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[COMBINED ICE HOUS? Fig! Fig. td-Longitudinal Section of a .(Prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Even where for convenience and . economy it is desirable to have the dairy under the same roof as the ice house it is not satisfactory to attempt to combine the ice storage with a coln store. When it is necessary to use ice for chilling milk and other dairy products it is better to remote the ice from the ice house or compartment and place it in a specially constructed ice box or refrigerator, rather than to at tempt to maintain a cold room by stor ing the ice about and in contact with it. The chief argument against the combined arrangement i's that it pre ven?s the storage of ice in a solid mass. As a result the waste is much greater. Again, the requirements of the storage room and the refrigerator vary from time to time. Advantage can be taken of these fluctuations to husband the ice supply when the two sre separate. There are decided ad Flg. 2.-Transverse Section of a Com --, . ^bined Ice House.andj^ajry._ vantages in having the ice supply convenient to the dairy house or re frigerator, but it is poor ! economy to build the refrigerator or cold store in side the ice storage. The arrange ment suggested in figures 1 and 2 is to be preferred. Where an abundant supply of natural ice can be harvested annual ly it will be u simple matter to main tain high-claiss refrigeration by in stalling a brine-circulating sysiem. The principle on which this patented sys:em works is the same as mechan ical refrigeration, except that the cold is secured through a freeling mixture of ice and salt in a tank in which the primary coib are located. :?.s shown at B in figure 3. As the brine in these coils becomes chilled it passes out through the bottom of the col's and slowly flows through the coils marked C, which are located in the cooling room. The heat of this room is ab sorbed by these chilled pipes, and as the brine warms up it passes out and ncr Fig. 3.-Diagram Showing a Combine Tip'Into, the primary coils, and in this way a continuous circu? tion is main tained between the two ripe systems. For convenience, the ice house can be made a part of the structure, so that the ice can be elevated above the storage chamber and directly into the .crusher, which can be located in the attic above the primary coils indi cated at B. As the drawing shows, the spacA above the cooling room might be utilized as a farm shop or for a cooperage, if one were to ba installed in connection with an apple orchard. It would not be advisable to attempt to install this system without having an experienced engineer calculate the piping necessary for any given storage *TOom as well as the cooling tank. The question of installation is also a very important one, and should be carefully specified. This construction is adapted to small or to very extensive plants^ The department of agriculture used this ^6yr:tem in a plant which has been in stalled at the Arlington experimental i AND REFRIGERATOR ililili'i?i Bam 1111111 PivW-.^. Combined Ice House and Dairy. farm. The cooling room in this case is 28 by 30 feet with eight-foot ceil ings. Suffcient space is thereby pro vided to store 800 barrels of apples. Detailed information regarding the storage of butter and cheese may be had by those interested In two bulle tins of the United States department of agriculture. Bulletin 83, bureau of animal industry,' gives information on cheese, and Bulletin 84, bureau of ani mal industry, on butter. These pamph lets will be sent free of charge as long as the supply lasts-, after which they may be purchased for a small price of the superintendent of documents. GOOD QUALITIES OF MANURE All Growing Plants Require Certain Food Elements Which Must Be Se cured From the Soil. Some farmers used to have the no tion that the only reason they had for hauling manure onto the fields was to get it out of their way. This class of men would have thrown the fer tilizer Into a hole had one been handy. Of late it is difficult to find a farmer who does not believe in the fertilizing qualities of manure. Manure is the cheapest and most efficient fertilizer which the farmer can use upon his land. a Growing plants require certain food elements which must be secured from the soil. All plants require the same Ingredients; but the amounts vary in different plants. The farmer who puts his land in good shape during the fall and winter by fertilizing it with ma nure will raise the big grain crops the following summer. Live stock manure contains about 80 per cent of the plant food elements, contained in the food eaten by the stock. This food waa taken from the soil; so lt is only reasonable that if it is not returned in some form the soil will become depleted. Barnyard ma nure is mixed with bedding, which contains the plant food elements taken from the ground that produced its growth. Naturally this combination is not as strong in fertilizing elements as pure manure: but it has immense value as a fertilizer. The bedding ab sorbs the liquids, which would other wise be a loss. The organic portion of a load of .manure is just as valuable for fertilizing purposes as the nitro gen. potash-, acid. etc.. contained in the manure. Before the organic por tion is of value as a fertilizer it must pass through a process of rotting. This process turns it into humus-one of the elements in which many soils arR most lacking. Safest Kind of Farming. The safest kind of farming is that which makes it possible for the farm er and his family to live well. Even if large crops which must be turned d Icc House and Cold-Storage Plant? into ? ash are produced, unless a large portion'of the food and feed be also frown most of the cash must be used to buy the necessaries which doubt less could hay been raised cheaper than the cash ^crops. It is not the amount of cash we handle that gives us profit, but the amount above the cost of production and marketing. We enjoy that which gives us the great est comfort and convenience. Ci in Field for Ducks. Those . ho keep ducks should often place the.a in a new run, and the one just vaca!~d should be sown to rye. Rje is an excellent crop for disinfect ing the ri',.-; and, besides, it furnishes considerable green feed. Get Rid of Roosters. It is a go :d plan to get rid of the roosters, old and young, as soon as pos sible. The old ones are eating their heads off and the young ones should not be kept long after they reach mar ketable size. It wouldn't, be possible not to be kind In the Land of Beginning ?galn; And the ones we misjudged, and the ones whom we grudged Their moments of victory here, Would find in the grasp of our loving hand clasp Moro than penitent lips could ex plain. CHRISTMAS DAINTIES. At the holiday season we delight In sweetmeats, cakes and homemade goodies. One of the chief pleas ures of the sea son is getting ready, m a k i n g things, which is also a good way of keeping the chil dren in the house Interested and feeling that they have a part in the preparations. Orange or grapefruit peel makes such a delightful confection which may be used as a garnish or as a confection. Save tte skins from two or three oranges, those which have thick, soft skins are best. Remove all the fiber and cut the skins with a sharp knife, using a board. The English product is so attractive because it is shred ded so fin s. Put the skin on to cook in cold water and allow it to boil half an hour. Then change the water, starting again with cold, repeat this two or three times until- it has boiled in ail about an hour and a half or un til tender. Then pour off the water, adding as much sugar as there is peel, just cover with water and ret boil rap idly until all the sirup has boiled away. During the last five minutes it must be watched constantly, pour it out on a plate covered .with granu lated sugar and toss it rapidly over and over until every bit is covered with the sugar. Set away to cool, then put in tin boxes. Orange Fromage.--Strain the juice of five oranges and a lemon. Boil to gether one cup of sugar and one cup of water three minutes. Pour this over a tablespoonful of gelatin which has been softened in two tablespoon fuls of cold water, stir until dissolved, then add the fruit juice. Put this ip a two quart ice-cream brick. It should be about half full. Whip a pint of cream until stiff, sweeten and flavor to taste. Fold a buttered pa per over the mold, put on the cover and pack in ice and salt for four hours. Tear off the paper that pro jects, and grease with sweet lard. This prevents the salt water from soaking into the frozen mixture. CABINET What use for the rope, if it be not flung Till the swimmer's grasp to the rock has clung? What worth is Eulogy's blandest breath When whispered in ears that are hushed in death? No! no! if you have but a word of cheer, Speak it while I am alive to hear. -Margaret Preston. NEW WAYS WITH CHESTNUTS. At this season of the year, when chestnuts are fresh and plentiful, some different ways of using them in dishes for the table ma: be accept able. After cooking un til tender in boiling werter the nuts may be added to any fruit salad. Cut in small pieces and mixed with apple and celery, with mayonnaise, a most ap petising salad may be prepared. Chestnut Fritters.-Cook the nuts, ?>eel and blanch them and pound or mash fine. Add a fourth of a pound of butter to a pound of the nuts, two ounces of sugar, a beaten egg and four ounces of flour; roll with the hand? into little balls, dip in egg and crumbs and fry to a delicate brown in butter or oil. Preserved Chestnuts.-Roast or boil the nuts, shell and remove the inner skin. Make a sirup of a pint of water and a pound of sugar, the Juice of two lemons and the rind of one. When the sirup has boiled well, add a pint of blanched chestnuts, let sim mer gently for half an hour or more, then seal up boiling, hot in small jars. These are delicious served in sherbet glasses filled up with ice cream or sherbet. They are s used over ice cream or Jemon jelly, or may be put into a mixture of any gelatin jelly and served with cream. Chestnut and Apple Dessert.-Boil a pound of chestnuts, remove the shells and skins and boil again in a cupful of milk until soft enough to press through a sieve. Butter a mold well and line it thickly with sifted nuts, then add a layer of thick sifted apple sauce, sweetened and colored pink with currant Jelly; then add an other layer of nuts and one of apple, squeeze over a little lemon juice and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with whipped cream. Inconsiderate. Pur-Great cats! That's a nerve! Somebody has put up a builAmg right wber9 I buried a bone!- tilk. !lilll??llllllllllll?lljl||||||||IS Better Light and More of It J^EROSENE* light is best for young and old eyes alike. RSOfO LAMPS give you kerosene ligrit at its best - a steady, generous glow that reaches every corner of the room. The RAYO does not smoke or smell. It is made of solid brass, nickel-plated. It is ensy to light, easy to clean, easy to rewick. At dealers everywhere. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington,D.C. (NEW JERSEY) Charlotte, N.C. Norfolk. Va. DAI TI??r\n C Charlertots, W. Va. Richmond. Va. BALTIMORE Charleston. S. 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