1 T he gate city journal ‘i h e m c 'FARM* POULTRY r m G \BIA E (© . 1*30. W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n .) “ A U ttl# ru le , a l i t t l e s w a y A s u n b e a m In a w in te r 's d a y I s a ll th e p ro u d a n d m ig h ty h a v e B e tw e e n th e c ra d le a n d th e g r a v e ." AYAKY ößA H An BONNER. ■ GOOD THINGS WE LIKE Feen-a-mint is the answer. Cleansing action of smaller doses effective because you chew it. At your druggists— the safe and scientific laxative. Feen-a-mint FOR CONSTIPATION “Why Bring Thai Up” And some people are forgotten but not gone.—Pathfinder Magazine. Millions now use Russ Ball Blue. Makes clothes snowy white. Get the .¡genuine.—Adv. Perfect Food Fruit, vegetables and milk—the per fect food triumvirate for power and a kingly enjoyment of life. Mother of Five Healthy; Children Speaks Everett, W ash.— “There is nothing so helpful in mother hood as Dr. Pierce’s F avorite Prescrip tion. I am the mother of five as fine, healthy “children as any one could wish for and I give this medicine great credit, f or I took it each time and it Mi«. Iran. Armstrong k ep t m e j„ good physical condition that I was always able to do my own work right up to the last —never lost my strength at any time. I would not think of going thru expectancy without taking this tonic."—Mr*. C. E. Armstrong, 2811 Victor Place. Fluid or tablets. All dealers. Send 10c to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Ho. tel in Buffalo, N. Y., if you want a trial package of Prescription Tablets. A Household Remedy For External Use Only Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh Mon«» bick tor tint bottle II n t lulled. All tn lm . M rs . E d i s o n ’s V ie w “The word housewife,” says Mrs. Thomas Edison In the American Mag azine, “Is the worst misnomer In our language. She should be known as a home executive.” ))n rn in jr S k in D is c u s e s q u ic k ly reliev ed a n d h e aled bv Cole’s C a rb o llsalv e . L e a v e s no sca rs. No m e d i cin e c h e s t co m p lete w ith o u t I t 30c an d «0c a t d ru g g ists, o r J . XV, Cole Co., R o ck fo rd , 111.—A d v e rtis e m e n t Too Bad It Was So “So Janet’s birthday party didn’t amount to much?” “No, she deserved a better fete."— Pathfinder Magazine. Help Your Kidneys Deal P ro m p tly w ith K id - n ey Irregularities. TF bothered with constant backache A bladder irritations and getting up at night, help your kidneys with Doan’s Pills. Used for more than 40 years. En dorsed the w o rld o v e r. Sold by dealers everywhere. 50,000 Users Endorse Doan’s: J a m e « A . M c C la r d , R e tir e d M e rc h a n t* 906 H o b s o n A v e n u e , H o t S p r in g s , A rk.* says: " M y kidneys didn't a ct right and m y back ached lo r q u ite a «pell. T h e use of D oan’« P ills quickly rid m e of this attack." D O A N S PILLS A Stimulant Diuretic tolheTi^nèvs. A t L a s t R e lie f fo r f t c h in g o r P r o tr u d in g P ile * w i t h o u t t h e k ni fe , s e n d f o r f r e e t r i a l p a c k a g e . p r e s c r i p t i o n 90 1 -A a n d be c o n v i n c e d . C a n n n D r u g C o „ B o * 4143, P o r tla n d , O r*. G a r f i e ld T e a Was Your Grandmother's Remedy For every stomach and intestinal 11L This good old-fash ioned herb home remedy for consti pation, stomach Ills and other derange ments of the sys tem so prevalent these days Is In even greater favor as a family medicine than in your grandmother's day. W . N. U , P O R T L A N D , N O . 7 -1 9 3 30. 0. COPVtu.nl IT V t m t N h t w i t u oN<OM — ■ SINGING There Is nothing that adds to s menu where cake Is served more than a good-looking, fine-tex- tured, tender cake. If It Is a layer cake the filling Is as Important us the cake Itself. Alexander C a k e.— Cream one-half cupful of butter or other short ening and stir In one cupful of sugar gradual ly, then add two beaten egg yolks. Mix thoroughly and sift together two cupfuls of flour, two tea spoonfuls of baking powder and one- fourth teaspoonful of soda; add al ternately with one-half cup of sour milk. Flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla and fold In the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Bake In two layers. Alexander Frosting.—Boll two cup fuls of sugar with one-half cupful of water until the sirup threads from the spoon. Pour slowly onto two well-beaten whites, beating until the frosting holds Its shape. Now add two cupfuls of fresh grated coconut. Cover one of the layers with coconut and with frosting; cover with another layer, then cover top and sides and sprinkle with grated coconut. Prune whip is a most delightful des sert. Prunes In lemon Jello makes another; stuffed with cheese and served with an attractive sandwich or cracker, they make a nice finish to a meal. Figs, dates and raisins add to any apple salad, or mixed with nuts and bread crumbs, served with whipped cream, makes another good dessert As tomato Juice now Is used very freely, rivaling the much-liked orange, the mother of little ones sees that each has a small glass of one of these vltamlne foods daily. Tomatoes may be canned when plentiful, Just as Juice, and It will always be ready for a fruit drink or to be used us soup, or In sauces. Dates, raisins, figs and prunes are all such good wholesome fruits that when some of our fresh fruits are high In price or not in market is the time to cultivate them. To David, Denmark seemed quite ■mall. Of course he knew It was made email for his map adventure hut still, In proportion to ether countries, It was small. To the right was the Baltic sea and to the south Denmark was talking to Germany, so that David could see that Denmark was a peninsula, too. There were many, many Islands. After Wind had let him out of the air ship he began to wander about He saw many pastures with Map peo ple farming, and often he saw great sandy beaches, and at one he stopped and had a swim. There were sandy stretches In which pine trees were growing, but nowhere could he see any rocks, or any mountains. H* saw Little winding villages and many old castles. And as he was wondering If anyone was going to come and talk to him here, or when he would hear the song, all of a sudden It began. He could not see the singers, but this was the song that he heard: (T h e . DRIVING COWS TO PAYING POULTRY MILKER FAVORED FLOCK IS GROWN Spring-Hatched Pullets Care Mechanical Milking Unit o: Standard Make Praised. fully Developed Are Best. Milking cows Is being done In a new way by experts of the United States Department of Agriculture at the dulry experiment farm in Maryland and the plan being used may have several ad vantages for Minnesota dairymen. In the opinion of Dr. C. H. Eckles, chief of the dairy division. University Farm, SL PauL This plan Involves driving the cows to the milking machine. In- stead of taking the machine to the The man who wouldn’t drive his cows. motorcar half a mile when it’a out of A mechanical milking anlt of stand order, will often drive his brain all ard make Is used, but Instead of the day with a head that’s throbbing. usual portable receptacle for the milk. It Is drawn Into a stationary contain Such punishment isn’t very good er located between two stalls. Cows for one’s nerves! I t’s unwise, and are driven Into the milking stalls from it’s unnecessary. A tablet or two the rear and Instead of being tied or of Bayer Aspirin will relieve a head stanchioned they are detained by mov ache every time. So, remember able gates placed In front of the stalls. this accepted antidote for pain, and These can be opened from the rear by spare yourself a lot of needless suf the operator after each cow Is milked, fering. Read the proven directions allowing her to move on and unotlier and you’ll discover many valuable answered that question years ago. bossy to take ber place. uses for these tablets. For head It is not. Some folks still wonder if Doctor Eckles thinks tbe Idea Is aches; to check colds. To ease a it really doea relieve pain. That’s well worth considering for dairymen sore throat and reduce the infection. settled! For millions of men and who are contemplating building new For relieving neuralgic, neuritic, women have found it does. To barns and particularly so for farmers cure the cause of ray pain you must rheumatic pain. who wish to go Into the dairy business, consult your doctor; but you may utilizing buildings which they ulready People used to wonder if Bayer always turn to Bayer Aspirin for have, but which are not equipped for Aspirin was harmful. The doctors immediate relief. dairying. For Instance, a man who Is raising beef cattle might easily and cheaply convert his place Into a dairy farm by fitting up a mall milking plant along Aspirin Is the trade merk of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacatlcaddaatar of SalleyUcadd the lines described above, using the With a Bau Purpose Natural Deduction regular sheds or shelters for dairy Bobby—What ore you doing In that Inspector—That new man will nevsrl cows and driving them to the special make a detective. stalls for milking. Large henls of doorway? Chief—How Is that? Suspicious Looking Individual—Just dairy cows muy be sheltered together Inspector—There was a 50-pound without stanchions providing they are carol singing, sergeant “I didn’t hear anything.” box of soap stolen from a railroad car dehorned and the sheds kept well “Well, you see, I’m a whispering and he arrested a tramp.—New York bedded. Central Magazine. Doctor Eckles would favor having barytone.”—Exchange. enough milking stalls to permit the cows to remain In them while eating tlielr grain. Feeding the cows their Caponizing Profitable gruln Individually at milking time en the dairyman to adjust tbe Way to Market Poultry ables amount of grain to ndlk flow and also Caponizing Is one of the most prof attracts the cows to the milking stalls. itable ways of marketing late-hatched Beside being a relatively cheap wuy to HEN a man who has been cockerels. In nn experiment last year equip a farm for dairying, this new mayor of a big city for twelve fifty June hatched cockerels were ca- system would make It easier to keep years finds out how to live, his words ponized. The birds were of dual-pur the milking quarters clean because of are worth listening to. Ex-Mayor pose breeds and caponlzed when they their smuller size. Doctor Eckles says, E. N. Kirby of Abilene, Texas, dis had reached a weight of 12 ounces to covered the simple way to health 2% pounds. These birds were sold the about ten years ago (he is now 64.) Sweet Clover Excellent following April and averaged six “I am now a new man, and as pounds each, dressed for market. They active as a boy," says Mr. Kirby. Ration for Dairy Cows brought 35 cents a pound, or an aver “I feel fine all the time and rarely Cows may be pastured on sweet have an ache or a pain, although for age of $2.10 per bird. The feed cost clover as readily as on clover or al twenty-five years I suffered with of producing these birds wns 84 cents falfa. Care must be taken at first to rheumatism, and sometimes was un each, and with an additional charge turn them on only when the clover Is able to stand or walk. I would not of 10 cents for dressing and picking, dry and only for an hour or two for give up my simple health discovery the net profit was $1.16 per bird. —no, not for five thousand dollars the first few days until the cows are Another poultryman caponlzed 191 accustomed to the clover. in gold!” That discovery was Nujoll barred Plymouth Rocks last summer That’s the wonderful thing about Sweet clover Is best seeded In the When sold their average weight was Nujol. Although it is not a medicine 7.7 pounds each, and they brought 43 spring with outs or barley. The and contains absolutely no drugs, its cents per pound. The total cost of growth Is slow at first, but In favor harmless internal lubrication seems able years and on good soil It may be to make people feel better and look growing these capons—chicks, feed and on the brighter side of life, whether labor—was placed at $360.14. There pastured lightly the first fall after the grain Is hnrvested. Sweet clover Is a they are old or young. were 176 birds at selling time, which biennial. The main crop comes the brought a total of $501.14, leaving a Of course you can understand why Hon. E. N. Kirby, for twelve years second year, when It should be pas this is so: we ail of us have natural net profit of 85 cents per bird. Mayor of Abilene, Texas, who tured off closely, ns the plant then ioisons in our bodies that make us eel headachy, has discovered secret of success. ny. sick and low in our e * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * dies. The best practice Is. of course, minds. Nujol, which is as tasteless to hnve two pieces, seeding one each and colorless as pure water, helps to year, and plowing up the lund after as any other machine. After a Poultry Notes absorb these and carry them away, much few days you will be surprised at the a * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * the main crop has been pastured off. easily, regularly as clock work. difference in the way you feel. You Unless It grows wild In your neigh Instead of drugging and irritating can get Nujol in a sealed package in Winter egg profits will depend large- borhood, seed Inoculation will un any drug store. Nujol may change rour body with pills, cathartics, 'y on the care given pullets. doubtedly be a benefit. It Is doubtful axatives, and other habit-forming your whole outlook on life. Get a • • * If sweet clover that Is sown in the drug[8, give your body the internal bottle today and give yourself a Hatch the chicks early so that the full with rye or wheat would moke lubrication which it needs, just as chance to be well I pullets are mature for winter egg pro sufficient growth to carry It through duction. the winter and be Btrong enough to • * • Keep It That Way Watted Energy make a vigorous growth In the spring. Scientists announce tlipt the Influ Don’t forget the Importance of fresh, The chief fault of a single-track enza germ has been Isolated, and our mind Is that It uses up so much energy y Juicy greens for both the baby chicks Idea Is that It would be a dandy hauling empties.—Capper's Weekly. and old hens. • • • scheme to keep him Isolated.—Judge. Dairy Hints The first half of April Is the Ideal People who shrink from public no Wise Judges are we of each other.— tice themselves revel In the publicity time to hatch chicks of smaller breeds such as the Leghorns. of their friends. Cows like to breathe fresh air. Richelieu. * • * Bnrns need to he properly ventilated. • • • Giving hens 12 hours of light In creases egg production at the season Cows will eat three pounds of sllnge when the prices are high. per day for every 100 pounds live • • • welghL • • • When calcium enrhonate Is not available In sufficient quantities, hens Milk, from a cow properly fed. con lay soft-shelled eggs or no eggs nt all. tains vltamlnes which nre essential to * * * human health. • • • Making it easier for the hens to con sume large quantities of mash aids In Cows will eat from one to two the production of eggs. At least 10 pounds of alfalfa hay per day for ev linear feet of double hopper space ery 100 pounds live welghL • • • should be provided for 100 hens. • • • Alfalfa or clover hay should be In Culling should not he considered ns cluded In the ration of calves or year n substitute for correct management lings being fattened for the tnarkeL of n flock of hens. Even the good • • • producers may cense laying In the Don’t turn cows on pasture until the summer If proper enre Is neglected. grass has developed substance and has a good sta rt I'tit them out for only To carry on henvy production hens a short time at first that they mav must have strong bodies and a good gradually become accustomed to the supply of nourishing feeds. Baby Ills ant! ailments seem charge. • • * * • • twice as serious at night. A sud Hood producing hens may become den cry may mean colic. Or m Let the calf suck the fingers and thin If not fed sufficiently. Total feed gradually draw Its nose Into the milk, sudden attack of diarrhea—a con consumption can be Increased usually when the fingers should he removed dition it is always important to by giving a moistened mash once n day gradually as soon as the calf gets a check quickly. How would you throughout the summer months. meet this em ergency—tonight? tion always on hand. But don’* taste of the milk. This method may • • • Have you a bottle of Castoria keep it just for emergencies; let hnve to be repeated several times be Give free range to the birds which fore tbe calf will drink alone. ready? There is nothing that can it be an everyday aid. Its gentle are to be used as breeders this spring. • • • take the place of this harmless influence will ease and soothe the They should also be fed an abundance Cowt may eat and may also use for but effective remedy for children; infant who cannot sleep. Its mild of whole yellow com. bedding, timothy hay, quark grass, etc. nothing that acts quite the same, regulation will help an older child • • • These roughages require from 18 per or has quite the same comforting whose tongue is coated because of Breeding, selection, and poultry cul cent to 20 per cent digestible protein effect on them. sluggish bowels. All druggists ture nre employed by alert poultry-men In the grain mixture. Such mixtures For the protection of your wee have Castoria; the genuine liars to meet the shifting market demands nre more expensive than when alfalfa one—for your own neaee of mind Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on for poultry and eggs. —keep this old, reliable prepara the wrapper. or clover 1« fed. Developing the spring-hatched pul lets from the time the chicks leave the Incubator until the pullets are placed in the laying house Is the pathway to profits In the poultry Industry. “The object of this development Is to have pullets of stamina, bone and vigor and fully up to the standard weight of the breed.” says R. S. Dear- styne, poultryman at State college. “At first the proper mashes are needed until finally the laying mash contain ing 20 per cent of protein Is given. The young pullets must have an abun dance of succulent green feed especial ly, as the grass on the range gets old and tough. When placing birds In the laying house, do this about two weeks before they start laying so that they may become accustomed to their sur roundings.” Nesting material should be changed often, runs cleured of litter, perch You r e a lly c a n s a y m u ch poles scraped and freed of mites, and A b o u t th e D a n e s a n d th e D u tc h , the birds examined for Internal para T h e y ’r e fa m o u s f o r t h e i r f a r m i n g A re th e D a n e s a n d th e D u tc h . sites. A minimum of four feet of floor space to each bird is needed In the T h e y r e a lly d o ta k e p a in s house, and at least two feet of perch T h e D u tc h a n d th e D a n e s A n d f a im w ith g r e a t e s t c a re , pole for each three birds. Dampness D o th e D u tc h a n d th e D a n es. in the house and damp litter is to be avoided If the birds are not to have T h e y 'r e fe w w h o r e a lly to u c h roup and colds. Fresh, clean water T h e D a n e s a n d th e D u tc h In t h e i r s k ill a t r u n n in g fa rm s Is necessary and the mash hoppers are T h e D a n e s a n d th e D u tc h . to be kept tilled at all times. Oyster shell and grit needs to be kept before T h e y 'v e a g r i c u l t u r a l b ra in s , T h e D u tc h a n d th e D a n e s the birds, and grain fed twice each A n d th e y fe e d a lo t o f p e o p le day with the heaviest amount at eve D o th e D u tc h a n d th e D a n e s . ning. Mr. Dearstyne says that the poultry- The singing stopped and now David wondered what he would do next. He man will do well to spend about ten did enjoy this way the Map people minutes each day In general observa had of leaving him alone every once tion* of his flock. This will help him In awhile. He could wander then and to find any lack of thriftiness or any indication of disease. Birds roughly handled, irregularly fed and watered. Infested with parasites or neglected In other ways will not prove profitable. Y ee< / Pain! BAYER ASPIR IN Twelve Years Mayor and Going Strong! W TROPICAL FOODS The following are some of the foods served In Hawaiian homes and also In other warm coun- t r i e s : however, with fresh coco nuts, a v o c a d o pears, the pine Famous for Their Farming. apple and other f r e s h fruits In see what he wanted to see, and yet the market, one I they always came around, somehow, may serve these I when he wanted them. It wns fun to same foods with banks of snow out- I side and the chill winds of winter, do as he pleased without having any making with an open lire a tropical one tell him he must see any place next. feast, a most delightful occasion. He saw Wind In the distance and Chicken With Spinach and Coconut. —Disjoint one large chicken, dredge waved to him. “I think I’d like an | with salt and pepper and saute in other ride,” he suggested, when Wind three tablespoonfuls of butter until came along. “Not so much of a one, as nicely browned on all sides. Cover I’ve seen such a lot, but a little one.” So Wind took him across the Baltic with water and simmer over very low heat until each piece Is well done. sea and up over the Gulf of Bethnta Remove to a hot place, make a brown where Just to the west he could see sauce In the pan, using three table Sweden, and to the right Finland, with spoonfuls of flour and the same a sign pointing to the south of Fin amount of fat. When the flour Is land which said: “This way to the brown and well blended with the but Gulf of Finland.” It was In Finland ter add two cupfuls of coconut milk, that Wind stopped, and David again and when smooth and thick add a wandered. He saw forests and countless lakes peck of spinach, cooked, boiled and chopped. Simmer ten minutes and connected by rivers and canals. He felt that he could go anywhere In this , serve with the chicken. Salmon Loml.—Cover a pound of country by water. He saw logs float j kippered salmon with boiling water ing down to sawmills, and now and | and let stand a few minutes before again farms divided by water and for draining; repeat twice and then flake, ests. He wandered south so that he ; removing all the bones and pieces of could see over the sign marking the I membrane. Add one-half of a green Gulf of Finland, east of the Baltic pepper and two onions finely chopped, sea, that Esthonla, Latvia and Lithu and chill. Serve between two half- ania were at home. He remembered Europe having spoken of them before j Inch slices of ripe tomato. Pineapple Water Ice.—Boll one cup- the pageant. As he wns looking about him Com j ful of water and two cupfuls of sugar for five minutes, stirring only until pass stopped by for a moment. “You’re the sugar Is dissolved. Add three not forgetting me or your directions, and one-half cupfuls of pineapple juice are you?” Compass nsked. "I’m keeping them pretty straight.” and put Into the Ice box to chill. When cold pack In a mold using equal parts answered David, "thanks to your help of Ice and salt to cover the mold I.et and my own bump of locality.” "Goodness me. what’s that?” asked stand two hours, then add a stiffly beaten egg white; mix well, re pack Compass, but did not wait for nn an and leave an hour and a half longer. swer. “I see you're looking at the trio Avocado Pear Salad.—Pare two avo In the distance. There's a Joke I must cados and remove the pits, then slice tell you that they played on Russia. Into thin rings. Marinate In a snappy Maybe It's not such a Joke from Rus french dressing with two Sliced cu sia’s way of looking at it—and I’ve cumbers added Just before serving. nothing against Russia—I love Rus Serve on lettuce with ripe tomato as sia. But I think this Is funny. They a garnish. Do not let the cucumbers used to be a part of Russia hut now stand after the dressing has heen add they’re not and they’ve almost shut Russia off from the Baltic sea They ed or they will lose their crispness. Grape Juice Punch.—Mix two cup just stand against Russia as though fuls each of grape Juice, sweet eider ' standing against a door and they say: and grapefruit Juice with one cupful ‘The Baltic Is at the other side and of sugar, one-half teaspeonful of nut we’ll keep you separated.' meg and one large orange shredded, j “But I do like Russia. Why don’t Chill well for several hours then add you go over and have a look at It? It would take a big look for It’s » two quarts of cream soda water. Scrambled Eggs.—Allowing one ta- ; mighty big country. You’re right In neighborhood so you might as well blespoonful of butter and four table the make a call.” spoonfuls of milk to each egg. Beat eggs lightly, add sa lt pepper, a little | So David followed the right arm of chopped onion—or scrappd onion Is \ Compass which was pointing east better—three or four slices of cooked j Just where Russia stood. bacon broken Into bits to half a dozen Not All Profit eggs. Cook, stirring In a dish over Teacher—.Johnny. If I buy a pair of water until creamy throughout. Serve shoes for $4.87 anr! sell them for at once. $9/ j 0. do I make money? Johnny—Well, yoo make on the dot lars but you lose on the rents. \ i i W h en are upset