"P* RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1395 
Just Potatoes 
“Potatoes only 50c a bushel!" This is 
the time to eat them. 
Have you ever tried baking them in 
slices? Scrub them well, and cut in thick 
slices, lengthwise; soak for 10 minutes 
in cold water, then lay in a large pan 
without overlapping, and bake about 20 
minutes in a piping hot oven. They will 
puff up and turn golden brown, and are 
delicious when well buttered. 
Here is a new wrinkle for scalloped 
potatoes: One pint of raw potatoes in 
thin slices; season with butter, salt and 
pepper, and dust with flour, if you like. 
I’lgce iu a deep buttered dish, and add 
one cup of chicken broth, cover and 
bake 45 minutes. Oyster liquor may be 
used instead of the broth. 
Tty the way. potatoes do not necessar¬ 
ily. in the words of the old riddle, " make 
the butterfly.” One 00n always have 
savory fat on hand from bacon or sau¬ 
sages. or from beef, lamb or poultry, 
tried out with a pineh of sweet herbs or 
other savory seasoning, and such fat is 
often the best of butter substitutes in 
cookery. 
If you like buttermilk, you will like 
this odd way with warmed-up potatoes: 
Iieat two tablespoons of fat in the frving 
pan, stir in two cups of chopped potatoes, 
and toss them about until they begin to 
color, adding seasoning to taste. Then 
stir in one cup of rich buttermilk aud sim¬ 
mer for live minutes. Serve on crisp toast. 
Potato Cream Soup.—Three large po¬ 
tatoes. boiled and mashed add 1 qt. of 
scalded milk and season with salt, pep¬ 
per. celery salt and one teaspoon of onion 
juice. Blond one-fourth cup of peanut 
butter with a little of the hot soup, and 
gradually stir it iuto the rest; serve with 
fried croutons or crackers buttered and 
browned in the oven. 
Potato salad is an old favorite, not 
incapable of new touches. 
Potato Salad with (’ream pressing.— 
Six potatoes, boiled in their jackets. 
When cold, pel them and cut in dice, 
using a sharp knife to avoid mashing. 
Season with salt, paprika and an onion 
cut very fine, aud vary by adding one 
cup of diced celery or one or more hard- 
boiled eggs. For the dressing, beat one 
cup of cream with an egg-beater until 
it thickens, adding a half teaspoon of 
salt, the same of mustard and a quarter 
cup of vinegar. Pour over the salad, 
mix with two forks, and garnish with 
parsley or celery tips. 
Potato Pepper Salad.—Six diced pota¬ 
toes. two green peppers chopped fine. 
Arrange in layers in a salad bowl lined 
with shredded lettuce, and pour over all 
a good French dressing. 
Mashed Potato Salad.—Two cups of 
well-seasoned hot potato, put through a 
ricor and measured liglitlv; one-half cup 
of mayonnaise and nue-half teaspoon of 
onion juice. Beat together when potato 
is cold, adding one cup of diced celery. 
Serve on heart leaves of lettuce, topping 
each with a cream-cheese hall in a red- 
popper riDg. 
Potato Buns.—One cake of compressed 
yeast, one tablespoon of sugar, one cup 
of milk, scalded and cooled, one-half cup 
of mashed potatoes, two cups of flour. 
Boat together smoothly and let rise half 
an hour. Then add one-half cup of butter 
or lard, one egg beaten with one cup of 
sugar, one-half teaspoon salt and two- 
thirds cup of currants, with 2% cups of 
flour, or enough for a soft dough. Cover, 
aud let rise iu a warm place until doubled 
in bulk. Form into buns, and let rise 
1hours, or until light. Bake about 
half au hour. 
RACHEL F. PAHI.GREX. 
Freshening Musty Hickorynuts 
We have about a half bushel of hick- 
orynuts perhaps five or six years old that 
have hung in a cloth bag in a partly en¬ 
closed shed for several years. The meats 
seem to be as good as ever, except that 
they have a musty taste. I have heard 
that this could be eliminated by pouring 
water over the nuts and putting them in 
the oven for a time, or at least that is 
my recollection of the method, c. s. b. 
Valafie, X. Y. 
We have never printed such a method, 
and our experts never heard of it. The 
only suggestion we can make is to ask 
the nuts. Try a quart of them in this 
way and fee w hat happens. 
The mouth of October was fine for Fall 
work. The frost did well in holding off 
late, this giving everything a chance to 
ripe i. Coru ripened up well, and is a 
good crop; most of it in the field yet. 
Potatoes were a fair crop; some complain 
of rot. Apples are a good crop in some 
orchards, but the quality was not up to 
the average; many had frost injury, scab 
and fungus. The price is low. consider¬ 
ing price paid to harvest the crop. Beans 
as a crop were poor, and full of weeds, 
owing to the wet weather in Summer. 
Not as large an aer algo of wheat sown 
as usual, >wittg to the low price. Some 
late sowing Ch bean ground Some fann¬ 
ers have been robbing the meadow by a 
second cutting of hay. Fall feed is plen¬ 
tiful. E. T. B. 
Ontario C'o., N. Y. 
The United Fruit Company, operating 
freight and passenger vessels from New 
York to West Indian ports, has barred 
liquor on its ships under the British as 
well as the American flag. 
HAMILTON 
This Hamilton Watch is a 17-jewel 
16-size (picture is actual size) 
watch. The movement costs only 
S25.00; it can be bought from 
your jeweler and ficted by him in 
any style case to suit your needs. 
It is carefully adjusted. If your 
jeweler hasn't exactly this move¬ 
ment, he can get it from us in a 
few days. 
ngs for you to think of too 
such thing pocketbook calls for. But they know just 
itch. Gold how much of their money went for accu¬ 
rate timekeeping and how much went for 
ceeps time, a case to protect this accuracy, 
e case. It You need a good watch, of course, and 
>r it can be you will enjoy looking over a catalog of 
It can be a Hamilton Watches we have prepared es- 
movement. peciallv for farmers and others who want to 
kind of a pick out an accurate watch for themselves, 
re going to This catalog shows and describes differ- 
f the case. ent Hamilton Watches from 325.00 up. 
bn Watch ’ These watches have the same qualities and 
workmanship that have given the Hamil- 
movement ton W atch the great reputation it enjoys 
?r put it in on all American railroads. The catalog is 
e or their free if you use the coupon in asking for it. 
Cut off and paste on postal card 
! HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY, Dept. A. 
I Lancaster, Pa. 
| Dear Sirs- Please send me your free booklet showing the 
styles and kinds of watches best adapted for practical 
I timekeeping on the farm. 
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One of the best paying and most dignified busi- 
» nesses you can get in. or put 
your boy in nowadays, is 
flour miffing. On a compar¬ 
atively small investment, 
and without any previous 
mining experience you can 
own and run the Wonder¬ 
ful "Midget” Marvel Mill 
and make good money from 
the start. 
Hera Y °“ GET BEHIND 4 
“Midget” Marvel 
One Man 
Self-Contained Roller Flour Mill 
Only a small house mid small power necessary. 
There's more profit in this high class business than 
anything you can get into on the same capital, be¬ 
cause "It mukes a Better Barrel of Flour Cheaper.” 
Saves the high freights on wheat out and floursnd 
feed in. "The first eight months I made u net profit 
of over 58000," says A. II. Ling, Jetnmrv, Kan,; “My 
profits, from the "Midget" Marvel average right 
around $4Q tvr day." Ohms. M McKinney, Cooper. 
Tex * "Was fwOO in debt when l bought my 21 bar*vi 
"Midget.” and the little mill pulled me clean out of 
the hole long before l bought ms -10 barrel mill from 
you."says M. \ Kamm, Oxford. Mich. 
Capacities: 13.25. 30 and loo barrels of as fine roller 
patent hour s nay as any mill can make. 
Your community wants one of these mills. Start 
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Anglo-American Mill Company. Inc. 
2e60-?2fi6 Trust Building, Owensboro, Ky. 
P UT your money at work. In¬ 
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Due one year to 5 years from 
date. Interest. 59&, payable 
semi-annually. We give you am- 
§ le security, based on New York 
tate’s diversified agriculture. 
Write for particulars. 
Farmers Fund, Inc. 
M. W. Cole, President 
Lincoln-Alliance Bank Bldg.. Rochester, N. Y. 
Capital S400,000 Surplus $110.000 
Keep Warm While Driving 
this Winter 
Install this simple heater on your 
Ford, and it wiilbe asco:yasa nicely 
heated room, even in 2 ero weather. 
TRADE MARK 
HEATER 
For Ford and Dodge Cars 
fits over the exhaust manifold and 
furnishes nn even distiibution of 
warm fresh nir throughout the car. 
Easily installed by anyone in a few 
minutes. Can be turned oif when 
not wanted and removed entirely in 
summer, Complete instruettons and 
guarantee with every heater. If your 
dealer can't supply you. send $2 00 
(rot Dodge cars send $3.00) and 
your dealer’s name and we will ship 
ptepaid. 
The Manex Co. - Dayton, Ohio 
913 Valley Street. 
The Farmer His 
Own Builder 
By 11. Armstrong Roberts 
A practical and 
handy book of all 
kinds of building 
information from 
concrete to carpen¬ 
try. Price 50 
For sale by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30 Ih St.. N. V. 
This attractive 234-pase book has some o( the 
best o{ the Hope Farm Man’s popular sketches 
— philosophy, humor, and sympathetic 
human touch. Price $1.50. 
For Sale by 
Rural New-Yorker, 335 W.30th St., NewYork 
