The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-05
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. D. Gray
DEDTOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers

\ounty rams
armers
of doing much of the rugged farm
work which heretofore has fallen al.
most entirely to the lot of men. AL.
ready In this country because Of the
summ0ning of hundreds of thousands
Of young men for war service. woman
and girls are performing certain light
or forms of manual labor previously
considered as suitable only! for men.
In England France. and other Euro
pean countries, where great armies Of
men have been withdrawn from in
dustry, millions OF women and girls
are taking their places and doing
many kinds of manual labor for which
before the war men alone were con.
sidered available, including the plow.
ing and cultivating of fields with i'm.
plements drawn by tractors. Thus,
the rapidly increasing use of the farm
tractor seems likely, by greatly aug
menting the food supply and releasing
large numbers of men for war service,
to become deciding factor in winning
the war for the allies.
Tracy Chapman, an extensive land
owner residing near Vail, went to
Omaha last Friday in an effort to EN-.
ploy five men to cultivate corn on his
land. The Sac county agent reports q
shortage Of farm labor in that county
and says Sac county farmers must
have more help and at once"
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Young cucumber plants are often de-.
stroyed by the cucumber beetle. 1t Is
possible to protect the plants by COW
ering them with small wooden frames
over which mosquito netting has been
stretched Air slaked lime sprinkled
over the small plants is, an added pro.
lection against the cucumber beetle.
While making q fifteen miaute call
at the Office Of the; county agent: last
ed who were looking, for help. Mr..
ten calls for help on the. Crawford
county farms. 1t looks like the short
age Of farm labor which I predicted
some time ago has arrived. II you
know of anyone who has had expert.
ence on the farm and wants job it
would be advisable to notify the coun.
1 y agent.
Dear Juveniles: l read in the last
Sunday Nonpareil letter written by
Henry Quick of Pacific Junction,
Iowa. He asked how many boys could
beat what he had done. think l am
one who has done it. am boy II
years old next month, June 30th.
helped my papa plOw seventy acres of
corn ground and used walking. plow
and three horses. ] narrowed it
three times with a three section har-
row and four horses. Now l am har-
rowing itwitls- athreesoection- harrow
and three horses. Idisked 1t over two
times. I sowed most Of our oats, 80
acres, and narrowed 1t two times. The
reason why think l can beat him is
because l am two years younger. l
90 to school when am not helping
papa. have missed the last two
months. l have brother 8 years old.
He goes to school. have little Sis
ter 4 years old. Blanchard and Ruby
are their names.-Clio McAlexander,
Dunlap. Iowa.
Barley -four is the best, cheapest
and most accessible substitute flour on
the market. 1t is light colored and
contains enough gluten to be used for
wheat -four in any kind of recipe ex.
cept, perhaps, yeast bread The fol.
lowing precautions should, however,
be observed in its use:
l. Barley flours are not uniform in
nj, off syn nd 49, IN ho
added varies little.
2. Barley -four absorbs more water
than wheat -four, therefore the barley
muffin or cake batter will seem little
sitter than II made with an equal
amount of wheat flour.
3. Since one cup Of barley -four
weighs but ounces, while one cup Of
wheat -four weighs I. the -four should
be sifted once, and about tablespoons
more added to each cup Of -four called
for. -... 80 49,. ..
a. The addition Of egg is almost
necessary to secure a good muffin or
biscuit mixture made with barley.
s. The flavor Of barley mixture Is
Objectionable to some persons, when
used alone. This may be overcome II
a small amount Of cornstarch, potato
nOur, corn nOur, corn meal or mashed
potatoes Is substituted for part OF the
barley -four. A dash of mace Or nut
meg imposes shortcake doughs.
6. The better texture and more
moisture are obtained in barley mix
lures is Il cup Of cold mashed potatoes
are added with every cup OF barley
flour.
Z. Mullins, breads and cakes made
with barley and other substitute flours
should bake longer and at lower tenn
perature than those made with wheat
-four.
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France Is not bled white! That Is
not true and your sons and brothers
fighting in France know that 1t ID not
true. France is holding her own; she
has every confidence in the future and