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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
,AVENUTS LLSANDTURNTHEMOVERT GROSS
Seasonable Relishes

5 Going slow on sugar is not so diff ffcult if one has access to one of the ,s syrups. These relishes suggested by the United States food administra tion i. are. wholly patriotic, yet very pleasant taste:
 Apple Relish-1 pint cider vinegar # 2ls cups syrup (dark). 1 teaspoon ~ cloves, F teaspoon ground cinnamon, ; 1h quarts apples, E pound seeded rais- ins, ? tablespoons chopped onion, l cup chopped oceans or walnuts, ? table ' spoons mustard seed, ? tablespoons eel cry seed, h teaspoon salt, paprika to taste.
 Boil together the vinegar syrup and spices for five minutes. Add apples. raisins and chopped onion. Cook for one hour. Five minutes before re- moving from fire add one cup of < chopped oceans or walnuts. Pack into hot jars. partially seal and sterilize < 10 minutes. Seal tightly. Let cool. Label and store. Yield: Six cups.
 Sweet Picked Apples-1la quarts vinegar, 11a quarts water quarts syrup (dark), sticks cinnamon, table spoons allspice. pounds sweet apples, < tablespoons unground cloves, F tea spoon salt.
 Cook together the vinegar, water. syrup and spices for five minutes. Peel and quarter the apples. Stick two 1AoNcS lltOsedcl QudTIeT. Drop the dp- ples into the boiling syrup and sim mer until tender. Pack in hot jars. Cover with boiling syrup. Partially seal and sterilize for 10 minutes. Seal tightly. Let cool. Label and store.
 Corn Relish-12 ears sweet corn, 1 head cabbage, salt to taste, IF onions. 3 green peppers, red peppers, pints z vinegar, cups syrup (dark), ta- blesoon ground mustard, l tablespoon white mustard seed, F teaspoon tumoric (added a little at time).
 Select tender corn. Cook five min utes to set the milk in order to-make the grain firm Split grains. Cut from Y the cob, being careful not to cut too close to cob. Scrape cob well to re- | move remainder of pulp. Cut cabbage fine, salt slightly and let stand one . hour. Put in bag and drain dry. Mix 2 all ingredients together and cook 20 q minutes. Pack in 12-ounce jars. Par tially seal and sterilize for 30 minutes. Tighten seal Let cool. Label and store. 4 Yield: 31a quarts
 .e Carrot Marmalade-11s pounds car rots ti2 cups chopped), lemons, E <. teaspoon salt, oranges, 41s cups syrup (White)s
 s Wash and scrub carrots, blanch in wire basket in boiling water from four to five minutes, cold dip, scrape and cut into small pieces. Place in double boiler, add lemon juice and salt and cook for an hour. Add finely cut rind from oranges, the orange pulp and syrup; boil slowly until thick. Pour into hot glasses, partially seal and steriliZe 10 minutes. Tighten seal. Let cool, label and store Yield: IA glasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
WOMEN MARKET
 VEGETABLES

The women of Tennessee home demonstration club are marketing their own vegetables. small fruits. eggs, poultry, butter apd cottage cheese with the help of the local home demonstra- tion agent. table has been se- cured for them at the. entrance to the market house. where the products are attractively displayed. Since none of the women had experience in dress ing fowls for market. the agent called a meeting at one of the homes and showed them the proper way to kill and dress poultry. The club members are making speciality of weekend baskets Ordinary speck baskets are used and are filled to order to meet the tastes of the purchasers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
TESTING PRODUCTS
Food Attracts Ants

The surest way to keep a house free from ants is to have no food lying about on shelves or in open places where they can reach it. Ants 90 where they find food, and if the food supplies of the household are kept in ant-proof metal containers or in ioe- boxes, and if all food that may happen to be scattered by children or others is cleaned up promptly, the ant nuis- ance will be slight Cake, bread, sugar, meat and like substances are espe- cially attractive to the ants and should be kept from them.
 Reaches will not frequent rooms unless they find some available food material, and if such materials can be kept from the living rooms and off, fices or scrupulous care exercised to see that no such material is placed in drawers where 1t can leave an at tractive odor or fragments of food, the roach nuisance can be largely re- stricted to places where food neces- sarily must be kept
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Yankee Corn Bread

Because you are southern do not turn up your nose" at the northern corn bread. Because you are northern do not scorn what the southerner likes Here are recipes sent out from the United States food administration for both sorts of corn bread. Take your choice and let your neighbor take his: (Note: corn meal and flour should be sifted before measuring) Rhode Island Spider Cake-Pour boil ing water over one cup of finely ground white corn meal until it forms a thick paste. Add one teaspoon fat and one- quarter teaspoon salt and sufficient cold milk to make thin enough to spread, Heat an iron griddle. grease we'll and spread the paste on it about one half inch thick. Dip knife in cold water and smooth the top. Bake in the oven 80 minutes or on top of the stove, cook ing it slowly. When brown on one side cut in fourths and turn each piece.
 Note This corn cake must be made of corn meal milled from the whole grain)
 Northern Johnny Cake--1 cup corn baking powder egg, 1h cups milk, 2 tablespoons melted fat, tablespoons syrup.
 Sift together the dry ingredients. Beat the egg light; add the milk. fat and syrup. Stir into the dry mixture and beat we'll. Pour into a we'll greased,, shallow pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes.
 (Note: This corn bread may be made from any kind of corn meal.)
 Southern Spoon Bread--N cup fat and craklings from pork, beef or chick en fat, 3 cups boiling water; cup corn meal, eggs, F teaspoon salt
 Add fat and cracklings to water and when boiling sprinkle in salt and corn meal, stirring constantly. Cook in double boiler one hour. cool and add well beaten eggs Turn into oiled dish and bake in moderate oven three quarters of an hour.
 (Note: White corn meal made from the whole grain is particularly desir- able for this bread. It can be made with northern degerminated corn meal if 1t is cooked in a double boiler for an hour. Southern meal needs only to be scalded.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Here and Over There

If the prices in the United states seem high, consider these of the enemy where speculation has been allowed 10 run rampant;
 One egg. 20 cents.
 One quart milk, 20 cents. One pound curd cheese. 60 cents.
 One pound butter, $40 to S5.45
 One pound rye flour a.7e.
 One pound wheat flour s1 .45 to si.6.
 One pound fat pork. &.lS to %.54
 One pound beef, I2 to 90 cents (only obtained In small quantities)
 One pound horse flesh. Sl.36 to sf.45.
 One pound potatoes, r to 1S cents.
 For the last few weeks only .55 to 1 TO- pound of bread per head was allowed; it was moreover. scarcely eatable. e.--Brem- CT Burger-Zeitung, June 12.
 Hungarian Rations Reduced-The flour ration has been changed from 30.9S pounds to l2.o6 2-S pounds for the com ing year-a considerable decrease.
 Meat Eaten in England-C Certain meats are allowed to be sold in England with out meat coupons. They include pickied pigs head. eyepieces from pigs heads, drppings and beef sausages.
 Another German Substitute-Germany haA developed q cocoa substitute made from powdered reeds. It is called "Brancoa," after the firm which in- vented it.
 Bread from France for Prisoners of War-The French have an interesting double baking process which makes bread which will keep fresh for nearly a month. Cubes of bread are baked. each weight ? 1-5 pounds about twice as much as our ordinary loaf) These are placed in very hot oven and baked rather longer than usual. On being taken out of the oven, each loaf is im- mediately wrapped in two sheets of thick paper Then, when the oven has a tenn perature of 1t0 to 1i5 degrees tCenti- grade) the loaves are put in again for a quarter of an hour, This method is used chiefly where bread is sent to prisoners
 Sugar for Canning in Germanv-Two pounds of sugar or three pounds of ar tificial honey is the amount of sugar allowed for canning in Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19

be moistened thoroughly and kept moist all The time, but never allowed to become drenchcd Flo. white shoots the light should be excluded. When forced in the greenhouse the space under the benches is utilized, and the light can be excluded hy boarding ur the sides or. hanging old carpets, burlap, or canvas over the open ings. For the first 10 days after the crowns afe sriaced for forcing, the temperature should he kept rather low. 45 degrees to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. After this period a 1 temperature Of 55 degrees to 60 degrees , Fahrenheit is most satisfactory, although
 q higher temrerature will not be inJuri-
 ous. temrers ture as high as 75 degrees
 to so degrees Fahrenheit produces rapid, soft growth, while low temperature pro-
 duces slew growth but gives shoots of
 good quality.
 In about six weeks after bedding, the
 cutting can begin and will continue until
 the crowns arc exhausted. As soon as the
 crowns become exhausted they should
 be removed and new supply put in.
 With little cyre in timing the bedding
 C. the crowns, 9 continuous supply can be rhad all winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Bull Associations Grow

Farmers are taking advantage of the opportunity to use pure-bred bulls af- forded them by membership in a. co-op- erative bull association for the year ended June 30. 1918, and eight others are now in process of organization, ac- cording to the dairy division of the United States department of agricul- ture Only July l this year 43 associa- tions were in operation, as compared to 36 on July l. 1917, one association in operation last year being disorgan- ized. Fieldmen, county agents and oth- CTS working in cooperation with the department have had & part in estab- fishing these associations. There is an average of five pure bred bulls in each organization and an average of 225 dairy cows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Wade's Letter

The recent announcement of the Cnj-
 ted States department of agriculture
 that the national corn crop is half bil- lion bushels shorter than last year
 makes it economically imperative that
 farmers of the south increase their
 fall grain Ncrops. This is of vital i'm
 portance to the farmers themselves and
 to the nation as well. It is import ant that every farmer respond patri-
 oticslly by sowing a few acres in
 wheat and increase their acreage of
 oats and rye
 Select firm clay soils of fertile or average fertility, preferably COW pea, soy bean or velvet bean stubbles. It is best to break the soil broadcast early
 and let 1t settle a few weeks If the surface is clean. shallow breaking is better but where litter must be plowed under, deep breaking is necessary, in which case it should be done early enough to lie a few weeks and become compact by fall rains. The best time to SOW is the last week in October or the first week in November. From 300 to 500 pounds of acid or basic phos- plate should be broadcasted per acre and the surface dlsced or narrowed to fine mulch about three inches deen. One and one-fourth bushels of south ern grown wheat should be sown- -osr acre either in dril or broadcast. Drili- 1 ing is best, if one has the machinery In case of broadcasting. the wheat should be covered with disc or small blows. The best varieties are Mediterranea Leap Alabama Blue stem, Fulcast sr and Fultz After the wheat is properly sown no other labor is necessary until harvesting time. with the exception of applying about 75 to 100 pounds of ni- trate of soda or su1phate of ammonia per acre about April 1. good appli- cation of nitrate is generally conceded to approximately double the yield of wheat. Whatever else you do, sow sope wheat. Begin to prepare now. Pr0crastination and other hindrances Your country is calling and it is the duty of every patriot to respond
 The short corn crop must be met 1 by a greater acreage in oats. We will not feel the shortage in the corn crop until next spring when the situa- tion will become acute. Corn will be l high and almost unobtainab1e at any price. A large crop of oats coming on l in June will relieve this situation. Fall sown oats yield about twice as much ' as spring oats. It is true that fall oats sometimes get winter killed but this is rarely the case. It has happened par tially twice in recent years but prior 1 to that time many crops have gone through the winters unharmed. 1t may l be good many years before we have any more winter killing. It is mat ter of patriotic duty and personal wis 1 dom that every farmer strive to meet 1 this deficit with an increased oat crop l Sow oats in the fall and do not wait until winter weather increases the danger of securing stands.
 Sow rye for winter grazing. It will keep your live stock in good condition and tend to economize the consump- l tion of corn and other feeding stuff l There will not be feeding stuff crisis In Alabama, but it is our duty to econ I omize and help the other states where a crisis threatens to become serious l If not distressing. ]. A. WADE.
 Commissioner of Agriculture and Ir- dustries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Kitchen Does Canning

The Liberty kitchen at Orlando. F1a., has had to be turned into a regular cannery to meet the tremendous de- mand there for canning instruction. The large number of farmers and housewives who are cooperating in this line of conservation show that the community has caught the canning spirit. Canned products are being put out daily by the 100 quarts and the women who have received instructions from the home demonstration agent at the kitchen are working now at home following government directions. Com stant demands for bulletins on all kinds of subjects are received. Many of these coming from people in the northern states show that the tourists of last winter have not forgotten the demon stration kitchen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Cottage Cheese Campaign

Over 5so.000 pounds of cottage cheese has been made and consumed in homes |as a result of the campaign to in crease the making and consumption of cottage cheese of good quality under taken last spring by the dairy division |co-operating with the state relations
 service af the United States department
 of agriculture. Educational work has
 been done in i40 states largely through the instrumentality of the women home demonstration agents. Over 2000 meet
 ings and demonstrations have been held
 Before 100000 people. As a result 41.- S499 persons have been encouraged to
 take up the manufacture of cottage
 cheese Not only has the manufac-
 turing end been demonstrated but uses in cookery have also been explained. The campaign, the result of which will continue to spread. has shown the peo-
 pie of the United States means of
 utilizing skim milk in the home and creamery in the preparation of a val- uable food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19

for example, the Hanred an improved stfain of Crimean wheat. is commoslF grown in place of the Turkey a1d i<har- koc Tho introduction of these hard red winter Nh7ats into lie Co u3nsa+ basin of Oregon and Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific northwest, has
 increased yield and quality of the wheat produced Poorer varieties are being dis placed rapidly.
 SEE THE SEED IN THE FIELD
 Tho best way to be sure that the seed wheat is free from mixture with other varieties and also from weeds and diseases is to inspect the growing field. Each farmer should do this in his own fields and neighborhood. When his own variety is not we'll adapted or otherwise of good quality. he should inspect fields Of aGapted varieties grown by some of his heighbors and arrange to obtain seed from them after threshing. In many in stances he can arrange to have special care given to this field at threshing time in order to prevent mixture. Such care is Especially desirable this year, when the srpply of seed wheat retained on the farms probably is smaller than ever before. If the best seed available is not free from weed seeds, the best pos sble claning should be given it.
 Seeding with a drill always is advisable. In general, early seeding gives better results than late seeding. Where there is dangr from the Hessian fly the time Of eeding should be in accordance with the best advice given on this subject for each section of the country. A chart showing the wheat-sowing dates to thwart Hessian fly may be obtained from the United States department of agri- culture at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
Government Exhibits

The joint committee on government ex hibits, representing the departments of agriculture. war. navy, interior and com merce, the food administration and the committee on public information, has an- nounced a display of exhibits showing the war time and other activities of the federal agencies. These exhibits will be shown over five circuits of the larger fairs and expositions. covering pract- cally the entire country and running from August 10 to December 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19
USE RIGHT KIND OF WHEATSEED

Many bushels can be added to the 1919 liberty wheat harvest and farmers can reap added profits from increased yields with no more than the usual labor or expense if the variety of seed sown this fall is pure and is well adapted to the locality. say specialists of the United Sts tes department of agriculture. The seed should be free from noxious weed seeds and not infested by destructive plant diseases. It should be clean, plump and heavy. If there is doubt about what variety produces the best yields in a given locality, the grower should con- suit his county agent, state agricultural college, or write to the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C.
 USE HOMEGROWN STOCKS
 Homegrown wheat should be useu for seed wherever possible. The best seed to get is that of an adapted variety which has beer grown continuously in the lo- cahty for sometime. provided it is pure The ideil that varieties run out" If grown lorg in one section is only an expression, for the fact that they are allowed to become mixed and weedy and disease infected. Changing the kind of W eat grown should be done only for tine purpose of getting proved better variety It is often desirable to do this, provided it is demonstrated beyond ques- tion. that the new variety is better for ttat locality.
 so-called new" varieties, extravaganty advertised at fancy prices. should be dis regarded completely. The varieties recom- mtnded by the state experiment stations or other authorities for the several 's- tricts within a state or region ar tine ones which should be grown. In Kansas,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19

 to hogoff an acre of corn which would let the hogs have access at any time to more than they will clean up in 10 days.
 Alfalfa is perhaps the best of all green forages for hogs. It starts growth early in the spring, If kept moderately grazed or if moved at in- tervals it keeps green all summer. Al. falfa will not stand close grazing with hogs 1T grazed, sufficient acreage should be allowed So that at least one. and preferably two, cuttings for hay may be made each season, Such light grazing does not seem to injure the stand
 Red clover. crimson clover, soy beans, cowpeas, rape and, in the south, vel vet beans and peanuts are also valua- ble forage crops which the hogs can harvest for themselves,
 CHEAPEST PORK FROM PASTURE
 The cost. of pork is reduced mate rially by the use of pasture and for age crops. but it is desirable to feed some grain in addition. In certain sections of the country, where the pas lures are luxuriant mature hogs arS maintained in an apparently satisfae- tory condition on pasture alone. The practice should not be followed in the 
 they will become thin and stunted if compelled ito live on pasture alone Hog raisers differ widely regarding the quantity of grain that should be fed to hogs while on pasture. Some feeders give the hogs all the grain they will consume. Others feed a daily ra- tion qual to about two or three per cent of the live weight of the hog. Still others allow pigs to run on pas ture feeding at one per cent grain ra- tion
 distinction should be made be- tween such forage crops as soy beans, cowpeas, peanuts and velvet beans which are hogged off when the seed is mature of nearly mature, and green forage. such as oats. sweet potatoes, and clover With the former not so much grain is needed. and what is fed. usually corn, is merely to balance the ration. while with the latter 8 we'll balanced grain ration gives the best results The self-feeder may be used safely however, with all crops, Healthy hogs that have as much feed as they will consume give good returns for all they eat. The foregoing statements apply to growing hogs which are to be marketed for pork. Mature brood sows where no great increase of weight Is desired, are often kept on green forage alone. except those with sucking pigs should receive in addition to the for age a grain ration of such quantity as they will clean up readily when fed two or three times a day 9z
 The carrying capacity of the various Supplementary forage crops varies widely, according to the growth of the crop As rule. it. is safe to graze them at the rate of 10 to Is 100-pound shotes to the acre. A greater num- Der will shorten the grazing period, and fewer animals will lengthen it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19

Federal regulations require that all animals used in tho preparations or testing of anti-hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus both of which are used in the treatment of hogs in the prevention of hog cholera, be procured from farms and not transported through stock yards or similar places where they might be exposed to contagious diseases As an additional safeguard, all animals must not only be inspected by bureau veterinarians at the timA they are presented for admission to i- censed establishments. but each animal is carefully inspected at the time of in oculation, us well as immediately be- fore bleeding for the production of either virus ot serum.
 TESTING PRODUCTS
 Veterinary biological products after being properly prepared, are tested by laboratory methods and upon animals to determine whether they are free from contaminating organisms and will accomplish the object for which they are intended,
 Federal inspectors, as we'll as em- ployes of establishments. are required to keep satisfactory records relative to the inspection and manufacture of all products. In the year 1917, 25o,- 041, ,290 cubic centimeters of anti-hog cholera serum were collected in li- censed establishments Of this amount 1,Sc7106 cubic centimeters were de- stroycd as unfit for use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-19

The national war labor board disap- proves of the employment of children
 under l4 years of age. on government