The Hermiston herald., January 20, 1917, Image 6

TI
HEBMISTOB
HERALD,
HERMISTON, OREGON.
HORSES AND TRACTORS
the vase was a great platter piled high never a word, she lit out for the house
BEEF STEW WITH DUMPLINGS
I with sweet corn, on the cob! Around at top speed. The three men sat down
the table were six plates, with the nec­ on the ground and burst into hearty
Either "Aitch” or Shinebone May Be
essary silverware, and a glass of wa- laughter.
Used—Vegetables in Plenty
j ter for each. There was also a small
Lark came upon them as they sat Animal Labor Still Holds High
Requisite for Success.
NOT ALWAYS BECAUSE THEIR
She
dish of peaches at each place, and an thus, and Lark was angry.
Place
on
Average
Farm.
MACHINE IS BROKEN.
individual plate of butter. That was stamped her foot with a violence that
Use an "aitch” bone for this and re­
all—except the napkins. But Prudence must have hurt her.
serve part for a roast, as the whole
bone would make stew enough for 15
made no apologies. She was a daugh­
“I don’t see anything to laugh at,”
ter of the parsonage ! She showed Kev. she cried passionately, “it was awful, Useful and Satisfactory Piece of Ma­ people. However, shinbone can be Scientist Expresses Belief That The
High Altitude Frequently Affects
chinery, but Must Be Consid­
Mr. Morgan to his place as graciously it wus Just awful! Carrie might have
used if you prefer.
“Airmen”— Has Made Many
and sweetly as though she were usher- been killed ! It—it—”
Take off enough of the fat to brown
ered Only as Addition to
Tests Apparently Proving IL
the meat and vegetables and let it be
I ing him in to a twenty-seven-course
“Tell us all about It, Lark,” gasped
General Equipment.
trying out while you are preparing
| banquet.
her father. And Lark did so, smiling
the meat. If there Is no fat use a lit­
"Will you return thanks, Mr. Mor­ a little herself, now that her fears
We often hear it said that the avia­
That the tractor has not supplanted
were relieved. “Poor Carol,” she said, the horse in furnishing farm power is tle pork fat or drippings.
gan?” she said.
tor who falls to the earth is the victim
Cut your meat into dice about an of a broken machine. When an aviator
And the girls bowed their heads. “.she’ll never live down the humilia­ shown by answers to a questionnaire
inch large each way, dredge them well falls to his death his machine is usual­
Kev. Mr. Morgan cleared his throat, tion. I must go and console her.”
mailed to 500 Kansas tractor users
In a little while Carol felt much bet­ by Dr. C. W. McCampbell, associate with salt, pepper and flour and brown ly so badly damaged that it Is impos­
and began : “Our Father we thank thee
ter. But she talked it over with Pru­ professor of animal husbandry In the In hot fat. Put in your stewpan.
for this table.”
sible to say which part was not In
Cut two onions, one small turnip good working condition.
There was more of the blessing, but dence very seriously.
Kansas State Agricultural college.
and half a carrot into dice and brown ;
the parsonage girls heard not one ad­
“I hope you understand. Prudence,
Doctor Placzek, a well-known Ger­
"Experience of tractor users is a
ditional phrase—except Connie, who that 1 shall never have anything more more reliable Index to the usefulness add to the meat, cover with boiling man scientist, has long suspected that
followed him conscientiously through to do with Blinkie! She can die of of the tractor than theoretical deduc­ water and cook until the meat is ten­ the fault was not with the machine at
every word. Carol burst into merry starvation for all I care. I'll never tions,” said Doctor McCampbell. “From der. Remove bone and skim off the all in nine cases out of ten, but thy
laughter, close upon his reverent take her to and from the pasture again. the data collected it was found that fat ; add six or eight small potatoes, some profound change, either physio­
“Amen”—und after one awful glare I couldn’t do it ! Such rank ingrati­ each of these tractor users was plow­ which have been pared and parboiled. logical or psychic, causes the aviator
at her sister, Prudence Joined in, and tude as that cow displayed was never ing annually an average of 317 acres, Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook to lose control of the motor. Such a
until nearly done and then add dump­ change, he thinks, may be due to the
soon it was a rollicking group around equaled, I am certain.”
and yet he had been able to eliminate
the parsonage table. Mr. Morgan him­
“I suppose you’ll quit using milk only .64 2-3 of one horse for each 100 lings.
extremely high altitude.
Dumplings.—One pint of flour, one-
(Copyright, by the Bobbs Merrill Com­ self smiled uncertainly. He was puz­ and cream, too,” suggested Prudence.
He tested his theory with a pnew
acres
plowed.
He
had
found
use
for
pany.)
half teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoon­ matic cabinet, so constructed that the
zled. More, he was embarrassed. But
“Oh, well,” said Carol more toler­
fuls baking powder. Mix thoroughly. atmospheric pressure could be quickly
as soon as Carol could get her breath, antly, “I don’t want to be too hard
Add enough milk to make a soft diminished. In this he placed a nor­
she gasped out an explanation.
on Blinkie, for after all it was partly
The parsonage girls enter­
dough. Shape and cook ten minutes mal, healthy man. He then reduced
“You were Just—right, Mr. Morgan— my own fault. So I won’t go that far.
in the soft dough. Add salt and bak­ the pressure of air to correspond to an
tain a visiting minister,
to give thunks—for the table! There’s But I must draw the line somewhere !
ing powder to the flour, and sift all altitude of 12,000 feet.
nothing—on it—to be thankful for!" Hereafter Blinkie and I meet as
much to his discomfiture,
so as to mix them thoroughly with
And the whole family went off once strangers !"
Doctor Placzek found by various
—and Carol rides a cow
enough milk to make a dough you can tests to which he subjected the man
more into peals of laughter.
handle; It will take about a cupful; In the cabinet that the power of con­
with disastrous results.
CHAPTER III.
Mr. Morgan had very little appetite
they can be dropped from the spoon centration was materially impaired.
that day. He did not seem to be so
or shaped a little with the hands.
The Ladies’ Aid.
fond of sweet corn as he had assured
In some way also muscular activity
The stew should be boiling rapidly was hampered, that is to say the
Mr, Starr, a widower Method­
Now, this really was a crisis in the
Prudence. He talked very little, too.
when the dumplings are added, and muscles did not respond either with
ist minister, has been assigned
And as soon as possible he took his life of the parsonage family. The girls
continue to boil rapidly while they alacrity or precision to the impulses
to the congregation at Mount
hat and walked hurriedly away. He had met, separately, every member of
are in. Do not have so much water of the will. The entire mechanism of
the Ladles’ Aid. But this was their
Mark, Iowa. He and his daugh­
never called at the parsonage again.
or broth in the stew that the dump­ the human machine, through lack of
ter Prudence—she is nineteen
A few weeks after this Carol distin- first combined movement upon the par­
lings cannot rest on the meat or on centralized action, was thrown out of
and the eldest of five girls—have
guished herself again, and to her last­ sonage, and Prudence and Fairy real­
the potatoes. If they do not they will gear.
ing mortification. A man living only ized that much depended on the suc­
come on ahead to get the new
be heavy. And do not put in so many
six blocks from the parsonage had gen­ cess of the day. As girls, the whole
parsonage ready for the younger
In addition to the diminished atmos­
that they will crowd each other, for pheric pressure from which the aviator
erously offered Mr. Starr free pastur­ Methodist church pronounced the
members of the family. Of
that makes them heavy also.
age for his pretty little Jersey in his young Starrs charming. But as par­
course the whole town, espe­
Good for Average Farm.
and the subject in the cabinet alike
broad meadow, and the offer was grate­ sonage people—well, they were obliged
cially the Methodists, is very cu­
suffered, the aviator labors under an
fully accepted. This meant that every to reserve judgment. And as for Pru­ his tractor only 36.6 days per year. It JOHN BULL PLUM PUDDING appreciable excitement. He is sub­
rious about the newcomers. In­
was
found
that
95
per
cent
of
purchas
­
evening the twins must walk after the dence having entire charge of the
dividual members of the Ladies’
jected, furthermore, to a continual
cow, and every morning must take her household, it must be acknowledged ers of tractors had got them for the Recipe That Has Been Popular in change of atmospheric pressure, the
Aid society drop in upon the
that every individual Lady looked sole purpose of plowing wheat ground.
back for the day's grazing.
England for Many Generations—
family and "pump” the girls for
same being now greater, now less, as
Additional Farm Equipment.
One evening, as they were starting forward to this meeting with eager­
Sauce to Accompany Dish.
all they’re worth. But the Starrs
the airplane Is swept up or downward
“From the experiences of these men
out from the meadow homeward with ness—they wanted to “size up” the sit­
rapidly adjust themselves to
by currents of air, which, at a great
the docile animal, Carol stopped and uation. They were coming to see for It would seem that the tractor is a use­
One pound each of suet, sugar, cur­ altitude, are swift and strong, so that
their new surroundings, and the
themselves ! Yes, it was undoubtedly ful and satisfactory piece of farm ma­ rants, raisins, sultana raisins (seeded), the task, both difficult and delicate, of
gazed at Blinkie reflectively.
father decides his brood is old
chinery, but that it must be considered mixed candied orange and lemon peel ; instantaneously adjusting itself to con­
“Lark," she said, “I just believe to a crisis.
enough to participate in family
“There'll be a crowd, of course,” said as additional farm equipment. The one-half pound each of bread crumbs tinuous changes, is laid upon his or­
my soul that I could ride this cow.
prayers. Little Connie has Just
She's so gentle, and I'm such a good Fairy. “We’ll Just leave the doors justification for the use of the tractor and flour, one teaspoonful each of salt ganism.
finished hers — much to the
lies in the fact that it may under fa­ and mixed spices, eight eggs, a wine-
between the front rooms open.”
hand at sticking on.”
amusement of her elders.
The aviator also has other difficul­
"Carol!” ejaculated Lark. “Think
“Yes, but we’ll close the dining-room vorable conditions do a special line of glassful of brandy. Chop the suet ties to contend with. The difference in
how it would look for a parsonage girl doors. Then we’ll have the refresh­ work, rather than in the claim, refuted finely and mix in the following man­ temperature from the earth he has left
to go down the street riding a cow.” ments all out on the table, and when by experience, that the tractor is a ner: Put the twice-sifted flour in a and the altitude in which he operates
1
CHAPTER II—-Continued.
“But there’s no one to see,” protest­ we are ready we’ll just fling back the satisfactory substitute for horse power. large bowl, add the salt, spice and is intense, and he cannot escape from
“The fact that these tractor users sugar, then the chopped raisins and the wind, which accentuates the cold,
| So it was that the twins and Connie ed Carol. And this was true. For the doors carelessly and—there you are!”
are maintaining but eight head of cat­ currants and fruit peel, then the bread and, at first contracting the blood ves­
were alone for a while.
So the table was prettily decorated
tle for each 100 acres plowed indi­ crumbs and the sultana raisins, which sels, later expands them as they be-
i “You did a pretty good job, Connie,"
with flowers, and great plates of sand­
cates that they are in the main grain are not chopped. Beat the eggs to­ ’ome paralyzed by the cold. Then,
said Carol approvingly.
wiches and cake were placed upon it.
farmers. If the extensive grain farmer gether for ten minutes, then strain and when they are enlarged, more blood
“Yes, I think I did myself," was the
In the center was an enormous punch­
is able to eliminate but two-thirds of add the brandy to them and pour into rushes to the skin to fill the enlarged
complacent answer. “But I Intended
bowl, borrowed from the Averys, full
a horse for each 100 acres plowed, the the bowl. Stir and beat well for 25 vessels, and the internal organs Yd-
to put In, ’Keep us as the apple of thy
of lemonade. Glasses were properly
intensive farmer with his diversified minutes. Put the pudding Into a well- denly find themselves with a dimin­
eye, hold us In the hollow of thy hand,’
arranged on the trays, and piles of
farm will not be able to eliminate buttered mold, which must be tied up ished and insufficient supply of blood.
and I forgot it until I had said ’Amen.’
nicely home-laundered napkins were
any horse power by purchasing a trac­ in a white napkin which has been thor­
This is not a wholesome condition,
I had a notion to put in a postscript,
scattered here and there. The girls
tor.”
oughly boiled just before using, and for any of the organs, but for the brain
but I believe that isn't done.”
felt that the dining room was a credit
floured over the top. Set the mold and heart it is particularly serious.
I “Never mind,” said Carol, "I'll use
to them, and to the Methodist church
ACRE PROFIT FROM ALFALFA in a large kettle, cover with boiling
that in mine, tomorrow."
entire.
Good Work of Ozone.
water and boil for 13 hours.
| It cannot be said that this form of
From every nook and corner of the
Pudding Sauce.—One wine-glassful
The effect of ozone upon slow-heal­
family worship was a great success.
house they hunted out chairs and Provides Large Amount of Nutriment
of brandy, two ounces of fresh butter, ing wounds seems to commend it to
for Every Kind of Live Stock
The twins were Invariably stereotyped,
stools, anticipating a real run upon the
a cupful of powdered sugar. Set the extensive use. In 21 cases reported by
and Feeds Soil.
Cut and dried. They thanked the Lord
parsonage. Nor were they disappoint­
butter and sugar near the stove, where Dr. George Stoker of the Oxygen hos­
for the beautiful morning, for kind
ed. The twins and Connie were not
Here Is why an acre of alfalfa Is they will dissolve, add the brandy and pital in London, the injuries, chiefly in
friends, for health, and family, and par-
even arrayed in their plain little ging­
beat thoroughly with an egg-beater. cavities of the long bones, had persisted
sonage. Connie always prayed In sen­
hams, clean, before the first arrivals valuable in Minnesota:
Just before serving set in the top of a from three weeks to fourteen months,
It costs about $12 to cultivate it.
tences extracted from the prayers of
were ushered up into the front bed-
but after the direct application of
At least 60 per cent of the fertilizer teakettle and serve boiling hot.
others she had often beard, and every
room. ordinarily occupied by Prudence
ozone cure was complete within five
value is returned to the soil when the
time with nearly disastrous effect.
and Fairy.
days to seven weeks. Besides its direct
Dove Chicken.
i But later on the morning worship
“There’s Mrs. Adams and Mrs. crop Is fed.
cleansing action, the ozone greatly aids
A
yield
of
three
tons
will
return
As
cooked
by
the
West
India
creoles,
went better. The prayers of the chil­
Prentiss, and Mrs.—” began Connie,
Boil a large in eliminating dead bone, foreign
dren changed- became more personal,
listening intently to the voices in the $41.30 if fed to pigs as pasture when it Is most delicious.
the pigs sell for 7 cents a pound.
chicken in just enough water to cover bodies and harmful deposits. It was
less flowery. They remembered that
next room.
A similar yield if fed to steers at it. When tender remove from the fire concluded that this substance acts as
when they knelt they were at the
“Yes,” whispered Carol, “peek
and add to the chicken water, a half a very efficacious germicide, serves
feet of God, and speaking direct to
through the keyhole. Lark, and see If 6 cents a pounds will bring $42.60.
The
same
yield
fed
to
cows
giving
can of tomatoes, some minced parsley, through the wounded tissue as a pow­
him.
Mrs, Prentiss is looking under the bed
210 pounds of butterfat at 30 cents two red pepper cones, two chopped erful stimulant of the circulation, and
for dust. They say she—”
t The family had been in the new par-
onions, a little black pepper and promotes the combination of oxygen
sonage only three weeks, when a vis­
“You’d better not let Prudence catch a pound will bring $44.00.
Farm feeds should be judged by the enough salt to taste. Stew down to a with hemoglobin in the blood. The
iting minister called on them. It was
you repeating—”
first application of ozone brings about
about ten minutes before the lunch­
“There’s Mrs. Stone, and Mrs. Davis, total nutriments produced an acre, rich gravy. Then make a stuffing of
an
increase of pus, which is followed
bearing
in
mind
the
cost
of
produc
­
mashed
Irish
potatoes,
moistened
with
eon hour at the time of Ids arrival.
and—”
tion. Alfalfa provides a large amount this gravy, adding a teacupful of by clear serum, then by reddish serum,
Mr, Starr was in the country, visiting,
“
They
say
Mrs.
Davis
only
belongs
“Cows Have Such Funny Backs.”
when the healing process becomes
ao the girls received him alone. It
to the Ladles’ Aid for the sake of the of nutriment for every kind of stock. raisins ; stuff the chicken and brown
much
accelerated.
Besides
this,
it
provides
nutriment
for
in
the
oven.
When
done,
serve
with
was an unfortunate day for the Starrs, parsonage was near the edge of town, refreshments, and—”
Fairy had been at college all morning, and the girls passed only five houses
“Carol ! Prudence will punish you.” the soli, hence increasing land value. what was left of the tomato gravy.
Planting Trees by Machinery.
and 1’rudenee had been rummaging in on their way home from the meadow—
"Well, I don’t believe it,” protested
The United States forestry service
Lemon Pudding.
the attic, getting it ready for a rainy and all of them were well back from Carol. “I’m Just teling you what I’ve
Beat two egg yolks with two cup­ has adopted a new invention which
day and winter playroom for the the road.
beard other people say.”
fuls
of sugar. Dissolve four table­ plants from 10,000 to 15,000 forest tree
Lark argued and pleaded, but Carol
younger girls. She was dusty und
"We aren’t allowed to repeat gos-
spoonfuls of cornstarch In enough wa­ seedlings a day. Previously the plant­
was firm. “I must try it,” she insist­ sip," urged Lark.
tired.
ter to dissolve ft, stir Into four coffee ing had been done by hand at the rate
The luncheon hour arrived, and the ed, “and if it doesn't go well I can
"No, and I think it's a shame, too,
cups
of boiling water (not hot. but It of 1,200 to 1,500 trees each day per
girls came In from school, eager to be slide off. You can lead her. Lark.”
for it's awfully funny. Minnie Drake
Don't let the machinery cry for oil. must be boiling), add Juice and grated man.
The obliging Lark boosted her sister told me that Miss Varne joined the
up and away again. Still the grave
• • •
The machine is about the size of an
rind of two lemons, then add the sugar
young minister sat discoursing upon up, and Carol nimbly scrambled Into Methodist church us soon as she heard
Sheep will surely pay you If you and eggs. Bake In a buttered dish ordinary mowing machine, and is op­
serious topics with the fidgety Pru- pince, riding astride.
the new minister was a widower, so
about twenty minutes, then cover with erated by three men and two horses.
handle them right.
"I’ve got to ride this way," she said. she—”
dence— and in spite of dust and per-
* • •
the beaten whites and two tablespoon­ One man drives the team while the
spiration, she was good to look upon. "Cows have such funny backs I
“Carol !”
Now is the time to select from the fuls of sugar. Brown in the oven and other two handle the seedlings. The
Rev. Mr. Morgan realised that, and couldn't keep on any other way. If I
Carol whirled around sharply, and
machine makes a furrow, in which the
could not tear himself away. Finally see anyone coming, I’ll slide for It." flushed, and swallowed hard. For Pru­ flock the birds you will use for breed­ serve very cold.
trees are set at any desired distance,
ing next spring.
Prudence sighed.
For a while all went well. T.ark led dence was Just behind her.
• • •
and
an automatic device indicates
Pickled
Eggs.
I "Do you like sweet corn. Mr. Mor­ Blinkie carefully, gazing about anx­
"I—I—1—" but she could get no fur­
Boll fresh eggs one-half hour, then where they should be dropped. Two
If onions are frozen for storage, they
gan?"
iously to see that no one approached. ther.
put Into cold water. In the meantime metal-tired wheels push and roll the
| This was entirely out of the Une of So they advanced to within two blocks
Upon occasion Prudence was quite should be kept frozen till time to use
have beets boiled until tender, remove dirt firmly down around the roots.
them
in
the
spring.
their conversation, and for a moment of the parsonage. By this time Blinkie terrible. "So I heard.” she said dryly,
• • •
skins, cut in dice form and covered
he faltered. "Sweet corn?" he repeated. concluded that she was being imposed but her eyes were hard. "Now run up­
Sounded Like It
Neatness in all departments of farm with spiced vinegar. Shell the eggs and
I "Yes, roasting ears, you know— upon. She shook her head violently, stairs and out to the field, or to the
drop Into the pickle jars. This Is an
“Gertrude,” asked the teacher, “what
cooked on the cob."
and twitched the rope from Lark's barn, at.d play. And, Carol, be sure work ought to be the farmer's motto
ornamental pickle and considered very were the causes of the revolutionary
dairy.
i Then he smiled. "Oh. yes, indeed. hand, gave a scornful toss of her and remind me of that speech tonight. and especially in • the
• •
good.
war?”
Very much.” he said.
dainty head, and struck out madly for I might forget it.”
“It had something to do with auto­
Put some sand ever the boxes or
The girls ran quickly out, Carol well
"Well," she begun her explanation home. With great presence of mind,
Corn
Custard.
bins
in
which
root
crops
are
stored.
It
mobiles,
but I did not understand Just
rather drearily. "I was busy this morn­ Carol fell flat upon the cow's neck, and In the lead.
One can corn, one pint milk, one what.” replied Gertrude.
drying out.
ing and did not prepare much lunch­ hung on for dear life, while Lark, in
"No wedding fee for me," she will prevent their
• • •
tablespoonful butter, one tablespoon­
“Oh, no!” said the teacher; “that
mumbled bitterly. "Somehow I just
eon. We are very fond of sweet corn, terror, started out in pursuit.
ful sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt was before the day of automobiles.”
There
are
five
million
more
horses
and 1 cooked an enormous panful. But
“Help! Help!" she cried loudly. can’t help repeating—"
and two eggs. Mix corn, milk, salt,
“Well, it said it was on account of
that's all we have for luncheon sweet "Pnpa ! Papa I Papa !”
"You don't want to," said Lark, not and mules in the United States today
butter and sugar. Add beaten yolks, unjust taxis,” said Gertrude, firmly.—
than
there
were
ten
years
ago.
corn and butter. We haven't even
In this way they turned in at the without sympathy. "You think It’s
• • •
then whites, put in buttered dish and Exchange.
bread, because 1 am going to bake this parsonage gate, which happily stood such fun, you know."
Very
good
celery
may be raised in a bake in moderate oven until firm.
“Well, anyhow. I'm sure I won't get
afternoon, and we never eat it with open. As luck would have it. Mr. Starr
His Case.
sweet corn, anyhow Now, if you care was standing at the door with two men any cake tonight. It seems to me Pru­ dry year by mulching the plants. This
When Pressing Silk.
saves the moisture and keeps the soil
"Yes, I rather like to have some­
to eat sweet corn and butter, and who had been calling on him, and hear­ dence is very—harsh sometimes."
Always press silk under a piece of thing to worry about.”
canned peaches, we’d just love to have ing Lark's frantic cries, they rushed to
"You can appeal to father. If you cool.
• • •
muslin
to prevent the silk from becom- 1 “Really?”
you stay for luncheon with us."
meet the wild procession, and had the like."
Oil Is cheaper than repairs and new Ing hard and crackly. First dampen
“I rather think I do. It saves me
I Bev. Mr. Morgan was charmed, and unique experience of seeing a parson-
tools, and when properly used will re­ the muslin, and use a moderately hot the trouble of manufacturing some-
said so. So Prudence rushed to the age girl riding flat on her stomach on
duce the friction and Increase the life iron until the muslin Is quite dry.
thirg.”—Kansas City Journal.
kitchen, opened the peaches in a hurry, 1 the neck of a galloping Jersey, with
Do you think that Prudence Is
of the farm machine.
and fished out a clean napkin for their another parsonage girl In mad pursuit.
• • •
a bit too young to handle the
Butter Substitute.
Sawed-Off Sermon.
Blinkie stopped beside the barn, and
guest. Then they gathered about the
youngsters with proper disci-
Squash should be stored in a dry
A great saving may be effected by
A man is up against tough luck if
table, five girls and the visiting min­ turned her head about inquiringly.
pline?
I place on shelves one layer deep. They mixing equal quantities of good mar­ he marries a woman who thinks she
ister. It was really a curious sight, Carol slid to the ground, and buried
i will stand considerable heat but very garine and fresh butter. The mixture ' knows more than her husband does.—
that table. In the center stood a tall her face In her hands at sight of the
tastes quite as well as fresh butter.
. Uttia cold and moisture.
Indianapolis Star.
vase of goldenrod. On either side of two men with her father. Then, with
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