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��Beware of Poultry Which Comes Packed in Barrels

INSIST on buying dry-packed and dry- chilled poultry. When you order poultry which is packed in ice, you are probably paying for from three to fourteen per cent, of water which has been soaked up by the bird. So states a report issued by the Department of Agri- culture. This water ruins the flavor and the quality of the meat.

If possible, see the package in which your butcher re- ceives the chickens. High- grade, dry-packed birds are commonly sent to market by the dozen in paper-lined boxes. Wet-packed chick- ens are shipped in large barrels.

����Tent Stoves to Keep Our Soldier Boys Warm in the Training Camps

NO mental pictures this year of our soldiers freezing in their camps. They are made as comfortable as possi- ble, although the stove with which the government provides each tent is not exactly like the big brick fireplace or the ornamental steam radiator at home. It is made of tin, with a jointed pipe to let out the smoke through an opening in the top of the tent.

As the majority of the camps have pur- posely been located in sec- tions of the country where the winters are mild, this heating device should prove adequate.

Burning wood as it does, fuel may be had at any groves or wood lots which happen to be near the soldiers' camps.

���Two heifers curiously branded by Nature, one with a white N, the other with a white 7

��Nature Herself Branded These Cattle

ONE of the accompany- ing illustrations shows a young heifer owned by Henry Nelson, of Hicksville, O., which bears the letter N on its side. This letter was not burned in, nor has it any resemblance to the scarred brand. The hairs are white against the reddish back of the animal. Just what caused them to grow in such a way as to form the owner's initial is a secret which Nature has kept. Mr. Nelson would like to know so that he could use the style of branding on his other cattle.

The other illustration shows a large white figure 7 on the face of the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, which is

believed to have special significance. Possibly the animal will yield seven quarts of milk at a time and will usher in a period when milk will be seven cents a quart. Or per- haps the 7 has to do with the year

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In our training camps, each tent is provided with one of these tin stoves which burns wood and brush

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