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Our Part in Feeding the Nation (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) GUINEA PIGS HAVE A WARTIME JOB, TOO. :-m m* ■ ■■ These Are Smooth-Haired Cavlea, the Preferred Varieties. GUINEA PIG NOW Done ms "or Small Animals Used in Testing and Standardizing Serums and Antitoxins. \ VALUABLE HELP TO SCIENCE Animals Weighing About Nine Ounces Are Required for lledical Reeeareh Work—Some Mints an Raising Them. Guinea pigs are fit for any table and sue receiving attention now in connec tion with the utilisation of every means «C Increasing food supplies. There is «»other war-time use, however, that perhaps appeals more to the imagina **tr This is in medical research, es puni]; in testing and standardising : antitoxins and serums. Such medical 'itMtrch work has been much enlarged, «»I has greatly increased in impor • tance since America's entry into the world war. The guinea pig, in being made to help in the testing of serums and anti toxins, confers a direct benefit upon American soldier. Therefore, the pi g is doing his bit and persons who enter the industry of raising •guinea pigs likewise help to meet • war-time need. In medical research immature ani TTL.it. weighing 250 grains (nearly nine «onces) are required. This weight Is Attained in about six weeks. In past -jenre the average price of a guinea pig fos been about 75 cents, but reports Ihave been received recently of labora tories paying from $1 to |L80 because .of the scarcity of suitable stock. Per sons favorably situated near cities or Institutions requiring largé numbers of •Ulnea pigs may establish a profitable business In supplying them. They ahrmlfl remember, however, that ani rmls previously used for serum or an titoxin tests, or the offspring of guinea - «jgs that have survived such tests, may he unfit for laboratory experiments. Guinea Plge as Food. ffriinoB pigs are seldom eaten in the «Teited States, but their near relation to rabbits and the fact that they wholly vegetarian in habits may «assure anyone entertuioiug d°ubta , aa to their fitness for the table. The «U yiM of the domestic species _ rt. chief cause tor its neglect as a food yet other highly esteemed JSeTanlmals famish less meat than * m method of dressing the rfg for cooking is the one gen S5T adopted. The animal 1* bjTdfriocating its neck, after wWchJt mb through about tlto "**J**T!L _ sacking pig ha preparation for SJfor a few minutes to bleed and is tfcen scalded in water that at first: 1* . . The hair is removed, the «Uh scraped with a knife, the «traita ÎÏÏL ontand the «.„Id water. It is then rradyfor the _. k The Peruvians usually roast the Sniais, but the number of «**- •» - ly kind ywo salt no be the •; of Guinea Pig« Management ^giiy raised aa "„"«b i«. «>>■ *£**55* «££ -fS It guinea pi*? ^to he preferred ; Mglu-colpred Idndsareto P v geifitific VW^untirictive The chief point in selecting stock is to obtain healthy animals that will mature quick' ly and attain good size. Guinea pigs require about the same kind of accommodations as rabbits, ywo general methods of managing them have been advocated—courts and houses. ALso they require about the same diet as rabbits. They eat fre quently during the day, and should have a constant supply of staple, dry food. A pan of water, a piece of rock salt and a pan of dry grain should be constantly available. The rearing of guinea pigs requires no extraordinary knowledge and no great outlay of capital ; little space is needed to accommodate the animals, which are hardy and easily managed, They make interesting pets and satis factory food animals. The constantly increasing demand for them ln seien tific Investigations and medical re search Insures a ready market for rea sonable numbers at prices that should be remunerative to the producer. Persons considering 1 the raising of guinea pigs may find a detailed discus* sloa of the subject in Farmers' Bulletin 525, "Raising Guinea Pigs," issued by the United States department of ag riculture. éMMNUI 11 * **** * * ***** éMMNUI 11 * **** * * ***** •; BREEDING GUINEA PIGS I Guinea pigs breed at a very ; early age, but their capacity for J reproduction* has been greatly i exaggerated and a mistaken no- J tion has become fixed in the minds of many people. Ordinarily five litters may be expected in a year, averaging about three young each. The first litter produced by a female \ usually consists of but one or j two. Subsequent ones are com- , monly larger, but they rarely number more than five or six. A I female In her breeding prime I may be expected .to raise about i I 12 to 15 young each year. lit l"l"WWWW»F er end six 40 I it ; Animals as Harvest Hands. Live stock, properly managed, will help the overworked farmer to harvest some of his crops profitably, thus sav htg man labor during the busy season In return, the care of the young stock furnishes profitable employment for the farmer and his hired help, If he bas any, during the winter and early spring, when work is slack. This not only saves much man labor daring the busy season, but equalizes the labor throughout toe different seasons. When sufficient farm labor Is not available to harvest all the crops, live stock offer a profitable method of t&k log care of the surplus hay and grain by pasturing them. The farm animals not only harvest them cheaply, but wbile doing so make profitable gains and help to maintain soil fertility. In stead of cutting the entire alfalfa, clo ver or other hay crop, pasturing some of it saves much labor. The cash returns from the hay har vested by the live stock are usually fully equal to these received when the hay is harvested by hand labor. Waste or poor rye, wheat, oats and barley may be hogged down to excel lent advantage. Corn and mature soy beans are harvested successfully by hogs and sheep, and to some extent by cattle. It is usually customary to fence off pert of a cornfield by a movable fence, and after one strip is cleaned up to inclose another. Plenty of water and a little salt are necessary for the greatest improvement of live stock. Boy beans planted with the corn and rape sown at too last cultivation add to the feeding vaine of the corn. a a Proper Housing. Proper housing is an Important fac tor in the successful raising of hogs. Too often this is neglected, when lit tle expense and effort would be re quired to provide good, serviceable well-ventilated houses which give am ple protection from cold and admit mu< COFFEE IN LAPLAND Beverage Made in Peculiar Way Pronounced Excellent. be no is re of Sweetened in Primitive Manner, tha Refreshment Is Passed Around Among Guests After Host Has Partaken of It. An American consular officer In Scandinavia gives the recipe for mak ing coffee among the Lapps, when they are so fortunate as to have It at all. Dinner was eaten ont of doors, and the one dish of the meal consisted of roast lemmings, little creatures some thing between a guinea pig and a rat, and as tLe officer admits ex quisitely peculiar" as to their flavor. The party squatted in a ring about the fire, watching the roasts, all ex cept a wrinkled old woman, who as an expert, was intent upon a more te dious ceremony. Out of a skin knap sack she had taken a small skin bag. From this she extracted some 12 green coffee beans, which she proceeded to roast one by one In a small Iron spoon. When they were cooked to her taste she bruised them to coarse fragments between stones and put the result with water into a copper kettle, which had one lid In the usual place and another on the end of the spout to keep out smoke and feathery wood ash. Then the whole mixture was boiled up together Into a bubbling froth of coffee fragments and coffee extract. She cleaned It by an old trick which is known to campers all the world over. This was to throw Into the kettle a small splash of cold water, when the coffee grounds were prompt ly precipitated to the bottom. Then she poured the clear, brewn, steaming liquor into a blackened bowl of birch root and handed It to the good man, her husband. After he had taken the bowl in his fingers the woman hunted in a leathern knapsack and produced a lump of beet sugar. The host bit a fragment from It and lodged It In his teeth, then he lifted the bowl to his lips and drank. .. ,. In a more civilized man this would of course have been rudeness; in a savage it was a simple act of courtesy. It was a plain assurance that the bowl contained no poison. Then he hand ed it on for his guests to drink in turn, and the American says that he does not know that he ever tasted better coffee. of Enormous Meat Consumption. The Millennium Guild takes the daily average of half a pound of meat eaten by each. Individual of the United States and fluus that in 50 years the average meat eater consumes font tons and a half, or, to pnt it In anoth er way, this average person, at the end of 50 years, has eaten enough tons of meat to be the equivalent of six beef cattle, 15 calves, 22 sheep, 40 lambs, 10 hogs, 100 turkeys, 200 chickens and ducks, 1 deer, besides pigeons and small birds a goodly num ber. What a slaughter house we have made out of the world! Yet two thirds of the population of the globe, it is estimated, never eat meat. Among these latter are millions of sturdy, healthy tollers. We also know that the horse, the ox, the elephant— strongest of all animal workers— build their strength on grasses and cereals. of In Righteous Causes. Mr. Blank, a prominent and wealthy man, once took a foolish notion that he wanted to be »id of his wife. After a long, hard-fought legal battle, single* handed, except for the slight help that money and a battery of lawyers cad give, he finally succeeded In obtaining a divorce. He wouldn't even need td pay alimony so great was his victory. As a reprisal toe ex-wife brought suit against tÿe man for $1,000,000, Before her case came up one of her lawyers remarked that because of thë wealth of her former husband another legal war would result "Well," said toe former Mrs. Blank, "you will have to admit that my cause, according to the tradition of onr conn* try, is as Just as his. He fought for lib* erty and I am fighting for iadepend* ence." Lets to Bay. Three of them had been in one lit tle room for three days, an American, a Frenchman and an Italian. Came a Red Cross man on the afternoon of the third day. "Is there anything I cab do for you?" he asked. "Yes," replied the American, "yon might get an interpreter. Tony and Gaston and I have been trading to* bacco and showing each other onr girls' pictures and saying 'oui' and *g(' and "yes' for three days now, and we've got a lot to tell each other if yon can get somebody to help ns out." If Wife Knewl A story of the recent attempt at a strike in Great Britain: Coming out of his engineering works, the head of a firm saw one of bis men sitting by the gate eating dinner. "Hello, George, what are yon doing here? I thought you were on strike." "So I am, sir," replied George, "bni I have to bring my dinner down hew to eat it, just as if I was at work, and mouch about all day, so as the missus won't know I'm on strike. My word, il toe knew I"—Christian Science Moni tor. I I. H COMMANDS OUR TROOPS IN ENGLAND Maj. Gen. John Biddle, commander of all American troops in England, Is one of the most modest and unpreten tious persons Imaginable, and one of the most popular officers in the army. He is not only a loyal friend, a polished gentleman and a good fellow in the best sense of that term, but he Is noted for his tact. General Biddle when a boy spent three years at the school in Geneva (where French was everybody's lan guage) and then was sent to the Uni versity of Heidelberg. From Hei delberg, at eighteen, he was brought back to this country, and in 1877 en tered the West Point Military Academy. He was graduated second In his class, and was appointed a second lieutenant In 1881 and assigned to the engineers. A few years ago he was appointed - rÄiz? ££ rsToe™. „ - a trian camps that our military observers assigned to the armies of the centra) fn,pires" ere at length withdrawn. Colonel Biddle, on his return, was made superintendent of the West Point academy. Newspaper Union Western superintendent of CHIEF RAILROAD DETECTIVE William J. Flynn, for more than 20 years in the United States secret serv ice until his retirement as its chief at the beginning of tills year, has beeq appointed by William G. McAdoo to be head of the railroad administration 'detective force, having jurisdiction over all the railroads In the nation. Except for six months in 1910-1911, when Mr. Flynn reorganized the de tective bureau of the New York police department with the rank of second deputy police commissioner, his connec tion with the secret service had been continuous from 1897 until last Jan uary. He was appointed chief of the service in 1912, which position he re signed because of friction between his department and the department of Jus tice. Mr. Flynn has a reputation as a detector of crime which is more spec tacular and Involves more Important work than that of any other detectivb living, and his appointment as head of the merged railway detective aggies assures competent protection of transportation at a time when all preclou transportation records in this country are being dwarfed. . . t Mr. Flynn's knowledge of Italian criminals and their methods brought unusual protection to the reputable citizens of the Italian quarters and his activities In that branch of the service led to the only Instance In the ann of the New York department In which a kidnaped child was actually caught In the possession of kidnapers. The case was that of the Longe and Rlzzio boys, who were stolen from Brooklyn In 1910. «m WOMAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY 1 The arrival in this country not long ago of Mrs. Adolphus Busch, the multimillionaire widow of St. Louis who had been living In Germany for several years, brought to light an in teresting situation which, so far as there is any record, has never before actually existed In history. Although Mrs. Busch, whose husband was the famous brewer, Adolphus Busch, and who is herself the "Anheuser" of the widely known "Anheuser-Busch," Is really the richest widow in the world, with more than $60,000,000 in money and properties, yet her return to the United States has revealed her as lit erally a "woman without a country." Technically^ Mrs. Busch is a citi zen of the United States. But part of her vast estate, though, Is In Germany. She owns castles, villas, stocks and bonds and even part of a great ammu nition plant In Prussia. So, when the United States declared war upon Ger- ___ .__.. many the Prussian government promptly declared Mrs. Busch, who was ir^ tag In the great Villa Lilly, near Berlin, an estate named after her and presented her by her husband as a golden wedding gift, to be an alien enemy of her husband's fatherland. All her fortune In Germany was seized by the derm an government, which classed her as an American citizen. N§pl S I. if a of a il m I RISING STATESMAN OF URUGUAY | Dr. Baltasar Brum, the Uruguayan minister of foreign affairs, who headed the Uruguayan special commercial mis sion to this country—thus sufficiently demonstrating his importance In the public life of his own nation—waa thirty-five years old on June 18. He is at the present time a candidate for the Uruguayan presidency. Few statesmen of his age have gone as far. He was bom in the department oi Artigas, Uruguay, on the frontier of Brazil. His father, a wealthy planter, still occupies the homestead. The boy received his education in the Polytech nic institute of Salto and the Universi ty of Montevideo, where he took the degree of Doctor of Laws ta 1908. While an undergraduate he was seo retary of the committee which organ ized the first congress of American students. Upon his graduation he made at extensive tour of Europe, and return ing hung out his shingle ta Salto, where he at once became active and con spicuous In local politics. In 1913 Doctor Brum, barely thirty, received a cabinet portfolio, though he had to wait a little until his birthday, was passed In order to qualify. He becabta minister of public instruction and Justice and continued in that post until February, 1915. Since then he has been ministe! of tae Interior, acting minister of* finance and minister of foreign affaira. WOMAN 15 WORKS «DAY HOURS Marvelous Story of Woman'« Change from Weakness to Strength by Taking Druggist's Advice. 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