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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

If the dried beans (yellow or yellow ish-green varieties) are soaked for q few hours, then finally crushed Gas in meat grinder) and boiled in three times the amount of water as of bean material for about 30 minutes, milky emulsion is ob- tained which is similar in appearance and properties to cows milk. The addi- ton of either magnesium chloride or call cium sulphate (about one percent solu- tiin) to soy-bean milk precipitates some Of the protein substances, forming a gray isk white curd which settles out, leaving yellowish watery liquid. This curd after being drained and pressed repre- sents the tofu or bean extensively eaten in China and Japan. Soy or shuyu sauce is a dark-brown liquid prepared from mixture of cooked and ground soy beans, roasted and pulverized wheat or barley, salt, and water. inoculated with a cul- turn known as rice ferment and left in casks to ferment for six months to year or longer The liquid obtained is used in many countries, including the United States, as q sauce for meat or vegetables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

Thirty million bushels of potatoes, .ha estimated surplus of last year cron must be eaten before July l. oi thev will rot Potatoes are cheap food now in most places Al oes a mound they are equal in fooo Vaius to bread at cents a loaf. Every po- tato eaten saves wheat-Unlteo o.@'es Department of Agriculture.
 r,;ft.an hundred home e-demonstratlon cents of the United States department of agriculture and the state agrlcui- tural colleges started out this week to aorr, inc message of Eat more po- tatoes" to every American woman, ru- ral and urban, who can be reacheo.
 They are saving that if potato con sumption is not increased marKeois. within the next few weeks. millions oA hushels will rot, the wheat-saving ef- Fort vii, not be wholly successful. and farmers may not plant enough po-atoes this year.
 This nationwide effort is the open ing phase in whirlwind drive 10 awaken the country to the necessity of saving the surplus potato crop. AS if means also a saving of wheat, the combined forces of the food adminis- tration and the United States depart ment of agriculture have undertaken jointly to urge these important cdn- paigns.
 Now that the potato crop Is being moved and the prices on this product are falling to a wheat level. the ne cessity for cooperation of all federal and state forces in nationwide po- tato campaign is imperative. federal officials point out.
 The ome-demonstration agents of the United States department of agri- culture and the state agricultural col leges are ready to push the potato along a well-paved way. They are teaching how to use mashed potatoes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
For 'Worn-Out" Soils

Let us remember says Cyril c. Hop kins, Illinois experiment station, that 'worn-out' soil yields no purchasing power to the farmer, no freight to the railroad, no business to the merchant. no food to the consumer.
 It is fortunate however. that soils are never really worn out" so badly that they cannot be made to yield profitable crops by better methods of farming. such as the use of better seed, the grow ing of legumes, the use of lime. manure and fertilizers. If every farmer rotated his crops and practiced q good system of soil fertility, there would be no need of having 'tworn-out' soils which really do not return any profit to the owner or public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Good Mullins

BuclSwheat-One cup milk, ono table spoon fat, one tablespoon syrup, ono egg. one teaspoon salt four teaspoons bak- ing powder, one cup wheat flour, seven eighth cup buclSwheat flour.
 Sift dry materials together. Ada to the cup of milk the melted fat, syrup and beaten egg. Combine these two mix lures. stirring lightly. without beating Bake about 30 minutes in a moderately hot oven.
 Corn -Rice-One cup corn meal. one cup boiled rice, one cup milk, one tablespoon fat, one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking powder, two eggs.
 Mix corn meal, rice. milk and shorten ing together: beat five minutes, then add well-beaten eggs; beat two minutes, then add the baking powder. Bake in hot, greased muffin tins or in shallow pan. Boiled hominy may be used in the above recipe instead of rice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Boil Weevil No Quitter

The United States department of az riculture has sent out warning to the cotton planters of the south against assuming that the severity of the win ter had entirely eliminated the boil weevil and that it will be safe in any territory to plant with that idea in mind. It is admitted by the experts that no doubt the pest has been great ly decreased by the weather, but they say that wet summer season would almost surely see heavy damage. They advise taking the usual precautions and playing safe by making plans to grow an abundance of food and fodder and making cotton the surplus crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
FEDERAL GRAIN STANDARDS

cept for grades ?, 3 and 4 in Hard Red Spring wheat and grades 1 to in com mon white and club white.
 The maximum percentages of moisture allowed have been increased for all grades except for grade No. 2 in Hard Red Spring and Durum.
 The total wheat of other classes per mssible is increased in every grade, No now permitting per cent and other grades 10 per cent. Special limitations for certain wheats of other classes now apply only to the first two grades.
 The total damaged wheat permitted has been doubled for grade No 1. Small amounts of heat-damaged kernels are to be permitted in grade No and an in creased amount in grade No. 2.
 CORN STANDARDS
 The quantities of smut allowed before designating wheat as "smutty" have been doubled.
 The subclasses Red Spring, Humpback, and Soft Red have been eliminated from the standards, and grades for garliclSy wheat added for all classes.
 The corn standards in 1he main involve the addition of weight per bushel re- qurements for all numerical grades and the allowance of small quantities of heat damaged kernels in grades Nos. and 3. Separate sample grades have been estob- lished for white, yellow, and mixed corn.
 The revised wheat and corn standards are issuel in the form of Service and Regulatory Announcements No. 33 of the bureau of markets These printed copies are being mailed by this department to all parties who have been receiving copies of the grain standards publications. The department urges all members of the grain trade, especially grain farmers and country shippers at points where licensed inspectors are located, to thoroughly familiarize themselves with the new grades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
The Turkey Nest

It requires some good detective Work at +irnes Given free range, turkey hens ,,s,a1Iv hide their nests in obscure places, such as matches of weeds. tall grass, or bushy thickets. Often they wander half mile or more from home before thev find places that suit them To find these stolen nests, as they are usual ly called, the usual method being 10 follow each turkey hen as she separates from the flock and turns toward her nest taking care that she does not hnow sHe is observad Rut "shadowing the turkey ha, is rot always the best way. A much easier and quicker method is to con fine the hens early some morning soon after they have come down rom the roost and let them out late In the a1ter- noon. This forced delay causes the hens to head straight for their nests Tn order to lay their eggs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Condition of Live tSock

Without exception, the various class es of live stock suffered less deaths from disease and exposure during the past year than was the case last year or for an average of the past ten years. according to department of agriculture estimates. The average reported con- dition of horses. mules, cattle, sheep, and swine on farms April l was 96.25 per cent of normal.
 The number of breeding sows esti- mated to be in the country is 9.5 per cent more than year ago and 57 per cent more than two years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Soy Beans for Hogs

My experience with soy beans has been limited to about three years, but in that time I have become firmly con vinced as to their value both as feed for cattle and hogs.
 Two years ago l bought five shoats that weighed about 50 pounds each and at that weight on September l, started feeding them ration of enc part soaked soy beans to four parts corn, giving them all they would clean up. They showed a decided preference for the beans and would always eat them before starting on the corn. al though l think that with a self-feeder they would consume more corn than beans l killed about the middle of De cember, and the hogs averaged @o pounds each, making gain Of lSO pounds, or one and one-half pounds per day during the feeding period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Banks Help Buy Tractors

Federal reserve banks are to redls- count notes secured by farm tractors, the United States department or asricui- ture announces Instructions nave been issued by the federal reserve uoard lo all fadarai reserve banks authorizing ther, n rediscount tractor paper present. ed by any member bank, provided it has maturity not exceeding six months and the tractors are purchased for agsicul- tural purposes
 This action of the federal reserve board, explains the department, means that ,notes given for farm tractors Will be treated in the same manner as other az ricultura1 paper, thus making II easier for farmers to obtain tractors where needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Spinach Loaf

Two cups chopped cooked spinach. { cups boiled rice, l cup white sauce, 1 red. sweet pepper.
 Make a thick white sauce from l cup skim milk, tablespoons flour, table spoons fat and teaspoon salt. Melt fat and mix with flour, add to milk. and stir over fire until thick. Mix with rice chopped spinach, and pepper. Form into a loaf and bake 20 to 90 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

in the open air which this gives the hens will benefit them and make lire for them more interesting.
 If the soil is poorly drained and foul, the hens will thrive and lay better If not allowed on it at all. In that case. the best way to give them some bene- fit of the extra space available is to build adjoining the coop shed cover ing about the same amount of ground, and having the front inclosed only with wire netting. The foul earth un- der this shed should be removed and the floor filled in a few inches higher than the old surface with fresh earth or sand.
 By proper attention to cleanliness this may be kept in sanitary condi- tion for a year or more. Whatever advantage can be given the hens Tn this way will tend to increase pro duction. and to prolong the period Of profitable laying. The eggs Of hens kept in small back yards are perfect ly good for eating, but of little value for matching even when fertile. Good chickens cannot be grown under such conditions. The hens will usually lay well for about a year. Then they should be replaced with farm grown bullets.
 It is known as a matter of expe- rience and observation that town ard city people who have to figure costs of food closely have not been accus- toned to use aggs freely except in the season of flush production and low prices. A great many such families can keep a few hens in the back yard and even with low production get many more eggs than they have been accustomed to use.
 DUCKS FOR MEAT AND EGGS
 On general farms ducks can be raised with success and at profit As a source of income however they do not appear to be as well adapted for the average farm as chickens, put under certain conditions they are good monev-makers The demand for ducks eggs is more limited than for hens eggs, and though ducks for table use usually bring a good price, their mar ket is also more limited and is mostly confined to large cities For thls req son it is avisable to study the market conditions before making any large in vestment in ducks.
 Intensive duck farming on large scale has been more successful than intensive chicken raising. Pekin ducks, which are kept extensively by com mercial growers. are less subject to disease than chickens, and artificial methods of matching and rearing nave been used very successfully with them Farmers as a rule have rarely given the necessary care to the feding ana marketing of their ducklings to se- cure any large share of the trade Tn fancy green ducks. It is tnls traoe which attracts the commercial duck raiser. A green duck is duckling which is grown rapidly and marketed when from to 12 weeks old, weighing at that time from F to pounds They are usually sold in the spring and summer and bring high prices Farmers who grow ducks generally market them in the fall when the prices are low as compared to prices earlier in the season.
 Take this tip from me. Eggs will go to record prices next fall and winter Don't sell your young hens and bullets. You will get their worth in egg money and have the machine left Hold your hens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Welsh Rarebit

Four teaspoonfuls butter, one table spoonful flour, one-half teaspoonfui salt, four rounding teaspoonfuls mus tard, dash cayenne pepper, one cupfui American cheese one beaten egg. Blend together butter flour and seasoning, then add milk slowly. stirring till thick and smooth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Nv MARIE L. sHEI.nnN.

Tn these days of wheat flour conserva- ton, you may be interested in knowing that mashed potatoes may be used in many recipes, cutting down the amount of flour used. A good corn bread is made by using one measure each of corn neal wheat flour and of mashed po- tatoes and using the usual amount of other ingredients. Still others use one measur of meal and ono of mashed po- tatoes eliminating entirely the wheat flour.
 A domestic science expert gives the following recipe for mashed potatoes which has been aptly called Potato Snow" Put the freshly boiled potatoes through potato ricer. Have previous ly heated in pan the necessary milk. butter, salt and pepper and put on the potatoes, adding the milk with spar ing hand. Beat with a fork and you will have a white flaky mass as the re- suit. The potatoes vary so much in de- gree of inherent moisture both as to variety and season, it is impossible to state how much milk should be added, but few trials will result in success.
 A shepherds pie is made by cutting in small sections, leftover pieces of roast Add seasoning of salt. pepper and onion with the addition of little gravy or white sauce. Over the top place a layer of mashed potatoes cover with bread crumbs and bake three-quarters of an hour in moderate oven. Serve at once.
 Nuts with potatoes and bread crumbs. with seasoning of cayenne pepper and salt and onion, makes a variety in po- tato cakes or the same ingredients with two eggs for binding purposes may be formed into croquettes, rolling each in bread crumbs, then in the beaten egg and again in bread crumbs Fry and garnish @SIo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

Cold Process-One can of I've dissolved in two quarts of water. Add this to five pounds of grease, being very careful that the grease has not been overloaded. Stir slowly and thoroughly until soap is pro- duced. It will take about an hour for tre soap to be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Baked Bananas

Cut bananas in halves, lengthwise. :. sprinkle with sugar and add few drops of lemon, or spread with honey. Bake in moderate oven until soft. about 20 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

Soft Soap-One can of lye in three gal Ions of water. Add to this five pounds of grease or tallow. Boil, stirring slowly, until the soap is produced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
Three Soap Recipes

Hard Soap-One can of I've in four quarts of water Add this solution to six pounds of grease or tallow. Boil slowly and stir until soap is produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09

Revised standards which affect the grading of wheat and sheled corn which moves in interstate and foreign commerce on and after July Is, 1918, were fixed and established by order of the Secretary of Agriculture on Saturday, April 1S under the provisions of the United States grain standards act. The new standards super sede those now used and which will con tip,tn in affact 1tpti1 1itIv 15
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
THE NEW WHEAT GRADES

The department announces that the new wheat grades will result in a great proportion of the crop falling into the higher grades. The more important of the changes are:
 Doekage will be expressed in terms of whole per cent rather than half per cent, disregarding fractions, and the definition of dockage specifically requires reclean- ing and rescreening so that as large a proportion as possible or cracked wheat will be recovered.
 The more definite term foreign mater ial other than dockage'' has been substi- tuted for "inseparabe foreign material." :" !. The allowance for wild peas. corn 'cockle and similar impurities is more liberal
 The percentages of hard kernels reduir- ed in the premium subclasses of Hard Red Spring, Hard Winter. and Common White have been changed and made more liberal.
 TEST WEIGHT PER BUSHEL
 The minimum test weight per bushel requirements generally are reduced, ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-09
POTATOES FOR PATRIOTS

Potato sausage is made by using two cups mashed potatoes, one cup chopped onions, one-half cup shortening, two cups bread crumbs, two beaten eggs. Season with salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and sage Form into cakes and fry in the usual manner. If preferred each sausage after being formed may be tied in cloth and boiled as a roly poly.
 The Scotch and English are very fond of their scenes, and when Americans once become acquainted with the greater variety so obtained, quickly adopt them. These are really biscuit dough rolled out and then transferred from the molding board to a round pie tin, spider or cook ing utensil to be baked in 8 quick oven. Scores are made through the dough-lilSe pieces of pie and just before serving these areb roken along the scored lines. Use your standard biscuit recipe and in- stead of using the full amount of flour use cold mashed potatoes, either Irish or sweet Cooked cereals as oatmeal, rice or others of that class, sufficient in
The Washington herald., 1918-03-29

Louisville Times. In 1903 he accented
the city editorship of the Louisville
Herald. and in 1906 he became political
editor of the Times. In 1907 he was
selected by Mayor w. o. Head. of
Louisville, as his private secretary.
In the fall of 1911 he was elected
Jailer OF Jefferson County and in the
four years he was there he made a
name for himself and the institution.
The Louisville jail has been declared
by penologists "the model jail of the
United States"
MIR. Fosters fame as a guardian of
the derelict aroused the interest of
all students of crime and of criminals.
He had begun to study prisoners years
before, as a newspaper man, and
when elected to the position he put
into effect well established ideas
destined to bring him considerable
fame. His first act was to establish
school and the board of education
met his initiative and appropriate ted
money for full equipment. He then
enlisted the services and interest of
Prof. Ragsdale. principal of the Boys
High School. who personally took
charge of the new school.
One of the remarkable achieve
ments of this humanitarian and jailer
was to give a primary education to
the colored contingent confined in the
jail. Three hundred were taught to
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The Washington herald., 1918-03-29

The red rag of the Wisconsin cleo
ton was waved again in the Senate
yesterday afternoon. Blasts from each
side shook this battle flag.
Loyalty and Americanism were the
issues. Irvine Lenroot, the candidate
who is under Presidential displeasure,
was attacked once more by John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi.
Williams speech was even more bit
ter than yesterday.
Once, in strident tones, he demand
ed the expulsion from the Senate of
Robert NJ. La Toilette. Of Wisconsin
weuId ExpeI the Lukewarm.
Without naming him, but with
pointed inference, he declared that
Victor Berger, the Socialist candidate.
should be executed.
And as for Lenroot, Williams
shouted:
'I want to expel from Congress
any man who is not true or who is
lukewarm, I'll vote for any man
who has shown hatred for the Kaiser
and for Junkerthum. But he must
show this IL he wants to keep step
with me in politics"
On Wednesday the occasion OF the
debate was the indian appropriation
bill. But It was soon forgotten. Ash
hurst, of Arizona, who captained the
measure, strove sometimes with
honeyed words. simetimes with Sc
The Washington herald., 1918-03-29
$4,000 DRAWN
IN NEW QUOTA
MOVING TODAY
Lloyd Georges Appeal to
Hasten Second Call
to Service.
TO SHORTEN TRAINING
New Recruits Will Be Ready
for Active Duty in
Four Months.
TO SHORTEN TRAINING

The first movement of troops to
training camps under the second
draft call will begin today. Fifty
thousand OF the $4,000 selective
service men ordered to cantonments
during the fiVe-day period. begin
ming March 20. will be credited to
the second increment of 100000.
Seventy thousand of the men
moving today are white and $4,000
colored. Every State in the Union,
except Iowa and Minnesota, will be
represented in the movement.
The arrival of these men at the
various training camps still will
leave the first draft incomplete by
approximately $4,000 men, 1000
white and 1900 colored. The
States which have not been called
upon to complete their quotas un-
der the first draft call are located
in the South and West. The re-
naming selectives will be inducted
into military service under special
calls.
The appeal OF the British premier,
Lloyd George. for getting Amerf-
Cah dCEOSS tHt At
lantic in the shortest possible space
of time" will hasten the second
draft, II was learned yesterday
Calls for drafted men are regulated
by camp space. As rapidly as train
ed troops are withdrawn from a
training camp fresh selective serv-
ice men are rushed in.
The training of drafted men un-
der the second call will be much
more rapid than with the first draft
army. Drafted man now are as
simulated into organizations which
have been under training for some
time. This facilitates the task OF
making a soldier out of q raw re-
cruit.
Six months time was figured on
as necessary for preparing the first
American troops for the final train
ing abroad. This can be reduced to
four months. it was said last night
The problem of transporting
trained troops across the Atlantic
is the chief difficulty that the War
Department now has to contend
with. Lack Of ships has held down
troop movements. Many divisions
now in camps have been ready to
move for some time.
If the United States is to send
more soldiers. more ships must be
provided. or shipments of food and
supplies must necessarily be cut
down, 1t was admitted.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-29
Badger State Election
Stirs Senate Partisans

we're sarcasm. to keep the lid down.
But the political antagonists would
not be denied.
Denies Lcnroot's Disioynity.
For a time he did bring about dull.
But near the close of the day
Gronna, Of North Dakota. who had
been speaking directly on the bill.
launched into a defense of his own
course in voting against war.
In tones that coud be- heard in the
corridors outside. the Senator denied
that any charge of disloyalty could
be laid at his door.
81 deny, too, that Mr.. Ienroot is
disIoyal." he cried.
And as for Mr.. Thompson. he is
just as loyal as the Senator from
Mississippi"
The chamber was growing dark.
Well-nish the only Senators present
were those Far Westerners inter-
ested in the Indian bill. The gal
leries, crowded to the utmost all
DAY, now showed but few faces peer
ing from the railings.
My own boy went TO this war.
said Gronna.
The chamber grew quite still as he
proceeded.
"He never asked me II he could
go" continued the North Dakota
man. "IIe went And he enlisted
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