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^'^\Standar(ls of Nutrition of 
TI0 GA LAYING FOOD’”' 
T1O GA CROWING MASH 
Are the Standards of 
LIBERIA S^CANDARD 
POULTRY FEEDS 
Adopted bribe 
Pennsylvania War Poultry Commission 
end Bureau of Markets of the Pennsylvania 
Department of Agriculture 
Aeb Your Dmater far 77>0>GA FEEDS. Or Write ae for Free Lmafleia, 
Samplee and Prieee 
MunUcturcd by TIOGA MILL & ELEVATOR CO. Bos G. Waverlr. N. Y. 
Free Bulletin on Libert)) Poullrp Feeding Standards can be obtained 
from the Bureau oj Markets, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Rabv niJ/»L-«rAKK’S STRAIN. Thompson 
Dalljr VulCKe Baried Rocks <9 15c. Heevy 
utility R. I. Reds (9 15c. S. C. W. Leghorn, Danish 
cross, also English (9 13 to 15c. Place orders now to 
insure prompt delivery. 
MaplesIVfidte lieghorn Farm, R.F.D..Telford, Pa. 
MAHOGANY STRAIN REDS 
Single combo only. For years I have selected Fall 
and Winter layers for breeders. Mated 4.0 rich Ma¬ 
hogany colored males. 'Eeea,9‘^ for 16; $6.60 
for 60; SIO for 100. Write for circular. 
B. QUACKFNBUSH, Bex 500, Darien, Conn. 
R f\ DacIC Bred to Day. Blue Ribbon 
• winners at Leading Shows. 
Eggs. S1.60 for 16; 98.60 for lOO. 
MTALPA POULTRY FARM. W. G. Horner, GEnYSBURG, PA. 
S.C. Rhodebknd Red, 
two consecutive years. High-grade utility breeding 
stock, also eggs for hatching. Send for circular. 
MAPLECKOFT FARMS, Box R, Pawling,N.Y. 
HATCHING EGGS'l'jgP'^i; 
Trapneotedstock. Vibert’sS.C.Reds—Barron’s S.C. 
Leghorns and White Wyandottes. Place your orders 
now. Overbrook Poultry Farm, Marlborough-on-Hudson, N.V 
Barred Rocks &S. C. Rhode Island Reds 
We have a limited number of eggs to spare at $2.50 
per 15: $4.50 per 30. Our stock is as good as the best. 
One of our Red pens is headed by the bird that won 
the color special at Pittsburgh in 1917. 
RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Cambridge Springs. Pa. 
R. C. Reds-Pearl Guineas Hen? $ 2.50 e^dn 
Eggs for hatching, 15c each. Guineas. $3 each. 
Sinclair Smith, Box 153, Southold, Suffolk Co., N. T. 
Imperial Ringlet Barred Rocks si^TaTaT^ 
Eggs: 15—$3; 30—S5; 100—$15. Also Parkoa heavy- 
laying strain crossed with Thompson's at above 
prices. 1. H. BACORN, Sergeantsviile, N. J. 
_ Perfection" Barred Rocks 
he.se are mated to produce best i-e»ults. Exhibition 
quality, $4 for 16 eggs. 3 settings, SIO. Utility, $2 tor 15 
eggs; SIO for 100. One mature bird from either setting 
worth more than cost of entire setting. Price list on re¬ 
quest. • Dr. IIAYMAN, Doylestown. Pa. 
DAY-OLD CHICKS 
1260,000 for 1918. $10 per 100 and up. Pure bred. 
Hatched right. Strong guarantee. 10 leading varie¬ 
ties. Hatching eggs. Big brooder offer. Western 
Branch, Augusta, Kan. Freecatalog. Stamps appreciated. 
HUBER’S REUABLE HATCHERY, 334 W. Fremont Street, Fojiorii, 0. 
XXcttO]3.1Xl.S; -tLiSSS 
S. C. R. I. R E D S f $8.00 per 100 
MUSCOVY DUCKS'^ I|cn 
PEARL GUINEAS I $1.50 per setting 
CONSOLIDATED FARMS, SOMERVILLE, N. J. 
Hatching E^s 
IIN O L e"com 1I Brown Leghorns 
_.50 per 16; 98—100. 
BENJ. TINDALL, - Egg Harbor, N. J. 
Baby Chix—Hatching Eggs—Breeders 
White W*«nilolles. R. I. Red*. Birred Rocki. Light and Dark BinbmsB, 
S. C. W. and Brown Leghorns. Utility and eh^w quality. 
Catalog free. Rivebdale Poultht Fabm, Box 165, IJlverdale, N. J. 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 
Hatching eggi from noted winter layers trap nested 2 (o 4 yeers old. 
J. F. FWAWCAI^ _ Wathampton Beach, L, I., N. Y . 
Buff Orpingtons 
Hatching eggs. $2 persetting; $12 per 100. Also 
Buff Orpington Ducks, pure white e"gs,_ Prices 
same. Mrs. F. E. MARTIN, Hatfield, Penna. 
HATCHING EGGS 
Wyekofif strain direct. S. C. W. Leghorns 91 per 
15: 96 per 100. J. M. CAS E, Giiboa, New York 
CrrrraFfirUoleliinfr Silver Campines. White Wy.in- 
tggslornatcning dottes. silver Medal at Provi¬ 
dence. Cockerels for sale. Sherman Stecli Farm. Harrisville, R. I. 
Gilbert Farm School 
day-old chicks, custom hatching. Georgetown, Gonii. 
for special prices on Poultry 
--.iggs of all Breeds. Catalog free- 
SDWIN A. SOUDER, - TELFORD, PA. 
EViro Rhode Island Reds and Buff Orpingtons 
ture. HICKORY FARM, 4 Madison Ave., Springfield, Mass. 
differs some 
choice settings of 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
•om prize winning heavy laying White Wyandottes, 
C. B I. Beds, and 8. C. White Leghorns. In hot 
impetition they won IS first, 0 second. 1 third, 2 fourth, 
special and silvor eup. Prices reasenahle, gualily eensidered 
QIADIAiCONECK, N. Y. 
trite S'" 
kmohat Farms 
Young’s 
PORTABLE 
Poultry and 
Pigeon Houses 
I Cheaper than you can build. Write now for our free j 
I booklet showing 30 different cuts. Wc tell you how | 
I to raise your own tneatand eggs. Write today | 
\ E. C. Young Co., 16 Depot St., Randolph, Mass. \ 
Improved Parcel 
Post Egg Boxes 
New Flats and Fillers 
New Egg Cases 
Leg Bands -O nta Sproutera 
Catalog Free on Request 
K. BRUNNER, 45 Harrison Street New York 
S. C. W. Leghorn EGGS 
FROM TRAPNESTED HENS 
with records of 150 up to 284 eggs. All males have ped- 
igreei, 200 up to 284. 5 Pedigreed cock birds for sale. 
(Miss) FRANCES H.MERSEREAU. West Willington.Ct. 
WGrid's Champion Layers oTr’eVt 
FROM ENGLAND. BARRON STRAIN S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS. 
Pen). Egg recordg from 252 to 284. Eggs, Day-Old 
chicks, six and eight weeks old pullets. Interesting 
catalogue free. BROOKFIELD POULTRT FaRM. R. I, Varaaillaa, Ohio 
Laying While Leghorn Pullets ig^Y^fx^cei^nt 
stock, $1.50 each. Shipped on approval. 
Riverdale Poultry Farm, Box 65, Riverdalt, N. J. 
S e WhUAl«ahnrnR ^^*'1 Strain in official 
O.Ur nnilBLognornS competition with world-lead¬ 
ers at leading contests. Our Aim:—The best laying 
aud breeding S. C. W. Leghorns in the world. Mat¬ 
ing List free. Oak Hill Estate, Uniontown, Pa. 
DAY-OLD-CHIX L&^ORNS 
A Superior Strain. 30 years bred for eggs. Customers re¬ 
port 60% average winter egg yield. 180 average for year. 
Price list on request. MILLBROOK FARM, Alfred Stetlon, fi. T. 
Haiohiniy FircrR from White Leghorns. Same 
ndllilllilg cggS breeding as Pen 79, Storrs Contest. 
W, E. ATKINSON. 
Wallingford, Conn. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
and hatching eggs from world’s champion layers. 
Circular free. PAHERSON POULTRY FARM, Clayton, N.Y. 
BARRON LEGHORNS 
248-260-284-314-egg strain. Eggs. 43 and 46 per 16; 412 per 
100. E. CLAUDE JONES, Craryvllle, New York 
- - .1 
S. C. W. Leghorns, 11c. Money 
refunded for dead chicks. Circular free. 
W. A. LAUVER, McAlistcrville, Ps 
CHICKS 
IIOSK Drnuinl airknrna Tbe Old reliable winter layers. 
COMII DlOnn LcgnOrnS Guaranteed eggs from our prize 
winning strain, 42 per IS, BRUSH A SON, Hilton, Vermont 
Cir/ra Cirrra M- Bronze, B. Red, Narragansett and W. 
eggs eggs Holland turkeys 44 per 12. B. P. Rocks 
ami S. C. K. 1. Red chickens, 41.25 per 15. All eggs prepaid. 
Orders lilied promptly. Eatlern Ohio Poultry Firm, Beillsville, 0. 
TIFFANY’S 
Superior 
CHICKS 
SILVER WHITE AND COLUMBIAN WYAN- 
OOnES. REDS. BARRED ROCKS. BAR¬ 
RON'S LEGHORNS, PEKIN ANO ROUEN 
DUCKLINGS. A1 d h a m Poultry 
Farm, R. 34, Fhoenixville, Pa. 
P ARADISE ■retiliri el Htivy Laying Paultry. Trap Healed 
mil TDV Q WHITE LEGHORNS 
OULTRT RHODE ISLAND REDS 
FARM BUFF PLY. ROCKS, 200-Egs Strain 
DAf'Old Chicks. Hatching Egga and Stock for 
Sale. Our 1918 Circular Pr eo. flox B. PARADISE. PA. 
■ 1 FROM SELECTED HEAVY-LAYING HENS 
l_||||K|fQ Whlto TVyandottes, May delivery 20e each 
WIlIvnO D.rred Rock “ " 18e each 
MOUNTAIN VIEW POULTRY FARM, Hopewell Jet.. N.Y. 
White Leghorn Pullets ^lilo 
FOREST FARM, - Rockaway, N. J. 
Toulouse Geese Eggs ®e gf s.^ae. 
REGER FRUIT FARMS. 
Flanders, N. J. 
rrre cno caiuchoice buff 
LuuO r Ul\ OALL WYANDOHE EGGS 
fine color; doublecomb; free range; $6 per 100eggs; 
$1 for 15. CHAS. I. MILLER. R. F. 0. Nd. 1. Hudsen, N. Y. 
HATCHABLE HATCHING eggs! 
^luray V.cniL.ALS» Martin’s Whit* Wyan- 
dottea. Ringlet Barred Rocks. S. C. Reds, Whit* 
Leghorns. Eggs, $7 per 100. Chicks, $16 to$20. 
Sunny Side Poultry Farm, Copper Hill, N. J. 
Barron's W^hite W yandottes ^ n®d 
females imported direct; males dams, 272 to 283-egg 
records; hens with 255 to 273-egg records. Males, 
females, aud eggs for sale. E. E. LEWIS, Apalachin, N.Y. 
A Day’s Work on the Farm 
How Saving Daylight Began 
April 1, 391S.—The day and the month 
and the official opening of the Spring 
work started on Liberty time; started 
very early for one of the men, as the 
truck had to go 47 miles after a family 
who were to move into one of the tenant’s 
houses, and the driver was around by 4.30 
A. M. to get a good start. One of the 
other men made a mistake. He set his 
clock an hour ahead on Saturday night, 
but thought he had to go to work still an¬ 
other hour earlier Monday morning. So 
he was two hours early in order not to 
be late. By 7 A. M. everyone was ready 
to start. Two men and a team took out 
the spray-rig to finish the dormant spray¬ 
ing of the peaches. This should have been 
done last Pall, but cold weather pre¬ 
vented. We use a high-pressure pump, 
capacity 9^ gallons a minute, with one 
of the new spray guns, and find it very 
effective. 
One team with a man and boy drew the 
brush out of the'orchard and threw it 
over the bank of the lake. The brush rig 
is made of two poles 12 ft. long, fastened 
with four cross-pieces. On this is a 
floor 7x14 ft. This has been found very 
handy up to the present time. We have, 
however, just bought a sweep-rake for 
peach 'brush. One man with his mule 
team began plowing for oats. 
Before noon the spraying was finished, 
and the man who had been driving the rig 
put his team on a plow and went out to 
help with the oat ground. The plowing 
goes along in most satisfactory manner, 
even the mules seeming to realize that: 
“Every acre that we till 
Puts a crimp in Kaiser Bill.’’ 
The man who had been helping in the 
spraying now went out with the foreman 
and the tractor to pull peach-tree stumps. 
It is a Crawford orchard which has never 
paid, although we have given it plenty of 
time, and so had to come out. This year 
it will be turned into a war garden, plant¬ 
ed w’ith beans and carrots between the 
rows of new trees. This orchard is right 
in front of the house, and after the trac¬ 
tor had worked for an hour a little imag¬ 
ination could transform it into a shell- 
swept battlefield. As each stump was 
jerked out, the dirt flew, a yawning hole 
was blown out, and the upturned roots 
mutely protested against this strange up¬ 
heaval. 
By the middle of the afternoon the 
truck returned with the family, the dog, 
the chickens, and the most necessary 
household furniture, the rest to follow on 
the train. The men at present are work¬ 
ing from 7 a. m. to 6.30 p. m., Liberty 
time, with an hour and a half at noon. 
We consider this an ideal way when the 
teams have heavy work. The harnesses 
are taken off at noon, the mules turned 
out to roll and, and men and teams have a 
chance to rest. 
While all these activities were going 
on outside, within the house was the reg¬ 
ular routine of wash-day. The children 
had to be taken to the store to buy their 
Thrift Stamps. They try to go once a 
week, and as Frederick, aged four, ex¬ 
plained it: “We’re lending all our money 
to Uncle Sam so he can buy bullets to 
shoot the Kaiser.” Every minute not 
spent in necessary household duties is 
filled with Red Cross work. Country 
women are noble members of the great 
Red Cross Army. They are giving up 
parties and dinners and even a good deal 
of work that used to be considered neces¬ 
sary in order to have more time and 
money for the Red Cross. It is a cause 
to which with enthusiasm we can pledge 
our lives, our fortune^ and our sacred 
honor. Florence f. Cornwall. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Drying and Canning Notes 
I note, page 440, L. H. N. inquiring 
for process of drying sweet corn. My 
folks do that, and it is fine. Of course, it 
turns rather dark. We take tender corn, 
cut and scrape off the cob, as many as 
wanted, aud then bake in dripping pans 
until cooked; when cold, break and pull 
all apart and lay in trays with netting 
over in the sun to dry. It gets hard as 
rocks. We finish drying in ovens, pack 
in paper bags until wanted. To prepare 
for cooking, we use a small iron pot, 
heated hot; put in two cups of corn, same 
of boiling water, and put on the lid; leave 
kettle where it will steam and simmer an 
hour, and do not open nor let steam 
escape, and after that proceed to season 
to taste. 
We roast sweet corn on cob when it is 
too tough or ripe for table use; roa.st in 
oven or on top of the stove until brown 
and cooked through. When cold, take the 
corn off the cob and dry in sun as above, 
and w’e use it in bean soup, soaked over 
night, but not parboiled. That is fine, 
also; fine for chowders and vegetable 
soups. 
I have also canned cabbage, not the 
w'ay of Mrs. W. M., page 448. We had 
a lot of cabbage shaved, left over after 
making sauerkraut. I boiled it until near¬ 
ly cooked, about 15-20 minutes; drew 
off all the water that it was cooked in 
and packed in sterilized glass jars, hot; 
when nearly full, pour in fresh boiling 
w’ater, fill up with cabbage and seal. I 
do the same with string beans. Some put 
in a tablespoonful of hot vinegar on top 
before sealing. We have no luck with 
peas. I hope someone will tell us about 
it in the near future. I dry green Lima 
beans same way as the sweet corn, whole 
April 20, 1918 
and shelled; they are delicious and save 
lots of cans and bother. Articles on can¬ 
ning at this time are greatly appreciated. 
I tried canning corn in glass fruit jars 
in wash boiler, but failed; rubbers cooked 
to pieces and corn turned yellow; we 
did not like it at all. v. B. 
New Jersey. 
Corncob Syrup 
I have read several requests for corn 
syrup or corncob syrup in The R. N.-Y". 
I am sending recipe that I have used for 
making corncob syrup for the last 20 
years, and have fooled many of my friends 
with “maple syrup” made from corncobs. 
In making two or three gallons I use the 
wash boiler, filling nearly full with clean 
field corncobs; cover with about four 
gallons of cold water, boil about three- 
quarters of an hour with the cover on to 
keep the steam in; set off to cool; lift out 
the cobs, strain liquid through cheese¬ 
cloth. Put in a granite kettle or pan, 
adding granulated sugar enough to make 
a rich syrup like maple syrup after boil¬ 
ing 35 to 40 minutes. It will be a light 
amber color. To make it darker like the 
maple color I use a little caramel, being 
careful not to get it too dark. I save 
clean cobs as they come from the sheller, 
putting'them in flour bags. One can tr.v 
a smaller quantity at first; two gallons 
soon fade away with cakes, mrs. a. l. u. 
The Home Dressmaker 
(Continued from page 594) 
are shown in a great variety of models. 
Some are cut on plain military lines, 
some with an inner vest, and some draped 
at the neck, or around the arms so as to 
form loose sleeves. Some are hip length, 
some full length. Dark blue or black 
men’s wear serge is popular for the 
plainer styles; velours is used for the 
handsome models, and there are some at¬ 
tractive styles in satin or check woolen, 
faced with plain cloth. As an extra 
wrap the cape is especially useful; it is 
smart and becoming, and just the thing 
to .slip over a light-weight jacket suit 
when driving, or to wear with a one- 
piece dress. There are some especially 
attractive capes in the popular khaki 
shades in serge, velours and heavy satin, 
lined with flowered or bright-colored 
silk. 
Separate Skirts. —The separate skirt 
is too useful to be retired, and there are 
many styles in plain, plaid and striped 
materials, such as velours, prunella, home¬ 
spun, serge, taffeta, satin and crepe de 
chine. Sports slxirts of large plaids and 
stripes are offered for country wear; one 
attractive plaid model was laid in box 
pleats stitched flat for about 15 inches 
down from the belt. We notice that some 
of the new skirts have only one patch 
pocket, on the right side, instead of the 
two popular last year. Washing satin 
in pale colors, such as flesh, Nile green, 
robin’s egg blue or white, is used for so- 
called sports skirts. Some of the satin 
skirts are trimmed with wool eiur 
broidery. 
Millinery. —^The lacquered or waxed 
ribbon is extremely popular in black 
trimmings, but not in colors. A poke 
shape trimmed with lacquered ribbon, 
forming a large bow at the back, and a 
little bunch of fruit or flowers in front, is 
a favored model. Some odd little tuAans 
are formed entirely of small curled os¬ 
trich feathers, and the same material is 
used to make crowns for large hats. 
Some of these soft crowns are made of 
ostrich feathers combined with flowers, 
such as velvet poppies. Flowers are 
much used, both in bunches and wreaths. 
The drooping hats trimmed with floral 
wreaths, w'orn with draped or hustle 
dresses of flowered voile or taffeta, make 
a combination recalling the old-fashioned 
Dolly Varden styles. 
Summer Fabkic.s.— Among the cotton 
goods we see imjiorted crepes, ,38 inches 
wide, 38 cents a yard; fancy skirtings 
,35 to 75 cents; silk and cotton foulard 
68c to .$1; printed voiles in great variety 
25 cents. (iingham tissue.s, in stripes, 
plaids and checks, are very fine and 
sheer; price 39 and 44 cents a yard, 40 
inches wide. Printed novelty organdie, 
38 inches wide, in beautlfur floral pat¬ 
terns, is ,$1.24 a yard. Beach cloth, in :i 
variety of .solid colors. 32 and 36 inches 
wide, is 28, 39 and 44 cents a yard. It 
is excellent for separate skirts and chil¬ 
dren’s clothes, being firm and stout in 
weave. Cotton gabardine with wool fin¬ 
ish, in handsome plaids on both light 
and dark ground, is highly favored for 
sports skirts; it is 36 inches wide. (>9 
cents to $1 a yard. Ratines are still in 
style, both open mesh and nub weave, 
40 to 52 inches wide. They were seen 
recently in a wide range of color, includ¬ 
ing nav.v, 49 and 59 cents a yard. 
Sleeveles.s Jackets. — Jackets and 
waistcoats without sleeves are a new 
fashion that began witli sports gar¬ 
ments, and has now extended to those for 
more formal wear. Some button like a 
sweater, but many of them are of the 
slip-on style. In general appearance they 
are loose sweater-like coats wdtb large 
armholes, sometimes with patch pockets, 
usually with girdle or sash. A very pop¬ 
ular model is of black velvet, bound 'with 
silk braid; they are also made of vel¬ 
veteen, velours, duvetyu and the various 
forms of jersey cloth. Such a garment 
is very smart to wear over a thin waist 
with a colored sports skirt, and may be 
recommended for country wear as com¬ 
fortable and convenient. 
