The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 49, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 April 1928 — Page 3

CHILD KEEPS TRACK OF HER OWN WEIGHT Health Work Is Stressed in Home Demonstration Plan. (Prepared by the Bureau of Home Economics. United States Department of Agriculture.) Health has always been closely re lated to and considered a definite part of almost every activity included tn the home demonstration program Much helpful and valuable health in struction is given in a more or less incidental way in connection with some other phase of the work, particularly with nutrition, in its various aspects, such as food selection, food preparation, and meal planning. Many derails of home Improvement also have a direct effect on health, as when by more convenient . xrangement of equipment, or better equipment, fatigue is avoideC and more leisure is obtained. Everything to do; with child care and child feeding has a health angle which is stressed by extension workers. The aim in arousing community enthusiasm for more healthful school ' P J i • r j g 3 x ' ' si' fcaiw sßsfe ' ?s ' * ' 'XXX Keeping Track of Weight Is Part of Health Program. lunches has been to promote In mothers a greater interest in correct child feeding and to help educate children In food and health in such away that hygienic habits would be formed early in life. The health score card has been widely used to call attention to such health factors as sufficient sleep, fresh air in the sleeping rooms, frequent bathing, care of the teeth, cori eCt food selection, and weight as an indication of physical condition. Many, of the farm children thus encouraged both at school and by their mothers to form good health habits, later become 4-H clqb members in which health is strongly emphasized. In addition to the skills they develop in demonstrating club activities, they must be free of physical defects In order to qualify as representatives ol their clubs in many county and state contests. The total effect of this re quirement is continual improvement in girls’ physical condition and increased recognition*of the importance of health.

The illustration, taken by the United States Department of Agriculture, shows a child keeping track, of her own weight in connection with her health score card.

BATHROOM POSSIBLE BY WATER SYSTEM 1 • I!x - - ; if? — I 1— New Bathroom in Mrs. Guy Roop’s Remodeled Home. Montgomery County, Virginia. Encouraged and advised by the county home demonstration agent, Mrs. Guy Roop of Montgomery county, Virginia, achieved a number of changes last year in her home which made it much more comfortable and livable. The illustration shows one of the most important of these —a new bathroom, made possible by the installation of a complete water system. This water system is supplied by a tank built on the exterior of the house above the second floor. The tank can be filled from the roof by gutters and also by a ram placed at „a spring at the foot of the hill. A small, convenient, welllighted room on the second floor was made over into a bathroom with modern fittings. Water was also supplied to the kitchen, which was greatly improved in arrangement and equipment. Other remodeling that was done included the living-room, a sun jjaijior and enclosed porch, and a nursery and upper enclosed porch, as well as the bathroom. The home demonstration agent under whose guidance such home improvements were made is employed co-operalively by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Virginia Polytechnic institute. There are now approximately 890 home demonstration agents employed in the 48 states.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS Brown sugar Is preferred by most cooks for fruit cake or any dark cake. • • • To crumb pieces of dry bread quickly and easily, use a meat chopper or a deep bowl with a wooden vegetable masher. • • • Frozen desserts can be made bj using snow and salt as well as ice and salt Try using a mold packed in • pail *•’ ' m.

SPLIT PEA SOUP IS STANDBY ON OCEAN Nothing More Welcome on Shipboard When Hungry. • (Prepared by the Bureau of Home Economic*. United States Department of Agriculture.) Ocean travelers are familiar with the filling, sustaining qualities of well-made pea soup, for It is a standby on every liner that plies between Europe and the United States. People are hungry on shipboard, and there, is nothing more welcome than a savory, hot pea soup that appeases the ravenous appetites induced by the cold salty air. • Similarly, on winter days, when the various members of the family come in out of the cold from work or school, a first course consisting of pea soup will go a long way toward filling them up agreeably —and at the same time, inexpensively. Dried split peas can be kept on hand for use at any time, but they must be soaked overnight before they are cooked, so this soup cannot be produced without notice. The recipe is from the bureau of home economics. 1 cup dried split 1 pint milk peas 2 tbs. flour quarts water 2 tsp. salt 1 cup diced salt 4 or 5 drops tapork basco 1 small onion, sliced Wash the peas thoroughly and soak them overnight in two cupfuls of the water. In Ihe morning add two quarts of water and simmer until the peas are soft. Press the peas through a tine’ sieve, mix with the liquid from the peas, and place in a double boiler. Dice the pork into very small pieces, cook it until crisp, and remove it from the fat. Cook the onions in the fat until yellow. Mix the flour with the fat and onions and when blended add to the pea mixture with the milk and stir until thickened. Just before serving add the cubes of crisp pork. Serve with a slice of lemon in each soup plate. Liver and Rice Source of Iron and Vitamines Since nutrition specialists have pointed out the value of liver as a source of iron and vitamines in the diet, many new ways of serving it are being suggested. The recipe below Is from the bureau of home economics. 1 cup rice 4 slices bacon lb. liver, sliced 1 % tsp salt 1 onion, sliced 3 tbs. bacon fat % cup rice water Few drops tabasco. Wash the rice free of al) surface starch and cook it in 2 quarts of boiling water until it is soft. Drain the rice in a colander, Cover it with a clean towel, and place it over hot water to steam and become flaky Save some of the rice water. In the meantime, fry the bacon until crisp, remove it, and brown the onion tn the fat. Salt and lightly flour the liver and fry It slowly in the bacon fat. after , the onions are done. Cook the liver over low heat until the red color disappears, turning it frequently. Cut up the liver and bacon, mix with the onion, and add more salt to taste and a few-drops of tabasco. Mix the bacon fat with the rice and make a layer of the rice in a greased baking dish. Add the liver mixture and continue until all the ingredients are used. Pour the rice water around the sides of the dish, cover and place the dish in the oven until thorough ly heated. Serve at once.

Spices and give flavor to food, but they do not add to its value otherwise. * • • A lemon gives up much more of its juice If it is heated In hot water ot in the oven before it Is squeezed. • • • Clean, white blotting paper Is use ful In removing grease stains from fabrics. Lay the blotting paper un der the .stain before applying the sol vent and change it as soon as it be comes soiled.

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Radio Shrieks, Howls About to Be Banished Scientific achievement will banish heterodyne shrieks and howls from the radio broadcast band and eventually permit the smooth operation of hundreds of broadcasting stations without interference. This forecast was made recently by O. H. Caldwell, acting head of the ! federal radio commission, who declared that for 1928 many interesting possibilities present themselves. “One of the solutions of the chaos problem will come through single sideband transmission, reducing by one half the necessary 10 kilocycle separation of stations and permitting effective operation of practically twice as many stations,’’ Caldwell said. “To explain: The wave which carries the music from a broadcasting station vibrates like a tuning fork ap- I proximately 4.000 cycles on each side of the zero of the frequency—it takes ■ up a channel space of 8,000 cycles. When the channels overlap there Is Interference. “Single side-band transmission means a reduction of the vibration on but one side of the zero of the frequency.” Caldwell said that progress in the study of practical use of this form of transmission brings the possibility of Its use by broadcasting stations. This does not mean that twice the > present 600 stations could operate without interference, but that double the number could operate effectively, or probably 800 might be accommodated in the broadcast band between 500 and 1.500 kilocycles with proper time division. Caldwell sees possibilities in the broadcasting of chain programs on three or four frequencies instead of 20 to 30 that are used now. This is a technical problem, involving building of broadcasting equipment in which the transmitting frequency may be shifted with facility. The radio com mission will not limit chain broadcasting, but Caldwell believes broadcasters may themselves become convinced of its practicability. The advertising value ot radio time would not be reduced by chain broadcasting -on a limited number of channels. according to Caldwell. This factor will have a conclusive bearing upon adoption of the new system. New Method for Cutting Crystals; May Clear Air The federal radio commission hasi heard that a new method has been found for cutting crystals which gives them greater accuracy in keeping stations on their assigned waves. If the report is true, it is believed that a lot of interference to broadcast reception may be prevented. Here is a letter from Commissioner O H. Caldwell to Commander O’Berlin, of the Naval Research laboratory, asking for information. “Indirectly I have learned of some very significant discoveries which have been made in your radio laboratories on methods of preparing piezo-electric crystals, by grinding them with respect to their molecular axes, so that: “1. Resulting piezo-electrical crys- | tals have definite and uniform temperature coefficient. “2. Comparatively large amounts of energy can be taken directly from the crystal so prepared (power up to 50 watts direct). “If 1 am as above correctly informed about these developments they will be of the greatest importance io solving the present problem of frequency stabilization in the broadcasting field. “On behalf of the radio commission and in the interest of the millions of listeners whose reception is now spoiled chiefly by the wandering of stations from their channels I am asking if it will not be possible to make available without delay full informa tion as to the'methods of preparing these crystals, so that the radio industry and broadcasters may promptly take advantage of these improved methods.’’ Very Simple Matter to Build Receiving Set Any amateur who knows how to handle a screw driver and bow to bend a piece of wire with a pair of pliers can build a receiving set. The sol dering of the connections is reduced I to its simplest expression because the wires used and the terminals on all the apparatus are tinned and the sol- | dering, if required, is no difficulty worth mentioning. It Is not necessary to have a knowledge to read diagrams of hook-ups. To build any standard circuit, full size drawings are fur- . nished showing plainly the place each part occupies in the assembly and the various wires connected to each one. What the Click Means A click should be audible in the loud speaker when the plug is insert , ed in the jack. The click shows that the “B” battery current is reaching the plates of the tubes. Broken transformer wires or bent prongs on the jacks are generally the cause of the ; signal not reaching the plates. Emergency Antenna An emergency antenna can be arranged by winding about 50 turns of bell wire around the post of a telephone, attaching the end to the antenna post on the receiver. Best Wood for Loud Speaker Balsa wood, from which the newest type of radio loud-speaker is made, is the lightest wood known, weighing only a third as much as cork. It can easily be indented with the fingernail. Shut Off Current Don’t attempt to cle%n the “B” bat iery eliminator with the A. (1 curren turned on.

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FIRST WEEK IS CHICK’S CHANCE The first seven days are the hardest a baby chick has to live. It is during this week that careful feeding and close attention to brooding and temperatures are especially important. Many poultrymen feed their chicks too young. A few make the mistake of waiting too long to give them their first feed. The proper time is between 48 and 60 hours after hatching, says J. G. Halpin, poultry specialist at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. A chick ration, developed by poultry specialists at the college farm and used by thousands of poultrymen in Wisconsin and the Middle West, consists of 80 pounds ground yellow corn, 20 pounds wheat middlings, 5 pounds each of raw bone meal and chicksize ’ oyster shell, aqd one pound of salt with skim milk to drink and plenty of sunlight. This ration may be used as the first feed and continued until the chicks are several weeks old, says the specialist, who emphasizes that all ingredients . must be of the highest quality. Using musty or fttoldy feed invites disaster to the brood and the same is true of the litter ou the brooder floor. • Close brooding and high temperatures also take their toll. The chicks will thrive better if given an opportunity to run about in the sun and kept at a slightly lower temperature during the Jay. He cautions against letting the temperature fall too low, which may cause crowding and smothering of the weaker chicks. This attention should be carried through the following weeks, too. The chicks, after coming safely through the first week, must be kept growing every day if they are to return their owners the biggest profit. Grains Are Essential in Any Feeding Plan Farm-grown grains, corn, wheat and oats are good feeds and are essential in almost any feeding plan, but unless a good mash is also fed, they will do little more than maintain the life of the bird. Most state experiment stations have worked out formulas for mashes that may be home mixed, also numerous concerns are manufacturing prepared mashes. Either the home-mixed or commercial mash will give good results when fed as directed. They do not direct, however, that a little be fed today and some more next week, but tell you to keep it before the birds at all times. No one should expect one sack of mash to go very far in feeding 50 or 100 birds, any more than they would expect one feather to make a feather bed. Give Chicks Chance Taking the first hatched chicks away after they have become dry and fluffy may prevent the hen from leaving the nest with them before all the hatchable eggs are hatched. This is the chief advantage; they are not likely to be killed by the mother hen. Accidents in the nest do occur, of course, but, in consideration of possibilities, they are few. If chicks are taken away, they should be kept in a warm place in a covered basket and, when returned, given to the hen at night. t Poultry Hints | Comfort and contentment are sary if hens are expected to lay well * * * From the hens’ standpoint, the bouse that is dry, wind-proof, light, bright, and clean is most satisfactory. ... Milk and water are not interchangeable, and milk is a real food for protein building when hens require it most. • • • The newly hatched turkey is a weak little creature and must have the best of care. It is said that only about 50 per cent of the turkeys hatched ever grpw to matunity. • • * Profit made on a flock of poultry depends not on the cost of the house in which they are kept but upon the kind of house. • • • The turkey hen can hover about 14 eggs. If more are given, she is liable to let them chill, as her body, cannot keep them warm enough to incubate. ♦ • ♦ Water forms a large part of the ingredients of the egg, and if the hen has not everything that goes into the manufacture of an egg, her body will, of course, refuse to produce one. • * * When one gives baby chicks all the milk they will drink it is not advisable to put any meat scraps In the ration. If no milk is given to them, tion a combination of meat scraps and dried milk would be all right. • • * Doctoring roup is not very satisfactory. Probably the best treatment is a dose of epsom salts, one-half pound to 100 grown birds, in the drinking water. Afterwards put enough potassium permanganate in the drinking water to give it a wine color. • • * Young ducks —and- sometimes older ones—are funny about dampness. They’ll paddle around in water all day with no bad results, but give ’em damp sleeping quarters and they’re likely to go weak or rheumatic in the legs. • • • For mites a good dosage of crank case oil used as a spray or a paint would help much, if used thoroughly in the poultry house. For lice use ' sodium fluoride powder freely, as thi is one of the best antilouse arena' tions known.

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Appreciative Quail A covey of timorous quail leave their native haunts and fly to the center of Washington, Pa„ to feed at the home of Mrs. C. E. McClure, who puts out feed regularly for birds. It was only one quail that first appeared. It flew away and returned with nine friends and relatives. Kids, adults too, love the instant ■ magiclatherthatremovesalldirt. ■ * ——J Palestine To go to Palestine is a great stimulajtibn to one’s faith and belief in the great things which the little land gave to the rest of the world after having rejected them for itself. —American Magazine. „ No selfish person ought to get married, but what Celibate pleads that as a reason for his celibacy?

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