STATE COLLEGE HINTS TO FARM HOMEMAKER By VERNA 8TANTON Assistant State Agent With onions so plentiful in mar ket these days, a homemaker is likely to find herself keeping com pany often with these lively fla vored vegetables. Whether you get the best of onions or they get the best of you in the kitchen, is often a matter of knowing simple ways of handling them. Home economists of the U. S. Department of Agri culture suggest for onions with out tears, hold the onions under water while peeling. This also trating the kitchen air. To obtain juice and fine pulp for soup or clear sauce, cut an on ion in half cross-Wise and grate over a bowl. Or, if a very little juice is wanted, grate over waxed paper and save dishwashing. Cut ting onion fine with a sharp knife is easier than grating and often serves a similar purpose. To use part of an onion and keep the cut surface from drying, slit the skin and cut out the portion of onion needed; then wrap the skin back over the left-over part. Keep a cut onion in a cool place, wrap ped in^waxed paper to keep the odor from other foods as much as possible. The flavoring substance of on ion is an oil that blends with other fats and oils in food. Therefore, a good way to capture and extend That Na^^in^ Backache May Warn of Disordered Kidney Action Modern life with its hurry and w>irry irregular habits, improper eating and drinking?its riak of exposuro and infec tion?throws heavy strain on the work of the kidneys. They are apt to become over-taxed and fail to filter ex?***ss ar'd and other impurities from the life-giving blood. You may suffer naming haekaeho, headache, dizziness, getting up nights, leg pains, swelling?(eel constantly tired, nervous, all worn out. Other sign* of kidney or bladder disorder are some times burning, scanty or too frequent urination. Try Doan'a Pxllt. DoaW? help the kidneyc to pass off harmfui axcees body waste. They have had more than half a eentury of public approval. Are recom mended by grateful uaprs everywhere. Atk your neighbor! Doans Pi lls Announces rRail Progress9 Group ANNOUNCMM TMf KTAHISHMCNT ot the "Federation of Railroad Prog re?,H one ot the aims of which will be to cut the power of the present Association of Railroads, Robert R. Young, dynamic railways magnate, Is shown during a press conference in Washington. Chairman of the Board of the Chesapeake and Ohio and recently reported as gaining control of the New York Central, Young said he would fight to "shrink down** the number of major rail lines. Former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius heads the Federation's advisory council. (International) the full flavor in stews or stuffings is to heat chopped onion in a little fat a few minutes and then add to the other ingredients. The same principle applies' to salads. Add chopped onion to the oil dressings, and allow it to stand an hour or so before dre^i.ig the salad. Cooking sweet potatoes in the oven or kettle without peeling saves vitamin as weli as time. Tests show that, when baked or boiled without peeling, sweet potatoes re tain from G9 to 83 per cent of their Vitamin C. Many people add a lit tle sugar to the boiling water to give the potatoes a sweeter flavor. The North Carolina Division of Forestry operates approximately 185 motor vehicles in protecting and conserving the forest land of North Carolina. A General Line of HARDWARE Insulate and weather strip your home now. See us for the material and insulation. u * Common Brick * Face Brick * Cement Brick * Roll Roofing * Brick Siding * Bird Asphalt # Shingles BUILDING HARDWARE * Enamel or plain tile board * Building Paper * Wall Paper * Wall Rite * Box Guttering * M> Round Guttering Let Us Repair or Make Your Screens Before The Spring Rush Begins. 4-inch Bell Tile or 4-inch Drain Tile Flue Lining Kem-Tone and Pee Gee Oil Paints Bath Tubs, Fittings and other plumbing supplies ( Hot Water Heaters, oil or electric Seeds and Feeds and many other needs for farmers Blacksmiths ? Electricians ? Carpenters We invite you to visit our new store before you buy 9 PLENTY OF PARKING SPACE # SYLVA COAL & LIMBER CO. Opposite Depot Sylva, N. C. Vets Problems Q?Will Veterans Administra tion guarantee a G. I. loan'for a boat that I can use during my va cation and for taking occasional lisliing trips? A?No. Loans for pleasure pur poses cannot be guaranteed or in sured by Veterans Administration. Q?For what term of years can a guaranteed loan be made? . A?Payments must be such that ihe veteran will repay his home or business real estate loan within 25 years, a tarm loan within 40 years, and a non-real estate loan within 10 years. ?^ Q?Is there any way that I can get Veterans Administration to de duct my National Service Life In surance premiums from the month ly disability compensation check mailed to me each month? A?Yes. You may go to any VA regional office or to a contact of fice and fill out a form which will authorize Veterans Administration to make the deduction from your compensation check. Q?I want to change the bene ficiary on my National Service Life Insurance, but I don't want the old beneficiary to know about it. Am I permitted to do this? A?Yes. A veteran may change the beneficiary or beneficiaries of his NSLI at any time without their knowledge or consent. Q?I recently lost my job and can't meet the payments on my G. I. guaranteed home loan. Am J entitled to get the readjustment I compensation provided by the G. I. Bill? A?Yes, you are entitled to re adjustment allowance. Your home loan has no bearing on your right to unemployment compensation. You should apply to your state un employment service to receive re adjustment allowance. Jackson Farmers Receive $4,091 For Seeds In 1946 Jackson county farmers have re ceived checks amounting to $4, 01)1.73 for seeding winter cover crops and pastures under the 1946 AAA program, according to Mrs. Ellen N. Corbin, ACA secretary. These checks were mailed from Richmond, Va. and around $2,000 more is expected to be mailed out within the next six weeks. Two carloads of phosphate for use this year have been received and de livered to the farmers, and pros pects for more to be delivered soon are good. Lime, which is in better supply than phosphate, has been arriving | and 648 tons have been delivered to date. The ACA expects to de liver around 4800 tons in 1947. No tice has been given to farmers ex plaining the pasture grass phase of the program in which the farmer pays around one-third of the cost | of seeds, and the AAA around two thirds of the cost. The Dairy Products Marketing Association has been authorized by the U. S. Department of Agricul ture to begin immediate purchase, of nonfat dry milk, to lend support to a weakening market for that product. CHICK PRODUCTION UP IN JANUARY RALEIGH, March 1?Forty-four per cent more chicks were pro duced by commercial hatcheries in this State in January than for the same month a year ago, the Fed eral-State Crop Reporting Service estimates. Despite the 2,300,-000 chicks hatched in January* however, bookings for future delivery of the broiler varieties were found to be ^low in most areas. The average January price for the heavy breeds was $14 per hun dred for the straight run chicks, while scxed pullets brought $19, and sexed cuckie'ls sOlcl lor In the light breeds, the mixed va rieties were $13.80, sexed pullets, $21, and sexed cockrels, $5. In the crosfc breeds, straight runs 'sold for $13.80 per hundred, sexed pullets, $17, and sexed cockrels, $12.50. FARMERS SHOULD NOT SELL EWE LAMBS RALEIGH, March 3?Sheep pro ducers should not let the high prices entice them into selling all their lambs this springs, says R. S. Curtis, sheep marketing specialist with the N. C.,Department of Ag riculture. Pointing out that lambs will be gin to move to market early in May and continue through Sep tember, Curtis believes that "from 1,000 to 2,000 ewe lambs could and should be saved for breeding pur poses." ""North Carolina needs these ewe lambs. Each sheep grower should add to or replenish his flock with at least five ewe lambs for breed ing," says Curtis, adding that the State needs 2,500 or more sheep breeders. He said the State Agriculture Department would assist farmers keeping ewe lambs in marketing Ihem for. breedins purposes in North Carolina. Meeting Called For Representatives Of Methodist Churches The Rev. W. B. West, district su perintendent of the Waynesville district of the Methodist church, has called a meeting at Bryson City, Friday, March 7, at 2:30 p. m. for representatives of all churches of the- Waynesville district. Those asked to attend from each church in the district are the Pas tor, Charge Lay Leader, chairman of Christian Stewardship commit tee, president of the Woman's So ciety of Christian Service and the Sunday school superintendent. 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