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THB 8EMI.WBEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTS. NEBRASKA. innEliffiiffiif The Housewife and the War Helping the Meat and Milk Supply (Special Information Service, United Btates Department Of Agriculture.) ENCOURAGE USE OF FISH. A Suburban Pool Capable of Putting Than EAT FRESH FISH AND SAVE MEATS Sport of Fishing May Be Made to Serve Nation's Food Needs and Give Exercise. MUCH GRAIN IS CONSERVED Seas, Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Offer Practically Unlimited Quantities of Fish Living on Food of No Use to Man. Every pound of beef, veal, mutton or pork that goes on the table repre sents a consumption of many pounds of corn or other valuable grain fed to the cattle, sheep or hogs from which the meat was taken. The more of these red meats you eat the more cereals you are taking out of the sup ply that is so greatly needed for the nation's war needs at this time. To n large extent, too, these statements apply to all kinds of poultry. The one kind of meat, the production of which does ifot require the consumption of other human foods, is fish. Tho seas, lakes, rivers and ponds of this coun try offer practically unlimited quanti ties of fish thut live on food which is of no use to man. When you eat fish you save meat and save grain, both of which your government nsks you to conserve. Ordinarily it is possible to secure goou, iresn nsn at the meat market, but whether Justly or not, fresh fish is always more or less under suspicion in the meat markets of cities and towns that nre distant from tho sea coast or the lakes. The suspicion In most cases is not justified, but even if it were it would not follow that peo ple of Inland towns and cities must necessarily refrain from eating fresh fish. Fish for Family Use. Thero arc u large number of streams and ponds from which one may take the fish needed for family consump tion, and there should bo very many more such ponds. A fish pond does not necessarily take up much space and need not be confined to largo places. Practically all country fami lies, and very many suburban fami lies, could have, without any great difficulty, a fish pond or pool In which enough fish could he grown ut mini mum expense to supply thu table and to save large quantities of other meats and cereals. There is a great deal of pleasure and recrentlon, too, in catching the fish. And there is a decided satisfac tion in knowing that the fish you eat havo been taken from your own pond or stream within a very short time before being prepared for the table. Tho United States department of ag riculture has long urged a more gen eral adoption of the family fish pond, and it points out the exceptional need for such practice at this time. It would be a genuine national service if several times more people thun now Indulge In fishing for sport or other r;ise would, by devoting a little of their spore time to It, take enough fish from stream or pond to place this excellent food on the table several times oftener than IS now the general practice. The hour or two thut every man Miould devote to some form of recrea tion, If Intelligently applied to fishing, would afford tho same rest and re Juvrnntion that Is to be had from non pmluctlvo sports und would, at the same time, he not only a domestic bat a public economy. dl.tre Is another source of meat Fish on the Table Many Times Oftener UsUal. supply native to ponds and streams of which much fewer neonlo nvall them selves than of fish. That is frogs. There is no more delicious meat than frog legs. Yet with the exception of u iew Hotels widely scnttered along the lakes and a few of tho streams, frog legs are rarely served. Around practically every pond of any consid erable size there nre enough frogs If properly utilized to furnish nn occa sional meal and to furnish n very flno sport In shooting or otherwise taking. More uttcntion to fish and frogs would result In tho saving of much food and would bo of personal benefit to those who might become Interested in it JL FISH FOR YOUR SECTION. I T Probably every kind of fish y has some peculiarly attractive t qualities. Tho following spe- 1 cles of fish are native to the sec- ) tlons Indlcnted: V Now T1n i'l n nil Alnn.-lf cusk, flounder, gooseflsh, gray fish, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, mackerel, mullet, pol- j hick, amnion, scup, sea trout, P shad, smelt, squcteague, sword- I 4 111 .1) I l.lll nsn, uieiisn, wiuiing.. I Middle Atlantic Alewlfe, T buss, blucflsh, butterflsh, carp, y catfish, cod, flounder, gooseflsh, halibut, mackerel, perch, rock, I salmon, ehad, smelt, spot, tlle j fish, wcakflsh, whiting, y South Atlantic Alewlfe, k bass, blucflsh, carp, catfish, L drumflsh, mullet, perch, shad, j Spanish mackerel, spot; sque- V lonmio Pacific Const Barracudu, bass, flounder, grnyflsh, halibut, herring, pike, rockflsh, sublo Y fish, salmon, smelt, trout Y Mississippi Valley Black (t bass, bo.wfln, buffalo, burbot, can), catfish, crapple, drum J fish, pike, red snapper, rock Y buss, sturgeon, sucker.1 C Great Lnkes Bass, bowfin, burbot, carp, catfish, drumflsh, I lake herring, lake trout, perch, pike, sturgeon. Y Gulf - Burracuda, buffalo, & carp, catfish, crouker, drumflsh, I mullet, Spanish mackerel, sque T teuguc, sturgeon. V-q.-y.-q.-y-q.-q.iy-iy-iy-ij.-.y.-s More Sheep Needed. That mutton nnd wool production In this country can bo Increased greatly admits of no doubt. This can bo ac complished by developing sheep hus bandry on farms, especially In tho Eastern and Southern states. Steps should be taken In tho East nnd South to do away with tho shecp-kllltng dog menace by state or local nctlon. Lnrgo results can be secured by improving methods of breeding und management on the range ; by securing the restock ing of Improved farm lands with sheep; by tho larger use of forage crops und pastures; by encouraging sheep and lamb clubs; by the elimina tion of parasites; by protection against losses from predatory ani mals; and by having lambs ready for market nt from 70 to 80 pounds weight, thereby requiring n minimum of grain to finish them und making possible tho maintenance of larger breeding flocks. Feed for Next Winter. Fur-seeing farmers may advantage ously plan to secure their winter sup ply of feed In September und October when danger of spoilage Is past and avoid tho uncertainty of deliveries during the winter when the demand for feed usually exceeds tho output of the mills. Th velvet bean may be utilized by grazing In the field with various kinds of live stock, especially cattle. DICTATOR OF When tho Ukraine dcclnred Its in dependence tho rndn, or governing body, declined to submit to tho do innuds of the German military authori ties. Tho latter thcreforo removed the rnda by force and found n compli ant, tool. Gen. Puvlo Skgropndskl was de clared dictator of tho Ukraine, nnd proclamations were posted all over the walls of Kiev and other largo cities in the Ukraine. General Skoropndskl is a member of an ancient Ukrainian family. Ho commanded -n Ukrainian army corps on the Russinn front, nnd after the Russlnn revolution was n prominent fnctor In Ukrainian politics. Ho is forty-flvo years old. Skoropndskl was called "hetman," which mcuns head man or chief. It implies mllltury dic tatorship, i Skoropadskl was a military dicta tor In every sense of tho word, except thnt he took his orders from Gcrmnny. The whole overturning of the rnda was staged by Germany. Skoropadskl had previously come to nn agreement with General Elchorn, and the latter's staff arranged the coup d'etat. Within n week 'after assuming the hetmanstvo nn nttempt wns made on Skoropadski's life. He wns wounded In the shoulder by n revolver bullet. This Incident made him ?noro careful of his personal safety. Whenever he moved about Kiev he did so with a largo escort of German cavalry. Three fifths of his advisers were German mllltnry, financial and economic experts. Since assuming the dictatorship Skoropndskl has worked with the nrdor of u fanatic to establish German domination firmly In tho Ukraine and to rccrento ns nearly as possible tho social and economic conditions as they were under Czar Nlcholns. PERSHING'S CHIEF ENGINEER mation of the flats of tho Auacostla river. Ho wns born in Virginia in August, I860, but wns appointed to the army from Ohio. Early in the present wnr he organized u regiment of engineers and went to Franco in commnnd of. them in one of the early expeditions. That his services "over there" are appreciated Is shown by tho fact that ho has since risen to tho grade of major general in the National urmy. GREAT PRODUCTION ENGINEER "If our industrial machine were mado to run nt top speed and maxi mum capacity, according to the laws of production which have already been discovered, America could win the wur, pay for It out of hand, live In com parative opulence while we were doing It nnd be Immensely richer at the close than we ever were before." This amazing statement came from one of New York's greatest pro duction engineers, II. L. Gnntt. For merly vlco president of the American Society of Mechuulcnl Engineers, Mr. Gnntt Is a practical organizer nnd ad ministrator of the first rank, whoso advice is sought daily by some of America's biggest Industrial organiza tions, lie Is now president of a new organization known as "Tho New Ma chine," not u corporation with some thing to sell, but n group of engineers, manufacturers and bunkers who have united In a plnn to reconstruct Amorl- ca's industrial system so that our national eillr-l Ollfv will rnrronrinnil wlfli flu trndltlonnl efficiency of the indlvldunl On the whole," said Mr. Gantt, "only about BO per cent of our Industrie, machines aro actually onerntlnir durlnc th tl mr thov nrn nrnnpfn1 in nnnm und on the whole these machines, durlnir tho are producing only about 50 per cent RULER IN the history of Russia and. It Is hoped, tho forerunner of n great Russia. The seat of the new government Is nt Vlmllvmitnir nriil llu now 1 n t nmiulutu of two white and two green stripes. UKRAINIA MaJ. Gen. Wllllnm 0. Langfltt has been appointed chief engineer of tho American expeditionary forces. General Langfltt served in Wash ington for several years. At one tlmo ho was in command of tho engineer school nnd depot nt Washington bar racks, and later had charge of tho DIs trlct water supply system and the im provement of tho Potomac nnd Ann costln rivers. In 1012-1013 ho mado n special study of nil available sources for In creasing tho wutcr supply of tho Dis trict and for utilizing the Great Falls of tho Potomac for developing elec tric power for federal nnd municipal uses. Ills report on those subjects la regarded ns tho standard authority to day. General Langfltt also w.s Identi fied with tho eurly development ot East Potomac park into a great play ground and for tho plans for the recla American worklngmun. of what they are expected to produce.'' SIBERIA Lieutenant General Horvath, gen eral manager of tho Chinese Eustcri railroad who Is Intensely untl-bolsho vlk, has proclaimed himself ruler o tho temporary Siberian government nnd Intends to restoru the political and commercial treutles of Russia with the entente ullles. He nlso intends to repel the bolshevlkl, establish a non political urmy and restore all property. He nlso hns declared himself us In fa vor of religious freedom. Tho allies' ministers In Pekln nt first asked Horvath to withdraw Ids proclamation on the ground that ho in tonded to prevent tho progress west wnrd of the Czccho-Slovuks. Tho gen. eral assured tho ministers that, fat from offering obstacles, ho wished to couio to an understanding with tho Czechs. Tho establishment of a new provi sional government for Slberln will innlrn It ilin flrut flnninniiiHri utntA I i (Special Information Set Ice, United States Department of Agriculture.) WAR TIME BREAD MAKING. w ISSw ifsllili &$?$ fM mm pff pfi One Kind of Bread That Should Not WHEATLESS LOAF SHOULD BE MADE Satisfactory Yeast Breads With Cereals Other Than Wheat Arc Being Baked. SOME OF RESULTS OBTAINED Problem Solved Both for Housekeeper and Professional Baker by Ex perlmental Kitchen of Agri cultural Department. Housekeepers ns well ns profession al bakers have been working on tho problem of how to make satisfactory yeast breads with other cercnls thnn wheat. Not nil have solved the problem satisfactorily. The olllco of homo economics of the United States department of agriculture bus suc cessfully worked out ways of combin ing tho various substitutes In malting n 50-por-ccnt-substltutlon bread, n 75-pcr-cent-substltutlon bread, and nn en tirely whentless bread. Tho first loaf pictured above has gone out of stylo In Amorlcn ; it Is tho nll-whcnt lpaf that wo wero accus tomed to using before tho war. Tho other loaves aro tho kind that all Americans should uso now. In tho last threo loaves a mixture of barley and rlco flour bus been used In place of wheat flour; tho second loaf has only BO per cent wheat flour; tho third goes a step further and uses only 25 per cent whent, while tho Inst boasts of being entirely whentless. These breads were worked out In tho experimental kitchen of tho department of agricul ture, office of home economics nnd tho United States food administration, home conservation section. Increase Volume of Substitutes. Tho food administration requires thnt all bread sold must contain 20 per cent wheat substitutes. Bat, If Wfl can mnko satisfactory bread using n higher percentage of wheat substi tutes so much tho better. Here Is tho reclpo for a 50-50 bread thnt Is very good. 60-50 Bread. VA cupfuls liquid. 1 tableapoonful corn cupful mashed po- sirup. tatoes. 2 tcaspoonfuls salt. 1 cupfuls wheat 1. cupfuls barley flour. flour. U cako yeast. i cupfuls rlco flour. Make a sponge of all the Ingredients except the rice nnd barley flour. Tho potatoes should bo freshly masbed with no fat or milk added. Tho water in which they cooked can be used for tho liquid. Let the sponge stand in n wnrm placo until very light. If dry yeast Is used, set the sponge tho night before. Add the rlco and barley flour when the sponge Is light. Knead and let rise until doubled In bulk. Knead again, form Into loaves, placo In a loaf pan, and allow to rise until bulk Is ngnln doubled. Brush over top of loaf with melted fat before putting it to rise. Hake for ono hour and u quarter in a hot oven. Other satisfactory 50-50 breads make use of rolled oats (1 cupfuls), combined with rlco flour 11 cupfuls), or corn flour (14 cupfuls), or tapioca flour (1H cupfuls), In placo of tho rlco nnd barley flour In tho recipe. Loaves Are Less Elastic. None of the loaves using a high per centage of substitutes equal tho all wheat loaf In lightness, whent hnvlng a special substance known ns gluten, which gives it clastic properties that make It specially vuluablo for bread making. None of the other flours, ex cept rye, contain this substnnco la any nppreclablo amount so thnt when wo substitute for tho wheat flour lnrgo quantities of flours that do not contain gluten, wo cannot expect tho same elasticity. Tho Iouvcb ore more com pact nnd less porous. In tho 75-percent nnd 100-per-cent-substlt,utc loaves nn egg In used ns binding material nnd ns an additional lenveuer. A 75'Per-Cent.8ubstltute Loaf. 114 cupfuls liquid. 1 egg. Vb cupful mashed Zty, cupfuln bavloy potatoes. or 1U cupfuls wheat 1 cupfuls of rolled flour. oats U cake yeast, and 1 tablespoonful corn 1 cupfuls rice flour Blrup. or 2 tcaspoonfuls salt. 1 cupfuls corn flour. Mnko n sponge of tho first six In gredients and a third of tho mlxturo of rlco and barley flour. Let stand In n wnrm place until light, at least two hours. When the sponge Is light, work In the rest of the pubstllute flours and tbs ejrg slightly beaten. Shape tho Bo Made and Three Kinds That Should. dough nt onco nnd placo In loaf. pan. Brush top of loaf with melted fnt. Let rise to dnublo the bulk nnd bnko In hot oven for 14 hours. Housekeepers hnvo been serving wheatless bread for months in the form of quick breads. Mnny house wives us well ns mnny hotel-keepers pledged themselves to Bcrvo no whent until next harvest. Tho need for a wheatless broad thnt could bo kept in hand nnd bo used for toast or for sandwiches wns felt by nil who took tho pledge. This 100-per-ccnt brend will help meet this need; 100-Per-Cent Bread. 19i cupfuls liquid. 2 cupfuls ground 1 tablespoonful corn rolled oats sirup. and K enko yenst. 2H cupfuls rice flour 2 teaspoonfuls Bait. or 1 sk. 2 cupfuls corn flour. 3H cupfuls barloy or Mnko u spongo of first four Ingredi ents nnd one-half of mlxturo of sub stitutes. Follow tho directions for tho 7B-per-cent loaf. Theso breads nro real victory breads. Uso them for tho cnuso of lib erty. tt-kk-tt-fthtfkt BREAD WITHOUT WHEAT. It wub lone thought bv most people thnt bread could not bo mado light with yeast unless n largo proportion of wheat flour was used in it. That has been found to be, in lnrgo mensure, erroneous. Breads mado of cereal ma tcrlnls other thnn whent flour can bo mado light with yenst. Tho discovery Is ono of the necessary wnr-tlmo achieve ments of science. Tf la .It.nl1nt.ln An V. l,n.,Hft. keeper nnd to tho professional X i.-i i uiiKur. No ono who has to do with bread making can perform his full patriotic duty without apply ing It to ns grcnt an extent ns possible. Food Waste From Rats. In all parts of tho country there i n serious economic drain In tho de struction by rats nnd mlco of mer chandise held for snlo by dealers. Not only foodstuffs nnd forngo, but tex tiles, clothing nnd leather goods nre often ruined. This loss is duo mainly to tins faulty buildings In which the stores nro kept. Often It would, bo n mensuro of economy to tear down tho old struchires nnd replace them, by new ones. However, oven the old buildings may often bo repaired so as to mnko them practically rat-proof; and foodstuffs, as flour, seeds, and meats, may nlwnys bo protected Its. wire cages nt slight expense. The public should bo protected from In sanitary Rtores by n system of rigid Inspection. Similar caro should bo exercised lit tho homo to protect household sup plies from mlco nnd rats. Little prog ress In ridding tho premises of them? animals can bo mndc so long ns they hnve access to supplies of food. Cel lars, kitchens nnd pnn tries often fur nish subsistence not only to rats thnt Inhabit tho dwelling, but to mnny thnt come from outside. Food supplfcn may nlwnys bo kept from rnts nnd mlco If placed in inexpensive rnt-proof contulnnrs covered with wire netting. Sometimes all that is needed to pre vent serious wnsto is tho application of concreto to holes In tho basement wall or tho slight repair of a defective part of tho building. Tho necessity of co-operntlon nnd organization In tho work of rnt de struction Is of tho utmost lmportnnce. To destroy nil the nnimnls on the premises of n single farmer in a com munity has lltlo permanent value, since they aro soon replaced from nearby farms. If, however, the farm ers of nn entiro township or county unite in efforts to get rid of rnts, much more lasting results may bo attained. If continued from year to year, such organized efforts nro very effective. Ink spots mny bo removed by sat urating tho spot with lemon Juice nnd rubbing plentifully with tnble salt. Apply before washing, and In ordi nary cases no trace of the spot will remain after tho wash. If you sprlnklo n llttlo salt on your coffeo beforo pouring on tho boiling water It will bo wonderfully improved. Always warm tho coffeo pot before making coffee. To prevent cheese from molding wrap In a cloth that has been dipped In vinegar nnd wrung dry. Keep iu u cool place.
