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'l' ird 19 RURAL KISW-VOIRU 
Household Talks 
I 
Homemade Folding Bed. 
HAVE a folding bed of my own man¬ 
ufacturing. and would like to pass it 
on to the sisters who have small rooms 
and need an extra bed at times. I took 
a board 12 inches wide and seven feet 
long and fastened securely to wall in a 
corner on strong shelf brackets, costing 
N 
£ 
1 
Top Shelf and Bracket. Fig. 14<>. 
. o ,0 cents per pair; thqy were put six feet 
from floor. Then I took another board 
six feet long and five inches wide, and 
fastened it up to wall same as top shelf, 
only 12 inches from floor. Then I took 
a bed spring four feet six inches by six 
feet, and hinged at bottom to five-inch 
shelf so when raised up it could be 
Nail to Wall 
Bottom Shelf, 6 feet X Sinches 
3. 4*. 
Bed Springs 
6 feet X 4 feet, 6 inches 
k. 
1$ 
Leg for 
Bed. 
, Boll to 
Spring 
«ag t ©6. frame with 
Bolt*or Legs. 4 inch bolt 
Springs and Accessories. Fig. 148. 
convenient as it is against the wall out 
of the way in the day. I have only three 
rooms, so find the kitchen makes an ex¬ 
tra bedroom, as I have the bed in the 
kitchen. Finish with wire rod in 
front with curtain seven feet long to hide 
bed. When not in use this bed is an 
ornament, and when down is a full sized 
Tiie Bed When Closed. Fig. 149. 
> ed and just as comfortable as any one 
• •oiild want. The five-inch bottom shelf 
allows room for mattress, pillows and 
iiuilts to be folded up inside. I fastened 
a rope by hinges in back and a small 
ring in front of spring so as to bring 
rope across bed after it is made up and 
tie in ring to hold clothes and mattress 
in place. a. k. 
Freezing Beans. 
S OME of the women folks might be in¬ 
terested in a little trick my wife dis¬ 
covered by accident, although others may 
have done the same thing. It helps very 
much in cooking beans until soft and ten¬ 
der. If the beans are soaked until they 
reach full size, and are then placed out 
of doors where they will freeze solid over 
night, the freezing process naturally soft¬ 
ens the beans and makes them more ten¬ 
der. by the expansion of the particles of 
water inside the beans. The idea was 
new to the teacher in home economics 
who was here during Cornell Extension 
week, and as she seemed much pleased 
with it, the plan may not be generally 
known. I. R. 
This is a new one—worth trying. 
Many people complain that baked beans 
are too hard and tough even after full 
cooking. There is no question about the 
expansive power of dry beans when 
soaked. Anatomists when trying to sep¬ 
arate the bones of the skull have been 
said to pour dry beans inside and then 
pour in warm water and let the beans 
swell. The bean-fed people are said to 
have active brains. May be due to the 
uplifting power of beans. 
[7^7, r\. Staple 
yBrU, t 
\°//0mch 3i:e of spring 
Bottom Shelf and Fastenings. Fig. 
147. 
hooked to top shelf; then fastened legs 
10 inches long on rods so they could be 
folded under when bed was up. I put a 
book in top shelf; I used a curtain rod 
hook, screwed straight in to bottom of 
shelf so hook was down, then took round 
ring and fastened to top of spring frame 
to hook bed up on. This bed is very 
4. 4 Z 
Milk for Infant Feeding. 
I AM enclosing an advertisement cut 
from “The Woman's Home Compan¬ 
ion.” I would like to know about this 
claim regarding milk for infants. I am 
familiar with cows and of course know 
that the milk of the Jersey is much rich¬ 
er in fat, but is the Holstein milk so 
much different in other respects? 
Shavertown. N. Y. MRS. J. o. s. 
The essential difference, in tin? milk 
from different breeds of cows is in the 
amount of butterfat they contain. True, 
they vary somewhat in the proportions of 
other constituents but there is a like 
variation in tin* milk of different cows 
of the same breed, as there is in the 
amount of butterfat, also. The enclosed 
advertisement of Holstein cows’ milk 
makes strong claims for the value of this 
milk in infant feeding, and. making 
allowance for the enthusiasm of 
breed’s partisans, the claims may be 
tilled. 
Human mothers’ milk differs 
due 
the 
jus- 
from 
cows’ milk chiefly in three respects; it 
contains more fat, move sugar, and less 
casein, the latter being the constituent 
that coagulates to form curds. It was 
formerly taught that this undue propor¬ 
tion of casein in cows’ milk with the 
consequent formation of tough curds in 
the infant’s stomach was the cause of 
the unsuitability of unmodified cows’ 
milk as ii fant food. If this were true, 
Ilolstein milk would be as unsuitable as 
Jersey milk, since it contains as much 
casein. It is now believed, however, that 
the average infant does not. find the case¬ 
in of cows’ milk indigestible if, when 
clotting, it does not carry down with it 
too much fat. It is the presence of fat 
in the curds, rather than the casein, that 
does the harm. Average mother's mi Ik 
contains about 4% of fat. while Jersey 
milk contains from 8% to 095 . Average 
Ilolstein milk contains from 8% to 8Y>% 
of fat, making it more nearly like moth¬ 
er’s milk in this respect. Herein lies its 
superiority over Jersey milk as an in¬ 
fant food; if one wishes to use the latter, 
however, a partial skimming places it 
practically on a par with Ilolstein milk. 
M. B. I). 
Good Words. 
I want to take this occasion to tell 
you that I like the stand you take on the 
side of right. The It. N.-Y. is cleaner 
than some religious papers we get. 
Pennsylvania. i*. j. d. 
I have been a poultry man for 25 years, 
and have taken a great many different 
papers, as every poultryman should to 
keep up to times, but I have yet to find 
one that can equal The It. N.-Y. A man 
who starts in the poultry business and 
follows your articles, if he fails, he must 
bear in mind one thing, the poultry busi¬ 
ness is not bis vocation. The cause of 
failure must be all his fault. I consider 
Mr. Cosgrove one of tin* best authorrities 
on poultry there is. and enjoy his plain 
fact, right to the point talks very much. 
Massachusetts. GEORGE A. CLARK. 
’.Vries you write advertisers mention The 
K. N.-Y. and you'll -ret a quick reply and a 
"square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
For bums, cuts, insect bites and 
all irritations of the skin, use 
Vaseline 
Ret. U. S. Pat Off. 
Keeps wounds dean; soothe* and heals. 
Specially valuable in the nursery. 
Put up In handy metal capped Bias* bot¬ 
tles. At druB and general stores every¬ 
where. Illustrated booklet describing all 
the "Valeline” preparations mailed free 
on request. 
CHESKBROUGH MFG.CO. 
(Consolidated) 
«0 State Street. New York City 
DROUTH 
Insure 
Again*! 
Prepare your soil to retain moisture and produce 
ger cropVielda, by making a perfect seed bed with the 
IMPERIAL PULVERIZER 
Pack* the subsoil, and crushe*. rolls, levels and pnl 
rerizes the topsoil. Does the work of 3 Implements 
all in one trip. 
Q _ buying more implements — saves two 
JRV6I extra trips over the plowed ground. 
Send at once for j/SSBfltfk. Peterson Mfg. Co. 
our Booklet fsSHISil 148 River St - 
Kent, Ohio 
firestone 
Has Done Better Than Meet Popular Prices 
Firestone Net Price List to Car-Owners 
Cate 
Round Tread 
Case 
Non-Skid 
Grey 
Tube 
Red 
Tube 
30 x 3 
$ 9.40 
$10.55 
$2.20 
$2.56 
30 X 3'. 
11.90 
13.35 
2.60 
2.90 
32 x 3 l-z 
13.75 
15.40 
2.70 
3.05 
34 x 4 | 19.90 
22.30 | 3.90 | 4.40 
34 x \ l /z | 27.30 
30.55 | 4.80 | 5.40 
36 x 4 >4 | 28.70 
32.15 | 5.00 | 5.65 
37 x 5 | 35.55 
39.80 | 5.95 | 6.70 
H ERE, is one example: a small size,30x3, 
plain tread, shown actual size. The same 
relative values apply in all sizes. Note the detailed 
specifications r>f the section opposite. Then ask any neutral 
repair man which manufacturer gives the most in quality. He 
cuts into all makes of tires. He knows. 
You want that extra layer of fabric in the Firestones—4 plies 
instead of 3 in this small size—7 plies in the 5-inch Firestone, 
for instance, instead of only 6 in the ordinary. 
You want that cushion stock in the Firestone. There is none 
of it in ordinary tires. Yet it is impossible to build a full service 
tire without a cushion layer under the breaker strip. You must 
have it to prevent bruising and overstraining the fabric. 
Firestone Tires have never been built down to a price. You 
will find everything in a Firestone that ought to be there. Fire¬ 
stone Tires are vulcanized by the “two-cure” process. This is 
more expensive than the “one-cure,” but it allows rigid inspec 
tlon in the making andeliminates fabric buckles andotherdefects* 
The Sections Show These Things—the 
Wear, the Mileage, Prove Them 
Take the word of the specialists of the industry—take the 
record of the Firestone Tires for 15 years—as your authority 
that these extras of quality are necessary for real service and 
economy. The Firestone organization, the largest in the world 
specializing on tires, can make and market tires and tubes at 
the lowest possible cost to you, the user. The tires and prices 
prove it beyond argument. 
Firestone Tube Prices Give Added Proof 
of Firestone Savings to You 
Firestone is below them all on tubes. WHY? A tube is 
good or bad to the eye and the touch. Quality can and does 
vary, weight can be and is skimped, but not so radically as in 
tires. The buyer won’t have it. Having to come near meeting 
Firestone quality in tubes others must go above Firestone in 
price. 
Because, as stated. Firestone manufactures and markets at 
minimum cost to you. But we are no more proud of giving you the 
best tube .below the others than we are of giving you the bes t 
tire for so l ittle more. And the proof of appreciation among 
car-owners lies in the fact that their demand for Firestones last 
year established 50 per cent more dealers for us and increased 
our output 78 per cent. 
So compare the tires inside . Compare the prices . Compare 
the service records among your acquaintances—then get Fire¬ 
stones from your dealer and enjoy— 
“Most Miles per Dollar” 
FREE A waterproof bag for Inner Tubes if you tell us the make of tires you use and 
the dealer you buy from. Also ask for book No. 18, 
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio—Branches and Dealers Everywhere 
"America's Largest Exclusive Tire and Rim Makers ” 
