The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
To CLEAN hair brushes, nothing is
more thoroughly satisfactory than q
teaspoonfm Of liquid ammonia in about
a quart of water, either hot or cold
Move the brush about in the water a
few minutes, and dry quickly.
How MOLD CAN Be PREVENTED ON
PICKLEs.-Cut horse-radish roots in thin
slices lengthwise. and lay half dozen
or SO of these pieces on the top of each
crock of pickles. allowing them to re
main until all the pickles are used.
Grated horse-radish will not do. as it
soon loses its strength and then fer
ments.
THE best floor for an ice-house, says
an exchange, is one of boards or plank
laid upon sleepers bedded in gravel. A
gravel or sand foundation is the best,
and the floor should be laid so that no
air can gain access beneath it from
without. There should also be pro-
vided a drain SO constructed that the
water from the melted ice can escape
into the ground, but which will not adj
NIT air to the ice.
IT is not generally known that cut
straw makes most excellent stuffing
for beds used by children and infants.
Make case of soft tick, obtain some
well-dried straw, cut in a chaff-cutter.
fill the case moderately full. 1t makes
an astonishingly comfortable bed, is
very warm, and much more healthy for
infants than feather bed. The idea
is good one, and the straw beds are
worth the attention of mothers.
THE cobs of Indian corn contain a
large amount of potash. Its ashes con-
tain twice the amount of that mineral
than the ashes of the willow, which
contains more than any other wood.
Potash is one of the minerals for which
the farmer pays, in one shape or anoth-
er, large sums of money; and this fire.
quently when there can be seen lying
around his premises uneconOmized
quantities of this valuable material.
Potato DUCHEssE. - Take half q
dozen potatoes, boil them, pass them
through a sieve, and work into them in a
bowl one gill of cream and the yelks of
three eggs; add pepper, salt and nutmeg
to taste, and some parsley finely chopped.
When they are we'll mixed and smooth
take them up by taSs.espoonfuls,r roll each
in ball, fatten it and flour it slightly.
Lay them all in a sauce pan with plenty
of butter melted, and cook them slowly.
Turn them over when one side is done,
and serve hot as soon as both sides are
colored.
"HILL-ToP," an observing farmer of
the Connecticut valley, tells the Boston
CultiUator how he and his father nave
for fifty years, always thinned their pota-
to vines at hoeing time to two stocks in
the hill, with an increase of large,
handsome potatoes. Six or seven per
cent. all told, of second-rate potatoes
is mentioned as al ordinary proportion,
under this treatment. Of course, the
large, strong vines would be saved,
and this looks like genuine bit of
potato science. coming into print in a
time of scarcity.
GOLDFISH BALLs.-Cut the cod into
pieces, soak in luke-warm water for an
hour or longer. Remove the bones and
skin, shred. put over the fire in cold
water. As soon as the water begins to
bubble turn off and pour over cold
water. As soon as it is hot it is done.
While the fish is cooking make ready
some mashed potatoes. Allow as much
again potato as fish and mix together
while both are hot-thls last il par
tlcular. 1t does not make any differ
ence if the balls are cold when fried,
but they must be hot when the ingre.
dients are put together.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Poultry
Monthly says that poultry need clean
house well ventilated, but warm in
winter; roosts kept free from lice by
using coal oil on them once a week; a
varied diet, not all corn. but wheat,
buckwheat, boiled potatoes, meat, thick
milk. etc. charcoal pounded fine and
mixed in soft feed occasionally is ex-
cellent and cheap; it produces health if
the birds are out sorts or securing; it is
also good in small pieces kept in their
runs; pa-ched corn or wheat is also
good for a change. Look after the
poultry personally, and not trust all tc
the boy or man who, in most cases,
cares not or has no interest in them.