Thursday, September 26, 1907.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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cause the bulbs, which increase rap
idly, make an autumn growth. Othei
lilies may be planted later.
Other spring bulbs which need at
tention during early fall are snow
drops, crocuses, narcissi, daffodils,
jonquils. These bulbs grow best in
partial shad, in rich, deep, stiff, nat
ural soil. Crocuses and 'snowdrops
should be set three inches apart,
snowdrops in holes four inches deep,
crocuses, in holes three inches deep.
Daffodils are planted six or seven
inches deep, jonquils five inches
deep. . '
A Plea for the Teacher.
Dear Aunt Mary: I find in look
ing over the list of topics you have
given us for discussion the question,
''What are your ideas concerning the
teaching of agriculture in the rural
schools?" It is an interesting one,
but I shall leave it to those more com
petent than myself to discuss, yet I
would enter a plea for the teacher.
It often happens that the hard
working, conscientious teacher who is
doing his best to make true men and
women out of the boys and. girls in
his school is severely criticized in the
home by the parents or older broth
ers and sisters in the presence of the
young children, thus weakening the
teacher's influence oyer them and
making it much harder for him to
control his school. If there is a per
son in all the world for whom we
should cherish the kindliest feelings,
and with whom we should work in
the truest sympathy, it is the person
who is trying to make a man of our
boy or a woman of our girl.
Think about this.
JEMIMA RINGGOLD.
Cumberland Co., N. C.
Recipe for Canning Green Beans.
Dear Aunt Mary: Last summer
one of our readers wanted a recipe
for canning green beans in glass jars.
I watched the paper and have never
seen an answer yet. Then a gentle
man in Virginia wanted the same re
cipe several weeks ago, and still no
answer. So I decided that it must be
my duty to send th& recipe, but just
kept putting it off from day to day,
until I fear it will be too late for
many to use it, but possibly some of
the Home Circle have late beans they:
wish to can. I have some nice late
ones that will soon be ready to can.
I send my awn recipe and I have
another clipped from the Kansas City
Star. The main difference between
the two is in the time of cooking.
Cooking three hours instead of five
save a lot of time and wood. My
own recipe I have used several times,
so can recommend it. It is as fol
lows: To Can Beans in Glass Jars.-
String and break the beans up toler
ably fine. Have the jars perfectly
cleaned and aired. Wash beans anil
pack the jars perfectly full ; pour
fresh cold water over them until jar
is full, wipe with a dry cloth, place a
good rubber on the jar and seal up
air-tight. Prepare as many this way
as your pot or kettle will hold, then
scatter a few chips in the bottom of
Dot or kettle and cover with straw.
Place the jars in, tops up, with straw
between them, and put a light weight
nn fnn fa hnard with a email ctnnt-
,on it will do), fill the pot with water
and bring to a boil. Notice the clock
and boil exactly five hours. Keep a
kettle of boiling water by the fire to
till up with, and never let the tops
of the jars get out of water. When
done, take a little wooden paddle, a
yarn rag, and an old quilt, place the
paddle under, jar, raise it above wa
ter and catch with rag, place on quilt
and cover as quickly as possible with
other side of quilt. As soon as cool
enough, slip your hand under and
tighten all the tops that have gotten
loose in cooking. When jars are cool
enough to handle, set away in a cool
place, and the beans will certainly be
good; that is, if you! started with
good beans. When served I detect
scarcely any difference between them
and the fresh beans of the summer
time. SUSAN.
Davie Co., N. C.
Interested in Poultry Raising.
Dear Aunt Mary: I am one of your
readers who greatly appreciates your
letters, and was" very sorry you
didn't get around to our community
when you were doing Institute work,
and do hope that-you .will visit our
county sometime in the future. Your
work is a noble one, and inspires us
to try to lead higher lives and to
make the best of , our opportunities
Farmers' wives and daughters gen
erally have a busy life, and no mat
ter how generous and considerate the
husband and father may be, there
is always a feeling of dependence
unless we have some way to make a
little money of our own to spend as
we please. If .we live near a good
market we can generally have milk
and butter and vegetables to sell, but
I find more profit in poultry raising
than in anything else. I don't mean
scrub stock that you can sell at only
twenty-five cents each, and eggs at
ten or fifteen cents per dozen, but
improved breeds, the very best that
can be obtained, and kept up to the
standard by culling out the inferior
ones and introducing new blood of
tbfe best strains. I have been using
pure-bred poultry for more than
fifteen years, and without neglecting
in the least my household duties, I
always raise quite a number of fine
fowls, and realize a good profit from
selling eggs in. the spring. Thia
spring I sold nearly two hundred
settings of eggs and raised a fine lot
of fowls besides. My favorites are
the S. C. R. I. Reds. They are; the
best layers I have ever tried, are
very easily raised and mature early.
I have several pullets hatched this
spring, that have been laying for
some time. My greatest trouble and
one for which I can find no remedy
is that the greater per cent of my
eggs generally hatch out males. I
try mating the fowls in different
ways, but the results are nearly al
ways the same. I now have as fine a
lot of cockerels as I have ever seen.
They are finely shaped, deep red,
with bright, yellow legs, and I am
now advertising them in The Pro
gressive Farmer.
mrs. h. p. Mcpherson.
Moore Co., N. C.
The Boy Who Does Not Have to Be
Told.
' One of the rarest qualities in a ser
vant in the house is the doing of
things that need to be done without
being told. One of the finest quali
ties in a workman is this quality.
Young men working their way
through college are invaluable if they
have-this quality. A tool is left out
on the lawn; there is a rail off the
fence; there is a lock broken from a
door; there is a window pane gOne
somewlfere. The boy who tends to
these things because they need- at
tending to without specific directions
is the boy who, other things being
equal, is going to be in demand when
he gets out into the great world, and
it is the attention to little things and
the habit of observation, which sees
what needs to be done and then does
it, which makes exceedingly useful
men and women. -
There will always be a position for
such persons. There will always be
a call to come up higher. T it is in
one sense a small thing to do these
little things without orders, but it is
the doing of them that makes great
captains, great engineers, great ar
tists, great architects, great workers
in any department, and it is the ab
sence of this quality that makes com
monplace men and women, who will
always have to live under the do
minion of petty orders, men and wo
men who do nothing unless they are
told to do it. 1
It is this quality whifch makes
volunteers in church work, and the
invaluable men and women who do
not have to be stood over. They are
the joy of the pastor's heart; they
are the persons who do no
be watched.-Rev. -Charles
don.
, have to
M. Shel-
Domestic Happiness.
The foundation of all domestic
happiness is laid on a clean hearth.
There can be neither health, pros
perity, nor peace in an ill-k&pt home.
Some people's idea of a poor house
keeper is a woman who runs ,the
house on business principles. We
know, that no man can make a suc
cess of his business without paying
strict attention to detail and system;
also, systematic housekeeping has a
telling effect upon one's success as a
housekeeper. It is all accomplished
by being well versed in all; parts of
household work and doing it by a
systematic plan. System means plan
ning. Try formulating a 1 plan for
the day while dressing in the morn
ing, making the allowance for any
disarrangement of your plan, which
is almost sure to occur every day.
Plan and arrange the work of each
member of the family so that all may
work together for the good of the
whole.
In order to meet the pressure of
modern life, a home-maker needs
exact knowledge and scientific train
ing. The modern American girl, has
received a man's education, and in
the majority of cases has no knowl
edge whatever about home-making.
Sad experience teaches many lessons,
but much money and untold nerve
energy is wasted in the process.
American mothers, more than any
others, err in not teaching their
daughters the proper care, o a house
hold, and every year sees jhundreds
of girls marry with no morb idea of
how to cook or keep house than they
have of the North Pole. Mrs. W. W.
Simon, in Farm Stock Journal.
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