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Something Now in Food
A writor in Farm and Fireside
Magazine tells us of a now food ar
ticle. This is cotton seed meal, or
flour made of cotton seod. Cotton
seed ilour tastes like raw peanuts,
looks like mustard, and bakes about
like graham flour. It gives a dark
brown, almost chocolate color to
foods. It has in it twice as much bone
and muscle as beef, twelve times as
much fat as wheat flour, nino tiineb
as much starch and sugar as- cheese,
thirteen, times as much mineral mat
ter as rice, and a quarter as much
water as rice. It is about one-half
fleshpuilding material, one-eighth
fat-making material, one-quarter energy-producing
material, and the rest
chiefly water and mineral matter for
making bone. It is a hearty food,
but is twice as easy to digest as beef.
mutton, or eggs. It is a new thing
for human food, requiring newly per
fected milling machinery. Although
cottonseed meal b familiar as a stock
feed and fertilizer, we owe most of
our knowledge of cotton seed flour
to Dr. Q. S. Fraps, state chemist of
Texas, It is too concentrated to use
Unmixed; one part to four parts of
other flour or meal is the limit; one
part to six is a good average propor
tion, and one-eighth, or even less,
may suit some tastes best. As cotton
seed flour costs only Ave cents a
pound and is more nourishing than
meat, its advantages are clear. Its
use will help the south ; will cheapen
food everywhere, and may stop the
dreadful disease pellagra, by giving
proper nourishment to the poorly
nourished people everywhere. This
is copied from the Farm and Fireside
magazine, which magazine is con
ducting bakings of the article.
LATEST FASHIONS
FOR COMMONER READERS
Wo novo made arrangements to supply our readers with high grade, perfect
'fitting, seam allowing andeasy to use patterns, designed by a leading firm of
New York fashion publishers'. Full descriptions accompany each pattern, as
well as a chart showing how to cut your material with the least possible
amount o waste. Any pattern will bo sent postage prepaid upon receipt of
ten cents. Wo will also issue a new fashion book quarterly, Spring, Summer,
Autumn and Winter, illustrating hundreds of new styles Winter number
now ready. Wo will send this book for tWo cents postage pjepald If ordered
at the samo time that a pattern is ordered, or for five cents, postage prepaid,
If ordered without a pattern. Besides illustrating hundreds of patterns, this
fashion book will tell you how to be your own dressmaker. When ordering
patterns please glvo pattern number and size desired. Address all orders
Fashion Department, The Commoner, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Troublesomo Insects
Ants are among the worst things
that can 'happen" to the lawn and
garden, as well as inside the house.
Here is a clipping from an agricul
tural' paper which copied it without
giving credit, so it will be passed on
for what it is worth. It will do no
liarni'to' try It. "An agricultural
college recommends the use of one
per ciit solution of arsenic with
enough syrup to sweeten it, for the
destruction of ants on lawns. To the
insect which eats it, this is instant
death; but a weaker solution Bay
one-eighth to one-quarter per cent,
is sloWer poison, but surer, as the
grown ahtg carry it to their nests
and feed it to their young, and thus
exterminate the whole bunch. It is
recommended to saturate a sponge
with tltfe sdlution, put the sponge in
side a'ar, then cover the jar with a
top perforated so the ants can enter
and leave, and set these traps about
in places, indoors and out, which are
infested "with ants, and they will
soon disappear.
A floral writer gives us the.f allow
ing "sure death to Vose bugs": Into
a frr, or other container, put three
, pints of sweet milk, three pints of
' coal oil, and one quart of "water;
shake" this thoroughly, and get it
away. To use, one cupful of this
mixture, well shaken before using,
into a gallon of water, shaking to
thoroughly mix. Spray the bushes,
! over and under the leaves, and wet
the soil about the plants with the
1 same. , Begin the first of May and
kep it up every ten days for, six
weeks, or two months- The wetting
the ground with the mixture will af
fect the larvae disastrously, and the
sprinkling of the foliage-will kill any
tm-K that has got out.
"Stomal vigilance," and plenty of.
tht tight kind of insecticides is the
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and figured mutorials aro combined in
making this waist. Tho waist closes
at tho front and can bo made with lone
or short sleeves. Tho pattern, No. 7198
is cut in sizes 34 to 48 inches bust meas
ure. No. 7193 IjadlcM Skirt Serge, chev
iot or broadcloth can be used to make
this skirt. Tho Skirt is cut in tour
gores and ia joined, to a yoke. Tho high
or regulation Waistline may bo used.
Tho closing is at tho loft side. The
pattern, No. 7193, is out iri sizes 22 to
22 inches waist measure
MUMv7V?-mi,,H' Rml Sm Women's
Middy BIouhc Every young iripi iiirl2
to have a couple of middy blouses nSS
hero is an excellent pattern X? mMn 2
such a garment. The blouse J, ?,f
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price to pay for successful gardening
whether fruit, flower or vegetable if
you will write to tho Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c., ask
ing for printed matter on the subject
of insecticides; you will get the worth
of your postal carl.
Query Bo
Mrs. R. Codfish fluff is merely a
codfish ball mixture baked in the
oven Instead of fried. An extra egg
worked into, it improves it.
Housewife The flavor of stewed
apple3 at this time of. year is claimed
to be improved if a rind of orange is
stewed with the sauce, adding the
juice of the orange when tho sauce
is done. Eyaporated apples may be
used this way.
M. N. R. Dustless dusters are
made in various ways. One writer
advocates dipping squares of cheese
cloth in gasoline, then hang out and
let dry without wringing; this should
be done out .of doors. Others advo
cate dipping in kerosene, or coal oil,
letting dry before using. Others,
moistening the cloth pouring over it
a few drops of a certain polishing
oil, put into a-'tin box and leave for
some hours. This should be kept in
a- tin box.
Requested Recipes
Salad dressing Mix 'together one
tablesponful of Worcester sauce, two
tablespoonf uls - catsup, three table
spoonfuls of vinegar, six tablespoon
fuls of olive oil, and one finely
chopped "hard-boiled egg. Blend in
the usual way.
Bran Muffins Tu,rn into a mixing
bowl two cupfuls of bran meal, one
cup of white flour; then add iu the
order mentioned, one cupful of sweet
milk, one cupful of dark molasses, a
pinch of salt and one teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in a little hot water;
beat, the mixture until full of air
bubbles and bake in a very slow
oven. y This is1 nourishing and laxa
tive, but a taste for it must he culti
vated. Beef Loaf Blend together two
pounds of raw minced beef, one large
handful of moistened bread crumbs,
one small grated onion, one teaspoon
ful of pepper, one scant tablespoonful
of salt, and from half to three quar
ters of a glassful of cold water. Mix
well; form into a loaf and cook for
an hour- and a half in - a moderate
oven, pouring' a small cupful of water
into the baking pan. When beef loaf
is made with eggs it does not cut
well when hot;- cut the above hot or
cold.
. Mending Kid Gloves
When kid gloves begin to show
wear, it is a finer art to so mend the
rips, slits and tears that they will not
btf sp glaringly in evidence as to
make the wearing of the glove a sort
of penance. The finger tips may usu
ally be mended quite neatly, but
when slits come along the seams it
is not so easy to draw the delicate
edges tpgether securely enough to
.last for any length of time. Silk
stitches should not be Used,' as silk
.thread will cut the leather out in no
time. A' temporary mending can be
easily effected, and with care" it may
last a. long time, b.ut at any rate, may
be renewed if need be. nAt all stores
'there is kept a material called
"mending tigg'ue," and with a bit of
this, Applied according t'o'the direc
tions on the label, the damage may
be quickly and safely repaired. Or,
lacking this, a tiny patch of silk, tho
color of the glove may be' applied to
the inside of the glove, with a drop
of mucilage, and whdn dry, the patch
will hold for a long time.
Coolting itanafiad
.It is claimed that" bananas are
much more digestible when cooked
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