revised cook book thnt deals in realities it should tell what to do with mnrbleslzed po tatoes threeinch ears of corn and carrots that look like a stunted leer pick i the first symptom of gardening usunlly appears in february its known to pntlont wives as thnt seed catalogue look the victim sits around dreamily looking at the color plates of cabbages that wouldnt go in n washtub beets as big as an indoor basohall and lush exotic vegetables in normal yenrs this phase passes off harmlessly like bayfever and tho sufferer goes back to golf or fishing and his general job this ear how- over there was so much talk about growing your own groceries n lot of us passed from mental gardening to the huslneuinnd of a hoe almost be fore we knew it then wake hp- what it takes to get the plot in planting order isnt in the back of the catalogues even a first offender though usunll persists through the blister harvest w hlch is always a bumper it seems worth it when the first green lines put hravely forth then the weeds put forth not in lines but everywhere then the bugs put forth ignoring the weeds for the vegetable plant then also put forth the cunning little bunny rabbits var ious rodents chickens and all man ner of other fauna tucking in their napkins ns they run weeds are particularly subtle they seem so insignificant at first aw xnu can see wo nrent hig enough to do any harm yet the baby weeds sav come on pln golf this week dogs of britain have days again as farmers warn folks form up in lone lin to gel rations for their pets but canines pests to some in sheen country bv foster barclay canadian presa staff writer london cp longest queues these dnys in britain where nearly everything from soup to nuts la rationed or hard to come by form bright and enrly outside dogfood shops men women and children spend weary hours in lines when shops are open usually twlcenweck ta get pido n bone or minnie the cat n choice morsel there are never en ough leftovers from household meals nowadays for pets so its first come first served nsavallnblc supplies nrcnt nbundnnt after the outbreak of war an army of dogs were destroyed pet dogs dis appeared because their owners feared raids kennel dogs because canine shows rinsed sporting dogs because many sportsmen joined the services working terriers because tho breed ers were moved away from home for munltions work but people soon realbed it was hard to giu along without mans best friend it has been estimated there are more than 3500 000 domestic dogs in britain but demands cant be met everbody seems to want them many sheep killers but despite this demand some people think there are still too manv dogs farmers in northern counties complain that sheepkilling dogs abandoned by their owners called to the colors are a menace to the war effort complaints have become so numerous thnt tho nntionnl farmers union has requested the mlnktr of agriculture to make war on the dogs reported runnning in hands like volvos it is n verv serious sltuntion commented n union official the loss to farmers rind the nation ittust be immense sometimes crops suffer too for dogs chase the sheep into cornfu ids nnd cause sciere damage in nn article in the dnilv herald end nnd tend to us next week dont j t hunt crow lev nppealed to mul- fnll for that line brother it took mo tiple owners of pet dogs to cut down all net weekend to find where m their stock garden wns college career in piggy banlc baby hogs started girl sehoolinjr dowry of 5000 in four years crown point ind cp rojiy- cbeekod dorothy jean homfeld has amassed 5000 from the hog business nnd shes retiring at 17 hor goal to save enough for four years at purdue university achieved doro thys selling out pour years ago dorothy jenn bought two bnhy pigs grent-grand- daughter of blue boy the big pig made famous by the late will rogers in the movie state pair she still has those two pigsnamed dew drop nnd blue belle nnd both have be come champions the suntanned farmerette during her oars of hograising rose dally at 6 30 and kept going until 10 or ii at night yet she insists i dont think its so unusual a farm girl likes to hnve mnny interests and none of mine are especially un usual mwlciantoo meanwhile her mnny interests included learning to piny tho piano flute and piccolo in 1011 being nc- ctnlmed the most outstanding 111 club girl in ijike county sowing her ow n clothing for dnilv and formal wear and tvping hor fathers business letters and she never missed n day of high school a single episode thnt shows doro thy joan s keenness ns a hogralser occurred last sjirjnpvv hen a terrific midwest btizard halted manv pro ducers from getting thinugh to the chicago market visunlliing a re suiting high market she persuaded two neighbor bos to help her with offers of n good ensh bonus and loaded a doten 300pound hogs onto a wagon she drove the small tractor through sub- freezing temperatures and- ove 50 miles ofthnzardous roads finally arriving at the stockyards as she anticipated she scored a hit on an extremely high hog market next morning she showed worried parent a check for 1500 combat fly menace house flies breed in filth of all kinds manure especially horse manure is one of the most favored breeding places since the gasoline engine trgely replnccd the horse in the cities municipal garbage dumps have been the major source of files in urban areas avartlme shortages ot gasoline ruhber nnd other mater ials however are resulting in an in crease in the number of horses em ployed nnd stnbled in or near cities if ine manure from these ftnlmals is not properly disposed of nn increase in the abundance of disease carrying files is inevitable the flys breed ing nnd feeding habits which link together filth and human food make it a deadly disease carrier typhoid infantile diarrhoea dysenter tub- crculnsis nnd other diseases includ ing fhe dreaded infantile pnialysls ipoliomvelltis mn be carried by flies files nro most numerous in sum- mci and autumn doorsand windows should bo screened to keep them from inv nding the home 1 hose thnt get in shonld he prompt i v killed gar- hag should ge kept covered until finallv removed nnd preforahlj burn- id manure and faeces of alt kinds should ho pmtetted and tnattd in such n wav as to prevent flies from breeding theiein write to the pub lic it v and ett nsinn division dom inion department of agriculture ot tawa for pamphlet no fty7 control of some common species of house hold insects rattle strategy th re are too manv pet docs he wrote thev aro eating food thnt might help us keep more pips and the net result of tho summerlong poultra nn rlxo ls morft bmon nm campaign general crover t onducted against weather wind weeds nnd woe t must not mort lhnn onn boastles t m oac fnmilv too manv people a battnllon of honns fought tho hnxp too mnna dnks mu dog good fight nnd completed their mis- owners must bo mad to face up to sion p s tho neighbors sav anv- riflc s wh now for three ears body can grow beans hnw u lh of fnrmors nn plc a little compnnv of tomntoes be- poultrv keepers who have had to sieged on nil sides hv ragweed and cu doun inpjp sork burdock still carries on gallantlv the beets kale and sw iss chard were an- thr want terrier but dogs ar wanted hy lonelv nihilnted ia series of swift flanking wives and mothers of seivicemon bv uiiuiuiiti ihiii win iiunr- wives and mothers of sen u en movements hvn fnmily of portlv wn afraid to lonve their groundhogs with the innocent nlr of f alone while on night duty benevolent hankers and tho hlnckt evacuees nnd those who nlwavs souls of pirates i owned a dog nnd now miss their eom- the enhhages are senouslv wound- nnm large dogs an needed bv po od riddled as if with machine gun n for patrol and guard- fi bv some- particularlv n pulslve ink duties rheit has been nn urg- gnm worms the potatoes are mis- n uu for h fpom fc sing in action thev ran into a vast- warehouses and shops- sporting dogs lv superior force of weeds nnd wore a hv harassed gnmokiex rs engulfed and so it goes fnr s nurrun hv fo s an 1 its all going to be different next hndgers rats the worst rural inst var though i ve about dec ided hnv doubled the di mnnd for work- livestock is mv field instead of vog- inr terriers etnbles narrow ing the livestock field down to a practical basis it ap pears that tabhits an the rop i ve been looking for i am reliably in formed that rabbits attend to the rab bit crop with a minimum of suer- v ision ted better finish for farm product inter tiat sprout iniis skwas the theme for ilead- jrear and rt rexs shows lead on v v suure i r all lod s m u oi k t tullun eot v inj ii tht ttu m of th dav from tin urn 1 i si vwaw t t li hit i ataib it n tin ki ir 1 l m if hollvwnod tc ii t ilinmitd lii is r u wtk i v n i us 1 u mi- this v i in 1 ru ill uuin s i ihl h i tut n f tl s h in n i ht i li is inl wing t i i 1 i ju it an 1 th t cmj it lu if iur ther was n tcmt when more caic should lie taken to pav special att ntmn to finishing farm animal produc ts pnhtlv and mm kc ting thtm at proper weights it is while tht win is on lmt onh do poorlv finistitd products such ns hogs tatth slieep and poultrv nx nn h ss jtrof t to ih priktuiii hut tbiv also nn an a handaap to th war effort in s nil dm t lions uh the acuti sliortam i laboi ponrlv firusl d ro- u ts nl in in th ar g it a s 11 wist of ffort thiv tbi mtm wast f spat m trm ks and mirs in i iivnik nlant in stir ir p u fid i nn i ss i v u i d t ir on r lu n i n t u f i it n uv is pun ti ilt irnj ssiht t rrplau ih i e ii 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pav when vou huv thehy and of course all eggs arts not fortv cents there are nmoller ecpt cracks and bloodspotii all htslp to hring down the average price per dozen cut famgg 0m fnf i old chum an nut rat eictms kmi jp rv rv km lm lm 2i choice aylmer peas sieve 4 or s 16oz tins 19 jumbo peas x3c niblet corn 2 25c macaroni 2 9c old cheese 43c white beans 2 9c ginger bread p 28c posts bran fu 17c shredded wh 2 23c pickles skiu i8c rolled oats sc atnt ji sou minu grn pi or ban up mix 4 x xse mvpbisto sardines oak brand sardines horrdjftk mustard crou abuekwui ketchup t xsc 9-o- iar 11c lot btl lac dr bumrd dog bucoiu or meaties 2 25c super suds x 20c palmolivep 2 he odex a soap 2 cl he p g soap 3 14c kleenex lo z5 29 crmtn of wheat pk 14c zzc cold cornmeal ib c wheat x lie mix ixck lie kjmmr tomato or vogoubu soup s x7e nojt shoo polish x ti xse cold soap 9 bor xze n co luoct spray obu zee kill ftm with flyded isoe n z7c kmb toiul swoot with sanultub t if zo hawos unoa oil polish bu isc sse i i 1 l mnl siir nn ni i mkin oo oknrs loi coc tinkins 10 ib hm jjc 3 lbs nr larcr mhamhii nlk ir coc omiiss l id alw 04llinorr xnltrlr trmur tit hprrtat irir- sutrr ihitatokta pniil ard vcireuble prieni rood till saturdsjr m on v rrirrvr th- right to limit quantltipi to family rrqulrwnrntj