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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN,
DAILY THOUGHT.
He who from zone to zone
Guides through the boundless sky thy cer-
tain flight,
In the long way that I must tread alone,
Will lead my steps aright.
: —William Cullen Byrant.
—Good butter is one of the natural
foods which has an unusually excel-
lent type of fat and contains much
vitamin.
Butter fat has a very exceptional
nutritional value, experiments have
shown that life is prolonged wherever
butter fat is used with other foods.
The fat obtained from egg yolk has
much the same reaction as butter fat
upon growth, and it is generally be-
lieved from these experiments there-
fore that butter fat is a vital type
of food for growing boys and girls.
Butter is eaten more freely in cold
climates than in warm climates. This
is obviously due to the greater need
by the human system for fats to
guard against the cold elements. It
is an ideal food for this purpose.
The fat of butter consists of free
globules and is therefore easily act-
ed upon by the digestive fluids. The
fat of good, fresh butter is readily
disgested when taken into the system.
If butter has become rancid, however,
its ease of digestibility is lost. It
should therefore be eaten always as
fresh as possible. Rancid butter is
injurious and will react unfavorably
upon people with weak stomachs.
Renovating butter from old and
rancid butter is sometimes practiced
by dishonest manufacturers.” This is
done by taking old and rancid butter
and melting it and removing the fat
from the casein. Air is then blown
through the fat to remove the disa-
greeable odors. The fat is then
churned with milk, and from this a
butter is produced. Needless to say,
a product such as this is not fit to
be used as food, although I have
known of cases where it has been sold
‘as first-class butter.
In order that butter be of the
best quality it must possess a cer-
tain texture and grain and should
neither be hard nor. smeary. A good
‘butter can easily be made by exercis-
ing the utmost care in its manufac-
ture and by the use of only a high
grade of cream and other ingredients.
Butter that is made from “central-
ized” cream, that is, cream that comes
from creameries that are grouped in
‘central locations, is usually more uni-
form in quality than that made from
«cream that is obtained from scatter-
ed districts, because better control of
the quality of the cream can be ex-
-ercised at “centralized” dairies.
Good butter is yellow in color but
in winter time vegetable color has to
‘be added, because the cow does not
obtain the green food that it gets dur-
ing the rest of the year. Of course
the manufacturers of good butter use
only certified vegetable color, which
-does not greatly affect purity of the
product.
The pasteurization of butter is
-an excellent precaution against ili
health which may result from eating
butter made from cream that has come
from germ-infected cows. It is un-
fortunate that there is not more pas-
teurized butter on the market, for, as
in the case with milk, great harm can
‘be done by unscrupulous dairymen
who sell milk and cream that is con-
taminated with the dreaded tubercu-
lar germ.
The vitamin content of butter, as
‘has been mentioned, is one of its most.
important characteristics. Vitamin A
is present in butter. This is the great
growth promoting vitamin and has u
great influence upon the prevention of
malnutrition. Butter being one of
the richest sources of this vitamin is,
for that reason, as well as many oth-
ers, a very valuable food for young
people and in its vitamin content is
equal to or superior to egg yoke, fat
and cod liver oil
Butter contains certain minerals,
such as calcium, magnesium, potassi-
‘um, sodium, phosphorous, chlorine,
sulphur and iron. But the mineral
‘content is not very high as compared
with other foods.
It must be borne in mind that in
speaking of the vitamin and mineral
content of butter I refer only to a high
grade of butter. That of an inferior
quality has little to recommend it as
a food; the vitamin content is small
and the fat is less digestible in a low
grade of butter,
Because butter is one of the most
‘common of our daily food commodi-
ties and is used so extensively in
large quantities, it is highly impor-
tant that housewives buy only the
‘best grades that are known to be of
good quality. It is practically a
waste of money for them to buy in-
ferior ‘butter, which may even cause
‘harmful effects to those who eat it.
The difference “between good and
‘bad butter is not dlways easy to de-
tect. At least it is not evident while
the butter is inside the wrapper, and
it is not at all difficult for frauds in
the sale of butter to be imposed on
an unsuspecting public. For these
and other reasons already stated, I
repeat that the consumer should pro-
tect himself by insisting on some well-
known brand that ‘is made by a manu-
facturer who has the reputation of
producing an honest product of the
highest grade, clean and wholesome
and properly packed to keep it free
from dust and dirt.
SEA-FOAM FUDGE.
“Put over the fire in a clean
saucepan one cupful of light brown
sugar, a half cupful of water and a
third of a cupful of grated chocolate
and boil without stirring until it spins
a thread from the point of a spoon.
Having beaten stiff the white of an
egg; pour the boiling mixture upon it
and stir until it begins to stiffen. Drop
from a spoon on waxed paper in lit-
tle bonbons, or pour into a greased
pan before it begins to ‘stiffen and
Joatk into squares with a buttered
ree
FARM NOTES.
—When picking apples pay atten-
tion to the presence of red spider or
injuries of other insects, such as leaf
rollers, codling moth, curculio, and
scale insects, so that orchard practices
in the spring can be planned to con-
trol such pests.
—Many flocks of pullets, raised this
year, are found to be infested with
worms. None of the many remedies
are giving entirely satisfactory re-
sults. Kamala capsules for tape
worms have proved the most satis-
factory of any of the known remedies.
—Financial results of feeding
lambs and steers during the winter of
1925-26, have been released in a pre-
liminary report by the department of
economics and sociology, Colorado
Agricultural college.
The figures upon which this report
is based were secured from detailad
farm records kept by 19 operators in
the Greeley area. In making a four-
year comparison of lamb feeding and
a three-years comparison of cattle
feeding it is shown that the man who
handles 1,000 lambs per year and 100
steers per year would have $550 total
net income from lambs and $170 from
cattle, or a total of $720, thus giving
a return of approximately $200 per
year.
Upon the face of the returns this
does not appear to be a very profit-
able business, but it should be re-
membered that during the four years
each operator had a home market for
his alfalfa, barley and other farm
raised feeds at prices as high as the
local market would offer. This enter-
prise also provided labor for the oper-
ator and his helper during the win-
ter. It was also possible to provide
some work for the horses during a
slack season of the year.
In addition to these advantages the
manure produced was available for
soil improvement. No credit was giv-
en to either sheep or cattle in these
reports for the value of the manure.
It is certain that the systematic ap-
plication of farm manure to the land
will result in securing larger crop
vields. Larger yields increase the
farm income.
When a long-time point of view is
taken, and losses are set against gains,
the general opinion will tally with
the results shown in this revort,
namely, that the farmer who feeds
sheep or cattle, or both, will be ahead
at the end of the period. His farm
will be in better condition, his crop
vields will be greater and his bank ac-
count in better shape than the man
who relies upon crops for his income.
—R. T. Burdick. Associate Econo.
mist, Colorado Agricultural College.
—Sweet clover hay is a satisfactory
substitute for alfalfa in the ration of
the dairy cow, say dairy specialists of
South Dakota State college. If it is
well cured and not too coarse it sup-
plies nutrients quite similar to alfalfa
hay in quality and quantity. It is
not as palatable a dairy feed as is
alfalfa and because it is somewhat
coarse and stemmy the high-produc-
ing milk cow should not be required
to clean up all that she is fed. In lo-
calities where both legumes can be
grown successfully the usual practice
of dairymen is that of relying upon
the alfalfa crop for hay and upon
sweet clover for pasture.
With a few exceptions sweet clov-
er seems to give excellent results as a
pasture crop. While the number of
trials to determine its value are lim-
ited in number several experiment sta-
tons report no ill effects on dairy
cattle when pastured on sweet clover.
Furthermore these reports show that
milk flow was maintained satisfacto-
rily and no complaints were received
reporting the odor or flavor of the
milk as being disagreeable. Occa-
sionally the loss of a cow from bloat
1s reported when sweet clover is pas-
tured. But bloat seems to occur more
frequently on alfalfa pasture. Unless
the crop is pastured closely the growth
will become rank, coarse and unpal-
atable.
It is estimated that sweet clover
makes equally as nutritious silage as
alfalfa. e amount of moisture in
the legumes as cut for hay is usually
high and if silage is made of this
green material it is advisable to let
it become slightly more mature than
when cut for hay. One South Dakota
dairyman reported satisfactory re-
sults with sweet clover silage last
Summer. There is, however, ™t
enough evidence in support 4f this
practice to warrant more than a refer-
ence to it.
Under most conditions in Colorado
the price of butter fat makes many
dairymen hesitate to feed whole milk
to their calves.
Whole milk is nature’s food for the
calf, but skim milk, properly supple-
mented will, in the light of many ex-
periments, make a feed which is equal-
ly as good. Whole milk may make a
better calf than skim milk, but not
necessarily a better cow. Skim milk
is the whole milk after the fat has
been removed by the farm separator.
It must be supplemented with feeds
which are high in energy-giving nu-
trients called carbohydrates and fat.
Such supplements are corn meal, kaf-
fir meal, ground barley and like feeds.
The following ration is one suggested
in the feeding of skim milk to calves:
ground oats, one part; ground barley,
one part; wheat bran, one part; skim
milk and hay,
Corn meal or kaffir meal may be
substituted for the ground barley in
the above grain mixture.—Extension
Bulletin 236A. Colorado Agricultural
College.
Knowing how to calculate good ra-
tions does not constitute all the skill
in getting the most milk from a herd
of cows at the least cost and with
the least wear and tear on the cows.
Knowing feeds and the calculation of
rations and not knowing cows is much
like the theoretical agricultural econ-
omist who knows the theories of co-
operative marketing without knowing
the American farmer and his agricul-
ture. There are thousands of dairy-
men who are doing a good job of get-
ting a lot of milk from a herd of
cows who do not know the arithmetic
of calculating good rations, but these
are men who know cows.
The Great Gold Puzzle.
No effort is made to mine the
great quantities of gold in the Black
Hills, within sight of Preisdent
Coolidge in his summer home, for
the reason that gold is the one com-
modity that has not risen in price
since 1914. In fact, as the price of
other commodities measure in gold
has risen 52 per cent., the value of
gold has fallen in the same propor-
tion. Depreciation of gold and ap-
preciation of other commodities has
raised the cost of producing gold,
with the result that there is no profit
in working low-grade deposits ‘of
small extent, or where combination
with other metals makes extraction
costly. “Good as gold” no longer ex-
presses the truth.
One of the many paradoxes spring-
ing from the world war is the fact
that, though gold is more than ever
needed as a money metal in countries
afflicted with depreciated paper cur-
rency, it remains pegged by law of
the United States at the pre-war
price of $20.67 an ounce in face of the
rise in the gold price of everything
else. To the miner, gold is a metal
which he cannot afford to produce at
a price below cost—in other commodi-
ties. To the government, gold is a
measure of value, which can serve as
such only by being held at a fixed
price, stated in dollars and cents. In
normal times commodity value of gold
fluctuates above and below this fixed
price, fluctuations being recorded by
the gold prices of other commodities,
but remains reasonably constant.
When the war drove up the price of
things in general, gold stood still.
Though prices in general have return-
ed only halfway to the pre-war level,
gold remains at that level.
Schemes have been proposed to
levy an excise tax on gold consumed
in industry and the arts, and from
the fund thus established to pay a
premium on gold newly produced.
equal to the rise in price of other
commodities. That would cause many
mines in the Black Hills and other
lowgrade districts to be worked,
would increase the supply of gold
and should make its commodity price
closely correspond to the pegged price
at the mint.
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Post-Office Department Now Using
6,982 Autos.
There are now 6,982 automobiles,
government-owned and under con-
tract for carrying mail, in the Post-
Office department, figures made public
show. Air-mail planes in 1925 flew
2,500,000 miles the figures also show,
14,145,640 letters being carried by the
latest method of transportation.
There are in operation 45,314 rural
routes, supplying 81,000,000 individ-
uals. Rural carriers in 1925 traveled
1,234,153 miles daily and 337,650,871
miles during the year.
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Nearby points are now reached
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In 1920 it required about fifteen
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dred miles away.
Farm Electrification Shows Big Re-
sults.
A recent survey of 27 States shows
that 228,000 farms in those States
were receiving electric light and
power service on January 1, 1927.
In 1924, only 122,000 farms in these
Same States were receiving such
service,
Studies of the rural electric ser-
vice problem are now being made in
Alabama, California, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South
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demonstrates the milking machine,
cream separator, poultry house light-
ing system, incubator, water supply
system, odd job motors for turning
grindstones, running churn,
mill, washing machine,
feed grinder, cider
saw.
Ten cents spent for electricity will
cook for two persons for one day;
do the farm family washing for one
glory in his own soul.
she said, “you come here this
and eat your oatmeal.”
sophically. “Anyway, if she kisses him
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We keep a full line of all kinds of feeds
at the right prices.
Wagners 229% Dairy Feed $50.00
Wagners 32% Dairy Feed $53.00
Made of cotton seed meal, oil meal, glut-
en and bran.
Wagners Scratch Grains .......... $52.00
Wagners Poultry Mash .......... 60.00
Wagners Pig Meal ................ 56.00
‘We handle a full line of Wayne feeds.
Wayne 329, Dairy Feed .......... $57.00
Wayne 249, Dairy Feed ........... 53.00
Wayne Horse Feed ................ 52.00
Wayne Poultry Mash ............ 64.00
Wayne Pig Meal ................. 56.00
Cotton Seed Meal 4800 iia $32.00
Ol Meal 34%, .,..,................ 58.00
Cluten'23e, ..,.................. .. 43.00
Ground Alfalfa ................... 45.00
Bean ............... 00000 36.00
Mddlings ...................0..0 45.00
Standard Chop ..........,....... or 45.00
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