Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
HAS GASH 10 SPARE
STATE FUNDS ON HAND NOW EX
CEED $2,000,000
LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State Houso
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Stato Treasurer Gcorgo E. Hall's
monthly report shows a total-of $2,005,
881.76 in the stato treasury. The bal
anco on hand ono month ago was $1,
(523,555.90. The unusually largo, amount
now on hand includos funds which
should have been paid out during the
month but which are still In the treas
ury. Tho total Included $411,000 of
tonipornry school funds "which ordi
narily would havo been paid out but
for a delay In tho olllce of the stato
superintendent In making tho appor
tionment between counties. Tho money
has been apportioned and will bo paid
to counties as rapidly as tho warrants
aro presented to tho state treasurer
Tho total now on hand also includes
$000,000 of funds paid to tho govern
ment for liberty loan bonds. Tho gov
ernment has notified tho state that
its subscription for tho $500,000 for
liberty bonds is still carried by the
stato treasurer as cash becauso tho
government has not yet returned tho
$350,000 which Is to bo paid back to
tho state.
Tho treasurer's report shows a total
of $222,000 In tho permanent school
fund and other trust funds available
for investment. With the return of
$300,000 from tho federal government
at least $500,000 will bo available for
investment. Tho stato board of edu
cational lands and funds has a large
amount of city and school district
bonds offered to It for sale and much
of tho avallablo funds will soon bo.
invested. Land Commissioner G. L
Shumway has nsked tho board to In
vest $100,000 in federal land bank
bonds, but the board has taken no
action.
The State Guaranty Fund
With tho addition of about $93,000
as the semi-annual assessment on stato
banks for July 1, amounting to one
twentieth of 1 per cent of their aver
ago deposits for six months ending on
June 1, tho bank guaranty fund of
Nebraska has been swelled to a total
of $1,5G5,938. It is just six years since
tho first assessment was lovied, and
in that time the fund has been drawn
upon twice for tho payment of de
posltors in failed banks.
Total deposits in about 900 banks at
tho time their lost roports were mado
to tho state banking department a
month ago stood at $208,000,000. Their
average deposits for tho six months
wore something under $200,000,000
Within the past year, doposits havo
grown about 50 per cent.
Final Registration Reports.
' Governor Keith Neville received
notice from Marshal Crowdcr at Wash
Ington, D. C, that final official reports
on registration under the draft law
from Nebraska counties must be in
the hands of tho officials at Washing
ton by not later than July 7, so that
drafting can start immediately after,
Governor Neville had previously re
ported Nebraska's registration, but
lato arrivals of cards from men out of
tho state, and in some Instances whore
oligfbles failed to register, nave
swelled the totals Id some counties,
These cards havo been held at the
governor's office as thoy were re
ceived, but all of them wi.i now be
forwarded to Washington.
Will Have Enormous Potato Crop
Somo insight into tho enormous po
tato crop which Nebraska will contrib
uto this yoar to the nation's big food
drive is afforded by tho monthly crop
report of the Nobraska stato board of
agriculture, Just Issued by Secretary
E. R. Danielson.
A month ago Mr. Danielson pointed
out that the acreage In Nebraska do
voted to potatoes had been increased
90 per cent or nearly double that of
any previous year. Now, with tho
potato crop practically "mado," twen
ty-one of tho ninety-three counties In
the state report 100 per cent for the
condition of potatoes. Mr. Danielson
estimates that Nebraska will yield
twice as many potatoes as ever before
in its history and far beyond the needB
of the stato.
Not a single county in tho state re
ported the condition of tho potato crop
below 80 per cent, while tho mnjority
of estimates ranged from 90 to 95 per
cent an unrivalled outlook In Ne
braska.
Am the result of activities by spe
cial agents whom Governor Neville
eont out to dlscoYfir violation of the
prohibitory stato law, moro than two
dozen arrests hav boon mado In
Scotts Bluff, Cedar and Dakota coun
ties and the illicit importation of
liquor from Wyoming nnd South Da
kota has been effectively broken up.
Nebraska Women Urge Prohibition
The women's committee of the stato
council for national defense in session
Saturday at the capitol, unanimously
passed a resolution to send lo Presi
dent Wilson a telegram which read
as follows: "The patriotic womon of
Nobraska assembled at tho state capi
tal for tho purpose of forming a wom
en's committee of tho council of de
fense respectfully appeal to you to
insure tho conservation of food prod
ucts by the prohibition of grains and
fruits in tho manufacture of beers and
wines as well u in distilled liquor.
STATE SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT
Seml-AnnunI Distribution of Funds for
Support of Schools.
Stato Superintendent Clemmons' do-
partmont was delayed In making out
tho semi-annual apportionment of tho
temporary stato school fund and a list
of tho amounts payablo to each county
In tho stato was not filed in the stato
auditor's ofllco until Juno 25. State
Treasurer Hall cortlflod to the stato
Buporintondont Juno 1, that a total of
111,344.15 was avallablo for apportion
ment. Tho law requires tho state Bu
porintondont to mako tho apportion
ment within twonty days after receiv
ing tho stato treasurer's certlflcato. In
January tho stato superintendent's of-
flco by mlstako apportioned $98,123
moro than was in tho fund. This orror
was corrected by tho superintendent's
ofllco in Juno by deducting the amount
from tho funds to bo apportioned at this
tlmo. Tho following Bhows tho nmount
each county Is to receive from tho
stato tompornry school fund for tho
support of public schools:
Counties
Adam. $
Antelope
Arthur
llaiuier
lllalne
lloone
Hoi Uutto ...
Hold
llromi
lluffalo
Hurt
llutler
Cm
Cellar
I'haso
Cherry
rhejreune ....
flay
Co-fax
Cuming
Cunler
Dakota
l)aM
t)avon
Deuel
Dixon
Dodjw
Douglas .....
Dumly
nilmnro
Franklin ....
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
. ttl(-n
Garfield
(!oner ......
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton ....
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock ...
Holt
Hooker
Howard
JelTcrson ....
Amount
K.1H8.7I
S,4fi!.34
dtiO.U
094.M
S9S.83
6.01.1.77
2.017.04
3,007.1(1
2.714.88
7,26.02
S. 507. Hi
C.OT6.04
5,97(1.17
1.HK0.U2
S..MX.4U
2.520.-22
4,0113.111
4,2!;. 45
4.07.ht
10,708.38
3.310.U1
5,140.78
801.30
4,470.3k
7.190.91
30,315.01
Couiitlra Amount
Johnaon 3,040.78
Kramer a.ios.M
Keith
1.700.02
Keja l'alia . .
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster ...
Lincoln
locan
Ijiuu
MailifHm ....
Mvl'lietMU ...
Merrick
.Morrill
Nam-e
Nemaha
NuckolU . . . .
(Itra
rautiee
l'rrkiua
l'liel
l'lerco ,
Platte
I'oft f..
ltort Willow .,
HlrhardHon ..
ltw-k
Saline
KarnT
1.330.42
1.205.08
7.58.70
18.730.26
ti.33fi.Ol
1.060. all
1.114.47
6.03S.CM
1.1118. IS
3.516.07
2.4W 73
3.3J8.20
4,581.01
4.7S0.7D
0.4DO 37
3.081.47
1.137.85
3.202.48
4 121.82
715.(I7
3,722.32
3.078.80
O.U0.87
1.731 21
0,089.62
2.8S3.30
7.301.30
4.018.3?
5.487.81
3.428.74
3,023.70
2.426.11
2.HM.S1
5.110.23
582.03
3.018.52
3,680.02
4.107.5(5
3.023.77
4.2J8.10
1.215. OS
5.820 JH
1,807.07
4, 903.1)8
Kaundem
3.803.19 SrotU HlulT.
3,097.20
4.44 1.r. .
0.308.01
2,IWn.l 5
1.60 LiS
2.32 : 4
610.12
3,488.87
0.018.31
4.754.85
3,37r 39
1.5 ..V5
2.524 0:
7.SCV08
007.22
4.351 00
5,031.40
Seward
Hherldan ..
Sherman ...
Hlonx .....
Stanton ...
Thayer ....
Thoinal ...
Thurston ..
Valley
Washington
Wayne ....
W, lister ....
Wheeler ...
York
Total
..$411,344.15
Will Help Selec. Ewes
Arrangements havo beon mado by
the university to help farmers in tho
purchaso and solectlon of breeding
ewes at the South Omaha stock yards.
South Omaha is quoting 90- to 100-
pound westerns at around cents.
These aro mainly short or brokon
mouthed but are otherwise sound ewes
that under farm conditions would
profitably produce another lamb and
clip of wool.
How to Write to Soldiers
Instructions as to tho proper manner
of addressing mall to American sol
diers now in France, are given to tho
public through orders given out by tho
postal administration.
Letters, postal cards and printed
matter for transmission to the United
States expeditionary forces in Europe
are subject to tho United States domes
tic classification. Mail addressed to
membors of tho forces should boar
complote designation of division, regi
ment, company or organization to
which addressee belongs as well as
name and address of sendor and be
fully prepaid by postage stamps af
fixed. Senders should not attempt to
designate on envelope tho location ol
unit.
For example, the letter should bo ad
dressed: "John Smith, Jr., Company
X, Infantry, American Expedition
ary Forces."
Postmasters will forward nil rani!
matter addressed to tho expedition
forces to New York. A national agency
has been established at Bordeaux
France, for conducting postal service
in connection with the United Statei
troops.
July 19 Is Vaccination Day
July 19 has" been designated by
Chairman J. H. Bulla of the live stock
sanitary board and Stato Veterinarian
J. It. Anderson as "vaccination day
for all hogs In Nebraska which have
not been previously Inoculated wltt
anti-cholera serum. A proclamation
to that effect hus "been sent out unO
all swine owners and breeders are
asked to Taccinate on the date men
tioned, if tliey have not already done
so.
Supplementing this announcement
the state veterinarian Is writing It
local veterinarians asking them as s
matter of patriotism and good citizen
ship to scale tholr chargeB for servic
on that day 50 per cent. Stops arf
also being taken to secure a special
discount from orum dealers Iu ordet
to encourage a unlvorsal obervauc
of the day.
Another circular sent out from tin
state veterinarian's office, addressed ta
railroad managers and others, say'
that all puro bred cattlo shipped into
Nebraska from other states without
certificates showing that thoy havo
been examined by federal or stato of
ficials and found free from tubercu
losis must bo placed In quarantine and
tested for that disease within sixty
dayH after their arrival. Thlp is to
bo done at the owner's expense.
Whore cattlo come in under certifi
cate, their credentials must bo for
warded immediately to the ofllco of tho
live stock sanitary board nt Lincoln.
During tho month of June the cash
balanco In tho state general fund ot
Nobraska has again climbed abov.e tho
half million mark, and State Treasurer
Hall's books show it at ?G12,0no. This
Is very nearly tho maximum that will
bo attained during the summer, as
most of tho heavy tax collections havo
now been mado and receipts here
after will probably fall below the out
go. When tho cash.balance starts fall
ing off, it will continue to dwindle toe
flvo on six months, as now taxes lovied
this yoar will not begin coming in bo
fore December,
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA'
Mrs. Ralph Mucmulleu, 10, resident
of Fontonulle, and John Jackinaii,
aged 10, of Fromont, woro killed In
stantly, and Ralph Mucmulleu was
badly cut nnd bruised when u fast
Northwestern passenger train struck
the u.itotnobllo In which thoy woro
riding, n mile north of Fremont. Tho
Impact v. us so great that one of tho
viicels of the automobile was thrown
more Hum 200 yards.
Scottsbluff county raised $35,000 na
Its slmre in the Rod Cross drive. Del
egates from tho county at the meet
ing In Denver Insisted on raising tho
first appropriation from $10,000 to
$17,000. The result of the campaign
was the raising of praetlenlly twice
tho sum of tho apportionment, or
this sum Scottsbluff itself raised
$1:1,1500. Goring. $5,000 nnd Mitchell,
$3,200.
Lincoln has n community drying
plant, said to be the first of Its kind
anywhere In the country. It Is locat
ed In tho Butler Avenue Presbyterian
church, and people in the district ifro
charged the nominal sum of 2 cents n
tray for drying their fruits nnd vege
tables. The plant was constructed nt
a cost of $150, which was mot by the
Lincoln Rotary club.
The spying of mi overshoe protrud
ing from the sand In the river at
Uutto by two small children resulted
In another extensive search for the
body of Sylvia Wales, who was lost In
the river near Butte several months
ago. Tho mother of the dead girl Is
In a serious condition from the effect
of tho long strain.
A change Is being contemplated In
the plan for the dependents In Sow
nrd county. Since the recent flro nt
tho county farm a largo sum of mon
ey will have to be expended In putting
up buildings nnd Investigations nro
being made as to the cottage plan or
a community house thnt will bo self
sustnlnlng. Madison county Is to hnve n woman
county agent, the second In Nebraska.
A County lloincmnkers association
with a membership of moro than 200
country women hns been formed to
assume locnl direction of the county
agent's work. Sewnrd Is tho only
other county In the state hnvlng such
nn official. '
A largo real estate deal was closed
nt Ncllgh when John II. Rlttscher of
Clearwater became owner of the 500
acre farm known as the Wood broth
ers' farm, throe miles southeast of
Nellgh on Antr'opo crook. The con
fildcrntlon was $30,400.
A 3-year-old son of Edgar Garner
of Platte Center wns caught In a belt
attached to n gasoline engine nnd bo
fore tho engine could be stopped had
received Injuries thnt caused his
death.
Mrs. Fred Vogt of Elba wns found
shot In the bend close to the road
flvo miles south of St. Paul. An In
vestigation Is being mado. It Is
thought she wns murdered nnd
thrown from nn automobile.
Flvo people, nil of Lincoln, woro
seriously Injured, when tho nutomo
bile skidded nnd turned over.throo
times nt tho bottom of a hill cloven
miles west of tho cnpltnl city.
It Is announced thnt Saunders
county will undertake now to raise
$35,000 for the Rod Cross fund.
Saunders county Is ono of the rich
est counties In Nobraska.
By a voto of 3.70Q to 700. citizens of
Ponder decided for tho proposition of
n new drnlnngo district. Tho needed
Improvement, It Is said, will greatly
benefit owners of lowlnnds.
Loans to tho nmount of $322,000 nn
farm Inrid In Nebraska hnd beon ap
proved by tho Omaha fnrm loan
bank up to July 1.
A movement Is on Toot nt Beatrice
to establish a laundry plant In lb
city. A Kansas capitalist Is behind
the project.
The total assessed valuntlon of
Cuming county Is plnced at $0,.ri0 1,300
nn Increase of nonrly $2,000,000 over
1010. Horses In tho county number
10,801, valued nt $00.21 a bond. Cut
tie number 40.000, worth n little over
$2,000,000, nnd automobiles number
1,403, vnluod nt $4.17,330.
A yearling steer calf donated by
two fnrmors wns auctioned off at To-
cumseh for $188 nnd the proceeds
given to tho Rod Cross fund. The
cnlf was ngnln donntod and aucttonrd
off, bringing nearly $200, which was
also donated to tho Red Cross fund,
As ti means of providing for Fre
mont's poor next .winter, surplus vog
otnl.les from Fremont gardens nro
being cniiiied nt the Fremont High
school, l'lgh school boys nre picking
the vegetables without pay and Rchool
touchers 'ire canning them.
Tho city council of Red Cloud lot
the contrnct for paving the business
district to n Lincoln firm on a bid of
S2.58 per squnro ynrd, mnterlal to be
brick. The work Ik to begin Im
mediately nnd Is to be completed by
September 15.
A branch of the Kansas City Fod
ernl reserve bnnk will be located In
Omaha, according to a dispatch from
Vnshlngton. The establishment of n
branch bank In Oiimliu Is almost ns
good ns hnvlng tho parent Institution,
It In said.
A special election hns beon called
nt Wayne for July 31 for tho purpose
of voting on tho question of IshuIii-'
$30,000 In bonds for Improving tho
streets and draining tho wot lnnd.
Tho city council nt flrcoley has
voted to Issue $13,000 in bonds for n
now electric light plant.
Ralph Mulford carried off the hon
ors and the llrst prize, $3,200, In tho
150-inllo auto raco at Omaha July
4th. He maintained an average spued
of 101 miles an hour for the distance,
despite two stops. Joe Thomas, Wal
ter Unities, Tommy Milton, Ktldlo
Henrno, Dave Lowls, Andy Burk nnd
Billy Taylor finished In the order
mimed. Dave Lewis won tho RO-mllo
event, nvornglng 103.27 inlls nn
hour, with no stops. Mulford finish
ed second In this nice nnd Milton
third. The race was marred by the
overturning of one enr, but fortunate
ly, no ono was seriously hurt. Nearly
$11,000 was given the winners of the
two events In prize money.
Completed figures on registration In
Nebraska of men subject to draft
showed that out of the 118,307 men
listed 110,05)0 aro white American cit
izens; 1,434 nre colored citizens; 0.1SS)
are aliens, and 038 alien enemies.
Mure than half the number Is listed
us having relatives dependent upon
them for. support. The number is re
corded as r0,80. The number of men
whoso occupations might exempt them
Is shown by the revised llgures to bo
7,302, while those claiming to be to
tally disabled number 1,101. Alto
gether there are 05,577 who have pos
sible grounds of exemption, while
10.011 make no claim of that kind.
Roy Illtt of Beatrice literally walk-
oil into the United States army after
he had once beeu rejected on account
of a weak heart. Ho fulled to pass a
physical exumluatlon at Fort Logan,
Colo., and was furnished transporta
tion only as fur as Lincoln on his
way home. Illtt, being without funds,
walked the forty miles from Lincoln
to Beatrice In ono day nnd applied to
Join Company C, Fifth Nebraska.
Captain Brewster deoldod llitt's
heart was strong enough nnd accept
ed Ii I in.
John Fentrochs, ago 20 years, a
fnrm laborer living near Dunning nnd
said to be the chief of a quintet of
Germans who enticed a young man,
open In his loyalty to America and of
German birth, away from home and
then gagged and poured turpentine
over him, burning him severely,, was
arrested nnd taken to Lincoln on nn
alien enemy chnrgo ordered by tho
government authorities. Fentrochs
has been plnced In Jail, whore he will
remain until the duration of the wnr.
Decatur citizens flutly deny pub
lished reports that the town Is In
dnnger of being enten up by the Mis
souri river. It is said that the river
cut into Mud lnko, two miles north of
Decatur, on the Nebraska side, two
weeks ago, thus changing the course
of the stream and that since It has
not cut Into tho town. It Is ndmlttcd
that 100 feet of Decatur was de
voured In tho spring, nnd It was ncc
essnry to move tho big elevator, but
the site still remains.
Nebraska Is now Included In tho
roll of honor of stntes which have fur
nished their full quota of enlisted
men for the nrmy In compliance with
President Wilson's call. A total of
2,300 has been secured, whllo tho
state's quota is placed at 2,351. But
ten other states have furnished their
required number. Recruiting Is still
going on.
Women of Box Uutto nnd Dawos
counties nre taking university in
struction in home economics In their
own humes, under Miss Mary Rokahr
of the Agricultural Extension Service
of the Slate University. This Is vir
tually a woman county agent's work
nnd there Is much talk of placing
such nn official In Box Butte county
permanently.
Omnha-Decatur Missouri River Nav
Igatlon company, which will maintain
n line of boats and barges for passon
ger and freight trnlllc between tho
two cities, hns filed articles of Incor
poration with the Douglas county
clork. The company Is capitalized at
$10,000.
Vordon, Rlchnrdson county, with n
population of 500, raised $1,750 for
the Red Cross In one night.
June 30 completed the fifth yoar of
municipal ownership of the Omnha
wntcr mirks. In the five years water
rates to pntrons have been cut 50 per
cent. Besides paying the cost of op
oration the plnnt set aside S500.000
for depreciation nnd hns a surplus of
$503,500 on band.
Hurled through the windshield of
his father's nutomoblle when n front
wheel came off, the throo-yoar-old son
of Everett McWilllams of Genoa wns
cut nenrly In two by tho brokon
glnRs. Tho child lived several hours
McWIlllnnis Is n storekeeper In Gonna
All June records for cattle receipts
nnd high prices at the Smith Omaha
stock market were broken this year.
Receipts totaled 100,010 bond, which
Is 35,500 more than for the samo
month last year. Prices soured dm
log the month and reached the high
level of $13.85 per cwt.
Axtlen, n stallion, owned by Snm
Ilnrrls of Aurora, III., set a now
world's 2:11 trot record for a stallion
In a rjwe on a half-mile dirt truck
nt Lincoln, covering the distance In
2:00 '4.
A $500 flro loss to mnchlnory and
nlfalfn In tho granary of W. 1-1. Toap,
a farmer, residing two miles south
west of Blndon, Is believed to have
boon tho result of spontaneous com
bustion. C. F. Waldo, n stock raiser of- Do
Witt, sold twenty-eight bend of young
Durne Jersey gilts recently for $050,
Hogs aro In grunt demand (tround
DeWltt.
Contract has been let for York's
now hotel, which Is to cost In th
neighborhood of XI 50,000. Work on
the structure Is to begin nt once.
HOE DRYING FRUITS AMD VEGETABLES
TRAYS FOR DRYING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
(From FARMERS' IU'LLICTIN 841. United
States Dcpnrtmont of Agriculture.)
One of the most prominent fentures
of tho food conservation program of
Kuropcnn countries has been tho uni
versal drying of fruits and vegetables.
Tho surplus vegetables In the city mar
kets were forced by the governments
Into large municipal drying plants.
Community dryers wero established
In tho trucking regions and even Itin
erant drying machines were sent from
farm to farm drying tho vegetables
which otherwise would have gone to
wnstjo. In addition, lnrge quantities of
dried vegetables from Canada and this
country were shipped to France dur
ing tho last two years, nnd there Is n
possibility that dried fruits and vege
tables may continue to be shipped
abroad In considerable quantities to
supplement the concentrated food diet
of the men In the trenches.
The drying of vegetables may seem
strange to the present generation, but
to our grandmothers It was no nov
elty. Many housewives even today pre
fer dried swodt corn to the product
canned by the old method, and say
thnt dried pumpkin nnd squash are ex
cellent for plo making. Snap benns
often arf strung on threads nnd dried
above tho stove. Cherries and rasp
berries still aro dried on bits of bnrk
for use Instend of raisins. In fnei,
ninny of the everyday foodstuffs al
ready are dried nt somo stage of tholr
preparation for market. Tho common
dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins,
llgs, dates and apples, nro staples In
the world's markets, whllo beans nnd
other legumes, tea, coffee, cocon, and
various manufactured foods, llko
starch, tapioca, mncaronl, etc., nro
dried cither In tho sun nnd wind or In
specially constructed driers.
Even though the drying of fruits nnd
vegetnbles as practiced u few decades
ago on mnny farms has become prnc
tlcolly n "lost art," the present rood
situation doubtless will cause a marked
stimulation of drying as a means of
conserving the food supply. This coun
try Is producing largo quantities of per
ishable foods this yoar, which should
bo saved for storago, canned, or prop
erlv dried. Drying Is not a panacea
for tho entire wasto ovll, nor should It
take the place of storing or canning
to any considerable extent whoro prop
er storage facilities nre nvollublo or tin
cans or glass Jars can bo obtnlncd
rendlly nnd nt n low cost.
Advantages of Drying.
Tho advantages of drying vegetnbles
nre not so appnrent for the farm home
ns they arc for tho town or city house
hold, which has no root cellar or oth
er plnco in which to store fresh vege
tables. For tho farmer's wife the mow
methods of cnnnlng probably will be
better than sun drying, which require n
somewhnt longer time. But shorter
methods of drying nro available, and
tho dried product holds an ndvnntugc
In that usually It requires fewer Jars,
cans, or other containers than do
canned fruits or vegetables; also dried
material enn be stored In receptacles
which cannot bo used for canning.
Then, too, ennned fruit nnd vegetnbles
freeze nnd cannot bo shipped as con
veniently In winter. Dried vegetables
can bo compacted and shipped with n
minimum risk.
Special Advantages.
To tho housewife In tho town tho
drying of vegetnbles nnd fruits pre
sents spcclnl advantages. During tho
season when tho market Is oversup
plied locally and prices nro low eho
enn Iny In n stock, dry It, nnd put it
nwny for n winter's emergency without
Its taking up much of the needed small
storago spaco in her homo. If sho Is
accustomed to canning her fruit nnd
vegetnbles nnd finds sho cannot se
cure Jars or tin cans, she can easily re
sort to drying.
With simple nnd Inexpensive facili
ties, all housowlves can save quanti
ties of food which nro too small con
veniently to can. A few sweet pota
toes or apples or peas or even n slnglo
turnip can bo dried and saved. Even
when very small quantities nro dried
at a tlmo, n quantity sufficient for a
meal will soon bo secured. Small lots
of several dried vegetables, such as
cabbage, carrots, turnips, potutocs, nnd
onions, can bo combined to udvnntago
for soups and stews.
Cleanliness Is Big Factor.
Cleanliness Is ns necessary in tho
preparation of vegetables and fruits
for drying ns In their preparation for
canning, perhaps even moro so. To
Bccuro n. flno quality of dried products
much depends upon having tho vege
tables absolutely fresh, young, tender,
nnd perfectly clean. If steel knives
nro used In paring and cutting lmvo
them tienn and bright so ns not to dis
color tho vegetable. The earthy smell
and flavor will cling to root crops if
they nro not washed thoroughly before
slicing, nnd ono decayed root mny fla
vor several kettles of soup if tho slices
from It nro scattered through n wholo
batch of dried material. High-grade
dried "root" vegetables can only bo
made from peeled roo-.
In the preparation of largo quantlt
ties of potatoes a peeler may bo utlli
Izod. The potatoes aro thrown by ceiii
trlfugal forco ngalnst a rough surfneq
which, under stronms of water provldi
od by the perforated tin contalnou
above, nicks oft the outer skin urn)
lenves only the eyes to bo dug out.
Blanching of vegetnbles Is conHld
ered desirable by some housekeepers,
although It Is not strictly essontlnl tq
successful drying. It Is claimed that
tho blanch gives n moro thorough
cleaning, removes tho strong odor nnd
flavor from certain kinds of vogctn
bles, and softens and loosens tho liber,
This allows tho moisture In tho vege
table to evaporate more quickly nntj
uniformly. It also quickly coagulates!
the albuminous matter In tho vcgetn
bios, which helps to hold In the natural
flavors. Blanching consists of plung
ing the vegetable Into boiling water fo
n short time. Uso a wire bnskct ot
cheesecloth bag for this. After blancln
lug the required number of minutes,
drain well nnd remove surface mols.
turo from vegetables by placing be.
tween two towels or by exposing tq
tho sun nnd air for n Bhort time.
Preparing Food for Drier.
In lnrge factories tho vegetables urq
put through special shredders nnd
sllcers not adapted for homo use,
but convenient und inexpensive mm
chines which enn bo used to great udj
vantage are on the market. Tho moafj
grinder with its special disks can bq
used in certain cases; the common
kraut sltcer will cut largo vegetables!
Into thin slices, such ns potatoes nnd
cubbago; und the rotary hnnd sllcer Is,
adapted for uso on n very wide rangq
of mnterlal. A largo sharp kitchen
knlfo may bo used when a handle
cutting devlco Is not nvnllable. Care;
should bo taken that tho material lq
sliced thin enough but not too thin,
From nn eighth to a quarter of an
Inch Is u fnlr thickness for most oi
tho common vegetnbles to bo sliced
and dried. Very small Bllces or strip
dry moro quickly because they oxposq
a greater surfuco to the ulr than do
larger cut pieces. But if cut too fliw
they nro moro difficult to handle In
drying, appear to lose somewhat in
flavor, and cannot bo used so ndvnm
tugcously to muko dishes like thos
prepared from tho fresh foods.
Tho slicing mnchlncs arc not sultt
nblo for children's use, for thoy will
cut fingers ns mercilessly ns they do
vegetnbles nnd fruits, nnd even adults
should exercise great caution In their
uso in tiie home.
Good Packing and Storing.
Although not necessary, tin cans ox
glnss Jnrs mako good receptacles foi
storage ot dried fruits or vegetables,
Pasteboard boxes with tight covers,
stout paper bags, and patented paraffin
paper cartons also nfford nmple prrjj
tectlon for dried products when pro.,
tectcd from Insects and rodents. Tin
dried fruit or vegetables must bo pro
tected from tho outsldo moisture nnd.
will keep best In a cool, dry, well-vem
tllnted place. These conditions, how.
ever, nro difficult to obtain lu tho mor)
humid regions, nnd there moisture
tight containers should bo iiasd, J'
If u small amount of drjed product
Is put In each receptacle, Just enough
for one or two meals, It will not b,
necessary to open n container the con.
tents of which cannot bo consumed n
n short time. The uso of the smalj
container also makes It moro dlfllculjl
for Insects tojspoU Jurgo qiujntltle& of
dried fruits 1 Vegetables." If u papcf
bag Is used, tho upper part should bq
twisted Into n neck, bent over, nnd tied
tightly with n string. If u further
precaution against spoilage Is ncces
sary tho bng can bo coated with par
aflln by painting It with n brush which,
hns been dipped Into melted paraffin,
Another precaution may bo taken by(
placing tho small bags In n tin com
tnlnor with n tightly fitting cover, such
ns un ordinary lard can or pall. All
bugs should bear n label Indicating
what they contain.
I fruits or vegetables nro packed lq
tight containers lmmcdlatoly upon be
Ins dried thoroughly, they will remain
Just ns brittle ns they wero when tat
ken from the drier. If, however, theS
nro not dried thoroughly, they will
"sweat" and soon mold. To provenj
this tho material should be examined
within 24 hours nfter packing, nnd ij
It appears moist it must bo dried
further.
To Dry Cauliflower.
Clean, divide In small buncheq
blanch six minutes, und dry two t
three hours at 110 degrees to 145 do.
grees Fiihrenhelt. Cauliflower wil
turn very dark when drying, but will
regain purt of tho color In sonklng un
cooking. Dried cnullflowcr Is especial
ly good lu soups nnd omelets.
Brussels sprouts mny bo haudled U
a similar way, but add a pinch of soda
to tho blanching water.