The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-12-14

used id their fresh, raw state. They
help to give clear skin, red blood,
sound teeth, firm bones and good di-
gestion. The best food for each indi-
vidual depends upon his occupation to
great extent. Fresh air and SUM-
shine and plenty of it, will enable any
one to live on plain course food.
Farmers get fresh air in abundance
during the day, but their bedrooms
are often so poorly aired that it is Of
ten the rule for the sleeper to awake
with the headache and not feel quite
natural until nearly noon. Fresh air
is the most important of all foods and
the cheapest as we'll. Sunshine is as
necessary for children as for plants.
COOKING OF FOODS.
The best definition that can be given
for farming is the science of food pro-
duction. But of what value is it that
the American farmer can produce
high grade wheat, if that wheat reaches
the table in the form of heavy, sour
bread, or that the beef he sends to the
market is tender and juicy if that beef
is fried to the consistency of sole
leather, before being served.
Agriculture and cooking must 90
hand in hand. The farmers wife with
her many duties, should at least be
provided with a convenient kitchen
and the necessary pots and pans. This
will help much towards better cooking
Some general rules for cooking is
all that can be given here, but the
Farmers Institute annual will give it
in detail. y
Potatoes and othervegetables should
be put to cooking in boiling water
and cooked in an uncovered kettle.
Oatmeal should cook at least six or
eight hours, SO as to make it easily d.
gested: it can be kept on the back part
OF the coal stove over night and placed
in kettle of water to keep from scorch-
ing. Beans are one of the most excel.
lent foods for working maj and a
liberal use of beans and grains will
reduce the amount of meat required.
Vegetables and fruits should be
dried on the farm and kept for winter
use. Prunes are excellent and should
be cooked without sugar, after being
soaked over night. Meat should
never be fried, as much of it's flavor
and juiciness is lost. 1t is far better
to buy cheap meat and prepare it by
long slow cooking, like stews and pot
roasss, as then the nourishment is re-
tanned. 1t is we'll for the honse-keeper
to remember the saying, 'the human
body is a sacred thing and it is these
three things that build it daily,
The preparation of pickles and pre-
serves, cakes and pies, take up too
much time and attention of the average
house-keeper. Good bread, mealy DO
tatoes, and tender we'll favored meats
are OF far greater Importance and
have more food value.
THE HOME.
An ideal home is made by and for
at least three people, the father, the
mother and the child. The father is
not only a provider but should be a.
companion as we'll. The mother will
be more than a mere house-keeper,
she will be true home-maker as we'll
and she will thus be enabled to de-
velop in her children "a sound mind
IN sound body" But the house
keeper is frequently anything but a
good home-maker. In our anxiety to
have neat and tidy homes we must not
forget that they ale places to live and
enjoy life in. Housekeeping is the
canvass on which the home maker
should paint her great picture of life.