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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
HAVE BEST BREAD
THAT MADE At HOME SUPERIOR
TO BAKERS.
When Yeast Is In Good Condition IL Is
Not Matter Of Difficulty to Turn
Out a Splendid Article
Some Hints.

CBuIletin OF University OF Missouri)
Homemade bread. II well made. Is to
be preferred over bakers bread. ac-
cording to Miss Addie d. Root Of the
Missouri College Of Agriculture. The
condition Of the yeast used in bread
making is more important than the
kind OF yeast. II yeast is allowed TO
stand in a dusty place or is put into an
unsterilized vessel. II will collect bac-
terra and the bread will have a sour.
unpleasant taste. All utensils and
liquids should be scalded before using.
Yeasts are small plants which need
air. Flour. therefore, should be added
slowly and beaten into the liquid thor
Oughiy TO incorporate air. Sugar Is
food for the yeast plant and II given to
II will hasten its growth.
II dough is too stiff, harsh. crumbly
bread results. The least amount Of
-four possible to avoid a sticky dough,
gives the best bread.
The quick even stroke In kneadlng
counts for more than the strength put
into II. thorough kneading dis
tributes the yeast plants evenly
throughout the dough and results In
bread OF the best texture as the gas
bubbles rise evenly. Dough should be
kneaded until II has a smooth velvety
surface. II kneaded longer than 30
minutes, the elastic quality Is COM
pletely destroyed.
Yeast plants thrive at a temperature
Of from 20 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
When dough is set 20 rise. II should
be placed in a clean bowl. II the bowl
Is covered tightly and an even temper
ature maintained. II is not necessary
either to oil or moisten the surface to
prevent a crust from forming. II the
temperature is too high. the bread will
be dark. coarse and sour. II the dough
Is chilled while rising. the volume will
be smaller, the texture rubbery. and
an undesirable crust will form. Best
results are obtained when dough is
kept at a gentle, warm, even tempera-
ture until II is twice its bulk, and then
worked.
Baking requires as much care as
mixing, kneadlng and rising. The tenn
perature OF the oven should be $50
degrees Fahrenheit when the bread is
placed In II. II should be allowed TO
rise after fifteen minutes and lowered
after thirty minutes. The bread should
begin to brown In patches during the
first fifteen minutes and should have
an even. brown surface after thirty
minutes III the dough is NOT rUica its
original bulk or as light as desired, II
may be allowed to finish rising in the
oven.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
SELECT HENS WITH RECORDS
Mate Them With cockerele Of Good
Laying Strains and Hatch From
Them-Progress Slow.

The hen as we have her today has
been developed very rapidly as an egg
producer. The jungle fowl from which
our laying hens have been developed
probably laid about two dozen eggs
year at most. Perhaps many only
raised one brood. Hens of anything
like good type and breeding today
may average 40 eggs a year. There
are, OF course, 200-egg hens and few
that have made records much higher
But these high records are by no
means common.
1t Is said that a high average for a
pullet is $50 eggs n year, for a hen
40. But we must remember that
hens, like cows, have their own indi.
vidunllty and IL is not easy to find q
flock of high producers.
The way to Increase the products, n
Of eggs is to select pullets or hei.s
with high records, mate them with
cockerels from good laying straini
and hatch from them. Even then, the
progress must be slow, for there is apt
to be a large per cent that will be
poor producers. But this is the only
safe way TO raise hens that lay a large
number OF eggs year.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
TREATING HOGS WITH WORMS
Prescription Given for Pig Weighing
About 100 Pounds-Glve Salt, Sui
phur and Charcoal.

To expel worms from hogs the fol-
lowing prescription is right for a pig
weighing about 100 pounds: Santonln.
five grains; calomel, two grains areca
nut, two grains; sodium bicarbonate.
one dram. Keep the hogs of feed
for about II hours and give the cose
in a slop Of middlings. The evening
Of the same day give a mash Of wheat
bran. This will flush the bowels.
Gather all worms and burn them.
Worms often are the forerunner of
disease.
II hog or pig has a big appetite
and thriftless condition, with dry dead
hair, II Is a good indication of the
presence of worms.
Salt and sulphur and charcoal should
be kept In every pigpen and pig yard
so the pigs can help themselves.
This is corrective and a preven-
tive Of worms.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Rieed Oyster Soup.

Drain four dozen oysters in a colan-
der; pour the Juice into a soup kettle;
add one-fourth teaspoonful Of black
pepper; let come to a boil skim when
near boiling point. In saucepan boil
one quart Of milk. When the milk be-
gins to boil pour It into the oyster
Juice; drop into the combination a
tablespoonful of butter In which two
tablespoonfuls of boiled rice have been
rubbed. Stir the soup constantly to
prevent burning. AS soon as II comes
to boil the second time throw In the
oysters and let scald until the edges
curl and separate. Drop salt. pepper.
a tablespoonful of butter and a sprig
Of parsley into the soup tureen; pour
the soup into 1t and serve Immediately.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
HOGS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
When Animal Once Acquires Habit OF
Getting Out Of Pasture He ls
Hard TO Restrain.

When a hog once gets the habit Of
getting out of its yard, pasture or
whatever its inclosure may be. It is
one Of the most difficult animals to
control. You can stop a breachy horse
or COW II you build a fence high
enough, but a hog goes through. II
there is no hole In the fence IT makes
one. OF course IL the fence was so
tight at first that the hog could not
get through, it won't bother you the
second and forty-ninth time.
insufficient or irregular feeding. or
failing to supply something which the
animals crave in the feed makes hogs
restless and ready TO take the first
chance of exploring the outside world
In hopes Of finding what they failed
TO find in their trouchs.
1t saves time and patience to keer
them contented and at home.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS
Look for Full, Well-DeveIoped Breast
and crop-Thls Gives Assurance
Of Strength.

The selection Of the best-laylng hens
may be made in several ways. If you
know that the mother hens were good
egg producers and the pullets have the
same formation of the body II may be
reasonable to expect that the pullets
will also be fine egg producers. There
Is, however, one almost certain sign
that may be used in selecting laying
hens. Look for a full, well-developed
breast and crop, showing large pock.
ct In which to carry the food supply.
This gives assurance of strength and
vigor, and the ability to consume
sufficient amount Of food to sustain
the body and produce the eggs.
She must have the ability to con.
sumo Il large amount OF food and the
body and abdominal proportions tc
handle and transfer II into the general
makeup OF the body and the egg pro
duction.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25

away in the cellar. A cabbage hca,i
suspended by strings, a couple OF feet
from the floor, will be rellshed by the
hens. BE sure you are giving them
plenty Of exercise. Whole grain should
be fed In a ten-inch litter.
Clean up the incubator and get y
in running order. II might be advis
able TO run a trial hatch before the
season opens.
There Is always some new equip
ment such as brooders and feed hop
pers, md this is the time to order
all such supplies.
Have you considered any addition
TO your poultry yard1 A small trial
with ducks, geese, turkeys, capons or
pigeons might prove profitable.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
TOULOUSE is GIANT OF GOOSE FAMILY

The Toulouse is the giant Of the
goose family. II is a native Of France.
Its ordinary weight is from Is to 20
pounds, but II Is not uncommon TO
find specimens weighing from . to
30 pounds. Thlg is the typical gray
goose, but beneath and behind these
are white areas In the plumage.
1t Is said by those who have had
experience with this breed that young
geese during the first year lay from
15 TO 20 eggs, when older they may
lay from 25 to 40.
The Embden is a popular breed in
some places. The body Of the birds
Is snowy white, the legs and bills
yellow. They have good type and con-
formation. In size It Is the same as
standard for the Toulouse, though It
IL said n smaller number OF Embden
reach this standard than OF Toulouse.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25

The University Of Minnesota regents
have been asked to establish class In
real estate transactions similar to the
one now in force at the University ot
Pittsburgh, and one speaker sees sane
tion for the move In the record Of Fa-
ther Hennepin, early explorer. He
was the first real estate man in Mime
apolis," was the declaration. He
made n personally conducted tour Of
the place in 1850. then went back to
France and wrote book about It,"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO CONSTIPATE0 CHILD
Delicious "Frult Laxative" can't harm
tender little Stomach, liver
and bowels.

Look at the tongue, motheri II
coated, your little ones stomach. liver
and bowels need cleansing at once.
When peevlsh, cross, listless, doesn't
sleep. eat or act naturally, or is fever
ish. stomach sour, breath bad. has
sore throat, dIarrhoea, full Of cold, give
teaspoonful of california Syrup OF
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul.
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of its
little bowels without gripping. and you
have a well, playful child again. Ask
your druggist for a 50-cent bottle OF
california Syrup Of Figs" which con-
tains full directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups.-
Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25

The Embden when well bred, prop
erly fed and prepared makes a car.
cass that sells well on the market
But it is said that many breeders in
this country have not given much at
tention to fine quality.
There are two varieties of Chinese
geese, brown and white. This breed
has different characteristics from the
others mentioned. The birds stand
more erect and have longer and slen-
derer necks than the others. The
Brown Chinese have at the base Of
the bill peculiar dark-colored knob.
The Brown is considered the most
prolific Of all the geese. The stand
ard weight for the gander is Is
pounds, geese II pounds. The female
is said to lay from 40 to 80 eggs, some
times more. A large per cent Of the
eggs are generally fertile.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25

loss Of flavor and hastens decay,
which more than offsets any galp from
extra weight.
3. Good bleeding is absolutely -
sentinl TO good appearance on the
market and retards decay.
4. Hang the chicken by both IL AZ
while picking. Hanging by one log
spoils the shape of the bird. Picking
on the lap gets the skin dirty and
hastens decay.
8. Dry pick II possible. Scaldlng is
particularly undesirable because II
hastens decay.
o. Chill every dressed bird until the
body temperature is below 35 degrees
+. Never pack or ship an lmperfectly
chilled bird. More decay is due 10
imperfect chilling than to any other
single factor in dressing. Dry chill, II
possible. Chickens cooled IN water
lose flavor, decay sooner, win not cold
store as satisfactorily as dry-chllled,
and are In every way more undesir.
able on the market Refrigerator cars
Will cnrry well-chilled goods In good
condition, but they cannot chill warm
goods to a sufficiently low tempera.
cure.
z. Pack in boxes or small kegs
whenever possible. A large barrel
makes an undesirable package, be-
cause where poultry is packed in large
masses the weight OF the upper layers
crushes the birds at the bottom.
8. Line all packages with parch-
ment paper and cover the top OF the
poultry before the lid is put on.
o. Wrap every head in suitable pa.
per so that blood from one bird win
not mar the appearance OF another.
10. Use only good refrigerator cars
and see that they are In good order.
Ice and salt the car "a hours before
loading. The car. at the end of "a
hours should show temperature be-
low 40 degrees +. at a point four feet
above the floor and between the doors.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
FEEDING ALFALFA TO SWINE
Some Arrangement Ought to Be Made
to Prevent Hogs From Dragging
Hay Around underfoot.

In feeding alfalfa hay to hogs some
arrangement must be provided to pre-
vent them wasting the feed by drug
ging II around underfoot. A rack with
ends boarded up solid and sides made
with upright two-by-fours far enough
apart for the hog to pull the hay
through will prevent waste. 1t should
be made light enough so IL can be
easily moved by hand to avoid having
the hogs always eat at the same
place. Quite a broad bottom will be
necessary or the rack will get tipped
over too often for the owners serenity
OF mind.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Delicate Indian PUDDING.

Boil one quart Of milk, sprinkle into
II two heaping teaspoonfuls Indian
meal. stirring all the time to keep
from scorching. Cook 12 minutes, add
one teaspoonful butter. Beat all to-
gether three eggs. one teaspoonful
salt, four tablespoonfuls sugar, one-half
teaspoonful ginger. Add gradually
TO the milk. Bake slowly one hour.
Serve with whipped cream. sweetened
with powdered sugar and one tea
spoonful vanilla. This is very deli
cious.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
FARM
POULTRY
PACK CHICKENS FOR MARKET
Methods Recommended by Specialists
Of Agricultural Department
Chill Every Fowl.

Poultry packers are urged by the
specialists Of the agricultural depart
ment to give unusual attention to pre-
pairing and packing birds for ship
ment, particularly II the weather Is
mild. The following methods are rec
ommended:
/. Keep the holding batteries for
your incoming stock clean. well aired.
and free from vermin. and see that
the chickens have plenty Of fresh wa
ter and plenty to eat
2. Don't kill a chicken when the
crop Is full OF feed. Give the chicken
only water for "a hours before 1t is
killed. Food in the crop or in the IN.
testines Of a dressed chicken causes
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
KILL CHICKENS FOR MARKET
To Prevent Food Remaining In Crop
and lntestines Fowls Should Be
Starved ~ Hours.

The chickens must be starved "a
hours before killing. This will prevent
the food remaining In the crop and
intestlnes, which decomposes and
spoils the flavor.
Several hours after the last feed al
low the chickens what water they wish
10 drink. They should then have n
complete fast until they are killed,
For market purposes, the birds
should be killed by bleeding within the
mouth and piercing the brain.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
The peopIe'e Physique.

Some consideration should be given
to the effect that the change In loco
motion will make upon the physique OF
the people; for even the farmers are
now using the automobile. and the
horse is used for little but draft pur-
poses. VIII not the race become lax
and nerveless that Tolls upon soft cush-
Ions. protected In every way from the
hard Joltings Of the road? More and
more, machinery is brought into serv-
Ice, and less and less physical exertion
is required in the carrying on OF open
air occupations. Man touches but
ton, and gas engine does the rest.
This makes things easier; but the
question is whether 1t confers an actual
benefit In the end.-Mobile Register.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Little Ducks.

Cut some mutton into strips about
three inches long and one and one-half
Inches wide, without fat. Season with
pepper and salt, roll up and put In a
skewer to fasten. Put In a pan with
just enough water to barely cover. aud
bake for about half an hour. Take out
onto a platter and thicken the gravy
Serve with mashed potato.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS

The cost Of food today is a serious
matter to all OF you. To cut down
your food bills and at the same time
improve the health Of your family,
serve them Skinner's Macaroni and
Spaghetti two or three times per week.
Children love II and thrive on II. II
is the best possible food for adults.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book telling
how to serve II in n hundred ways
It's free to every mother.-Adv.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
FATTEN POULTRY IN CRATES
Special Ration ef cornmeai, Mlddlines
Bran and 5utternnlIk Adds
Weight and Flavor.

To fatten poultry put them into /
crate, keep them for a day without
food. then give them a special ration OF
seven parts cornmeal, three parts mid
dlings and one part bran. with butter
milk enough to make mixture abou;
as thin as pancake batter.
During the 10 or IL days they ar,
fed this ration they gain from 10 tc
25 per cent In weight and much NOR.
than that In flavor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
English Tea Cake.

Take one cupful sugar. ohe-half cup
full butter (melted), one teaspoonful
each of nutmeg. Glove and cinnamon,
one cupful sour milk, two cupfuls flour,
one teaspoonful soda (well-rounded)
one cupful ralsins.
Mix the sugar and spices together,
add the butter and cream well. Put
soda In the sour milk and add TO the
mixture. stir In the -four. and last the
raisins, well Toured. No eggs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Pond Lily Salad,

Boil six eggs thirty minutes. When
cold remove shells and cut eggs in
halves crosswise. Cut whites In
strips TO resemble petals and lay on
small lettuce leaf, with one-half yolk
In center. Shred the largest lettuce
leaves. arrange In bottom OF platter,
pour dressing over, then lay the let.
tuce leaves and egg and garnIsh with
radishes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Well.Fed Colts.

meal; while in connection with good
clover or alfalfa hay, We would make
the mixture five parts OF corn, three
parts of oats, two parts OF bran, and
one part of oil meal.
To colt of draft ancestry, designed
for market, we would feed at least five
pounds OF such a mixture the first
winter, and, as the winter wears on,
we might increase TO seven or even
ten pounds.-Wailace' Farmer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because ii contains the we'll
known tonic properties OF QUIEINE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
ENCOURAGE HENS TO CAcKLE
See That Fowls Are Given Proper
Food and Water and They VIII
Increase EGG Production.

Do the hens cackle3 Eggs are
worth 40 cents a dozen, or 8 1-3 cents
a cackle.
You had plenty Of cackles when the
hens could catch bugs and worms
(meaD and had green grass to eat and
plenty Of water.
See that they get the reproducing
feeds and they will cackle.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
MATE UP PENS FOR HATcHING
seasonabIe Hints Applicable to Chick.
en- Yard Given by Expert Of Col.
orado Station.
By c. 8. ANDERSON. Colorado Asr,cu.

By C. 9. ANDERSON. Colorado AEr,cu.-
tural College. Fort Coliins)
Now is the time 10 mate up the
breeding pens for Matching eggs in
February. Make the final culling. re-
tanning only the strongest. thriftiest in
dlyiduals.
See that these layers are receiving
good laying ration, supplying plenty
OF protein. green feed and oyster
shells. This is the time TO feed the
surplus vegetables that are stored
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
helaht Of Roastfulness.

isn't Blower inclined to be Just q
little boastfulT
"Boastfull Well, / guess yes. After
a beggar has touched Blower for a
nickel he will tell you that he has just
been giving a little dinner to an ac-
qutaintance OF his"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25
To Clean Knives.

Mix little baking soda with bath
brick;' you will find this polishes very
easily.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-01-25

The swelled head generally results
In cnp-size.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-06
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Prof. Irving Fisher an Or+;m;st

Prof. Irving Fisher an Optimist
 My attention has been called to your issue of June 19. quoting the New York Worlds comment on my sGloomy View of American Manhood" I was correctly quoted as stating that our health ideals are at present low and that 99 per cent or our population is below par.
 I was not correctly quoted, however, as taking gloomy view of what can or will be done to correct this condition.
 The 's9 per cent'' Is based on the medical examinations of the Life Exten- sion institute on bank clerks and stenog- raphers, among 1000 such clerks in sev- eral banking institutions in New York. and another 1000 foremen and mechanics In an automobile factory In Detroit. The figures also harmonize with data from many other sources. I was stating the cold facts as I have been able to find them after many years study and facts which would not myself have believed a few years ago. I was not stating a mere personal opinion or guess. If you will write to the New York headouarters of the institute you can get the exact per- centages of high blood pressure, arterial thickening, albumin, casts, sugar. defec- tive teeth, eyes, ears, etc.
 As to the future, I am an optimist. for believe that the growing realization of our shortcomings will of itself afford the needed stimulus to our health ideals, and there is abundant evidence that al- most all of our shortcomings, if taken in time, can be corrected In fact, 1t was my own good fortune in overcoming tu- berculosis 20 years ago, which led me first to study the preventability of dis ease. In my report as a member of the Roosevelt conservation commission. I es- timated on the basis of data supplied by authorities on 90 different causes of death, that by applying knowledge al- ready existing we could prolong human life at least 15 years, and q am willing to add probably much more. Already in the eight years since that report was written, we have actually accomplished one-fourth of the estimated possibility. The point which we should all now keep before us IS that in ''pledging our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor' to protect the nation, we imply that we shall first of all conserve ourselves for the sake of our country. Unless the medical examinations are very lax, I ex- pect majority of the rejections can un- doubtedly be made fit by military train- ing. Both those enrolled, and those toe young or too old to be included in the enrolment, ought, as a matter of pa trotism, to go into physical training, and to relinquish all indulgences and habits whicn impair the power to work War. even more than peace, requires the full strength of the nation. Very sin cerely yours IRVING FISHER. New York. July 3. 1917. 5o5 Fifth Avenue.
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