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Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

Indian Meal Doushnuts.--Put three
fourths of cupful of milk in double
boiler. when hot add one and a half
cupfuls of fine white cornmeal; stir
anu COOK ten minutes add four table
spOonfulS of butter. three-fcurths of q
cupful OF sugar. Sift one and fourth
cupfuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls
or baking powder and teaspoonful Of
salt, the same of cinnamon. Add these
ana TWO beaten eggs to the meal. Roll
out on well-fOured board, cut into
desired shape and fry in deep fat.
Roll In powdered sugar. A cupful Of
mashed potato added to this recipe
makes more bulk and also dough-
nut which will keep moist.
Fruit Gems.-CoOk a cupful of corn
meal, teaspoonful Of baking powder,
half cupful of raisins, half cupful
OF currants and one-half cupful Of
cream; beat thoroughly. add the fruit
and cream the last thing. Bake In
well-buttered muffin pans.
Boston Brown Bread.-Take one cup
ful OF cornmeal, one cupful of rye
meal. a cupful Of graham flour, all
mixed and sifted with two and a half
teaspOonfuls of soda and teaspoon
full of salt; add three-fourths of a cup
ful OF molasseS, two cupfuls of sour
milk, and baste thoroughly. Steam
three and half hours in well-but-
tered, covered molds. Remove the COW
ers and dry Off in the oven. Raisins
may be added If desired.
Apple Corn Bread.-MIx two cupfuls
of white cOrnmeal, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt,
teaspoonful of soda, a teaspOonful of
cream Of tartar, one and twO-thirds
cupfuls Of sweet skim milk beat well
and pour into buttered pan. Lay
on the sliced apples, using three ap-
pies; bake 30 minutes In a hot oven.
Nuts or bits Of meat added to corn
meal mush, nodded then fried. makes q
most wholesome breakfast dish.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Eonorinu French SoIJiers

OF the methods Of honoring soldiers
for distinguished service on the field
of battle, the ''fOurragerS" conferred
upon the crack regiments OF France IS
one of the most original. 1t consists
Of colored cord ending In brass
tag. the name being derived from the
French word for a lettering rope for
horses. Every officer and man In a
regiment rewarded for gallantry in ac-
ton by The fourragers has the right
20 wear this cord round the left shoul-
der. There are two classes of the
distinction, one having green and red
cord TO correspond with the croix de
guerre. and the other being in green
and yellow. on the lines of the rarer
medaille militaire.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
keep BROOD S0WS
Animals Are Foundation of the
Nations Pork Supply.
STOCKS ARE Being DEPLETED
Situation Already Is Critical and
Threatens to Become Worse "
Country Continues to Be Drained
of Its Meat Stocks.

lPrepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
Don't sell the brood sows. They
are the foundation of the nations pork
supply-already too short. With hogs
above Is cents pound, the breeder
may be tempted to turn into cash all
he can sell. But the value of q brood
sow which can produce such high
priced offspring is proportionally in
creased. Keep her as source of fur
ther and future profits.
Since the beginning of the war the
number of swine in all countries has
decreased. and the decrease has been
marked In some of the belligerent
countries. In France, for example, in
the three years just before January
1. 1917, the number of swine decreased
8S.12 per cent; during 1915 the num-
Der In Germany decreased 31.47 per
cent.
Situation Critical.
Breeding stocks are being depleted
The situation is already critical and
threatens to become very serious IL the
country continues to be drained of its
meats. Hogs furnish meat more quick
ly and cheaply than other stock can;
the meat shortage, therefore, can most
readily be met by swine production.
1t has been calculated that the possible
Increase from one SOW is LOOP pigs In
four years, on the supposition that all
litters consist Of six pigs, that all live:
that half are females, and that each
gilt should farrOw at one year and
every six months thereafter.
Cut Feeding Expense.
Another cause Of the depletion of
breeding stocks Is probably in the high
cost Of feeds. While concentrated
feeds have gone up, some of the ex-
pense OF carrying breeding stocks may
be cut down by the use of green fall
forage crops, pasture, alfalfa or clover
hay. Brood sows may be maintained
IN fair condition at comparatively lit
tie expense by the use of such feeds.
BY sowing In the corn, or as a cover
crop on land which is likely to wash,
sowing rape, or planting a root crop,
the cost Of wintering sows may be re-
duced. In brief, the department of
agriculture strongly recommends q
to save the sows as one
means Of helping to meet the threat
ened meat shortage.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

roof Of the building is largely. re-
sponsible for the appearance and 1t
should be propOrtioned with this idea
In mind. but the storage capacity is
very often Of greater importance than
the appearance. Properly designed
dOrmers can often be used to obtain
a pleasing appearance, where the roof
to obtain attractive appearance is to
mount a good type of modern venti-
latOr on the roof. at rs many points as
there Is need for them; and in addi-
tiOn to the appearance, this equipment
is considered absolutely necessary
from the standpoint Of healthy stock,
among the farmers "who know"
Economy consists in using the least
wall area. minimum of nOn-useful
floor space. saving of building materi-
ais wherever possible, reduction Of
heat loss through the walls, all re-
sulting in a saving of money both In
construction of the building and In Its
subsequent use. Sometimes there is
too little money invested In farm build
ings, in which case the labor cost of
maintaining the stock is excessive.
There should be balance struck be-
tween the labor cost of doing the farm
work and the interest on the money
invested in buildings constructed for
the purpose of reducing this labor
cost.
Practicability consists in proper d.
mensiOns OF stalls, passages, doors.
cutters, hay-racks, posts. beams. brac-
ing and other parts. This cOnSidera-
ton is that which makes 1t advisable
10 consider each building for the par
ticular conditions under which 1t is
to be used. The buildings should be
large enough To accommodate bump
er crop and as muca stock as the farm
will protitahly maintain. Remember
that it is far more expensive to add to
a building than ii is to make ii large
enough in the first place.
There is great difference in the
convenience of barns. Such things as
the arrangement for feeding, layout Of
feed and litter passages. facing of an
imals. location of feed rooms. silo.
doors, and hay chutes, all mean ease
or extra work rs the case may be. Ar
rangement for cleaning. location Of
litter c; rrler and feed carrier tracks.
placing Of doors and harness rooms,
methods of storing hay. provision for
installing hay forks. are all matters
which should be very carefully con-
sjdcred.
by sanitation is meant the effect OBJ
'alned by location of windows for dis
,ributiOn of light, doing away with OBJ
structiOn TO light, providing proper
height Of windows from floor, giving
proper slope to stalls, passages and
cutters for good drainage. arrange
meDt for a constant circulation Of
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

fresh, pure air. making the stable floor
imperviOus to moisture and easily
flushed out and finishing off ceilings
and side walls 10 be dust free. Too
much sunlight cannot be given TO the
stock. If a healthy herd is desired.
sunlight must get into every nook and
corner OF the building at least once a
day. Sun is natures disinfectant and
cleans a stable of disease germs.
A farm barn for the stabling of
dairy cows, horses and beef cattle, Is
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tions. 1t is 60 feet by "a feet in size,
and is of the monitor roof type of barn
so often seen in Indiana and Illinois.
The dairy stable end of the barn is
partitloned across opposite the silo.
The steel, cow stalls are set in the
concrete floor in the usual way, and
there is nm alley behind the cows wide
enough for 4 good passage through.
The horses are in one wing and the
loose stock runs in a covered barn.
yard or partially enclosed shed in the
other wing.
Hay Storage reaches from the
ground To the peak in the center Of
the barn. The wings also are flOOred
over the stables and the cattle shed. so
the whole size of the barn Is made in
to storage from this floor up. Usual
ly straw is blown into the wings at
threshing time and the center of the
barn is filled with hay.
There are feed racks running the
whole length of the stock shed. Over
these feed racks are chutes TO let the
hay or other rOughage down from the
big NOW so that the racks are easily
filled at feeding time. At the same
time hay is let down in the feeding
alley on the side of the barn for the
dairy cows. 1t is better not to have
any direct connection between the COW
stable and the overhead storage. Hay
for the horses and straw for horse
bedding is put down another chute in
the horse wing.
Placing the silo at one corner of the
barn makes 1t easy to feed silage to
all of the live stock. because Of the
manner in which the different alleys
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
TOWN
Helps :.
SEEKING SITE TO FIT HOME
Many People Do Not Stop to Think at
All Of the Vast Importance of
the Houses Setting.

Most Of the people who are saving
to build a house-the sort they have
dreamed of possessfhg-give so much
attention to the actual plans of the
dwelling that they do not stop to think
at all of the vast Importance of the
houses setting.
They are joys and profits In site
hunting that the average home-builder
who is willing to content himself with
the first strip Of land in a desir-
able neighborhood with which his real
estate dealer confronts him never
guesses.
Obviously the average city lot Is
the "fiat. treeless, so by 100" on
which, Of course, there is little Dos
sible latitude in building. The house
must be oblong and stand on one of
its ends about in the center of the
lot. with an inconsequential margin on
either side. and a fiower-trimmed
square Of green In front and rear.
There are many streets Of this type in
every suburb.
But in every suburb also there are
odd corners that have been passed by
as unsuitable. Like the neglected creed
beds in the farmers fields, they are
generally of odd shapes and wooded,
the hand Of the "improver" having
passed them as hopeless. In rural
districts where land is rated by its
cultivatable area, these are literally
waste and can often be bought for
very little.
One Of the least appreciated kind Of
sites for home Is the gully or draw.
Everywhere among the hills there are
places where the waters have cut out
a bed to the rocks and a stream
splashes swiftly downward among the
trees. There are few greater outdoor
joys for folk who like to plan things
themselves and execute them with
their own hands than the development
Of one Of these spots.
If you have a definite plan for your
house In mind before you have an idea
for the site, you should seek your site
to At the home. A chateau would be
out of place where a bungalow cot
tage would be wholly at ease. A barn
might be badly misplaced on the ideal
site for q farmhouse.
But site hunting untrammeled BY
aught save the limits of ones imag-
ination is great fun and a liberal edu-
cation.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Duty Of the Community.

A happier childhood, better provis.
ions for play, better surroundings,
greater bodily vigor and a stronger
spirit, less hampered by gathering
doubts, are gifts which the commu-
nifty, as the fairy godmother Of the
rising generation, can lay at the era
die Of every child in America.
The community that has not the
vision, the loving kindness and the
plain common sense to make the child
better fitted to fight off the doubts
and the fears Of the future, commits
a crime against itself as well as
against its children.-New York Eve
ming Mail.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
SELECTING BEST SEED CORN
Task Should BE Made Special One and
Not Incidental to HuskIne-
Gather Double Supply.

All seed corn should be selected BY
hand, as a special task. and not incl
dental to husking. The corn should
be gathered as soon as thoroughly
mature and before the first hard
freeze. Enough should be gathered
for two seasons planting. to insure q
supply Of seed, If for example. the first
planting Is drowned out. or II the next
crop should be hurt by early frost.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
PREVENTING HORNS is BEST
Rubbing Caustic Potash on Little Nubs
on Calls Head Will Prove
Quite Effective.

Horns can be prevented from grow
Ing on a calf by rubbing caustic pot
ash on the little nubs that develop in
to the horns. A good time to do this
Is when the calf is a week or two old.
Wrap one end Of the stick Of caustic
In paper to protect the fingers, moist
en- the other and rub the nubs. Be
careful that ii does not run down the
face and into the eyes. Removing
the hair helps. Make three appli-
cations. allowing It to dry between
each application. The calf should be
protected from rain to keep the caus-
tic from spreading.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
RECOMMEND BULK FOR PIGS
Helps to Oistend Animals Digestive
System Without Supplying Too
Much Nourishment.

Bulk should be present in the pigs
ration at ali times. TO help distend the
digestive system So that 1t will be able
TO handle 'arsr Quantities of feed dur
ing the fatteGing period, and also to
satisfy the pig without supplying too
much nOurishment.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
APPLY LIME AFTER FLOWING
Thoroughly Mix With Soil BY Harrow.
ing or Disking-Has Tendency to
Work Downward.

Lime should be applied after the
ground is plOwed and thoroughly mixed
with the soil by narrowing or disking.
The more thoroughly it is mixed with
the soil, the better and quicker the re-
suits will be. 1t should never be
plOwed under, because its tendency Is
to work downward rather than up
ward In the soil.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
What Of It?

Jimmy had not come up to his IA
theirs expectations in regard to his
studies at school and an explanation
was demanded.
"Why is it," inquired the irate par
ent, shat you are at the bottom of the
class?"
Il can't see that it makes any differ
ence whether l am at the top or the
bottom" replied Jimmy pacifcally.
'You know they teach just the same
at both ends"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
GRADING PAYS FARMER WELL
Potatoes Bring Much Higher Price
When Observation-Disclosures and
Cleanliness Count.

Do not fail to grade all produce
sold. Even potatoes bring a much
better price when well graded than
when small and large and all colors
are placed in the same package. Neat
ness and cleanliness pay In market
ing as well as other places
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

some fellow who comes along and
makes another just little bit better.
The pictuye shows the latest Of these
Inventions. 1t is equipped with a link
fastened to a post in such position
that 1t always returns automatically to
horizontal position and holds the
gate latched there.-Farming Business.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
SEED SUPPLY IS IMPORTANT
Vigorous Potato Plants Should BE
Obtained From Strain That 10
Uniformly Healthy.

To secure vigorous, healthy potato
plants, seed should be obtained from
a strain that Is uniformly healthy and
robust. Clean storage should then be
provided. Before planting the seed
should be treated with corrosive SUBJ
Innate, four ounces to 30 gallons Of
water. Only clean land. land that has
had three-year, or better. four or
five-year rotation. should be planted
to potatoes.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
flutterinu Garb.

What style of art would you call
the pictures that illustrate department
store announcementsT
They look SO much like a Clothes-
line you might call them wash draw
ings."
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Candid Father.

"Papa, can't l 90 down to the lake
and learn to swimT'
"NO, my daughter. II you are really
bent on acquiring an Accomplishment
by which you might sometime save
my life you can stay at home and learn
to cook"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
GATE LATCH IS CONVENIENT
Latest Device 10 Equipped With Z
Link Fastened TO q Post and
Works Automatically.

Failure to keep the gate latched has
caused many q farmwife a carefully
planted and even more carefully tend
ed garden patch, or has cost some
farmer considerable money in damage
done by prOwling stock. Many gate
latches have been invented and many
Of them work. But there always Is
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
HORSE AND CATTLE
BARN ON NEW PLAN
EeIl-DeSig1ed. Handsome and
Practical Farm Building,
Good Investment.
S CONVENIENT AND SANITARY
Beware Useless Wall Area and Floor
Space-Don't Skimp Material
Plan TO Save Labor-Be Sure
There's Sunlight Aplenty.

Mr.. william A Radford will answer
questions ant give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject Of building work on the farm, for
the readers Of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer he is. without doubt the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford. No. 1877 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
Ill. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

only advantage In
using 1t in cake
making is in the
saving of flour.
In making dough-
nuts, however, there
is an advantage,
for they are much
more tender when
cOrnmeal is added.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
WAGON OILER IS AUTOMATIC
Plunger Back, Allowing Oil to
Pass Through.

The plunger illustrated restrains
the flow of oil, passes through an open
ing In a metal guard attached to the
end Of the bolster. This plunger has
a washer larger than the opening of
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
MAKE GAIN IN FEEDING HOGS
Corn Meal and Skim Milk Give Better
Results Than Anything Else,
Says Ohio Station.

Corn meal and skim milk will make
greater gain in feeding hogs than any
fhing else. is the report that comes
from the Ohio station, and it has been
proven by thousands Of farmers be-
sides.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
ENperience.

"HOw long have you been mar
ried?"
Long enough to know that when
ever anything goes wrong at our house
It's my fault"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Ns,A. Mlet~teQ
A Sporting Proposition.

"Tll bet dollar to a doughnut"-be-
gan the emphatic citizen.
"But if flour keeps going up" inter-
rupted the man who figures the odds
closely, "A dollar won't be worth a
dOughnut."
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
The Mutual Division.

"That poor woman hasn't been mar
ried any time and already she is TAX
ing in washing"
"What is her husband doing?"
"Oh, he's taking In the proceeds"
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Loss of Stable Manure

Loss of stable manure, due to expo
sure, runs into millions. Covered barn.
yards or direct hauling to the field will
save the greater part Of this.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

important at all times.
there Is no time when
they mean so much. as
during the tiresome days
of Illness. The desire fol
food is not strong and
too often repugnant
making eating a matter
of duty rather than 9
pleasure, and 1t may be
come a misery, if the
nofippt hnc raGpoJ anl
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

oho ACcSCuS tllc uIilOuu
of proteid foods needed.
Olive oil as q food has
long been known and
valued by physicians. In
cases Of nervous trouble,
malnutritiOn, and anae-
mic conditions. the pure
olive oil may be relied
upon to accomplish great
results In the way Of re-
building tissues,
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Dairy Without a Don.

Better run a dairy without dog
than have one that is irritable TO the
cows. Many kicking cows are caused
by the dogs swapping at their heels.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

1t takes more than one fall 70 keep
q determined man down: to have failed
once does not make one a failure; to
have strayed once cannot make one q
lost soul
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

the guard, but smaller than the oil
tubing. writes G. ]. Lynde In Farmers
Mail and Breeze. The spiral spring
ordinarily will keep the plunger pro-
truded, but occasional jolts of the
wagon will jar 1t back and allow q suf-
dcient amount Of oil to pass through.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
KeKIONEN
GBLNEK s. !!

Words are not wise merely because
they march in stately procession. A
train of thought is fine thing. yet
some folks run only one a day.-R.
w. Helms.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
Impossible Attempt.

"Does this child take after his ia
ther?"
"No; his father Is one of the kind
that never leaves anything for any
body to take after him."
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

1t sometimes takes courage to insist
that you are right, but lot more to
admit that your are wrong.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
GOOD THANKSGIVING DISHES.

When the scarcity and price Of tur.
key makes it unattainable, the follow.
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
DISHES FOR cORNMEAL DAY.

1t is possible to substitute corn
meal for flour in many dishes. The
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
MEALS FOR INVAlIDS.

Though neatness and care in the
preparation and serving Of food are
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
FOR MEATLESS DAYS,

Use olive oil or corn oil in cooking,
the olive oil prevents waste of tissue
Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21

Ing dishes VIII be
found most satisfy
ing and fully as
festive:
eoned Leg Of
Mutton.-Bone the
leg Of mutton to
the first joint, fill
the cavity with a
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
Some Truth in II.

"Have you ever noticed" said the
nervous young man, striving to make
conversation at the tea table, that
er-bachelors, as rule, are-er--
much richer than married men?'
yes" replied the MISUNDERSTANDING
lady, wearing the colors of the mill
tants, 81 have" "Ahl And-er-how
do you account for it?" every simply.
Poor men marry and rich men don't.
Men are always reader to divide moth
ing with woman than something"
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16

to the recovery of lost horse and
arrest of thief.
Horse was a bright bay and
was taken from pasture 8 miles
north of Brinkley about Nov. 9.
Was branded with slight brand
on left shoulder with P. N. Had
black points and was about 20
years old. For reward apply to
or address
FRANK w. OWEN,
Rrinkley, Ark.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-03-16
He Was WRONG Riaht.

81 really believe, Will Atwood, that
you married me because / have
money" she announced with a fine
display of feeling. mo, you're wrong"
returned her husband, candidly. Il
married you because l thought you'd
let me have some of it."