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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-12-15, Page 6te• , &Wins* aoinfrUelcaltione to Aaett07)Iniet. 73 aciplaide St. West. Tercanis Our Own Type Berkshires. visable for the Canadian It hals been claimed that a tendeneYs Breeders/ adaiii etion to drlin what 'Christmas for us to try sone of th ' tri e As to lengthening side is noticeable ire aright be termed the requiremente of ed and true recipes of oer sister the Berkelaire breed in Canada within' in distinctly Canecliansbren Berkshire. 'cooks on the other side of the world. the last iievs years. Commenting are This inight differ from the ,standard England and &attend are famous the bacon cases swards 'at. the Cane set in Great Britain; preouinably it for their shortlareade, Legend tells Holiday Cakes from Scotland "England and Mexico. By NELLIE RYDER GATES. Creating a Musical Atmosphere in the Home of life iamphant over death arid 'therefinre trperennial life in the reneWal ot•each bounteous. year. With hardly an exception, every around housewives all over Christen,- glans. With such a wealth of legens dom don tiseir aprons and go into the ilary lore lyebind the eustone it le not When the holiday season centes, ,,P;sel:ineaeno.?te:clateeittry 1191Withmtnihee myth at); fweirrite reoipee. For variety's sake come to ionteeau:oite pala.rigretenntira61 :10tehest to ,bake eakes after their own $urprisiOg • Berkahire it wisald be very interesting thie sdia.n Nnal atioExhibition, an agri- cultural writer states that the Berk- shire "has shown very satisfactory improvement in the past few years, the heavy shoulder and ham giving way to smoother quaeters with in - Creased length between, reeking them more suitable for the production of "Wiltshire sides." The comment brings right into the forefront the difficulty which many farmers face in the Berkshire breed. • They scarcely understand sufficiently that the breed lends keel/ to two • types,. almost opposite in ohmmeter. , "In the United States," says Pro- fessor. G. E. Day in his work, 'print litter. During the winter fresh strasv ductive Swine Husbandry," "it is onlY was oecasionally added as the old lit - natural to expect them to conform, to ter became packed down. The hens in the fat or lard type and some breed- the house were thrifty and laid very ers have gone rather to the extreme well. This is not as good as a cement in breeding for fine bone, smoothness or board boor, but worked out all right and quality and neglecting size and an an earth floor' where an unusual fecundity. In Canada. the tendency is depth of litter was needed to build would differ very considerably trot - the actual standard of 'the breed in the tions were brought into SconanAd by United ntates, Which is the outcome of Queen Mary from one of her visits to their special and peculiar catering to France. The French name fot them la petits gateaux tailes, but as near as the fat, lard market. the rough Scotch tongue eould come to this was "petticoat tails'," and petti- Useful Poultry Litter. coat tails they have been ever since. We once had an earth floor poultrY At Christmas and New Year's "they house that was a little too low and awe made into round cakes and deem - inclined to be d.amp. There, was no ated with mottoes which are put on time to raise the level by hauling sand with little candies, candied fruit peels so we covered the floor with loose or icing forced through a tube. corn fodder to a depth of about six•"Petticoat Tails" inches. Over the fodder we placed calls f,or a pound, af flour sifted -with geod foundation for the lighter straw us that these delectable little calliope- ' straw. The tough fodder formed a One of the most popularrecipes a teaspoonful of ba.king powder and half a teaepoonful of salt: Three- fourths of a cupful of sugar and a cupful of butter are creamed together very carefully, then Worked into the flour. When the dough is smooth and well mixed it is divided into -two. round cakes, pinched around the edges with fi the ngers, perforated with a fork it up' baked in a moderately hot oven to select for a lengthy, strong -boned type, whieb. looks somewhat coarse Straw is the best litter we have ever and tin acme. It is served . wane ana , , and leggy when compared witb. the used. About six inches can be placed floor in the fall. The hens broken up with the fingers into pieces. on the extremely fine type but -which is a first class farmer's hog. The demand gradually break it up and pack it • Gingerbread Cakes. down. A litter that is not replenished Hard• gingerbread is used for for the bacon type in Canada and becomes almost as hard as a floor and Christmas cakes in many courstries. competition with the bacon breeds ethe scratch grain is not hidden. The A good English recipe says to sift have had an influence in bringing purpose of litter is to make birds ex- together four cupfuls of flour, one about this modification. The Berk- shire is better stilton for supplymg the market demand for fat hogs than It is for producing "bacon hogs. Where backs, shoulders and hams are the main requirements the Berkshire fits in exceptionally well, but for the ex- port bacon trade in Wiltshire sides it has scarcely enough length of side and has too heavy a neck and shoul- ders. The fat type of Berkshire is utterly unfitted for the Dominio-n bacon trade, which depends so largely for its outlet in Great Britain. This warn- ing about choosing the proper type within the Berkshire breed is probab- ly most applie.able to the Canadian West where the breed has attained popularity because it does not "scald" under prairie heat. Even within this sub -division of the breed producers stiould pay strict attention to get- ting the right conformation: It is the common experience of buyers to -day that, as Professor Day has stated it in general, there is "scarcely enough length of side and too heavy a neck and shouiders," It may be with the growing demand for bacon breeds, that it would be ad- ercise by scratching. So new litter of sugar, a tablespoonful of ginger must be placed on the old to furnish that loose top layer that easily hides the grain. When Etter becomes damp and tough it must be removed. , The broken hay from a clover hen ler sometimes can be used for scratch- ing litter. Dry leaves are useful in small ...poultry houses if an abundance of leaves can be obtained near at hand. The leaves break up very easily and are not as good as wheat or oat straw. Shreddedfodder corn is also used ter and half a cupful of powdered sugar. for litter. It absorbs moisture and Into this pour gradually a does not break up easily, thus lasting fourth of a capful of milk Stir in a scant eup,ful of flour, flavor with van- e long time. On poultry farms where illa, and spread vpry thinly on the bot - only ,corn is raised, the uise of shredded tom of a baking- pan. Sprinkle with fodder saves the purchase of straw. chopped blanched almouns, crease into If straw must be purchased for the squ,ares and bake a delicate brown. poultry flocks and storage room is When done curt apart and roll alp into linuited, it pays to buy baled straw. little This saves time in repleniohing the rolls. straw litter in the laying houses. In a some sections poor grades of nay can Dress Up Christmas Gifts be used for poultry litter. We find that the amparta.nt point is to have a mix- ture that is dry and clean and hides the grain. The material produced at home is often the cheapest and in place of straw the other materials will give fair satisfaction. and a teaspoonful of sant. Rub in a hale t pound of butter and jest en.ougli molasses to bind them all together. Let it stand overnight in a cold place, and the rtext clay roll very thin, eust in fancy shapes and bake. "Azucarillo." pant of the • Christma.s peogram. Therefore, the homeliest and humblest Of gifts are dressed up with spoils from. the woods or garden. : In seklition to the eprue.e or fir trees, pines ef various oorts, juniper, cedar and hemlocks and ground pine are all used, as well as such berries as holly, bittersweet, wintergree,n, bayberries and mistletoe. The Mexicans Mexicans make a delicious little cake they call azucarillo. They cream together a quarter of a cupful of nut - To -day I asked one of my friends ,why he was so strong for the Mai- - baiter as a help in poultry raising. His argument is so plain that it -will bear repetition. He sa.yo, "I havenit any- thing against the old hen as a chick hatcher and raiser, except that she -doesn't want to sit when I want her to, and the chicks she raises usually come pretty high." The line of reasoning rune some- thing like this: This particular narm- re keeps a flock of about 150 hens each year and, by the way, this is the num- ber in the average farm Beek in this section. He culls eaeh fall until he has about sixty old hens to use for • breeders, while he plans on raising rdnety pullets each season for his winter layers. With his White Leg - horns, it takes about six months to get them matured enough to lay, which means that if they are to start laying in early winter, they must be Maritime Provinces 201, and British Columbia 162. What is known as the Car -lot Policy was adopted by the same branch in 1916. Under the terms the reasonable transportation expens- es insurred by farmers residing in Canada who purchase stock at central stock yards for return to country points, are met. Under this policy farmers in eastern Canada are entitled it, not in the wildwocel, but in your to ship from stock yards to cou-ntry own homes. There it will shelter no points female breeding stock—cattle, deeds of blood, but loving gifts and sheep, or hogs—without payment of rites of kindness." freight, provided the animals are not The •custom is also explained as be - purchased for speculative purposes. ing derived from the ancient Egyptian In western Canada the policy includes custom of decking the houses at the stocker and feeder cattle as well.. The time of the winter solstice, with policy came in force regarding the lima or packages look very "Christrnassy" with a spray af beeries thrust through the ribbon or string with which they are tied. If berries are lacking, a ,small spray of spruce, pine or hemlock can be used with good effect. • A pretty table decoration represent., ing miniatur.e lanciscape c.an be made with dumps of moss, tiny trees and vines. Arranged on a shallow tray it can be dampened and kept fresh for weeks. Christmas Dont's. • Don't leave the cost -mark on • preserite. Doran let money dominate your Christmas Igtiving. Don't let Christmas giving deterior- ate 'bete a trade. Don't embarrass youteelf by giving more than you can afford. • Donn try to pay debts or return obligations in. yourr Ohristma.s giving. Don't ,give trashy things. Many an attic couid tell ,strange stories about Chris.tmas presents. Don't make presents which your friends wiE not know what to do with, and which wauld merely encumber the home. • Donn give because others expect you to. 'Give because you love to. If you cannot send your heart with the gift, keep the gift. Donn give too bulky articles tF ,people who live in small quarters, un- less you knovr that they need the par- ticular• things you send them. Don't wait until the last minute to buy yourr presents, and, then, for lack of time to make proper enlections, give what your better judgment con- demns. • Don't decide to abstain from giving just because you cannot afford ex- pensive presents. The thoughtfulness of your gift, the interest you 'take in those to whom you give, are the prin- cipal:things. The intrinsie value of your gift counts very little. Don't give things becaulse they are With a Bit of Green.nie_sehean and make a big shovo for the money. As a rine it is a dangerous Many legende surround the use el evergreens at Christmas timeS. thing to pick up a lot of all sorts of . Winfrid, after hewing a huge oak thillg15at bargn .dsao,lesthe for Girraistin7s which had been the object of druid Presens• If you uwnjohrebiparmed, aawyobie,miting ,fidr ttrheeeepaioaienetinogaiia, gift's. Besides, there is usually some the temptation to make inappropriate green spire toward the stare. Turning, defect -in bargain articles, or they are he spoke to the people: - out of style, out of date, or there is "This little tree, young child of tins some other reason, why they are sold forest, shall be your holy tree to -night. under nni'en It is the word of peace, for your houses are built of the fir. • It -is the Good-bye n old cove we boarded you sign of an endless life, for its leaves for many a thankless day; we kept are ever green: See how it points to you warm and fed you, and yet you heaven. Let this be called the tree would not pay. You footed us for a of the Christmas Child. Gather about little while and then there came the rub; the tester said: "My record's here proclaim your 'cow a scrub." We're feeling mighty happy, and are .BY MARION DALLAS • All through the country, in villages fere with your plans. • Divide Yoilr and townie there are young girls and I practice hoar. Practice teebnicill ex - women improving their spare time byiercises, but even in these watch the ' the study of music. Many of these! rytlue or aocent. Make a study of have a teacher come once er perhaps I time, Practice your pieces. slowly, t-wicie a week to guide a,rul inopirce-Siow,practiee is the foundation of all them in their work, but sometimes,: good piano or organ playirrg. Leann owing to bad weather, poor roads, or i to practice not long, but thoughtfully, 1 other reasene, weeks elapse between and keep the mind and flogers under the visits of the teacher. To aid in coeirol. Learn to Memorize ems& piece suoh times as these and to help and thormighly. When the first piece has enthuse the girls wl:o are nobly strug- been mastered, you will find the sec- oling alone, without the counsel and advice of any teaeher, but purely for their lorve of music, this article is vvritten. The study of music shouldne under- taken, with an intelligent comprehein sion of its beauty and wealth of melody. It should never be studied in the listless fashion., 'adopted by so many young people. By that, 1 mean the careless playing of airs, with variations, the murdering of beautiful sonatas, and the strumming of cake walks, and popular songs. The object of all study of music is to give plea- sure, not only to ourselves, but to others. It must be from the heart. Every player must study thought -Luny,. and with an earnestness, which convinces the listener. Even the simplest tunes can be rendered to give pleasure, but only as the player throws her soul into her maga will she influence her audience. Harmony a Help. To thoroughly enjoy the practice of musie, I would recommend the student to master, first, Cumaningis Book on "Rudiments," and then to turn to Stainer's "Harmony." A study of harmony, although it may seem un- interesting at first, gives an insight into music which can be derived in no other way. It is a great help in memory work. It is not an easy study alone, but many at the teachers and _professors in .our colleges of music will, for a very nominal fee, correct exercises (by mail) and give a great deal of help in that way. Study Musical History. western stock yards in 1916, and as regards the eastern yards in 1918. Al- together, in the four years and three months involved, the expenses have been met of the shipment of 74,744 steers, 57,776 heifers, and 26,910 sheep. A third policy in force is the loan- ing of pure-bred rams and boars- and the paament of prerniums`for the use brandies of the date pain, the symbol The study of musical hi. story gives a glimpse into the inner life of the great musicians, and enables one to interpret some of their thoughts and icleas. Following this, the history of Inane th will teach e student to ap- preciate music as a great art, and especially is this needed „in home study- opens up a new world, and might inspire the young to make some musical history for Canada them- selves, for we knew our musical and national history is only in its infancy. •When great' artists come to your • town or near you, go and hear them. and much easier. It is really distress- ing to spend an evening in empathy with perlraps 20 young ladies (many af whom you know are paying out hard earned money to eolleges and teachers), when a request is made for soine music to hear one girl after an - Other refuse, saying, "Oh, I can't play without my inusic." After hard coax- ing• some girl is ,prevailed upon, to play "Something," and it is usually just a "something." • Overcome Nervousness. • Play evefy time you get an oppor- tunity; play for father and mother— study eame of father's old favorites and play them as carefully ai if you had a leave audience. Seize every chance to play before an audience. Much of our poor music. is largely the result of nervousness end lack of memory training. The only cure at nervousness is constant appearance in public. An excellent way for a piano player to gain oonfidence is by duet playing and playing accompaniments. In this.way you feel you are not alone, but unless yeti do your part well the performance will be a failures Another thing, in your practice in - elude the study of simple hymns. The other night Ieheard of a meeting- of seventy-five peopie. When the chair- man asked for a volunteer pianist no one responded. He repeated his re- quest three times and fmally started the hymn. Of course, the result was the devotional part o.f the meeting was spelled. In spealcing of the cir- cmnetance to one lady who was pres- ent, she laid, "Well, I never could be bothered ,studying hymns." They do require study, and In many of our tunes we find a wealth of harmony, Snrely it pays. The satisfaction oi giving a little pleasure amply repays for the -time spent. Music As An Art. Love your week and believe in: your- eelf. Whet a satisfaction and plea- sure can be derived from the piano- forte while you pursue your studies, lost to all else save the beautiful melodies and harmony. The eense growing power gives us keenest pies - auto as we study the eeisapositions of the mestere. New beauties gradually reveal themselves, and lighteasid hap - Don't be discouraged if they play piness breaks over our lives. The some a the pieces you are learning better than you do. • Remember, al- though we cannot all be artists, we can all 'do our best Let the great player be an incentive to you to work harder and more faithfully. Practice Not Long, But Well. imission of music is 'to lighten toil, comfort in sorrow, sweeten the lives of aE mankind. Let your part be to muse sweet mueic to be felt in your own life, your home, and your com- munity, no motto= how small, so that the lives of men and- womern may be Set apart so -any hours for practice strengthened, refined, and lifted near - every day, and allow nothing to inter- er to God. Gifts We Want. Some gfts I'd like on Christmas morn, To make my dairy life eomplete. A patent sheller for theecorn, A modern plant for winter heat. bratin,g now, for dad has promised I'd like two silos of the best, /nether he wiil buy a tested. eow. We're 'glad to see the lag of you; no tear it in our eye; you paid us ill for all our oare; good-bye, old scrub, good-bye. The Welfare of the Home The Outgoing and Homecoming of the Child BY NELIA GARDNER WHITE Did you ever watch pigeons 'circling them. Wouldn't he be more interested His past records show him that he hatched by the middle of April. of sueh stock. This system has en. about the ,pigeon house, and liste-n, to, couraged many farmere thrOughouttheir cooing before they 'settled down the Dominion to puichase pure b ed` for the eight? The flying in and out, -must at five eggs for eaeh pullet - r re - e eggs -- e esie -n, animals. Up to the end of 1920, soe of tine pigeons suggests "the glad out- ised. •Romwill he ire rbil chicks will die, and hall of the yang rams and 92 boars had been distribut-lgoing,—sweet homecoming" of chit& 450 eggs to make sure of ed and 622 premium,s paid. In con- hood, around the mother's knee. Froei stuff, will be cockerels. He must set • getting /action with this PalicY denionstra- bel reco,gnized in this scene a symbol tinety pullets, and these rust be set Cons are held in sheep husbandry of life, a lesson, for us, as mothers, ,n. the last week in March. If each hen methods. In. future, the policy win which we cannot study too faithfully. apply °inn to soldier settlers, to new The "outgoing" and the "homeccan- were no sit an fifteen eggs, this meame that -thirtY Ilene weuld be required to settlemente, or to districts where ing," there is a world of meaning in incubate the 450 eggs; and bearing in sheep- aria mita improvement is a each word. Do you seed your child mind that there are only sixty -hens in the fi%k, it is very unikely that half of thern woukl want to sit by Marelt,20. In fact, so unlikely that eever has been so. In his case, the artificial hen is the only one that will incubate the num- ber of eggs he wants to set and bring thern off in time to give the chicks pressing need. The loneliness ei the country wo- man ten miles from a railroad is no- thing =Opined to that, of city dwel- lers too proud to make friends with their. neighbors. out each day, to schod or to play, happily, trustingly, lovingly? Is he glad to go, but gladder still to 'return? ing and intelligent enlaagement of his What sort of a homecoming does he small ideas? have? Aren't we, Mothers, too apt to And isn't it in this deep abiding make that htnnecoreing fun of scold- faith in Mother and Father, and in the ings for tardiness, or 'nagging over intimate comradeship -with the out - table deportment, or rushing the din- side world, that the faith in the In - Hen health can, almos• t be assurecl dren 'off to bed so We can have the finite is helm? Perbans, in' childhood, ? thinge the conneotioe between the Cseator of in ,insect life if he knew the life his- tory of the butterfly or of the ant with its almost human arrangement of home and work? , Wouldn't he find more satistfaction in the fields if he knew that there were weeds that ate bugs and sonne that lived on other alants, like .selfish folks? And wouldn't you Eke to have him so form the habit of telling you things that he goes on telling them, even after he passes out of chikihood? Wouldn't you like to be the .one he Edways conies back to for unclerstande Cream separators—well, say two. (They'll give us all a needed rest) It's what progreesive farmers do. I want electric lights this year, And power—and a tractor fine, Macadam roads running near, A telephone—my private line. I'd like a slicked -up motor car, • To take me to the movie show, Where all those other racers are, A handsome motor truck or so, New cows to make a wonder -herd, All pedigreed. and milking -wise. My hewn, then, like a singing bird,' Will raise its paean to the skies,. Hang on the tree these minor gifts, These little thine I want and need., And, when the day its glory lafts,, 'Twill find me vvorthy of the deed. My boughs be strong and purses wide, And may your Christmas list be long. r Contented, dill here abide, Head high in air—soul fined with song. be repeppered after snaking. Ilickpry wood is best. I will tell you our way of putting up meat, either pork or beef. To every eighty pounds of meat we take two end one-half ounces of saltpetam, one ana one-half pints of fine salt, and molasses to make a soft paste. .Rub this mixtu,re all over the meat the same evening as butcheeed. Leave it twenty-four hours then take enough salt to covee meat all over; let it re- main on benches two weeks, then hang up to dry and smoke. After the in^ en, is smoked enough, • sprinkle it o sr lightly with pulverized borax to keep off flies. We have used this same method a curing meat for neari forty years and never had an ounce to spoil. How to nandle meat: I have used the following method for more than thirty years and never had a piece to spoil. It always keeps well and tastes good. Here is the method: After meat is thosoughly cooled, take out the lard and ribs, cut into hams, sihoulders and sides. Throw several handfule of salt on the bottom of the barrel, then lay the two hams skin side doivii. Cover them well with salt, a small handful of sugar (a teacepful of sugar will be sufficient for `a 350 -pound hog), then a haltfe'teaspoonful at saltpetre on 'each ham, arid so on until each pieoe is treated the same way. Put on some rode; to hold, meat down under the brine. Make a brinis strong enough to float fresh egg, pour it along the edge so as not to wash anything off the meat, In thirty days take up the brine and boil aud sldni until elear, then cool and put back again and let it remain four weeks, and the meat is ready to smoke. When you take it , p tub of dean water then hang up -and let it drain a few daye before smoking. Butchering Rules and Recipes Doubling the quantity of. head- cheese: Prepare in the usual way, but while grinding meat cook in breth one-half cup rolled oats to every pound of mat. ern ine and saat • this is entirely aside tram but the Universe and ,a white-frieged, Rendering lard: Instead' of cutting to taste, fad dry And well ventilated but free from soein sand]. inniortance, good growth slurieg the etunarier. And en peovidirig lng quarters that ere evening to ourselves Those tho that the incuhater gives, him ehick s duets, acea that is doge and sae_ wouldn't it be of more lasting value 'Oolden-hearted daisy may not be over, up the fat in, cubes for rendering, we of uniform age, In his nartleUlar dent to maintain bodily vigor and pro- mise, the incthator MAIMS it pOSaible &toe eggs besides, and enercire to foe him to maintain a high -producing create an appetite., , fie& and continue it in. predirction Each winter many trees are injured beyond recovery in Catada by mice. This can be prevented by wrapping the truisks oci the trees with buildinO paper just before winter sets in, having the paper dose to the ground sold put- ting a little earth alsout the lower end of the paper so thoy wit not get at the tree from below. Vico will rust usual*. eat through the varier' arid, itS in most eases they ere dose to the from year to year. Live Stock Betterment. A Statetnent issued by the Live Ste& Branch of 'the Dorinintori Departi meta Agridulture shows, that since • the adeption in 1913 of the policy of • distributing puresbred nulls le newly settlod districts; ,airid backwars1 sections • of the different provinees, . iri ell 8,408 bung have been so distributed, an to us and to our children in instealt; we made of that homecoming s, heel* summary a the day's siffaire? There is no child who ie not glad to tell what lie has been doiag all clay, It he has been at 'school there are often little difficulties, little vexations that the teacher has not Ited time to satisfactorily explain or smooth ont, A, word ot tiro from Mother may make it all deer and right. And if he has been et pley there will be so marry things to tell. itt is white Out e.t.pls,y that the ohild becomes accinainted with the taecinating team of out -of. overage of 378.6 for each of the Ohre grown, the „paper_ need not be More doors, linowers, birda, tines, fbeas and yeara Of the total, Alberta has te- than eightcee indies to two feet high, butterillesimhe beeeilve' °les° a6- ceived 755, iniskatenewan 752, Mani- The earar Should be tied anter wrap. spanned With them all throng% the taa 333nnuolioc 928, Ontario 277, the zing oo then it win net come off. retellbl':: °I his szp"1"1"5 ain"rg ly clear, an e e grind it through the sausage ganider, at 811, if the child seesi the manifests,- usin.g the coarsest Intife; this way a titer of the Divine ieall the forces of lot of time is saved arid there are very nature, it will not ber suoh a far cry' few civeklings left to preEla. to diecovering such mainfestations- in The Smithfield cure itt common us - las own soul There na you hen> him to age is as follows: Hams are placed Weave hie daily exnerieneee into a in a tray or shelt et:mewed with salt haPPY whole at the clay's end, so MaY and sprinkled with saltpetre until his larger etorienees fashion them a quite frosty. Use from five to six seleme tirito a life pattern that he will ounces on saltpetre for esti.' 100 net be ashamen to show to lehnseit or pounds ot meat. Then eat and pile hie Creator at the "twilight hour" ot . Ilfe. "Let knowledge groW frorn more to fot three days , and leave in salt a day for eaels pound of meat. Wash with warm water end I d b tho entire p mate, =teat with finely ground black pep- lintmore of renerenee itt 'OS dwoll, per SYnolte for from thirty to forty That inied aria ewe accerding vvell, dans, Wititch the color and .get a tuns b , May niM hke one isfile ase ; eine% kepi tObaceo boozeTh ham $hould. a • The tank of an oil -Stove, rotated outside the Iscreee, • with oil piped theough the wall on a gravity :feed, has proved a help to one housewife The man eels fill the tank outside without greasing ups the kitthen lin oleum. A hole in a granite kettle does net neeeseerily render it Melina. cut out roOnd pieces of asbestoe, plate One over the hole and fasten securely en , inalido, Drive a c,opper rivet through • the hole mid fasten securely on the bottom of the kettle, and in, this way it will last much loupe. •