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sity  always  has  some  new  ones  to  show 
Farmers’  Week  visitors. 
Probably  all  of  us  have  many  individ¬ 
ual  joys  and  pleasures  to  look  forward  to 
if  we  will  only  bring  them  to  mind,  so 
let  us  try  to  think  of  the  present  Winter 
as  a  season  to  enjoy  instead  of  dread,  and 
we  will  find  that  the  months  will  pass  all 
too  quickly,  and  that  Springtime,  bring¬ 
ing  housecleaning  and  gardening,  will 
come  before  we  are  ready  for  it. 
A  FARM  WOMAN. 
Keeping  Sausage  and  Ham 
I  have  never  seen  among  your  many 
recipes  one  for  preserving  sausage  so  it 
will  keep  through  the  Summer,  and  as 
my  method  was  such  a  find  for  me  I  hope 
someone  may  enjoy  it  as  I  have. 
Prepare  meat  and  mix  ingredients  ac¬ 
cording  to  usual  method,  but  instead  of 
putting  the  sausage  into  sacks  or  lard, 
put  into  cans,  such  as  coffee  cans  (I  have 
The  Rural  Patterns 
In  ordering  always  give  number  of  pattern 
and  size  desired,  sending  price  with  order 
•  Sizes  32  to  46  in.- 
2  0  2  0.  Children’s  breast.  Size  40  re- 
one  -  piece  pajamas,  quires  4%  yds.  44- 
With  drop  seat  and  in.  material.  25 
kimono  sleeves,  with  cents. 
,or  without  exten¬ 
sions.  Sizes  2  to  10 
years.  Size  6  years 
requires  2%  yds.  36- 
in.  material.  20 
cents. 
2005.  ladies’ 
apron  dress,  with 
round  or  square  neck 
and  kimono  sleeves 
2021.  One  -  piece  with  seams  on  the 
dress  for  large  worn-  shoulders.  Sizes  36, 
en,  with  or  without  40,  44  and  48  in. 
front  panel  and  col-  bust.  Size  40  (suit- 
lar,  and  with  long  able  for  38  and  40) 
or  short  sleeves,  requires  3%  yds.  36 
Sizes  44  to  50  in.  to  40-in.  material, 
bust.  Size  46  requires  Embroidered  with 
4%  yds.  40-in.,  or  Transfer  No.  11017. 
3%  yds.  54-in.  ma-  Dress,  25  cents; 
terial.  25  cents.  transfer,  25  cents. 
I'lustrated  Catalog  of  Fashions  and  Em¬ 
broidery  Designs,  15  cents. 
used  molasses  cans ;  cut  off  the  tops  and 
turning  edges  down),  filling  to  one  inch 
from  top.  Then  put  them  into  the  oven 
to  bake  till  they  boil  in  their  fat  for  20 
minutes.  Cool,  taking  care  to  keep  meat 
below  fat.  It  takes  only  a  little  time  be¬ 
fore  it  will  stick  in  the  cool  fat  at  the 
bottom ;  then  that  on  top  seals  it  all. 
Then  cover  with  a  thick  covering  of  par¬ 
affin.  I  have  used  sausage  10  months 
after  preparing  it  in  this  way,  as  our 
pork  is  killed  in  December.  There  is  no 
need  to  eat  an  excess  in  Winter,  when  a 
little  work  makes  it  possible  to  control 
the  supply  into  Summer. 
I  also  sew  ham  in  burlap  after  wrap¬ 
ping  in  cloth,  then  paper,  and  keep  in  a 
barrel  of  ashes.  I  have  one  ham  lx/2 
years  old.  When  ready  to  use  the  ham, 
soak  in  water  for  three  or  four  days ;  it 
will  clean  nicely  and  the  meat  is  as  sweet 
as  a  freshly  smoked  ham.  N.  A.  C. 
Good  Homemade  Baking  Powder 
A  number  of  years  ago  the  United 
States  Government  analyzed  the  baking 
pow’ders  then  on  the  market  for  domestic 
use,  explained  their  good  and  bad  qual¬ 
ities,  and  in  a  pamphlet  for  general  dis¬ 
tribution  recommended  the  following 
recipe  for  a  baking  powder  to  be  made  at 
home,  from  safe  ingredients,  and  at  a 
moderate  cost : 
Cream  of  tartar,  1  lb.  ;  bicarbonate  of 
soda,  %  lb. ;  cornstarch,  y2  lb.  This 
mixture  has  been  used  in  our  family  for  a 
number  of  years  with  good  results.  The 
cost  at  retail  at  present  prices  is  40  cents 
for  the  resulting  2  lbs.  The  ingredients 
are  easily  mixed  by  placing  a  small  quan¬ 
tity  of  each  in  the  flour  sifter  until  it  is 
filled  and  sifting  the  contents  a  number 
of  times.  The  important  thing  is  to  mix 
thoroughly  and  keep  the  mixture  in  a 
tight  container,  jar  or  can.  N.  B. 
Uses  for  Grain  Sacks 
I  find  in  your  issue  of  Nov.  2  this  ques¬ 
tion  :  Can  grain  bags  be  made  into  mats 
or  rugs?  I  find  by  washing  the  bags, 
cutting  lengthwise  into  2-in.  strips  and 
braiding,  same  as  any  rag  rug.  they  make 
very  satisfactory  doormats. 
MRS.  C.  R.  W. 
A  reader  asks,  on  page  1374,  about  the 
use  of  grain  sacks  for  rugs.  I  suppose 
she  meant  the  common  gunny  sack  or 
burlap  sack.  A  few  years  ago  my  sister 
made  a  very  attractive  rug  from  them. 
She  ripped  them  open,  washed  thoroughly 
and  left  the  natural  color.  One  sack 
was  used  as  a  foundation — the  length  and 
width  of  the  ripped  sack.  Strips  3  or  4 
in.  wide  and  the  length  of  the  foundation 
were  cut  from  other  sacks.  These  strips 
were  fringed  about  1  in.  deep  on  both 
sides.  These  were  folded  lengthwise  in 
exact  center,  and  with  very  heavy  thread 
or  twine  a  length  of  fringe  was  sewn  to 
edge  of  foundation.  Then  length  after 
length  of  fringe  was  added,  as  closely  to¬ 
gether  as  possible,  till  whole  foundation 
was  covered.  The  fringe  should  be  sewn 
in  the  center  crease.  The  result  is  a 
soft,  good-looking  rug,  with  about  1  in. 
nap  or  pile.  They  are  certainly  warm 
and  furry  to  step  upon  out  of  bed  on 
frosty  mornings.  Also,  if  a  heavy  rug  is 
not  desired,  they  may  be  ripped  open 
and  washed  ;  also  dyed  if  a  different  color 
is  wanted.  Then  ravel  out  to  form  a 
fringe  on  edges.  Worsted  yarns  or  car¬ 
pet  warp  may  be  use  to  cross-stitch,  or 
otherwise  work  design.  Threads  may  be 
drawn  in  any  desired  design,  and  the 
yarn  woven  in  place  of  thread.  d.  s. 
Cut  your  sacks  in  strips ;  I  prefer 
about  6  in.  or  less ;  it  depends  upon  how 
you  like  it  best.  Fringe  the  strip  on  both 
sides,  then  fold  and  sew  across  the  un¬ 
fringed  so  as  to  have  the  two  fringes  side 
by  side.  Take  a  heavy  cloth,  duck  or  bur¬ 
lap,  and  sew  this  strip  on,  then  another 
strip  as  close  to  the  last  one  as  desired ; 
the  closer  it  is  the  thicker  the  pile.  Then 
another,  till  your  rug  is  as  large  as  de¬ 
sired.  Dye  brown  or  green.  This  makes 
beautiful  and  serviceable  rugs.  We  pre¬ 
fer  strip  6  in.  wide  and  fringed  on  both 
sides  about  2  in.,  so- there  will  be  2  in.  in 
center  to  fold  evenly,  and  make  it  easier 
to  stitch  to  the  ground  piece.  If  the 
strips  are  dyed  in  sack  before  cut  they 
can  be  two  colors,  if  preferred,  or  borders 
on  the  ends.  MRS.  M.  D. 
On  page  1374  it  is  asked  if  grain  bags 
can  be  made  into  rugs.  Yes,  they  can. 
My  neighbor  has  a  loom,  and  takes  the 
burlap  grain  sacks  from  a  duck  ranch 
and  has  good-looking,  very  durable  mats. 
I  get  them  from  him  and  am  well  pleased. 
I  think  there  is  no  better  way  to  use  the 
sacks.  d.  v. 
About  those  empty  grain  bags  (page 
1374).  Wash  them,  take  a  clean  barrel 
hoop,  bind  the  edge  of  the  bag  firmly  on 
the  hoop,  fasten  on  some  rope  handles, 
and  you  will  have  something  better  than 
a  bag  or  barrel,  to  keep  “carpet  rags,” 
bedding,  etc.,  in,  up  attic.  They  will  hold 
a  lot,  and  can  be  hung  out  of  the  way,  in¬ 
stead  of  taking  floor  space.  Cut  off  to 
make  them  shallower  and  treated  the 
same  way,  they  make  handy  “bushel  bas¬ 
kets”  for  all  sorts  of  purposes.  This  is 
one  use  for  them.  M.  E.  B. 
A  neighbor  made  lovely  braided  mats 
out  of  burlap  wrappings,  which  is  the 
same  material  as  gunny  sacks.  After 
washing  thoroughly  she  cut  it  into  wide 
strips,  about  5  in.  wide.  She  turned  the 
raw  edges  inside  and  ironed  the  strips, 
then  she  braided  them.  One  mat  had  a 
border  of  light  blue  flannel  or  flannelette, 
the  other  a  pink  one  set  in.  They  were 
very  attractive  and  I  decided  I  would 
make  some  from  our  grain  sacks  as  soon 
as  I  had  spare  time.  Just  now  I  am 
using  the  dry  mash  bags  which  have  had 
the  printing  washed  off,  to  make  baby’s 
bibs,  aprons  and  child’s  tablecloths,  with 
figures  outlined  in  red.  The  mash  bags 
are  unbleached  factory.  M.  E.  s. 
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