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Mast Important Breeds of Ducks for Marketing Ducks are the most valuable of all domesticated waterfowl, for commer cial purposes. Ducks can be successfully raised in almost any locality where they have a good supply of green food and plenty of drinking water. In recent years the production of broiler ducks for market has become a large business. The raising of ducks for the produc tion of eggs for market, while still in ith infancy, promises to grow to con siderable proportions. The most im portant breeds of ducks for the produc tion of market poultry are the Peking, Aylesbury and Rouen. As ducks are ratljer hardy birds they do not require more than ordina lily good shelter from the weather. It Is a custom to place them in low-built houses on a range, where they will have plenty of room to range. Duck houses should be placed on ground that has sufficient slope to drain it at «1! times of the yenr. The'floors of bifuses for ducks snould preferably be of agfculy soil. The ground confusing the floor of the houses should he dug out to the depth of six inches each spring and fa21, and replaced with fresh soil. The floor should be kfcpfc continually cov ered with a litter of dry straw on which the ducks can roost or rest at night. This litter should be taken out frequently and dried in the sun, and whenever it becomes filthy It should be removed, tire floor carefully cleaned, and fresh lftter placfed in the houses. A small house wel! salted for ducks Is 12 feet wide, 16 feet long, 7 feet hlffh in front, 5 fleet hlgfi at the back. With a yard 50 fefet square the house and yard are sufficiently large to ac commodate 65 dficks. Ducks need lots of fresh air and in huflding the houses provision should he made for abundant ventilation. If a large number of ducks are kept In a close house, the air will get so ttnd that some ducks will actually go blind from the Irritation of their eyes by the ammonia arising from the manure, t Few articles of equipment are essen tial for duck houses, the principal ones bdjRg water vessels, feed hoppers and nests. Where ducks ae» supplied with ah ample swimming pool they will have a sufficient water supply; where they do not have this water supply they must have yvatcr continually be fore them In troughs, small galvanized Iron buckets, stone crocks or water fountains. Right Time-for Culling Indifferent Laying Hens Look for a high denjh rate among farm poultry. The culling season, jvhen the indifferent layer and all her sisters should be disposed of to the best advantage, is at hand. Culling demonstrations are in order from June to January. • Nine hundred and elglity-six demon strations were put on in 75 counties of Minnesota last season. Three thou sand eight hundred and thirty-eight flocks, totaling 313,557 birds, were culled; 100,032 birds, or practically one-third, were discarded ns unprofit able. "It Is evident from these figures,” says N. E. Chapman, poultry special ist with the agricultural extension division of the university, “that about one-third of the farm flocks should be culled, and this culling should be gin as soon as the hens begin to molt. "> Early molters having small combs and wattles and yellow legs of the Ameri can and Mediterranean breeds are the ones that should be discarded. Such fowls may be consumed immediately, canned for future use or put on the market. This will give the remainder of the flock more room and a better chance all around. Sale of the non layers will provide a fund for the pur chase o! feed for the growing stock.” Fattening Rations That Gave Profitable Results In fattening poultry ns an Illinois farm demonstration, 47 Rhode Island Red cockerels weighing 69 pounds gained 28 pounds in 11 days or a lit tle over half a pound per bird, ^hey were fed mixed one i art wheat shorts and two parts com meal by weight mixed to a thin batter with sweet or sour milk. No milk or water was giv on the birds to drink. Floor space was oqe square foot per bird in a cool pen. They were fed all they would clean up in 20 minutes twice a day. Gains at current market price for feed cost less than five cents a pound. Duck Is Distinguished From Drake by Quacking V The duck is distinguished from the drake both by appearance and sound. The drake, when fully feathered has lo his tail feathers, two feathers on the top which curl up. This is not an in fallible test because sometimes the curled feathers may have been pulled out, or lost out from molting or other cause. The curled feather shows on a drake when he is four months old A duck quacks, but a drake does not The kitchen i CABINET (©. 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) "The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while. That costs the ieast and does the most, is Just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from the heart that ]ove3 its fellow man Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again. It's f .11 of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent— It’s worth a million dollars and It doesn't cost a cent.” SUMMER PIES AND PASTRY A good rich pastry is more easily di gested than one which lacks shorten ing and is tough. Pastry that is made quickly and handled very little is much more apt to be flaky. Take one cupful of shortening to three cupfuls of flour, a of salt and just half-teaspoonful enough ice water to hold the mixture together. Some good cooks add baking powder—a half-teaspoonful or less— but the best authorities agree that bak ing-powder crust is very apt to soak and is undesirable for berry pies, which have juice. Cut in the shorten ing with two knives,j when well-mixed, add the water, roll out and line the tin with the crust. There are any number of delicious 1 one-crust pies, which are especially wholesome for warm weather. Blueberry Meringue Pie.—Take one cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of flour and the yolks of two .eggs. Beat all together and add three cupfuls of blueberries. Bake with one crust and cover with a meringue, using the whites of the eggs, beaten stiff, and four tablespoonfuls of sugar; flavor to taste. Less sugar and no flavoring may be used and half a dozen marshmal lows, cut in halves, placed about on tlie meringue will make a pretty and tasty frosting. Arabian Pudding.—Cream two table spoonfuls of butter with three table spoonfuls of sugar, add one well beaten egg, three tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, one cupful of flour sifted with one teaspoonful of baking pow der, one-quarter of a cupful of any chopped nuts, twelve dates stoned and cut in pieces. Mix and bake ir. a well buttered pan. Bake twenty minutes. Serve with the following sauce: Take one cupful of sugar, ohe tablespoonful of flour well mixed, the juice and rind of a lemon and a scant pint of boiling water, cook until smooth, adding a tablespoonful of butter and a grating of nutmeg just before serving. A spoonful of jelly will give the sauce both color and flavor. "Let the furrows be plowed deep ly enough while the brain cells are pjasttc, then human energies will result In efficiency and the line of least resistance will be the right line.” WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DINNER? When sandwiches are so often ir use during the summer a different prepared a pound or more of candied orange peel to use for various dishes as well as a confection. This bread will need a half cupful of candied orange peel chopped, five cupfuls of pastry flour, one cupful of graham flour, one teaspoonful of salt, six tea spoonfuls of baking powder, one cup ful of sugar, and one-half cupful of chopped pecan meats. Beat one egg, add one cupful “of milk to the sifted dry ingredients, thqn combine the fruit and nuts. Turn into a buttered loaf pan and hake In a moderate even 43 minutes. Ragout of Liver.—Cut one pound of calf’s liver into dice, and put it ovet the fire in cold water'or stock, to cover. Cook one hour, add seasoning and salt, pepper with a little ground mace, a spring of parsley and a little sweet marjoram. Rub together two tnblespoonfuls of browned flour with one of butter, add rltis to the sauce pan with one teaspoonful each of lemon juice and Worcestershire satce. Stir until thick and serve dotted with cubes of currant Jelly. Tarte Alsacienne.-*-Beat the yolks of eigtit eggs ygty light, add four ta blespoonfuls of poVdered sugar, hrec and one-half- tnblespoonfuls of pastry flour and ’one-half teaspoonful of vanilla. Fold in the stiffly-beaten whites and spretul very thin in layer cake pans and bake in a slow oven until soft like a griddle cake. Ho not bake until crisp. It will make ten or eleven layers. Put together with this filling: Melt one-half pound of choco late in one-fourth of a cupful of hot water, add one cppful <Tf powdered sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla and four beaten eggs. Cook until smooth. Frost the top of the cake with pow dered sugar and coffee, using a bit of butter. ' With orange juice as a base, there are countless cooling drinks which may be supplied iri the home. .Telly, canned fruit juice and lemons may also he counted upon to add great variety. Orange and Nut Bread. — While oranges were plentiful early in the year the oare f u 1 housewive kind of bread will add variety to the menu. : All-White Costume Popular; Like Knitted Bathing Suits OP HE cool charm of the all-white cos tume for summer wear occupies so solid a place in the affections of wom ankind that It Is doubtful if Its vogue will ever be successfully challenged by colors, no matter how attractive they may be. In sports things color has made rapid advances In recent sea sons, but even In this field white linen or white wool still occupies first place, and for dress wear the mode “Mother, may I go out to swim? Yes, my child, but don't go near the water." This may or may not have been v a parent's philosophy In ye olden time, but at any rate we are all ramtliar with the quotation and It contrasts the sentiment of the modem mother whose solicitude trends to providing for the child the best the world offers in the way of equipment which shall serve as an in COOL LOOKING SLIP-OVER FROCK has produced nothing of greater charm and utility than the all-white outfit. White crepe is used In making the delightfully cool-looking slip-over frock pictured above. This combines the plaited skirt and plain waist that have been featured In# current fash ions and has the characteristic straight lines of the mode.- The round neck and short kimono sleeves are fin ished with a deep ruflle of the same material. Just below the pocket is a little embroidered monogram in bright colors. This is a little flair of fashion that has caught on tremen dously. A great number of the all-white out fits recently brought out are featur ing white linen In tailored effects. All sorts of knitted materials are eentlve and add to the comfort, joj and health-giving qualities derived from water sports, sea bathing and beach recreation. One of the first objects of careful selection by a doting mother for her growing girl is the bathing suit. At tractive appearance is not its only con sideration, but it must measure up to standard in the more practical quali ties as well. The manufacture of the knitted bathing suit has especially been brought to a fine point. In purchasing a knitted bathing suit (and most everyone prefers the knitted kind) there are cei tuin feu tures which distinguish it from the 01 dinary gar ment. For instance, accoidin'g to the standard of par excellence a quality bathing suit must be knitted of high KNITTED BATHING SUIT shown and In some instances there have an applique design In white or black braid, in linen, one very smart piodel has a high standing collar and a row of huge linen buttons down one side of the frock. The lighter qualities of linen are being extensive ly used in children's frocks. grade all wool, so as to insure Its be ing non-ehilling. non-elinging and It should be processed so as to render it non-shrinkalde. Then too, for th* protection of the tender skin, long skirt and trunks are desirable for the younger girl such as are featured In the handsome swimming suit illus trated herewith. Note that in this girl’s perfect fitting bathing suit th« neck Is purposely designed rather high, and additional comfort Is promised V; the winged armholes. 1023, Western Netripaper Msionj Aspirin Say “Bayer” and Insist! Unless you see the name “Bayer” on package or on tablets you are not get ting the genuine Bayer product pre scribed by physicians over twenty-two years and proved safe by millions for Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Earache Bheumatlsm Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” only. Each unbroken package contains proper directions.' Handy boxes of twelve tablets Cost few cents. Drug gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark of Boyer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.—Advertisement. Greatest Tunnet. The new Simplon tunnel through the Alps will soon be open for business. The whole tunnel Is twelve and a quarter miles long, of which five and a half miles are on Swiss territory. To guard against the possibility of sud den invasion from Italy, the entrance is mined so that it can be blocked at a moment’s notice. Tremendous dif ficulties have been encountered and overcome In making the tunnel. Hot springs had to be drained away; and at one spot, about two and a half miles from the Italian opening, the rock pressure'was so great that eigh teen months were spent in boring fifty yards at a cost of $800,000. Has 16,373 Aids to Navigation. The United States lighthouse serv ice has distributed for the benefit of lighthouse keepers and others interest ed in its work an official handbook of information, which was compiled by John S. Conway, deputy commissioner. The publication sets forth that the government now maintains 16,373 aids to navigation, including 4,923 lighted fixed aids, 3,001 unlighted fixed aids, 865 lighted floating aids and 7,573 un Ilghfed floating aids. These aids em brace lighthouses, lightships, buoys, fog and submarine signals and vari ous other devices. Important to All Women Readers of This Papei * 'Fkousacds upon thousands of women ha\*e kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women’s complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy con dition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. You may suffer pain in the back, head ache and loss of ambition. Poor health makes you nervous, irri table and maybe despondent; it makes any one so. But hundreds of women claim that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, by restoring health to the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such condi tions. Many send for a sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver »nd bladder medicine, will do for them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., you may receive Sam ple size bottle by parcel post. You can purchase medium and large size bottles at all drug stores.—Advertisement. Plea for the Wild Flowers. Why should the wild flowers be picked? The real naturalist loves them none the less because lie (or she) leaves them to deck the rocky glen or gleam like jewels rare beside the mountain stream and quiet pool. This is where they belong, that all who pass that way may see and enjoy. Let the vase on the mantel and the fruit jar on the porch rail hold the cultivated flowers from hothouse and garden. TTiey are the suitable and appropriate ones for such use. The others are not. —B. O. Longyear, Colorado Agricul tural College. Linseed Oil Statistics. The value of products of establish ments engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil amounted to $71,032,000 in 1021, compared with $120,038,000 in 1919 and $44,883,000 in 1914, a de crease of 41.1 per cent from 1919 to 1921, but an increase of 98.3 per cent for the period 1914 to 1921. In addi tion, establishments manufacturing other products of chief value reported production of linseed oil to the value of $3,002,000 in 1521, $2,889,000 in 1919. and $1,280,000 in 1914. ' Army Cooks Must Be Clean. The new army cook for British sol diers may not go on duty without being shaved; he is not permitted to smoke in the mess hall, und must have clean hands and finger-nails. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS 254 AND 754 PACKAGES EVERYWHERE UA God-sent Blessing” _ is what one mother writes of Mrs. Winslow’s Syrup. 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