The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-24
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For OF THE EARNS
BY JEsslcA 4. BEsAcKf

BY JEssIcA u. BEsAcK
(Dirsctor Department OF Domestic adsncs
. and Art. National Corn
Exposition. omaha->
Young men Of the farms are learn
Ing to double the production in the
fields. young women are beginning to
study to eliminate AZ waste from the
household: by careful ~eslection Of
seed the men secure varieties adapted
to almost a sotl snd climate and by
the same cars In the kitchen. the
young women will be able to reduce
the cost of living almost cne-half and
the cost of dr. ess BY an amount which
will add millions to the wealth Of
The farming communities.
For instance the use Of the fire
less cooker is an economy. This do
vice of Norwegian origin. has come to
stay and is finding y place In nearly
every modern kitchen.
Conservative housewives laughed at
the so-called fireless cooker a few
years ago. But 1t is like every other
invention. 1t must pass through three
stages: First, when everybody says
it is impossible; second. when 1t is
thought contrary to religion aud third
when everybody says It was known
before.
All these the fireless cooker has
passed and its use promises to be as
! universal as the Dutch oven" of Co.
lonial days.
The cooker is just as adaptable to
cook a Christmas plum pudding as to
cook a pot roast in July. 1t v
strength, time, fuel, heat, utensils,
| odors and temper. The cook need not
fear her dinner will be spoiled by a
few minutes delay.
A cooker may be made of any tight
box, old trunk or corner closet. pro-
viding a secure packing of hay is Sc
cured and the whole affair made to
fasten tightly. In this the food may
be cooked in as many utensils as it
will hold, but each must have a tight
lid.
Only two rules are necessary to In
sure success in the use of the cooker:
| The food must be transferred from
the stove to the cooker after it has
been brought to and while 1t is at the
boiling point, and the article to be
! cooked must be covered with water
when 1t Is placed in the cookers re-
c~eptacles. One failure should not be
allowed to discourage the housewife.
however. Try cooking beans or stew
ing a chicken. 1t will be the most
thoroughly cooked pot of beans ever
cooked and the most delicious chick
en-. Either dish nay be put In the
cooker in the early morning while the
housewife may then do other work or
go to the city and return to ind din
ner ready-no burning nor boiling
dry.
Enterprising manufacturers are ma
king these cookers which are a great
economy. Some have baking attach
ments which really bake.
This menu will serve as a sugges.
ton for a fireless cooker dinner pre-
pared in one of the devices with three
compartments:
Tomato or Bean Soup.
Stewed Chicken. Egg Sauce.
Rced Potatoes.
Salad.
Steamed Apple Dumplings.
Coffee.
In almost all the short courses Of
fered at farmers Institutes: corn and
grain shows or expositions. where a
domestic science instructor is en-
ployed. a demonstration Is given sew
eral times daily, in the use of the hre-
less cooker. The farmers wife or
daughter who sees how the cookers
work and the things they accomplish,
will not be without one another sea-
son.