The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-30

III weeds are allowed TO stand until
the seeds ripen, do mot pillow them under.
Burn them.-lO,oo 8tdts Register.
Face Pimples.--Eschew very salt,
rich or greasy food, and take dose Of
magnesia occasionally. Also wash the
face occasionally with diluted cologne
water.-Moore's Rurdg.
-Laplandes for Breakfast.-Three
eggs, three cups sweet milk, one spoonful
of melted butter, three cups of flour, q
little salt. Beat we'll together and bake in
iron moids.- Home Cook Book.
Cabbage and Sausage. Gut the cab
bage very thin, put il into the stewpan
with small piece of ham, an ounce Of
and little vinegar. Let it stew three
hours When it is tender add little
more broth, salt, pepper and a tablespoon
is sufficiently wasted. Then put it into
the dish and lay fried ssusages on the top.
This matter of windows in stables is
one of vastly more importance than some
farmers think. Animals, no more tt an
vegetables, can thrive in the dark Our
long winters are sufficiently trying to the
constitutions Of our farm stock, under the
best circumstances, and an animal upon
which the sun scarcely shines at all for
five or sir months will come out in the
spring in a bad safe Of health, even
though the feed and the ventilation and
the temperature have been all right The
sun is the great life giver.- Vermont
Chronicle.
Very nice, fine mats may be made by
stretching common coffee sacking on a
frame just the size of mat required "a good
frame may be made of lath or split broom
handle, nailed together at the corners);
into this draw, with coarse CROCHET
needle, strips of any material, delaine,
cloth, prints, etc.; cut bias or straight.
about one inch to one and half inches in
width, and leave the goods standing in
loops on the upper side; when finished
take from frame, turn edges of sacking
on wrong side, and line with another
piece of sacking.
Plants set against walls and piazzas
frequently suffer from want of water at
this season, when other ground near them
is quite wet. Draw away the soil around
each plant so as to form basin; I'LL it with
bucketful of water, allowing it time to
soak gradually away, and when the sur
face has dried little, draw in loosely the
soil over it, and it will do without water
for some weeks. This applies to all plants
wanting water through the season. If
water is merely poured on the surface, it
is made more compact by the weight of
water, and the harder the soil becomes the
easier it dries, and the result is the more
water you give the more is wanted
Gardeners Monthly.
The Chicago Times gives some good
advice, in the following paragraph, to
those who are dissatisfied with their pres
ent locations and are seeking change: 1t
is wise to take into consideration what one
would lose, as well as what he would gain,
in moving to new and distant locality.
If the proposed region does not produce
grass, Indian corn and Irish potatoes, it
is, as rule, good place to keep away
from. Grass is the most profitable crop
in this country, or in any country. II sup
ports all kinds of stock, and is essential
to the production Of milk. Corn ranks
next to grass in value. Potatoes are very
profitable crop, either for the market or
for home consumption. If man is to
lose all these, and, in addition to them, ap-
pies, he must gain great many things to
render change desirable. Generally the
region which produces the largest variety
of crops is the best for the farmer. An
exclusively wheat growing country may
be profitable for series of years, but the
land will be of less value the longer it is
cropped, for there is nothing to restore
fertility. Few portions of the earth pro-
duce larger number or more abundant
crops than the Valley of the Mississippi,
and the farmer who is discontinued here
will probably be uneasy anywhere.