The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-08-19
SUGGESTIONS Fos AUGUST.

sugar iS TOO hlgh Tor me 10 tan any
thing this year, Is what | AIN told Oh
Ieyery side Let us reason Il out not
By tin cans on commercial basis hut
by glass jars which last a lifetime
Suppose the cost Of the jars to be the
highest that any one ever pays for the
dozen. The interest on a dozen jars
would be eleven cents fruit costs you
nothing because II Is already Ia the
garden Spraying material for one tree
would be perhaps eleven cents The
interest per year on the cost OF the
sprayer, twenty cents. am not eharg
Ing for fuel OF labor for these would be
spent In preparing some substitute Ia
winter
| Nov, RS 60 the sugar. again We take
the very highest possible price, The
Iaserage weight OF q f9l pint jar OF
peaches Is two pounds, the weight OF
the jar one pound, the weight of con.
tents one pound, the weight OF the
fruit thrce-quarters Of a pound the
weight Of the sugar, II il be- fairly
sweet. oncfourth pound The cost Of
once quarter pound sugar at ten cent?,
though | think Il Is nowhere more than
nine cents, III two and oRehalf cents
the cost Of sugar for a dozen Jars Is
thirty cents Totaling then the cost Of
one jar is six cents,
Let AS Igufe II out now In terms of
nourishmeHt. One quarter pound OF
| sugar would yield one fourth of 1915
ealories or 45I calories In fuel value
| three-fourlhs Of a pound of peaches,
at lss calorIes fuel value per pound is
III the total food value OF q can pint
of peaches is therefore 595 calories
Now where would you get as large an
amount nj food value for six cents >
\ whole pound Of cabbage would give
only ~ caiories. The same amount
OF chicken 49,, and even that weight
Of canned peas would yield only 252
/ Let as therefore moi bp scared by that
bogey high sugar, though II Is a
great deal To pay for il. Six cents
spent ter filling a jar of peaches that
would cost at least four times that
much At the store IL sell worth Itself
Run your hands along under the hen
roosi Is II red That red Is blood the
pests sucked from your hens last night.
That good red blood should have gone
to eggs Have the hens nests patches
of fed9 Then soak them with kerosene
10 which YOU have added a little car.
bolie acid II you have It, have small
paint brush and an old Jar of kerosene,
and every day | inspect the coop TO
touch up the red spots. The worst
infested hen house can be conquered
with the price of two dozen eggs II
this Is persistently applied. | knew,
because | have tried Il.
Save eurd from your own table. Al
pound of Il yields something like 1900
ealories, To make Il. take elahbered
milk that In stiii. put on the FIRE and
stir slowly until eurd II formed. When
done lido not boil ct II will be- hard 10
digesil, strain through a eolander Try
these ways Of using the eurd |. Mix
with salt, pepper and cream and give
children ar substitute for meat 2. Turn
the above into hot skillet, stir brisk.
~; as soon as hot and waxy, serve on
buitered toast. 3. Mix cuFd with cream
aud may0nnaise In which a small onion
has been grated Add finely chopped
sweet red pepper, Roll into balls.
Serve Oh lettuce leaf, 4 Serve between
thin slices of buttered bread. cuFd that
has been mixed with cream, pepper. |
salt. broken nuts and finely chopped
green and red, sweet peppers. Press
half walnut meat into the top OF the
sandwich.