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Milk Substitutes in Calf Rearing
Whole milk is the natural feed for
calves for it contains nutrients in the
Proper proportion, as everyone knows.
1t will produce larger gains in live
weight than skim milk and other
feeds. But these gains are made at
greater expense, owing to the high
value of whole milk as q human food.
Calves should, however, be given
whole milk for the first two or three
weeks, or perhaps somewhat longer.
This insures good healthy start.
When high-class breeding stock is
beng produced, whole milk can b: fed
profitably until the calf is several
months old, though skim milk may be
fed from two to four weeks of age, de-
lending upon the health and thrift
ness of the calf, care being taken that
the change from whole to skim milk
is made very slowly.
But with the demand for whole milk
increasing yearly as a result of 81 ow-
ing consumption of it in our large
ccnters of population, skim milk is
not readily available on many farms.
Several satisfactory milk substitutes,
however, which have been used quite
extensively for calf feeding, are on
the market. good milk substitute
will produce practically as healthy
and rapid growth in the calf as will
skim milk, and at greatly reduced
cost.
Recent Investigations have shown,
however, that homemade mixtures
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The best depth to pillow at given
time, on a given soil, for a given crop
must be decided on the spot after
exercising good judgment with q
knowledge of the needs and condi-
tons. There can be no "rule Of
thumb" for blowing.
As q general rule in humid climates
the pillow never should 90 deeper than
to turn over the surface or dark col
ored layer Of weathered soil. If
deeper blowing is done, turning up
the unweathered subsoil, the product
iveness Of the field will be reduced.
1t is desirable to develop and main
tain q deep soil; this is clearly proved
by the heavier crops which always
grow on "back burrows" and the
scanty ones which grow in dead fur
rows" as compared with the rest of
the field. When a soil is thin and the
subsoil is close and heavy it is only
safe to deepen it gradually by plow-
ing little deeper each year or two,
turning under as far as possible
coarse manure, stubble and green
crops to make the soil open and form
humus in it.
Fall blowing may usually be as
deep as the soil will permit, down g.,
z or even eight inches, but the cases
are relatively few where it is i'm
portant to pillow deeper than 6 to 2
inches. Where blowing is for small
grains to be sowed at once the depth
may usually be shallow, inches or
less, as these thrive best in shallow
seeded.
There is a condition of moisture
peculiar to each and every soil at
which it will be left with the best tex
ture after blowing, requiring the least
amount of finishing work to put 1t in
final condition. If the soil is too
wet the crumb structure so essential
to a clay soil will be partly destroy
ed and the soil puddled; if too dry
the furrow slice will not shear in
thin layers and the soil will not be
pulverized fine. The water content
should be such that the damp soil
squeezed in the hand will hold it's
form but will easily crumble to pieces
and not be at all pasty.
Sod ground can always be plowed
little wetter than corn, potato or stub
BILE ground because the roots lessen
the danger of pudding and the shear
ing effect of the pillow is less.
Ground plowed late in the fall, to
act as a mulch, to allow the moisture
to penetrate deeply and to have its
texture altered by thawing and freez-
ing, should be left with the natural
furrow surface rough and uneven.
If plowed in the spring when the
ground is a little over wet and the
turned furrow shows large polished
surfaces the ground should be gone
over with a harrow but not immedi-
ately, for if the soil is little wet it
should be allowed to dry just enough
so as to crumble perfectly.
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Household Cares
Tax the women Of Belding the Same
As Elsewhere

Hard to attend TO household duties
With a constant aching back.
A womna should not have a bad
back,
And she seldom would If the kid
neys were well.
Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed
by thousands.
Have been used in kidney trouble
over fifty years.
Read. what this Belding woman
says:
Mrs. s. L. Mcintosh, 515 Pearl ST.,
says: Several years ago / had quite
bit Of trouble from lame back. /
could hardly get up or down and often
couldn't keep about my house work.
My kidneys acted too frequently, too.
A few boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me and have never been trou-
bled since"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Mcintosh had. Foster ilburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
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F A r M A N d
O r CHI A II u


which cost much less will give equal
ly as good results. One Of these is
made by thoroughly mixing equal
parts by weight Of hominy feed, lin
seed meal, "red dog" flour and dried
blood. A small amount Of this mix
ture may be used with the whole milk
when the calf is from seven to ten
days old. Gradually increase the
meal, mixing it with water in the pro-
portion of one part to seven parts of
water. AS the mixture is increased,
decrease the amount of whole milk so
that when the calf has reached the
age Of FIVE or six weeks the calf meal
will have replaced all of the skim
milk At this time about one and
one-quarter pounds of calf meal
should be fed daily. Gradually in
crease the amount to from one and
one-half to one and three-quarters
pounds per day at six months of age.
Good results may also be obtained
by making a Cruel of three-quarters
of pound of rolled oats to from six
TO eight pints of boiling water, let
ting the mixture stand until cool
enough to feed. Substitute this for
whole milk gradually after the calf is
from ten to fourteen days old.
= Calf meals, whether home made or
commercial, are used simply as sub
stitutes for milk and good roughage
with a liberal supply of good grow
ing concentrates, such as oats and
bran, with possibly some corn or bar
ley, should be given if satisfactory
development is to be obtained.
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POULTRY
CONSUL TING DEPARTMENT
Wheat for Poultry

The Wisconsin Experiment Station,
where corn, oats, and wheat were US
ed on three lots of heifers to
determine the value of these grains
as food, and the wheat proved
failure as compared with the
others. The calves of the wheat
fed heifers were either dead, or
ready to die when born and the
heifers did not breed as easily as the
others that were fed on corn and oats.
This is very interesting and instruc-
tive, but brings up the question of
wheat as food for other stock, chick
ems, for instance. We read that
wheat, wheat bran and middlings are
very essential in a chicken ration and
l am using wheat in scratch feed and
bran and middlings in dry mash, but
if it is facilitating to cattle why not
to hens, and if heifers do not breed
so early when fed on wheat products,
and their calves are weak or dead
when born, would it not have the same
effect on the fertility of eggs and
the vigor of the chicks when hatch
ed, also egg production?
/ am interested in chickens in a
limited way and entertain serious
doubts as TO the usefulness of wheat
III a. HOOLbiJ bOJ vi IiAC ObHCA
hand, it would seem hardly probable
that successful poultrymen would re-
commend wheat as a poultry food
without having proven its value. Who
is there that can straighten this out?
H. II. II.
The poor results from the feeding
of wheat products entirely to calves
was not due to the grain, but due to
Eo1Lt,,nr he 80 xrvith ha rras IN,
Where a part of the straw was re-
placed with alfalfa but the grain left
as before, the calves made normal
gains. This would indicate that
wheat straw alone is not very good
roughage to feed calves.
Considering the extensive amount
of practical work and experimental
ton which has been done in the mat
ter of poultry feeding, and the high
praise which wheat gets as poultry
feed from all who have had expert
ence along this line, l do not believe
there should be any doubt as to its
value for poultry feeding purposes.
One authority says that wheat can
be fed to poultry longer without 9TH
err grain with good effect, than any
other grain. The Maine Experiment
Station which has probably done
more work in poultry feeding than
any other, station, recommends a ra-
ton of grains, one-third of which
consists of wheat. All of their mashes
which have proven very efficient in
egg production also contain large
amounts of wheat bran or middlings.
One reason why wheat is so high
ly recommended is that it comes
nearer being balanced ration than
does any other grain, and l am sure
that if the feeding of wheat caused
any facilitating effect upon poultry,
it would have been noticed by our ex-
perimenters long time ago.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-14
Parable of the Two Feminists

There came to me on a morning a
Woman, who by some mistake of Ma
ture, for which she blamed Nature,
had not been made man. And she
said to be, o Safed, there is to be a
meeting in the Opera House, with
tickets at a Dollar, and we wish thee
to Preside, and introduce the Speaker.
And asked her, Who is the Speak
err and of what doth she Speak?
And she said, She is Madame Won
Talkenfest, and she speaketh on the
Robbery of Marriage. She proclaim
eth it Cruel invention of Man and a
Relic of the time when men had their
wives as Property. She showeth how
it Wrongeth the Unmarried Woman
that she is Deprived by this Cruel
Convention of the Solemn Dignity of
Motherhood.
And ] answered, / shall not be
Among Those Present.
And she was displeased, and she
left me.
And hardly had she departed when
there came another woman, and she
asked me to Permit Mrs. Parthogen-
esis to speak in my Pulpit on Birth
Control.
And / answered, There is Nothing
Doing.
And she also left.
And Keturah entered, and she said,
Why is my lord so sad?
And l told her of my two visitors.
And said, Between the Divine Right
of the Unmarried Woman to be a
Mother and the Divine Right of the
Married Woman not to, / propose to
Take to the Woods.
And Keturah answered, God in His
mercy hath 90 distributed the differ
emit Kinds and Conditions Of Human
ity that Not All the Fools are Men.
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I'VE WON'T WIN If We WASTE"
Tested Wartime Recipes
FOR USE IN MICHIGAN


To the Housewives OF Michigan:
The following recipes have been pre-
pared and tested at the Michigan Aerl-
cultural College under the supervision Of
Dean Georgia L. White, member Of the
executive committee Of the Michigan food
conservation service. They are practical,
economical, and Of first class dietary
value.
They have been prepared with especial
View TO Michigan condltlons--native prod
uots being utilized 90 far as possible, and
market prices In this section Of the coun-
try being taken Into special account.
They lay down . practical method by
which Michigan cooks may assist In the
great movement TO SAVE FOODSTUFFS.
Use them. Help the cause. Help win
the war.
GEORGE A. PRESCOTT,
Michigan Food Director.
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INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDMSC1OOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER IS
NEHEmlAH's PRAYER ANSWERED
(By REV. p. b. FITZWATER, ID. D..
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)

LESSON TExT-Nehemiah Gill.
GOLDEN TExT-Ask and Il shall be
given unto you.-Matthew I'll.
It was four months after Nehemiah
learned Of the desolation Of Jerusalem
that he had the opportunity to make
known his request to the king. Just
why he did not test the kings atti-
tude toward him and his project
earlier. we have no information. Per-
haps there was no great function at
which he was called upon to minister
In this interval, or his turn of serv-
Ice had not arrived, or his duties were
so exacting that no opportunity was
afforded for him to unbosom his grief
to the king.
!. Nehemiah's Request to the King
(vv. 1-S). ID Its occasion, v. 1. AS
cup-bearer he was ministering before
the king. The cup-bearer was more
than mere valet He entered very
king, so that the inner life and spirit
of the cup-bearer was known. 1t was
expected of such servants that they
manifest perfect happiness while in
the presence of the king. To appear
In his presence otherwise would likely
be to the displeasure of the king.
Nehemiah's sad countenance while
thus serving awakened the kings sus-
picion. The matter was serious for
Nehemiah was afraid under the cir
cumstances.
(2) The kings inquiry, v. 2. The
tenance was sad, though he was not
sick, and he knew that something ex-
traordinary had come into the life of
his cup-bearer.
(3) The effect upon Nehemiah, v. 2.
His heart was filled with fear. He did
not know but what this improperly
was so great as to cause his dismissal.
His fear was more than that of losing
his position; to be dismissed from be-
ing cup-bearer would mean the loss of
an opportunity to present his request
to the king; and, without the kings
sanction and aid, his enterprise would
fail.
(4) Nehemiah's tactful reply, v. 3.
He seeks to conciliate the king by
expressing a deep interest In the royal
life and person. He says: May the
king live forever" and then tells that
the cause of his grief was the desola-
ton of the city where his fathers
were buried.
go The contents of Nehemiah's re-
quest, Wv. 5-s. (a) To be sent to judah
to build the walls of Jerusalem, Wv.
8, 6. This request virtually meant to
be granted leave Of absence from
the Persian court and to be appointed
military governor of that part Of the
kingdom of Artaxerxes. The king,
doubtless, saw that such move would
be Of particular benefit to his king
dom politically, owing to the strategic
position of Jerusalem, between Baby
Ion and Egypt. In the case of the
breaking out of hostilities between
these powers, to have a fortified city
In Palestine would be of immense i'm
portance. At the kings request,
definite time was set for this leave Of
absence, v. 6. He remained in Jerusa-
lem for twelve years. A side light on
the kings gracious attitude toward
Nehemiah is given in this: "The
queen also sitting by him." She is
not named, but in all probability 1t
was Esther.
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WHEAT BREAD "a LoAvEs)

/ at. lukemarm milk, water, or a
pressed yeast, or c lukewarm milk.
water, or a mixture of the two; / G
liquid yeast or / cake yeast; / IL T
salt; IA G sugar; Fat, II used, IA c
or less; ats. sifted -four.
Original bulk of dough, quarts;
bulk when ready to be made into
loaves, i've or six quarts. Boil the wa
ter or scald the milk. Put the sugar
and salt land fat, If used) into a mix
Ing bowl Pour the hot liquid over II
and allow 1t to become lukewarm, mix
the yeast with a little Of the lukewarm
liquid and add it to the rest of the
liquid. II convenient, set this aside In
warm place, not over $50 F.. for one
hour. II not convenient to set 1t aside,
add the -four at once, putting In lit
tie ut time and kneading until the
dough IL OF such consistency that II
sticks neither to the bowl nor to the
hands. This requires about 10 min
utss. Cover, Lett rise / "a hours at q
temperature of $50 +; II may be bet
ter to set II at lower temperature
but the lower the temperature the
longer the time required for the ris-
Ing. Cut down the dough from the
sides OF the bowl. Knead little and
ret aside to rise again for one hour.
With a good bread -four, the dough
would treble its bulk in each rising;
with soft wheat -four, Il would not
rise much beyond twice its volume.
Divide into portions. mold, and place
In creased pans of standard size. Al
low to rise until a light touch will
make = slight dent With good bread
aour this happens when the dough
reaches the top of the pans. Bake 80
minutes.
(Bullstin No. so7, Dept. Of Asri,
Washington, d. CO.
SWEET POTATO cRoouETTEs.
6 medium-sissd sweet potatoes: 4
egg; r butter; 2 T milk; / ( salt.
Scrub the potatoes. II they are
sorapsd, or peeled. drop at once into
cold water to prevent discoloration.
Boil. drain, and put through . colan-
Ter. Add the butter, milk. and salt.
Beat the egg and stir into the mix
ture. Form into croQuettes. Dip into
dried bread crumbs, then into
he heated egg, to which has been
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Blue Ointment

What is blue ointment? Do / buy
or prepare it? What will it cost ?
How do / use it, in what quantity :?
A. l.. w.
Blue ointment is a standard rem
edy described in the United States
Pharmacopoeia. It can be purchas-
ed of any druggist, who will know
how to make it. l do not know what
the cost will be, but it is considered
a very economical means Of keeping
hens free from lice.
The proper method Of using is to
apply pieces as large as small pea
under the vent and under each wing.
The ointment should not just be daub-
ed on. but should be rubbed well into
the skin, so that the chickens cannot
pick it off. Should they get any of it
In their mouths it would result in
mercurial poisoning and would prob
ably cause the death of the chicken,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-14

One-tenth of the agricultural and
horticultural interests Of the United
States are destroyed annually by in
sects and our greatest safeguard is
the destruction of these by the wild
birds. The birds are our country's
aids to food conservation.
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HOLY TRINITY MISSION
(EpiscopaD

Corner of Congress and Alderman
streets. Hours Of service Sunday:
Morning service-10:30.
12.00-Sunday school.
7:00--Evening service.
Rev. Robert S. Nash,
Priest-in- Charge. h
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Answers the Nations Call

Herbert Hoover having designated
the International Live Stock EXPOSE
ton Food Training Camp" by this
act drafted this institution into the
service of this country. "More meat"
is the appeal of the food administrat-
or. To win the war, beef and pork
especially the latter will be neces-
sary. There is a shortage of meat
and fats. For years this deficiency
has been developing. During that
period the international Live Stock
Exposition has acted as a conserving
agency, educating the country along
lines of economical production; other
wise supply conditions in this emer-
gency would have been even less fay-
orable. This season a great drive for
immediate increase in production will
be made. The moment is opporture
and conditions ripe. Consumption Of
meats has reached stage several
laps ahead of production and the In
ternational Live Stock Exposition
teaches the way out. More cattle,
hogs and sheep of better quality and
earlier maturity, insuring maximum.
weight and minimum expense, is the
solution of the problem.
The international Live Stock Ex-
position, which will beheld during the
first week in December, will this year
emphasize it's mission. The problem
of the moment is more food and in no
other way can the lesson be more
convincingly taught.
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added two tablespoons or milk or wa
ter, then back into the bread crumbs.
Bake in a buttered pan until nicely
Drowned. Serve with White Sauce >pr
Cream Sauce. Nuts may be added to
these croquettes, almonds preferred.
SWEET POTATOES AND APPLES.
Boil sweet potatoes as directed;
slice the long way of the potato. Make
alternate layers of sliced apples and
sweet potatoes, sprinkiing T Of
brown sugar and butter cut in small
pieces on each layer. Pour over this
when the pan II filed, IA c water.
and bake until apples are done. and
the top is a delicate brown.
POTATO AND PEA SALAD.
medium-sized potatoes; 1 IL G
canned peas.
Make potato balls from potatoes
with a vegetable cutter. Boil until
tender, drain, and cool. Cover peas
and potato balls with salad dressing.
Arrange on lettuce leaves and add
mayOnnalse OF polleu sdldu uressinB.
POTATO sAvoRY.
1 pit. sliced potatoes. IL small onion;
1 T butter; / c water; 1-2 salt.
Peel and slice the onion in the bot
tom of a buttered pan, add the pota-
toes, sprinkle with salt. and pour the
hot water over all. Bake In slow
..,ox. xx.-r ho,,r. Or NOVA (eNraxu CooL-
ery"-Miss "copper"
POTATO sTUFFING FOR FOWL.
2 G hot mashed potatoes; IA @
bread crumbs; 1-3 G butter or oleo; /
egg; salt; / I sage; / finely chop
ped onion.
Add to the potatoes the other ingred-
tents in order in which they are given.
Cornell University
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FREE METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday school, 1000.
Morning worship, 1900.
Glass meeting, 1900.
Evening service, 700. Sermon by
the pastor.
Holiness meeting, Tuesday evening,
7:30.
Prayer service, Thursday evening,
1880.
You are welcome.
j. Fred Iulg, Pastor.
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METHODIST

Sunday, 1000, class meeting; 1890,
morning service; 11:45, Sunday
school; Epworth league, 600; even
ing service at 700 p. m.
Prayer meeting for young women
in Philathea room and young men in
Baraca room Tuesday evening, 7:30.
Thursday evening at 1880, general
prayer meeting followed by Bible
stury. p. Ray Norton, Pastor.
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"Meanness has ruined more busi-
ness than open-handedness will ever
do.r recently remarked Charles M.
Schwab. "Meanness spoils every
thing. When ever ] am tempted to
be mean I think of the cid man who
stopped smoking.
"9Why did you give up your pipe 2"
his pastor asked him. ct was your
one comfort, apparently
The old man sighed and answered
asNo. It wasn't such n comfort af-
ter all. You see, if you smoke your
own tobacco it costs like the very old
Harry. and IL you smoke your. friends
tobacco you have to ram II down 80
darn tight that your pipe won't
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CHURCH OF CHRIST

Regular services on Sunday, 1890
a. m. Worship and communion.
1900 noon, Bible school; 600 p, m,
senior c. E.; TOO p. m, evangelistic
service.
Mid-week prayer meeting and
training class Thursday at 7:30 D. m.
You are cordially invited to ali SER
vices Of the church.
Ck6s. n. Pease, Pastor.
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In The Churches

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC
Mass every other Sunday at 8 a. m,
every alternate Sunday at 1880 a. m.
Mass every week day at 7:30 a. m.
Rectory residence, 400 South Bridge
street.
Rev. John M. Zindler, Rector.
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The first division of 200 carrier pig
eor~ has been modified somewhere
in the Southern Department, u. S
A." preparatory to service overseas
After brief training these erstwhile
"doves of peace" will be sent to Eu.
ropean battlefields to carry dispatches
through the war zones.
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THE UNITED STATES MUST
CONSERVE WHEAT.

1. BY eliminating waste in the
usepf all breads and cereal pro-
ducts.
2. BY eating more vegetables in
place of other foods.
3. BY observing at least .one
wheatless day per week.
(. BY using other cereals Cor
whole or in part) for bread
making.
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LATTER DAY SAINTS

LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sunday school, 1890 q. m; preach
ing service, 1880 q. m; religious SER
vice, 1880 p. m; prayer meeting, 7:30
p. m, Wednesday evening.
J. d. Aelick, Pastor.
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POTATO sTUFFINo FOR FOWL

NoTE-In all OF these recipes all meas
urements are level. and equals table,
spoon, equals teaspoon, G equals cup.
Z. equals few grains. Z. d. equals few
drops
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Christian Science society, LOG So.
Pleasant street.
Sunday morning service at 10:45.
Sunday school at 11:45.
Testimonial meeting every We'd
nesday evening at 7:30.
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1t is the horse that has fought the
wars of the world and won our human
liberty. Besides this, he has broken
our prairies, sown and harvested our
grain, and delivered it to the markets
of the world. He has carried mes
sages of victory and of sorrow, and
down to the time of Washington he
constituted the fastest mode Of COM
munication known, If we except only
the carrier pigeon.