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How Seed Potato Certification Began Seed Potato Certification in Can- ada had its inception in 1914 with [| the discovery of the Powdery seab "uslisease in the Eastern Maritimes "The necessary organization was set up to control this disease (vary rarely found today) and also to in- ecatigate the cause of relatively low * yields from northeri grown "seed" tatoes, exported to the United 5 tates and the. West Indies. : "Potato. improvement work was® 'started in an. effort: to control the virus disease' that eause a running stock. 'Seéd-source "tests 'had been set up to determine where the best sced might be 'found, and haw in 1916 strains of Irish, Cobbler and "Gréen. Mountain ~ were Prince' Edward Island practically free from leaf roll and mosaic, the worst virus offenders. It was these lots which formed the nucleus of seed potato production in Canada as we know it today. From a small beginning in the Maritimes in 1916, seed potato cer- tification spread gradually westward across Canada and by 1924 it had |, extendéd irom coast to. coast with: uniform regulations 'and standards in all the provinces. In 1921 there were 7,900 acres inspected in. Can- ada and in 1949 there were 72,700 acres of certified seed potatoes in- spected. - ; Some Hints About fa: Thermostats A thermostat is a little gad ot 'that ean save a lot 'of Ho a cause a lot of trouble, depending upon where it is located. ; . If your house is too warm in onié part yet comfortably chilly in another, she trduble very likely ean be traced to the thermostat. If it is placed near a door where sold winds shove down the tem: perature, the house will likely be overheated elsewhere. If the guage ___M_situated where Mia warmed- by |" heat from sunlight, fireplace fire, rad- Mtor or: register, other rooms will 'mot be properly warmed, : The ideal place is on an inside wall prt --N h h even temperature can be maintained. In homes with small children, heating specialists recommend plac- 'Ing thermostats lower on the wall -------r----------than--in--a* household of adults, Tt | may mean standing on yout-head to take a reading, but if the®thermo- stat is placed about two feet above = the flour, a more comfortable tem- perature will be maintained at the child's level. "No Extra Charge A mill that specialized in para- chute silk was caught with a" huge inventory on V-J Day. The alert plant manager promptly began con- verting his stock inte thousands of sheer, irresistible ladies' unmention- ables. Just before the first shipment was sent 'to market an added feat- ure was discovered for --which, it was decided, no extra charge would be levied=-- r Across the seat of each garment was printed, "Count ten before you pull the tip cord." : In The Pink--Fine pink whip- cord receives elegant treatment by a. london .designer in a smart mid-winter coat that .. combines warm comfort with face. 'of line. 'Bell - shaped "sleeves, dicgonally cuffed . ets, and the flattering "bolster" collar are featured in. the flare- backed belted coat. FEN found in : . in a part of the"house where an | "apswered the youngster, "it just | ferent ways, and make them so -be a help to some of you, I hope." Saute until tender, not brown: [~ Combine - Cut Bae at 425 deg. (hot) 25 minutes. + * * Brown i -- 'Simmer 5 minutes: Artificial Kidney Saves a Life--When the kidneys fail to function, poisons-nermally eh' ed ? piedp in Hie hiody, This brings on acute uremic poisoning, generally fatal, unless the condition = quickly relieved. For that purpose, the Allis-Chalmers-Company developed an artifical kidney, - shown in photograph above. It-is a refinement aid improvement of a-design-by-Dr\W. | Koll of Holland. It was first used on a 55-year-eld salesman, in whom uremic poisons had been ae- » sumulating for six days: Doctors said'that without relief his case was hopeless. He was conscious and aware of the treatment the entire three hours during which his blood flowed through the treatment, he walked out. of the hospital saying he felt "better machine. Two weeks after the ugh" this, by purifying blond. |5 FHRK: "now than I have for years." » a Le TABLE TALKS Memory is a queer thing, isn't it? All of a sudden, out of nowhere, éomes a flash of recollection -- a mental picture of something - that may have occiirred many years ago, et stands out with all the clarity and vividness of life itself. I know I express myself badly-- but I think you'll understand what 1, mean. And just the day before yes- ferday, for no reason at all, I found myself thinking of a tiny boy--he's a grown man now, with children of his own--whose mother was trying - to coax him to eat-something he didn't care for. Carrots, perhaps. "They're awfully 'goad for you," said the mother. "When you say - something is good for me, mum," . a": DAMNS it for ime!" : Nowadays, 1 think, mothers are wiser. They don't try to wheedle their families into eating their vege- tables, They serye them up'in dif- tempting that no coaxing is needed. The following vegetable recipes will * » Ld ONION SHORTCAKE Scrves 6 4 cups onion slices in 2 tablespoons melted butter 134teaspoon salt v1 cup sifted flour 14 teaspoon salt = 1%; teaspoons baking powder t in s 2 tablespoons shortening Blend in Ya cup- milk 14 egg, slightly beaten . Spread this dough in well-greased pie tin, - Cover with sautéed onions. Add 14 cup sour cream, mixed with 14 egg, well beaten SOUR-CREAM BEETS Serves 8 ; 2 garlic cloves, diced 2 teaspoons flour, in fat 4 cups strained, diced, canned beets , 1 cup vinegar 2 teaspoons sugar , V4 teaspoon salt 1 cup strained beet juice Simmer 5 minutes; remove from heat. = Add : 1 eup sour cream 2 teaspoons flour 4 slices bacon, diced, fried serve hot or cold; 7 * ££ * CORN-STUFFED PEPPERS Serves 8 si "7 8 euph canned cors, 3 minutes | Add . 'nl dane Andrews ~ Blend 4 mcdium green peppers %Parboil 3 minutes in salted water. Fill with corn mixture. ~ ] ' - LIMA BEANS DE LUXE - en Serres fe 2 tablespoons flour into. 2 tablespoons melted butter . Stir in 1 cup milk 14 teaspoon salt Cook aver low heat wii thick, - Pour into greased 2-quart casserole, --Mixin-------- . 2 cups beans . 5 1 cup grated cheese 2 1 cup white sauce 14 cup pimiento, minced 7; teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons tomato' catsup ~ Top with | 2 tablespoons melted. butter V4--cup bread crumbs Bake --at--350 deg. (moderate) 30 inves, LIER * VEGETABLE CASSEROLE Serves 8 Combine 174 cups drained; diced canned carrots ; 134 cups drained canned peas . '14 cup finely chopped onion 14 tablespoon : melted shorten- ing i . 4 eggs, well beaten 17; cups soft bread crumbs 1 cup cream 14 cup vegetable liquid 114 'teaspoon salt Is teaspoon pepper '| - Pour into well-greased, 2-quart cag- ....scrole. Bake at 350 deg. (moderate) 1 hour in 'pan of water. . Serve with cheese sauce made as * follows: od - ~ Blend 3 tablespoons melted butter 2 tablespoons flour Add 1 cup milk; let thicken Blend in 14 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon prepared mustard V4 cup grated cheese . Sales Promotion A recent advertisement in & large city worked wonders. It ran: "Mil- lionaire, young, good-looking, wish- es to meet, with a view to marriage,' a girl like the heroine in X's novel." In less than 24 hrs, every copy of X's novel in the city's bookshops . was sold. Woman ir court: Ile is full of ideas, but he expects other people to carry them out. 'm--ss BRONCHIAL FAST canned green Lima "Good As New -- Ii en, canime friends -take interest when Struppi, 3-year-old dachshund living in Berlin, elip-clops along - the street, Struppi's owner, | Mrs. Helene Kugel, straps on] the artificial limb worn by the ° h Naw And Useful wy hi od 3s ak \ Plastic Duck Decoxy =o Lifelike duck deeoys molded of non-shatterable plastic; metal keel akes them gelf-righting in water, . Hhifard decoy floats Breast down and fail high; special weight an- chored in tail makes caritashack' oat in more horizontal position, Different shaped: heads, realistic colors add to "lifelike 'appearance, claims maker, Solvent' cement will seal holes' made by atray 'shot; ' plastic is. lightweight, meisture: and' weather resistant, Te : EN Ei Ah , B - Eight at Card Table Standard card table is transformed ito dining table for eight by means of "five-ply fibreboard rémbvable top which folds into 22-in. storage space. Maker claims metal clasp on fold keeps top rigid; elastic webbing holds it ta table. Has strong tape reimforcement on all folds. * * * 3 Shatter-Resistant Mirror Clainied especially suitable for public washrooms, etc, mirror of shatter-resistant glass said: to with- stand shock four or five times great- er than ordinary mirgors; when broken, disintérgrates into harmless gramules. Has invisible theft-proof * _ hanger;- comes in all sizes. PG 4 . » * * Kitchen Aid . Rotary grater puts 180 cutting edges against food with one turn of d-um; clainied to speed -grating --pver-old principle --of -holding and. rubbing food against grater. Can be reversed for easier ise by left- -- handed people. * * Incense From Ash Tray Novelty ash tray of plastic stone shaped like barbecue pit has de-" oderant tube. in chimney - which gives tobacco smoke aroma similar to incense. Tr y beneath grill watches ashes; cigarettes and match- es are held on sides, "3 Reports Cancer 'Find -- Dr. Irene Corey Diller, above, of search has reported the -dis- eovery of fungi--tiny invisible plants-- growing in cancer. The --discovery-is said to' be one of +" the most startling medical finds of this century; however, says dog in place of the right fore- leg he lost when hit by a car two years ago. *. Dr. Diller, a 'great deal of work' _ remains to be done in the. field. "Mother, dear, what was the name of that boy I met on holiday --the one I couldn't live without?" the Institute for--CancerR My Here's A New Use For Apple Cider Apparently a. new wie has been found for apple elder sscording to imformation - recently released, A paper entitled "Flavour in Pota- 10eg # Influenced Organic In- secticides" 'brought forth esting Information that apple' cider" was used between each: sample "wasted for possible taint caused by the chemidals used in the control of soil-born insects attacking the po- "tato erop. Just how much cider was sonsimed- dufing the course of a day's tasting was not disclosed to the thirsty listeners. But: it" was revealed that the cider definitely speeded up the tasting process and © that the practice liad much to reeom- mend it! "PRESS CAN'T WAIT! 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