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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

from a woman who has had every op- portunity to kpov" the facts, ought to put an end to the sIanderous asper- sions that the Anti-Suffragi giEts aNe so ready to cast on the character Of Eo- men who are too far away quickly to defend themselves. Perhaps we may hope that the -Suffragists will ad- dress EasgfSesE to fakguments instead of islanders to uphold their losing cause.
 ANNIE G. P0RRITT,
 Hartford, August IS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
ONE EGG LUNCH CAKE.

One egg. one tablespoon of butter one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, & cup of entrants. one teaspoon of bak- ing powder. Rub the butter to q cream, add the sugar gradua1lys@ tasn the well beaten egg; add the noor sud milk to the mixture and flour the cur rants Beat well. then add the cur rants Bake in loaf pan lined with oiled paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
MISS LTBBEY'S REPLIES
 TO YOUR LETTERS

Miss Libbey's answers to your letters. Correct name and address must be given to in- sure attention. Initials print ed. Write short letters on one side of page only. Use ink. Personal letters cannot be an- sWered. Address Miss Laura Jean Libbey,, No. 916 President Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
GmTEDGE CAKE.

One cup butter, two cups sugar, white of five eggs, one cup sweet milk three cups flour, two teaspoons cream tartar. one teaspoon sa1eratus or two teaspoons baking powder; flavor with lemon beat the yolks of the eggs and mix stiff with spuiveEied sugar, spread on top of cake ana set in a cool place to dry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
sWEFT RUsK.

One pnt of warm milk, one-half cup sugar, two eggs, one teaspoon salt two-thirds of a cake of compEessed yeast Make a sponge, with the milk yeast and denrs ehougfo tor sslttin bat ter; then rise over night; in the morn ing add the butter, eggs and sugar. well beaten together; salt and flour enough to make a soft dough; mold with the hands into balIss let rise uns u very light, then bake.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
CoFFEE CAKE.

Two cups coffee sugar. one cup molasses. one cup strong coffee, fOur eggs, one teaspoon sa1eratus, two tea spoons cinnamon one teaspoon nuE- meg, one pound raisins. one pound entrants, four cups four. This makes two loaves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
TWO IN A SWING.

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I enjoy reading your talks on heart topics and now come for your advice. The other evening two young ladies and two young men were sitting on the veranda. A was sittinE on the arm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
HIT BY JTTNEY

Attempting to cross the street at Central and Stratford avenues yester- day afternoon. B. Podrasky, aged 62 of-643 Carroll avenue was struck by a jitney, bus driven by Charles Neibain, 95 Elm street, He received lacera- tions and several minor bruises
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
]. SPONGE COOKIES.

Two eggs, one cup sugar. two heap- ing spoons of baking powder, one-half spoon salt, two spoons lemon juice flour enough to roll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Bess Bediger. Miss Margaret Martin and Miss Marion Rourke, all of this city, are spending a most en- Joyab1e vacation at the White Noun tafns, N H. On their return trip they will visit Keene. Concord and Boston, along with other points of interest. They expect to be home by Labor Day.
 z Miss Helen BedIger of Iranistan av- enue is enjoying q pleasant vacation camping with Miss Linda McMahon of NorwaIk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Margaret Rivers, 164 Cath erfne street. is the guest of Mrs w. H. Bright, BOT WethersaeId avenue, Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
{ Espeeially For 19.is ~
 bv PicFoyiaI ReDiszD 2

0The separate skirt is becoming ubi- dl1itous as the autumn modes put in an sDpearance, and the models range from the simplest to the most elaborate. An ez1raor dinarily good looking skirt Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

The wheat crop of New South Wales is estimated at 6o, o,ooo 900 bushels, against F. .so0so80 bushels. last year $ yield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
TWO STRINGS TO HER BOW.

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 [ have been an interested reader Of your heart -to-heart@ talks for some time. Please give your advice in this case. I haveabeen going with a young gentleman for some time, but recently met another whom I prefer to the first one. The fellow I met recently asks me to go out with him, brings me home from church and wants to escort me to other places: This the first fel- low resents. Please help me to decide which I should choose.
 G.E. Your own heart should decide such an important matter. Choose the one you care most for. Be candid with the lover you would discard. Do not lead him along to whet the new admirer on Why shouldn't No. resent being inn posed on?
 Dear Miss Libbey:-
 Have been keeping company with a young man for almost two years. He objects to me talking to my other boy friends. Do you think he should :? Must I give them all up. for him? I do think a great deal of him. Thank yor for your advice.
 A.G C. young girl is not supposed to give up her friends to please the whina of a young man acquaintance. Even an engaged girl would not consent to iso- Hate herself upon the altar of friend ship for one only
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
WOMAN WHO HOOK
 BICHLoRIDE RECovERs

Mrs. John Mareschano. 14e Themp- son street, who tried to end her life by swallowing 15 grains of biehIoride of mercury a week ago, has now fully recovered and was discharged yester- day afternoon from St. vincent's hos pital where she was taken for treat n1ent. It was at first believed that she would be held to answer to a seri- ous crime but authorities at St Vim cents were informed by the local po- lice that she need not be held for them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

Suit for ts1. DOC. 900 against fha Hunter Arms co. of Ftulton3 x. r., was started at Oswego, N. r.. by Walter Heusey of New York, who claims that he lost that amount when the company pe- fused to sell him the plant, in accord ance with an agreement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14
RAISED CAKE.

One cup light dough, one cup sugar, one-half cup butter, white of one egg, one-haIf cup milk. one cup OUT, sife- half cup raisins, half teaspoon nut meg; do not let this rise; bake as soon as mixed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

Because of renewed factlonal fight ing, Admiral Captrton declared mar tial law in Cape Haitien. Hayti.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

Bringing 279 passengers and 2,oeo sacks of mail. the White Star liner Baltic arrived at New York from Liv- erpool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

CELERY PLANTS
 15c Per dUzen JOHN REC1x 6 soN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-14

ANNIE G. POKRITT,
 Hartford, August IS.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
Counting Chickens Before They Are Hatehed.

would be considerably siniplifed.
For the average home. chickens
probably offer the easiest means Of
satisfying the boys desire to work
with something that's alive" and that
will pay him little money.
II that youngster of yours is bit
restless ana has nothing in particu-
lar to do, why not try him out with
few hens? See il he doesn't jump
at the chance to supply the family
table with eggs and broilers at mar
ket prices. You will be surprised at
the amount of time which he will give
TO his live stock" and in keeping ac.
count of his feed bills and sales, he
likely will come to be quite a young
business man.
II does not cost much TO start h boy
in business for himself and it may
save you money and even more
many a worry. Try it.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
OF DRIED VEGETABLES
MANY PALATABLE DISHES nay
BE PREPARED.
Need Especial Care but VIII Repay
Time Given to Them-Exceilent
Hash Ia One Composed Of Po-
tatoes and Lentils.

Dried vegetables contain great
deal Of nourishment, and IL they are
properly prepared they can be made
into very palatable dishes. They
should always be soaked overnight,
rinsed, brought to the boiling point.
and then simmered slowly with
quarter OF a teaspoonful Of baking
soda in the water.
When the fresh vegetables are
scarce the good housekeeper can give
greater variety to her table for
smaller cost II she uses literally OF
the dried vegetables as well as Of the
timed. Baked beans, porridge and
succotash are old standbys that no
one has need to be reminded of-but
with these time.honored dishes many
households seem to end their use Of
dried vegetables.
II you live in a locality where you
can get dried sweet corn, or II you
have been forehanded enough to put
II up for yourself you are very lucky,
for this Is far superior to the timed
variety. Canned corn is one OF the
vegetables whose flavor Is entirely
| changed by being canned. Dried corn
Is delicious made into corn mock
oysters and can hardly be told from
the fresh vegetable.
Soak the corn overnight and in the
morning boil Il up with pinch OF
baking soda. Press out the pulp with
a sharp knife and to pint OF the
pulp add two beaten eggs. one tea
spoonful OF butter and salt. dash OF
pepper, and enough -four to bind. Roll
into small cakes and saute them in
butter, or drop from a spoon into hot
fat to make fritters. These may, oi
course. be made OF canned corn also
and they are sometimes improved by
adding a little milk and sugar.
Dried beans and peas make very
good purees, but care must be taken
to soak and boil them for a sufficiently
long time. When they have boiled
until they are very tender mash then
through a sieve. Place again in the
saucepan and stir into them enough
hot milk. pepper and salt to- season
them, add butter and little sugal
before serving.
A very good hash of potatoes ant
lentils is made from one and one-hal
cupfuls OF cold cooked potatoes. two
cupfuls of boiled lentils. one teaspoon
fu! OF salt. pepper TO taste, half cup
fuI OF milk and one teaspoonful o
onion Juice. Cook the hash in frying
pan until brown, and serve with a to
mato sauce.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
HEALTH OF FLOCK
TOLD BY DR0PPINGS

One may know to certainty wheth.
er or not he is feeding his flock cor
rectly by taking look at the drop
pings occasionally. In health the
droppings are sufficiently hard to re-
tain their shape. They are dark in
color, tinged with white. Any de-
parture from the normal in color and
consistency, indicates disease, unsani-
tary conditions or unsanitary food or
water, or that the different foods are
not supplied in the correct proportion.
II the droppings are soft and OF yel-
lowish color. 1t indicates that the food
supplied is of too-fattening nature,
and one should feed less OF fat-produc-
ing foods, such as corn. wheat. ETC..
and correspondingly increase the
quantity of foods rich in protein. On
the other hand IL the droppiags are
dark and watery and contain traces
OF mucus. 1t plainly indicates that the
fowls are fed an excess OF foods rich
In protein. and the meat in the ration
should be reduced. Unsanitary sur
roundings. soured or spoiled food is
indicated when the droppings are thin
and OF a greenish color
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04

What are you doing TO help that
boy use up some of his surplus
"steam"-a commodity which every
healthy boy possesses?
The task OF keeping a healthy boy
contentedly busy is not a hard one II
the parents but recognize boy nature.
Have you ever asked yourself what
boy doesn't like animals and pets? :?
What youngster won't fuss for hours.
housing and caring for living crea-
ture-be It but a crippled yellow cur,
or a guinea pig?
Small boys instinctively long for
pets-dogs. rabbits. anything Then.
as they grow older. they want more
profitable pets-pets which will give
financial return for the time and
money bestowed upon them. II more
parents would take advantage of this
side of the boys nature, the problem
y, keeping the lads "off the streets
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
SEVERAL DON'TS FOR SWINE
Avoid Scrub Boar and Sows From
Twin Li.ters-keep Floors, Troughs
and Bedding Clean.

(By JAMES @. FULLER, Wisconsin Ag-
ricultural College.)
Don't use a scrub boar.
Don't select brood sows from twin
litters.
Don't have fat, lazy sows; make
them exercise. Keep their appetites
well "whetted."
Don't feed the brood SOW too much
corn.
Don't forget TO provide dry, warm,
well ventilated hog houses.
The colony house is cheap and eff
cient in case none other is available
Don't fatten pigs; keep them grow
ing.
Don't fail to provide green forage
for pigs. Alfalfa. rape. clover or rye
make first-class pasture for swine.
Don't let pigs drink from mud holes
and stagnant pools Provide pure,
clean drinking water for them at all
times.
Keep floors, troughs and bedding
clean Disinfect occasionally. Dip to
prevent lice; vaccinate to prevent
cholera; place worm killing mixtures
within easy access at all times. An
ounce OF prevention is worth pound
of cure.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
Potato Doughnuts.

One cupful mashed potato (warm);
two tablespoonfuls shortening (warm)
cupful and half OF sugar; two eggs;
one cupful milk; one-fourth teaspoon
full each nutmeg and cinnamon; six
cupfuls -four; two teaspoonfuls baking
powder. To mix: Put shortening and
sugar in mixing bowl and cream; add
the warm mashed potatoes and then
the eggs. one at time. until they are
mixed well through. Add the -four,
baking powder. spices and beat thor
oughly. Let stand about half an hour
to ripen. Then add enough -four to
roll and cut: fry in deep fat until a
golden brown. Lay on a wire screen
to drop. You will find they will stay
fresh longer than the old-fashioned
kind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
PROFIT FROM SMALL FLOCK
Wool Buyer Says It Costs Practically
Nothing to Keep AnimaIs-Wool
Brings Higher Price.

For the encouragement OF the farm
er who thinks keeping sheep would
be fine thing II he could carry ON
an extensive business, as is done on
the big western ranches, we quote
Texas wool buyer, who says: ut would
be great thing for the country il
every farmer owned a small flock of
sheep. ! buy a great deal OF wool
at points where there are no ranches
near, the produce being grown by the
farmers who keep small flocks. have
been often told by such farmers that
1t costs practically nothing to keep
sheep on a farm. They require very
little feed. They eat the weeds in
the fields and at the same time they
enrich the land. find that the own
ers of small hocks, as a rule. keep
a better grade of sheep and the ami.
mails are healthier than are those OF
the large ranchmen, the wools from
the farms always CHASING higher than
ranch wools."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
Convenient Comfortable But lnexpens,, Farm Poultry House.

venient. light and entirely satisfactory
structure for Wisconsin conditions. II
possible, II should occupy an elevation
with a southern or southeastern ex.
posure because poultry more than any
other class of live stock require nn
abundance Of fresh air and sunlight,
and must have dry quarters. Good
drainage is very essential to a salts.
factory site for n poultry house.
The floor area in this and every
good poultry house is determined by
the size of the flock and the proper
tion of the year during which the
fowls are confined. In flock of 100
or more hens, each bird should have
four square feet of floor space. II
smaller focks the amount of foo
space required by each hen is relative
ly much greater.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04

A substantial house for 100 birds
can be built on the average farm at
a cost not to exceed $50 for materials
according to the outlines of a plan
recently sketched by ]. @. Halpin of
the College of Agriculture, University
of Wisconsin.
The house is 20 feet square, three
feet high on the south side, four feet
on the north side, and with the high
est point OF the gable roof nine feet
above the floor. II is ventilated by
enclosing the south side with a wire
screen OF cloth only, and by windows
on the west and east sides. The en-
trance to the building is on the west
side.
Such a house when II is constructed
OF hemlock or some other cheap lum.
Der is inexpensive and makes con.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04

year mated next spring with two-yea,
old hens will give you strong matches.
These two-year-old hens may not lay
so many eggs as your early-hatched
year-old hens will lay, but the mum.
ber OF poults that will live over those
OF the younger hens, though the latter
be mated with two-yearold toms, may
astonish you, and yet these early
hatched hens of this years hatch
should be kept over for the making
of the future good two-year-olds. Let
the turkeys roost in airy quarters un-
til the cold nights come, then give
them a shelter dry and free from
drafts. though they yet need plenty
OF air. One good tom will be sufficient
to keep over with seven or eight hens
though good results are obtained by
keeping ten hens with one vigorous
male. When feeding up the market
turkeys do not allow the breeders the
same ration. Breeders must be kept
only in good condition, never allowed
to get too fat.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
WALLOWlNG PLACE FOR HENS
Road Dust is Not Recommended for
Chickens as II is Composed
Largely Of Droppinss.

A dus: bath under a south window
makes an ideal wallowing place foi'
the chickens on a wintry day. Do
not gather up the road dust, IL is the
moist and mellow earth which the
birds need to keep their feathers
clean and the skin in healthy condi'
tion: road dust is largely composed Of
droppings. and. however fine. 1t is not
best for the chickens. Enough earth
should be brought in before freezing
to change the dust bath during the
winter. II little insect powder, or
crude carbolic acid is added. the dust
bath is an aid in keeping down lice.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
DAIRY
FACTS
FOR BETTER BUTTER MAKING
Greater Attention Should Be Given to
Details Concerning Factors A.
fectinq the Quality.
AN ]. KEITHLEYl

(By j. hLlTALE1D
OF the 994.650,610 pounds OF butter
which, II is estimated is made on the
farms annually In this country, the
greater part OF II is OF very poor quail.
ity II any Improvement is TO take
place and prove OF profit to the farm
butter makers. II is very necessary
that more attention be paid to the
details which go to make up the whole
Of this important work.
The fundamental facts and practices
concerning butter making should be
applied by the farmer as well as the
creamery operator. This knowledge
and its importance should be known
in order that II be intelligently ap
piled. Cleanliness and attention to
details are the three prerequisites to
the making OF good butter. The main
defects in farm butter show these
three prerequisites TO be very fire.
quently neglected. These defects are:
l. Bad flavors.
2. Lack OF uniformity in color AMI
salt
3. Unsuitable packages and no un.'
formity In the style Of the package.
The bad navors are due largely o.
entirely to the changes in the milk
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
LIVE STOCK
JJ NOTES

Don't overfeed at farrowing time.
Put a blanket on the driving horse
to keep his coat short.
Keep the colts fat. and you will have
an easy y-keeping hardy horse.
Never let the young colt get thin or
constipated. Keep 1t growing.
Any man can raise colt. but com.
paratiyely few know how TO train Il.
Sheep improve soil fertility. Their
manure is rich and uniformly distrib-
uted
Sheep are defensolcaa creatures and
are often injured when running with
other stock
In the management OF breeding
swine the health OF the animal is the
important point
Nowadays farmers are awakening 10
the fact that II takes strong horses to
do good work on the farm.
Pigs Intended for fattenIng for the
early winter market should be given
all they will eat up with relish morn
Ing and evening.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
POUETPYNOTEs
NNS1h " gaaua

Remember that a lousy hen cannot
give you the results that she could II
free from lice.
Green bone should be fed three
times week to the laying hens ard
daily TO the male bird.
few drops OF tincture of iron In
the drinking water make an excellent
spring tonic for the fowls.
While grass is necessary to fowls
proper condition II is not fair to ex-
pect a hen to live on grass alone
Whatever you do, unless you fatten
for market, don't give an exclusive
corn diet. and better not even then.
Finely sifted coal ashes mixed with
an equal quantity OF dry dirt make an
excellent material for the dust bath.
Boiling the milk that is fed to the
fowls will increase its value, and les
sen the risks of its producing DIS
ease.
A hen will fatten more readily than
a growing pullet and laying hen re-
quires more nitrogeaous food than one
not laying.
Squads should be in prime condi-
ton for market at the age of four
weeks. Dispose OF them as near this
period as possible
Hens ought TO pay at least a dollar
a year per head. II they do not some
thing is wrong. Learn the trouble.
The sooner the better.
The hen must have some animal
food In order to produce successfully.
She gathers this in the summer time
but in the winter IL must be pro
vided.
II Is almost impossible to get
enough fresh. pure air inside OF four
walls. and IL is not possible at all to
keep the wholesome flush OF health
In rooms unvisited BY the daily san
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
TREATING A SWOLLEN UDDEF
Trouble Is often Caused by Permit
ting Cow I, Lie on Cement Floor
With insufficient Bedding.

A caked or swollen udder is con.
mon occurrence during calving sea
son II is often caused by allowing
the COW to lie down on the cement
floor with not enough bedding under
her to keep her udder above the hard
floor. whereby II becomes bruised or
otherwise injured or congested.
The quickest and best remedy is to
wash the udder very thoroughly with
clean hot water. then rub It well for
is or 20 minutes. The water should
be as hot as the animal can stand,
Use plenty OF elbow grease" as the
rubbing is very important. Usually
II the udde. is not caked badly, one
rubbing is sufficient TO reduce the
swelling. says writer in an exchange
] have used a number OF patent salyes
but have found none equal to IL
treatment.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-04
POULTRY CORNER
FOR THE BOYS
About Thin -ShelIed Eggs.
BY J. II. REED.

Have you any hens which are lay
ing soft-shelled eggs? Do you know
why? Well. it is because they aren't
getting any lime TO make egg shells
out Of
You couldn't expect mason to
build a silo without cement So you
cant expect hens to put shells around
their eggs without lime, They must
have the materials to work with be-
fore they can build eggs. And the
better materials they are furnished,
the better eggs they manufacture.
Speaking about masons, common
plaster makes a fairly good source OF
lime for hens. Crush 1t up and put 1t
in a hopper, where they can get II
when they need IT, They will make
very good shells from II.
But the best materials for hens TO
get their lime from are shells. These
can be g, thered along some lake or
river shore and crushed by putting
them in a bag and breaking them up
with hammer, II you desire any
feeding company will supply you
with crushed oyster shell at a nominal
pSco.
A soft-shelled egg is worthless, pc
cause 1t can't be shipped. Put a hop
per in your poultry house and keep
IL filled with crushed shell. II will not
cost mach. And you win not be both
cred any more with soft-shelled eggs