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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
nv CLARENCE OUsLEY.
ssi.tant Secretary of Agriculture.

Assfstaht !.
If there is no farm LABOR propieii =.
the region of your circulation you heeu
not tro,ble to read this letter. If there is
s,,oh arohIem YOU may find some sug-
suen : sr.h ssveloning as applicable
$50 +erritorv
10 eohui'ions .oa +ha s,i,i-
The Dratt.-As ~" ops- =. s....,,,o
tary draft VIII make the iease poasip .,
drain upon farm labor Distrct poaiu
are encouraged by the war uepar. .si
to reconsider cases OF Wrohs eiissilioa
ton. That is to say, wnere skli'eu i tli'
laborers or farm managers NAYS 'een
placed in Glass ! on account OF ihisui
Outstanding or lack or appreciation u
the needs of the farmers, the poarus 'aiv
encouraged to reconsider meritorious ap
plications supported by 1acts anu alt
davits made by responsible citlzens. me
provost marshal general oruer VI MOI .,y ~
IL directs local boards, IN Iuriisiins luei.
quotas for the new draft, to leave 70 Inc
last all men in Class VINO are assiou-
ousy and continuously engaged IN asri
culture. Under this order u IS no.
likely that any man actually engaged IN
agriculture will be called. even though
he be in Class l, before this year crops
are harvested. The furlough rules lust
announced give further reiief by permit
ting men to return to farms LOT emer
gency work, and provide for groups OF
soldiers who can be spared from mill
tary camps to go into surrounding re-
gions to perform farm LABOR 1or snort
period.
TOWN MUST HELP
Town Men of Farm Experience There
IL q widespread movement to mobilize
town men of farm experience for a few
DAYS 1T time. or for certains DAYS OF
the week during the periods of labor
strain IN piantlhs, cultiVa,ins OF ma
vesting. inat was zone successfully
last year IN many OF the gram regions
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Corn Flour War Biscuit

The family will like this: Cook two
cups of crushed oats as you would for
breakfast food. Use one-half sieve
wheat flour, three tablespoons sugar,
and add as much salt and sponge as
you would in making the same amount
of all-wheat bread. After mixing thor
oughly, take out on the dough board.
and work in little more flour. Work
down twice, each time working in a
little more flour as it is very sticky.
Bake in single loaves. Do not let It
get too light after placed in pans. as
Y falls easily Mrs J. w. Pattsn-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

On heaping cup of cocoanut, three
eggs, one cup of cream. one cup z
water. two heaping tablespoons OF
cornstarch. four tablespoons Of cold
water, two heaping tablespoons of butt
ter six tablespoons of sugar. Put
the milk and cream into sauce PAN,
bring to a boiling point. add the corn
starch mixed with water. Stir in the,
butter. Remove this from the fire and
let stand until perfectly cold. Beat up
the yolks of the eggs and add the
sugar. then add the coanut TO them.
Add this mixture to 49,
is cold with the stiff !,
of the eggs. Bake in nc
30 minutes and serv hr-
make one large pie
mon sized pie plat
good. Try it.-Mrs.
The wartime den
has revivified the .ancies s~st.,ss ~
dustry of Central America.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
TRY Rice Pie Crust

For a one-crust pie, Yankee ingenuity
has Invented what is called the rice pie
crust. Rice has a natural affinity for
all pie filters. Instead of a bottom crust
made from wheat flour. line creased
pie pan with cold boiled rice, bring the
rice well over the edge OF the pan. shap-
ing it with spoon dipped in milk.
Bake the crust in moderat oven until
it is slightly brown. Use the crust like
any pastry for a one-crust pie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
INCREASE OF HORSES ON FARMS

often narge the registration of motor
trucks ana commercial vehicles with that
of automobiles, but, to the extent that the
separation is made. it is known that
11s, 6S2 of the former were registered in
1916. Probably the displacement of horses
by motor trucks and commercial vehicaes
represents a stock on farms of few
million horses, and to these must be
added the stock eliminated by the auto
mobile.
Last of all, the farm tractor has APP
peared, With conjectural possibilities, but
as yet with no perceptble displacement
of horses in the country at large
WAR INCREASES DEMAND
Unusual and large demands for horses
for war purposes have been made since
the autumn OF 1914 During the 10 years
preceding, from 1900 to 10000 horses
We're exported annually, while the inn
ports We're from 1900 to SO coo, SO that the
net exports were no appreciate draft on
domestic production. In the first year OF
the war 2S9,340 horses were exported; n
the second, 357, 553 and in the third, u.s.
ga horses, and within less than a year
the needs of the army of this country
have called for large number of horses
Notwithstanding the various forces
that have been working against increase
of horses and their breeding places, or,
rather in common expectation, to reduce
their numbers at strong rate the fact
is that horses on farms Increased at the
average yearly rate of $4,000 since 1900
and more than that since 1910, or 216,0GU
per year Per capita of the population
farm horses tended to increase from G19
of / horse in 1850 to 024 in 1890 and 1900
after which the decline has been to
0.201s in 1918, or still above 1850. AT the
same time, however, by means of ma
chinery the farm horse has constantly
gained as a producer.
FARM PRICE DECREASES
Strange though it may seem, the av-
erage price OF a horse at the farm, all
ages and conditions included. is less
than it was four years ago, and even
eight years ago. Since 1897 horse prices
at the farm for January | had risen from
s3l 81 to s1I1.46 by 1914, the highest aver
age in the department of agriculture's
record Of So years, but a decline followea
to $10l go in 1916 and then a gain to S104. Is
in 1918, apparently caused by the wal
The explanation of the arrested advance
in price and subsequent decline is said
to be gasoline although this motor
fuel has not yet caused decline in the
number of horses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
Slaps at the Kaiser
Buy Liberty Bonds,

Buy Liberty Bonds.
The Baby Bond may be the chap
That kicks the Kaiser off the map.
The Hun made treaty so it would
suit;
He gets the booty. Russia the boot.
"Just trust in God and keep Your pow
der dry"
The Fighting Parson said. and so say L.
And let us now. mid all these terrors
new,
Buck up and stand BY Herbert Hoover.
too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

The rum distillation Industry of
Barbados is growing In importer nee.
due to the introduction Of improved
stills, Increased eanes crops, and a
larger demand fnr ss> nrNS-s-'.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

Substitutes for the horse have so far
failed to diminish his number on farms,
where he is mostly bred. Since he was
first separately counted in the census,
of 1859, his number has grown from
1895 719 on farms in that year to 10, 357, 4SS
in 1890 to 1S,267,02O in 1900, and to 49,
1873, 113 in 1910, and the recent estimate
of the United States department of agri-
culture for 1918 makes the number H.
56S, 600
The railroad did not verify the common
prophecy of the horses gloomy future
nearly a century ago. and many years
elapsed before the heyday of the bicycle
arrived with it's expected menace to the
horse That machine of pleasure and
toll diverted attention from the first real
antagonist of the horse, the electric street
railway, and this was formidable one.
Street car service could not have been
developed by horses to the extent that it
has been carried by electricity, yet there
was an enormous displacement of horses
when they no longer pulled street cars.
1t is roughly estimated that 1000 006
horses would be required to move the
street cars now in city service and that
farmers would need to keep stock of
perhaps 100000 horses to produce this
supply. Yet, horses kept on increasing.
REPLACEMENT BY MOTOR CARS
Apparently the most effective foe of the
horse has appeared in the last 10 years in
the motor vehicle, although its i'm
portance in this respect is popularity ex-
aggerated. According to statistics coll
lected by the United States department
of agriculture, the total state registra-
tons of motor cars was 5000 in 1906,
about 100000 in 1910, over 100000 in 1912,
over 100000 in 1915, and 3,512996 in 1916.
Automobiles do not mostly displace
horses but many are used by men in oc-
equations dependent on either horses or
automobiles for personal movement, such
as real estate agents, builders and some
merchants and manufacturers, and there
is also the large public automobile pas
senger service in cities and, again. the
large number of automobiles owned by
farmers in place of driving horses. The
bulk of the automobile owners, off farms,
however, would not be owning horses as
the alternative.
TRUCK DISPLACES 8 HORSES
With motor trucks and commercial
vehicles the case is different. Here is
clearly a complete substitution of fuel
power for horse power. 1t is the opinion
that every motor truck on the average
displacas three horses. The state records
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
The Soldier Of the Soil

oh, he hears the bugles callings.
And the rolling Of the drums,
And the steady tramp and rumble
OF the Army as it comes.
And his eyes are bright and wisttu'
AS he straightens from his toll,
But, behold. he is enlisted
AS soldier OF the soil.
Though he dreams or distant lrehcne'
And the glory TO be won,
Where the stars and Stripes are fly
ing
Underneath an alien sun.
And the crimson
And the earth is sodden crimson
Those are not the fields of duty
For soldier of the soil.
His the drill Of seed and harvest.
For the soldiers must be fed.
And they look to him to furnish
Reef and beans and daily bread.
So beside the hero's sabre
Hang his implements OF toll.
For the power behind the army
Is the soldier of the soil.
Anonymous
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

Imports from South America and
Asia to the United States in 1917
showed a gain of more than 100 per
cent over 1914 the increase from South
America being 143 per cent and from
Asia La per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
MISCELLANEOUS

Old FALSE TEETH WANTED Don't
matter if broken; we pay UP to SIS per
set; also cash for old gold. silver and
broken jewelry; check sent by return
mail. goods held 10 days for sender's
approval of our offer Mazer's Tooth
Speciality 20O7 8 5th st.. Philadelphia,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

Electrical apparatus taking current
from light socket has been invented
by a French scientist to purify the
air in a room by literally pumping II
into reservoir and washing It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02
TRUCK DISPLACES 8 HORSES

With motor trucks and commercial
vehicles the case is different. Here is
clearly a complete substitution of fuel
power for horse power. 1t is the opinion
that every motor truck on the average
displacas three horses. The state records
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-02

The wartime den.s
has revivified the .ancies sSs-.
dustry of Central America.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
HINTS.

To keep cheese moist wrap it in a
cloth that has been wrung out of vim
egar.
An ink eraser will take the marks
off pearl buttons when they come
home from the laundry.
A clean rose geranium leaf gives a
delicious flavor to jelly if placed in
the bottom of the jelly glass.
A sink with the water turned off
and on by foot pressure is a great
comfort to a busy ho~usekeeper.
Rainwater, borax and cornmeal
boiled for a few minutes is a good
mixture for whitening the hands.
Butter is at a high price now and
it pays to keep it fresh. Put it in a
granite ware vessel and cook out all
indefinitely.
Good chicken feed can be made by
the milk and water. 1t will then keep
saving grass clippings, putting them
in the sun to dry and then storing
them in paper sacks. In cold wealth
er pour hot water over them and your
chickens will have an enjoyable meal.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
WHY THEY LOST THE WAR

GA little playlet often enacted be-
hind the German lines whenever the
fortunes of war so decreed).
Time: The present.
Place: German battalion headquar-
tiers.
Dramatis Personae:
A German officer who speaks Eng
lish.
An American soldier who under
stands it.
German Officer: Attention! I shall
question you. How much pay do you
receive?
American Soldier: Thirty dollars
per month.
German Officer: A lie. But if you
did, you would have to pay for your
clothing, food and equipment from it.
American Soldier: Nope; every
thig's furnished by the government in
addition to the thirty.
German Officer: Liar! How were
you treated in the army?
American Soldier enthusiastically
Fine! Say you'd ought to-
German Officer: False! Your lieu
tenant-did he beat you frequently ?
American Soldier Indignantly
Who, Billy Smifkins? I'd like to see
him try it. Why, l used to thump him
once a year, regularly, until we got
into this mans army.
German Officer: Liar! How long
have you been in France?
American Soldier: Six months.
German Officer: Liar! They don't
turn out veterans like you in six
months of active service. But are you
not weary after W a half-year's
fighting?
American Soldier: Oh, l amt been
fghtin' all the time. I had two weeks
in two different rest camps and a half
dozen week-ends in Paris.
German Officer: Liar! No army
treats it's men so we'll. How many
American soldiers in France?
American Soldier: l reckon there
must be about two million by this
time.
German Officer: Liar!
American Soldier: Say, who you
callin'-
German Officer: Guards, take him
back to the cage. These lying Ameri-
cans! They tell the same untruths SO
! persistently that if one did not know
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
BE A POULTRY PRODUCER

--- ALL "A L 1
Keep better poultry: Standard
bred poultry increases production and
improves the quality.
Select vigorous breeders. Healthy,
vigorous breeders product strong
chicks.
Hatch the chicks early: Early
Matched pullets %producse fall and win
ter eggs.
Preserve eggs for homeuse: Pre-
serve when cheap for use when high
in price.
Produce infertile eggs. They keep
better. Fertile eggs are necessary for
Matching only.
Gull the flocks: Eliminate unpro-
fitable producers and reduce the feed
bill.
Keep a backyard flock: A small
flock in the backyard will supply the
family table.
Grow your poultry feed: Home
grown feed insures an available and
economical supply.
Eat more poultry and eggs: BY
eating poultry and eggs o freely
you will conserve the meat supply.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
BOYS RECEIVE BADGE
FOR SUMNER SERVICE

All member of the U. S. boys
working reserve who are entitled to
receive the bronze badge for service
the past summer in the unit in which
they enrolled should report to their
enrolling officer or to the county d.
rector or to the state director, L. R.
Foote, at Helena, in the event that
they cannot report to either of the
former.
A boy who performed faithful SER
vice for six weeks or 36 days of eight
hours a day is entitled to a bronze
badge. If he worked faithfully the
whole summer, he is entitled in addi-
ton to the bronze badge, to a service
bar.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
FASHION NOTES.

The tam O. shanter hat appears in
| silk, velvet, cloths of different weaves
and knitted woods.
The most suitable veil for the new
leather toque is plain and of a dull
color, but has a narrow beaded hem.
White Angora wool is used to en-
broider many costumes and is made
into collars and cuffs for the same.
A becoming cape collar of point lace
is caught about the neck by a little
black ribbon tied in a smart bow.
Scalloped collars and cuffs to wear
with severe blue serge dresses are
very simply embroidered with large
dots.
On a nice winter frock of soft twill
satin there were three panels at the
front, each of a different length and
ornamented with the fringe at the
bottom.
This year as fringe makes it's re-
appearance it is no respecter of the
style and character of the garment
which it adorns. 1t appears equally at
home on a sports skirt or an evening
frock or on a pretty hat.
America believes in the reinstating
of the coat and skirt for every day
usage, and Paris, while agreeing to
this idea, continues to create one-piece
frocks of soft, thin materials to be
worn under heavy coats. America
makes her coat suits of heavy mater
ials and trims them with fur.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
MEN IN SERVICE SHOULD
NOT DROP INSURANCE.


The local Civilian Relief American
Red Cross r in receipt of a notice
by C. c. Nesbit, acting director of
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance,
that men in the service should not drop
their insurance just because the bene-
ficiaries do not receive the certificates.
Government insurance is effective re-
CARELESS Of the receipt of the insur-
ance certificate, provided proper appli-
cation has been made and premiums
are being paid. Certificates are being
mailed as quickly as possible. More
than two and one half million certi-
ficates have already been sent out.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance has
thirty-five billion dollars of insurance
on it's books.
1t is unnecessary to write to Wash
ington asking for your certificates. 1t
will come in due course. In order to
simplify the work of annually chang
ing the amount of the premium on
each policy, it has been de-
cided to make all of these changes of
July 1, each year.
All insurance will be continued at
the monthly premium rates for the age
(nearest birthday of the insured
all insurance which has been in force
when the policy became effective. For
IL months prior to July l, 1919, the
monthly premium rates will be chang
ed on that day and annually there
after to the rate for an age a year
higher in the schedule of premium
rates.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13

add gradually two cups milk, n tea
spoon grated onion, teaspoon salt.
Cook one-half hour either in the dou-
BILE boiler or in a dish in the oven, o
cred with bread crumbs.
Spanish Steak.
Grease a baking dish or casserole
and place a slice of round steak two
inches thick in the bottom Of the dish.
Slice onions to the depth of one inch,
or one and one-half inches, over the
steak. Finish with peeled, thinly
sliced potatoes two or two and one
half inches deep. Dot with bits of
fat, add salt and pepper and cover
with milk. Bake in a moderate oven
for two hours.
Steamed Chocolate Pudding.
One-fourth cup fat, one-half cup
corn syrup, one-half cup milk, one egg,
one and one-half cups barley flour,
three-fourths cup rolled oats, four tea
spoons cocoa. Melt the fat, add the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
AMERICAS WOMEN JOINED
IN ANTHEM OF SERVICE
Of Red Cross Workers Do Multitude
of Little Things at Home Which Enable
Our Boys to Do Great Things in France.

finder the banner Of the Red Cross
homes. churches, clubs, schools, shops.
theaters, factories. hospitals and in
thousands Of Red Cross work-rooms.
Tho hum Of sewing machines. the
whizz of muslin torn to accurate strips,
tho rnt.tat-tat of volunteer typewrit.
ers the 'purr of boiling kettles in can
ICONS. the rumbling of automobiles OF
the Motor Corps. the soft click of knit
ting needles in lonely cabins and farm
houses. .ull blend into Il great anthem
Of service.
About s,OOO.0VO women working
through Red Cross Chapters and
branches are making with their hands
relief supplies-surgicai dressings,
knitted articles, hospital and refugee
parmepts-or working az volunteers,
subject to any call day or night, at SOC
railroad stations throughout the coun'
try and at the ports of embarkation, OF
serving in volunteer Motor Corps
Truly here is an army with banners
banners of a red cross on a white field
For the period up to the first of July
1918. American Red Cross Chapters
through, their work-rooms, had produc
ed l9o. 74S. 1O7 surgical dressings, 10,
134,5Ol knitted articles, 10, 7S6,4S9 hos
pital garments and other hospital sup
plies and refugee garments, making
total of 221,2S2 ,S3S articles Of an esti
mated aggregate value of at least $44,
100000.
Last spring during the Red eros.
war fund drive, when thousands Of wo
men workers in cities in every state
formed their great symbolic process
sions, those who looked or saw then
as the representatives Of all u Amer
lean women working In this war, ant
heard in 1.-THE Battle Hymn Of the Re
public" to which they marched. tn,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
RECIPES.
Cream of Carrot and Pea Soup.

Cream of Carrot and Pea Soup.
Make two cups of thin white sauce
and to this add one cup Of water in
which the carrots were cooked, the
juice of one onion, and one cup of
cooked carrots and peas, left over
from the day before. Put through a
sieve, season we'll and serve hot.
Apples Baked With Figs.
Wash apples, remove core, leaving
the blossom end intact. In the cavity
of each apple place n teaspoon OF
chopped figs and fill the rest with
corn syrup or maple syrup. Place a
baking dish, cover the bottom of the
pan with water and bake slowly until
the apples are soft.
Rice and Peanut Butter.
One-half cup rice; two cups water,
one teaspoon salt. Cook until the wa
ter is absorbed. Mix one-half cup
full of peanut butter with the rice and
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13

syrup, the milk, the egg we'll beaten,
and the dry ingredients, mixed and
sifted. Turn into a buttered mold,
W and steam two and one-half
hours. Serve with vanilla sauce.
Cocoanut Cheese Custard.
Beat two egg yolks, add three ia
blespoons sugar, half cup cottage
cheese, half cup cocoanut, grated rind
of n lemon and quarter teaspoon
salt. Mix until very smooth; add
slowly one cup milk. Bake until firm
in creased custard cups, put in pan
of hot water. Beat two egg whites
until stiff and beat in gradually one
heaping tablespoon marshmallow
cream. Pile on chilled custards and
serve.
H0miny Bread.
One cup cold boiled hominy, one and
one-half cups milk, one cup corn-meal,
one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
baking powder, n egg, n table,
spoon fat.
Put the hominy into a bowl and beat
it thoroughly with a fork. Pour milk
gradually over the hominy and contin-
ne beating. Mix and sift the corn
meal, salt and baking powder and add
them to the hominy. Melt the butter
over hot water and beat the egg; add
the butter and egg. Bake the mix
ture in a deep creased baking dish
for 80 minutes, or in muffin tins for
Is minutes.