Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-05-13
farm MEETING
NEAR HARRISBURG
County Agent and Home Demonstration
Hold Demonstration Meeting mt
w. E. Pettinger Farm
TESTING VARIETIES OF CORN
Well Known Farmers Of County are
Testing Different Varieties OF

i County Agent Christensen and Miss
Florence Watkins, home demonstration
for Hamilton county, conducted a de-
monstration at the w. Z. Pettinger
home south Of harrisburg Friday after
noon. The meeting was very largely
attended and spirit of enthusiasm
prevailed, which speaks we'll for the
success of the governments increased
efficiency and war program in Liberty
township.
Mrs. Pettinger is township director
of the Hamilton County Home Demon
stration Bureau, and has plans for or
ganizing working committees in each
of the four corners of the district. out
side of the central section. A similar
plan will be adopted in the other town
ships Of the county.
Talk on Food Values.
Miss Watkins, the home demonstra-
ton agent, talked briefly on relative
food values and the new conservation
methods, which she followed by a
practical demonstration. She prepared
and served delicious potato pudding
cornmeal-potato mullins, and potato
drop cakes. The recipe for the pud-
ding follows, the other recipes having
been previously given:
Potato pudding
One and one-fourth cups mashed
potatoes.
Four tablespoons fat.
Two eggs, we'll beaten.
| One-half cup milk.
| One-fourth teaspoon salt.
Two tablespoons sugar.
One tablespoon lemon Juice ami
rind).
One-half cup raisins and nut meats.
! Boil potatoes, mash, and add fat,
eggs, milk, lemon juice, grated rind
and sugar. Beat all ingredients to-
gether and bake in creased dish three
fourths of an hour or longer. Honey
or syrup may be substituted for sugar.
Corn Tests.
Mr.. Christensen discussed the mat
ter of increased production Of soy
beans and alfalfa and the variety test
of corn experiment was also gone into
very thoroughly.
Outlined briefly the variety test of
corn work, under the Craftsmanship of
Bureau Director w. J. Irving, is one
CT the most important now under way.
Eight varieties of corn have been
planted on the Irving farm southwest
of Webster City to determine which
variety will give the greatest produc-
ton, not necessarily the best show
corn but the most hog feed. October
10 is the date set for the corn to be
matured. Each separate plot is ninety
hills long and four hills wide, making
a tenth of an acre for each variety
test.
The corn for the test is furnished
by Hamilton county farmers. Who
they are and the variety Of corn they
are testing follows:
Tjernagel Brothers, Story City,
Reds Yellow Dent.
| Eli Maland, Jewell, Golden King.
| Frank Bickford, Webster City, Reds
Yellow Dent.
David Hunter, Webster City, Silver
King, also Yellow Dent.
| w. J. Irving, Webster City, his own
improved calico corn, Reds Yellow
Dent and Silver King.
| The matter of increased production
of sugar beets was also brought up b.
the Bureau representatives. TO facili-
tate this, more than hundred pack
ages of sugar beet seed, furnished by
the government. has been distributed
over the county and more can be had
on request. The campaign for increased
sugar production is for the purpose of
providing a syrup that is easily made
in the home to take the place of sugar.
Miss Watkins will have bulletins and
will give demonstrations along this
line of work later in the season.
| -WS.S-
| Harold DaErauce and Harry Parker
have returned from Fort Dodge where
they tried to enlist in the navy. Har-
weight and Harry was rejected because
his eyes are weak. Harold plans to