Milford chronicle., 1928-07-06
1EiHSiSIDE INFORMATION

Don't wrap the ice in a paper OF
cloth blanket" It is true that you
will save ice by so doing, but you
will not save food. In order to re-
duce the temperature in the refrig-
orator, the ice must melt.
Fish loses its fresh flavor when
kept, and spoils very easily in hot
weather. Since the flavor is likely
to be absorbed by other foods fish
should be kept in very tightly COW
cred dish in the refrigerator, and
used as soon as possible.
Here's a good menu for summer
evening party: Fruit salad, made
from lettuce, oranges, pears, peach
es, cherries, and sliced pineapple,
dressed with whipped cream, and
garnished with nut meats; crackers
spread with cottage or Roqueford
cheese; iced tea or a fruitade of any
kind.
Watermelon can be served as a
first course, like fruit cup or musk
melon, for lunch or dinner. The wa
termelon should be thoroughly chill
ed, then sliced, the rind removed and
the flesh cut into cOnvenient-sized
blocks which are piled on plate.
See that salt is at hand for those
who like it on watermelon.
Home methods of setting colors in
fabrics, such as soaking them in salt
water, or water with vinegar added,
are of no avail. Textile specialists
of the Bureau of Home Economics
point out the fact that if there were
any such simple way of securing fast
colors, manufactures would use it.
Dyes, however, have greatly i'm
proved in recent years. If you take |
home a sample of the material you
like, and wash it, and expose it to
strong sunshine, you can tell for
yourself whether the goods will be
fast to water and to
light.
Make sun suits from your rOmper
pattern by cutting the legs very
short and trimming out the neck and
as much as you can. Make
he upper half of some transparent
)r thin material, such as fine lawn,
,rOss-bar muslin, marquisette, or
net. The lower part should be of
)rint or other opaque cotton goods
# pleasing pattern. Make sun hat
o match, to shade the eyes. 1t
hould be light and washable. Let
he children play in sun suits, after
hey have acquired a coat of tan, on
ny summer day when the tempera-
lre rises above 80 F. Their legs |
lay be bare or they may wear bare I
Dot sandals without socks.
Should green crops be turned un- /
er, fed, or sold? Many local factors \
re involved in this question, but
enerally speaking, where forage t
rop can be grazed or advantageous a
2 fe dtO live stock and the manure n
sturned to the land, this will be the
ost profitable. However, where t.
nall number of livestock is kept, or v
here the soil is poor and in need of o
'ganic matter, it may be more prof E
able in the end to turn under
'een crop than to sell it. The turn S
g under of a green-manure crop Il
ay affect the yield of following }
ops even to the third year, and this
ct should be taken into account N
hen considering the question of ! Is
ling a legume hay crop or turning Of
under.
remedies, given to - -
ultry either as medicine or mixed w W
tn feed, or water, are of no use y,
latever ncontrolling external par
ties, says the U. S. Department of %
,riculture. Practical tests carried W.
by the department, by dosing or
Wis with a large number of differ
t internal medicines, show without ol
1bt that not only do these internal a
emedies' fail to control the lice Te
d mites, but they often decrease
, vitality of the fowls and thus MI
lder them easier prey to the para fir
es. No such short cuts should be M,
empted; the standard control rec
of the department Re
,uld be followed. These are sup le1
ed free to interested persons. bo
CUMUER