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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

Among the efforts being made by
England to get better crops, on ac-
count of the threatened food crisis,
one Of the most interesting is an ex-
pertinent in growing cereals and other
field crops with the aid of artificial
sunshine" provided by overhead cleo
trio current. This experiment, under
the supervision of V. H. Blackman,
professor of plant physiology and path
ology at South Kensington, is being
carried out at Huntington Court farm,
near Hereford. The purpose of the ex-
periments is to continue on a large
scale work done during the last few
years near Dumfries, where in 1916 an
increase of about so per cent in grain
and So per cent in straw was obtained
on crop of oats.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
DAIRY PROFITS GROW
Result Of Organization Of Cow
Testing Associations
Uncle Sans Experts Believe This 10
Greatest Factor In UpbulldIna
Of the Industry.

Increase Of from $40 to $40, and in
some cases much higher in the annual
profits from each dairy cow, have re-
suited from the organization Of CO.
operative cOw-teSting associations la
the United States, according to experts
of the dairy division of the department
of agriculture. The expense of men,
bership in these associations, on the
other hand, has been only about $3.50
per COW per year. The organizations
therefore have been very profitable,
say the experts, who havo been in
close touch with this movement.
Because of the great and obvious
economic advantages arising from the
associations, Uncle Sans dairy spe-
clalists believe that the organizations
are one of the most important factors
for the upbuilding and development Of
the dairy industry in this country.
Such an organization generally consists
of 20 farmers, living within radius
of few miles, wlH cooperate to hire
an expert tester to keep accurate ac-
counts of the amounts and cost of feed
consumed by each COW in the associa-
tion, the quantity of milk produced by
each and it's richness in butterfat.
These statistics usually reveal the fact
that some cows are not producing
enough to pay for their keep, while
others are highly profitable. Acting
on this information, the owner of the
cows dlspOses of the least desirable of
his animals and makes up his herd ex-
cluslvely of those that produce con-
siderable profit.
The membership of the association is
placed at 26, so that the tester can
make complete round each month,
devOtlng one day to each member, and
that he may keep his records on
monthly basis. 1t has been found by
careful experiments that the averages
based on monthly tests do not vary
more than per cent from the prOduc-
ton, as shown by daily observations.
Since the tester is an expert and can
make the necessary tests and cOmputn-
tiOns rapidly, and since he can be de-
pended on to make his observations In
dependently Of pressure of work on the
individual farm, the owners of dairy
cows find 1t cheaper and more satisfac-
tory in many cases to have their test
Ing done through the association than
to undertake to do it themselves.
Experts of the dairy division say that
there are now nearly $50 cow-testing
associations in this country, 1876 having
been added during the past year. These
associations are said to have an aggre-
gate. membership of $500 farmers,
owning approximately 10000 cows.
The cOw-teStlng association originated
In Denmark in 1895 and the first or
ganizatiOn in this country was formed
in Michigan in 1906 Because of the
value of the associations to the dairy
industry of the United States the de-
partment of agriculture is stimulating
interest in them and is assisting farm
erS in their organization.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
MARK WAR VICTIMS GRAVES
This Will Be Duty of New Service Or
ganized by Uncle Sam for Duty
in France.

American soldiers who give their
lives to the cause in which the nation
has enlisted will not lie forgotten on
foreign soil if the careful preparations
Of the general staff can prevent It.
Relatives Of the men who go to the
front in France may rest assured that
every effort will be made to locate and
register the graves of the men killed In
action or who die of disease.
Army orders direct that u graves
registration service, quartermaster
corps, be organized for the duration Of
the war. The first unit will be COM
manded by captain, aided by Sec
Ond lieutenant and will include 40 en-
listed men Of different grades. The
duties of service are not prescribed be-
yond the name which itself disclOses
the mission.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Starvation Wipine Out Warsaw.

Warsaw under German rule is be-
coming mOrgue. Starvation Is on
every side. This is the gist of a let
ter received the other day in New
York, the accuracy of which is
vOuched for by the Zionist committee.
The letter says:
death from starvation is real
fact; 1t is witnessed all over here, in
every street, at every step, in every
house. Jewish mOthers-mOthers Of
mercy-feel happy to see their nursing
babies die, for at least the infants are
through with suffering. Our wealth.
lest people cut off their daughters
hair, to be able to buy the indispens-
able things, like bread, for their dying
children. Four and five-year-old chill
dren must be carried in the arms like
babies. Should America not aid us
we will be lost. Fathers, should they
return from the battlefield, will meet,
of their five or six children who kissed
them good-by when they left, only one
or two"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
UNEMPLOYED LAND IN CANADA
Vast Areas, Both in Ontario and Que
bee, Where Surveying Parties
Have Never Been.

A very common impression held
even by Canadians is that there is lit
tie Canadian territory left to explore
except on the Arctic islands. But as
far back as 1890 DR.. George Dawson
had calculated that there were then
about 100000 square miles of uneX-
plOred territory in western Canada,
the rest lying in the provinces Of On
tariO and Quebec.
Mr.. Charles Camsell of the geOlOgi-
cal survey Of Canada has quite recent
ly revised Doctor Dawson's estimate,
reaching for western Canada the fig
ures of about $4,000 square miles,
while the unexplored area of northern
Quebec is represented by 250000
square miles.
The total area of Canada is reck-
Oned at 3,729,665 square miles, of
which 520S00 square miles are en-
braced in the islands of the Arctic
ocean. The unexplOred area (Cnmsell
figures) of 901, 900 square miles repre-
sents almost % per cent of the total
area Of the country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

ing material, and they also contain fat,
making an especially valuable food ad-
dition as an emergency food to substi-
tute for more expensive legumes. The
fact that they contain no starch makes
them valuable food for people who
must be restricted In this food ele-
ment.
These beans will grow on poor, light,
sandy soil, which will grow no other
crop successfully, and If the soil or
seed is inOculated will produce fine
crop Of food and leave the soil stored
with the valuable nitrogen which will
make other crops yield we'll on the
same soil. Where they are grown on
soil mt for corn they give heavy yields.
Where dried soy beans are available,
they may be used for baking, Just as
the navy bean, and are much cheaper.
The green soy bean compares favOra-
bly, with the lima beans and may be
cooked and served in the same man
ner.
With the Increase In acreage for the
coming season, we may expect to find
nm abundance of these beans at rea-
Sonable price. AS soy beans take long
er TO cook than the navy bean they
must be soaked and cooked little
longer to soften before putting them
TO bake. AS they lack starch, little
-four may be added to thicken them, if
desired.
A fireleSs cooker is an economical
way of cooking soy beans and when
the furnace Is in use the bean pot may
be placed on the ledge of the furnace
t1rebOX, which makes fine place to
bake them.
Soy bean meal is a by-product of
oil making, and will no doubt form a
valuable stock food when it comes into
more general use.
The soy bean is sometimes called
togo bean. The fresh bean may be
canned for winter use, just as other
beans. Shell and put them into a jar
after scalding and chilling, add half
teaspoOnful of salt to quart jar and
fill with boiling water, partly tighten
the lid of the jar, so it may be safely
lifted, and place in a boiler, cover with
water to the depth of an inch and cook
two hours from the beginning Of the
boiling.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
RoyaI Names,

Nicholas ROmanOff is the name by
which the late czar is mentioned in
the Russian papers. But it may be
doubted whether this Is correct use
of the word RomanOff, because mon
archs, who sign by their Christian
names only, are not supposed to have
surnames. In the early days, when
both surnames and customs were in
the making, they did not need them,
and, except in case of dethronement.
and not always then, they have never
needed them since. Contrary to
popular belief, Plantagenet was not a
surname. Tudor may have been one,
and Stuart certainly was. But Guelph
was not; and so good an authority as
Mr.. Fox-Davies holds that the present
king Of England has no surname at
all. Less learned authorities have
been perplexed to know whether the
descendants of Queen Victoria did not
inherit the surname of their father,
the Prince Consort.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
shinbulIders Are WlIIinn.

Washington.-Shipping Board off,
cials felt encouraged that construc-
tion of Government ships at San Fran
cisco would not be delayed much
longer by the strike of iron workers
there, following receipt of reports that
the union men have agreed to return
to work if temporary wage agree
ment can be reached. 1t was felt a
temporary settlement should be COM
paratively easy. and tnat some perma.
nent basis for uniform wage scale
in all PACIFIC Coast shipyards would
be developed within a few weeks.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Waited Eighteen Years for It.

Talk about the returning traveller,
and how he feels his heart beat when
ne returns to his native shore from
long, long sOjOurn in foreign land!
Here's Frederick lockwood, New Eng
lander by birth and resident of BO-
gotta, Colombia, for 1S years as consul,
newspaper correspondent and general
agent.
He landed in this country few days
ago, perfectly tickled to death. as the
girls say, to get back to the U. s. A.
But did he fall down and kiss tho
shores or offer burnt sacrifices?
He did not.
He had been longing for good
sized dish Of cOrned beef hash ever
since he went to Colombia 1S years
ago. He had been saving up a corned
beef hash appetite all these years. So
when he landed the first thing he did
was to go to restaurant and order
five portions Of his favorite foOd.-Earl
Goodwin in Washington Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

of lean beef three tableSpOOnfuls of
sweet bacon fat, in which an onion is
Drowned after ChOpping, three Cupfuls
of boiling water, one teaspOOnful of
paprika, twelve potato balls or small
new potatoes, six small onions, six car
rot balls, six turnip balls, one bay leaf
one Glove, four tablespOOnfuls of flour,
chill pepper. Remove the Drowned
onion from the fat and add the veal
and beef, cut In small pieces; brown
these and remove them to casserole :;
add paprika and boiling water, cover
the dish and place it in the oven. Fry
the other vegetable balls in the smOk-
ing hot fat and add them to the meat
after it has Simmered for an hour and
half. Add the seasoning and -four,
mixed with the cold water; stir until
partly cooked, then add the red pep
per and the boiling water. Cover and
simmer for another hour and half.
Serve from the casserole.
Dried Peas and Rice.--If one dries
their own peas this year they will have
many good dishes to serve this win
ter Pick them when young and ten
der, scald two minutes In boiling wa
ter, pour off the water and chill with
cold water, drain and put to dry at
once. The quicker they are dried the
sweeter they will be when dry.
WouI, f,vI nf r;n -
them soak over night, put to cook in
three pints of water, add II teaspOOnful
of salt, one chopped onion and simmer
until the peas are tender. Drain and
mix with cupful Of boiled rice. Add
four tablespoonfuls of butter, one cup.
full of strained tomato sauce and salt
and pepper to taste. Bake ten minutes!
Garnish with hard-cOoked eggs and
fried onions.
Barley 6roth.-Barley is rich in min
eral matter, but contains less fat than
wheat. Being lighter and less stimu-
latlng than wheat or oats, it is espe-
cially good for people of weak diges-
tions. Take the meat from three
quarters of a pound of the neck of
mutton, cut in small pieces, cover
bones and meat with three quarts of
water, add teaspoonful of salt, one
diced carrot, turnip, onion, stalk of
celery and quarter of pound of bar
ley. Simmer two hours. Serve with
minced parsley as a garnish for each
dish.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Large Food Saving by Club.

The United States food administra-
ton authorizes the following:
The University club of Chicago is
saving a ton of flour and two tons of
meat month through voluntary food
conservation. The house committee of
the clOb in making this announcement
to the members links it with roll of
honor" of members who have Joined
the armed force of the nation. They
call the food saving patriotic enter
prise and say that it enables the club
tu remit dues for those who have
Joined the National service.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Hoover to Assist Farmers
In the Raising of Sheep

"Baa-baa, black sheep, have
you any wool?"
"Yes, sir; yes, sir Mr.. HOov-
er insists that it is my patriotic
duty to increase my customary
three bags full at least so per
cent, besides raising family of
wOOlly little lambkins to do their
respective bits"
Some such revision may be
made of the old rhyme, for the
food administration is encour-
aging the raising and breeding
of sheep, and will help small
farmers to get flocks started in
a minimum amount of time. In
conjunction with the department
Of agriculture, the food admins
tration will encourage the use of
grazing lands now lying idle,
and when shortage of grass is
threatened in the Southwest will
work to have the flOcks tr2nS-
ferred to Central and Southern
states.
Sheep, 1t is pointed out, can
find sustenance where the. grass
is too short for cattle grazing,
and they are now in great de-
mand, both to 'clothe the armies
and feed the people Of the allied
nations.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Nuns hln4meeQ
"BIue-Bellied Yankees"

The term "Blue-bellied Yankees" was
a Stag epithet formerly applied to New
England people, perhaps in reference
to the sO-called blue laws of Puritan
days. The term pennsylvania Dutch"
was applied originally to a language,
not to a class of people. 1t was dia-
lccts or patOis imported into Pennsyl-
,vania from Germany. Gradually the
term came to be applied to the people
who spoke the language. The so-called
Pennsylvania Dutch came from Ger
many, not Holland.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

are now coming into
their own as food for the
human family. There
are several varieties
early and late, black,
green and brown. The
bean is highly nutritious.
containing protein which
furnishes muscle-build-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Army Uniform Protected.

Acting on reports that letter carriers
at certain place have been wearing
hats similar to those prescribed for
use by the army, the post office depart
ment issued an order forbidding the
wearing of uniform by employees of
the service any part Of which is simi-
lar to distinctive part of that pre-
scribed for the army, navy or marine
corps.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Praises Conduct of U. S. Sailors.

The navy department has been in
formed of the receipt by the state de-
partment of dispatch from the Unit
ed States ambassador at Buenos Aires
stating that the civil authorities of
that city published letter praising
the excellent conduct and bearing of
the enlisted men of the navy who were
recently ashore from the fleet in South
American waters.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Appeal to Patriotic Societies.

New York.-An appeal by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo to the patri-
otic societies of the country to aid in
promoting the second liberty loan Is
contained in letter received from
him by VIM. H. Taft and made public
here by the League to Enforce Peace,
cf which the former President is the
head
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Almost Incredible Thinness.

Ordinary printing paper is some
thing more than 1000 times thicker
than the gold leaf that can be made
today. For commercial purposes the
leaf must, of course, have just little
more substance about it than that, but
it is striking and impressive fact
that only about five grains of weight
of gold is required to make up the
books that are in ordinary use today
by gilders, each of the 25 leaves in
that book being usually 3N inches
square.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

fully cooked and well
seasoned, thus making
both u wholesome and
attractive dish.
Hungarian Goulash.--
This will provide IL good
main dish for seven per-
sons. Take one pound of
lean veal, half n mound
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

CRUSH tne lTull anu
spoil its appear
ance. Add three pints of water and
boil the sirup until clear, removing the
scum but not stirring the sirup. Add
teaspoonful of soda to six quarts Of
water, and when boiling hot drop In
few plums at a time until each
cracks open, but do not let any Of the
pulp escape. Take out with a wire
dipper and place on a platter to avoid
crushing them; then put them into the
sirup few at time and cook until a
straw easily penetrates them. Lift
carefully from the sirup and place in Il
stone crock. Repeat until all the plums
are used, then boil down the juice to
thick Sirup and pour it over the fruit.
Cover the Jar with cloth and paper
and keep on the cellar floor.
Chilli Sauce.-Take half peck of
ripe tomatoes, Il quarter of a peck of
onions and green peppers; peel the to-
matOes and onions, remove the inner
white skin from the peppers, leaving
in the seeds, chop all together very
fine. Add cupful of salt, two cup
fuls of sugar and quart Of good vim
egar. Cook slowly three hours, then
put into bottles and seal.
Tomato Jam.-Put into the preserv-
Ing kettle seven pounds of ripe tOma-
toes, three pounds of sugar one pound
Of seeded raisinS, one pint of vinegar,
one lemon, two teaspOOnfuls of clnna-
mon and two of ground cloves and u
few dashes of cayenne pepper Cut
the fruit fine and cook nntil 1t forms
a thick jam. Seal in glasses with par
nttin. Served as u conserve with meat.
this is delicious.
Peach Butter.-Pare and cut into
thin slices fully ripe freestone peaches
of good flavor. Add third of u cup
full of water to a pound Of fruit, cook
and mash all the time, add ten finely
chopped blanChed peach kernels and
three-fOurths of pound of sugar to
each pound of fruit, weighed before
boiling. Cook, stir and test by trying
on cold plate. Use care as 1t burns
easily.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Wonderful!

"HOw are your nephew and his
bride getting along by this timer"
"Finer than frog hair" triumphant
ly replied the MissOwian. They've
been married mighty nigh three weeks
now, and, by cripeS, they are still
speaking Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

posing them to
heat. In canning
fruit of any kind
it is important that
the jars are thor
Oughly steriliZed,
as well as any
utensils used in
canning. Place jars
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Plenty of Space,

"Well, Bill, did you plant the pota-
toes far apart, as I told you?'
"Yes, did. planted some in your
garden and some in mine, so they are
two miles apart"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

II wish to see Mr.. Jones about q
BILL"
"He's away on vacation, sir"
''Did he leave any address?"
"Yes, SIR, For bill collectors, it's
Somewhere in America New Hav.
en- Register.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

Demonstrate thrift in your homes and
encourage thrift among your neigh
bors. Make saving rather than spend
ing your social standard. Make econ
Smy fashionable lest 1t become obliga-
tory. Don't expect the women to do
Ell the saving.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Amt 1t Awful, Mabel?

Madge-1Many men down at the
beach where you were?
Mabel-Mercy, no. They were SO
scarce had to learn to swim from a
magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

It has been said that a man has
seven ages. Women are more stable.
They have one age and stick to it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
ington DC. Books free. High
! ~ Suv ~ est references. Best FesnltA
The Wise Fool.

"Age brings wisdom" observed the
sage.
"But 1t doesn't leave us much time
70 use it," replied the fool.--GiDcinnad
Enquirer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27

An instrument has been invented to
calculate automatically the length of
rafters needed for roof of any pitch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
KEEPING FRUIT FOR WINTER.

As all fruits contain yeasts or fer
ments. they must be destroyed by ex-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
MORE ECONOMICAL DISHES.

A small amount of meat may season
a large amount of other food If care
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-27
Tomorrow the sun will be brighter.
Tomorrow the skies will be fair;
Tomorrow our hearts will be lighter.
Wen cast aside sorrow and care.
ECONOMICAL DISHES FOR THE
FAMILY.

Soy beans, which have been used for
years as a forage crop in this country,