fHE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING GO
FLOUR-IT'S 8ETTEH
Seventy Million Bushels of Wheat
Can Be Saved Each Year By Using
the Whole Wheat Grain.
by Ruth A. reck. Head of Department
of Home Economics, Univer
sity of Arkansas.
Our soldiers must have bread. The
entire world is hungry and has been
depending upon America’s wheat crop
which now proves to be far below tlie
average. Something must be done.
Patriotic mothers can relievo the sit
uation by asking for and using only
flour made from the entire wheat
grain. It lias been estimated that the
utilization of the entire wheat grain
instead of three-fourths of the grain
commonly used in the manufacture of
white flour will save 70 million bush
els of wheat annually in the United
State**. Do your bit. If you can
not buy the whole wheat flour,
make it. The grain can easily
be prepared.
Directions For Making Entire Wheat
Flour At Home.
Look over the wheat and remove
any chaff or foreign material which
may be present. Grind the wheat In
a “home" mill. If this mill cannot be
obtained from one of your home mer
chants It can be secured from any
large mail order house. Any type of
mill from the small one turned by
hand to the large one run by a motor
will do. Tut the wheat through the
mill several times until It is of the
desired fineness. The product should
■bo of a somewhat coarser grade of
flour than the sifted, pulverized,
bleached product to which we have
been accustomed. However, the coarse
meal-like flour produces a very pala
table and wholesome bread.
Directions For Making Entire Wheat
Bread.
One cake of yeast.
(Dry yeast for overnight process).
(Compressed for quick process).
One pint of water.
Three tablespoons of brown sugar.
(Two tablespoons molasses if de
sired).
One tablespoon salt.
One tablespoon shortening.
Sufficient flour to make a batter.
Dissolve the yeast cake and sugar
(and molasses if used) in one cup of
warm water. Let stand for fifteen
minutes. Melt the shortening in one
cup of hot water. Add the salt and
let stand until the liquid is lukewarm.
Next add sufficient entire wheat flour
to make a batter. If dry yeast is
used, let the mixture rise over night;
if the compressed yeast is employed,
let it rise until it is quite light. Next
pour the batter into a nest of entire
wheat flour containing one cup of luke
warm water, K'old mixture carefully
at first so as to fill the hubbies of
gas with the flour as it is being added.
Continue to work in the entire wheat
flour until sufficient has been added
to make a aougn. oipxj. Kneau me
bread. (White flour, corn starch, rice
flour, etc., are better to use on the
bread board than the whole wheat
flour to prevent the dough from stick
ing). Let the dough rise until it has
doubled in size, then knead and let
rise again in the bread pans. Bake
in a moderate oven for seventy to
eighty minutes.
Variations in Whole Wheat Bread.
Corn meal makes an excellent ad
dition to the entire wheat loaf. The
corn meal may be added in a dry
state or scalded and allowed to cool
until it Is lukewarm before adding
to the mixture. The proportion of
one and one-half to two cups of corn
meal may be added to above recipe
when the batter is made into a dough.
Another combination which is palat
able consists of adding cottonseed
meal, one and one-half cups to this
general recipe. Soy bean flour may
be added in the same proportion as
the cottonseed meal. Rice flour may
also be substituted for some of the
wheat flour, one and one-half cups of
rice flour to the proportions given in
the foregoing recipe. The boiled rice
may also be added, one cup to the
recipe.
These substitutes may be added
with the wheat flour to the batter
which is to be made into a dough.
Measure of Culture.
Culture is not measured by the
greatness of the field which is covered
by our knowledge, but by the nicety
with which we can perceive relations
In that field, whether great or smalL
—R. F. Stevenson.
Remedy for Sprains.
Bruise thoroughly one handful of
green sage leaves, boll them in a gill
of vinegar for ten minutes; apply to
the sprained joint as a poultice be
tween folded muslin. Rest the joint
as much as possible.
Carefree.
“How do you know that picture Is
one of the old masters?” “Don’t ask
me,” replied Mr. Cumrox. “That In
formation is part of what I puid for.
Aik the dealer how he knows.”
FARMERS MUSI SAVEj
ROME GARDEN SEED
Declares There Is a Possibility of a
Serious Garden Seed Shortage
This Year.
By J. S. Knox, Horticulturist, Exten
sion Division, University of
Arkansas.
Mr. Farmer, do you realize that
there is the possibility of a serious
garden Beed shortage this coming
year? Then why not make a special
effort to save what seed you need
from your own garden? Save a few
of tlje most vigorous and prolific
plants, then select the best seeds from
these and you have an article that nine
times out of ten is superior to what
you can buy, and at the same time
you know that they came from and
that they are true to name and free
from disease. For the benefit of those
who may wish to supply their own
demand for garden seeds with a home
grown product, tfie following direc
tions are given:
Remember, Select Only the Most Vig
orous and Productive Plants
to Furnish Seed.
Bean and Pea.—Allow the pods to
ripen on the vine. When dry enough
to rattle in the pod, gather the beans.
It is best not to allow them to become
wet after the ripening period. Thresh
out the beans or peas, dry out thor
oughly in the shade, then store in a
cool, dry place.
Beet and Carrot.—A very few
plants of each of these vegetables pro
duce an abundance of seed. Select
some of the best roots, take up and
store in the cellar over winter, then
as early as possible in the spring
transplant to the field. Beet seed
stalks sometimes become very heavy,
and it may be necessary to tie them
to a stake. If the temperature does
not reach a lower mark than ten de
grees above zero, the beets or carrots
may be left standing in the field over
winter.
Lettuce.—As soon as the stalk dies
and the seed are fully mature, re *
move the seed and store in a dry, cool
place. Seed of the lettuce plant are
short lived, and are not generally con
sidered reliable after the second year.
Okra.—Before frost gather the pods
or allow the pods to mature, then cut
stalk and hang up with pods attached
until seed are wanted for planting.
If desired, the seed may he shelled
from the pods and stored in some con
venient receptacle.
Pepper.—Select the seed pods from
vigorous plants, and as soon as ma
ture place pods on a string, or, if
preferred, shell out the seed and store
them in a small paper sack.
Parsnip.—The roots may be left
standing in the field over winter.
Seed will be produced the following
spring. When ripe, the stalks hearing
the seed are cut and hung up in a
shed to dry. When fully dry, thresh
or rub out the seed and store as for
other vegetables. Do not try to keep
seed longer than two years.
Radish.—When ripe enough to rattle
in the pods the seed stalks are cut
and the seed threshed out, dried and
put away for spring use. The less
rain that falls on the seed after ripen
ing the better the seed are likely to
he.
Pumpkin ana squasn.— me nuiw
may be stored in some convenient
place and the seed left in them until
wanted for planting, or the seed may
be removed from the fruits, washed
and dried. Here again we must keep
the seed away from rats or mice.
Seed are good for several years if
properly handled.
Sweet Com.—Use the same method
for curing and saving as for field corn,
or shell as so*m as fully dry and store
in small receptacle.
Tomato.—As the fruit becomes
fully ripe, gather, crush the seed out
Into a small vessel of water, and allow'
to ferment for about two days. This
fermenting will remove the little film
which surrounds the seed. Separate
the seed from the pulp by screening,
wash the seed In clean water and dry
in the shade, stirring occasionally to
prevent sticking together.
Turnip.—Seed of this vegetable are
among the easiest to save. The tur
nips sown in the fall will usually sur
vive the winter all right and produce
seed the following spring However,
it may be safer to store pome of the
roots in a cellar and transplant the
following spring. These will produce
seed In early summer, and the seed
stalks may be cut and hung up to
dry, or the seed may be threshed
out by hand and the seed stored in
any desired receptacle.
All vegetable seeds should be
stored where they can be kept dry and
fairly cool. When stored under such
conditions they keep better and retain
their vitality for a longer period than
when storage cohditions are not such.
For further Information write to the
Extension Division, University of Ar
kansas, Fayetteville.
Be sure to see this column In the
next Issue of this paper telling how
to protect garden seed from weevil
while In storage
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Where the Sexes Differ.
When trouble comes hobbling along,
a woman gives way to a flood of
tears—but a man proceeds to Mat the
atmosphere blue.
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL
AND
OLD SETTLERS’ RE-UNION
WILL BE HELD AT
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AUGUST %
The annual picnic and Old Settlers Reunion at Newark has become noted
as the best and most enjoyable event of the kind in North Arkansas and
no pains or expense will be spared to make the one this year the greatest
event in the history of Newark and Independence County.
Including all kinds of clean and moral amusement features, such as merry
go-round, picture shows, plantation shows, fiddler’s contest, nevelty shows,
and many new attractions that will please everybody. Uncle Sam and
Aunt Columbia dressed in national colors will be guests of our picnic. Ev
erything will be arranged different and *he picnic will be held on larger
and better grounds with ample room for everybody.
THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF CONTINUOUS PLEASURE
There will he barrels ICE WATER on the ground all the time, FREE for
everybody. Ample hitching room, good camp ground and plenty of stock water
Good Band Music and Good Speaking !
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A good band has been engaged to furnish music for each day. A speakers stand and plenty of <t
good seats have been provided, and able speakers will deliver interesting and instructive addres- <►
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don’t fail to come, bring well filled baskets, see all your old friends and have a good time. o
DON’T FORGET THE PLACE-THE EDWARDS GROVE f
ONE-FOURTH MILE SOUTH OF THE DEPOT II
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Special Officers on Ground Day and Night to Keep Order
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