Show TIMELY HINTS THE U S DEPT OF agriculture when cooking baked potatoe potatoes pot atoe score or prick the skin to let the steam escape ice box cookies can be made from any stilt stiff cookie dough instead ot of rolling rolline out the cookies and cutting them into fancy shapes roll the dough into a cylindrical piece cover it with a clean cheese cloth and store it in the ice box over night to become firm with a sharp knife slice the cookies oft off thin when ready to bake them the vogue for tomato cocktails made of the juice of canned tomato bea seasoned beaconed with salt pepper and a little lemon and horseradish horse radish Is ex cellena cel lent because it adds to the days supply ot of three valuable vitamins A B and C these vitamins are retained by tomatoes even when they are cooked pr canned and the inclusion p of some tomato in the diet as often as possible Is recommended by all nutrition specialists leftover egg yolks have many uses they are a valuable source of iron and so should always be utilized hard cook them in the double boiler mash and season tor for sandwich tilling filling or use either hard cook ed or raw yolks as a foundation for salad dressing raw egg yolks can be mixed with chopped beet beef to broil in cakes or bake in a roll several good egg sauces tor for fish or meat can be made with yolks only and soft sod custard tor for dessert does not require the whites keeping dirt out of 0 the house la Is easier than removing it when it has baa once come in through open doors and windows tracking in and careless family habits remove dust regularly from window sills bills porches steps and walks use fine meshed screens or cheesecloth where much toad load dirt may be blown in put mats mata and scrapers at the doors and insist that muddy overshoes and b boots be left outside provide a place tor for keeping them near the back entry an empty orange crate on end makes a good receptacle for rubbers and galoshes galos hes always dry pick rather than scald capons camons many of the best beat capons camons are picked clean before marketing which is the best method to use plan to cut about so 50 per cent more ice this winter than will actually be needed during the year on the he dairy farm this allows tor for heavy shrinkage A cubic toot foot of ice weights about 57 pounds A ton of ice fee needs about 45 cubic feet ot of space A good scratch ration tor for the poultry flock Is 2 parts by weight of yellow corn bof 2 of wheat and 1 0 of good sound oats this ration Is satisfactory is tor for most of the year except the warm summer months when it may be changed tor for equal parts of the three grains do not teed feed oats oata ot of poor quality they contain too much liber fiber give the scratch ration morning and evening in about 3 inches of utter litter on the floor barley or a locally grown grain such as kaffir or sorghum Is used in some lacall les lea instead ot of corn I make lake the morning feed a light one so the birds will scratch most of the morning and the evening teed feed large enough so BO the birds go to roost with full crops |