The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-22
MOU, FARH AND GARDEy.

"A reader Of the Maine Farmer
makes statementrespectin2 the value
of ashes IS fertilizer; and saws he IS
acquainfed with an instance in his own
vicinity where unleached ashes were
literally applied to : field more than
twenty yeAxs ago, and deir good eff
feczs oSex surrounding land, to which
they we're not applied are still plainly
visible.
To Cook Egg-PIant-Pare the
plant, being careful to remove all the
skin, cut in thin slices, about half an
inch thick: then salt each slice, lay one
on top of the other and let rhen stand
under . weight eight to ten hours; pour
OF the water from the dish, wipe the
slices dry, dredge with -four, and fry In
half lard and half batter (Which should
be boiling hot, until they bedbhe a
dark brown color Serve at once
The following is said to be an ex-
cellent remedy for the Group. Take
one teaspoonful of pulverized alum. one
Of sulphur and the whites of two eggs.
Mix all well together and put In small
piece of muslin. and hold it up and let
the water drip from it; and give to a
child. say ten years old, one teaspoonful
in little mint tea, or any pleasant tea;
and smaller children less, say half a
teaspoonful for ire years old, and less
for younger, all in tea .
Carrots make an appetizing dinner
dish when prepared as follows: Wash,
scrape, cut the carrots lengfhwise and
boil until very tender. which viii take
from an hour and half to two hours
When done, slice the carrots very thin
into saucepan with one or two
fablespoonfuls of butter and small
cup of cream if milk is used, thicken
very little with corn starch, add pep
per. salt and cook about ten minutes:
serve in covered vegetable dish. En-
change.
Undertaking is measure of
economy, and It is In every way i'm
portant that it should be done econom-
ieaiiy. II made TO needlessly cost twice
as much as it ought, it viii pay only
half the profit il should. and the farmer
is proportionately discouraged in his
good work BY being careful to dig
when the ground is in the best condi-
ton. doing as much as possible with
horse-plows and sub-soil ditchers, the
cost of making underdrains may be re-
duced to the smallest possible amount
Rural NeU Yorker.
Farmers who hold back their wheat,
hay and other products, because they
will not sell for the prices thez think
should be obtained are generally, in the
nrs1 tArn~~a uto.- Il - AL
count the risk they incur by withhold
ing their crops. There is no truer
axiom than that bird in the hand is
worth two in the BUSH As rule the
most successful farmers dispose of their
crops as soon rs they are ready for the
market, at current prices The mind is
then relieved of anxiety and all chances
of loss are removed, with the doubtful
ciiance, it is true, of higher prices
Gernantosrn Telegraph.
"A common fault Of high-spirited
colts Tor rather habit, for it is often
only the result of habit, and no result
or proof of yiciousness) Is kicking. We
should remember that a colt kicks nat
urally; that is, he does it in self-defense.
and also in the way of play. 1t is as it
were his birtbright, by which he ex-
presses his physical spirits. and defends
himself. The fact is, no colt should
ever be put between the shafts without
a :. kicking-strap;;" that is. strap
buckled to either shaft, and passed over
the launches in such way as to make
it impossible for him to get his heels
over the cross-tree. This is the only
safe way to pursue. Generally speak
ing, slight twitch on the reins, just as
be is ON the point of :. lifting" will
check the effort; but it needs quick
eve and hand to catch the colt soon
enough to keep his heels out Of the
dashboard: and not over two in ten
men would be sure to do it. But by
using the kicking-strap all danger and
risk are ayerted: and therefore we in
variably insisto itin educating colts.
After two or three attempts TO "lift,7
the youngster' finds he cannot; and Is
thereby, as the frishman said, "cured
of the disease before he had it, In
the case of colts, as Of men. an . ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Golden Ruie.