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"HOBGOBLIN FRUIT -- These When Punkin Pie Was The Real Thing Now comes the punkin season to the canning factories of Maine, and 'as the orange and yellow loads move over the roads the factories are obscured by the plles of grist. The canned pie unkin, who is really a squash ow, is a handsome crittur, and it is pleasant to contemplate the great activity of the mills and lect on the pleasure this will ring to millions out yonder who dan no longer have the punkin pie of tradition, and must rely on the grocer. It takes a real old-timer any more to tell you the difference between a squash and punkin pie. The biological variance be- tween the two breeds boils down, in the garden, to a hard stem and a soft stem. The squash has a soft stem, and as you wander about the corn patch and cut your harvest you can tell easily enough, When made into a pie, they seem now to have no dis- tinction. The can in which squash is packed now has a recipe on the label for punkin pie, which they spell pumpkin. But there always was a dif- ference. At our famous public suppers the waitresses always offered squash OR punkin, and saw nothing wrong with a pref- RTOS A five giant pumpkins are des- tined to become Jack-o'-lanterns( Mike Christ, 12, looks over the quintet which grew from a single seed. erence. When they'd bring a slab and start to set it before a pay- ing customer the customer would sometimes say, "Is it squash or ig And a waitress could t it to her nose, inspect it in- timately and tell. Now, this is not to say that you couldn't make a squash pie from punkin, or punkin pie from squash, and no doubt it was done, but it does - mean that one had spices and sweet"nin' the other didn't, and custom kept the two as careful- ly distinct as they kept blueber- _ry and apple, The canning factories long ago found a certain globular orange squash made a better punkin than punkin, Mercenary motives caused - this, and the eating hab- its of the nation conformed. It is a matter of yield per acre, per cent of solids, reaction to retort heat, and persistence of flavor. Years ago, around here, the lead- ing squash was the old green Hubbard, and this was said to be the direct descendant of the Indian's favorite, The pumpkin came in two kinds -- the old cow-punkin which- was huge and could build up to 60 pounds or-so if it had a chance, and the impressive , are derivative.) Such pans would "seldom - punkins -never been anything better little pie punkin, which wouldn't get much bigger than maybe 10 or 12 inches across and had less water in it. It was drier. This stewed up into a better pie mix- ture, although the flavor of both was about the same. But a perfectly good pie could be made from the cow-punkin and since it was bigger vou fre- quently got a bigger pie, which was a fine idea. It was a great day in the household when some- body staggered in with the first 'ripe punkin and the clamor went up for a pie. You'd get about a half-peck of seeds from one of these cow-punkins, and they had to be washed and dried and laid away for next year. It was always wise to select your seeds from the early-ripening fruits, the idea being that this precocity was communicated. Our growing season was always too short, and the quicker we could get production the better, Then with a good knife the punkin was cut into "junks," the peel taken off, and the result boiled. This could give you a very moist product if the punkin was watery, and the cook had to judge this matter with skill, The punkin pie of tradition, and I have often wondered if the Pilgrim mothers really made the round pies you see in the draw- ings, was rectangular. The pan would be a cake tin, not a pie plate. Most families had a big one nearly the full size of the oven, for there were several things in farm life you needed a big pan for. Trying out lard, for instance. (This, incidentally, is the first meaning of "try" -- the other ways we use this word be used for roasting, too, and corn breads. They might be 20 inches, even more. Into it the cook would fit a good lining of . piecrust, and no matter what new ideas prevail there has piecrust than old-fashioned" legt lard. The filling was as variab weather -- so much punkin, milk, molasses, cinnamon, meg, 'ginger, and maybe a cornstarch. With punkin and squash pies you don't pre-bake the shell as you do with a lemon or chocolate pie. And one of these old square punkin pies got a superstructure design by the little trick of adding some more juice after the top part of the shell had firmed a little in the heat. - True, you got crust if you had an outside piece -- a corner piece gave you twice as much. The inside cuts were all pun- kin, with only the skin of crust underneath. This was generous- ly believed by the younger set to be a good thing, and as pun- kin pie was believed to be nour- ishing as well as tasty, there was any - objection "from Mother about a second or third piece. Besides, punkin pie made no great drain on resources, for rew by the ton. Once, I remember, when the kitchen crew neglected this won- derful subject overlong, Grand- father made a sarcastic crack about how the hogs lived better than we did. After that he got punkin pies until they ran out of his ears, and he was the hap- piest man in town. -- By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. The foliage of houseplants should be given a regular bath to restore freshness. A piece of polythene film -- or an empty plastic grocery bag -- may be wrapped over the top of the pot to keep the soil from wash- ing away. Then the plant can be washed under the kitchen tap or, better still under the bathroom shower. The . quick way 1s to set all pots (poly- thene covered) under the shower at once and give them a gentle spray. ie A good politician is a man who says nothing in as many words as possible, : THERE ARE SMILES . . . With a broad smile that indicates he knows where game abounds, hunter Mukopai prepares 90 go hunting in the forests of the Altai Mountains in Sin- "Klang, China. = 1 PANN Ao DAM SPECTACUL LY AR -- France, a huge geyser of water, 300 feet high, boils display was the result of a test of the dam's abili should build up behind it. Eat eh oT Pf ARNT. MY » N df oa hohed of sting through the floodgates of the furiously into the valley below. The ty to release its waters quickly if a flood XR * wy Serre-Poncon Dam in FARM FRONT ohav Majority of the registered egg producers in Canada are small operators producing less than 4,000 dozen grade A large or Extra large eggs each year. A handful, or only 0.2 per cent of the estimated 100,000 registered producers market more than 40,000 dozen such eggs annually. According to figures compiled by the Canada Department of Agriculture's data processing producers in Canada are cov- ered 100 per cent by the Agri- culture Stabilization Board which provides for a deficiency - payment on all Grade A Large eggs marketed up to a maxi- mum of 4,000 dozen annually. The other 7 per cent also are covered by the Board but only up to the 4,000 dozen level. The figures indicate that 66.8 per cent of the registered egg producers produce 799 dozen or less annually or only 12.6 per cent of Canada's total egg pro- duction. On the other hand, 0.8 per cent of the producers mar- ket between 16,000 - 39,099 dozen eggs annually or 14.1 per cent of the total egg production. + Further proof that majority of Canada egg producers are small operators, a Board spokes- man said, is the fact that 80 per cent of the producers accounted for only 23 per cent of all grade A Large eggs marketed at reg- istered egg grading stations In 1060. 'Grade A Large eggs are sup- rted by the Agricultural Sta- ilization Board at $3 cents per dozen. It the national average weighted price for the year is below this figude the farmer can expect this price and the gov- ernment"s pre-set national weighted average support price on a maximum of 4,000 dozen. The total number of eggs during the first half of 1961 amounted to 3.6 million cases, or 107.2 million dozen. This, it was reported, represented a drop of 4.1 per cent compared with the first six months' pro- duction in 1960, In milder regions of Canada _ it may be economical to feed market pigs in an open-front pole barn, says R. J. Curtis of the Canada Department of Agri- culture's research station at Fredericton, N.B. He found it produced 50 -per cent more Grade A's than the closed-in building did. a Sa : He described tests over a 14 month period with four groups of pigs in a piggery of usual construction and an open-front barn -- the latter 39 feet square with an aluminum roof, Half the test pigs were transferred to the pole barn when weighing 40 to 60 pounds and all remain- ed on test untit-marketed at-190 to 210 pounds. Those in the pole barn -did better in summer but not--as well in the winter as the pig- gery lots, however, the saving in housing and labor costs fay ored the pole barn operation. Compared with the test groups in the piggery, those in the pole barn had an average gain for summer and winter-fed pigs of 07 pounds less, and they gre= quired 30 pounds more feed per 100 pounds gain, and three days longer to reach market weight. On the other hand 78 per cent of the pole barn test groups graded A compared with: 56 per cent graded A from the pig- gery. The balance of costs was in favor of the pole-barn groups. * 4 a Viruses are the main cause of 3 section, 93 per cent of all egg. | MAID OF MILK -- Barbara Jo Finley, 19, uses the lactic lucre her eight Jerseys pro- duce to pay for her education at Drury College. She's milk- ing a Holstein at Missouri Agriculture College where she was chosen Missouri's Maid of Milk. degeneration of garden chrysan- themums, reports- W. G. Kemp, an expert In ornamental plant diseases at the Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture's Research Laboratory, Vineland, Ont. Of 74 varieties of chrysanthe- mums he tested in 1060-61, he sald, 63 had one or more types - of --virus---infection; Six -distinat viruses, some not previously re- ported in Canada, were detected. * * * Mr. Kemp's studies indicated the effect of viruses on chrys- anthemums varies considerably. When a plant is affected with the stunt virus ite flowers are sometimes bleached to lighter shades. Plants infected with the aster Palovs virus may have green blooms, Some of the virus symptoms persist throughout the season while others are transi- tory. Many varieties carry vir- uses without showing any reg- ognizable symptoms, * * - Certain virus types cause lit- tle damage in some varieties and severe damage in others, and a particular combination of vir- uses can be very severe, He believes that once a virus infects a plant it becomes a per- manent inhabitant of it and of all its vegetative progeny. Prop- agating virus-infected chrysan- themums has caused much of. the present trouble although viruses are sometimes spread by handling and by insects. Rd LJ LJ Grafting with chrysanthemum variebies susceptible to speci- fic viruses is useful in detecting infection but has not yet been fully exploited to overcome the problem in hardy varieties, Mr. Kemp believes that if home gardener continually root i out and destroy their worst plants, select and propagate only from the most vigorous ones, and discard varieties that are total- ly infected, a noticeable' im- provement will be apparent in a few seasons. : Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 9 Amazing Career Of Great Inventor It is fun to read about men whose genius makes two ears of corn grow where one grew before, or factory wheels spin at a faster pace, or whose In- ventiveness produces a new pro- duct to benefit mankind. Such a man was Charles F. Kettering, and the story of his career is told in "Boss Ket" by Rosamond McPherson Young. The story of Mr. Kettering, better known as "Boss Ket," de- picts the amazing career of an Ohio farm boy whose super- -- abundance of inquisitiveness and patience benefitted the world with such developments as the automobile self-starter, knock- less gasoline, and lightweight diesel engine, His badge of of- fice was a pair of pliers and a screwdriver, which he consider- ed more valuable than the mil- lions his inventions amassed. Never looking backward to goals achieved, he tackled new problems with zest even long after he retired from General Motors. His philosophy is ex- pressed in the sentence: "We should gll be concerned about the future because we have to spend the rest of our lives there." Mr. Kettering's youth gave hints of a brilliant future. At eight he dismantled his mother's sewing machine and reassembled it better than before. He walked miles to school, eagerly absorb- ing all the learning available, .....Twice forced by. physical diffi- gulties to leave college, he re- turned and graduated when others might have glyen . From boyhood on, if a in his vicinity had a sticky prob- lerii, his inquisitive nose was sure to be in it, and usually sniffed a solution. Problems which interested him most were those the experts declared could not be solved. Tireless energy matched his ima- gination -- it took 14,000 tests to eliminate the knock from gasoline] When Cadillac sent a model for installation of the sensational self-starter he had ~ Just perfected, but failed to al- low enough space for it, he worked 24 hours a day for five successive days to meet a pro- mised deadline. Mrs. Young has written an excellent biography of "Boss Ket." In portraying his earlier years she skillfully carries the reader with him into the depths of near defeat and up to the peaks of ultimate success. She pictures hls energy and confi- dence when he had; Hitle to go on except faith and courage and his deep humility when the world sang his praises. Drudgery, Despair In Sunny Florida Some 50 migrant workers mill- ed uncertainly about their bar- racks at a huge potato farm near Hastings, Fla. learned that, y despite promises, there aang] wor for them -- the crop wa¥ not ready for har- vest, Ahead lay the prospect of no jobs, no food, not even enough money to move on. One husky, light-skinned -Negro detached himself from the group and headed for the highway bus stop. "Boy, I wouldn't do that," the farm boss called, "The police down here will work you over good HM" you go hanging around to and making trouble, And if Qhey don't get you, 1 will my- sell 'Silently, the picker plod- ded on toward the road. The threat of a beating worried him less than the chance that some- one might discover his real iden- tity--reporter Dale Wright of Scripps « Howard's New York TT ISSUE 44 ~-- 1061 _plcking, all-night rides in crowd- They had just VW -Tegram and Sun, right, a former Ebony Maga- pine assoclate editor who has been with The World-Telly for two years, was on his first major assignment--an eyewitness story on the plight of migrant laborers. Last month, as the ten-part serles began to appear, he recalled the Hastings Incident as "about my lowest ebb, personally. Like ev- erybody else there I was depress- ed, tired, and hungry. The only difference was, I could wall out of it; the rest of them couldn't." Wright volunteered for the as- signment last March "to see from the inside if there had really been any improvements" in the migrant workers' plight since 1053, when World-Telegram re- porter Allan Keller did a scorch- ing exposé that led to passage of some corrective legislation. In April, Wright set off for south- ern Florida with some old cloth- es, a money belt containing $25, and managing editor Wesley First's home phone number In case of emergency. Until Aug. 30, with one break for a trip back to New York to see his wife, Dolores ('she was awfully decent about this thing"), and to check in with the office, 38-year-old reporter Wright har- vested his way through Florida tomatoes, Carolina corn, New Jersey peas, and Long Island potatoes, mailing his notes home regularly. In September he re- turned to The World-Telegram"s drab downtown city room to write the series--a chronicle of drudgery and.despair. He told of one migrant tuber- culosis victim who couldn't quit because his family would starve ft he did; of a baby born in an insect-infested shack. Of squalor and hardship, he wrote: "I saw it with my eyes, 1 felt it in my blistered hands." He cited ex- periences such as earning $4.32 for the dawn-to-dark tomato ~ ed, rickety buses, $1.50 a night charges tor filthy shacks, break- fast -- furnished by labor con- tractors--of "one chicken wing, a spoonful of watery rice, and a slice of bread" --for 73 cents. The World-Telegram began running the series before the last article was even completed. "I just hope it does some good," said reporter. Wright. "These people have got nobody to speak for them. Nobody gives a damn. Allan Keller went over a lot of this ground eight years ago and, as near as I can tell, things haven't improved a bit." . From NEWSWEEK A whisper gots about much faster than a shout. By Rev, R. Barclay Warrea B.A, B.D. Growth Through Stewardship Matthew 235:14-30 ---- A What a thrill it is to realiz arg stewards of God) i wa ur tims, our talents, our noney, ' our energy, our all, is at His digs osal. Here i3 happiness found, hen it is natural for us to tu fJll the exhortation of Paul, ( Corinthians 10:31), "Whaethaey therefore ye eat, or drink, o¢ whatsoever ya do, do all to thé glory of God." People who live for themselves are myserable, - They may live in the most beautiful house on th street, drive the biggest car pod have the largest bank accbufi But if they haven't entrusted themselves and their all to G through faith in Jesus Christ, they are missing life's best. It isn't how much wae have tha matters, but have we committ it to God? God said to Moses, + "What is that in thine hand?" It was only a rod. But as Moses gave himself to carry out God's purpose, how that rod becoma the symbol of God's power! The men who used their talents soon had more. Here is one area of life where use makes for in- crease. Next month, it will be twenty vears, since, in obedience to God's directive, 1 wrote a short devotional message for the Christmas issue of the local newspaper. Doors began to open. Now I write two weekly columns for more than a hundred news- papers, edit a religious magazine and write for others, and for some books, including one of my -own which has been published. -- give God thanks. So it has been in other phases of ministering to others. Do the best you can with the little you have and your talents increase and opportunities for using them to the glory of God will multiply. The man who lazily conceals his gift, soon lose it. He lives an empty life and contributes little or nothing to help his fellowmen. The way to get started to grow through stewardship is set forth in the memory selection, (Ro- mans 12:1, "I beseech ye there- fore, brethern, by the mercles o2 -God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accepta- ble unto God, which is your rea- sonable service," We must give our all. Nothing less will do. - CROSSWORD ~ PUZZLE ACROSS 2. Osipish-line 1. In this place bir . Nimbus 1. Hire i fowe nots 4. 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