Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 August 1914 — Page 2

HOG AS "MORTGAGE LIFTER

PICK APPLES TO SAVE THEM MODES IN MILLINERY WITH INDIVIDUAL CHARM PUT EASE BEFORE DRUDGERY USES FOR SOUR MILK

One Great Enemy to the Industry It CHolr Eternal Vigilance Will Control Disease. (Itf QMMKME IT QUOYKR, Colorado F.xpcinvnt ST it i n.) There should be. and usually is. more money made In raising hogs OH the farm than other arimals. Aside from cholera. hogs are less subject to disease, reprod ir faster, and make better gains per pound of feed consumed. The annual increase of horses, cattle and sheep, ranges from SO to 1Ö0 per rent. The increase of hogs should be from 600 to 1,500 per rent sow has the advantage in bringing forth two litters a year and farrows several at eah litter Doctor Warrington in "Chemistry on the farm" stat s that for each 100 pounds of feed consumed, the different farm aaJmals make gains as follows: Cattle, nine pouncs; sheep. 11 pounds, antf pigs, 23 po unds. Pigs then raako nearly two and s half times the aln oyer cattle for the snmmt of feed consumed. The man who hauls hogs to market Instead of i orr: Is the one who should make raotey. Heeause of the fact that hog raising, when properly managed, baa been so profitable, the hog has been styled the "Mortgage lifter." The one enemy to the business h hog cholera No doubt much can be done In controlling cholera by the farmers co-operating ir adopting measures which will prevent the dissemination of cholera. It is up to the farmers themselves, on last analysis, to confine cholera on the one farm where it tarts. by strictly following the advice Of sanitary a -ifhorities and al! working together to this end. 1 know of a farmer who kept his hogs healthy for four yearn, while the neighbors all around bin' were losing their hogs from cholera. He did it by an eternal "vigilance In keeping infection out. and this man made a regular chore of Iwtag the beg pens every Saturday afternoon

PROPER PRUNING IN SUMMER Thinning Oat and Cutting Younger Branches Is All That Is Required Danger of Sun Scald. Of late years we have heard a good deal about summer pruning and its value of inducing fruit bnds to form on unproductive trees. The Kansas station has made some careful experiments with summer pruning of ten-year-old apple trees which have borne but Httle fruit and showed few fruit HpUfi. The new wood was cut back and the lieavy growth that shaded the t wo and three year old wood was thinned out. A lighter pruning was given the orchard the next summer. The orchard was in full bloom and produced a fair crop two years later. A Practical Lesson In Pruning. Fewer water sprouts or suckers have been noticed on trees of similar age, that Were grown on similar 6oil and pruned in the summer than those pruned in winter and early spring. There is less danger that the operator will remove a large amount of wood in the summer, for he can readily see the danger of sun scald. Thinning out and cutting the younger branches is all that is required if a reasonable amount of care is given the orchard. Light summer pruning appears to be a good treatment for unproductive trees. Roots for Feed. Roots are excellent feed for dairy -cows and are specially desirable for the fall and early winter, as they are palatable, easy to digest and Stimulate the flow of milk. Less frrain is required while roots aie being fed The hange froni roots to more grain should be made gradually, adding grain al the rate of one pound for ten pounds of roots withdrawn. Dogs Drive Sheep Raising Out. A survey made by the I nlted States department of agriculture indicates that if there were a proper control of dogs the number of heep on the farms could be doubled without displacing other stock. The sheep would fit 1m a niche of their own. Oogs have lriv n many farmers out of the sheep business Eggs Gather Odors, Esjga are like butter .u gathering odors The shell of an egg is porous and lets any penetrating odor into th' egg itself. We have seen a basketful of tine fresh eggs mined by being pi n ed too near a table or stand that had been a kcroscnecan stand and as almost dropping with stale oil Important to Animals. In addition to the protein, carbohydrates and fats, usually considered the nost important constituents of feeds, 'he mineral or ash is of great importance to anlvmla,

Fruit Should Not Be Picked Until It Has Attained Full Growth Oon't Shake Trees.

fBy A. CHAFING Apples that are expected to go Into storage should be picked just before they get mellow or fall from the trees. They must not be picked too soon, however, but should be left until they have attained their full growth and color. No orchardist of any account now shakes apples from the tree, but picks them one t" one and places them in a basket v. bag suspended from the picker's shoulders. Apples should not be packed until four or five days after they have been picked. They should tlr i be kept in a shed until freezin? weather comes on. If the apples are picked when dry, and in season, they will stand a great deal of cold, but of course the frost should not be allowed to touch them. The boxes or barrels in the shed should be so placed that the air can circulate freely between them. When the freezing weather comes on. the apples should be removed to Beetle Round Headed Borer, Apple Tree the cellar, where they should be kept dry. A cellar containing water will quickly destroy fruit. The best temperature at which apples keep, is about 33 degrees F. Of course it is difficult to obtain this exact temperature, but two or three degrees above or below will do no barm. If apples are placed in bins in the cellar, they should be examined frequently during the winter, and if they are not keeping well, the entire lot should be picked over very carefully and every apple showing signs of decay should be taken out, and the sound apples wiped with a cloth and placed in a clean bin. WATER REQUIRED FOR FARM Consumption Will Vary From Day to Day and With the Seasons Provide for Fire Protection According to the department of agriculture, each member of a farmer's family requires for all purposes from 25 to 40 gallons of water per day ; each cow 12 gallons, each horse 10 gallons, each hog gallons, and each 6heep '2 gallons per day. The water consumption will vary from day to day and with the seasons. Fire protection should also be considered, and in determining the size of tank the maximum amount likely to be required should be provided. For a family of six persons 200gallon supply should be sufficient if the water is used in the house only. On a farm where water is supplied to a family of 6 pei.ons, 10 horses, 12 cows. 25 hogs and 15 sheep, the daily storage supply should be at least 500 gallons, with whatever additional amount the farmer deems necessary for fire protection. The Livingston Apple. Among the seedling fall apples, which have been recently sent to the OtHTI experiment station the Livingston Pride deserves mention. It is a chance seeding from Orange county. The fruit is large, skin light yellow, shaded and striped with carmine. When cooked it is quite attractive in appearance and good in quality. It is ; not a dessert fruit, but is probably worth testing for culinary use. Season is the last of September and well into October. Value of Butter-Fat. A ton of butter-fat is worth about $70, and when sold take practically 1 nothing from the fertility of the soil. The lesson from this observation is that if ono expects to retain the pro- j duetivity of his farm, he should give ! careful attention to live stock, especially the dairy cow. See that the ; live stock have plenty of salt available at all times Profit in Keeping Hogs. One man says: "With bacon at 25 and M cents a pound it pays to keep hogs and keep them right." There Ifl no question about profit in keeping hogs right, but at the same time the big hole in Ute proposition is the fact that the producer is not getting 23 and V0 cents a pound for the bacon. Keynote to Profit. Pure bred dairy cattle will often be the keynote to great profit from the farm. What is t!. use of keeping an indifferent, nun-ycoducing animal of any description xvhen ono that will make a handsome profit will take no more room, no more care and no more feed Chickens Relish Salt. Chickens, like every animal, will eat sal, if they can get it. but ire quickly ' and easily satisfied and ill not eat j more than is good for them, unless It It p.lxed with mash or some other soft, feed; then there is a possibility cf them eating too much.

JUST NOW THE STYLES ARE SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY.

Both Large and Small Hats Seem to Be Strictly Fashionable Question Raised by the Use of Monkey Fur. Millinery vogues are entering upon their solstice period. Firat we see wide-brimmed hats with low crowns flaringly trimmed with high-etanding fantasies or with Iheir brims entertaining grouped trimmings of flowers of patent or oil-cloth manufacture. Again, there comes into view a series of small hats more tiny than any seen this season. Fashion decrees in one breath big hats for incoming vogues and contra dicts herself in the next breath by showing the daintiest, most convincingly chic hats of the most diminutive types seen for months. And so it goes. At the G'and Prix de Chantilly, the majority ol shapes worn with frocks of an elegant severity and of perfect style values were small to a vanishing point, nearly. Almost all of these hats were made of white satin, white velvet, white, shiny oil-cloth, such as is used for kitchen table coverings in most American households, and with or without very narrow hemp brims. A tall interrogative looking feather of single-blessed loneliness and of black, black and white, or all white, would be the only decoration for the most extreme-styled types. Other trimmings used were of self materials or of fruits and foliage of weirdly appearing guise. Lace and even fur trimmings were also in evidence, but the most peculiar. uncanny effect noticed, and withal quite the newest in consequence, was the hat of bowler-6haped hemp covered with white satin and with the crown encircled with an upstanding piece of black monkey fur Is monkey fur to be society's sop to the Audubon society for use instead of osprey and other aigrettes which are tabooed, so to speak? The broadly, oddly curved sailor was chosen by several well-known mondainee. who depended upon black paradise plumes for the trimmings almost to a unit. Hlack velvet-topped hats were also seen and are evidently a factor to be reckoned with. Later on black satin hats, in a derivation of the well-known tricorne shapes, will appear. But of these, more will be said later on. Fashions for hats, mesdames, are in the very flux of their making. TO HOLD SMALL ACCESSORIES Excellent Idea for the Division of Bureau Drawers Into Suitable Compartments. Old-fashioned bureaus and dressing tables used to have a supply of small drawers or else had the large top drawer subdivided into convenient little compartments suitable as receptacles for gloves, handkerchiefs and other such small accessories which are easily lost or mixed up. The modern girl is expected to keep a supply of fancy cretonne-covered boxes on top of her dresser to hold these articles, hut as such boxes soon soil or become overcrowded it has remained for somebody to invent a detachable wooden framework, bottomless and lidless, which may be covered with cretonne and laid in the drawer. A home-made contrivance on the same order may be manufactured at home by means of a number of shallow cigar boxes or even strong pasteboard bovt?s of a uniform size stitched or tacked firmly together and covered with cretonne. If cigar boxes are used they must be thoroughly aired and PRETTY GIRDLE i One of the new girdles is shown in the drawing accompanying this. It 1s a Bimple affair, but noticeably pretty and graceful, being made of soft novelty ribbon of ;old satin with brown elet dots and hans in two lung straigh' ends and one short loop

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The top model is made with new vestee effect, the tiny pockets proclaiming a masculine touch on a background of lacy femininity. The second shows what an extra touch of embroidery and a quaint collar and cuff will accomplish in a summer blouse. A hemstitched stripe in the material of the third waist greatly enhances its fine sheer appearance. scented to remove the fragrant aroma which, while pleasant, is hardly suitable as a fachet for milady's toilet accessories. Such a set of boxes, however, will make a nice gift for a man to hold ties, handkerchiefs and trinkets. If the framework is manufactured at home, it should measure not more than eighteen inches long by twelve wide, ; and the compartments can be gauged by what they are intended to hold. Developing the Forearm. It is not difficult to rig up some sort of a pulley for home use and nothing is better exercise for devel- : oping the forearm. A simple exercise to improve the forearm is to clasp the hands behind the head and bend the elbows forward and back several times. An excellent deep breathing exercise may also be enjoyed standing with the hands clasped behind the head. In this case the elbows should be thrown back as f ar as possible. Keep the lips closed and draw a deep breath, rising on the tip toes at the same time. Exhale the breath and descend on the heels again. Repeat these exercises several times when standing near an open window in a loose negligee without corsets. Forearms that are too fat can be benefited by frequent applications of a stiff brush and plenty of hot water and soap. To Clean Spats. To clean light colored or drab cloth spats or gaiters and shoe tops, peel I and wash some potatoes, then grate them into a basin and while quite wet apply to the surface of the gaiters and shoe tops. Put in the open air to dry j and then brush the grated potatoe off with a clean brush. at the left of the front. A single length of the ribbon encircles the waist, finished on the upper edge with an upstanding ruffle of the same. Dutch Designs Popular. Designs showing quaint Dutch children and Dutch landscapes with the inevitable wind mills are daily growing In popularity on all kinds of needlework. These quaint patterns are seen on all sorts of goods, including pillow tops, centerpieces, runners, table mats and 5 o'clock tea cloths, and being in line with present day fashions are sure to become exceedingly popular. As a rule the patterns are taken from the chinaware imported into Europe in the eighteenth century, and which form the bias of much of the china decorations used in the English patterns. The most familiar pattern is the old willow patterned plate design. This design is worked in the deep Chinese blue in white linen with the edge buttonholed in blue. Other patterns reproduce the flat flowers and the brilliant birds, branches of willow and cherry trees, the bamboo and other characteristic designs in the clear, rich colors used by Chinese artists. It is about a quarter of a century ago since women who embroider tried i their "skill upon the floral reproductions which formed the basis of the art needlework. Bit of Plaid for the Boy. Suits for small bo3 are made of white pique and poplin, with collars and cuffs of gay Scotch pUid. To ear vith these smart little suits come hats wth brims and bands of matching plaids.

Every Device for Improving Methods of Housekeeping Should Be Employed. There are thousands of housekeepers who cannot take a summer trip, but they can greatly improve their methods of housekeeping. First, free the house of unnecessary articles to sweep, wash, dust, iron or move. Only the useful and the beautiful should remain. A porch may be made the greatest of blessings to the summer housekeeper if sheltered by vines. The Dutchman's pipe is a fast-growing vine, and the moonvine and morning glory make rapid growth. Do all the work you can,out here, or under a big tree in the yard, such as shelling peas, stringing beans, paring apples and divers other tasks, which will suggest themselves to the thinking housekeeper. When work is finiehed. sit out on the porch or under a tree, anywhere but indoors, and don't forget the picnics. Don't tire yourself out by baking a lot of fancy dishes. Make good, plain things which will be relished out of doors. Do nothing that is uot absolutely necessary. Once in a while take an entire afternoon for sleep, reading, lounging under the trees, or resting tn the way most helpful to you.

GOOD HOME-MADE ICE BOX Costs Little and, According to Inventor, Keeps Ice in Condition for a Long Time. An economical ice box is described by its owner and maker as follows For this I bought a wooden box about four feet long, two wide and fS j Inches high, beins careful to select one closely built: next I bought a pair of cheap hinges and made a top which fitted closely. Across the bot- ' torn of the box f took off a strip through the center 12 inches wide, then I fitted across the bottom, on the outside, a piece of wire netting. Tnside, across the center, I put a strip about ten inches wide and as long as the box is wide, which I can take out and scald. This holds the piece of ice without having it come in contact with the wire and cause it to sag. I keep two woolen cloths to wrap around the ice. taking out one each morning, scalding it and let- ! ting it hang in the sun. Next to the ice I put newspapers, then the cloth, and the ice keeps splendidly. The box is on legs and the water drains off into a tub under it." Two Wicker Lampa. A couple of wicker covered demijohns are going to do duty this summer in a seashore bungalow as the bases of lamps One of them received only a thorough cleaning before being pressed into service, and the other was treated to a coat of brown enamel paint. On thelight one has been fitted a spreading wicker shade, and on the brown a Japanese open work shade lined with a yellow flowered chintz. The latter will stand in the general living room, which is done in brown and buff, and the former will illumine the veranda from a wicker table at the window, through which tfce electric light cord can be extended. Hoth demijohns will, of course, be weighted so that they cannot topple over easily. Rhubarb Wine. It must be made when the rhubarb is quite ripe. Into one gallon of boiling rain water cut eight pounds of rhubarb in thin slices, put into a tub and cover closely with a thick cloth or blanket. Stir twice daily for a week, then strain through a cloth and add four pounds of preserving loaf sugar, the juice of two lemons and rind of one. To refine it take an ounce of isinglass and dissolve it in a pint of the liquor in a china-lined saucepan. When quite cold add it to tfie rest of the wine and cask it. When the fermentation is over bus? it down. Saving the Hands. If you are doing housework, try to soil your hands as little as possible. While dusting and sweeping or doing any dry, dirty work, wear a loose pair of old kid gloves. Rubber gloves are no longer very expensive; provide yourself with a pair of theee and use them while washing dishes or any work that demands the use of strong soap and water. Beef Ribbed Steaks. Cut out a thick steak from between the bones, soak it in salad and season with salt and pepper. Broil on each side lor five minutes. . Prepare some maitre d'hotel butter on a hot dish, lay the steaks upon it and glaze oyer the top. Time ten minutes to broil. Blackberry Jelly. In making blackberry jelly it is a good plan to have one-third of the juice from barberries or rhubarb and the two other thirds from blackberries. The sugar should be in the same proportion as for strawberry jelly. Bean Cakes. Take left-over baked beans, mash them with spoon, add an egg, onohalf cupful of milk and enough cracker crumbs to form into cakes. Fry in a little hot lard like any other small cake. Jelly-Making Hint In making Jelly, if you get it too sweet and have no more juice, put in a little pure elder vinegar. The Jelly will "jell " at once, and the flavor will not be at all impaired.

IS VALUABLE INGREDIENT IN MANY DESSERT DISHES.

Spice Cake With Nut Meats and Pitted Dates May Be Especially Recommended Excellent Gingerbread That Requires No Butter. Ia every thrifty family not a spoon ful of milk is ever wasted. Small amounts left in the pitcher are poured Into a jar and set aside to sour, and in the summer, especially, these accumulations follow thick and fast. Here is an economical spice cake that is delicious: Melt a tablespoonful of chocolate shavings over hot water, then add half a cupful each of dark brown sugar and hot water. Stir the mixture until smooth and keep where it will stay warm ustil needed. Put nut meats and pitted dates through the food chopper until you have a cupful of each. Put three cupfuls of sifted flour Into the sifter and add one teaspoonful of baking powder, one-half of a teaspoonful of soda, two teaapoonfuls of cinnamon, one-half of a teaspoonful of grated nutmeg and Just a pinch of ginger. Raj enough of the flour into the fruit to coat each piece well and turn superfluous flour back into the sifter. Now cream onehalf of a cupful of butter and add on cupful and one-half of brown sugar. then two eggs well beaten, the chocolate preparaMon and one cupful of sour milk. Beat thoroughly and stir in the flour. Thte may be baked in a square sheet and covered with a thin icing flavored with vanilla, in layers with a chocolate cream filling or a white icing, or in patty tins or gem pans. If the small cakes are sprinkled with granulated sugar and a few chopied nut meats they will require no icing. For a good gingerbread that requires no butter, try this recipe: Beat three eggs well, then add one cupful and one-half of molasses and three-quar ters of a cupful each of sour milk and brown sugar. Sift a tafclespoonful of ginger and one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, baking powder and soda with three cupfuls of flour. Mr info the liquid mixture, pour into a shal low pan and bake in a moderate oven about forty minutes. Delineator. Laundry Notes. The ideal wash boiler is at least copper-bottomed. This is to conduct heat and avoid rust. It has. too. a faucet to allow of easy removal of the water. A washing machine should be employed to save wear and tear on the human machine. There are thr types of mechanical washers th 'dolly" or dasher, and churn type generally operated by hand. The vacuum or suction type, also hand-operated. The cylinder generally used in laundries has two drums, one revolving inside the other, and the rocking or oscillating type, ono cylinder of metal or wood swaying back and forth without dasher or beater. The rocking type is least wearing on the clothes, and it and the cylinder type are preferable if they can be operated by power. Before choosing any wash er, it is best to have an actual demonstration and thoroughly understand the cost of operation per hour. etc.. of the machine before buying. Beef Tongue. Wash a fresh beef tongue, place in a deep kettle, cover with boiling water to which a teaspoonful of salt has been added. Simmer gently (MM hour Take out, remove the skin and trim off the roots. Place in a casserole with one teaspoonful of butter and two cupfuls of water, add flavoring herbs, cover closely and cook thr four hours. An hour before serving add one cupful of raisins. When done place tongue and raisins on platter and thicken the gravy with one tablespoonful of floor. Serve on platter or in the casserole. This is a good flreless recipe for summe-. To Freshen Cloth. If you would keep your tailored snft always fresh and the skirt equally worn with the coat, do not wear the skirt indoors. The skirt will grow shabby long before the cloth is worn out. (Moth should be pressed only when absolutely necessary. A simple way to freshen material which will not stand frequent pressing is to hang It over steam An excellent way to freshen serge that has grown shluy is to brush it against the nap with a cloth or a soft brush dampened in ammonia and water. To Wash a Greasy Bottle. To wash a bottle or a glass that has contained oil use very hot coffee grounds. If the glass be badly Incrusted wash it with a mixture of bichromate of potash and sulphuric acid in .equal parts, being careful not to get a drop of this upon the fingers, as it is a powerful caustic. Thr n ;ish in several waters. Strawberry Sago. Soak one cupful of sago !n three cupfuls of cold water for two hours, then pour into a double boiler and cook until the sago is transparent. When cool pour it over strawberries in a mol t. Serve very cold with sugar and cream To Clean the Bathtub. A new way to clean porcelain bathtub is by putting a little coarse sail Into the dampened tub and then rubbing it brisLiy with a rag; vet with tur peuiine

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