The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-08-16

spite this farmer, but when he shut
them p he cut of two essentianls that
his hens had obtained on free range
unknown to him, green feed and ami
essentials in tender growing plants
and earth worms, grass hOppers, and
grubs. Had he supplied these es-
sentials in waste vegetables and beef
scraps, with the corn and water he
fed, the hens wuld have kept on lay
ingt and, in all PROBABILITY, their
/ production would been moral".
Don't Market Under-Fat Stuff .
out several parts of Tennessee indi-
Gates that any cattle are now going
to slaughter which should be kept
on grass until frost. These habitat
cattle are being shipped in order that
their owners may secure the highest
prices now prevailing, under the as
sumption that the present is safe and
the future uncertain. If this move
ment continues during the remainder
of thesummer, there cannot be many
feeder-cattle for the fall trade, nor
many fat cattle any time.
The outlook is good for large corn
crop and the fall pasture spromis-
ing, all Of which makes one wonder
how all this feed will be utilized if
so many cattle have already gone to
the butcher market.
No one knows what the future
holds, but it does not seem good policy
to hasten the market of under fat
stuff, when the supply of feed is so
promising.
Our supply Of beef producing cattle
is undoubtedly short and careful con-
servation is necess airy in these war
Use Heavy Plump Seed
Buying seed every few years usual
ly grown in different climate and
different soil, is not wise. The
running out" Of a variety of grain
is due to carelessness in selecting
seed grain and to poor tillage, and
not to a natural deterioration in the
/ variety. Select the best field of
grain on the farm for seed and use
the tanning mill to separate the best
kernals. The heavy, plump kernals
are, in most cases, produced by the
| strongest plants, and these kernals
will in turn produce stronger and
better nourished plants than the light
shrunken kernels. Experiments with
| heavy and light seed oats at the
Minnesota Experiment Station gave
an increase of 8 2 per cent in favor
of the heavy seed. At the Nebraska
Station experimnts with witr what
rsultd in an avrag of 4.6 busls in
rsultd in an avrag Of as busls in
favor of tn heavy seed.
Fat Vegetables
Dried vegetables and fruits are just
as wholesome as fresh ones and will
and if taste very similar, if care is
taken to thoroly soak them before
cooking and if they are cooked in the
fireless cooker, or slowly over the fire
will be replaced and the woody firbers
softened.
Cereals, such as oats, rice, barley
and wheat, can be placed very proper
ly with the starchy vegetables, as
they contain large amount of starch.
Beans and peas, are composed of pro-
tein, or muscle building food, and also
contain so much starch, a heat and
fat producing food. AS beans and
peas contain muscle builing food, they
are used occa3ionally instead of meat,
1t is not wise to leave out meat en-
tirely from meals as the muscle
forming part of meat is more easily
taken up by the body than that Of
peas and beans.
Vegetables may eaten raw or cooked
When eaten raw they should be wahed
thoroly and allowed to stand in little
sailed vinigar water Il tablespoon
vinigar, tablespoon salt to a quart
of water) for at least half hour.
If they have wilted this operation will
freshen them and will help to kill
typhoid germs. If there are any lit
tie bugs in vegetables (such as cab
bage or cauliflower), this treatment
will cause the bugs to come out into
the water.