The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 25, 1916, Page 15

[ Farm Home Efficiency HE farm house is usually the least convenient and the last improved place on the farm. - If there is any money left over that is not needed for anything else, that anyone can think of, it is used on the farm house. This is starting improvement at ther wrong end of the line when one considers that if the farm home and the farm woman gives out then all the other oper- ations cease on that farm for that family. It is wonderful how farm women do get along and how they manage to make the house homey and keep things going —after a fashion, with no regular expenditure for repairs, and no improve- ment in equipment. But the sad con- clusion to this.story is that the farm woman pays the bill with her health and even her life too often. No woman can work all day, doing the hardest kinds of manual labor, bearing and caring for children, at any hour of night or day without losing her strength. Broken rest, irregular -and inferior food do not produce good mothers or good farm wives. WHY NOT AN INCOME One thing that influences the farm woman to do without improvements and conveniences in the home is the fact that she has no regular income, and fre- quently no irregular income-either. If a woman must ask for every cent and be repeatedly told how scarce money is, she will do without things rather than endure that humiliation. I would like to see 'an experiment started on every farm where the profits or income was divided up so the ‘woman who truly earns her share would get it. : - - This might be accomplished in several ways—the woman might get the- total income from a certain number of cattle Spring Clean-Up 2 THIS is the time of year to start an all round spring clean up. Now is the time when things look so bad after the accumulations of a long winter. It is also the time when insects breed. Just-a little warm weather starts their work and it is much easier to check’ them now than to wait till they get a good start. * Flies are one of the worst summer pests and flies do not care for clean places. They thrive ‘best in filth. Do away - with - their - breeding places and the battle is almost ‘won. The country is fast losing its reputa- tion of being the most healthful place to live, and the city is yearly becoming more healthful. This is true only be- cause the city is making a year-round war against the causes of disease as-well as the diseases themselves, while the country is resting on its laurels _and fast losing them. : 5 ; It is easier in the country to keep things clean because each family is only responsible for its own dirt, while in thg city a family is constantly menaced by . its neighbors’ carelessness. Instead of throwing the refuse or gar- bage into back yard, keep it in tightly closed barrels, or- boxes, or cans so flies ‘can not get at it at all. By having geveral large cans or barrels inclosed in a box outside ‘the kitchen the garbage can be sorted as thrown out to save time or chiekenst‘ or. she might get a regular allowance to run the home on, and then there would be some incentive for plan- ning and. being careful, and some hope of adding to equipment with money saved on other things. Some women I have heard object to a regular allowance by saying it seemed too much like being paid as a hired girl. * . Well I should think ‘if one works twice as hard as any hired girl she-might get some returns for it to invest in devices to lessen her labor. If the women might really have the butter and egg money she could do wonders with it in the way of bettering the home for the whole family, and she would also gain business power by mak- ing her own money go around. THE PARTNERSHIP PLAN ‘Another plan that has been- tried is forming a company of all grown mem- bers of the family; the father, the mother. and the older children. . These talk over expenditures, make plans for the year, and work things out as a company, instead. of. one member of ‘the family making all the plans and dictating them to the rest, as he sees fit. These dicta- torial plans breed discontent and people get tired and discouraged working for their board and keep, when most any of them could get that and some over.for less work. When hired help comes into the home the*girl sees that the girl that is hired does not work any harder than she does, yet she gets board and’ keep and $5 a week and frequently her hours are limited while the daughter’s servises are at everyone’s beck and call, The same is true of the boy and soon these children wonder if it wouldn’t; be better to go and work for the neighbors rather than work at home under existing con- ditions. \ later. For instance having one for tin cans, one for liquids and one for solid refuse that can be burned. Inclose the three in a large box with a hinged cover and keep -the cover closed tightly except when emptying garbage. . You will find that this will reduce the fly trouble enormously. This box will not be unsightly and will bg very cheap to -arrange. The front might also be hinged on to make it easy to remove the barrels to empty them. They should “be ' emptied " regularly and more often in warm weather ‘than in cold. ; The dry waste can be burned or buried- . in a pit in the ground. The liquid is usually used, I find, for pigs and should therefore be kept from flies; or it may be run into trenches in the garden for fertilizer if not used for pigs. Thé tin cans can be buried on waste land where they will not interfere with cultivation. Diet . Do y‘t;u make the best possible use of ~the milk you have available? Milk is a valuable part of the diet of both child- ren and adults. ‘But children should use’ it freely, at least a quart a day per - child. It can be combined with many . foods to keep. it appetizing, as creamed ~ soups—flavored with one of ‘a large varg jety of vegetables—custards, cereal cooked in milk—rice, for instance—in waffles, pancakes and muffins. Eggs are getting .plentiful' now and cheap. Substitute eggs for meat at sup- per, prepared in various ways as, deviled, baked eggs- with cheese and ‘egg omelets. C . Have you started a row of-lettuce yet? Keep starting a little patch from. time to time 50 you will have fresh, tender let- tuce all summer, % - : =< OMEN’S P EDITED BY MRS. M. M. HOLLIS I RECIPE EXCHANGE | (We wish to conduct a recipe ex- change section, and for this depart- ment we wish all our readers to send us accurate copies of . their best recipes, that they may be printed for the advantage of ~ others. Every woman has some recipe which she is sure is pleasing and which gives her- self, her family and her friends pleasure. Send that one in and let all the women' use it so that the circle of pleasure will. be greater. The Leader will print the two best recipes received each week and will pay 50 gex;ts each to those who send them in. 3 DANDELION GREENS Pick greens, use knife and cut just below the crown as they are easy to handle this: way. Wash carefully and’ drain. Prepare dressing as follows: 4 strips of salt pork, (fried out and cut fine.) 3 heaping tablespoons of flour stirred into pork fat: % cup vinegar ‘ Water enough to make thin gravy 1 teaspoon sugar Cook till it is the consistency of gravy, add greens and cook about five minutes more. Lettuce may be prepared the same way.—Mrs. H. A. C., Glenburn, N.* D. & CORAL EGGS .1 cup stewed.tomato . 3 eggs. . ~1% teaspoon salt. .1 teaspoon sugar. 1 teaspoon grated onion " 1 teaspoon parsley Pinch of pepper. Stew the tomatoes in a saucepan and add seasoning.. Beat the eggs till well mixed, pour into the hot tomato, stir until the egg is set firmly. Serve on four rounds of toast.—Miss Z. W., Forest River, N. D. Thanks From Winners Editor Nonpartisan ‘Leader: We are proud and glad that our efforts in the late contest were so successful. We thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to express our ideas on the subject and think perhaps you’d like to know how greatly we appreciate the honor won and that the prize money will to help ‘feed the starving people in Armenia and Poland or to the Children’s home in Fargo, we’re not quite sure which yet. e ; _ Once more thanking you and wishing you the greatest success in every pos- sible way we remain, . Your heartiest admirers and boosters, FRANCES KRUEGER, LUCIA LOV- ELL, MRS. THEO. KRUEGER. : Makoti, N. 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