The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 30, 1916, Page 10

HAVE in my mmd this week two conflicting statements which T have been wondermg about, and. now I. am going -to ask you, my: readers. In one case a farm woman told me that her main delight on the farm was the generous supply of milk, cream, butter _ and eggs and such good.foods, On the other hand, 1 get from very: reliable sources that many farmers are now buy- ing butter and eggs in town, as their supply is either too limited or entirely deal of care, a8 s remember as a- small ‘girl Yisiting on my grandnmther’s farm, and T thought the ‘milk, cream and butter: ook more ' time than any - other operation on the - farm for the woman, In thgse. days there were no separators and all the : mllk had to set for the cream to-vise. It séemed that grandma spent.much of her time washing, scalding and airing milk pans and pails and strainers, but I never - knew anyone who could make: such mce'; stopped. This is said to be due to the ._sweet butter. fact that feed is scarce. Some farmers did not raise enough this year for their own needs, so have let their cows go dry for want 'of feed, instead of buying feed for them. The guestion in my mind is: Is it economical to do this at a time of year when the milk, eream and. buttet are in greatest demand and sell at highest prices, or would it be wiser to buy and sell cream and butter and also have enough for home use? ’ I have thought that if one farmer could have such a generous supply perhaps the other ‘could also have enough for his own: use. “One farmer told me this fall that ~* he did not know what his family would have done if it had not been for the cows. He did not get enoughin his grain crop to pay for the threshing, much less the seed. The cows supported a family of seven, plus a -hired man, with all the necessities through the: summeg and fall, and will have to perform the same duty” all winter. “A few years ago,” he said, “T would- not bother with cows, as I thought it too much ‘work, but there is no comparison in: the certamty of returns between cows and grain.. I am sure of the milk and : cream,: while the gram is ‘a gamble.” OUTFITTERS | WHO "KNO"W The LaCroix | Fargo, N. D. Delicious and Heatthful Think of it, niy fnends. Butter is 45 weIl know. : 17 ce,uts a pound m Fargo today——that is, | first-elass butter*of course, -but what " oécupation would be more profitable for “the winter than makmg butter at such a _price? Eggs ave 44 cents a dozen, and, “those are storage eggs, which, are not very: good. If you ceuld get the seeret _of keeping your hens laying in winter,. _the ‘extra profits would be worth the extra féed and trouble. woman’s chance to use her influenice and . to turn her efforts: to more profitable Iabor. These Girls Are Boosters To the r:ght, Ella Thomfl wnter ‘of the followmg letter' to tlle left, her ‘mister. prtisan Leader: Tnelosed find s snapshot of mysetf-and smei yson, Birdzell and-Grac s Editor Non holding: pictures of Rohi e. . Thi3 picture ‘was taken -befo election. *'Dad is ‘@ member of the League ‘and xeeemed a number of pictures and m sister ‘and .1 ' went out and: tacked them up along the IO Leader: froin COVET to cover Also are/boosters. ; vided for the children to pu thelr own wraps in, this trouble is done away wi Last winter -1 made a° set of shallow pockets -across - the back of a. curtain which ' divided the front hal.l from the th of us read the & pocket for:each child. Al the small’’ articles, of -outdoor: apparel were put into the pockets as soon as they were taken ~off, and’it was. easy to find them when wz‘mted. If yau do not’ have such 8 cur Fhis is the farm There i ia nothing more amito : priate for hohday gifts than some- dn silver. - Our ‘Fair Oake . silver plaied set of 6 v-km%es, te “forks, 6. dessert : Spoons, sugar . ¥mife are the la'best pattems.