Popular Science Monthhi 



19.5 



Beware of Poultry Which Comes 

 Packed in Barrels 



INSIST on buying dry-packed and dry- 

 chilled poultry. When you order 

 poultry which is packed in ice, you are 

 probably paying for from three to fourteen 

 per cent, of water which has 

 been soaked up by the bird. 

 So states a report issued 

 by the Department of Agri- 

 culture. This water ruins 

 the flavor and the quality of 

 the meat. 



If possible, see the package 

 in which your butcher re- 

 ceives the chickens. High- 

 grade, dry-packed birds are 

 commonly sent to market by 

 the dozen in paper-lined 

 boxes. Wet-packed chick- 

 ens are shipped in large 

 barrels. 



Tent Stoves to Keep Our Soldier 

 Boys Warm in the Training Camps 



NO mental pictures this year of our 

 soldiers freezing in their camps. 

 They are made as comfortable as possi- 

 ble, although the stove with which the 

 government provides each tent is not 

 exactly like the big brick fireplace or the 

 ornamental steam radiator at home. It 

 is made of tin, with a jointed pipe to let 

 out the smoke through an opening in 

 the top of the tent. 



As the majority of the camps have pur- 

 posely been 

 located in sec- 

 tions of the 

 country where 

 the winters are 

 mild, this 

 heating device 

 should prove 

 adequate. 



Burning 

 wood as it 

 does, fuel may 

 be had at any 

 groves or wood 

 lots which 

 happen to 

 be near the 

 soldiers' 

 camps. 



Two heifers curiously 

 branded by Nature, 

 one with a white N, 

 the other with a white 7 



Nature Herself Branded 

 These Cattle 



ONE of the accompany- 

 ing illustrations 

 shows a young heifer 

 owned by Henry Nelson, of Hicksville, 

 O., which bears the letter N on its side. 

 This letter was not burned in, nor has it 

 any resemblance to the scarred brand. 

 The hairs are white against the reddish 

 back of the animal. Just what caused 

 them to grow in such a way as to form the 

 owner's initial is a secret which Nature 

 has kept. Mr. Nelson would like to 

 know so that he could use the style of 

 branding on his other cattle. 



The other illustration shows a large 

 white figure 7 on the face of the seventh 

 daughter of a seventh daughter, which is 



believed to 

 have special 

 significance. 

 Possibly the 

 animal will 

 yield seven 

 quarts of milk 

 at a time and 

 will usher in a 

 period when 

 milk will be 

 seven cents a 

 quart. Or per- 

 haps the 7 

 has to do 

 with the year 



Press Illus. Serv. 



In our training camps, each tent is provided with 

 one of these tin stoves which burns wood and brush 



1917. You 

 solve it. We 

 give up. 



