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The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
CRY OF"BACK
TO THE LAND"
Experts Studying Out Problem OF
Why So Many City Bred
Men Make Failure
at Farming.
tsy PROF. j. w. sp1LLMAN3

tBy PROF. ]. W. SPILLMAN)
A special study of the equipment
management and income of a large
number of small fruit and truck
farms, many of them run by people
who have recently come from the
city. Is being made by the office of
farm management of the United States
department of agriculture.
This study has given us somewhat
a new point Of view In general these
small farmers are not successful
This fact has led us to study the ques-
ton more closely, and as a result a
scheme for the management of 40
acre farm Is outlined which seems to
be practicable.
The diagram shows convenient
scheme for subdividing forty acres to
fit 1t for the croppingsystem outlined.
1t will be observed that the forty acres
are divided into eight flve-acre tracts.
One of these is set aside for what
may be called the homestead" These
five acres are at the center on one
side, and 1t is supposed that public
road passes this side of the tract.
or these five acres. half an acre is
utilized for the house and yard and
the barn and barn lot. This space is
ample for what we have in view. One
half acre is devoted to garden, one
and half acres to orchard and the
remaining two acres to a paddock.
into which to turn the stock for en-
ercise.
BY judicious management these two
acres can also be made to furnish
some pasture and some soiling-crops.
The other seven five-acre tracts are
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Robby's Education, Under Aunts
TuteIage, Afterward Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson. whose form nature
has endowed with alltoo-ample
curves. was giving her little nephew
lesson in spelling the other day. He
had spelt be, be, and he. he, and
now she was trying to get him to tell
her what ME. spelt.
Listen, Bobby" she said earnest
iy. Then closing her lips she pro-
nounced the sound OF long IN. and
opening them. the sound of long e.
What does that spell?"
Bobby looked at her and shook his
head. Again she tried. and this time,
while pronouncing the sounds. she Wig
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump foretinger.
"Mmum. ee. What letters am say
ing and what do they spell?" she
asked, still vigorously tapping her
chest.
II don't know what the letters are"
replied Bobby, watching the plump
forefinger. but ! guess they spell
Fat"
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Trust the suffragettes to make CAPT.
tai out OF the merest indiscretion OF
mere man! The following is an ex-
ample, taken from one OF their publ
cations, the Newsletter, for January:
"A lovely little press item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse. Va,
made the editor laugh and laugh. II
said that a Juror sneaked out OF the
jury room while the rest OF the jurors
were asleep, and went and MIXED his
COW. He laid out to get back before
the others walked up, but somebody
saw him and told on him, and the
trial had to begin all over. II a wom-
an juror should do that out in Wash
ington or Idaho. wouldn't 1t be a
proof of the incapacity Of the sex for
the duties of citizenship?
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Watch Toes of Witnesses

they are composing poetry. 1t comes
over them and they cannot help it.
So | came to lay down my quill. CIV
ing myself over to the pleasure of
listening and watching the poets toes.
When he slips his cable and pushes
off from the wharf of fact. to sail forth
into enchanted waters. his toes. hith-
erto quiescent begin to work.
They knot themselves. wave in lit
Sic circles in the air. cramp together.
spread out again. and suddenly shut
like fan. The poet witness rules his
face. uttering his wild inventions with
sad and downcast visage. as who tes-
titles unwillingly, but truth must out;
he controls his eyes. in no fine frenzy
rolling; he governs his hands. But
he never thinks of his toes. Where
fore the assistant magistrate looketh
pensively downward and cheweth the
feather of his quill pen. He is watch
ing the rhythmic movement Of the
toes. responding to the strain on the
sublinimal mind.-Charles Johnston In
Atlantic Monthly.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
GETS THE GOOD OUT OF FOOD.

Eating serves a double purpose
the giving of pleasure. the keeping
up of strength. Ill-cooked food re-
duces both to minimum-hence the
proverbs: God sends meat and the
devil sends cooks" Possibly his
satanic majesty now and again mods.
1t must have been in such a somno-
lent interval that he let NJ. Soyers
system of paper bag cooking get by
him. For unquestionably 1t is in the
way of reducing ill-cooking at least
one-half. Thereby 1t will help to feed
fat all the nations Of the earth.
The use of cooking is to change
the nature Of food substances. max
ing them at once better tasting and
more digestible. Heat works by de-
veloping flavors and Transforming sub
stances. Its most important office Is.
however, to break down fiber. animal
and vegetable. to such degree as to
render 1t easily digestible. II 1t Is
to do this 1t must be properly applied.
That is to say, gently. regularly.
Pigeon Roast-Take a squad q
squab-chicken as small as possible.
or quail. dress 1t whole, stun light
ly with toasted bread crumbs. adding
raisin or two, or shreds of tart
apple. Season very lightly inside be-
fore stufiing. Rub little more salt
outside, but only little. Rub also
with soft butter, not melted. and
dredge very lightly with -four. Then
wrap in bacon. sliced as thin as pos
sible, and put into buttered bag
with half teaspoonful Of water. Seal
and cook in a hot oven twenty to
thirty minutes. depending on the size.
Shredded Wheat and Tomatoes.-
Pour upon each shredded wheat bis
cult required teaspoonful Of melted
butter. Lay the buttered biscuit In
well-buttered bag and pile upon
them thick slices Of peeled toma-
toes, well seasoned with suga.. salt,
black and red pepper. Seal and cook
for ten minutes. Serve on hot plates.
A pleasing variant for children is to
use instead of tomatoes, bananas
peeled, cut n cubes. covered with
sugar and lemon Juice. and cooked
for eight minutes. This can be served
with cream.
Copyright. 1911. by the Associated
Literary Press.)
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
(By ]. A. WARREN. Formerly Assistant
Agriculturist United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

(By J. A. WARREN. Formerly Assistant
Agriculturist. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
On the average. the hog house is
the poorest building on the farm and
the least adapted to the purpose for
which it was intended. Good barns
may be seen on large proportion of
the farms. but are generally hard to
find 1t is economy to put up first the
buildings that will help most to make
money. A large portion of the farm
ers recognize this and build a good
barn before putting up a good house.
saying the barn will help build the
house but the house will never help
building the barn" This principle
seems to be lost sight of when 1t
comes to the hog house. yet no other
building on the farm pays for itself SO
quickly. Unpublished data collected
by the writer show that good hog men
average about seven pigs raised to the
litter and many surpass this record.
The same data indicate that the gen.
eral average raised on the farm does
not exceed four pigs to the litter. This
wide difference Is very largely due to
the housing.
Many houses which cost enough to
be good are thoroughly unfit for the
purpose because the sun cannot shine
into the pens. Nearly every large hog
house is deficient in either sunshine or
ventilation. or in both.
The Illustration shows a house built
by one of the most prominent Duroc
breeders after careful study. 1t is a
most serviceable structure and one Of
the best the writer has ever seen. 1t
10 one of the few hog houses that
have proved 30 satisfactory that the
owners are willing to duplicate them.
This house has been copied by num-
Der Of farmers in the vicinity, some of
whom. however, have made the mis-
take of building longer house and
not making provision for outside pens
for the extra inside pens.
The walls are 4sheathed,u papered.
and sided. The roof is shingled. The
outside floors on the east. west, and
south are 6 feet wide. This house is
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
BY NlchoIas soyer, che

ny NICHOLAS Soyef, Cher
sweetbread Meckenzie.-Blanch and
trim a good-sized sweetbread. make
a little mirepoir of vegetables, paying
attention to the color of the vege-
tables, and seeing that they do not
brown. Cut the sweetbread across
the center, but do not halve 1t. Pound
one ounce Of pistachios and lay them
in the slit of the sweetbread. Cover
the sweetbread with the prepared
vegetables and place In well-but-
tered bag. Cook in a slow oven for
thirty minutes. Dish the sweetbread.
place the other ingredients In fine
sieve and lightly press the gravy
through. on to the sweetbread.
Chicken ouenelIes.-Take the
breast of one fowl. add pint of white
sauce. and a piece of butter the size
of walnut. Pound we'll. mix in one
egg, pass through hair sieve. Place
in basin, add quarter pint Of
cream and stir well. Form into small
Quenelles with a spoon. place in a
buttered bag, lay carefully on the
broiler. and cook for six minutes in
a hot oven.
Chicken and Rice Tea.-Chop up
half raw chicken. wash tablespoon
full of rice In cold water, and mix with
the chicken. Wash a teaspoonfu' of
pearl barley, and add with a quarter
pint of cold water. Put all together
into small paper bag. and cook for
ty to forty-6ve minutes in a slow
oven.
FiIletted Poultry for lnvaIids.-
Mince fine carrot. turnip and onion,
add little minced ham, a pinch OF
sugar and salt, and lay at the bottom
of a small well-buttered bag. Slice
the breast Of -:ooked-lay the
slices upon the prepared vegetables.
which were cooked before mincing.
sprinkle with oiled butter. seal and
cook six minutes in slow oven.
Dish the tillets. put the vegetables
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

to be devoted to a seven year rotation.
When this rotation is In full swing.
the crops on the farm for given year
are as follows: Field A. potatoes; field
B. three acres of cabbage and two
acres of onions; field C. corn; field d.
cow-peas. field +. corn; field F. clover;
field G, clover.
The next year each of these crops
would move to another field as fol-
lows: The potatoes would go to field
G, which was in clover the year be-
fore. The cabbage and onions Iext
year would go to field A. The corn
on field C would go the next year to
field B. Cow-peas In field d would go
the next year to field C. The corn in
field f would go to d. while f would
be sown in clover and f in clover.
The next year each crop would
move to another field In the same
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
lNsuRes ECONOMY OF FUEL.
BY MARTIN. Mecul.ceh wIlI!am..

Paper bag cooking economies
fuel-the fact is demonstrate. be-
yond doubt. Particularly If the
fuel is gas. The figures to follow are
given for gas. but are easy of trans
lation into coal heat or even oil.
The oven of gas range turned on
full. burns twenty feet of gas an
hour for each fame-bar. Commonly
there are two bars-thus. the hourly
consumption at full head Is forty feet.
The giant burner on top likewise,
at full head. consumes twenty feet an
q hour, the small burners. each ten
feet Thus a stove in full commits
sion for pot and pan cooking consumes
ninety feet an hour.
Now. for paper bag cooking the
oven must be lighted and turned on
full for eight minutes before any
thing goes into I; 1t must also burn
full strength forseven minutes longer.
Thus, 1t consumes ten feet of gas at
the outset. Turning out one burner to
reduce the heat one-half at the end
of the seven minute period reduces
consumption to fifteen Feet for the
d
twenty-five feet against forty. But
roasting does not demand that bur-
ner goes full-turning 1t down might
eave Ave feet in the hour. Thus the
net hour-saying Of gas on the oven
account Is ten feet.
But there are other accounts. BY
help OF paper bags, you can not mere
ly roast in the oven. but cook at the
lame time couple of vegetables and
bake pie or pudding. With small
roast you may even cook three veg
etables. thereby leaving unlighted
three upper Jets. which would mean
a saving Of thirty feet OF gas an hour.
Cooking thus solely In the oven
means saving Of fifty feet of gas
An hour.
Nor is this even all the story. Mys-
teriously. things cook more quickly
in bags than out OF them. The say.
ing in time is one-flfth to one-sixth.
Putting this at the lowest, and esti-
mating the whole range consumption
OF gas at ninety feet. there Is a saw.
ing of fifteen feet Add them to the
dfty feet already in credit. and the
sum is fattering. indeed. to the paper
bag.
A Little story Of Pie Baking.
had baked pie la soyer and
pund 1t good. Notwithstanding. re-
&4lved to show myself exactly the
forth Of the bag-cooking.
p, made up puff paste enough for
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

az by &c feet and contains ten pens.
1t was built north of Omaha in 1905
and cost. complete. including labor.
S275, or 1927 so pen. This Includes
the outside floor and pens.
The gates across the alley all lift
off their hinges SO they can be remov-
ed or replaced in moment This ar
rangement makes 1t very convenient
In sorting hogs to change them from
one pen to another or to make extra
pens when crowded When swung
across the alley the free ends OF the
gates fasten with common house-door
bolts. By putting these on 80 the
knobs turn up instead of down, the
owner finds that hogs can not open
them. If the knobs turned down the
hogs could open them readily. The
fronts of the pens next the alley are
all loose panels which lift out. In this
way the whole house can be made into
one large room in few minutes, moth
ing but the pen partitions being left
in place.
The inside pens are Z by feet. ex-
cept the middle one on each side.
which is 8 by feet. (The pens are
irregular in width because the lumber
cut this way to better advantage.)
The hog doors are 221k by 81 inches in
the clear. The large doors are 3 by 6
feet, divided In the middle. The upper
windows each contain four IL by IA
inch lights and are set solid and close
together. The lower windows each
contain four 10 by II inch lights.
The most striking feature Of this
house is the ingenious way In which
outside pens have been provided with
out having them on the north side.
The ventilators are 6 by inches
inside. The lower ends are 2 feet
above the floor and the upper ends
Just above the comb of the roof. The
south rafters are extended to meet the
north rafters SO that no studding are
needed under the south edge Of the
north roof Whether this gives any
advantage is doubtful. The sunshine
will strike the floor in all pens several
! hours a day after March 1.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

The Russian department of agricul-
ture has founded at the Riga Poly.
technic school for specialists in
swamp cultivation. The North Pc
chora expedition worked many years
with great success in the deserted
region OF the northern swamps. and
proved that the swamps of the Arch
angel province are full OF wealth, and
that millions of peasants, devoured
by poverty and hunger in their native
places. can find food and shelter in
the swampy regions after their Guilt
walton. With small expense the
swamps can be turned into land Gov
cred with rich grass.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
NEED FOR MORE
SHEEP ON FARM
Animals Must Have Abundant
Shelter From Rain and
Suow-ReQutre but
Little Grain.

We would invite no one to turn
aside from successful cattle raising or
dairying to venture upon what may be
to him an untried experiment in sheep
raising Eut on many dairy farm,
and especially on farms with INSULT
cient live stock, there may be room
for a small bunch of sheep: and the
study and care Of these may develop
such results as point the way to the
keeping of larger numbers.
They must have abundant shelter
from rain and snow. but it need not
be in warm barn, says the Farm and
Dairy. Wet, whether from above or
under foot, is to be scrupulously guard
ed against by the skeep-owner Elk.
posture in a cold rain is bad for a
horse or steer: 1t is doubly bad for
sheep.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

curious drought survival by fishes
is reported from France. The ditch
or moat of Monaco, completely dried
up last summer, although usually a
canal three miles long and fifty feet
wide, with five feet OF water. All
carp, tench, perch and pike disap-
peared. leaving dry mud. A recent
sudden rainfall, however, supplied a
little water. and the fishes were actu-
ally seen rising-as lively as ever
from the mud in which they had
buried themselves.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Tom Purdie, an old man-servant in
Sir Walter SCOTS household. used to
talk of the famous ''Waverley Nov
els" as "our books" and said that the
reading of them was the greatest com
fort to him.
Whenever ! am off my sleep" he
confided to Mr.. James Skene, the au-
thor of Memories of Sir Walter
Scott, 81 have only to take one of the
novels. and before l have read two
pages it is sure to send me asleep"
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
How judges In india Decide the
Value Of Testimony Given In
Their Courts.

The dusky folk of Lower Bengal
make imaginative witnesses. The In
spiration comes upon them suddenly.
carrying them away before they real
tze 1t. They take some simple fact
some common situation. battle 1t In
Indian light and drape 1t about with
oriental trappings, laying on splashes
of gaudy color and startling orna-
ment; piling splendor on splendor'
Relevancy is no great matter. 1t is
the story for the story's sake.
When was quite new to 1t. | some
times tried to record these purple
patches, wrestling with ilorid, unfamil-
lar phrases like some old lady inquir-
ing her way in a foreign village. once
or twice I went so far as to institute
proceedings for perjury. But the Col
lector Sahib only laughed In his big.
sympathetic way and said: Never
mind them. They are not telling lies;
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Dishes for Invalids and Children

of Brooks Club, London.
in a sieve and press the gravy from
them over the fllets.
Beef Tea.-Put one pound of beef
steak in paper bag. seal 1t, and cook
for twelve minutes in a moderate
oven. Open the bag on a dish and
you will find natural gravy about the
meat. Cut up the steak. press out
all Juice from it. strain. season to
taste, and serve at once In a hot cup.
For chicken tea. cut up half fresh
fowl. break the bones with a chopper.
put in bag with two tablespoonfuls
cold water. seal and cook forty-five
minutes in slow oven. Strain into
hot cup. season and serve
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

The sheep shed should be on high
well-drained site-indeed. sheep should
be allowed to run over no low, wet
land. no matter how attractive the
heritage thereon may be.
Except that the ram should have q
little grain now and then, to maintain
his virility, and the ewes little at
lambing-time, the flock will require
only pasturage Tor the greater part OF
the year. with clover hay or like rough
age for winter feeding.
TIE farmer with only himself and a
child or two to carry the burden OF
caring for animals. will often find the
keeping of sheep more advantageous
than the keeping of cattle.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Superstitious Walter.

man dining at cafe observed
that though he had ordered one dozen
oysters, he was served with only
eleven. The next evening the same
thing occurred again. Then the diner
became somewhat irritated.
Why" he demanded of the waiter
do you serve me only eleven oysters
when | order doZen?"
The waiter bowed alphabetically 81
didn't think you'd wanting to be sit
ting thirteen at table, sir
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Vest Pocket reIephones.

They are introducing vest pocket
telephones in some of the cities OF
Germany. Connections are placed on
walls all over town and if you happen
to walk along the street and you're
in n hurry to tell your wife that you
will bring friend home for dinner
all you have to do Is to connect your
pocket instrument with the one on
the wall. call the exchange. get your
party and talk to your hearts con
tent
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Who the Heather Be,

Father Bernard Vaughn was con.
demning a somewhat acrimonious re-
ligious argument.
Disputes of this kind" he said. re
mind me forcibly of little girl.
what are the heather, Jenny?'
her Sunday school teacher asked this
little girl.
1.-The heathen.' the child replied,
are people who don't quarrel over re-
ligion.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Lessons From Experiene.

The poultry raiser who notes his
flock carefully. taking into account
what they are doing and capable of
doing ought to know more how to
feed and what to feed than ANYONE
advising at long range.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
And He Was the Man.

Mrs. Benham-My new dress is a
poem.
Benham-The man who has to pay
for 1t loses his love for literature.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

An old bachelor will stay out till 2
a. m. If he wants to, but he misses the
fun of trying to sneak upstairs with
his shoes Off
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

The candying of honey is one of the
best proofs of its purity, for adulter
ated honey will not Rranulats.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniamma-
tion, alIays pain. cures wind collie. Csc bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

He who never stole kiss doesn't
know what he has missed.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

If woman Is clever actress the
chances are that her husband will find
the chorus more interesting.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Marriage separates bachelor from
a lot of Illusions.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Not Original.

Author-This story is the child OF
my brain.
Editor-Then 1t is an adopted child.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Perhaps fewer bachelors would
make fools of themselves If they had
wives to do 1t for them.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02

Forty-Acre Farm Subdlvided Into
Eight Five-Acre Traces. This Shows
Convenient Method of Subdivision
Which Gives Access to All the
Fields Without Wasting Much Land
In Roads. Length Of Lines Given in
Rods.
manner, SO that each year potatoes
are sown after second-year clover.
cabbage and onions are planted after
potatoes. etc.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-02
Who Could Doubt III

Artist (angrily)-No; / don't want
model. l only paint flowers or
fruit.
Model (smilingly)-Oh, that's all
right. Every one says I'm a peach.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-18

trUpolis one Christmas Eve several
years ago. He had just returned from
trip abroad The sight Of brilliantly
lighted trees in many houses in the
city made him yearn to participate
again in such festivities. 1t caused
him 10 think of others in the same
predicament he was in. The next
Christmas he had a big tree in his
apartment, and every lonely person he
could get hold of he asked to share the
tree with him.
The story impressed itself upon the
mind of the woman who heard it. 1t
seemed 10 her it would be a fine thing
to have a tree for all such persons.
she preached the subject to some Of
her friends
She started out with fear and trem-
bling to bring about the realization of
q plan for an outdoor tree-a tree for
an in one Of the city's parks. Every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-18
INSURANCE FOR CHRISTMAS
Queens Electric Light Employees
TO Get Policies from Company.

Charles c. NJ. Thomas, vice-president
and general manager Of the New York
and Queens Electric Light Company, an
nounced yesterday that his company had
Just completed arrangements whereby
each employe OF the company was TO re-
ceive a Christmas gift Of policy good
FOR one year. In the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Company for the fun amount Of his
or her yearly salary.
There are three hundred and fifty en-
ployes OF the company and to give this
insurance the company has just executed
q blanket policy with the Equitable for
more than 100000 The premiums will be
maid monthly by the company.
1--WE have been in the habit OF giving
our employees turkey money at Christ
mas" said Mr.. Thomas, but we believe
this policy Of insurance will be much more
satisfactory"