Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
|OATS ARE LAUDED
FOR FOOD VALUES
BY CLUB SPEAKER
MRS. STiEFEL GIVES EXCELLENT
TALK BEFORE CONSERVATION
DEPARTMENT - RECIPES FOR
DAlNTIES ARE READ.

The home and conservation depart
ment of the Ottawa Woman's Cul
met yesterday afternoon with Nh II
w Johnson, $50 East Main street
There We're about fifty ladies' present
The demonstration was in charge o
Mrs Frank iSgewder, assisted by Mrs
l.. w Brewer Sr, Mrs Moses Stiefe
and Mrs. Roger Clark Mrs +. +
Johnson read paper on "Conserya
ton of the Young Stock which wa
very much appreciated
Mrs, Moses Stiefel read the follow
ing interesting paper on the subjec
of Oats.
Oats is Il genus of edible grasses
cultivated extensively in all temper
ate climates. They do best, however
in cooler rather than in warmer coun
tries. The northern part of this stat
and OF Iowa and the state of Wiae0n
sin and Minnesota are peculiarl
adapted to the growing of oats.
Oats are grown principally as foof
for horses. but when manufacture.
4 into meal or rolled make very whole
some and palatabe food for humal
consumption
Ground and rolled oats form tht
principal and substantial food 10
some countries, one Of which, SEQ
land, might be mentioned In Scot
land oatmeal now and for long tim
past has been relied upon as h.
principal diet for It's people May i
not be possible that the brilliant poe
and novelist. Sir Walter Scott. an
our own great General Winfield Scott
for many years commander in chic
OF the United States army, who WI
of Scottish parents were indebted
this wholesome diet for their brj
liancy and sagacity2 Food must surel
have much to do with developing tn
intellect of the individual
There are about sixty species {
oats, the principal Of which is til
common oats raised in this countrs
We have the white and the blaze
species The white oats are raise
principally here, as they are more sui.
able for human food and equally
good if not better, for horse feed Th
cultivated species Of oats and sub
divided into a large number of VI
reties, which are distinguished troi
each other by color, size, form Of oat
quality OF straw period of ripenin
adoption to particular soils and cl
mates, etc
The yield of OATS varies from tWer
ty bushels to one hundred bushels pc
acre. In fact, have been informc
that William Watts raised on his farm
in South Ottawa township, in thh
county. one hundred and seven bust
els of oats to the acre.
Oats weigh from thirty-'Wo to foI
ty~tive pounds to the bushel and th,
meal and rolled oats produced ther,
from are about one-half the weight
the oats. Oatmeal and rolled oats ar
cheap and valuable article OF foo
more apparent among the Wealthie
classes, as they are being negleCte,
by the poorer people Rolled oats /
now almost universally used as {
breakfast food.
Il have been advised that oats like
grass, should be sown very early il
the spring. In fact, it was demon
strated from many experiments mad
by the agricultural department Of tn,
University of Illinois that a days dill
ference in sowing of oats made a dn
ference Of one hushei per acre OF
more on the yield of each variet.
sown.
The reason for early sowing
made necessary in an effort to ln2
ture the grain before the extreme no
weather of summer. Hot weather il
jures the crop, lessons the weight ant
yield thereof For that reason man,
farmers are now sowing an early va
riety of oats. which, | am informed
mature a week or zen days earlier
than the usual variety soWn, thus es-
Gaping much OF the hot summer
weather. 1t is said that these early
varieties are yielding, as rule, from
ten to fifteen bushels more per acre
than the later varieties.
THE late war restrictions ION th,
use of wheat hour and the require.
ment that certain substitutes, among
them oatmeal and rolled oats. be used,
may and most likely viii have the
effect of increasing the use of the
oat production above mentioned.
Should such be the case, what ap.
peared to be a hardship-a calamity
will undoubtedly result in a benefit
to our people.
In conclusion may | not lie per
mitted to say that if our young men
would devote their time TO the cult
walton of oats such as has been here
in described, and give less time to the
sowing of wild oats. they and the
country would in general be i'm /
proved?"
At the close of Mrs. Stiefels paper |
Miss Helen Glotfelter, the county |
home adviser, gave a very interesting |
talk on the food value of oats, and /