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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Baking Powder Breads

The following are some good wheat less baking powder breads:
 Corn Flour and Oat Bread: Three fourths cup liquid, f tablespoons fat, 4 tablespoons syrup, 1 teaspoon salt Il Is cups corn flour. 1 cup ground rolled oats. (All measurements are level)
 Rice and Barley Bread: One cup liquid, tablespoons fat. tablesepoons syrup. eggs, teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 cup rice flour, cups barley flour.
 Corn Flour and BuclSwheat Bread: One cup liquid, tablespoons fat, tablespoons syrup, 2 eggs, teaspoons baking powder. 1 teaspoon salt, 1 1-3 cups corn flour cup buckwheat.
 Barley and Oat Bread One cup liquid, tablespoons fat. { tablespoons syrup, eggs, teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 cups barley flour, 1 cup ground rolled oats. (To prepare ground oats, run rolled oats through the food chopper.)
 Methods for Above Breads Mix the melted fat, liquid, syrup and eggs. Combine the liquid and well mixed dry Ingredients. Bake as a loaf in a mod Ierately hot oven for one hour or until thoroughly baked.
 Nuts. raisins or dates may be added If desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Cannergrams

Get down to cases-cases of home canned products.
 A row of filled preserving jars is good defense again winter.
 Sterilzed, sealed. saved-the three s" of home canning.
 S o S-Sterilize on stove-another way of saying ''boil the jars of fruits and vegetables so they will keep per- fectly."
 The useful life of a preserving jar filled in summer, ready by fall emp tied in winter-hungry to save more food next spring and summer.
 A wooden false bottom in home canning outfit is raft that keeps lots Of perishable food from being lost
 An all-round good thing for the na- tion-a rubber ring on preserving jar.
 A fourth floor apartment is fine place to produce a canned garden.
 Persons of every level should can the family in the top flat as we'll as the dweller in the bungalow.
 The colors of those jars of canned and preserved products put a service emblem in your kitchen
 Brighten the corner in that kitchen closet-with canned beans, fruits, berries.
 Pantry atriotism-preservin per- ishable products in periods of plenty to provision people when production has passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13

There is large surplus suoply ol cov.pea seed in this country whicn should be planted or fed promptly to save if from the ravages of WeeVlis, according to the committee on se stocks of the United States department of agriculture. The surplus is or va rieties with colored seed which orui- nariiy are not used Tor human toou' M hut which produce hay of excellent nua1ity and seed which is very de- sira ble concentrated stock feed rlch III rrotein. Beginning with warm wea -h- CT ir summer the damage to coWPsa seed in storage by weeyils IS nAeis to be very large. so that it IS hlsniy desira ble that plans be made 10 utl,.no the surplus supply promptly th auui tional plantings and where theie
 an excess above this, for feeding. par ticularly to hogs. It IS urgent, tmo department specialists say. that me south. especially, should further IF crease it's acreage of eowpeas this year.
 The cowpea hay, when property cured, is of high feeding value. prdr,l- eally equal to that of alfaiia' Ane southern states should grow aS
 ly as possible the entire supply or nay they will need Heretofore the soutn has imported each year large quahA- ties of hay from the north ana west; Growing this hay in the south VIII relieve the railways of tremendous traffic.
 cownea seed especially when ground. is a valuable stock feed me experim ents of the Alabama eNferi- ment station have clearly shown 'has cowpeas are practically equal to corn in feeding value for fattening DIES However. a mixture of corn ana co" peas in equal parts is far more sat isfactory than either fed alone, III sin,i1ar exneriments at the South Caro- lima station. the results indicated that cowpeas alone gave better results Tor , fattening pigs than corn alone. How
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
By C. l.. ISBELL. Garden Specialist,
 Auburn.

Auburn.
 On March 7th. by proclamation of Gov ernor Henderson, a vigorous campaign was started. This campaign lasted until March 2l. which day everybody will re- call as the day Germany began her big spring offensive. Before, during and since these dates there have been. and are many garden organizations. News papers and magazines have been full Of garden advice. Private individuals and the public at large have been doing and saving all they could to encourage greater increases in garden products.
 As a result of these efforts vast quan- titles of garden products have been pro- duced and since the garden year is di- vided into four more or less distinct du- ties now it is no time for us to hold up with our productive efforts.
 First, there is the spring garden, which begins to mature and go out by early summer.
 Second, the calming, drying, preserving, storing, etc.
 Third. summer planting for fall crops. Summer and fall planting for root crops and winter and early spring greens.
 Fourth, harvesting, storing and seed saving.
 That the first of these duties has been successfully carried out; the second in progress though just begun; 1t IS very necessary that we do not neglect the third and fourth They cannot wait un- til the second is completed before they are started One of the greatest ms takes with Alabama gardeners is neglect inc to continue planting new crops as the earlv ones are taken off large major ity of the people have spring gardens A small percentage have fall gardens. For the latter there Is little 5ustifiable eX- cuso more than planting and cultivatins in the hot sun is not as pleasant as working in the spring, when the weath- CT is cooler The summer rains are pe- ginning to come, which will make seea germinate quickly. so that the plan of the fall gardens should begin at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Meatless Mince Meat

One cup suet; peck green tomatoes. F peck apples, chopped; ? lemons. 4 pounds brown sugar; pounds raisins i; ls pound citron (may be omitted); 1 pint boiled cider, or the syrup from sweet pickles; tablespoon ground cloves; l tablespoonallspice; 1 tablespoon cinna mon; teaspoon nutmeg; teaspoons salt Chop tomatoes and lemons fine, add to these the sugar, and boil until tender Add the other ingredients and cook 20 minutes. Can in air-tight jars while boil ing, as you would any fruit This will fill quart jars, and will keep indefi- nitely. It is quite as good as the mince meat containing meat-Mrs. F. w.. Gould.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Farm Efficiency

The searchlight of war has brought out many interesting facts, and one sf these is that the vaunted German effi- ciency will not always stand the test Of comparison with American efficiency.
 The Germans boasted of being the greatest farmers on earth. Investigation shows that in efficiency in agriculture, measured by the produce per acre, Amer lea being graded 1OO Belgium leads the world. at 205; Great Britain comes sec- ond, at 164; and Germany third. at l55; America comes fourth.
 But the better test is the man test rather than the acre test, and here Amer ica leads the world by over two to one. Again, grading America at 100 per farm worker, Great Britain produces 43 and Germany fl The American farmer cul tivates 27 acres, the German farmer but T. With the aid of vast quantities of fertilizer the German produces more pee acre, but he produces at much greater cost per bushel and he produces much less than half as much per man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Walt Mason, "Tcnic to Ten Millions"

From New Success
 For 10 years now, Walt Mason has been writing his daily rhymes to a greater audience than any living writer Regularly 10,000.000 people are made happier and better for what ne says. All over America. Canada. Eng land-even India. they know and love him.
 Mrs Mason, one day not so many years ego. answered a knock at tha tack door of the Mason home, to find there a tiny somebody with golden hair ard a face like small sun or star just dropped down to earth.
 Don't you want little girl?" she asked My own mamma doesn't want me, and she has gone away"
 IL would Indeed be strange home that wouldn't want such piece of glory around as that little unexpected caller. And so little Mary was taken in and given a new home. where love >nd Eladness simmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Belgian Children Mock Captors

FTpH HNefSUOdN B.
 An incident that illustrates the indom- table spirit of Belgium under the heel of her oppressor is mentioned in Brani WhitoclI's personal narrative of his war experiences in Everybody's. In describ. ing the sort of humor which is a form of courage. he says:
 This peculiar savory wit, this sar- donic spirit, was everywhere in play. anl it was not long before even tho chil. dren of the Marolliens, as they played at war. marching and counter-raching there under the shadow of the Palais de Justice, had a new game.
 Achtung' (AttentionD the little cap tain of the band would shout, brandish- ing his wooden sword Mach Paris. tTo Parish
 And then the little commander doing the goose-step the absurdty of which did not escape even the children would begin to march-backward.
 'It was thus that the children. doing the goose-step in the Quarter des Marol- liens in order to mock the Germans celebrated the battle of the Marue.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
A Free Guide for Canning

Those interested in canning should send for the department of agricul- ture's bulletin on that subject. It will be sent free on receipt of your postal card request to the United States de- partment of agriculture, Washington. It tells all about canning fruits and vegetables in glass and tin and how to make many attractive preserves. jellies, and fruit pastes.
 Other free government bulletins tell how to dry fruits and vegetables with home made equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Tamworths in Alabama
By T. ". JoCKIsCH. Greensho

l have been raising hogs in the southland for the past Is years and have tried various breeds, but find the Tamworth to be better suited to . hot climate than any other breed
 I find them great forageiv, conse- quently the ideal hog to raise on our southern pasture crops, bermuda. rea- nuts artichokes, chuffas and peas.
 I marketed eight hogs in 1914, six ot them were six months old and two eisht months old. They weighed l430 pounds and had never eaten a bushel of corn, having been fattened on rea- nuts and peas.
 l would not exchange for any oth r breed and can recommend them wnero an all around good hog is desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
WADE'S LETTER

Farmers of Alabama and all other cotton producing states became too en- thusiastic over 35-cent cotton and planted too much for the best inter- cts of themselves and the country. In fact, they have planted more than they can secure labor to cultivate. We have had dry May and ideal weather for cleaning out fields of young cot ton. Despite this fact more grassy cotton fields are to be seen at pres ent than have ever before. under similar conditions. been seen at this season T5is IS the result of insufficient labor and farmers being overcropped. It is reasonable to expect large percentage of these grassy fields to be abahd oned for lack of labor to dig them out. Many stands are poor and that which has been worked out got such serious setback during the cold weath- CT in April that it is small and looks discouraging in spots. We are also informed that many acres of poor stands have been plowed up and plant ed in other crops.
 Alabama is charged with having in- creased it's acreage planted to cotton about 20 per cent and the south is charged with an increase of 10 per cent. This increase has been charged up to the market and knocked s30 per bale off spot cotton and $50 per bale off future cotton. The writer is of the opinion that the acreage plowed up and planted to other crops on ac- count of poor stands and the acreage which will be abondoned to grass on account of the shortage of labor will be equal, if not greater than the in- crease in acreage with which we are charged. This being the case we should debit back to the market fac tors the acreage destroyed or aband- oned, else the cotton growers will stand falsely charged and unchal- lenged with an increase that does not exist but the influence of which will result in loss of millions of dollars in price.
 May I ask all farmers in Alabama who have plowed up cotton and plant cd to other crops or abandoned same for lack of labor to report to me the percentage of their crops destroyed or abandoned on or before June 15, so that the matter can properly be re- ported as an offset to the increase with which we are charged. I would suggest that officials of all other cot ton producing states collect and report these items in the same way.
 DESTROY BOIL WEEVILS NOW
 Boil weevils will begin to apepar in ~utton in the south half of Alabama this week and about 10 days lates' in the north half of the state. The Weevils that will appear are those that survived the winter from last year and will be few in number If these few old weevils are captured and de- stroyed while the cotton plants are small and without squares, the boil weevil fight will be won for this year. If you put off fighting the wee wills until squares come and eggs are deposited in the squares, you will have lost the fight and some, if not serious, damage will result. You can do more. effective boil weevil fighting in tae next two weeks than you could do in two months after the squares are in- fested with eggs. Look closely ard nip them in the bud. J. A. WADE, Commissioner of Agriculture and h.
 dustry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Machinery in Relief Work

Maynard Owen Williams. in the Chris
 :ian Herald
 - So great is the need for even the toughest cotton and wool cloth in Russia that there are some relief workers wlo advocate introducing power looms in or der 10 heip bring conditions to normal and to keer the people from suffering The Moscow looms are utterly unable .G turn out sufficient material, and even when the war is over and imported ma- teiials appear, few of them will filter through to the Caucasus. The question
 of clothing is becoming more acute daily with little promise of betterment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
WHEATLESS CAKE

Boil together in saucepan for five minutes one cup brown sugar. A cups water or milk. one cup seeded raisins, two ounces citron or candied orange peel (shredded), one-third cup shorten ing, one-half taspoon salt, one teaspoon nutmeg and one-half teaspoon cinna- mon When caol add one corn flour and one rye flour, sifted with six tea spoons baking powder. Mix well and bake in greased loaf pans about 45 minnfes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
IISE SURPLUS COWPEA SEED

ever, the proper method is to feed the two in mixture.
 Cowpea meal has also been found q very satisfactory feed for mules, ospe- cially in 2 mixture composed of one- third cowpea meal and two-thirds corn and cob meal. Similar mixtures may be made with other grain feeds that are not rich in protein, as the cowpea seed is rich in this material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13
Courage

pr. Orison Swett Marden. in The New
 Success.
 You may be well educated, college graduate, leading your class, you may have influence, pull, fine personality. a father to push you. but you may lack courage And lacking that you will lack everything. for everything worth while in life depends upon courage. There never was a time when courage was so necessary as today. It is as imperative for those at home as for the soldiers at the front. Not even honesty can take the place of char acter. A man is jellyfish without it. Cultivate your courage. and take it with you wherever you go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13

By liquifying the gas helium Euro pean scientist has succeeded in reaching temperatures within six degrees of the absolute zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13

Rattlers, always plentiful in parts of Washington state, are this year more numerous than in any previous season. Sheepmen are forcibly reminded of the fact by the loss of lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13

Select sound. uniform plums. Prick each with a needle to pevent burst ing. Pack as firmly in jars as possi- ble without crushing. Fill jar with hot syrup made by boiling five pounds and eight ounces of sugar and one gallon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-13

Brighten the corner in that kitchen closet-with canned beans, fruits, berries.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16
Tales of the FriendlyForest
BY DAVID CORY

Now let me see. In the story be-
fore this. If / remember right. little
Billy Bunny went down to the cab
bage field to find his father, but In
stead Of finding him. he was almost
caught by Daddy Fox. Now listen
TO me, for as long as the little rab-
bit got home safely, I'm going To tell
you why he couldn't find Mr.. VIII
liam Bunny. And, anyway. don't you
remember l promised in the story
before this to tell you how Billy
Bunny's father almost lost his fur
overcoat.
And this is how it happened: That
dreadful Miller's Boy happened to
see4 the old gentleman rabbit eating
a cabbage, so the MiIler's Boy ran
back into the mill to get his gun.
And then he crept along the Old
Snake Fence as softly as YOU please
until he came as near as he dared
And wasn't it unk.nd of Willie Wind
not TO have blown the other way so
that Mr.. William Bunny could have
smelled the Miller's Boy? That is
the way the wind tells the little
forest folk, you know. They bring
the scent to the sharp noses of the
little forest folk just like the post
uIdil DIlISS you Il IeLteTs
Well. as soon as the Miller's Boy
was near enough he lifted the gun
to his shoulder and pointed 1t at
Billy Bunnys father. Wasn't that
dreadful? Well, / guess it was.
And just as that bad boy was about
to pull the trigger, Blackie Grow
flew by with loud "Caw." and the
gun was so startled, on. dear me!
mean the Miller's Boy was 80
startled. that he didn't shoot straight
and the bullet went up into the air
and maybe it hit star, for all
know.
And. of course, when Mr. William
Bunny heard that gun he didn't wait
10 hear anything more. No, stree
mann, and no Stree. mister. He just
hoped into the Friendly Forest as
fast as he could. And now ! sup
pose you will ask me how he almost
lost his fur overcoat. Well, IL that
dreadful bullet had hit him the
Miller's Boy would have skinned him
and sold his fur and the Miller's
wife would have made A nice rabbit
stew, and that would have been the
end of Billy Bunny's father.
Well, as soon as the old rabbit
found himself in the Friendly For
est he hoped off for home. and he
was just thinking how lucky he was
when, all Of a sudden, quicker than
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16
Germans Acquire
4 Sudden Dislike
For All Conquest

London. Sept 16.--Notwithstand
ing the declination of Germany
peace offer, Count Won Hertling, tn
Imperial German Chancellor, is con
Vinced that peace is nearer than /
generally supposed, according to ai
address made by the Chancellor he
fore the Trades Unionist LEADER
In Germany, says a dispatch 10 fht
Exchange Telegraph from Copen
hagen.
The chancellor declared that boti
the German government and arms
leaders desired an understanding
and peace.
Count Won Hertltng said the gov.
eminent and the army leaders werC
against all cOnqucsts.
AS soon as he was convinced ai
the impossibility OF an agreement
with the upper house on the suffrage
question, the chancellor said he
would dissolve the lower house.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16

lcontinued from page one.l
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16
DOYLE DECLARES
SOCIALISM MUST
BE DEFEATED If
STATETOP PROSPER
Points to Menace and Fal-
lacies of Policies of So
cialist Leaders
FARMERS FORCE
PATRIOTIC STAND
Started to Oppose War, But
Found Themselves on
Wrong Track

Darlington, N. D., Sept. 16.-s. j.
Doyle, Democratic candidate for
governor of North Dakota, backed in
his campaign by the Democratic
party and by the Independent Voters
association, representing the Re-
publican voters of the state who have
declared their independence of the
machine controlled nominees Of the
state administration, opened his
campaign In Darlington Saturday
evening, speaking to an audience
that filled the court room of the
Foster county courthouse.
In the course OF his remarks, Mr..
Doyle took up and analyzed various
Of the proposals Of the Socialist
leaders dominating the Nonpartisan
organization in the state, challeng-
ing Socialist newspapers to disprove
the statements he made, and calling
the attention Of the audience to the
fact that while one of the Socialist
papers Of the state was represented
by reporter in the audience, that
no true account OF his remarks would
DE published by that paper, and that
even though the reporter might un-
dertalse to give correct statement
Of the address, his superiors in the
Office would most certainly garble
the report and present it as they de-
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16
Wounded Forget
Su0erings in
Joy Of Victory
CBv Associated Prnss-A

Paris, Sept. 1.-THE first groups
Of wounded who arrived at an eyac-
Uation hospital behind the battle
front today from the st. Mihiel Sec
tor, forgot their suffering in their
JOY over the beating the Germans had
been given, says the correspondent
Of La Liberte behind the fighting
line. a captured German officer.
when interrogated declared the
Americans were terrible adver-
saries," the correspondent says.
The wounded men in talking of the
enga cement. described the fighting
as Of the severest sort, especially in
the series of dense woods scattered
about the salient and also along the
railroad line. Scarcely two hours
after the attack was launched the
Germans started a counter attack
with three divisions which, however.
were unable to stop the American
advance
The American troops" adds the
correspondent, showed magnificent
bravery and disregard Of danger
while some of the French regiments
went into the battle with their coiors
flying and the men singing the Mar
seillaise.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16

a skyrocket. Daddy Fox jumped out
from behind a tree.
Now I've got you" he cried. II
just missed catching Billy Bunny,
but III get the old rabbit" And that
dreadful fox gave a great. long leap.
Now, If he hadn't said. Now I've
got you!" he might have caught the
old rabbit But as soon as Mr. Will
liam Bunny heard Daddy Fox's voice
he took a skip sideways. and when
the wicked fox landed on the ground
on the very spot where the old rab-
bit had been a second before. there
was nobody there. No, sireebus
Mr.. William Bunny was safe inside
an old hollow stump. and Daddy Fox
was fooled again.
You'd better go home. Mr.. Daddy
Fox,
To your den on the hillside under
the rocks.
And tell your children and tell your
wife
That old William Bunny has a
charmed life"
And when the old fox heard the
rabbit sing this he grew so angry
that he picked up a stone and threw
1t at the hollow stump, but he didn't
hurt the stump a bit. And after that
he ran home TO his den and event to
bed without any supper, he was 80
cross.