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the tribune stouffvute ont thursday february 11 ls5i r sft canadas climate is said to be changing is there so good hot soup hello homemakers anything that tastes as a bowl of steamin on a chilly day clear soup is a first course for dinner and the more substantia cream soups and purees for supper or lunch and the folks who carry lunch boxes like the va cuum bottle of soup better than anything else there is a wonderful variety of chowd ers legume soups and cream ed soups that no one kind need be served often of course thrifty homemakers realize that soups offer an excellent opportunity to use leftover vegetables bones and trim mings from meat take a tip 1 to remove excess fat from hot soup skim off with a metal spoon then remove the re mainder by passing a paper serviette over the surface 2 if soup is too salty drop some sliced raw potatoes into soup and boil for ten or fif teen minutes 3 basic recipe for cream of vegetable soup melt 2 tbsps butter on medium heat and blend in 1 tbsps flour with 1 tsp salt and tsp pepper stir in 2 cups milk until thick ened add two cups sieved cooked vegetables with the juice heat to simmering and serve 1 mince one slice of onion and add to most soups for fla vour 5 monsodium glutamate ad ded in the quantity of vi tsp to 1 qt soup brings out the best of meat and vegetable fla vours supersoup 1 lamb shank 3 pints cold water 2 tsp salt hi cups pearl barley 2 cups celery 1 pint tomatoes 1 large onion 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup grated carrots pepper to taste bring shank slowly to boil in water to which salt has been added add barley and another pin of hot water boil gently for two hours add veg etables and salt and pepper to taste and simmer another two hours add a little more water a necessary makes 8 servings lima utan soup 2 cups lima beans 1 small grated turnip small minced onion 1 cup tomatoes canned 1 stalk celery 2 cups grated carrots 3 tsps salt h tsp pepper s cups water wash and soak beans over night in three cups cold water next day cook till tender then mash and rub through a sieve add other ingredients and cook till tender about 1 hour add more water if necessary squash soup squash 2 or 3 small onions a lump of butter u tsp thyme salt and pepper to taste milk peel squash and cut in piec es boil with onion finely cut in a small amount of water till tender mash and add seas onings butter and milk heat to boiling point and serve at once economical tomato soup the climate of canada has been getting warmer says geo yv robertson meteorologist for the division of field hus bandry soils and agricultural engineering at the central experimental farm ottawa a study of long term weather records at six stations in dif ferent climatic- zones across canada reveal that both sum mer and winter average temp eratures have risen during the past 45 years in general this warming up amounted to one or two degrees but at fort i vermillion in northern alber ta it was nearly live degrees the temperature data for this study were taken from the records of six weather sta tions located at experimental farms across canada these stations are xappan xs oti tawa ontario brandon mariij toba lethbridge alberta ag- essiz bc and fort vermilion in extreme northern alberta during the summer season may to october inclusive the mean temperature for the six stations increased from an av- period has been getting ion erage climbed to 230 degrees summers at ottawa have actually been getting cooler al though the trend the last few years was rather indefinite the average temperature drop ped 07 degrees from 379 in the earlier years to 572 for the past 15 years greatest changes occurred at fort vermilion in northern alberta here the average sum mer temperatures climbed 4s degrees from 442 for the per iod 190923 to 490 for the past 15 years similarly average winter temperatures went up 43 degrees from 19 below zero to 24 alxive zero for the last i5 year period what has this small but up ward trend in temperatures meant to farmers the extra warmth during the summer month- lias aided in hastening growth and maturity of crops in some cases growth and time required for maturity is decreased by 0 per cent for ev ery increase of one degree in temperature the frost free h cups canned tomatoes 1 tsp sugar few grains pepper tsp salt 1 pint milk 2 slices onion 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp flour i cup cooked mashed potato j cup cooked peas heat tomatoes and sugar strain if desired add season ings scald milk in double boi ler with onion melt butter add flour and blend well add erage of 530 degrees during the first 15 years of the 15 year period to 513 degrees du ring the past 15 years similar ly during the five winter months the average tempera ture warmed up from 184 de grees to 203 degrees the av erage temperature at the six stations for the unusually mild winter areas of 195253 was 210 deidays from 1s3 in 13 degrees higher than 1 190923 to 223 day er as a direot result of the trend towards higher temper atures on the average the per iod between the last spring frost and the first fall frost has increased by about 12 days for the six stations studied the greatest increase was at agas- siz where the average frost free period increased by 10 the period during the lioaeewttfe kmdg when the days supply of milk is running short milk powder is a real convenience lts easy to mix a quart or a cupful of milk to add flavour and food value to vour cooking milk powder is an excellent inexpensive source of complete protein calcium riboflavin vitamin a in many recipes you do not need to reliquefy milk powder just mix it with the dry ingredients when using it to drink youll find its flavour improves after standing overnight in the refrigerator to ruiquefv muk powder 7i nwa cup tprwkur mill iadcr vi cup mm hmc beat or hac unlit pmjer dlssatm container cover and in rctnecraror icru and fiat the average for the past 15 years ottawa records show the least change of the six stations studied during the winter the average temperature at otta wa rose from 200 degrees in the early years of the period studied to 207 degrees during tlie past 15 years during the past 5 years however the av- last 15 years at fort vermil ion for the same years the av erage frost free period length ened 10 days from go in the early years to 70 days during the latter years as a result of this general trend towards warmer weather and a longer frost free season crops tend to mature earlier and the risk of frost damage is reduced scalded milk first removing the onion add tomatoes to the milk slowly beat well add potatoes and peas reheat and serve at once a new englander is said to have invented the hole in the doughnut it is difficult to be lieve that a hole was invent able gsfm 54 gmc again brings you more of the things you want and need in your business for instance the thriftmoster and toadmaster engines have been increased to 112 horsepower and the twoother engines torquemaster and workmaster have been improved for greater economy smoother cruising and quieter operation and ask your dealer to show you the comfortmaster cob features which help to lessen driver fatigue see the new ride control seat enjoy greater visibility then ask him to show you the handsome model which is ideally suited to your own particular hauling job for in the more than 50 models gmc has a truck that will mean greater profits for your business and remember a 1 954 gmc truck is a real new truck cmc symbol of quality heres wonderful new for heavyduty truck ownen for the fint lime in hlitory gm offer you 8speed hydramalic transmission on the famous m450 and m470 series lighter truck owners can go automatically too with the option of hydramarie drive on the 9300 end 9400 series with hydramctic your truck is in the right gear always mole stouffville motors limited ontario a midwinter glimpse of the new and the old the mystic charm of the caribbean isles their customs their buildings and their people is in store for many canadians who will be making one of the three cruises aboard the empress of scotland flagship of the can adian pacific fleet from new york to sunny south america and the storied spanish main this winter two 17day cruis es will leave new york on jan 29th and march 9th while an 18day cruise will leave there feb 17 among the ports of call on the cruises are st thomas in the virgin islands la guaira venezuela trini dad curacao panama jamai ca and havana cuba pictured above are some of the sights to lie seen on route 1 the ornate presidents palace at havana 2 a strikingly mod ern hotel at panama 3 the 20300 ton empress of scot land a floating hotel on the cruise run complete with two swimming pools 1 the ruins of old panama not far from the canal and 5 a typical west indian native carrying succulent tropical fruits to market driver convicted drunk driving a transport driver from hawkstone has been sentenc ed to 10 days in the ontario county jail on a drunk driv ing count joseph griffin who drives a transport for a to ronto firm was found guilty by magistrate fs ebbs fol lowing a hearing that began last december the charge was laid by the pickering twp provincial police follow ing a collision on november 27 between griffins car and the pickering township police cruiser crown evidence was heard on december 15 and the case was adjourned until last week in december constable grant thompson and constable charles daniels of the picker ing township police depart ment told he court that they had seen a car proceeding west on highway 2 past the harvvood ave intersection on the night in question they claimed that they had been facing north on harwod ave the main street of ajax and had pulled out onto the high way to proceed towards pick ering when they got out on the highway they told the court at that hearing they found that this car had slop ped on the south half of the highway facing west they stated that they stopped the cruiser when they saw this vehicle barking towards the jeast this car they said back ed across the highway and col lided with the stopped cruiser griffin in last weeks hear ing told the court that he had stopped his car on the north half of the road and the cruis er had crashed into the left rear of his car he stated that he had only consumed four bottles of beer that night and denied being intoxicated he further stated that he had been driving transports for the same firm for ten years and had not one traffic viola tion against his record ross kelly of oshawa was called as a defense witness he told the court that he had been a prisoner i the ontario county jail on the night of the accuseds arrest and claimed that griffin was not intoxicat ed at the time he was brought inio the jail magistrate ebbs said that he would accept the evidence of the two police constables as to how the accident occurred and found griffin guilty as charged he added that he could in no way accept evid ence given by kelly as to griffins sobriety since the two had not even been in the same cell he sentenced grif fin to jail for ten days and or dered court costs or another 10 days the accuseds drivers license was also cancelled for three months and his car im pounded for a similar period audley a scientlt says mans sup remacy is threatened by the lowly insect some wives pro bably cant tell the difference it has been a great winter for the youngsters and even for older ones to enjoy the ska ting and tobogganing congratulations to mr and mrs edwin betson on the birth of their first child a ba by girl bill saunders wife and dau ghter of oshawa and mrs clo thier and daughter of kinsale spent sunday with their par ents lome and mrs saund ers bob betson is spending a lengthy visit in daytona beach in florida george fzatt is busy these days packing and selling in toronto the good crop of ap ples from the grasmere farm the club met at the home of ken and mrs pratt on wed nesday evening the meeting was addressed by ernest hart- lett on the telegram staff er nie has always something in teresting for the members much sympathy is felt for mr baxter and john upon the if of a loving wife and moth er on thursday last deceased was a riuiet and unassuming woman who always had a wel come for all her neighbours whom she always greeted with smiling friendship mrs william guthrie sr ar rived home from toronto on sunday last and fs much im proved in health if you start saving a dollar a day from now until christ mas youll be broke dec 20