Missouri Valley Farmer from Atchison, Kansas • 16

16 THE MISSOURI VALLEY FARMER. January, 1915. HOUSEKEEPERS KNACKS. NEEDLE THDMD Design in Two Colors. can be made up the blocks or it This quilt pattern with strips between for it.

When the blocks are large it makes a beautiful all-pate rk quilt, especially if made in two colors. It also makes an economical pattern for scrap work. I do not know any name makes a pretty, comfort top, using flannelette pieces. Mrs. F.

P. Scott. R. 20, Chilhowee, Mo. BURNING a few pieces of zinc in the stove will clean the chimney.

Save all the zinc from your old washboards for this purpose. Mrs. John McBride, Sanger, Tex. Piano keys and ivory ornaments may be whitened with alcohol. Rub it on with a cloth.

When running rods through lace curtains put a thimble on the end of the rod before pushing it through and it will go easily. When grease is dropped on a hardwood floor put soda on the spot, then pour boiling water on it. The spot will disappear with little rubbing. Mrs. W.

Van Broeklin, Eagle Butte, S. D. When sorting the apples save those not spoiled too badly, peel, core, and make into marmalade. This will he found as nice as though made up in the fall. Mrs.

Gus Smith, Grouse, Ore. When fresh eggs are scarce I make one do the work of two. For corn gems or griddle cakes I use the yolk, and save the white for cake or pumpkin pie. Before breaking the eggs I wash them and use the shell of one egg each morning for the coffee. If I have an extra shell I put it in a cup and save it till the following morning.

Mrs. Helen S. Evans. Plainfield, 111. Quilt That Is Quickly Made.

This quilt pattern is made in 12 square blocks on white muslin. The design is developed in red. To cut it out a square of cloth of the size required is folded three times, squarely across once each way, to form a square one -fourth the size of the original, and again cornerways. This makes eight thicknesses of cloth, through which the design is cut all at once. It is then basted on the white background, and the edges turned under and blindly whipped down.

This quilt will wear and wash; I have used one like it for 20 years. Such a quilt will sell for $5. Mrs. William Sarvey. Gresham, Ore.

FOR THE FARM DRESSMAKER. The Tractor is the Big Four with twenty H. P. at the drawbar. The plow is the Emerson attached directly to the Big Four 20." HEN you get a Big Four Tractor, you get the steadiest, most dependable power in the world.

When you get an Emerson Plow, you get the best plow on earth for any and all conditions. We have combined the two, and added the power hoist. The Big Four motor raises and lowers the plows with one touch of your foot, whether tractor is moving or standing still. When plows are raised they are out of the way of everything, and when they are lowered they are adjustable to the depth you wish to plow. Dont waste room and time in turning.

Back up and plow out the corners. When the tractor is to be used for other work than plowing, the plows may be quickly detached. The Big Four 20 has three speeds forward and reverse burns gasoline or kerosene is adapted to practically all soil conditions. Handles readily harrows, disks, pulverizers, drills, mowers, etc. and all belt work.

A Size of Tractor for Every Farm Emerson Big" Four Big Four Big Four Model 20 30 "45 4 Cyl. 2-Speed 4 Cyl. 3-Speed 4 Cyl. 3-Speed 6 Cyl. 3-Speed Write today jor Free colored pictures description and names oj users of Big Four 20, Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co.

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41 Cleveland. Ohio nFEEE All Hatched After 100 Miles by Wagon. We have a Golden Wyandotte hen that I think has bro" -1 all records. Just before starting to move more than 100 miles in a lumber wagon without springs, my wife set this hen in a box on 15 eggs. This box was overturned by accident more than once, still since reaching our present home, she lias hatched every egg.

She lias 14 chicks now, one having been killed accidentally. J. M. D. Syracuse, Kan.

Steamed Cornmeal Loaf. Take 2 pints of meal and 1 pint flour, 1 egg, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup sour cream, a little salt, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups buttermilk. Put in a 3 -quart basin. Have a kettle of boiling water ready. Put your basin in a steamer over the hot water, and keep the water boiling until the bread is done.

Fifteen minutes before 12 set the loaf in the oven to brown. Mrs. M. A. L.

St. Johns, Midi. Vegetable Soup. After cooking a boiled dinner that consists of pork, cabbage, turnips and potatoes drain through a colander and save the liquor until the next day, when by the addition of 1 large onion, 4 large carrots and 4 large potatoes chipped in rather small pieces you may serve a delicious vegetable soup. Season with pepper and salt and thicken with 1 tablespoon butter blended with 1 tablespoon -ful of flour.

Chrystina Bee. Ballston Spa, N. Y. Most Blindness Starts at Birth. There are about 300,000 blind persons in the United States.

Probably 75 per cent of this blindness is due to two causes, sore eyes at birth and neglected eyes during early school life. The first cause can he removed in the simplest All that is necessary is for the doctor or midwife to drop into the eyes of the newly horn babe a few drops of a 2 per cent solution of nitrate of silver. This will kill the germs that produce the disease which almost fills so many blind asylums. Those who are about to become fathers and mothers should see to it that this simple act is performed by the family doctor. It costs nothing, is harmless, it prevents blindness, it can easily he done; therefore, it should invariably be done! The second cause of blindness is the neglect of childrens eyes during early school life.

Eye diseases are frequently quite simple at the start, but rapidly become worse if neglected. The eyes of schoolchildren should be examined every year. We are giving Rev New Calculator FILE every farmer or land own er who has not yet sent for a copy. Ropp's Calcula-or should be in the hands of every farmer. It will instantly give the coirect answer to ny business problem that can be uet--jd by arithmetic.

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a rod 112 tor a 6 In. high fence 17 14e. rod for 47 inch high etockfence: 28 Cts.a rod fora 60-lnch heavy poultry fence. Bold direct to the farmer on 30 Day. Free Trial.

Special barb wire, 80 rod spool, $1.45. Catalog free. Interlocking Fence Co. BOX 0.3 MOBTON, ILLINOIS. USE THIS COUPON FOR PATTERN ORDERS.

Missouri Valley Farmer, Pattern Department, Topeka, Kan. Dear Sir Enclosed please find cents, for which send me the following patterns: Pattern No 'Size FARM FENCE EVERY READER OF THIS PAPER should send for our Free Catalog of Farm, Poultry and Lawn Fence. Many big values are offered, bold direct to the Farmer saving you the Dealers Prollt. 14 CENTS A ROD UP. Lawn Fence 6e.

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