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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
MILK IS GOOD FOR CHICKENS
One of Most Valuable Poultry Feeds
Available on Farm-Encourages
Hens to Lay.

The most valuable poultry food
available or most farms is milk. Many
farmers feed all their surplus milk to
the hogs. Milk, when fed to the hogs,
makes flesh that sells for seven or
eight cents a pound. When fed to
poultry, especially during the winter
months, it makes eggs that sell for rs
cents a pound, and flesh that brings
twice the price ordinarily offered for
hogs. And besides, in discriminating
markets, milk-fed poultry always sells
for a premium. i
Given all the milk they will con-
sumo, hens will lay we'll in season and
out Of season. One cannot overfeed
Of milk, 1t is safe to keep it before
the hens always.
The vessels in which the milk is fed
should be washed and scalded daily.
Earthenware crooks are the best for
the feeding of milk since they are cas-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
MEN AND MATTERS

Ever since the year 1896, all the
fine porcelain used in China's royal
palaces has come from the King Teh
Cheng factory. The factory was part
ly destroyed and many of its choice
designs were divided among certain
revolutionlsts. Recently, the ancient
factory has received a grant of $780,
600 and will again produce the rare
and beautiful porcelain for which it is
noted.
The Mount Wilson Solar observatory
has completed a catalogue of the mag
nitudes and colors of more than 1000
stars in the globular cluster Messier
Is. Nearly II per cent of these stars
have negative color induces, suggesting
that in this direction there is no
marked absorption of light in space.
OF the 400 brightest stars, 10 per cent
are redder than a normal solar type
star; Of the 400 faintest, IS per cent
are bluer than the normal solar type
star. By statistical methods the paral-
lax of the cluster has been found to be
less than 0.0001 second of arc. Five
new variables have been discovered in
this cluster, making a total of seven.
Buoys that make q tapping noise as
they pass through the water and leave
a plainly-seen wake have been invent
ed in England to be towed behind YES
sells to guild following ones in fogs.
For measuring cloth in a roll with
out u%nrolling it there has been invented
a device that passes a thread between
its folds and at the same time auto
matically measures the thread.
Parchment manuscripts nearly 500
years old, from which the ink has
faded from view, have been read by a
Berlin scientist who photographed
them with ultraviolet rays.
The 2h-story frame colonial style
home Of William Loring Andrews, in
Oak Neck road, two miles east of Bah
ylon, l.. l., Is a replica of the Longfel-
low home at Cambridge. It is set back
some distance from the highway on an
elevation, which is beautifully ter
raced.
New York's bureau of pure foods,
with its corps of inspectors, claims to
have put REINFORCED sugar out of the
local market and killed the Industry
of freshening stale fish with paint.
Starved chicken, bogus salmon and
doped candies are also chased into
secluslOn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
To clean Paint.

The easiest and quickest way Of
cleaning paint is to have two pals Of
water, n cold, to which a tablespoon
full Of ammonia has been added, and
n hot, with the addition of a little
ammonia and soap powder. With n
soft flannel wash the paint with the
soapy water. then rinse with the cold
water, using a wash leather instead Of
the flannel, and wiring the leather fair
~ dry. Paint washed like this dries
with a nice polish, which no amount
Of drying with cloths and using hot
water alone will impart.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

The labor of handling hollow tile
has been lessened by the invention Of
an S-shaped tool, by which they are
picked up and carried, instead of In
the hands.
The Rhine has 725 venerable castles
on its banks.
The navigation school of the Royal
Technical college at Glasgow Is said
to be the most perfectly equipped in
stitution of its kind in the world.
The dnily winter or dry season range
Of temperature In Cuba Is from about
90 to So degrees.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

Manufacture Of paper in this coun-
try consumes nearly 100000 cords Of
wood annually.
In the schools Of Australia boxing
has been introduced as regular exer-
else for schoolboys.
Leather and canvas covers to be
laced over automobile springs to
keep them clean and dry have been pat
ented.
Despite the fact that both are to-
tally blind, Harry A. Hubbard and his
wife successfully operate a large
farm near Jet, Okla
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
THE MARX OF THE pEATH,s lead

From the day Of the medieval archer, who
notched his crossbow, to the day of the Western
bad man, who notched his gun, men have always
sought to preserve some mark of military prowess,
some tally of their victims. This war has not
changed human nature. The modern military avia-
tor, the only soldier who still fights single-handed,
does not notch his gun but he paints a deaths
head on the wing of his plane to show that he has
vanquished his foe in open combat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
GATHERED HERE AND THERE

, Petroleum marketed in this country
during the first half Of 1916 approx
mated 10000, 900 barrels.
There is a shortage Of dyestuffs at
Lyons, France. and should the war
continue much longer all dyes Will
have to be imported from the United
States.
The shrub from which cassie a
French perfume, is made is found
growing in abundance In the Philip
pine islands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
GOOD MIXTURE FOR sILAGE
Alfalfa and Sweet Sorghum Found to
Be Satisfactory by Nebraska
Experiment Station.

Indications are that excellent silage
a be made with mixtures Of alfalfa
and sweet sorghum, according to ST.
lage Investigations in progress at the
agricultural experiment station Of
Nebraska. Such mixtures, containing
one-half alfalfa and one-half sorghum
cane, put UP on a small scale, give
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
SECURE GOOD YIELD OF CORN
Selection, Curing and Testing Are
Three Of Most important Factors
to Be Considered.

A good yield Of corn depends upon
a number of factors, of which three
of the most important are the selec-
ton, the curing and the testing of the
seed. Under average farm conditions,
the proper amount of care taken in Sc
curing the best seed will be mor
than repaid.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

lily cleaned. If wooden troughs or YES
sells are used, they will, in a very short
time, become SO fouled that thorough
cleaning is almost impossible.
If only a limited quantity OF milk is
available for the hens, the better way
of feeding it is to use it in moistening
the mash. When used for this pur-
pose the milk will be evenly distrib-
uted to the flock.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
SOME INTERESTING FACTS

Underground supplies continually re-
plenlsh Trinidad asphalt lake.
a Philadelphia surgeon is combat
Ing diseases peculiar to certain races
by transfusing to patients blood from
members Of other races that seem Inn
rune to the maladies.
~Chinchillas, valuable f~ur-bearing ami.
mails which lnhabit high mountains in
Chile, have been imported into Eng
land for breeding experiments on a
Farm
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

A troubles, has been dickering with the
~eoSoso.ca allies and with Germany to let II little
hNaE7&SH miserable shipment of 10 tons of pot
ash fertilizer come through the block
'ade for the use Of the department Of
Iagriculture's farm experiment work. Yet with such
n fertilizer famine staring the American farmer
lin the face, he has deliberately wasted during the
last year between four hundred million and four
hundred and fifty million dollars worth of manure,
the best of all fertilizers And this.> according to
authorities on agriculture and fertilizer, is a regu-
lar yearly occurrence. 1t is not theoretical; it is
actual loss, and the ~strangest part of the story is
that the great bulk, If not all, of this waste, could
be saved just as easily as not. In fact, most Of it
would be saved If American farmers were, for in
stance, Dutch or German farmers. 1t would be
saved by the farmers of any of the old countries,
where every pound of soil fertility is conserved as
automatically and as naturally as though it were
hminted money. In Germany the size of the manure
pile has long been an index to the wealth of the
FARMER.
What the value would be of the increased crops
THAT would result from this American plant food,
now wasted, can hardly be estimated, but the in
creased yields Of corn, wheat, potatoes, and all
farm crops would amount to something enormous.
ION the basis of using this needlessly wasted
strength in manure on the corn crop alone it is
estimated that the yield would be increased at
least a billion and q half bushels, besides perma-
nently improving the condition of the soil to a
tremendous degree. In fact, q good many corn
fields Of the present day would be so surprised at
receiving their quota Of this wasted soil fertility
that they would not recognize themselves. And
yet the Dutch or the German way of handling ma
nure, efficient as 1t is, is not the best. Americans
have discovered the way to prevent all waste In
manure and 1t involves no more labor or expense
on the part Of the farmer than his present methods
through which he loses annually nearly half a
billion dollars.
The average successful farmer or gardener will
say that this statement doesn't apply to him;
that he knows the value Of good manure and uses
every bit OF it that he can get. But is he certain
that he makes the best use of all his manure?
when he hauls a ton of manure on to the field, is
Its fertillzing content all that 1t should be and Is
he sure that from 10 to 80 per cent of its crop-pro-
Iducing strength has not been dissipated through
fre-fanging, or lack Of provision to absorb
or conserve the animal urine?
Take as an instance the case of urine alone: A
COW will produce As to 30 pounds Of solid manure
IA day, but she will also make from 20 to 30 pounds
of urine and fully one-half of the nitrogen in her
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

perfect silage three months after silo-
ing. The acidity is somewhat lower
than normal silage, but this does not
seem to impair the keeping qualities.
Further Investigations of this subject
are in progress, but the present re-
suits would indicate that o farmer
might safely put equal parts Of alfalfa
and well-matured sorghum cane in his
silo with expectation Of securing a
good quality OF silage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
August II, 1915.

Germans captured southwest
front of koVno, with 4,5oo men.
Won Mackensen cut Cholm-
Brest-Litovsk railway.
Russians again took Van and
made other gains in Caucasus.
Austrian fleet bombarded
PeIagosa island in Adriatic.
Zeppelins raided outskirts of
London.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
August 10, 1915.

koVno occupied by the Ger
mans.
Germans took two more forts
of Novogeoreievsk.
Won Mackensen's forces
crossed the Bug.
Violent artillery dueIs along
whole western front.
Italians took many Austrian
trenches in ToImino and Carso
regions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
August 16, 1915.

Germans took outlying forts
Of kovno and Novoeeorgievsk.
French won artillery fight
near scissors.
Turko recaptured Van from
Russians.
U. S. accepted Germany's plan
of settlement for the Frye case.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
August 10, 1915.

August 10, 1915.
Two more Novogeorgievsk
forts taken by Germans.
Austro-G German forces pene-
trated outer defenses of Brest-
Litovsk.
White Star liner Arabic sunk
by German submarine; 81 lost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

August "A, 1915.
Germans bombarded NOvO-
-georgievsk.
Severe fighting on the zlota
Lipa.
Austrians advanced along the
Bug river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17

lRTILIZERS are going to be higher
than they have ever been before, ow-
ing to the war. So acute has the
potash situation become that Uncle
Sam, among all his other diplomatic
troubles, has been dickering with the
allies and with Germany to let Il little
miserable shipment of 10 tons Of pot
ash fertilizer come through the block
ade for the use of the dennrtment Of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
August is, 1915.

August is, 1915.
Germans neared Kovno.
Russians defeated by Germans
near Kubisko.
Austrians resumed lombard
ment Of Belgrade.
Russians advanced In the eau
casus.
German embassy at Washing
ton published charges that many
British merchantmen had flown
American flag.
American note to Austria re-
fusing to stop shipment of NUM-
lions published.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-17
Aunue+ On 1o15

August 20, 1915.
Germans took Novogeorgievsk,
with great stores of supplies.
Italy declared war on Turkey.
Heavy fighting on the Belgian
front.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05

shells, from a battery of Austrian
guns, 305's, d%isinterred their dead. so
that when we charged we stumbled
over arms and legs and limbless
trunks.
Our attack was launched from
three sides; the first charge only took
us forward about $50 yards, and then
we had to return to our original posi-
tons; it was heartbreaking. = Before
we could attack again the enemy sent
up re-enforcements, but something
must have gone wrong, for hundreds
OF their men we're cut down by their
own artillery firing from the ruins of
the Hitzstein chateau.
we ceased our attack when night
fell, but u artillery redoubled its fu-
rious b~ombardment of the enemy's
trenches. Their uns fred at ours,
and ours fred at theirs and at their
trenches. Thirty feet below the
ground, snug in our dugouts, we could
feel the earth trembling. The Ger
mans kept their men in the trenches
because they never knew when our ar
tillery would cease firing and our in
fantry attack begin again. That Is
why we captured more than thirteen
hundred prisoners. They were bag
gard and shaking when they were
marched into our lines, for no soldiers
on earth could stand what our artil-
lery gave them.
I'VE had very slight losses. com-
paratively, when we stormed the posi-
tons the next day, and if 1t had not
been that the enemy had a few ma
chine guns undestroyed by our fire our
losses would have been very much
smaller.
Il have been here in Alsace for six.
teen months" he added. 81 have been
wounded three times, and always on
the slopes of Well Armand Terri
BILE? Not at all. Think what an aw-
full time the Boches must be h~aving!''
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
EASILY MADE SWEET PUDDING
But to Be Perfect II Must Be Pre-
pared Twenty-Four Hours Before
II Is Served.

Only the foresighted housekeeper
need choose this pudding, because it
must be prepared twenty-four hours
before 1t is to be served. 1t is, how
ever, so very simple and has so high
a food value that it amply rewards
the cook for the care needed in its
preparation. One dozen lady fingers,
two cakes of German sweet chocolate,
two tablespoonfuls sugar, two and one
half tablespoonfuls water, four eggs,
vanilla to taste.
Into a spring form carefully lined
with wax paper put a layer of lady
fingers. Melt the chocolate and sugar
n the water over a moderate fire.
When it is thoroughly dissolved take
from the fire and cool. Then add the
yolks of the eggs, one at a time, and
keep beating. Next put in the vanilla
and last the stiffy beaten whites of
eggs. Pour half of the mixture over
the lady fingers in the mold and then
spread another layer of lady fingers
upon which the remaining custard is
poured. A layer of lady fingers comes
last, busted over with finely chopped
almonds and powdered sugar. Set in
the icebox twenty-four hours and serve
with whipped cream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
H0oC0O SHIP MAKES MONEY
The Old F%reighter AIgoa Has More
Than Paid Her Purchase
Price.

San Francisco.-The old Algoa, for
merly hoodoo f~reighter Of the former
Pacific Mail, has blossomed out as a
real war baby.
This steamer, which in times of
peace used to be tied up m the lower
bay with cold boilers for long periods,
has earned $500, 900 that was paid for
her when she was rechristened the
California. Also she has earned $780,.
900 more.
Furthermore, the California-nee AL
goa-has now been chartered to a
powder company at s1,700 a day, or
S51 900 a month, or s612, 600 a year, or
more than twice as much as her own.
ers paid for her.
1t is stipulated in this last charter
that she shall ply only between neu-
trail ports, which is taken to mean that
she will become a nitrate carrier be-
tween South America and the Du
Pont powder mills in the United
States.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
Nutritious Luncheon,

Days at home when pressed for
time, it is difficult to find something
quick and easy for luncheon all too
often. Cheese preparations are fine
for such occasions and are satisfying.
Stale bread, buttered a little and then
covered with grated cheese and baked
makes an appetizing dish. The cheese
covered bread should be piled up in
layers in a baking pan and milk
enough to moisten the bread poured
into the pan, then the mixture should
be placed in a moderate oven to bake.
A plain lettuce salad with a French
dressing is a pleasant addition, or a
sliced tomato, green peppers or onions
may be made into a salad and eaten
with the baked dish. Freshly pre-
pared tea and good bread and butter
is all else required.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
TAKE PLACE OF MEAT
PREPARATIONS OF vERMicELLI
AND SPAGHETTI.
Housewife VIII Find That Both the
Family and Visitors viii Appreciate
These Dainty and Also Eco
nomlcal Dishes.

Spaghetti au Gratln.-Break one-half
package of spaghetti into short pieces
and cook in two quarts of boiling wa
ter for ten or twelve minutes. Drain
and blanch in cold water. Melt two
tablespoonfuls butter, add the spa
ghetti, one ~teaspoonful salt, a little
paprika, one cupful of milk and three
fourths cupful grated cheese. Mix and
place in baking dish, cover with grated
cheese and bake in hot over half an
hour or longer, if wished quite brown.
Fried Spaghetti.-Take one-fourth
Of a pound of spaghetti, throw into
sailed boiling water and boil ten or
twelve minutes; make a stiff batter
by adding to the spaghetti one teacup-
full of tomato sauce, a grated onion,
salt and pepper to taste, one egg well
beaten. flour enough to make into
little cakes, and fry on a creased
griddle.
Indian VermiceIIl.-Boil half a pound
of vermicelli in a pint of milk until
tender; add sugar to taste and a table
spoonful of prepared cocoanut. When
tho vermicelli is done and slightly
cool pour into a glass dish and gar
nish with pistachio nuts, blanched and
fried, and sultana r%aisins, seeded. Over
the top sprinkle a few pistachio nut
chopped fine.
VermiceIll Pattles.-Break vermicei.
Ii In very small pieces, cook unGl ten
der In sailed water. Make a cream
dressing of two tablespoonfuls of but
ter, n of flour, and one cup of cream.
Cook butter and flour together; when
smooth add cream and salt to taste.
Put in little patty pans a layer of YER
micelli, alternating with the cream.
On each layer CRATE a goodly quantity
of cheese. Bake a nice brown.
Spaghetti With Shredded Goldfish
Break one-fourth pound spaghetti into
boiling water and boil for twelve min
utes, drain and blanch. Put it into
pudding dish, busting a third of a box
of shredded Goldfish through it,; beat
two eggs very light, add a cupful OF
milk, pour this over spaghetti and
bake half an hour.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Spaghetti
Break half package of spaghetti into
boiling water, boil ten or twelve min
utes, drain and blanch in cold water.
Select large, firm tomatoes; cut off
the tops and scoop out the seeds. Do
not peel. After sprinkling the inside
of the tomato shells with a very little
salt, fill with cold spaghetti chopped,
mixing cheese with the spaghetti. Ar.
range the tomatoes in a pudding dish,
replace the tops after strewing cheese
on the spaghetti filling; cover and
bake one-half hour.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05

Beat one egg till light with three
tablespoonfuls sugar; add four table
spoonfuls melted butter, half teaspoon.
full salt, n cupful milk and two cup
fuls flour with which has been sifted
two level ~teaspoonfuls baking powder;
when well mixed stir in one cupful
sliced canned peaches, which have
been drained free of all juice, being
careful not to break slices; turn into
large bread pan and bake As minutes
in moderate oven as you would cake;
serve warm on large platter, piled high
with whipped req sauce. Garnish
with slices of peach.
Sauce: Whip half cupful heavy
cream till quite thick, then gradually
add two tablespoonfuls heavy sweet
peach juice, n teaspoonful powdered
sugar and four drops vanilla.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-05
GOOD TOAST REQUIRES CARE
Some Principles to Be Observed II
One Would Have the Dainty
at It's Best.

The principle that underlies toast
making is threefold:
l. Heat e%vaporates moisture through
out the slice of bread.
2. Intense heat changes the con-
tents Of the starch granules on the
surface of the bread to dextrin.
3. Intense heat, long continued, will
change first the surface starch and
then all to carbon (charcoal.)
A good cook will secure the first
two, and avoid ~scorching the bread.
Successful toast making depends up
on these points:
The selection of bread already par
TALLY dry.
The cutting of bread into slices Of
uniform thickness.
Regulating the source of heat.
Placing the slices firmly in a toast
er or on a fork or evenly on a rack
when toasting by gas.
Keeping the toast at a distance from
the source of heat that insures a steady
but not too rapid change.
Turning the slices, or the toaster,
to cook each surface in turn and thus
make the process slower.
Stopping the process before the
carbon is formed and the toast
burned.