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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEERAtKK. f). Pi. men get raise BTOPENK The Housewife and the War r MoADOO ANNOUNCES INCREASES AFFECTING 2,000,000 EMPLOYES. (Special Information Service United States Department of Agriculture.) KEEP MILK BELOW- FIFTY DEGREES. (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) EAT POTATOES EVERY MEAL RAISE DATES FROM JANUARY 1 THE GEESE. "Along n road which neither could bo called a. country road nor a city street, commenced Daddy, "thcro Women to Recelvo Samo Pay as Men. Boost In Frolght and Passengor Rates Discussed by Board. wero some gceso talcing a walk. Mr. Helping the Meat and Milk Supply Gander wns walking bcsldo Mrs. Gooso nd behind thera wero tho Gceso chil dren. "It wns In n part of tho country which wo call n suburb becauso It wns mmmmmmmm was Surface Cooler Over Which Milk Should Be Poured When Drawn, and the. Tank for Keeping Cttns Cold. CONSERVE FOOD VALUE OF MILK Constantly Clean and Cold Is Formula for Making Best of ! This Product. SPOILED MILK VERY COSTLY Put Bottles In Refrigerator Minute After Milkman Leaves It at Door Every Dairy Utensil Should Be Thoroughly Cleaned. One quart of spoiled milk costs more thnn 25 poundsof Ice. .That for persons who have to do with' milk In small quantities con sumers. This for persons who have to do with milk In largo quantities producers: One ten-gallon can of spoiled milk costs more than a thousand pounds of Ice. Besides, this' fact for both classes : Milk is mlRhty good human food and Ice Isn't food at all. There is no possible argument in favor of wastlngMce, as there Is no possible argument In favor of wasting anything. The creation of Ice con sumes coal and ammonia and other things needed toward winning the war. But there is the best possible argument In favor of making the best possible nse of whatever Ice is used and, since milk Is probably the most Important human food, taking Into consideration all classes of people from infant to the aged, there is every argument, not necessarily for using more Ice In con nection with it, but for using a good deal more care In seeing that the milk never gets very far from the ice from the moment it is drawn from the cow to the moment It enters the human gullet. Sparc the ice, but do not spare It at the expense of the milk. Much Milk Lost. Every summer multiplied thousands of gallons of milk are lost poured Into sink and sewer and run with the rivers to the sea because people are not careful enough about briuglng the bot tle In to tho refrigerator immediately after iho milkman leaves It at the door. Milk should be kept always at a lower temperature than 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Assuming that the man who milked the cow, the man who bot tled the milk, and the mun who made the delivery all did their part, all their effort Is likely to be thrown away if tho bottlo Is left on n hot doorstep for an hour, or even hulf an hour. Get the milk on the Ice the minute after the milkman leaves It nt tho door. And sorao rather keen eyes are open to see to It that tho dairyman does his part toward keeping the milk cool ns It should be from the time It Is milked until It Is delivered. With this article Is a picture of n milk cooler that the United States department of agricul ture recommends to and urges upon the dairyman. The coldest water obtainable Iced water, preferably, but, In the absence of that, water di rect from a cold spring or well Is to be used In it nnd the milk, Immediate ly after It Is drawn from tho cow, Is to be poured over tho cooler. From ten to fifteen gallons of cold water 1h passed through the cooler for every gallon of milk cooled. Tho milk Hows slowly over the cooler and Is brought to within three degrees of the tempera lure of the water. Iced Water for Milk. After lhat the milk should go into a cooling tank. The tn;uc recom mended by the department of agricul ture Is made with a two-Inch layer of cork between two shells of four-Inch concrete. Three gallons of Iced water should bo lined for every gallon of milk 5 hut goi into the tank. AU milk elm fid r-innln m the tnr.1; uniit It is I I I IN I, M Mil i ready to ship, nnd it should be pro tected from heat during hauling with blnnkets or felt Jackets. Every vessel that milk touches In any way cooler, cans, palls and bot tlesshould bo sterilized and kept clean. Constantly clean and constantly cold. That Is the formula for getting tho full benefit of tho milk supply. Even brief lapses from cleanliness nnd cold cause the bacterial count to mul tiply and the milk to deteriorate. -3Himimiiiiiimiimiii!iiiimiiimiimii! PORK PRODUCTION HINTS. 3 A large, raw-boned sow, hav ing plenty of capacity and size, but lncking In femininity and quality, Is one of the poorest In vestments a breeder can make, for her pigs will be slow to de velop, hard to fatten, and lnck ing both In number nnd In uni formity. Tho modern hog Is n highly, specialized and efficient machine for tho conversion of grain and roughage into edible meat, but to obtain tho greatest efficiency, to make the most pork from a given amount of feed, to mako the best pork, and to make that pork most economically, the ma chine must be kept running to capacity from birth to tho time of marketing. Nothing Is more Important than this factor. Slightly moro rapid and eco nomical gains in fattening hogs aro made by using a self-feeder than can bo obtained by tho best of hand feeding. Cleanliness and rational meth ods of management aro relied upon by thousands of hog rais ers to keep their herds In health and vigor. They are tho marks of the good farmer and success ful hog breeder. 3mmiiii!imiimmimiiiiiiimmmiiiiiH What Cow-Testing Showed. The nverage production of nil dairy cows In the United States Is ICO pounds of butterfat a year, according to estimates. Tho average production of all cows In 40 cow-testing associa tions studied by Investigations of the United Stntes department of agricul ture was 247 pounds a year. Careful tabulations of the records of the 40 ns solutions show that a production of 1G0 pounds of butterfat a year gave an Income of $28 over cost of feed, while the average income over cost of feed for all the cows In these associations was $47, or n little more thun twice ua much. Undoubtedly the dairymen who join cow-testing associations nre moro pro gressive than the nverage, and own cows and farms that are much nbovo the average, but the fine showing rande by association cows should be credit ed, In large measure, to association work. Certainly the cow-testlng asso ciations return many dollars more thnn they cost. It is encouraging also to know thnt the cow-tcstlug association records Indicate that the large-producing dairy cows aro the least affected by the Increased cost of feeds. There fore, every dnlrymnn should aim to keep them where they will continue the economical production of human food. Economical production can bo obtained not only through cureful se lection of dairy cattle, but through In telligent breeding and skillful feeding, Sheep on Every Farm. That peaceful flock of sheep Which ought to be on every farm Is a powerful war machine. Wool for the soldiers. Meat to feed us. Are your weeds Just n nuisance, Or uro you nnd some sheep turning them into uniforms? A Hock on every fannv United States Department of Agriculture. Tho value of a good cJnver pasture for young pigs should not be over looked by hog raisers. Washington, May 28. General pay Increases for nearly 2,000,000 rallroud employes were announced by Director Gcnoral McAdqo, effectlvo noxt Satur day nnd rctroactlvo to last January 1, carrying out substantially tho roconi mcndatlons of tho railway wugo com mission. Tho aggregate of tho in creases probably will bo more than $300,000,000 a year, hulf of which will bo distributed within a few weeks' as back pay In lump sums ranging from about $100 to nearly $200 each. Tho director general departed from tho wugo commission's recommenda tions in the following particulars: The principal of the basic eight hour day Is recognized, but owing to tho exigencies of tho war situation, hours of employment nre not actually reduced and ovcrtlmo is to bo paid pro rata; future adjustments of pay are to bo made on the basis of eight hours. In addition to tho ordinary scale of Increase, day laborers, employed main ly on track work, aro to get 2 cents nn horn moro than they received last December 81. A minimum of 55 cents an hour Is established for the shop trades, including machinists, boiler makers and blacksmiths; and women nro to receive the same pay as men for tho samo work, and negroes nr to get tho same as white men for sim ilar employment The wage order applies to all em ployes of the 104 roads now under federal management, but not to tho so-called short lines, unless thoy nro retained by the government after July 1. The percentages of wage In creases rango from 43 for men who received $40 a month In December, 101C to n small rate for those receiv ing just under $250, and no more pay Is Rllowcd men who made $250 or more In 1915. Tho actual nddltlons run up to $34. To meet the expense of tho wago Increase, the biggest ever granted to railroad or any other class of omployes at ono tlmo, the rallrond administration has discussed raising freight nnd passenger rates. Over 2,000,000 Under Arms. Washington, D. O., May 28. Full strength of tho nrmy, Including na tional army, national guard and reg ulars, now is 2,000,000 men, Chairman Dent of tho houso military commutes announced In his report on the army appropriation bill. While It has been rumored that we had no airships with our army in Franco, tho fact is that we have botwoon 1,300 and 1,400 of them, "nt least 200 of which aro fight ing ronchtnes," the report says. More thnn 200,000 Americans have bees sent abroad during Mny, and that number probably will bo much exceed ed next month, mombers of the son ate military committee were told at their weekly conference with Secre tary Baker and his assistants. 427 Sammies On Moldavia Saved. London, May 28. A total of flfty thrco Amcrlcnnn lost their Uvea In tho sinking of tho British stenmer Moldavia off the English const Thurs day morning. The men were nil mem bers of Company B, Flfty-elghth United States infantry, Fourth divis ion. The remaining American soldiers on board, 427 men of the Fifty-eighth Infantry, wero safely landed, to gether with nil other persons tho H.tenmer carried. The Moldavia wnR moving forwnrd steadily on a smooth sen, nnd wns almost within sight of Its destination when the torpedo crushed Into the boat's side. Foreign Language Barred In Iowa. Des Moines, May 28. An ofllclal proclamation issued by Governor Harding forbids tho nse of any but tho English language In schools, churchos, on trains, In public gath orlng places and over tho telephone during tho war. Governor Harding wild hi proclamation will not Inter fere with constitutional rights of free speech. Further Restrictions Unnecessary. Washington. May 28. Further re strictions on tho use of wheat are be lieved by some officials of the food administration to be unnecessary. Re port show thnt on Mny 4 there were 45,000,000 bushels of wheat on farms, and 37.000,000 bushels In elevators Tho allies have asked that during May. June nnd July 10,000,000 bushels a month bo shipped. Claims World's Knitting Record. Detroit, Mich., May 28. The world's knitting record Is claimed by Mrs. Fred Springer of Detroit, who recently won the knitting eontost conducted here by the Red Cross, In which moro thnn 700 women took part. In two hours Mrs. Springer comploted twenty-one Inches of t mnn's sock legs, heel nnd tbreo quarters of tho foot. Mrs. Nathan Jowett. head of tho knitting division of tho Red Cross, snld that Mrs Springers fent has never been equalled. outsldo n big city. Thcro were many things which mndo it look liko a city Btill tho clovnted railway with trncka so high up they woro oven with tho Bocond stories of tho houses gave It n very clty-llko appearance but tho gecso walking along tho rond gavo It almost a barnyard look. "'It's a pleasant day,' said Mrs. Goose. '"Cackle, Cackle, C-a-c-k-l-c,' eald Mr. Gander. 'Yes, It's a pleasant day. t don't caro though so much for tho weather. Somo folks nnd oven Bomo nnlmnls do but ns for nio It's be neath iuol' "It's very often nbovo you,' said one of tho small Geeso children, walk ing behind. "'Whntover do you mean?' asked Mr. Gander. " 'Isn't tho weather very often nbovo you, Daddy Gander? It's not always beneath you,' repeated tho Gooso child. "'Will you kindly explain yourself?' nsked Mr. Gander. 'If you don't, I Mr. Gander Was Walking Beside Mrs, Goose. fear I will have to send you to school and I'm euro I don't know where tlnre Is a school for geeso I'm sure I don't know at all.' "I don't believe there is such a thing,' said Mrs. Goose. "'No,' said Mr. Gander, I have never heard of one. I havo heard ol schools for boys and schools for girls and schools for both together. I have heard too of circus schools and zoo schools but I don't believe there has ever been such a thing ns n school for gceso. If there has been ono or evei wlll.be one, they hnven't talked to me about It.' "'Perhaps there mny bo ono and they are going to have It as n surprise for us so our children can go there,' suggested Mrs. Goose. "My dear, would you like to have a school for tho children? How can you say such a thing?' "Toil wero talking about a school yourself,' snld Mrs. Goose. I thought time suddenly you hnd become Inter ested In huving tho children edu cated.' "'Not n bit of it,' said Mr. Gander. I wouldn't bo n true Mr. Guilder If 1 wunted tho children educated. If felt that way I would Bhow I had sense nod everyone kuows I'm a goose and thut I'm proud of It.' "Still they wero wnlklng along the road, going down towurd a llttlo pond quite u distance off. " 'What did you mean then In talk ing about schools?' asked Mrs. Gooso. "'I wanted to know what tho child meant by saying that the weather wns not always beneath me. I hud said that It was. Either my child is very rude or very bright. I very much doubt if ho Is very bright.' " 'I meant, Daddy Gander, that tho weather couldn't bo beneath you all tho time. Now sometimes it can. The rnln which is rainy weather goes be? nenth you because it makes tho ground wet, and when it snows tho earth Is covered with snow. But when tho sua shines It's sunshiny weather and tho sun is certainly ubove you.' "'Too absurd,' said Mr. Gander. " 'Too absurd,' repented Mrs. Goose. And then they all yelled und screamed in their high, piercing voices. 'Too absurd I' "I urn glad I don't havo to send you to school anyway,' said Mr. Gun der. 'That remark shows you're a regular goose, good and stupid.' liut thcro nro no schools for geese,' snld Mrs. Goose. '1 thought wo nuu unislied that subject.' " 'So wo had,' Bald Mr. Gander, 'hut wo hadn't reached the nond ns vet In our walk, nnd there wero no other creatures to fight or scold, so I thought' we'd still tnlk our usual foolish gooso talk.' " 'A good Idea, said Mrs. Gooso. "So they continqcd to wulk until they reached the pond and they screamed and cackled and talked nnd said how they disliked all tho rest of tho world nnd every creature too sen sible to bo u goose. "For to bo sensible Is something tho Gooso family cannot understand I" Stuffing Potatoes, Ono of the Attractive Ways of Preparing Them. POTATO RECIPE FOR FAMILY USE Millions of Bushels of Good Food Be Lost Unless Con sumed Quickly. IK MADE A DOTY AND PLEASURE Some Menus Worked Out by Experts Without Allowing Them to Be come Monotonous Others Aro Easily Obtainable. 'Do you know thnt thcro nro mil lions of bushels of potatoes In the United States In excess of tho usual supply at this tlmo of year, and that, unless pcoplo generally cat moro pota toes than they ordinarily do, millions of bushels of good food will bo lost nt n tlmo when nearly tho whole world is suffering for food? Potatoes aro bulky nnd heavy and cannot well bo transported over seas. Tho United States must eat its own potatoes and rclcaso other foods for export. Eating potatoes every day is a duty and eating potatoes every meal can bo raado a pleasure. Following nro some recipes, worked out by tho cook ing experts, of tho United States de partment of agriculture, covering every meal for two days. Similar recipes, both economical and palatable, havo been worked out covering every meal for a week. For breakfast: ' Potato Omelet 1 cupful mashed po- 1 teaspoonful salt. laio. a eccn. teaspoonful pep- 8 taulcspoonfuls of per, cmum or iiiiih. Wash eggs nnd separate tho white and yolks. Add the yolks to tile potato and beat until there uro no lumps. Scnson with onion Juice, If desired, and chopped pursley. Heat the whites until stiff nnd fold Into thu potato mixture. Put into n well-oiled frying pan nnd bnko in oven until brown. Then turn and fold on hot platter. Serve nt once. i For lunch or supper : Potato and Corn Chowder. 1 pint canned corn. 1 small onion cliep- s cuprum pottuo cui peu. In small pieces. teaspoonful pep 4 cunfiiln skim milk. ner. 2 ounces salt pork. IVi tnblmpoonfuls of corns lurcn. The salt pork should be cut Into small pieces and cooked with tho chopped onion until tho onion Is a golden brown. Add the potnto und cook for ten minutes. Add thu milk nnd corn nnd cook slowly In u doublo boiler, Add tho Hour mixed to smooth paste with an equal amount of cold water. Add tho pepper und add! tlonal Rait If necessary. Cook until the mixture Is creamy. For dinner : Drowned Potatoes With RoastvBeef. Parboil potatoes for ten minutes. Remove tho skins and place the potn toes on u rousting rack with meat, Bnko them for nbout 40 minutes, or until the potatoes nre tender, busting them occasionally with the Julco In tho pnn. Uho the left-over potatoes to muko potnto cakes. They aro very good served for breukfust with crisp slices of bacon. L'mwn them In the bacon fut. Potato Cakes. Season cold numbed or rlcert pota toes to tuste with wilt and popper, nnd mix with n llttlo milk. Add egg, If desired. Mold with the hands Into small round cakes. Fry on both sides in' well-greased skillet, frying pan, or griddle, and serve hot. For Buppcr or lunch: Potato soup can make the largest part of the meal. Potato Soup. Roll three medium-sized potatoes und when soft rub them through a sieve. Slice a sinnll onion and scald Uils and a llttlo chopped celery or one' quarter teaspoonful celery snlt In ftvo cupfuls of skim milk. Remove tho onion and add tho milk slqwly to the potatoes. Mix ono and one-halt table spoonfuls corn starch, ono imdonc-hnlf tcnspoonfuls salt, and n llttlo cayenne pepper to a thin pnsto with two table spoonfuls cold milk. Stir this mixture Into tho boiling soup. Contlnuo to boll for ono minute ; strnln nnd serve. For dinner: Stuffed Potatoes. Bnko potutocs In a hot oven for about 45 minutes, or until soft. Cut n slice from tho sldo of each nnd scrnpo out tho inside. Mash this and season with But and popper. Add enough heated milk to bring to tho consist ency of ordinary mashed potatoes. When partly cooled add egg. This may bo left-over whites or yolks or whole eggs, well beaten. Add not moro than ono egg to six medium-sized potatoes. Refill tho skins, brush with melted fnt, and put bnck In tho oven for D or 10 minutes. Servo hot. jlllllllll!Illimil!!lllllllllllUllllllllllll!!! STAY SLENDER S Body fat Is stored-up energy. E Keep your energy in circulation S not in storage. Don't bo afraid E E of potatoes. Eat plenty of them. E S Uso up tho energy thoy givo you E for your war work and stay s slender' Eat Well, Work Hard. Be Patriotic. S Wrlto tho United States de- S partmcnt of agriculture for now 5 E potato recipes. E 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a i ii 1 1 1 1 1 f i 1 1 1 1 1 1 a i i 1 1 1 Baking With Wheat Savers. Wheat saving need not lnvolvo hnrd- shlp. Nor Is thcro danger of hunger for lack of bread. Abundant crops of other cereals nro a,vailablo to mix with wheat Hour In making palntablo und nutritious breads. If every housewife would uso somo substitute for wheat Hour In whutovcr bread, biscuits, pas try, and so on bIio prepares, tho neces sary saving In wheat would bo accom plished, lu Farmers' Bulletin 055 of the department of ngrlculturo com plete directions nro given for making bread, biscuits, mufllns, cookies nnd vnrlous kinds of pastry In which wheat flour substitutes aro used. In yeast bread as much ns 25 per cent flour or meal from other grains or from dried peas, beans, potatoes, nuts, and so on mny well bo used, the publication says, und ns much us 50 per cent In "quick" or hot breads pro duces articles excellent In iluvor nnd attractive, in nppearunce. It Is not necessary to uso these substitutes always in the form of (lour or menl. Tho uso of boiled or buked potatoes, cornmenl mush, cooked rice, nnd bo on, all produce breads which compare well with those made from tho corre sponding flours or meals. This en ables tho houscwlfo to mako good use of left-over food und to prevent waste. Substitutes for Sugar. Satisfactory substitutes for sugar may bo used to a much larger extent; These Include sorghum, corn nnd cane simp, maple sugar nnd sirup, and honey. Tho maplo sirup and sugar production can nnd should bo In- . creased In those areus In which maple trees uro growing In sufficient numbers to warrant tho expenditure of tho nec essary tlmo and labor. Maplo sirup and sugar uro produced In 11) states, tho annual output exceeding 14,000,000 pounds of sugar and 4,000,000 gallons of sirup. These figures can bo In creased. Tho production of sorghum sirup In 1017 exceeded that In 1010 by nourly -1,000,000 gallons. Sorghum Blrup may be produced in nearly every stnt In the Union. An incrensed pro ductlon of sorghum sirup will enable tho public still further to conserve tiio stignr supply In tho most available form for transportation to our soldiers. Excellent succotash enn be mado with dried limn beans nnd dried corn.