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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
PLAN TO DIVIDE WORK
HoUsEcLEANlNG NEED NOT BE
TIME OF TERROR.
Unnecessary to soour Entire House
at One TIre-Arranae a Schedule
and Adhere 10 II With W.
most Strlctness.

Friday is too often a day OF terror,
because Fridays cleaning is made
such difficult matter. To be sure,
Friday cleaning is a difficult matter,
especially II the whole house must
be cleaned on that day. II can be
much lessened, however, by going
about II systematically.
To begin with, no house should be
cleaned from top to toe on any single
be cleaned Thursday morning, the
bathrooms Saturday and Wednesday,
the kitchen Saturday and the living
room and dinlng-rooms on Friday. On
Monday the whole house can be put to
rights. 10 make up for the extra use
Il gets on Sunday. On Tuesday no
cleaning. except the daily work with
duster and carpet sweeper, need be
done.
II Friday is put aside for the clean
ing OF the living rooms and dining
rooms II is not bad day at all. or
course, these rooms are the most diff
cult in the house to clean, and the
downstairs halls must be cleaned at
the same time, and, OF course. when
the downstairs halls ere cleaned the
stairs and the upstairs halls must be
included. Still. this is easy work for
Friday.
Here is n suggestive schedule for
the work OF Friday of this sort:
The rugs should be cleaned first
10 oil
should be cleaned IN the house and
folded and covered with big cotton
duster. II there is no vacuum clean
er, they should be cleaned out of
doors. II possible, and left piled up on
a safe porch. Then the furniture
should be busted and all the chairs
and other easily moved articles should
be put into one room. Then the walls
and ceilings should be brushed down
and all woodwork should be wiped
with a cloth wrung out OF clear water
or else moistened with little oil.
Then the floors hould be cleaned.
The dust should be removed with
soft brush, and then. while the dust
is settling. the various small articles
Nhht Httu CltdHink III tnt hltCHtu may
he attended TO. Silver desk orna-
ments and objects from the sideboard
should be polished. or nickel ones
washed In hot water. and andirons and
candles.icks and lamps and mirrors
and all other small, movable accesso-
ries should be put in order.
Then the floors should be gone
over again. either with wax or oil or
with broom in a canton flannel bag.
10 remove the last traces of dust. The
furniture should then be wiped of
with cloth on which there is little
oil. The rugs should be laid and the
furniture put In position.
When the windows need washing
they can either be done while the dust
Is settling or else after everything else
is done.
IL the rugs must be cleaned indoors
with broom, the furniture must first
be moved TO another room or else
carefully covered. One room can be
given up to sweeping the rugs to save
moving furniture.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
EARN
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EXERCISE FOR BROOD SoWs
Animals Should BE Kept In Yards and
Pens Where They Can Avoid
Marrow Gates and Doors.

By q. E. MORTON. Colorado AgricuI.
tural college.)
Brood sows should be allowed plentv
OF room to exercise in, up to about
two days Of farrowing time. They
should be kept In yards and pens
where they will not be Obliged To
pass through narrow gates, over
boards, doorways, or through low
doorways where they are Obliged In
bend their backs to get through. Any
one OF these is likely to result in dead
pigs at birth.
II Is good idea to feed whole oats
scattered on the feeding floor or
ground for a week or two prior To
narrowing, so that the COW will be
forced to exercise in getting her feed.
when about due to farrow, the SOW
should be put into a pen which has
been fitted with wallguards, whore the
pigs may find safety after birth. The
ordinary pig guard is useless because
1t is neither high enough from the
hoor nor far enough from the wall.
and the space underneath nils up with
straw SO that the pig is crushed almost
as easily as II the guard we're not
there.
For thin. active sows a large pen
may be used. For extremely heavy.
fat sows, It is best to have a pen space
comparatively small SO that the SOW
cannot turn around quickly and thus
step on her pigs. The SOW should not
be fed heavily just prior to farrowing.
nor just after farrowing, but should
have a thin slop for a few days so
that there may be no tendency to con-
stipation. II there is any such ten
tency, dose Of epson salts should
be given in the swill
The bedding in the pen should be
kept absolutely dry as dampness will
very quickly cause death loss among
young pigs. Within a week or two the
SOW and her litter should be moved
out to colony hog house. where they
will get more exercise. When the
pigs are two or three weeks old. two
or three sows may be turned together.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
COWS FRESHEN IN THE FALL
MIX Flow Kept Up for Longer Period
and Produced During the Season
Of High Prices.
cpy w. FREEHoFF. wisconsin,

(By w. FREEHoFF. wisconsin,
For cows to freshen twice a year
really sounds like nature taking, Dut
that is just what happens to cows that
freshen In the fall.
Good feeding and careful attention
keep up large flow Of milk all win
ter; then in the spring when the green
herbage comes the rule, again the man.
ufacture Of milk receives fresh stim-
illus.
Thus by fall freshening the milk
flow is not only kept up for a longer
period of time than would otherwise
be the case. but the most milk Is pro-
duced during the season OF highest
prices. In this lies the chief superb
ority of winter over summer dairying.
Cows that freshen In the spring dry
up quickly in the fall when the grass
is no longer present; few farmers take
good care of a dry COW during the
winter so that the next year the ami
NAL will be still less useful. Such de-
terioration in a COW is often greater
than the entire value Of her milk
products.
Then again, the cows need most
protection during the summer months
when labor may be used to better ad-
vantage in the fields, while during the
winter months no labor can find en-
ployment Summer dairying has abb
solutely nothing to commend 1t.
Feed Is about the same price In the
summer as in the winter. while winter
labor is cheaper; this. with the In
creased price for winter products
makes winter dairying by far the more
profitable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Corn Salad.

Cut cold boiled corn from the cob
carefully removing any shreds OF silk
that have fingered between kernels.
Line a salad bowl with small white
leaves from the heart OF a lettuce
head and then heap the corn in the
center. Pour the mayonnaise over the
whole, being sure to have plenty Of
it. The toothsomeness OF corn as a
salad ingredient is just becoming
known. 1t is much better eaten alone
with mayonnaise than mixed with
other vegetables.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
German Eggs: a Recipe.

Cut a long French milk roll into
slices and put these into cool oven
until crisp and brown; then arrange
them in a well-buttered casserole and
brush them over with warmed butter,
to which has been added a squeeze OF
lemon Juice. Onto each piece OF roll
break fresh egg. dust these with salt
and pepper. add few spoonfuls OF
cream or thin white sauce. and bake
until the eggs are set. Serve at once
with an accompaniment OF baked to-
matoes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22

which to breed. In many cases II is
merely a question of eliminating the
worst. as there are many communities
that are not supplied with good
stallion. In many other cases. how
ever. the saving of five dollars on a
service fee plays an all-important
part. Fifty-five per cent OF the stall
lions licensed In the state are grades
or less than grades, which shows that
too many are neglectins the matter
OF patronizing good sire, and are
thereby reducing their profits. A saw
ing OF FIVE dollars on service fee
often means a loss OF 500 or more
when the colt is two years old.
When looking at stallion II is
well to ask yourself: How much
would he be worth as a gelding? II
his colts are like him, will they be
good market geldings? How much
Improvement will he make when bred
to the average farm mares? The an
swer to these questions win decide
whether the horse is suitable sire
or not. In answering them 1t should
be kept in mind that good feet and
legs are the first essential OF mar
ketable horse. II the stallion does
not have them he cannot be expected
to produce them In his offspring.
The state license which the owner
OF a stallion must show is the best
guide to the breeding OF the stallion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22

Across Section Of Manure Shed,
Showing Plan Of Construction. B.
Horizontal Section Of Front. Show.
Ing Plsnks In Grooves In the ce.
ment Walls.
two trap doors are also covered with
this roofing. These doors are 2 feet
inches by feet 10 inches. and fit
over frame in the roof. TO which
they are hinged at the top. A wide
raised walk. gradually inclined 80 the
end OF II is only foot s inches from
the caves. is very convenient from
which 70 reach the doors with the
baskets OF droppings.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
FsedIno the Hons.

Moldy feeds occasionally kin lots of
hogs. At other times they seem not to
injure them; probably II depends on
the stage which the ptomaines have
reached OF passed. Anyway. there is
no nsa In taking chances by feeding
nodded. heated feeds to high priced
hogs.
Rye and corn finely ground make a
good slop for hogs on pasture of al
falfa or clover. For hogs In the pen
this slop is somewhat too fattening
and shorts or middlings with more
protein will give better growth unless
some tsnkage IL added.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22

ner side Of the hook by spring. but
Is essily released by a pull on the
ring al the opposite end of the rod.
The user simply stands at safe dis
tance and clamps the device over the
sensitive central wall OF the bulls
nose. In case of necessity It can be
used effectively as a club.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Io CLEAN a MIneIna Maohln..

The following is an excellent way
20 clean mincing machine: II is very
difficult to dry the inside; therefore II
is best to grind stale pieces OF bread
through it. This win collect all grease.
fat and skin from the small knives
Wipe with a clean cloth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22

portant to use only pure bred cock
birds and not cross bars or mongrels.
The age Of all birds is an important
matter. 1t is advisable not TO keep
cocks or hens after they are three
years old Over that age there are
few hens that will lay enough eggs
to be profitable and their room can
be taken up with advantage by pullets.
The best arrangement ia 10 breed from
a two-year-old male bird. mated with
large, well-grown. March-hatched pull
let's.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Canned 6lueberrIes.

The berries should first be thorough.
ly picked over and washed. then
placed in kettle with one-half cup.
full of sugar and one-half cupful of
water TO each quart OF the berries.
Cook until each berry is done, then
turn into hot Jars and seal at once.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Iee cream Double, protI,..

Many dairymen, who reside adjacent
to cities, find that they can double
their profits by making Ice cream.
This industry has been greatly aided
BY the pure food law requiring a high.
grade article Of ice cream.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Compares Manhattan to Hall.

New York.-Evangelist Bob Jones
declares that New Workers are
dancing the tango in cabarets ION the
brink OF hell" He says that the only
difference between Manhattan and hell
is that Manhattan is surrounded by
water.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Cows Get HomssIek,

Cows are nervous. timid and sensi.
tive and they suffer with homesick-
ness. The newly purchased COW is
apt to fall OF in her milk flow for
time until she gets used to new sur
roundings.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
saltsd Almons

Pour boiling water over shelled al.
monds. Let stand until the skin will
fall OF. Pour over two teaspoonfuls
of good olive oil and one teaspoonfuI
salt. let stand in bowl two hours
Put into dripping pan and brown IN
a moderate oven, stirring often.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
DEVICE FOR LEADING A BULL
Metal Tube Provided With Handle at
One End and Hook on Other
VIII Prove Efficient.

The body of this lead is a metal
tube, four feet in length. provided
with handle on one end and a hook
on the other. Inside the tube is a
rod. which is pressed against the in
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
To Clean Gold Thread

Gold-threaded articles that have be.
come tarnished can be made to look
like new by brushing them thoroughly
with a brush dipped in pulverized
burnt alum.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
SELECT THE BEST STALLION
Too Many Farmers Are NeslectIns
Matter Of PatronlzIng Good Sire,
Thereby Reducing Profits.

(By ]. g. MONTGOMERY. Minnesota
Experiment Stationg
The progressive farmer who keeps
brood mares is confronted with the
problem of choosing a stallion to.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Spells Of plxxIness.

Too close inbreeding will not ex-
actly make insane chicks. but II will
make chicks that take spells OF diz-
illness.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
Gull pumpIsh Liens.

At any and all times. dumpIsh hens
should be eulled out OF the flock. for
they are never good layers-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-22
undertaker commI,a suIold..

New York.-After asserting that
business was poor, William w. simp-
son. ffty-ave. an undertaken, commit
ted suicide By inhaling gas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29
BathN of Sea Sand.

The very latest beauty bath is that
composed of hot sea sand. Some ia
nous beauties have the sand brought
direct from Coney island or Long
island in barrels.
These baths are fairly expensive,
but then it is claimed that they do
infinite good to a certain quality Of
skin-that white skin which so often
accompanies red-gold hair and a peach
complexion.
The hot sea sand bath is prepared
in rather a peculiar way. A large
sheet is placed on the floor and COW
cred thickly with smoking hot sand.
Then the patient" is wrapped up in
the sheet and quietly massaged. At
ter five minutes the patient is rolled
over and over dozen times and then
again massaged. By this time the
sand is cool and the Sfseration W
ished, unless a very enthusiast
beauty lover has the courage to begij
all over again.
After the sea sand bath is over
strong hot sea water bath is taken,
and this is followed by a delicious
douche of cold. family scented water.
Next comes the cup of coffee accom-
panied by a roll and then-half an
hours reposel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29
HOW TO SUPER A
COLONY OF BEES
Among Other Things See That
Each Honey Box Is New and
Clean With a New Starter.

tBy WARD II. FOSTER. Bee Inspector.
Colorado Agricultural College,
The super. or case that holds the
pound section honey boxes, should be
placed on the hive before they get
the lower hive filled with honey. See
that each honey box is new and
clean with a new starter of comb
foundation securely placed in the cen
ter Of the top of each box. II you
sell honey for shipping it is highly
important to have narrow strip OF
thin comb foundation at the bottom
also. The best filed sections are Sc
cured where wooden separators are
used between the rows OF honey
boxes Look into the boxes twice
each week to see that none Of the
starters pull off when the bees be
gin to draw off the wax. If they do
drop down or come loose, remove the
honey box and put in another starter
or a new ready prepared box. The
starter can be fastened by using a
warm knife dipped in soap subs,
pressing the edge Of the wax starter
into the wood. When the super is
half full of honey. put another super
on top and as soon as the bees begin
working in it place It below the first
super which will probably be ready
to remove a few days later
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29

Many travellers have the unfortunate
failing of attributing ignorance and
backwardness to everyone who wears
the strange garb and observes the
strange customs of a foreign land.
Often, as in the case of the tourist in
China that the New York Tribune tells
of, there is a rude awakening.
When his steamer touched at Hong
kong, the tourist was delighted to see
a Chinese woman in the costume of
her country come on board ship. She
was the first Chinese woman that he
had seen in the native dress, and he
determined to take a picture. Ad-
vancing to within few feet of the lit
tie woman. he leveled the camera at
her and began to exclaim loudly in
amateur pidgin English:
Me takee picture! Can catchee?
Can catcher"
The Chinese woman looked at him
in deep disgust, and replied in perfect
English:
You can catchee, but you may not p"
Turning, she walked away. She had
been graduated from an American col
lege the year previous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29
THE OYSTER.

Huxley's definition of the oyster is
"a delicious flash of gustatory light
ming" He. with nearly all lovers OF
the biyalve, will admit there is no
cooking which improves it. 1t is at its
pest in its own liquor, fresh on the
shell.
For stew, the oysters should be
carefully handled, to remove all bits
OF shell or a pearl, perhaps, then
washed and scalded in their own
liquor until the ruffles curl Have the
milk hot, add the seasonings to the
oysters, and pour over the hot milk;
reheat and serve at once. To have
good stew one must have good rich
milk and be lavish with the butter.
Oyster kabobs.-Put into a stew
pan a small chopped onion, add a Ia
blespoonful of butter and cook the
onion until it is yellow; add a table
spoonful Of flour, a few chopped mush-
rooms. teaspoonful Of chopped pars-
ley and enough of egg yolk to make
the mixture stick to the oysters when
rolled in it, Put half dozen oysters
on a skewer, then dip the skewer into
bread crumbs and egg until well Gov
cred. Then fry in deep fat Serve
a skewer to a person
Pigs in Blankets.-This is not new
way of serving oysters, but it is one
which is well liked Wipe good sized
oysters, season and wrap with thin
slice of bacon, skewer with a tooth
pick and bake in hot oven until the
bacon is crisp
Oysters Boiled.-Throw the oysters
in the shells into boiling water and
let them boil for five minutes, then
take up carefully and serve with melt
ed butter.
Oyster Rarebit.-Break into small
pieces a half pound of rich cheese,
put into a sauce pan with a table
spoonful of melted butter and set on
the back part Of the range and slowly
melt. Cook a pint of oysters until
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29
A Fair Offer.

1t was at the moving-picture show
In front sat a young woman, very pref
ty and modishly costumed, with her
son, a youngster of perhaps six years.
Just behind sat a young mana good
looking young mana well-dressed
man. The young man watched the
young woman very much more closely
than he did the screen across the
stage. For the first quarter of an hour
he did not dare to speak to her. But
she was so attractive that he cudgeled
HIS brains for sonic excuse to begin 4
conversation. At last he hit upon the
idea of pretending he was a stranger
"a foreigner-in need of information
He leaned over and said in his best
French:
Pardon, madame, may address a
few words to your"
The six-year-old escort IT,
around with courteous inclinatio
his curly head.
IF you wish, sir said he, 81 W
translate for you. My mother does
not understand French. New York.
Evening Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29

OF schemes Of ornamentation. The
body Of the wall may be either wood
or steel framework or it may be built
up Of brick or concrete block or hol-
low tile. II built Of nodded shapes.
the stucco may be plastered on di-
rectly; but if OF framework, the stuc-
co must be carried by lathing. prefer
ably OF wire mesh or of one of the
forms Of expanded metal lath, which
must be fastened firmly to the frame.
bus sufficiently loose t. allow for ex-
pansion and contraction, thus pre-
venting the formation of cracks. The
exterior finish may be of rough plas-
ter effect, or pebble-dash, or may en-
body a color scheme secured by the
use of cOlored aggregates exposed by
brushing and acid-washing, or obtain
e by mixing mineral cOlors with the
mortar or by the external application
OF appropriate color finishes The use
of mosaics of colored thing or angu-
lar fragments of vitreous material. is
another possibility that offers itself.
The massive chimney leading up from
the CRATE at one end of the dining
room is in itself an important element
in the exterior scheme OF artistic or.
namentation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29
by MRS. J. B. GLITZK E.

tBI MEtS. J. Il. Gl-lILk Ed
If you have a cool, dry cellar or
fruit-room and the best-keeping varie-
ties, the question of keeping grapes in
the winter is a simple one. At the
great vineyards the grapes are brought
in from the vines in long. shallow
picking boxes, holding perhaps forty
pounds, which are stored one above
another in the fruit houses and left
there until wanted for market or 9TH
er purposes.
Months after they come out as fresh
as when picked. If the room is damp.
or the grapes placed in too large or
deep boxes, they will mold.
Thick skinned grapes like the Ca
tawba, lsabellas, or Wilder keep best.
while such tender skinned ones as
the Concord are the poorest; yet |
have kept Concords up to January by
packing them in market baskets in
dry sawdust.
A simple method Is to place grape
leaves between layers of grapes as
you pick them, or sheets of paper.
These keep the clusters from press
ing againts one another too closely,
thus preventing mold and decay.
Handsome clusters are preserved by
cutting piece of the vine with each
and placing one end in a bottle of
water, also by covering the stem Of
the cluster at the point were cut with
wax
Remember to avoid too dry, too
damp, and too warm rooms. Grapes
should be kept as near the freezing
point as possible, and not freeze. Of
course all this is a little trouble, but
you will feel well repaid for it when
you serve delicious grapes at your
Christmas and New Years dinner.
One grower keeps grapes in the fol
lowing way: Pick them on a clear
day using grape-scissors so as not
to handle much, removing all imper-
feet berries and placing in clean. dry.
earthen jars in layers a bunch deep.
and filling the jar in this way.
Put a double sheet of paper over
the top layer, and over this the cover
of the jar. Strong unbleached cotton
is pasted entirely over the cover so
that no air can possibly enter. When
this covering has fully dried and har-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-29

tel and fireplace adding much to the
pleasing home-ikeness of the interior
Both of these rooms are nicely light
ed, and provide the accommodations
for the necessary furniture for con-
venient housekeeping. The broad
space in the dining room near the
kitchen door is just the location which
a built-in sideboard or buffet should
have to be most convenient and orna-
mentally located. There are numerous
stock designa for built-in sideboards,
as well as for other pieces of built
in furniture, which can be had at very
small cost.
The kitchen connects directly with
the dining room giving convenient
service. and the pantry is also con
veniently located near the back
porch entrance and the cellar stair
way A hall leads directly from the
living room back to the bath room