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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-29

Every person mentally and physical
~ able to do 50 should take the Ameri-
can Red Cross instruction In First Aid
Treatment It's q life-saver and q
paln-saver on the farm, In the factory.
On the street, at the Office. In the
home, wherever accidents may occur.
Here's a young wife whs Inexpertlyl
welded q can-opener and received an
ugly cash across her wrist from the
Jagged can lid. Mother was there,
however. with the First Aid kit and
Red Cross instruction. and probably
prevented a case OF blood poison by
giving prompt and proper treatment
before the doctor arrived.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-10-29

Senator Watson is q beaten man. In
the opinion Of oil unbiased political
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agricuiture)
Farm labor Is scarce this year. and
yields are likely to suffer unless avail
able labor Is utilized to the best nd
vantage.
Unnecessary or mlsdlrected cultlva-
tlon Is always a serious waste. but II
is particularly so when man power
is not adequate to crop requirements.
Make all labor count ut full value.
In cultivating the corn crop. say spe-
ciallsts, use a two-row cultivator II
possible. II consumes only half as
much man labor as one-row cultl-
vator and only one-fourth as much as
the halfrow eultivator or double
shovel.
Cultivate when cultivation Is need
ed. but refrain when II is not needed.
Cultivation may be waste OF time
or actually injurious under certain con-
ditions. Cultivation by hard-andfast
rule Is likely to do more harm thnn
good. Government corn specialists
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

Chicken loaf-Take one chicken,
one stale loaf of bread, two table
spoonfuls Of chopped parsley. salt,
pepper and chicken broth. Boil chick
en- in water TO cover until tender. Re
move from the broth and also remove
the meat from the bones. In a but
tered baking dish put layer OF but
tered crumbs, the crumbs should be
very coarse, the bread pulled in pieces
bits of butter and add layer OF
chicken which should be In slices, not
chopped. Add bread crumbs and
chicken until all are used. Pour over
the whole two cupfuls OF broth, add
salt and parsley. Bake until the
crumbs are brown
Apple Corn Bread.-Mix together
four cupfuls of cornmeal. two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder, half tea
spoonful of salt, then add two cupfuls
of chopped apples, one-fourth Of Il cup
full OF shortening, and one and one
fourth cupfuls OF water. Bake forty
minutes In n slow oven.
Corn Sourle.-Melt TWO tablespoon
fuls of butter. add two tablespoonfuls
OF -four, one teaspoonful OF salt. one
eighth OF teaspoonful OF pepper Add
one and one-half cupfuls OF scalded
milk and one-third OF a cupful OF soft
bread crumbs. Cook until smooth
add two cupfuls Of corn and the yolks
OF two eggs beaten well. Fold In the
whites of the eggs beaten stifr and
turn into a buttered baking dish and
bake thirty minutes.
Az the summer time and Jelly sea-
son approach II is well to prepare
for the delicious jellies which may be
made OF fruits which lack pectin.
This may he supplied by the follow
Ing: Peel all of the yellow rind from
thick. skinned oranges or lemons. Re
move the white peel and nut II
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through meet grinder. To each cup
ful Of the chopped, pressed down peel
add the juice Of one lemon and let
stand one hour. Add two cupfuls Of
water, and let boil five minutes. Let
stand over night. add four cupfuls OF
water, heat to the boiling point and
boil ten minutes. Strain through
jelly bag. Pour this extraction into
sterile bottles and keep until needed.
Boiled Fish.-Clean. scrape and tie
the fish In a cheesecloth. Drop into
simmering water to which has been
added a tablespoonful Of vinegar TO a
quart OF water. Cook until tender. Re
move carefully from the cloth and
serve with:
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

pruning wood furnish fuel for cooking
and heating.
These perqulsites are not furnished
altogether free of cost to the farmer.
They represent labor and invested cap
ltal. Much of the labcr. however. is
performed at times when the work of
the main farm business is not very
pressing. and frequently considera-
BILE part of II is done by women or
children. Thus the actual money cost
Of these things to the farmer is insig-
nificant or at most Is considerably less
than It would be II they were bought.
Pictures and descriptions Of impor-
tant methods followed by farmers In
utilizing the food, fuel, shelter and
other things that the farm, furnishes
free OF money cost are published by
the United States department Of agri-
culture In Farmers Bulletin 1882.
Home Supplies Furnished by the
Farm. Copies may be had free from
t'le division of publications, United
States department Of agriculture.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

amazing to his family and depicting
10 his purse.
Mr.. Smith. on the other hand, de-
cided that he could build his own
poultry house with the aid OF his son.
He procured two piano boxes and some
smaller packing cases and they set
to work. Both were handy with tools
and In short time the plano boxes
had been converted into comfortable.
sanitary domicile for the chickens.
The piano box house had been 10
Gated In a corner of the yard. where
the fence which was already there
would serve for two sides Of the yard.
A few posts and some chicken net
ting completed the inclosure. Quick
growing vines were planted and soon
screened the yard and poultry house
from view and the little shed served
Its purpose well.
Both FIceks Did Well.
Both flocks were given good care
and did well and the Black and Smith
families enjoyed the strictly fresh poul-
try products. At the end of the year.
however. Mr.. Black declared that only
rich man could afford to keep poul-
,-try In the city. He was discussing
the subject w.t.. Mr.. Smith: 100
course, strictly fresh eggs taste better
than you can buy. but heavens, man.
their cost All we had cost me about
81 dozen. not to mention my work
in caring for the flock. No, sir, no
more backyard poultry keeping for
me. can't afford It."
Then Mr.. Smith spoke up: "Your
trouble is that of many others who go
into poultry raising. You spend too
much on the hou.e and equipment.
Nests made out of orange boxes or
coops made out of barrels may not
look as elegant as those you can buy
but they serve their purpose and cost
almost nothing. My accounts show
that the eggs my flock produced cost
us much less than we could have
bought them on the market. for aside
from the flock itself, you see l had
little capital invested in the project"
81 guess you are right" said Mr..
Black, but l do like everything
around my place to be well built"
$50 do l." retorted Mr.. Smith. "but
until I have a larger income fear I
can't have everything want. When I
built that shack over there for my
chickens" he continued, II didn't have
any guide to go by. but the other day
I picked up United States depart
ment Of agriculture farmers bulletin
that tells all about back yard poul-
try keeping. and II gives Instructions
about making just such house as I
made. I see they recommend inexpen-
sive housing for backyard flocks.
1t is Bulletin No. $50. and anyone can
get It without cost by writing for 1t.
Wish had had copy when built for
1t would have proven mighty helpful"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

prices. although II often indicates an
upward trend.
Market firm" This represents a
condition OF strong confidence In gen.
eral conditions, resulting often In the
Strengthening OF price range. but
seldom In actual price advances.
Market steady" This represents a
normal movement. with steady. con-
slstent trading showing no decided
price changes one way or the other.
Market unsettled" This repre-
sents condition of uncertainty on
the part OF sellers and usually indl-
Gates n weaker tendency.
market dull" Represents light
trading and suggests condition OF
uncertainty and possible depression.
Market weak" This may be used
In describing condition of actual
price decline, with the possibility of
further decline, and represents de-
cided lack OF confidence on the part
OF the seller
Market demorallzed." This term Is
to be used only in very unusual cases
and represents condition when stock
can not be moved at any price.
AS used In the official market news
reports, market" represents the views
OF the seller and demand" those OF
the buyer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

Evaporation Of moisture lowers ten.
perature. A wet, evaporatlng soil sur.
fnce is cold. A dry soil surface is
warm. A loose soil surface dries quick
ly and the blanket OF loose, dry soil
then checks evaporation. drinks In sun
shine, and becomes warm.
Watch your soil--lts condition
should determine when to cultivate. Do
not let cracks form. They are holes
through which valuable moisture es-
capes. Do not cultivate when your
ground Is dry or wet enough to form
large clods. C'ods tie up plant food
so that the corn roots cannot use 1t.
Watch Soil and Plants.
Do not waste cultivation, Cultivn-
tlon may be actually Injurious when
your soil Is so dry and hard as to
break into large dry clods.
Failure TO cultivate promptly when
II is needed to prevent the soil from
becoming cracked, hard. or weedy will
materially lessen the corn yield.
In addition to watching the soil,
watch the plants. Their progress de-
termlnes how you should cultivate.
While the plants are small, cultivate
as deeply as the condition OF the soil
makes necessary. II your seed bed
was not well prepared before plant
Ing, deep cultivation when the corn Is
small is desirable. Get your soil into
open condition so that the corn roots
can reach out for food.
After the plants become foot high,
shallow cultivation only should be
given. The roots have spread out close
under the surface OF the soil and
would be injured by deep cultivation.
Never cultivate deeply close to corn
plants after they are foot high. Such
cultivation will break feeding roots and
cause Injury to the plants.
Conserve Labor and Land.
Corn Is the main support Of the ma
tion. Grown In every state OF the
Union. II exceeds any other crop In
acreage, production, value, and multi
pllcity OF uses.
When land and labor were abundant,
production could be Increased to meet
increasing demands by planting more
acres to corn. But the demand for
corn Is still increasing while available
labor is decreasing. The only way to
increase production is to make each
acre yield more bushels of corn.
The average yield of corn per acre
In the United States Is about 81 bush.
els. With good seed, fair soil, and
timely, careful cultivation, the yield
can be doubled, the specialists say.
That may be too much TO strive for this
year, but proper methods should enable
you to obtain. with limited labor, as
good yields as you formerly grew-un-
less, of course, you have always fol-
lowed the best cultural methods.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29
FARMERS ENABLED TO
REDUCE LIVING COST
Food, Fuel and Shelter Contrib
uted Direct by Farm.
No Plan Seems Complete Without Its
Family Garden, and Eggs and Milk
Are Used In Preparing Meals
Other Economies.

Why can the farmer continue In
business when the financial summary
OF his operations show. az the end OF
the year. margin Of profit so small
as to be insufficient to support his
family?
II is because of the food, fuel and
shelter furnished the family by the
farm. "These contributions" says the
United States department OF agricul-
ture, "are not a cash receipt from
the farm business, but they enable
the farmer to reduce materially the
cash cost of living" So far as food.
fuel and shelter are concerned two
thirds OF the farmers living is fur
nished directly by the farm. The food
retained for family use may be raised
especially for the family or may be
taken from the regular farm products
raised for market. No farm plan
seems complete without Its family gar
den. A part of the days supply of
milk and part of the days collec-
tion OF eggs is used in preparing meals
for the family. Similarly, other food
products are diverted to the pantry.
cellar, or smoke house. instead OF be-
ing sent TO town to be sold. The
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

Fruit Mush.-Pick over and mash
any fruit In season; add one-half Its
bulk Of boiling water and cook slowly
until tender enough TO be put through
a sieve fine enough to retain the seeds
when such fruits as blackberries are
used. Use this fruit pulp instead of
water In cooking any breakfast foods.
Stir In little sugar and mold In
cups. Serve cold WI cream for
breakfast, or for des =
Fruit Taploca.-Cook together equal
measures of fruit and water until soft
enough TO put through sieve. Meas
ure, return TO the fire and for each
cupful add n scant tablespoonful Of
tapioca. Stir frequently until 1t swells,
Add sufficient sugar to sweeten; pour
into a serving dish and set aside.
Serve with ice-cold cream.
Strawberry Pudding.-Butter thin
slices Of moist bread and arrange a
layer In baking dish. Crush a pint
OF Strawberries, adding n little water
TO make more Juice and sufficient
sugar TO sweeten. Pour the fruit over
the bread, arrange another layer and
let stand covered In cold place. Serve
with cream and sugar. This is des-
sert you need not fear to give the
children.
Cherry Pudding.-Take one cupful
of flour, one teaspOonful of baking
powder, one-quarter of teaspoonful
Of salt; sift and mix well and add one
half cupful of milk to make drop
batter. Butter small custard cups or
molds and drop In spoonful of the
latter; add tablespoonful or two OF
1itted cherries, juice and all; sweeten
10 taste. Set the cups into shallow
rHn, pour around them boiling water
TO half fill the pan, and cover closely,
cooking fifteen minutes. Unmold and
serve with cherry sauce or cream
and sugar, or sweetened whipped
cream.
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would mongrels, so they arranged with
a local chicken breeder for flocks OF
a good reproducing strain. He was
TO deliver the birds as soon as accom-
modations were ready for them.
On the matter of housing. the pros
pective poultry keepers held widely
divergent views. Mr.. Black hired a
carpenter at SO day TO erect for him
a good-looking, nicely finished poultry
house. When the last coat of paint
was on II truly was as his hlgh-school
son declared 1t to be. "a work Of
art"
house so perfectly finished de-
manded the best equipment and Mr..
Black bought II. The number Of things
which he discovered. with the aid OF
a salesman, that properly brought
up flock OF chickens should have was
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

Soup. like all other food that is served
hot, should be served In hot plates,
bowls or cups.
A soup pot may take a spoonful Of
peas, half cupful of tomato. a stalk
OF celery, an onion or a bit OF beef
gravy. added TO the stock, making a
tasty dish or two OF soup Rnd adding
a real value to the meal.
Some cooks add two or three prunes
or a dozen ralslns to the soup pot an
hour before serving. The flavor is es-
pecially pleasing.
thin cream soup OF any kind may
be further enriched by the addition Of
egg yolk and cream. Beat the egg.
add the cream and pour n little of the
hot soup Into the mixture before mix
Ing the two.
A Norwegian Fried cake.-Beat two
eggs until light, add tablespoonful
OF sugar and three tablespoonfuls OF
cream. Add one and three-fourths
cupfuls Of pastry flour to make a
dough to roll. Roll out very thin and
cut In diamond shapes with two
slashes in the center of each. Fry In
deep fat. drain and sprinkle with pow
dered sugar.
Fish Pudding.-Cook one cupful OF
rice In boiling salted water until ten
der. Cook two-pound pickerel. bass
or other fresh water fish until tender
In boiling salted water. Remove the
skin and bones from the cooked fish
and flake II. Combine the rice and
cooked fish, add two eggs well beaten,
one cupful OF milk and one cupful Of
the fish stock. Season and arrange In
layers In buttered dish with bits Of
butter In between the layers. Bake
onahalf hour and serve hot with
drawn butter sauce.
Lamb Outlets or Chops With New
Potatoes.-Trim the chops neatly and
broil over clear bright fire or under
gas. Season well with pepper and
salt and dish them In circle Oh q
chop plate with small even-sized new
potatoes cooked as follows: Take a.
pound or two of the potatoes and cook
them In their skins for 10 minutes,
then peel them and cook another 10
minutes In quarter of cupful of
well salted butter; toss them TO cover
with butter and just before serving
sprinkle well with finely chopped
parsley.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
In a certain small town which needs
no name, live William Black and John
Smith. They are next-door neigh
bors and good friends, although to-
tally unlike In temperament and dis
position. Last year both OF them be-
cnme convinced of the value OF back
yard poultry flock and each decided
to install chickens In his own spa
cious back yard TO supply his family
with eggs and broilers.
Mr.. Black Is the type OF man who
always quotes when anyone lifts IN
eyebrow at some OF his extravagant
purchases, shat the best Is always the
cheapest In the end" Mr. Smith, on
the other hand, believes that often q
cheaper article will serve the purpose
equally well and that the difference
in cost looks well In his savings ac-
count book.
Standardized Fowls Selected.
When IL came to selecting n flock
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Black were agreed
that standardized fowls would more
than pay for their increased initial ex-
pense by producing more eggs than
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29
MARKET REPORTS BY
WIRE HELP FARMERS
Information Given Out by Govern
ment at Small Expense.
List OF Telegraph Stations, Together
With Other Valuable Information
viii Be Sent to Those
Desiring the Service.

Anyone desiring to secure market In
formation Issued by the bureau OF
markets. United States department Of
agriculture. more quickly than is pos
sible through the mails may have all
or part of any report sent by tele-
graph. charges collect. from the near
est stations maintained by the bu-
reau. A list OF these stations, to-
gether with a blank for entering the
details OF the desired telegraphlc serv-
ice will be furnished upon application
10 the United States department OF
agriculture.
Some OF the phrases used In these
reports may require explanation.
market excited" represents a CON
dition OF uncertainty and n decided
bullish tendency ON the part OF the
seller.
Market stronger" represents con-
ditIon of increasing confidence on the
part of the seller. with the likelihood
that the present demand will consume
present supplies.
market strong" This represents a
condition OF firm confidence on the
part OF the seller. There may be a
good demand and supplies may be rel
atIyely light. so that the seller Is
likely TO stlffen the price at the hrst
opportunity.
.Market active This represents a
of mick sale, good demand,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

give the following general principles
as to time and manner of cultlvatlng
corn:
Cultivation Has Three objects.
There are three main purposes OF
cultlvatlon-to store moisture, to de-
stroy weeds, to warm the soil.
Keep the soil surface loose and open.
This win let the rain soak In quickly
and reduce waste. In fair weather II
will prevent the subsoll from drying
out. A properly cultivated surface
soil will send moisture, laden with
plant food, up through the corn roots
and stalks to make ears.
Every weed In cornneld Is an en-
envy. II drinks up moisture and con-
sumes plant food that should 20 to
make corn kernels Instead OF weed
seed Destroy weeds when they ap-
pear. Attack them, II possible, In fair
weather. You will then have the sun
as a powerful ally.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

one ShOul0 pre-
dominate. Veg
etables that con-
tain a volatile oil,
lik Ion $,
should not be
overlooked as the
fine flavor Is driv-
en- OF by the heat.
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of small orange, one teaspoonful OF
soda dissolved In one-half cupful Of
cold water, Two cupfuls of pastry flour.
a pinch OF salt. Mix as usual; bake
In shallow pan. Butter while hot
and cover with powdered sugar
Cream loaf.-Cream one-half cup.
ful of shortening. add one cupful OF
sugar and the well-beaten yolks of two
eggs. Add one-half cupful OF milk or
thin cream, one cupful of -four and
one-half cupful Of cornstarch sifted
with three teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder. Mix and beat well /; then fold
In the stifiiy beaten whites Of the eggs.
Bake In n well creased loaf pan about
forty-five minutes.
Club cake.-Take one cupful OF
brown sugar. one-half cupful OF short
ening. one cupful OF buttermllk. one
teaspoonful OF soda. allspice, cloves 10
taste. one cupful OF raisins (nuts and
citron may be added II llked) two cup
fuls of -four and vanilla to flavor.
Bake In layers and put together with
chocolate filling.
Angel Food.-Tnke one cupful OF
egg whites, one cupful of sugnr. one
cupful OF sifted -four. one teaspoonful
OF phosphate baking powder. Put half
the baking powder INTO the egg white
and half into the sifted -four. Bake
80 TO 90 minutes In slow oven.
Rolled Jelly cake.-Take three eggs,
one cupful OF sugar. one cupful OF
-four, two tablespoonfuls OF baking
powder. Beat the eggs until light. add
sugar. two tablespoonfuls Of cold wa.
ter, pinch OF salt. Stir In the -four
sifted with the baking powder, adding
-four gradually. Bake In dripping
pan well creased. Turn out on towel
wrung out of cold water. Spread with
Jelly; roll up while warm.
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pQbRVYAXNES

Green feed should form an impor-
tant part Of the chick ration.
Water, sour milk and clean feeds In
sure success with baby chicks.
Ducklings require moist food, but Il
should not be sloppy or sticky.
Infertile eggs will withstand market
ing conditions much better than fer
tile eggs.
Geese make uncertain breeders the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

q o u ID e boiler,
make a most de-
llcious fruit to
serve In various
ways. Add n bit
of lemon juice
and sugar; boil
down the juice
and pour over the
figs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

Ciihes are now uilllOSt
forgotten and with sugar
scarce and high. cakes
except of the simplest
kinds are a luxury.
Golden Orange Cake,
Take one-half cupful
of clarified drlppings,
one cupful OF New Or
leans molasses, one egg,
one tablespo onful OF
sugar. the Juice and rind
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Humus makes soil darker in color.
A farm is known by the fences II
keeps.
Saving labor is as important as saw.
Ing money.
49, So. . a. -. ).
Poultry and eggs make excellent
creamery sldelines.
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H2eKTCHEN
GBLNETH4z1

Work Is given man. not only. nor so
much, perhaps. because the world
needs II. Men can work, but work
makes men. An ONCE Is not merely a
place for making money; II Is place
for making men. A workshop Is not a
place for making machinery only. II
is place for making souls, for filling
in the working virtues Of ones life:
for turning out honest. modest and
good-natured men.-Henry Drummond.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-07-29

July 4th statistics show that we lose
more fools on this day than in all
the other days of the year put to-
gether. This proves. by the number
left In stock. that one Fourth OF July
per year Is now inadequate. the coun-
try has grown so.-Mark Twain.
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are to be had.
there are many
delicious dishes
TO be made from
them. both now
and canned for
future use, when
the season Is
over.