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WINTER REVENUE FROM HENS First Essential is Proper Quarters for Fowls-Dry Leaves Make Ideal Scratching Material. j A scarcity of eggs in winter Is a loss that every true poultry keeper tries to avoid. Being the only source of revenue expected from the flock at this time of the year, everyone is anxious to have a goodly supply, and with proper care and feed, satisfac tory results can reasonably be ex pected. Proper quarters in which to house the h?is is th*? first and foremost ?necessary essential. The house should I be kept clear of dirt and rubbish, and ,'the nests sweet and clean. A cold .dry hen house provided it is free from ?dafts, is to be preferred to a damp, ?warm one, as the latter Is sure to bring ?disease to your flock. In the dust bath-which must al iways be provided in winter--should be imixed reliable louse powder, to keep Modern Poultry House. hens free from vermin. A louse-in* fested fowl positively won't lay and ls a losing proposition, always. Make the hens work for every single bit of food they get In winter, it will prevent them becoming too fat and helps keep up a vigorous circulation, preventing a chilled and shivering fowl. Hot food in winter is imperative; _-very morning and night it should be fed piping hot. In the morning feed a dry mash, made by boiling small pota toes, beets, turnips, vegetable parings and the like, thickened with bran or other middlings. This mash should be fed ir? clean troughs, placed high enough to make the hens hustle to reach them. Hens delight to scratch In a litter of dry leaves and it makes the most ideal scratch-material. Small grain generously scattered in a deep litter of leaves will keep the flock hap pily busy and contented the whole day through. - i"c.f fopd in the day corn is lenyiiio ..._ will keep them busy to pick up the grains. Water must be provided in abund? ance. Of course, it is a difficult matter to keep water before the hens in zero weather, when it freezes al most as soon as it is put out, but you must provide it often enough to insure each foul getting its full share. WINTER QUARTERS FOR HENS ?ouse Described and Illustrated Thal Accommodates Fifty White Leg horns Comfortably. I believe I have the best henhouse lor health, comfort and capacity, cost Considered. I have kept 50 White Leg horns in it for the last four winters and never had a frozen comb, nor a case of roup, writes F. R. Campbell of Nebraska in Missouri Valley Farmer. The house is 10 feet wide, 12 feet deep, 4 feet high at the eaves and 7 at the ridge. There is a 12-inch board at the bottom in the open end and under the "West door so that no litter is wasted. House and Floor Plan. A piece of 1-inch mesh wire netting ls needed on the south side. The window on the east side may be removed dur ing the summer for ventilation. The roof is covered with patent roofing .costing $1.10 a square, and there are absolutely no open cracks for drafts on either side except the south. Once or twice a week a forkful of mil let or alfalfa is thrown in to the hens and wheat or oats scattered over this ?every morning. The hens are busy the coldest days. When a strong south wind comes up the windows ?ad doors are closed. Once a month I take out tfee roosts and nests which are nail kegs, and spray with coal oil. The low roof confines the body heat devel oped and keeps the hens warm, at the same time being high enough for co afr tendant to do his work, Pittsburgh stogies Lave gone up That's positively the last straw! What's become of that old-fashioned custom-three square meals a day? If there is a shortage of cold weath er nobody will mind but the coal man. The cost of high living has a goon deal to do with the high cost of liv ing. So far, no vegetarian has offered ti really acceptable substitute for tur key. Shoes may go np to $20 a pair, In which event we may appear in rubber boots. First on the roll of honor In econo my bills of fare behold the meritorious lima bean. Miss Ruth Law takes pride in her ?well-earned reputation of being a flighty young thing. Ultra-fashionable clothes are to be cheaper, says a report. Then they can not be ultra-fashionable. Platinum is np to $100 tn ounce and is going higher. The only consolation in this is that we don't eat it American readers of the war news cannot get over the idea that Ancre is a queer way to spell anchor. Women may be able to dress rapid ly, but they never do, especially when their husbands are waiting for them. That women are to run the street cars In Paris Is no excuse whatever for making remarks about the fare sex. Paris is to have women baggage agents, but It Is doubtful If they will be able to make the impression men have. One reason why so many automo biles run n?l the time is that the own er's family can't substitute gasoline for soup. Possib'y the multiplication of talking ?nachines ls due to the demand of ?u snan conversationalists for peacemak ers,. An army expert says military train ing will help defectives. And we thought all the army wanted was the ubla-bodied. The way prices keep going up makes one wish that when Slr Isaac Newton Invented gravitation he had made it o little stroncer. ia?en tu MIUVUU^. The dance craze was said to be on the wane, but large numbers of gray haired old gentlemen are still attend ing dancing schools. The starch trust Is to be dissolved. The time may yet come when a mun can button his laundered shirt without breaking his finger-nails. Why not get up a diet squad of your own and improve your health by eating moderately, wisely and eco nomically? Or do you? There is many a wife who regrets I she didn't accept some other offer of marriage, and some other woman somewhere regrets it, too. The chief of the customs service of the treasury department has confirmed a widespread suspicion. He says thai the customs service is Inefficient. The precocious kid who knows moro than mother has easy sailing nowa days, but in the old-time that sort of thing was permanently cured after one good walloping. If the university at Athens really had to close because the students in dulged in a riot, it's the faculty's fault for not throwing a football Into tlie melee and calliug lt recreation. A Minneapolis paper tells of a plan for shortening the Mississippi river by 200 miles. A lot of time and money might be saved by cutting lt off about nine miles above St. Louis. The public has about made np ita mind to accept "aviatrice" as the femi nine of "aviator," but calling a woman street car conductor a "conductress" still sticks in the craws of the purists. It is announced that women's skirts next season will be lower In length and higher In price, but it is not ex plained why anyone considered lt nec essary to announce the price ten dency. Rubber eyes have been put to prac tical use in Europe among wounded soldiers. In the American fashion zone .It's popularity would be limited to giv ing a much-needed rest to overworked necks. Some western men have rented 32C acres to be planted to beans and thf proceeds used In defraying their ex pense to see the next world series ot ball ganges. Why not each buy a hen and save the profits from the sale of .eggs? TAKE OUT GREASE SPOTS Blemishes That So Greatly Annoy tho Housekeeper May Be Effectively Dealt With. Grease spots may be removed by the application of carbon tetrachloride, ac cording to H. F. Zoller, assistant tn chemistry in the Kansas State Agricul tural college. "Removing grease spots with gaso line or benzine is both dangerous and wasteful," said Mr. Zoller. "Chloroform is effective, but is dangerous. Carbon tetrachloride is used by cleaners be cause of its safety, cleaning power and the absence of a disagreeable odor. The disad vantage is its expense. "Ink is difficult to remove if lt'bas been In the garment for some time. Iron inks may be removed by oxalic, acetic, citric, or dilute hydrochloric acids. In case of the coal-tar inks, the spot must be bleached. "Iron rust can be removed by fairly strong oxalic acid solution, if allowed to stand on the goods for a short time, and often when it is exposed to the sunlight the action ls a little quicker. The excess of oxalic acid must be washed out, and the goods washed with a good soap, in order to neutralize the acid. Hydrochloric acid ls the best re mover of iron rust, If handled by an ex perienced person. "An excellent formula for the remov al of fountain-pen ink, especially iron Ink and Iron rust, is the aceto-oxallc acid formula. It ls made by saturat ing a 10 per cent acetic acid solution with oxalic acid, and mixing one part of the product with four parts of al cohol." HOUSEHOLD HINTS To Induce a canary to take a bath sprinkle a few seeds upon the water. This added attraction will make the bath become a habit with the little fellow. To keep flowers fresh, place a pinch of bicarbonate of soda in the water before putting them Into a vase. To make glassware clear and spark ling, add a little washing blue to the soapsuds when washing. If ink ls spilled on the carpet or ta ble cover, cover lt Immediately with salt as it absorbs the ink. Powdered alum added to ordinary stove olacking adds to its brilliancy. Oxalic acid and javelle water are excellent for removing ink stains. New tinware will never rust if greased with a little fresh lard and baked in the oven before it is used. Corn Chowder. One can corn, four cupfuls potatoes cut in one-quarter-inch slices, one and milk, then hoat to boiling point. Sea son with salt and pepper and butter and crackors, split and soaked in enough cold milk to moisten. Re move crackers, turn chowder Into a tureen and put crackers on top. Colonial Cake. One-half cupful butter, one and a quarter cupfuls granulated sugar, three eggs, half cupful thin cream or rich milk, half even teaspoonful soda, one even teaspoonful cream tartar, two cupfuls of pastry flour, half cupful seeded raisins. Add whites of eggs last and hake in tubo pan. When cold frost with a heavy white icing that will contrast prettily with the yellow of the cake. Citron sliced in thin strips may be used instead of raisins, or in com bination with them. Chocolate Pie. Four tablespoonfuls cocoa, one pint of water, yolks of two eggs, two table spoonfuls cornstarch, six tablespoon fuls sugar. Boll until thick, add one tablespoonful vanilla. Bake the crust, pour in the chocolate. Beat the whites of the eggs with one cupful of sugar, spread over top and brown. One tea spoonful of baking powder in one-half cupful granulated sugar added to the white of one egg stiffly beaten makes a fluffy meringue. Cornmeal Muffins. Sift together one cupful cornmeal, one cupful bread flour, one teaspoonful soda (level) in one cupful sour milk, and add it to the sifted Ingredients. Then add one-quarter cupful molasses, then two eggs, two tablespoonfuls melt ed drippings. Beat well and bake In well-greased muffin pans about one half hour In moderately hot oven. Makes 12. Graham Drop Biscuits. One pint graham flour, one-half cup ful white flour, one level teaspoonful soda, one-half teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful sugar, one egg, one table spoonful thick cream and enough sour milk or buttermilk to make a stiff bat ter. Have gem pans hot and well greased. These are fine. Baked Salmon Wiggle. One can of salmon, one-half can of peas, butter size of egg, salt and pep per, milk sauce. Bake about one-half hour. White Sauce.-One pint milk, small piece butter, salt, thicken with heap ing teaspoonful flour. Rice Soup. Add a cupful of bolled rice to one quart cf heated soup stock. Stir until lt comes to a boll, season with pepper, salt and parsley or anything you like. The Prudei Life Insuran writes more Life Insui any company in Amei one. They have lowest dividends and free disab of all companies in t States. E. J. NORRIS COMFORT FOR GROWING PIGS If Young Animals Are to Be Source of Profit, They Must Be Kept In Proper Condition. If those fall pigs, that you have on your farm are to be a source of profit, you will have to give thom good care and a comfortable place to sleep in. Let them run about the yard or pas 3 In for a Little Petting. ture to their hearts' content during the day, but see to it that they have a dry, warm place for the night. A good feed of nice, warru slop night and morning will help them along won derfully. Keeping the fall-farrowed pig comfortable ls half the battle in making lt a profitable animal on tho farm. SOWING SPINACH IN SPRING Seed Can Be Planted During First Part of March-Soil Should Be Prepared in Fall. Few people realize that spinach seed can be planted during the first part of March. The ground should be pre pared the fall before by plowing and harrowing. At the time mentioned the spinach seed is broadcasted over the ground, using about twenty pounds of the Thick Leaf variety to the acre. If the soil happens to be workable at that time, it may be lightly harrowed. In any event, a light, even coating of rotted stable manure should be spread over the ground to cover the seed. Planted in this manner, the seeds will germinate and grow a little every sunny day, and by the usunl time for planting the spring spinach these plants will be well started. The crop will be r?ady for cutting a week or ten days earlier than it would be other wise. 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