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WAYS I GET MORE MILK INTO MY FAMILY'S DIH How I Sell Gan!en Stuff. crate, ami Koap beans are handled In Tv.„ .u : _ * J bushel hampers. I alway* wash thena i- ?.^jr . T T^ **^'^'J f<"- '"^-a' "-^^^et but not for sWpm.nt 1 â- â-  made to baar a conaiderab e part of rp ..,, „ i„..j ;_ ui_i.-i- BY NELL B. NICHOLS. Tti my family there are folks who Sea d the milk and cool. When iuke- liisiet that Ihay don't like milk iind warm I'dd the yeaST, which has l)een flatly refuse to drink it. When 1 distolvcd in the lukewarm water. Add k'urned th« health \alue of this food tho sat and one and one-balf cups of I was determined to tcr\e it with th? flour. IJeat until smooth, cover every meal. I do, too, and the family and let stand overniRht. In the morn- never jfuess. I jjive them their milk ing break up the sponge with a spoon, di»KU>!>ed in coinbinullon with the add the su;,'ar, shorteninK. beaten egg foods they like. and .s-ifficient flour to make a duugh There is no end to the dishes one that may lx> kneaded. Knead until j can manufacture with milk a.s a basis, the ''jugh is smooth, elastic and no Crcan»ed vegetables, cream soups and longer sticks to the board or the fin- chowders, puddings, gravies, ice gers. Cover and U»t rise. Then turn creams, custards, broad.*, muffins, (/nto a board, knead lightly and ro'l cake icinf^s and cakes can be made three-fourths inch thick. Cut with a with the use of nature's best food. round or oval cutter. Crease in the Investiiffations made in rural dis- middle with a floured knife, rub one-^ trirt.i indicate that inade<iuate quan- half with melted butter and fold over. ' tilf.s of milk are used in most farm Place one inch apart in an oiled tin ^ houFeholda. Experiments have prov- and let rise until double in bulk. Bake ed that eyerv child needs at least one in a hot oven twenty minutes, quart of milk a day. Adults too are potato soup. i tho running expenses of our farm h:>me. Tho producer who specializes in truck growing can make contracts to supply dcal<iM8, but wo small farm- ers, who have only small surpluses at irrejrular intervals, cannot build up u regular trade. Henc« my road- side market. WHEN AND HOW TO CAPONIZE "la it too late to cappnize?" or "Art How We Mow Hay. TonialiKfl are marketed in baakete, which are ro'urnf-d. Cabbu^ is cut, trimmed and marketed in the Mime ">>' chicks old enough?" is usually the manner. â€" M. H. 'hfirst question that comes to you when you become interested in caponizing. You may answer your own qsestion by allowing from six to eight nnonths Our barn was n;>t designed for a for the capons to develop, dapendinz track and carrier in the hay mow, so upon the size of the cockerels when Quality is put into my {garden pro- the iiustallaticn of such a device would the operation is performed. No one ducts through production methods, have proved difficult and costly. After jcah telf you the exact age as it var- Then efficient marketing practices considerable study we put in the fol-iies with the breeds and according to help reward me for my ski'M in pro- lowing system. It has ogierated satis- j tho experience you have had with factorily for eight t'oars. poultry. If you can tell tha cockerels At the intake end of the barn is the! from the pullets when they, weigh cu.stomary large mow opening. The j from one to one- and three-quarter door is strongly con.structed with j pounds, jx)U will have fewer staggy duction. There are several garden products which are handled very much in the same way. Beets, radishes, young on- wiso in using this easily digested food. Three potatoes, 2 cups water, 1 It contains nlinos everything requ.r-'^^^,, ^^^ ^ ^.^^ ^ ^^ 1 ed for iM>dny deveopment. The miner- ^ ,^^, ^ j^^^^^ " ^ ^ • content of m.lk IS ospecial.y valu- „,iik. 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons able. It contains the e.ements essen- ^^ j teaspoon salt. Ual to bu. ding of bones and teeth. ^ut the pared potatoes in cubes and musce and blood. 1 ... .u u ^ . « jj iu« .... , , . , cover with the hot water. Add the \lUmins always have interested ^^^^ „„i^^ ^^,^ , .^^, me. They are the substances found ,„/7^,t. Cook until the veg^ables m some KKKis that aid so greatly in * 1 n ^i. u 1 j.. v-w.,>i„., ^^'u. â„¢.n TU„i_ * .„„ ' <„ «f« tender. Press through a colander. keeping folks well. Their presence in Jfeat the milk and add the flour and nil.K varies. That is why chi.dren . .1 l- u l l _• j ^ .. ... , . a / CI ..u t; . t,mt^r which have been mixed to- Bhould be given oranife juice or un- .u ajj .u 1 . _• * j ,., 7. .ir^j#-»- gether. Add the iwtato mixture and cooked fresh vegetabiea and fruits in . ... .. ... , ,• un .. . , .,L 111 »•"â- Â«Â» p^^i^ until the sour, thickens slightly, their meals with milk. „.. . ., ',. ., a I I Stir coniJtantly after the flour is added. If celery is not available a Tho following are some of tho re- cipes which I use to .serve my family milk: FLAV0REI> MILK Place a few drops of any good flavoring extract in a glass of milk ittle celery salt may be used POTATOES WITH CHEESE. Three cups boiled p^otatoes, 1% cups milk, 1 tablespoon flour, 3 tablespoons and add one teaspoon sugar. Sprinkle K^ated chee.ie, 2 tablespoons butter, a da,sh of nutmeg or cinnamon on top. ^^ tea-spoons salt, V4 teaspoon pep- A spoonful of whipped cream added P«' ^ tablespoons bread crumbs. Arrange a layer of the potatoes, cut in dice, in tho bottom of a buttered bakinij dish. Cover with tho milk, which has been thickened with the flour and sea-oned with the salt, pep- per and butter, and sprinkle with the to the milk improves the flavor and appearance. j CAIUMEL C'LSTARD. ! One cup sugar (caramelized), 3 eggs, 2 cups scalded milk, few grains nutmeg, ',i teaspoon vanilla, M cup cheese. Repeat until all the ingredi sugar, fev,- grains .salt. | p^tg ^re used, covering the top with Caramelize the sugar by melting it the bread crumbs. Set in the oven over moderate heat and porfr it into']„„^ enough to heat thoroughly and a meta. pan, tipping it until the syrup j^ brown on lop. Is hardened on the bottom and half- ; ^ . , „ .. , , rru I . .\. COCOA DELICIOUS. way up the sides. Then l>eat the eggs, | add the .sugar, salt and flavorings and! One-half cup cocoa, % cup sugar, pour in the scalded milk. Turn into i '* "^P A""''' '* teaspoon salt, 2 cups the pan containing tho caramelized ^oid waU>r. G cups milk, % teaspoon vanilla. sugar, set in a larger pan containing hot water and bake in a slow oven. Chill before unmolding. CREAMED RICE. One quart milk, 2 tablespoons rice. Mix the cocoa, sugar, flour and salt and add the water. Stir to remove tho luinpK and cook twenty minute.^, .stir- rjng the mixture until the boiling point is reached. Cook until the mix- ions, carrots and turnips I .'ell on the 'Wringers. When in use it is lowered I capons â€" that is, birds that Are too old local market mainly in bunches. All '^.* support which holds it at thejfor the opsration â€" and less loss while of those, except carroU, I h-rvest height of the hayrack bottom at the j operating than if you wait until they while fresh and tender in order to lower end and the upper end resta on ' meet the demand of the best trade. ^^^ '"ow floor. This is the slide. It is true that some varieties of beets At the opposite end of the barn an wil'l stand a good while and etill be opening was cut near the peak. In good for pickling, but to serve fresh "ne with the end of the peak we set they are better harvested young. » ^^^^ P"'® "^ *>'«*» a* ^^^ *>*''"• The Carrots will &Und a long time and t«P "^ t*"* P«'« » braced by a cable still be'wholesome*. to run to a deadman. A pulley is All of these root crops I pull up, fastened to the top of the pole and one wash and tie in bunches. The number 'o the bottom.' in a bunch depends somewhat upon the A rope runs from the whiffletress .size of the plant. Usually mine run of the mow team, through the pulley about as follows. Beets, 3 to 5 ; rad- »' the bottom of the pole, up the pole, ishes, G to 10; young onions, 8 to 15; through the pull»y at the top. in carrots, 6 to 8; turnips, 5 to 8. These through the window, the length of the I usually tie once with tying tape, as barn to the pulley on the slide and I find cott6n strings are so hard that thsn returns- to be fastened to the the plant* are cut and bruised by toP »' the pole. them. When the tops of onions are, The slings are so placed on the clipped each bunch is tied twice. wagon that the load is drawn off at Then we have another class of gar- the side. The wagon is driven along- den crops handled much alike â€" the side the slide and the sling is attach- ''greens": spinach, turnip greens, and «d to the mowing ropee. The mow mustard. Spinach is rapidly gaining team is now started and the sling favor because it has the backing of and its load starts up the slide. Inside the doctors and food specialists. the bam the load slides along the mow I cut spinach just below the crown floor untrl it reaches the hay, which is so as to maintain the bunch intact, mowed away with a slope and then is Then it Is washed. Turnip greens go pulled up the slope to wherever it is with the roots and in many instances desrired to trip it. If the hay slope are cooked with them; but, in the becomes steep a board laid on it wH main, the tops are cut, washed and facilitate the elevation of the sling marketed like spinach. load. Mustard is marketed very much like Two slings are used on our wagons; turnip greens. I often mix the two, the load on each sling is from 700 to about half and half, as some folks »00 pounds. This load can be handled with the turnip ' easily by an ordinary small team. The weigh two pounds or over. At that period, the testicles to be removed are from the size of a grain of wheat to that of a navy bean; at two pounds or over, the testicles are about the size of a large wax bean and are broken so easily that one is apt to leave a small part which will result in pro- ducing a "slip" instead of a capon. The following method has proven very satisfactory: 1. Tho birds to be caponized should be left without feed or water for twenty-four to thirty-six hours so that the intestines may be empty, otherwise ' they crowd toward the in- cision and maEe the operation diffi- cult and dangerous as one i» apt to cut a blood vessel or pierce the intes- tines. 2. Place an upturned barrel or table in the direct sunlight unless an arti- ficial light sucn as a flashlight or elec- tric bulb is to be used. 3. Place layers of newspapers on the barrel to insure a clean surface. 4. Remove the soiled gaper after each operation. 5. Fasten the bird by looping the string (weighted with a horseshoe, half brick or other object heavy enough to hold the bird) around the legs just above the feet. The weight should hold the bird in place and keep it from struggling. 6. Lay the bird on its side and fas- prefer mustard in greens. ' Ihay can be mowed as high if not high- j ten another string (with weight) All greens are washed in fresh, cool \ er than with a track and carrier. The around the wings between the flight well water. While washing will not expense of eon.struction is very little. ' feathers of tho second joint, so that injure collards, yet it is not necessary And it is necessary to fasten only two the body will be extended at full with them as with other greens. j hooks to connect the load with the length. Cured onions I market in an onion power. â€" R. T. P. 7. Ijocate the last rib just in front Vi teaspoon salt. 4 tablespoons sugar, turo is glo.'^sy in appearance. Add 1 tablespoon butter. L^jn^^ bring to tho boiling [joint and Put aJ the ingredients in a buttered | .jj^ {„ the vanilla. Beat one minute' pudding dish, mix and cook in a slowj^^.^h a wheel egg beater and .serve hot' oven for thrt-* hours. Stir often to^^^,ith niarshmalows or whipjjed cream.! -.^^o-tlie pudding tho golden skin, This cocoa improves if allowed to that forms, but do not .stir during the^^tand a few hours, and no settlings will be found in the bottom of the kettle. This ri-t'ipo is for ton .servings. The Canadian Homlmaklr ^ jeries PLANNING . DECORATING coi/ering. BUILDING . FURNISHING arfic/es FINANCING . GARDENINGT CopxfrijKt laee. ^^'^^^^ â- ^ 1 ! 1 last half-hour of the baking. Serve with bits of bright jelly sprinkled over the top. BUTTERSCOTCH Pl'DftlNC. One cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 cups hot milk, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, 1 slice stale bread, 2 The Brook's Song. Tommie was inclined to be .selfish. He never would share anything that was given to him with his little sis- ,, ,(.,,, I wiis fcfi^*^" Lo null wiuii iiin iiiLiu aia- eggs, >4 U-aspoon salt, juice Vi I«mon,l ^^_ ^^..,_ ^^^^^ ^^,^ „^^ ^ ^ 1 teaspoon yani.la. , ., , , ! boy. One day, their Aunt Sadie came Mo.t the brown sugar and the but- ' ^^ ^^^,. ^.^^^^, „f ^j,^.„^ ^^,^,1 ^ ^^^i^ ,„„^h, ter over the fire and cook until a dark , ^,. ^,^.,,^ j^^^ ^^^ j,,^ ,.; . -^ommie brown, stirring constantly so that the ,,^j ^^ ^^ ^^ ^.^,,j ,,^,^ ,.^f„^^, ^^ mixture will not burn. .Add the milk ^^_.^ ^j^^ ^^ . â-  ..j^^^^ and simmer ten minutes. .Soak the ", ,. , , i. . , n .;.._ ,. . , , .,.,., I doe.sn t need candy. It was nil given •lice of bread, one inch in thickness,', „ „ „„ >. 1 I I -.I \iy r. r. » .u to mc, unyway. In cold muk until soft. Press out the ^.__ ^ ..„. ^,..j; ;,, ..(-^^g ^.j,;]. milk and crumble in bits. IV)ur the mi.k, sugar and butter mixture over the bread and Ix'at in the yolks of the eggs, the .salt and flavorng. Pour into a buttered baking dish, .set in a pan of hot water and bake forty-five min- utes. Beat the egg whites until stiff and to them add the powdered sugar and lemon juice. Spread over the pudding and brown delicately in a cool oven. .Serve warm or cold. MAKHIIMALI/IW PtSDDING. So Aunt Sadie said dren, we are going away out to the Verdugo Hills to see a licautiful little brook." Then she took them in her coupe away past Glenilale, until they ; came to a lovely woodland, and there they sat down beside the stream. : Then .\unt Sadie talked. "Now," ' fha said, "let us listen to this little biook sing. It sings all day long, and â-  why do<,'s it sing? Only because it is lf.it happy. And what makes it so 'happy? Just because it is giving, giv IjkWSON M<D LjTTLE AltCHIJECTJ AND ENCINErm W I2J JTANLtY Sr. M0MT*»l One slic<> bread, 2 eggs, Mi cup ' ing all the day. It gives those little sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 cups fish, that you .see swimininR there, a scalded milk, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, place to live, and all the fooil they mnrshmallows. lent; and it gives plenty of water to Use stale bread cut at least one'tlio-^e lovely fern.s and (lowers, and inch thick. .Soak it in cold wnU-r or j (.'ras.-^'S growing on its bunks; and milk until very soft. Melt two table- Uiei-e, that mocking bird ba.s just flown 8p<H)na of the sugar until a golden ilnv.-ii, from the tall eucalyptus tree.i brown, or caramelized, add the milk! and, i>li, what a >.'ood drink the brmik' and butter and simmer until the car- has givfii tn him! And now he sits amol dissolves. Press tho water or up in the troe. singing his lM>autiful| milk from the bread and hi)ueeze as song, to thank thf brook. No one is' dry as possible Add it to tho milk ever happy unlc.xs ho gives." | and atlr well. Stir in the well-l)eatcn ' Tommie grew very thoughtful. nggt, the rest of the .'ugar and the, Without a wurd, he reached for his' vanilla. Pour into n buttere<l baking- ''«g of candy, anil hilndod it to his dish and bake in a very slow oven for's.t«r. ! forty-flve minutefi. When ccHikcd, cover ! "Now." said Aunt .Sadie, "I will tb« top with niarshmallowi*, cut in tench you the song of the br.tok, which AN ENGLISH COnAGE-HPE HOUSE The lllustratlcuis show a suburban house dcNlgflod in a morlernlzed ver- sion of the Kngllsh coltaRc style. Tile main entrance doin- opens Into A wide ball, which is enlarged Into a square staircase hall at the farther end. The large living room to the right of the entrance Is a room of unlimited j woo<lwork. give the he us? au unusual- poRsibllltlrs as regards fnrnlslilng • ly artistic aprearance. and decorating. | The living and riinbiR rooms on the Tho dining room is connected to th« ground floor unci the balls on both kitchen through a serving p;intry. Tho ! floors are trimmed in hardwood, the By I..<iwson and Little. Architects. There are four bedrooms and two j The bath rooms are tiled and the bath rooms on the firs-t floor, and two |4>lumbinK llxtures are of the built-in- bed-rooms and a billiard room In Uie^lype. A boiler room and laundry, to- attic. All tho bedrooms are provided , gether with coal storage, have been with cupboards. provided for In the basement. The The exterior walls of the house are heating la by hot water with oil bum- faced with mulll-colore<l Kustlc brick. Ing equipment. The c<kst of the house which together with the dark slate of and garage, providing that .<t|mple the roof and the brown color of the finish la used for the Interior wood- work, would be about $10,000. Readers desiring further Informa- of the hip; pull out enough feathers to make room for the incision. 8. Wet the surrounding f««r/thera and the skin with a disinfecting mtla- tion, using pad of absorbent cotton or cloth. Change solution often enough to keep it clean. 9. UiM) a separate dish pr pan with clean solution in which to piece th« instruments, being careful to rep.'aco them in the dish instead of laying them on the barrel. You are now ready to do the actual work: 1. P|{ice the bird with head toward the right hand of operator. Stand well to the left and in line with the legs of the bird. Standing in this position, it is easier to locate the riba and there is less danger of making the incision in the wrong pTace. 2. If the cut is made between the hip and the last rib, besides bleeding badly, the incision is so far back that tfie testicles cannot be seen. If the cut is made between the second and third from the rear,-tilS lung is cut and this usually causes deaTRT^^ 3. With the left hand draw the ski^ toward the Wp, then with knife make a half- inch incision through the skin and the body wall between the last two ribs. Do not cut too deep. Keep the skin stretched until the spreaders are. inserted. 3. Insert the spreaders in the cut, with tb« right hand, then hold with the left hand and open them slowly, enlarging the incision with the knife until the operator can insert the ex- tractor. Fasten spreader guard and lay the spreader ba«k on the wings. This leaves both hands free. 4. With the needle or probe break the membrane which lines the body cavity, taking care to pull upward, thus avoiding tho possibility of prick- ing the intestines. 5. With the flat end of the probe push the intestines away from the backbone toward the abdomen. Do not touch the adrenal gland (the dark red object next to the backbone) or the bird will bleed badly. 6. The upper testicle now should be easily seen near the backbone â€" a creamy or deep yellow body from tho size of a large grain of wheat to that ' of a small navy bean. 7. Insert the extractor lengthwise in the incision, turn crosswise, open, g^asp the testicle firmly, pull upward gently to !>& sure that blood vessel is not pinched. Then, if free, pull gent- ly until the testicle is free from the body. Briiig^ outside the body. 8. Twist the cord and cut with the knife. If young birds it is not neces- sary to cut the cord, as the testicle will break loose. 9. Be sure that the cord drops back inito the body cavity or the bird may bleed to death later. 10. Without removing the weighta__ and strings, turn the bird over and ^''^epeat the operation to remove the testicle from the other side. Stretch the skin toward the head Instead of toward the hip, keeping the head of the bird toward the right side of op- erator. When the bird is turned, it is easy for the operator to step to the opposite side of the barrel. DANGER! Some people remov« both testicles from one side, but tbi.- less one has become quite expert the loss is much greater. The danger comes from catching the large blood vessels leading to and from the adre- nal gland (the dark red organ just between the testicle and the back- bone). 11. If the operation is performed from one side only, remove the lower testicle first, then the upper one; otherwise, the blood from the upper will make it difficult to §ee the lower one. CAUTION! One must be careful in either case to grasp the testicle clean- ly for if a part is left the operation is not successfulâ€" that is, instead of a capon, a "slip" is the result. A s.lip has tho appearance of a capon until about four months old then develops a large comb and wattles. If a small yard is available, the chicks should be kept in it for a few days .so that one may watch for wind puffs: the skin .sometimes puffs up around the wound atid if this puff is left it makes the birds look like toy balloons. If a puff appears, prick the skin to let the air out. Sometimes this needs to be done two or three times. The skin may be cut with a sharp knife, razor blade or a pair of scissors. The birds .<ihou1d be given water at once and mash may be given soon after the operation. It is wise to tion regarding the plans aiul speiiflca- mark tho caponired birds by cutting ^ ^ "on» "f this hou.se should communi- off the nail of the back toe, punchin,? kitchen being provided wlih a dining i roraalnder of thrhouse in wliilowoi^ '"*''* *"*' ""' architect direct. Address '^ ^^'f '" ♦''" ^^'^^ between the toes, or halves, and brown slightly in th<> oven, Herve hot or cold with cream, I.ICMT ROUJI. One cop milk, % yeast cake, I tea- spoon Halt, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 3 or 4 cups flour, 2 tal>leapo<in."< short- ening, % cup lukewarm water. ! Earned, when I was a little girl In sch<>ol." "I'm small I know, but, wheri ver I go, The field.-* g'ow gr.s-iier still, singing, .Sinciiig all (lie tiny: (live away, (live away. .'iinging. singing, ail the d.iy: (live, oh, giNO away." From that day Tommie wa* a dif- ferent boy. He was happy, and not on y willing, hut nnxioii.^ to shar* everything with his Httle sister. His Miicp ronld he heard singing merrily tlio song of the brook: ".Hinging, ninging, all tho day, (iive, oh, give away." .\nd his mother wondered what had wrought such a rhanf* In Tomml*. nook and ample siKie,-- for n-cossary kllclieii enulpmenl. for stain or imlnt finish, are of hardwood. Th* floors l-awson and Little. Ihio. Montreal. Que. 3T1 Beaver Hall clipping the web to where the toes join becau's.^ one cannot notice an im- mediate change ir appearance as the scab of the incision quickly disappears and the biwis might be klled or sold as frys instead of being left to de- velop as capons. Turning Away Her Wrath. "Oh, George," mailed the fratl and tender-looking young woman. "1 hate found out that you were devoted to no fewer than five girls before you flnally proposed to me. How do I know that you didn't make desperate love ta all of them?" "I did." answered George. "Yon dld7"«he asked, horrified. "Certainly," he returned. "You don't suppose for t mbiute t shonUl be to foolhardy aa to try for sgrh a prtxe as .Toa wliliout » ilttl« sf'kctic*) do jouT"