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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Twelve Elements Control Fertility *• ★ ★ * * ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ^r' ★ novstmi? 0$»*t iyjtmn ’SSSSSSSSSSySS-‘'-'9SSSSsY, gplf ■ ‘ • •*' I ■ • J , I l‘l Vital Soil Chemicals Determine Growth Fertility was described as tha “fourth dimension” of the soil by Dr. William A. Albrecht, chairman of the soils department of the Uni versity of Missouri, in a recent state ment. “The soil has taken on a new meaning in the light of present war conditions,” he pointed out. “Ra tion points on food and the scarcity of items like meat, milk and butter are giving soil a significance be yond that of mere dirt. “Soil has long had two dimensions —length and breadth. As land, it has commonly been measured in terms of acres. The Soil Conserva tion service first emphasized that our lands have a third dimension— depth. Erosion studies as early as 1914 by Dean Miller and Dr. Duley at Columbia made us see the soil profile with its rich surface being scraped away and washed to the sea. “To these three dimensions, how ever, should be added a fourth—fer tility—for food production essential ly depends on this factor. “Crops are a form of creation. Like the Biblical story of creation itself, crops must also begin with the soil. About a dozen different chemical elements are required of the soil by any crop. These make up the ash, amounting to approxi mately 5 per cent by weight of the dry matter. Yet, it is this small amount contributed by the soil that determines whether the plant can gather from the air and water, by means of sunshine power, the other 95 per cent of its total content. The Controlling Elements. “These 12 chemical elements mak ing up by 5 per cent by weight are thus able to control the other ele ments which make up 95 per cent of the total weight of the plant. Conse quently it becomes evident that the soil rather than the weather wields the controlling hand in crop produc tion.” In discussing further this “fourth dimension” of the soil, Dr. Albrecht pointed out that in a series of tests for producing soybeans as a seed crop, plots without fertilizer treat ment on one farm yielded 20 bushels of seed, whereas adjoining plots sup plied with extra soil fertility plowed down as fertilizers, yielded 25 bush els, or an increase of 25 per cent. “When it is considered that both plots had the same weather,” he concluded, “there should be little doubt that the crop depends on the soil fertility more than on the sea son. We thus need to see our re sponsibility to the soil more, and to blame the weather less.” More Machinery Being Made Sulfaguanidine Saves Chickens and Calves A new addition to the sulfa drugs, all of which are derived from coal, will soon be used to increase the nation’s supply of poultry and dairy products by combatting cecal cocci- diosis, deadly disease of chickens and dairy calves, which costs farm ers millions of dollars every year, according to the Bituminous Coal in stitute. The drug is sulfaguanidine which, in tests supervised by the United States department of agriculture, not only prevented development of the disease in healthy birds but cut the mortality rate among infected poultry to 12 per cent of the former figure, the announcement said. In each case, the chickens were fed a mash containing from one-half to one per cent of the drug. “One of the advantages indicated by the experiments is that the treat ment builds up immunity against re infection,” the institute pointed out. “Instead of killing all of the infect ing organisms, the sulfa compound merely arrests development of the disease, thus enabling the body mechanism to build up an im munity.” TEIEFACT b mmwmmmi ul Bj eg BRITISH INDIA |<$>| 0 BRAZIL U S LEADS WORLD <£• 1 a COHON ■ PRODUCTION (19431 ^ J CGYPT All OTHERS Can What You Can Markets are becoming green dot ted with new vegetables like aspara gus, spinach and peas. There are bits of bright red too, a welcome sight, those strawberries, raspber ries and cherries. They’re good fresh, so use them in every way you can. But plan to put up some of the best produce in jars. Jams and jellies will come in mighty handy when you’re point conscious about butter next win ter. Jars of vege tables will put nu trition into those winter meals when canned food points are at a pre mium. There’s one rule about canning that you’d best remember when you put up those jars of fruits and vegetables: “Two hours from garden to kettle.” That means using only foods at the peak of condition, for you get out of your can only what you put into it. If vegetables turn brown in their jars and look unattractive as com pared with the fresh produce, it’s probably because of overprocessing (overcooking) or lack of fresh vege tables when you started canning. When you overcook those bright red berries, they can’t possibly be fresh looking or taste like a reason able facsimile of the original prod uct. Follow directions and cook just long enough, and the result will be well worth the effort. Save Used Fats! Now’s a good time to put up con serve like grandmother used to make. This contains a mixture of fruits popular now: Strawberry-Rhubarb Conserve. (Makes about 10 glasses) 1 quart prepared strawberries 1 quart prepared rhubarb 6 cups sugar Wash and hull strawberries. Wash rhubarb and cut into %-inch pieces. Mix strawberries, rhubarb and sug ar. Cook mixture slowly uhtil it is thick and clear. Pour into hot, ster ile glasses. Three-Fruit Preserves. 2 pints raspberries 2 pints strawberries 1 to IVs pounds cherries Equal amount of sugar by weight, of all fruits Combine all ingredients and boil 25 minutes. Add V4 cup lemon juice and boil 2 min utes longer. Re move from fire and allow to cool. When cool, pour into sterilized jars and seal. Al though the pre serves look thin when you finish cooking, they will thicken upon standing. Lynn Says Popular Observations: You like certain foods, but you’ll like them better if you don’t let them fall into a rut. Instead of serving these favorites the same way all the time, try these variations: When the milk sours, use it in muffins. It spells extra lightness. Rice pudding is good with cream, but better still with chilled fruits in season—cherries, straw berries, raspberries and peaches. Spread lamb or ham patties with mustard before frying or broiling—you’ll get good results. Orange juice and grated orange rind in place of milk in baking powder biscuits is something to cheer about. Good accompaniment with fish: Tiny beet cubes mixed with sour cream. Tomatoes stuffed with cucum bers, cottage cheese and sour cream is something new by way of a tomato surprise. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Menu Slice Leftover Ham Potato Salad ‘Spinach Grapefruit-Strawberry Salad Whole Wheat Bread Rhubarb Dessert Beverage ‘Recipe given. Sunshine Strawberry Preserves. 8 cups strawberries 9 cups sugar Juice of 1 lemon Wash berries and put into pre serving kettle with alternate layer of sugar. Add lemon juice and heat slowly to boiling. Boil gently 10 minutes. Pour into sterilized jars and set in sun for three days. Seal with paraffin. While in the sun, a sheet of glass should be placed over jars to keep out foreign matter. Save Used Fats! Raspberry-Cherry Conserve. 3 cups cherries 3 cups red raspberries 414 cups sugar Cook cherries in very little water until skins are tender. Add rasp berries and sugar. Cook until thick and clear. Pour into sterilized jars and seal while hot. Commercial pectin shortens the jelly-making process considerably and preserves the fresh fruit color and flavor in the finished product: Ripe Sour Cherry and Currant Jelly. 4)4 cups juice 7 cups sugar V4 bottle fruit pectin To prepare juice, stem but do not pit and crush about 114 quarts fully ripe cherri»«. Crush about 114 quarts fully ripe currants. Combine fruits; add % cup water, bring to a boil, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Place fruit in jelly bag and squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into a large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over the hottest fire and at once add bottled fruit pectin, stir ring constantly. Then bring to a full, rolling boil and boil hard 14 minute. Remove from fire, skim and pour quickly. Paraffin while hot. Early spring vegetables are com ing out in the markets and in the gardens. They should be canned as soon as they are best, so that you will have the best possible results. Since pressure cookers are unra tioned this year, every homemaker should be able to get one for her self or the use of one as they are the best method for processing non acid vegetables: ‘Spinach. Wash carefully and precook with just the water clinging to the leaves until wilted. Pack into clean, ster ile jars, being careful not to press too tightly. Add 1 teaspoon salt to each quart. Fill to within % inch of top with boiling water. Put on cap, using manufacturers’ directions and process 60 minutes at 10 pounds pressure or 3 hours in boiling wa ter bath. Asparagus. Wash thoroughly, removing scales from stalk. Cut in jar lengths. Tie in bundles, place tips up in boiling water to cover lower tough portions. Cover vessel tightly. Precook 3 min utes. Drain, pack into clean, sterile jars, tips up. Add M teaspoon salt to each pint jar and fill with water to within % inch of top. Process 40 minutes at 10 pounds pressure, or 3 hours in hot water bath. Green Peas. Shell and grade peas, using onlj young, tender ones. Precook three to five minutes. Pack loosely io clean sterile jars to within 1 inch ol top, adding 14 teaspoon salt to each pint jar. Fill with water in which peas were precooked to within 1 inch of top. Process 60 minutes at 10 pounds pressure or 3 hours in boiling water bath. Get the most from your meat! Gel your meat roasting chart from Miss Lynn Cham bers by writing to her in care of IFestern Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago 6, III. Please send a stamped self-addressed envelppe for vour reply. Released by Western News: Union. u U -«ana» |MpROVE[) J UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for June 18 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. A GOOD SOLDIER. OF CHRIST JESUS LESSON TEXT—H Timothy 2:1-4. 8-12; 4:5-8. GOLDEN TEXT—Suiter hardship with me. as a good soldier ol Christ Jesus.—II Timo thy 2:3. "A good soldier”—what a wealth of meaning there is in that simple phrase. We think of our own home town boys who have distinguished themselves in the service of their country, who have proved again that there is that in American life which can meet a crisis and do it well. “A good soldier of Jesus Christ” is an even more significant phrase, speaking of that fine loyalty and de votion which Christians of all ages, yes, and of our day, are giving to the Captain of our salvation, our Commander-in-Chief in the great spiritual warfare going on in all the earth. In our lesson we note that the soldier is— I. Obedient (2:1, 2). There is something to be done, and the soldier is enlisted for the purpose of doing it. In the case of the Christian soldier, it is to see that the gospel message which he has received is passed on to others. Personal work is God’s method, one man telling another, and an other, and another. This is to be a continuous matter, not just now and then, and each one is in turn to be come a soul-winner. As each one wins others and the witness is multiplied by the law of arithmetical progression, the total result is tremendous. Why, then, has the entire world not been long since completely evan gelized? Because we who are Chris tians are not all obedient soldiers of Christ. II. Loyal (2:3, 4). No soldier can serve well with a divided loyalty. He cannot be run ning a business back home, or taking on outside interests to divert his attention. Being an efficient and useful soldier is his first and only business. Have not the military authorities in this war asked those who are at home to keep the problems of the home and business out of the letters to men in the army? Do they not require a man to leave home and family and give his all to the serv ice? The soldier for Christ must please the Lord, even though it involve bearing “hardness.” It is no soft and easy business to be a soldier. “Blood, sweat and tears” are the order of the day. Shall we not do as much for our Lord? III. Prepared (2:8-12). Training is of highest importance for a soldier. He must know what to do, and why he is doing it. He must understand the reason for obe dience and the purpose of the war fare. In other words, he must be a disciplined man, prepared to serve effectively. The soldier for the Lord is to “re member Jesus Christ,” his resur rected Lord and victorious Com mander. He knows for whom and under whom he fights. He also knows (w. 10, 11) that the message he bears is God’s Word, and will succeed even though the bearer of it suffer and die. He is prepared to die, if need be, before he will deny his Leader (v. 12). IV. Faithful (4:5-7). Watch, endure, work, be faithful to the very end. Such is the obliga tion, yes, and privilege of the soldier for Christ. Paul was able to ad monish young Timothy to such com plete faithfulness because he had himself exemplified these virtues in his own life. Those who are called upon to com mand men must themselves be good soldiers. There is an encouraging note from the battlefields of this great war. One learns that the com manding officers are at the front, not hidden away in dugouts far behind the lines. The men take courage as they see the bravery of their officers. What that meant in Paul’s case may be learned from the story of his life, which is condensed in a brief statement in II Corinthians 12: 23-33. He really endured affliction for Christ’s sake. V. Victorious (v. 8). A nation at war can stand the strain and bear the agony if it can be sure of ultimate victory. The grave disappointment of losing a bat tle, or the deep sorrow of heavy casualties, can and will be borne for the sake of the final triumph of the righteous cause. In the battle for Christ, we know that the result will be victory. The faithful soldier shares the fruits of victory. The Christian soldier shall one day receive from his Lord and Leader a crown of righteousness. When will that great day come? When Jesus Christ returns (Matt. 16:27). He is coming again; first for His own, and then in glorious revelation of Himself as the judge of all the world. His victory over all His enemies will then be complete, and He shall reign forever and ever. Making Slipcovers /‘'\NCE you know how to go about it, it’s really no trick at all to make your own slip covers! Thou sands of American women are be coming expert home-decorators and upholsterers—the slipcover instructions in this design will show you how to cut, fit and finish covers for your chairs and sofa. • • * To obtain complete Instructions on "How To Make Slipcovers” (Pattern No. 57271 send 16 cents in coin, your name, address and the pattern number. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time ia required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 530 Sonth Wells St. Chicago. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No N»m» Address RHEUMATIC PAM Im4 ast tssil j««r Day—1st sftsr II lew Don’t put off getting 02223 to re lieve pain of muscular rheumatism and other rheumatic pains. Caution: Use only as directed. First bottle purchase price back if not satisfied. 60c and 81.00. Today, buy C-2223. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER Synthetic inner tubes need lubrication before being in serted in a casing. Partially inflate the tube and usn ordi nary pure soapsuds as a lubricant in Hi# absanen of ■ special tub# lubrication prep aration. Dry synthatic tubas do not "slide" in thn tire and unlnss luforicatad may net ad just thumsalvus properly. Proponents of the continuance of our synthetic rubber Insurance policy after the war hold that fungi# growth on the rubber plantations and the probability of the Japs wrecking the plantation equipment may mean a loss of two years before normal levels of rubber production can bn realized. 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