The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-11
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN:
You NAV pow and plant. Out ;lyos
don't cultivate properly the crop wall
Dos'H suffer btiars, bushes and the
like tn grow along the highway adJoin-
ing your premises. - EyI
PLANT cabbages. If they bring
good price, sell them; if not, feed
them to sheep, mich COWS and pigs. :
PAINT, .varnish or japan may be
softene6 or easily removed fpm old
surfaces with a solution OF eaustc
soda.
A LEMON eaten before breakfast
every day for short time will entirely
prevent the feeling of lassitude pecu-
liar to the approach of spring.
To WASH rCoLORED STOCKINGS
Put a tablespoonful of salt in a quart
of water. Let the stockings soak in
that for ten minutes, and then take
them out, and wash in soap and water.
In China, which has the sdensest
population in the world, and feeds its
millions without the Importation of
foreign food, no manure is applied to
the land in q solid form; it IS all
iquefed. F 81 -
COFFEE CREAM. = Dissolve two
ounces of gelatine or of isinglass in just
enough water to cover it; put 10 q pint
and a half of cream teacup and q
half of very strong clear coffee with
powdered sugar, add the dissolved
isinglass, let it just boil, leave it stand
ing till nearly cold; then pour it into q
mold, and when quite set turn it out. :
The radish succeeds best in light,
rich soil, and must be grown quickly in
order that they may be tender, sweet
and free from the worm which fire.
quently Injuries the root. The French
breakfast is rapid growing sort and
is very mild and tender. The golden
yellow is a new variety of oval form, in
color a deep yellow. 1t is early, and is
adapted for both forcing and open
ground culture.
STRAWBERRY PUDDING.-Cream, a
cup of sugar and a tablespoonful of but
ter; add the beaten yelks of five eggs
and two cups of fine bread-crumbs
soaked in a quart of sweet milk. Flavor
with lemon or vanilla. Pour into a
deep pudding-dish and bake until the
custard is "set.' Roll a pint of nice
Strawberries in powdered sugar, spread
over the pudding and cover with a
meringue made. of the beaten whites
and three tablespoonful of powdered
sugar. Return to the oven until the
top is delicately Drowned.
KEEPING OLD SHEEP.-The New
York Tribune says: sit is folly to keep
old sheep. They should be turned of
to the butcher while they are in theil
prime. It does not take half so much
to fatten them then. When they gel
old and thin, in order to put them ir
condition to slaughter the whole SUI
perstructure must be rebuilt. Foul
sets of lambs are all eve can bear
this will bring her to five years, and thi!
is an age when, with little extra care
she will round up to fine carcass. Elk
captions may be made when the breet
is scarce, and the blood is more valua
BILE than anything else"
PRESERVING GREEN SHINGLES
correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says. 81 have practiced painting
them as soon as laid. 1t is attended
with trouble and considerable expense
Inow prefer to use air-slacked lime
Just after, and while the roof is wet, o
during a light fall of rain, SOW fey
quarts, mostly on the upper part of tn
roof, once a year. The expense is tr
fling. am satisfied it will preserv
the roof twice as long as to leave ther
to the weather. The quantity used dc
ponds upon the surface to preserve
Your readers must have. noticed on oil
roofs the shingles below the chimneys
Comment is unnecessary"
SCOTCH LoAF.-One pound of fiOul
three quarters of pound OF butter
three-quarters of pound of sugar. tie
eggs, half a gill of rose-water, one t.
blespomful of dissolved saleratus, on
pound of dried currants, two teaspoon
fuls of ground cinnamon. Pick. was
and dry the currants, and dredge
much flour over as will adhere to then
Beat the butter and sugar till it
smooth and light; whisk the eggs to
froth, stir them into the butter an
sugar alternately with the flour; ad
the spice and liquor. beat the who
very hard for ten minutes; lastly stir
the fruit and saleratus.. Butter 8
earthen cake mold or iron pan. pour
the mixture, and bake for about tv
hours in a moderate oven.
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