is Spring and choppers say tho maple sap 
started fully two weeks ago. It must be 
a bad Winter for the grass land. It is 
certainly good for the wood pile and coal 
bin. Remembering last Winter, we 
banked the cellar up in great shap", and 
now we have to keep the door open uuch 
of the time. ?>•. carrots and turnips 
think it is 2 
The ice 0?.c~ —. "st now the Parson 
lias charge ot s„.- .rishes and mission 
stations and there w..i be great wailing 
among the young fry if the old ice cream 
freezer is no longer in evidence next Sum¬ 
mer. Once the ice got five inches thick 
here but it is all gone now. Yet the Par¬ 
son believes there will be plenty of ice yet. 
“Winter never rots in the skies.” We 
have got the ice house all ready and are 
patiently waiting. 
Bed Bug Hollow. —The Parson has 
heard of a new missionary field. lie lias 
mentioned it to Mrs. Parson. lie de¬ 
scribed it to her in glowing terms. The 
scenery was beautiful and unspoiled by 
human devices. The soil was wholly vir¬ 
gin, untried by the most ardent of evan¬ 
gelists. Mrs. Parson’s kindly and sym¬ 
pathetic spirit was getting interested. She 
appeared at the study door armed with a 
cake turner. “Where is this wonderful 
place you talk so much about,” she asked. 
“As r.ear as I can make out,” said the 
Parson, “it is somewhere between Horse 
Hill and Huzzle Guzzle.” “Is that so. 
(Her ardor was evidently cooling a bit at 
that). “What do they call this place any¬ 
way,” she demanded. The Parson weak¬ 
ened a bit but “truth crushed to earth 
will rise again” and he out with it. “It is 
called Bedbug Hollow.” said he. It was 
wonderful how qniekiy those flapjacks 
demanded Mrs. Parsons attention. If 
the Parson opens up that field he reckons 
he will have to go it alone. 
Tee 8Lory of a Housekeeper's Day 
To begin with, each one of us has been 
slightly ‘ off health.” so for a while we 
are not rising very early. The 5:30 
whistle blew as John started the kitchen 
fire, and as the rest of the house was 
warm I was soon ready to start break¬ 
fast (by the way, with combed hair). 
Before leaving the house John put on the 
griddle, which was hot as soon as I had 
the soda in the buckwheats, and I soon 
had a griddle full bakiiig, and prepared 
the coffee; next the gravy, and as I had 
no meat I warmed up potatoes. My 
griddle is a large oblong castiron one, and 
I bake seven or eight large cakes every 
time. I noticed it took just 15 minutes, 
to 'bake for the four of us, and between 
the griddlefuls I packed my boy’s lunch 
pail with two slices of brown bread and 
butter, three slices of white bread, butter 
and jelly, an apple, an individual pie and 
two cookies. I also managed to dress 
four-year-old Bobbie. 
By this time it was 7:15, and we all 
eat down to eat, and with jelly, honey and 
syrup had a substantial meal. Eight 
o’clock before I began my day’s work, is 
the way I feel, but really haven’t I al¬ 
ready done quite a bit? I took care of 
the food, fed the cat, stacked the dishes 
and poured a couple of quarts of hot 
water over them and covered tightly; 
brushed the table and bundled up to feed 
chickens, got in some water and was 
ready to wash dishes. As I took care of 
the dishes I set the table and covered it. 
cleaned the sink, dusted the stove, opened 
the beds, put the rooms to air, prepared 
and put beaus on to cook, ran after the 
mail, read two letters, held the horses 
about 10 minutes, bundled up Bobbie to 
play outdoors, got the potatoes and other 
things up from the cellar, looked after 
Bobbie, made pudding, made johnny-cake, 
peeled p<*tatoes. and in general got dinner, 
which, while very plain, has to be hearty 
for John to chop wood on. Bobbie came 
in, all snow. 
This is what I had for dinner: Pork 
and beans, mashed potatoes, stewed to¬ 
matoes. johnny-cake, mixed pickles, bread, 
butter and tea, suet pudding. Now right 
here I’m going to tell you how I made 
that pudding; ;t is economical, easy to 
make and easy to digest, and. above all. 
everyone likes it: Two-thirds cup chop : 
ped suet (after boiled, cooled and pound¬ 
ed or chopped fine and skinny part re¬ 
moved), two-thirds cup granulated sugar, 
two cups flour, two teaspoons baking pow¬ 
der, raisins, salt and nutmeg. Water to 
make stiff batter; steam in greased bread 
tin two hours ; serve with plain pudding 
sauce. 
It was 1 p. m when through dinner, 
and 1:15 before I've satisfied myself to 
the latest in the daily paper. I spent 10 
minutes.in shaping mashed potatoes into 
cakes for supper, cleared table, stacked 
dishes again. Fed chickens and gath¬ 
ered eggs; brought in clothes that were 
dry, sorted them and sprinkled the few 
that needed it; did dishes, filled and 
cleaned lamps, got Bobbie settled for his 
nap, brushed up the kitchen floor, made 
the beds and picked up a little, mended a 
pair of mittens, watered the plants, baked 
a cake, peeled apples for apple sauce, fed 
the chickens, hunted eggs, got in water 
(and, oh. the many times I’ve put wood in 
both stoves), and now, would you believe 
it, it is nearly night, and I’ve listened to 
my boy tell his standing in arithmetic, 
about how thick the ice is and "How 
long before supper?” so nothing doing 
now but get supper. 
When it was put on tin* table there were 
nice brown potato cakes (they never get 
tired of them), tomato relish, bread, but¬ 
ter, cold beans, apple sauce and cake. 
iUhe RURAL NF-W-YORKER 
327 
Now, after the table is cleared and set for 
breakfast and the dishes set on the side 
table, the pancakes stirred, I consider I’ve 
done enough, and I never do the supper 
dishes unless there is a big day’s work 
ahead, or company staying with us. I 
read or play, or have a game with school¬ 
boy, or sew or write, but whatever I do it 
is my choice unless the unforeseen hap¬ 
pens. 
Perhaps tomorrow will be baking and 
ironing day; if so there will be some’of 
today’s cooking to help tomorrow, a§ I 
prepare the victuals of generous measure. 
I won’t have to mend those mittens, so 
perhaps I can get the stove blacked. Bob¬ 
bie is very good and often helps pick up 
things, and is beyond the age where 
watching is. a necessity, yet when it is so 
quiet I notice when the clock ticks it is 
time I “know for sure” what he is up to. 
The days on a farm are never monoton¬ 
ous, not even in Winter. I never saw the 
day yet but what there was more to do 
than I had time to do, but if I have a 
chance once a week to ride along to town 
or over to a neighbor’s I do so. It may 
look awful hard that particular day. but I 
know the change is good for me, and it is 
only a short time after that I “never 
knoi^ the difference” for having left my 
work. airs. efbe. 
New York. 
The Plain Country Heme 
I have just finished reading “Hope 
Farm Notes.” on page 88. As I have 
gone through some experiences of “The 
Light in the Clearing,” I can appreciate 
same very much. I read the article to my 
wife and daughters, and all enjoyed it. 
The farming element in our county. Lan¬ 
caster, Pa., are farmers by inheritance 
and custom, bred in the blood and bone. 
Our farm is located in the oldest settle¬ 
ment in Lancaster County, and part of it 
has not been sold since it was deeded 
from Penn, in 1709. I am the sixth 
Herr actively to live on and farm this 
land without a break in the name, since 
it was deeded from Penn, and I am some¬ 
what proud of this fact. I certainly be¬ 
lieve in rural life, and would not exchange 
my farm home for any city residence in 
existence. My idea of a home is not a 
house in a city, with a 25-foot front and 
a brick pavement, close enough to your 
neighbor that there is no privacy of your 
family. 
The person in the country, with a com¬ 
munity spirit, can do wonders for the bet¬ 
terment of mankind and future genera¬ 
tions. It is the only ideal place for child 
life, and the one place where the marvels 
of nature can be freely appreciated in 
deep thought and meditation along con¬ 
structive lines of value to your neighbor 
and following generation . True, in do¬ 
ing this, dollars may not accumulate as 
rapidly, but then that is not all that goes 
to make life a success. We should live 
an optimistic life, and believe most things 
are for the better. When I look back 
over my boyhood days, I hardly think 
there was a boy who had more pleasure 
from little opportunities; much more ap¬ 
preciated because our times as boys on 
the farm were busy days and sometimes 
very strenuous, at least we thought so at 
that time, but see since it was for our 
betterment. 
I must not forget I was born in a “fat 
lamp” age; am now living under electric 
light and other allurements of a modern 
time. I was a small factor in establish¬ 
ing a vocational school two miles from my 
acn e ou: in the rural district, where 
pupils from all families, regardless of 
their financial standing, can attend free 
of cost. Here we try to teach them along 
lines adaptable to rural life and do not 
ape after city customs, many of which 
poison the mind of the average rural 
child. Much opposition was apparent be¬ 
cause we did not adhere to customs and 
traditions of 50 years ago when I was a 
boy. I believe it is wrong to have young 
folks restrained too much in their ideals 
and have them conform to the customs 
and ways of us older persons of the “fat 
lamp” age. We should advance at least 
part way to meet conditions and by so 
doing make our home life for child and 
parent more ideal and really worth liv¬ 
ing. All persons should be flexible to a 
certain extent, and be willing to forbear 
with one another’s thoughts and actions. 
I have always been an advocate of the 
plain, comfortable, country home, where 
you can have some of the real comforts of 
rural life without too much formality and 
extra labor for the mistress of the house, 
where being a guest is real pleasure, with¬ 
out the addition of too many frills. 
Lancaster Co., Pa. j. aldus herr. 
Household Hints 
Apple Frosting.—Grate one large ap¬ 
ple. mix in enough confectioner’s sugar to 
make right thickness. This is fine. 
For keeping my bread dough warm I 
take a bushel basket, put a small pillow 
in bottom, lay on my hot water bag, wrap 
bread pan in piece of blanket, and set in 
basket; cover with some more blanket. 
Last Spring whtm hatching season was 
on I took all clear eggs that came Out of 
incubator, cooled them well, then put them 
down in waterglass. I am still using 
them foi cooking. I cannot see much dif¬ 
ference between these and the fresh ones 
that I used to put down.- I put down 
about 39 dozen this way. We test eggs 
the sixth or seventh day. airs. e. b. 
LALLEY LIGHT and POWER 
ntl liu 
Farmers 
Say Lalley Saves 
J i 
t- * 
13 to 66 
Hours Per Week 
3 
iPillSlSi! 
How Lalley-Light Saves Labor 
Lalley-Light furnishes electricity in endless supply to light the 
HOUSE BARN OUT-BUILDINGS 
Its tireless electric power takes the place of man-power and runs 
CHURNS SEPARATORS FANNING MILLS GRINDSTONES 
WATER PUMPS ELECTRIC IRONS WASHING MACHINES 
Farmers are not waiting to 
be sold the Lalley-Light 
System. — 
They are going to the deal¬ 
er and buying it—every¬ 
where. 
Doubt of its positive saving 
has disappeared. Proof is 
pilir.,^ up on all sides. 
In littie more than a year 
twelve ti—Lciand farmers 
have shown tne* 'reference 
for Lalley—twelve uic,u c ?nd 
farmers know what they are 
saving in money, time and 
labor. 
As fast as we can, we are 
taking a census of those 
twelve thousand owners. 
The reports we are getting 
are wonderful. 
From now on, we are going 
to devote this advertising to 
these stories of farmers’ ex¬ 
perience. 
Owners Bear Out 
All We Have Said 
We no longer need to ask 
you to accept our state¬ 
ments. 
We never doubted for a 
minute • that Lalley-Light 
and-Power was one of the 
greatest blessings that has 
ever come to the farmers of 
the world. 
Now we can quote the farm¬ 
ers themselves — twelve 
thousand of them, in little 
more than twelve months. 
As we write, a pile of these 
farmers’ reports is before 
us. Here is a little sample 
of the sort of good news 
they are sending: 
The smallest saving report¬ 
ed by any farmer is set down 
at two hours and a quarter 
per week. 
The grand average saving 
in all the records compiled 
thus far is better than 13 
hours per week. 
More Than Comfort 
—A Real Economy 
Many of these farmers ad¬ 
mit they installed the Lal¬ 
ley because their wives, 
sons and daughters gave 
them no rest till they did. 
They weren’t thinking so 
much of the saving. They 
simply couldn’t get .away 
from the conclusion that 
their wives and families 
were entitled to the com¬ 
fort, the education, the 
convenience of Lalley- 
Light-and-Power. 
Now they are finding that 
Lalley is even more than a 
wonderful comfort and 
convenience. It is making 
money by saving time for 
them. 
Think of one man admit¬ 
ting cheerfully that he has 
gained 6654 hours’ labor in 
one week. We have that 
report on file. 
S. A. Gibson, Roanoke, 
Texas, considers Lalley- 
Light a good investment 
because it saves time, and a 
farmer should put in all the 
time he can at productive 
work. 
Nippon Rice Company, 
Willons, Cal., says it finds 
Lalley-Light-and-Power a 
great help in taking in a 
big rice crop. 
George W. Millard, Dun¬ 
dee, N. Y., says: “I use but 
little more gasoline with 
Lalley-Light than I did for 
a gasoline engine used only 
to pump water.” 
Go to the Dealer 
And See Lalley-Light 
We could go on until we 
tired you. 
these - - e letters are 
but a few irom among those 
we have received. 
The big point is that Lalley- 
Light actually does save 
time. Which means that it 
saves labor and money alsc. 
The wise thing for you to 
do is to see Lalley-Light. 
Its value to you, your fam¬ 
ily and your farm is so 
great that it would pay you 
to make a special trip to the 
nearest Lalley-Light mer¬ 
chant. 
His name will be sent you 
promptly if you write us. 
Lalley Electro-Lighting Corporation 
777 Bellevue Ave., Detroit, Mich. 
Distributors : 
Robertson-Cataract Electric Company 
147 Mohawk Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rural Service Corporation 
• 820 North Broad Street, Phila., Pa. 
Abelea Lalley-Light Corporation 
19 West 62nd Street, New York, N. Y. 
