The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-09-10

HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.
TEPD water is produced by combin-
ing Wo-thirds cold and one-third boil
ing water.
HE yelk of an egg binds the crust
much better than the whites. Apply It
10 the edges with brush.
A GOOD cow ought to produce 5000
pounds of milk annually; but in this
country the average is only about half
that. while in Holland 10, 600 pounds ia
only considered fair yield.
Sour MILK CAKE.-One pint of sour
milk, two cups of sugar, two cups of
chopped rasins, one-haH cup of butter,
one dessert spoonful Of soda, all kinds
OF spice; stir in -four till quite thick.
HoNNY CAKEs.-One pint of cold
hominy, half pint of -four. one egg.
one tablespoonful of melted lard or
butter, sweet milk to make a batter
rather thin and teaspoonful of yeast
powder.
To CLEAN Stove M1cA.-Mica in
stoves (often wrongly called ISM
glass;. when smoked, is readily cleaned
by taking it out and thoroughly washing
with vinegar, q little diluted. If t
does not come off at once, let it soak
little.
GINGER CAKEs.-Mix one pound flour
and quarter-pound loaf-sugar. Rub
into it haH-pound butter, two eggs well
beaten, and one ounce ginger, ground
me. Beat all we'll together, roll out
the dough to the third Of an inch thick;
cut out the cakes and bake them.
CANNING FRUIT.-It is said by some
scientist that cane sugar when added
to boiling fruit is converted by the heat
into grape sugar, which has far less
sweetening power than cane sugar.
Housekeepers are advised, therefore.
to sweeten their fruits not when they
are canned, but when they are brought
on the table for consumption.
To REMOVE LICE FROM CALVES
Lice may be driven off from calves and
cattle by rubbing along the back. at
the top of the head, on the brisket, and
under the thighs, mixture of two
parts of inseed-oil and one part of
kerosene-Oil. If teaspoonful of sui
phur is given daily for two weeks that
will help to drive lice offby its evapora-
ton through the skin.
WHEN a horse rubs the hair from
any part of his body, it indicates some
irritation there. This may be caused
by local disease of the skin, or by dis
order of the blood from various causes,
or by both, for the former is often re-
suit of the latter. The remedy is to
remove the causes; give dose of lin
seed-oil, one pint, and repeat it the
second day; and wash the skin with
solution of carbonate of soda or salt
water, to allay the irritation.
Corn FRITTERs.-Take rather old
corn; cut it down the middle, and scrape
all the corn and milk off the cob. Make
batter of two eggs, six light table
spoonfuls of flour, and half pint of
milk. Mix it all well together, and drop
one spoonful at time in boiling lard,
and fry it a light brown; they will cook
in five minutes. Six ears of corn to |
this quantity. If they are very large,
it will take three eggs. Beat the eggs
very light; add the milk, and then the
flour.
HARD SoAP.-Three pounds of fresh
lime. Slack it. Add six gallons of
water; boil up; then let it settle till |
clear. Pour off carefully, having six
gallons clear liquid. in which is dis |
solved six pounds of sal-soda. Have
this boiling. Add six pounds of grease;
boil until done, which you can tell by
cooling spoonful. Wet tub or box
and pour in the soap. When cold, cut
up in bars and you have splendid ar
ticle for family washing. Bones and
rinds will not do, but scraps from lard
or the rancid grease from cooking can
be used.
BoRAx dissolved in water makes q |
good wash for the hair and cleanses the |
scalp from dandruff. Use enough boz
rax to render the water very soft, say q |
full half ounce of borax to one quart of |
water. To prevent the hair from fall |
ing out the following is eficacious: Steep |
ten or fourteen minutes in soft water |
three ounces of pulverized sage; strain |
off the liquor and add teaspoonful
each of pulverized borax and salt.
Keep this in a tightly -corked bottle.
Apply daily with sponge, rubbing it |
gently over the head; then brush the
hair.
To MAKE q pound of pork requires.
theoretically. four pounds of corn. al
lowing for waste, undigested matter,
and for the sustenance of life. It is
scarcely possible that pound of pork
can be produced on less than this. In |
practice the best results attained have
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