Milford chronicle., 1929-03-01
INSIDE INFORMATION

so that the meat may be carved be-
tween the ribs, and also make d
slit under the skin close to the rib
bones for pocket to hold the stuff
fling. Fill this cavity with a savory
forcemeat stuffing, utilizing the
meat from the foreshank, sew it up,
and bake the roast slowly in an un-
covered pan without water.
Everybody likes hashed brown
potatoes, but not everyone knows
how to prepare them. Cook med
ium sized potatoes in their skins
until tender. Remove the skins and
chop the potatoes very fine, with 4
tablespoons of onion, also chopped
fine, and season with ga teaspoon
salt, or to taste, and Is teaspoon
pepper. Melt 2 tablespoons butter
in a smooth skillet and add IA cup
hot water. Put the potatoes in,
in a thin even layer, and cook over
a low flame until golden brown
Fold the potato over like an omelet
and then turn onto a hot platter
Garnish with parsley.
Few people realize that wet leath-
er burns" much more rapidly than
dry leather and often spoil their
shoes by putting them while wet on
hot radiators, pipes, or stoves.
Shoes should be dried very slowly
in place that is not too hot. They
should not become hot to the hand.
To obtain prime" muskrat and
beaver pelts, trapping should be
done during February or March,
when they are at their best and
have no dark spots on the flesh
side. Pelts of other fur bearers are
in the best condition through De-
cember and until about the end of
January.
1t costs no more to grow a crop
adapted to local conditions than it
does to grow one not adapted to
your particular locality. If your
neighbor is growing a crop that
does better than the crop you have
been growing, get seed from him
and see if it will not do as we'll
or perhaps better-for you.
All you need for waterproofing
shoes is a little petrolatum and
beeswax. Melt the materiasl to-
gether at the rate of 1 pound OF
petroleum. and 2 ounces of bees
wax and apply the grease while
warm, but not hotter than the hand
can bear. Another simple formula
for the same purpose is 4 ounces OF
cod oil and IL ounces of tallow.
Grease softens rubber, so rubber
heels on shoes should not be treat
ed.
Strains of common alfalfa grown
in mild climate do not take kindly
to the severe weather in the
North, and it is good policy for the
northern farmer to use seed that
was produced under climatic condi-
lions at least as severe as where
the seed is to be sown, says the U.
S. Department of Agriculture. In
the South, preference should be
given to southern strains, as they
produce a somewhat heavier
tonnage where the winters are so
mild that a cold-resistant alfalfa is
not needed.
The secrets of success in market
ing stored sweet potatoes are to
orodo oIaop o0d YooIz Al
product in containers of suitable
type and size, and to put it on the
market when there is a good de-
mand. AS a rule this exists from
about the middle of December to
the middle of March. Sweet pota-
toes when shipped during the win
ter must be protected from the cold
as chilling impairs their quality
and causes spoilage. 1t is usually
best to line the packages with paper
and heat the cars for winter ship
ment.
Begin now to give special atten-
ton to feeding the breeders of the
poultry flock, if you want early
matches and chicks of good quality,
says the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. The ration for breeders
should have somewhat less corn
meal and meat scraps than that for
the layers. On the other hand, milk,
minerals and green feed are of par
ticular Importance in the breeding
ration. 1t is very desirable to have
an abundance of vitamins in the
breeding ration, and quarts of
oil added to every 100 lbs.
If mashr will enable the breeders
% utilize the minerals in the ration.
Direct sunlight is beneficial and ell
breeders should be allowed outdoors
is much as possible. If the ground
S covered with snow, keep the win
lows of the poultry house open
whenever possible. Yearling birds
Usually produce better chicks than
bullets, and if fed a good breeding
alton during January, February
md March should produce Matching
'ggs of the highest quality.
Timber is a savings bank to be
lrawn upon by the owner in times
# need. The trees are the capital
n principal, and the new growth is
he interest. If the timber is
worked wisely and only the amount
# new growth is cut, the capital
will be left untouched and the in
-estment will continue.
Dairy cows watered once a day
rink less and produce less than
hose watered twice a day or at will.
he higher the production, the
.reater the benefit from frequent
The ordinary toad is extraordin-
ry in the use it makes of its hind
eet. 1t reverses the usual order
f things in making its burrow by
igging with them and going in
Each hind foot is
quipped with a spur.