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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-05-17
Try These Potato Recipes.

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POTATO PANCAKES
| raw potatoes grated Qarge)
II teaspoon salt
tablespoon milk
egg beaten
tablespoons -four
Mix the above ingredients, beat
thoroughly and cook on hot griddle.
CHEESE AND POTATO (English)
cups raw potato sliced thin
ounces fat
4 ounces grated cheese
cloves garlic chopped fine
teaspoons salt
teaspoon pepper
Arrange in baking dish using alter
nate layers of potato, cheese, fat add
seasoning. Cover tightly and bake in
moderate oven until the potatoes are
tender (lhonr). Decorate with
chopped parsley and serve in the bak-
ing dish. THE use OF garlic gives the
cheese favor milling parmesan. J
Have you learned TO say, please
pass the potatoes. You used to
say, Please pass the bread, but that
was before the Kaiser decided that he
should rule the world.
You aren't just asked to get this
new habit. Ii you honestly believe
in the flag of the United States and
the cause OF democracy, you must eat
potatoes. You must see to it that
your family does it. Not every other
day, but every day, twice day, three
times d day, even.
If you try these two recipes today,
yol'll say, "Please pass the potatoes, .
wit h new enthusiasm.
POTATO O'BRIEN
cups diced cooked potato
tablespoon flour
tablespoon fat
cup SKINNED milk
teaspoon Salt
/ teaspoon pepper
green pepper cooked and chopped
cup grated American cheese
] cup bread crumbs
Make the sauce, using the fat, flour,
milk and seasoning. Mix the green
pepper with the white sauce and
cheese. Put in baking dish and
cover with the bread crumbs and
brown in y hot oven. Note: Canned
red pepper can be used in place of
green pepper.
POTATO BISCUIT
/ cup mashed potato
cup -four >
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons fat
cup water or milk (about)
Sift together flour, baking powder
and salt. Work in the fat with fork
or knife Add pc tato and mix
thoroughly. Then add enough liquid
TO make soft dough. Roll the dough-
lightly to about ! inch in thickness.
Cut into biscuits and bake II to Is
minutes in hot oven.
Unless we can assure France that
the army shall be fed, unless we can
continue to feed our army and help to
feed the army Of Great Britain. we
have almost positive assurance Of a
German victory and q German peace.
Your wife, knowing these things,
will serve potatoes as a substitute for
bread. She will take all wheat bread
from the table for Two meals day,
and you and your family will be asked
to actually s'fill up ON potatoes.
Boiled, baked and mashed potatoes
are old friends, but these two recipes,
suggested by the Home Economics
Department. of the College of Agricul-
ture, may be ne W to your table. Il
not, pass them on TO your neighbors.
CORN AND POTATO CHOWDER.
pint canned corn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Sunshine and Exercise

Sunshine and exercise rank next in
Importance to deep milking dam for
rapid growth of spring pigs. &ilk
and some grain will make 60 per cent
of the growth but the other 40 per
cent results from warm sunlight and
activity. Light alone is not sufficient
In order to give young narrowed pigs
more exercise so that they will not de-
velop ''thumps" during the month of
March and the early part of April
before the sows and filters are turned
out on an early forage crop the pigs
should be taken away from the SOW
an hour or two each day. This can
be done with a minimum of labor by
turning the pigs into an alleyway adj
joining the narrowing pens. Tempo
rary hurdles can be Set up in the alley
so that two or three litters can lie
turned out at the same time. A little
cracked corn and crushed oats with
the coarse hulls sifted out can be scat
tered on a limited area of the alley
floor when the young pigs are hurdled
Pigs will commence to eat grain at a
very early age and should be given
all they will consume in addition to
the milk of the mother. As soon as
the weather warns up permanently in
April, the sows together with thei-
filters should be turned on pasture
1t is profitable to allow young pigs
all the grain thew will consume in
addition to the milk of the dam. 4
grain mixture of 400 pounds corn meal,
900 pounds wheat middlings. 100
pounds 60 per cent tankage is sat-
'isfactory feed combination for pigs
prior to and after weaving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Care of Farm Machinery

1t is a saying that farm machinery
does not wear out: it rusts out. I" This
can largely be prevented; it will cost
trouble, but it will save money.
Don't leave your implements in the
field overnight without shelter. If it is
too TAR to haul them back to the barn at
night, cover the cutting and working
parts so as to protect them from damp.
When implements are stored they should
be raised slightly off the floor or ground
away from dirt, straw. trash and manure
When using tillage implements have the
wearing surfaces secured, and keep them
in this condition. No such implement
works properly when it does not scour,
which is especially true of soil prepare
ton implements and cultivators. When
through with one Of these implements
coat the bright surfaces with axle grease
1t is imperative at the present time
that every precaution possible be taken
to lengthen the life of machinery. Raw
materials are scarce, labor difficult to
secure, and In addition to the domestic
demands the American manufacturer
must supply our allies with farm imple-
ments. In some lines, orders from
France and England have increased 800
per cent since the war started Here ia
an opportunity to render direct service.
Care for the American machinery. there
by making available an adequate SUNNY
for our allies across the sea-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Treating Bloat in Cattle

In early spring it is well to guard
new pasture especially alfalfa or clover
During the first few days, until the cat
tie become accustomed to the fresh grass
they are especially liable to this trouble
Pasture which is wet with rain or dew
will cause blooating more quickly than
dry pasture. If cattle are turned in the
field in early morning and any other
time when they are especially hungry.
they are very likely to eat too much.
1t is generally advisable to allow them
to first fill up on old hay, straw or blue
grass pasture, before admitting to the
alfalfa or clover.
If bloat once appears, it can sometimes
be treated by drenching as soon as the
first signs of bloat are noticed, with
three tablespoonfuls of formalin in a
quart of water, followed by moderate ex-
ercise If it is not noted in it's first
stages it will be necessary to tap the
animal in order to give Immediate relief
This is done by means of the canula and
troear. If time permits, be sure that the
instrument is thoroughly washed and
sterilized in boiling water. Go to the
left side of the animal and plunge the
trocar in the middle of the triangular
depression in front of the left hip bone
Slant the trocar slightly forward and
downward.
Although there is danger of bloat at
any season during the year, it is much
more likely to occur during the early
spring months. However, by prompt use
of the formalin solution or the trocar in
extreme cases, many valuable animals
can be saved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Save and Sell Straw

The removal from farms and ranges 10
army camps of nearly third Of mil
lion horses and mules has increased the
market demand for straw for beding sew
eral hundred tons per week. The prices
at army camps and large markets have
naturally influenced the price of this COM
modify on local markets. and the straw
that was formerly burned or allowed to
be trampled down ~-by stock will now
bring enough on the market to leave a
good margin Of profit to farmers over
the cost of baling and shipping. The
market price of straw is now between
IS and 80 per ton. and there is good
demand for almost any kind of straw
Farmers who are not in the habit of
selling straw. but who can advaptageou
" do so, should bale their surplus or ar
range to do 30 during the present year.
Since the war department naturally pre-
fers to buy from those who can furnish
large quantities regularly individual
farmers can either sell their surplus
through regular trade channels or unite
with each other and ship comparatively.
II Is suggested that farmers consult their
county agricultural agents regarding the
cost 81 balin0 and shipping. the kind Of
|ptraR ~ greatest demands market grades
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
COTTAGE CHEESE CAMPAIGN

To encourage the use, as well as the
making of cottage cheese, a cheap and
palatable substitute for meat, the United
States department of agriculture has
launched a campaign in which nearly 100
field workers will take part, and which
is to carry to every state in the union
this lesson:
Cottage cheese is made from skim milk,
now largely wasted or fed to animals. A
pound of cottage cheese has the same
food value as a pound of meat. Make
cottage cheese, and thus put to valuable
use wasted skim milk. Eat cottage
cheese; save the meat for our soldiers
and the allies
Three of the big divisions of the de-
partment of agriculture are working in
the campaign, which also has the coop
Grafton OF the United States food admin
istration.
The bureau of animal industry, through
its dairy division, is sending AZ women,
dairy agents, to as many states to stlm-
ulate the making of cottage cheese on
farms and also to cooperate with urban
demonstration agents in encouraging the
use of cottage cheese on city tables. The
state relations service has sent a party
of women INSTRUMENTATION agents to
various cities to demonstrate many new
and attractive cottage cheese dishes orig
mated IN Uncle Sans food laboratories
in Washington From Cleveland the
home-demonstration workers will go sep
arately to the other cities and towns to
repeat their work. The bureau of mar
kets meanw lille, is sending agents to the
cities visited by the home-d emonstra-
ton campaign. The markets men are
getting in touch with wholesale and re-
tail distributors of cottage cheese. Twen-
ty-two men also are sent out by the
dairy division to encourage the proIuc-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Cutting the Feed Bill
BY L. r. MCCAIN
Louisiana Stat. University

Because of the present high price
of feed, swine raisers should pay e5-
pecial attention to the production OF
pasture and forage crops.
AS the existing high price OF corr
seems to be the result of poor ship
ping facilities and not an actual
shortage of corn, there is some hope
that the price will come down; but
we have no assurance of this. IT IS,
therefore, the business of every hog
raiser to plant enough pasture and
forage crops to supply an abundance
of feed which with the addition of d
limited amount of grain will keep the
hogs growing and gaining rapidly. If
the plan is followed the producer will
have his hogs ready for market py
late fall. and thus get the advantage
of the usual high mark in pork prices
at that time. A small amount Of corn
planted so that it will mature by the
middle of July will help greatly in
pushing the pigs to marketable
weight by September. Soy beans or
&c wpeas should be planted in the corn.
One thing which the hog grower
has in his favor is the indication that
the markets are paying a premium
for light weight hogs, and since the
cheapest gains can be made on small.
Young animals the producer will still
have an advantage in spite of the ex-
listing price of feeds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18

Handling Dairy Heifers

Great care must be used in handling
the dairy heifer through her first milk
ing period The teats and udder should
be rubbed and handled to develop them
FOR sometime previous to calving. This
Will also make the heifer gentle and she
wiz not care so much for being MIXED
after the calf has come. The udder will
also have a better development than it
would have had had it never been han
died. Ii the heifer is never handled in
TINS mannr until after the calf has come,
it is often a difficult proposition to teach
her to stand while she is being MIXED
We think it is a good plan to begin with
the heifer when she is quite young, teach
ing them to lead with halter and never
allowing them to be cruelty treated
cow seldom is ill-tempered if she is
rightly treated while young. If, when
handling a heifer, she should xxx, it
is very unwise to punish her for it, Too
much kindness cannot be shown the dairy
heifer The dairy COW will respond to
good treatment more than any other farm
animal. l don't believe a COW was ever
cured of any habit by beating in any
form. We have the heifer battered be-
fore attempting to handle her teats
One should be as quiet as possible in
handling the hefer. They do not take
well to noise, and show their disapproval
by holding up on the milk. They should
De MIXED as near at regular hours as
possible. Habits formed through cows
first milking period usually follow her
through life. 1t pays well to be very care
full about the way she is handled.
If the heifer's teats are sore she can't
be blamed if she kicks from milking. A
little vaselne rubbed on the teats once
a day will keep them smooth and vel
vetry. The mixer should be kind and
sympathetic. If he is not, he has no
business around the dairy hefer
The milking should be done as quietly
and quickly as possible and it is very
important that the hefer be MIXED clean
and dry few drops of milk left in the
udder will be the means of drying up
the flow.
1t is not a good practice to begin feed
ing the heifer at milking time. Some
don't demand it, while others will not
give down their milk unless they are
given some form of feed. We like best
to feed them before milking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Value of Snakes

They are good friends to the farmer and
the worst enemy of rodents, the pest of
the farm. The snake should not be
killed, but allowed to go his way as
the best rat-killer the world possesses
Mr. Norton, writing in American For
estry, says:
Rodents are destroyers of farm prod
ucts, cause loss by fire through gnawing
matches and insulation from electric
wires, of human life, through germ
carrying, particularly the bubonic plague.
Before the war the department of agri-
culture placed the bill at $500, 900, one
fifth of which represented the loss of
grain. With advanced prices this is in
creased. The explanation of the big
figures representing damage from rodents
is due to their vast numbers, owing to
the characteristic fecundity of the
species One investigator paired two COM
mon house rats late in December. By the
middle of the next September he had
$50 rats.
Reptiles are very important factor
in the natural work of restraining the
too rapid increase of rodents. Practi-
cally all our snakes feed upon rodents.
One in particular which has a wide
range is the Lampropelts doiatus tri-
angulus milk snake. house snake, spotted
adder, eheckered adder, which finds 80
per cent of it's diet in small mammals.
This reptile. together with dozens of
others, is absolutely harmless, defense
less and in no way destructive, though
many ridiculous tales are told about it,
Nonpoisonous snakes should be protect
ed and encouraged to breed Teach the
children to recognize the common house
snake as a friendly rat-killer, who helps
protect the crops and the chicken yard
from a common and expensive pest Out
of III species of snakes only II are pois-
onous The copperhead, the moccassin
and the rattlesnake are to be avoided, but
reptiles never attack except in self-de-
Tense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Beef Conservation

The necessity for beef conservation
in the United States is strikingly evil
dent from these facts about home con-
sumption and war requirements,
Exports of beef from the United
States is strikingly evident from these
facts about home consumption and war
requirements.
Exports of beef from the United
States to the allies, the last two years
have averaged about 22,000.000 pounds
per month, compared with less than
100000 pounds per month before the
war.
Our own army apparently uses about
100000 pounds per month more than
was normally consumed by these men
before they took up the hard work of
being soldiers Our cattle h1s not in
creased notably, and yet domestic beef
consumption in, the United States has
risen from about 10 pounds per person
annually to about so pounds during the
past five years. The practical immedi-
ate solution of the problem as a nation
wide measure is to reduce the use of
beef at least an eighth, thus getting
back to pre-war consumption.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Shortage in Canned Goods

Men who have looked ahead and studied
the conditions as they exist today are
saying that if the people of the south do
not grow their own vegetables and small.
fruits and can them. they will not be able
TO have them on their tables in the near
future
1t is generally believed that. with the
increasing demand for canned goods at
the front, the supply for home use will be
gradually decreased and the only way
the people of this country will be able
to enjoy them will be to raise and can
them at home.
With this condition confronting them
~ oehooves everybody to get busy and
pant every available inch of ground,
ieeo themselves and put away what they
nase 70 spare Tor the seasons when they
cannot grow them fresh.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Breeding Associations

Live stock breeding associations have
many advantages over the each man
for-himself plan. When a number OF
farmers are raising. the same kind OF
stock they club together in buying
foundation animals. A few farmers can
buy sire comparatively and in this way
secure a better one than any one farmer
could afford to buy alone. When this
sire has been used two or three year $
and can no longer be used another set
of farmers can use it: the two sets OF
farmers can exchange sres. In this
way the good sire can be kept in the
community.
When a good many farmers are raising
the same breed of stock SO much of il.
will be produced that the community
will become noted for it's stock, which
brings market. The cattle breeds
association will help improve the quail
ity of the stock and it will bring the
market right to the community.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Keep the Milk Sweet

Loss will be prevented by keeping the
milk from souring. Both babies and bac-
terra thrive on milk; hence it is not in
frequent that the bacteria are first to
enjoy this very delicate food. While
sour milk is not harmful to persons of
maturer years it is the cause of much
intestinal disorders in babies The dairy
man who sells milk which is in the least
degree removed from sweet is advertis-
ing to his more thoughtful customers the
fact of improper attention being given
the milk beforde it is delivered to the
customers door. Too much emphasis can
not be laid upon the certainty that milk
prematurely soured contains dirt. Dirt is
loaded with bacteria. Dirt and bacteria
should be kept out of the milk
Sufficient care in drawing and proper
handling after being drawn will very
greatly aid in this matter of keeping milk
sweet
Bacteria will not sour milk unless they
grow in it. 1t is therefore of the greatest
necessity that their growth should be pre-
vented by placing in a cool place imme-
diately after drawing. OF course, milk
will sour. no matter how carefully looked
after if allowed to remain in a warm
place; but cleanliness and proper cooling
will very greatly reduce the loss.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Keep Up Work Stock

The work stock is the motive power on
the farm. and if we are to accomplish
what is needed in maximum crop produc-
ton we must see to it that the STOCK
are Kept up to the highest state of ef
ticiency 1t will not only acconpliss
more IN the line of production, but will
save loss to the owners themselves
Many of our farm stock are rendered
temporarily unworkable through injuries
that could very easily be avoided saws
Dr. w. H. Dalrymple of the louisa ma
state university "A badly fitting collar.
will often lay an animal off work until
the injury it has done has recovered. a
bride that is too tight, or too short. will
frequently cause injury to the back of the
poll, and draw the bit SO tight that il
will cut deeply into the angles of the lin.
"Backbands are very frequently abused
by placing them too far back, often over
the loins making the animal pull by the
loins, which is the weakest part of the
back, and often causing paralysis of
the hind parts. Plow traces should have
straight pull from the names to the
single-tree. The backbank is only meant
to keep the traces from falling down
when the animal is turning, or when they
are otherwise loose. If the pillow goes
to deep, the pillow itself should be fixed
and not remedied by injurying the ami
NAL through placing the backband too
far back.
The hooks of the stock frequently
grow too long and upset the balance of
the feet in unshod animals, causing
lameness, etc. The hoofs should be kept
trimmed down to about normal size or
allowing a little for wear Split hoofs
often occur from neglect to keep them
periodically trimmed and in good shape.
These are few of the more impor-
tant conditions that render animals UNI
fitted to perform regular work. but which
could, and ought, to be prevented by a
little ordinary cate and observation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-04-18
Rupture Kills
1000 Annually

Seven thousand persons each year are laid
away the burial certificate being marked
ones had neglected themselves or had been
merely taking caro- Of the sign .lswellinsl Of the
affection and paying no attention TO the cause.
What are you doingf Are You negiecting
yourself BY wearing tru1s, appliance, or
whatever namc You choose 70 call 1t? At best,
the truss il only . makcslift 80 false prop
against . collnpsing wall - aud cannot be ex.
pected to act q more than mere mechanical
support: The binding pressnre retasds blood
muscles Of that which they need most -
nourishmeut.
But science has found WY, and every truss
sufferer In the land II invited 70 mako FREE
test right in the privacy Of their own home.
Tho PLAPAO method - CGQueGtionably the
most scientific, logical and successful ell.
treatment for rapture the world has ser
known.
Tho PLAPAo PAD whom adhsring clcsrly
Of .place, {hsEeaore,. cannot chaSe or pinch.
s. ussd Whit soa wosk nd ~ vhiist you sisep.
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