The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-05
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and many other diseases fatal to man
and has no doubt been responsible for
more untimely deaths among human
beings than all wars of history. In
the United States rats and mice de-
stroy each year in homes, in factories,
stores and warehouses, in cars and on
ships, crops, poultry and other proper,
ty valued at more than $2OO,0OO,O 900
AN amount equivalent to the gross
earnings of an army of 100000 men.
Grain eaten and wasted by rats and
q. mice on many farms would pay all the
farmers taxes. Rats and mice breed
from to 10 times year, producing
their destructive kind at an alarming
rate.
Spread the meat flavor over other
foods, and so economic on the guam
tity of meat consumed, says the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
Here is one way to spread the flavor:
Make stew from cheap cut of meat,
cut into small pieces, potatoes and such
other vegetables as are desired. THICK
en- with a little -four diluted with cold
water. Serve with dumplings made as
follows: Mix and sift one cup OF flour,
two teaspoonsful of baking powder and
one-fourth teaspoOnful of salt Work
in with the fingers one teaspoonful OF
butter; add gradually one-third OF
cup OF milk, or little more if needed.
Roll out one:half inch thick and cut
with a biscuit cutter or in square
pieces. The dumplings may be steam
ed, baked in little biscuits or cooked
with the stew. In the latter case re-
move enough liquid to permit the
dough to be placed on the meat and
vegetables.
In heating value, cord of the best
wood is said to equal ton of hard coal,
while a cord of some of the softer
woods equals a ton of soft coal. Thus
if the consumer can buy coal at 50
ton, it would not pay him to burn wood
at the same price cord because coal
is the more convenient fuel. But If
the shortage of coal becomes really
acute, as seems likely, people living
in wooded regions will have a great
advantage over those living in the
prairie and plains states, especially
If they have supply already dry. In
fact, it may become patriotic SER
vice to burn wood in order to relieve
coal for the war industries and for the
people in sections wholly dependent
on COAL For heating churches wood
has some obvious advantages, because
sha> heats required only occasionally
and is then wanted in large volume at
short notice. After the period of re-
Quired warmth is over it is desirable
that the heat should die down as soon
as possible. All these qualities are
obtainable with wood as with no other
fuel.
You will have to give it to the ladies'.
they are coming to the front In all
lines. The latest step forward is to
include in a class of students, who
are to Judge live stock at the Chicago
show, woman who is said Ito be not
afraid, If the wild-eyed critters of eth
er SEX 1t is, no doubt, safe bet
that she would gather her skirts about
her. and silently disappear In the
night. should a mouse appear in the
straw.
We are told to eat more poultry and
save the pork and beef for the sol
diers. That's all right, but the pOul-
try is roosting mighty high this year
in this locality. Perhaps that is the
TCdSOu i nave tuSlocu AoooSo
on the level, about eighteen inches
from the floor. We can all reach them
then.
The price of wool awakens a new
interest in the sheep industry, and
small wonder! The 1917 wool clip OF
the country is 230,000,000 pounds; the
domestic demand is for 750,O0O,OOO
pounds.
Which is the best. breed Of cattle,
hogs or chickens? There can be but
one answer to this question. 1t is this:
There is no best breed. The best breed
for you to keep is the one you person
ally prefer. One breed will do as well
as another, provided good individuals
are kept and proper care is taken OF
the stock. Get individuals of the breed
you like best. Be sure to get the best
you can afford; in fact, you can't at
ford to get poor ones. Better to start
off with few good ones than lot of
just fair. There is nothing more dis.
couraging than feeding high priced
feed to. a lot of scrub stock. 1t isn't
4 kI,1$ e.