Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

Department of Farm Welfare Conducted by County Agent Stewart Learning.

Threshers’ Bureau Established. Food Administrator Eger has appointed a ' committee which has opened headquarters\ in the Better Farming asociation office for tire purpose of mobilizing the threshermen to save wheat now lost by inefficient threshing practices. The committee will divide its work into two sections: (1) Assistance in preparation for harvest, and.... 12) Assistance during the harvest period. Arrangements have been made for free inspection of all outfits in order to make sure that they are in proper condition for clean, threshing. The committee will also assist in Securing coal and mechnical assistance. Ernest Morlan is chairman of the committee and William Brown is secretary. Threshermen desiring to avail themselves of this service are invited to communicate with the committee.

Farmers’ Clubs. The North Union Farmers-’ club will meet at Virgie Saturday evening, June 1. The secretary reports the following program: Song, Virgie quartet; recitation, Miss Nellie Cover; recitation, Buster Brown; The Soldier, Mrs. Robert Smith; instrumental music, Mr. and Mrs. Hooper; lecture —The Country Church and Sunday School and Their Relationship to Economic and Social Problems, Dr. ill ess; instrumental music, Mr. and Mrs. Hooper; How to Prepare Your Stock for a Public Sale, W. A. McCurtain; recitation Bill Jones’ Mule, Jack Gassaway; Truck Gardening, Frank Hooper; Talk -My Most Improved Methods of Corn Cultivation, R. G. Gassaway; recitation, Eddie Eilts; Hog Demonstration Report, T. F. Meador; song, Quartet. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting. The Gillam Farmers’ club will hold its regular June meeting at Independence church Wednesday evening, June 5. The following program will be rendered: Song . (congregation), Star Spangled Banner; secretary’s report and roll call; business; recitation, Beulah Faris; recitation, Learetta Stathaum; song, Thyra Prevo; reading, Mrs. Leslie Tillett; Talk—Women and War, Miss LaVerne Geyer; violin solo, Thyra Prevo; Talk —• Silo and Its Benefit to Farmers, Stewart Learning; song, congregation.

The Parr Farmers’ club •will hold a special silo meeting at the school house Thursday evening, June (i. Kilo owners from different partg of the county will take part in the discussion. The Milroy Country club will meet at Milroy church Saturday evening, June 8. All are invited to attend. Garden Pests in Evidence. Amateur gardeners are reporting severe losses of cabbages and radishes from the root maggots. These are the larvae of a small fly which lays its eggs on the root of the plant. Unin fested cabbages may he protected by fitting a piece of tarred paper around the stalk to prevent the fly from laying its eggs. Infested cabbage and radishes may he treated by pouring carbolic acid emulsion around the base of the plants. This is made iby dissolving 1 oz. of soap and 1 oz. of crude carbolic acid in ,14 pint of water and shaking thoroughly. Add two gallons of water, before using. More Silos Needed, Says Schwab. “For economy and rapidity of gain, no other method of cattle production equals that of the liberal use of silage in the ration,’’ said Prof. John W. Schwab at a silo meeting last week. “In asking the people oif Indiana to build 10,000 silos this summer, we are asking them to do a very patriotic and profitable act. The silo is not a war measure alone, but will continue to be an important factor in the development of the country. All types of silos now on the market are satisfactory if properly built.” / More Good Herefords.

Fred A. Phillips was a buyer at the recent McCray sale, adding two excellent cows to his already good herd. Farmer and Perfection blood lines are well represented in the Phillips herd, which is rapidly coming to the front. c Sifrt Meeting. A special silo meeting will be held at the Egypt school house, Jordan township, Friday evening, June 6, according to Toben Brothers, township chairmen, who 'have secured several experienced farmers to lead the discussion. All are in-

vited to attend. Demonstrations. Tuesday, June 4, at 2; 30, a demonstration will be held at the farm residence of. William Fisher, of Milroy township. Wednesday, June 5, at 2:30, a demonstration and talk on “Threshing Dinners,” has been arranged by Mrs. Charles Riff to be held at Parr.- , Friday, June 7, at 2:30, Mrs. Harry Arnold hag arranged a lecture on “.Food Conservation,” to be given at the Food club at Black- ( ford in Barkley township. Thursday, June 0, at 2:30, a demonstration will be held in the do- | miestic science kitchen in the Tefft school. | When attending a demonstration remember to bring a pencil and ‘paper. If you don’t you run a chance oT massing some good recipes. If you 'have a recipe that you know is good, bring it with you. Some neighbors may have need of 1 just such a recipe. This is a chance for you to do your bit. Saving Eggs. Save eggs and help your neighbors save. During the spring and early | summer, when eggs are abundant 1 and reasonable in price, store a sup- ; ply of eggs for use in the season of scarcity.' Fresh eggs preserved may be kept for eight to twelve months in excellent condition. Eggs laid in April, May ami June have been | found to keep better than those laid later in the season. I Kinds of eggs to use—They must he strictly fresh, clean, unwashed

and free from cracks, with firm shells, and if possible infertile. Water glass and lime water will keep good eggs good, but will not make bad eggs good. ! Mixtures to use One of two methods can be used, either by water gftass or lime water; the w.ater glass method is preferred. When ’using water glass, use one part to j ten parts of boiling soft-water, and allowed to cool. This will preserve fifteen dozen eggs in a five-gallon jar or crock, if lime water is used, dissolve to or three pounds of uri- , slacked lime in five gallons of water that has been boiled and allowed to cool. Allow to stand until the lime- settles and liquid is clear. | Vessels to use—Metal vessels should not be used, but earthen i ware, glass or wooden containers. They must be absolutely clean. How to pack the eggs—Tlie best method to put the eggs into the liquid preservative.. When jar is 1 full there should be at least two (inches of liquid above the eggs, and if any evaporation takes place, water should be added. After jar is filled the top should be covered I tightly to prevent evaporation. I Keep in a cool cellar. Eggs may be added to the solution from day to day as gathered and need not be put down all at one time. Fresh, clean eggs properly preserved can be used satisfactorily for all purposes in cooking and for the table. Cottage Cheese Dishes. Use cottage cheese as a war measure. It is a real food that will take the place of meat in your menu. Combined with fruits or vegetables it may be made into attractive nourishing dishes. Cottage cheese, in fact, is a food that may form an important part of the diet, served either alone or in combinations. In soup, sauce, ■meat-like dish, salad or dessert, cottage cheese may be well used. As a basis for the main dish of the meal it will materially reduce expenses, appeal to the appetite and save meat. Try cottage cheese in these new recipes: Cottage Cheese arid Potato Croquettes. 1 c cottage cheese, 2 T chopped parsley, 1 t chopped green pepper, 3 c mashed potato, % t soda, % t salt, few grains cayenne, few grains paprika. Mix all ingredients except potato and form into small balls. Then mold the mashed potato around the balls of cheese, forming a large roll of each. Roll in bread crumbs, place in a greased pan, brush with melted fat and brown in hot oven. Cottage Cheese Loaf. 2 c cottage cheese, 1 c left over cereals, 1 c bread crumbs (dried), 1 c strained tomato, 1 T fat or drippings, % t soda, salt, pepper, sage and paprika, liquid if necessary to mix. Mix well and form into a roll. Brush over with fat, and bake in a moderate oven 25 minutes or until . brown. Serve with medium white sauce, to which may be added 2 T minced pimentos.

Rattlers, always plentiful in parts of Washington state, are this year more numerous than in any previous season. Sheepmen are forcibly reminded of the fact by the loss of lambs. Older sheep know the menace in the tattoo of the rattlesnake, and will change their course at the sound, but the lambs are often bitten. There is nothing that can be done for the relief of a lamb which has been bitten. It dies in a little while. —-Seattle PostIntelligencer.

The honor of being a 100 per cent, perfect baby fell to the lot of James Cheney, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Irville Cheney at the third annual baby day of the Thursday club, held recently in Biddeford, Me. The prize that the club offered to the best baby was a beautiful silver cup and the Cheney baby won against the thirtyeight babies that had entered in the (measuring and weighing teßt.