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HOI R
RECIPES FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Dry Farming in the Great Basin
H o n e y G in g e rb re a d .
II ru t one I'upful of honey and half
a c u p fu l o f b u t t e r to g e t h e r ; .¡net be
Problem* Vary With the Location and Result* Front Scientific
f o r e it b eg in s to boil, rem ove from th e
f i r e a n d ad d h a lf a c u p fu l o f sour milk,
of Known Principle* Bring Wonderful Results
tw o w ell-beaten eggs, tw o cu p fu ls of
flo u r, h a l f a te a s p o o n fu l each o f c in
n am o n, s a lt an d g in g e r , an d one and
flm. plants th a t ».II »«»"I“ them selves
S tu d e n t s of histo ry 25 y e a r s ago I th is in s ta n c e w heat had been grow n
t h r e e f o u r t h s te a s p o o n fu ls of sod a.—
the soil th a t exper i ment s are now
or. an ir r ig a t e d t r a c t for sev eral
»»■«•re
ta
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g
h
t
t
h
a
t
b
e
tw
e
e
n
th
e
Mis
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b u n g carried on. So well has when
■ sotiri riv e r and th e Rocky moun y e a r s w i t h excellen t results. Iu the
adapted itself to these d is tric ts I ha
turns th e r e stre tc h e d a m ig h ty plain sum m er of 1835 th e ‘w a te r failed, and
L og C ab in Sandw iches.
m s t a m e s arc on record where a stool
Select larg e lo aves of bread, cut oft peopled only by w a n d e rin g h erd s of th e fa r m e r s were c o n fr o n te d w ith the of w heat hud roots six feet long. Ih us
bo tto m cru st, th e n slice iu th in even I nil alo an d th e sm aller a n im a ls o f th e IHtssibility of no crop. An a t t e m p t to does N ature, when properly -neour
w h e a t on th e ir r ig a t e d
laud
slices a lo u g t h a t side of loat.
Now I rairie. School histories of t h a t period raise
aged, provide the necessities of its
failed
a
n
d
some
w
as
p
la
n
te
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on
the
tr
e
a
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d
th
is
c
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tr
y
as
th
e
g
r
e
a
t
p lace to g e t h e r tw o slices at a time,
creatures.
a
d
jo
i
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in
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tr
a
c
t
w
h
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re
w
a
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had
A
m
erican
desert,
and
p
ic
tu
re
d
th
e
and tr im o f f all c r u s t evenly, spread
Experim ents in these »"*«<*» have
n
ev
er
been
used.
To
t
h
e
g
r
e
a
t
sur
w
aste
t
h
a
t
n
ev
er
would
be
b
ro
u
g
h
t
to
w ith b u t t e r ami a n y desired filling,
proven th a t the continuous c u ltiv a tio n
i
prise
o
f
th
e
fa
r
m
e
r
s
,
th
e
w
h
e
a
t
on
use.
And
w
hile
t
h
a
t
sam
e
idea
still
th en c u t across into strip s ab o u t one
the d r y land drew r a n k an d h e a lth y ot t h ose dry lands has had little e f
an d o n e-h alf inch es w ide, place in log prev ails in th e m in d s o f a few who
w hile t h a t
ou th e ir r i g a t e d piece feet upon th e q u a n tity of humus and
have
not
seen
th
e
w
o
n
d
e
rs
developed
cab in fash io n on plates.
nitrogen m the soil. Mnny t r a c t s have
on th e sag eb ru sh plains, th e go vern was w ilte d and s t u n te d . T he e o n ti n u
mis w a t e r i n g of th e soil hnd d e s t r o y e d been examined where c u ltiv atio n has
m
ent
has
seen
fit
to
sen
d
its
e
x
M ex ican Chowder.
it- w a t c r r e t a i n i n g p o w er an d the I r e n carried on continuously fo r 4-'«
One pin t boiled M exican beaus, tw o p e rts in to t h i s v a s t c o u n tr y to deter- j
m o istu re e v a p o r a t e d to o ra p id ly . From v-cars without aav appreciable decrease
mine
th
e
best
m
enus
o
f
p
ro
d
u
cin
g
a
q u a r t s b eef sto ck, one fo u rth pound
th e n on d r y fa r m in g w as a su ccessful iu the amount of th ese essential
noodles, one h a lf cup diced cele ry, one crop w ith o u t th e aid o f ra in fa ll, h i t h
elem ents in crop production. In f s r t ,
r e a lity .
e
rto
co
nsidered
ess
e
n
tia
l,
an
d
to
i
n
tablespoon minced parsley, one fo u rth
I t w as not u n til th e 'this, h o w ever, an increase is noted in many cases. A
duce s e ttle rs to e n te r a n d possess th e
cup m inced onions, s a lt an d pepper.
t h a t th e s t a t e s beg an to t a k e up th e summer fallow every fourth year, how
Cook th e noodles, cele ry and onions in land. W hile much o f t h e c o u n tr y
w est of th e Missouri r i v e r w a s i n m a t t e r of e x p e rim e n ts in d r y fa r m ever, has been deelared by ex|u>rts to
th e l»>ef stock. Add beans, let become
cluded in th e old con ception o f th e ing. C olorado leading in 1894. Now be necessary, while fall plo w ing and
very hot, season to ta s te , an d serve
g re a t A m erican d e s e r t, t h e p a r t most e x p e r i m e n t a l f a r m s a r e to be fo u n d in a careful atte n tio n to the mulch on
w ith corn b read .— I. C. B. Allen.
p a r t ic u l a r ly r e f e r r e d to w a s th e sage-1 all o f th e g re a t d r y fa r m s t a t e s a n d top will give the farm er the a d v a n ta g e
Application
H o n ey M u ffin s .
S ift tw o cu p fu ls o f flo u r w ith tw oj
level te a s p o o n fu ls o f b a k in g pow der I
an d h a lf a te a s p o o n fu l of salt. Rub in
tw o level tab lesp o o n fu ls of b u tt e r , add
tw o w ell-beaten eggs, tw o -th ird s of a
cup fu l o f honey an d fiv e tables|K>on
fuls o f milk. Mix well a n d pour iuto
well b u tt e r e d m u ffin pans, fillin g h a lf
full, an d b a k e in a m o d erate o v e n __
Elma Io n a Locke.
F a v o r i te Cake.
S if t 1 cu pfu l o f su g a r. 2 te a s p o o n
fu ls o f b a k in g pow der, 1 *9 eups of
Hour, an d U. te a s p o o n fu l sa lt in a
bowl. Add
cu p fu l o f sh o r te n in g
an d work in to th e in g r e d ie n ts as in
m a k in g pie cru st. B e a t 2 eggs and
add g ra d u a lly w ith 1 cu p fu l o f milk.
M ak e in to a stiff b a t t e r . S p re a d a b o u t
*•••
inch
deep
in
b u ttered
pan,
sp r in k le w ith g r a n u l a te d sugar. B ake
one-half h o u r in m o d e r a te oven. If
d esired m ay he iced w ith chocola te
o r o ran g e an d n u t icing. M akes a
d elicious c ak e.— Miss T ille H arem ski,
De Pue. III.
T rie d a n d T ru e Cookie Recipe.
T w o -th ird s eup b u t t e r or la r d mixed,
1 cup su g a r, 2 eggs. % cup sw eet
milk, 2 te a s p o o n fu ls b a k i n g pow der,
flavor w ith v an illa, lem on or n u t
meg. F lo u r enough to m a k e stiff b a t
t e r —j u s t as stiff as can be s tirr e d
w ith a spoon. F lo o r t h e h oard well.
P o u r o u t h a l f th e do ug h on bo ard,
s p r in k le flour on to p of dough an d roll
o ne-eig h th in ch th ic k . C u t o at, place
in th e b a k e p an w ith a p a n c a k e
tu r n e r . S p r i n k l e e i t h e r red, w h ite or
blue s u g a r on top. T he recip e can be
d o ub led , as th es e cookies k eep well.—
A u n t Lou.
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C r a n b e r r y an d R a is i n Pie.
Seed a cu p fu l o f r a i s in s an d chop
th e m fine. C u t in to h a lv e s 2 cu p fu ls
o f c ra n b e r rie s , an d mix th e m w ith th e
m in ced raisin s , a d d 2 e v e n c u p fu ls of
s u g a r , a cu p fu l o f w a te r , 2 table-
sp oo n fu ls o f flour a n d a f e w dro ps of
lemon ju ice. L in e d e e p pie p la t e w ith
puff p aste, fill each w ith t h e m ix tu r e ,
p u t on a th in u p p e r c r u s t an d c u t,
slits in t h i s fo r th e e scap e of th e
steam . B ak e u n til a golden brown.
W hen cold serv e w ith s u g a r sp rin kled
li g h tl y o v er c r u s t.—M rs. Bessie O g
d e n . 26 S o u th K lin e s t r e e t . O klahom a
C ity , Okla.
The Real Culprit.
T h e D uke of S u th erla n d , at a din
ner in N ew Y ork, p raise d a rd e n tly
th e icy and delicious w a te rm e lo n
“ I b e tte r u n d e r s ta n d n o w ,” he said,
"a sto ry th a t I heard on th e voyage
over.
“T h is s to r y was told m e by an in
te r e s tin g S o u th ern er. H e said a col
o re d p r e a c h e r in his tow n cried veh e
m e n tly one A ug u st S u n d ay in the
c o u rse of his se rm o n :
“ ‘B reddern and sistern, Ah w arns
y o ’ a g a in st de heinous sin o ’ s h o o tin ’
craps. Ah c h a r g e s y o ’ a g a in st de
brac k rascality o ’ liftin’ pullets. But
ab ove all else, b re d d e rn a n ’ sistern,
A h d em o n ish e s y o ’ at d is h e r season
a g a in s t de crim e of m elon ste a lin ’.’
“ A b r o th e r in a back seat m ade an
o dd sound w ith his lips, ro se and
sn a p p e d his fingers. T h e n he sat
d o w n again with an a b a sh e d look.
“ ‘W h u ffo , m ah frie n ’,’ said the
p r e a c h e r sternly, ‘does y o ’ r 'a r up a n ’
sn a p y o ’ fingahs w hen Ah speaks
o ’ m e lo n s te a lin ’?’
“ ‘Yo, jes r em in d s me, p a h s o n ,’ the
m a n in th e bac k seat a n s w e re d q uic k
ly, ‘w h a r A h lef’ m ah knife.’ ’’—C o u n
t r y G en tlem a n .
Field o f A lfa lfa , Showing Abundant Yield Under the 'Dry-harming Process
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Soda Crackers arc c\.
tr e m e ly s e n s i t i v e to
moisture.
Before the advent of
Unecda Biscuit the only
persons who ever tasted
fresh, crisp soda crackers
were the people in the
bakeries.
N ow t h a t w e h a v e
Unecda Biscuit—we have
perfectly baked soda
crackers—perfectly kept.
No moisture can reach
them—no contaminating
influences can effect
their flavor—their good
ness is imprisoned only
to he liberated by you,
for you, when you open
the package. Five cents.
N A T IO N A L B IS C U IT
COM PANY
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N atu ral F le sh Tints
brush la n d s of th e g r e a t b a sin , whose
Irnrren a p p e a ra n c e g a v e a n y t h i n g b u t
th e a ss u ra n c e of p r o d u c t i v i t y , an d
whose tilla g e now is a m a t t e r of w o n
d e r m e n t to th e a v e r a g e m an of th e
ra in -so a k e d E ast.
T he p ra c t ic e of d r y f a r m i n g p ro b a
blv had i t s inception w ith th e gold
rush in to C a li f o r n i a in 1847. M en who
crossed t h e p la in s d u r i n g th o s e d a y s
of meager tran sp o rtatio n
f a c ilitie s
k new well th e n a tu r e of t h e c o u n tr y
th ro u g h w hich th e y passed a n d some
o f them w e r e o b s e r v a n t enough to
recognize th e po ssibility o f p ro d u r in g
a crop w ith o u t w a te r. T h e e x t e n t to
which d r y f a r m i n g was c a rr ie d on.
how ever, w as not g r e a t , f o r th e set
tie r, quick to realize t h e v a lu e of
w a te r, siezed upon th e s tr e a m most
a v a il a b le , d i v e r t i n g its w a te r s to his
fields b y m ean s of c a n a ls a n d pro d u c
in g a s t o n is h i n g results. S u ch , too, w as
th e e x p e rie n c e o f th e M ormon im
m i g r a n t in th e e a rl y ’50s. In d e e d ,
t h e t r u t h a b o u t d r y f a r m i n g is r e
la te d to h a v e been d is c o v e re d in th e
M alad ri v e r case in U ta h in 1855. In
th e y h ave successfully d e m o n s tra te d
t h a t by a p roper m ethod of ti ll a g e
p ra c tic a lly th r e e -fo u r th s of th e m o i s t
ure can be re ta in e d an d a larg e |a-r-
e e n ta g e of it ca rrie d o v e r from one
season to t h e next. T he a r e a o f d ry
f a r m in g is b ein g a n n u a lly e x te n d e d by
the in tro d u c tio n of d ro u th r e s is t in g
cereals.
The c h ie f basis fo r th e difference
oi* m eth o d s to he em ployed in th e
h a n d lin g of d r y land lies in th e d e p th
or* th e soil and th e sulwoil. I t has
been found t h a t in th e sagebrush
c o u n tr y th e to p soil is very deep,
w hile in th e Mississippi Valley a de
cided line o f d e m a rk a tio ii is noted be
tw e e n th e to p soil and the subsoil.
It. is a g e n e ra l rule th a t the roots do
n o t p e n e t r a t e beyond the subsoil,
hen ce th e necessity of long-rooted
p la n t s in th e d r y f a r m in g areas, where
no line of d e m a r k a ti o n is ap parent.
The
ro ots
of
th e
sagebrush
are
fo u n d to e x te n d to g re a t dep ths and,
b ecau se of t h e i r woody filter, do not
d ecay re a d ily . H erein lies the secret
o f th e d r y f a r m i n g plan t, and it is to
Mothers W ill
th o u g h t to th e fam ily conditio ns than
does th e w e a lth y . He suddenly finds
him self w ith a large fa m ily and with
insufficient m eans of s u p p o rtin g them
a n d his o n ly rem edy is to p u t them
t i work. T he child th u s robbed of its
ch ildhood becomes d w a r f e d in mind
an d bod y u n d e r the life s a p p in g toil
ir. s t u f f y sw eatshop or d a m p coal
min
F ra n c e s t a n d s as th e one prom in en t
ex a m p le of th is gTeat n a tio n a l m e n
ace. T h a t once co nquering n atio n is,
m ore t h a n a n y other, th r e a te n e d w ith
e x tin c tio n . Millions of d o llars have
been sp en t to m ake p e rf e c t hig hw ays,
y e t th e t r a v e l e r m arvels as he motors
o v e r th e peerless ro ad w ay a t th e in
f r e q u e n c y of children along th e way.
T h e ch a n g e has been very rap id d u r
in g recen t years . In 1902 th e excess of
b i r t h s o v e r d e a th s w as 84,000; in 1906
it was 27,000; th e follow ing y e a r th e
d e a th r a t e passed th e b ir th rate, and
in 1908 th e l a t t e r fell 20,000 short.
T h e sh o r ta g e is in creasin g ann ually,
w hile across t h e b o rder in G erm any
t h e p o pulation is gro w in g by leaps
a n d bounds. .So s t a r t l i n g is th is d is
t i n c ti o n t h a t it is freely predicted
t h a t unless th e o th er n a tio n s aw ak en
to t h e i r c o n d itio n , th e w orld will fall
in to con tro l o'f th e G erm an an d the
Slav.
L in coln
prophesied t h a t by
t h i s tim e th e population of th e U nited
S t a t e s would be 200.000,000. B ut he
w as b a s in g his prophecy on th e b ir th
r a t e an d in crease in population as he
k n ew it. We h ave not reach ed th e
100,000,000 m a r k . Y et we would e a s
ily h a v e fulfilled Mr. L i n c o l n ’s hopes
b u t fo r t h e t u r n th e b ir th r a t e has
t a k e n in t h e last generation.
Be Pensioned
( Continued from page one )
open to welcome th e w o m a n d riv e n
to d esp e r a tio n by th e p a n g s of h u n
ger an d cold. A nd if she is em ployed
fo r th e m a jo r p o rtio n of t h e d a y she
is h a r d l y in c o nd ition to a c c e p t th e
ris k s and re s p o n s ib ilitie s of m a t e r
n ity .
Y et th e f a l l i n g off o f b i r t h r a t e is
n o t confined to t h e poorer classes. S t a
t u tics in E n g la n d show t h a t a m o n g
th e well-to-do, t h r i f t y class o f arti-
zans, t a k i n g 10,000 m em b ers of t h i s
class a s a basis, th e n u m b e r of b ir th s
fell from 2472 in 1880 to 1165 in
1904, w hile
a m o n g th e
e x tr e m e l y
w e a l t h y f a m ilie s t h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r
of c h ild re n to each f a m il y w a s 5.2
p r i o r to 1870 a n d only 3.08 since t h a t
y ear. V e ry much th e sam e r a t i o e x is ts
in A m erica, t h e lo ve o f ea se a n d t h e
m i g r a t o r y d isp osition o f t h e w e a lth y
t e n d i n g to i n t e r f e r e w ith t h e r a i s in g
of a fa m ily . I n f a c t , t h e size of
w e a lth y fa m ilie s is f a r less t h a n t h a t
of th e poor. A nd w h y f M o t h e r lo ve is
n o t obsolete, n o r a r e p a t e r n a l i n
s t i n c t s d ead. T h e re can b e b u t one
a n s w e r ; t h e poor m an g iv e s less
Sh ak e
th is space
in to yo u r m em ory
a n d w atch
it
D evelop
A t th e o p e n in g of th e n in e te e n th
c e n t u r y T ho m as R obert M a lth a s be
cam e a la r m e d a t th e a p p a r e n t t e n
d e n c y of p o p u la tio n to increase in a
h ig h e r r a t i o t h a n th e m eans of s u b
sistence. He prophesied th e p auper
ism o f E n g lan d unless th e enorm ous
in crease in b i r t h
r a t e should be
s to p p ed , w a r n in g th e n atio n a g a in s t
over-p o p u latio n
c o nditio ns
such
as
p re v a i l in In d ia .
A nd w h y should not th e B ritish
g o v e r n m e n t u n d e r t a k e to re p a ir co n
d it io n s t h a t te n d to m a k e h e r a v a n
is h in g race. Societies a r e form ed fo r
th e p ro te c tio n a n d p re s e rv a tio n of
v a n i s h i n g species of an im als. Is th e
h u m a n species less im p o r t a n t t h a t
som e step s should not be t a k e n to
k e e p a n a tio n from d e c a y !
of three farnm in one, ow ing to the
great depth of the soil in iuo»t of the
dist riete.
The soil is not uniform , e ith e r in
depth or p ro d u c tiv ity , in th e e n tire
d rv farinin g a re a o f th e West.
In
f.ict, so varied is it th a t g o v ern m en t
expert» have »ent out a W artung th a t
“ no definite ay»tem of dry fa rm in g
l.a» I>een e»taldi»hed th a t i» of gen
erat ap plieation t« the e n tire dry
farm are a of th e ro u u tr.v .” B epth and
i olli|Mi»ition of th e »oil h ave lieen
fonnd widel» at v a r i a u r e in »everat
»eetion» an d no »et g eneral rille» ean
I m - followed
w ith snersa». But with
the faeilitie» i i o w a t hand in almont
e \ e r v »eetion. adx iee i» a v a il a b le th a t
w .l| gnide the »ettler in the proper
hand ling of hi» p a r t ie u l a r pieee of
land. The abilit.v o f plant» to absorb
v.ater an d re»i»t T ranspiration a re vi
tallv im p o rtan t to th e dry f a r m in g
Problem. The p e r e r n ta g e of elay and
»and III the »oi| will h ave milch to du
w ith it» c a p illarv power». For thi»
reiison r ach individual »eetion must
rereiv e it» own ind iv idu al »tndv.
A n Open River
for the Northwest
( C ontinued from page one >
prim*, »'nee both arc v ita lly iut«re»t«d
i*‘
dev elo pm ent.
W ith the plant
com pleted it i» estim a te d pow er can
be fu r n ish e d a t th e very low fig u re
of $9 per hor»e pow er per an n u m , le»»
There is in » improving on Nature. Wlien art man
to depict beauty, tin* nearer to Nature's own eoli trim (
gets with its flesh tints, the more sueeoHaful is tin* rm
ization. This shows that only natural beanti is retili
effective. This was the prompting idea in the invention..
Pears’ Soa
a hundred and twenty years ago. It it* a soap comps
wholly of such pure emollient and detergent ingredi«
as the skin naturally and freely responds to.
Pears never spoils the natural flesh tints. It im
proves them, by keeping the skin soft, fine and pure It*
influence is so kind, beneficial and refining that it* u»
means the preservation of the dainty pink and whited
a perfect complexion from infanev to old age. Pear**
in accord with Nature first and last.
The skin is kept soft and the complexion
beautiful by using Pears, which maintains the
soft refined daintiness which is N ature’s alone.
The Great English Complexion Soap
t h a n one t e n t h of th e p re s e n t cost of
p o w er in th e C ity of P o rtla n d .
Al
r e a d y th e plan ha» been com m unicated
t> E uro p ean c a p it a li s t s w ith th e re
s u it th a t a c o p ro ra tio n for tho manu
f a c t u r e o f f e r tiliz e r is re a d y to t a k e
240,000 horse p o w er per an num a t *9
IK-r horse |K»wer. T he balan c e would
f in d n ready m a r k e t in th e N orth
west.
A n idea of the en o rm ity of th is
p r o j e c t ean tie had from the f a c t that
. 100,000 horse pow er is ap p ro x im a te ly
one te n t h o f th e developed w a t e r p o w e r
th « ,
S ta t e s . A t p re s e n t tho
(urgent p ro je c t in o p eratio n is t h a t
on th e M ississippi a t K e o k u k w ith a
c a p a c i t y o f 200,000 horse power. W h a t
t h a t p ro je c t has done fo r the people
of th e Mississippi valley th e proposed
p ro je c t will do fo r th e N o rth w e st. I t
i» not d i f f i c u l t to p ic t u re a g ig a n tic
pow er p la n t t h a t would fu rn ish power
foi an in t e r s t a te railw ay. I t is ea »y
to im agine g re a t tr a n s c o n ti n e n ta l rail
wav» t e r m i n a t i n g a t th e pow er p la n t
from which p o in t ocean going veasels
won d c a rr y th e i r cargoes to tho ports
o th e O rien t, while inland bound b o a ts '
would d i s t r i b u t e th e p rodu cts of the
w orld to th e f a r t h e s t con fines of the
tu e n t N orthw est.
And as fo r the
lim it to th e n u m b er and v a rie tie s of
p ro d u c ts t h a t could he tu r n e d out
from a single g re a t f a c t o ry a t the
pow er p la n t th e r e i» no limit
T he jieople o f th e Northwest must
rise up as one man in b e h a lf of these
projects. T he h e r i ta g e of t h e N o rth !
w e st lies in » successful carrying out
ot th es e schemes. I t is to th e in te r
ost o f the s t a t e s th a t feed in to t h e '
g r e a t basin of the Columbia to p r o
v id e fo r th e i r fnture welfare and t h a t
of t h e i r posterity. T he wealth is here
the power is here, th e resources are
here. T hey must he developed
T he
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