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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

them as fast as you can, There is
no need having to feed pullets from
eight to ten months, before getting
any returns.
Hasten the growth of young cock
erels, by feeding them all they will
eat. Keep them fat enough for the
table all the time, and they will reach
the required weight for the market
much sooner. 1t is the earlier mar
kets that pay the best prices.
Don't make the mistake Of thinking
you can half feed your hens and make
success Of the poultry business. The
wants of the hens body comes first
If there is any surplus it goes into
the eggs. Where there is no surplus
there are no eggs. 1t is your business
to provide enough food for the body
and the eggs.
If you are keeping hens for egg-pro-
duction only there is no need for keep
ing any males. 1t costs about 81 to
feed each one, and their room might
better be given to that many more
hens.
Turkeys must have free range in
order to do well. Do not keep them
closely confined II you have fed
them regularly, they will continue to
come up at that time for their feed,
even If allowed to run free.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
NOTES or THE POULTRY YARD
WhItswash Improves Looks Of House
and 10 Good Dlslnfectant-Give
Turkeys Free Range.
tBy MRS. A. j. wILDER.)

10y MINIS. "A. y. WlAbEft-J
Lime is very good thing to use
about the poultry houses. An occa-
sional coat of white-wash on walls
and on the nest boxes greatly i'm
proves the looks of the house, besides
being good disinfectant and yermin
killer.
Pullets hatched in April or the. first
of May, make late fell and winter
layers, and they are the ones that pay.
Hatch all you can of them.
If sitting hen leaves the nest, dc
not throw away the eggs unless they
are cold. If you have another broody
hen, put her on the nest. She will
finish the Matching, and it will save
her Just 80 much time, as well as saw
ing the eggs.
Give the little chicks skim milk to
drink. 1t is very good for them, as
well as for the older fowls. The more
milk your poultry drink, the less meat
lit will be necessary to feed them.
Do not keep too many hens in one
flock. Much better results are OBJ.
tanned from the smaller flocks. and IT
Is the results that count.
If you want the pullets to mature
early, and begin laying at five or six
months old, feed them properly and
well from the start. Give them a
properly balanced ration, and crowd
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
HAVE REGULAR MENDING DAY
BY Employment of System, Drudgery
Of Necessary Repairing May Large
Iy Be Done Away With.

There is nothing in the world like
system, and nowhere does one realize
this more than in the matter of dress"
Thus writes one woman, who thinks
that the woman who puts off mending
the tiny hole she might have attended
to in ten minutes is laying up much
trouble for herself when the little hole
becomes undarnable. The rip under
the arm in the blouse that hardly
shows when it is put on extends
alarmingly, and there is usually day
of reckoning for all put-off things of
the same kind.
The remedy for this is regular
mending day or a mending evening, II
woman is engaged in business Sc
lect the best day for this purpose and
stick to 1t; you will be surprised to
find that your clothing will not only
look better but also last longer. As
soon as garment needs mending put
1t aside for the mending day that is
coming.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
PRODUCTION OF GOOD EGGS
Wisconsin Expert Emphasizes I'M
portanee Of Clean, Whole Food
Keep Nests Clean.

Just because an egg is freshly laid
by an apparently healthy hen 1t can
not be assumed that it is a good egg,
according to James G. Halpin Of the
College Of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, who emphasizes the
heed Of clean. wholesome food for the
production Of first-class eggs. Hens
that are forced to obtain the greater
portion of their living as scavengers
and given a poor range to work on
cannot produce eggs of as good quality
as can flock which regularly is fed
a good ration.
Eggs lacking in protein have a wa
terry white and the she'll is apt to be
thin owing to the partial absence of
lime. Such eggs, besides being of less
value as food. are more than likely to
bring forth puny chickens OF low vi
tality, subject to white diarrhea and
an early death. With proper quanti-
ties OF wheat bran, clover, oyster
shell and sound grains in the ration
fed to laying hens. eggs with firm
shells, rich in protein and delicately
favored are sure to result, providing
of course, that the flock is given clean
nests and runs and is kept free from
mites.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
DODDER IS THE WORST WEED
Annual Parasitic Plant Develops Into
Threadllke Stem, Sending Suckers
Into Alfalfa.

CBy W. L. OSWALD, Minnesota Expert
ment Station)
In the western states, and in some
European countries, dodder is the
worst weed found in alfalfa fields. 1t
is an annual parasitic plant which
starts from the seed in the ground and
develops into long. threadlike stem.
winding itself around the alfalfa plant
and sending parasitic roots or suckers
into the plant. It then lives on the
nourishment which should be used in
developing the alfalfa plant.
Dodder has not yet secured a
strong foothold in the alfalfa fields of
this state, probably because alfalfa
has not been raised for seed to any
considerable extent. AS long as al
falfa is grown only for hay, dodder
should not become a very serious
weed pest. However. as alfalfa VIM
probably be grown more and more for
seed each year. extreme care should
be taken to secure seed which is free
from dodder and to avoid the introduc-
ton Of dodder into the states.
There are two dodder varieties COM
mon in alfalfa fields. The small-seed-
ed alfalfa dodder is not as bad as the
large-seeded variety. as the seed is
easily separated from that of alfalfa
The seed Of the large-seeded alfalfa
dodder ia about the same size as al
falfa seed and It is almost impossible
to separate them.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Uses for cltron.

Citron when properly used and pre-
pared is SO delicious that 1t should
be introduced for change more fre-
quently.
Substitute citron In any recipe call
ing for dried fruit; for plain cake
transformation, white, regular or gin
gerbread, add one cupful of minced
cltron, slightly Toured. Put small
cupful in the doughnut batter, meas
ured after dicing, In your lemon or
vanilla icing put little minced cit
ron, busted with pulverlzed sugar,
sprinkle little of 1t shaved on top
cake before icing is applied.
When the vanilla Ice cream is near
ly frozen, remove the lid and for two
quarts drop in one OF the large pieces
Of citron, previously put through the
meat grinder; again cover and finish
as usual.
Citron is delicious in apple sauce
and Brown Betty"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
cornstarch Snow Puddlno.

Those who have always made a
snow pudding with gelatin and lemen
juice thickened with the white Of eggs
will be surprised to find how easily a
substitute is made by adding whites
of eggs to plain cornstarch pudding.
Mix one-half cup of cornstarch, one
quarter cup Of sugar. a saltspoonful
of salt with one-half cup of cold milk
Turn this into quart Of hot milk and
cook 15 minutes. Add teaspoonful
of vanilla and the whites of three
eggs beaten stiff. When stirred light
ly pour into small molds and serve
with custard sauce. If the family is
small make half Of the rule and use
the whites Of two small eggs, which
will make 1t even lighter and more
fluffy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

Irons treated In the following man.
ner can be kept in excellent condition;
Tie a lump Of beeswax In a thin white
rag. When the irons are hot, rub
them with the rag and then scour
with cloth sprinkled with salt. After
the ironing is finished and the irons
are still warm, rub the wax over them.
and It will keep them smooth and free
from rust. II o brick which has been
heated In the oven is used for an
ironing stand. the irons will be found
to keep hot much longer than If an or
dinary iron stand is used.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Filled Cookies.

One and one-half cupfuls granulatet
sugar and one cupful lard, creamed to-
gether, two eggs, one cupful sweet
milk, four teaspoonfuls Of baking pow.
der. sifted with two quarts of flour,
pinch of salt,
Filling: One pound of English wal
nuts (chopped), one pound of raisins
Cooked and thickened as for ples)
Mix together.
Roll cookies very thin, place In pan
and in center Of each put one table.
spoonful Of filling. Cover with another
thin cooky and bake. The heat OF
the oven will seal them together.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
SUNLIGHT AS DIslNFEcTANT
Most Disease Germs Are Killed by Dl-
rect Light, as Repeated Tests
Have Demonstrated.
(By H. PRESTON HosKINs.

tby II. fhESlON dOSh1NS-J
Sunlight is one OF the best and
cheapest disinfectants at our disposal,
and we should take advantage Of this
fact at every opportunity. In the con-
struction of barns or shelters OF any
kind for animals. ample provision
should be made for the admission of
the maximum amount of sunlight.
Southern exposure is desirable. that is,
having the majority Of the windows
facing the south. The warmth thus
provided in cold weather is desirable,
and much OF the excessive heat in
summer can BE- avoided by providing
suitable curtains or screens. Most dis
ease germs are easily killed by direct
sunlight, as has been repeatedly shown
hS axnariments.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
ROAST PORK WITH sTUFFINe
Too Substantial a Dish for Hot
Weather, But There Still 10 Time
to Enjoy It.

Before the weather gets too hot we
may like to have one more good roast
of fresh pork. A fresh shoulder or
fresh ham will stuff to best adyan-
tage. Select one not too large, make
a large incision just below the
knuckle between the skin and the
meat for the purpose of introducing
the stufing, which must later be Sc
cured by sewing up with small twine.
Then with sharp-pointed knife score
the leg all over and in the following
manner: With the left hand hold
the pork firmly and with the knife
score the skin across in parallel lines
quarter Of an inch apart. Roast for
about two hours and half or three
hours, according to size, and when
done dish UP with brown gravy and
send to the table with apple sauce.
The stufing for the pork may be
thus prepared: Chop dozen sage
leaves and six large onions and boil
these in water for three or four min
utes and put on a sieve to drain;
then put In stewpan with pepper
and salt and little butter and let
1t simmer for twenty minutes, when
1t is ready to place in the leg of pork.
While this onion stuffing is possibly
more favored than a dressing In
which cracker or bread is used. 1t
seems better to have the bone entire
ly removed and thus give room for a
good quantity Of the real old fash
Toned bread stuffing.
"A loin Of pork may be stuffed with
the same preparation by making an
incision in the upper part Of the loin
and after the stuf1ng is put in sew
ing up as you would the leg.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

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ADA WILT, 1876 Stock St, Hanover. Pa.
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
FrIcassee Of Lamb win Gravy

Get lamb from the forequarter cut
In pieces for serving. Wipe meat, put
in kettle, cover with boiling water and
cook slowly until meat is tender. Re-
move from water, cool. sprinkle with
salt and pepper, dredge with flour and
saute in butter (here you need to use
butter). Arrange on platter and pour
around one and one-half cupfuls brown
sauce made from liquor in which meat
was cooked after removing all fat, 1t
is better to cook meat day before serv-
ing. as then fat may be more easily
removed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Marrow Balls.

Mix together: One tablespoonful
of marrow taken from the soup bone
before you put 1t on to boil, the white
of one egg beaten stiff and seasoned
with one salt spoonful of salt, one
slice of green pepper chopped fine.
And enough fine bread crumbs to
make into dough stiff enough to roll
into balls,
Make them half an hour before you
are ready to cook them, as they retain
their shape better II allowed to stand,
Drop them into any hot stock and let
boil six minutes. being careful not
to crush them in taking out. Serve
at once.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Surprise Cake.

Sift two even cupfuls of sifted floui
with two even teaspoonfuls of cream
tartar and one of soda into mixing
dish. Place the white Of one egg in
a large bowl, beat TO a stiff froth, ado
one-half cupful melted (not hot) but
ter. one cupful of milk, Beat smooth
then flavor with your favorite extract
add contents Of bowl to those In dish
and beat vigorously, A hot oven II
needed (S5O degrees II you have an
oven thermometer).
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
LAYING OUT A GARDEN
ERRONEOUS IDEA THAT Muct
TIME is REQUIRED.
Plot f5o by 100 Feet VIII Produce
Enough Fruit and Vegetables for
Family Of six-Run the Rows
North and South.

There is an important economical
side to this question of garden.
Beef, for instance, in its various forms
is notoriously expensive, especially
where 1t is eaten twice or three times
a day, whereas beans, peas, spinach,
ETC., when served with meat would
make up half the amount eaten, thus
reducing the cash cost Of the whole.
And the impression that a vegetable
garden requires much time and care
is such an erroneous one! Two or
three hours week will suffice for a
garden 150 by 100 feet, which is cap
able of producing fruit and vegetables
enough for family of six, provided
the rows are three feet apart SO that
horse, may be used.
In laying out such garden the
rows should be run north and south,
for planted thus vegetables receive
the greatest amount of sun. The first
four rows should be six feet apart, and
the first of these might contain twelve
currant and twelve gooseberry bushes
set six feet apart. In the second row
plant hundred raspberry canes three
feet apart, with two canes at each
place. The third row will be for
strawberries and will hold 150 plants
grown In hills set one foot apart, no
runners being allowed to grow. The
next thirteen rows will be three feet
apart and may be planted to the fol-
lowing vegetables in the order given:
Asparagus plants, so one-year seed,
lings, set three feet apart in the row;
parsnips, 80 feet; then hundred feet
of onions, Of which rs feet may be
young sets for early summer; beets
and lettuce, so feet; early cabbage, a
hundred feet; late cabbage, a hundred
feet; caulifower, so feet; peas, three
full rows, corn, four full rows; toma,
toes, hundred feet; beans, so feet;
okra, ten feet; then so feet more OF
string beans and 150 feet of dwarf
lima beans. The remaining four rows
should be eight feet apart to allow the
vines to spread In the first row
plant rs muskmelons six feet apart
then row Of cucumbers set six feet
apart, five eggplants and ten early
squash, all six feet apart. The next
row may be planted to eight Hubbard
squash and twelve rhubarb plants, set
six feet apart, and the last two rows
may very properly be given over to
herbs and flowers for cutting.
1t Is frequently forgotten that
great many people abroad, notably the
drawers Of water and hewers of wood,
live almost entirely on vegetables, con-
sidering meat a luxury only to be in
dulged in once a week, while we in
America, having the most delicious
and greatest variety of vegetables
grown anywhere, discard them for
meat.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
More Willing Than Able.

Following an entertainment few
evenings since two young men met on
the street
did Miss UNISON take part?" asked
one, with evident interest.
Eyes, indeed" the other replied
"Can she sing?"
WELL" the other answered, "she
can't but she does. ."-Y youngstown
Telegram.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

Perhaps he thinks he 10 telling the truth,
bp. he has ope eye on tho cash register and
,'other on The extra pro0t Insist ups
5. =, s. II Is your only safeguard against
the cheap mineral stun that can be put up
In any cellar by the apprentice.
There Is not medicine for any purpose
more carefully made than 5. :, s. 1t rep
resents the highest type of medicine. Its
medcal properties are just as essential to
well balanced healtk. II the blood be sick.
~ are the nourishlng elements OF meats,
grains, fats and sugars of our daily food.
u :. $, is prepared direct. from native
botanical material. Not a drop OF drugs
Ia added. Not drop OF minerals Is used.
This II one OF the most important things
to know and to remember when your blood
needs attention.
II Is the most effective, the purest, the
quickest and most reliable medicine known
Tor poisoned blood. rheumatlpm, catarrhal
Infection. malaria, skin disease, old sores
and all nfilctions that show In the blood.
sk!n. Joints and mnscles
An interesting book on the blood -
mailed 10 those who write. Get bottle
of Il. 3. S. today. II Is the worlds greatest
medicine. Insist upon the dealer handing
you y. 4. :. and don't let him crate about
Something that he can't advertise rs Irea
from iodde or potash aud other destructive
mineral drugs
II you have trouble getting s. s.. s. write
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
NesseIrode PUDDING.

One cupful whipped cream. one-hall
cupful pulverized sugar, one table
spoonful gelatin. one cupful chopped
candied cherries, pineapple, and Eng
lish walnuts. Dissolve the gelatin In
one-third cupful hot water and mix
all lightly together. Flavor with va
nilla and pour into mold and stand
on ice for several hours. Serve with
whipped cream.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Eroos, Leos. Brown Erloa..s..

Remove the skin from the frogs
legs and scald them with hot water,
acidulated with little vinegar. Dry,
roll In -four and saute a light brown.
Make thin. brown sauce, add slice
OF lemon. u shallot. small bay leaf.
a sprig OF parsley. and few mush.
rooms. Simmer about fifteen minutes,
add tablespoonful Of sweet butter or
q little cream and serve.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
A Good MIX Producer.

condensing plants where they do not
have the by-product returned to their
farms to feed out to the calves that
are being raised to replace the cows
that are annually discarded from
their herds.
The keeping of more cows for
creameries and cheese factories is
also encouraging and many men are
willing to pay good price for we'll
bred dairy COWS.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

In the Chilean Andes there is lake
10000 feet deep up in the mountains,
which is prevented only by granite
wall few feet thick from devastating
the valley below. In order to avert
the disaster engineers are draining the
water by tunnel and expect to sup
ply electrical current and light to all
the valley cities through the water
power which will be developed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
The Diplomatic Alphabet.

Next time we may go on down the
diplomatic alphabet and take in almost
the entire family Of nations--Argen-
tina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, England,
France, Germany, Holland, Italy,
Japan, Korea (by Japan's permission), +,
Liberia, Montenegro, Norway, Oman,
Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, Uni
ted States, Venezuela, Wallachia and
Zanzibar. The only missing links are
%" and "X," but our Chinese friends
might furnish the queue in a PINCH
Omaha Bee.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
RAISING BEST DAIRY BREEDS
No More Profitable Line of Stock
Growing Than Raising Good Cows
for the Dairymen.

Any farmer is safe In breeding and
raising for sale large milking or but
reproducing cows. AS an industry
there is no more profitable line of
stock growing than raising good COWS
and selling them to the dairymen who
are making specially OF producing
market milk or selling their milk to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

single sausage for ham order fsers ID
whore substitution gets good start, When
clerk attempts TO hand you substitute
for 3 :. 8. he Will tell you pretty story.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07

There are now more than $1,000
autos used by farmers in the United
States and the number is increasing
at tremendous rate. These machines
are not all used for pleasure, but for
economy of time and the saving of
horses in the daily work on the farm.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Free 10 Our Readers

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, for
l8-page illustrated Eye Book Free. Write all
about Your Eye Trouble and they will advise
az to the Proper Application Of the Murine
Eye Remedies in Your Special Case. Your
Druggist will tell you that Murine Relieves
Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes. Doesn't
Smart, Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for Doc.
Try 1t In Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for
6caly Eyellds and Granulation.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
A TREATMENT THAT HEALS
ITCHING. BURNING SKINS

Don't stand that itching skin humor
one day longer. Go to the nearest
druggist and get a jar of resinol oint-
ment (50c) and a cake of resinol soap
(25c). Battle the eczema patches with
resinol soap and hot water dry and
apply little resinol ointment.
It's almost too good to be true. The
torturing itching and burning stop in
stantly, you no longer have to dig and
scratch, sleep becomes possible, and
healing begins. Soon the ugly, tor
menting eruptions disappear complete
ly and for good.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
That English Language.

DR.. Arnold was paying a visit to one
of his patients, a young mother.
"You must let the baby have one
cows milk to drink every day, Mrs.
Burrell," he said.
Very well, doctor, if you say so,
of course will" replied the perplexed
young woman, "but really don't see
how he is going to hold it all."-Lip-
pincott's Magazine,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Some Useful Hints.

Perfamed olive oil sprlnkled on Ii
brary shelves will prevent mold on
books; mud stains can be removed
from black cloth by rubbing with a
raw potato; the Juice Of a raw onion
applied to the sting of an insect viii
remove the poison.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-08-07
Political Prudence.

you'll have some explaining to do
when you get home, won't you?"
NO." replied the member of con-
gress. ''I'm not going to explain, I'm
going to let my constituents argue
matters out among themselves and
then take the side that seems to have
the most advocates"