10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 13, 1957
For the
Farm Wife and Family
(Continued *rom page 9)
IV2 cups water
IVz cups sugar
3 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 tablespoon celery seed
V* teaspoon turmeric
Wash cauliflower, break into
small flowerets, and cook five
minutes in small amount of un
salted boiling water. Dram. Wash
and prepare remaining vege
tables. and boil about two minu
tes Pack into clean, hot, sterile
jars and seal.
CORN RELISH
20 ears of corn
6 green peppers
6 red peppers
4 large onions
1 large head of cabbage
4 cups sugar
2 tablespoons dry mustard
2 tablespons celery seed
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon turmetic
5 cups vinegar
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1 cup water
Cut corn off cob Chop peppers,
onions, and cabbage. Combine all
ingredients and simmer for 20
minutes. Pack in clean, hot,
sterile jars and seal
If you have some extra toma
toes on hand why not use them m
this chili sauce?
4 quarts (24 to 28 medium
sized) peeled and chopped
tomatoes
2 cups chopped red pepper
2 cups chopped onion
1 hot peper, chopped
1 teaspoon giound ginger
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoon celery seed
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon whole cloves
2 three-inch pieces stick can
namon
1 cup firmly packed brown
sugar
3 cups vinegar
2 tablespoons salt
CHILI SAUCE
Combine tomatoes, sweet pep
per, onion, hot pepper, ginger,
and nutmeg. Put celery seed, mus
tard seed, bay leaf, cloves, and
cinnamon in thin white cloth and
tie loosely. Put bag in tomato
mixture. Bring to a boil and boil
until mixture is one-half original
volume. Stir frequently to pre
vent sticking. Add sugar, vinegar,
and salt. Boil, stirring constantly,
about 10 minutes Pack into clean,
hot, sterile jars and seal.
If you have no dark place {o
store the chili sauce, wrap the
jars in paper to keep the color
bright.
PICKLED SECKEL PEARS
8 pounds pears
10 two-inch pieces stick cinna-
mon
2 tablespoons whole cloves*
2 tablespoons whole allspice
8 cups sugar
1 quart vinegar
1 pint water
Wasn pears and remove blos
son end. Boil covered with water
for 10 minutes Drain. Prick the
skins. Tie spices loosely in a thin
white cloth Bring spices, sugar,
vinegar, and water to a boil and
boil about five minutes Add the
pears and boil for about 10 minu
tes or until tender. Let stand in
the syrup overnight. Next morn
ing, remove spice bag. Bring
syrup and pears to a boil. Pack
into clean, hot, sterile jais and
seal
Here is a delicious way to
pickle sweet peppers. If you have
an abundance of peppers in your
garden this summer use them in
this recipe.
PEPPER MANGOES
12 sweet pepers (both red and
, green)
3 pints chopped cabbage
2 medium-sized onions, chop
ped
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons mustard seed
2 tablespoons celery seed
Vz cup sugar
3 cups vinegar
Vz cup grated horse-radish
1 stick cinnamon
IVz tablespoons mustard seed
Ite tablespoons celery seed
1 cup sugar
2 quarts vinegar
Soak peppers in brine over
night (one cup salt to one gallon
water). Combine cabbage with
next six ingredients and let stand
overnight. Rinse pepers in fresh
water Remove tops, seeds, and
midribs and soak peppers in cold
water about one hour Combine
horse-radish and next five in
gredients and bring to a boil.
Drain peppers, stuff with cabbage
mixture, and pack into clean, hot,
sterile, wide-mouth jars. Fill with
boiling liquid and seal.
REQUEST
We have a request for a recipe
for baked squash We hope some
of you ladies might be able to help
us out.
Posonous Weed
Threat to Sheep
Halogeton, a posionous weed, is
rapidly spieadmg over intermoun
tam ranges and poses a year
round threat to sheepmen in the
area, according to a report in the
Journal of the American Veteri
nary Medical Association
Ordinarily, the Association
says, the plant is not palatable
and livestock avoid it when other
green forage is available Sheep,
however, go through periods
throughout the >ear when they
seem to prefer it to other edible
material in their range
Animals poisoned by this weed
show signs of excessive saliva
tion, depression, progressive
weakness leading to loss of con
sciousness and death within 24
hours
Halogeton grows readily on
overgrazed pasture and can cause
photosensitization in animals
which have eaten less than a fatal
amount of the foliage, veterinary
authorities say Fatalities in cat
tle result when more than 2 5 per
cent of the total feed consists of
Simple Electric
Device Tells
Irrigation Need
Farmers someday may tell
when their crops need irrigating
by using a simple electrical de
vice tested recently by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. It
measures moisture stress—an in
dicator of a plant’s moisture
needs. - *
For a rapid reading of a plant’s
water requirements, two small
prongs of the device are stuck in
to the stem of the plant. The
prongs are two stainless steel elec
trodes connected to an ohmmeter
which measures the electrical re
sistance in the plant. The lumber
industiy uses a similar instru
ment to measure moisture *in
wood.
In experiments with cotton
plants, the researchers found that
electrical resistance went down
as moisture amounts went up.
Within four hours after irrigation
a sharp drop in resistance was ob
served on the ohmmeter.
The experimenters believe that
the increase in electrical resist
ance with increasing moisture
stress is the result-of the drying
out of the solid framework, or
cells wall, of the plant. This cre
ates in the woody tissues of the
plant either longer conducting
paths between electrodes, or in
creases gaps in conducting paths
—readily indicated by the ohm
meter.
The method has promise as a
tool to help the average farmer
determine when to irrigate, ac
cording to scientists of USDA’s.
Agricultural Research Service 1
who are making the studies. They
point out that research is contin
uing, aimed at making the method
easy to use by any farmer who
irrigates.
LANCASTER FARMING
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Phone STterling 6-2132
INDEPENDENT
, Dallas, Pa.
Excess Arsanilic Acid
Poinsoned Swine Herd
A herd of 30 pigs were poisoned
by feeding a grower ration for a
week containing 15-times the rec
ommended amount of arsanilic
acid feed. Seventy brood sows of
the same herd, fed a sow or start
er ration were unaffected, accord
ing to a report in the Journal of
the American Veterinary Medical
Association.
The pigs eating the ration con
taining arsanilic acid .developed
blindness and incoordination.
Temperature, appetite and con
sciousness remained normal.
After chariging to a ration rec
ommended by a veterinarian, the
herd was raised to marketable age
and sold without loss, although
several of the poisoned pigs re
mained blind, the report said.
Organic arsenics are less poi
sonous than the inorganic forms
but high levels of the chemical
fed for a prolonged period can
have an accumulative effect. The
organic arsenics fed above rec
ommended levels in probably
stored in the pig’s tissues where
it will not affect internal parasites
but can poison the animal if high
levels are maintained over a long
period. A veterinarian should be
consulted to avoid such losses
when poisons are added to feed
for worming purposes, the report
said.
PASTURES
For year round grazing sow
a Swiss Permanent Pasture.
Ready to pasture in 8 weeks.
No more reseeding.
We also have an excellent
Hay Pasture Silage Mix
2-3 cows per acre grazing.
Casupa Super Green
Pastures.
FRED FREY
QUARRYVILLE, PA.
ST 6-2235
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