Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-03-12
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WOMAN SEC
TION.

As yesterday the church was crowded
about tour hundred ladies being pres
eut. Miss McDermOtL being delayed
Mrs. Mayo introduced Mrs. Matte
Kennedy who gave Il recitation entitled
A Niger Funeral During the recila-
liou Miss McDelmOtt arrived, HeI
demonstrations were upon Bread and
l. ght Deserts. Ne.vet Rolls. Cross Buns,
Plain Bread and ringer Rol 5. She
SAID there was no reason why farm
ers wife should not have d,ii
cate deserts, as she has always good
cream and eggs and can make them at
very little expense. The deserts -, cii
in this demonstration were snow act
ding with dressing, coffee jelly and
whipped cream served "ld GUSTAV"
aud frozen sherbert. ia, 81 da,utice
were passed TO the lade, ao wa, the
bread The following ga stlons were
asked:
Could potato yeast be USED instead oi
compressed yeast III making velvet
rolls, finger rolls or cinnamon rolls?
just here Miss McDcrmoIt gave this
polnC, when you have ii poor grade oI
flour il may be improved by addin-
potatoes. When bread rises to twice
its bulk it is ready for the oven. In
addition Miss McDormOtt gave sub
tlJute for sliced tomatoes salad, which
she said we've hard 10 get IN the winter
ume, one quart tomatoes, cooked until
boiling, one box gellatine. one tea
spoonful sugar, two of salt, pour IN
moulds. This is served on lettuce
leaves with IA mayor maise dressing
and eggs. She spoke Of the great adj
vantage of serving fruit upon the table,
We need the acid contained in them
| Miss McDermotts demonstrations were
CIV, II in il quiet, graceful manner.
After thanking the ladies for their kind
attention she gave place to Mrs ,.
Kennedy who asked some questions
which mad been sent her. Mrs. May
then took the platform her theme being
Poultry Raising for the Farmer :
" ife." She said the most important
question was how TO get the most
money out of poultry. She then told
now she managed her hens, one good
point being you must take care of then
reed them well and like them; to be .
successful poultry raiser You must llk'
your hens. You could get more money
out of 30 hens than out of the best Jer
sey COW. You get very few eggs II
the fall, the hens are getting ready FOL
winter, then is the time they need the
most attention. Fowls should be KEEP
warn, and well fed when they ar,
molling. Mrs. Mayo gave some gooC
points on preparing chickens and egg
tor the market, saying, never send
smsll or soiled egg to market; she als'
told how she took care of her LITTLE
chickens She said you could Away
get good prices for your chickens
hey were properly dressed for market
she told how she dressed hers. Mrs
MAYO has worked hard and faithful.
with her poultry but not always wit!
success, as one season she lost neari
all of them by cholera. One stron!
point she brought out was eXtrem
cleanliness with everything around tn
chicken yard. Another was that vel
low skin poultry was always in dc
mand.
The meeting was of unusual interest
and hen the time came for discusslo
several ladies would be ON the floor a
once eager To bee heard. Mesdame
Mayo and Kennedy were kept busy re
ceivlng the written questions of the la
lies too timid to ask for themselves.