The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

| To PREVENT an OK or steer from gong
ahead of his yoke-mate when attached to
sled or cart, put a chain around his end
of the yoke and fasten it to the pole Or
tongue of the sled or cart, just back OF his
fore-leg, allowing him to come up even
with his mate. He will soon give up
the habit as a bad job.-R. W. r., an
Hatae Farmer.
| FRANCATELM PUDDING.-Pour a pint
of boiling milk on ten tablespoonfuls OF
! grated bread crumbs, and let them stand
ten minutes; then add the yelks of four
eggs well beaten, six tablespoonful OF
sugar, two of butter Season with lemon,
or what you like. When beaten light,
stir in the whites of the eggs, which have
been well whipped; pour into buttered
dish, and bake quickly.
Ice CREAM.-Take three pints of milk,
| four eggs, we'll beaten, three fourths pound
of sugar, and one tablespoonful corn
starch; mix in three.quart tin palli
boil in kettle of water till quite thick;
add one pint sweet cream, and flavor to
taste Freeze in a common water pail or
any vessel of suitable size, with equal
parts of ice chopped fine, and coarse salt
Rotate the pail and stir frequently.
| To CURE CORNs.-Take a lemon and
roll it until it is soft; cut thick slice and
bind in on the corn on retiring at night.
In the morning, if the corn is white and
disintegrated, pull it out with your finger
nails-never cut a corn. Sometimes sew
eral applications of the lemon slices will
be necessary, but the corns are bound to
succumb, and you can dance the next
night if you like. After you remove the
corns wear shoes that fit and are not too
stiff in the soles.-Inter-O Ocean,
HAY-MAK1NG IN NoRwAY.-Of this a
correspondent thus writes: "The way
they make hay in Norway will be new to
your farmer readers, The grass is hung
up on poles to dry, and have never seen
such -bri ght-colored hay in my life. 1t is
almost as bright a green as when growing
In some fields you see strings OF fences,
few rods long, which begin and end no.
where. These lines of fence are about
as wide apart as New England Farmer
makes his winrows. on these fences the
grass is hung till the wind and sun can
cure it. The sun does not burn it. That
is one way, and perhaps the most COM
mon. The other way is to plant posts in
the fields, twelve feet or so apart, and in
these posts insert pegs about one foot
asunder. On these pegs poles are laid,
and on them the grass is hung just as we
used to dry paper at the mills down East
forty years ago. The result is hay that
any farmer would be proud of.
THERE are yet many farmers who dc
not harrow their corn. Why not? 1t is
the best cultivation it ever gets. If the
weeds start before the corn gets through
the soil, harrow the ground all over, with
out fear, unless it be trashy; in his case
care must be taken that the teeth do moi
get clogged; in fact, this care must be
taken in any event, that the corn be not
scooped out. If the teeth do not clog with
trash, harrow fearlessly. If the corn is uE
we prefer double drag, with the forward
tooth raised so that it will not enter the
soil to the full depth. If the rows are
equi-distant, and accurately marked this
then, by going once TO each row, you
work the soil twice, and thus prepare il
admirably for the cultlvator, which should
follow almost immediatcly.-Chjc0gc
Tribune.
The WIRE WoRM.-Bcingt troubled with
the little pests one year, | was advised to
soak my seed corn in q solution of cop
peras and saltpcter, using one-tourth of a
pound each to bushel of ears Of com.
mon cight.rowcd corn. The result was
that my seed all grew, and lost none by
the wire worms, and never saw corr
have so dark and vigorous color before
Since then | always soak my seed twelve
} hours after being shclled. l do not know
as it would affect the cut worm, but
have never been troubled with them since
used the solution Of copperas and salt
peter Neither was | ever troubled witt
them when plowed my corn in the fall
Some farmers eXtermlnate them by hunt
ing them out in the hill and killing then
by hand, but this is slow and tediOu:
work, and is liable to be sighted by hired
help.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
COUNTRY CRULLERs.-One and one hal
pounds Of sugar, four eggs, one pint o
milk, one large teaspoonful of saleratu
made very fine, one-half pound of butter
-four sufficient to roll Roll out in small
rings and join well with hands, not max
ing them very large, as they become large
by cooking. Have half a pound Of lart
very hot, and try small pieces Of dough t.
see if it browns quickly; then turn it, ant
when both sides are brown take it out
Care must be taken to keep the lard hot
but it must not burn, as it would spoil tn
crullers. Bake in small iron pot, five o
six at time; turn with fork; take ou
with skinner, and lay on plate to drain
. then place OF large plate to cool; whel
sufficiently cool place in stone pot. Ado
, more lard to cook in when necessary, ant
keep hot This recipe will make a larg
, potful, and they will keep in a cool place
a week or two weeks. Some warm then
a little by placing in oven a few minute
before eating.
As THE use OF skim milk for the manu-
featuring Of cheese is very Improbable
we would suggest that it be condensed 70
use in the cities, where large demand
for it would undoubtedly spring up. TIL
! skinned milk Of farm or creamery i
vastly better than the milk produced a
those so-called diaries Of the towns ant
cities, where distillery slop is the food o
the cows. 1t is pure, wholesome ait
agreeable, and for cooking purposes ant
for children's food, would be very accept
able. 1t could be afforded at somewha
less price than the pure condensed milk
and if honestly sold for what it is, aut
labeled CONDENSED Skinned Milk"
would not enter into unfair competition
with pure condensed milk, although
might in many cases be used as a substi
tute for it. Any use of the SKINNED mill
would be better than that of making
into cheese, which "goes begging" il
the market at one or two cents pound
bringing decent cheese into disrepute.-
american AgricultWist -..-
DIRECTIONS FOR CALCIMINING.-Buy
the best bleacheG glue If the walls are Il
be white or some light tint (if dark 1t i
immaterlal so the glue is clean, and us,
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