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"49 Fish x! > ie NT Shon, 455 : SE TEEN-TOWN TOPICS as By BARRY MURKAR sus We might call this "Down On The Farm", because that is what it is about, What is wrong down on the farm any" way? Why is It that more and more people are turn- ing from the land, to try their luck in the big, hoisy city? When you ask thi: column, sa it's the money angle, others say it's the work, and others will say there's is no prestige carried with today's farming -- at least as far as the young men of today are con- cerned, Many of the boys whom I went to school with were quite content with helping on their father's farms after school and on holidays, But did they stay to help the old man when they got to the age where they could be of some real help to him? They did not. Farms Paid off Some of the farmers I know are struggling on alone today; their sons have left them and gone to th. city to work. - They don't like the old man's farm, his stinking old barn yard nor the seemingly measly pay thgy-get; they don't like get: ting up early and wearing smelly, dirty old clothes and they hate be- ing called, "Ya Farmer" and "Ya Hick". What these young men seem to forget when they stampede. for the tall buildings is, that the farm paid off enough to give them.a comfort- able home, good food, healthy liv- ing. lots of good fun and sent many of them through university. Like the city fellow says: "There is no money in farming". Well, if there is no money 'in farming, I would like someone, anyone at all, to tell me why it is that most farm homes today (at least around here) are as modern as city homes, have young question, you get a lot of answers, Some men Launches U.N. Drive--Movie riodater § Ma Council for Reconstruction through the U ». . SEE yy ; Ei a ae SSE PEE SSE. SSR Pickford, opening advance appeal of the Canadian Educational, Social and Cultural Organization to raise $20,000,000, shakes hands with the Governor-General at Ottawa premiere of "Sleep My Love". Behind her are Lady Ale xander and Prime Minister ra little" more, security than most people. As the city man at his work dis rects the controls of his industry, 80 does the farmer, Machines make nearly all his jobs easier. In fact in time, all he'll have to do to farm over, lean on the top rail and watch the crops rotate. Worse Places Than Farm I personally feel that many of the young men who go to. the city will realize too late that it would have been much better to have as we said a few lines back, many of us young men today are head- strong. We think we have all the "all the city conveniences? How can most of the farmers drive nice look- ing cars, get enough time off to take pleasure trips, be their own boss and, in general, enjoy life to the utmost? Brother, the farmer can complain all he likes (and he likes it) but thc most of them are ~ doing alright, So you ack me, why are the young fellows heading for thé city to make $35.00 a week, live in two rooms and pay $40 a month for them, pay car expenses and nine hundred other things? Once again, Mr, you have me stumped. I think the young fellows of today are headstrong." They leap before they look. * Puch-Button Farming -- Later There is no reason why any young man rc n't do well. on the farm. He always puts up the argu- ment that there is too much over- "head to get started. Yet he knows there is plenty of overhead in get: ting started in any real sound busi- ness -- and that's what farming is. i A friend of mine, many years my senior and a man' with a great d=al between his ears, stells me that the farmer is the only person who is almost self-sustaining. If the worst comes to worst, the farmer can al- ways keep going. That is of course unless his city cousins start to live all around him; make it a residen- tial area; put in water works and send his taxes so high he goes broke. But generally speaking a good farmer has as much, and a getting tangled up in his beard. Well, maybe fathers don't move as fast as they used too and maybe they like to try a new idea out be- fore putting it into practice, but that doesn't mean they are finished -- not by a longshot. So in closing, we would suggest to the young fellows on the farm today, -- look into the situation a little closer before making any rash decisions. There are a go>d many places that you could 'be working that are a lot worse than down on the farm. Think it over, boys. Britain Lays Plan For Future Farming -- at increasing agricultural output by _50 per cent over: pre-war. Emphasis -will be on greatly increased produc- veal. Production of mutton and lamb will not be increased. Wheat production will be allowed to de- - cline from the peak war year 1943- 44, but will be maintained at about half as much again as pre-war. Bar- and-a-half above pre-war production and oats half as much again. one-quarter more potatoes and sugar beets are planned for 1952 than in pre-war years. The object is to make the country more self-sufficient in the nutritionally pibiaive [ods - such as milk, eggs an , and produce more of th So rey and oats--to make this possible. Man of Letters HORIZONTAL 54 Line of 1 Pictured early junction man of letters, 56 Wicked Nathaniel . 57 Small rer depression 9 Curl 58 Gaelic 13 Ireland 59 Parts 14 Precipitation' VERTICAL 15 Fork prong 1 Piles 16 Arabian gulf 2 Helpers 17 Caper 3 Bird 19 Sainte (ab.) : Number 20 Writing tool 5 Verbal 21 Place (ab.) 6 Sped 22 Accomplish 7 Louse egg 23 Ever (contr,). 8 Wife of 24 Senior (ab.) - , Geraint in 25 Father " Arthuridh 26 Of 'the thing legend 28 Nova Scotia 9 Court (ab.) (abl) | 29 Bridge '31 Pause -- 33 Ontario (ab.) 34 Silkworm 35 Desire 36 Quote '38 Symbol for radium 39 Biblical pronoun °° 40 Symbol for tellurium 41 Ream (ab.) 43 Emmet 45 International. language - 47 Bone 48 Friend (Fr.) 50 Dilate «+ 53 Kimono sashes ~ LB = { ] Anawep to Previous Pussle CAPE ART EIS IARTITIC NILE] IRS =a SILO] TE EIT ECA EL mate) i 10 French river 37 Type of 'fur 11 Purpose 38 Elevate 12 Looks 42 Fogs askance 44 Afternoon 18 Amends, social events 21 Mountain 46 Is indebted lions 47 Bulging jar | 25 Flower \ 48 Encourage 27 Weird 51 First woman 30 Hawaiian food 52 Mouth part 32 Be seated 53 Harem room 35'Rove 55 Myself . is to pull a lever and then walk' stayed home on the farm, However, _answers_and that the _old_man is Great Britain's five-year plan aims- tion, by 1952, of milk, eggs, beef and" ley production will be increased one-- - About a A li aE as Ns (REG La El "J CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM Here is an. economy hint for those who are interested: -- and you" probably will be if there are any in your family who are hard on stockings, have cold feet, or for any other reason are in the halsit of wearing footlets, In which case why not make them yourself?, That is what | have, just been doing. To make them cut a paper pattern from a "store" pair -- it is really quite simple, Cut all in one piece with a' mitred scam over the toes and a curved seam at the heel. Cut .your footlets from the garter top wear. Machine the seams, then turn down a single narrow hem ail around the top, thread through it a strand of round elastic -- and 'there you are, a pair of footlets for about five cents -- or the price of the clastic. And by the way, the elastic can be used again after the original footlets are worn out, These footlets are particularly good _ for children -- saves wear and tear on the stockings and keeps little feet warm. They can be worn either under or over regular "stockings. Well, there's my good deed for the day, and I hope it will be of use to 'those of you who ar€ anxious to save the odd quarter. * » . Hasn't this been a bleak, cold week? The farthest I have been is down the lane to the mail-box., And that, believe me, is often far enough. Sometimes I think the four winds -of *heaven gather momentum for miles around and then Igt it loose in a sudden burst of fury when they strike our farm, And of course Cord F Fortunes Fun And Easy To Learn How to be entertajning when you haven't a sparkling line of chatter? Easy--Ilet the cards talk for youl! They're bursting with tips on ro- : mance and riches, which you can quickly learn to read. Let's start with Jim's fortune, Shuffle the deck and have him cut it twice, Lay the cards out in rows of nine. Locate Jim's name card-- it's 'the King of Spades for a dark man--and pick up every ninth card from the King. Now you're ready to weave a tale. "Ah, 1 see a glamorous blonde," you mysteriously begin as you study the Queen of Diamonds. "I wonder if she's the old romance that Ten of Hearts says is coming back into your life; And sce this Six of Clubs? Looks as though that business deal is going through, after alll" So it goes! It's thrilling and loads of fun to tell fortunes--and so easy with our Reader Service booklet 'No. 65. Includes nine ways of tel "ling fortunes by cards; also horo- scopes, crystal ball, tea leaves, dice dominoes. Send THIRTY CENTS (in coins) for "Let Me Tell Your For-' tune" to the Reader Service, room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Print NAME, ADDRESS, BOOKLET TITLE and NO. 65. $1" SCRATCHING = = Relieve Itch in a Jiffy to ps fe ea ts extra strength), nd aims re ary strength o AE Al a By Gwendoline P. Clarke when the lane is full of snow and walking difficult that adds to the fun. At such times I often have to turn about face to get my breath, "But still it could be a lot worse. Bob's big, heavy truck with its dual wheels does help to keep the lane open and leaves a nice wide track to walk in -- although that same track can disappear in an aws3 ful hurry when the snow starts a-drifting. For extra protection against the wind I often take an umbrella and that really does the trick, You see I learnt my lesson a good many years ago when I got badly wind- ed. It was on a day when the lane was almost knee-deep in snow, a winid-was blowing and it was cold- er than I realized. As usual I set out for the mail and because I wanted to get back to the warmth of the house I did a very foolish, thing. I hurried! Going down to the _ road the wind was on my back so I could hurry fairly easily, even though I did have to plunge through the snow. But coming back I was winded" before I had scarecly turn? ed around, To this day I hardly "know how I got back home. I know my great fear was collapsing and that no one would know about it. When I did get to the house I dropped on the first chair I came to, literally fighting to get my breath, which was coming in short, sharp gasps. It was such a dread- ful feeling I shall. never forget it hence the umbrella. * LI "eee Out West one soon learns what one can and cannot do in a storm, So often if Partner and I were driving home across the open prairie he would be watching me and if I showed the least sign of - 'being sleepy he would make me get out and run behind the sleigh until the blood was circulating and I was properly awake again -- and quite possibly mad as welll The drowsy feeling one gets is like going under an anaesthetic -- and really rather pleasant -- just a nice comfortable drifting away into space. . * . Often I think of those days out west and wonder if cars are run- ning and roads kept open on the old prairie trail from Chaplin, in Saskatchewan, to our half-section farm at a point nine miles, north of 'l- the village, In those days I don't think there'was even a car running at all in the winter. Sleighs and cutters were the order of he day -- and in them we would get around and have a very good time, Driving home from a party on a cold, crisp night. with the Northern Lights crackling and changing colour and ~ shape every few seconds was awe- "inspiring -- and something to re- member, But 'the woman who was driven twenty-five. miles to the nearest hospital for a Caesarcan operation -- she, too, had eome- thing to. remember. Mother and baby both survived the ordeal, 7 . est grade Those Winter Bells Do You Remember? If trucks and cays could wear bells it would not' be so bad, A generation ago the sound of bells was an integral part of the cold months, There were, of course the year-round bells, Many farms had a bell on a cedar post in the yard or hanging from a framework in the ell or woodshed. At noon the tones carried far over the fields, to summon men folk to dinner, The village bell tolled the hours through the year, In Sum- mer cowbells-tinkled from the pas tures, relates the New York Times, The Winter bells were different. The work teams had clear-toned, wrought steel bells, fastened to their collars. The sound was sweet and musical, compared with the clanking, nasal monotone of the flat-sided cowbells. When teams went by with a load of logs to the sawmill, or to the village for a load of meal and middlings, one could distinguish his neighbors by the tones of the bells. Countrymen took pride in the bells of their sleighs and pungs. Most of the strings of music mak- ers were fastened to the shafts. There were Harmonized Swiss Shaft Chimes, Mikado Chimes, Nickel Plated Guaranteed Wrought Steel Cup Chimes and Graduated Band Chimes, get the Swiss Pole Chime. 'High- manufactured, of pure Swiss bell metal, beautifully pol ished and nickel plated. Nine har: monized bells of graduated sizes and will please those sho desire the best. Some preferred the long body straps to fasten around the Mor- gans, These had thirty or more bells, When a snappy roader whisked the pung to town on Sat- urday evening for the family to do 'the trading, the music of the bells wag sweet in the frosty air. And for the man who was really part: icular and- wished to make his .own string, the catalogue offered loose bells in diameters from one inch--to-- three and three-quarters: Rarely does one hear the bells | today. But somctimes when the countryman stands on an open ridge and looks at the beauty of distant white hills, he thinks he hears the bells still sounding along the valley road. Massive sca walls protect Gal- veston, Texas, from a recurrence of the 1900 hurricane's tidal wave. For $2.09 one could It just seems that baked beans and Bran Brown Bread are'a team of foods that go together. Especially, it is a good filling combinati for a winter supper, when the children plan to have their friends st to eat with the family. This is a good basic menu, plus a big salad a a hot vegetable, and a fruit dessert,--if there is any room left! " Bran Brown Bread has high nutritional value, for building good, rich blood because it contains bran, raisins and molasses, all excellent sources of 'iron so necessary ~ SN A Cp AR WN na te ~ CA er a x pe r on A rt "a te ng" on ay Rk nd x i on po od PP rn ro Steam Bran Brown Bread 1 cup All-Bran cup raisins cup buttermilk or 'sour 4 cup light molasses 1 cup sifted flour 1 teaspoon soda 14 teaspoon salt Combine mik and GENTLE ~~ 4 p 4 milk -- ANTACID bran, raisins, butter: lasses. Sift flour with soda and salt; add to first mixture, stirring only, until flour disap- p ars; Fill greased cans two thirds full; cover tightly and steam for three hours. ¢ Yield: 2 'loaves (44 inch 23% inches in diameter). cans, The system of apprenticing a young man to a craftsman for sev- eral years until he becomes a crafts man himself, can be traced to the 13th century, PHILLIES Pls a LAXATIVE Fé 24 . ST ie i oY ee - Keeps in the cupboard for weeks! Always right -- there when you need it! It's New Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast--the modern baking discovery that gives you delicious breads and rolls in quick baking time. No dashing off to the store at the last minute--just keep a supply + of New Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast handy in the cupboard. Use it as you need it. IF YOU BAKE AT HOME--get Fleischmann's Royal Fast Rising Dry Yeast today; At your grocar's, | ORDERED TWO! WELL | PUT TWO OUT THERE!