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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
FARM WORK HORSES
Farmers Are Urged to Utilize Home
Grown Feeds to Fullest Extent
Grain Is Essential.

In feeding horses utilize home
grown feeds to the fullest extent. In
q section where corn can be well ma
tured, this grain ought TO constitute
the greater portion of the concentrated
feed for work horses.
Corn alone can be used as q grain
feed for work horses If n good quality
of alfalfa or clover hay is fed for
roughage. When combined with mixed
hay or timothy hay, a grain cOmbina-
ton of three parts corn and one part
oats by weight is q satisfactory mix
ture.
If oats are scarce and high in price.
cottonseed-meaI or oilmeal may be
substituted for the protein furnished
by the oats. One-third to one-half
pound of linseed meal will, with the
amount secured through mixed hay,
furnish sufficient protein for a 1900
pound working horse.
A horse at farm work requires from
IL TO IL pounds of grain per 100
pounds live weight daily. Feed grain
sufficient TO keep the horse in good
working condition. Hay may be linn
tied TO the standard of a pound of hay
to 100 pounds live weight daily. Re
duce the grain one-haif on days when
the horse is idle TO avoid a%zOturia.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
STORE FRUIT JUICES
How to Prepare for the Future
Comfort of the Family.
ALL FRUITS Can Be UTILIZED
Grape Juiee-Sirap Made From Wind
fall Apples and Apple Cider
Here Is a Fine Flavor
ing Strip.

(From the United States Department Of
Agriculture.)
Various fruit juices may be prepared
in the home and bottled for future use.
Practically any fruit may be used in
the first recipe following.
SteriIized Fruit Juices.-The fruit
juice may be pressed out of fruit by
means of a cider press, special fruit
press, or other improyised presses; then
heated in an acid-proOf kettle up to
40 degrees Fahrenheit. The fruit juice
may then be poured into ordinary hot
jars, hot bottles, or tin cans and ham
died by the same directions as those
for canning of fruit itself. If poured
into miscellaneous bottles, it is sug-
gested that the fruit juice be sterilized
as follows:
Make n cotton stopper and press
into the neck of the bottle and leave
during the sterilization period. Set
bottles in boiling hot water up to the
neck of the bottle, Sterilizing the fruit
juice for 80 minutes at q simmering
temperature (165 degrees F~ahrenheit).
Remove the product, press O in top
over cotton stopper Immediately. If the
cork fits well, no paraffin need be used.
If a poor cork, it may be necessary tn
dip the cork in melted solution Of wax
or paraffin. Fruit juices and apple
cider when handled in this way will
not "1atten in taste" and will keep
fresh for future use.
Grape Juice by Two-Day Method
For home use there are q large num-
Der of varieties of grapes which will
make q pleasant and healthful drink.
No matter what the kind of grape,
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however, only clean, sound fruit
should be used and 1T should be we'll
ripened, but not overripe. The grapes
should first be crushed and pressed In
an ordinary cider mill or by hand IL
no mill Is available.
Red Juice.-For red juice, the
crushed grapes are heated TO about
200 degrees Fahrenheit before the juice
Is separated from the pulp and then
strained through a clean cloth or drip
bag without pressure. Thereafter. the
process is the same as for light-colored
juice.
Grape juice should be stored away
In bottles or jars that are not too large,
for after these have been opened the
juice is likely to spoil. If properly
made, however, the juice should keep
indefinitely as long as it is kept In
sealed bottles.
Sirup Made From WindfaII Apples
and Apple Cider.-Add five ounces OF
powdered calcium carbonate obtained
at any drug store) to seven gallons of
apple cider. Powdered calcium car
Donate Carbonate of lime) or, TO give
it is common name, precipitated chalk,
is low-priced and harmless. Boil the
mixture in a kettle or vat vigorously
for FIVE minutes. Pour the liquid into
vessels, preferably glass jars or pitch
ers; allow to stand six or eight hours,
or until perfectly clear. Pour the clear
liquid into a preserving kettle. Do not
allow sediment at bottom to enter. Add
TO the clear liquid n level teaspoon
full of lime carbonate and stir thor
oughly. The process is completed by
boiling down rapidly TO a clear liquid.
Use density gauge or candy thermome-
ter and bring the temperature up to
300 degrees Fahrenheit. If a thermom-
eter is not available, boil until bulk is
reduced to ~one-Seventh of the original
volume. To determine whether the
strip is cooked enough test as for
candy-by pouring a little into cold
water. If boiled enough it should have
the consistency of maple strip. 1t
should not be cooked long enough to
harden like candy when tested.
When the test shows that the strip
has been cooked enough, pour it into
fruit Jars, pitchers, ETC., and allow it
to cool slowly. Slow cooling is i'm
pOrtant, as otherwise the suspended
matter will not settle properly and the
| sirup will be cloudy.
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however, it is far safer to process them
both to insure sterilization and a tight
seal. Process pints for 80 minutes at
simmering (S7 degrees Centigrade OF
1SS degrees ~Fahrenheit).
Berry Jam.-In selecting berries for
jam the ripe, broken ones will give
fine color and flavor. but about one
half the quantity should be slightly un-
derripe. This is necessary to give a
jelly-like consistency to the product.
Cooking in small quantities also helps
TO retain color and flavor. Weigh the
berries and allow three-fourths Of a
pound of sugar to each pound of fruit.
Rapid cooking with constant care is
essential.
Peach Jam.-TwO and o%ne-quarter
pounds peaches cut into small pieces,
me pound sugar, six whole allspice,
one cracked peach seed, n inch gin
ger root, one-half cupful peach juice,
one-half teaSpOOnful whole cloves, one
teaspoonfui cinnamon bark, one Sprig
mace. (Tie spices in cheesecloth bag.)
Cook all together until thick as MARINA
lade and clear or until of the consis-
tency desired Ito 105 degrees Cent?
grade or 2e1 degrees Fahrenheit). Pack
hot in hot jars and seal at once or
process.
Ounce Paste.-Three-fourths pound
powdered sugar for each pound of
fruit pulp. Wipe the fruit, cut into
quarters, remove flower and core, and
cook in water until very tender. After
rubbing the pulp through n sieve.
weigh it and add the required amount
of sugar. 1t is then cooked until very
thick. Scalded and chopped nut kerr
nels may be added. The pulp remain
ing after the juice has been extracted
for ounce jelly may be used also.
Pear and Ounce Preservation
pear and ounce preserves, use the
same proportion of sugar and fruit.
Gu the fruit into half-circle slices.
Cook the fruit until almost tender in
boiling water, drain. add the strip,
and proceed as for peach preserves.
Apple Butter.-Measure the apples,
wash to remove dirt, slice into small
pieces, and for each bushel of apples
add four gallons of water; boil until
the fruit is soft, then rub through q
screen or sieve.
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CLEAN AND STORE PLANTERS
implements Should BE Put Away Care
fElly for Another Year-keep
i'm Good Condition.

AS soon as the farmer has finished
using the planters for this year, they
should be cleaned and put away care
fully, so that they will be in good on
dition for another year. Often by
carelessly allowing planters TO lay
around uncared for. one has TO buy a
new = the following season, or at
least hunt for lost parts. Every plate
and other part of the planters should
be stored carefully away, and the
planter left ready for use another
year. Prices of machinery are adj
vancing as well as prices of f~oodstuffs.
and there is no reason why the farmer
should not take unusually good care
Of all implements on the farm.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF ~Agriculture.)
Jams are made of small fruits which
are not whole or firm enough to use
for preserves. No attempt is made
to retain the original shape of the
fruit, the finished product having a
uniform consistency. Marmalades have
a more jellylike texture and thin slices
of the fruit appear suspended through
out the mixture. In fruit buffers and
pastes frequently less sugar is used
than in jams and the product is more
concentrated. Conserves may be made
of large or small fruits, cooked in
the same manner as jams. Sometimes
nuts are added.
In stirring jams use q wooden spoon
or paddle, moving it across the cen
ter of the vessel first n way and then
the opposite. and next around the pan.
gently moving the mixture from the
boCtom of the pan, being careful not
70 stir rapidly or beat. Cook the jam
TO 105 degrees Centigrade or 221 de-
grees Fahrenheit, if a thermometer is
used.
If a cooking or chemical thermome-
ter is available more accurate results
can be obtained by its use. The prop
er condition of the cooked fruit can
be determined approximately, how
ever. without the use of such instru-
mentS. For determining when they
are finished most jams may be given
the same test as finished jelly; that
is. when a little is held a moment and
cooled in a spoon, ii will not pour from
the side of the spoon. but will fall in
n sheet or fake. This is not true of
jams made of peaches. cherries. straw
berries. and other fruits not contain
ing pecVin. the jellying principle. When
using such fruits. cook until the jam
is Of the desired consistency.
Well-glazed Theoretically sealed
stoneware jars with capacity of eight
ounces and up. are suitable and at
tractive containers for packing jams.
marmalades. etc. Large-necked bot
ties. glasses, ETC., also may be used
and sealed with cork. paraffin, etc.
Jams and marmalades may be pack
ed hot in sterilized jars, glasses or
large.necked bottles. and sealed imme-
dIately. When. packing for market,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

MOST NUTRITIOUS OF FOODS
Sweet Corn Is More Easily Dried
Than Almost Any Other Vegetable
PLANT Good Supply.

(By R. W. THATCHER. Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Dried sweet corn is one of the most
nutritious foods. Sweet corn is more
easily dried than almost any other gar
den vegetable. For these reasons
very large amounts of sweet corn
should be dried this summer for 5
next winter. 1t can be planted on
small tracts or in large fields and is
one Of the most easily cultivated gar
den crops.
For table use, small lots of quick
maturing varieties like the Early
Golden Bantam should be planted but
for drying for a winter use, the larger
and heavier yielding sorts, as Coun-
try Gentleman and Stowells Ever
green, should be used.
Let everyone who has q garden or
field available plant plenty Of sweet
corn TO give a summer supply and a
large excess to be dried for winter
use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

u generous spfnking but the first full force of the discharge took Il colored
porter in the u. A grandmotherly woman who wanted to see all the fun
and yet not suffer herself had the quick wit to open her umbrella and use it
Indian fashion rs a shield.
In attempting 10 direct the hose at the burning awning the young nan
1T directly N II group gazing 10Y from n window
Then he let Ii flop back and 1t knocked Il cigar u OF the mouth of a
customer Just coming rom the cigar store. When 10 had finally extnguished
the incpient blaze he nonplussed as % how % shut Off the flow and in
Juggling the exungusher gave himself IN inverted shower bath. which he
But there vas one person In the crowd that couldn't see anything funny
In tn incident. That was u summer girl, whose gorgeous purple silk hosiery
were well sprinkled. She threatened to tell the police.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

visit neighboring farmers of that local
ity, and determine by their experience f;
or, q limited number of plants can be
tried. Setting poor plants will often
bring failure. 1t should be a rule
never TO purchase any but strong,
hardy, vigorous plants.
On an acre of rich, cultivated land.
q crop Of strawberries can be grown
that will net $500; an acre of such
land should produce at the rate of 200
bushels TO the acre.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

season it cannot be worked without
bake, and the plants will suffer more
than on sandy soil. 1t would seem
that a sandy loan or loan with slight
mixture of clay should, if properly
handled, give the best results.
Having chosen q soil ~retentive of
moisture, it next becomes necessary to
prepare for proper drainage in case of
excessive rainfall, unless the natural
lay Of the land is such that no water
will stand upon the surface. Tile
drains are the only practical one to
use. Open bitches will, perhaps, an
swer this purpose, but are unsatisfac-
tory in many ways.
In planning your strawberry field
care should be taken to avoid frosty
locations, such as very low land near
marshes or lakes, also valleys where
there is no chance for circulation of
air, as these localities are very liable
to heavy frostS, when higher land or
that more open to circulation would
show little, if any. A hard frost at
blossoming time often ruins the entire
crop.
The best land one a use is a clover
field. After blowing fertilize with a
mixture of three pounds of nitrogen.
seven pounds of phosphoric acid and
nine pounds of potash, using about
eight hundred pounds to the acre.
After about two or three crops the
land should be plOwed up and after
one or two clover crops reset.
Just to find out what varieties of
strawberries are best adapted TO ones
particular soil or climate, it is well to
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
SOIL FOR STRAWBERRY
One of First Requisites of Ripen-
ing Fruit Is Moisture.
Stiff Clay Is to Be Avoided Because X
Cannot Be Worked Early in Season
Without Becoming CIoddy and
Is Apt to Bake.
Ry J. A. BACER)

The soil and location best adapted
to strawberry culture will vary some
what in different sections. In a gen.
eral way we have said that any soil
that would grow good crops of corn
or potatoes would grow good straw
berries, and while this seems TO be a
pretty safe rule. ii is also true that in
order to grow them to the best advan-
tage it is necessary TO have the soil
especially adapted. One of the first
requisites of the ripening fruit is
moisture, and care should be taken
that this is provided. Hence a very
dry or loose. sandy soil would not be a
safe location, although in moist sea-
sons a fair crop might be harvested.
Neither is a stiff clay adapted TO
strawberry growth, as very early in
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
IDEAL PLACE FOR CHICKENS
Fowls and Chicks Should Be Allowed
to Run In Corn When IL Is High
Enough for Shade.

Let the fowls and chicks run in the
cornfield after the corn Is high enough
TO furnish shade. and they will have a
comfortable place 10 spend the hot
days and will pick up many bugs and
worms which might otherwise injure
the corn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
CABBAGE Is EASY TO RAISE
Plant Not Particular About Soil and
Often Thrives on Soil Not Adapted
to Other Crops.

Cabbage Is not very particular about
the soil in which ii will grow. II can
often be grown on land not adapted to
other crops. Any well-drained soil,
holding plenty Of plant food in an
available condition, should grow an ex-
cellent crop. Land with a loose, grav-
ely subsoil must be avoided.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Cattle-Proof Gate.

the west, one on the north, one on the
east, and one on the south. Nail the
rails on the two posts east and west,
and you will have an entrance that is
always open for a person but closed
to a cow. Put one of these gates in
your coward fence where you enter
often.
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SlL0 QUALIFICATIONS.

1t should be alright. to keep
the air out and the juices In.
II should be smooth. TO permit
the silage to settle without leav-
ing air spaces along the wall.
1t should be constructed OF
durable material which will not
decay or blow down.
The diameter should be such
that from two TO three inches of
silage will be fed off each day.
There Is an advantage in the
tall silo. because the silage at
the bottom is compressed by the
weight of that above.
1t should be so built that
IL can withstand the bursting
pressure of the silage. The
weight of silage differs from
year to year, according to the
amount of moisture In the sill
age.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
ENTRANCE Is CATTLE-PROOF
Posts Arranged in Such Manner as to
Admit Person, but Always Closed
to Animals.

To make q gate that q person can
enter but cattle cannot go through,
set one post in each direction about
eight inches apart, or so you can go
through with ease, says q Minnesota
writer in The Farmer. In a fence run
ming east and west, place one post on
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and heavily, forging history. SO fst are events moving and with such r-
gency. that never in Washingtons history was 81 much work being done at
such high pressure.
Great capitalists and manufacturers VI around from office to office in
heir shirt sleeves, enthusiastic as boys Thwared, puZZledIOoking cn
gressmen go angriy along muttefng to themselves. with their constituents
following What kind Of governmen institution is this-without congress
sIonal patronage?
The willard. the Shoreham, the Raleigh look like tn Hotel Astoria in
Belgian, French, English uniforms-the same gentlemen with something to
sell to the government.
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III room beyond" he boy rose,p picked u p his suitcase, walked into the
next room. He wa embarrassed.
Mr. Aswen called the had waiter. Then he called all the walters in the
room. He demanded apologies from the waiter and from the head waiter,
and the latter h e set scuryng after the sailor with an invitation to return
and be served.
"And serve him in proper style" shouted Mr.. Aswen. give him every
thing nh wants, and then give m e the bill"
The boy IA ii recruit He "a o IN his "a ytoj join his ship somewhere
o the Atlantic" He had only a few minutes to catch his train, he said. and
had merely dropped in for n u of coffee. H politely declined the invita-
ton OF Mr. Aswel to be his guest at dinner
"Lookee here" said the Louisiana member. % the waiter," don't o ever
do that again. You caused me to lose my temper for the first time in four
years"
The waiter promised he never again would permit himself to be caught
doing anything that could be construed a a reflection upon the uniform of
the navy IT the army.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

Ways OF the cat, n caterplIlar, the
frog. the bear, and the birds.
"All the world is rhythmic except
man. said Miss DuFOur. HE alone
is out of harmony, and the rhythmic
dance is the way To put him in tune.
We should 90 to the eat to learn TO
loosen the bones of the spine; to the
caterpillar to learn to curl up and I'M
curl from the center; to the freq to
learn the proper articulation of the
leg.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
SWISS CHARO FOR CHICKENS
Leaves Make Best Of Green Food for
Fowls, and Many Raise IL Espe-
ciaIIy for That Purpose.

Swiss chard Is fine II not allowed 10
get too large. 1t should be kept picked
rather closely. The leaves make the
best Of green food for the hens and
chickens. and many poultry keesers
raise II especially for this purpose.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26

trenched in the awning in front of a
cigar store and was throwing up quite
n little smoke.
Dashing at of the door OF the
cigar store came II of the clerks.
carrying Ia of these patent fire ex-
tinguishers that 90 to work as soon
as its top is turned where the bottom
usually Is. In his haste. gripping the
top and bottom, the young man hap
pened to turn the extinguisher yer
and the fun began.
The crowd that had gathered got
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learn from his easy loe the proper articulation of the hip joints. From the
We nay learn the flying rhythm, and n sings as one flies. There are
many animal rhythms that W e might study with much profit"
Miss DuFour was ne of three speakers n the Arts club lawn party, the
others being ossip Peralma, Russian portrait painter, and Edwin Canow,
singer.
The talk of NJ Peralma contained as much patriotism as art. and he
made frequent reference to the bonds of fellowship uniting this country and
the hey Russia.
This Arts club is a wonderful cradle of progress" said the Russian. "for
it is a pioneer movement in Washington, which las become the capital of
capitals. Washington is the great ideal which stands Tor liberation of OPP
pressed peoples. America has gone into the n To help humanity, to see
that these great ideals do not perish"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-10-26
Arts Club Stirring Things Up at Washington

n HE Biblical injunction to Ego to the ant. thou sluggard, consider his ways
j and be wise" has cen improved on by Elise DuFOur interpretive dancer
who. n q brief talk TO he Arts club: advised her auditors also to consider the
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response from the management, saved
the situation. Mr.. Aswell, with a
party of friends in the restaurant, saw
q waiter order from the dining room q
boy not more than eighteen years old,
who was wearing the uniform of Il
United States seaman
The boy had entered the dining
room by the main entrance. He de-
posted his suitcase by the side of a
table and sat down.
The waiter approached him quick
ly, and said "The lunch counter is i'm
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bends down over washington, and the
mist. The city steams. Its heavy air
full of the sickly sweet odor of To-
Gusts; you are drenched with perspira-
tion-even clothes hanging i'm your
room get damp.
Occasionally great clouds ride up
over the horizon. black as ink, breast
ing the wind; night swoops over the
town, and storm and solid sheets Of
rain. Then sun again, breathless air,
wet heat. Still, fate hammers swift
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Statesman Resents Insult to Nations Uniform

W AR clouds hung low threateningly over the dining DON at the Wash
W ingon Union station at the dinner hour. The firm diplomacy of Repre-
sentative j. B: Aswsl Of Louisiana: however. which met duck ad favorable
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Patent Fire Extinguisher Played No FavOrites

r HE experiences of Charlie Chaplin in the movies didn't have anything on
j IN incident 81 Fourteenth street between g street and New York ayenue.
4 ci.arette butt. carles.x thrown from N ulLer window: had become in
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Intense Heat Makes Life Miserable at Capital

Observation-Disclosures sweats That is the abiding impression one
w carries away. Under the enormous and Supplying pressure of war The
nations nerve center is speeding up Moist and hot the close, heavy sky