THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEERAtKK.
f). Pi. men get raise
BTOPENK
The Housewife and the War
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
