LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 April 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fifty tons of Canadian Hour, brought to Auckland from Vancouver, has nrnml in Wellington. The two grades o Canachan flour are benig sold here a '. £18 5s and £18 106 per ton—Dominion.

lte menace of a "film famine," "inch, because of the European war threatened to hurt the American-mov-nig Pictures industry, has been banished. Moymg picture film is being made out of skimmed milk. The first roll of IJiactical skimmed milk film ra s ] lown "> the exhibit of tlie Illinois State iflod Commissoner at' the National ■L>iiiry Show.

f In a recent experiment at the Bhode island Experiment Farm.. TJ.S A to determine the amount of fertility in legumes, it was shown that cow pea ,s ami Soya .Leans were grown successfully on the same soil f or five veare without the use of nitrogenous fertilisers, that this resulted in an i»-i-'-'wse of nitrogen in the mil. and a t*'Uden,y towards larger crops contain- ■ »'•* higher preeentages of nitrogen. '"'■ larger a,nonnt of nitrogen derived ' » tl»e an- during the growth of these Pi-" ts .should mduce the tanner to introduce such legumes as cow peas, sova beans, and clover into his rotation. *

}^ e offier baking powders, SHARI/AND'S pure and sure compound costs no more than before the war Save money by using Sharlands. Lower cost- extra goodness-these ' ' the Heorete of the wonderful popularity of RHAIU,ANTV« Baking Powder. Your grocer sells it. Advt

Only a meagre attendance was at iiu •Flower Show in the Century Hall lasl night. The Horticultural Society has been unfortunate in two wet days foi the show. To give the public an opportunity of witnessing the show in fine weather the hall will bo opened again to-day from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. An auction sale of gifts will be held at 9 p.m., and the committee will be grateful to any exhibitor of fruit or vegetables who will donate his exhibit j to the Society for purposes of auction. Amongst registrations for enrolment m the New Zealand reinforcements for I the troops at the front is the name of Robert Pringlo, clerk, of Levin. New Zealand's war .expenditure to 31st March totalled £2,151, 835. The - Prime Minister, in making this announcement on Thursday, added that the public had contributed £159,137 of this amount—in cash". The Manawatu Times printing the , cablegram announcing that Captain 1 iipponhcim and his .filibustering party had been killed in Mongolia headed the paragraph "No Mowers, Please." Scotchman the world over will learn with indignation .that the Germans have not only "discovered" porridge as a suitable breakfast dish for German palates but have added insult to injurv by naming it gekoohtehnforgrutw Gekochtehafergrutze is a nourishing tood and may be rendered more palatable by the addition of milk and sugar " says one of the "War Cookery Books," which have recently been issued in Germany to teach the people how to make dishes from unaccustomed and scanlv food materials "and is a sound and wholesome dish for children." The great bulk of the tomato crops tailed to ripen this season and many people have a quantity of green tomatoes on hand. Here are two recipes or making use of them: Green toma!n Ja CVery 4 ,b of to ™toes allow 31b of fill g ai . and 2 sliced , 6mons y«t the tomatoes into slices, keeping them as even as possible. P,,t the sugar into a preserving pan „. ith sufficient water to keep it from burning, then add the lemons with the pips removed, and cook until thev feel tender; then put in the sliced tomatoes, and boil until clear and thick lomato pickle.— .slico 101b of ~,-een tomatoes, and put into „ large "bowl "• I-..VCS sprinkling « n | t between each layer. Leave til] next day. Put into the preserving pa „ 2 quarts of vinegar 21b of brown sugar, 1 lb of sliced onions, half t< aspoonfnl of rryfiine popper, ioz of powdered cloves and a snnilar quantity of peppercorns am cinnamon. Drain the totatoes well from the salt, place with the other ingredients, and simmer till allare tenflcV. Tie down in glass or china jars. A chance for someone to get a herd of good cows for very little cash down is advertised in to-day's Chronicle by a , Ie Horo farmer.