For My Family’s Health 
{Continued from page 123) 
Ljjy at Christmas time. Since I could 
home into town but once a week, and we 
t oU ld need one apiece a day, a box 
Wouldn’t last so long at that. Then I 
Locked up on oatmeal, wheatena, whole 
vkeat flour, and had him order some 
hatural brown rice. Whole wheat bread 
Lnd this brown rice, so Mrs. Lewis said, 
contained vitamins, while white rice and 
vhite bread did not. Then I bought 
several cans of tomatoes, the brand that 
Contains firm, whole tomatoes, which the 
Children seem to prefer. 
T I had brought all the family in to town 
Lith me, so I weighed them all and put 
these weighings in the notebook in which 
[ had put down the rules that Mrs. Lewis 
Ld given me. She had always weighed 
jier children regularly and I was deter¬ 
mined to do everything as it should be. 
The next morning, when the family 
[at down to breakfast, there were many 
f‘0hs” and “Ahs.” Out had come the 
[jest china, which we used only for com- 
hany. The children had always liked to 
fat off the flowers on it, and I thought it 
Light help their appetites. I had let 
Mary into the secret, and she got up earlier 
jnd helped make small pieces of toast. 
The children had always liked toast, but 
I thought it too much work before. At 
Tach place was an orange, cut in half, 
jtnd a glass of cold milk for the children, 
kith straws. All children like ice cream 
godas, and it surprised me to see how 
fast the milk went down when set up 
this way. There was no question of 
ihe oranges not being eaten, for those 
Ways are a treat. Then bowls of 
thoroughly cooked oatmeal came next, 
Ind, as the children could have all the 
[ream they wanted for this, the oatmeal 
Vanished also. Last came the poached 
on toast and not a crumb was left 
pn anyone’s plate. This was the first 
time in over a year that the children had 
fa ten a good breakfast, and even Henry 
[nd the hired man said it tasted good. 
Then I kept the children outdoors as 
biuch as possible, to get all the fresh air 
they could, and so get an appetite for 
tinner. Every little while a head would 
appear at the door to see if he couldn’t 
help with the dinner. Usually I had to 
ieold or threaten when I wanted any 
help around the house, but this morning 
they were all more than willing, for they 
vanted to see what we were going to 
[lave for dinner. 
As soon as dinner was ready the 
Children all bounded to the table to do 
justice to the dishes of steaming fricassied 
chicken, fluffy mashed potatoes, creamed 
parrots, whole wheat bread and butter, 
and apple salad. The boys had helped 
Loop out the apples and then fill them 
Lith the salad, and they could hardly 
wait to eat them. But each had to finish 
large helping of carrots, a hitherto 
despised dish, before he could touch the 
Salad. Strange, even the carrots tasted 
pod to-day. Then, for dessert, as this 
was Sunday, there was ice cream, which 
was quickly eaten without any coaxing, 
tgain, as at breakfast, the plates were all 
Emptied, and it made me feel so hopeful, 
for I couldn’t remember when they had 
eaten so well before, and I felt that my 
[experiment was going to be a success. 
Then, for supper, we had a light lunch 
1 dainty chicken sandwiches made from 
the left-over chicken. Mrs. Lewis had 
[told me how to make the cocoa so it 
vould be best for the children, by boiling 
tip the cocoa, sugar, and a very small 
amount of milk first, then adding the 
ather milk and heating until just hot 
Enough to drink. Then there was sponge 
take, all rich cakes being banned, and 
pome of my own peach sauce. By eight 
P dock the children were all in bed, 
[several hours earlier than usual, for, 
besides the proper food, the children must 
have a good long night’s sleep, and at 
their age should be in bed ?t eight, accord¬ 
ing to my rules. 
Every morning now I saw to it that 
Iney had plenty of time to eat their 
breakfast of fruit, cereal, toast, egg, and 
milk, and so did not have to hurry to 
school which is not good for the digestion. 
I easily got the teacher, who was 
boarding with us this year, to help me out 
on the lunch question. She had an old 
chafing dish and agreed to make the cocoa 
or hot tomato soup each noon for all the 
children if they would bring the things 
for it. She, too, realized that they should 
have something hot at noon. In their 
lunch pails I now put dainty peanut 
butter or jelly sandwiches, an apple, and 
a piece of sponge cake or a cup of some 
pudding or custard, left over from the 
night before. 
I now read and enjoyed 3 those articles 
on the feeding and bringing up of chil¬ 
dren, for I felt I was one of those who was 
trying to do her very best in this work. I 
planned each meal carefully according to 
the rules Mrs. Lewis had given me, and 
the children continued to gain and im¬ 
prove in every way. Even Henry felt 
better than he had felt before, his stomach 
attacks left him, and he said now he 
would fall asleep right after getting into 
bed, and when he would wake up he felt 
as if he could tackle anything. 
The neighbors began to notice the 
improvement in my children, and, when I 
told them how really simple it was, they 
too, decided to try out the plan. We were 
all determined, to have the healthiest 
bunch of children in the county. 
How I Established A New 
Business with Goats 
{Continued from page 131 ) 
We have never sold the milk, prefering 
raising the kids as we are situated some 
distance from the city, but the milk sells 
readily at 40c per quart there. We con¬ 
sider it too valuable to make butter or 
cheese from, but it is used for that purpose 
quite extensively in the West. Naturally, 
her ladyship does not require very ex¬ 
tensive quarters. They should, however, 
be dry and free from drafts. In our barn 
w r e have several pens and allow the goats. 
to run loose in them. Some tie them or 
keep them in stanchions. Our milking 
bench is very conveniently fitted with 
a stanchion and feed box and a seat where 
the milker can sit and milk from the side. 
The handiest receptacle to use is a tin 
quart or two-quart measure, easy to hold 
by the handle and so shaped that, it can 
be held close to the udder and there is 
less danger of her foot getting into it than 
would be in a pail. No! There is no 
“odor” or “taste” to goat’s milk, only 
the milk taste. 
One year I wintered one cow and four¬ 
teen goats of various sizes, perhaps half 
were mature and half kids. I do not 
recollect, only that that one cow ate and 
drank more than all those goats. I con¬ 
sider there is more profit in keeping pure 
bred stock than grades. A good grade doe 
will produce from 2 to 5 quarts of milk 
per day and is worth from $25 to $75. 
A pure doe should give 3 to 6 quarts per 
day and some give over 8 quarts. They 
bring from $100 up. The buck kids can 
be bought quite reasonable and a 6- 
months old kid will handle a half dozen 
does. When mature, one can be used with 
a herd of forty does. The service fee is 
usually ten to fifteen dollars for pure 
breds and half that amount for grades. 
No Great Pasture Problem 
Of course, the goat, like any other 
animal, will respond to good treatment. 
They are an affectionate animal, and 
anyone caring for animals cannot help but 
like them. Where one has but few does 
they can be tethered out, but a 4-foot 
woven wire fence solves the pasturing 
problem the easiest. However, their 
pasture should be changed every two 
years to avoid their contracting stomach 
worms, unless their range covers a large 
area. Besides, the milk being desirable 
in illness, the mission of the milk goat is 
often known to be the poor man’s. cow\ 
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