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Among the things that add pleasure to country life, pop corn should be given a prominent place. For affording a pleasant and healthful treat for the family during the long winter evenings and the holiday season it probably has no equal. The crisp, flaky pop corn is dear to the children's palate and the "pop corn and Christmas hemlock spurting in the fire" have been enjoyed by both old and FIG. 1.-Pop corn in the garden. young for many generations. If every farm home would keep a supply of pop corn and a popper convenient, fewer nickels would be spent for less wholesome knicknacks and more enjoyable evenings would be spent around the family hearth.

Besides being a source of entertainment for the children, pop corn has considerable value as a food, and when properly prepared for 1 For information regarding the growing of pop corn on a commercial scale, see Farmers' Bulletin 554, entitled "Pop Corn for the Market." the table it is superior to many of the breakfast foods now on the market.