Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-05-23
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hours. 1t will be both pleasure and
profit to them.
Give the boy a little money
Many a successful man yves his start
In life to the ownership n manage
ment of something he took to in his
boyhood days.
Some people make a hobby of
their chickens. Well. there Is no
higher mission to humanity than to
induce men and women to ride some
hobby that will make them forget
h cares of business for a while
each day. Let the hobby be chick
ems, ducks. pigeons or anything that
will take them into the fresh air
and sunshine, away from the enervat-
ing atmosphere of -four walls and roof.
If your chickens disappear. watch
your cat and your neighbours cat.
and keep them off your premises, If
you have to plant" a few of them.
Cats do lots of mischief in the poul-
try yard that Is blamed on rats.
Rats are bad enough, but q cat with
damage than rats.
Don't cut off the head of the hen
that eats eggs.
Ask nine out of 10 men you meet
what to do in such a case, and you
Will get the same answer: 'Cut off
her head" But 1 will tell you a better
way. Give your birds an all around
diet; then they will not want to eat
eggs. 1t is when they are on short
rations in some particular line, or
because they . are not kept busy
enough that they get into this bad
habit. Balance up the %rations, then
give the birds something to busy them
selves with all the time and you will
not have any need to bring out the
ak.
will give you M simple treat
ment for chicken cholera. which they
often get after this rainy, spring
weather:
THE HOUSEWIFE.
Wooden Shoes-No doubt other
housekeepers have had the same
trouble as l have had in keeping my
basemen steps clean. / now keep a
pair OF wooden shoes at the foot of the
steps. that I just step into when walk
ms IN basement. l find this q great
nelp IN keeping steps clean. no dirt
tracked on them nor into the rooms.
Quick Way to Sew Carpet Rags
Sew all seams of skirt. sleeves or what
eve a it may be, down by ma
cnine. tnen cut around and around. II
you don't sew down the seams first
1t VIII rip where the seam is. Out of
my whole skirt. after I had it cut, 1
only had three strings to sew together,
the whole skirt was in carpet rags
ready to wrap. Mems shirts are nice.
as the seams are sewed double already:
lust cut around and around and have
the whole shirt in one string. I think
u carpet strings are much nicer than
II they are torn; there won't be any
travelling.
SPRING FOOD.
n and pineapples make a most
delicious salad.
Tomatoes n celery, with a salad
dressing. are pleasing.
asparagus Will purge the blood: IL
also acts beneficially upon the kidnevs.
spinach and dandelion also act bene-
hcially on the kidneys.
blood. 80 VIC
Pfneapples contain pepsin and help
digestion. e-P
Celery tones the nerves and pro-
d'lces healthy. sleep.
onions. e n garlic stimulates
the blood circulation. promote diges-
and the gastric juices.
Reas n ans are muscle forming.
iomatoes act beneficially upon the
liver and are helpful after the heayv
food of winter.
.l NOM dIe sOo0 Tor manly ills. and
1t quiets the nerves and indmce.
sleep. heard M doctor saw. An.
commenting upon the dement's d.
rived from the eating of onions. that
with 2 salad made of two-thirds
onion and one-third %dandelion we
roses n cream and feel al rav and
clipper as skylarks. ~
QUICK Salad-Take equal parts Of
young dandeliOn leaves and water.
cress. wash and cut .hne: serve with
French dressing.
nandeltonf New Way-Wash thor.
oughly some nice dandelion xrsen.
put in boiling water. stew until ten.
der. drain. preesing out all moistura
beat with q wooden spoon and aseaann
with butter. salt and pepper. aerva
hot and garnish with hard.boiled
CANDIES.
Taffy-Two cups white sugar. Two table.
spoons clear vinegar, small piece b,tfer
about size Of . hickorynut: heat to I ~.
tie boil. uncovered. until 1t ropes from ~
tip OF spoon. Do not stir. Turn out on
well-buttered dishes. As soon a. IL can
be handled, pull. II will be = beautfui
white.
The secret OF making maple cream
candy, I found. was to let Il stand after
taking from the hre. until almost cold.
then. while just warm. stir rapidly. This
Will be 2 nice light color and viii not hare
en- by standing. - It always viii other
Wise.
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GOOD CAKES.
Honey Fruit Cake-Sift two Guns -four.
into g basin. rub one cup butter into it.
add tablespoons cream Of tartar, one
teaspoon baking soda. one teaspoon each