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The Local Paper a Most Useful Agency on the Farm-The Press, Pulpit and School a Trinity of ! Influence That Must Be Uti ??zed in Building Agriculture. I By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union A broad campaign of publicity on "the subject of rural life is needed in -this state today to bring the problems of the farmers to the forefront The -city problems are blazoned upon the front pages of the metropolitan dail ies and echoed in the country press, but the troubles of the farmers are .^/".Seldom told, excppt by those who seek to profit by the story, and the .glitter of the package ofttimes ob scures* the substance. A searching in vestigation into the needs of th? farmers will reveal many inherent de fects hi our economic system that can be easily remedied when properly un derstood and illuminated by the pow .er of the press. The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of powerful in fluences that the farmer must utilize "to their fullest capacity before he can -occupy a commanding position in pub ' "lie affairs. These gigantic agencies are .organized in every rural community and only await the patronage and Co operation of the farmers to fully de Telop their energy and usefulness. They are local forces working for the best interests of their respective .communities. Their work is to build and their object is.to serve. They prosper only through the development .and prosperity of the community. Every farmer in this state should rsubscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he should by all means subscribe for his -local paper, and no home should be without it. The local paper is part of the community life and the j editor understands the farmer's prob- ! lems. It is the local press that will study the local problems and through its columns deal with subjects of most vital importance to local life of the -community. A Noble Task. In too many instances th? country papers mimic the city press by giv ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. The new rural civilization has placed upon the rural press renewed responsibilities, ?and enlarged possibilities for useful ness. It cannot perform its mission to agriculture by recording the frail ..?Sa?- .-^t-ties. the mishaps and inordinate am bitions of humanity, or by filling its ??columns with the echoes of the strug gles of busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our .children from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. "Too often the pages of the city dailies bristle with the struggle of ambitious men in their wild lust for power, and many times the flames of personal .conflict sear the tender buds of new -civilization and illuminate the path way to destruction. The rural press is the governing power of public senti ment and must hold steadfast to principle and keep the ship of state in the roadstead of progress. The rural press can best serve the Inter ests of the farmers by applying hts .energies to the solution of problema -affecting the local community. It must stem the mighty life current that is moving from the farm to the ?cities, sweeping before it a thousand " boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of ?civilization at their fountain head. Its mission is.to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual life of the country, placing before the pub lic the daily problems of the farmers and giving first attention to the leg islative, cooperative, educational and social needs of the agricultural classes within, its respective community. . The Power of Advertising. The influence of advertising is clear ly visible in the homes and habits of the farmers, and the advertising col umns of the press are making their ! imprint upon the lives of our people. The farmer possesses the things that are best advertised. | The farmer is entitled to all the advantages and deserves all the lux-1 uries of life. We need more art, sci ence and useful facilities on the J farms, and many homes and farms are well balanced in this respect, but th9 advertiser can render a service .by teaching the advantages of modern equipment throughout the columns of the rural press. The farmers are in need of personal leadership. They have political lead ers, but they need local inf-istr'al community nd e fr?&tion&I leaders. Children's Coughs-Children's Cold's Both Are erious. When one of your little ones shows symptoms of an approach ing Cold, give it Dr. Bell's Pine Tar-Honey at once. . It acts quick ly, and prevents the Cold growing worse. Very healing-soothes the Lungs, loosens the niucoup, strength ens the system. li's guaran> "ed. .CUjly 25c. at your Druggist. Buy a bottle to-day. Bucden's Arni'-; Salve for Sores. FOR MUSTARD PICKLES _______ \,\ APPROVED RECIPES THAT WILL BE SATISFACTORY. Method Most Popular Has Cucumbers as the Foundation-Chow-Chow Keeps Best When lt ls Stored in Glass -lars. Of all subjects capable of tempting the interest of the housewife at the moment none equals that of pickling, if the number of queries that come into a newspaper office can be used as a basis for estimation. The most re quested recipe is for mustard pickles, kuowu as the German senfgurken. Here Is a good way to make this pickle: Mustard Pickle.--Take large yellow cucumbers, pare them, remove the seeds, cut them into pieces three inches long, lay the pieces on long dishes, sprinkle them with salt, allowing one tablespoonful of salt for each quart of cucumbers; let them lie 12 hours, then wipe them dry with a towel, lay them in alternate layers in glass jars, with the following spices, allowing for each jar two tablespoonfuls of mustard seeds, two bay leaves, one small red pepper, and, ii handy, a few pieces of horseradish root and a little dill; boil (some white vinegar, allowing for each jar one pint; add to eyery quart of vinegar one tablespoonful of sugar; boil three minutes; tuen set aside, and when perfectly cold pour it over the cucumbers; close the jars and place them in a cool place. Green Cucumber Mustard Pickle. To make green cucumber mustard pickle, put ono quart of cucumbers cut in cubes in a bowl, sprinkle two table spoonfuls of salt on them and let them stand over night; next morning drain the cucumbers in a colander, cut me dium-sized white onions in very thin slices and put them with the cucum bers in a saucepan, cover with vinegar, place the saucepan over the fire. In the meantime mix in a bowl one cup ful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of turmeric, a little cayenne pepper and one tablespoonful of English mustard; mix, add it to the cucumbers, boil five minutes, remove and fill in small jars. Chow-Chow.-Take one pint of fine cut white celery, 24 small cucumbers, i one quart of small peeled white Onions, two large heads of cauliflower, six green peppers and two quarts of green tomatoes;, wash and cat the vegetables into inch-sized pieces, taking out the seeds from the peppers, place the veg etables into a large bowl or pan, mix four quarts of cold water with a half pound of salt; pour it over the vege tables and let it stand over night; next morning place the vegetables in a kettle with the brine, set them over the fire, and as soon as they begin to boll remove, drain off ali the water, put three quarts of vinegar with jone pound of sugar over the fire; mix one cupful of. flour, a half-pound of English mustard and a half-ounce of turmeric with cold vinegar to a paste, and stir it into the boiling vinegar; cook and stir-two minutes from the time it be : gins to boil; pour boiling hot over the j vegetables, and when cold put all into ; glass jars. This may also be kept in a stone jar, but it is nicer when kept I in the glass jars. Cottage Cheese. Allow the milk to become well soured, set the pan in a slightly bot oven, leaving the door open. Let it remain just until the whey and curd ! 8epa.rate, then pour into a cheesecloth ! bag and hang to drain. Empty the I curd from the bag when well drained I and mix with a little salt to taste,. a bit of soft butter or a few tablespoon fuls of sweef creaca. . % It may be further seasoned2 with pepper, made into small balls and served with the salad course. If de sired, some wet molds may be lined ! with the cheese and the centers of the molds filled with salad, nuts and cel ery. When cold the molde may be turned out on lettuce leaves and I served with 3alad dressing. Brazilian Stew. Cut up a few onions, tomatoes and i carrots; have ready two pounds of I the shin of beef, cut into pieces about I two inches long, and dip each piece into vinegar. Put the vegetables and meat, with some pepper and salt, into a saucepan without any water (or in a casserole' in the oven), and let all simmer for four hours. There will be plenty of gravy and the meat will be very tender. Shin of beef is inex pensive. Peppers Stuffed With Veal. Take some large peppers, soak them a few days in salt water, changing the water constantly to make them less pungent. Cut out the vein that makes them so hot and stuff them with finely chopped veal or chicken seasoned with salt, butter, a little onion and parsley, some sweet herbs and crumbs of bread; stuff the peppers and fry in butter. Serve with a rich gravy. To Clean Jars. Jars and pickle bottles that smell of onions may be made quite sweet if filled with garden mold and left stand ing out ol' doors for two or three days. When thoroughly washed they will be found quit? sweet and may be used for jam or any other purpose. Enough for Two. A pound of butter is the average amount consumed by two in a week; a pound of lard should last a month; two pounds of rugar is the allowance ?for a week. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers* Union The farmer gets more out of the fair than anyone else. The fair to a city man is an entertainment; to a fanner it ls education. Let us take a stroll through the fair grounds and linger a moment at a few of the points of greatest interest. We will first visit the mechanical department and hold communion with tho world's greatest thinkers. You are now attending a congress of the mental giants in mechanical sci ence ot all ages. They are addressing you in tongues of iron and steel and in language mute and poweiful tell an eloquent story of the world's progress. The inventive geniuses are the moBt valuable farm hands we have and they perform an enduring Bervice to mankind. We can all help others for a brief period while we live, but it takes a master mind to tower into the realm of science and light a torch of progress that will illuminate the path way of civilization for future genera tions. The men who gave us the sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and hundreds of other valuable inventions work in every field on earth and will continue their labors as long as time. Their bright intellects have conquered death anji they will live and sertre mankind on and on forever, without money and without price. They have shown us how grand and noble it is to work for others; they have also taught us lessons in economy and effi ciency, how to make one hour do the work of two .or more; have length ened our lives, multiplied our opportunities and taken toil off the back of humanity. They are the most practical men the world ever produced. Their in ventions have stood the acid test of utility and efficiency. Like all useful men, they do not seek publicity, yet millions of machines sing their praises frofai every harvest field on earth and as many plows turn the soil in mute applause of their marvelous achieve ments. FARMER RADFORD ON 5WOMAN SUFFRAGE The home is the greatest contribu tion of women to the world, and the 'hearthstone is her throne. Our so cial structure is built around her, and social righteousness is in her charge. Her beautiful life lights tie skies 'of hope and her refinement ls the charm of twentieth century civilisation. Her graces and her power are the cumu lative products of generations of queenly conquest, and her crown of exalted womanhood is jeweled with: the wisdom of saintly mothers. She has been a great factor in the g?orjr of our country, and her noble achieve ments should not be marred or her hallowed influence blighted by the coarser duties of citizenship. Ameri can chivalry should never permit her to bear the Burdens of* defending and maintaining government, but should preserve her unsullied from the allied influences of politics, and protect her from the weighty responsibilities of the sordid affairs of life that will crush her ideals and lower her stand ards. The motherhood of the farm is our inspiration, she is the guardian of our domestic welfare and a guide to a higher life, but directing the af fairs of government is not within wo man's sphere, and political gossip would cause her to neglect the home, forget to mend our clothes and burn the biscuits. RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS fWej need social centers where our young people can be entertained, amused and instructed under the di-' rection of cultured, clean and com petent leadership, where aesthetic surroundings stir the love for . the beautiful, where art charges the at mosphere-'With inspiration and power, and innocent amusements instruct and brighten their lives. . To hold our young people on the farm we must make farm life more attractive as well as the business of farming more remunerative. The school house should be the social unit, properly equipped for nourishing and building character, so that the lives of our people can properly function around it and become supplied with the necessary elements of human thought and activity. . Education is a developing of the mind, not a stuffing of the memory. Digest what you read. Old men have visions, young men have dreams. Successi.'ul farmers plow deep while sluggards sleep. The growing of legumes will retard soil depletion and greatly add to Its power to produce. Stop That Cough-Now. When you catch Cold, or begin tu Cotigb, the first thing to do is to take Dr. BelPs-Pim'-Tair-Honey. It nonet-rates the linings of the Throat and Lungsand fights the Germs cf the Disease, giving quick relief and natural b'-aling. "Our whole fam ly deoend on Pine-Tar-H jney for Coughs and Colds," writes Mr. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio. It al ways helps. 2 5c. at your Drug gist. j i Portraits on Emeralds. Emeralds have often been made use of for the cutting of portraits. They are among the hardest of stones, and so stand the work better than their fellows. The Roman Emperor Had rian had his likeness engraved upon an emerald, as well as many other great persons^ and the portrait which iperhaps many have seen advertised, as the only true portrait of our Sav ior is said to be a faithful copy of one found engraved on an emerald of very ancient date. Best Cure for Nerves. The very best cure for a case" of nerves is to keep busy. If you cannot find any work of your own, help some friend who has more to do than she can possibly accomplish. Be really in terested ba everything you do and do it with all your might. Tou never heard of a washwoman being nervous. Nervous women are sure to have wrin kles and you will never get rid of them until you get better control of four serves.-Exchange. Novel Choir Strike. I A ourious choir strike has ocenrred at Geb'esee, in Thuringia, Germany. By an old custom the town supplied the choir with -iCO bottles of beer every -year. Tile authorities stopped the benr and the choir immediately went on ?sti-ike. The congregation complained. The town^erk and the church au thorities met, and as a result it was decided to give the choir its 400 bottles of beer. a Center of Pilchard Fisheries, i Cornwall, the great fishing town of England, is the center of the pilchard fisheries. The pilchard is a very im portant food fish. About the middle of July it appears. on the Cornish coast in immense numbers, and is cap tured in large quantities. The fish bears a close resemblance to the her ring, but is rounder and thicker and the under jaw is shorter.. Be. Swift to Love. : Do not let' us wait to be just or pitiful or demonstrative towards those we love until they or we are struck down by illness or threatened with death. Life is short, and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh! be swift of love, make haste to be kind. Amiel. Fads of French Women. Many society women in Paris keep dolls, and also top doss and other animals, and'just before the death} pf Caran d'Ache, the ce.lebrated artist, both French men and French women loused to buy the wooden dolls which ^ad designed, and which were usu iUy .caricatures of notable people. MM Instead of Enamel. Kitchen shelves painted white are much easier to keep clean than if j merely covered with paper. Instead of covering the paint with a coat* of | enamel as a finish, a coating of thin, hot starch does as well, ls inexpen sive, and will not wash off,, at least so says someone who has tried iL Uncommon Orchids. The scorpion orchid which grows In Java is not by any means common in this country. A great many very odd shapes and colors are found in the or chid family. Hundreds of them grow only in tropical countries hidden away from the tracks of man. Ominous Sign. As the Statue' of Liberty hove in sight one of the passengers rushed in to the captain's quarters. "Say, cap," he hiccoughed, "can't ye wait around out here until dark? My wife's wait ing for me with a club In her hand." Exchange. His Pertinent Question in Reply. "Slr, I love your daughter! She ia^all the world to me, and-" "H'm! If V ?ive my consent how soon will you be gin thinking that the world's father owes you a living?" Inside History of Discovery. . Nearly every great discoverer owes a certain amount of gratitude to a na tive who was able to lead him to the place he was discovering. * Daily Thought.,, - Nature has perfections in order to show that she is the image of God; and def?ets, in order to show that she is only his image.-Pascal. No Doubt About lt. 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