The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-02-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

~.s'' FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. ,'-'
When a farmer is wasteful or 81 bnds
money for needless articles, he will e6on
have TOPPER cent. mortgage o. his
farm.-Ios0G State Register.
Farmers as class do not look
ahead enough-do not plan fol the
future in their crops, ETC., and II ere.
fore many of their failures are for Want
of forethought. Exchange. I
"A Connecticut farmers exberi-
menting has taught him that En- fish
turnips are worth twenty-five Gel IS a
bushel to feed to mich COWS, and
should be fed just before milking.
Paste p. for Scrap Books. Rice
Estarch, one. odnde; gelatin, ree
drachms; water, half pint; heat, with
constant, stirring. until the milky IL uid
becomes thick and CLASSY, w6e3 the
bottle i is' VA FIR az ;Rs s': St
s,aAaxgRs6tsx<xe ,one cuf Of
!%sss sg ssp one OF .,
ones nutgpsa four cups of prepl red
flour; mix as soft as tea biscuit; make
theh half the size you wish when flied;
fry; in lard; about five minutes will
cook them. This receipt will make
four dozen, ali II
-Molasses Cake.-Two cups of few
Orleans molasses, one of butter, 1our
eggs, half cup cold water, one-half4 tea
spoonful of1soda, one teaspoonful Of
ginger, four cups Of prepared flour;
heat the a1helasSes before mixing, And
stir the butter in while hot; let it (ooi
before you put the eggs in; this will
make the cakes, as they should NOT be
very thick; bake 'one-half hour in q4ick
oven.
"A correspondent of the Detroit
Free Press writes: - tell you we do
not calculate in this climate enough for
winter. Our barns should be ereeted
for winter and Let the short SUMMER
months remain outside of the calc3la-
ton. 1t may be convenient to haIe a
we'll at the corner of several fields 81 me
distance from the barn for summer but
if you can have but one well, let That
be so the water can be drawn ins the
barn and given to the stock duri1g a
good many of the stormy days of Win-
ter, without requiring them to stand in
a driving wind. Oftentimes the cattle
will not drink what they need if ire-
quired to brave a storm to getthe
water. By all means, in arranging a
barn, have the pump in it, ethel to
draw water from a cistern or from q
well.
= Perhaps one Of the most apbrobfi-
ate uses of an old fruit can that can be
growth o ofae1 fraH SsH&.ne8 s1ns!
This is done In the following nis1ner;.
The can is pierced with<6ne OF more;
pin holes, and then sunk in the earth
near the roots of the strawberry or
tomato or other plants. The pin holes
are. tobe of such size thdtwhd9 theylf
is filled with water the ~f11ld can diIlY
escape into the ground very slowly.
Thus quart can. properly arranged,
will extend its irri gation to the plant
through period Of several days; the
can is then retiHed. Practical trials of
this METHOD Of iflgtbr EeatehS doubt
of its success. Plants thus watered
flourish and yield the most bounteous
returns throughontth longest dropghts.
In all warm localities, where water is
scarce, the planting of oldrfruit cans,
as here indicated, will be found profita-
BILE as regular gardening. operation.
Scientific american. I''~'t !
The new year is just the time to look
over the account-book, pay up all
debts, and present bills for all credits.
Farmers are more negligent in this
matter than merchants ana mechanics.
They do c6fp aratf teiy MN A bayfhfT1e
and selling, and what little they do is
mostly III the way of cash or barter, 80
that they do not realize the necessity
of book accounts, and we fear too many
of them make ledger of their heads,
most miserable place for recording
figures. The head can store away
principles, but has no r0dM fq4 COLI
umns of figures and detailed statements
OF facts" Fer these. "a 1beak3is- Eep,rt
site, and every farmer should keep an
accOunt-book in which all business
transactions should be entered daily,
as also accounts !Mdths-t1e difird1t
crops, herds and flocks, so that he
may know which pays best. Possibly
he will find that some crops do not pay
at all. Thi8 masf besHue for One Sch
son aud not prove that the crop should
lie discarded; but If tue for q sutces-
sion Of seasons, those crops can be neg
lected that cost more than they are
,wprth, and others substituteh il, their
places. In a like manner, liza. record
is kept of the products Of each COW In
the, herd it will YeryJ fikeB1be found
that there are some animals that don't
pay the cost of keeping, and those can
be turned over to the butcher, to the
improvement of the hofd ana tEe SWELL
ing Of the animal profits of the ,farp,
IN z. Times SIC. T. 40, ~
Cooperation in, the Purchase Of Farm