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POLK COUNTY NEWS. TRYON. Mr4 litem 5CDUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.)' - In life's universal garden" e have each to hoe on row And to make life worth the living W e must hoe, hoe, hoe LEFTOVER FISH. -f r0 LREASE short-fed cattle r.A rVDartment of Aaricul- t , Advises Against I oo mgn Pre . .. u:- f Animals. pinibi'niv, w -- - - United States Depart .y:rifiilture. ared t'V mi nt i'l . . ,,Kth.' unfortunate experi- viow 111 . i. r wint' t (u some iceuers or f Mt'lo. t1"'1 continued high price V . .iJri rp ' nnn- iii 111(1 tUC liii" t i i.uni, a tuu- ?-,'m"of !.''-'! prices which well- ff" .l. rtm.iYlt nmt ' l.k ,.w ili ir feeders shorld Inre ' ' . .pptnitf tneir emu i.- w iiruuc pf ecimori!(,:iiiv hort-fed cattle. onrsi". in'- J x- to! h-ibv-bcct prour.euoii, wiucn is a lty willii" itself. several yours eat tie ieeaers nave ...... i.... too fit thnt Is h ninKiii- L j,.1Vo put mere finish upon the 9 Mi1rl Inok than (tihmiiii, nwum ju.HLjf. P' 1 S XI 1 irVa was eviuenuy iu uie minus the .advisory committee of agri- . i etnek nrodiiror.a r- ite(l by xw department of agricul- and the food administration when committee recently made the fol- recommendation : hVe feel that cattle marketed at present time in class 4 (lons-fed Wrt and .highly finished cattle), Kliiiwn as 'exports, owing to the . l.,V..-,. ti ti i'l f il r . ah tnmii-.il r'xhict. and their produc- fhould not be encouraged." t only has the advisory commit ting warned against the heavy dins of cattle, nut it is aiso unaer xl that the government officials di 1n? the buying policies of the gov Dent will not consider themselves fcoDsible for the prices of very fat p. . ... wnt experiences by various state leriment stations and the United es department of agriculture have me out the fact thnt good beef can preil'.ieed by using a relatively 2 ? feed Herd of Pure-Bred Herefords on Pasture. !'l nrrount of Srain, or with nitrog-"nwnrab-s in connection with find some other cheap roughage f"rm f li.-iy. JK!neip!e tluit should be avoided ;llt'!re feeding operations, accord- ,fthe advice of the department of is to reduce to a minimum amn"nt of high-priced feed and to ? Mv-'un uso of cheap rough ! In '-'ther words, instead of feed- irom ,,o to oo bushels of dry corn ter in the long feeding period, as 'nsiom in the past, the Quan-, ; bp. and may be profitably ' H t" 1." to I'll bnshel- In n short. 'np Period, f,r the dry corn grain J 'Hniinnted altogether, as the if Tifwl . . , 1 : i n excellent ration. The use Cfitt ' eed 11K,aii iinsee(i meal or mat .i'f!fm-rirh feed, even though ' in '."'"einis,. the higher other feeds the more profitable becomes the of j -i protein supplement. Expen- r'm . ompieteiy enminaiea hlili.n 1 .. oy mo use of a cheaper rotif'h.,,. ' . , corn stover, - e.u.ment Deneves that by ton hM. j... 'a Snic-i. leeuing ana too UI1'Sn. 'in.l v.. Pionc " following tne sug- f!Vl n ., 1 . . . abe t 1 im,ve, ieeaers should to foiwi e of o mi a prom iu . high prices of feed and i c, siaicmenc or rne " I f '' ri i x a m a iiV'iii. uoiumistrator, anu "''I'M' rr.nr.vfo f -r I , yties; is 1IUIU lUlflgU :cat 0 that there may be at '" se in the demand for whkh " ;S I 'lfnin...!.,. j. il. ill. 1 this .country, , "Ufl sffp,.0f, , and especially ft i . . -. msses during the ' hv holc is very imPor- if r,rN n,my ne the muddy wal- "W fltllrin t .... ,lW'!t available, but If v win prefer it to the mud- fic. vn rrom F ktP(1' fU'n find cows should b oine of ii utuKiu as posw- arket Prepared sprays on "'""y neij in doing thit HERE are many po sibilities in snia amounts of left-ove ft-sh. In 'these day f much canninj one may have Wgo variety froi which .to rhoose. Shepherd's Pie. Take two cupfuls uL flaked tivli a baking dish. Cover with a sauce made with one tablesponpful of fat and one of flour, a. half teaspoonful "t salt and u few daslies of pepper with a cupful of beef soup broth' Cover the sauce with a mashed potato, brush with cream and bake brown in the oven. - Fish Turbot. Scald a cupful of cream. Kub together a tablespoonful of butter and two of Hour; add the raided 'cream and stir until it thick ens. Add four tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, set over hot wal.er and cook for five minutes. Take from the fire, add two cooked egg yolks, two cupfuls of fish, a tablespoonful of chopd paisley and salt and paprika to taste. Fill greased shells or souffle dishes, brush over the top with beaten egg and brown in the oven. Delmonico Halibut. Heat the' yolk of an egg into a half eupful of mashed potato. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, adil a tablespoonful of corn starch; stir until smooth and thick over the beat, after adding two cupfuls of rich milk; take from the fire, add another egg yolk, two cupfuls of cook ed fisb and the seasoning needed. Fill a greased baking dish with alternate layers of potato and fisb. Cover the top with buttered crumbs, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and bake 20 minutes in a hot oven. Codfish Balis. Wash and pick over one -cupful of codfish, shredding it into small pieces. Add fish to two cupfuls of diced potatoes, uncooked. Cook until the potatoes are tender, drain, mash and beat with a fork until light. Add a tablespoonful of butler, two tablespoonfuls of cream, one beaten etrg and salt and ..paprika to taste. Make into balls, cover with egg and crumbs and fry in hot fat. A cupful of any leftover fish, or even a few tablespoonfuls. may be added to a potato salad or any vegetable salad. A little leftover salmon mixed with coconut, cabbage and a chopped pickle to give an acid touch, and dressed with n plain boiled dressing, is a good sulnd ccmbiiiaticii. " Tlitre was never a night without a day. Or rn evening: without a morning; And the darkest hour, as the proverb Is the hour before ihe dawning. JUST A FEW LEFTOVERS. LACE a slice of to rn a t o o n nicely browned and but tered toast, sprinkle ..... i. .... i .i wimMfA suU,' ,!,m"ika- 51,1,1 i tffi xvitn ms of ''niter. Place in the oven until the cheese ll melted. Cream of Turnip fiWti onal tiw 6artn and Potato Soup. Pour three cupfuls of scalded milk over . one-fourth cup ful of mashed potatoes and tliree fourlhs of a cupful of mashed turnip. Strain through a fine sieve. Melt a tablespoonful' of butter, stir in a tablespoonful of flour, and cook until bubbling hot and smooth after adding tfie hot milk mixture. Serve very hot with rye-bread croutons. If the soup Is too thick add a, little more milk. This year there was a bumper crop of' tomatoes in most localities. After all the pickled, canned, and spiced to matoes are put up, use the rest for: Home-Made Tomato Paste. Wash and scald the tomatoes without peel ing them. Strain through a line sieve to remove all seeds, then boil until thick. Tut into glass jars and keep cool and dry. This paste is a most valuable addition to the fruit closet as it Is fine for flavoring soups and sauces. It Is condensed so that a little goes a long way in flavoring. Scallop of Egg Plant Chop the remnants of friend egg plant rather coarse. Arrange in ramekins in lay ers with well-buttered cracker crumbs. I'our enough milk over so. that It can just be seen and brown In a hot oven. This dish resembles oysters in taste. Victoria Meat. Melt three teaspoon fuls of butter, stir in three teaspoon fuls of flour, one-fourth of a teaspoon of salt, a little paprika, bay leaf, and tv-r iif-e of onion : add one eupful of ttck and one-half cupful of tomato Juice, stirring constantly. slightly thickened add four mushrooms half CUDfuls Pit 111 Cowmissipft- cut in pi- 'of meat cut in pieces and a cupful of cooked drained peas. wim mKij seasoned stock this is a most tasty ilirti. Serve in croustades or timbale cases. " Any leftover chicken may he served fn a sauce with a slice of onion and other seasonings covered with rich baking powder biscuit and baked la, a pie or In individual dishes. A lit tle chicken with a good, flavored sauce will make a substantial dish. 4 Mount Salak, Java. A GREAT school of islands, nosing their way northerly in single file, strives ever to gain headway against the tides of the Indian ocean and the steady blast of the monsoon, and thus to pass Bor neo and reach sanctuary in the Bay of Bengal. The leader is Sumatra enor mous, sinister and unsophisticated, all but rubbing coasts with the great fin ger of the Malay peninsula that slen der, sea-lapped mountain range that has never lost hope of becoming still another island. Close behind the lead er swim Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores and a host of lesser fry names redolent with spices and reminiscent of pirates and early explorers. From the deck of the steamer every island seems to be still in almost prim itive glory, with only a scattering of hamlets and native huts to break the feather forest of fronds, writes Wil liam Beebe in Asia. But as entrance hy train into a beautiful city shows it as if made up of railway yards, coal dumps, tenements and posters of chewing gum and Turkish baths, so the ship's passenger is sometimes de ceived. Borneo and Sumatra are sin cere, and their great primeval forests, their orang-utans and elephants are as the imagination pictures them. But Dutch builders have eclipsed the wil derness of Java and have transformed it into an Indian isie of superficial beauty, overrun by a host of cringing natives, with stupidity and fecundity as; outstanding attributes. The thrifty Iutfh who have wrought this change have lost the gentle, ki-ndly nature of their forebears and with the sarong garb of the natives have acquired a heavy dullness and a . cupidity which is manifested in suspicion of all stran gers and an inhospitable attitude for eign to any but Teutonic colonists. Exaggerations in Ways of Life. But I was still ignorant of ail this as I sat on the deck of the steamer of the "Koninkluke Paketvaart Maat schappiji" the latter being inserted at this point as local color, and be cause I am writing and not speaking this paragraph. Among all nations one is not surprised at unexpected ex aggerations in habits and ways of life, as my first tropical Dutch dinner wit nessed. "Itiz tavel" was announced an achievement which would strain the capacity of a brigade supply depot on the battle front, whose technique re calls the Japanese tea ceremony, and whose ultimate results equal a West Indian pepper pot in diversity and an old-fashioned wedding bouquet in riot of color. Upon a large plate you pile rice a veritable Fuji Yuma of the white grains and then you carry the simile further and carve out a mighty crater. If it is a formal and complete riz tavel, twice 1G waiters should line up, each presenting a small dish tiny red fish, sliced sausage beets, beans, sprouted seeds in fact, a melange of fish, flesh, fowl and vegetables, until Fuji's crater is overflowing, and lava like streams of beet blood and gravy wind slowly down1 its slopes. Then this edible kaleidoscope is mixed and kneaded and eaten. If the diner is non-Hollandais, he excuses himself from dessert. "Outfit for Gentlemen." Later, in the reading room, I opened a book of hints for the traveler to Java, and on page eight perused a long and elaborate list entitled "Minimum Outfit for Gentlemen." It reads like a resume of all the clothes I had ever owned Fince I put on long trousers. After the two dozen suits of pajamas and the dozen flannel trousers, and the black coat, waistcoat and fancy "trou sers, it ended: "Also a waterproof coat, tcape and hat, a sun-helmet, a cap for use on board, a straw hat for ashore, a soft felt hat, and a tall silk or opera hat. Gloves should be kept in a dry bottle with chloride of lime." My dazed mind refused Jto register .further. I thought sadly of my modest outfit, of my few pajamas wrapped -about bottles of formaline and alcohol, and I wondered if anywhere in1 the heart of the Javanese jungles I could purchase 18s suitsr'of pajamas, the lack of which Invalidated any claims I might put forth as to the status of gen tleman. And what about the rubber and straw and felt and silk coverings for my head? In despair I ciosed the Dutch guide book, seized the pith hel met which alone stood between me and social disqualification and went on deck. As a Dutch gourmand I hatl failed; my wardrobe was a parody on what Java demanded of Its visitor. I longed to be back again in the simple life of Borneo, or the normal existence of British India. With official letters from the Hol land government in addition to my reg ular credentials, the stupid customs men of Tandjong-Priok refused admis sion to guns and all instruments the use of which was strange to them. This I accepted with regret but equanimity, but only my complete loss of temper and my clear intentioi to start some thing at once, persuaded them to re turn to me my personal letters and passports. All Scrubbed and Labeled. After a few uneventful days in Bata via we went up. to its mountain suburb, Bultenzorg, and here was Dutch ex aggeration at its best the great botan ical gardens which far excel Kew, Per ediniya and Hope, and admit only those of Georgetown a poor second. Yet one tired after a- while of the perfectly cared-for lawns and walks, the labeled palms and tagged orchids. The bouses and streets were scrubbed too clean, and behind the Venetian blinds one de tected inharmony and discontent. But distance and the setting sun made the outlook from our hotel veranda per fect and altogether lovely. A mass of green rolled steeply down 200 feet to the Tydane, hurrying swiftly along, with scores of men, women and chil dren tumbling about in it. For half a mile tlie valley stretched out before us, a dense carpet of verdure feath ery palms or close-leaved taller trees, here and there broken by the rediled, white-trimmed little roofs of the wat tled huts. The deciduous trees stood motionless, but every breath of air fluttered the myriad streamered palm fronds into a blur. Dominating the whole background and rising slowly and gracefully from the valley was Mount Salak, its sum mit jagged and broken, but clearly revealing the contour of the mighty crater. Only in early morning was it quite free of cloud. Soon wisps of mist would begin to weave about the summit, skeins of translucent blue1 tangling the outjutting crags, later to be dissipated, or to increase in strata, become opaque and close silently down over the great mountain. With slight variations this description will apply to the great proportion of Java, the human element being usually more emphasized, with its exterior of pic turesqueness, but with ideals which begin and end with guilders and off spring. One thing impressed me in Buiten zorg; the marvelous balanced pole method of transportation, everything from babie3 to dried fish being swung on two baskets or platforms attached to a pliant pole resting on the shoul ders or back of the neck. Up the path to our veranda pattered peripatetic de partment stores, the great twin piles of garish notions, mostly "made in Ger many," coming to rest as the floor walker and owner squatted between them. Far more attractive were the dual piles of bright colored fruit, papa jas, rambutans, salaks, the acid bilim bi, and finally the durian and mango steen as examples of opposite ends of the gustatory gamut. The percentage demanded by the money lenders made of their balanced pole a veriest paro dy of the scales of Justice. One of the last glimpses of BuitenzorgV streets showed an ambulatory restaurant, with a red-hot stove in one swing aflfl in the other a pile of dishes and viands. War Doga to Be Dropped. In the opinion of the United States G. H. Q. the' war dogs days are over. The dogs have performed heroic tasks, but after consultation with -French army experts it was decided to drop the idea of establishing; American army kennels. It. i not generally known that large, numbers of, the dogs attach ed to the French and British armies have died through being gassed. They could not refrain from scratching holes in their gas mask a, HOW ALASKA SCOUTS To be apportioned .$12,000 in a Lib erty loan campaign and to wind up the drive with .$G7,000 is a pretty big record. Yet there's a scout troop which did this very thing. Up in Fair banks, Alaska, it wasn't pleasant 'weather when the last Liberty loan campaign began. Trails were almost impassable, and driving storms and bitter winds came every day. But the troop in Fairbanks came for ward 100 per cent strong. There were S3 boys in Troop No. 1 and their ap portionment for the campaign was first put at $12,000. A huge clock was made to indicate their progress. But on the very first day they "busted" the clock, for they obtained subscriptions amounting to more than double that, amount. Then the clock was put at $30,000. Local Liberty loan officials were positive the troop could . . . . . . -T . . .1 1. 1 . 1 i . i iiu luruiev uy hook or crooK. uut the end of the campaign saw them, not a I $;;0.000 but at $67,100, which repre- ; sented half the total subscriptions ob- j tained in the whole district. And it was really $69,100, if we count a $2,000 subscription tone man asked to be al-! lowed to make in recognition of their work. SCOUT WEARING 31 BADGES. Lewis Kayton of Texas Is After West Point Entrance Ticket. There are very few boys of seventeen among the Boy Scouts of America who can come up to the record of Lewis Kayton, a first-class scout of San An tonio, Tex., who ha3 just visited na tional headquarters in New York city. Scout Kayton. was seventeen years old last May and has earned 31-merit badges of the Boy Scouts of America. He had begun preparing to enter scout- Lewis Kayton? ing long before he was twelve years old, the age it is necessary .for a boy tc reach before he can become a Boyr Scout of America. He was attached to a San Antonio troop for several months ' before he reached the age of twelve' and was initiated into the troop on his twelfth birthday. , He is determined to get an appoint ment to the West Point Military acad emy. When he found that the congres sional appointments for Texas had all been made he started on a personal campaign to secure entrance to West Point, and to further his ambition he will go to Washington. BEAUTY OF SCOUT SCHEME. The wider your range of interest the greater is your capability for enjoy ment, says Scout Commissioner Dan Beard. Put in another way, the more things that interest you the more fun you have. And to that may be added, the more things you enjoy the more alive you are. If a fellow loves woodcraft, ath letics, sailing, canoeing, natural his fory, botany, fresh air, mountains and streams, he is alive to all these things and he has more sources for fun, en joyment or pleasure than other fel lows. ; Now, then, the beauty of the scout $cheme is that a "regular feller" among the scouts is a live wire and can have a good time wherever you place him. That, for instance, is the reason the old scouts of the Camp Fire Club Of" America enjoy tnemselves so much and Jiave such bully times. ROOSEVELT TO THE SCOUTS. t The,boy scout movement Is .distinct ly an asset to our country for the de velopment of efficiency, virility and good citizenship, says Colonel Roose velt -' v It is essential that its leaders be pien of strong, wholesome character, of unmistakable devotion to our coun try, its customsahd ideals, as. well as in soul and by law citizens thereof, whose whole-hearted loyalty is given to this nation and to this ' nation lone. 1 ' I INTERIOR OF CHICKEN HOUSE Kind of Floor Most Suitable Depends Greatly on Soil on Which Struc ture Is Located. (From the United States TrpaTtnent of Agriculture.) The kind of floor which is best suit ed for a particular poultry house de pends upon the soil on .which it is 1 cated, and the use of the house. On light, sandy, well-drained soils a dtrt floor is satisfactory, especially for small or colony hen houses. Such, floors should be frojn two to Mr inches higher lhan the outside groua surface, and it is advisable to rcnevr them each year by removing tlie con taminated surface down to clean soil, and to refill with fresh sand or fine gravel and earth. A board Boor Is generally used where the level f the floor in the house is from one to three feet above the ground surface and in portable houses on land whlth is not well drained. Board floors har bor rats and rot quickly and should be raised some distance off the ground so that cats or dogs can get undor them, which also allows a free circu lation of air to prevent the wood frosa rotting. Cement floors are adapted to long permanent buildings, brooder houses, incubator cellars, and to aM permanent houses where an' artifkl floor is required and can bo buOt oa the ground level. These floors are easy to clean, very sanitary, rot proof, and comparatively inexpensive. If on has a cheap supply of gravel or sharp sand. Wooden floors are usually macfe of watched flooring and are generally S doubled in cold climates to make thpr tight and warm, in which case the lower layer of boards is usually laid di agonally to strengthen the floor. Floors of one thickness give good rtisfac tion in most sections of this country and in growing houses. Thry.equar-ter-inch mesh wire, may be used mvler wooden or dirt floors to keep nrt rats. In making concrete or cement Cnors ind walls select Portland cement. of known reputation, . which should be kept in a dry place; use clear, enar5-e sharp sand or gravel which docs not contain over five per cent of rlay or., "silt nd crushed stone or gravel one-, fourth to two inches in diameter. The gravel should -be screened thrqegh, a one-fourth-inch raesh wire screen and the coarse particles used as stone, while the material which passe through the screen is sifted tbroisgii m Well-Arranged Hen Heusa. 40-mesh wire screen in order to sepa rate the sand', and ahy material whiefc goes through a 40-mesh wire is throws away. A mixing board with a waooih surface and n box for measuring the sand and gravel are necessary. Spread the sand on the board and add the ce ment; mix these thoroughly together; add three-fourths of the required amount of water and then th gravel or stone; mix thoroughly and add wa ter to the dry spots, making the mix ture just wet enough to be JelljHfce. Thorough mixing is very essential, as the mortar should completely coat all particles of the mixture. Onlyenttugji water should be added so that wbea the concrete Is tamped on laying the water will nicely flush the saa-face. POULTRY FOOD FROM WASTE Fowls Convert Materials Into Fetd That Cannot Be Utilized by Amy Other Kind of Stock. (Prepared by the United Stales Ttepart- ment .of Agriculture.) Keep this thought in mind in con sidering the growing of more fwnttry as a war necessity: Poultry is a neas of converting into good food Materials that cannot be utilized -ky ma, that Cannot be eaten by ahy other kinds of stock, and that without the povltrr would be absolute waste. Tery dearly it beeomes a national as well as ax. Individual duty to keep enough poul try to taker up all sucVwa-maajte-rials As long as fowls take the fauUc of their feed from auch eoarces inA require to be t ed &n &ralnor br garnered feeds .only as aT'lJnUbiBx iw;ess, auaiuonai rood is beiax i I i 1 . ' i t"": '. - s .r - . 4r - ml j -
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