DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. America's Worvde 6y Ro6eri h. Moult mux b x rj "v n-. Cotton Crop W'SJUjii. I 4a .U'si jfft ' r . J or. w-:- ,fcj riiv-rv -sn, i ; 1 llt . ML 7. .V J.7ii rsna V t ' A Government experimenters have found it has high food value for both man and beast : : A gold mine for the South, it has become one of this nation's most 'profitable "war brides' OU can out cotton" lmH become the Vv slogan of thu forces engaged In en- " W llii-nnliif cflll tnnrn llrmlv the Kollth's chief agricultural product. Tho South litis been thrilled with tho vi sion of u farm crop which cannot only clotho Hie world and provido I In base for huge quitntltlcs of powerful explo res but enn supply food as well. Everyone- knows tltb Important pswt cotton Is playing In tho making of tho high explosives needed to win titanic battles on land and sea. In receiii years an ever Increasing numbor of Im portant uses have been found for cottonseed and iher Haste. Cottonseed meal has been used for j ears In tho preparation of food for animals and In the making of cooking compounds, but experi ment made recently In Oklahoma and in other parts of tho Scnith have demonstrated that cot toifnecd meal when properly combined with other materials makes an acceptablo flour, nnd can also serve as a substitute for meats, owing to Its rich ness In protein. Tho hulls arc now being used n preparing feed for live stock, and are consumed In enormous quantities. Another by-product which Is serving the country ivcll at this time is llnters, the short lint removed from tho seed In the course of Its preparation for eating purposes. Llnters are almost pure cellu lose, Which Is tho base' of ono of tho high explo sives used in most of tho armies nnd navies of tho world. And pound for pound, cottonseed will provide as much Inrd as any hog, the seed from a bale of cotton yielding as much high-grade Inrd ns five average hogs. The enormous increase Jn the demnnd for cot ton, combined with conditions In America nnd other parts of tho world which have reduced tho nviljlnblq supply, nssures the South a period of prbsperlty. When newspapers printed stories re cently regarding tho spectacular feat of cotton In climbing to 27 cents, the highest point slnco 1871, they gnvo but a hint of tho prosperity which has been, brought to tho South by Its war bride. I MJMllLiWllKMJHRfe wt gjH ft W&M S II Hill I i Wi III I ! t corroxr ctxrzF2&&5 n Almost everyono recalls tho slump In cotton which followed tho opening of the war and how, with cotton sefllng as low as Jive and seven cents n pound, tho South arose as one man In nn organ ized "Iiuy-a-bnlc-of-cotton" campaign which en abled the cotton producers to tide their Industry over the llnanelal doldrums which resulted from the chaos of war. The manner In which cotton rebounded from this low mark makes It one of tho huskiest war brides In America, with the possible exception of the munitions and allied Industries. When cotton 'had reached 38 cents last year there were certain optimists who wer predicting 25-cent cotton, and they did not have to wait long for that mlraclo to come to pass. When King Cotton passed the 27-cent mark recently It marked tho highest level of prices since the days Imme diately following the close of the Civil war, when Southern pMnnters were able to obtain almost any price they asked for their cotton. It Is believed that this prosperity will contlnuo long after peace Is restored. Until the world's greatly depleted supply of cotton Is replenished at least there should bo no material change In the situation. Tho latest avalluble estimates as to this year's crop srijow nn Increnso of approximately 4- W X Hotels Copy Army Meal: HW'W-WW'M--M'W A few weeks ago tho quartermaster general's department, faithful to Its complicated task of supplying everything from shoes to sugar to n rapidly forming army of moro thnn ono million men, telegraphed an appeal to r8 leading hotel proprietors throughout tho country asking tho loan of 3,810 chefs and expert cooks to teach tho sclenco of gifstronomlcs to tho kitchens of our 10 new cantonments. Now, the "browned In tho oven" old mess ser geants of our regular army cooking schools of which four hnvo flourished for many years aro willing nnd nnxlous to Bit at tho feet of tho capa ble wizards who have fed Fifth avenue nnd Tre mont street; but so great Is tho faith of the mess sergeant In tho "Mnnunl for Army Cooks," Issue of 1010, that they pause reflectively in their scientifically arranged pantries nnd allow quite unofllcluUy that maybe u few of those fancy chefs will go hack to their hotels with one or two cholco recipes well worth trying on tho fa vored fellow who always gets by the plush rope nnd calls tho head waiter by his first name. Ah n lhnttor of fact, M. l'anchard, famous chef of the Ilotol McAlpln, Now York, was "lent" a while back In order to gain sufficient knowledge of army cookery to Instruct National Guard kitch ens In various New York armories. l'anchard .pent two days at Washington barrncks, where he studied the cuisine for enlisted men; he went back to Now York with his observations, together with a copy of the month's menu. The day of Civil war hardtack and Spanish war embalmed beef Is "long gone." Emergency ra tions, of course, the soldier must curry to tldu him over bad situations where the enemy Are Is hotter thnn the buko ovens behind the Hue. lJut for feeding his armies In barrack and trench, Undo Sam hns become a domestic scientist who thinks In terms of nutritive values nnd a psychologist who realizes that the stomach's digestive Juices will not respond unless tho palate telegraphs Us npprovnl to tho brnln. In the mouths to come, when our Amuilcnn "rolling kitchens" are perched reasonably out of range on scarred Held somewhero In Franco and our boys from home are emptying their plates of n generous helping of "El ltaiiclm" stew, they niny lift their bullet-proof helmets to tho printed consoler, comfortor and friend which has followed them to the trenchesthe "Manual for Army Cooks," lssuo of 101(1. As a matter of history, tho present volume oi official recipes Is about n dozen years old. It has been collected from many sources by many wise men udorued with uniforms and backed by gen eral orders; but Kb choicest nnd best originated In the Instinctive Inimitable mothods of Aunt Dlnnu, who concocted her champion waflles by "Jes' tnstlnV In fact, a largo mojorlty of tho good and flno points In Uncle Sam's dully menu for his Sammies Is duo to an old commtssury sergennt of Fort nilcy Ills muiiB was Dunne, and ho was one-of those' "born to the griddle," who has tho same udvnnlago over the ordinary aspirant to kitchen honors that Kubellk had from birth over tho lit lo girl next door. Tie was not a man of education In tho or hnory acceptance of tho word, but ho wus a first- class army cook. On scraps of wrapping paper or old bills he kept a copy of every recipe he hud over tried. These wero edited by Colonel IIol brook, then In command nt Fort Riley, and pub lished In a llttlo book called "Methods of Handling Army Ilntlons," which was developed Into fho "Manual for Army Cooks" tho textbook In the army schools for cooks nnd bakers started In 1000 by General Sharpo, now quartermnstcr gen eral. There Is n legend to tho effect that there aro several amusing musical diatribes against the army food, but questioning of officers nnd men at tho Washington llarrncks school does not reveal them. One sergeant ono of tho threo "noncoms" In line for their commissions said that when the food was bad the men "got the growl" and wouldn't slug- at all, and when It was good they "felt line and sang the prettiest songs they knew." It Is rather heartening to think that the men can hnvo tho sumo food In the field as they (to in bnrracks. This Is accomplished by tho bakeries, which are portable, easily tnken down and set up, and by thu very renuirknblo "rolling kitchens," which cook a meal as the nrrliy marches, having lunch or supper ready, when the order comes to pitch camp. All of theso kitchens havo stoves for burning oil and also arrangements for the use of qoal or wood. One model, of which tho govern mont has ordered a great many, has two double hollers, where oatmeal, for lnstnnco, mny bo cooked as tho big stove on wheels trails on supply wagon or truck. Also there nro direct heat boil ers whore coffee may be made, or one of tho many delicious stows, the familiar Irish, tho savory "El Ituurhn" (containing everything entable on ,u ranch), or tho very delectable American Mew, vented on the Mexican border and tho flcs vorlto nt Sammies' table. There Is also an oven where a roast may be brought to a turn, and, as a surprise to you, a big, smooth pinto whore flapjacks come to life. One kitchen will feed 200 men, a war-strength conf pnny, nnd It will need threo men to operate It. Trailing each kitchen Is a llreless cooker with four large compartments. Those nro very conven ient In that the thi receptacles (It either the stove or the llroless department nnd can be transferred without the bother of emptying of food from one vessel to (mother. Thcro are now four regular schools for army cooks at Fort Sam Houston, Tox.; Fort lllley, Kan.; Monterey, Cal., and Washington barracks. The cantonments Increased these schools many fold. It takes about four months of rigorous in struction to muko u llrst-cluss army cook, but un der the Intensive method tho cantonment cpoks will bo educated In half this time. There nro many very delicious and exceedingly olllclent recipes in the "Manual for Army Cooks," and Uncle Sam gives his boys all threu of their excellent meals for nn u,ymgo of 40 cents a day. If tho economy of -10 gepts a kitchen could bo brought Into all American homes wo would hear llttlo of food fgnservatlon, for tho utilization of every edible nmlOculo Is nothing short of mnrvel ous, as Is the system of accounting for every In gredient that comes out of tho storeroom. Wo I luce Irwin In Louisville Courier-Journal. on .a ew, In lest ill- 2U0.U00 bales over the crop of last year, but this Is 4,500,000 bales less than the record breaking crop of three years ago. Two new conditions In American agricul tural life arc responsi ble In the main for the failure of this year's cotton crop to meet or even pass the record of 1011. 1'erhaps the ono felt moro commonly throughout tho South has been the acuto shortage of labor, duo to the fact that many thousands of negroes have been enticed "North Into the muni tions plants and factor ies by the lure of high er wages. It is obvious that any general at tempt to Increase the cotton ncreage would have resulted In an even moro serious predicament for the cotton planters during the, summer season. Another reason for the decline In production has been the strong pressure brought to bear upon tho South to practice diversified farming. This has resulted In some states in a considerable de crease In the cotton acreage In order that more corn, wheat, oats, hay and other food crops might be grown, though these conditions are more or less local. The government Is engaged In a cam paign to Interest the South In feeding itself, nnd many thousands of farmers who planted cotton almost exclusively have embarked In diversified farming In the last two years. Tho Idea back of the diversified farming move ment in the South Is to ninke cotton the money making crop, and to utilize corn nnd other staple farm crops to pay the expenses of operating tho farm and to enable the South to produce enough foodstuffs to leed Itself. Thus, a tenant farmer who has 40 acres In cotton would, 'provided ho practiced diversified farming successfully, mnko from $2,500 to $5,000 a year, all from the sale of his cotton. This would bo net profit, but would not, of course, Include the Increased value given the land through the enrichment of tho soil by the crop-rotation plan. The average tenant farm er who practices crop rotation well can double his cotton production within two or three years, It has been demonstrated. This gives food for speculation ns to the possi bility which would follow tho general adoption of crop diversification throughout tho South. The average tenant fnrmer enn grow barely more thnn one bale of cotton to tho acre, though with proper farming nnd fertilization he can Increase this yield to three bales an acre, according to farming experts. However, not all of tho South ern cotton fields are soil Impoverished and It would be doing the better-class cotton planter nn Injustlco to say that by proper farming ho could double or triple his cotton crop. Of tho 35,000,000 acres planted In cotton this year, a largo percentage of the acreage could bo so In creased In fertility as to double the yield by 1010, provided crop rotation was followed out along the most modern lines. With better farming the South will thus bo able to make Its .'5,000,000 acres or more do the work- of from 45,000,000 to 50,000,000 acres under the old plan. Any Important reduction In acreage, therefore, Is not to be looked upon with alarm for there Is certain to bo n consequent Increnso In production, barring unforeseen weather calami ties. To this Incrensed production must bo added tho millions of dollars added to the wealth of tho South by the other farm products grown In In creased quantities. The slogan, "The South Must Fcell Itself," Is the outgrowth of this campaign for crop rota tion as practiced In tho North and West. The realization of this dream would add hun dreds of millions of dollars to the wealth of tho South alone, for almost all of the states will be come producers instead of consumers. Despite the enviable cllmnte nnd the good soil possessed by Alabama there are many counties which spend one million dollars or more each year In Import ing outside foodstuffs. With tho practice of, di versified fanning It will bo possible for every county In the stnte to export as much corn and other farm crops as It now Imports. Some observers hnvo taken the view, especially slnco the entry of the United States Into tho war has resulted In Increased activity In the di versified farming campaign; that a serious blow ,1s Intondud at King Cotton, but such Is not tho case. The whole Idea of tho cnmpnlgn Is not to uproot the chief Southern crops for tho Northern crops, but to rotnto such crops ns have soll enrlchlng values, so us to ennblo tho Southern soil to produce even greater cotton crops. Ile cause of Its revolutionary chnracter, the diversi fied farming campaign has not mnde much prog ress except In Alabama, Georgia and neighboring states, which have been adding tens of millions of dollars to the value of their farm products each year In recent years. When tho war sent corn and wheat to sky high prices along with cotton, It proved much easier to enlist the sympathies of tho Southern farmer, and ninny thousands of farmers nre mak ing more money growing high-priced corn and wheat than they did In growing cotton. This Is duo chiefly to tho relief given the soil by crop rotation, and such conditions will bo oven moro common next season, when the soil rebuilding process adopted by naturo is given time to get well underwny. Impetus hns nlone been given crop diversification by tho shortage of labor. Tho most of these crops require less labor than cot ton und con bo tended moro efficiently than cotton. i ass's , i v .ai-;' a9W vm km. ?r lM- . .ierasrss r- Vii If k? -; K 4 to" ?&1 i: '.-i? -" m t ! - tftkM 28SX. SW ht 1i 'A. - X .vvMb -, .1L" TO?"V1W 9 Dainty Gift Aprons. For the holidays there are some things that are always the order of the day, certain gifts that bloom per ennially, like the evergreens and holly that crown tho gUiry of the passing rear ut Chrlstmns time. Among them aprons of grotty mnterlal, small enough to be dainty, that are made for serving and sewing. The serving aprons do more tlmn dress up the morning or afternoon frock In which the hostess or her nlds, serve her guests, for they express n pleasure In Fervlrtg. The little sewing aprons nre n convenience and n protection. Their brottiness makes them a joy. Tho shops are showing many of these little belongings for home wear this year. They are made of nil the Hue, sheer cotton goods that nre used for lingerie or midsummer dresses, that will stand laundering and occn Blonully u quaint apron in silk lends the mind back to those yesterdays When they were prized possessions of our great grandmothers. But the modern woman seems to want every thing made of washable stuffs. A sewing upron made of printed dot ted swlss figured with prim lltte roses nnd leaves Is shown nt the left of tho picture and a serving apron of organdie and val lace appears at the fight. Figured voile would do ns well for tho serving npron, or lawn or mull, although voile has the best wear ing qualities. The apron Is tho sim plest thing Imaginable to make, being merely n straight piece of the goods with n hem run In across ono end of the waistband, with n similar strip half as long set on nt the bot tom for n pocket. Narrow, gny-col-ored satin ribbon Is run through the hem nt the waistline, leaving long ends to tie nt the side and allowing the material to bo gathered Into a Ht- rtle fullness. Ribbon run through the top of the pocket Is finished nt tho sides with loops nnd ends, or some times with rosettes. Tho pocket will accommodate the sewing and the tools for sewing, so thnt this is a con venient apron for use with the sew ing circle as well as at home. The ten, or serving npron, Is bor dered with a narrow Insertion In a cluny pattern nnd edged with val lnco edging. A val lace Insertion set Into the material, simulates a true-lovers' knot. The bnnd and tics nre of tho organdie or whatever mnteriul Is used,' finished with very nurrow hems nlong the sides nnd n deeper hem ncross tho ends. They tie In the back. 'A small ribbon bow In some light shade or a flowerlike rosette sets off the dainti ness of the apron nnd Is used nt ono corner or the pocket If there Is one, "In Time," Dress of Satin. It appear that a new nnme was Deeded for a garment thnt Is not ex nctly n negligee, but Is made strictly for Indoor wenr, on classic or oriental lines. Casting about for something to Ut this new offspring of the designer's brnln, fnllcd to reveal a word to suit nnd so two were chosen In n phrnso that Is very matter of fnct. The "In tlmo" dress Is tho best we have been able to do In describing n robe thnt is nt onco easy and dignified nnd Intended to be worn by the busy woman of to dny during such time ns she Is In her home. It Is, in fact, something between a tea gown and n lounging robe, and makes opportunity for long flowing lines, drapery and picturesque effects that women love. If you decide upon nn "In time" dress you may borrow its stylo from what land- you will Turkish trousers, or Japnnese robes, or Greek draperies, or what you will. All colors nro yours to command, but tho "In time" dress is not to be fussy. In tho picture a very excellent ex ample of this new claimant for favor is shown. It Is made of sapphlre-bluo satin and bordered with a stenciled pattern In several colors. AVlde fig ured or brocaded ribbon might be sub stltuted for stenciling nnd set onto tho body of the dress with pipings of sntln. Tho style suggests classic Greek draperies, but follows them so vaguely the new dress cannot bo Identified as Grecian. In the same model long full sleeves of crepe georgette might bo In troduced without appearing Incongru ous. Just whether the "In time" dress has been inado to meet a demnnd or to mnko n demnnd for It only time cun tell, but chances are In Its favor. Wom en of tnsto who are dressed In quiet street clothes much of the time, like the picturesque In house gownn, nnd al ways there is an Increasing call for Individuality In styles and clever orig inality In dctnjls of construction and finish. a fl d Zrr S ?' yyflwitoiah.tf f.rteA. tiif -n zm&: