Show j TIMELY HINTS PRO FROM 11 THE U S DEPT DEIT DEI T on agriculture A dry cow needs lj city ot of minerals e well cured legume legnine hay with heat bran cottonseed meal or linseed meal will supply these fry sausage cakes and canned pineapple and serve them one on top ot of the other the tartness ot or the pineapple offsets tile the rich flavor of oc the sausage to make hard sauce a little different use brown sugar instead of hite and grate in the rind of an orange tor for flavoring hard sauce is good food with almost any hot steamed pudding to keep a fruit cake in good condition wrap it in waxed or parchment paper after it is entirely cold and place it ii in a tight container some people like to put in with the cake an apple cut in halt half or a piece ct cf cheesecloth saturated with cider look at the cake from time to time to see that no mold is appearing careless handling of kerosene and gasoline is one of the chief causes of farm tires fires kindling tires fires in stoves or furnaces with gasoline or kerosene is danged dangelus us be careful in handling lamps heaters stoves incubators cuba tors brooders broaders bro oders and lanterns or lamps with fl amable liquids tor for fuel never till fill them while they are burning lse a non liquid uch as carbon tetrachloride for or dry leaning cleaning keep kerosene and gasoline in tightly covered metal containers dont leave them near stoves furnaces or rubbish most farmers carry too little insurance protection in the opinion of V N VaI gren economist of the L I 1 S department of agriculture about tour four fifths of the farmers in the country insure their buildings and other liro property perty against tire fire says mr air more afore than two thirds carry wind storm insurance hall hail insurance covers 3 8 to 10 per cent of the total crop ac deage few farmers have insurance tor for livestock accident and sickness or employers liability less than one halt half ot of the farmers have any life insurance most farmers lack adequate automobile insurance about one third ot of the fertile eggs incubated in the united states each year fall to hatch inherited weak weakness nebs poor conditions ot of incubation and faulty diet of the breed ers are the principal causes ot of these losses says the U S department of 0 agriculture tho the bree breeder derti in the poultry flock should get plenty ot of protein in both vegetable and animal form cod live oil or plenty ot of direct sunlight lime and some source of 0 coloring matter such as yellow corn or green teed feed animal protein in much better than vegetable protein tor for producing eggs ot of high hatchability many hens when fed only vegetable proteins produce eggs which though fertile tail fail to hatch fruit nut and other quick loaf breads are make from a like that tor for muffins only slightly thicker in some cases it if the batter Is comparatively thin the fruit or nuts should be floured doured before being added the temperature ot of the oven should be low enough for the bread to bake through without making the crust too haid or brown for a small loaf a temperature it empera ture of about F I 1 about right for a large loaf it should be lower a straw or toothpick it yov you do not have a reliable muffin recipe you will fiffia one in farmers bulletin 1450 F homo baking I 1 PT |