Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-10-17
THE WHY OF BAD FARM COOKING.

THE WHY OF BAD FARM COOKING.
We believe that more dyspeptics are
every year produced on the farm
counting equal numbers-than in the
cities, and this belief is based on many
years Of observation and considerable
actual experience.
The reverse would naturally seem TO
be true. as the farm cook has a great
advantage over her sister in the city in
the matter of raw materials-fruits,
vegetables. butter. milk and poul-
try being always at hand in ,abnnd-
ance and fresh and wholesome in
condition.
With these advantages it may be the
charg ethen is due to ignorance or
carelessness or both of the women
folk on the farm. But this is not al
ways true.
The fact is that the men, who by
the way are the severest critics, are
themselves to blame. They do not
give their wives half a chance to do
good cooking. On thousands of pros
porous farms the housewife never has
sufficient time to do her work well;
she is not provided with the proper
facilities. Her kitchen is provided
with nothing more than the barest
necessities and she is deprived of such
aids as hot and cold water, quick fuel
and an abundance of cooking utensils
and tableware.
She is not only the cook, but the
handspring of the whole family. She
is doctor, nurse, counselor and friend;
besides the cares of maternity she Of
ten m1lks the cows, makes the butter,
hoes the garden and makes new
clothing for her husband and chill
dren, mends the old, sweeps and
dusts, gathers her own vegetables and
fruit and prepares them for cook
ing.
when the meals for the family, large
or small, are not ready and on the
table to the minute.
Naturally, under these conditions,
which exist on thousands of farms,
and they are overdrawn no
woman, no matter how good a cook
she may be, can properly prepare and
cook wholesome and nutritious food.
If the farm cooking is TO be i'm
proved the men must supply their
wives with everything needed in the
ply them with help, at least until the
children are old enough to assist
the wife must insist upon having
what she u needs to work with and
she must abandon the work of the
dairy, garden and the poultry to the
men folk. 5sShe can teach her chill
dren, either boys or girls, to be of
great assistance IN her daily tasks.
She can so regulate her work hours
that she will have time in which to
do these things alone; she must have
ho onffx
OF her husband and If he refuses to
give her. these. the family must be
abandoned to dyspepsia and its attend
ant miseries.
GET RIGHT ON THE SEPARATOR.
Did you ever know a person who has
reliable separator to say that 1t does
not pay? They all tell you it is the way
to do 1.-THE only way.
The other day an acquaintance in need
Of wheel for some machinery visited a
junk pile in neighboring city and DIS
covered a separator which looked al
most new" But he did not get that
Was IT a standard maker. mo. one
of the kind made only to SELF was the
reply. N 70
We only wondered what was thebre.
suit of this purchase and its early con-
signment to the junk pile Was It
general condemnation of the separator?
Or did the owner find he had made a
mistake in his selection of a machine,
and so at last start right, after expe-
rimenting with a machine which was
only a vexation?
Look at first-class machine and note
the high speed attained. Only the best
material and workmanship can be in
cluded in such a combination. It is no
wonder that separators which are worth
Inc nCf Vat r.
will soon pay for itself and with proper
care it will last almost lifetime. Look
over the standard makes and no Others
thoroughly before investing, but get a
good one.
If you are the first in the neighbor-
hood to give the separator a trial, re-
member it will be but a short time
until the others will follow your example
as a flock of sheep follow their leader
You may have led in nothing before,
but neighborss will soon see the advan-
tages of the machine and fall in line
On the other hand, IL you have allow
ed the rest to precede you, the advance
step must be made if you hold your place
in the ranks of dairymen.
The work of separating a moderate
amount of milk is easy In comparison
with the old way, or even with keep
ing water on it in a tank. II 1t runs
too heavy a gasoline engine viii soon
fix that besides proving a most profitable
servant in many other duties.
Keep a dish for the dog and the cat
in a convenient place where you can
take off the froth before straining and
separating. Froth only proves a nuisance
in the separator, but the chickens will
be glad to get any that the dog or cat
leaves.
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