Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 August 1918 — Page 6

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Threshi

How $50,000,000 Worth of Wheat Alone May Be Conserved Thk Year By More Careful Methods

By ROBERT H. MQ.ULTON.

Tin TTnited States food administration grain corporation of New York

ncUmntPs thnt nnnroximatelv three bushels of grain are lost in every 100

hnshois threshed, herause of careless methods, and believes that this amount

ho snvpd if everv farmer in the country will follow certain simple ruieb

which have been outlined. If this is done, and figuring on a basis of 800,000,000 bushels of wheat for this year's crop, which government reports indicate is exceedingly probable, it means that the staggering total of 24,000,000

hnshPls. worth, nr. S2.20 a bushel, the huge sum of Sü2,öou,uw win oe saveu

to -this country. And this applies to wheat alone. The saving. on oats and

nhpr small frrnins will he in nronortlon.

In order to Impress upon the farmers the necessity or employing more careful methods in threshing, the food administration has just created a

frr.in.throchfnfr rHvjRinn. under the direction of (Japt. Aennetn u. Jtiequem-

hnnrrr n pHvp whont nrnducer of Oklahoma, and has entered upon p cam-

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palgn which it is hoped will bring about the nesireu result, xi is proposed

v r.nr n rhim ttnnnl work nmonc farmers tnrougn ine meuium uj. uuuöu-

inn- rnmrnitteeR which will be established in each county. These committees

will be composed of the county food administrator, county agricultural agent

and a retired thresherman representing the local council or oetense.

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He was working just as peaceful as he used to work at home-. That's anywhere you care to name from

Galveston to Nome

He was oiling up an engine, or was toying with a spade, When the Teutons took a notion that

they'd like to start a raid.

Well, the worker saw them coming like the spawn spilled out of hell And he cocked his Yankee eyo at them

and said: "Oh. very well.

If my job is interrupted I'll find some

thing else to do."

And he shook his hairy Yankee 'fist at

all the -Teuton crew.

Then he hailed a wounded Tommy and he

said. "See here, my son.

I would thank you mighty kindly if you'd

lettme have your gunr

For those chaps have stoppe :l my work-

ins: ana l leel cnock-ful. oi spite,

So I guess I'll dig a shelter hole and set

tle down to fight."

He haün't soldier training and he didn't

need command.

But he knew the proper place was

"front," and there he took his stand.

Like a soldier of the soldiers, like a peer

among nis peers.

For the credit and the honor of the

Yankee Engineers.

And he may be dead or living, but wher

ever he is found

He will sure be facing forward and hold

ing hard his ground i

And he holds his proper station in the

hearts of those at home

That's everywhere that you can name

from Galveston to' Nome!

C C. A. Child, in "The Fighting En

gineer."

TWO

Voile and Organdie Found Harmonious for Blending.

Old-Fashioned Calico Is On of the Newcomers Among the Favored Materials. Gray gaberdine and navy satin are combined in this simple little frock, sleeves and yoke being of navy georgette. The belt, sleeve band and narrow border of the satin bodice are of gaberdine braided in navy. This dress fastens in the center back, and the pleated skirt is drawn in harem fashion at the hem, so as to avoid a flare which is not fashionable this season. If desired the dress might be made up in two shades of linen with sleeves I and yoke,-of sheer net or fine voile,

or it may be entirely of satin either

in one or two colors, with sleeves and

yoke of net or georgette. Two-fabric dresses have had an amazing vogue this season, and a wom

an who is economically inclined may

utilize the unworn part of a last sea

son frock with sufficient new material

to piece it out

Heavy and light-weight linen are

combined in summer dresses ; voile and

organdie are found harmonious fab

USES FOR BLOTTING PAPER

Discarded Absorbent Will Serve Many

Purposes About the Home in Emergencies.

Mother's Cook Book

Threshing Scene in the Great Wheat Belt.

Agriculturists, threshing machine men'and others with an intimate knowledge of threshing-machine operations, readily admit that there is a big waste

sin threshing operations, but ask how much of this waste can oe saved, anu in wThat manner It can be accomplished. In answer to this, the food administration grain corporation states thatOt believes 1 bushels in every 100 threshed can be saved by having all machines, go into harvest in excellent

repair, with ample power, and by seeing that during Harvest tney are sumciently adjusted to meet varying conditions, so that a minimum of grain is Mown into the straw nile: that one bushel in every 100 threshed can be saved

by having all machines in such repair that very little grain leaks under and

nrnnnrl them on to the eround. and if what does leak out in this manner, and

is otherwise scattered about the machine, is cleaned and threshed before the

machine leaves the field ; that bushel in every 100 threshed can be saved

by careful handling of bundles from the shock to the machine or stack, ana by arranging the, bundle wagons so that all grain which scatters therein shall T -V t 1.1! i

be caught ana savea. ThA newpntntre of wheat which has been lost in the past by being dis

'trihntPrt imon the around or into straw piles to be fed later to the animals on

fi,ft fnm k n verv considerable one. and farmers as a rule have overlooked

these leakages with the excuse that the stock would get the benefit when they m tnmPfi in. The food administration is particularly anxious to discour-

nrrA this rrnoh'ee durinc the present year, when no wheat at all should be fed

to animals. Many reports have already come in of straw piles appearing

green with sprouted grain. In some sections ot Kansas tnresnmg ouiuit, rio if nrnfitnhifi nractice last year to follow other threshing outfits, pur

chase the straw pile and, rethresh. Instances of from 3 to 7 per cent saving of wheat by this rethreshing process have been common. The importance of having all machinery in perfect shape for threshing cannot be overestimated. This includes keeping the thresher cylinder up to speed ; keeping all teeth straight and sharp ; seeing that the pulleys and belts nM nnivi nf fioUvnrinfr sufficient nower. with a safe margin of excess, to

keep the separator up to the required speed, under average operating conditions4 making proper adjustment of concaves and other parts of the separator,

and arranging that extra supplies anu repair pans are uu uuuu.

Infertile Eggs Keep Best

- The greatest loss in preserved eggs comes from the fact that fertile eggs are preserved, according to G. S. Anderson of the Colorado Agricultural college. Fertile eggs will keep equally as well as inf ertile eggs, providing at no time they have been brought to a degree of heat where the germ starts to develop. In holding fertile eggs for nrocorvi n C. thov should not be allowed

to get above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. During the early spring months this is - easily done, but in warmer weather poultrymen should take the precaution and produce infertile eggs. Fertilization is not an incentive to egg production among domestic fowls, and the number of eggs produced will be in no way diminished. The fertile eggs contain no germ to be developed, withstand more heat, ' are slow to decay, and can be preserved with the minimum amount of loss.

iMen Havina Gray Eves Have

rrovea 10 Be oesi mailmen

Raise Mint, and Parsley.

Start a little mint in an out-of-the-wav corner. It is very handy and

will live on for year after year. You will find it a welcome addition to cocktails, to lemonade and to Iced tea.

Added to lemon ice, it both colors and flavors it. It also will furnish material for mint sauce to serve with lamb and mutton. Parsley, too, should be planted. You will find use for it every day for garnishing and also for flavoring soups and cottage cheese.

A bar of soap may become a murder

ous weanon. A poor cooking stove has

sometimes been the slow fire On which the wife has been roasted.

Good Wartime Dishes. A most tasty combination which was

discovered quite by accident is the fol

lowing: In preparing a potato salad

for a small family the addition of

two guests made- the stretching of the salad imperative, so a cupful of nicely seasoned cottage cheese, which had

been left over, was added to the pota

to salad, making such a tasty one that

hereafter we will use cottage cheese

with our potato salad. A pimento had

been used to season the cheese, which

added to the appetizing flavor.

Gingerbread. Beat one egg, add a cupful of sugar,

a tablespoonful of ginger, two cupfuls of flour, a half cupful of melted fat,

one cupful of molasses, a teaspoonful of salt and lastly a cupful of boiling

water in which a teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved. Bake 40 minutes

in a moderate oven.

Virginia Spoon Bread.

Add a half cupful of hominy to a

quart of water and cook for 2o min

utes, then add two teaspoonf uls of salt,

three beaten eggs, four tablespoonfuis

of shortening; add a cupful of milk,

two cupfuls of cornmeal and one and a

half teaspoonfuls of baking powder.

Mix and beat thoroughly, then bake in

a wTell greased dish 45 minutes. Serve with a spoon from the dish.

" Oat Crackers. Take two cupfuls of rolled oats

ground through the meat chopper, add

one-fourth of a cupful of milK, onefourth of a cupful of molasses, one

and a half tablespoonfuis of fat, onefourth of a teaspoonful of soda and

one teaspoonful of salt. Mix ana roll

thin, cut in squares and bake 20 min

utes in a moderate oven. This recipe makes three dozen cookies.

Save every piece of blotting paper

that comes into your home, even those

that have advertising upon them, for besides being useful in the writing

desk it is very practical for absorbing

other things about the house besides

ink.

A piece of blotting paper put under table mats wherever vases of flowers are to be set protects the polish of the table from dew drops from the flowers or any dampness that seeps from porous pottery. Tcupress out light grease spots a piece of clean blotting paper placed under the fabric to absorb the grease will cause the spots to disappear, usually, when a hot flatiron Is pressed directly on the spot When the children apply for "paint rags" for water color painting a square of blotting paper is a fine substitute, for it absorbs the color and water from a wet paint brush Immediately and is less "messy." In drying paintbrushes the same blotter can be used again. In cooking greasy things, such "as croquettes, doughnuts and potato chips, a large square of clean blotting pajper on which to drain these foods as they come hot from the frying kettle helps make them more appetizing, healthful and daintier to look upon.

When water is spilled upon any deli

cate table cover an immediate applica

tion of fresh blotting paper will pre

serve it in good condition. When any

liquid is spilled upon the tablecloth a

small square blotter wTill absorb it

quicker and more satisfactorily than

wiping up wTith a cloth.

CARE OF CUTICLE AND NAILS

Beautiful Hand Often Marred by Lack

öf Attention When It Is Most Needed.

Your nails may be entirely shapely, but what care are you giving to the cuticle? A lovely hand and fine, oval nails are often marred by a tough or a

ragged cuticle.

So many persons in an endeavor to care for their hands themselves- completely spoil the shape of the nails by maltreatment of the cuticle. "While cutting the cuticle isn't injurious when the work is skillfully done, states an authority, it is best not to have the cuticle cut when you can possibly avoid it. A tendency to stimulate the growth of hard skin around the nail is promoted by cutting the cuticle. However, if you've neglected to care for the cuticle for any length of time you will find that it has grown stub-

.born and thick. Naturally, it will re

quire loosening and cutting so that the

much desired half-moons may show.

DICTATES OF FASHION

Gray-eyed men, says n Fort Worth

correspondent, are the best marksmen.

This has been proved after eight

months' experience at the rifle range

of Camp Bowie, and besides old army

experts will tell you the same thing.

When Capt. E. K. Breese was here

giving his instruction in the use of the

new rifle he said that proficiency in

marksmaaship usually ran according

to the color of the eyes, men having

gray being the best shots, gray-blue

coming next, blue third, hazel fourth,

brown fifth, and black sixth.

Records show that soldiors whose eyes are light brown to black cannot

shoot with accuracy at a distance

greater than 500 yards and at S0O

yards miss the target altogether.

Even with different nations the

color of the eyes has determined

shooting ability. Nearly eery Mex

ican has brown or black eyes and they

well, they Kre the poorest shots in

the world. '

Yield of Tomatoes. mm t.?.1 f .Ain n r ftp n

j.ne average yiuiu uj. ivm.uuto

the United States last year is placed ist about four tons to the acre, nccording to Farm Lifo. Nearly 1,000,000 tons Gf tomatoes were "manufactured" that is, canned and made into catsups, etc. Canneries are onferlng $15 to $l8the ton for tomatoes this sea-00.

Timely Thoughts. When passion is king, reason is dethroned. Any man who speaks nothing but the truth is never garrulous. If Ananias were living today he would not be considered so much. Usually the more money a man has the more selfish his children are. A woman may talk until things get serious and then give the niau a chance. Every man knows how mean his acquaintances are, but he Is never absolutely sure about hiin- - self.

Electric Light Hatches Chicks. A new system of incubation hatches chicks by the heat of an electric light under a glass bell In which the eggs are placed.

Spiced Oatmeal Cakes. Take one and a halfcupfuls of wheat

flour and oatmeal, one-fourth of a cupful each of sugar and raisins, one-

fourth of a teaspoonful of soda, a half

teaspoonful of baking powder, three tablespoonfuis of fat, one-fourth of a

cupful of molasses and a hair tea

spoonful of cinnamon. Heat the fat and molasses to the boiling point, mix and bake in muffin pans for 30 min

utes.

Onions Good Disinfectant

in Any Case of Infection Much has been said about the vir

tues of the onion, but few know of its

use as a disinfectant, says the London Chronicle.

An onion cut in half and set in a

room will attract to itself all manner

of cerms, leaving the air sweet and

pure; it is therefore most valuable

in cases of infection. Xou snoum take care, however, to burn the onion afterward. No part of an onion should ever be used for domestic purposes after having been allowed to lie about overnight. The eating of raw onions is a great personal protective In time of epidemic, and if taken with cucumbers the breath is left innocent of any objectionable odor. New Caps for Yankees.

A new cap without brim or peak, and matching the army uniform in color, is being worn now by all American soldiers overseas. War department statements said the cap not only is more practical than, the regulation campaign hat worn by soldiers in this country, but adds to the safety of the men in the trenches, as in the case of tnll men the campaign hats could be seen above the parapets. The cap can be worn under the steel trench helnieti.

Graceful Two-Fabric Frock.

rlcs for" blending, and a great deal of

fine cotton net is used both with voile

and organdie.

One of the newest comers in the field is old-fashioned calico, which is made

ud into charming simple little frocks,

with collar and cuffs, belt, etc., of

white linen or pique. Sometimes a

surplice waist has long ends that con

tinue to the back of the frock, where

they are tied in a high, wide bow, and

occasionally these ends are finished all

around with an inch wide ruffle of self

fabric. Kuffles and tucks trim the

skirts. These calico dresses, it is be

lieved, will be strong rivals of the ging

ham dresses, introduced last season

and revived for 1918.

Cape gloves show a new color called

mahogany.

Entire gowns are still made or,

flesh-colored crepe.

The favored heels are low French

and Cuban military.

The new currant reds are used to

brighten dull gowns. v

Pique collars, cuffs and belts appear

on silk dresses.

Crystal collars, cuffs and belts ap

pear on silk dresses.

Boleros in various forms appear on

little girls' dresses.

Smart tailored suits have edges

bound with silk braid.

Smart dresses for children are

made of silk gingham.

Sashes are frequently lined with ti

contrasting material.

SMOCKS IN STYLE THIS. YEAR SP0RT T, NORFOLK STYLE

Garment Graces Various Social Func

tlons Crepes, Linens and Pongees Still -Used.

Smocks which had great vogue last

year for garden and sport wear have

become more fashionable this year and now grace all kinds of social functions. The firmer materials of last ear, the crenes. linens and -pongees are still

used for the ordinary smocks, but those

for dress wear are of the sheerest

georgettes and some dainty ones make

use of organdie and voile, especially

in printed patterns.

Orieinalitv is given free play in the

desicninc of these garments and some

very beautiful ones have been inspired by Japanese mandarin coats, Russian

native costumes and other oriental gar

ments.

Printed voile or printed georgette

embroidered in some bright-colored

yarns will give the desired effect. The

sleeves are loose three-quarter length affairs with tiny balls weighting down

the corners. The belt with its pouch

pocket directly In the front is typical

ly Indian. Instead of holding arrow; heads or food as it did in the long-

ago days It holds Miss America's ball of yarn while she knits at her after

noon party.

Velvet Hats. If the cost of velvet continues to increase hats of this fabric for autumn will of necessity.be small in size that is if they are to be popular, for other-

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No design for this summer's wear Is

wise they would be too great a luxury more attractive or rich than this sport for the average woman and this would uit in Norfolk style, made of -fiber be unfortunate, as relvet hats are so silk In liaht blue and trimmed with generally becoming. I novelty button in blue and white.

I THE PRODIGAL SONll gn IM Will n-"i" 11 f 4 By AUGUSTUS G. SHERWIN. l i;L. II J (Copyright, lSlS.'by Western Newspaper Union.) He was a man of whlnis and impulse? apparently, for he was almost childishly engrossed in viewing a pretty picture, of which a. bright, attractivelooking girl was the center. She was iust inside thefence of a clover field

and was daintily picking the lucious

red tops. Then she would go to the

separating barbed wire fence, reach through and pet, converse with and feed a white-speckled calf, plumpr friendly and spotless of grime or brier. "I've an icTea the fatted calf!'" abruptly chuckled the onlooker. "Almost as pretty as the girl," and he approached the fence near which Hilda Strong stood. "Part of the big farm a bit back where they're selling out?" he asked. The girl, quite startled, flushed and fluttered and gave a confused assent. Til take that calf if the figure is right," resumed the stranger. "BufWhitey is not for sale," announced Hilda. "She does not belong to the farm. Mr. Warren gave her to me when she was the tiniest little-

thing and I have raised her."

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"Oh, no! Never! That is unless I had to. And maybe that may come,"' said Hilda, a mournful shadow crossing her pretty face. "Mr. Warren is breaking up and I must look for a new home. I am an orphan and have only a few distant relatives." Her artlessness charmed Bart Miller and her simple ways aroused his sympathy and interest. "Heigho !" he uttered. "We're pretty near of a kind. I've been an orphan myself for ten years that Is, I ran away from home and haven't seen father or mother since." "Oh, dear ! how could you stay away from them?" chlded Hilda. "Well, I got going careless and rough and bad. Then in trouble, and finally I settled down to life among the hard

est crowd a ranch ever knew. It was cards, drink and fighting most- of the time." Hilda had shrunk a little at the confession. "You don't look very careless, and rough, and bad," she said. He laughed quite boisterously at her innocence. "I'm not now. That's why I'm going back home." "Oh, are you? Are you?" cried Hilda, sprightly. "How glad your folks will be to see you !" "Father is dead," said Bart, "but mother is living, and I've sort of spied out the land before I ventured to let her know I was around. As I said, I was a reckless one until a year ago. I had gone to prospecting. Bad as ever, I trained with a hard crowd. One day I took a drop too much, and a tumble. I went into a pit it must have been over fifty feet. How I escaped -being killed I couldn't reckon out. When I landed it was on a soft bed of sand on my knees." He spoke the last wTords solemnly. A strange, spiritual expression came into his eyes and illumined his face,

until Hilda was fascinated in an intense, hypnotic way.. "Yes, on my knees' repeated Bart. ''There I wTas saved by the Almighty. I was, as I had been at my mother's side way back in childhood. All my bad life flashed upon me. The words of 'Now I lay me down to sleep' drifted dreamily through my mind. I couldn't stir for over an hour. All the time some new spirit seemed to come over me. Young lady, I crawled out of that pit weak and broken a new man." "Oh, how glad your dar old mother will be when you tell her all this!" cried Hilda. "With 'good behavior came good luck," went on Bart tersely. "I struck a rich mine. I saved, instead of squandering. I'm going home a pretty rich man,jmd my money will do some good, for I found my mother poor and neglected. I'm sLill queer In my notions, young lady. I knowT what moth

er will say when she sees me coming back." VWhat?" urged Hilda breathlessljv as absorbed as though listening to some entrancing fairy story. - "Well, mother is biblical, and : it would be just like her to say, in her gentle, kindly, forgiving way: Trodlcal son, you are welcome, and for you shall be killed the fatted calf.' But, you see, poor old soul; she has no fatted calf. And your kWhitey struck my fancy. And I thought I'd buy her, lead her to the old home it's only ten miles across the country and say, Mother, Tve brought the fatted calf, and a bag of gold, and my worthless self, all at once back home.' " "Oh, she won't think you worthless ! And what a grand man you have been to stop stop being rough and careless, and all that, and thinking s much of your dear old mother! And

what a blessing you will be to her, and I'm so glad I met you, for you can take Whitey, and you're welcome to her, and It's all like some beautiful story," and, overcome by her emotions, Hilda broke down in tears. It was with a pretty ribbon tied around her neck that Whitey was led away from her devoted young mistress. Hilda had urged him to tell her the end of the charming story lie, she, the old mother and Whitey were acting out. "Mother says she must see you reported Bart two days later. "Hilda, we haven't known etch other very long, but long enough for me to know that I love you, and want you to help me make mother happy;"