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Yes, it’s true. Show time is
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And you’ve become star
struck with proud visions of
parading around a ring with
a grand champion rosette or
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a shiny silver trophy. In your
dreams, scores of admirers
cluster near your stall and
dicker for a chance at
owning you.
Being a beauty symbol
means hard work in a hot
and dusty show ring, long
hours of enduring tickling
clippers at your ears, soap in
your eyes and a cold hose
aimed at a tender flank. Are
you ready for the poking
fingers and prying eyes of a
professional judge
scrutinizing your physical
attributes?
If, after a careful self
examination, you still aim at
the fame of a winner’s
career, learning a few
simple rules will provide you
an immediate success with
your peers on the tanbark
circuit.
Devote every hour to
becoming the dirtiest, most
mud-caked being in die
barnyard. A full-length
cover of grit will assure you
of receiving the hours of
undivided attention
deserved by a star. You’ll be
treated to soothing back
scratches with a currycomb
and dainty manicures
beneath a mallet and chisel.
Jogging is great for
maintaining your figure. It
can be done in the safety of
the home pasture, but is
much more enjoyable
performed at the exhibit
area. Practice making a
quick getaway as they
unload you from the truck.
This will guarantee you an
audience - and what’s a star
without an audeience,
anyway?
Kicking your heels high
into the air adds flair to the
jogging display, as does the
ability to turn on a dime,
thus escaping any would-be
catcher who has gotten to
within six inches of grabbing
your halter.
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Practice swatting at flies
until you have developed
deadly aim with your tail.
You will be assured of
smacking the groomer
directly in the eyes after he
has soaked and lathered
your tail during the bathing
- process.
Learn a few simple dance
routines to expand your
talent - nothing fancy, of
course. Basic foot
movements will help you
land a foot square in the
middle of the bucket of fresh,
cold drinking water. Be sure
that the contents then spill
throughout the shiny dry
straw carpeting your pen.
Demonstrate your ap
preciation of being fed.
Greet the person delivering
your dinner with a powerful
shove into the comer.
Bellow loudly and
frequently throughout the
night before the show. If you
can’t sleep from ner
vousness, why should
anyone else?
Keep the showman awake
and alert throughout the
judging. Step on his foot
from time to time.
Remember at all times
that a star is tempermental:
fight the halter, step in a
manure pile on the way to
the show ring, throw hay at
your stallmate and kick at
the judge.
Master all the above
techniques, and you’ll be
ready to head out on the
exhibition tour with some
reluctant farm wife.
Insincerely yours,
Black and blue.
You know who...
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1976-
Ladies
Have You
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster
Home Economist
NEW GOURMET
CANNING IDEA
If you are planning to take
advantage of the fresh fruit
season with a favorite home
canning recipe, why not try a
slightly exotic change of
pace - chutney. Pear or
peach chutney is a delicious
diversion with chicken, cold
meats and curries.
Chutneys are a wonderful
idea we picked up from India
in the 18th century. The word
comes from Hindu and the
condiment comes to us from
the tables of the princes and
potentates of India, who
regarded chutney as the
aristocrat of condiments.
Though we Westerners are
willing to bestow the chutney
name on almost any acid
fruit mixture with raisins,
onions, and spices, the In
dians see mango as a
primary ingredient in the
dish. No mango, no chutney.
They also insist on preparing
then chutney fresh for each
meal.
Cultures vary, and what
we share with each other we
often adapt to suit our own
tastes and needs. Here then
is a delicious can-ahead
update for chutney.
PEAR OR PEACH
CHUTNEY
4 quarts finely chopped,
peeled peaches or pears
1 cup seedless raisins
1 cup chopped onions
2 to 3 cups brown sugar
V* cup mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons salt
1 clove garlic, minced
1 hot red pepper
5 cups vinegar
Combine all ingredients
and cook slowly until thick,
about 40 minutes. Stir
frequently to prevent
sticking. Pour, boiling hot,
into hot pint jars, leaving V*
inch head space. Adjust
caps. Process 10 minutes in
boiling water bath. Yield:
about 7 pints. Note: for a
milder chutney, remove
seed from hot pepper. Use
rubber gloves to prevent
burning hands.
HOW TO PERFORM
SOME BLOUSON MAGIC
If you can sew, you can
turn some of your last fall’s
wardrobe into this year’s
blousons with hardly any
expenditure of time! As you
take stock of your old clothes
before they go into the
discard pile, think blouson.
This applies to blouses,
shirts, dresses and even
some jumpers. If your
bustline is ample, the
blouson will work well for
you in soft fabrics.
Here are directions to help
you perform blouson magic
in your sewing room. Tiy the
garment on. Tie a tape
measure or string around
your waist. Measure 6”
below the tape and place a
pin in your garment. Take it
off, and cut off the extra
fabric below the pin. Be sure
you measure the same
amount all the way around
the garment. Make a casmg
at cut edge of garment.
Press cut edge under Vi”.
Next press up turned edge
%” and pin in place.
Machine-stitch the casing
along the inside fold, leaving
an opening of one inch.
Measure a piece of V*”
elastic the length of your
waistline. Draw the elastic
through the opening and the
casing with a safety pin.
Machine-stitch the ends of
elastic together. Slip-stitch
the opening closed, and
admire your new creation.
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