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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day 
The Quest 
Oh. the stars are out. the moon is up, 
The woods are thick with night; 
But the beckoning road across the hills 
Is caught in misted light. 
There’s silver dust gleams ahead of us. 
Shadows under our feet; 
And the breeze that blows from far-off 
fields 
Is country fresh and sweet. 
Whenever we see a little house 
Where firelit windows glow, 
We’ll stop for a bit and ask our way— 
But, ah, they will not know; 
For some will say to follow the wind, 
Some to follow a star; 
But we shall keep to our winding road 
Though it may lead us far, 
For somewhere it finds a little house, 
A friendly open door— 
Our house, our hearth, and our own fire¬ 
light 
A-flicker on the floor! 
—Abigail W. Cresson in the New York 
Herald. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 11SG, “Pork on the 
Farm: Killing. Curing and Canning.” is 
a recent issue, superseding Farmers’ Bul¬ 
letin 913, “Killing Ilogs and Curing 
Pork.” The addition of methods for can¬ 
ning various pork products makes this 
bulletin especially useful. Among the 
canned products given are scrapple, gou¬ 
lash. liver paste, liver and other sau¬ 
sages, head cheese and pork cakes. This 
bulletin may be obtained free from the 
Department of Agriculture at Washington 
or through your Congressman. Every 
farm household will find it valuable. 
Stilt, another useful bulletin is “House- 
cleaning Made Easy, ’ by Sarah .T. Mac¬ 
Leod (Farmers’ Bulletin 1180). We all 
know that thorough cleaning is not easy, 
but we make it harder by using crude, 
awkward and unsystematic methods in 
doing the work. This bulletin lists im¬ 
plements and materials for cleaning, tells 
how they are used, and also discusses 
methods for getting rid of vermin. Among 
formulas given is one for a simple fur¬ 
niture polish recommended by the I nited 
States Bureau of Standards; it consists 
of one part raw linseed oil mixed with 
two parts turpentine, a little melted bees¬ 
wax being added if desired. The bulletin 
refers to the fact that cloths moistened 
with linseed oil are especially liable to 
spontaneous eombustiou, and for this rea¬ 
son, after rubbing and polishing furniture, 
the cloths used should be burned at once, 
or stored in a tightly covered, fireproof 
container. This bulletin, too, may be ob¬ 
tained from the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. o< t rough your Congressman. It 
ote the list of Farmers’ 
Bu.ljoJ•■-tw hai have special interest for 
housekeepers The great difficulty is to 
bring the individual in touch with the 
bulletin. 
* 
W'e are again asked to reprint formula 
for a crack filler for floors, given some 
time ago. This cheap filler, which can 
be varnished if desired. is made by mixing 
a thick paste in proportions of about one- 
half pound flour, three pints of water and 
three teaspoonfuls alum. Mix thorough¬ 
ly and boil until smooth. Then mix with 
the paste enough torn-up newspaper to 
make a putty-like mixture. Fill the 
cracks tightly and the putty will soon 
harden. 
* 
A SLIGHT variation in coffee jelly is to 
serve it with dates. It calls for one-half 
box of gelatine; cover with cold water 
and let stand one hour. Then put three 
cups of coffee, one cup sugar and the 
soaked gelatine in basin, heat until dis¬ 
solved. stir often; do not boil. Strain 
through cheesecloth. When almost hard 
stir in as many dates as desired (after 
stones are removed), let harden and serve 
with whipped cream. 
Canning Chicken; Honey Flies 
I noticed a request for further advice 
on canning chicken, and also read the 
methods given, and do not think it could 
be improved upon. When I can the 
chicken, the backs, wings, necks, liver, 
gizzards, etc., are not put into the can, 
but are cooked and the meat used in 
various ways. Potpies may be made with 
these pieces, as a great deal of meat is 
not required With the dumplings, or the 
meat may be picked from bones, added to 
the giblets, run through meat chopper 
and used for sandwiches, croquettes, ome¬ 
lets and many other dishes. Chicken loaf 
is delicious for supper, or the hashed 
meat may be firmly packed in small 
glasses, after seasoning it as desired, cov¬ 
ered with paraffin and kept in a coo! 
place, and is ready when needed in an 
emergency. The broth or liquid in which 
the chicken was cooked may be canned 
and kept indefinitely for soups, gravies, 
or for invalids, and many uses can be 
thought of. I have just used a quart can 
to supplement my supply of gravy, for 
unexpected company, which I canned two 
years ago, and it was as nice as when 
first made' I also can the water in which 
fresh meat of any kind is used for future 
uses, and I find many. If one has not 
the cans to spare, it will keep in large 
bottles. 
I also saw the request for ridding the 
The Rural Patterns 
In ordering always give number of pattern 
and size desired, sending price with order 
2058. Dress for 
misses and small 
women, 1(> and 18 
years. 881. Design 
for braided border 3 
in. wide. The 10- 
year size will require 
4% yds. of material 
30 in. wide; 3% yds. 
44, 3 Vs yds. 54. Pat¬ 
tern 20 cents; trans¬ 
fer 20 cents. 
9920. Slip-on blouse 
and skirt. 8 to 14 
years. The medium 
size will require 2% 
yds. of material 30 
in. wide, 2 yds. 44, 
for the skirt, with 
1% yds. any width 
extra for the blouse. 
20 cent's. 
9871. Camisole, 34 
or 30, 38 or 40. 42 
or 44 bust. 9498A. 
K n iekerbocker druw - 
ers, 24 or 20, 28 or 
30. 32 or 34 waist. 
The medium size will 
require % yd. of ma¬ 
terial 30 or 44 in. 
wide, 1V> yds. of 
lace embroidery or 
ribbon 12 in. wide, 
with 1 Yj yds. of 1 rib¬ 
bon 1 in. wide for 
straps. The medium 
sze bloomers 2% 
yds. of material 27 
in. wide, 2 yds. 30 
or 44 or 2 yds. em¬ 
broidery 34 in. wide. 
Each 20 cents. 
9930. Blouse with 
tunic, open at the 
sides, 34 to 44 bust. 
9738. Two - piece 
skirt, 24 to 34 waist. 
979. Design for bor¬ 
der 1 y> in. wide. 
The medium size 
blouse will require 
314 yds. of material 
36 or 44 in. wide, 
2% yds. 54. The 
medium size skirt 
will require 3% yds. 
of material 30 in. 
wide. 2V> yds. 54. 
Width of skirt, 1!4 
yds. Patterns 20 
cents; transfer 20 
cepts. 
house of the large honey-flies, and will 
give my method, the only successful one 
I have ever tried, aud I have tried 
screens, double aud single, sticky fly 
paper and poisons, but this is the only 
sure method. Fill a glass tumbler about 
one-half full of quite warm water and 
add about one inch of kerosene oil. The 
flies usually are gathered on wall or ceil¬ 
ing at night, and can be easily caught by 
holding the glass of oil and water directly 
beneath them, with the edge touching the 
ceiling, when the fly. being stupefied by 
the fumes of the oil, will drop down into 
the glass, and. of course, as soon as it 
touches the oil is killed. 1 have seen a 
glass over half full of the solid flies caught 
in this manner. After all are caught 
they may be dipped out of the liquid and 
burned, and the liquid used again. Both 
oil and water may be replenished as re¬ 
quired. Instead of standing an a chair 
io reach the ceiling., a tin box. into which 
the glass will tit. may be nailed to the 
end of a broomstick, from which the brush 
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