Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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U. S. Survey Reveals iContinued Prosperity For Farm Families WASHINGTON.—The department of agriculture predicted continuing improvements for rural family liv- ling due to increased incomes of recent years. . Reporting for the first time on the outlook in different parts o! the country, the department noted among farm families: In the Midwest—Savings high, bonds not cashed generally; new auto purchases slow, enough liquid assets for home improve* meats. In .the South—A far greater va- jriety of foods being consumed at Jfhe farm table than 12 years ago; (also more prepared foods used. In the West — Except for fruit raisers, incomes high, prospects for. continuing high incomes good be* cause of increasing population, home improvements widespread. Ruth C. Freeman, University of Illinois specialist in home accounts, who made the Midwest study, said that rural family living has been “greatly enhanced” in recent years. * “The opportunity for choice in connection with family living pur chases has given the homemaker a different outlook on life,” she said. ‘‘A feeling of security has been developed through the family’s accumulated savings, payment at debts, and prospect of some sta bility of income through farm price supports.” In 1947 a typical farm family spent two and a half times as much as they did the year before on household equipment, the most commonly purchased items being vacuum cleaners, washing ma chines, stoves, refrigerators, and home freezer lockers. Crippled Fisherman Uses Cane to Land Big Catfish NEBURG, IND.—John Stacer, Neburg justice of the peace, has a fish story with a new twist. Stacer, who is crippled and walks with a cane, claims that he tended a 70-pound catfish in the Ohio river with the aid of his walking stick. He said he hooked the fish on a trotline but the hook snapped when he tried to land the fish with a gaff. So Stacer grabbed his cane, put the crook in the fish's gills and jerked the big fish into his boat illlgi Him mmzi: mm mm l!i •' UD mmm mm Ht! psi® ANAHIST ...... ........... ATOM I . ... x . y ; ..... • - ■ - - - o. EK h'Jfusl sqneexe the atotn&etrfor ^Quickly r*li«VM nasal congas- Haa—swHHas, snnnzes, stuffed- up nasal Unlike ordinary in halers and nose drops, safely hejps swollen, irritated membranes to resume • more normal con* i dition by blocking action of the histamine-^ like snbstance in the nasal passages. Follow directions in package. Use at first sign of a cold! Buy al Your Dreg Store rzd IIh \ I ANAHIST America's Number One Antihistamine / * I tri thousands about good tustlut scorn EMULSION If cold* bans on, or yon catch them often, maybe . „ . yon don't mot enough natural A A D Vitamin food. Then start taking good- tasting Scott’s Emulsion I See how promptly it helps break up a cold and helps build you up, so you fed your own self again 1 Scott’s is a HIGH ENERGY FOOD TONIC—rich in natural A AD Vitamins and energy-building natural oik Economical. Buy today at your drug store. MORI than fust a took— it’s powerful nourishment! SCOTTS EMULSION High Energy tonic * -•> Milk Used as Plant Food in Experiment Scientists Report Milk Benefits Some Flowers Montana State college scientists report milk is as good for some flowers and vegetables as for babies. The use of milk in horticulture, particularly in greenhouse opera tions, is new and still in the de velopment stage. But many grow ers in the Pacific northwest already are reaping benefits. Commercial flower producers say milk makes pettmias grow faster. w Scientists report milk is good ptent food for some flowers and vegetables, making them last longer, grow faster, and bear larger and more brilliant blooms. last longer and bear larger and more brilliant blooms. It improves the color of roses, cinerarias and chrysanthemums. There are excep tions, including poinsettias and carnations. Milk-fed vegetables also do much better than those grown under ordinary conditions. The scientists reported the milk was fed either in dry or diluted, fluid form. Further experiments with milk as a plant food are necessary before it is out of the de velopment stage.’ Iowa Farm Earns $4.50 Per Acre Each Month The average Iowa acre is earning between $4.50 and $5.00 a month, cash, the Iowa development com mission reports. Which means that the average 160-acre farm, under good management, is bringing in $768, gross per month. Last year Iowa farmers made $59.40 for each of the 34% million acres in farms in the Hawkeye state. That figures out $4.95 per month, per acre, or $495 per month for each 100 acres of Iowa land being farmed. In the first six months of 1950— the leaner half of the farmer's year —Iowa farm income came to $27 per acre, or $4.50 per month, per acre. That still is $450 a month for every 100 acres of farm land. The commission hastened to re peat that the figure is gross income. Out ht it the farmer must pay for power and machinery, labor, feed, feeder stock and breeding stock, before he arrives at his own salary. Slop Storage Tank Plunger H&ndk On a farm where there are many hogs to feed ideas that will save labor usually are appreciated. TTie storage tank for hog slop, shown in the above illustration, has been used on a number of farms suc cessfully. Materials needed include two pieces of 3-inch pipe 6 inches long, one piece of 3-inch pike 12 inches long and two 3-inch elbows and assemble them as shown in the illustration. Mount the barrel on a box 30 inches high, placed close to the fence so that the pipe may go through into the feeding trough. Make a plunger out of soft wood. U.S. Consumer Demands Better Quality Meats The national economic picture and the more nearly equalized meat production in relation to consump tion are putting much greater em phasis on quality or grade of meat animals than was true in the last several years of meat scarcity, livestock specialists report. Live stock producers are now at tempting to produce animals which nearly meet consumer demand for quality product..' The Home Workshop Make 'Just Right' Doll House Wee Housekeeper Finds Doll House Just Right Colorful Jams Are Economical, Ideal Christmas Gifts HOW OFTEN HAVE you noticed the budget running in the red while the Christmas gift list stretches? Yes, it often happens, and so close to the holidays that you just don’t know what can be done about it! It’s too late to embark on any outside money making projects, especially with all the work to be done around the house. There is a wonderful solution, however, if you’ll just turn your kitchen over to making some colorful jams for a single afternoon or morning. With a dozen jars you can take care of four to six presents nicely on^our list. It’s fun to make jams in the middle of winter, and it’s even more fun to decorate the glass es as festively as the season. A set of two or three glasses of jam makes a gift that any woman will welcome, especially around holi day time when she needs an extra glass of jam for a company break fast or for those hot dinner rolls. Pears, apples, citrus fruits as well as quick frozen fruits are here to help you make a variety. It will be almost like June, working with these fresh fruits and berries. • • • Strawberry Jam (Makes 3 6-ounce glasses) 1 1-pound package quick froz en strawberries 1% cups sugar 3 tablespoons powdered pectin Thaw the frozen, sweetened sliced strawberries, as directed on pack age. Place in a large, heavy sauce pan. Measure sugar to add at a moment’s notice. Place saucepan of strawberries over high heat. Add powdered pectin; stir until mixture comes to a hard boil. Add sugar immediately, stirring. Keep jam at full rolling boil for 1 minute, stir ring constantly. Remove from heat; skim; pour quickly into sterile glass es. Paraffin at once. . » Pear-Pineapple Jam (Makes 9 6-ounce glasses) 2% pounds pears 1 orange * 1 lemon % cup canned, crushed pine apple 5% cups sugar Peel and core pears. Grind pears, orange and lemon, including peel, using coarse blade of food chopper. Add pineapple and sugar, stirring well. Heat to boiling and cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour into hot, sterile glasses and seal at once. a • a YOU CAN MAKE four pints of apple butter in no time at all using this simple, but well spiced recipe. Everyone will welcome the spread on toast or cookies. Spiced Apple Butter (Makes 4 pints) 5 pounds apples 3 cups water 1 334-ounce box powdered fruit pectin 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon allspice Vi teaspoon nutmeg 4 drops red food coloring 7 cups sugar Wash, quarter and core apples. Add water; cook until tender. Put apples through food mill or coarse sieve. Add powdered fruit pectin, spices and food coloring. Heat to boiling. Stir in sugar. Bring to a full, rolling boil. Cook two min utes, stirring constantly. Skim and You can use as few as two glasses of jam or jelly for a Christmas gift. Interesting glass es make unusual gifts, and tf they’re presented with a relish dish for someone special, the gift can be truly handsome. LYNN SAYS: Tempt the Palate With Seasoned Foods Salt pork is a favorite when it’s dipped in beaten egg and bread crumbs and fried to a golden brown. Thicken the drippings with flour, season and add cream to make the gravy. Here’s a toast for an afternoon snack: toast thinly sliced bread on one side. Butter untoasted side and spread with maple butter, or use brown sugar. Run under the broiler and serve. Have plenty. wwoowil DOORS INTO BATH AND KITCHEN AND OTHER FEATURES CUT OUT AND GLUED ON WALLS cur*, prica 25c each. WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICB Drawer IS BedferS Bills. New fsrk. FIRST t* « na o< jolly Tia TOO Com from your groc*t h n render end hulleir rfce moet dctiCMwe pop ram ever grown. See bedi of cm for recipe* for ben pop com bell* and carmel com yo« ever rawed. Try them mm WHfTtoaYEUOW TRIAf JHi FAMILY 10 A IATCH OF AMSMmWWSQW&Sf | Cook together f * over hot water«• • % cup M* (about SV4 das.) When syrupy, add end beat in... % CJ Into bowl, pour . * « S cups KsAegg's Rico KrUpis*. Add marshmallow mixture, get 24 pieces from 9 # x 13* pan. make’em! «... Gather together an assortment •f Jams and jellies and decorate them prettily with stickers and cord for handsome, welcome Christmas presents. LYNN CHAMBERS' MENU Braised Lamb Neck Slice* Carrots Potato Balls Green Beans.. . Apple-Celery Salad Lemon Meringue Pie Beverage pour into hot sterile jars. Seal at once. • o • HERE ARE TWO recipes for or ange marmalade which is always a delightful treat. One method takes longer than the other, so use which ever you prefer. Orange Marmalade (Makes 8 6-ounce glasses) 4 large oranges 3 lemons 11 enps water 11 cups sugar Juice of 2 lemons Cut whole fruit in thin slices, re moving seeds, if any. Add water and set aside for 24 hours. Cook gently for one hour. Remove from heat and set aside for 24 hours longer. Add sugar and lemon juice; cook until syrup sheets off spoon, about 45 minutes. Seal in hot, sterile glasses. Quick Orange Marmalade (Makes 8 6-ounce glasses) 1 medium-flixed lemon 4 medhun-eised oranges 1% cups boiling water 34 teaspoon soda 6 cups sugar 34 bottle fruit pectin Remove orange and lemon peels; cut off half the white part. Shred peels very fine. Add water and soda and bring to boiling point. Cover and cook slowly 10 min utes. Remov e white skin of peeled fruit and cut sections away from membrane with sharp knife, working over bowl to catch juice. Combine pulp, juiee and cooked peel; cover and cook slowly for 20 minutes. Measure three cups; add sugar and bring to boiling point. Cook five minutes. Remove from heat; add pectin. Skim and stir for five minutes. Seal in hot, sterUe glasses. Apricot Marmalade (Makes 12 6-ounce glasses) 2 pounds dried apricots 1 dozen oranges 1 grapefruit 94 cup lemon juice 194 cup crushed pineapple Sugar Soak apricots overnight. Peel oranges and grapefruit and remove white rind. Cut in pieces and add lemon juice and soaked anricots, cut in pieces. Add pineapple. Meas ure combined fruit and add an equal amount of sugar. Cook until thick, stirring carefully to prevent from burning. Fill sterilized glartes and seal at once. Persimmon Butter (Makes about 3 pints) 2 quarts persimmon pulp 1 cup orange juice Sugar Cook pulp and orange juice togeth er in top of double boiler until thick. Measure and add 94 cup sugar for each cup of pulp. Continue cooking until thick. Pour into hot, sterile jars and seal. • • a Try a piece of stick cinnamon in the next rice pudding you make and see what lovely flavor it gives. If you find the family turning up their noses at celery, put the vege table in cream sauce and top with grated cheese. Bake until cheese melts and top is browned. You’ll like this gingerbread treat, split squares of the bread and put together with apple butter. Top with whipped cream. When next you serve pork chops or roast pork, pass along a bowl of applesauce which has been beaten- together with currant jelly. Ever tried ham in hash? It’s de licious. Chop the ham and combine with an equal quantity of chopped, cold boiled potatoes. Moisten with cream and bake or fry. For a quick salad use a slice of canned tomato aspic, which is ready to use, and top with halved canned artichoke hearts. French dressing is indicated. Doll flonse mod Furniture A WEE housekeeper finds this doll house just right for size. Shelves below help to keep things tidy. Use common household tools for making house and furniture. Scissors, paste and crayons for decorating. u u u Pattern STS for house and 274 for fumi- WHEN SLEEP WON’T COME AND YOU . FEEL GLUM (Iso Chewing-Gum Laxative— REMOVES WASTE...NOT GOOD FOOD LAM NYROSS SMOKES ONLY SINGING STM Of STAGL «ADK> AND TEUVISKjN • When yon can’t alecy—feel Just awful because you need a laxative — do as kzllxows do — chew rsEN-a-Mner. rant-a-Murr Ja wonderfully different! Doctors say many other laxatives start their “flushing" action tea moon ... right In the stomach. Large dqses of such lax atives upset digestion, flush away nour ishing food you need for health and energy v . you feel week, worn out. But gentle rvMM-a-uxtn. taken as rec ommended, works chiefly in the lower bowel where If removes only waste, net gaud feed! You avoid that weak, tired feeling Use rssw-s-auKT and feel | fig fine, full of life! 25*. 50*. or only I U* M BEING A SINGER, I SMOKE THE 30-DAY MILDNESS TEST PROVED CAM AGREE WITH MV TH YES, CAMELS ARE SO MILD that In a fyf* of hundreds of mw? *«*! women who smoked Camels—and only < — for 30 days, noted throat ,,' making weekly examinations, reported * " -■ ■'Jr * ■ * ■ ■ fe&x; f ' - * ■ • • Not qm enfe fw to fcM] > i ■ « here’s 1 > . - . ■*% r,~fy5S‘j£>. <*L '4Wf% HIST *MIN£ coios ^ TABleTs m-i. jv t °*a Ha y' °' T,e L ’3m • /jtj mjxi * i’C'CSS Cold’s Distresses that cause such complete misery are stopped in many cases the first day m m You have read how the wonderful in gredient In A-H Tablets has relieved, checked and in many cases stopped symptoms of the common cold . . . sneezing, nasal stuffiness, simple throat coughs, watering eyes, and watery or mucous discharge from the nose. Now you can get this wonderful relief for your own family . ; ; just ask your druggist for A-H Anti-Histamine Tab lets. Once you have tried them you will never be without them.They are indeed a modem miracle of medicine! Remember . . . all Anti-Histamines are NOT alike. Ibe active ingredient of A-H Anti-Histamine Tablets was proven to be ... “the favorite medica tion of the ambulatory patients who had had experience with any of (he other anrihiafairifnir* drugs.”** r.A»L, of the oommoa cold. U. & Navel Medical BeHotfa 40:1-1) Jan.—Feb. IMS. That’s why we vay, EVEN IF OTHER MEDICINES OR ANTI-HISTAMINIC8 HAVE FAILED YOU, TRY A-H TABLETS -THEY ARE PROVEN! Medical tests indicate that the ear- ier you take* an Anti-Histamine, the more positive the. results. So get a of A-H Tablets from your ~ now... keep it handy at then take as directed at the first sneeze, spiffie, or other sign of a cold. • • • ALWAYS ASK FOR E53 ANTI-HISTAMINE TABLETS a*•to-**. *0r »foA.v. A.f'.