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Home Agent Issues Suggestions On Wise Consumership i By VELMA BEAM Home Demonstration Agent The problem cf the average American family, rural or urban, is to make the spending of every dollar yield the most in value— quality, quantity and perform ance. many specialtists, research workers and experts in this field may be read on this subject in the county newspapers and maga zines. They are collecting infor mation, used cn practical family experience, which will serve as guide posts to intelligent consum ership if we but take advantage of their findings. Ever home maker who consi ders hers one of the greatest careers open to women should not only be price-conscious but quali ty-conscious as well. High-quality products are costly to produce and medium-quality goods com mand a relatively good price, so that it becomes necessary to ap proximate an average low point beyond which we cannot go un less we are willing to use low grade merchandise. William Purdy, economist, lecturer and student of consumer problems says in one of his arti cles on consumer education “The factor of price is so closely alir.cd to quality, and is so interwoven into the complexities of the prob lems of the producers, that it be comes one of the most important single factors in the ultimate de termination of what we, as con sumers, will or will not get in the way of quality development. As long as consumers patronize and support every effort cf the pro ducers to lower prices by means of lower quality, sound values will not be realized.” Being thrifty in active purchas ing is not the only way a home maker can be intelligent as a con sumer. Do we practice thrift in our own kitchen in the use cf the vegetables we grow in cur own garden? Hew would we answer these questions? 1. Do we pour the liquid off the vegetables in which they are cooked, thereby losing them to the kitchen drain or the garbage pail? 2. Do we remove “skin only” yhen pairing vegetables? Vita mins and minerals are just under the sikin and a knife can easily •cut Sway many of them. Baking cr boiling vegetables in the skin will save the most solube vita- minerals and retain much cf the good vegetable fla- LJ. WLrtsp- coding vegetables in dp you save the water tr ®HpGoßgress Faced With War Issues ■KB *’"’• 'rQglll I 9| b mm ■ t«|ifi»UM* dealing with neutrality and its allied subjects will face <he present special session of congress called by proclamation of Preet Keossrelt. Despite the chief executive's previously dfprssssd wish that the senate and house act quickly on his rffyeyt for repail of the anas embargo and then go home, attempts are beta* BM*c fft U»»il» *i»— f f tr as non-emergency legislation. Winged ‘Woodei* Horse’ Carries Soviet Gunpers v , ■< J iV"- ,' l ,'Va i * 11 i Jggg. gHB it.J The wooden horse of Troy has a modern counterpart in this military transport plane of the mighty red army of Soviet Russia. Carrying 16 men armed with machine guns in wing compartments, these planes fly to a point behind enemy lines, where the gunners are dropped by paraclrate. A fleet of these planes can land a sizable army in a very short time. - * * * make soup? By adding a few vegetables, seasoning and cream sauce you may have a good, nourishing and inexpensive soup. 5. Do y:u use the green out side leaves of cabbage and let tuce? Theee green leaves are the richest part cf the head, in vita mins A and C. Cutting costs on clothing is another problem that stares the homemaker in the face daily. Every mother wants her daught er or her son to wear cldhes that have style, fit nice, take plenty of tubbings and yet remain low In price. For mothers who really want all of these things, time "And inclination to sew at home can very nearly accomplish the im possible. -for Careful shopping is so essential to the consumer who is really interested in getting good quality merchandise. Fabrics that will ot shrink or fade are ir.expensi o and available. Trimmings pcs ~sr:ng thebe same qualities may ad should be insist, d upon. In this a!i important business : being an A-l homemaker is is :11 to study.the. .'art of spending :n.y wisely— experience is ;h; at ttaehr -for the student in .3 L.-hncl. but, of coures, one f • by the experience of h::r who have already tiled it + c “In r!i f rms of government the ecpie is the true legislatcr.” —Burke. Tb; glory cf gcod men is in heir .cr.scier.cs and not in the :i.th: or - -Xrrnp ';. Homemakers Club Met Last Week At Olive Hill The Olive Hill Home Demon stration club held its regular menthly meeting in the Com mnnity House Wednesday, Sept -20, at 2:30 o’clock with seventeen in attendance. Mrs. C. E. Brooks, President, vas in the chair and during the business session appointed a nominating committee to report at the October meeting. When project leaders reports were called fer Mrs. John D. and Miss Mary Winstead present ed a splendid demonstration on pickling properly brined cucum bers. They asserted that they had no trouble at all lyith the bri; ng process, neither did they have any soft, shriviled nor hollcw ucumbers after the six week eried was up. The brining pro ess outlined by Extension Ser vice of State college was used >nd also the pickling recipe sug gested by Mrs. Cornelia C. Mor is, Extension Specialist in Focd Jcnservation. Mrs. Winstead warned against putting too strong a sugar solution on the brined cucumbers when begin ning the pickling process as this would cause them to shrivel. A sample from her jars proved hem to be crisp, firm and quite delicious. This demonstration al so showed the difference in color vs those pickled in a brass ket !t- and the ones without using it. There was very little difference n the color, and Mrs. Winstead concluded that “there’s not nough difference in color to .. arrant the trouble of using the ’ ass or copper kettle” The main argument against it is furnished 'y the Home Economics Division of the United States Department of Agriculture wthen they say there is a copper acetate formed which is not good for the human body to consume. Miss Beam's demonstration was ■n the subject of “Care of Floors and Woodwork”, urging the homemakers to use floor finishes which could be kept within the ’°st expenditure of the home and effort. To cut comer or the ex pense of the care, a home made recipe for paste wax was given ' 1 " ~ / " SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN ROXBORO. There Are Advantages In Buying COAL now! * You will buy it cheaper! , * You will get freshly mined coal direct from the car! * You will have less breakage from handling! * You will be insured against a shortage next^f^ter! In Short—Buying Coal Now Is The Smart Thing To Do! Central Service Corporation* Phone 3371 Roxboro, N. C. PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO, N. C. and the product demonstrated. The Olive Hill members are asked to have a shrub and fall seed exchange day at their Oct. meeting since that will be a good fall planting seasen. Their spring .lower plant exchange proved so successful they want to repeat it with their fall and winter plants. Mrs. R. T. Winstead will be hostess to the November meeting and is planning an interesting opening program for this group. All interested homemakers in this community are urged to be present. o Infantile Paralysis Linked With Rat Washington A discovery that a common rat is susceptible to in fantile paralysis and may be the “reservoir” from which epidemics develop was reported today by the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Thcmas Paran, surgeon general, said he considered the finding the most important con tribution made thus far in the I study and conquering of polio- I myelitis which annually cripples thousands. Dr .Charles Armstrong of the National Institute of Health, wh has done much research on infan tile paralysis, found that the Eas tern cotton rat could contract the disease. Until his experifents, an Indian monkey was the only animal, oth er than man, known to be sus ceptible to the poliomyelitis virus. While only further research can determine the responsibility of the rat for epidemics, officials ex pressed themselves as strongly suspicious that the rodent may be the “reservoir” from which the disease spreads aming humans. In any event, the discovery that the rat can contract infantile pa ralysis is of major importance in the study of the disease because the importation of monkeys from the Far East may be stopped by the European war. A monkey farm designed to furnish the animals for experi mental use is new being develop- DR. R. J. PEARCE EYES EXAMINED MONDAYS ONLY Thomas-Carver Bldg. Truck Farming Better Than Relief Says Junkman From the October issue of the Farm Journal and Farmer’s Wife comes a story with a great deal of human interest as well as some good old “hoss sense.” Dick Williams, Trinity Valley truck gardener, southwest of Dallas, Texas was forced to a bandon a thriving junk business ! because his place might be an 1 eyesore to Dallas exposition visi tors. It was either go on relief for the family or gamble a $175 per acre investment on two acres of sandy loam soil. I Spinach, okra, peas, beans, ! radishes, cabbage, cucumbers, ' onions, peaches and other fruit, i pork, beef, and chickens have ; combined to build a comfortable home, feed a family, pay off all indebtedness, send the children to school and supply satisfaction in living the Williams had never known before. “It’s management,” Williams says. “Everything that’s not eat en is put back in the soil. Every available inch of space is planted to something.” Even the fance rows are planted to sunflowers to supply chicken feed. The pig pen is moved around every week in the orchard for profitable fer tilizer. “Can’t anybody do what I’ve done if he will try? There’s no genius connected with living on two acres. I just went to work. I shall never go on relief when I can bend over and plant some thing gcod to eat,” is Williams’ philosophy about his own success. 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Look for these picture opportuni ties in harvest scenes ... on the farms . . . wherever there is rural activity. Watch the skies for cloud formations that will add glory to your landscape shots. As leaves be gin to fall, and bonfires are burning, look for atmospheric effects sun bursts slanting through trees and smoke —for these too will make fine pictures. e If your camera can be loaded with full-color film, by all means plan to take advantage of the brilliant col ors as leaves begin to change and assume their autumnal hues. And look for color-filming opportunities in the orchards where bright-colored fruit hangs against the green of trees. If you go on group hikes at this ideal hiking season, see that members of your crowd wear suit able costumes —with bright touches THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1939 of color that win add appeal to your full-color shots. In black-and-white a color filter on your lens to bring out the clouds In landscape shots and harvest scenes. Don’t conflne< yourself to general scenlcs and views— keep an eye open for close ups that reflect the spirit of the sea son. Let your pictures show people at work .. . plucking fruit, husking corn, perhaps sowing winter cover crops... so that your autumn record will really portray this time of year, and its typical activities. If you picnic at this season—and you should —you’ll find the camera an ideal means of recording your outdoor fun. Wherever you go . . . whatever you do ... picture oppor tunities are waiting—and the wise snapshooter will try to utilize them all. John van Guilder DLJ/'YrO Tip. On outing 3, hikes rnvjiw-iir. or plcnicg carry a roll of high speed film — the kind for night snapshots. It’s four times as fast as regular daylight film, and comes in handy for snaps in late afternoon, or In shady spot 3 such us the picnic grove. *
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