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["OVn WARRANTT ON THIS MACHIITE ITETER EXPIRES.", "This machine is built upon honor, not on contract ; it is made for lifelong service. Get -a NEW SIOME and the sewing machine question will be settled for life. Sold by authorized dealers only. All parts are interchangeable. Write for our literature.", "THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.. Orange, Mass. Dept H.", "Farm and Fireside, May 10, 1913", "At Your Service", "New York's Big Store", "This Apron and Dust Cap", "Compare this value — you tvill find it u nmatchable. By every standard it is a 75c value.", "I Sample Value", "A REMARKABLE OFFER", "and just the thing for the neat and busy house- wife who wants an apron and cap which thoroughly protects and at the same time is attractive and becoming. Made of good qual- ity washable percale; pocket at side; ample fullness; well made throughout. Colors: tan with blue stripes and light blue with dark blue stripes piped with white. Apron and cap sent to you postage prepaid for .... 49c.", "Waiting For You!", "Your Style Book", "Don't delay; ask for it today — it is", "Just send a postal", "We Guarantee To Please You Or Refund Your Money", "We do this without question or delay, paying the trans- portation charges both ways. You cannot take any risk when you order from us.", "No connution uilh any other establishment", "GREENHUT'SIEGEL COOPER 0.", "BOTMSCUCro'-Ayf J 6 On£ttJM^JT?^. 'Q\"\" ANO ST*", "NEW YORK CITY", "LIBERAL INCOME FOR HUSTLERS", "A liberal income is guaranteed to the right sort of workers. Such are some of the inducements for you to handle the biggest money-making offer ever made by a farm journal. A fine op- portunity for energetic young men and women. Experience not neces- sary. You must act at once.", "Department of Agents", "Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio", "PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM", "CleftnieB and beantifiei the lul£ Promotei a laxariant ^owtii. Never Falls to Beatore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color.", "Prev«-nta bair f/illmc.", "fKk!. aiirt Si/xj Rt DrugglBts.", "DON'T PAY TWO PRBCES", "Save es.OO to (32.00 on", "oosier Ranges and Heaters ^", "not bu7 the Best vben yoa bu7 them at such low on- \" eard-of Factory prices.", "►ur new Improvements absolutely eurpuss any thine ever produced. Save enough on a Blnglo BtOTexo buy your winter's Tiel. Thirty daya free trial your own home bofore you y. Send postal today for lancefreaoatalocand prices. 136 Sutt SL. HirtoM, lid.", "Reading for Sunday's Quiet Hour", "Joseph, Ruler of Egypt", "By the Rev. Chas. O. Bemies", "Sunday-school lesson for May llth: Gen. 41, 25-40. Read Gen. 41.", "Golden Text : God giveth grace to the humble. — 1 Pet. 5, 5.»", "The Bible, especially in the Old Testament and the four Gospels, is a rural-life book. Let us interpret it accordingly. We believe that the Bible is a true record of facts.", "JOSEPH was no quitter. He didn't sulk around under acute disappoint- ment, but refreshed his courage and took new hold upon God when the king's ungrateful cup-bearer refused to intercede for him. He did his work in the prison just as willingl}- and efficiently as he had done before his master, Captain Potipher. If you want satisfaction in life do your cheerful best under all employers and circumstances. Only so can you be prepared for a better place. The shirker around the farm is the one who never has am- \"luck.\" He never \"gets a chance\" ! The reliable worker is the lucky man. If a handy man carefully sets his fence-posts in a straight line, well tamped, all men in the region want him to build their fences. AnA-one can set two posts in a line, but it takes care to line up three. After faith- fulb' filling his high position in the dreary prison for two more long years, the Lord in whom Joseph trusted opened the way to deliverance and the greatest opportu- nity. Pharaoh dreamed that double dream wherein the seven lean woebegone cattle ate up the seven fat ones, and the seven blasted heads of wheat devoured the seven large plump ones. Pharaoh was deeply worried. He knew the dreams meant something extraordinary, but just what he couldn't imagine. He hastily called all his wise men, interpreters of dreams, magicians, astrologers, but they were all dumbfounded and couldn't even think of the first clue to the mystery.", "Then the ungrateful cup-bearer saw his chance to further elevate himself into the king's favor, and so told him about the marvelous ability of Joseph as an inter- preter of dreams. Pharaoh rushed mes- sengers to the prison to bring Joseph back. To the king's question as to his ability to interpret dreams, Joseph manfully told him that his ability was not his own, but was of God, and that God would give the", "answer. How could Joseph know before he was told the dream that he could interpret it? Bold faith in God, that! He knew God would tell him. The king rehearsed his double dream, and inspira- tion informed Joseph that the two dreams had one meaning, that seven years of un- surpassed crop production would be fol- lowed by seven years of unheard-of crop failures and famine. Then Joseph clearlj- outlined a practical plan to the king whereby provision could be made for the seven-year famine.", "The plan deeplj' impressed Pharaoh with its sensible wisdom and, declaring that there was none better fitted in the king- dom to carry out the plan than the God- inspired one who outlined it, immediately appointed Joseph to be absolute ruler, under him, of all Eg3-pt. The inaugura- tion was hurriedly prepared. The king gave Joseph his own signet ring as the emblem of authority, put the gold chain signifying high position around his neck, arrayed him in the richest robes, arranged a tremendous public procession of priests, soldiers and officers, had Joseph ride in the chariot behind his own and com- manded the people to bow down to him- self and Joseph as the rulers of Eg^-pt.", "Joseph Meets His Brethren", "Sunday-school lesson for May 18th : Gen. 42, 3-17. Read Gen. 42.", "Golden Text : Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — Gal. 6, 7.", "JOSEPH laid his plans carefully and worked his big scheme to complete suc- cess. Lots of men can dream and give good advice, but only a worker can execute his dreams into living accomplishment. The regular government tax was one tenth of the people's income, and Joseph only doubled the tax during the extra good years, so that the extra tithe did not bear heavily on the people, who had more for themselves than usual anj'how. Besides, he must have urged the people to save up for their families during the prosperous j-ears. But most of them did not save much, and none enough. A great crime is that so few able-bodied young men save enough to get a good start before getting married, and then fail to save enough to live comfortably in old age. This is a", "spendthrift era. So when the famine years arrived the people soon came in large numbers to Joseph to buy food, until they were entirely dependent upon his foresight.", "The inscriptions on one of the Egyptian monuments tell of a long-continued fam- ine of seven years when the Nile River did not overflow its banks. The time was the same in which Joseph ruled. Thus do the hieroglyphic inscriptions of those ancient times stand to-day as parallel proofs of the truth of the Scriptural statements. But the famine was in all lands, and after the grain was gone in Canaan, Jacob sent his ten sons down to Egypt after a supply, but, for fear of some evil befalling him, he kept at home Ben- jamin, his youngest and only son alive, as he supposed, of his favorite wife, Rachel.", "The ten, with their caravan safeb' ar- rived, came into the presence of Joseph, who personally attended to the sale of grain to the many foreigners from dif-| ferent lands. They bowed themselves to the ground and failed to recognize their brother Joseph, although he knew them and spoke through an interpreter to con- ceal his identity. Joseph, remembering his youthful dreams of twenty years ago,' sternly accused his brethren of being spies, but they stoutly maintained their innocence and told him of their father and familj' — that there were twelve sons, one dead and the j-oungest at home. Joseph yearned to see his own brother Benjamin, and so plotted to have him brought down to Egj'pt also. He insisted that the ten were spies, but to prove them proposed to keep one of them as a hostage while the others went back home with their grain and then returned with Ben- jamin.", "The brethren were in a sorry plight, and talked among themselves, admitting that this trouble was brought upon them be- cause of their heartless disposal of Joseph many years ago. Reuben said, \"Yes. I told you so at the time.\" Joseph could stand it no longer, and went out and wept, but came back and had Simeon bound as the hostage, sending the rest away with their money secretly placed by his orders in each sack of grain. Joseph's triumph was at hand, ^^'as he really great enough to be ma.gnanimous ? It's a hard test for", "Bag with Crochet By Gertrude McAllister", "THE bag illustrated is most unusual and attractive. It is made of nat- ural-colored linen for the two side sections, and lavender silk for the lining of the bag. A straight strip of the lining silk is shirred around the side pieces, to form a puffing behind the cro- chet. The top edges of the linen and silk are buttonholed together with laven- der twist, and the bag is entirely completed before starting the crochet, which is done with the thread known as carpet or cotton warp and a steel crochet-hook no larger than necessary to carry the thread. Work the crochet as follows :", "Chain seventeen, catch in the fifth chain from the needle for a picot, chain eight and catch for a picot, chain two, catch in the sixth stitch made in the chain with which the work was started. Chain seven and catch for a picot, chain eight and catch for a picot, chain two, catch in the first chain made in the work.", "Second Row — Turn, chain seven and catch for a picot, chain eight and catch for a picot, chain two, catch in first loop of preceding row, before the first picot. Again make a loop with two picots, and catch in the center of first loop of preced- ing row, between the picots. Make an- other loop with two picots, and catch between the picots of next loop of pre- ceding row.", "Continue in this way, always catching twice in the first loop of the row and once in the other loops, until there are ten loops in the row, or the row is wide enough to fit over the silk puffing. .A.fter that work in loops as usual, but catch only in the center of the first loop, as well as in the others. \\Vork in this way until sixty rows of the full width are made, then omit one loop at the end of each row until two loops remain. Fasten off.", "The three roses for the lace are worked separately. Begin with five chain stitches, and join in a ring.", "First Round — Chain five (to count as one double crochet and two chain), one double crochet in the first chain of ring, *chain two, one double crochet in next chain of ring, and repeat from * until one double crochet has been made in each stitch of ring; chain two, catch in the third stitcli of the starting chain of the round. There will be six spaces in all.", "Second Round — Put one single crochet and five double crochet in each space of preceding round. Join at the end.", "Third Round — One slip stitch in each double crochet of first round, five chain between, carried behind the work.", "Fourth Round — One single crochet and seven double crochet in each space of preceding round.", "Fifth Round — One slip stitch in each slip stitch of third round, seven chain be- tween, carried behind the work.", "Sixth Round — One single crochet and eight double crochet in each space of pre- ceding round.", "Seventh Round — One slip stitch iti each slip stitch of fifth round, eight chain be- tween.", "Eighth Round — One single crochet and nine double crochet in each space of pre- ceding round. At the end join and fasten off. Sew the roses in place on the lace, then sew the edges of the lace to the linen in such manner that the picots", "of the edge lie flat upon the linen, and work picot loops around the top scallops.", "For the drawing-strings of the bag two chains are made, and a case for them is provided, as follows : Begin at the right- hand edge of the second wide row from the top at one end of the lace, and catch the crochet thread there. Chain five, catch in loop of row above, chain five, catch in next loop below, and zigzag in this man- ner across the lace, then zigzag across the linen in the same way, to the second wide row at the other end of the lace. Work across end of lace and second side of linen, to starting-point. Join and fasten ofl^. ISeneath these zigzag chains the draw- ing-strings are run, the ends of each string joined, to form round. Each string should be just large enough to fit around bag when stretched to its fullest capacity.", "For the handle make a long chain with the carpet warp, then, with a No. 3 bone hook, crochet a chain' of the chain just made, giving the thick braided effect for the handle. The latter should be about ten inches long. Fasten off at the end.", "Around one end of the handle now pick up five single crochet, working them so the right side of the crochet is toward the end of the handle.", "Second Round — Two single crochet in each stitch of preceding round, picked up on the double thread.", "Third Round — Two single crochet in first stitch, one single crochet in next, and repeat all around.", "Fourth Round — Two single crochet in first stitch, one single crochet each in the next two stitches, and repeat to end of round. There will be twenty stitches in the round, with the right side of the cro- chet in. Make five rounds of one single crochet in each stitch, stuff the ball with cotton, then make three rounds, narrowing one stitch five times in each round. Pick up a loop in each of the stitches that re- main and draw tiie thread through all of them. Chain fifty, drop the loop from the needle, and pass chain and thread beneath one of the drawing-strings, at the center of the lace at one side. Catch to ball where chain was begun, then make one single crochet in each stitch of the chain, again passing beneath the drawing-string. Catch to ball, and fasten off. Make a ball and a loop at the other end of the handle.", "Across the Road", "[continued from page 18]", "\"His little bed's untucked an' empty, Kit! I laughed at first, for I thought he'd tumbled out an' rolled under it, same way he has before an' slep' right along, but he isn't under! Kit, do you hear? I tell you I can't find Timothee !\"", "They searched the room together — all the rooms. Blank terror clutched at them be- cause of this thing that could not possibly happen and had happened. The children, wakened and plied with frantic questions, shook with fright in their little beds. Their slirill cryings added to the awfulness of the moment.", "\"No one could possibly carry off my baby. Kit, Kit, someone has carried him off ! While we were so happy an' foolish — \" The mother's anguished face broke Christopher Hill's big heart. In his misery of pity for her he lost sight of his own distress. Poor Hessie — poor chi'd! Oddly enough to his slower mind occurred the relieving thought. That woman across the street that had been settin' there right along —", "\"Hessie, you listen. I've thought of some- thin' we can do to begin with : you go acrost an' see if that woman saw any strangers hangin' round here while we's away. She'd a-seen ; she couldn't helped it. Go — go ! Til hush up the children an' hunt everywhere again.\" But it would be merely filling up the harrowing moments of waiting ; they had already looked \"again.\"", "Hester Hill sped away on wings ; her feet had no consciousness of touching ground from her own porch to that of the New Neighbor. She was sobbing as she flew.", "The New Neighbor received her in the lighted doorway, her hands spread out with a curious effect of barring the way. She was smiling faintly until she saw Hester's face.", "\"Oh, you are frightened ! I never thought of its doing that. Oh, you poor thing!\"", "\"Have you seen — somebody has stolen my baby — Timothee!'' Hester gasped.", "\"I know — I did it. I mean I didn't steal him, but I have him in here. He came half way and you were gone and he looked so sweet and it was just borrowing — '' the words hurrying on each other's heels. \"He's just as safe as he can be. He crept out on your porch in his little yellow nightgown, and I thought he was going to roll down the steps. My heart was in my mouth. I never ran so fast. No, please not quite yet ! Don't go in yet ! I tell you he's fast asleep, the safest baby you ever saw !\" The New Neighbor was the sobbing woman now. She kept the little fence across the doorway. Hester Hill drew back with sudden insight into this stranger's wild little mood. Hurry- ing to the edge of the porch, she sent a clear, assuring call across the road to Chris- topher.", "\"Kit ! Kit ! he's over here all safe ! It's all right. I'll bring him\" home. You tell the children to go to sleep again faster'n Jack Robinson.'' Then she whirled again to that barred door that separated her from Timothee.", "\"He's in my bed,\" the stranger breathed vmsteadily. \"I never had a little baby in my bed before. He looks so sweet. He laughed when I rocked him and sang to him. I never rocked or sang before. Oh, I thought I could keep him a little while in my bed, just a little while ! You have him so much, and I didn't stop to think you would be frightened. I didn't think you'd find out he wasn't there, and by and by I should have carried him back to you, when I'd kissed him a few more times and made believe he be- longed to me. Woman dear, no little crea- ture ever belonged to me, and so many belong to you I I've sat on my piazza all day to-day and envied you. And to-night when you and your husband went by — I and mine did that once, but we can never do it again.\"", "Hester with her baby in her arms, going back to Kit, remembered the sad, wet eyes the New Neighbor had lifted to her, and the memory sent her straight to Kit.", "\"Take hold of me! Don't let ^ !\" she sobbed. \"Hold me an' Timothee both ! Kit, I envied that woman this mornin' an' this afternoon, but to-night — Kit, she had Timo- thee in her bed, an' he looked so sweet ! Think of her havin' to give Timothee up his nightgown ! He's perfectly beautifiil then — look, will you ! Oh, my goodness, my goodness, an' this mornin' an' this after- noon / envied her!\"", "Her white dress, her ease, her \"hired girl'' — they had seemed things for envy, lu.xurious things to bite your thoughts on savagely.", "\"An' me with all I got !\" Hester cried. W'ith Timothee and the children and Kit and that loverly little walk, hands swinging, down the road. The other woman's sad, wet eyes looked into her shamed soul re- proachfully.", "\"Oh, I'm glad the ironin' isn't finished an' the bread ain't baked !\" thought Hester, \"I'm glad there's so much to do ! I couldn't rest if I didn't get tired, an' here I'm so rested to-night ! Kit — \" she caught his brown, big hand and rubbed it against her i cheek — \"Kit, to-morrow do you know what? ! I'm goin' to cook up something nice an' ! take over to that poor woman. I pity her.\" j", "The T WO Prize-Wi nning Designs", "And Some Patterns Which Our Readers Requested", "Selected by Grace Margaret Goul", "THE bath-apron shown in the above fllustra-", "tion was submitted by Mrs. H. G. Graham, Bowling Green. Kentucky, who received the second prize in the cash prize contest for the best ana second best suggestion for die fashion page. The apron is extremely practical and one that every mother who has a baby to take care of will want to use at baby's bath time.", "No. 2312 — Bath-Apron with Pockets", "One size. Material required, two bath-towels> or one and seven-eighths yards of twenty-seven- inch material. Price of pattern, ten cents", "Shown on this page is an attractive separate coat suitable for wash and wool materials, an apron which entirely covers the dress, a com- fortable wrapF»er and a smart but simple dress for the elderly woman. All of the clothes were requested by our readers and axe therefore shown for their benefit. Woman's Home Com- panion patterns may be ordered from: Pattern Department, Farm and Fireside, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York; Pattern Department. Farm and Fireside, Springfield. Ohio; Pattern De- partment. Farm and Fireside. 1354 California St., Denver. Colorado. The catalogue is 4 cents", "Tlie above illustration shows the apron pat- tern No. 2312 laid flat. The apron is made of two Turkish bath- towels and may be quickly put together and at small cost", "No. 2180 — Tucked Wrapper: Two Styles", "32 to 44 inch bust. Material for 36-inch bust, seven and three-fourths yards of thirty -six- inch material, with three fourths of a yard of contrast- ing material. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2289— Tucked Waist. Including Sleeveless Guimpe", "32 to 44 bust. Material for 36-inch bust, one and three-fourths yards of thirty-six-inch material, with five eighths of a yard of thirty-six-inch embroidery for trimming and seven eighths of a yard of net for guimpe. The price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2290~Skirt with Plaits at Back", "22 to 34 waist. Material for 26-inch waist, four and one-eighth yards of thirty -six-inch material. Width of skirt at bottom in medium size, two and one-half yards. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2281— Top -Coat with", "Notched Collar 32. 36. 40 and 44 bust. Material required for 36-inch bust, three and one-eighth yards of fifty-four-inch material, with five eighths of a yard of contrasting material for trim- ming. Price of pattern, ten cents", "T^HE first prize in the cash prize contest for * the best and second best suggestions for the fashion page went to Miss Pearl Weaver of Fultonham, Ohio, who sent in the design for the dress illustrated above. An especially desirable feature of this dress is that it is suitable for many occasions and may be developed in a variety of materials both woolen and wash.", "No. 2313 — Waist with Vest: Long or Short Sleeves", "32 to 44 bust. Material for 36-inch bust, one and seven-eighths yards of thirty-six-inch ma- terial, or one and three-eighths yards of forty- six-inch material, with one-half yard of all-over lace or embroidery twenty inches wide for trim- ming. The price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2314— Four-Gored Skirt: Plaits", "Material for 24-inch waist, three and seven- eighths yards of thirty-six-inch material, or three and one-fourth yards of forty-six-inch material, with one-half yard of all-over lace twenty inches wide for inset. Width of skirt at bottom in 24-inch waist, two and three- fourths yards. Price of this pattern is ten cents", "No. 2289 No. 2290", "Copyright, 1913, by The Crowell Publishing Company", "No. 1 798— Housework Apron: High or Low Neck", "32 to 44 bust. Quantity of ma- terial required for medium size, or 36-inch bust, seven yards of twenty- seven-inch material, or five yards of thirty-six-inch material. The price of this apron pattern is ten cents", "Farm and Fireside, May 10. 1913", "are you careful to look for the name in the selvage?", "Practically every woman knows that Skinner's Satin is the standard satin lining — the most durable and beautiful satin made. But some are not aware that there are /mz7a^/on5 sold as Skinner's — satins that look well and are cheap in price, but have no wearing quality.", "That is why it is most important to look for the name in the selvage. We weave \"Skinner's Satin\" there to protect you agEiinst adulterated and dishonest satins.", "Imitators are now weaving fancy names in the selvage of their goods. But insist on finding the name \"Skin- ner's Satin,\" then you have the best and most durable satin made — SKINNER'S.", "Skinner's Satin is guaranteed to wear two seasons. If it does not, send the garment to any of our stores and we will reline it free of expense.", "Write for samples to Dept. B", "William Skinner & Sons", "Cor. 4th Ave. and 17th St.", "NEW YORK CITY New York Philadelphia Chicago Boston Milli, Holyoke. Mass.", "This label is furnished, when de- sircfi. to makers of ready-made car- ments for the protection of their customers:", "The Satin. Lining", "in this garment is", "Skinner's Satin", "AND IS GUARANTEED TO WEAR TWO SEASONS MANUFACTVRED By", "William Skinfler& Sons.", "Reliable Fabrics That are Cheap", "Suitable for Housework Dresses and Afternoon Gowns", "Now tiiat crepe weaves are so much, the vogue, every woman is sure to be interested in the very inexpensive crepe chiffon pictured above. It costs but seventeen cents a yard and comes in the dain- tiest of floral patterns and frequently with a nar- row black stripe to give it a touch of smartness", "Crepolisse. a sample of which is illustrated in pictiure No. 2. is one of the new cottons this year which has a touch of quaintness in its de- sign. Though it costs but twenty-five cents a yard, it is quite effective enough to be used for one's best summer afternoon or evening dress", "Something new and something different in the way of a fabric, cool and comfortable for a kimono, is called krinkolette. A sample of it in a dainty soft shade of pink is shown above. It comes in a great variety of pretty floral designs and colors, and it sells for fifteen cents a yard", "For a one-piece dress or suit the new cotton serge in black-and-white combinations is most desirable. It sells for twenty-five cents a yard. A rivsd of curing flannel is the new eden cloth. No. 5, which is an especially good fabric for shirt-waists and house-gowns. It costs fifteen cents a yard and comes in many colors", "The prettiest of colors are shown in the new zephyrs, a sample of which is pictured in No. 6. These inexpensive cottons show many variations of plain and fancy stripjes. The fact that they launder so well and hold their colors so perfectly make them desirable for housework dresses and children's play-dresses", "Manv of the new cottons simulate the silks in design. One dainty fabric is called cotton taffeta and is pictured in illustration No. 7. It costs twenty-five cents a yard. Another material which also sells for twenty-five cents is crepe voile. No. 8. where the wide stripes are in a soft pink tone against a white ground", "A very serviceable cotton is called tweedcttc. It copies the woolen fabric tweed and comes in dark color combinations. I ts price ia twenty-five cents a yard. 1 1 would be an excellent material for a light-weight coat suit or dress. It comes in two-toned effects and ol»o in very good-looking serviceable mixtures", "The flowered mulls were never prettier than this year, and they can be bought from fifti^cn cents a yard up. The sample shown in No. 10 has a very attractive morning-glory design in pink against a white ground. It would make a charming afternoon dress with a girdle matching the flowered design in color", "i he ralmc tabrica are among the lutAtieis ihu season. Cotton ratine is shown in an endless variety oF color combinations and is not only suitable for one-piece dresses and coat suits, but is much u«ed as a trimming. The ratine pictured in illustration No. II is in a gray- blue-hnd-white combination that is very smart", "The Housewife's Club", "EDITOR'S NOTE— Monthly we give prizes of $2.00 for iKe two best descriptions (with rough sketch) of original home-made household conveniences or labor-saving devices, and $1.00 for the third best or any that can be used. ^ We also give 25 cents each for helpful kitchen hints and suggestions, also good tested recipes that can be used. We would suggest that you do not send more than two recipes, and not more than five kitchen hints each month, because we receive so many that space will not allow us to print them all, in spite of the fact that they are reliable and practical. ^ All copy must be in by the tenth day of the month and must be written in ink, on one side of the paper. Manuscripts should contain not more than 250 words. We would suggest that contributors retain duplicate copy, as no manuscripts will be retirmed. The mail is so heavy that it is impossible for us to acknowledge receipt of manuscripts. Address \"The Housewife's Club,\" care of Farm and Fireside, Springfield, Ohio.", "HANDLE Attachment for Scrubbing- Brush — To lighten a hard task, put a handle on the scrubbing-brush. Make a socket of light metal, having the latter two and one-half inches smaller all around than the top of the brush. On both sides of the metal, one third in from one end, make a crosswise cut. so that the shorter section can be turned around into a socket for the han- dle. Turn the socket up, and fasten the fiat part of the metal to the scrubbing-brush with screws. To add strength, put an extra piece of iron around ferrule part, and fasten to the brush top. Insert an old broom-handle in the ferrule, and fasten with screws. Scrubbing can be done in a standing position by this device, instead of stooping. The brush is also good for side walls and ceilings.", "Mrs. G. p. E., New York.", "How to Mend Sacks — The best and quickest way to mend a sack is to cut a patch larger than the hole it is to cover ; then make a thick paste of fiour and 'vater, paste patch on and press with a hot iron. Place patch on wrong side of sack, or it will push off when sack is filled.", "Mrs. G. p. E., New York.", "Use of Eggshells — During the spring and summer months save the eggshells. Put them into a flour-sack, and save them for the hens next winter. You will find them beneficial. J. H. K., Ohio.", "Suit-Hanger — Every woman knows how hard it is to hang up a skirt so that it retains its original shape. Here is one way in which it can be done.", "Take an ordinary wooden coat-hanger, and screw underneath the hanger (as shown in illustration) two small brass", "A Pretty Clothes-Hamper — A useful and ornamental receptacle for soiled linen may be made in the following manner: Procure one of the deep slat baskets in which bananas are shipped and which the grocer consigns to the rubbish-heap, and the lid of a cheese-hoop to do service as a cover. First line your basket with ordi- nary white skirt-lining or cheese-cloth, allowing an inch and a half at the top to extend over the edge and be brought down on the outside. Now select a piece of silkoline or cotton challis in some pretty shade with a tasty design, and measure your lengths of the goodi by the depth of the basket, allowing enough to turn in at top and bottom. Use aj many widths of the goods as will make a piece corresponding in width to twice the cir- cumference of top of basket. After join- ing the widths and turning down an inch at top and bottom, make a double shirring at top and bottom as well as one to corre- spond with each of the hoops on the basket. The goods having been secured to the basket at bottom and top by means", "heoks about one\" inch long. Place them at either side of the center hook, at equal distances from it. Hang the loops of the skirt on the hooks. A jacket can be slipped on the hanger without wrinkling the skirt. L. D., Indiana,", "To Brighten Lamps — Oil-lamps throw off a dull light sometimes, and an appar- ent change and brilliancy is noticed if a lump of camphor is put in; or if no lump camphor is handy a few drops of vinegar will brighten the light.", "When kindlings are scarce, try a tea- spoonful of granulated sugar to start the coal (especially soft coal) fire; it helps wonderfully. Mrs. J. E. R., Ohio.", "A Home-Made Dress Form — Those who make their own dresses will find this form easy to make, a great help and much cheaper than any they can buy.", "Take new heavy muslin, a good-fitting princess pattern, and cut to fit very tight to below the hips. Trim arm's-eye and neck to fit and sew up firmly. Fit pieces into armhole and neck, also one to the lower part of form. Sew only part of way in and stuff tightly with hay, straw or anything con- v e n i e n t . Sew up and mount on pedestal made the proper height for your skirt measure. Mrs. C. J. L., Indiana.", "Handy Cake-Box — Take a tight box, and remove one side. Make a board which fits exactly on inside. Turn your cake out on it with a greased paper under it, and after icing it put the box over it; then you have your cake put away without moving it. Cover the box with paper, or fix in any way to match your kitchen. Put a ring or handle on top to lift lid.", "Mrs. H. H. C, Colorado.", "A Strong Cement is made by melting common alum in an iron spoon over hot coals. It will even join glass and metal together, or hold glass lamps to their stands or stop up cracks about their bases, as kerosene does not penetrate it.", "Mrs. G. p. E., New York.", "of short tacks, neatly conceal each of the shirrrngs with a strip of furniture-braid held in place with brass tacks. The lid may be covered with goods or painted, as preferred, and a door-bumper may be screwed in middle of top for convenience in lifting. A hamper thus made will be found both useful and attractive.", "IvIrs. a. R. L., Indiana.", "A Perfumed Moth-Destroyer — Take one ounce each of cloves, cedar and rhu- barb, pulverize, and sprinkle in the chest or drawer. It will create a fragrant, spicy scent and prevent moths.", "A. A. C, New York.", "Dustless Dusting-Cloth— Take two old stocking-tops, and split each one, then sew together, making a square cloth. Soak this in kerosene and hang out to dry. When dry, you have an excellent duster. Miss B. G., Michigan.", "Take a Box about a foot or sixteen inches longer than baby's short clothes and about two feet wide, stand it on end, and screw eighi little cup-hooks, same as used in a cupboard, up in the top end of the box. Next, take eight little smooth pieces of board one-half inch wide and ten inches long, wrap with a piece of muslin, and tie with a piece of tape in the center, leaving a loop. Now take a little dress, fasten top button, slip the little stick into each sleeve, draw loop up through neck, hang onto the little hook, and the dress will not be mussed a bit. Diapers and shirts can be folded in bottom of box, and a curtain made for front, and baby has a wardrobe all of his own. This costs about twenty-five cents, and is a big help, as everything can be kept to- gether. The outside of box may be papered to match room, and on top may be kept the basket with toilet articles.", "Mrs. J. C, Nebraska.", "Dye Made from Tea-Grounds — A good slate dye is easily made by saving up your tea-grounds for a few days. Boil in an iron pot, and set with copperas. Boil your goods in it after straining of? the tea-leaves. Hang the cloth on a line to drip and dry. This is a very simple and cheap way to get a permanent slate color.", "A. A. C, New York.", "Shoe-Rack for Closet — Make two tri- angles of slats for standards, the sides about fifteen inches long. Nail one tri- angle to either end of a cleat, and screw little cup-hooks into the cleat. Shoes may be hung on the hooks by the top button-", "Z o o o", "\"C 5 5 5 C C", "holes or eyelets, and so saved from con- siderable rubbing. It also helps them to retain their shape. Instead of a stand, a cleat may be nailed to the closet wall or door, eighteen inches above the floor.", "Mrs. E. S., Wisconsin.", "A Floor Pad of newspapers piled two inches high or so will be the delight of the busy ironer. One side should be covered with floor-linen, the other with carpet — the linen for summer and the car- pet for winter. It is an unbelievable relief for tired feet.", "Mrs. J. J. O'C, District of Columbia.", "A False Kettle- Bottom — Take a pail-cover or a shal- low tin of a suitable size to fit your ket- tle. With a nail and a hammer punch holes in it so the water can have free play through it. Placed in the bottom of a kettle in which meat is to .be boiled, it prevents burning. C. L., Michigan.", "Common Solder can be made to stick to tin, brass or iron by an application of concentrated lye and water made rather strong. Apply with a sliver of v>'ood to the part to be soldered.", "Mrs. J. E. B., Indiana.", "If Your Lamp-Wicks do not burn", "evenly, try rounding the corners. Then push in toward middle of wick from each side. If done properly, the light will be quite even.", "For a rusty stove-funnel, get a little linseed-oil, and go over it while warm. It will look as black as can be, won't wear off for some time and won't burn off unless the funnel gets afire.", "E. M. B., Maine.", "Rack for Small Kitchen Utensils — Take a strip of leather an inch wide and as long as you wish. Tack it up near your cook- ing-table, and put the tacks in at regular intervals down its length. Hold it full enough so a spoon or knife will slip easily into the openings.", "This little kitchen help will save a lot of worry. Just a glance, and you will know where each spoon or knife is, with- out looking in the knife-drawer.", "Mrs. R. L. B., North Carolina.", "To Wash Dishes Without Wiping—", "Wash the dishes, and pile them in a dish- pan or milk-pail, then pour a goodly amount of hot water over them. Take them out and pile loosely, upside down in a dish-drainer. Lacking a wire drainer, a folded towel in an empty peach-crate or a box of suitable size serves the pur- pose. If well rinsed, they will dry quickly and be clean and shining.", "Mrs. M. V. O., Minnesota.", "Dusting Mop — Take old stockings, and cut them in inch-wide strips, leaving a little of the feet uncut, with which to fasten the mop to handle. Mrs. C. P. H., Ohio.", "Keeping a Half Melon Fresh — If only half a melon is used, keep the other half fresh and in good condition by covering it with paraffin paper laid on so as to exclude the air from the cut surface. Grape-fruit and other fruits and vegetables may be kept for a short time in the same way. A. Jay.", "Five Good Kitchen Hints — To cover scratches on furniture and at the same time to collect all dust, rub with a soft cloth which has been well moistened with the following mixture : Equal parts of cider vinegar, turpentine and linseed-oil. Put the three in a bottle, shake well, and it is ready for use. It may be kept for any length of time. This is fine to use on varnished floors : it keeps them glossy and preserves the varnish.", "To make carpets or matting look brighter, when sweeping sprinkle them with corn-meal moistened with kerosene.", "To clean brass, pour ammonia on it, and scrub with a brush. Rinse in cold water, and polish v/ith a soft dry cloth.", "A teaspoonful of castor-oi! poured on the soil at the roots of a dying palm or asparagus fern will make it grow like magic.", "The bottom cellar-step painted white saves a tumble. Mrs. E. G., Wisconsin.", "Farmer Oxteam — \"Well— I don't know as I hold -mth these new- fangled ideas about modern machinery and such. Old ways are good enough for me!\"", "Ardy Drudge — \"Yes! And look at your poor, overworked wife! I s'pose old ways are good enough for her, too ! But from now on there's one new way she's going to know about — and that's the time-saving, easy Fels-Naptha Soap way.\"", "Women can't afford to be be- hind the times, any more than the farmer who", "wants to be suc- cessful can afford to be without modern machinery.", "Fels-Naptha Soap is the greatest labor- saver of the present day. It does its work with no fuss and both- er, in cool or luke- warm water, and doesn't take all a wom- an's strength to help it get rid of the dirt.", "It washes clothes iquickly and easily, dissolves grease, and makes stains disap- pear.", "Use Fels-N a p t h a Soap for everything about the home.", "Folloio the directions on the Red and Green Wrapper.", "Fels & Co., PhUadelpbla^", "Save ^5 to ^23", "Factory Prices — Freight Paid — One Year's Trial", "Gold Coin", "Stoves and Ranges", "Buy direct from factory and get a betterstove for less money. Freight pre- paid— stovecomesallpol- fi, ready ^, set np. Useitoneyea[ — if you aren't satisfied we refund your nuiuey.", "Write for Catalog and Prices. Big Free", "Catalog sllows why improved fcaluresi.fG'pl') Coin Stoves make them fucI-savers and spleudiil bakers — why they have given satisfaetion for 53 years.", "Gold Coin Stove Co-ii 8 OakSt,Troy,N.Y.", "Farm and Fireside, May 10, 1913", "The Best Beverage under the Sun —", "Soda Fountains or Carbonated in Bottles.", "THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, Atlanta, ga.", "Whenever you see an Arrow think of Coca-Cola,", "YOUR Kind of Advertising Will be Boosted at Baltimore", "You may not think that you are much of an advertiser — but you are — nothing is sold without advertising of some kind. Do you want to learn what is being done in your line of advertising — trade paper, technical paper, direct-by-mail advertising — what- ever method of publicity you use? Do you want to hear addresses from the men who have made the big American suc- cesses in advertising and merchandising of all kinds? Do you want to meet 10,000 live, progressive, thinking men — buyers of advertising — the men who are responsible for the industrial progress and supremacy of the United States? If so, go to the ninth", "Annual Convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs", "more than sustain her enviable reputation for bountiful hospitality in a series of splendid evening en- tertaiinnents of wide variety and delightful possibilities.", "You will be welcome whether you arc a member of an advertising club or not. Make up your mind now to go; write to the address below for information as to the program, hotel accommodations, etc", "of America. This great Conven- tion will be held in Baltimore, June 8th to 13th. Open meetings, held every day, will be full of in- spiration, education, and informa- tion on every branch of merchan- dising. Delegates from 135 Ameri- can and Canadian clubs will be present, as well as delegations from Great Britain, Germany and other foreign countries. Baltimore will", "Associated Advertising Clubs of America", "Convention Bureau", "1 North Calvert Street Baltimore, Md.", "Six Pies That are Good", "By Mabel H. Wharton", "IHE ingredients for making 1 the following pies will be found in most everj- pantry, and the newness of the des- •n^ sert will give added zest to", "'^^\"^^'j even a monotonous menu.", "Buttermilk Pie — For two pies separate the whites from the 3'olks of three eggs. Beat the yolks thoroughly with one-half cupful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of tlour. Now add two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and two cupfuls of fresh buttermilk. Flavor with extract of lemon, and pour into pans lined with pastry. The whites are well beaten and sweetened and spread over the pies after baking. Place in the oven until they become a delicate brown.", "Vinegar Pie— One cupful of sugar, one cupful of boiling water, five teaspoonfuls of vinegar and two of lemon extract, two level tablespoonfuls of corn-starch and two eggs. ^lix sugar, corn-starch, vinegar and flavoring, and slowly add the hot water, stirring constantly on the stove until it thickens. A\\'hen the mixture is cold stir in the yolks of the two e.ggs. and pour into pan lined with pastry. Make a meringue of the beaten and weli-sweetened whites. Spread over the top after baking, and brown.", "Carrot Pie — Carrots make a very nice pie if used in just the same way as pump- kin. Peel them, and after cooking mash through a sieve. Use one cupful of carrot, one of milk, one-half cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of flour, a little salt, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon and cloves mixed and one egg. This mixture makes one pie.", "Green-Tomato Pie — Peel and slice the tomatoes, pour boiling water over them, and let stand for a few minutes. Line a pan with rich pastry, and fill with the to- matoes, one cupful of sugar, a little lemon-juice or vinegar, one teaspoonful of flour, one-half cupful of water and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Cover with crust, and bake.", "Chocolate Pie — Line a deep pan with rich pie-crust, and bake in a quick oven. Grate one-half cupful of chocolate, place in a saucepan with one cupful of hot water, butter the size of an egg, one table- spoonful of vanilla, one cupful of sugar, the beaten yolks of two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of corn-starch (dissolved in as much water). Mix well, and cook until thick, stirrin.g constanth\". Pour into the pie-shell. Make a meringue of the two egg-whites beaten stiff with two table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Spread over the pie, and slightly brown in the oven.", "Caramel Pie — Make a rich crust, and bake it. Then make a custard of one and one-half cupfuls of brown sugar, two ta- blespoonfuls of flour, one e.gg. one lump of butter the size of a walnut, and one pint of boiling water. Mix, and cook as for lemon pie. Remove from stove, and stir in one teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Pour into the pastry-shell. This quantity is sufiicient for one pie.", "Pie Hints", "By Elizabeth M. Spies", "PRE\\\"EXT fruit juices from escap- ing from pie, mix sugar and flour together dry, allowing one heaping table- spoonful of flour to the required measure. Sprinkle bottom of crust generously, put in fruit and the rest of the sugar, wet edge of crust, trim, and turn up a ridge around edge, so that if a little juice should happen to bubble out through vent-holes in top it will not run over. The left-over pastry could be baked. Perforate with a fork to prevent it bulging up in the middle. These pie-shells should always occupy a place on the emergency shelf, so that when com- pany comes unexpectedly it will take only a few minutes' time to cook a delicious cream or lemon filling without trouble or flurrv.", "Something Good Coming", "The woman who must prepare good things to eat for a family of hungry people lik« the easj' Jell-0 way for making desserts.", "Jell-O doesn't have to be cooked or sweet- ened or flavored, for the manufacturers do all these things themselves, and a JeU-0 dessert can be made in a minute.", "There are seven different flavors and they are all delicious. As \"something good to eat,\" not only at diimer time, but for luncheon or supper,", "takes a place in the home that has never been filled before.", "Combinations of fruit with JelI-0 furnish dainties, delicious and beautiful, so quickly that they seem to be the work of the fairies.", "We have two Recipe Books, printed beautifully in colors. One is \"The Sis Cooks,\" and the other \"Desserts of the World.\" Either of these books vriU. be sent free to all who write and ask us for it.", "All grocers and general storekeepers seU Jell-O, 10 cents a package.", "Seven flavors: -Strawberrj-, Raspberry, Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Peach, Chocolate.", "If 3 0U cannot get Jell-O where you trade, send US 10 cents (coin or stamps) and we wiU mail you a package of any flavor.", "THE GENESEE PURE FOOD CO.,", "Le Roy, N. Y., and Bridgeburg. Can.", "The name .Jell-O is on every package in big red letters. If it isn't there, it isn\"t Jell-O.", "Ladies* World Club", "THE LADIES' WORLD is one of the best woman's publications at any price. A single copy of this splendid journal would be a treat at the price that we offer you an entire year's subscription in connection with Farm axd Fireside. We are more than pleased to offer you such a bargain. Every reader who takes advantage of this offer is bound to agree with us on this point.", "Farm and Fireside, 1 year,", "regular price 50c The Ladies' World, 1 year,", "regular price 50c FARM AND FIRESIDE, Springfield, Ohio", "only 60 cents", "Two Spring Salads", "By Mary Eleanor Kramer", "Dea-and-Water-Cress Salad — Wash the cress well, and place on ice till thor- oughly chilled. Chop six small crisp radishes ; cut four hard-boiled eggs into dice, and to this mixture add a cujiful of cold boiled peas. Pour over the mixture a large cupful of mayonnaise dressing, and mix thoroughly. Arrange in dish, then chop the chilled cress and sprinkle thickly over all. Over all sprinkle one tablespoonful of capers.", "Orange Salad — .\\n appetizing sprin.s: relish is sliced oranges on lettuce served i with mavonnaisc dressing. I", "msOies dish water that digs", "Gold Dust offers the shortest cut from the drudgery of dish washing. Just a little Gold Dust shaken in your dish water will remove the grease and dirt.", "Gold Dust digs deep into cracks and corners — purifies and drives out every bit of dirt or hidden germs which soap and water will not reach. Gold Dust sterilizes as well as cleans.", "If you spend two hours a day washing dishes, Gold Dust will enable you to save one hour — and your dishes, too, will be spotlessly clean, whole- some and sanitary.", "Cold Dust is", "sold in 5c size and large pack- ages. The large package means greater economy", "\"Let the COLD DUST TWINS do your work '", "Eastern Edition", "ESTABLISHED 1877", "SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913", "\"Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses''— George Herbert", "Farm and Fireside, May 24, !913", "THE EDITOR'S BULLETIN OF BETTER THINGS COMING", "WITH THE EDITOR", "ADVERTISEMENTS IN FARA/[ AND FIRESIDE ARE GUARANTEED", "Cocer Design", "Our next will be a \"Swat-the-Fly\" number both in cover and partially in contents. That infantile paralysis may be carried by flies is now admitted, and the slogan on the cover of the June 7th issue is therefore a particular appeal to fathers and mothers.", "Special Articles", "The time of the year is at hand when schools and colleges give to the world a new grist of trained or educated young men and women. \"Do the agri- cultural colleges give the j'oung people back to their parents on the farm?\" is a question that must be answered by \"No 1\" An article on this subject in the next issue gives the reason.", "Another feature you will enjoy will be about the milch goat, the rival of the cow for supplying small families with milk.", "The Headword Shop", "Many letters we receive begin with this sentiment : \"I turn to the Headwork Shop first as soon as I get my paper.\" But it isn't good enough yet. Think of a million readers and then of only a dozen or a score perhaps of good Headv/ork \"kinks\" in an issue. Let's have your very best latest labor-saving device. Remember, the writer receives $1.00 for every one used, and S2.00 if it receives first prize ; and don't be discouraged if your first contribution is not a prize-winner. Those not suit- able for the Headwork may be accepted for other departments at regular rates.", "Crops and Soils", "You will be interested in some of these subjects : \"Success with Green Liquid Manure,\" \"Commercial Fertilizer on Corn,'' \"Testing the Sorghums,\" \"An Acre's Possibilities,\" \"The Corn-Root Aphis\" — all to appear in early issues.", "\"Peanut Culture in Oklahoma\" tells how the Spanish peanut is helping farmers in the Southwest to get along without corn.", "Garden and Orchard", "How to make a light-weight and easy- running wheel hand-cultivator is one of the interesting helps in store for F.^RM AND Fireside gardeners. Prac- tical illustrated articles on inexpensive pole-and-string trellises will be appro- priate in the June issues.", "Farm Notes", "\"Whitewash ^^\"orth While\" will tell you how to make whitewash that won't rub oft. Among the various mechanical devices for saving your time, money and labor will be \"Quick Repair for Buggy Spokes.\" \"Brackets from Wagon Tires\" and \"Unloading Prickly Pears.\"", "\"Petroleum for Mites\" is a practical mite remedy. \"Feeding and Breeding for Two-Ounce Eggs\" tells why it pays to have good products to sell, and how you may make use of Nature's laws in order to get good products.", "More parcel-post letters have lately been received, telling how various products ranging from spring chickens to pie have been successfully and profitably sold by parcel post. These will be printed in the June issues. All readers who have successfully used parcel post for marketing farm prod- ucts are invited to give their experi- ences.", "You will enjoy the story entitled \"The Market-Hunters\" which will appear in the June 7th issue. It is a delightful tale suggesting to the farmer an ex- cellent and novel plan for the market- ing of crops that are frequently unsalable, while the farmer's wife will like it, too, because of the thread of love which runs through it.", "Children's Page", "A new feature for the children will appear in the coming number. The ■W'hizzles and the Wumps are funny little creatures that do funny things, and we believe that Cousin Sallys boys and girls will watch their antics with a great deal of pleasure.", "Fashions and Needlework", "Miss Gould will have an unusually good page of patterns that our women readers will want to use at once, and by Miss Holbrook there will be an Irish crochet collar-and-cufT set that is easy to make and suitable for wear with the low-necked dresses of this summer.", "And don't overlook the recipe page. The mere reading of its recipes on how to cook strawberries will make your mouth water.", "Sometimes we travel on railway trains for the mere Democracy purpose of getting somewhere. In such a case, the best in Tra'Veling way is to board the limited train at night, get into a", "berth in the sleeper and wake up next morning just in time to dress and get off. On such a journey the traveler never gets any benefit from the trip, save just the change of location. He makes no ac- quaintances. He finds the people who are his fellow travelers mostly reserved and apparently not overjoyed to meet him.", "It is the same if his trip is by Pullman car and runs into the day — like the ordinary journey from mid-western points to New York or other eastern points. The folks on the train are very well dressed and not extremely approachable. But if it is a mixed train, and there are day coaches and a smoker forward, the atmosphere is quite different. In the coaches one finds democracy and fellowship. There is a different sort of world. I know of no way in which to observe the strata of American society to better advantage than to change from the Pullman car to the smoker forward.", "I find that there is much more to be learned in the day coach or the smoker. The instance I have in mind is not quite in point, because my fellow traveler and I fell into talk when seated in the dining-car — where all classes are leveled by the primal and universal desire for food. But it was on a horribly slow train moving across the State of Iowa, a train made up of aU sorts of cars except cattle-cars, I think, — and nobody who could travel by better means was on board. So we chatted quite sociably.", "He was a farmer from one of the Idaho irrigation projects. His farm consists of about i8o acres, and he was one of the first settlers. He went to Idaho from Ohio, and is making money.", "\"Growing many apples?\" asked I, remembering the The \"Busting\" beautiful apple-boom literature I had read advising me of the Boom to buy a ten-acre orchard and be free from all finan- cial worries as soon as they should come into bearing.", "\"Apples !\" said he. \"Not for me ! Why, I can take you to warehouses in Spokane where you can get all the fine western apples you want for seventy-five cents a box !\"", "Now this was about April ^5, 1913. I give the date so that if any apple man from the Northwest feels aggrieved he can call me down. I hope he will. I hope apples were not as low as that on April 25th at Spokane, but that's what he said, and it will be remembered that Farm AND Fireside has been warning people for two or three years now that the apple boom would sooner or later \"bust.\" My fellow traveler from Idaho seemed to think that it has already \"busted.\" 'T have over two thousand apple-trees,\" said he, \"in as good an apple location as there is in the Northwest ; and anyone that wants them can have 'em !\"", "We svmpathized with each other for a while. For we have about the same number of apple-trees.", "I don't mean to say that apples are sure to be a drug in the market in the future. But I do mean to say that I should feel surer of making a great deal of money on my orchard if so many hundreds of thousands of trees had not been set out in the recent past, and if, as a matter of history, we did not know that after every such spasm of planting apples actually do sell down to the actual cost of production for a number of years. I'm not discussing the matter at all — I'm \"just telling you.\"", "\"Well,\" said I after a while, \"if apples are N. G. out Hogs and there, what are you making your money on ?\" Horses \"Hogs,\" he replied. \"Hogs and heav)' horses. I", "have about a dozen big mares — weighing about a ton apiece, you know — and a full-blood stallion. My colts bring me from $250 to $350 apiece when they are three years old, in spite of the automobile and the tractor. Alfalfa is our forage crop, and barley our grain. We can grow from forty to seventy-five bushels of barley to the acre, and the land gets better for barley as we break up the alfalfa-sod. I can pasture from eight to twelve hogs to the acre of alfalfa. I put self-feeders in the pas- ture, and let the hogs have all the barley they will bother to work out of the self-feeders. They balance their own rations up pretty well — so well, in fact, that my hogs last fall averaged 205 pounds in weight at seven and a half months. I call that pretty good results from hogs, barley and alfalfa.\"", "It doesn't take much figuring to prove that a man with 180 acres of Idaho land devoted mainly to swine-growing is doing well. Cholera? He stated that he had never had a case of cholera in his herd, and wasn't afraid of it. \"I never heard of half a dozen cases in our part of the country.\" said he. \"A dry climate, outdoor conditions, plenty of forage — the hogs are stronger than the cholera germs.\"", "\"Do the farmers on the irrigation projects usually suc- Some Settlers cccd, or fail?\" I asked, i knew as a matter of fact in Distress that on most of the irrigation projects the conditions", "are bad. My Idaho acquaintance agreed. \"A large proportion of the settlers went on the land with too liltle money,\" said he. \"They expected returns too soon. The people booming the country sent out reports which were too roseate in color. The govern- ment has been too strict with the settlers. A lot of them are in actual dis- tress. Something will have to be done for them. But after they have had time to get the land into alfalfa a man can make a good living on forty acres of land. He can take care of two cows to every acre of alfalfa, and he can pasture hogs enough, finishing them on barley or some other grain crop to make a good living.\"", "Here's a dissertation by a man on the ground. To the thousands of Farm and Fireside readers who arc looking for homes, and to the other thousands who live in the irrigated regions, it will be interesting, I think.", "Agents PAGE Pirrung Mfg. Company 10", "Automobiles", "Owen & Company, R.M. 9", "Carriages, Wagons and Accessories", "Eohon, D. T. 7", "Lane Brothers Company 10", "Mutual Carr'ge & Harness Mfg. Co. 6", "Ohio Carriage Mfg. Company 8", "Tower Company, A. J 7", "Correspondence Schools", "Coey's School of Motoring ....... 8", "Farm Engines", "Ellis Engine Company 6", "Jacobson Machine Mfg. Company. . 7", "Temple Pump Company 20", "Witte Iron Works Company 6", "Farm Implements and Accessories", "Brtmer, R. G", "Dick Mfg. Company, The Joseph Farquhar Company, Ltd., A. B. Hydraulic Press Mfg. Company. Moline Plow Company", "Bond Steel Post Company", "Coiled Spring Fence Company . . .", "Cyclone Fence Company", "Kokomo Fence Machine Company.", "Cp-To-Date Mfg. Company . .", "Ward Fence Company", "Food-Stuffs and Drinks", "Coca-Cola Company, The Postum Cereal Company . Postum Cereal Company . Postum Cereal Company .", "11 11 20 20 20 20", "16 6 16 12", "Cutaway Harrow Company", "Horse Nails", "Capewell Horse Nail Company . . .", "Household — Miscellaneoas", "Gold Coin Stove Company", "Stahl, F. S", "Somers, Harold", "Kuhn Irrigated Land Company .", "State Board of Agriculture", "Strout Farm Agency, E. A. .", "Watkins & Co., B. T", "Lice Stock, Sleek Food and Remedies", "Klein, Dean, Louis A", "Metzger Company, Wm. H. . . . Newton Remedy Company . . . .", "Pratt Food Company", "Shoo Fly Mfg. Company", "Young, P. D. P., W. F", "Monumental Bronze Company", "Century Mfg. Company", "10 10 10 10 10 10", "Bass Pecan Company", "Providence Squab Company", "Century Mfg. 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No. 1 7", "Springfield, Ohio, May 24. 1913", "PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY", "How Free Shall Trade Be?", "THE present tariff turmoil in Congress is a repeti- tion of what has occurred periodically whenever tariff revision has been attempted. In the face of such diversity of interests as prevails how vain a thing it is to expect an adjustment or readjustment of tariff schedules so as to be reasonably equitable. Producer and manufacturer, distributer and consumer cannot all be equally favored.", "The voice of the people spoke unmistakably for right- ing of tariff wrongs last November even though it was generally conceded that the making of a satisfactory-to- all tariff schedule is impossible. But that demand still remains and the administration and Congress will at- tempt to meet that demand before adjournment of the special session now convened.", "It is this recognition of the impossibility of providing an equitable tariff tax that is influencing farmers and industrial workers generally to favor a more radical downward revision of the tariff than has hitherto been sanctioned.", "Many now are willing to feel the pinch of injustice from downward revision if by such revision there seems a probability that the \"malefactors of great wealth\" may also by an income tax aimed at large incomes be made to give up some of the extraordinary gains and as well as the influence in legislation that goes with such gains.", "According to Congressman Hall of Tennessee, who is credited with having drafted most of the income tax provisions, the income tax, if passed by Congress, would produce $17,000,000 a year, and it could be adjusted to raise $150,000,000. The smallest income to be taxed according to Representative Hall's plan is $4,000.", "Is the Auto Tax Constitutional?", "AN INCREASING number of automobile-owners and **-the numerous taxes which motorists are required to pay in some States have resulted in muffled protests against the constitutionality of the auto tax. The ques- tion may be carried to the highest court in the land.", "It is claimed that the owners of most vehicles are sometimes called upon to pay a registrar's tax, a tax for driving the car and a personal property tax as well. Multiple taxation and the discrimination against one class of road-users are the chief points which form the ground for the attack against the law's constitutionality.", "Co-operative Societies Encouraged", "THE recent session of the Washington State Legisla- ture passed a law which gives authority for the organization of co-operative societies. The law was designed primarily to encourage societies for the pur- pose of handling farm products.", "Five or more persons may organize. The filing fee is $25, each stockholder is allowed but one vote and, ex- cept in certain cases, no stockholder can hold over one fifth of the stock.", "How to Get a Farm Expert", "WE HAVE had something to say in the past con- cerning the work of agricultural experts who are known under the various titles of \"county agricultural advisers,\" \"farm demonstration agents,\" \"crop doctors\" and similar terms.", "There are plenty of waj's of securing the services of such men, probably the simplest being, the raising of funds and the direct employment of such a man by the county commissioners.", "An added value is, however, gained when the ap- pointee is endorsed by and comes from some prominent agricultural organization such as the state experiment station, or the Department of Agriculture at Washing- ton. A man coming from such sources has at his command a source of information with which he can", "supplement his personal knowledge and experience. The county commissioners of Douglas County, Wash- ington, had that idea in mind when they adopted the following resolution :", "To the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. :", "Resolved, That we hereby petition the United States Department of Agriculture, respectfully requesting its co-operation in farm demonstration work in Douglas County, Washington, and requesting the assigning to the community of a competent and suitable agricultural expert. We hereby signify our willingness to appro- priate out of the current expense fund of said county our pro rata share of the expenses of this demonstration work in our county, as provided in chapter 18 of house bill 28 of the session laws of 1913.", "This formal request is perhaps the most businesslike method of securing expert agricultural assistance from the Government. There is a right and a wrong way of grappling with every problem. The right way is gen- erally to go to headquarters.", "Pennsylvania has passed a law prohibiting the sale of egrets and their shipment into or out of the State after July 1, 1914. The passing of this law is a distinct advance in the protection of plumage birds against slaughter for millinery purposes.", "MR. LLOYD K. BROWN, whose picture appears here, is the youngest of a farming partnership of four. Two other brothers and a sister complete this combination for team-work. They were all born and brought up in town, their father being a physician. From the first they were scientific in their manner of thought and very early decided to educate themselves for farm life. While still children in the city they were planning farms. As soon as Paul, the eldest, graduated from the agricultural college, they rented a farm near Vermilion, South Dakota, and have been active partners in farming ever since.", "Live-stock farming has constantly been made of chief importance in their farming operations combin- ing dairying, sheep-feeding and growing hogs. Lloyd has always had superintendence of the swine depart- ment and has become a thoroughly well-known man in his specialty. The same is true of the other mem- bers of the partnership.", "Pasturing on rape, soy-beans and other legurnes plays an important part in the economical production of pork on their farm. Supplementary pasture crops are grown for both hogs and sheep, and the corn and other stubble fields are made to supply pasture crops after the main crops are removed.", "The work accomplished by this partnership in farm- ing is full of interest, since it so admirably demon- strates how the scientific knowledge obtained by agricultural education can be applied to the practical solution of farm problems. Mr. Lloyd K. Brown is a regular contributor to Farm and Fireside, the profitable marketing of hogs being his specialty.", "Nitrogen Supply no Longer a Problem", "PROFESSOR ELIHU THOMPSON one of our greatest electrical scientists, is convinced that nitro- gen, now our most expensive element of commercial plant-food, will be the cheapest of the fertility trinity — nitrogen, phosphorus and potash — in less than a decade. Instead of growing only one or two legumes, as clover and Canada field peas or a like number better suited to southern conditions as practised in a haphazard way in the past, now a dozen legumes are being grown espe- cially adapted to different sectional conditions and varied rotations.", "Hardy strains of alfalfa are grown even to the Canadian border and southward to meet the cow-pea, soy-bean, peanut, lespedeza, and other legumes less common. For the great middle section and northward we have the half dozen varieties of clover, including sweet or bokhara clover, vetches and lupines. Each is finding its place as a nitrogen fixing agent and soil renovator. These when used understandingly are pro- viding nitrogen where formerly the soil hungered for it.", "But for intensive and special production of crops, nitrogen, instantly available, will be a necessity in the future as now, to push growth rapidly before bacterial life changes organic nitrogen to a form that plants can use. For this supply the atmosphere is now being made by mechanical and chemical processes to give up its nitrogen so abundantly that the prophecy of Professor Thompson seems likely of being realized. We are in- formed that commercial nitrogen products made from the air are already on the market.", "Keep Down the Weeds", "THE Nebraska Experiment Station announces through a report by H. J. Young, following a thorough investigation of soil mulches, that much more soil-water is lost through evaporation from the leaf surface of plants than is lost by evaporation from the surface of the soil.", "Mr. Young also observes that if a hard layer of soil dries out to the depth of two or three inches it will serve as a mulch even though it is not loosened.", "The principal result of the experiment may be summed up in \"Keep down the weeds.\"", "Spreading the \"Aggy\" Germ", "ALMOST every important branch of farm husbandry has already felt the stimulus and energizing in- fluence of the special educational farm trains. The general farming information furnished by the earlier trains operated has given place to specialized instruction and demonstration. Orcharding small fruit, vegetables, cotton, tobacco, better seed — each of these farming interests and various others are being helped by educa- tional trains puffing up and down scores of railway lines ever}' year.", "Unless the influence of such special trains has been studied at first hand by traveling with these outfits, it is not easy to believe how ambitious farmers and farm youth are getting an incentive for better farming there- from.", "A few state agricultural authorities are now employ- ing automobile demonstration cars to reach the \"far rural districts.\" These are holding meetings at country schoolhouses and on the farms, where farmers, school children, teachers and parents gather and become inocu- lated or reinfected with the germ of the new agricul- ture. Here we have a direct educational force that is well calculated to pave the way for the farm vocational instruction that is sure to have a place in all rural schools without much loss of time.", "Why not draft the auto trucks into the demonstration service more generally and carry two-ton exhibits to thousands of farm neighborhoods this very summer.", "Farm and Fireside, May 24, 191 S", "Grass Weeds — Johnson and Bermuda", "Good Counsel for Controlling These Pests Which May be Threatening Your Farm", "By George F. Freeman, Plant-Breeder", "JOHNSON grass is without doubt one of the most serious weed pests with which farmers in many sections m.ust contend. The damage which it has already accomplished and the persis- tency with which it seems to be spreading is a constant cause of apprehension. Any suggested means of controlling this pest, therefore, finds an eager audience among those whose farms are alreadj' damaged or threatened by its invasion. For these reasons I believe that a timely warning", "Dig out every root and sprig", "should be issued against so-called easy methods of eradicating this pernicious weed.", "There is no easy method of destroying Johnson grass and no means of driving it from a field in which it is well estab- lished without heavy loss or expense. The worst feature of these theoretically \"easy methods\" is not that they fail to accom- plish the results desired, but that they tend to a laxness on the part of farmers who trust in them. The first few plants which appear are therefore neglected with the thought that when the pest becomes troublesome it can easily be disposed of.", "The opportunity to get rid of the John- son grass at the only time that it can be done inexpensively is thereby lost. The", "9 TN PRESEINTING this article we recognize that in some parts of the country the &", "I grasses here characterized £is weeds are useful crops. The term \"weed\" is there- |", "g fore not used in a libelous sense, but rather as referring to a plant that is growing g", "i on land that is desired for other agricultural purposes. — ^The ELditor. 6", "5 __„_™™___™__ 6", "old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, was never more nearly true than in its application to the control of Johnson, Bermuda and quack, or couch, grass.", "Johnson grass is a vigorous perennial. It is propagateti by strong underground stems as well as by seeds. These subter- ranean stems are distinguished from ordi- nary roots by being jointed. They are frequently spoken of as rhizomes. From any joint of one of these, both stems and roots may grow. Such a stem coming to the surface develops for itself an inde- pendent crown, which in turn sends up many stems and gives rise to a new bunch of the grass. From this clump as a center, new underground stems are put forth in all directions. In this manner not only is the grass continuously spread, but it also fills the soil with the thick and resistant rhizomes, rendering the complete eradica- tion of the pest exceedingly difficult and expensive.", "The reason for this is fully realized when one learns that every joint of a rhizome which may be broken apart by the plow or harrow is capable of sprout- ing at once or else lying dormant in the soil for several months until favorable conditions arrive and then putting forth roots and branches. Unless, therefore, it has been exposed on the surface and thor- oughly dried out, each piece acts as a cut- ting to further scatter and increase the infestation. New rhizomes are being formed at all times when the grass is in active growth. There is. therefore, no season of the year when it may be safely neglected.", "Water May Carry the Seeds", "Johnson grass also matures a heavy crop of dark reddish-brown seed. These", "are rather smooth and shining on the back, slightly flattened, spindle-shaped, with a rather narrow apex. They are about three times as long as an alfalfa- seed. Johnson-grass seeds are readily scattered about in barn-yard manure, in the droppings of stock fed on infested hay and by water from irrigation-ditches.", "The first step is to carefully inspect the fields, at least two or three times a year, and dig out, root and branch, every sprig of Johnson grass foimd. Special atten- tion should be given to the areas h-ing near ditches, since it is here where the water first begins to spread over the land, that the seeds are for the most part lodged.", "If the land is not already infested, the cost of this frequent inspection will be insignificant.", "Dig, Mow and Pasture", "Where only a few clumps of Johnson grass appear in a field, of alfalfa for in- stance, it will pay to dig them out by hand and then keep the field clear as above sug- gested. In some cases, however, the in- festation is already beyond control by hand digging. Such fields should be mown frequently so as not to allow any of the Johnson grass to go to seed. With this precaution the land ma3- remain in alfalfa. But if the stand becomes too poor to yield profitable crops withhold all cultivation of such fields, and let them be grazed closely during the early fall and winter. When the haj- crop from a field infested with Johnson grass becomes un- profitable it is best to pasture it closely for an entire summer before plowing in the fall. The tramping and close grazing will pack the soil and leave it poorly aerated. This will weaken the root sys- tems of both the alfalfa and Tohnson", "grass and ca«se them to be developed near the surface, thus facilitating their destruction. When the ground has been grazed clean by the stock and is rather dry, preferably in the early fall after the summer rains have ceased, it should be plowed deeply and left loose and cloddy. This will insure deep and thorough drying out. Disk the ground at intervals through- out the fall and early winter. At the beginning of the spring season plow again as deeply as possible. Follow by the disk", "The first few plants are often neglected", "or weeder at intervals to keep down all surface growth until the regular planting season for corn. The corn should be kept perfectly clean by the frequent use of the cultivator and hoe throughout the re- mainder of the summer. This land may be planted to sugar-beets or to other hoed crops in the early spring. After two or three years of cultivated crops, in which not a sprig of Bermuda, Johnson grass or other noxious weed is allowed to grow, the field is again ready to be planted to alfalfa.", "The estimated cost of the procedure as here outlined previous to the planting of the corn would be about six dollars per acre to make the land weed-free.", "Milking-Mach ines in A rizona", "Observations on the Practicability and Cost of Machine Milking for a Herd of Thirty-Five Cows", "By H. J. Minhiimick", "HAVING heard and read a great deal about the efficiency and otherwise of milking-machines, the writer eagerly welcomed an opportunity of in- specting the plant of C. W. Davisson of Mesa, Arizona, one of the leading dairy- men of the Salt River Valley.", "Mr. Davisson's ranch comprises 160 acres of choice land two miles south of the thriving village of Mesa, which is of interest, as being the first Mormon settle- ment in Arizona, and which is laid out on the model of Salt Lake City, with ex- ceptionally wide streets and blocks a thousand feet long. In this section of the valley one drives for miles over roads which would shame the average city street, and past beautifully kept and splendidly fenced farms where an untidy corner is considered a disgrace.", "The Stable is Thoroughly Modern", "Mr.- Davisson's milking herd comprised at this time thirty-five young Holstein cows, most of them pure-bred. The cat- tie are kept in a small field and fed a mixed ration consisting principally of alfalfa, to which the greater portion of the ranch is seeded. The milking barn holds seventy head. In front of the stanchions is a cement floor on which the cows stand at milking-time. A cement gutter behind this floor takes care of all manure, and the entire barn is as clean as water and labor can make it. Each", "stanchion has the occupant's name sten- ciled above it, and it is most amusing to", "piping sj'Stem and leading to the milking- pail, a cone-shaped metal vessel of five", "see how quickly each cow takes her own gallons capacity. On the cover of this", "place and how she resents an intrusion. The milking plant comprises a two-", "is set a clever device which automatically \"breaks\" the vacuum at anv desired rate", "horsepower gasolene-engine belted to a per minute, fifty-five being the standard, vacuum pump which is connected to a From this pail run two rubber pipes, galvanized tank, and this in turn to two each terminating in four cups which are runs of piping with cock and outlet at applied to the teats of the cows ; thus each milking station — that is, at each two each unit milks two cows at a time. At cows. Vacuum gages are installed on the outer end of each cup is a thin soft- each run of pipe, and a valve on the tank rubber washer through which the teat opens should the vacuum rise too high, passes and which, with the cup in posi- closing again at the proper point: fifteen tion, lies something less than an inch and one-half inches. from the udder. Now let us consider just For the benefit of readers unfamiliar what happens when the machine goes into with engineering terms it may be ex- action :", "plained that normal atmospheric pressure will support a column of mercury ap- proximately thirty inches in height, or a", "1. A vacuum is created all around the teat — that is, a suction is applied to it.", "2. The soft-rubber washer contracts", "column of water thirty- four feet in around the teat suflSciently to stop the", "After milking, the tubes are washed first with cold and then with scalding water", "height, the height varying with the pres- sure and constituting, in the case of mer- cury, the familiar barometer readings.", "This corresponds to a pressure of 2,116 pounds to the square foot, or. as it is more commonly expressed, fourteen pounds to the square inch. A vacuum of fifteen inches, therefore means that the nor- mal pressure is so reduced by the pump that the mercury col- umn would be but fifteen inches high in- stead of thirty, or, what is the same thing, that the vacuum will create a suction of about seven pounds to the square inch.", "The milking appa- ratus proper consists of a rubber tube of convenient length at- tached to the vacuum", "The cows are milked two at b time.", "They showed no trace of un- easiness or discomfort", "flow from the udder down.", "3. The milk in the teat below the washer is drawn out and into the pail.", "4. The vacuum is broken, the washer releases the teat and a fresh supply of milk flows from the udder into the teat to be again drawn out in the same way.", "This is exactly what is done bj' hand milk- ing, as every milker will realize if he analyzes his hand mo- tions, with this slight difference, that the milk is sucked from the closed teat instead of bein^ squeezed from it. Where each milk-tube Joins the pail a section of glass tube is inserted, which allows the flow to be observed and shows when the milking has been completed.", "The pail used has an upright partition in the middle so that the milk of each cow is kept separate.", "Mr. Davisson makes individual tests monthly and records the performance of each cow. He weighs the entire daily product, and so has a complete record of the milk produced by the herd and a sub- stantially exact record of that produced by each individual. This enables him to keep his herd strictly up to standard.", "Seeing is Believing", "The writer was strongly impressed with", "the following facts :", "1. Speed — -Thirty-two cows were milked in a few minutes over an hour, with two milking units, or four cows at a time.", "2. Cleanliness — The writer watched every pail emptied, and there was no trace of dirt on the strainer after the milk of thirty-two cows had gone tlirough.", "3. Thoroughness — .\\s each pair of cows was milked, Mr. Davisson stripped them by hand, and the entire herd did not pro- duce a teacupful. Just before the cups were removed they were pulled down several times, which has a thorough strip- ping effect.", "4. Comfort to the Cow — This was the point on which information was most desired. The writer had been told that the cows were Icon-cluded o.n pace II]", "The parts of the machine are simple and can be readily taken apart for repair and cleaning", "Timothy with a Taste", "The Influence of the Time of Harvesting Upon Yield and Feeding Value", "By H. J. Waters", "An experiment showing that steers prefer early-cut timothy. One hundred pounds of five different cuttings were put in each of the five racks, and two yearling steers were allowed to eat whichever they preferred. Rack 1 contained timothy cut when seed was fully ripe, while that in Rack 5 was cut when just coming into blossom. The other lots |n were cut at intermediate stages. The timothy cut earliest was eaten most freely; the late-cut was left untouched", "TIMOTHY har- vested just as it comes into blos- som produces the highest yield of digestible material. If cut before or after this time a smaller yield is obtained. It is true that if cut later more tons of hay are obtained, but it will not be so digestible, nor so palatable. If cut be- fore the beginning of the blossom it is more palatable and slightly more digestible, but the yield is materially less.", "The early-cut ha}', just beginning to blossom, is more difficult to cure than that cut when the plants are more fully matured, and the earlier the cutting, the harder the crop is on the meadow.", "The earlier the hay is harvested, the shorter the life of the meadow will be.", "Into the foregoing paragraphs I have condensed for the benefit of hay-growers and feeders of the country the practical results of twelve years of research and observation of this subject at the Missouri Experi- ment Station by the writer.", "The opinions of the most discriminating and ex- perienced farmers differ widely as to the proper time to harvest timothy for the largest quantity of the most palatable and nutritious hay. In the Eastern States the harvest usually begins as soon as the plants begin to bloom, and sometimes even before. The practice of this region is to have all of the hay made before the seed has reached the dough stage. In the corn belt, while the tendency is slightly toward earlier cutting, the common practice is to delay harvest until the seeds hav