Demorrai Win 10, 1917. Bellefonte, Pa., August asm IT IS BETTER. It is better to lose with a conscience clean Than win by a trick unfair; It’s better to fall and to know you've been, Whatever the prize was, square, Than to claim the joy of a far-off goal And the cheer of the standers-by, And to know deep down in your inmost soul A cheat you must live and die. * Who win by trick may take the prize, "And at first he may think it sweet, But many a day in the future lies When he'll wish he had met defeat. For the one who lost will be glad at heart And walk with his head up high, While his conqueror knows he must play the part Of a cheat and living lie. The prize seems fair when the fight is on, But save it is truly won You will hate the thing when the crowd is gone, For it stands for a false deed done. And it’s better you never should reach your goal Than ever success to buy At the price of knowing down in your soul That your glory is all a lie. —Edgar A. Guest. NOBLESSE. Margaret Lee encountered in her late middle age the rather singular strait of being entirely alone in the world. She was unmarried, and as far as relatives were concerned, she had none, except those connected with her by ties not of blood but by mar- riage. Margaret had not married when her flesh had been comparative; later, when it had become superlative, she had no opportunities to marry. Life would have been hard enough for Margaret under any circumstances, but it was especially hard, living as she did with her father’s stepdaughter and that daughter’s husband. Margaret’s stepmother had been a child in spite of her two marriages, and a very silly, although pretty, child. The daughter, Camille, was like her, although not so pretty, and the man whom Camille had married was what Margaret had been taught to regard as “common.” His business pursuits were irregular and partook of mystery. He always smoked cigar- ettes and chewed gum. He wore loud shirts, and a diamond scarf-pin which had upon him the appearance of stol- en goods. The gem had belonged to Margaret’s own mother, but when Ca- mille expressed a desire to present it to Jack Desmond, Margaret bad yield- ed with no outward hesitation, but afterward she wept miserably over its loss when alone in her room. The spir- it had gene out of Margaret, the little which she had possessed. She had al- ways been a gentle, sensitive creature, and was almost helpless before the wishes of others. After all, it had been a long time since Margares had been able to force the ring even upon her little finger, but she had derived a small pleasure from the reflection tha: she owned it in its faded velvet box, hidden under laces in her top bureau drawer. She did not like to see it blazing forth from the tie of this very ordinary young man who had married Camille. Margaret had a gentle, high-bred con- tempt for Jack Desmond, but at the same time a vague fear of him. Jack had a measure of unscrupulous busi- ness shrewdness, which spared noth- ing and nobody, and that in spite of the fact that he had not succeeded. Margaret owned the old Lee place, which had been magnificent, but of late years the expenditures had been reduced, and it had deteriorated. The conservatories had been closed. There was only one horse in the stable. Jack had bought it. He was a worn-out trotter with legs carefully bandaged. Jack drove him at reckless speed, not considering those slender, braceleted legs. Jack had a racing-gig, and when in it, with striped coat, cap on one side, cigarette in mouth, lines held taut, skimming along the roads in clouds of dust, he thought himself the man and true sportsman, which he was not. Some of the old Lee silver had paid for that waning trotter. Camille adored Jack, and cared for no associations, no society, for which he was not suited. Before the trotter was bought, she told Margaret that the kind of dinners which she was able to give in Fairhill were awfully slow. “If we could afford to have some men out from the city, some nice fellers that Jack knows, it would be worth while,” said she, “but we have grown so hard up we can’t do a thing to make it worth while. Those men haven’t got any use for a back- number old place like this. We can’t take them round in autos, nor give them a chance at cards, for Jack couldn’t pay if he lost, and Jack is aw- ful honorable. We can’t have the right kind of folks here for any fun. I don’t propose to ask the rector and his wife, and old Mr. Harvey, or peo- ple like the Leaches.” “The Leaches are a very good old family,” said Margaret feebly. “I don’t care for good old families when they are so slow,” retorted Ca- mille. “The fellers we could have here if we were rich enough, come from fine families, but they are up-to- date. It’s no use hanging onto old sil- ver dishes we never use, and that'I don’t intend to spoil my hands shin- ing. Poor Jack don’t have much fun, anyway. If he wants that trotter— he says it’s going dirt cheap—I think it’s mean he can’t have it, instead of your hanging onto a lot of out-of- - style old silver; so there.” Two generations ago there had been French blood in Camille’s family. She put on her clothes beautifully; she had a dark, rather fine-featured, alert lit- tle face, which gave a wrong impres- sion, for she was essentially vulgar. Sometimes poor Margaret Lee wished that Camille had been. definitely vic- ious, if only she might be possessed of more of the characteristics of breed- ing. Camille so irritated Margaret in those somewhat abstruse traits called sensibilities that she felt as if she were living with a sort of spiritual nutmeggrater. Seldom did Camille speak that she did not jar Margaret, although unconsciously. Camille meant to be kind to the stout woman, whom she pitied as far as she was ca- pable of pitying without understand- ing. She realized that it must be hor- rible to be no longer young, and sc stout that one was fairly monstrous, but how horrible she could not with her mentality conceive. Jack also meant to be kind. He was not of the brutal—that is, intentionally brutal— type, but he had a shrewd eye to the betterment of himself, and no realiza- tion of the torture he inflicted upon those who opposed that betterment. For a long time matters had been worse than usual financially in the Lee house. The sisters had been left in charge of the sadly dwindled es- tate, and had depended upon the judg- ment, or lack of judgment, of Jack. He approved of taking your chances and striking for larger income. The few good old grandfather securities had been sold, and wild ones from the very jungle of commerce had been substituted. Jack, like most of his type, while shrewd, was as credulous as a child. He lied himself, and ex- pected all men to tell him the truth. Camille at his bidding mortgaged the old place, and Margaret dared not op- pose. Taxes were not paid; interest was not paid; credit was exhausted. Then the house was put up at public auction and brought little more than sufficient to pay the creditors. Jack took the balance and staked it in a few games of chance, and of course lost. The weary trotter stumbled one day and had to be shot. Jaek became des- perate. He frightened Camille. He was suddenly morose. He bade Ca- mille pack, and Margaret also, and they obeyed. Camille stowed away her crumpled finery in the bulging old trunks, and Margaret folded daintily her few remnants of past treasures. She had an old silk gown or two, which resisted with their rich honesty the inroads of time, and a few pieces of old lace, which Camille understood no better than she understcod their owner. Then Margaret and the Desmonds went to the city, and lived in a horri- ble, tawdry little flat in a tawdry lo- cality. Jack roared with bitter mirth when he saw poor Margaret forced to enter her tiny room sidewise; Camille laughed also, although she chided Jack gently. “Mean of you to make fun o” poor Margaret, Jackey dear,” she said. For a few weeks Margaret’s life in that flat was horrible; then it became still worse. Margaret nearly filled with her weary, ridiculous bulk her little room, and she remained there most of her time, although it was sun- ny and noisy, its one window giving on a courtyard strung with clothes- lines and teeming with boisterous life. Camille and Jack went trolley-riding, and made shift to entertain a little, merry but questionable people, who gave them passes to vaudeville, and entertained in their turn until the small hours. Unquestionably these people suggested to Jack Desmond the scheme which spelled tragedy to Mar- garet. She always remembered ome little dark man with keen eyes who had seen her disappearing through her door of a Sunday night when all these eay, bedraggled birds were at liberty and the fun ran high. “Great Seott!” the man had said, and Margaret had heard him demand of Jack that she be recalled. She obeyed, and the man was introduced, also the other mem- bers of the party. Margaret Lee stood in the midst of this throng and heard their repressed titters of mirth at her appearance. Everybody there was in good humor with the exception of Jack, who was still nursing his bad luck, and the little dark man, whom Jack owed. The eyes of Jack and the iittle dark man made Margaret cold with a terror of something, she knew not what. Before that terror the shame and mortification of her exhi- bition to that merry company was of no import. She stood among them, silent, im- mense, clad in her dark purple silk gown spread over a great hoop-skirt. A real lace collar lay softly over her enormous, billowing shoulders; real lace ruffles lay over her great, shape- less hands. Her face, the delicacy of whose features was veiled with flesh, flushed and paled. Not even flesh could subdue the sad brilliancy of her dark-blue eyes, fixed inward upon her own sad state, unregardful of the company. She made an indefinite murn.ur of response to the salutations given her and then retreated. She heard the roar of laughter after she had squeezed through the door of her room. Then she heard eager conver- sation, of which she did not catch the real import, but which terrified her with chance expressions. She was quite sure that she was the subject of that cager discussion. She was quite sure tha: it boded her no good. In a few days she knew the worst; and the worst was beyond her utmost imaginings. This was before the days of moving-picture shows; it was the day of humiliating spectacles of de- formities, when inventions of amuse- ments for the people had not pro- gressed. It was the day of exhibitions of sad freaks of nature, calculated to provoke tears rather than laughter in the healthy-minded, and poor Marga- ret Lee was a chosen victim. Camille informed her in a few words of her fate. Camille was very sorry for her, although not in the least understand- ing why she was sorry. She realized dimly that Margaret would be dis- tressed, but she was unable from her narrow point of view to comprehend fully the whole tragedy. “Jack has gone broke,” stated Ca- mille. “He owes Bill Stark a pile, and he can’t pay a cent of it; and Jack’s sense of honor about a poker debt is about the biggest thing in his charac- ter. Jack has got to pay. And Bill has a little circus, going to travel all summer, and he’s offered big money for you. Jack can pay Bill what he owes him, and we'll have enough to live on, and have lots of fun going around. You hadn’t ought to make a fuss about it.” Margaret, pale as death, stared at the girl, pertly slim, and common and pretty, who stared back laughingly, although still with the glimmer of un- comprehending pity in her black eyes. “What does—he—want me—for?” gasped Margaret. “For a show, because you are so Win the War by Giving Your Own Daily Service. Save the Wheat.—One wheatless meal a day. Use corn, oatmeal, rye or barley bread and non-wheat breakfast foods. Order bread twenty-four hours , in advance so your baker will not bake beyond his needs. Cut the loaf on the table and only as required. Use stale bread for cooking, toast, etc. Eat less cake and pastry. Our wheat harvest is far below normal. If each person weekly saves one pound of wheat flour, that means 150,000,000 more bushels of wheat for the Allies to mix in their bread. This will help them to save DEMOCRACY. Save the Meat.—Beef, mutton or pork not more than once daily. Use freely vegetables and fish. At the meat meal serve smaller portions, and stews instead of steaks. Make made-dishes of all left-overs. Do this and there will be meat enough for every one at a reasonable price. 2 We are today killing the dairy cows and female calves as the result of high price. Therefore, eat less and eat no young meat. If we save an ounce of meat each day per person, we will have additional supply equal to 2,200,000 cattle. Save the Milk.—The children must have milk. Use every drop. Use but- termilk and sour milk for cooking and making cottage cheese. Use less cream. Save the Fats.—We are the world’s greatest fat wasters. Butter is essential for the growth and health of children. Use butter on the ta- | ble as usual but not in cooking. Other fats are as good. Reduce use of fried ! Fat is food. foods. Save daily one-third ounce animal fats. Soap contains fats. Do not waste it. Make your own washing soap at home out of the saved fats. Use one-third less per day of animal fat and 375,000 tons will be saved yearly. Save the Sugar.—Sugar is scarcer. We use to-day three times as much per person as our Allies. So there may be enough for all at reasonbale price, use less candy and sweet drinks. Do not stint sugar in putting up fruit and jams. They will save butter. If everyone in America saves one ounce of sugar daily, it means 1,100,000 tons for the year. Save the Fuel.—Coal comes from a distance and our railways are over- burdened hauling war material. Help relieve them by burning fewer fires. Use wood when you can get it. Use the Perishable Foods.—Fruits and vegetables we have in abundance. | As a nation we eat too little green stuffs. Double their use and improve ! your health. Store potatoes and other roots properly and they will keep. Be- gin now to can or dry all surplus garden products. Use Local Supplies.—Patronize your local producer. money. Buy perishable food from the neighborhood nearest you and thus save the transportation. Distance means GENERAL RULES Buy less, serve smaller portions. Preach the “Gospel of the Clean plate.” Don’t eat a fourth meal. Don’t limit the plain food of growing children. Watch out for the wastes in the Community. Full garbage pails in America mean empty pails in America and Europe. Tf the more fortunate of our people will avoid waste and eat no more than they need, the high cost of living problem of the less fortu- nate will be solved. HERBERT HOOVER. United States Food Administrator. big,” replied Camille. “You will make us all rich Margaret. Ain’t it nice?” Then Camille screamed, the shrill, racuous scream of the women of her type, for Margaret had fallen back in a dead faint, her immense bulk inert in her chair. Jack came running in alarm. Margaret had suddenly gain- ed value in his shrewd eyes. He was as pale as she. Finally Margaret raiesd her head, opened her miserable eyes, and re- gained her consciousness of herself and what lay before her. There was no course open but submission. She knew that from the first. All three faced destitution; she was the one fi- nancial asset, she and her poor flesh. She had to face it, and with what dig- nity she could muster. Magaret had great piety. She kept constantly before her mental vision the fact in which she believed, that the world which she found so hard, and which put her to unspeakable tor- ture, was not all. A week elapsed be- fore the wretched little show of which she was to be a member went on the road, and night after night she prayed. She besieged her God for strength. She never prayed for res- pite. Her realization of the situation and her lofty resolution prevented that. The awful, ridiculous combat was before her; there was no evasion; she prayed only for the strength which leads to victory. (To be concluded next week.) Dig Up and Grin. We'll all dig up with cheerful grin, to help our noble legions win, and we should have the coin on hand, if we would aid our native land. There is more virtue in our pence than in five miles of eloquence. True patriots will strongly try to save the country’s food supply, and that will count for vastly more than any speaker's frenzied roar. In luxury we long have dwelt; no stern privation have we felt; but no man knows wnat loads we’ll bear, so for the worst let us prepare.—Walt Mason. The Difference. “Grandma” asked six-year-old Paul, “What makes Helen such a pretty lit- tle girl?” «She is pretty,” grandma replied, “pecause she is such a good litle girl.” “But grandma,” Paul protested, “you are awful good.”—Christian Register. ee er Swallowing Glory. Marjorie startled the family the other morning by exclaiming at the breakfast table “I'm full of glory.” “What on earth do you mean, child 2” asked her mother. “Why,” explained Marjorie, “a sun- beam just got on my spoon and I swallowed it.” Obeying the Law. “See here, waiter, the ice in this lemonade is all melted.” “Yessah; we ain’t allowed to serve only sof’ drinks, sah.” ————————————————— A self-irrigating flower pot has recently been invented, the irrigation being provided by a wick extending from its saucer to the soil which it contains. Speculation as to After War Parti- | tions.’ Discussing a possible remaking of the | political map of Europe after the war, Arnold Tonybee, an Englishman, whose views are quoted in the New | up each territorial | problem in turn and suggests a divi- | sion which he believes is not Utopian | Republic, takes and must necessarily disappoint mi- norities in each case, but is the most desirable and practicable under the circumstances. To award Alsace-Lorraine to France or Germany on the basis of prior possession would necessitate the going back to ancient history. He suggests a plebescite. Lorraine would be divided by a line along watershed between the Seille and Saar suitable for a military and political fron- tier. Southwest of this line the popu- lation is mostly French-speaking and friendly to that country. Northwest of it the population feels a solidarity with Germany. Alsatians are Ger- man-speaking except a few communes high up in the Vosges, but their sym- pathies are with France. A satisfac- tory settlement in this case is hard to reach, but the problem might be solv- ed by giving the French part of Lor- raine to France, the German section to Germany and Alsace to France. The Trentino is inhabited mostly by Italians and there is no reason why Italy should not have it. The section immediately north however, is largely inhabited by Slovenes. In the north- ern part of this territory the popula- tion has been well treated by Austria and the towns have a German charac- ter. Triest, on the other hand, is 75 per cent. Italian. But this port is of immense importance to the Austrian hinterland, whereas Italy has no ex- treme need for such a port. Italy has little legitimate claim to Croatia and Dalmatia, and other South Slav States. Mr. Toynbee suggests the uniting of these peoples—Slovenes, Croats, Bosnians and Serbs and Dal- matians as part of the South Slav un- ion, each State to be independent po- litically. Triest he would make a free port. To allay Ttaly’s fear of Aus- trian naval bases, Pola would be dis- mantled and other military bases would fall within the Southern Slav States. Poland offers a difficult problem. The sympathies of the inhabitants are divided depending upon contiguity to belligerents and other factors. Poland should, he thinks, have its independ- ence under the suzerainty of the vic- tor. In this case, he believes, the greater part of the population would prefer to ally themselves to Russia. Posen would be taken from Germany to form part of the Polish State, but the fortifications of Posen City would be dismantled as a concession to Ger- many. Summing up the losses of the Central Powers under the proposed scheme shows that Germany would lose the French part of Lorraine and perhaps Alsace in France, and Posen to Poland; Austria-Hungary would lose the Trentino to Italy, Galicia to Poland, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Dalmatia to independent govern- ments, and possibly Transylvania to Rumania, with a small square of ter- ritory to Siberia; Turkey would lose Constantinople to an international- ized government and Armenia to Rus- sia. FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. | DAILY THOUGHT | He needs must fight To make true peace his own; { He needs must combat might with might Or might would rule alone. —Alfred Tennyson. Important amounts of perishable foods are made dangerous or inedible in households because they are expos- ' ed unnecessarily to heat, germs, dust, dirt or to flies an other insects. Much milk spoils quickly because it | is kept uncovered in warm kitchens. | Close observance of the doctrine, “Keep perishable food, especially milk, cool, clean, and covered continu- ously,” may make a striking differ- ance in the food bills of many fami- ies. In other cases, one or two vegeta- ‘ bles, beets or carrots, for instance, not needed immediately are thrown out or allowed to spoil instead of be- ing used in soups or combination dish- es. Fruits which could be stewed and kept are allowed to spoil. Vegetables and fruits in quantities often are FARM NOTES. HOW MILK BECOMES DISEASED. According to the United States De partment of Agriculture, bacteria find their way into the milk from a num- ber of sources. Some may come from i the udder itself, where they grow in {the milk cisterns and ducts. The greater number, however, come from the dust of the air, the dirt from the udder and flanks, from the milker and from unclean utensils. Disease-pro- ducing bacteria may get into the milk from cows having such diseases as tuberculosis from people who han- dle the milk, who may themselves have contagious diseases, or who have been taking care of patients afflicted with such diseases as typhoid fever, diphtheria and septic sore throat. The consumer is somelimes respon- sible for the contamination of the milk. Milk bottles should not be tak- en into a sick room, because infectious diseases can be spread by carrying in- fected bottles back to the dairy farm. If bottles are left where there are con- tagious diseases, they should not be collected by the milkman until they stored in hot, damp and poorly ven- | have been properly disinfected by the . tilated bins and under which hasten wilting, and decay. matoes and other vegetables produc- ed in home gardens are allowed to spoil on the vines or rot on the ground. A morning’s work would ' can and preserve such surplusage for | use when fruits and vegetables are | scarce and high in price. ‘Much food is ruined by being stor- ed where flies or other insects, or rats and mice can get at it. Much cereal : food is ruined because it is not pro- tected against weevils or other in- | sects. . It is interesting to notice how per- | sonal a thing fashion really is and i how the woman who can see herself | as others see her always succeeds in : looking her best, whereas the woman | who blindly follows the mode of the ! moment falls into countless snares and rarely looks as well as she might. It is a point for each of us to note, as it affects the outlay of a limited purse considerably. A tall, graceful | creature came into the car the other day in a black dress, soft and cling- | ing, with some white about the bodice, and -a big black hat swathed in tulle; | beside her sat.a small slim woman in "a long light gray coat and a hat of gray, uncurled ostrich feathers, over | which a veil of invisible mesh acted as a controller to any desire of the plumes to riot in a wind. Both looked their best, but if the little lady had put on a plain black | dress and a hat, with no coat, she would certainly have looked wrong; she had neither height nor circumfer- ence, nor youth enough to dispense with the dignity which a coat seems to give, To keep the new sailor or any other | straw hat having a flat crown and | brim fresh and unfaded, brush it oc- casionally with ammonia water {a dry cloth and press with a moder- | ately hot iron. The ammonia restores the color and the moisture and pressing will give it its original stiffening. Faded wings or flowers may be touched up with water color paints with good results. Do You Know—That | becomes overheated it | again retain heat so well? That a piece of waxed paper placed over the meat or fowl in the oven will prevent its burning ? That fresh mint can be kept grow- ing in a glass of water? That you can clean white painted woodwork with hot water and bran? That the United States is now the champion cocoa drinking country, im- porting more than 213,000,000 pounds a year? iron never if your will To whiten the skin take a teaspoon- ful of the tincture of benzoin to an ounce of rosewater which forms a well-known lotion and is excellent for whitening the skin. Smocks for garden wear are being taken up with enthusiasm by the younger matrons—and the older ones whose proportions are not hopelessly incompatible with flowing lines. They are especially effective in rose, dull blue and gray, and are being seen on the tennis courts quite as frequently as the time honored middy blouse. For those who do fancy work there are many patterns offered for smock- ing, some intricate and some simple. This trimming is especially suitable for baby dresses and dainty blouses, and is not a very difficult matter to learn. Concerning Blankets.—It takes some care and thought tao buy blan- kets, that is, if one is particular about getting good value received for his money. A pretty design is not the main nor the first point to be consid- ered. It is a bad plan to buy cheap ones; good blankets wear so much longer and better and are far more satisfactory in all ways. First of all, when one goes shopping for blankets, it is wise to remember that they are most comfortable when they are not only warm but light. The best blan- kets have surface resembling a rather thick bed of wool, and they are soft and silky to the touch. The prettiest ones are usually bound in silk, in a color to match the design woven in. Pink and blue and yellow are the col- ors most often seen in decorative de- signs on blankets. Sometimes the de- sign is woven all over—sometimes only in the border. The more elabo- rate are frequently bound with satin and are chosen carefully to fit the col- or scheme of the roem in which they are to be used. It is a good plan to have the better grade of blankets dry cleaned. If they are to be washed, however, great care should be taken that they do not shrink. They should be washed with tepid water and a good wool soap, on a bright, sunny day, and dried out of doors. Blankets should be bought to fit the beds on which they are to be used— of course, large enough to be turned in at the foot and sides, but not so large that they will touch the floor. Most blankets come double, that is, all in ene piece, but it is usually much more convenient to handle them if one cuts them into two separate blankets. | (about a teaspoonful to a cup of wa-! ter) and, while still damp, lay over it conditions i Board of Health. A fermentation | phoid fever or other serious diseases Fruits, surplus beans, to- | which may be carried in the milk, it is | they are of great importance. In the case of ty- better for the consumer to put out a covered dish for the milk, or have it delivered to some member of the household. Until official permission has been granted no milk bottles should be removed from a home in which there is or has recently been, a case of communicable disease. The consumer should not use milk bottles for holding vinegar, kerosene or liq- uids other than milk. WHY CLEAN MILK IS IMPORTANT. The consumer is interested in clean milk primarily because no one cares to use a food which is not produced and handled under sanitary conditions. There is a more direct interest, how- ever, because of the danger of con- tracting disease which may be com- municated by this means. Serious ep- idemics of typhoid fever, septic sore throat and other diseases have been disseminated through the milk sup- ply. The weight of scientific evidence at the present time leads to the con- clusion that tuberculosis may be transmitted from animals to human beings, particularly children, who con- sume raw milk containing tubercle bacilli. Cleanliness is not an absolute safe- guard against disease, but it is the greatest factor in preventing contam- ination. From the health standpoint there is great danger not only from the specific disease-producing bacte- ria previously mentioned, but from milk that contains large numbers of miscellaneous bacteria, which may cause serious digestive troubles, espe- cially in infants and invalids, whose diet consists chiefly of milk. There is also the minor consideration of the loss to the consumer from milk souring or otherwise spoiling before it can be used. The cleaner the milk, the long- er it will keep sweet and good. Clean milk not only benefits the consumer but the milk producer who will consider this subject from an un- biased standpoint will find many ways in which he himself is benefitted by producing clean milk. There are a number of items in this connection which, when considered alone, may seem unimportant, yet collectively More- over, they are not only of immediate value, but have a cumulative value reaching far into the future. Tuber- culin testing, for example, is not only a safeguard to the purity of the milk supply for the consumer, but is a means of assisting the producer to protect his herd against future rav- ages of tuberculosis. SOUR MILK A LOSS TO PRODUCER. Most producers of market milk have experienced the chagrin of having a shipment of milk refused or returned because it reached the market sour, tainted or otherwise in poor condition. Although such milk may be used for feeding pigs, it usually means a com- plete loss to the producer, as it costs too much to transport it back to the farm, and because, depending on the market as an outlet for his milk, he has no means for utilizing small amounts at uncertain intervals. Another important consideration is the unpleasant effect upon the pur- chaser. Delivering sour or tainted milk usually results in losing the con- fidence of the dealer; or if it is deliv- ered direct to the consumer, it means the loss of good customers. A reputa- tion for clean milk means fewer com- plaints, a better class of patrons, and a steady market for the product of the dairy. Safeguarding the purity of the milk is a protection to health on the farm in several ways. First, the health of the farmer’s family, who use a por- tion of the milk themselves; second, the health of the calves, which live largely on milk, Healthy cows to breed from and pure milk to feed up- on are two important factors in rear- ing thrifty calves, and in the develop- ment and maintenance of a healthy and profitable herd. Aside from these immediate and definite benefits, there is another consideration, not immedi- ately measurable but of vast influence, namely, the moral influence, for no one can learn to procuce good and clean milk without learning good methods of care and management of the herd, and study of these things leads to greater care and intelligence in the economic features of the busi- ness. —Milk Must be Kept Clean and Safe.—For the production of clean and safe milk it is necessary to have clean, healthy cows and keep them in clean, light, well-ventilated stables. I is also equally important to have a clean, well-drained barnyard; clean utensils, thoroughly sterilized; clean, healthy milkers, who milk with dry hands; immediate cooling of the milk to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, or lower, and the storage of the milk at low tempera- ture until delivered. Too much care cannot be taken to keep and deliver the milk in a sanita- ry condition. Where it is possible to have a separate house for handling the milk it will help greatly in this work. —The hog is a profitable market through which to send your corn. You made money feeding 50c corn to 5¢ hogs, and you can make more money feeding $1.50 corn to 15¢ hogs. » hd
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