4-H (Contained) (Continued from page 16) Let’s Sew (May choose any 3) B R W Head kerchief or neck scarf .35 .25 .10 Shoulder cover .35 .25 .10 Dust cloth .35 .25 .10 Pot holder . .35 .25 .10 Pincushion .35 .25 .10 Mittens .35 .25 .10 Learning to Sew (May choose any 3) B R W Kitchen hand towel .. .35 .25 .10 Kitchen apron .35 .25 .10 Holder .35 .25 .10 Shoulder cover .35 .25 .10 Laundry bag .35 .25 .10 Let’s Make a Skirt and Blouse (May exhibit 1 outfit only) B R W Skirt .1.00 .75 .50 Blouse .75 .50 .35 Peasant apron.75 .50 .35 Lounging and Sleeping Clothes (May exhibit 1 outfit only) B R W Lounging clothes and accessories .1.50 $1 .75 Sleeping clothes and accessories .1.50 $1 .75 Work and Play Clothes (Exhibit only 1 outfit) B R W Work clothes and ac cessories .1.50 $1 .75 Play clothes and ac cessories .1.50 $1 .75 School Clothes (May exhibit only 1 outfit) B R W School outfit and ac cessories .1.50 $1 .75 Advanced Unit (one in each project) B R W Dress up clothes and accessories .1.50 $1 .75 Simple tailored clothes and accessories ....1.50 $1 .75 New clothes from old and accessories .... 1.50 $1 .75 Let’s Help Mom and Dad (Choose any 2) B R W Decorated tray.35 .25 .10 Bulletin board .35 .25 .10 Collection of pictures of pets .35 .25 .10 Dust cloth holder ... .35 .25 .10 learning to Be a Homemaker (Choose any 3) B R W Lunch cloth and 4 napkins or place mats . 1.00 .75 .50 Tea towel .. *..65 .50 .35 Comfort protector.65 .50 .35 Divided box ..50 .35 .25 Laundry basket liner. .50 .35 .25 Girl’s Room and Room Improvement (Choose any 3) B R W Portfolio ..75 .50 .35 Pillow .. „.75 .50 .35 Framed picture.75 .50 .35 Waste basket.75 .50 .35 Dresser scarf.75 .50 .35 Pillow cases .75 .50 .35 Storage Projects 1st year (any 3) B R W Set (3) of step shelves .1.00 .75 .35 Garment bag.1.00 .75 .35 Shoe rack or bag ... .1.00 .75 .35 Drawer dividers or boxes .1.00 .75 .35 “Before” and “after” storage pictures .... 1.00 .75 .35 FOODS All baked products must be baked the day before. Let’s Cook B R W Drop cookies, unfrost ed, plate of 4 .65 .50 .35 Beginning Baking any o) i-i Muffins, plain, plate of 4 .65 .50 .35 Biscuits, plate of 4 .. .65 .50 .35 Cornbread, 4 pieces on plate ..65 .50 .35 Snickerdoodle, 4 pieces on plate .65 .50 .35 Rolled cookies, no icing or sugar on top, 4 on plate.65 *50 .35 Butterscotch refriger a tor cookies (no top ping of any kind), 4 on plate ..65 .50 .35 Beginning Meal Planning (Choose any 3) B R W 4 plain muffins.65 .50 .35 4 rolled sugar cookies, no icing or sugar .. .65 .50 .35 4 butterscotch refriger ator cookies (no top ping of any kind).. .65 .50 .35 Yellow sponge cake, without icing.65 .50 .35 How and Whys for Young Cooks (May choose any 3) B R W Gingerbread, % pan .. .65 .50 .35 Baking powder bis cuits, plate of 4 ... .65 .50 .35 Plain rolls, plate of 4.. .65 .50 .35 White bread, 1-lb. loaf .1.00 .75 .50 Whole wheat bread, 1-lb. loaf .1.00 ,.75 .50 The Frontier Woman . . . Canning Season Tips Offered By BLANCHE SPANN PEASE, Homemaking Editor Now canning is in full swing. I hope you have a stiff vegetable brush at your house. They cost only 10 or 15 cents and they’re so handy the year around, not just at canning time. But how could one get along without them when it’s time to wash cucumbers to make into pickles, or to brush the silks from sweet corn before cut ting it from the cob for canning or freezing? A large measuring cup of quart size is so handy at canning time. Some recipes call for cup meas urements and some by weight, but in either case you’ll find the large measuring cups are so handy for quick measuring. If you want to give the pickles a green color, you can use wild grape or cherry leaves when curing them in salt brine. Put them in the brine with the cu cumbers. If you’re making pickles by a non-brine method, a bit of green food coloring will do the trick. But remember that olive green is the natural shade for most pickles. Sweet gherkins, or sliced crisp pickles are nice when a darker green. Canned pears are rather flat in flavor. You can add more flavor to them by using the juice and rind of half an orange to each quart of syrup. Or you can use stick cinnamon and a few drops of red coloring. For cinnamon pears, use two or three table spoons of red hots (candy) to each quart of syrup, for some thing a bit different. For ginger pears, use ginger tea (water in which ginger root is boiled) instead of plain water. For pineapple pears you can use Five jars canning, 2 fruit and 3 veget ables, 1 exhibit per person, marked “Hows & Whys” ..1.00 .75 .50 Meal Planning (Choose any 2) B R W Plain loaf cake (with out frosting, made with animal fat and whole eggs) .1.00 .75 .50 Angel food cake (without frosting) .1.00 .75 .50 Yellow sponge cake (without frosting) .1.00 .75 .50 Pie shell (no filling) .1.00 .75 .50 First Year Food Preservation B R W 2 jars vegetables, 3 dif ferent kinds .1.00 .75 .50 3 jars fruit, 3 different kinds .1.00 .75 .50 Second Year Food Preservation May exhibit any or all of the following B R W 3 jars meat .1.50 $1 .75 3 jars jelly, relishes or pickles .1.50 $1 .75 Emergency dinner or supper (this exhibit should contain 5 jars of food products for a well-balanced dinner or supper that may be prepared within an hour’s time. Send the year must be in dicated) .1.50 $1 .75 complete menu for this meal. Season of year must be noted) 1.50 $1 .75 (Continued on page 18) pineapple juice instead of water for making the syrup. Use tart red plum juice in stead of water for making syrup for pears for something differ ent. If you’re planning to have hol iday or party meals next fall and winter, put up some pears and add a few drops of mint flavoring and a few drops of green food coloring. Put this in the syrup and cook the pears in it. Red food coloring may be used and the red and green or pink and green com bined for salads for party fare. — tfw — Mrs. Martin Strong Wins Subscription— O’Neill, Nebr. 727 East Grant Dear Friend Blanche: It’s been quite a long spell since I’ve written to you and sent you some of my recipes, so I’ll scribble two of them down. I bake these two often, for they are my favorites. MY FAVORITE COFFEE CAKE Two cups flour, 2% teaspoons baking powder, % teaspoon salt, % teaspoon mace, two teaspoons cinnamon, two cups brown sugar, % cup melted butter or oleo, four eggs, Vz teaspoon soda, one cup sour cream. Sift dry ingredients, except so da, four times. Add the sugar, then the butter and blend in un til crumbs are formed. Beat eggs slightly, and soda to sour cream, then add eggs and sour cream to first mixture and beat thoroughly. Bake in a buttered 9xl2-inch pan for 25 minutes in moderately hot oven of 375 F. COFFEE CAKE FROSTING Two egg whites, 1% cups pow dered sugar, % cup brown sugar, four tablespoons melted butter, 1% cupt nut meats. Combine ingredients. Mix well and spread evenly over the cake as soon as it has been removed from the oven. Return to oven and bake 10 minutes longer. MOCK ANGEL FOOD CAKE Six eggs, two cups flour, % cup scalded milk, two cups confec tioners’ sugar, two teaspoons bak ing powder, one teaspoon salt, % teaspoon lemon extract, % tea spoon almond extract. Beat egg whites until stiff, add one cup confectioners’ sugar grad ually. Continue to beat. Beat the yolks until light and combine with milk. Sift remaining dry ingredi ents together and fold into yolk mixture. Turn into tube pan which has been rinsed in cold wa ter. Bake for an hour in moder ately low oven of 325 F. MRS. MARTIN STRONG Agricultural Collections Up 14 Million— Nebraska department of agri culture collections in the last two years exceeded by $14 million the amount collected during the pre vious biennium, Director of Ag riculture Ed Hoyt said Saturday. Hoyt said the department re ceived $73,340,930 in 1953-54 com pared with $59,279,291 in 1951-’52. Gasoline and cigarette taxes ac counted for most of the increase over the last two years, Hoyt said. Reorganization Encouraged in Rural Areas— The emphasis on promoting school redistricting is being changed in the light of a recent state supreme court opinion. State Education Commissioner F. B. Decker said the effort now will be to encourage county reor ganization committees to make eountywide redistricting plans. The supreme court in a Hitch cok county case ruled the state re organization committee has no veto power over redistricting plans by the petition method. This virtually restricts that committee r~.= of educators and laymen to con sideration of county reorganiza tion committee plans. Avery Linn, state reorganization director, will now bend his efforts toward working with county com mittees, Decker explained. The decision also stresses the importance of the task of a special redistricting committee establish ed by the state board of education. All Roads Lead to CHAMBERS August 17-18-19-20! 111 -. Norris w. Coats Stuart, Nebr. FUNERAL HOME . . . . . . AMBULANCE SERVICE Timken Oil and Gas Heating REA WIRING — PLUMBING — HARDWARE — FURNITURE Day Phone 5141 - CTII A BT Night Phone 2701 ..... 3 I UM111 o o i r ^ $M$W at the 1955 Holt County Fair! GROCERIES - MEATS — FEEDS Your Business Always Appreciated We Invite Comparison of PRICE and QUALITY Miller's Store — CHAMBERS — v- - a - ■ ■ gjggsggr FARM-RANCH At Public Auction 920-Acre Holt County Combination On premises located approx, equidistant from O’Neill Spencer and Lyneh, or 4 miles east of Midway store, Vi mile west, on— FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH-1 P.M. Being sold to settle estates of the late D. H. and Hester Han- $ sen. North Holt countyans will tell you this is one of the best improved and best-producing farm-ranch layouts anywhere. • UNIT NO. 1 (improved 160 acres); large modern house, t large barn, double cribs, hog house, Butler bldg., chicken house, brooder house. 70-A. tilled, 80-A. hay and pasture, * | completely fenced, good windbreak. • UNIT NO. 2 (improved 160 acres); 2-year-old modern \ house, mostly farm land. ■ • UNIT NO. 3 (40 acres); pasture and some timber, spring water. • UNIT NO. 4 (200 acres); aU pasture, plenty of water. • UNIT NO. 5 (360 acres); hay and pasture land, windmill. To be offered as whole or in separate units. Inspection any- t time. Possession March 1, 1956. See big colored sale bill for t details. ALSO some personal property. D. H. & HESTER HANSEN ESTATES COL. ED THORIN, O’Neill, Auct.-Broker JOHN C. WATSON, O’Neill, Adm.-Clerk cT