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It does not promise much warmth, but it has other virtues to commend it. This set is useful for wear at the afternoon concert or club meeting, or wherever one may have any need for it. ' The cape pictured is made of black silk velvet, scalloped about the edges, and is lined' and piped with blue silk. A fringe of skunk fur set in hetween the velvet anu silk lining extends all round the cape. It Is gathered with several rows of shlrrlngs at the neck, to form a narrow standing collar, and tributes belong to it and) they con- tribute as much as richness of mate- rial, or more, toward making any dress elegant. This particular model, made up in the season's darker colors, would remain as chic and aristocratic looking as it is In black. It is cut on long, almost straight lines, with a little hint of severity In them and it Is intensely modern look- ing—a fashion of today for the woman of today. A straight-line long-walsted bodice supports a long tunic with three close-set rows of shirring at the top where It is joined to the bottom of the bodice.' The tunic Is faced up about the bottom and embellished with 18 parallel rows of machine stitching put in with a perfection of workmanship that is beautiful. The bodice fastens down the front with satin-covered \acorn\ buttons and the same kind of buttons, pendent on heavy silk twist, finish the long, close-fitting sleeves. The neck has a Chinese collar of white washable satin and there are narrow, plain turned-back cuffs of this satin. The neck in this model might be dif- ferently treated without detracting from its good style. It might be fin- ished with a high collar having rows of stitching and a narrow turnover of <_i2 Fine Flock of Youngsters. a good-sized white egg, considerably larger than a hen's egg, and Is de- clared to be a small eater, a good for- ager, and hardy. The fattening ration, which should be used for two weeks before killing, consists of three parts, by weight, of cornmeal, two parts of low-grade flour, or middlings, one part of bran, half part of beef scrap, 10 per cent green feed, and 3 per cent grit. This mash Is fed three times dally. The green feed is sometimes left out of the ration during the last week of fattening, as I t tends to color the meat, but It is easier to keep the ducklings In good feeding condition if i t Is included. Boiled fish is sometimes used in place of the beef' scrap, but this should be discontinued 1 two weeks before the ducklings are killed, in order not to impart a fishj; odor to the bird when served. RIGHT DUST BATH MATERIAL Road Dust Has No Particular Advan- tage Over Any Dry Earth—Light Sand Is Favored, The supplying of material for dust bath during the winter months must not be overlooked. While road dust is all right. If gathered where there is but little filth, It has no advantage over any dry earth for this purpose. There is probably nothing better than light sand, which if gathered when thoroughly dry or dried by the fire, can be stored under cover and can be handled any time during the winter, when a fresh supply is needed. If a dust bath can bo placed where the sun will shine Into it the hens will make all the more use of It. NO REMEDY FOR BLACKHEAD Free Range and Care Not to Overfeed Are Important Factors in Rais- ing Turkeys. Of the Infectious diseases of tur- keys, blackhead is the most destruc- tive. It is notable that whenever the climate and range conditions are such as to permit of the turkeys foraging for most of their feed from the time they are hatched until they are mar- keted, cases of blackhead are Infre- quent. No positive cure for blackhead has been found, but free range and care not to overfeed are very Impor- tant factors in raising turkeys suc- cessfully. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture;) Hog cholera killed enough animals: la'-t year to have fed 1,000,000 soldiers, a,meat ration, for 5% months. This loss is unnecessary, for hog cholera can be prevented to a large extent, as has ;been demonstrated by coHinty agents working through the United States department of agriculture and state agricultural colleges, in the northern and western states. Hog cholera prevention and control are possible through vaccination, dis- infection and the quarantine of Infect- ed herd3. The local conditions largely determine the methods of procedure by the agents. They work with groups of farmers, teaching them how to vaccinate their hogs, confine and quar- antine their herds, and disinfect their premises. The most effective cam- paigns, perhapsj have followed tho uniting of the farmers into organiza- tions by the county agents. Frequent- ly these are farm bureaus with com- mitteemen under each community. This Is pronounced an ideal organiza- tion to promote educational work rela- tive to cholera. Cholera control clubs are very effective when first organ- ized and at work, but When cholera disappears from the county the or- ganization tends t o disintegrate. On the other hand, the farm bureau is constantly engaged on other lines and is ever ready to handle cholera when it appears. Lend Instruments to Farmers. The work of the county agents is often supplemented by the .services of specialists 'from agricultural colleges and the United States department of agriculture. In a number of states farm bureaus and cholera control clubs have purchased instruments to lend to the farmers and have stored supplies of serum to have It Immedi- ately available when needed and to lessen the cost of vaccination. Reports to the department of agri- culture show approximately 2,959,322 hogs killed by cholera for the year ending March 31, 1917, These hogs would have made approximately 205,- 932,200 pounds of pork which would have furnished a meat ration for an army of a million men for 169 days. Reports of the agents also show that in counties and communities where campaigns were undertaken and the suggested program followed, the loss from l»og cholera was very materially reduced. County agents in nine of the northern and western states report a saving of ?92,547 in 1916, brought about by the vaccination of 10,527 hogsl Prom reports of 146 agents, showing a vaccination of 210,337 hogs, it is estimated that there was a saving COUNTRY BUTTER IS IMPROPERLY WORKED , AN ARISTOCRAT It ties iit tlie front with long ties of narrow black grosgrain ribbon. This IS finished at the ends with balls of the fur capped by shirred blue ribbon like the lining.. In the small hati with drooping brim, the facing and piping a\bout the brim- edge are of the blue silk. The crown Is cut in sections, and fur fringe is sewed in the seams that join them. Grosgrain ribbou, li' ~ the ties, is fash- ioned into a little i with two loops and two ends and p aced at the front of the hat. Small balls of fur, made just like those on the ties, are sewed to the ends of the bow, and finish the trimming. This black satin frock Will provoke a longing to possess It in the hearts of women who love simplicityand distinc- tion In their clothes. These two at- AMONG FROCKS. white, satin next the face for those who find the Chinese collar unbecom- ing. One of the best bits: of strategy on the part of the designer of tills frock appears in the uarrow, flat sash, made of the satin, that is placed at the nor- mal waistline. It encircles the waist and is crossed In the back with the ends brought round to tlie front and looped over. They reach below the knees and are finished with long silk tassels. The chances are that occa- sional snap fasteners about the waist- line hold them in piace always. There is a plain underskirt of lining faced up with Satin. WINTER FEEDING FOR EGGS Poor Practice to Stuff Fowls Full at Their Morning Meal—Get. but of Condition. • If you want eggs during the winter, don't stuff the birds full at their morn- ing meal. When the hens fill up first thing in the morning and then go back to loaf on the roosts, you'll get fat fdwls, but you won't get many eggs. In a short time they will be out of condition \If you dotft watch out.\ GRIT SUPPLY IS NECESSARY Especially Important In Winter When Fowls Have Little Opportunity for Forage. A good supply of grit it necessary, especially In the winter when the birds have little opportunity for outside for- aging. The grit is the fowl's teeth and plenty of It is necessary to insure a strong, vigorous condition, Most Common Faults Are Dirty Milking and Handling of Milk —Utensils Not Clean. Country butter can and ought to be better than creamery butter, In the opinion of A. S. Neale, dairy specialist, division of extension, Kansas State Agricultural college. The farmer is able to control the production of the cream while the creamery cannot do this., \The most common faults in making country butter,\ said Mr. Neale, \rtre dirty milking and handling of niilk, improper sterilization of separators and other milk utensils, mixing of fresh warm cream with cold, partly ripened cream, storing cream in a warm place, allowing the cream to stand too long before ripenings im- proper ripening, churning at too high a temperature, and inadequate wash- ing and working of the butter after ;chutnlng. - \While saving cream in order to get enough for a churning; store it at a temperature at least as low as that : of cold well water. New cream when added should always be cooled and thoroughly mixed to insure'evenness of ripening, • ''Tlie cream should be kept cool until of $1,848,862 as compared with the deaths that would have been prob- able without vaccination, This sav- ing does not include thousands of hogs that have escaped the disease by pre-* ventive measures adopted on the rec- ommendations of county agents,. j Personal Instruction Given. In many counties the agents instruct the farmers personally how to vac- cinate hogs, quarantine herds, and. clean up and disinfect their premises. For Instance, in Scott- county, Mis- souri, the agent loans the farm bu- reau's instruments to individual farm- ers. H e vaccinates several hogs for the farmer and then has the farmer vaccinate a number under his direc- tion. The farmer vaccinates the oth- er hogs himself and returns the In- struments to the farm bureau office. Serum Is sold by the bureau to the farmers at. cost. In this county 85 per cent of the 1,737 hogs vaccinated un- der the direction of the agents were saved. Before county agent work was 1 undertaken there, hog vaccination for cholera was practically unknown. In Seward county, Nebraska, the farm bureau also lends instruments for vaccination to farmers and sella serum at cost.. In Allen county, li diana, thorough publicity is given tl presence of hog cholera in,a neighbo hood in order to stimulate interest i a public meeting called immediatel in the community. The'county age) t gives a n illustrated talk on the n ture, prevention and eradication et cholera, presenting it as a community problem and perfecting an organlz tlon which In every instance has pr vented spread from the first outbreak Spread of Disease Prevented. The special value of such organiz tlons Is that the disease is caught I the beginning and eliminated before has had time to infect all hogs in herd or spread to neighboring herd\* The agent in Kingsbury county, South Dakota, reports that last year 15 dif f erent outbreaks occurred, with a lpi-s of 154 head, whereas in 19151,080 hei d were lost from cholera. In this CQUT ty the community organization pli was followed. In Johnson county, I diana, where community meetings wer held, the result has far exceeded tl country agent's expectations, accorl ing to his report. Fnrmers co-operat ed heartily in preventing the spread of the disease, farms were thoroughly disinfected, hogs were vaccinated early, neighbors were notified of out breaks in order that they might pro- tect their own herds, and in conse- quence there have been less than 80 cases of cholera in the county this year, and in no instance has the dis- ease gotten beyond control. a few hours before churning, when the temperature* should be raised and maintained at 70 to 75 degrees until just before churning. In maintain- ing this ripening temperature the prhv ciple of the tireless cooker may be used to advantage. Save an ordinary round can large enough to hold the cream. Get the tinner to make a galvanized iron jacket half an Inch greater In diameter and one inch higher than the storage can. Make a square box three Inches higher .than the can and six inches wider than the diameter Of the can. Pack one and one-half Inches of excelsior, prairie hay* or some oth-. er good heat Insulator, in the, bottom of the box, place it in the jacket and pack i t on all sides with tlie same ma- terial, A pad should be cut to fit around the top of the jacket and cover the packing. Raise the cream t o the desired temperature and place It in the can. \Every buttermaker should have a dairy thermometer; Two churnings will pay for one through the increase in the quality of the butter. The churn- ing temperature is 60 degrees. The higher the per cent of fat In the cream, the lower the temperature may be. The temperature should be low enough to require form 20 to 25 min- utes for churning. Churn until the butter granules are a little larger than wheat kernels. - • « \Wash but the buttermilk and after salting it to taste, work the butter just enough to mix the salt thorough- ly. Put the butter up in one-pounc. prints wrapped in paraffined paper.\ • Perish the Thought. Everybody admits that it is fgolr ish to cry over spilt milk, but most of us go round with long faces oyer something that happened yesterday that we couldn't avoid.—Ex6hahge. From /the smoke and fumigation, men seems to think himself a sort of plum tree. Opportunities that .have passed sel- dom come back to the man who waits. Knew Her Bible. * Governess—Dorothy, won't you give your little brother part of your.applei Little Dorothy—No. Eye did thatj and has been criticized ever since'!— Judge. The German rat is frantically try- ing to figure what became of the hole by which it entered the trap. . Domestic quarrels are the coupons torn from the bonds of matrimony. m-M STEAL A MARCH ON JACK FROST For those unexpected cold snaps that always come before the fur- nace is running or the stove is set lip, keep a Perfection. Oil Heater handy. It gives quick, steady, portable heat. Makes a cold room cozy in no time. Gives eight hours of glowing, com- forting heat for every gallon of fuel. Particularly economical when cpal and wood are high. Used to give the final,touch of comfort An 3,000,000 homes. , The new No. 500 Perfection Heater Wick comes trimmed and burned off, ready for use. Makes re-wicking easy. For best results use So-CO-ny • Kerosene. STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK Principal Offices New York i. , . '-' i ^_ '., I Albany Buffalo L^^SsSSt 1 -/! Boston i *•*-* 1
