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KITCHEN
CABINET
Would you throw1 away a diamond
because it pricked you? One good,
friend is not to be weighod against the
Jewels of the earth. ' If there is cool
ness on unkindness between us, let us
come . face, to." face and ' have it out.
Quick, before love grows cold. Robert
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1 TASTY. TIT-BITS
TONGUE AND CLEFT GRAFTING
Ability to Change UnprdfitablewVlM
Into One of Reah Value la, Big Y.
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knowledge of .how to graft the
Tvould frequently be of : consider-
v:ilue fro a farmer. . A' wild vine
liuve been left growing near the
1 where there .is a vineyard
i...nse i!"1
filing plants. orten come up in un-
places. Then there Is the
fn.ijtiet case of Vines proving unsat-
v. In all. tnese cases tne anu-
if:l(K"'
jjv tl) change the unprofitable vine into
,n). ,if real value is anaccomplishment
worth' having., writes L. II. Johnson of
,-.. 4 cirardeau county, Missouri, in
-liana and Home.
The art of grafting is not. difficult
f0 ;tl -quire'.'- It varies to some extent
sir.onling to the age of the stock; that
?c iho vine to be grafted upon. In4he
( j,( .of one and two-year-;oJ& 'vines the
t.voirss is this: Before growth begins
ut scions from the vine desired. They
chmild he about the diameter of the
stork and contain two or three buds,
usually three
Pfenning even with .the lowest bud
wake a slanting cut about an inch and
a quarter long. A similar cut is made
.,n iho stock. Then about a third of
the way back from the point of the
7ut insert ".the knife and split back
with the grain a half inch or so, as
tfmwn at the left of the cut. This
forms a tongue and gives the name of
tongue grafting to this process.
Treat the stock in same wav and
then fit the two cut surfaces together,
inserting respective tongues of stock
and scion "in the respective splits. This
will make a close union, but the Im
portant point is to see that the inner
lark of the one is exactly in contact
-Hli. that. of the other on at least one
i!e.' fr- it is this inner bark that
knits together and makes the graft
possible.
Then wrap union with raffia or yarn
thread and mound u.p around and graft
with moist ;riclit soil to -the top bud
of scion, being very careful not to
A niostv delicious and economical ac
companiment to roast beef is .
t0 -Richmond Corn
Cakes.--.To tinee
f ourtht, of a cupful
of canned corn add
. ope-half cupful of
milk.'dne-hnlf table
Spoonful of sugar
and two eggs well
beaten: - Mix and
i ft seveiwighths of a cupful Oi flour.
re teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoon-
IUl OI Dilkinir UOWfW: . Pftmliilm niiv-
tures and ; drop by spoonfuls ,'in but
tered muffin rings ; set, in a buttered
gripping pun ; bijke, in moderated oven.
oadiilac Chicken.WiDe a chicken
dressed as for broiling; sprinkle with
salt and pepper; place in a well-
greased broiler and broil over a-clear
tire for eight minutes. Remove to a
pan and nib; over with the following
mixture : Cream four tablespoonf uls
of butter, add one teaspoonful of mus
tard, one-half teaspoonful. of salt, one
teaspoonful of vinegar and one-half
teaspoonful of paprika. Sprinkle with
three-fourths of a cupful of buttered
crumbs and bake until the chicken is
tender.
Swedish HalibuUWIpe a sliee of
halibut weighing one Dound. Place in a
shallow", earthen-, baking dish; sprin
kle with salt, pepper and brush with
melted butter. ; Drain canned tomatoes
and add three-fourths of a cupful df
pulp; add a teaspoonful of powdered
sugar and spread over the fish. Cover
with one-half sliced onion. Bake 20
minutes; potir over one-third of a cup-.
fui of heavy vream, and bake tenmin
utes. Remove the onion and garnish
with parsley.
Jellied Prunes, Pick over, wash and
soak one-third of a pound of prunes jn
two cupful s of cold water; cook in the
same water until soft. To the prune
water add enough water to make two
cupfuls. Soak two and one-ha'f tabie
spoonfuls of gelatin in half a cupful
of cold- water; dissolve in the hot
liquid and add one' cupful of sugar,
one-fourth of a cupful of lemon juice ;
add prunes and chill. Stir twice while
cooling to keep tht prunes from settling.
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MANAGEMENT OiF A- PIG CLUB
Old Consiglio Cactle in Trent.
By LLOYD ALLEN, Special Staff Correspondent.
(Copyright, 1919, by Western Newspaper Union.)
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Why this longing, this forever sighing.
For the far onV-unattalned and dim?
While the beautiful, all around thee
lying,
. Offers its low. perpetual hymn.
Harriet Winslow.
Tongue and Cleft Grafting.
move the scion so as to disturb point
of union. If successful the buds will
start ami grow Into canes. Buds that
start from the stock below the union
must he broken off.
Another process of grafting is cm-
ployel on old and large vinesi ' Saw
thpm off near, the ground, leaving
: enough straight-grained wood to split
open for an inch or more. Split this
Ktump with chisel and mallet and gag
it open with a narrow wooden vvedge
driven in the center. Then take two
scions like those already described
anl beginning opposite lowest bud
slant them nn hoth sides down to'
Miarp .(e in wedge shape, leaving
s-ile with bud on slightly" thicker; ... I
Set these scions in the fcplit, one on
f'iHh side, bud out, so that inner bark
'nay lmtteh. To insure contact of this
1'iirk or cambium layer, lean scions a
trifle out at top so as to insure con
tint at least in bne''pHfce where one
krk crosses the other layer. Then
take out wedge in center an1 the thick
stock win press tightly against the in
serted eiilsof the-scions, holding them
finnly in .Ince. Then mound up very
'iiretniiv. for to move a scton might
1'rrak contact of cambium layers,, cov
ering sill the scion but top bud.
A Letter and surer way than this is
to take a can of proper size without
fomoin and set it around graft. Then
in fine rich soil until can is full,
' getting soil down with water to solid-if-v
it. The can is a fine protection
a.nd prevents any washing or wearing
ay of the soil from the scion, hold-'
lfig firmly-in place.
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SEASONABLE DISHES.
We 'may still Indulge in the favorite
shell fish. Try .this recipe : .
n Iiorioi K uiers.
?j clover tne nottoni oi a
baking dish with three-.'
, fourths of a cupful o'
vhot boiled rice; cover the
rice with one-half n pint
, of oysters ;' pour over
one-half cupful of white
sauce. dot with butter
and sprinkle with salt and pepper; re
peat, using the same amount of ingre
dients. Cover with buttered crumbs
and bake in a hot oven 30 minutes.
Barbecued Ham. Soak two thin
slices of ham in lukewarm water J.-
ltiinutes. Drain, wipe, cook In a hot
frying pan until delicately browned,
and- remove to a hot platter. To the
fat In the pan add two tablespoonfuN
of vinegar, one teaspoonful of mus
tard, one-eighth of a teaspoonful of
paprika and one-half , teaspoonful of
sugar. When thoroughly heated pour
over ham and serve at once.
Cracker Plum Pudding. Pour four
cupfuls of scalded milk over one and
one-fourth cupfuls of -...rolled cracker
crumbs and let stand until cool ; aaa
one cupful of sugar, four beaten eggs,
o fr-nfed nutmeg, one tea-
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RENT, in the upper valley of
the Adige, has just been re
stored to Italy, and at the
peace conference the final
pact between the nations that fought
Germany will undoubtedly give Trent
to the Italian nation for all time.
Leaving Padua early in the morn
ing in one of the powerful automobiles
of the Italian supreme ' command, in
i he first party of newspaper men to
visit these lands reclaimed from Aus
tria, I arrived in Trent by way of
Verona after a five-hour ride, during
which passed through the wrecked
villages that mark the old mountain
battle fronts of the Austrian and Ital
ian armies. - -
Xlong the fine rock roadways that
run along the Adige river, a swift-
flowing moutain stream, a small line of
refugees was plodding along, on foot
for the most part, returning to home
steads deserted during more than two
years of war.
Just a few miles north of Verona
the first sight of war's destruction
was the little wrecked village, of Mar
co, for two years under shell fire. As
we passed through the place the evi
dences of battle were still ample. Aus
trian trench helmets, clips of - car
tridges and discarded trench spades
were to be seen scattered among the
piles of stone and timber of wrecked
homes. The beautifully fwscoed vil
lage church was nothing but a shell
of walls.
On the roadway leading up to Marco
hundreds of Austro-Hungarian prison
ers were busy repairing the roadbeds.
Some wore their very ornamental
dress overcoats lavish in the display
of knotted braid and fur.
Towns of the Trentino.
Trent in itself is a rather inconsid
erable town. It had a war-time pop
ulation of some 25,000 persons, a large
majority of whom- were Italians, we
were told. In peace times the popula
tion is around 40,000. " , But in the
whole province of Trentino there are
more than half a million people, and
it is the province, as well -as the town,
that Italy fought for at the cost of
460,000 men killed and nearly a million
wounded.
Back of the Italian demand for th!
T-lZ Trentino a senttoental reason, and
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BEST TIME TO APPLY (SPRAY
work May Be Done Any Time During
Winter Season, but a Warm Day
Should Be Selected.
. in svP mlalns in holllnn
one-iiair cupima -
water, cover, add to the mixture; Turn
into a buttered baking dish and bakv
slowlv two and one-half hours, stir
ring the first half hour. Serve with
any preferred sauce.
Fruit Cream. Soak a tablespoon
ful of granulated gelatin in one-fourth
of a cupfnl of cold water, dissolve m
one-fourth of a cuptui oi sc-aiu u,.
and r.dd one-half a cupful of sugar
and one teaspoonful of lemon juice.
Strun into dish and set into ice
tr.r.- stirring .-constantly, an d when the
mixture begins to thicken add the
whites of two eggs beaten stiff and one
of heavy cream beaten stiff, one
third of a cupful of stewed prunes cut
In bits, three figs chopped and two to
Wespoonfuls.of blanched and chopped
oimnnds. Mold and chill.
The dormant spray may be applied
ny time during the winter, but a
arn day should be selected for the
rk. Probably more of the work is
lorie in March than any other month,
"a Hint time is nartlrnlarlv favor-
The days are-getting warm and
rnina Mirrors.
I ,.,e ear,y part of thexwent
century ; mimns
first became articles
a practical commercial reason. For
the sentimental and national side first,
Italy points out, through her biggest
statesmen, generals and propagandists,
that 420,000 of the 600,000 persons liv
ing in the Trentino are Italians speak
ing the Italian language. Trrnt as
well as the smaller towns in the
Trentino, such as Rovereto, Ala, Arco,
Levico and Pergine, are filled with
buildings of Italian design, decorated
with Italian art and using the Italian
language in the schools and offices.
We passed through several of these
towns. The people on the streets were
a3 Italian as the street crowds of
Padua, Verona and Vincenza, cities of
the Venetian plain through which we
passed in the earlier stages of our trip.
Signs, decades old, on the buildings
of the Trentino were in Italian, adver
tising the wares certain Italian mer
chants were trying to sll. .
The practical reasons that Italy has
for keeping her tricolor flying -f run
the mountain cities of the Trentino
are numerous and vital. ,"w
i Every. Available inch Tilled.
First of all the Trentino is a very
the
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uids- are about to starts Treej? are
Je buds begin to swell and doubtless
at s the best time to apply the dor;
nt st -My to appiet peach and peal
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fmh to thVend of the fifteenth cen
twelfth to tne en hand
wry-pocket jnirrors
grain fields-1 flourish on both sides of
the Adige, . producing large quanuues
of foods. It can., be said truthfully
that every available inch of land in
thls section is in a state of cultivation.
To an. American farmer .the Intense
method of soil UUing would prorev
revelation.
Only through centuries of carefu
work with hoe and plow has it been
possible to create the garden that ex
tends from Verona, where the Adige
river strikes the Venetian plain, to the
impassable mountain valleys many
miles away where the absolute absence
of soil forbids any attempt at farm-'
ing. '
The fields on either side of the riv
er are broken into small lots, thou
sands being as small as a city block;
many are . much smaller in order to
jompletely fill a segment of .rock-locked
earth. On these plots, that have
been leveled with infinite care, the
farmer of the Trentino grows grain,
garden- truck, grapes, and of ten .other
fruit. The grapevines are' kept pruned
tor about four and a half feet high for
the main stem, which grows to the
thickness of a man's wrist, while the
tendrils are trained onto sticks, or in
many cases to trees that are kept
pruned down to a thick stump six or
seven feet high with small branches
hnlf an inch in thickness protruding
in a sheaf from the stump. ,
Ancient Consiglio Castle.
During the middle ages Trent was a
typical; fortified city crowned rwlth an
old feudal castle. Built in 1490, this
stronghold, Castle Consiglio, has come
down to the present generation in a
beautiful state of preservation. While
the Austrians held Trent the place
was used as a kind of town jalL
Ceasare Battistl, native of Trent, an
ardent pro-Italian who . had the nerve
to enlist in the Italian army against
Austria, was shot in the courtyard of
the castle, and Is today, the town and
the Italian nation's martyr.
Stored in the wonderful old castle
were 80,000 captured Austrian rifles.
Piles of .gas masks, trench tools, mur
derous trench knives and other odds
and ends of fighting man's equipment
were
rooms.. ' .
In one" of the main corridors was a
typical Austrian torture machine. It
consisted of two rings, the firs't about
nine inches from the floor and the
second 'about four feet above ground.
The practice was to fasten a prison
er's ankles to the lower ring by means
of a piece of rope, while the unfortu
nate man's hands were tied behind
him through the upper ring. This
threw all the prisoners' weight on the
wrists and ankles. Usually a man
fainted after several hours.
Inspection of the old Consiglio cas
tle revealed how the war machine of
the sixteenth century for the castle
i itself was a fort had been made to
serve the purposes of the twentieth
century war lords. -
In the highest room of the place, a
circular chamber of the tallest tower,
was all that remained of a German
wireless outfit. The operators bad
made themselves comfortable in the
damp old place by putting storm win
dows in the loopholes that were orig-
J inally cut for the convenience of cross
bow men. , ' .
To get to the tower one-has to pass
through a frescoed courtyard where
men were hanged centuries ago. About
! five or six feet from the old gallows.
a double affair,., runs a sheltered gal
lery from which the dukes and their
courtiers, sheltered from the weather,
could witness? the execution. y
Some of the public squares in the
city of Trent have fine old building?
in Italian architecture, decorated from
ground to roof with gorgeous frescoes
the coloring of which is still vivid..
lo Duty of Agent to Furnish In
formation to Supervisors Who
' ? Tnstruct Members. " V'T
(Prepared Tjy the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.). .
The boys and girls' club work is car- '
vied on through co-operation between
the animal husbandry divisiou of the
bureau of , animal industry and . the
states relation service representing the
department of agriculture and the va
rious state; agricultural colleges rep
resented by their respective extension
departments '
A swine specialist, supported by
funds appropriated "by congress for
the work of the animal husbandry di
vision, is placed in each ofthe states
desiring such a man (so far as funds
permit). The specialist's work is ad
ministered by the director of exten
sion, who furnishes office room and
equipment, stenographic assistance,
and pays his traveling expenses. He is
a unit in the extension staff and work.
in closest -co-operation with the statt
leader of other club . work. All the
work i done in co-operation with the
county agent force and the various in
terested departments of the collcgt
and extension force. The subject mat
ter taught by the specialists is agree
able to v the animal husbandry depart
'racnt of ti e college and the animal
husbandry (Ii vision of the, department
of agriculture. A simple project or
agreement covering the work "is ar
ranged by t lie states relations serv
ice between the extension service of
the agricultural college and the ani
mal husbandry division.
The pig-club agent is the leader of
the animal-club work in the 'state. It
is his duty to provide technical in
st ruction for the club members; to
provide supervisors or local leader
and to train them so that they may im
part the information to the members.
In some cases the duty of organizing
the pig clubs falls to the lot of the
state agent, while in other states the
state leader of general club work and
his staff attend to the organization.
He works with and through the county
agent1 force and makes use of such
local leaders as are available. He pro
jects his vision of the work into the
minds of the local , leaders and through
Jhem into the lives and minds of the
members. He must impart his . tech
nical information in terms that can be
understood by the local leaders and
applied by the members.. He meets the
swine breeders of the state and seeks
to win their approval, support, and
co-operation. His work must be con
structive and must strike at the swine-
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HOW TO SET A HEN PROPERLY
est Should Be irt-Some Quiet Pfae
Where She Won't Be. Disturbed
Handle 'Carefully.' '
Prepared by the United Stales Depart
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The first sign of u hen being brocribj
(wnnling to set) is that she stay
loi.ger1 on the nest when laying;1 aiwt
on being approached will quite Kketf
remain and make a clucking nv
ruffle her feathers and peck at the- la
t ruder. When it is noted that a fceip
sets on a nest " from two : to ' three
nights in succession, aud that ihff
feathers are disappearing : fromvfeT
breast which should feel hot turtbe
hand, she is ready to be transferred;
for setting to a nest which has
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Members of Pig Club and Result of
Their Work.
husbandry problems of the state. He
will plan and-arrange for the state
wide ' exhibits, judging contests, etc.
He visits members on their farms and
helps them solye their problems. He
conducts demonstrations, simple in na-
Zc?n"eTar;fTe We ture. t-.I-
His. work must win the support of the
parents of the members if it is to
be successful.
Well-Selected Flock of Young Hens f
Uniform Size. i t
viously been prepared. The ' normal
temperature of a hen Is from 106 t
107 degrees F which varies fiifeflF
during incubation. i "n ' " -';'
The nest should be In- some prit
out-of-the-way place, where the sft
ting hen will not be disturbed. lfsv
her from the regular laying net at
night and handle her carefully in d
ing so. Put a china egg or two in th
nest where she is to sit and place
board over: the opening so that ah
cannot get off. , '
Toward the evening of the rcco .
day quietly go in where she is sittins,
leave some feed and ..water, reinoV
the board from theront or top -of the
nest, and let the hen corae off ,whe
she is ready.. . Should she'! return fm
the nest after feeding remove lfc
china egg or eggs and put under tfcwar,
that are to be incubated. If the nest
are slightly darkened the hens arc less
likely to become restless. , i
At hatching time they should be cow
fined and not be disturbed until fibe
hatch is completed, unless dwy he-oM
restless, when it may be best to re
move the chicks that are batched first,
In cool weather it is best not to put
more than ten eggs under jiJien,. while
later in the spring one can put twelve
to fifteen, according to the size of t
hen. .: .
Dust tlie hen thoroughly with Insrc
powder, and in applying the powd
hpld the hen by the feet, the tea
down, working the powder well lot
the feathers, giving special attentioa
to regions around the .vent and vzOer
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eoncrete piles have been driven nlnf
feet. into coral .rocte-at Honolulu witir
3,1001 blows of an- ortinary ; drop hair,
mer. . -
The individual effort of the agent the wings. The powder should nfen be
would accomplish little were It not sprtnKiea in iu-
for the splendid co-operation extended
by the extension forces, by the bank
ers and business men, breeders, local
interested people, etc. The work suc
ceeds because the agent multiplies his
influence through all the co-operating
agencies.
The pig club has not only stimulated
the demand for better breeding' stock,
but also has been the means of in
troducing community breeding or breed
standardizing in numerous counties in
various states where the pure bred
part of the industry is practically new
and where there were not numerous
breed preferences to contend with.
The pig club boys have not only taught
the adults, where the industry is new,
the superiority of the pure bred over
the scrub, but have taught them that
good Individuals bring good prices.
"Before this year," says one county
agent, "it was hard to get a farmer
to pay $10 for a godd hog; now they
pay $50 to $100."
In addition to those benefits iW
pig club work is stimulating pork pro
duction to an extent extremely im
portant at this tinie, stimulating home
curing of meat through the organiza
tion: of "ham and bacon" clubs, teachw
the members better working methods,
inspires pig club boys to better work
by, educational exhibits and increases
their knowledge through judging con
tests. '-These are in addition' to the
indirect results, such as , awakening . a
new spread of comradeship between
father and son-and the teaching of
. Intelligent borrowing, and good busi
aess methods through the financing O
nembeis by bankers.
Guineas, like geese and pigeons, pal
when the number of males and female
is equal. 1 . : '
The turkey does not. fully matnra
until two years old, and is at Ita best
at three years'.
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Sometimes the old hens of the heavy
breeds will not need fattening, as Utry
have a tendency to take on fat wltk
age. .'.
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'The poultry house should have n
draughts; it should be clean and keipf:
clean and no damp floors should
tolerated.. , - .
A fowl consumes about three oouccs
of mash in the morning, . two- mww "
ot grain' at noon, and . four ounces . of . .::
grain at the evening feed. ..
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Proper equipment in the . panXLcf
house often Is the deciding factor Im
successful poultry keeping' and. fibool
be given due consideration, ,
. .' Hens lay best in damp weathte;
during winter.. :Jt will be noticed that
they are more proiific during showery
spells than they are when It la dry.
The ' theory is. that .tooistiireprodBeM
expansion - and growth, whereat ryv
cold or dry warm IK' contracts, -
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