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days l have also the advantage Of food
of sunlight which falls in this particular SPOT.
and it Is marvellous how soon the seeds oe
some varieties swell, split, and the tiny seed
llngs appear. Then set the boxes in perma-
nent position in some sunny window and
shirt the glass little to allow current Of
air to enter otherwise the little plants will
burn" and die. Turn the boxes around each
daily, as the seedlings tip perceptibly toward
the sun IN even that length of time The
parsley seedlings will be the last 20 appear.
II you have room for only one box put in it
a row each Of parsley, chard and sweet pcp-
pers, and devote the rest of the space to toma-
toes.
WHEN THE PLANTS ARE UP
As soon the little plants begin to bump
their heads against the glass remove it. and
when the second set of leaves are we'll de-
veloped either transplant or thin them out.
SO that individuals will stand about two inches
apart each way. In transpIanting use extra
boxes or small paper pots, usually both If
the latter, place them closely in shallow stiff
drygoods boxes, for convenience in the dai]v
turning Scratch carefully around the roots
with hairpin, after TIE young plants are
slzable Keep moist but not too wet. Wilt
IS a great enemy Of house sta rted seedlings
Watch for it carefully and pull out affected
ones at once.
IT one has the great advantage of a counle
OF cold frames the young transplanted seed
llngs may be early removed to them Sink the
paper pots directly in the earth, but retrans
plant the ones in the boxes Free, Iuxuriant
growth and darker, richer color will be the
result as soon as the check following disturb
ahce TO the roots and adjustment to different
atmospheric conditions have been overcome.
Lit the sash a few inches at one side every
morning, unless too cold or windy, but never
forget to close it at night. Have straw mat
or Old rug at hand to throw over the sash in
case OF an unusually late cold snap. Trans
plant into the open as soon as outside condi
tons allow. If one has no cold frame the
young plants are, of course, kept in the house
until danger from frost is past and trans
planted directly into the garden. Open the
windows a little every suitable day, to lessen
the sudden change from house to open air.
OF course, if space is ample, varieties and
quantities Of seeds to be started in the house
may be increased. March is none too early
in Middle New England and New York t.
begin operations
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trees to provide various kinds of apples in
season. A few peach trees, two cherry trees,
one plum tree, berry and currant bushes, rhu-
baro and strawberry bed of one-thirty-second
OF an acre, together with one big old apple tree
I'LL up the remainder Of the acre which we
are devotlng exclusively to our personal wants
There is one man on the place who looks
after the barn, the cows and the chores. In
fact, he does what the Man himself might do
II he were so minded and had no other job.
we have found out that to take care of one
COW, with part pasture and part green food,
we need three acres Of land. So we make the
statement that our experiment is perfectly
feasible for any family that has four acres Of
land, man who is willing to do the work and
woman who cares to do her part.
THE DRYER DOES ITS BIT
Two years ago I was busy devising home
made dryers for vegetables and fruits One
could not be purchased on the market Nearly
every department store was demonstrating
dryer last season. These devices make the
work much easier and dried vegetables have
become an essential factor in our diet Dried
currants, Strawberries and cherries take the
place Of raisins in bread and puddings.
Last we dried two and one-half
bushels of peas. Most of these were cooked,
put through a meat grinder and then dried.
One peck of currants and one Of turnips for
soup were treated the same way. Three dozen
onions, one pumpkin, one squash, parsley,
celery, two bushels Of corn and one peck Of
string beans were dried. Our total was 215
quarts of dried fruit and vegetables, 81 quarts
canned, and 80 glasses Of jelly.
The dried vegetables are put away in tightly
closed tin boxes Each iS labeled Thov orn
the handest things ever introduced to the
modern housewife. For vegetable soup l do
not have to send to the cellar for roots that
must be cleaned and cooked One-quarter Of a
cupful of ground dried carrots one-eighth Of a
cupful of turnip, one-eighth Of cupful OF
onion one-eighth of cupful Of celery, one
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let me tell you what we eat on a few typical
meatless days:
Breakfast is always about the same. In
winter apples, raw, or baked with cream; in
summer small fruits from the garden For
breakfast food, whole wheat, oatmeal or
hominy cooked in the fireess cooker over
night and served with heavy cream Poached
eggs with whole wheat toast
For lunches we may have salad of apple,
and celery with whipped cream dressing, whole
wheat bread with butter, cottage cheese, cocoa
and cookies. Another favorite lunch is rye
bread toast with sliced hard-boiled eggs, served
with hot cream dressing, canned peaches with
whipped cream; there may be baked pora-
toes with cream gravy, into which one-quarter
of a cupful of dried ground carrot has been
cooked, corn bread and butter baked apples
with cream, graham crackers and cocoa. There
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living for his family off of it is performing
patriotic duty. Lincoln said:
!, "Population must increase rapidly, more rapidly
than in former times, and long the most val
liable of all arts will be the art of deriving a
comfortable subsistence from the smallest area of
soil.
"No community whose every member possesses
TINS al art can ever be the victim Of oppression in
any OF it's forms Such community will be alike
independent of crowned kings, money kings and
land kings"
With one bound this statement Of a great
and prophetic mind lifts subject to one of
unselfish dignity What one has for dinner is
a matter of national welfare. The three meals
we eat each day assume new Importance. By
using brains and thrift in the kitchen the
women of America can help it make the land
impregnable
SOME TYPICAL MENUS
Now that the important place the daily
menu holds in the nations welfare is proven,
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The Kitchen Garden
Getting an Early
Start
Bv FLORENCE SPRING

~ GREAT Importance last year, tho
\ vegetable garden is this year raised
~ to a dizzy height Of prominence, and
r;ohtlv. for on it we are moro and more to
depend. as the price of meat, fish and eggs
xoars. for that variety in our diet which
ve housekeepers strive to attain and which
Is 40 necessary to stimulate the appetite and
,rsure the health of our families. How, then,
shall we get the very best results from tho
Kitchen garden? How bring it into commits
a;on at the earliest possible minute? How
work 1t for all it is worth!
The early start is Of the greatest possible
Importance as giving us results when all
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Tested and Endorsed Recipe;
POTATO PANCAKES

enx potatoes grated X cupful milk
Leg = cupful -four
teaspoonful salt
MY potatoes beaten egg, milk salt and -four to-
tssheT and beat we'll Drop by tablespoonsful on
bot creased griddle- Bake more slowly than
sinary pancakes in order to cook potatos-M. J.
~ Brooklyn. N. 7.
Because Of the large crop Of potatoes we ought
use them in every possible way. Here is
va IN which we can substitute potato for part OF
as wheat -four in pancakes. This recipe costs
Sout 10 cents and will yield fifteen cakes.
CANNED PEACH DCMPLINGS
> eapful rice teaspoonful salt
iQuart water 6 half peaches
Nutmeg
Look tie rice In boiling salted water until
sasy done. Drain from the juice. Spread the
ne on cheesecioth squares and place a halved
zach busted with little grated nutmeg and
S1'nklec with sugar (f not already sweetened)
/. Toe centre Tie up securely, inclosing the
HaiS Steam until the rice Is thoroughly cooked
sac serve with sauce made from the fruit syrup,
aavorsd with lemon juice and thickened. using
AAa seaspooful Of cornstarch to a cup of syrup
=. :. e.. New York City.
ih's dessert is another wheat conservcr. 1t
1sS gives variation in the serving Of rice
dessert For 10 cents six dumplings can DO
made
CURRY OF CHICKEN AND CELERY
.sl sf decd ee sseHsa saafsa taabIespoonstul -four
saicxsn I cnnful hicken stock
iat Or oico 2 taDiespoonsfuI currant
shsss Of onions Jelly
,:.ssspoonfui curry tablespoonful lemon
Maspoonfui salt
~" the fat and cook tho onion in IL until
y 'snec and Drowned Ecmove onion and add
=. a0af and let 1t bubble up, then add all of the
~s'n'nzs. Stir until frothy, add stock, milk
y 9siiy. Cook until smooth, thsn add chicken,
- tss' Celery and lemon Juice. Servo plain
'sa fses or slices Of toas..-Mrs. M. J. g., New
ssrs City.
-ss IL very attractive chaAng dish recipe.
49, ASo IN this way. = small quantity OF leftover
.sa -. can be mads 70 60 = long way. Tho
& s1 ~ this recipe suggestsd that cocoanut milk
s'ss, thus enriching tho favor and making 1t
Hxs tho real Indian curry. The expense Of ;
'ssirs 10 yery little in addition to the left
asa'sksn, the celery, milk and seasonsngs cost
- than 10 eents This recipe will serve
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half OF a cupfu1 Of peas and tablespoonfu]
Of parsley are soaked over night in three pints
Of water When ready to use add milk or
strained tomatoes and bring to boil. Thicken
with cornstarch or -four if desired Fifty
changes can be played those few cans Of
dried vegetables, and cooking is quickly and
easily done. l feel certain no one would know
that the soup not made of fresh vegetables
MILK AND WHOLE WHEAT AS STAPLES
Now that have shown you our storehouse
let me tell you what we have to eat. There is
always a supply of fresh milk, heavy cream
and fresh butter. We "swap" butter and milk
with a friend for eggs and chickens. We never
eat pork or beef. So the only meat purchased
is an occasional cut of lamb. We do not drink
tea or coffee except for the sake Of gossip Of
an afternoon, after dinner. We cook every
thing in milk and with milk
For a year and half we have been the
proud possessors of little grinding mill, which
is attached to the gasolene engine that pumps
water for the house. We bought our wheat
berry by the bushel at the mill last year and
ground our own breakfast food and flour.
Last summer we planted field corn for flour.
Now, when want fresh cornmeal we take
twelve ears Of corn, shuck them, grind them
and produce on the average three pounds Of
flour therefrom. We use about five pounds
OF white flour in a year for making white
sauce, ETC., and cornstarch could be substi-
tuted. We like whole wheat breakfast food
far better than cream Of wheat now, and
white bread is insipid. Which is only an
other way Of saying that appetite is a mental
attitude. One bushe Of wheat per person per
year includes breakfast food and bread If
each person in the United States reduced his
consumption Of wheat to like amount we
could send our allies 5000 900 bushels and
not feel the loss
War or the food question is a vital
one, and becoming all the time. The
who has a little ground and gets tha
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good garden loan a little sand and wood
ashes-not too much of the latter-sift until
light and fine, and with it fill the flats to within
an inch from the top.
IT one hasn't much room to devote to this
early gardening give it to those varieties of
vegetables most benefited by an early start,
especially those having a bearing season linz
lted only by frost-where start of two
weeks means two weeks more yield. In this
class l should include first of all tomatoes
"Earliana" and "Stone" are, perhaps, the best
early and late varletles-parsley, which ger
inmates so slowly that it must be planted as
early as possible; Swiss chard, additionally
valuable because it comes into use before
many of the regular garden crops can posi-
bly, be coaxed into maturity; peppers, egg
plant, celery and early cabbage. Everybody
Will probably tell you to plant lettuce Don't
do 1t. This invariably grows too fast-with
even careful planning-and becomes too
spindly to use. 1t is best to SOW this in the
cold frame later on.
HOW MUCH TO PLANT
Give the tomato seeds one box-one-third of
the space to the early and two-thirds to the
late. Drop in half dozen seeds of the "Yel-
low Plum" which is delicious for salads Plant
sparsely in rows about one and one-half to
two inches apart, tomato seeds gernlinate
freely; one half paper of each kind will yield
very liberal amount Of plants Next year
save your Seeds selecting the earliest, fairest
and finest fruit for the purpose.
Another box may hold row each of parsley
and chard, and two rows each of celery early
cabbage and egg plants. Do not be discour-
aged If the egg plants are minus. They are
hard to start, and raising them from seed is
experimental Plant all of the above more
thickly than tomatoes.
In planting make rows by drawing a skewer
evenly and lightly through the prepared earth;
scatter the seeds in these rows, and sift over
them more Of the earth to the depth of one
eighth to one-fourth inch. Press fat sur
face firmly over all; moisten well with rubber
bulb sprayer (invaluablc for watering young
seedlings), and lay over the top Of the boxes
oblongs Of window glass. Do not allow tho
surface to dry: this is easy to accomplish, az
the glass conserves the moisture.
COAXING THE SEEDLINGS
AS especial Short cut" in helping nv
seeds to germinate quickly, my two boxes are
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With the Help of 7wo Cous and (2arden Annual Grocery Bill for 1o
People and Big Dog Was amply Coyervd BY
Sixty-hvo Dollars

TI/E REALIZE that It Is difficult
noer York
of
"osea TO tho country also
of
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yet the
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dow--the architectural feature and ornament
of the roon1-was devoted to hundreds of lusty
little seedlings, already enjoying their first
transportation into paper pots, occupying
temporary shelves running around the entire
bay. To garden enthusiast the sight was
sufficiently inspiring and interesting, and the
telling Of it may serve as suggestion to those
who would like to start seedlings, but have
no room"
Our plans should have been made last fall
to the extent of storing box Of garden earth
In the cellar. See that it is done next year.
Possibly "thaw" may allow little to ba
scraped up some February day. If not, some
may be purchased from the nearest green
house (albeit at a price which will grieve
you). It doesn't take much.
WHAT TO PLANT
Beg some shallow boxes, which you will
professionally call "lats," from your grocer.
They will be part of your stock in trade and
can be saved from year to year. These
should be four five inches deep. Fill to
depth Of an inch so with broken flower pots
(saved for the purpose), broken brick, char
coal coal cinders, for drainage.
Bake the earth in order to kill as many
weed seeds as possible. Mix with ordinary
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J NV potatoes grated X cupful milk
] eU q cupful -four
Il teaspoouful salt
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THE WINDOW BOX

In spite Of amateurishness, or even a state
of ignorance, we want our radishes and toma-
toes to appear the same date as our neigh
bors, or, better STILL day earlier! And I
am supposng also that the cost Of the young
seedlings ready to set, "roots" Of various
kinds, etc, is consideration. 1t is easy
enough, of course, if one has not to consider
such unimportant Details to buy plenty Of
young tomatoes, peppers, cauihowers, etc,
at the proper planting time.
Let US begin with the seedlings we may
raise ourselves, and start to advantage in the
house. Almost every one has sunny window
or two-possibly an unused room-which may
be devoted to this use, if it is considered to
be OF enough Importance. remember
Gently glancirg into the ample dining room of
friend well off to this worlds goods,
where the roomy and sunny rounded bay win
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COAXING THE SEEDLINGS

AS an especial short cut" in helping my
seeds to germinate quickly, my two boxes are
set behind the kitchen stove for two or three
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vegetables are scarce and high and definitely
lengthening the garden season at it's most
highly appreciated end--or beginning In
making these suggestions I am dealing with
the average amateur-or even beginner-who
has "vassals and serfs at his command
who "does his own work." as we housekeepers
saw
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07
War About Won

Mr.. and Mrs J. T.. Bates have re-
'ceived the following letter from their
son, Otto Bates:
Somewhere in France, Sept. 10.
Dear Folks: Not much to write ex-
cept that the allies are pushing the
Boche pretty hard. They don't seem
to make any resistance at all. | think
their fighting days are over, and it's
only matter of time. 1t may be a
year or so, but the war is won.
have seen about 1000 Boche prisoners
marched in in the last few days. They
sure are a sorry looking bunch; they
seem to wear most anything for a uni
form
We have been issued two more
blankets now, which makes us three,
so we can again sleep pretty COM
foTtably. | have cot, so that helps,
too. Another fellow and myself are
living in a nice little stone cabin on
the hillside right here where we are
camping. 1t has a stove, table, chair,
etc., and is bomb proof, so we think
we are pretty lucky. Just moved in
today, and the company will probably
move before we get time to enjoy it
much.
All the fellows in the company are
feeling o. K. We have been working
pretty steady lately, and l think that's
what's good for us.
1t has started in raining again for
the season. You remember | men
toned so much rain last spring. /
guess it will rain from now until next
summer We all wear our high-top
boots most of the time, usually with
the top rolled down.
| will close now for this time. Here
is hoping | get lots Of letters and
snaps from you all. OTTO BATES.
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On the Firing Lines

Robert Woolever of Wonewoc has
received the following letter from his
brother, Edwin Woolever, in France:
September Is, 1918.
Dear Brother:
VIII drop you few lines to let
you know am still well and hope this
finds you the same. | am at the firing
lines now, but haven't had any bad
luck yet have been in the trenches
a few days, but am out now for little
while. Believe me, it is some place,
You can hear the bullets whistle
through the air. There was a big
bomb bursted right by our dugout the
other night. 1t came about as close
as l care about There has not been
but (censored). You ought to sec my
nice little house. We are in dugouts
but | am ina pretty good one. We
are sure having some great weather
here now; It. has rained every day
for week. Iwould like to see ths
sun shine once for one day. We are
right up in the mountains and all one
can see is hills. So you folks back
home don't want to forget to write.
You don't imagine how one over here
enjoys getting mail. Don't wait for
me to write. because j haven't the
place like you folks. got one letter
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-11-07

Friends here have received word
from L. P. Gerou, former Northwest
ern engineer, who left Barahoo sew
eral months ago to enlist in the tank
service, that be had arrived safely On
tae other side. Two letters received
have been rigfdly censored. but ex-
tracts from them read as follows:
October 9, 1918: We landed yes
>terlay at =. tdeleted by censor) and
went to an American rest camp today.
We had a ans trip by train Of about
800 miles; the scenery was great. The
trains, however. are nothing to com
pare with those in the United States,
and we could put the locomotives used
here in the firebox of the engines used
on the Northwestern. The engine
driver has something to handle when
he has These engines to haul the trains
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Surprised by Boche

Sergeant Gus A. Mueller wrote the
following to friends in Spring Green:
Well we, are up where the splinters
are flying yet, but expect to be re-
lieved soon. Most of the men of our
company are SO nearly played out they
can hardly walk, but the hope that
the fight will soon be over and we
can get back to the good old U. S. A
is bracing them up. You know we
have been up at the front for over
two months, that is, first Line and re-
serve At the last place were eight
days right behind the infantry and
one night ahead of them, but soon
found it out. We were to build a
bridge over a stream while the artil-
lerys gave us a barrage so as to keep
the Boche from using machine guns
We advanced according to schedule,
in through a town, everybody carry
ing some tools, when all at once a
Boche jumped out Of a doorway, fol-
lowed by others. We were Off our
guard for a short second, as the town
was supposed to be clear, but in a
jiffy we were there to do our duty. We
fought maybe for ten minutes before
the enemy retreated, but we had to
get out of there, as they began to
throw in II nm. shells and we had to
get into shelter, as gas shells were
mixed with the high explosives. We
left all cur tools up in that town, but
used them the next night, so far as
they were not destroyed through she'll
ing. have had three or four Of these
close shaves. One night we were
working on job when they started to
shell the road near by. We kept on
as long as possible, but they came
close enough to make us dodge nearly
every shot and we had to give it UP.
My best wishes to all
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Camp Hancock, Ga.

Camp Hancock, Ga.
Dear Sister: Your welcome letter
received some time ago. Have been
waiting for some pictures | had taken
and was to get two weeks ago, but
have not got them yet. They were to
mail them to me. And | can't go to
town now, as we are quarantined [
can't even go around the camp, and
have to stay in our company street
There are so many cases of that
Spanish disease the camp, Y. M. c. A,
theater and library are closed, and
canteens, so we can't get any more
candy or ice cream or tobacco.
guess it is a good thing; won't spend
so much now, anyway.
We get warm water and salt to gar
gle our throat with twice a day.
Well it is pretty warm here now,
but was cold a week ago. We had to
sleep with our clothes on and then
got cold The people said they never
saw it so cold here this time of the
year. They are building barracks in
place of the tents and making other
improvements, and making the camp
larger They are going to make two
million dollars worth of improve
ments.
Well, | nave moved again; nothing
surprising, is it? | am only about a
block from where l was, though. All
of us who made good were sent here.
| thought | had got out of machine
gun training, but guess | get six
weeks of it here-not much drilling,
though; mostly sitting around listen
ing to instructors and taking notes.
One of the Marquardt boys is in my
company now. We are together ev-
cry day. He came in my place July 5.
We were only a block apart for six
weeks and never saw one another He
heard l was in camp and looked for
me, but couldn't find out where | was.
He said Felix Vanella just got out of
the hospital and was trying to get a
furlough, as the doctor said he could
not do anything for a month.
The box you girls sent was fine and
many thanks. 1t sure was a treat.
Have been in the army over two
months. / see Bulgaria has made
peace. Maybe the war will end before
long. II it doesn't we will sure get
the kaiser They say the French get
a silver cross and the Germans get an
iron cross, but what gets the kaiser's
goat is how the Yanks get across.
Well, will close for this time Write.
With love to ALL
ROY.