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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

dozen turkey hens would raise enough
young to keep a fair sized farm clear
of grasshoppers, paying their cost
from this source alone Perhaps it
would be worth while to pay more at
tention to killing off the turkeys en-
emies, great and small Nothing makes
the birds so strong and healthy as
wide range and this they fear to take
advantage of if there are too many
enemies about. If woven wire can be
arranged to keep out coyotes, few
clumps or rows of corn and sunfiowers
will protect them from the hawks, fur
nishing shade at the same time Minks
are pretty closely trapped nowadays,
and skunks, being fearless animals,
tend to become much fewer. It is
hard to say how many weasels are
about, for as long as there are plenty
Of gophers about they do not make
attack on the chicken house, but they
will kill a lot of poults out in the
field just for the fun of slaughter,
and far beyond the need of their ap-
petites
1t is much easier with small flock
of turkeys to know them individually
and retain such hens as raise big
broods, discarding those that are un-
lucky after the first year.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
WINTER DESSERTS.

During the cold weather the heating
and heavier desserts are welcome, al
though ices and frozen dishes will not
be entirely forgotten
Plum Pudding.-ln one cup of -four
slit one-half teaspoon each OF salt
and soda, two teaspoonfuls of mixed
spice; add two cups of bread crumbs.
not dry, and one cup of finely chopped
suet- Beat two eggs until light; add
cup of molasses to the other in
gradients, then pound of prepared
fruit, which may be mixture of
raisins, cftron and candied orange and
lemon peel Figs and nuts may be
added. Put in molds and steam three
hours at least
Cream quarter of a cup OF butter.
add fiavoring and a teaspoonful of
boiling water; then add cup of pow
dered sugar. Chill and serve.
Baked Indian Pudding cald one
fourth of cup of cornmeal in quart
Of milk, add a half cup of sugar and
half cup of molasses, a little salt
and ginger and one tablespoonful of
butter. Bake slowly three hours.
More milk may be added as 1t cooks
away. A half cup of suet may be
sprinkled over the top to form a rich
crust.
Silver and Gold custards.-Beat the
whites OF four eggs slightly with one
fourth of cup of sugar, add speck
OF salt and few drops of almond ex-
tract and pint of hot milk Strain
into molds and steam or bake until
firm
Scald another pint of milk, add to
the beaten yolks Of four eggs cook
Till 1t begins to thicken, and add one
fourth OF a cup of sugar, and strain:
flavor when cold. Turn the white Gus
tard from the molds and serve with
the yellow around them
Cottage pudding, which is Just a
plain cake served hot with a lemon or
vanilla sauce, is easy and quickly made
ana well liked by almost all people
Fruit juices may be used for sauce
Tor cottage pudding Thicker with
HOUR. add butter and serve hot.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Protect Orchard Trees.

Rabbits and mice do orchard trees
great damage during the winter
months. The simplest and cheapest
way of protecting the trees from the
rats and rabbits is to put on some
wash which is very distasteful to mice
and rabbits. A good wash is made
by Stacking quick-lime in old soap
suds till it is the thickness of white
wash, and then adding for each peck
of lime one-half gallon of crude car
bolic acid, one-half gallon of gas tar
and four pounds of sulphur. After
the whole mixture is thoroughly stir
red paint the trunks OF the trees as
far from, the ground as the rabbits
are likely to reach.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Bulletin on Lespedeza.

The Louisiana station has Just is
sued bulletin No. 100 on lespedeza or
Japan clover. The bulletin contains
a number Of practical articles on
lespedeza by Director r. r. Dodson,
DR.. w. H. Dalrymple, A. D. McNair
and nine planters Of long experience
in the growing Of lespedeza. This is
very valuable bulletin.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

thus dispensing with noise, and elimi
mating the great strain on the mocha
nism of vibrating or reciprocating
parts. A vertical longitudinal section
is shown in the engraving. The
toothed wheels are very necessary
since they thoroughly beat and shake
up the straw so that the grain drops
out of the straw. Screens and wheels
work to secure cleaning action, thor
oughly separating grain and straw, so
that only small portion of grain is
passed out through the stack
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Strive to Be Comfortable.

We have only one life to live in
this world, and there is no reason why
we should not strive to be comfort
able. The chief end of existence is not
to make money to hoard in banks and
loan at interest. We should make
money to furnish modern convenielces
in our homes and on our farms. We
should have Libraries, furnace heat
hot and cold water in every room,
bathrooms. and some sort of lighting
system
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
,-1A.-..- noes. ~.sa

time adds value to every acre of the
land. The implement house herewith
shown may cost much or little. 1t
may be sided with drop siding, it may
be boarded up and down or it may be
finished on the exterior walls with
shingles that when properly done is
not so expensive as many think. Show
the single 61a inches to the weather
and the cost will not be so much more
than o. G. battons. Paint with a
spray pump, using thin paint or stain.
The roof may be shingled or covered
with any of the much advertised com
position roofing materials. The lat
ter is better for many reasons. No
windows are shown in the walls of
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

boys were present. but the following
is list of the boys, their addresses.
the amount Of their crop in bushels.
and the cost per bushel of producing
the corn:
List of Winners.
Junius Hill, Alfalfa, Ala, 2121a
bushels, s 3-5 cents.
Eber A Kimbrough, Alexander City,
Ala, 224% bushels, 10 As cents.
Burley Seagraves. Biggers, Ark.
1874 $40 bushels, IL $40 cents.
Walter Hale. Warren, Ark. 141ss
bushels. 441s cents.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

the implement room in this plan, but
half sash is placed in each door as
shown in perspective. A bench and
an assortment of tools, bolts, nails,
paint, etc. should find place in some
handy corner of this house where re-
pairing may be done The second
floor is all in one room but if desired
it may be partitioned off and room
for storing SEEDS etc, made. The
small lighter tools are stored on this
floor and the heavy tools below.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Fix Bad Roads.

While waiting impatiently for the
state to repair that mud-hole, wash
out or other bad place in the highway,
wouldn't it be a good idea to take a
few hours off and fix it yourself? II
every farmer spent few hours, occa
sionally, working on the road, our
highways would soon show decided
improvement Let us not only talk
good roads-let us work bad roadsI
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

During the next fiscal year the gov
eminent expects to save s2l,00O, 900,
And as the women are economizlng
'maryelously on their cloak buttons
the season should be marked in MIS-
tory.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
HOUSE FOR TOOLS AND SEED
Size of Building May Be Varied to
Suit Needs of OMner-One
Shown in Illustration
Satisfactory.

In replying to query for plans for
building a carriage and implement
house with loft to store small tools
j. E. Bridgeman submits the following
plan:
The ground plan shows house 2Sx
38 feet in size with 12-foot post. OF
course, the size may be varied to suit
the needs of the owner. The one here
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Tool ard Seed House.

illustrated is very satisfactory size
for a 400-acre farm. 1t has been the
custom on the farm to erect most any
old shed for an implement house but
up-to-date farmers have learned that a
well-constructed building serves the
purpose much better and at the same
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

A New Haven doctor watched an OPP
Grafton on himself for appendicitis
This. however is one of the sights
that any man no doubt is willing to
30 without seeing
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The Wyoming girl who killed a
coyote with stone must be quite
handy with fiatiron or rolling pin.
1t hehooves her future husband to
come home at a reasonable hour
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

A young gentleman who is acquiring
an education at Harvard has succeed
ed in kicking a football thirty-two
miles along Massachusetts highway.
We are waiting now to hear of some
hero. who will venture to kick a foot
sall q cross the continent.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The Country Club of Newport has
been disbanded because somebody
rung in cold decks in the poker game.
They watch each other more closely
in the professional game
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
GRAIN SEPARATOR IS MODERN
Device Invented by kansan Wherein
All Vibrating Parts Are EIimi-
nated--Noise Is Done
Away With.

In describing grain separator in
vented by Charles G. Branch of
Wichita, Kan, the Scientific American
says:
The purpose of the invention is to
provide device wherein all vibrating
parts are eliminated, the grain being
separated by carriers and the like,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The Yale FACULTY, by accepting the
saucy challenge of the Yale chess
team and surprising the boys by de-
feating them in a fve-hour bout. has
done something to show that old
heads are better than young
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

We felt it in our bones all along
mat some of the foreigners who marry
american heiresses would get what
Nas coming to them. One has just
captured prize in the shape of a
lady who is the mistress of tifty-four
tongues.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

New York's board Of health reports
that the largest number of complaints
received were ELECTED by barking
dogs in flats. Human beings mani
testify can growl if they co not bark.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Soldiers of fortune have been
warned to keep out of China The
real Chinese soldiers of fortune are
the men who come to America and
sell chop suey.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Boston shop owners propose to give
fewer baked beans for the old price,
forgetting why the ancestors of their
patrons once began revolutionary
war.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

King Georges proclamation as En-,
peror of India was written in Engliss.
and Urdu, which shows how mary
things sovereign has to have on his
mind.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Pittsllrg millionaire refuses to
pay a debt because his wife won't let
him. Adam instituted the practice OF
laying the blame on the woman
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

A woman lecturer says that ''the
members of her sex are slaves to
beauty Mebbe SO, but none OF EN- is
demanding freedom.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

We see by the papers that two stray
sheep tied up traffic In New York.
Evidently they were looking for Wall
street
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The world will cease to turn In the
year 1921, according to an astrono-
mer, but that time few of US will
bother about it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Luther Burbank has handed the pub
lie lemon This particular lemon,
however. is a seedless kind, and
everybody is satisfied
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Another way to attain beauty is to
read the words OF wisdom that slide
on the pen of the beauty expert and
then forget them
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

1t seems that Germany has borrow
ed $75.G00,000 in this country with
only handful of people knowing it.
Some men make noise over lending
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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

A Detroit woman of As years is the
mother of "a children. Sometimes she
must think that the stork plays favor.
ties.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

New York now has all-night banks,
all-night saloons and all-night restau-
rants And many cases of all-day re-
morse
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Pennsylvania convict has become
poet while serving % years in jail
And he was sent there primarily for
reform
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

A New York man fired his house be-
cause his wife deserted him This
was literal case of burning revenge.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

If you have anything to tmpart 10
strict confidence. be sure there is no
dictaphone about
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Some persons would rather not be
visited by burglars than be in style.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Chicago claims to have found a
Perfectly honest man. 1t is safe bet
that he has not been in Chicago long,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The small boy, at least, is III tavor
of the fuzzy hat. 1t offers a shining
mark for a SNOWFALL
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

The far-famed city of Reno is now
being advertised as health resort.
Is marriage a disease?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

HERE is that maketh himself
AzA rich. yet hath nothing:
There is that maketh himself poor, yet
hath great wealth Prov 117.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

New Yorker, recently deceased.
willed his entire fortune to his lawyer.
Which greatly simplified matters.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
Keep a Record.

Keep a record Of your receipts and
disbursements for tho coming year
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02

Advertising Genius.
= guess have insulted that great
pianist forever" said Mr. Cumrox.
But couldn't help letting nv old
business training get the better of
What have you done?"
= noticed that he always plays up
the name of the piano he uses yery
conspicuously."
"Of course"
Wen, loffered to buy some good
'ofmuia for hair tonic and give him
nan interest in the business"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
me NsI5fGlTEN
|l2aszGABINET

2sE I'll gladly give de

rule
meKs beat biscuit by;
Dough amt sur dat you will mex
Dat bread de same as |.
Case cookinss like religion is:
Somes ected and some amt
An rules don't no more make cook
Den sermons make saint.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-02-02
leeAe- Hs.,1s.szl-.
Strict Law as to Autos.

according to Danish laws. automo-
piles are forbidden to pass trolley cars
at rate faster than one mile an hour.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
Alfalfa in Western Washington

in August, if you can Thoroughly wet
the soil by irrigation, common vetch
and rye-one bushel of rye and one
and one-half bushel of vetch per acre.
This will afford an excellent soilipg
crop by the first of April or it may
be plowed under as a green manure
crop.
I will send you bulletin in short
time giving the cultural methods for
kale. The oats and peas and oats
and vetch may be sown together
broadcast and covered with harrow.
Better results, however, would be
obtained it they we're seeded with a
drill. Ii a drill is used the peas
should be drilled first about five
inches deep and then about a week
later or after the peas are we'll sprout-
ed the oats should be drilled about
two and one-half inches deep. The
oats and vetch may be drilled TO-
gether about two and one-half inches
deep.
Ii you are not able to secure soil
for inoculaton from an old alfalfa
field near by, 1 shall be glad to assist
you in this matter.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

Fore-door ventilation-36x4-inch tires
-120-inch wheel base - three-quarter
elliptic springs-11inch clearance-4H
x54 Inch cylinders-Rayfeld carburet-
or-dual ignition-Brown-Lipe trans
mission-Timken full-foating aXles-
cellular type radiator-regulation trim
mings - demountable rims - English
mohair top with side curtains and dust
hood - self-starter high-grade wind
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR PLANT
ING In WESTERN WASHINGTON.

In answer to the many inquiries
which are being received the Horti-
cultural Department of the State
Agricultural Experiment Station at
Pullman, Washington has prepared
the following list of fruits for plant
ing in that part of the State lying
west of the Cascade mountains. In
many cases the varieties to be recon-
mended for planting in other parts
of the State are different and will be
found in other lists. The following
list does not include all the varieties
which might be planted, but those
which experiments and practical bear
ing orchards have shown to be deslr-
able for general planting. The letters
(E), (M) and (L) following the names
indicate early, m1d-season and late
ripening varieties respectively. The
varieties are arranged alphabetically
in each case:
Apples-Gravenstein (M), Crimes
Golden (L), King (M), Northern Spy
(L), Olympia (L), Ortley (L), Wage
ner (L), Yellow Bellfower %, Yellow
Newtown (L), Yellow Transparent
(E).
Pears-Anjou (M), Bartlett (E),
Clairgeau (L), Comice (M), Flemish
(M), Sickle (M), White Doyenne (M),
Winter Nelis CD.
Sweet Cherries-Bing (M), Black
Republican (L), Hosklns CD, Lam
bert (L), Royal Anne (E).
Sour Cherries and Dukes-Early
Richmond (E), Montmorency (M),
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
Washington Elk

By L. j. Chaplin, Washington Elk
pertinent Station.
l have an orchard on my place
which has lam in sod for the past
eight years. Last spring plowed it,
thoroughly disked it then cultivated
and narrowed it. | am now planting
il again. Do you think could raise
alfalfa on it? Many of the trees are
gone and l intend removing som @
others. The soil is sandy loan with
some gravel The sod was extremely
tough but is now fairly we'll Pulveriz-
ed. | can irrigate. l want to raise
some fodder; l am not likely to sue
coed with alfalfa, what else can l
plant that could put in silo which
| shall build this summer. [ am new
to this country, climate and soil,
coming from Manitoba recently.
Whatever crop you may suggest please
send me full cultural directions.
Answer: Replying to your favor of
February 9th will say that, while we
believe that alfalfa can be grown in
Western Washington where soil con-
ditions are suitable, we do not advise
trying it on large scale. The re-
suits are too uncertain and alfalfa
sown this spring could not, in any
event, supply you with feed for next
fall
If the soil which you describe is
we'll drained and Is not sour | see no
reason why alfalfa should not do we'll
on it. 1t should first be tested for
acidity as much of the hill land of
Western Washington is acid. This
condition can be corrected by apply
ing water slaEed lime or crushed lime
stone-from 1000 to 1900 pounds of
the former or from three to five tons
of the latter per acre the amount to
be determined by the degree of acid
small patch OF alfalfa this year on one
corner or along one side OF this field
This will demonstrate whether alfalfa
will prove successful and will give you
an opportunity to better fit your soil
by running a cultivated crop such as
kale or mangels or both. These will
furnish very good substitute for
-silage if for any reason you should
mot succeed with your silO. Oats and
peas Zone and one-half bushel of each
per acre) sown from the LIST to the
18th OF March will be ready for the
silo about the last of July and will
furnish a very excellent silage if
properly preserved. Extraordinary
care must be exercised in filling a
siio with oats or other hollow-stem
med plants, in packing we'll to ex-
clude the air.
II this crop is grown in the orchard
instead OF cultivated crop l would
recommend sowing as soon as possible
after the first rain III September or
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

The A. l. Root Company, of Medina,
Ohio, has just issued little booklet
which they call "Root's Bee Keepers
Supply" but the book is a great deal
more than a catalog, it gives world
of information regarding bee keeping,
hives, care of honey, ETC., and treats
of the diseases of bees and how to
avoid them. 1t has a full list OF
everything needed to make bee keep
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

Northwest (L), Olivet M, May Duke,
Late Duke, Refine, Hortense.
Peaches-Alexander (E), Charlotte
(E), Early Crawford (E), Triumph.
Apricots-Gibb (E), Moorpark (E).
PIums Abundance, Bradshaw,
Peach, Wickson.
Prunes Hungarian, Italian, Silver.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

ing a successful occupation. Bee
keepers should by all means send for
this book, which can be had for the
asking.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

shield - 12-inch acetylene gas head
lamps - special design combination
electric and oil side and tail lamps
storage battery for the electric lighting
side and tail lanps-Prest-O-Lite tank
for head lamps-one extra demount-
able riin-complete set of tools-jack
and tire-repair kit-pump.
There is absolutely nothing lacking
in this latest and greatest Case creation.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
More Moneys Worth

allowed ourselves be sapeded by the prevailing
tendency automobile makers smp materials and work
nanshp underseH gone other
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15
CatalOS FREE!

Write for it TODAY. At the
rate orders are coming in. we
will not be able to meet the 1912
demand for GREATER CASE
40 cars. Better act at once. If
interested in a lighter. less pow
erful car. investigate the we'll
known Case 80. (29)