2 cups brown sugar 2 cups sour milk 2 cups bran 2 cups barley flour 1 1/2 cups corn flour or bolted corn meal

1 1/4 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon salt

1 cup shortening 1/4 cup molasses

2 or more packages dates 1 or more cups nut meats

Sift together flour, corn meal, soda, and salt. Add molasses to sugar, beat well; add sour milk, bran, and shortening; combine mixtures. Add coarsely cut nuts and dates. Drop by spoonfuls, one inch apart, on oiled pans. Bake in moderate oven.