The Exeter Advocate, 1924-11-6, Page 6Addreso communications to Agronomist, 7a Adelaide St. West. Toronto
PASTEURIZING MILK AT HOME. GOOD CONDITION NECESSARY
Milk is one of the very best med- FOR PRODUCTION.
Tums for bacteria to grow in that cant A hen will not lay if not in good
be found. If milk becomes infected, condition. She should be healthy, free
as it nearly always does either from any disease, and show plenty of
through the utensils, dust, ' or other vigor and activity. The first pullet to
means, the microbes will reproduce lay in the fall is the early maturing
very rapidly, when the conditions are one. The hen which is a slow grower,
right. Moreover, if the milk is'infec- is slow in feathering out, is also a
ed with dangerous germs, such as ty- slow layer. The moult is important.
phoid fever, sickness may result. In As soon as a hen goes into a moult
the case of small children in par- she uses her feed to manufacture fes-,
ticular, milk which has a high per-. thers, and her egg production falls
centage of bacteria may be unhealthy, generally to a minimum or nothing. It
even if the bacteria are not disease is easily noticed that some hens go
producing. into a moult much earlier than others.
Pasteurization is a good method for If a hen starts to moult in July her
combating this evil. This can be done laying for the summer is about over.
at home, as well as in a milk plant. So we say that late moulting and
The method described below is easy heavy egg production go together, be -
and cheap. Especially where the milk
is fed to babies, it will be worth while
to pasteurize it at home if raw milk
is all that can be secured .
If inconvenient to have the milk in
bottles, fruit jars could be used. Have
a pail in which these bottles may be
set. Provide something to hold the
bottles up from the bottom of the pail.
An old pie tin punched full of hales
and placed, inverted, in the bottom of
the pail will answer the purpose very
well. This will keep the boales from
..being broken by bumping on the bot-
tom of the pail and will let tho water
under the bottles. Place the capped
bottles in this pail and fill up with
water nearly to the level of the milk.
Punch a hole through one of the caps
and insert a thermometer. Now place
the pail and all on the stove and heat up in the reproductive organs are
up to 160 degrees F. As soon as this very similar to conditions in any preg-
temperature is reached, remove the nant animal. Preparation is made for
bottles from the water. Let the milk laying, much as for parturition in a
stand twenty or thirty minutes so cow.
that it will cool slowly (replacing the When the ovary is dormant and no
cap on the one which contained the eggs are being produced the distance
thermometer). between the pelvic bones is very small.
When the bottles have cooled The vent is dry, small, puckered, and
enough so that there is no danger of in yellow fleshed chickens has a decid-
breaking, place them on ice, if it is ed band of -yellow pigment around the
available. Cold water is the next best inside. When laying commences the
thing. Keep cold, and tightly closed pelvic bones become pliable and
in the same container until ready to spread apart. The distance may m-
use. crease from one to three fingers in a
In addition to keeping the milk short time. The vent becomes large
more safe, this process will lengthen and moist and after two or three eggs
the time before souring occurs. The have been laid the ring of yellow pig,
flavor or nutritive value of the milk ment has disappeared and the vent
will not be injured at all. is bleached.
Vim. Kuit1. ... 1.4..0-u.u, La ...r. i..,_.. ......l..a. .,uil.:.u:ite for legisla-
cause it gives the hen a longer sum- tive honors in the territory of Hawaii. She is 69 years old and a vendor on
mer period and still she is back in one of the busy streets of Hcnolulu.
form in time fox winter production, so �____. ._.._ _ _-.--• """"'�`"'
says Prof. W. R. Graham, 0. A. C.
If a hen is laying heavily the plum THE @aCG 111
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age will become dry, hard and brittle.
The lustre will disappear and the fee -
there become broken. The hen ser- Recipes From Old -Tinley Canadian House Wives.
tainly loses much of . her natural
beauty, but she cannot retain that BY ANNETTE C. DIMOCIC.
bright lustre and also keep up heavy underlying causes.
production. Watch for the old ladyFirst preparations for Thanhsgiv- cream to make that nice brown skin The little child has had compara-
with the full array of feathers all in Ing began a fortnight ago when Aunt, on top. Have a brisk oven at first to tively few experiences, and for this
good form and see if she is not one Min,black-eyed, rosy -checked, had prevent the crust from soaking, then reason each one is very vivid in his
of the boarders in your flock. what she calls Pie Day. On this day, reduce the heat and bake very slowly consciousness. He lives them over
The question is often asked, "Can she made thirty pies to be frozen and, until a silver knife thrust in comes and over. This is not the result of
you tell whether or not a hen is lay- so, according to some cooks, improve' out clean. any effort on his part, the mind acts
ing?" This is very easy, and requires their flavor. A happy youngster sats MIN'S TOMATO MINCEMEAT. spontaneously. Stories are enjoyed
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but a few observations. When a hen on either side of her trying to copy because they minister to this mental
commences laying the conditions set her deft motions and unconsciously Five c. cooked chopped green to- activity, and, to the younger children,
5 c. chopped apples, 6 c, sugar
aim Education,_
�'TfsaChitd's Piret.Schoot•ts:.the Family"=1eraebci.0
Romancing—By Florence J. Ovens.
=`I .a..great black cat ag chasing
asi eninviifrom material limitations. %trek
rohnient pictured in the story b+t'
manta:
Tlie mouse wa
Fido 'MI the cat" was as big as an cornea very real." The narrative seem
auto, 'nd she had great big eyes just
like the lights on the auto 'nd—"
"Harry!" exclaimed his mother in
a shocked, reproving tone as she came
out on the porch where her boy was
entertaining two smaller children,
"What are you saying? ,Come here
to me. Why will you tell, what isn't
true? Haven't I told'you how wicked
it is? What shall I do with you?".
"When I was at Aunt Edith's," confidence. It is necessary to be there
Bertha was saying to her little play -
in order. to be of service. That it
mate, "I saw a dollthatcould walk really is difficult for some children
and talk and eat just like anybody. to distinguish between what. they im-
I left a box of candy on the table agine aril that which actually occurs,
near her and she ate it all up. is well substantiated. Fortunately
Bertha's mother, standing at the there are men and women who have
window, heard her and was troubled, not forgotten the days when "Jack
but when the child came in answer and the Bean Stalk" was real to them.
to her call she only said, "Please go Some can -even remember how they
upstairs and get Mother's knitting." themselves, in imagination, quite out -
Many a mother has been puzzled re- did Jack's exploits.
garding the attitude she ought to Little by little this vagueness of
take when. the little son or daughter distinction between what is really
insists on telling original stories for done and what is merely thought 01
facts. No one can solve this problem disappears, and the former stands out
for her. No one can outline a definite with clean-cut outline. At this time
course and be sure that it will prove a reaction may take place against the
to be the best always; individual fairy story. This is to be regretted,
cases differ so greatly. Nevertheless, especially if it be the outcome of a
perplexities of this sort are often feeling, on the child's part, that he
match simplified by considering the has been deceived. The plea for a
true story is quite often the outcry of
disillusionment. The child should be
protected from such experiences. If
told from the beginning that the fairy
story is a make-believe it will lose no-
thing of its first charm, and his pleas-
ure in it will be prblonged. And what
is even better, this method will help
him to classify his own stories. If
the parent uses tact the child will
most satisfying of all are those in quite enjoy applying the term "make -
which there
like an experience and like an exper-
ience islived over again and again.
Is it strange if the story sometimes
varies, the hero or heroine changes
and this 'daydream is woven into the
autobiographythat the child likes so
well to tell?.,
The situation calls forlswtgination
on the part of, the one who i to deal
with it. A little sympathetic under-
standing will admit one, to the child's'
absorbing some of her old-fashioned matoes
joy in work. ( (Min uses maple),1 c. fat salt pork
"Butcherin'" came right after the, (chopped), 1 lb. raisins (seeded or
first freeze, so the pork loin is ready seedless), 1/2 lb. currants, 2 tsp.
to bake as well as the turkey, goose ground cloves, 2 tsp. ground alspice, 4
or chicken, dressed days ago. 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, % c. boiled
Hens, canned at culling time, are id •
ready to be turned into chicken pies.! Chop the green tomatoes fine, put
Dressing for the salad is always on : them over the fire without any water
hand just waiting for cream to be: and cook until tender. Measure. Add
-
all of the remaining ingredients ex-
adSweet pickles and. d jelly were made sept the cider and cook until the ap-
in September. Cranberry jelly may, pies are tender but still hold their
be made ahead, so after all there is shape. Cool. Add boiled cider and
not so much to do at the last minute. Put into jars.
Oyster Soup, Pickles, Crackers,! BELLE'S CABBAGE SALAD.
Roast Chicken, Turkey, Duck or Goose,1, One c. sugar, 2 tbsp. mustard, is
Roast Loin of Pork, Chicken Pie, : tsp. salt, 2 eggs, ',s c. strong vinegar.
1 Daddy Tailoot that he ought to give
Cranberry Jelly, Jelly or Conserve, c. butter, dash of cayenne, 1 c Actua11y see it growing, and one day—
gashed Potatoes, Buttered
s
is an atmosphere of free- believe to his romancing.
THE CHILDREN'S
HOUR
thankful to sit down to a meal that
1I didn't cook myself!"
So! Simon Silvertail ldndled the
fire bright and clear;, and Daddy
Tarfoot put his ears to roast; and
q Henry Hopover kindled another fire
and Daddy Longears put the potatoes
to bake.
Wella Everything was going beau -
Daddy Tarfoot had the very finest tifully when Uncle Strapleaf Turnip
patch of corn in the whole neighbor- came up with a great armful of dried
hood—and he was mighty proud of it, moss and without so much as saying
too. It was Yellow Bantam and sweat "by your leave" flung it full on
a:. t _Isar. Tarfoot's fire.
Daddy Longears said he could Up shot the blaze; and the ladies
screamed; and the corn scorched; and
poor Daddy Tarfoot burned his arms
dreadfully. But Uncle Turnip laugh -
d sort of nervously and said he liked
DADDY TARFOOT'S CORN
ROAST.
v
cream to whip, about 11 quarts fine- well along in September—he told
Mashed Turnip Squash, Cabbage
POULTRY or oil meal in the proper proportion' Salad, Mince, Pumpkin and Apple Pie,; " Mix isugar and mustard, add beaten a party—"roasting ears and baked
to balance them. One pound of tank-; Rice Pudding, Cheese, Apples, Nuts, eggs, salt, cayenne and vinegar. Cook potatoes—mm-mmm! his corn scorched—and they could
Pullets hatched in April or early age, two pounds of oil meal or fifty; Raisins, Coffee. ' over hot water, stirring until it thick "Just the thing!" And Daddy Tar- give him ail of the first lot.
May are now six months old or better._ pounds of skim -milk should be added From this glorious abundance it is ens, adding the butter as the mixture foot slapped his knee jovially. "Let's And he ate every bit of it—and
If they are of the light Mediterran- to ten pounds of these grains. f easy to subtract enough for a simpler heats. Cool. This foundation will see—to-night's moonlight—and the became so ill that they had to call
can breeds, such as Leghorns or An -i A good ration for a sow consists of festive meal, reducing the menu of our keep for months in a cool place. As i corn's in the milk ..we'll fly around Doctor Pedley. So he had his lesson.
laying they
huite will Inl all nro hebilit be corn and oats of about equal parts,! force troth -err to something Turkey orike this: desired, add i/z c. of the foundation and get every one here to help half Mrs. Zip Coan did up Daddy Tar -
y g q y g with fifty pounds of -wheat middlings,' P ' to the whipped cream and mix with, the fun in a party is getting ready
when they are put in their laying made into a thin slop with skim -milk. Cranberry Sauce, Relish, Potatoes, the cabbage. Adding a little chopped' for it."
quarters. If they are of the heavier; and kitchen wastes. What she will Any preferred vegetable, Salad, Des- green or red sweet pepper, pimento No sooner said than done! Daddy
American breeds, they will be just clean up in twenty minutes is enough sert (pie or pudding), Beverage. ! or parsley to this gives a nice dash Longears lippety-lipped over to the
starting to lay their first eggs as a to feed. In addition she should hovel Grape fruit may be substituted for of color.
flock. the soup or may precede i'
plenty of fresh pasture, or, in winter,; •
This means then that our feeding clover or alfalfa hay and a chance to! Oyster stew may give place to a
problem is one of supplying the nee- look over the wastes from the stables. clear soup or tomato soup.
essary ingredients to induce egg pro-
duction, and at the same time to en-
able the birds to put on flesh and
gain in weight.
Celery and olives would give crisp -
foot's burns with a strip torn from
her old work apron; she had her best
apron with her.
The ladies waited on Daddy Tar -
Cottontail's and_ told Pa Cottontail to foot so that he had a good time in
CRANBERRY SAUCE. tell all his neighbors that they were spite of his burns and he felt sorry
One quart cranberries, 1 pt. sugar, invited to Daddy Tarfoot's corn roast for Uncle Turnip and told him he'll
1 c. water. —that very night—and be sure to could carry an armful of corn home
ries in the water until come early with him to eat when he felt better.
She will get lots of exercise in this Cook cranber
Hess, color and interest. pp y pp Wellthe partywas a eat sue -
way, which is essential. the skins burst. Add the sugar and • And Daddy Tarfoot li et -li ed gr
In winter hogs often suffer for lack Many people prefer ice cream and cook until of the consistency of mar- to the Hopover's and asked Henry cess. Granny Wobblenose roasted the
of sufficient mineral elements. This cake for dessert rather than pies or; malade. Strain or not, as desired. Hopover would he invite the Silver- corn and it was done to a turn—soe
In tackling this problem the first is especially true with animals that puddings, and freezing the cream It is easy enough to "stodge up" tails and the Twitchets ,and any one; were
Thn theBob atoes.Cricket and his folks
requisite is to continue to feed heavily do not have a wide variety of foods. makes nice "busy work for father on, food materials,siflavors` and add else he could think of. "And don't'
of grain. Cutting the grain at this During the winter months when they Thangiving morning! new names, but little is gained there- forget Zip 'Coon and his folks—
le
up—"Crik-crik-crik!" And the
season may induce a few more eggs cannot root in the ground it is advis- How pretty the Thanksgiving table by.As Liberty Hyde Bailey says: :they've been eyeing that patch for little bunnies and the little squirrels
out of the pullets, but it is almost able to supply -these minerals in the looks with its snowy best tablecloth, We add the extrinsic and meaning-, some time." !and the little Zip Coons played games`
sure to deplete their body weight. So form of wood ashes, salt, sulphur and its centrepiece of fruits and nuts, its.. ess odors of spices and flavorings,! In less than an hour the little folk in the silvery moonlight.
it is a good plan to feed to laying pul- bone meal. Often hairless pigs rickets shining glass and silver. How good forgetting that odor no less than ' of the woods came streaming from all ^ So one and all they thanked Daddy
lets for the next three or four months and paralysis of the hind parts may the whole house smells. What an at-' mus hath occasions; each of the ma- directions—chattering gaily; each try-, Tarfoot for their lovely party.
as high as fifteen pounds of grain be avoided by taking this precaution terials has its own odor g Then the bade one another o0
day to 100 birds.
In the case of the Mediterranean farrowing time, but carry it right Elaborate, sophisticated dishes ave in its best expression I think that own tittle knife—no one could husk
breeds this figure can be reduced through the suckling perica ♦ It is ad- ?'o proper place in this days semi -
a mesphere of good cheer pervades it— that the die- in to reach Daddy Tarfoot's first. ! y g d -
I would not change the ration at Peace and plenty. t g cook will try to bring out Granny Wobblenose carried h
crimina in co _ C1 night and went happily home and to
h h bed
1 one reason why persons enjoy the corn as neatly as she; and Sophia
alightly, whereas with the heaviervisable however, to feed lightly or religious, ceremonial feast. It is a
simple cooking of farmers and sailors Silvertail had acorn cookies.
Improved Seed.
American breeds a slight increase, if withhold a feed or two at time of far- time of family gatherings and homey and other elemental folk, is because of, Jemima Hopover set the 'Cottontail; The production and distribution of
the birds will eat it readily, is not too rowing. It is usually safest to follow associations. Homely dishes with the comparative lack of disguise, al- bunnies and the Hopover bunnies and improved farm crop seed is made an
much grain. Do not fail to feed the the demands as expressed by the sow homey flavors make the greatest ap-;though they may not be aware of the the Silvertail squirrels to 'gathering` important factor in the'supervision of
grain in deep litter, keeping the birds herself at this time, and feed lightly peal to most people, so here are some merit of it."
i cones to start a blaze. the Dominion Illustration Stations.
active and searching for every particle until she lets you know •in no unser- standbys used by genuine, old
-Limey, So let us use our best skill to pre- By the time the big moon—honey
ese The• report of thStnor• 3,
Canadian housewives. I pare wholesome, simple food for this colored—was peeping through the, available at the spell
nsfBranch
MIN'S PUMPKIN PID. High Festival in wholesome, simple pines, Daddy Tarfoot had a great pile' of the Dept. of Agriculture.at Ottawa,
pt. stewed and strained pump-; ways. And keep the feast with of corn ready and waiting; and 'he 1 points out that the varieties grown at
kin, 1 pt. sugar (Min uses rnaple),1 thankful hearts.
1 qt. milk, 4 tbsp. flour, 2 tsp. salt,
8 tip. cinnamon, 3 tsp. ginger.
These proportions make four pies. Leghorns require, at least three the corn -,for I'm a fine hand at the these crops first an the illustration
Fill a,crimpd shell of flaky pastry; square feet of floor space and six business." fields,• the farmers in the district are
with this mixture. Over the top of , inches of roosting space." •The heavy "Mind!" exclaimed' Susan Cotton- able to observe their performance
each pie pour 2 tbsp. sweet milk or breeds need more space. tail: "I''m sure I, for one, should ;be from a field and yield standpoint:' The
of it.
All we need to give the birds is a
combination of the three staple grains,
Dorn, wheat and oats. A mixture of
200 pounds of cracked corn, 100 To prevent waste in the apple
pounds of wheat and 100 pounds of orchard, those handling the fruit
heavy oats is hard to beat, both from, should realize that they are dealing
the nutritive as well as from the cost l, with a product that is a living organ -
standpoint. I ism and also that it is very easily in
I jured. Most of the soft rots attack-
tain terms that she is hungry.
Handling Apples.
HOGS. 1 ing the. apple are started through
bruises and skin breaks commonly
There are a great many rations; caused by rough handling. ' Apples
that are good for brood sows. Ido' should not be packed until they have
not know that there is any one best reached a stage of hard ripeness with
member is that the ration be `well
ration. The important thing to re- i i„olor development characteristic of
1'
balanced. the variety. Ifpicked too early flavor
By a well-balanced ration we. mean ,and. keeping qualities are lost to an
one that supplies only what Is neces-'extent that doenot help .the sale of
eery of the elements essential for .the' this fruit. Apple picking is carried
health and normal•growth of the sow Dir by some in a way that shows ten
and of the litterwhich she is carr ` per centof the fruit injured by care-
t'- � lessness. Packing apples in tight bar -
ratio of one pound of protein to sixing. This means not only a nutritive rels on warm days generally leads to
pounds of carbohydrates and fats, as' unprofitable results. If the work
we are in the habit of thinking of a - must be done on unarm days, ;elect
balanced ration, but also the mineral same place other than the orchard for
elements and the bulky foods that are the packing table. A cool building or
required for the normal, healthful' basementege with a temperature below
functioning of the vital organs. 50 degrees is to be preferred 'over a
Such food's as corn, barley and rye temperature of 75 or 110 -degrees in
are carbonaceous foods and make too the orchard. Low temperature . in
wide a ration. Skim -milk, tankage,
and oil meal are nitrogenous foods
and make too narrow a ration. Oats
wheat middlings- and clover are well
balanced so far as, the nutritive ra-
tio is concerned, We need not look
for any other foods to balance them
but when we add corn, barley or rye
rubbed his hands and said: these Stations are those that have
"Well, folks, I'm hungry as a bear; proved the most suitable on the, near
and if the ladies don't mind I'll roast est Experimental Farm. By growing
which to cool, pack and store apples
are very essential to long -keeping of.
this product.
When . weaning the calves they
should , be taken from the dams ab-
ropily, and, if possible, kept where• Here are some of Canada's future citizens:. Some eighty-five Barnado boys are. shown on their arrival in
they can neither sea, nor hear the Toronto recently in special car on the regular train from'Quebec,
we should also add skim, -milk, tankage cows'
lessons in regard to these are fre-
quently learned at; meetings held at
the Stations at different periods of the
year. • It is the policy of the Stations
to dispose of the surplus seed of these
varieties to --farmers ins the neighbor-
hood at a nominal price. In a single
year there were sold from the Eastern
Canada, IIlustration Stations about
six thousand bushels of wheat, ten
thousandbushels of oats, besides large
quantitiesof potatoes, grasses, 'and
clovers of the most popular productive
varieties.
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Modern Dress.
"She's .v -c in knowing' what to
put on.”
"But not so wise in knowinse what.
not to leave off."