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ml # --= all over. our. half_ section with a | ~ ahe tough times ~ through; the things one did to make -- It has come at last! That heart- warming, land-drying, health giving sun we, have all been waiting for. Three days without rain, can you believe it? The birds are singing as if their little throats must burst with the ecstasy of song; the swamp frogs keep up a perpetual chorus and in our garden there is "a host of golden daffodils." Yes, spring thas come to Ontario. A * * *" 3 Phere is 'the hum of a tractor in the air--later in the day it may be one of many. Across the. road a neighbour is"working his. field with four horses abreast. It- is a pleas- ing "picture, We certainly can't do without tractors but for a pictures- que scene of farm life in Canada 'what can compare with a good team of well matched horses? However 1 suppose they cam no longer be described as typical of farm life be- cause if one took a cross section of the country no doubt one would find that there are more fields in which tractors are working than Thus time marches on. How soon will it be before aero- planes are used. to speed up farm-- ing operations? No doubt they have their' uses even now. | think 1 read that DDT was being sprayed 'from the air over mosquito breeding aseas and also for blight on fruit trees. And no doubt helicopters could be used, under favourable conditions, to sow clover sced, like a sort of giant cycloné seeder. Certainly they - could be used to scatter poison bait on the prairic' when grasshoppers threaten to destroy the crops. We could have done with a helicopter very nicely out west in 1920. Then Partner wouldn't have had to drive horse and buggy' at-three o'clock' in the 'morning spreading 'poison bait over the growing crops. That was an awful job but unless it was done the grasshoppers took the whole crop. : ® * * * Sometimes it: gives ona queer. feeling to look back awd" remember: one has --come- alittle extra-moncy when crops were poor-- Partner hiring out with "a threshing gang to work off 'the bill for his own threshing; coming home on horseback and arriving anywhere from ten o'clock until - midnight; starting out agam before the sun was up; leaying mé aldne, perforce, in our prairie -farm-house with our two-year-old -and a baby yet unborn; And the Knitting 1 did- ~out.a crop soon wipes out any cash Staats SEIU platform in the 'winter--a pair of socks for 25 cents! But 'we got along; some- how we kept our heads above wa- ter and 1 don't remember that we ever felt particularly sorry . for ourselves. Other families were pret- ty much in.the same boat--some more, some less." Four "years with- reserve one might have had, But we were young: and willing to work and the west was in our blood, one might almost say we were inoculat- ~ "ed withthe spirit of optimism. The last harvest might be bad; the winter hard; living conditions bare-' 'ly tolerable; but "in the spring. i a scw start . . . promising crops . . this year there surely wouldn't, be, 'a grasshopper plague, or a dust storm, or hail and wind to ruin the' cfops . . this ycar it would be dif< ferent; this ycar there might be a horses. . CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P, Clarke = . bumper crop such as only the West can produce! Oh well, "this is Ontaria .. . the spring of 1947, ,, and "each year brings its own problems, to the. east and" to the west. Right now I had better go out and see how my three hundred problems out in the brood- er_house are doing. "This is only their second day out and they are pen and get themselves lost. They have about as much sense of direc- tion as 1 have when 1:get about five miles from home, And that is say- ing a lot! « x x maybe it is just as well=Partner says it 'night be safer to leave them on until the middle of June, Any way tractors are on the land, as I "said before, the grader is working is blowing, so between . them all there is a great of dust flying around and most of it coming this way. J he storm windows may, there- fore, do more thas keep out win- ter frost and gales. rx * » Second Niece is here for the week-end. "Tonight it will be my job "to take her down to the Queen Elizabeth to catch the Niagara bus, pieces on the way. We are still try- "ing to get somcthing that looks more like*a car and 'last week we really thought we had something. Judging from the price that was asked it should have been a good car but when we looked it qver what did we der - how, much' longer people will gét away. with stuff like that. Jt just about burns me up. inclined to -warider away from the \ Do you know, we have not yet taken off our storm windows, and on the 'road, and a very strong wind ~ that is if our jalopy doesn't fall to find but a cracked block! I won- » 6b 60 € 6b €b & PS - \ , 4 Consumer goods is being turned out again in Japan, in converted war plant assembly lines, as the Japs try fo revive their once vast export trade. Here workers at the Seikosha Clock Co. in Tokyo put finishing touches on alarm clocks, part of a 27,000-unit order, The Japs themselves can't afford products like this, : The Teikoku Sewing Machine Co. at Koganel, ) already filled a 350-machine order in Shanghai, is in process, of near Tokyo, has filling a 1550-machine order to Hong Kong and the French Indies. ! The Japs can't afford these, either. - [CANADIAN STYLE | = heart neckline and long sleeves add to the style .of the Alfandri wed- ding gown with it's sweeping train. = | & - Answer to Previous Puszle ? U.S. Diplomat HORIZONTAL 56 Philippine 1 Pictured U. §. island taken NN SIAR. | diplomat, by MacArthur' | A ' VERTICAL 13 Notion ~ 2 Ignited : W=i= 0 discord / 3 Rounded Buia 154g0 sheets 4 Rgbbits ~~ 28Jokes ~ - . 41Rdosevelt 16 The'earth ~~ 5 Whirlwind 24 Fungous dis- = 'nomindted 18 Cloth imeasure 6 Bird [hse of Stresls- him a3 No {33m ©'7Lubricates #5 Remarkable bassador to BO Tipre _ 8 Steamship ~ variablestar . ----onlils-. = amprey: --"(ab.) 26 Ravine ~~ liberation 21 Hows Scotia, 9 Papal cape 27 Centers - "43 Btaggers 3 os; 10 Contradict - 28 Warms 45 English 22 Winglike part 11 Burmese "31 Fondle ; dramatist 23 Goods cast, "064 spirit 32 Light touch 48 Chief "overboard to 1, oooh river 38 Marine fish 49 American Mghten a ves~yy gy lamation 39 Sleeping: humorist -; sel in distress 26 Saturate 29 Before. 30 Tasted .33 Pedal digit 34 Specific: - gravity (ab.) 35 Genuine 36 Sun god 37 Chil hero 39 Conflict A 41 Seine ; 43 Look fixedly 44 12 dozen 46 Crimson 47 Air '(comb. *form) { 48 Outer © garments $0 Daybreaks 53 Image of a © divinity 54 Speaker's 19 Partner © (slang) + furniture (pk) 51 Louse egg 40 Minced [oath '52 Compass point y - "The bride wore lace, A sweet= / TEEN-TOWN TOPICS 2We received a letter in the mail this week that we feel should go into print, The writer,. whom we 1 will-call- S:W.-- sounds - off ~on--a-- theme that we think has a lot of _ sense to it, although we know some people who don't agree at all 'Dear Barry: : "We noticed in your colupn a few weeks ago that you would like to "tell a few of the olders off. At tha! time you were.on the subject of cocktail lounges. Another week, you said you thought that some of the parents missed a lot in the telling. 1 agree with you. Boys and girls »f today, who.arc anything but nice, polite, educated enough to speak properly and know their place, can lay a large piece of the blame at the feet of their par- ents. Boys are hard to control, but in this 'day and age, girls are harder. I know. 1 have two of my own, - They think it is smart to smoke and drink rum and cokes. - I said 'they think it is smart As far as I can possibly .check: with- out making them think I don't trust . them, neither of my: girls has been | that smart yet. I wish you would tell some of the parent readers of your column to start housecleaning at 'home and then maybe juvenile delinquency will start to fall off. Parents know tao much about the "goings-on" of their children and, for some strange reason, don't do 'anything about it. I believe that, if half of the boys ard girls that have been in our. court rooms had been started off right at home and checked up every so often, few of those boys and girls would be able {to tel-you-waat a court room look- ed like. I think "that driiik «isthe greatest 'source of evil and temp- tation. our young people have today and. 1 wish, if you tell the parents off, that "you would * mention that and 'a few other things. 1 enjoy your columu very much and like your, humorous 'yarns abotit you and Many Cancer Cases + Can Be Cured "He that cures a discase may be the most skilful: but hé¢ that pre- verith 'it is the safest physician." This is an ancient saying but its message has lost none of its sig- - nificance today. The Ontario Cancer Society hbpes to bring hone this message to every family in the pro- vince 'with the "prevention rather. than cure" slogan paving the way. Letters have beeh received from many. parts of Ontario: grateful, heart-warming letters expressing gratitude from those who discovered they had cancer and acted upon their discovery, 'Many attribute being alive today to the literature, they received from the society, tell-- ing of symptons and signs to watch for. "Until we bring cancer into the open it will continue to 'spread icy fear into the hearts 'of our people," says\Bruce Taylor, chairman of/ the drive.) "Few people realize that 80 per cfnt of many types of cancer can be cured, and our job is to tell them of the facilities available for diagnosis and tréatment of the dis case, with total cure ag our ultimate a enn] oo CURA PRINS a ie ra LS Ten GNA . By BARRY MURKAR Susie, - Best of luck to you. S.W: Well, we won't _have to_tell the --parents a thing or two, because S.W, has handled it very well. *-- at x A man in the radio business told us the other day that, as soon as wood~is of better quality and more plentiful and radio cabinets are coming through better, there will be a reduction in the price of radios and, of course, record players. One company has hundreds of radios - and players assembled. and can't get the cabinets to put them in, Seems as if there is always some thing holding up the assembly line. * * * We were talking to a man the other day that you used to hear on . the radio every week. We asked him what he thought of the present radio shows that come over from south of the border. - This former singer-comedian of the CBC thought that there were too many guest star appearances, and that humour of the airlanes through the _past. winter was-at an-all time _Jow.. Low that is. For our money, dur- ing the past scason, Fred Allen is tops, followed by "Amos n' Andy . with Fibber and Molly close behind, Maybe next winter there will be a corn shortage and things will be better--Ilet's hope so. x * # This Saturday is May 24th and the kiddies will be trying to blow the joint down--as usual. We re- member the time a neighbor's kid- sent a sky rocket flying through a bedroom window--and brother did that shower of sparks and colour ». cause some excitement. Just a 'warning: do not let Junior blow his digits off--he miay be a columnist some day .and. he can't. afferd te have anyone clse typing his copy. 2 * * * Some 'of you may be interested to know that, starting about Junc 30th, Paul Whiteman will be on the air late in the afternoon, Monday through Friday, as Master of Cere- monies on a full-hour recorded pro- gramme, -- For this - little - chore radio's fat man will receive $6,000 per week. Robert Ripley: of "Be- lieve 'It or Not" has a new pro- gramme that will. have a lot of interest for hjgh school students. And don't forget High "from CJBC and: Hi Varicty from CERB, both with news aplenty for the teeners. ~ Your local paper will carry the time of these broadcasts, Well that does lit, sec you next - pieces Newsreel ... TABLE TALKS ... The Old Hen 5 Gets in a Stew The tinte of year is almost at hand when the- old birds will be culled from the chicken flocks. These birds may be used in several ways. They may be steamed; stewed, fricasseed or. canned. for fate use. These older birds, are prepared as for roasting, but require a long, slow cooking using moist heat to soften and make tender the tough connective 'tissue. Chickens cooked in "this manner will. lose some of their juice and flavour," but it is' regained when the broth is served as gravy with the meat. Fowl is usnally cut into serving before stewing and then placed in a kettle, half-filled with lightly salted water. It should be simmered, covered, until the meat is tender. It should never boil The pieces should be turned occa- sionally to ensure even cooking throughout. A tablespoon of vine- gar added to the water helps to make the meat more tender. It is sometime necessary to replenish the water during the cooking period. A young fowl will require from 2-3 hours to cook tender. - Fricasseeing is another method of cooking fowl. The bird may be - cut into serving pieces, rolled in flour and browned on all sides in hot fat. Then simmered in-a small "quantity of water or tomato juice. If stewed fow! is to be served cold, it should be allowed to cool for an hour or more in the broth-- the meat will be more moist. Three to four cups of cooked meat will .be obtained from a four-five pound chicken. Fricasseed Chicken With Sour Cream 1 4-1b. chicken, cut.into serving portions rT 8 tablespoons vinegar 14 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 14-teaspoon-pepper---------g~--" 14 cup fat V4 cup chopped onion V4 cup chopped parsley or celery © leaves 174 cup sour cream Rub chicken with vinegar and roll in mixture of flour, salt and pepper. Melt fat and brown" chicken in large - casserole, add onions, celery - leaves and cover with sour cream, Cook covered in a moderately slow oven 325 deg. 7. until tender 214-3 hours. Six serv- ings. Chicken Mousse tablespoons granulated gela- tine 2 tablespoons cold water 8 egg yolks = 1% cups chicken broth 1; teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper 2 cups cooked chicken, chopped %4 cup chopped sweet pickles 34 cup heavy cream, whipped Soak "gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes. Beat egg yolks and add chicken broth. Cook in top of double boiler until mixture coats spoon. Add salt, pepper, and soaked gelatine. Stir until dissolved, Cool - mixture until partially set. Add chopped chicken, pickles and fold in the whipped cream. Pour into a greased mould -and chill until firm, Unmould on bed of lettuce and garnish with sliced tomatoes, sliced hard cooked egg, watercress and radishes, Serve with mayon- naige. Six-eight servings. " Precious Platypuses 'Safe In New Home Three duck-billed platypuses ar= rived at the Bronx Zoo, New York, after a 13,000-mile plane and ship voyage from Australia which was frought with difficulties high- lighted by a shortage of earth worms for their feed. The animals--Cecil, Betty Huts ton and Penclope---are reputed to be the only ones of their kind out side their native habitat. They-ar- rived plump, hcalthy and active. The platypuses are described as seal-furred, duck-billed, spurred, egglaying and Wwoodchuck= Fhe mammals, : : "Ten thousand earthworms, their favorite diet, had been flown "by the zoo to meet the ship at Pana- ma because the rations were low. The animals had to be treated with great care. The volume of the ship's foghorn 'was reduced so it would not make them nervous, 'the deck lights were toned down and the ship changed course oc- casionally to avoid rough weather. SWEETER TASTIER RECIPE Put 1 c. lukewarm water in "bread bowl, add 1 envelope Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast and 1 tsp. sugar, stir; let stand 10 min, Scald 2 ¢. milk, add 5 tbs. sugar; add 5 tsp. salt; cool to lukewarm. Add to yeast with} c. water; add 6 c. sifted flour; beat well. Add 5, tbs. melted shortening and 6 c. more sifted flour, or enough to make easily handled dough. Knead dough quickly and lightly until smooth and elas- tic. Place dough in greased bowl, cover; set in watm place, free from draft; Let rise until doubled in bulk. Punch dough ci "until about #4 as'high as first rise. When light, divide into 4 equal portions; shape into balls. Cover with 'cloth; let rest 10°10 14 min. Shape into loaves; place in greased bread ans. Cover: let rise qintil Bake in 425". F oven for 15 min., then reduce 'heat to 375° F. Fiaisk. baking about 30 min. longer. . down in bowl; let rise again ~ doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. White Bread WHEN YOU'RE AND FEELING BLUE-- © | werLeTON's TEA BRING CHEER TO YOU Low . @® What a lift you get from Lipton's Tea! It's ~ Lipton's FLAVOR-LIFT, .. a delicious, stimulat- ing combination of brisk, mellow flavor . . . plus a lift that sends exhilarating new energy right Lipton's Tea is a wonderful "pick-me-up" --wonderful anytime, morning, noon and night! And only Lipton's gives you that FrLAVOR-LIFT--because it's the blend that makes Lipton's . . and Lipfon's who make the blend. Ask for Lipton's at your grocer's today! through you! » ind week, REG'LAR FELLERS--Good Even Business ° ONLY LIPTON'S BRISK-TASTING TEA GIVES YOU THAT Sealy I'D GO INTO BUSINESS IF | HAD SOME MONEY AN' |.RNEW WHAT BUT EVEN WORSE'N BUM SERVICE. WHAT IS IT? i HARD! MR. 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