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By PROF. C. 8. PLATT
M a»«c/«i# Poultif Hutbiadmia, Kutfsrs
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In selecting breeding hens this
fall, consider physical development
and breed type as well as egg pro
duction during the last 12 months.
One of the best means of measur
ing the physical development is the
body weight of the birds, and in the
white leghorn breed no individual
that weighs less than four pounds
should be considered for breeding
purposes, while five pounds should
be the minimum weight for hens of
the heavier breeds, such as Rhode
Island Red and Barred Plymouth
Rock.
It is likewise just as important
that the eggs the birds have laid
have been large enough to sell for
the best prices; namely, that they
have averaged better than 24 ounces
to the dozen, and in addition, have
been of good shell color and strong
shell texture. These factors of egg
quality must receive due considera
tion in any selection of birds for
breeding purposes.
If sufficient breeding records are
available, the pedigree of the bird
FOR THAT KXTRA SPECIAL LUNCHEON
should receive due consideration,
Sec Recipes Below.
care being taken to use hens that
have
had a good ancestry and whose
When your children are In school, minutes.
Cover with remaining sisters have shown a tendency to
and your husband is at work, you frosting. When frosting has set, cov
find little pleasure in eating a soli er with bitter sweet coating, made satisfactory egg production. Such a
tary meal. And when you are rushed by melting 2 additional squares of background is an indication of
with household duties, you are apt unsweetened chocolate with 2 tea strength in the breeding value of the
stock. While it may not be possi
to grab a quick sandwich, or a spoons butter.
ble to obtain many birds that come
steaming bowl of soup, and then
up to the standards suggested, still
Mock Chicken Legs.
continue with the tasks that are still
a small pen of such individuals
(Serves 6 to 8)
before you.
would give much more promise of
IV« pounds veal steak
But. you can take advantage of the
better stock in future years than a
1% pounds pork steak
days when the family is away, and
larger pen of birds showing weak
1*4 teaspoons salt
the work all finished, to entertain
nesses of an inherited nature.
your friends at a one-o'clock lunch
14 teaspoon pepper
eon. a dessert luncheon for the
Vi cup flour
bridge club, or for just a friendly
Noxious-Weed Seed
1 egg (beaten)
get-together. A good menu and an
Cracker crumbs
attractive table will give you the
Destroyed in Silage
Pound meats, after seasoning with
poise and enthusiasm necessary to
Put weedy hay crops in the silo in
serve your guests easily and gra salt, pepper and flour. Cut into 1«4- stead
of the stack or mow, to stop
inch squares, and
ciously.
the spread of weeds.
place
6
pieces.
3
Oftentimes the most easily pre
of each kind of
This is the substance of advice to
pared food may be the most attrac
meat, alternately farmers which T. E. Woodward, of
tively served. A fluted orange cup
on a skewer. the bureau of dairy industry, of
makes a colorful container for many
Press
together. fers on the basis of experiments
fruits, which may be varied with
Chill for 1 hour. with seeds of noxious weeds buried
the season. The fruit must be cut
Dip in beaten egg in ensilage when silos were filled
into pieces of convenient size, free
and roll in crack at the Beltsville research center.
from seeds and skin, except for
er crumbs. Brown
grapes. It should be thoroughly
Of 26 varieties of weed crop seeds
on all sides in hot that went into the silo, 23 were killed
chilled and combined so that it is fat in a ska lie t. Pour
1 cup water
a neat arrangement. It a few pieces
the "legs," and cover. Bake outright, and the germination of the
are crushed or wilted, the whole over
in a moderate oven (350 degrees) other three—bindweed, Lespedeza
concoction will look careless and un for
sericea, and American dragonhead
hour. (The liquid will all mint—was
appetizing. Remember, an appetiz cook 1 away.)
greatly reduced.
er should not be too sweet, for as
Many
farmers
have burned clip
.
Mint Frosting.
the name implies, the first course
pings from weedy pastures and hay
2 egg whites (unbeaten)
is intended to sharpen the appe
from weedy meadows because they
tite.
114 cups sugar
were unwilling to take a chance on
5 tablespoons water
For the rest of the menu you
fouling cultivated fields with the
might like to serve mock chicken
114 teaspoons light corn syrup
weeds in the manure hauled from
legs, baked potatoes, crisp green
Green vegetable coloring
the feed lot. When weedy material
salad, crescent rolls, and as an un
goes through the fermentation in
Vs teaspoon peppermint extract
usual dessert, chocolate mint roll is
Combine egg whites, sugar, water the silo and then through the diges
very good.
and corn syrup in top of double tive process of animals there is no
Fluted Orange Cup.
boiler. Beat with a rotary egg beat likelihood that weed seeds will be
er until thoroughly mixed. Place troublesome. The silo and the live
(Serves 6)
over rapidly boiling water, and cook stock will safeguard the cultivated
3 oranges
for
7 minutes, beating constantly, fields, and the farmer can safely
1 banana
until frosting stands in peaks. Add get out of the weedy material any
1 cup grapes
coloring gradually to hot frosting to feed values that exist.
3 tablespoons sugar
give a delicate tint Remove from
Johnson grass seed was one of
With a sharp knife pierce to cen- boiling water, add flavoring and beat the varieties killed completely in the
silo, and this suggests that making
lut the orange in until thick enough to spread.
silage instead of hay may provide
half, usin g zig
Rice Butterscotch.
a new and safe way of making use
zag strokes that
(Serves 5 to 6)
of
the good feed values of Johnson
meet to make the
2 cups milk
grass without the danger of spread
points of the scal
Mi cup rice
ing the seed to cultivated fields
lops. Separate the
2 cups brown sugar
through manure.
2 orange halves,
2 tablespoons butter
and remove meat
1 teaspoon salt
from shells. Cut
Scald the milk in a double boiler.
orange meat into
Old, Used Wood
pieces. Peel, and Add the washed rice and cook until
cut banana into nearly tender (about 30 minutes).
Is Good as New
orange meat, ba Meanwhile, melt the brown sugar,
Wood taken from old buildings
nana and grapes. Sprinkle with sug butter and salt, and cook for 10 min
can be safely used for other pur
ar. Chill. Serve in well-chilled utes over low fire, until a syrup is
poses, according to the U. S. for
shells, garnished with a sprig of formed, stirring constantly. Gradu
est products laboratory at Madi
ally turn this mixture into the rice
mint, if desired.
son, Wis.
and continue cooking until the rice is
Chocolate Mint Roll.
tender. Turn into wet molds and
Age in itself does not cause
(Makes 1 11-inch roll)
chill. Serve with cream and sugar,
wood to deteriorate in strength.
if desired.
6 tablespoons cake flour (sifted)
If the material is free from de
*4 teaspoon baking powder
cay, insect attack, checks, splits,
y< teaspoon salt
or other defects, it should be
% cup sugar (sifted)
good for re-use for any purpose
Easy Entertaining.
for which the lumber was origi
4 egg whites (stiffly beaten)
Everybody loves a party, from
nally suitable, the forest prod
4 egg yolks (beaten)
the toddling youngster to the so
ucts laboratory points out.
phisticated adult. A hostess who
1 teaspoon vanilla
can
entertain
her
guests
with
The principal cause of damage
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
something new in the way of par
to wood in buildings is decay and
(melted)
ty ideas is indeed popular. You
decay cannot occur unless a cer
Sift flour, baking powder and salt
do not have to wait for a birth
tain amount of water is present,
together 3 times. Fold sugar gradu
says the laboratory. In old build
day to warrant a celebration, for
ally into egg whites. Fold in egg
ings in which the sheathing, roof
soon there will be many holiday
yolks and vanilla. Then fold in flour
boards, floors, and other wooden
events to bring a group together.
gradually. Add chocolate, and beat
parts have been well protected
Miss Howe, in her book, “Easy
gently but thoroughly. Turn into a
from the weather the wood will,
Entertaining,” gives you many
16 by 11-inch pan which has been
new party ideas and suitable
in practically all cases, be as
greased and lined with paper and
menus with tested recipes. You
sound as when first erected. Wood
greased again. Bake in a moderate
may secure your copy of her book
may darken with age, but it has
oven (350 degrees) for 15 minutes.
by writing to "Easy Entertain
lost none of its original strength
Cut off crisp edges and turn onto
characteristics.
ing,” care of Eleanor Howe, 919
a cloth covered with powdered sug
North Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
There can be no objection to re
ar. Remove paper, roll, and cool.
Illinois, and enclosing 10 cents in
use
of lumber simply because it
Unroll and spread half of mint
coin.
has been in use.
frosting over cake and roll again.
Wrap in cloth and cool for about 5
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The Answ ers
1. Is it incorrect to refer to our 1. According to the United
flag as the "American” flag?
States Flag association, it is not
2. Is the Diesel engine a com However the official title is the
paratively new invention?
“Flag of the United States.”
3. What common name is given
2. No. It was invented by Dr.
to thea Sinensis?
Rudolph Diesel of Munich, Ger
4. When does a newly elected many, and put in operation in
President take office?
1898.
5. A man dressed sans souci
3. Tea.
would be dressed how?
4. January 20.
6. What is verdigris?
5. Carelessly.
7. Was India paper so named
6. Green rust on copper.
because it was first made in
7. No. It originally came from
India?
| China.
sign in it; also a braided and a crocheted
rug and dozens of other things that you
w ill w ant to make. Send order to:
MRS. R U T H W Y E T H SPEARS
Drawer IS
New York
Bedford Hili»
Enclose 20c for Books 5 and 8.
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V V H E N I made the sketch in
Sewing Book 5 showing the
method that our Grandmothers
used for making original hooked
rug designs, I forgot that Grand
mother did not wear silk stockings
every day. There have been doz
ens of letters saying, “I would
like to hook the flower designs for
which you give directions in Book
5. Will you please tell me if I
can use old silk stockings for
these?”
Silk stockings may be used for
hooked rugs but they do not wear
as w-ell as woolen materials. They
are perfect for hooked chair pads,
foot stool tops and wall hangings.
All the popular stocking colors
may be dyed soft green, red and
brown tones, without first remov
ing the tan color. “White dye”
should be used first if bright colors
are needed. After dyeing, cut a
strip around and around the stock
ing spirally, making it from %
inch to 1*4 inches wide according
to how fine the work is to be. When
your design has been marked as
described in Book 5, draw the
stocking strips through the burlap
with a rug hook.
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Flowers m ay be hooked in outline or in
• shaded effect, as shown here. And here
is good news for a ll of you rag rug en
thusiasts. Book 6 is now ready for m a il
ing. There is still another hook rug de-
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kakushi, or horn concealer, which
is a symbol of her pledge to re
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