Sister Mary's Kitchen
BY SISTER MARY,
NEA Service Writer.
Dried apricots have a pleasant?
tart flavor that is particularly ap
petizing in early spring. And there
are so many ways of using them
that it behooves the alert house
wife to give them her keen atten
tion.
Along with many other fruits,
apricots have been studied by food
chemists and hau” been found to
be good source^of copper, that
mineral which goes hand hi hand
with iron. This characteristic alone
_rpakes them, a valuable addition to
'the family dietary.
Carelessly handled dried apricots
lose in flavor, appearance and vol
ume, yet a few simple rules which
any cook can understand make them
a delicious, attractive and inexpen
sive fruit.
The first rule to keep in mind is
to soak the fruit 12 hours or over
night in water to cover. Of course
the apricots are washed through
many waters before cooking.
The second rule is that very
slow heat for a long period is the
best means of restoring the fruit
to its natural state of juiciness. At
the same time the fruit becomes
Lender and its flavor is developed.
Fut the fruit hi water to cover
over a low lire and bring slowly to
the boiling point. Do not let boil
tout keep just below the boiling
point until tender.
The third rule is never to add
sugar until the fruit is tender and
ready to remove from the fire.
After dried apricots are stewed,
they can be used in any way
canned ones would be used. Deep
dish apricot pie is very good made
with dried apricots. Brown Betty
Is especially “tasty” made with
this fruit. Bavarian cream uses
dried apricots to excellent advan
tage, fer the sifting removes the
skins of the fruit. Apricot ice is
refreshingly piquant and will be
found particularly appetizing to
serve after fish.
Apricot icc-box cake is equally
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4 MONDAY'S MENU 4
4 Breakfast: Grape juice, ce- 4
4 real, cream, eggs poached in 4
4 milk on graham toast, milk, 4
♦ coffee. 4
4 Luncheon: Macaroni cro- 4
4 quettes, celery and apple sal- 4
♦ ad. rye bread, apricot dainty, 4
4 oatmeal cookies, milk, tea. 4
4 Dinner: Filet of flounder in 4
4 tomato sauce, potatoes in pars- 4
4 ley butter, beet greens, salad 4
4 of cottage cheese and apricots 4
4 in green pepper rings, maple 4
4 cup cakes, milk, coffee. 4
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good for the family Sunday dinner
or vour next dessert-bridge party.
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Apricot Ice Box Cake
One cup dried apricots, 2 table
spoons flour, cup granulated
sugar. 1-8 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, 1
cup milk, 2 teaspoons granulated
gelatine, 2 tablespoons cold water,
1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 cup
whipping cream, % teaspoon va
nilla.
Cook apricots and drain from
juice. Rub through a coarse sieve.
Mix and sift flour, sugar and salt.
Add to egg well beaten and mix
thoroughly. Add milk and cook
over hot water until custard is
thick and smooth. Soften gela
tine in cold water for five minutes
and add to hot custard. Stir un
til gelatine is dissolved and re
move from heat. Add apricots
and lemon juice and let stand un
til cool. Whip cream until stiff,
add vanilla and fold into custard
mixture. Line a mold or pan with
waxed paper and cover with a lay
er of sponge cake cut about an inch
thick. Add half the apricot mix
ture and cover with another layer
of cake. Let stand in the refrigerator
over night. When ready to scrv®
cover with whipped cream.
An Ideal for Congress.
From Editor and Publisher.
If the aspirations of the presi
dent and Congress are to be realized
in the nine months’ celebrations of
the Washington bicentennial, name
ly, to rekindle the fires on the al
tars of liberty, tolerance and jus
tice, it v.ill bo necessary for the
leaders of public opinion to empha
size those qualities of heart and
mind of Washington which made
him transcendently the man of the
hour in the days of the nation 5
birth.
Washington was essentially a re
ligious man. He was a devoted
churchman. He believed that the
Almighty had a part in the affairs
of men. He took an active part in
the community life. He was one of
the vestrymen, master of his Ma
sonic lodge and in every way ex
emplified the sterling characteris
tics of the devout Christian gentle
man.
"Let it simply be asked,” he wrote,
‘ where is the security lor property,
for reputation, for life, if the sense
of religious desert the oaths, which
are the instruments of investigation
in the couits of justice?”
Enmeshed in the complexities of
today's international civilization, we
often regard the problems faced by
Washington as comparatively sim
ple. They were not to his nor his
'’ompatriots, larking the suprrb ma
chinery we now have lor the gath
ering of information, and they de
manded from Washington and frnn
our own times the same funda
mental human qualities and the
«me realization that human rr
.sources, unguided by Divine Provi
denrr, are inadequate to most ini*
portanl affairs.
MARKED PROTECTION
Washington — Senator Bingham,
of Connecticut, has introduced a
bill providing that all Icdrrnl build
Inga be marked to serve ns guides
to aviators. If pasmf, such build
ings all ovrr the country would be
no marked If the secretary of com
merce ronsidf red tills on essential
■id to aviation.
“TO! R nVTIt'K READY. SIR"
Liverpool—(UPl- A quarter of ■
•milieu baths have b.-n prepared by
Peter Jamer, bath.-onni tirrs’d.
during J9P Atlrnti.' rou.nl t-lpa in
the liner Eftltfj
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Now They’re Both in the Same Boat
The navigating abilities of an automobile proved to"
be nil when it tried to strut its stuff in the soft
sand and loam on Carson Beach, Boston*. Due to a
conspiracy of the sands and a high tide, the car
found itself stuck and far from home. Not only
that, but when the truck at the right of the picture
came to render assistance, it, too, became mired.
It looks as though they’ll have to charter a tugboat
after all to tow the car and truck back to their osra
■tamping ground on terra firina.
FAMILY DIPLOMACY.
I thought my wife knew everything
About preparing food;
But now I find she’s treating it
In manner rather crude.
Today I read an article
A woman writer wrote.
Then rend it to the better half,
To loose for fair her goat.
For she had fixed our grapefruit
raw,
And then became unnerved
To learn it should be baked, before
It ever should be served.
But you can bet I fixed it up.
And frankly I confessed,
(Though never had I seen one
baked)
I liked them her way best.
—Sam Page.
PLANS DRIVE TO
BOOST STATE
Ten Year Plan of Develop
ment Outlined by
Leaders
Raleigh, N. C. — (UP) — In the
midst of depression the state of
North Carolina is proceeding with
a sound economic formula to im
prove present conditions and to lay
foundations for future economic
soundness and stability.
An organization composed of the
state’s leacUrs has been formed to
further projects of the "Ten-Year
plan for the economic development
of rehabilitation of North Carolina.”
North Carolina is one of the most
diversified states in the country,
economically and geographically. It
is outstanding in both agriculture
and industry with great textile mills
all over the state and with its farm
ers raisins the bulk of the world's
tobacco crop.
In the immedalc ruture. me irn
Yenr corporation will be incorpor
ated. Several committees already
have been appointed to proceed with
various projects to briny the Old
North State to the front.
The en-Year plan was originated
by Tvre C. Taylor. 33-year-old ex
ecutive counsel to Governor O. Max
Gardner. Taylor has been elected
president of the corporation for pro
motion of the plan.
The Ten-Year plan hr.s the fol
lowing three main projrrts:
Project A: A program lor attract
Slump Fail* to Halt
Swiss Auto Travel
Geneva —tUP)— The worldwide
acononmle depression and especial
ly that of Europe has In no wav de
creased the luxury of aut->mobi!e
‘ouring in Switzerland.
Statistics Just completed by the
federal government show tha‘ dttr
ni the first half of 1P31.
foreign automobiles entered sw itz
i stand In companion with 4*931 for
ire corresponding six months of
1530.
't is also pointed out that tins
( British Empire Trade Parley
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From Journal of Commerce.
London — With Prime Minister MacDonald’s announce
ment here last week of the British government’s delegates to
the imperial economic conference at Ottawa in July, the deck
is cleared for what undoubtedly will be the most important
and the most difficult conference of the component parts of
the British commonwealth of nations since this euphemistic
title was substituted for that of the British empire. For the
July meeting is expected finally to prove—the British do
minions now being independent nations in everything but
name—whether it is possible to substitute binding but volun
tary economic allegiance for what once was an involuntary
political tie.
All, certainly, is not going to be plain sailing. For in
stance, Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade,
who will be a member of the British delegation, has confessed
that the Beaverbrookian ideal of “empire free trade’’ is a
i wonderful but impracticable ideal, since the dominions have
their own ideas regarding the working out of their respective
fiscal policies. He added, however, that there is a large
amount of good feeling in this country in regard to the idea
of imperial preference and that the younger generations in
the dominions are enthused with the idea of imperial eco
; nomic unity.
Whether these two enthusiasms eventuate into actuality,
however, will not be certain until the conference itself is con
cluded, and two recent developments here give ample indi
! cation of the difficulties ahead. First was the editorial in the
London Times—which on imperial affairs usually is con
i sidered to speak with authority. The editorial advanced the
thesis that there are likely to be two agreements reached at
Ottawa. One will be the general arrangement including, pre
sumably, all the dominions, India and Great Britain. The
paper pointed out, however, that such an agreement would
be limited by the extent to which the least willing dominion
was prepared to go in accepting the principle of reciprocal
tariff preferences.
The second sign post toward the difficulties at Ottawa
encountered here on the road to Canada was the announce
ment that a company formed for the purchase and distribu
tion of Russian soft woeds in Great Britain and Ireland had
completed their contract to buy 450,000 stands of timber from
Russia this year at an approximate cost of £4,500.000.
ing additional tourists and desir- ]
r.ble permanent residents to Nortli
Carolina.
Project B: Industrial and agricul
tural research. Mobilizing nil E.ien
tilic facilities of the state in an cl
lort to find new and commercially
profitable uses for natural resources.
Project C: A country life pro
gram.
Increase continued to be main
tained even during July when t e
Omnan lluanctal crisis war great
est.
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MAN TIIE PIMPS
Nrw Oilcans, located in n natural
bowl with no outlet tor rain water
to tlow by Rrav.ty to the Mississippi,
has 10 punvpa removing 60,000 i tthlc
lut of storm water each every min
ute ct the day.
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ASBESTOS WAS THEFT CM E
Wenatchee. Wash. — (UP) — As
bestos tibir found under fingernails
. of Ted McClure. 19. led to his s it oil
AIRSHIP NAMED PALO Al.TO
Palo Alto, Cal. — tUP) — Palo
Alto, home of Stanford university,
wants its name adopted for the
navy's View dirigible now under con
struction. A petition by the city,
signed by 11 California chambers
of Commerce and Governor Jam?i
Ralph, Jr., will be sent to naval
authorities, it Is planned.
on a charge of safe robbery here.
The safe of an auto height depot
was robbed of $40 and McClure was
expected. It was lined with as
bestos.
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Lola of Fun.
Travelers iwith hours to wait at
small count;v atatiom: Any pletm•
show here, or biihard hall or li
b ary ?
Po. ter: No—nothing like that
here.
Traveler: Well, how do you spend
the evening*?
Porter. Wg go down to the itore.
They've got a new bacuu sheer—
— a aoodatiui.
| OF INTEREST TO FARMERS j
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WHY HATCHERY CHICKS
Almost any hen can lay eggs '.n
March and April, and when we get
;hicks from eggs laid by an un
luiled flock, we get chicks from the
ate maturing or otherwise poorer
sirds, as well as from the best. One
)f the biggest advantages In getting
■hicks from a high-grade hatchery
Is that we get eggs from flocks
culled during the fall or early win
ter. Pullets that will mature and
produce fall and early winter eggs
are the kind we want. Otherwise
we had better quit raising chickens
and keeping hens. Of course, others
besides hatchery operators could
and do cull the pullet flocks closely
at the proper season for culling.
But the average farm flock, the
owner of which debates whether to
buy chicks or hatch her own, rarely
Is culled. And even if some culling
Is done when the pullets are housed
in the laying house, it is not done
as thoroughly and intelligently ; s
the hatchery operator and his
skilled men do it. Hatchery chicks
live better than those hatched at
heme. At least, more than 1100 suc
cessful flock owners, representing
a majority of the counties in Iowa,
gave that as one of the chief ad
vantages of hatch.ry chicks in let
ters written us in a contest about
success in chick raising two years
igo. And why shouldn’t they? In
spite of the much praised advan
tages of nature, a skillful, intelli
gent hatchery operator man more
nearly furnish ideal conditions for
incubation, with resulting strong
chicks, than can the hen. Granted
that the hen does the best she can.
she usually is handicapped with a
great variation in the temperature
oi ner surruumunga —
with eariy chicks everything from
near zero to 80 degrees within the
three weeks of incubation. Whether
this has a serious or little effect
depends on the location of the nest,
the nesting material and how long
the hen is off the nest. Broken
eggs, lice, trouble with other hens,
and other complications may ipad
to the production of puny, under
sized, late-hatched chicks. Hatchery
flocks are the best we have in free
dom from bacillary white diarrhea.
The hatchery operators have been
leaders in testing and culling to re
duce this disease. Probably there
is not t high-grade hatchery in this
section that has not dropped good
flocks from Us egg-furnishing list
because this disease made the
chicks "hard to raise." Well estab
lished hatcheries, through their in
telligent combating of bacillary
white diarrhea in their communi
ties, have done more than all
others in reducing losses on farms
from this disease. They have taken
the biggest uncertainty out of chick
raising. An advantage of buying all
or at least part hatchery chicks that
is overlooked frequently by those
who are debating whether to buy
or raise their chicks, is the real ad
vantage in having a large group
of chicks of the same age. The
saving in labor in caring for 250
or 500 chicks all of one age of two
ages, as compared with the same
number as hatched and raised at
home, tvpically scattered over a
couple of months, means a daily
difference of two to five hours of
labor. And the hatchery chicks will
produce a much more uniform
flock of chicks and pullets. After
all, it isn't a case of whether we
can afford to buv hatchery chicks.
Rather, the question is: If we can't
of won't buy hatcherv chicks, enn
we afford to raise anv more than
the number we need to supply plenty
of fried chicken and eggs for fam
ily use only?
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HANDLING FRUIT
Anv method of handling apples
that hastens the ripening after ihe
fruit is packed shortens the period
of commercial value. Any treat
ment that checks the ripening pro
longs the marketing period. The
value of wrapping apples in paper
has been tested in both seasons
by the experiment station of a wes
tern college of agriculture and me
chanic arts. The comparison was
made with duplicate quantities of
fruit that were grown and handled
in the same way. One lot was not
wrapped, and with the other each
apple was wrapped in unprinted
newspaper. With some varieties
like the Gano, Roman Stennn,
Salome, Winesap and other hard,
late ripening sorts the advantage of
wrapping in paper was not very
apparent. But with tender varieties
like the Clemons, Jonathan and
Wealthy a wrapper was a distinct
advantage in extending the life of
the ftiiit, preserving its natural
brightness and lessening the amount
of decay. A wrapper serves to re
duce the bruising that may result
from poor packing or from rough
handling in transportation. It re
tards shriveling and adds to the
value of the fruit by preserving
its attractive appearance. The
wrappers cost about 20 cents per
thousand for newspaper 9 by 12
inches.
CONTROL OF LICE
The toll taken by lice is a heavy
one. No herdsman can watch the
frenzied rubbing of an infected
dairy cow without realizing the dis
comfort that is assuredly going to
be reflected in the milk pail. Lice
are most prevalent in dark, damp,
dirty, badly ventilated stable*. No
treatment will be lasting in its ef
fect until such conditions are im
proved. When the weather is mild,
infested cattle may be washed with
a solution of stavestcre or larks
pur seed, made by boiling l ounces
of the seeds in one quart of water
Tor CO minutes. A solution of coal
tar dip. made ar.d used according
to diif.t ons given nv the niattu*
fac.wri. Is ai;a effective. This
treatment has to be repeated at in
tervals to kill lice hatched from
nits. Powdered sabadilla. dusted on
Infected pnrts. is popular as a
PROTKI l ING l NBOftN PIGS
The good results obtained from
feeding legume hay to fall pigs
also applies to pregnant grood sows
though not for the same reason.
Instead of preventing rickets In the
brood sows we want to give them
the best opportunity to develop
drong. vigorous litters of pigs. The
tack of suitable and sufficient pro
teins in the piegnant brood sow
ration is freautntly the cause of
dead or weak pigs at farrowing
time. It U mlrnty discouraging to
carry a herd of brood sows through
the wuni*r expecting on average of
7 or a strong, healthy pigs siul |’t
lega than an average of live pigs.
louse killer. If may be used nknc
or mixed with equal quantil lea of
powdered tobacco and flowers of
sulphur. Blanket the animal (or
, a lew hours after treatment, (Inn
thoroughly brush the skin, puiVi
obly outdoors. The operator olu ni<|
cover his noae and mouth wills a
double cheesecloth to prevent lui
tation when applying sabadiha
powder. Other threatments that
have been successfully used In
clude a mixture of one part sedition
flouride and 5 parts of flour or *0
parts each of flowers of sulphur
and sodium flouride and 40 pints
of finely powdered tobacco leave*
or snuff. Raw linseed oil. rubbed In
with a siiff brush, is also effec
tive but it fouls the skin. Many
'dairymen clip the hair where ilio
infection is the greatest; along the
neck, the beck, and the tail setting.
Be very cautious in the use of ■ m h
compounds as mercurial ointment
In treating lice on dairy cal He, a*
it Is extremely poisonous and m y
be licked off with disastrous te
rcsults.
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IVCI1B V'OIt TE.IIPERATUBES
Those v. 10 continue to hatch
their own baby chicks must nc« cs
sarlly be very much cone* Mini
about the proper temperature ter
running the incubator. Ootv lik e
able work lies boon done on It is
temperature problem. Following ;o
i some of the conclusions reached ,>s
a result d •; end years of work
with email in ibators: 1. Die opti
mum temperature for the Incuba
tion of hens’ eggs was bctwim i"9
degrees and lt*3 degrees F iner.s
I uiru by standing thermoro* I* *s In
! a hot air type incubator, with !h»
] center of thr bulb one and < ic-*
half Inches a'ove the ryg tmy 3. A
temperature of 101 de". eg F.
throughout the p°iiod of loud; -
tion, mcaruicd with a standing
thermometer, gave the best hatch
ing remit The optimum li.ri-’
perature ft . (he incubation tl Voile
and brown epgs wag the name.'
4. White ft" usually pipped . *t
hatched a few hours earlier lh; a
brown cg.i : nt the came tempi.a-,
ture. 5. 7 c i ere turn below lie
optimum tc .led to delay the bah it
and gave a 'nrge number of no—
11 drable i ks. 0. Temperature,
above the c, lrnum brought <1 r
hatch oif cr.i.urr, but gave n cimUr
number of undesirable chlean Uv.hi
optimum or lower than option >a
temper.itu' i r. 7. Standing the tono
meters with the middle of the ).nib.
one and onr-hnlf Inches nl'ffvo the
egg tray a wl rear to but mt tow fl
ing (ho rt r pave the moct «1. pi '"V
able temperature for Incubation.
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MAKE THIS “ME” TC P
Me? I’m tii'd of talk ami i\a
going to act. ? ow? Well—I’ve h <1
the secret of farm prospei ty vi>> Is.
me all the time—right undi i nivi
nose. It’s i re by no secret nt isjoJ
For years ho government, tfyAi
state and 'he schools have h. • on
preaching dlvi trifled farming— Udk-f
ing about Mn eased soil fortuity *
and proper rotation of steebn nr.*
crops. 1 gif , like a lot of. o.thiTi
folks. I heard about theft' thing*
so often—that I soot of get <
to them—and lot it go at that. Bull
—I’ve doim a Vt of thinking lairlyf
—and a lot of ’ooklng tin t )»*
noticed that, irally put pnt.qqj
farms lake advantage of eviiy]
means for o productive a. icv f
I’ve noiitod too, that pi i d f< n<<»
plays a mighty Important ]i;itJj
where more/ V Icing made. iVin-j
ally, good fenc ing's as mo. nsm y twf
profitable farming as pigs nn»l low it
and chicken'. And so—win n yc*
put the two together—piespeir'Uf
farms and fencing—you ran '.-vi(t
seo how any cf w. can make fa. idl
ing pry. Mr? ini go'ng to make
my own p G.src.dy. I’m olaitlhg
out by piecing fence lines wh'ir#
they’ll do the mwt good. Wlvt—
I’ve stalled yu thinking? Well,
when you’ve really studio! nny
angle ‘ like I have—yi n II •"•«y
thought in' o dollars by I .he ijnlcW
est kind of action.
USING INFIilMATJON
If a dairy fari/wr buys a pltw.’
puts it in hi; im.clilntr chid an<l
never uses it, ibc p'uw ts nt t tv< il»\
a nickle to bi n and mv«*' will b*»*
as long rs he ’eaves it In the rhuU
If lie does use the plow atul it dei w
not do the job yaWnot idy, 1>« >4
inclined to try to < or»ut the fi v.ltj
or get a plow that will do the »>« »e ic|
os he wants It done, .it a daUj
farmer rets come Vnfo; motion
feeding his live stock tlu t v/cuM
improve bis feeding practfres lb*
information will not oc whi»h x
nickle to 1 in unlor-J he puts Hut
information to w.;k V/o lup/o
pointed out tc dcnctoB toward ivHlt|
places in midwinter dr by fan*
feeding practice). Th>s Info*math »,
like the plow, will net be worth any
thing unlew it •» used, ilic uuuk < t
moat successful dnhv fiumeis Is lh: t
they aro “doers" of good pva< ike.
BAI ANTING TKfE EU'TADMfl
The hin 5*; rpuite m m il We to oh- ,
vlroumtnt. Tho best indication <f
her aei era .. i ■>» ,■
roundings Is <*g pi eduction. if coo
docs not tt-bc e this, 1* t him In***
his hens out 'n the *eUl shwh a*>4
.snow for a dry or tevo rod * »»* «»
count the eggs. Oy* * < u w*Ung,
drafty henhouses filthy biter, sud
den changes In fads and feeding
may do r it of tlrinage. A1 >*lr> fn *
the ability of the 1 •n, netlihm
more Impcrtrnt In the ommd; c-t
ture of pus the. i mint feeding.
This Is jvet as certain as two a* <|
two make four. A well bud he*
canncr make n large musket >t
pRgs unlc«; jve s f<d the light
kind of mrtf nb; for making »aw*.
Let ur rot try to coir*vt c*u' f**<t
into fRRR cm 'Cf.lv I* t *ts rlinly
end eapcrirwnt ardd we g«t the
right ration for egg maklnc
!?F‘-.T ALit HEAR I KT
Whoever tv* n o \l I'rnis «*<»>. n
seeds needs rn 'e.nu n » n ftnnibllnjf
— he Is sure to )rn.« <>y loss,
A a
is kept xomi ’’fSy l« gumc I ny ft t
the sows will i O v. t n; tvny In |,ie
I- > . > i « > . . i*.
br ing dhestrc.ia .e* U
IF VOU A'APi r
If 'cn rrs t is i’*fwifn, gn sr
medium rtd ■’tn*v, If yen r;i«i
r,row medium kiow uutm
moth. If m i i.j * g.t<y itiAiuitMti\
t Icvi ■■ I I < v > I .1 . .■ .< t
grow als'ir • ‘i«» tut in
i.cea and u.t’.e to town.
ROW ABE WlfKHt
flog treoghr r.e o think out *»#,
not to >\ 11:* tJtrm ro t!«w
hwgs trie u w.th lu tlum
