1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
195 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 
“You don’t like entire wheat bread?” 
said Mrs. Spraker in a tone of intense 
disapproval. 
“Well,” I apologized, “we like it very 
much when it is freshly baked, but it 
dries so quickly, much more so than white 
bread. Of course it is nice toasted even 
then, but we don’t want half of our bread 
toasted.” 
“I see,” said Mrs. Spraker with evi¬ 
dent relief. “But I’ll tell you how to 
help that some. Put in rolled oats.” 
“Rolled oats!” 
She nodded. “I use a quart of water 
for my bread besides the half cup of 
water I dissolve the yeast cake in. 1 put 
my shortening and a cupful of rolled oats 
in my mixing pan, and then pour in a 
pint of boiling water and let it stand for 
a few minutes, then I add the other pint 
of water, cold, and mix it up stiff with 
entire wheat, putting in the yeast, sugar 
and salt of course. The oats give a 
nice flavor to the bread, and it stays 
moist longer—as long as it lasts,” she 
ended significantly. 
“Did you ever make a chicken pie with 
rice instead of piecrust?” she asked with 
an abrupt change of subject. 
“No, I never did.” 
“Well, you want to try it. It is de¬ 
licious, besides being more wholesome. 
And speaking of rubbers wearing out—” 
Mrs. Spraker’s mind seemed to be decid¬ 
edly erratic to-day—“if the heels wear out 
first, as I see yours do, you can get a 
pair of thin rubber heels for ten cents 
and cement them on your rubbers and 
they will be all right again, sometimes 
wearing as long as a new pair.” 
“I’ll try it,” I said. “Ten cents for 
a new pair of rubbers sounds very at¬ 
tractive.” 
Mrs. Spraker meditated in silence and 
I thought she was still thinking of the 
rubbers till she spoke. 
“ You want to cook your chicken just 
as you would for an ordinary chicken 
pie, only you take the broth and cook rice 
in it, seasoning to taste. Then when the 
rice is done, and you don’t want it too 
dry, put a layer of it in your baking dish, 
put in your chicken picked off the bones, 
and on top of that the rest of the rice 
and bake two hours.” 
“I’ll try that, too,” I said as I rose 
to go. 
I had gone half way across the street 
when she called me back. She came to 
meet me and passed me a folded paper. 
“I thought you might like to try this, but 
I forgot to give it to you,” she said. 
I opened it and read: 
Oatmeal Cookies:— y 2 cup shortening; 
1 cup sugar; 2-3 cup milk; f l / 2 cup rolled 
oats; 1 level teaspoon soda; pinch salt; 
vanilla, flour to roll out. 
SUSAN DROWN ROBBINS. 
The Girl on the Farm. 
IWlio would not gladly help the girl 
who is staying on the farm to help her 
mother? From my standpoint the farm 
is the place for a girl or woman to make 
money. First, she must really want to 
make money and the desire must contin¬ 
ue until the scheme, whatever it may be, 
comes into bearing. The possibilities of 
a small piece of land are so great, and 
land is so easily obtained in the country, 
that almost any woman whose time is 
not entirely taken up, can soon fit herself 
for producing some crop that will pay 
well in pleasure and profit. The crop 
that is easily grown, that has no insect 
enemies or fungous diseases, rarely yields 
much profit. The same may be said of 
any crop that is commonly grown on 
nearly every farm. Crops that are in 
demand, and yet are scarce because of the 
care and skill necessary to produce them, 
nearly always pay those who have learn¬ 
ed their requirements. In Dorothy 
Bartlett’s article some time ago, there was 
the following sentence that contains a 
world of meaning: “While all these 
things, except the writing, brought in very 
little money, there was no reason why 
each one might not have been developed 
into a paying business, if she had felt 
like giving up the others for it.” I be¬ 
lieve in people who become so enthusi¬ 
astic on one thing that they feel like 
“giving up the others for it.” Sucess 
come from hard thinking, as a rule, and 
few of us can do good work by giving 
our attention to many things. So I 
would suggest that this girl choose some 
branch' of horticulture, and learn all she 
can about it from now till Spring; then 
she will be ready to engage in it with 
good assurance of success. 
Over 30 years ago I became very much 
interested in the Gladiolus, and my en¬ 
thusiasm has never abated. I have put 
myself in correspondence with specialists, 
and have read nearly all that has been 
written on the subject. This specialty 
has been of unspeakable pleasure to my¬ 
self and friends, and has brought in 
from a few hundred dollars to over $2,000 
a year for a good many years, and 1 
never had over five acres at a time. This 
Fall I have sold all I care to sell, and 
still have my private collection of a few 
bushels of bulbs that are almost priceless. 
If the same area had been in wheat it 
would have required a yield of more 
than 500 bushels per acre to bring as 
much money. 
Eight years ago last July, my little 
granddaughter, Margaret Crawford, was 
baptized, and I wanted to give her a 
present. Finally, I concluded to give her 
two daffodil bulbs, one Emperor and one 
Empress, for each letter in her name. 
My intention was to grow these bulbs, 
sell some occasionally, and aim to have 
enough to educate her when she is old 
enough to go off to school. Knowing 
that the daffodil is the most popular 
flower in England except the rose, that it 
is almost certain to become more and 
more popular here, that while it would 
slowly diminish in price, the increase in 
stock would be about 100 per cent, I 
chose it for this purpose. The scheme 
has worked well so far. During these 
eight years a good many bulbs have been 
sold, the blooms have brought over $6 
in a season and the present value of the 
bulbs is over $50. They cost $8 to begin 
with. 1 still consider the daffodil one of 
the safest things to invest in. One could 
plant the bulbs in September, seed the 
ground to Blue grass at once, and leave 
them undisturbed for 10 years, and they 
would go on increasing annually. I take 
mine up every Summer, and replant in 
October. Mice do not eat daffodil bulbs 
in the ground, but they will take tulips 
or hyacinths. 
I would suggest the tulip as a money¬ 
maker for this girl. At the close 
of the planting season, the bulbs can be 
bought at a low price. After December 1 
I presume that single early tulips can be 
had at $3 per 1,000, for mixed colors. 
Plant four to the square foot, cover three 
inches, and next April the bed will be 
the attraction of the neighborhood. They 
will be ready to be taken up in June, 
(Continued on next page.) 
It is surprising- to find out in how many places 
about the farm a coat of Pure White Lead Paint 
will work improvement. House, barns, outbuild- 
ings, fences, wagons and implements are made not 
only to look better, but to be worth more by paint¬ 
ing them with Pure White Lead Paint. 
Pure White Lead and Linseed Oil paint gives 
a durable, tough, elastic coat that does not crack 
or scale off. 
Io be absolutely sure of the quality, purity and 
genuineness of your paint, buy only White Lead 
which has the Dutch Boy trade mark on the side 
of the keg. 
Send for Book 
“A Talk on Paint,” gives valuable information 
on the paint subject. Sent free upon request. 
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 
In whichever of the following cities is nearest you .* 
New York, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, 
Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphiafjohn T. Lewis & 
Bros. Co.) Pittsburgh (National Lead & Oil Co.) 
AH lead packed in 1907 
bears mis mark. 
How To Use Starch 
equal to the laundry expert is told on pages 
27-29 of our free book of Modern Washing 
Formulas. Pages 3 to 21 tell how to solve the 
family washing problem and save over $50 
per year. 
Ask for the Booklet by return mail and commence washing economy next week. 
DODGE & ZUILL, 539 G So. Clinton St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Buy Land Now Tennesaee 
I can sell you farms and plantations today in deep, rich 
soil soctions of Tennessee at $5 to $20 an aero for cash, 
or, on easy terms. You can raise cotton, wheat, potatoes, 
hay, vegetables, or flue stock fast enough in that fine, 
healthful climato to quickly pay for your land, which ie 
advancing in value rapidly with the prosperity of the South. 
Write ntetoday for tacts andfreobooklets. H. F. SMITH, 
Traffic Mgr. N. C. <fc St. Louis Ry.,Nashville, Tonn. Dept.C. 
$5to$20an Acre & going up 
DAHI 20 Kinds, $1. GRAND PRIZE, 
DmiLinO St. Louis. GOLD MEDAL. 
Buffalo, Catalogue. H BURT, Taunton, Mass. 
SOLID GOLD 
RING FREE 
Not a plate nor a filled ring, but one of 
Solid gold. Your choice of otlior handsome 
Premiums Given Free 
to those who sell 6 of our 25c. boxes of 
Standard Blood Tablets, a tonic selling on its merits; 
30 days allowed to make sales; then send the money 
and wo give you the premium. 
Wo trust you. Send no money until you have 
received and sold the tablets. Premium list sent 
with the tablets. 
STANDARD REMEDY CO., 
400-403 W. 33d St., New York City. 
BURNS BARRELS OF AIR NOTHING 
mmimmnLmummsirn — L "*'“" 
trust in control. Air belongs to rich and pooralike! 
SAIR BURNER STOVE 
is like gas. Intense hot fire. Combustion perfect. 
„ ,-IT. 
...WWW. . Canning great excitement 
draw™principally fro'm atmosphere! \fmesS9S barrels of air*while consuming oue'-allmlVkf ofl d ‘ w™h‘ 
H AR RISOFH A^E LESr®»— n£ " s ‘ 
in about a barrel of air, to every large spoonful of oil consumed. That’s all. It is self-regulating, no moreAttention 8 
Same heat all day, or all night. For more or less heat, simply turn knob. There it remains until you come again 1 To 
pu t fire out, turn knob, raising burner,oil runs back into can, lire’s out. As near perfection as anything in thfs world No 
dirt, soot, or ashes. No leaks-notlnng to clog or close up. No wick-not even a valve, yet heat is under nron£ control® 
“The Harrison Oil-Gas Stoves " - . — 1 — 
ccpTinum cMTftci>r.,ce.T« n D. CARN> IND., writes: - me tiarrison u 
SECTIONAL CUT OF GENERATOR are worth more than twice as much as they cost. It costs me 
■ c= ' cen<s a day for fuel L. S. NORRIS, VT., writes: 
Ihe Harrison Oil-Gas Generators are wonderful savers of fuel, at 
least 5o‘/t> to <75% over wood and coal ” E. D. ARNOLD, NEB 
writes- U .* ■* --' f - - 
EXCITING BUSINESS FOR AGENTS. 
Q AI PCUCU U/uiAPrno i.r.. nn __ 
ALL SIZES. 
SALESMEN-MANAGERS—MEN OR WOMEN at horn® 
or traveling, all or part time—showing—taking orders— 
appointing agents. MESSRS. HEAD & FRAZER, TE)L 
writes: “Enclose order for $81.00. RUSH. Sell like hot 
HlirQTrn mr. 5 0 stoves in our own town.” B. L 
HUESTED, MICH., writes: Been out one day and 
sold 11 stoves.” This patent new. Nothing like it. 
Demand enormous. Agents reaping great harvest. Where 
operated people stop on street, leave their homes, place 
of business, miss trains to watch this generator—excites 
curiosity-watch it as though a thing of life. Show a 
dozen—sell ten. M rite to-day for special agents 
new plan. Send no money. World unsupplial 
Get in early for territory. ^ 
All sizes. Prices low—83.25 and 
only send yonr name and address. Write to-day for our 30 day triafoffer-f.nl 
description-thousands of testimonials. 1007 Proposition. Oataloiie free. 
WORLD MFC. CO. 6415 World Bldg.,Cincinnati,O. 
Saved $ 4.25 a month for fuel by using the Harrison 
Gix-uasStove. My range cost mo $5.50 per month, and the Harrison 
only $ 1.25 per month.” Objectlonablefeaturesof all other stoves 
wiped out. Aot like those sold in stores. Ideal for cooking, 
roasting, baking, ironing, canning fruit, 
f denies, cottages, camping, also for heat- 
ng houses, stores, rooms, etc., with radl- 
atingattachment. Nomorecarrylngcoal, 
kindling, ashes, soot and di rt. No hot fiery 
kitchens. Absolutelysafefrom explosion. 
Not dangerous like gasoline. Simple, du r- 
able—last for years. Saves expense, drud¬ 
gery and fuel bills. 
