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Our Part in Feeding the Nation (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) K,, STORE VEGETABLES FOR WINTER USE. m This Concrete Storage Cellar la Built Partly Underground to Make It Frost Proof. STRIVE NOW TO I PREVENT WASTE Save Time and Labor by Keeping Root Crops in Storage Cellars and Pits. OUTDOOR CAVES ARE USEFUL Particularly Desirable on Farm aa They Afford Convenient and In* expensive Facilities for Sur plus Vegetables. Before canning or drying root vege tables the housewife should carefully consider the possibility of saving time, strength, and expense by the use of storage pits or root cellars. A half-acre garden will produce far more vegetables than the average fam ily can consume during the summer. Only a small portion of the garden products are used as they reach ma turity. Beets, late cabbage, carrots, celery, onions, parsnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes, salsify, and turnips may all be stored for winter use. The successful storage of vegetables ta not at all difficult; in fact, good storage facilities already exist In most homes, it being only necessary to make nse of the cellar, the attic, a large closet, or other parts of the dwelling, depending upon the charac ter of the product to be stored. Many cellars are not well suited for this because of poor Insulation or lack of ventilation. Cellars containing a fur nace for heating the dwelling usually are too warm and too dry for the stor age of root crops. It Is often possi ble, however, to partition off a room either In one corner or at one end of the cellar where the temperature may be controlled by means of outside win dows. Outdoor 8 to rage Cellars. Outdoor storage cellars or caves are excellent for the storage of many veg etables. They are particularly désira ble on the farm, as they afford conven ient and Inexpensive storage facilities for surplus vegetable crops that other wise might be lost. They possess all the advantages of the storage room In the basement and are superior In many respects. The outdoor storage cellar can be maintained at a uniform temperature over a long period. It is possible to keep the cellar cool and quickly to reduce the temperature of the stored products to the desired point for safe storage by opening the door during the night and closing It In the morning before the air becomes warm. All ventilators should likewise be kept tightly closed until the out aide air is again cooler than that with in the cellar, when they should be opened, unless the outside tempersture Is so low as to be dangerous. This safeguards the product and adds to the efficiency of the storage chamber. Vegetables can be more conveniently plaed in such a cellar than in the stor age room In the basement of a dwell ing. When the calef use of the outdoor storage cellar Is for storing turnips, beets, carrots, and other root crops commonly used as stock food. It should be located near the stable, where the material will be convenient for winter feeding. When it is to be used for vegetables for the table the cellar should be accessible from the kitchen at all times. If apples or other fruits are to be stored In an outdoor storage cellar It Is desirable to have a two compartment cellar, one for vegetables and one for apples, with a ventilating apparatus in each compartment. Small Pits Best. Outdoor banks or pits are used very generally for keeping vegetables. The conical pit Is used commonly for such vegetables as potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, salsify, parsnips, and beads of cabbage. Vegetables keep vary well la such pits, but It Is difficult to get them oui In cold weather, so that when a pit \t opened It Is desirable to remove It* entire contents at once. For this rea son it is advisable to construct several small pits rather than one large one and Instead of storing each crop In * pit by Itself It Is better to place a small quantity of several kinds of vegetables In the same pit, so that It will be nec essary to open only one bank to gel a supply of all of them. In storing several crops in the same bank It 1* desirable to separate them with straw, leaves, or other material. The veg etables from the small pit may be placed temporarily In the storage room in the basement, where they will be easily accessible as needed for the table. ber BULLETIN ON STORAGE This article gives briefly the different storage places available for keeping late vegetables. For detailed Information on arrang ing storage rooms, making out side pits and cellars and taking care of specific products write to the division of publications. Unit ed States department of agricul ture, for a free copy of Farmers' Bulletin 879 on the home storage of vegetables. the fell one air ly cer of am Dry by a Fan. In the household which possesses an electric fan, the drying of small quan tities of material can be easily done, provided that special care be given the preliminary treatment of the products. All that Is necessary Is to make trays of wire screening, with one end of each or preferably both ends open. The materials to be dried are spread thin ly upon the trays, which are stacked one upon another with the open ends turned toward the fan and covered with cheesecloth, and the fan is placed close to the end of the stack and run at moderate speed, thus driving a vig orous current of air over the material. Drying occurs much more rapidly at the end nearest the fan, hence the stack must be reversed after four to six hours and again after a longer interval. All materials requiring blanching that are to be fan-dried should be blanched in steam or boiling water or serious deterioration is likely to oc cur. Also, since the rapid movement of air over the product has a tendency to dry out the surfaces of the pieces while the Inner, central portions are still too moist, fan-dried material shonld be placed In baking tins and placed In the oven of a warm stove to be finished. The door of the stove shonld be left ajar and the fire so regulated that the temperature is held at 150 to 160 degrees F. for two to three hours, after which It should be raised to 180 degrees F. for a minute or two In order to destroy any eggs et fruit Insects which may have been de posited In the material while exposed In the drier. After this treatment the product may be placed In permanent containers, bat should be examined from time to time and returned to the oven for a short redrjing In case any parta of it appear to be too moist to keep well. Producer.Consumer Markets. Curb markets are helping city wom en solve the problem of finding a short er and less expensive route between producers and consumers. Such Uit h kets are the shortest routes between farm and city kitchens and are In suc cessful operation in many American cities. They have proved to he of real service to both city and farm women. The city women have found them a re liable source of farm produce which reaches the table by this method at less cost and with a greater decree of freshness than by less direct methods of distribution. The farm women have found them a reliable source of income and a satisfactory outlet for their products. Spray potatoes early to keep ahead of the blight and bogs. to a A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN Miss Kelly Tell* How Lydia ' ible E. Pinkham's Vegetal Compound Restored Her Health. Newark, N. J.-"For about three years I suffered from nervous break * down and got so weak I could hardly stand, and had head aches every day, I tried everything I could think of and was under a phy sician's care for two years. A girl friend had used Lydia EL Pinkham's Vege table Compound and she told me about it From the first „ day I took it I began \ MniL v {•'L/to feel better and \ #w7v^ s ''3rnow I am well and -V S able to do most any •"Vç kind of work. I Mm have been reeom mending the Com pound ever since and give you my per mission to publish this letter."— Miss Flo Kelly, 476 So. 14th St, Newark, N. J. . _ The reason this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was so successful in Miss Kelly's case was because it went to the root of her trouble, restored her to a normal healthy condition and aa a result ber nervousness disappeared._ ~ V dles of out man old our the had the REACHED END OF PATIENCE Rookie Felt He Hadn't Enlisted In Army to Be Made Permanent Bird-Tender. A western bishop, Just back from France, where he spent some time at the front, tells the following anec dote as Illustrative of the fighting spirit of the American soldier: "Again and again, whenever his regi ment had any orders for activity, it fell to the lot of one 'Yank' to take charge of a crate of carrier pigeons for one of the officers. Always the same private was selected for the monot onous. unexciting task. It became a standing poke in the regiment, and the pigeon tender became more and more disgruntled. At last, on the eve of a battle, he again received orders to take charge of the pigeons. He could contain himself no longer. With an air of absolute resolve he walked bold ly to the tent of the commanding offi cer and very firmly placed the crate of pigeons at the door. On the crate was a note: "'Here! take your d-- birds—I am going to fight'" A TOO WEAK TO FIGHT The "Come-back" man was really never down-and-out. His weakened condition because of overwork, lack of exercise, im proper eating and living demands stimula tion to satisfy the cry for a health-gi ~ appetite and the refreshing sleep essential to strength. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland, will do the work. They are wonderful. Three of these capsules each dar will put a man on his feet before he knows it: whether his trouble comes from uric acid poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone in the bladder, stomach derangement or other ailments that befall the over-zealous Amer ican. The best known, most reliable rem edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This remedy_ has ft >rr >u .«v .. I ________ tones in Holland. It acts directly^ and naariem v/u v --- stood the test for more than 200 years in the ancient labor since its discover gives relief at once. Don't wait until you are entirely down-and-out. but take them today. Your druggist will gladly refund your" money if they do not help you. Ac cept no substitutes. Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on every box, three sizes. They are the pure, original, imported Haarlem Oil Capsules.—Adv. The Effect "That officer seems to be very up pish." "Yes ; he has Just gone Into the avia tion corps." _ NO ADVANCE IN PRICE ASTHMA Hier« U no "cn • « _. _t:-f «It « £ot relief is often brought by— „mirgfanauigg ICRS VAPORUBil 259 — 50 ?—$ 1.00 GROVE'S BABY BOWEL MEDICINE This valuable and harmless Baby Medicine is composed of the following: BISMUTH, LIME, PEPSIN AND CATECHU WITH PURE SIMPLE SYRUP Rfcmuth is healing to the mucous membrane of the stomach; the Lime neutralizes the acid where there is a sour stomach' the Pepsin digests any indigestible food that may be in the stomach, and the Catechu acts as a mild astringent to control the bowels where there is a disposition to Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Flux or Sick Stomach. GROVE'S BABY BOWEL MEDICINE is not a patent medicine. We give the ingredients and tell the effect of each ingredient so that you can judge for yourself. • , SPECIAL NOTICE._This preparation does not contain Morphine or Opium in any form and we dont advocate the giving of Opiates unless it is absolutely necessary. RELIEVES SOUR STOMACH For Dyspeptics who are Troubled with Sour Stomach AIDS DIGESTION It Relieves Stomach and Bowel Trouble and is Just as Good for Adults as for Children We have numerous letters on file from parties claiming that this preparation relieved their babies of Chronic Dysentery. where everything else had failed and where they had been troubled in this way for several years. Children like to take it For sale by all Dealers in Drugs. Made and recommended to the public by PARIS MEDICINE CO, Manufacturen of LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE and GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC, St Louis, Mu Remembered an Engagement After Learning Just Who the "Fresh Old Guy" Was. It was nt a (lance at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, when some can dles dripped and made quite a puddle of grease on the floor. A gentleman standing at the door immediately took out his knife and his handkerchief and began scraping up the congealed grease, when a very fresh young gen tleman in our "set" tapped the gentle man on the shoulder and said: "Say, old gentleman, you're interfering with our Paul Jones. Suppose you cut that out." "I was afraid some of the young la dles might slip," courteously answered the "old gentleman." "Well, they won't," answered "Freshie." "Besides, you're not run ning the hotel." The "old gentleman" had gathered up all the grease by this time and. giving no answer to the last remark, left the room. "Fresh old guy," continued "Willie" after the dance—"that old man." "Not exactly fresh, hut careful of his guests; that's' all," answered a friend. "His guests?" repeated "Willie." "Yes," answered the man ; "that hap pened to be Mr. Boldt, the owner of the hotel." And then didn't "Willie" fade away I —Young Ladles' Journal. A CROSS, FEVERISH CHILD IS BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED LOOK, MOTHER! SEE IF TONGUE IS COATED, BREATH HOT OR STOMACH SOUR. "CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS" CAN'T HARM TENDER STOM ACH, LIVER, BOWELS. — 'C" 12 Z r ~ in Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup of Figs," that this Is their ideal laxative, because they love Its pleasant taste and It thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out griping. When cross, Irritable, feverish, or breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, Mother ! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit laxative," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have a well, playful child again. When the little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, dl arrhœa, Indigestion, colic—remember, a good "inside cleansing" should al ways be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child to-morrow. Ask your druggist for a bottle of ''California Syrup of Figs,' 1 which has directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made by "California ifTlg Syrup Company."—Adv. It's Easy If Their Wind Is Good. "Weary Willie Hohenzollern—But pa pa, how is it we can eat Christmas dinner In Pnris If we are running to ward Berlin alretty? Wily Wilhelm—Keep on running, mein poy. It can't be more than 25, 000 miles by the new road we have dis covered for our brave beople. That Made Him Worse. "I'm sick and tired running after you with this bill." "Try walking, old chap." X & WTT if' m .rJ :u * i V.<-v » ft XXX, ' I >>v< IN cP I -A -V> "Every Picture Jells a Story Help That Weak Back ! I N THESE trying times the utmost effort of every man and every woman is necessary. But the man or woman who is handicapped with weak kidneys finds a good day s work impossible, and any work a burden. Lame, achy back, daily headaches, dizzy spells, urinary irregularities and that all worn-out" feeling are constant sources ofl distress and should have prompt attention. Don't delay! Neglected kidney weakness too often leads to gravel, dropsy or Bright's disease. Begin using Doan ® Kidney Pills today. They have brought thousands of kidney sufferers back to health. They should help you. Personal Reports of Real Cases A TENNESSEE CASE. L. H. Piercey, farmer. South 17th Ave., R. F. D. No. 7, Hum boldt, Tenn.. says: "I got to be In mighty bad shape with kidney trouble about seven years ago and I was advised that I was close to Bright's disease. The kidney se cretions were In awfully bad shape and my back pained so badly I couldn't rest comfortably nights. Sharp, cutting pains like a knife-thrust went through me when I sat In a chair and If I wanted to raise myself. I had to put my hands to my hips and get up gradually. My head would swim with dizziness. For nearly a year I was in this condition. Finally I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills arid they gave me more relief than anything I had ever taken. Two boxes made me entirely well." A MISSISSIPPI CASE. Mrs. M. B. Moore, 241 Couveas St., Biloxi, Miss., says: "About eight years ago I had a lot of kidney trouble. It came on with a dull, constant ache through the small of my back and my kid neys bothered me a great deal, often causing me intense pain. I was dizzy and had nervous head aches. Sometimes X was so nerv ous I couldn't keep going. Final ly my hands and feet and entire lower limbs swelled badly. I was in dreadful shape, being In bed oft and on for months. I tried many remedies without relief. Finally I used Doan's Kidney Pills and they helped me so much at first, that I kept on taking them until X was cured." DOANS K » 60c a Box at All Stores. Foster-Milbcm Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Mf*. Chem. The Depressing Host When your blood is not in good condition, the Summer heat weakens all the muscles of the body. To avoid spells of weakness and sickness a hot weather, you must have pure, rich, red bl Grove's : yj Tasteless chill Tonlo destroys malarial parasites in the blood and removes other poisons by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. ; You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect and when you feel strong, the Summer heat will not depress you. *) Grove 9 's Tasteless chill Tente is an exceptionally good general strengthening tonic for the Child, the Mother and all the Family. It is pleasant to take. Price 60c. Perfectly Harmless • Contains No Nux-Vomica or ether Poisonous Drugs , W Grove's chill Tonic Tablet » You can now get Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic in Tablet form as well as in Syrup, the kind you have always bought The' Tablets are intended for those who prefer to swallow a tablet rather than a syrup, and as a convenience for those who traveL The tablets are called "GROVE'S chill TONIC TABLETS" and contain exactly the same medicinal properties and produce ex actly the same results as Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic which is put up in bottles. The price of either is 60c They Shall Not Pass. Knicker —It is suggested that New York name a street for Joffre. Bocker—No German could cross it. Philadelphia now nns street rail way skipstop system. Heard of Bastille Day. Eve—Jealous? Adam—Yes, nobody makes oar fall a holiday. * , In the gaSle of life the one-armed man plays a lone hand.