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BETTER FRUIT 



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It sometimes happens that with cer- 

 tain Idnds of soil during drier periods 

 in the summer the ground becomes too 

 hard to plow. With the type of plow 

 suggested, however, it has been found 

 that very hard and dry sods can be 

 turned. In case it is not possible to 

 turn the sod on account of dry weather, 

 the treatment can be given with the 

 disk harrow alone. We have been able 

 to thoroughly kill the grass with either 

 the disk or the combination of plow 

 and disk treatment. WTiere plowing is 

 possible, however, it is usually cheaper 

 to kill the grass with plow and disk 

 than with the disk alone. 



If the disk alone is to be used, it 

 should be set practically straight, well 

 weighted with bags of dirt, and the 

 field gone over three or four times. 

 The first two cuttings should be at right 

 angles and the other cuttings diagonally 

 across. The sod in this way is divided 

 into small blocks. Then the disk is set 

 at an angle, when it will bo found that 

 the first two or three inches of the sod, 

 which contains practically all of the 

 quack-grass roots, can be cut loose 

 from the soil below. The exposure to 

 the sun and the breaking loose from 

 the lower soil soon kills out the quack- 

 grass. This ground should be gone 

 over at intervals of ten days or two 

 weeks throughout the remainder of the 

 season. 



The following spring the infested 

 land, on which the grass has been killed 

 either by the disking method or by the 

 combination of plowing and disking, 

 should be plowed to a good depth in 

 order to bury the mass of dead roots 

 thoroughly. This will facilitate the cul- 

 tivation of the spring crop. If the work 

 has ben carefully done the quack-grass 

 will not show up at all in the spring 

 crop. 



There is no closed season for rat- 

 killing. 



Save Wheat — Use Substitutes 



MEASVREMESTS OF SUBSTITUTES EQUAL 

 TO ONE CUP OF FLOUR. 



These weights and measures were tested in 

 the experimental kitchen of the U. S. Food 

 Administration, Home Conservation Division, 

 and of the U. S. Department of Agricultura, 

 Oflicc of Home Economics. 



In substituting for one cnp of flour use the 

 following measurements. Each is equal in 

 weight to a cup of flour. 



Barley 1% cups 



Buckw hea t % cup 



Corn flour 1 cup (scant) 



Corn meal (coarse) % cup 



Corn meal (flne) 1 cup (scant) 



Corn starch % cup 



Peanut flour 1 cup (scant) 



Potato flour % cup 



Rice flour % cup 



Rolled oats 1V4 cups 



Rolled oats (ground in 



meat chopper) 1% cups 



Soy-bean flour % cup 



Sweet potato flour 1 'A cups 



This table will help you t-i make good grid- 

 dle cakes, mufllns, cakes, ciokies, drop bis- 

 cuits, and nut or raisin br'-ad without using 

 any wheat flour. 



You will not need new recipes. Just use the 

 ones your family has always liked, but for 

 each cup or flour use the aiii'»iint of substitute 

 given in the table. You can change your nuiflln 

 recipe like this: 



Old Recipe — Two cups wheat flour, 4 tea- 

 spoons baking powder, '/i teaspoon salt, 1 

 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 table- 

 spoon fat. 



New Recipe — 1% cups barley flour, 1 cup 

 (scant) corn flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 



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STUMPING — AGRICULTURAL. 



Western soils, stui^ps and cliMate need 

 ^western eVpIosives. Tt\at's why ^lanff arm--««..,^ 

 gowders cut the cost of clearing western 

 lahd. Manufactured for, moj^e/ than half a 

 ■cehtury especially for the^est, they natu- 

 rally give better results on Western farm* 

 anih^^ards. ^ 



Giant F^m Powdeirs lead \ in economy 



because they, go further than ordinary explo- 

 sives. They fi^eak up the sti>iiips thoroughly 

 thereby cuttin''^ down labcfr cost. Money 

 and trouble are.S3iLe.d_l)e£Mise of their low 

 freezing qualities. ^-^ 



learning: If your work is dohe^with any 

 other powder or dynamites, the changes are 

 it will not be done as well as with eitKec-of — 

 the two Giant brands: Eureka Stumping or 

 Giant Stumping. Look for the Giant trade- 

 mark on every case, and be sure of the 

 genuine, 



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 explained in "Better Farming." This big 

 free book, fully illustrated, will be sent you 

 as soon as we receive this coupon. 



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Home Office: San Francisco 



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D Stump Blasting □ Ditch BUsting □ Sub«oil Blasting 



D Boulder Blasting D Tree Bed Blasting O Road Making 



Name Addrcss__ 



1,4 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 cup 

 milk, 1 egg. I tablespoon fat. 



C.l UTIONS 



1. AH measurements should 

 standard measuring cup is cqu 



2. The batter often looks too 

 times too thin, but you will 

 have measured as given in the 

 will be good after baking. 



.3. Bake all substitute mixln 

 and longer. 



■I. Di-op biscuits are better 

 biscuils, when substitutes arc 



o. Pic crusts often do not n 

 to he pallcil in to the pan. Ti 

 cbilliug before bilking. 



be accurate. A 

 :il to a half pint. 

 thick, and some- 

 llnd that if you 



table the result 



res more slowly 



than the rolled 



used. 



II well and have 



hey do not need 



They also serve who buy War Sav- 

 ings Stamps — if they save and buy to 

 the utnio.st of their ability, and buy in 

 time. 



