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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
THE SPRING
HouScc!eaninE In the Poultry Yard.
-. L. IN

with the coming of spring, when
fowls spend more time out of doors, the
poultryman should don his overalls and
Jumper and set things briskly to rights.
There are the houses to clean out. dis
infect and whitewash; fences to look
over and possibly mend, yards to rake
up, spade and SOW to rye or oats: brood
ers ana nrooding coops to paint and
clean and colony houses to get in shape.
The poultry house should be done
thoroughly. Clean out all litter and
sand on the floor. take out the nest
boxes (Which should never be attached
to the walD, burn all nesting material
and then whitcwash with well Stake
lime, to which has been added some
good disinfcctant or carbolic acid in the
proportion of one and one-half fluid
ounces to one gallon Of whitewash, and
the easiest way to apply his IS to use a
small, compressed air sprayer, which
comes for the purpose. Go over the
entire house with a broom and white
wash It, making sure the whitewash gets
into overy crack and corner. After the
mouse has dried out put in four or five
inches OF sand or dry earth on the floor
ana over it six inches of litter.
RESETTING THE FENCES.
Inc fence may need resettins, as the
frost often heaveS the posts out of
pump. II new posts are needed dip the
QUITS IN some creosote preparation in
order to preserve them. and do not waste
ana money on cheap wire. for it
soon rlsts and Is always hard to keep
in shape. If heavy woven wire ia usod
the corner and gateposts should be heav-
imam the line posts and nave cross
pieces made of two by six inch mater
ial nailed to the butts, one six inches
from the end and the other on the op- |
posite side two feet from the butt end,
to serve as anchors and prevent loosen
ing.
OF course the double yard system Is
best for yarded fowls-that is. each
mas the run of a front and back
yard, and while they are using ono n
crop or oats or rye Is planted In the
other, As soon as the green blades are
up three inches the fowls are turned
INTO it and the other yard dug up and
However, II space is lacking
the only alternative is to keep the ward
rec from NTH by spading it every two
weeks or So and a fruit tree set in the
'ard VIII provide shade, yield a good
supply Of luscious fruit and add another
1T of pleasant green to the surround
hgs. PIums seem to do particularly we'll
n the poultry yard, In setting them out.
provide protection to the roots
' laying stones around the trees or the
owls Will soon destroy them
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

.. TO a powder is added to a quart %.
morning mash and fed to breeding STOCK
81 winter, and turkeys have the same
once a week, rs / maintain rue is d great
help in wardinc off blacl;hcad, liver and
Intestine troubles, which have caused
havoc among turkeys of late.
Curlcd upland cress is a little plant
which should lee sown thickly in rows
;hror inches apart and has q pungent fla
Tor, like water crcss, is one of our favor
.tc slli is. though supposed TO be grown
especially for chicks, and, once sown, con-
t'nu"s to yield I'll summer If cut a little
distance from the ground when not more
than two Inches high and wc!l watcred
after each cutting. 1t is excellent for
chicks and turkeys, as it, pcppcry flavor
is warming, helps to stimulate the liver
ana wards off ailments.
Swiss chard is another cut ana come
again crop which We use almost excIu-
sively for laying hens confined to yards.
aud should be when danger Of frost
Is past, in rows two feet apart and thin
ned to stand eight inches apart. Cut the
outer leaves when about nine Inches long.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
BLACK COFFEE

To most tastes after dinner coffee is
improved by the addition of a little CHI
cory. To make enough to serve a fami-
~ OF six mix half an egg and a shell with
one cup of coffee, one level tablespoon
OF chicory and four tablespoons Of cold
water. Pour on four cups of freshly
boiling water and let boil five minutes.
Draw back where the heat Is not so great
and let stand a few minutes.
NOTE: In n Just effort to secure pure
and full value foods we sometimes carry
the point to ignorant extremes. Her. Is
a receipt for afterdinner coffee which
states a well known fact. that chioory
(While a legal adulteration) Is an actual
Improvement to coffee. Also, for many.
the blending of Il little vanilla flavor i'm
proves coffee, while others do not like
the added flavor of vanilla. Chicory at
wholesale costs only about onc-fourth or
of the price of high grade coffee
and is about twice as strong. Hence II
is cheaper and used most frequently TO
reduce cost to the grinder, dealer or mix
err and to skim off a fatter profit, so in
case of selling chicory compounded with
coffee at pure coffee price It IS, while
better for the consumer, still n greedy
graft. Coffee compound. sold az COM
pound, at just price is in many cases a
blessing to the consumer and no cheat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
TIE ~POULTRYMEN'S CROPS.
Ihey Keep Down Feed Bills.
KATE ST. WAUR,
Anfhnr ard Iru

or years past ! have maintained what
| call my poultry garden, which is about
three-quartcrs of an acre. First come
untowers-siX or seven rows Of mann
moth Russians, having immense heads.
composed almost entirely Of seeds. with
only an outer fringe of petals. During
August and september they rlpen, when
the heads are cut off and placed face
downward on a wire screen to dry, for If
left on the stalk sparrows and other birds
strip them, When the heads are dried
sufficiently for seeds to loosen, they arc
beaten out, put in small bags and hung
on the clothes line to finish driving. and
unless this Is thoroughly lone they are
liable to mold when put away. A small
cupful mixed with every four quarts Of
grain, fed at supper time. helps tho birds
when noting and keeps the plumaro.
bright and glossy through the winter
Next come a few roWs Of sugar ho,ts and
cabbage, both Of which are pulled m and
stored in a pit until tho middle Of winter,
when the hens greatly enjoy a change of
diet Several rows OF celery are sown
thlnlY a foot apart and fed to young ducks
When being fattened for market in June
and July, as the flavor II lmparts is the
eecret OF our never having to look for GUS
toners or sell at regular market prices.
One hotel has taken all we could supply at
"a cents a pound for four years.
RUE FOR TURKEY AND FOWLS.
Rue is given turkeys, though OCCASION
Ally a teaapoQQtp1 " the dried leaves rub
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
MONDAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
LUNCH.
Leftovers from Sundays Dinner
DINNER.


Broilers are yet expensive. but a GOOD
fricassee will answer well for a family
dinner If the cook remembers that n fri
cassee Is not a plain stew of chicken.
Rhubarb is yet In It's prime and, like
Strawberries, should come into the menu
often, provided the family likes II. New
potatoes are now available as. In fact,
are all Of what are called summer vege-
tables, If one relies on the marke, instead
OF the home garden.
Have the chicken dlsiointed: put into
-four cups of boiling water with a sliced
onion. one Glove, a bit of hay leaf, a few
pepper corns and as soon as the water
boils again skim carefully. Set back
where the chicken will simmer until ten
der and season with salt when half done.
Fry several slices of salt pork, or use
butter If preferred, and saute the pieces
OF chicken in the fat, set aside to keep
hot. Make a brown sauce from the con-
tents OF the frying pan with about two
cups of the strained broth SKINNED free
from fat. ThicKen with three level ia
b%lespoons of butter rubbed smooth with
o~ne-quarter cup Of flour and season with
salt and pepper. Add boiling water il
the liquid in the pan Is not sufficient. Ar
range the chicken on slices of hot toast
pour the sauce over.
ALICE +. WHITAKER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
HOW PINS ARE MADE.

Solid headed pins were first made in
England in 1897 by Thomas Harris. Pins
We're first made In the United States at
the time of the Revolution by Jeremiah
Wilkinson, a native of Rhode Island. A
machine for making soIid-headed pins
was invented in 1924 by a New Hamp-
shire man. But 1t was not until 1881 that
the first machine for making pins such
as are used to-day was brought out, says
the American Boy. From tha time on
improvements In ~pin-making machinery
have been made, so that at the present
time pins are made almost entirely with
out the aid of human hands.
In making pins a pair OF pinchcrs
seizes the end OF a brass wire, which is
wound on a spool, and draws out a
length OF II. The wire runs between steel
posts, which straishtens It. The end
of this wire Is now caught by two CLAMPS
and a cutter cuts off enough to nake ono
pin,
A small piece of wire, from which to
form the head, Is left projecting from the
clamps, The head of the pin is MOI
formed by one blow, as IN the case Of
nails, but by three rapid blows of a form
die or hammer, which moves for
ward about one-twentieth of an inch af-
ter each blow. If II was struck but once
the wire would be bent and would not
form a perfect head.
The pin drops from the clamps to an
inclined steel plane beneath in which are
grooves large enough to admit the shank
but will not permit the head OF the pin
10 pass through. As the pins move
slowly down the incline lane, the noints
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
SPINACH BOILED IN RAG

/ Know OF a very excellant cook who
often prepares spinach in this fashion:
Wash 1t carefully and put 1t into a bag
of coarse cloth. Pour hot water over IL
and aud salt. Boil for 90 minucts, take
1t up again and drain 1t well, then chop
1t fine with a knife and put 1t into a
saucepan with a tablespoonful of butter
and a little pepper. Cook for I'VE minutes
and turn into a dish, poor over 1t a drawn
butter sauce and garnish with Sliced,
nara boiled eggs. NJ. T. w.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

table the whole year through, so we are
apt to overlook It's importance as a spring
food and medicine. 1t has the property
or clearing the skin when taken in suffi-
cient quantity and can be prepared in
such a variety of ways that monotony is
easily avoided. In cooking spinach use
little water for in a large quantity that
must be drained from 1t in the potash
salts, it's most important constituents are
lost. Tender spinach will cook in 10 or Ia
minutes and the older green's will REQUIRE
about 20 minutes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
THE MOUNTING COST or JUSTICE.

THE MOUNTING COST or JUSTICE.
tFrom the Rutland News.)
The cost of the administration Of jus.
tice In Vermont continues to mount The
Appropriation for the present year, expir.
Inc June 30, of $3.50, 600, is nearly exhausted
now, and the auditor of accounts is in a
quandary as to how to meet the deficit
which the State Immediately faces. Ap.
pealinS to the Governor, that official has
decided that the special emergency"
FUND must be drawn on in the interim for
the necessary expenses of the courts
State. superior, probate and municipal
sheriffs. and other officers. The Governor
specifies that none of this money shall be
used for any more detective service.
The Governors attitude in the matter is
given out in a despatch to-day from Bur.
linGton' where it is suspected that the
executive has headquarters. at 50 College
street. This suspicion is given some color
by the fact that the Free Press, whose
office is at the number stated, on Tuesday
editorially outlined the position taken by
the Governor. BE that as it may, the
situation Is serious and should arouse the
thoughtful consideration of every Yer.
monter.
The great increase in the cost to the
State of private detective service, which
has reached the astounding total of near.
~ $4,000 expended between July I, 1913,
and April %, 1914, is defended by Attorney.
General Rufus f. Brown. That official
promises the people a full accounting OF
this Item In his expense account, and he
charges that one-sided and unfair state.
ments have thus far been published.
The people will be glad TO ha sc Mr..
De- D~xf
posed that their regular sherifrs' depart,
ment was sufficiently capable and sufi.
ciently well paid to warrant the expecta.
ton of the enforcement of the cr,minaJ
laws of this State.
The encouragement charges that The
question now Is "as to whether or 70,
crime shalt be commercializod IN this
state, In other words whether the nronsr.
efficient and successful prosecution Of the
higher crime shall be made 70 derc1d
the question OF what II mac cost
1t is difficult to sec the connection Netvea,
this tnsinuation and the expenditure az
s"'"p In the 10 months noted ror private
work. Vermont. even y, .ho
DAYS before the existence Of the Office of
attorhoy-gereral, 10 say nothing OF bis
of outside detective ngorcias
pussied and prosecuted its criminals, ana
no one has knowledge of the conmcr,ia,.
of crime f. the more than q cen.
fury prior to 10 years ago when tho Office
o. attorney-Scnera was created.
1t Is high time that the people had the
Of ;h!s eXtraordlnarv exren.
diture' 1t is high time that the continual.
~ increasing cost of ;he administration OF
justice is halted. The dominant political
party or this state is doomed unless it can
explain and clean mp what
seems TO be useless waste and cXtravag.
ance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

The males should have a large, heavy,
evenly serrated comb; full. round.
smooth wattles, and a large, white, al
m~ond-shaped ear lobe. The plumage
should be a beautiful deep black, illum-
mated with bcetlc-green sheen. Their
legs are dark in color and heavy of bone.
The body is long and carried at an angle
only slightly higher than the horizontal.
The description of the female agrees
generally with that of the male except
ing the comb. This should be thin and
smooth and evenly serrated, with five or
six points. 1t folds both ways on the
head and hangs down on one side of the
face.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
OBSERVATION IN

Ihc forests Of Switzerland covered o.
1900 acres, or 2o2 per cent. of the total
90 Of the country, in 1894, while in 1911
TIE forest acreage was 2,3jS, 900, or q SO
oct cent OF the whole country. an in
crease of $1,000 acres. Forest canserva-
tom Is an even more important question
IN Switzerland than in most countries.
o. the forests serve as the ony protection
AGAINST avalanches and landslides, which
e.tcn destroy whole villages. Only
small tracts of forests are denuded at
one time, and are Immediately replanted.
says an exchange. The timber is usual
~ cut by contract with individuals and
corporations at a fixed price per acre,
which Includes clearing the land and re-
planting the trees.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
BAKED CoCoANUT PUDDING.

Heat two cups of milk in a double boil
er, turn in one-half cup of fine cracker
crumbs, three rounding tablespoons of
cocoanut, the beaten yolks of two eggs
and one-half teaspoon of vanilla. Turn
Into a buttered baking dish and bake half
an hour in a slow oven. Beat the whites
of two eggs with one-quarter cup of pow
dered sugar and one teaspoon OF lemon
juice. Set in a moderate oven to color.
Serve hot or cold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28

earthWorm, acting on the same principle
as did DR.. Gardner's washed worms.
There is no doubt about the eartbworm
being the factor, and neither car It be
disputed that polluted soil coats the
worm with filth.
Time and again ! experimental by feed
ing earthworns to my chicks in South
Jersey, but was unable tn produce a
single case Of eapes. 7 can assign no
other reason than that the germ Of this
disease is gathered and carried by the
carthworm, and that, owing TO the clean
soil Of a sandy country, the filth does not
adhere to the worm as is the case in a
heavy-soil section.
Even in a heavy soil not all Of if is
infected. I nave known sections on n
farm whore trials demonstrated that
chicks may be Kept and be practically
free from gapes. while in soil on other
parts of the farm eapes appeared as
sure as the month Of May came around.
CONTRACTION THEORY.
Robinson has n theory that Capeworms
are communicated to fowls from infected
fowls, and also from infected soil; that
conta Sion between fowls is by eating the
worms of their eggs that have been
couShed up or evacuated by infected
fowls, and that the %contagion from In
fected soil comes through eating earth
worms. Also that the earthworms in IN
fected soil harbor apeworms at all sea-
sons of the year.
Infected areas are sometimes small. on
Iy a few yards in length and breadth,
says Mr.. Robinson, and If there are only
a few of them on the premises and they
can be definitely located and bounded,
and the fowls kept from them. both
fowls and chicks may safely be given the
run of the rest OF the place.
a good preventive of gapes is to keep
a small piece Of gum camphor or asa
fetlda in tho drinking water.
An excellent remedy Is a piece Of gum
cafnphor' about the size of a grain of
wheat forced down the throat of t.,
aff!lctod chick. 1t may be necessary TO
repeat the dose daily for several DAYS.
The old method OF extracting the worm
with a horse-hair loop is not advisable. |
1t Is dangerous and cruel, often leaving |
the chick in a worse condition than he
fore treatment.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
Single Comb Black Minorcas.

Minorcas are one of the great egc-
laying breeds. They are larger than the
LeGhorns, the males weighing from r..
to nine pounds and the females from 81
to re pounds.
They are supposed to have originated
in Spain, or, according to some authori-
ties, in the Island of Minorca, off the
coast of Spain. The Minorcas have been
brought to their highest perfection in
England. from where they were imported
to America in 1873.
The hens lay the largest white eggs of
any breed. They are especially popular
with the smaller backyard fancier and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
HARD SAECE

cream one-third cup CT butter ard beat
IN slowly one cup Of powdered sugar SIT
ted to take out the Jumps. Beat until
light and frothy then add the white of
one egg and beat until the sauce is very
light. Add a few drops of lemon flavor
Ing for serving with rhubarb and pile
lightly on a plate; do not smooth the
surface.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
RECLAINING WET n
Adding Acres NJ II SnnIi EXPENSE.
w. H.. STEVENSON.
Town Stntc CoIicgc OF AgrirnIEurn-


There are Yet In nearly all sections
OF the United states thousands of
acres of excellent land which produces
nothing of greater value than sedgcs
or wild hay. There are also in this
country thousands of farmers who for
one reason ard another fail to give the
drainage problem the attention which 1t
deserves merely as "A financial %proposi-
ton; some are slow to comprehend the
value of drainage. and some have not
learned Aow to drain. The plant food
resources lying dormant in bonds and
boys and sloughs of UNFRAMED areas
are sufficient to produce great crops
of grain and forage for an Indefinite
time. VIII it pay to reclaim wet lands?
experienced farmers state they have
neVer known a case where DRAINAGE
was feasible and whore work was we'll
done That reclamation by |drainago
Jailed to pay satisfactory profits. In
fact, IT frequently turns out that re-
claimed land. when rought into con-
dltion by thorough working and linn
mig turns out to be the best piece on
the farm, being filled with humus ana
rlch in plant food.
\ great many questions como nm
when a landowner decides to drain q
given piece of land. These questions
relate to the depth Of bitches. size of
AZ 'ie' l"'"'iohS OF drains services
of a drainage engineer, and "A rood
many ''"or "att'fs or Importance
nun '"l"'elE fof the landowner
,"''e are no rules which apply 20 the
aIs'"ii'''"H "t al drainage systems
frhig Ia na,,,r. ~
- " "r''"S' Soli ana moisture con
u'i'"s "ltoh vary widely within a very
limited area,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
EGG q

Beat white of one egg until stiff and
add gradually one-half tablespoon sugar
and juice of one-half orange. Beat yolk
oil one egg until thick and add gradually
a Few grains salt, one-half tablespoon
sugar juice of one-half orange and one
halt lemon. FIJI a glass one-quarter
run OF crushed ice. pour in first mixture.
add second mixture, mix carefully and
serve.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
FEEL DULL AND SLUGGISH. START
YOUR LIVER TIC WORKING,

1t beats all how quickly Foley Ca
thartic Tablets liven your liver, over
constipation-make you feel
lively and active again. j. L. Nc
Knight. FIT. Worth. Texas, says: MY
disasreeable symptoms We're entirely
removed by the thorough cleansing
Foley Cathartic Tablets gave me-
They're a Wonder. j w, O'Sullivan. |
tadvl |
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Reefs

Wash the beets and be CAREFUL not to
cut the skin. Cook until tender In boil
Ing water, drop into cold water and rub
the skins off. Slice and dress with a sauce
in the proportion of a ROUNDING table,
spoon OF butter, a saltspoon Of salt and a
level tablespoon of sugar. Heat until the
sugar and butter melt,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-05-28
RHUBARB CHARLOTTE

Trim the crust from stale bread and
cut IN strips three inches long, two
thirds of an inch thick and an inch wide.
DIP each in melted butter and line q well
huttcred charlotte mold. Fill with a layer
o. stewed and swectened rhubarb and
cover with strips of bread. Set IN a mod
crate oven for th%ree-quartcrs or an hour
anG serve with hard sauce.
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DINNER
Veal Callops
Baked Cocoanut Pudding
AND NEW TURNIP sA
LAD.

New turnips and asparagus tins make
an appetizing salad. The former are
cooked until tender in boiling sailed wa
ter then drained and followed out into
cups When cold they are sprinkled with
OIL and lemon juice and allowed to stand
until Favored. When ready to serve the
cups are arranged or a shredded lettuce
bed and filled with asparagus tips which
soaked for an hour or more in
French dressing. The garnish may be
Of radishcs cut into flower shapes of fan
ciful bits of boiled beet.
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WHEN TO BREED.

Early breeding decreases the size AT
maturity. If a man is working tor size
in his stock land l think within certain
limits size Is very e~ssentiaD no will do
well to breed his heifers that they may
drop their first calves at the age of from
thirty to thirty-six months. During the
SIX months previous to ~calvlng feed the
heifer literally. Considerable fat on her
body at freshening will do no i'll. In
and cake in a heifer's udder
seldom cause serious trouble, so that free
feeding will not he injurious.
When the heifer has straightened ont
after calv!ng feed her for fullest milk
production. Remember, too. that she
Is still growing and that she will re-
Guire more liberal feeding than the
mature COW giving the same amount Of
milk. She should not be allowed TO dry
of under ten months, and | think 1t
we'll to milk her for twelve months dur
ing this first lactation period. 1t helps
to establish the milking disposition.
Silage or roots (either turnlps or
mangels) are elegant feeds not only for
the milking heifer, but also for the
younRster.
To sum up, then, feed literally, ex-
ercise freely, give plenty of fresh air.
do not pamper do not breed too early.
use clovers or alfalfa generously and a
liberal portion of wheat bran ALWAYS.
These are the essentials for the maxi
ing of a good cow from a good calf.
and IL these simple suggestions are
conscientiously carried out success will
follow.