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G. E. HALL, M. IL CLARK,
1 Proprietor. " Editor,
You should alway iteaP a
bottle of Chamb
&Mooch and Liver Tablets
on the shelf, The if Ole folic
so often need a re Id and'
safe cathartic and they do
antsreciate Chamb rlain'e
instead of n unbolt s oilseed
mixtures, Fof ssoiesch,
easeentas eon s ,?..vm, sive ono just before
going to bed. All clreasiktuSe, or, send to
cliastatuale Media co., is
Address comMunioailems to Agrenemist, /3 idelalde 9t. Wet : Termite
When ena How to Use Lime.
One most important office of
ia to keep the sail in a eanitary eon-
ditiom Acids constantly tend to feria
in a eoil, •ititte 1i 10 nature's natural
agamaY to combine with these acids
anti destroy theiv tole effect. Lime-
stone is our thief eauece of inateatal
for ngO Vken there is a defielleneYr
and man keened in an %Via &AY to
bern and slake it to put it into eandi-
Mon for dateibution.
The lime in the atone is in a calaons
ate fovm, and the sluiced. lime 'goes
back to that form when exposed to
the Dir. Perfectly air -slaked lime -is
iclettleal with the 'origilial limestone
in composition. Within recent times
we have learned to put limestone into
farm for easy disteibution by grind-
ing or pulverizing, and the material
is just as effective for correcting
acidity as air -slaked lime'pound foe
pound, if it is absolutely fine. Taste
and experience upon tbousen.ds of
farms prove that when the limestone
has been made as fine as flour it is
immediately available for combination
with soil 'acids, and this is the chief
work that we want lime to perform in
the ground.
And there the argument startaebe-
cease there are degrees of fineness in
limestone; there is the old contention
that caustic lime destroys the humus;
there is varying ease in distributing
the kinds oa lime liven the market,
and there is the reasonable expecta-
tion that when freeh-buenedeime has
so much "pep" in its make-up, and
limestone seems th have none, the
former must be the More dependable.
It is acidity of the soil that Ss the
handicap, and its correction is the
one shatter of interest.
The ,slalang of stone lime or the
farm is a disagreeable job, and usu-
ally is attended by some waste. In
limestone sections where the stone
was burned in large quantities and the
lime was applied ear too freely, it
was a common practice to throw the
stone lime into piles in the field and
let it slake. Reins would cease some
of 4.h:a Bane to puddle and get fete
una:vailable farm, and the distribution
with a shovel was very uneven.
The ability of the lime to be dis-
tributed evenly and easily through-
out the eon adds a great deal to its
value per ton, and that is a considera-
tion when choosing between lump lime
and the hydrated. Manufacturers of
the latter article , have been able to
push sales extenelealy because they
furnished a lime easy to handle and
to distribute, and. many farmers have
preferred to pay a long pnice for it
rather than to slake the stone lime.
There was the added inducement that
the word "hydrated" had a scientific
sound that might easily mean some
sort of value added in a mysterious
way. It is a good form, •and in actual
strength lies between lump lime end
pulverized limestone.
, There certainly has been unneces-
sary confusion in our thinlang regard-
ing the fineness to which limestone
should be reduced. Experiment sta.
tion tests are conclusive that whea
it is made as fine as flour there is al-
most inunediate availability, but it
doesn't follow that we should want
all of the stone made that fine. The
added expense to secure fineness is
worse than wasted wherever an appli-
cation is made to last through an
ordinary crop rotation, because some
of the soluble stone will leach out cif
the soil.
• The experience of practical farmers
has brought probably the great
majority of users of limestone to be-
lieve that the expense of pulverizing
the stone should be sufficient only to
reduce all of it to a fineness permit-
ting it to pass through a 10 th 20 -
mesh screen. We then have a very
considerable proportion that is ab-
solutely fine and immediately avail-
able, and this is in •sufficient amount
to meet the soil's need for the time
if the application is made heavy
soh -alines celled the Moen-
, tate Republie, is situated 12.470 feet
abcive sea level, In the mavleetplete
' of its capital ice from its northen
, Area
is ROM tide by side with oranges
from the eouth and eaetexe borders,
The time te buy a eecona,hand ear
is just before you move, to people in
: the new n,eighborhood WiR think yeat
have had it ell LIM tattle,
enough to erOvale coerset parteelea
for use in later years tof the rotatian
as elieietegeation woes,. • .
It must be borne in mind that the
limo requirement of a soil continuous,
ly increases, and if we apply only
enough linie to. cerrect the acidity at
a given time, tests made Rix menthe
later will' ishow a presence of fl9rne
free aed.
It would /let be good business to
meet the len"ej requfremeat of aialand.
TT:axe are regions Whase COIN Etr3 so
acid thea the only thing th do for the
present ie tadea.end as fen, as poesible
epee' aid-tesistant Planta etreb ad
red.top grass tend some vegetablee and
grains that are lege 6ensitive than the
Movers. Theaost of applieatioas, sef-
ficiena to torreet idl acidity would be
too great for some areas -relate -Iran
sources tof Rine. , sa - '
Oa the other hand, most liena lain'g
within farms that are kept under a
good crop rotationoshoula net lie left
acid. 'The handicap uPon Production
is too great. • ,Lime in some form
should be supplied, anti by far the
greatest Peet of these' deficient eats
can be made friendly to the •clevees
and fully responsive to leetilizers arta
tillage by the application of two tone
of moderately fine limestone applied
once in each mop rotation of four
years or so. •
Some land is tee „deficient' in limp
to grow red clever or to make maxis
mum yields ea most crops, and, yet
has a lime • deficiency that may be
met by a single ton of limestone ma
plied in 'each crop rotation. Ceetain-
ly, where clover has failed 'one does
net go tarries in tabig a ton of burn-
ed lime M. two tons of limestone prior
to the seeding to clavee and grass.
If the applicatien is reasonably
heavy, it is most profitable to make it
eater a god has been broken for corn.
The yield of earn will be greater be-
cause bacterial attain in the soil will
be promoted, and the tillage of the
crop will mix the lime so thoroughly
that the clover and grass seedecl with.
the small -grain crop which followd
.the earn will have every ahanee.
If the application is not made suffi-
dently heavy to supply the wants of
the soil soundly for a crop tetation
• the lime should be aapeled when the
ground is being prepared for the 'small
grain crop with which the grass and
clover will be seeded, or when a seed
bed istbeing made for grass and clover
alone. The lime or lineestone should
always go on the ground after the
plowing has been done, bemuse the
tendency of lime is to move down-
ward. s..
Farmaniened aim may be put in
with the manure spreader Or a lime
datetbutor that in provided with a
sieve to remove refuse material. The
hydrate and the limestone are easily
applied through a lime distributor,
and the beat results are obtained
when the ground is tharceighly disked
after the aittributicin. We want A
particle of lime in every cubic inch
of soil.
A high-grade lime marl is a carbon-
, ate close in value to air-saiked lame,
land air -slaked lime, we must remem-
Iber, has practically the same value
only as very finely pulverized lime-
stone. Wood ashes formerly were an
excellent seethe of lime, but have
, ceased to have any large connnercial
:place. The ashes upon the market
I are apt to contain reach dirt and
I moisture, and the lime often As kirge-
ly in a carbonate form. Possibly athes
is average condition 'upon the market
have a lime content whose vahie is
not ovev one-therd that of pulverized
limestone or air -slaked lime,
Tho exceptions to abaolute safety
COTleerD only (1) the man who might
apply,several tons of caustic lime per
acre, adding no manure nor soda to
supply humus, and (2) the owner of
light sanely land, who should prefer
a catchall to a magnesian lime if ap-
plied in a caustic state. These exeeP-
tione, as I have mid, have importance
to relatively few people.
If you are having soil trouble, it
might pay you to leolt into the lime
requirements of your farm.
CAO'cioe
Which is best'for little pigs just
weaned, sour or sweet skim -milk?
Also for smite nursing pigs? What
would make a good ration for weaned
pigs? I have plenty of pasture, skim -
milk, middlings and bran, I intend
to use a self -feeder. -L. C. •
When pigs are old enough to wean
from their mother I do not believe it
makes much difference -whether the
milk As sweet or sour. But one thing
I should be particular about, is to not
feed sour milk one time and sweet
milk the next, As it is difficult to
keep the milk sweet in the 'sunimea
time I would prefer to feed the milk
sour, then'the pigs always have the
same kind of a ration, This will apply
to the sows nursing pigs just as well
as to the pigs. It does not destroy
the -food value of milk very much to
have it sour. Of course, if you leave
it until it commences to decompose
then it is not as good. '
A splendid ration for 'young pigs
eight after they are weaned is skim -
mill: and wheat middlings, I do not
believe you could get anything better
ancl there isn't anything better to feed
youtg pigs in a, eelf-feedee than wheat
middlings, unless it 15 animal tankage
and, tif course, at the present time Oa
is very high-priced. I would feed
them a very veaseraibie amouet of
middlings made into a thick slop with
soar milk aiel then let them eat all
the wheat !natal:rigs from the self-
teedet they desire. Good pasture will
reduce the feed bill.
The only way to kriow the exaeL
value of a tow is to knew how maity
Patinas of mine ancl auttet she aro-
duces hi a yea", Keeping 41 record is
not ,ae Much work as,yea think, '
Foes lubrication, overloads,' alddu5b
Ile for the fliat pla.60. tile tractor's
worst eriarnyk
wawa.
''D,Ohts With
BorroWettMOney.
All farmers are either doing beet-
eI.oesesital/iiersecozeo,wint leer eb4esieencTiareid tthei4tpti t)avle.
mak, eer Wiley earn at least Oa Per
cent, Wilich is the 'eagle borrowing
rata. Se, whether we aae using our
own cash or emee Mama fellow', it
pays to think a bit about 11,'
Befere I bought a team I had Plenty
toitinekaisnhg dheortuow°thinegwuo
s wjelY,wItIal-
waysll°1tpieta cash for what I ibOught,
and had the all idea that to berrew
money wee about tIM werst forin of
bad management :a fernier coati in-
dulge in. Now I cae, easily see, After
ptlitiYllgfei8,"130faf he eite,thibaattiC?WrIelYOSilt'
,money 50 many easee by not letting a
hill stand when the Matter dill not
particularly waist tit paid. And I See
some instances gime I have becen bor-
rowing. where 1 might to 'haveborrow-
ilreel.tble more in order to ave
te
Buying fertilizer is orie iastance
that illustrates what I mean by this.
Usuelly a fertilizer agent will give us
a straight price and -then throw eV
seven per pent. for cavil.
I believe that it was six per cent.
this year, though, Instead of seven.
I knew of many fariners who wait 'till
the harvest to pay the Xertilizer hill
and also the seven'pee cent. ineerest.
• In most cases we will say that this
time le fur months. It might be more,
and is less a good enemy times, as
July ist seems to be the date here for
settlement of fethilieer 'accounts. How-
ever, a bal of $100 for commercial
fertilizer would cost just three Claes
the interest that a bank would charge.
One can borrow the money' of a bank
and have it three times as long Inc
the same amount. To me these little
nte5.tev,s of $4 and $3 mean easy
n
Tbe public sale is another place
wheee money is thoroughly wasted.
Bills will come out an.d state terms
of sale as nine ninths on a note or
three per cent. off for cash. In this
case it is a aoas to pay cash when
your note costs less than regular in-
terest rates. One's credit Is as good
at a bank, usually, as it is with his
neighbors; it is simply a question of
which cost less. All sake do net have
the same term.s. With some it is
Cheaper to pay cash for an article,
while in others the owner Is willing to
'hold the notes himself; and since he
does net want the money, there ismo
inducement offered for it.
, In dealing with some firms it pays
to barrow money to pay the bills. If
you have thirty days to settle or can
get three per cent. or five per cent,
for a cash settlement, it is easy to see
which pays. One firm in 'my home
town now offers five per cent. off on
anything sold if cash is paid before
leaving the yards. That is thally five
per cent. intarest Inc a day against
six per cent. for a year.
Now, I don't want to infer that we
should borrow alS the money we can,
or that it is wise to get in debt aa
much as possible. There are times, I
am sure, with most farmers, -when it
might the *better to lose a little interest
than te tryto stretch our credit to
far. However, I believe most of us
who are trying our best to get there
on the farm will find a lot mare credit
waiting us at our banks than we ever
supposed there was.
The efficiency of the average farm
horse can be tiecteased 25 per cont.
by the observatice oe these eiraple pre-
cautions:
Water your horse frequently clueing
the hot weather. This will overcome
the danger of heavy tanking at in.
frequenl intervaa.
'Feed regularly a ration uniform
both as to kind and amount, to lessen;
the clanger from colic and other storn-'
etch troubles. Clean the collar every
time ±1 18 put on, and keep it bearing'
surface hard and smooth.
Sponge off the horse Nen he comes
Ati from work, espeeially where thel
cellar ana other parts of the larehe.ss
have left Mavlos. Sponge ant his
mouth, nose, and eyes. Soak his feet
thoroughly with (mid water, but de
±1.1171 thO hose on his body or legs.
Wash his shoulders every night for
si fesv weeks with cold salt water,
Allow him to stop in the shade fete
a few minutes whenever possible.'
Watch the horse for drooping seers,
unsteadiness 'of gait, short,. quick
'breathing, awi a etelden eetasing to
sweat. They mean that the horse isi
getting too hot, aq that he must have1
shade, cooler ale, and 1.‘eet immediate -I
ly.
If the hers° suffers a heat stroke,
protect him Mein the sun, romeve the
harnese, apply cold water 017 ice to the
head, wash tut his mouth mut nostrils,
and evolve his entlee body. Groom the
week Isoowe thoroughly, This Will in-
crease his health, vigor encl power. .
Remembet that the horse preduces
the greatest aliment ef' not power
when delving a lead at a moderato
gait, benee you got mon ofit ,of. bine
by immesh* the los.d rather thaa tile
Saved of, lam work hone.
.• Provide as .cool a plaza as paeeible,
Inc the lame at eight, or he will noti
iti cenaltan to eland the heat end'
work next 'day.
Financial Notes
Ottawa -From the trade statement
just issued by the Department of Cus-
toms, it is evident that Canadians are
buying tremendous amoulits of goods
still from the United Statea Hering
the four months ended July 21st last
imports into Canadd totalled the large
sum of $473,572,580 against $284,897,-
013 in the same period last year, Ex-
ports Irons Canada underwent a de-
cline of fifteen millions in the same
period, this year's four months ,show-
ing being $342,112,423 against $357,-
883,897 in first four months of last
year's fiscal year. Total trade amount-
ed to $825,267,761 againet $658,787,-
357 in same four months a year ago.
Toronto -Present indications point
to the fact that Canadian newsprint
Mallefectaxare at the beginning a
1001 Will be quotina $100 per ten for
ilewsPelea Wben eewSPrInt clialbed
to $100 per On meey ef the mama
feeturers at the time' thovaht that' the
Peek lied been reached, Since that
time, however, corulitiOns have irr1-
proved for the newepvint manufacters
er to 311311 usi exteat that many of
them agar° that $1.00 is hewer now
than 000 per ton was bAgif toysat
Nelson, B.0, -Western Canadien
mines are still experting coal. A ship
recently: left British Columbia fov
Sweden with 4,poo tons of Nina, An4
It is said that oWing to the embargo
On Atinntle Ports, there will he further
lean shilnlieets from ,the Pacific IS
bottom; can be secured.
The Canadian Collieries et Nanahne,
13,0,r which elliPPed this cool are in a
position to export large quantitieg and,
WM the Prices obtainable in 'Europa
will likely do so. At present, prices
of coal in British Columbia ere lower
than anywhere in the world, it ;le
claimed. Sweden has been 'buying coal
from Australia at A price delivered ef
from $45 to $50 a tone and. English
coal 's even -higher. • •
The general concensus ,of opinion in
banking circles appears to be that
tight money well obtain loeally for
spine time to eome. Owing, to the high.
Cost of labor and large wage increases
it is taking a great deal more money
than formerly to peoduce the eame
qeantity of goods. Th:s means -that
industrial plants require more work-
ing capital; and that the banks -are
called upon for funds to, that much
greater extent.
Another factor in the •setuation is
Che crop movement. As soon as the
harvest is over tremendous shipmeets
of grain will commence from the West
to the East and the seaboard. The
banks bear the thief burden of financ-
ing the crop movement from the bane
the grain leaves the farmers' hands
until the price is remitted by the buy-
ers. This takes a huge sum of money,
and if the crop is as large as expected
this year, it will temporarily tax
severely the cash resources of the
country.
With these extraordinaey demands
for funds it is unlikely that there will
be a great deal of money available
during the next two months for stock
market transactions.
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jff
On farms where many of the cows
are bred Co freshen in the fall, there
may be sante difficulty in making but-
ter come during the late summer and
early fall. This is due to the fact
that late in the lactation peeled, the
fat globules are smaller than earlier
in the' period, and correspondingly
harder to gather in churning. There
are eeveral other causes of difficult
churning, also, but usually such a con-
dition is due to one of three causes
(1) the temperature is not right; (2)
the cream is not the peeper richness
or aaidity; or (3) the churn is too full.
Use a thermometer Msteaci of guess-
ing at the temperature. Set the sep-
arator to skim good rich cream -30
to 35 per cent. is best; sweet cream
is more adhesive or sticky than sour
cream and therefore harder to them
but if the temperature and richnese
are right, this is not often trouble-
some. The churn should be from half
to three-fotirths full.
Occasionally difficult, churning is
due to certain abnoe•mal germs that
get into the cream. When this is the
case, the cream takes on a soapy con-
sistency. This is the worst form of
difficult churning to overcome. Scrup-
ulous cleanliness and disinfection of
the stable, utensils and all surround-
ings are the only practical remedies
for this trouble.
The cream should be chinned with
a steady motion. Too slow or too fast
thernieg will not agitate the cream
so as to cause the butterfat to sep-
arate. The fat globules of Jersey ,and
Guernsey cows are larger and separ-
ate more easily than those of the
Holstein. Certain feeds, such as grass,
silage and athev succulent feedsatend
to praline a softer butter, while dry
feeds tend 1:0 produce butter of greater
firmness. This ia one reason why the
churning temperature is usually high -
01 in the winter than during the sum-
mer. Cottonseed meal is known to
produce harder butter.
- • _1. 4 -
The Welfare of the Home
A Sp!eiall Corn& for the Baby
By LENA MARTIN SMITH,
We farm women do not often live
in houses whioli afford an extra room
for a nersery. • Baby meet- live close
to mother, whether in bedroom ov
living roam or, kitchen. Still, when
preparieg for my facet baby, there
floated in my happy &came, pictures
,of furniture designed fov use tip a
baby's "own roon ." Bow 2 longed
to fit up a eorner last foe him' The
nerseries I had seen behregecl to
feteedr, whose incomes were greater
than is realized on our farm and, I
knew- it would be poor judgement to
skimp on soft little flannels in order
to display a few bibs of white furni-
ture. Besides, those same "bits"
bought en a shop were beyond our
meane. Still I Wanted I:pedal fitting's
fee my Baby and I est my mina at
work.
I found a discarded •canvas cot wall
two nice laeg pieces of wood alone; the
tides that would make four of the
nicest kind of bed posters.
In a discarded iron.ug board I saw
long • pieces of smooth wood that I
knew could be used to build ft screen.
A Line old-fashioned washstand I
could use, as the foundation for a
toilet band,
A solid old kitchen &air I knew
could be remodeled for baby's. -"nuns -
Old chest of demi:ere that
had been used kat storage, eompleted
the list of things to ,be conveveed into
that "nursevy,"
perthosed 55 Nth of white paint
which with three coots would make a
smooth egg shell vreeltable finisla,
ifieo bought nursery cloth with winch
to make the top part of me screen and,
4 .scarl for the ,buteam ". , I
The Favver ramar,
Elizabeth !Mks doesn't know llOY/ to
ANA GP,
. And dusting she Iles te deltara ,
Seggeattalai gI fliShwashieg MOWS her
to weeP,
But 015, aeIv elle cleans Up the oar!
Young Percival atria* IS • to water
wirers%
And keeps from Its preeenee afar,
aflintlees he looke on as saimao 11
04155, .
But eh, aow he washes the earl
aehoshaplatt Jinks Mindy at all,
Afi many good how:Molders ere,
.itt, vain for hie help. will the femily
01511,
But oh, bow he nibs up the tax!
The chest of drawers was cleaned
and painted three coats ,of white, the
long &essay scarf added and there was
an ideal Wardrobe for Baby's clo•thes,
bed' clothes 'and for many of my pee -
pared articles for confinement. •
The bed for Baby was male into a
strong frame, tacked with clean can -
Vale, draped with old white 501101 cue-
tain material frostily laundered, filled
with a tick al sun -fragrant oat straw
and feathar mattress, peas and wool-
len blankets, all made foom old ma-
terials ca hand, whith 'were tbleachn
and .etterilleed.
The screen we made into two sec-
tions, and while it gave so real news -
erg atmosphere, a Was also very ser-
viceable foe the bath and for protect-
ing the bed from light and too strong
draughts.
The toilet sthial was relieved of its
extra pieces) cleaned arta painted. It
feints/led a handy pleas for Baby's
basket and the lAtle drawer Was dedi-
cated sto such En:tales as .absorhent
cotton, extra papers of safety pins
and so oto.
The lege of the chair were slim:ten-
ed "And the back pertly emoved so it
would tako up •les space, It is o
l•oVely low chair foe mc to alt ott When
handling ley wee one,
These pieces I have grouped all In
one corner in our bedroom so that
Baby's bed is very dose to mine. The
pieces for the Loilet meet be Ian -toyed
close to the hin 6 or tho bath but are
quickly atel; beat mite place 'again
I have been snood at my friends
•esteltimatiens ea delight twee this little
nursery desigegd Inc the neW wondei
of the world, „
Overgrazing will ruin the best :of
aasturee.
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boolcs arO eelabinal in Xfoodis Stir-
eeparilla, la builds up, the blood,
improves the appetite, invigorates the
digestion, tones the okomath and
(met nerve strewth ee AS to pretnoto
permanent focal health.° gati Merit-
ed and hold the pethio of talrAO_,.....gbfb•
orations, You should give it
Ari a gentle thorough °Atha -et -le
rnany reeonenend Hood'e
the Tele of Man was prectleally ars
lionnocItirpeeilairitdt lienpitlelrg7cd6ho5ai,isiae aut laiatialllotShe.00:31.$1;51110eth,s. --
000, plus an annuity of $10,000 a year,
The Hot Lunch in the School
During the last few years there hoe
been a vete? great many improvements
made in the aletrat echoel. In place
of the unsanitary school, house and
poor teimhere, proper ventilation and
tight and a arst-claes teething staff
have been rated in. But still the Xra-
tarn is not contented to sit back arel
wateh,-the people desire atilt further
to improve the conditions ie the karat
diethicts, ,and this thee by installing
a permanent system 'by which the
.chilatenenight he given a vairm lunch
tut ntote. They are mat .doting this in
terms of' pies and puddings., but are
giving the children good strengthen
, -
ling soups •witth acaeional dishes 'of
rice and macaroni.'
Under the best home conclitions,, the
rural school girl's or hoy's lunch is
unsatisfactory for many reasons,
chlefest, it is 'always a cold lunch.
Even where a thermos bottle is car-
ried, the extra work and time taken
in preparing it, and in the child's eyes,
the embarassing tontrast wieh hie
schoolmates' cold repast makes it un-
desirable again. Again theenios bot-
tles are very expensive in the hands
of children. -
It commonly happens that the lunch
is frozen on the way .and may remain
so until noon. At best, it is difficult
and expenaive to put up lunehes that
are well baloneed. The tendency is
toward too much bread and cake and
too little of vegetables, fruit, rirotein
and liquid foods.
A Successful Experimeut. -
In one district echool the senior
teaeher, who had just elosed years of
experience in eity sehOole, was struelt
with the lack of "attack" during the
afternoon sessions. The vigor seemed
to grow weaker as the afternoon wore
on and a seemingly unwarranted a-
mount Of effort was necessary to get
any work done. • - • .
At a Parent -Teacher's meeting the
teacher broached the eulijeot and gain-
ed the support of the parents: The
mothers were enthusiastic. If suc-
cessful, it solved tone of their constant
worries, for bread and butter, a cotkie
•anel a little frrta from home with the
school's hot (EA would supply their
children with a wholesome luncheon.
In the experiment, it veas desirable
to work out the problem from the
standpoint of the one-romn dietriet
school and the' conditions that prevail
there. At such it might be of value
the Movement Inc the Betterment
of Rural Schools. Therefore the item,
of time mast be given first considera-
tion. Although the good derived
might justify some little sacrifice of
time, there is so much work to be done
in the six hours for instruction that
none can be spared. This extra work
. -
must be done outside of recitation
hours, which means before ttehool anti
at recess, as there are no "study -
periods" for the teacher of the rural
school.
School Lunch Recipes.
Re:ince to be used must he of very
simple operation, anti finally these
were chosen:
1. Potato soup.
2. Bean soup.
a. Vegetable soup.
4. Rice, boiled in milk.
5. For mem, three quarts oe
two quarts oS Yalta?, four ounces
sugar and four ounces cocoa are used.
At recese heat a little water ad make
a cocoa paste with the cocoa, bet water
and swans At 11,15 an older pupil
lights the fire, sets the lcettle contain -
Mg the milk arta water onto it with
the flame turned medium. . At 11,45
the cocoa paste is tamed into- the big
kettle.
6. Two pounds of beef etevs, cut
rather small, with a little fat and a
bone or two for flavor, one quart car-
rots cut in &terra pieces, 0110 pint of
onions ellotel, two quarts of poto.toes,
in pieces the size of a walnut, a little
flour and five ortearte of water, Put
the beef Alld water on as soon as pos-
sible in the morning. At reeess put
all the vegetables in and stir up tbe
flour thickening. At 11.45 stiv in the
thickening and add salt and pepper,
turn down the fire.
7. Macaroni is put 00 in four quarts
of water, cold, at them. Milk and
chees.e, salt and pepper added at 11.45.
Three pounds cif mamma and 1/4
pound of cheese with one quart of
whole milk and two ounces of butter
are used Inc twenty-five pupils.
No Time Wasted.
These recipee have proved satisfac-
tory in .regard to time, taking abso-
lutely maims away from the regular
routine of .school duties and very little
of the recess periods.
Equipment wits the next question to
be 'solved. A two -burner kerosene
stove, e second-hand kitchen table and
a. second -head cupboard were pur-
chased by the township trustee. He
provided also enough cheap, large oat-
meal dishes an,d cheap teaspoons for
the entire school. Masa are all the
dishes that ere needed, as even the
cocoa %nay be seraed readily in them,
A twelve -quart granite kettle, two t:n.
dishpans, a Large spoon, a granite
soup ladle, two paring knives, a quart
dipper, an old fork, a two -quart basin
and cover, three trays, from the five
and ten cent store, and three dish
towels completed the equipment and.
it has b•een seffieientt for every need.
In organizing this effort, a week's
menu was planned and necessary pur-
chases Made. The menu is repeated
the next -week, with possibly a change
on Friday. It is sent home to the
in -other so that she may plan the lunch
to supplement the hot dish. The fol-
lowing has worleed well:
Monday, potato soup,
Tuesday, macaronA and Cheese or
stew.
Wednesday, vegetable soup.
Thursday, rice,
Fricla.y, eocoa or bean soup.
All supplies that may be obtained in
the district are brought by the piapils.
Whole milk and clairy batter are sup-
plied at -wholesale maces. 'Vegetables
are ,brolight When available. , Whole
milk and geed butter contain vita -
mines necessary to growth and no
subeatutes for than sh,ould be used
in feeding children. This menu re-
quires only one-half peeled of butter
every two weeks.
The older pupils of the school were
divided into four committees, aversg-
5. Cocoa, ing four to each committee. A com-
a Beef and vegetable stew. nlittee is on duty one week. Their du-
Ivtacaroni or spaghetti creamed
ties ate to help prepare the food, serve
with cheese. boys carry in a pail of water, dispose
the diehs anti wash the dishes. The
1. Patato soup is made simply. Foe 02 garbage and dithWater and keep
diced raw potatoes with es the eil stove clean. They also help
twenty-five children, three pints,
onion in three quarts of cl/of'hiptiorl'atteorf,' serve the pupils and teachers. The
ath prepared ,before school, .and put on girls help prepare the food, do what
la the twelve -quart leettle at recess, watching is necessary, help Farm the
10.15 a,m, At 11.30 a gall'on of whole food and wash the dishes. Once a week
milk, two otence,s good butter, salt and the ,connnittee renovates the cupboard
pepper are added and the Inc turned, and k'tchen, The committee is under
low. At twelve this is piping hot and the close supervision of the teacher at
is a great favorite. all times alai the teacther fills the
navy beans and la Pound salt clishes so that all burns, are avoided
How Expenses Arc Met.
2. Semi soup requires two pounds of I
better lio,up if put to soak the aftet-' three •cents a dish and the second
pork, it (and justice upheld).
This may be cut in. very small pieces, As to expeimes the first month the
or left whole. The beans will make cost was a very small fraction over
'float befoth and, put ot to boil 41.$ 5000 slightly under three cents a dish. The
as possible in the morning. Salt the pupil pays the thre,e cents a day and
soup at; Tense, and serve at neom an amulet is made of the number ai
8. Vegetable eoup requires move clays lie is serve,c1 the hot dish, At the
time than any other dieh but may be end of the month a statement is nsade
managed Mealy by n forethonght..,' out for each family with a record of
Prepare the vegetables the'afternoon the number of days each child has
before and have them thanding in cola been s,ervecl and credit given lor any
water, or 'better have an place pupil material supplied. This goes home
er two help before school in the morn- with the report caret and the monee
Mg, A fifteen ce,nt soup bone, ten may he rent when the card is retuned.
mecliu,m sized aotatoes., five onions, This bookleeeping es very simple, all
1.C\V carrots, celery leaves, a little ncords ateleept in one tablet and each
chopped cabbage, may be mit filth the .menth's reeord is complete in itself.
big Icettle with aeven or eight quarts: Some of the pleasmit effects -noted
of water before seho,ol. At eecests put ave the imprcived afternoon eonditions,
in a piet of tomatoes, a half tupful the lengthened leech period, better so -
of rice, with salt and pepper. This • &lability among the boys and girls at
makes a thick' miktly flavotad. eoup, the luncheon holm and the gratefel
guaranteed to proeleco any cheeks. appreeiation of the echeol patetaol.
Sometimes the soup May be made with The work is done in a small roam,
two pounds of veal shoulder and, a ,aniainally intended for it teseacra
• lc/made. The lean veal is then saved, etudy, To avoid odors where there is
• diced and mixed into boiled rice the no such room available a tin hood with
next day, This Is a dtls,h meth ,a 'chimney 'naming out a tin 'window
-when one quart whole mornin ',ship end is iltils:p;C;paill'Aedetit'l'f°:fvrienb71 athilLits°7ow'ens-
ed 'by the ,older pupas: w:1010 tpainceezsoeeltiloei
4, Two p,oun.de of rice,asisi
put on at INSCIC8S in five quarts of
water, boiled till half past eleven, tenk, About a plain a week Is nsott,
two .ounces. of better, end Pfs'asillnantite' bAiamtl-ebiliwinti7.1rat= NIVV1171e(111 Obsethal3eetieu:ntee
added, If moat is eat added, vv.]. on many aseasione the community
and e little elenteniet may be served 'mode the kager stove.
to those who like it. Riee sure to wey mit of the countreee
stick to the kettle melees Watch:0, mei grc..11est rralems has been eettted 11
"trtisty" Mast be asks,i to wskli it, one lilt's rlistrict schOOL Wo real-
' n:Tllll1nrnI:ansi%0 hIA te11:°11%3tliee'il.a
th4iteee11%:a:Ia.antiat1,10,0113 rsesssty,
aftot5 which la reallY varY -hut litA your community?