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closely and preserved in some way for use 
later in the season. 
To prepare pumpkins or squashes for 
drying, cut them into rings or slices by 
means of a sharp, heavy knife. Remove 
seeds and loose fibre from the inside, peel 
and cut the rings into pieces‘half an inch 
thick. To shred or to slice thinly will 
make an inferior product when the pump¬ 
kin is dried. Spread the pieces an inch 
thick on flat traj’s, and place over hot-air 
registers or the kitchen range, where the 
temperature can be held between 120 and 
100 degrees ’ Fahrenheit. To have the 
tempei-ature nearer 120 degrees at the 
start will mean a better finished product. 
I)ry until the pieces seem to be between 
a leathery and a brittle stage. Usually, 
24 to 80 hours’ time will be needed. Do 
not allow the pieces to become crisp or 
browned. Place in a cloth bag and hang 
near a stove or hot-air register for several 
days, after which the product may be 
transferred to a stout paper bag or a par¬ 
affined paper box, and stored until needed 
for use. 
For table use, soak the dried product 
over night in cold water, three parts by 
measure, to one part of squash. Cook 
slowly in the cold water until thoroughly 
soft, drain off water, season well with 
salt, pepper, sugar and butter, and serve. 
If desired the seasoned product may be 
baked in the oven for a half or three- 
quarters of an hour before it is served, in 
oi-der to make it more appetizing. 
Dried squash or pumpkin makes excel¬ 
lent pies. Soak in cold water and cook 
as for table use. Use as ordinary pump¬ 
kin or .squash, with the usual reciiies for 
pies. An ounce of the dried product 
should be allowed for each three pies. 
While the use of dried pumpkin or 
squash may not appeal to all housewives, 
it should be given a fair trial, especially 
where a product which would otherwise 
spoil may be preserved and used. The use 
of products of this sort will release equal 
amounts of the more staple foods, which 
are much needed by the Allies at present 
and which have promise of being more 
needed in the future. 
E. L. kirkpatbtck. 
The Fertilizer Question 
This is the way the New Jersey experi¬ 
ment station puts it: 
There is much complaint among farm¬ 
ers regarding the rise in price of fertili¬ 
zers and some .'^ay they cannot afford to 
use as much as formerly. When 2—10—0 
fertilizer cost $20 per ton corn was w'orth 
about 50 cents a bushel on the farm and 
wheat about .$1. If 400 pounds of fertili¬ 
ser per acre would cause an increase in 
the crop of 10 bushels of corn and eight 
bushels of wheat, the profit from its use 
(above the cost of the fertilizer itself) 
would be $4 on corn and $4 on wheat. 
.\ssuming the same increases in yield, at 
the present prices of $.80 per ton for fer¬ 
tilizer. $1 per bushel for corn and .$2 for 
wheat, the present profit from the same 
application would he .$10 on corn and $10 
on wheat, or more than double the former 
return. 
Of course there is little use talking 
about using potash heavily this year, but 
it will pay to use nitrogen and phosphoric 
acid. Prices for most crops will warrant 
it. Bear in mind that the fertilizer manu¬ 
facturers have their troubles this year, 
like all the rest of us. Sulphuric acid and 
phosphate rock are needed to make acid 
phosphate, and it is harder than ever be¬ 
fore to obtain either. The acid is needed 
by the Government for making explosives, 
and the vessels needed to carry the rock 
are demanded for carrying food and sup¬ 
plies. We are all having our troubles in 
the fertilizer business. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOiMESTIC.—^Two of the most active 
and talented workers in sj)reading Ger¬ 
man propaganda throughout this country 
were arrested Dec. 6 and interned on _E1- 
lis Island. One, Otto Julius Merkle, is a 
writer of mark who has been in close 
touch with some noted educators. The 
second, Hans C. Stengel, is an artist and 
cartoonist of merit. Until several months 
ago Merkle was secretary of the German 
University League. Stengel was car¬ 
toonist for a publication once known as 
Zeppelin, and later, or until its sup¬ 
pression, as Eulenspiegel. Both men wei'e 
born in this counti-y. 
Eight men were killed, two are missing 
and more than 25 wei-e injured, many of 
them seriously. Dee. 5. by an explosion 
that wrecked the “T. N. T.” plant of the 
Aetna Chemical Company, at Heidelberg, 
Pa. The explosion did damage estimated 
at .$2.50.000 to the plant and shattered 
windows in factorie.S and homes for a 
radius of nearly twm miles. 
Fire which originated in the pattern 
shop of the Poison Iron Works, Toronto, 
Canada, Dec. 0, destroyed that building 
and several sheds and damaged severely a 
large freight boat and a trawler. The 
total damage was estimated at from .$250,- 
000 to $800,000, covered by insurance. 
The origin of the fire is a mystery. 
Confused whistle signals exchanged be¬ 
tween the French munition ship Mont 
Blanc and the Norwegian steamship Imo, 
in the harbor of Halifax, N. S., Dec. 6, 
resulted in a collision that caused an ex- 
plosion which it is stated killed 1266 
persons, injured thousands and destroyed 
millions of dollars worth of property 
Five thousand tons of high explosives on 
board the French ship blew up with ter¬ 
rific force. Two square miles of the town 
of Halifax and the suburb of Richmond 
w’ere shaken and devastated and a fire 
that followel completed the havoc that 
had already begun. Ships in the harbor, 
among them the Canadian cruiser Niobe, 
were damaged. The disaster was followed 
by a blizzard which’halted all relief work, 
and it is believed that all the injured 
buried under ruins perished of the in¬ 
tense cold. Special Red Cross trains sent 
from Boston and New York were delayed 
by the storm. 
Thirteen negroes, soldiers of the 24th 
United States Infantry, were put to death 
by banging simultaneously at San An¬ 
tonio, Tex., Dec. 11, in expiation of their 
murder of Houston citizens last August, 
when members of that regiment engaged 
in mutinous rioting in the city’s streets. 
Forty-one other negroes Avere sentenced to 
life imprisonment, four others for short 
terms, and five were acquitted. 
WASHINGTON.—An informal under¬ 
standing for a vote in the House on na¬ 
tion-wide woman suffrage and nation¬ 
wide prohibition constitutional amend¬ 
ment bills was reached Dec. 5 between 
House leaders. Most of the members of 
both houses are in accord with the Presi¬ 
dent’s desire that Congress concentrate 
its efforts during the session upon- war 
legislation, but in the House particularly 
there is an insistent demand for action 
upon some general domestic measures, in¬ 
cluding the prohibition and suffrage 
amendments, before the Christmas holi¬ 
day recess. 
Dec. 7 war Avas declared on Austria. 
The Senate passed the resolution by 74 
votes, none dissenting; the House .861 to 
1, the negative being the vote of Meyer 
London, Socialist, of New York City. 
Of the six Senators who voted against 
A\'ar against Germany, Gronna, Norris, 
Stone and Vardanian voted “aye.” Lane 
is dead and La Follette AV’as absent. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The New 
Jersey State Agricultural Convention will 
be held in the State Armory at Trenton 
on Jan. 23, 24 and 25. All of the prom¬ 
inent agricultural societies in the State 
Avill hold sessions in rooms provided by the 
State Department of Agriculture in Tren¬ 
ton during these days. The State Armory 
offers unexcelled ojiportunities for exhi¬ 
bition purposes and many spaces have 
already been reserved for exhibitors. No 
charge is -made to exhibitors for floor 
space. 
The semi-annual meeting of the Geor¬ 
gia 'State Horticultural Society will be 
held in Athens during the meetings of the 
Georgia Dairy and Livestock Associa¬ 
tion and the Georgia Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion, just after the short courses, at the 
College of Agriculture. The dates of the 
meetings Avill be Jan., 14-16. 
The annual six Aveeks Winter short 
courses in dairying and general agricul¬ 
ture Avill be held at the University of 
Vermont, College of Agriculture. Dec. 26 
to Feb. 8. A $10 fee pays the bills, other 
than necessary board and travel charges. 
There are 1.5 instructors. More than 20 
coAv test associations are idle, for lack of 
testers. The short courses in the past 
have fitted large numbers of these men, 
and this year’s course is said to be better 
shai)ed than ever before to that end. For 
circular of information, Avrite to I’rof. 
G. F. E. Story, University of Vermont, 
Burlington, Vt. 
The Massachusetts Board of Agricul¬ 
ture Avill hold its fifty-fifth annual con¬ 
vention at Worcester 'Jan. 8-10. The 
meeting Avill be held at the Hotel Ban¬ 
croft, and judging from the program, this 
Avill be one of the most interesting meet¬ 
ings Avhich this fine old .board has ever 
held. Among the speakers Avill be Carl 
Vrooman of the Dei)artment of Agricul¬ 
ture, H. W. Selby, president of the Vege¬ 
table GroAvers’ Association of America; 
L. G. Robinson of the Federal Land 
Bank, our old friend Dr. Twitchell, Prof. 
Harding of Illinois, E. R. Root. Medina, 
()., and many others. Surely there Avi.l 
be something in this program to interest 
any man or Avoman Avho cares anything 
for agriculture. Wilfrid Wheeler is the 
secretary of the board, and can be reached 
at the State House, Boston. 
OBITTL\RY.—Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief 
of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and 
Avell knoAvn to the country as the govern¬ 
ment’s foremost figure in combating foot 
and mouth disease and other diseases of 
cattle, died at his home at Washington 
Dec. 7 of pulmonary hemorrhage. He 
Avas 55 years old. Dr. Melvin’s name was 
knoAvn to stock raisers, farmers, mer¬ 
chants and others the country over. A 
widoAv, a son and a daughter survive 
him. Although he Avas best kuoAvn to the 
country as head of the Federal forces 
stamping out foot and mouth disease. 
Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Dr. Melvin’s services in the Department ' 
of Agriculture Avere marked by the total 
stamping out of the pleuro-pneumonia 
plague in cattle, and the eradication of 
the fever tick in 51 per cent of the South¬ 
ern country quarantine against the 
scourge in 1006. He Avas a foremost ad¬ 
vocate of ’the present meat inspection 
laws. His native State was Illinois, and 
he had been in the government service 
since 18.86. Dr. John R. Mohler, his as¬ 
sistant, is now acting chief of the bureau. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
State School of Agriculture. Delhi, N. 
Y., Farmers’ "Week, Dec. 18-20. 
Springfield, Mass., Poultry Club, Inc., 
annual shoAV, Municipal Auditorium, 
Springfield, 5Iass.. Dec. 18-21. 
Granite 'State Dairymen’s Association, 
milk, cream, bntter and cheese show, La¬ 
conia, N. IT.. Dec. 10-21. 
PennsylA'ania Farmers’ Week, State 
College, Pa,, December 26-20. 
Winter short courses, Vermont College 
of Agriculture, Burlington, Vt., Dec. 26- 
Feb. 8. 
Madison Square Poultry ShoAV, New 
York City, Dee. 28-Jan. 2. 
Delaware Corn GroAvers’ Association, 
MiddletOAvn, Del., .Tan. 2-4. 
NeAV York State Breeders’ Association, 
Syracuse, Jan. 8-10. 
Ncav York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Rochester, Jan. 0-11. 
Eastern Ontario Dairymen’s Conven¬ 
tion, Perth, Ont., Canada, Jan. 10-11. 
Rockland County I’oultry Association, 
first annual sIioav, Xyack, N. Y.. .Tan. 0-12. 
Georgia State Horticultural Society, 
Georgia Breeders’' Association, and Geor¬ 
gia Dairy and Livestock Association, an¬ 
nual meetings, Athens, Ga., Jan. 14-16. 
New Jersey Corn Show, Trenton, Jan. 
23-25. 
NeAV .Tersey State Agricultural CoiiA’cn- 
tion. State Armory, Trenton, Jan. 28,-25. 
Farmers’Week, Ohio State University, 
Columbus, O., Jan. 28-Feb. 1. 
Millions*of Fruit Trees 
Everyone genuine Ilarrison-grown, 
robust, healthy, true-to-name and 
budded from bearing orchards. 
Backed by more than, 
26 years' fruit-arowinsr and 
linrsery •iperlenco. Apples, peaches, 
pears, plums, cherries and small fruits. 
Also full lino of ornamentals. Write to¬ 
day for 1917 FruitGuidc—Zrea, IjaTKesX 
STowera of fruit trees ia the world. 
HarriMmi* Nurseries, Box 14 Berlin, Md. 
SORE MUSCLES 
Muscular 
soreness, stiff 
or swollen joints and 
backache immediately 
benefited by an application of 
andolin 
The Penetrative Anodyne Cream 
i Ecduceg swelling, makes joints supplel 
and muscles jiliable. One application 
gives relief in the most obstinate 
cases. Send 60 cents for large tube, ^ 
postpaid. 
EDWARD LASSERE.lnc, 
Sole Agents for America 
400 West 23rd St. 
New York 
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MAPLE SYRUP MAKERS! 
With The GRIMM Evaporator 
you •will make tH»t- 
tf‘r RjTiip with Ib'^s 
fuel and labor than 
with anv other evs- 
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tinie. Made in 23 
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Writ© for catalogue and state number of trees you tap. 
Grimm Manufacturing Co., 
324 Champlain Ave., N, W., Cleveland, O. 
9 CORDS IN lO HOURS 
BT ONE BAN. It’s KINO OP THE WOODS. Sares money and 
baetaehe. Send for FKKB catalog No. B 63 showing low pneo 
and Iritest improvements. First order gets agency, 
Fsiding Sawing Machine Co.. 161 West Harrison St, Chicago, 111. 
ForSale-OpportunitySeldomOfferedretrcrty 
Oneida, Clay and sandy loam; no hills; 86 acresar* tiled 
underdrained. All tillable except two small wood lots. 
Now seeded. Ill acres wheat, 40 rye, 40 hay. Buildings flne 
condition. 10-room house with furnace, bath and full 
plumbing; also good tenant house. Main barn 36x120, 
holding 60 head; additional buildings for hogs, ice, 
poultry, wagons, etc., all good condition and up-to-date. 
Running water in house aiid barn. Changes in our oper. 
ating plans reason for selling. It will pay you to invest. 
Igate. Price on application. Terras reasonable—a bargain. 
THE BUllT OLN’EY CANNINe CO., Oneida, N.Y. 
ICE PLOWS 
Cuts two rows. Equals 20 
men with saws. Write to¬ 
day for catalog and prices. 
WM. H. PRAY, LtGrangeville, N.Y. 
Get a Silo that Can't Collapse 
T he 12x 24 Craine Silo shown below was erected on the Minnesota State Fair Grounds, moved 
22 miles, and has since been filled three times. You may never want to move yours, but the 
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Three distinct walls give this remarkable strength and stability (1) an ordinary stave silo (no iron 
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(3) Crainelox Cypress siding on the outside. Once 
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Make Your Old Stave Silo NEW 
Covering it the Crainelox way will settle your silo 
troubles for all time. 
Send at once (or literature, special 
early discounts and our live wire 
agent’s propos tion. 
Craine Silo Co., Inc. | 
Box 110, Norwich, N.Y. L 
Write 
today 
Don’t Buy Any Separator Until You 
'"^.Get Galloway’s New 191B Price! 
Stop where you are if you are about to buy a Separator. Let Galloway prove 
absolutely that you don’t have to pay double prices for separators. Farm imple¬ 
ment prices are going up and up—but if you act at once you can save big money on 
my new sanitary model—the separator that holds the world’s records for close 
_ skimming. My big free book gives separator facts and figures. Write for it today. 
Compareit! Testit! Tryit! 90 Days 
Yes sir—right on your own farm—90 days—180 milkings you can try my new Sanitary Separator. 
Try it side by side with any other high grade separator you want. The more severe you make this comparison 
test the more sure lam that you'll keepmy new Sanitary model. li you don’t, ship it right back at my expense 
I’m Still Diuidino the MelonI * a™ where I have always been — saving money for my farmer 
1 iil.atHl HlVIUinH mo iwibiwii implements and better values than ever before. 
I have demonstrated time and time again that dealing direct with Galloway means money in your 
pocket when you buy a Separator, Engine, Tractor, Spreader or any Implement. Thousands 
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Get my Book—See the big money I save You! 
Don’t decide on any separator until you get my free book and learn the inside 
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and would not exch^go it for any bigb pricea separator.” Send toda. 
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WM. GALLOWAY, President 
WM. GALLOWAY CO., 273 Galloway Sta., Waterloo, la. 
this big 
Kerosene 
124 
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254 
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per 
Uflllon 
WHICH ENGINE—TWO FUEL OR ONE ? 
Arc you tied to an engine made to use gasoline only ? Are you tied to an engine made to use kerosone 
only? Which engine do you prefer to have—the two fuel Heavi-DutI, which operates efiually well on gas¬ 
oline or kerosene, or the single fuel engine that operates on just one ? 
A lot of engines can use gasoline; some can use gasoline or kerosene; but there Is only one, the two 
fuel, that uses either fuel equally well. The two fuel also graduates the air according to the weather. 
It is an ideal cold weather engine. You operate on the cheapest fuel now made, kerosene. You can run 
on gasoline if you prefer. . .i. ^ . j u .. « . 
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turning slow by hand to start as when run at full speed. 
HEAVI-DUTI TWO FUEL ENGINE 
You cannot afford to buy any entrlne until you learn ail about the two fuel. It is an old aayInK 
true years ago and today, ' ‘That tlio Early Bird Catches the Worm. Quick action means saving 
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R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 202 Fulton Street, New York City 
Leader 
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Always insist on OSPRAYMO TRADE MARK. 
•Send for Free Catalog. For 10 cents we will send hand¬ 
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FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. Dept. 2 ELMIRA, N. Y. 
