The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-09-24
HOxE, EARn AND GARDEN.


HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.
Ii . farmer expects to make money
BY his business he must see how it Is
himself.
To PEEL PEACHES them q
minute in hot water, then In cool, and
the skin peels of readily.
CUcuMBERs, if sliced into cold water,
will be made crisp and brittle, even If
not perfectly fresh.
Coop feed and good care have made
al our improved breeds of domestic
animals what they are. Proper seleo-
ton in breeding has no doubt laid the
foundation for all improvements, but
had not this been followed up and sus-
tanned by the best of care the breeding
would have amounted to nothing.
GREEN TOMATO PIcKLEs.-One peck
of green tomatoes, one cupful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of cinnamon. one of
cloves, one of allspice, and one of
white mustard seed, all ground. Lay
the tomatoes, sliced, with q little salt
between the layers, over night: then
drain of the water, cover with vinegar,
add spices and sugar, and boil few
minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
CANNED ToMAroEs AND Com.
the corn on the cob. when it is in nice
order for roasting, twenty minutes over
q good fire, and cut off while hot. Have
your tomatoes skinned and rubbed to
smooth pulp: put in two measures of
them for every one of the cut corn; salt
as for the table, stirring it well in, and
bring to q hard boil. Then can quickly,
and as soon as they are cold set away
in cool dark place.
CANNED PLUMs.-Prick with needle
to prevent bursting; prepare sirup.
allowing q gill of pure water and q
quarter of q pound Of sugar to every
three quarts of fruit. When the sugar
is dissolved and the water blood-warm,
put in the plums; heat slowly to a boil;
let them boil five minutes; fill up the
jars with plums, pour in the scalding
strip until it runs down the sides, and
seal. Green cages are very fine put up
the same way; also damsons for pies.
Picked PEACHEs.-Ten pounds
fruit, pared; four and a half pounds
sugar, one quart vinegar, mace. CHINA
mon and cloves to taste. Lay the
peaches in the sugar for an hour; drain
off every drop of sirup, and put over
the fire with about cup of water. Boil
until the scum ceases to rise. Skim;
put in the fruit and boil five minutes.
Take out the peaches with perforated
skinner, and spread upon dishes to
cool; add the vinegar and spices to the
hill &iffoon vSninv,too ond YonnF
over the fruit in glass jars.
CHow-CHOw.-One quart of small
cucumbers, one pint of onions, one
quart of green tomatoes (sliced). one
caulifower (cut in strips), three red
peppers (sliced); scald in salt and wa
ter. After draining pour over it hot
vinegar and let it stand two or three
DAYS; then drain off the. old vinegar.
Take one package of English mustard.
one quart of vinegar, one and one-halt
cupfuls of brown sugar, and one-hali
cupful of flour; boil the vinegar; mix
up the other ingredients in little cold
vinegar, and pour into the hot; let II
boil up, and pour (while hot) over the
pickles.
WHILE it may be desirable to save
the first seeds of some of our vegeta,
bles, such as sweet corn, peas and
beans, it is not best to make such &
selection from all kinds. The first to
matoes that ripen are generally small
and ill-shapen, and it would be unde
sirable to select seeds from these, a:
they would soon deteriorate the variety
but the best plan is to wait till large
smooth specimens are produced, ant
from these select seed for future crops
Bv doing this for q few years you vii
findthat you have wonderfully improved
the tomato; and to secure improvement
of any kind of vegetable it is absolutel,
necessary to select the best specimen
of every kind. Deterioration ought t.
have no place in the farmers vocabu
larry.
SMUT IN Corn. Corn smut is q fun
gus which grows from the substance Q
the plant, the seed being carried int
the roots from the soil and from tn
roots into the stalks, ears and Othe
parts of the plant. The seed or spore
are in the soil. and may be carrie
there in manure made from animals fe
upon corn-fodder or corn ears infeste
with smut. Or the spores, which ar
as fine and as light as the finest dus'
NAV be carried to the soil by the win
and washed into it by rains. At an
rate it is there. It only makes tn
matter worse to bury the smut; thl
should be burned. If buried it n
mains in the soil, and will infest Gro
.ftor come time has elapsed. The Onl