The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-07-30
HONE, FARM And GARDRn.

HONE. FARM And GARDEN.
ConnoN sulphur Is the best remedy
Tor vermin on fowls.
FARMERs may hire their hard work
done, but they must always do their
own hard thinking. - m. So :
WATER is one of the important ele-
ments, not only In rapid development
OF beet, but in the production of choice
qualities. aesi q
HoRsERADIsH SAUcE.-Two tea
sPoonfuis OF made mustard, two. of
white sugar, half . teaspoonful of salt
and gill Of vinegar; mix and pour over
grated horseradish. This is excellent
with beet.
INDIAN SUET PUDD1NG.-One-half
pound suet, chopped fine, one Gun mo
lasses. one pint milk, one egg, meal to
make . very thin batter, one teaspoon
ground cloves, one teaspoon ground
cinnamon, one teaspoon salt, q little
nutmeg. 9 few currants or chopped
ralsins. Boil or steam three hours.
Sauce. 80 =.
Formerly it was considered best TO
let grass stand until the seed was full
grown, before cutting, but of late years
it has become almost the universal Gus
tom to cut when most of the grass is in
full bloom. The advantages claimed
for early cutting are, first, better hay,
which is more readily eaten by cattle;
second. less injury to the grass roots;
third, better chance for a second crop.
In the wheat berry, the epidermis.
seed-skin, gluten, cell-layer and germ
form about eighteen per cent. Of the
entire weight The remainder, or
eighty-two per cent, is the largest per
cent. OF flour that can ever be obtained
by the most perfect machinery. If we
include the germ, which some millers
say is beneficial to the flour, though de-
teriorating its color, several per cent.
must be added to the above.
CURRANr SYRUP.-This is a very
easy method of making a pleasant syr-
up. Take any quantity of full ripe cur
rants, pick from stalk, and put them in
a tin-lined stewpan, whole, with about
water enough to cover the bottom; two
tablespoonful of water is sufficient;
when the currants are all burst, after
stirring them, remove from fire and
press them in bag; take the liquor
and allow it to get perfectly cold;
,sweeten with loaf-sugar to taste; cur
rants vary so much as to sweetness that
no exact measure of sugar can be given;
strain again, and, without further heat
ing, put in well-stoppered bottles.
OUNCE PREsERvEs.-Pare and core
the ounces, and cut into halves or quar-
tiers, as suits the size of your jars. Let
them stand over night in enough cold
water to cover them. In the morning
put them in the kettle with the same
water, and let them cook gently till
you can just stick fork in them. Take
the fruit out with skinner. weigh it,
and to each pound of fruit allow a
pound of sugar. Put the fruit and SUI
gar into the kettle. with enough of the
water to make good syrup, and let
them boil gently until they are clear.
Take out carefully with the skinner
and put in the jars; fill the jars to the
top with the syrup. If there is large
quantity of fruit, and the kettle is not
large, it is best to put the fruit in the
syrup little at time.
How TO CLEAN THE FLooR.-H you
have painted floor keep soap and soap
suds off of it, for it spoils the brightness
of the paint, makes it soft, and then it
peels off, leaving the floor looking
worse than if it had not been painted.
If your floor has not been painted, keep
soap off of it, for it gives it dirty,
grimy look, and keeps growing worse
all the time. just take clean, hot wa
ter, put teaspoonful of ammonia into
three gallon pail of water. stir it, and
with clean, long-handled mop rub the
floor all over, then wipe it off with clean
water. 1t will take little while to get
the gray out of the boards, but it will
come out after q time, and you will
find it far easier to keep your floor
white and nice than it was when cleaned
with soap or suds.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Cleveland
Herald says: "The ways that turnips
can be sown and yet not require spe-
cial preparation of the land are many.
know farmer who, after the last
hoeing of his potatoes, scatters the seed
thinly along the rows, and when the
potatoes are dug the dirt is pulled back
into the last hill. and the turnips are
not disturbed. The fine soil that works
down about them rather helps than in
lures them, and big crop of turnips
usually results. Sowing among the
corn is another not Objectionable meth
cd, for the turnips will not draw very
much upon the soil until after the corn
Is cut up, and the after crop will prove