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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
HOW TO CUT and
DRAW A CHICKEN
Simple Method Is Outlined That
Makes the Best of a Very
Unpleasant Task.
REAL ART IN PREPARATION
Housewives Everlasting Bugaboo
Loses Half Its Terrors When Plan
Shown In Illustration Is Fol-
lowed Carefully.

Cleaning chickens-the housewives
everlasting bugaboo-loses half its ter
ro-s when done by this quick and eco
nomical method. There is a real art
Ill drawing and cutting up chicken
for cooking or canning. BY carefully
following the directions given here, the
entire digestive tract Is removed with
out coming In contact with the meat |;
and the flesh and bones from whole
bird may be fitted neatly into quart
jar.
The bird should not be fed for "a
hours before killing. 1t should be
killed by sticking in the roof Of the
mouth and picked dry. When the
feathers have been removed and the
pin feathers drawn, the bird should be
cooled rapidly. AS soon as IL has been
properly cooled 1t should be s.pged and
washed carefully with a brush and
Night soap suds, If necessary.
Cutting Up and Drawing.
1. Remove the wings after cutting
off the tips at the first joint.
2. Remove the foot, cutting ut the
knee joint.
3. Remove the leg at the hip or sad
die joint.
a. Cut through the connecting joint
to separate the thigh from the leg.
s. Cut through the neck bone at the
head with sharp knife, being care
full not to cut the windpipe or gullet.
With the index finger separate the
windpipe and gullet from the neck,
and cut through the skin to the wing
opening. Leave the head attached to
the windpipe and gullet and loosen
these from the neck down as far as the
crop.
6. With sharpened knife cut
around the shoulder blade, pull 1t out
of position and break 1t.
z. Find the white spots on the ribs
and cut along them through the ribs.
Cut back to and around the vent and
loosen 1t.
o. Leaving the head attached, loosen
the windpipe, gullet and crop, and re-
move the digestive tract from the bird,
pulling II back toward the vent. Re
move the lungs and kidneys with the
point Of knife and cut of the neck
close to the body.
.. Cut through the backbone Mt the
joint or just above the diaphragm and
remove the oil sack.
10. Separate the breast from the
backbone by cutting through on the
white spots and break.
r. III. Cut In sharp at the point Of the
.brsastbons, cutting away the wishbone
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

and also taking with 1t the meat.
u. Cut the fillet from each side of
the breastbone. Bend In the bones OF
the breastbone.
Packing for Canning.
Use quart jar. Pack the saddle
withc thigh inside; the breastbone
with thigh inside the backbone and
ribs with leg inside, the leg large
end downward, alongside the breast
bone; the wings; the wishbone; the
fillets; the neckbone. Do not pack the
giblets with the meat. =
Directions for the home canning of
chicken, meats, soups, fruits and
vegetables may be found in Farmers
Bulletins of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, and will be sup
piled free of charge to anyone writing
for them to the division of publica-
lions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

This House Has a Number Of Win
dows and Doors Which Can Be Open
ed to Provide Ventilation When
Weather Conditions Permit.
quarters. Cement makes satisfactory
floor, but in colder climates must be
covered with wooden false floors. A
good floor makes 1t much easier to
keep the house clean. The arrange
ment of the house should be such that
the beds and feed floors are well sep
arated.
There are two general classes of
houses-large community or station
nry, and small individual or movable.
The large house has individual pens
and Is intended for quite a number of
hogs. The advantages of the large
house are: 1t is more economical for
a large number Of hogs; it Is conven-
lent for feeding and affords provisions
for saving manure. If the house Is to
be quite large 1t Is usually advisable
to arrange the pens in two rows with
an alleyway between them. The alley
should be to 6 feet wide unless 1t is
desirable to have space for the pass
ing Of wagon. In that event the al
ley should be 8 to 10 feet wide.
Individual Hog House.
The individual house, as the name
suggests, is intended for one hog or
for a sow and her brood. One decided
advantage Of the individual or portable
house Is that 1t can be moved from
place to place and can thus be kept
sanitary and made accessible to pas
lures. There are two general styles of
individual houses, namely, the box
shaped with four upright walls and
the A-shaped. The dimensions should
be feet by 10 feet, or 8 feet by 8 feet.
Wooden floors are good, but not neces-
sary. The floor should be higher than
tire outside level of the ground, to In
sure dryness. All houses should be
sufficiently high to permit the attend
ant to move about them with compare
tive freedom. BY placing tenders on
the walls few inches from the floor,
individual houses may be used for far
rowing pens.
When a number of sows are kept on
q farm 1t may be desirable to have a
regular narrowing pen. A small house
provided with tenders serves as far
rowing pen. Tenders may be made of
by 6-inch scantling and firmly attach
cd TO the walls of the pen some @
inches above the floor. The object of
the fender is to prevent the sow over
lying young pigs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
DISTRICT ENRICHED
BY CHEESE FACTORY
Prosperity Brought to Isolated
Community In Southeast.
prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment OF Agriculture.)
Cheese making is transforming many
isolated mountainous districts of the
southeastern states into prosperous
farming communities. For many years
the remoteness of these districts ana
the lack of ready communication with
the outside world has retarded agri-
cultural development. An interesting
story of the rapid development of
small cooperative cheese factories
which, with the improvement of cows,
appears to point the way to financial
and Industrial independence, Is told in
Yearbook Separate 1877 of the United
States department of agriculture.
The first cooperative factory In this
section was put into operation In the
spring of 1915 in a mountainous Sec
ton of North Carolina. On June a
small building only IA by 16 feet was
built and equipped at cost of only
$500 and opened for business. Before
the end Of the year this modest factory
returned to its patrons almost $1,000, a
net gain Of more than $1,000, because
the total income for the sale of butter
in the community previous to the es.
tablishment of the cheese factory
averaged less than $500. About six
weeks after 1t was established another
factory, built and equipped at cost
of 1915, was started in a neighboring
community and was conducted with
equally good results.
The first factories were established
with difficulty because of lack of in
terest among the farmers, but after
the profits began to roll in II was i'm
possible to meet the demand for as
sistance and no solicitation was need
ed to induce the people to put up new
factories. The first year the factories
were opened, about $500 worth OF
cheese was made and sold. In 1916. 26
| factories were established in North
Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and West
Virginia. During last year 100000
worth of cheese was made in North
Carolina alone, and the "a factories
then in operation In the states men-
toned produced cheese which sold for
more than $125,O0O. The cost of oper-
alton, says the publication, added to
what the farmers would probably have
received from the milk If there had
been no cheese factories, would amount
to about one-fourth Of the gross re-
ceipts. Therefore, three-fourths of
this amount, or little more than $780,
600. was newly created wealth.
The effect Of the increased income
from the mountainous farms has
brought about higher standard of
living. Farm houses have been re-
modelled; roads improved; better farm
equipment introduced, and more in
terest has been taken In educational
work Of all kinds. Though some high
grade cows have been purchased and
brought into the section, the greatest
progress In dairy Improvement is
shown by the better care and more
skillful feeding of the cows already
at hand. The Introduction Of cheese
factories, the publication says, is only
the first step forward, but they fur
nish the financial support for the
movement which is slowly but certain
ly bringing prosperity to these south
ern mountain districts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
Gull the Clocks

Much of the poultry now raised on
the farm and in the backyard flock is
not as profitable as 1t should be. The
estimated production of the average
hen is not over SO eggs peryear. Dur
Ing 1915 about 1000 hens under close
observation In contest In this country
laid on the average 151 eggs. Since
these hens varied from nothing to 314
in their production. 1t is evident that
the 151 eggs are not the maximum OBJ
tainable. All poultry raisers should
Gull their flocks and keep only the best
layers. A study Of the principles Of
breeding. care and feeding win enable
poultry Keepers to accomplish this
result. .n
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

ers co-operated with the military au-
thorities at Camp Mcclellan, Admission.
In growing food for the camp mess.
The city of Mobile has 1000 war gar
dens. On many railroads. particularly
in the South, the unused portion OF
the right Of way has been given up to
gardens made productive t( section
hands and construction gangs. There
has been decided movement for fall
gardens and even for year-round gar
dens where there Is long growing
season and the "fall food acre" Of the
South has been a direct result of the
governments campaign for more home
food production.
Gardening Come to Stay.
These facts are significant as show
ing tendency, and are an index OF
activities In every state of the Union.
The most hopeful aspect of the gar
dening situation, according 20 the de-
partment officials who are willing to
venture an opinion, Is the unanimity
Of their belief that the home and COM
munity garden has come to stay, and
that those who have undertaken the
work as wartime measure will con-
tinue 1t after victory has been won.
Their opinion is based, they say.
upon the advantages which garden
ers have found: cheaper vegetables.
better quality and greater freshness,
zest and healthfulness in gardening as
recreative occupation, and the growth
of community shirt and action
through common ground of interest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
DON'T FORGET YOUR sIL0
Advice to Beef Cattle Farmer by Spe,
cialists Of Department Of
Agriculture.

"Don't forget your sllo," Is the adj
vice to the beef cattle farmer by spe-
cialists of the United States depart.
ment of agriculture. In every case,
the specialists say, sufficient acre
age to provide crops to fill the silo
should be provided by beef cattle farm
ers. This will assure that the silo
investment will yield It's proper an
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
Muk II .perfeot Foods

MIX is called perfect food" be-
cause 1t contains all the. food elements
in nearly the right proportion for
proper nutrition and In the most d.
gestible form; butter IL probably the
most attractive fat and IL 100 per
cent dIgestible; cheese has high pro-
tein value and u . good substitute fos
meat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

nual return and prevent losses COM
ing from giving the cattle more ex-
pensive feeds. The comparative cheap
ness with which, cattle can be fitted
for market with sllage insures that
well-fIIed sllos with be paying in
vestment. 1t is good farm practice,
the specialists say, to put more acre
age to silage crops than It is esti-
mated under ordinary conditions win
be necessary. This provides for un-
anticipated shortage.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
CAN YOUR COCKERELS.

This Is the season when it no
longer pays to feed the males of
the early matches. VIII you send
them to market or eat them at
home?
Can the cockerels and put a
row Of good chicken dinners on
your pantry shelf for winter
days, when the price Of poultry
goes still higher.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
HOARD

Plenty Of home-canned fruits
and vegetables.
All garden products dried that
can't be canned.
Sugarless homemade fruit
juices and sirups.
Your garden root crop In prop
er storage.
Be a patriotic hoarder.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
Keen Flies In Check.

Every farm should have as part
of its equipment sprayer Of some
sort as well as suitable fly ''dope" so
that the flies may be kept In
check as far as their tormenting the
stock Is concerned.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13
object N AppIyIno Lime.

The purpose Of applying lime to the
sojl II to correct or neutralize acid
ity or sourness Of the soil and improve
the tilth or mechanical condition.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

The normal acreage Of Irish and
sweet potatoes should be maintained
in 1913, Notwithstanding the large
crops of 1917.
This is especially true N view OF
the necessity OF releasing more wheat
for export. Potatoes, both Irish and
sweet, ARE the most popular and most
generally Used of the perishable staple
crops. Crhe department, through its
extension and publication activities, Is
encouraging their greater use, espe-
cially the use of the Irish potato as q
partial substitute for wheat In bread
making.
The yield per acre can be made
more certain by greater attention to
the selection Of dlsease-free potatoes
OF good varieties. by treatment Of seed
potatoes Immediately before planting.
and by the use Of spray: to prevent
loss from blight.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-09-13

A small, vsll-protected yard. with
as much sunshine as possible. will ~
suit IN added eggs
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-24

Bridegroom haven't seen anything
OF that $1,000 check from your father"
Brfde-You see, dear. papa heard
that your father had already given us
a and he knew we wouldn't want
any duplicate gifts, 80 he's going to
sehu Us . silver tay.i
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-24
Ships Must Have Wireless.

Every ocean steamer that leaves an
American port Is required by law to
have wireless telegraph apparatus and
operators. An act of congress, passed
In 1910, made II unlawful for any
oc~ean-going steamer carrying passen-
gers to leave or attempt to leave any
port Of the United States without be-
Ing equipped with an efficient appa-
ratus for radio communication, in good
working order, I'm charge of a person
skilled In the use Of such apparatus,
which apparatus Is capable Of trans
hitting and receiving messages over a
distance of at least one hundred miles,
night or day. After the Titanic dis
aster, in 1912, this act was amended
by providing that "the radio equipment
must be In charge of two or more per-
sons skilled in the use of such appara-
tus, one or the other of whom shall be
on duty at all times while the vessel Is
being navigated." The provision for
two skilled operators was to cover the
possibility Of n being overworked.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-24
"HER boy" A GIFT
Supreme Sacrifice for Country
Made Willingly.
Spirit Of American Women Manifested
In Statement Of One Who Had Been
Called On to Give Up All
She Had.

1t was In a Red Cross workroom
Somewhere In New York City. The
Limelight woman moved around among
the workers and talked necessarily.
my boy has gone to France" she
said ~mournfully. 81 can't get recon-
ciled. 1t doesn't seem right for a
mother to devote years to the raising
of a boy only to have him snatched
away in the twinkling of an eye. / am
patriotic enough. goodness knows-I am
willing to give everything. within rea-
son. to my country, but / can't help
but be thankful that we we're able TO
get u other two boys exempted. I
think all mothers feel that way, don't
you. Mrs. Smith? It's the mother In
u.s."
She wiped away some tears and
slowly rolled a bandage.
at is easy enough for those who
have no sons to preach these high
IDEALS" answered Mrs. South in SYM
pathy. IL am really not dependent
upon my son. but If I can keep him
from going by putting in that claim, 1
certainly shall do II. / think 1t is ev-
cry mothers right TO save her son for
herself II she can. Don't think I'm not
patriotic. Pam working every minute
In some sort of wal relief work. In
deed l have no use for these unpatri-
otto women. What do you think, Miss
Sawyer"
A frail little woman in a chair by the
window looked up from her work with
glowing eyes.
"My boy is in France, and I am glad
of It," she said simply.
"Your boy?" came In voices In uni
son.
"Yes, my boy. My sister died when
Jack was two weeks old, and I have
had him yer since. He was such a
dear little fellow, such a dependable
boy as he grew older, and such a com
fort when he reached his manhood.
He has been to me what
sweetheart, husband and children have
been to you. We were just beginning
country entered the war. For three
evenings after the presidents war mes
sage he sat without talking. / knew
what was on his mind, so the fourth
evening / told him not to think about
II any more, but just go. He said:
But you, auntie. you deserve some
case now. You have done so much for
me, and you have had such a hard
fight to make both ends meet / said,
Nonsense, the fight never hurt me.
What If the mothers of Washington
and Grant had wept and walled and
kept them at home? No, my boy, /
want you always to do a mans part,
no matter where 1t takes you or where
1t leaves you He has gone and am
glad that he has. 1 couldn't bear to
have some other woman's boy protect
ing me. II Jack does not come back,
/ shall still be glad he went--for l
didn't loan my boy to my country. !
gave him."
There was silence I'm the workroom.
The Limelight woman was staring
straight ahead of her. Mrs. South hest
tated for a moment, then leaned for
ward and tenderly patted the work.
roughened fingers which stitched so
steadily.
"Thank you," was all she said.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1918-10-24

Some small girls were skipping rope
on an East side street yesterday after
noon. The children skipped and twist
ed I'm turn, while a little mother, with
a sleeping baby In her arms, looked on
wistfully. There seemed no place to
lay the baby, and the other little girls
were far too thrilled to think of offer
ing to relieve her to her charge while
she tried her prowess. Finally she
could stand 1t no longer. Casting
around In desperation she spied one
OF the iron barrels provided by the city
for refuse paper. and thereby solved
her problem. Quickly the barrel was
turned on its side, the papers pulled
toward the top to make a soft bed. and
the baby deposited therein. Gently II
rocked In Its ~improvised cradle, sleep
Ing peacefully on.-New York Times.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC
IN HARRISBURG. ILL.

Springfield. Feb. t.-Ohjeci!on q
a01tra! authorities =, Harrisburg in
conducting IN determination OF an
Epidemic OF smallpox has reached the
>-ase where the physicians have -
e'ise1 thp~tening a.ters The state
bo2rd q; health has been appraised OF
ne Interference and steps are being
'akeR 20 arr,Nt .hc persons RESPONSE
a.e ur John y. Kapplsmau. inspect
or 81 The state board Of health was
ssG. q Saline county. when the small
~ epidemic wSs iirs, reported lie
ordered al public Institutions closed
ana after The danger at spread OF
Il" disease ami passed. Residents
toor cSc"p.i ion e. his actions and pro
les. d. Some al the holder sent
a.1ek hand" letter1 Harrisburg H.
eli has more han one hundred eases
NJ IN" plagIo. while many others are
in various places OF the county. The
s...e board OF hoa!,h has instructed
-. kGpplenan to continue his fight
AMI has assured him OF proper CO.
Ipera on from the authorities IN the
task.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04
Artificial Flies

Few people are aware OF the iact
that the making OF artificial flies loe
trout and salmon fishing Is an ar
that demands exceptional skill and
unusually good material.
There are net great mar" persons
no are able to tie artificial thea ~
az much as grea, nerve and patience
ere required. a good fly can be lGfned
?rt by an expert ia fifteen minutes
with its minutest detals--leelefs
legs, body sections, etc. and SO
firmly fastened to the hook that al
least hall a dozen game tisA can take
( before It's usefulness is impaired.
The materials used for the rest flies
ere by no means ordinary. The wines
are made from Egyptian dove feath
er', the body feelers of white tipped
cat hair and the body rings of IN Al.
ilcan jungle bird
There are variations which make
certain Tiles more expensive than o..
""s, tor example, eye brows from tn
Eimalayan brown bear, well slowa
ald unusually shaded mouse whiskers
..uman cyelashes anG babies yello
golden hair OF Just the right shad"
each ct which more rcadil. a.t2tll
ne game fish Of some par,icula, 10
cali'y.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04
ROADS OPEN LINES
FOR COAL. SUPPLY

Washington. Feb. AL plans of
the fue, administration shaped to-
night 20 make tom orrow the last OF
,Ae voorhees, Mondays.
Unless state fuel administrators in
.erposc sound statistical objections
10 the embargo on general freight
no@ In force, preferential distribu
ton 0. coal viii. after tomorrow. be
relied upon to solve the coal short
ages without suspension o! business.
McAdoo Against Closing.
Director General McAdoo is certain
voorhees, Mondays are no longer
neede
Fuel Administrator Garfield has
figured out that ne rs getting all the
relief he needs from the freight en-
hargo order
Garfield Decides Wednesday.
State fuel administrators from New
England. the middle states, Michigan
and ONO viii report 70 Or. Garfield
TUESDAY next
Dr Garfield and Director General
McAdo0 will decide Wednesday
whether 70 continue or suspend Ajhc
days.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04
WORKMEM'S RESERVE
Is AFTER 23.640.

Springfield. Feb. i-"Enrou in the
public service reserve is the slogan
OF Free Employment Bureaus OF Hi.
n1is. They have been asked TO assist
the government in securing $50 900
skilled mechanic Tor war work Oh
this number Illinois quota has been
placed at 23.G40 The government
wants thes" men to help in its ship
building and airplane work Common
laborers are also needed. The posi-
tons pay FROM - 10 $3.50 day Tor
common laDorer and from - 10 Sl5
per day for skilled workmen Men
likely 10 be called into the draft are
not valuable members The army
takes precedence over most forms OF
industrial service. Enrolment In the
reserve does not atfec; 10 any way q
members standing in the draft. The
men most needed are those having
special training in some trade
Any Illinois Free Employmen,
Agency VIII take the registration OF
the men All that Is necessary is 10
apply 10 them. The registration
period. which was opened few days
ago. VIII continue for week or ten
days longer
! Already hundreds have enlisted. Re
ports from various bureaus through.
on: the state Indicate the mon are
willing and glad to do their bit" in
this manner. and It Is predicted before
the registration closes the state viii!
easily have filled its allotment.