Conserving the 1944 food crop is going to require long hours of service from your pressure canner

Peet, Louise J

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Conserving the 1944 food crop is going to require long hours of service from your pressure canner.</p

Peet, Louise

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A  harpoon type trap set over flattened runway. With all types of mole traps it Is necessary to tramp down rupway.ably. It may be possible to catch sev­eral moles by resetting the trap in the same place after each dead mole is removed.Gas in the RunwaysCalcium cyanide or car exhaust gas may be used to kill moles. Calcium cyanide must be used in a garden dust gun or a cyanide dust gun, so as to dis­tribute the material through the run­way quickly. Car exhaust gas may be used by attaching a section of garden hose to the exhaust pipe of an automo­bile or tractor.It is unnecessary and undesirable to tramp dw fa the runways when using cyanide or car exhaust gas. All run­ways must be treated quickly and thor­oughly. Open the runway; insert the nozzle of the dust gun or the end of the garden hose; introduce the gas rapidly; and close the runway. Repeat the pro­cess about every 10 feet until all parts of all runways are treated. Since the burrows are near the surface, the gas escapes rapidly and must be introduced at frequent intervals along the tunnel in order to kill the mole.It is not unusual to see signs of mole activity during gassing of the runways,- since the mole attempts to escape. The mole then can be scooped out of the ground with a spade or fork and killed.Poisons of Lillie ValuePoisons are rarely effective in con­trolling moles. It is difficult to develop an acceptable substitute for the living grubs, worms and insects on which they feed. A large number of pellets intro­duced into the runway may have a re­pellent effect, causing the mole to abandon that portion.\ ;■toad Arsenate, Moth BallsMoth balls are offensive to moles. When introduced into the runways, they usually force the mole to abandon the treated burrows and extend his activi­ties into previously uninfested portions of the lawn or garden.,Seed treatments are ineffective in con­trolling moles, since moles are not in­terested in seeds but in the insects at­tacking them. Seed treatments which prevent or hinder seed decay discourage insects and render the area less attrac­tive to moles.Lead arsenate has been successfully used to prevent mole infestation in lawns and gardens. This treatment has been used extensively in states east of Iowa but has not been thoroughly tested here. It apparently prevents the estab­lishment of moles in the treated area but seems to have little or no effect on those already present.The lead arsenate is applied at the rate of 1 pound per 100 square feet of lawn. It may be mixed with dry sand and applied with a lawn fertilizer cart or suspended in water and applied with a sprinkling can. If applied dry, the poison must be soaked into the ground by watering with a garden hose. Lead arsenate should not be applied to straw­berry beds or to ground intended for strawberries, since it reduces the yield.If a large area of lawn or garden is to, be protected, reports from other states indicate that a band of lead ar­senate 2 feet wide acts as an effective barrier. The poison is used at the same rate, i.e. 1 pound would cover a strip 2 feet wide and 50 feet long.Calcium cyanide pumped into the run­ways at intervals of 10 feet, using a cya­nide gas gun or garden dust gun, usually is effective. C ar exhaust gas may be used in the same way. A  garden hose may be fastened to the exhaust pipe of car to carry gas into the mole runway.A single lead arsenate treatment may protect an area for 1 to 5 years, de­pending on the amount of rainfall, rapidity of leaching, type and character of the soil and on other factors.Care for Your CannerBy LOUISE J. PEETCONSERVING the 1944 food crop is going to require long hours of service from your pressure canner.Because it probably put in many hours of overtime last year, the canner should be inspected and put in first- class repair now before the canning season starts. That will make the can­ning job easier. Then some care should be taken in cleaning the canner, espe­cially the lid, during the canning season.Probably the most important thing to remember about lid care after you’ve had the pressure gauge checked for accuracy —  and that should be done now before the season starts —  is that the lid should not be soaked in water when it is cleaned. Soaking may dam­age the mechanism so essential to prop­er operation of the canner.Using a cloth dipped in warm soapy water is a good way to clean the lid. A cloth wrung out in clear water may be used to rinse it. Then the lid should be dried thoroughly.The petcock should be unscrewed when the lid is being cleaned. And af­ter the cleaning is done, you should be able to see light through the opening in the lid where the petcock fits. The petcock should always be opened be­fore the lid is removed.Each time the canner is cleaned, the safety valve, too, should be taken apart. The passageway into the canner can be cleaned out with a little brush. For this, baking soda may be used in the cleaning water. If the parts are cor­roded, fine steel wool may be used to clean them.Another important fact to remember in cleaning the lid is that scratches on the rim will prevent the close contact necessary between the lid and the rim of the canner.When putting on a lid which fastens by means of lugs, opposite lugs should be tightened together. A drop of sew­ing machine oil on each lug will make it easier to unscrew later.Best service will be obtained if the canner is allowed to cool slowly after it has been used-16

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