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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22


Even in the American ciass tners
are varieties which will never become
popular, and some of which nave al
ready practically passed out of ex-
istence The Sherwoods in appear
ance are like White Plymouth Rocks,
and the White Wonders look exactly
like White Wyandottes, the only diff
ference in these two breeds is that
they have feathered legs, while the
varieties they pattern after in ap-
pearance have clean legs. 1t was this
feathering that crippled them.
OF late years the Rhode Island
Reds have become quite popular. and
they are excellent utility breeds; but
they will never crowd out the Plym-
outh Rocks nor the Wyandottes
The Columbian Wyandotte is a new
arrival. and looks very much like a
Simon-pure cross between White
Wyandotte and Light Brahma They
are excellent layers.
We call the Brahmas and the Leg
horns American, but strictly speak
ing they belong to England and Italy.
respectively. Yet if one makes a
comparison of both of these breeds in
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DISHES FOR INvALlos.

The following are dishes liked by in
valids and are refreshing and nourish-
ing. The manner of serving even
glass of lemonade is most important In
a sick room. Attractiveness counts
for more here than any other quality.
Hot lemonade.-Shave the rind
from lemon using only the thin outer
rind, pour over it one and half cups
of boiling water and let steep while
the juice is extracted from the lemon:
add this to the water with two table
sroonfuls of sugar. strain and serve
at once. If allowed to cool it makes a
strong lemonade
Quick Beef Tea.-Put a half pound
Of lean round steak through the meat
chopper and then into frying pan. heat
slowly to extract the juice; turn into a
potato ricer and squeeze out all the
juice. This extract will need to be d.
luted before being served If heated
care should be taken not to over cook
the albumen Add salt to make it pal
atable- This meat may be used for
croquettes or any dish with high sea-
soning.
Bread Gruel.-Take a cup of dried
bread crumbs, simmer in a pint of wa
ter until smooth. Rub through a strain
er, season lightly with salt and serve
either hot or cold For variety the
crumbs may be Drowned first, or flavor
with extract of beef, or reduce the
water to one-half and fill the cup with
cream or milk
Spanish cream.-Soak a half tea
spoon of granulated gelatine in a cup
OF milk. After it is dissolved ada
cup OF sugar and beaten egg yolk.
COOK until the egg is thick, stirring
constantly. add fifteen drops of vanil-
la and strain into mold to cool
Ice cream.-Boil together five min
ntes tablespoonful of sugar and two
OF water, add cup of thin cream and
half teaspoonful of vanilla, mix well
ana pour into pound baking powder
can Plunge into salt and ice in a
large pail or bowl and open and beat
well every five minutes. 1t will be-
frozen in fifteen minutes. For those
suffering from gastric inflammation.
beef tea and soups are often tolerated
If frozen like ice cream.
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QENE:RAL. fARrl
5 .N>0TES 8

The drag system is rapidly forging
70 the front in good roads work.
Corn comes next to alfalfa in the
production of nutrients for the COW.
Probably one of the most objection
able features to the dairy business is
milking.
No crops complement each other
better for feeding the dairy COW than
corn and alfalfa
No matter how highly bred and
carefully cultured colt may be If it
is not carefully trained and properly
developed 1t loses in value.
Horse breeding requires more CAPT.
tai, is more profitable If successful, and
involves larger losses If not, than any
other kind of stock breeding.
For the farmer who wants to go
into the business of. breeding for
profit. mules are much better than
horses, and a safer proposition.
Three years of spraying, pruning
and cultivation will bring an orchard
that you are ashamed of into condi-
ton that you will be proud Of
Don't compel the women folk to
open and close two or three big
gates through the cattle yards every
time they go out to look up eggs.
If farmers would use the same
judgment in feeding their poultry
that they use in feeding their dairy
cows, they would soon find the re-
suits quite satisfactory.
There is nothing mysterious about
poultry raising any more than there
is about hog raising. The one who
pays attention to details and employs
business methods wins.
1t pays to supply the fowls, espe-
cially growing ones, with charcoal,
ground bone, either fresh or dry;
oyster and clam shells, and a contin-
ual supply of best grit.
AS much poultry feed as possible
should be grown on the farm, but ad-
ditional feeds may be bought as nee
essary, such as bran middlings, glut-
en- meal or beef scraps.
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(b.) Keep enough livestock on the
farm to consume practically all of the
forage produced by the above-men-
toned soil-improving plants and to
consume the other materials in the
grain fields which would otherwise be
wasted.
(c) Make sure that no waste oc-
ours either in the amount or charac-
ter of the manure resulting from the
keeping of livestock. which general
end is best attained by the immediate
application of the manure to the soil
and its prompt incorporation there
with.
To the above purely agricultural
suggestions | would add the following
of somewhat more general charac-
ter, but at least equally vital to the
Improvement of the agricultural con-
ditions:
CO. 1t pays in dollars and cents,
as we'll as infinitely better in higher
coin. to improve in every practicable
way the material or comfort condi-
lions of the home. The garden, the
orchard, the painting and other i'm.
provement of buildings and fences,
the establishment of the best posi-
Bile water works system, are worthy
of the closest study and most earnest
aspiration of the man as well as of
the woman of the country home.
(7) Strive to build up the COM
munity in all its institutions, includ-
ing better support of the schools,
churches. roads, and public enter
prises. for by this means and by the
means mentioned above the farmer
has the hest hope of retaining on the
farm such of his boys as should re-
main there and of making life worth
most to himself and to every member
of his family,
CD Farmers should develop with.
in the next few years to an extent
scarcely dreamed of in the past in
American communities the spirit of
cooperation; and as a basis for this
they should cultivate spirit of con-
fidence and trust in their neighbors.
Cooperation is needed especially in
the ownership of certain expensive
agricultural implements such as
threshing outfits, binders, corn har-
vesters. and in the ownership of ex-
pensive pure-bred sires, as we'll as in
the joint purchasing of fertilizers,
drain tile, lumber, and other farm
supplies; and especially is co-opera-
ton needed in the marketing of d.
vers, led farm products.
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vent dust and bacteria from arising,
the percentage Of bacteria in the milk
was reduced So per cent A reduc-
ton of 25 per cent was secured when
a closed pail was used in milking as
compared with an open pail. About
% per cent of the bacteria we're elm
mated when the tanks of the well
cleaned cows were moistened before
milking. Discarding the first four
strippings from each, teat was also OF
some importance in reducing the bac'
terial count. These four precautions
-sprinkling the bedding, moistening
the TANKS of the COW, using a closed
pail. and discarding the first strip.
pings-can be observed without any
appreciable expense, and no dairyman
can afford to neglect them.
An experiment was also conducted
by the same station to test the rela.
tive value of straw and sawdust as
bedding. The stable was bedded hall
with straw and half with sawdust.
By actual count there was an average
of more than twice as many bacteria
when straw was used as when saw.
dust was used. On the other hand,
sawdust is of little value as manure
and to some. extent detracts from the
value of the droppings of the COW,
while straw is good absorbent and has
a value of its own as a fertilizer
Farmers Bulletin 457.
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concentrate the labor and fertilizer
on fewer acres.
CD Use the best possible seed,
even though it costs several times
that of ordinary seed. The best seed
is not that particular name which is
most highly advertised, but it is well
selected seed of some standard and
usually well-known variety which has
already been proved to be well adapt
ed to the locality.
(3.) AS rapidly as possible intro
duce labor-saving farm machinery and
substitute, wherever practicable, ma
chimes and teams for the work of
human hands.
(4.) Produce on the farm wide
variety of home supplies
W Regard the permanent up
building of the soil as of at least as
much importance as the securing of
the maximum yields during any cur
rent year. To this end of permanent
soil improvement would especially
recommend the following:
(a) The growing of the largest
possible acreage of the legumes, in
Guiding as summer crops COW peas.
soy beans. peanuts, velvet beans, etc.
and as winter crops crimson clover.
hairy vetch. bur clover. etc.
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HOT DISHES.

mere Is nice breakfast dish: In a
skillet fry out two slices of fat salt
pork cut into cubes, in this brown a
cup OF bread cut in cubes. add an
equal amount of cold cooked potatoes
cut in dice. when brown add two eggs
slightly beaten. heat slowly stirring
until the egg is cooked. Season with
salt and pepper and serve.
Minced Meat on Toast-Put anv
cold cooked meat through the grinder
and into the saucepan with gravy or
STOCK and seasonings to taste. Let sim
mer while making fresh toast Butter
the toast after moistening it with a
little OF the stock. Thicker the meat
with cream and little -four mixed TO
smooth paste, cook until we'll done.
then pour over the toast.
Luncheon Dish.-Fry the fat from
six slices of good bacon, remove It
from the pan; -four six thick slices Of
ripe tomatoes and fry them in the ba-
con fat: while they cook make six
round slices of golden toast, and poach
six eggs; put the toast on a hot Mat.
ter and slice of tomato and an egg
then piece of cooked bacon: dust
lightly with salt and pepper and serve
at once.
Another which is great favorite.-
Prepare white sauce as follows. A
tablespoonful each of butter and flour.
When the butter is bubbling hot add
the nour and when mixed cup of rich
milk and seasonings to taste When
well cooked add cup of finely grated
cheese. drop in, gently four eggs: as
soon as the eggs are set remove them
ana place on a slice Of toast. pour the
sauce over it and serve at once.
A bean or potato soup is one of the
most palatable dishes to serve on
cold night for supper Oyster stew or
cream OF tomato soup are both prime
favorites A dish of hot well made
cream or milk toast. seasoned with
sprlnkling OF grated cheese, is a dish
that nearly everybody likes.
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TO EXCLUDE BACTERIA
Great Problem in Production of
Sanitary Milk.
Commonly Understood That TO Pre-
vent Contamination Cow Stables,
Utensils and Mixer Must
Be Kept Clean.

The great problem in the produc-
ton of sanitary milk is to exclude
bacteria. 1t is commonly understood
that to prevent contamination of the
milk the COW stables, milk ut a sils
and the mixer must be kept as van
as possible, and that the stable should
be SO constructed that it may be cas-
lily and thoroughly cleaned. The air
of the stable should be as free as
possible from dust when milking.
Recently the Virginia station has
determined the number of bacteria
and the relative Importance of OBJ
serving these and other precautions
taken to avoid contamination. By
actual count, it was found that sprin-
king the straw bedding, so as to pre-
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22
PLoW COTTON STALKS UNDER
Should Be Cut Into Pieces and Turned
Under at the Very Earliest
Possible Moment.

Now is the time to pillow the cotton
stalks under good and deep. Cut the
stalks into pieces and turn them under
at the earliest possible moment In
the boil weevil territory 1t may be nee
essary to cut and burn the stalks. Out
side of the weevil territory 1t is a
shame to burn the stalks at any time.
In the weevil territory it is not neces-
sary to burn the stalks where large
plows and strong teams can be had
and the land is comparatively clear OF
roots and stumps. Plow under the
stalks as soon as the cotton is picked
cut and plant winter cover crops.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22
FOR FILTERING CANE JUICES
Apparatus Invented by Louisiana
Man Adapted to Eliminate Maxi.
mum Of impurities.

In describing an apparatus invent
ed by E. Montecino of Raceland, Ia,
the Scientific American says:
The invention here illustrated
shows an improved apparatus for Al
tering sugar cane juice. adapted to
eliminate a maximum of impurities
from the juice and produce a better
quality Of sugar from the same grade
of juice. The apparatus consists of a
filter box which delivers the juice to
a set of open filter frames. By inter
posing the apparatus between the
mill and the evaporation the necessity
of skimming is dispensed with, since
the Juice is filtered before cooking,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

this country, they are altogether DIFF
ferent in type. The Brahma of Eng
land, for instance, is more of the
Cochin style, and is not SO prolific as
the Brahma of America.
1t must be said to the credit of the
American fancier that all the varie-
ties he handles he improves in their
utility qualities. There was time
when he considered the show room of
more Importance than the production
of meat and eggs, but today it is diff
ferent, The day is not far distant
when hens will be sold on their egg
record instead of their outward adorn.
ment.
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says writer in the Denver Weekly

says writer in the Denver Weekly
Post
France boasts of her Houdan, and
well she may, for it is noble breed,
of medium weight, plump, quick
81 0wth-but it has white skin, dark
shaded or white legs, and lays a
white egg There never was produced
better table fowl than that Black
Langshan, and it lays a beautifully
colored egg, but the skin of the fowl
is white. So we can name other
breeds, like, for instance. the Dor
kings, Indian Games, etc, but in all
of them there is something lacking
that we Americans want
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Flavor in Cottage Cheese.

Defects commonly noticed are dry,
measly and lumpy texture, due to too
little moisture, or an unever tempera-
ture during the manufacturing process
This usually occurs in cold weather in
buildings where the temperature can
not be controlled, overdevelopment OF
acid, too rapid drying Or uneven dry
ing. use of too much rannet or I'M
even coagulation.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22
BREEDS FOR MARKET
Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
Are Most Popular.
Medium Weight, Plump Body, Quick
Growth, Yellow Skin and Excel
lent Layers of Good-Sized
Brown Eggs Are Points.

No breed ever received the popu-
larity of the American Barred Plym-
outh Rocks or the White Wyandottes,
and they fully represent our ideas Of
what a market poultry fowl should
be-medium weight, plump body.
quick growth. yellow skin. yellow
legs, and good layers of good-sized
brown eggs.
No foreign breed has ever been able
to cope with these two American
standbys, unless the uew Orpington
will prove itself worthy <f that class,
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E.N.Az<p
Learning Dairy Business.

The man who imagines he knows
all there is to know about dairying
without attending the short courses
for dairying at the agricultural col
leges, or without reading a reliable
farm paper. is making a great mis-
take, because no man can hold all
there is to know about the dairy
business.
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WORK FOR SOUTHERN FARMER
Director Duegar of Alabama Expert
ment Station Submits Important
General Suggestions.

(By j. F. DUGGAR. Director, Alabama
Experiment Station. Auburn. Ala.)
submit the following general sug-
gestions as being, in my opinion
among the most important lines of
policy for the southern farmer to pur.
sue.
ID Work for large yields per
acre and to this END when necessary
reduce the acreage per mule and
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DEVICE FOR TYING FODDER
Useful Farm implement May Be Made
Out of Two Pieces of Wood
Firmly Fastened Together.

A very useful device as an aid in
tying fodder can be made of two
pieces of wood. one about 2 feet long
and the other about IS inches long
formed into cross and firmly fast
ener together, and piece of rope 8
feet long with an eye in each end.
says the Popular Mechanics The
long piece of the cross is stuck into
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Statistics show that in nearly all
cases the college girl, when she mar
ries, stays married. Probably she
starts out by giving her husband
vivid description of the hazing stunts
The has participated In.
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the fodder shock and one loop of the
rope placed over one end of the
cross The other end of the rope is
passed around the shock and the loop
placed over the other end of the cross.
A few turns of the cross will draw
the fodder together for tying.
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Stalls for Horses.

Where a number of horses are kept
In the same barn the sides of the
stalls should be low enough to allow
them to see each other. as all horses
ave company.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

A Chicago paper suggests that only
light reading should be carried by the
aeroplane postmen. 1t is grimly ap-
propriate. however, that lot of it
goes to the dead letter Office these
days.
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Neglect of the Orchard.

On too many farms the orchard is
neglected, overgrown spot Every
foot of land on the farm costs money
and should be made to pay profit.
There are few farms on which it will
not pay to have small but well-kept
orchard.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

A song writer has been ordered TO
pay " week toward the support OF
his child Now we may expect an
indefinite number of new rag"
tpasms.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Mary Anderson says that any work
is preferable to a stage career. But
successful people usually speak in this
strain Even our great financiers as
fure us that being millionaire Is
nothing like as easy as it looks.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Viblinist Kubelik has fed from Chi
cage because 1t was too noisy here
for him Need it be said that he has
gone ito St Louis?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Football is not all wasted effort.
Lots of the pale-browed ordinary stu
dents get excellent exercise In giving
lie college yell
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

New York young man has enter.
ed Harvard with six trunks, 20 suits
and 10 pairs of shoes. Nobody. how
ever, has gone to the trouble of pre-.
dieting a brilliant future for him.
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There are some women who never
Grange their minds. just as there are
some men whose automobiles never
nreak down-hecause they don't own
automobiles
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It's our notion that everybody will
have to have his liver regulated and
in good working order before the mil
lennium can come.
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"Hoopskirts are inevitab BILE" savs
fashion expert The only redeemlng
feature of hoopskirt is that it can
be used as parachute in case of ar
seroplane accident
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

A baby has been killed by hot
bag. This comes from departing from
the established and recognized cold
bottle.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

A Seattle clergyman preached from
a coffin in the streets and was pail
beared" home. Seattle must be a
hard town to wake up
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Magazines that are shipped by
freight are at least congratulating
themselves on not being completely
sfdetracked.
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The Kings county, New York. jail
Is characterized as disgrace" Most
1ails are open to the same criticism,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

Football fatalities have been less
frequent this year than usual The
game is in danger of losing its popu-
larity.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

A New York janitor laughed so hard
at joke which his daughter told that
he fell dead. AS usual the joke is sup.
pressed.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

An Asbury Park cook is reported to
nave had her $1,000 worth of diamonds
stolen This looks like deep scheme
to attract all the cooks in the country
TO the Jersey resort next season
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

The man who killed himself after
six hours of married life apparently
was satisfied that little often goes
great way
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

young actor has married a widow
worth s15.oo0,000 1t was about time
that the male sex OF staseland was
recognized.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

And the worst of it is, the war be-
tween Turkey and Italy doesn't seem
to be good even for kinematograph
purposes.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

and sane continues at various edu-
cational institutions
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No Chinese revolutionist wears at
any rate pompadour.
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-; -; A -M>d 8 e-M IS MI1S||
oee &sAN. 5YSSe q

S1M ARE indeed is the soul which
.AnEaA has journeyed through I'M
. ,l ways from cradle to mid-life.
Inc sweetest as well as the greatest souls
uh eartn nave experienced great difficult
ues and borne great burdens.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

If goats milk is cure for inebriety,
as is asserted. one would never guess
1t by studying book beer signs.
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around declaring, in sepulchral tones,
that life is vale of tears
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Swat the ants." cries a scientist.
say savants-mayn't we keep one lit,
tie insect for pat?
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velous compositions for one who has
Just begun his schooling
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|Dz6K.I'FGfiEN,
E|2aHGABINET'

M AXE your needle. my child.
- and work at your pattern: 1t
will come out rose by and by. Life Ia
like that--one stitch at time taken pa
tiently, and the pattern will come out all
right. like embroidery.
-OliverWendell Holmes.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1911-12-22

The Chinese revolution seems to
have got beyond the control OF the
police,
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Hoopskirts are announced as due
to return But fashion, like politics,
has Its rumors that never come true.