The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-06-18
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One hole in the fence will. by and by.
cost ten times as much as it would to
fix it at once. One diseased sheep will
spoil flock. One unruly animal will
teach all others in company bad tricks.
CORN PUFFs.-Scald five tablespoon
fuls of Indian meal, and when hot add
lump of butter the size of an egg;
when cold, add two eggs, beaten sep
arately, two cups of sweet milk and
eight tablespoonfuls of wheat flour.
CEMENT FOR MENDING CHINA
Make a thick solution of gum arabic
with warm water, and stir IN plaster OF
paris; use while warm and set the article
away for two or three days to dry. 1t can
not be broken again in the same place.
ALL scars made by pruning off large
branches of trees should be painted or
tarred, or otherwise protected from the
rain. Many fruit trees become hollow.
or fall into premature decay, from the
rain penetrating through old saw-cuts
made in pruning.
WASH FOR THE HANDS.-FOur ounces
pulverized borax. four ounces each of
saleratus and muriate of ammonia :; put
into tin pan and pour in four quarts
of hot soft water stir until well mixed,
bottle for use after washing the hands
and face, wet with the above.
CITRoN CAKE. -(How to keep the
citron from falling to the bottom Of the
cake) One cup of butter, two of SUI
gar, three of flour, four eggs and one
cup of milk; add one teaspoonful OF
soda and two of cream of tartar and one
pinch of salt. Make the cake as above.
put in the pan, cut the citron thin, put
it in the cake endwise, push down un-
til the batter covers citroD.
STRAWBERRY SHoRTCAKE.-Make
good pie-crust (not biscuit-crust)
enough for three layers rolled little
thicker than for pies, and bake in jelly
cake pans; prepare two quarts OF
berries, and stir in sugar to taste about
half an hour before your crust is baked;
butter the crust while. hot, spread the
berries between the layers, and serve
Immediately; no sauce is needed, as the
Juice of the fruit is sufficient.
RHUBARB PIE.-Pirst stew and sweet
en- your fruit to taste. Line your dish
with paste; brush the paste over with
the beaten white of an egg to keep it
from getting soaked. Do not put more
than half cup of water to a two quart
saucepan of the rhubarb in stewing, or
it will be too juicy. Fill the dish three
quarters full, put strips of paste across
as for tart pie, and bake in quick
oven until the crust is done.
PAINTED FLooKs.-For kitchen and
pantry floors there is nothing better
than coat of hard paint. The cracks
should be filed with putty before it is
applied, and the paint allowed to dry at
least two weeks before using; and then
it is easily kept clean by washing-not
scrubbing -with milk and water. Soap
should never be allowed to touch it.
Red lead and yellow ocher are good for
coloring; the former makes hard paint
that wears well.
PEACH BoRERs.-Peach borers are
not in the roots proper so much as in
the trunk just at or below the surface.
The borers already in the tree will come
out in June and lay eggs for new crop
unless you dig them out, or kill them
by the use of wire. To prevent their
attacks another year, bind the lower
part of the trunk with stiff paper, the
lower edge of which should be below the
surface, and the upper edge foot
above; or make mound of earth foot
high around the base. A few may
possibly find an entrance under the pa
per, but they are early discovered and
killed.
CoL1c.-As soon as the collie pains
are perceptible, give the animal drench
composed of eight ounces raw linseed
oil, one fluid ounce of laudanum, one
drachm powdered inter and eight fluid
ounces peppermint-water. Mix well
and drench slowly down the throat
from a common drenching-horn or 2
smooth-necked champagne-bottle. Ii
entire relief is not given in one hour
repeat the above-prescribed drench
in the same quantities as here given.
If you viii give proper attention to the
diet of your horse and feed him with
sound, sweet and nutritious grain and
provender, the only food in character
that agrees with the stomach and its
functions, you will not have any fur
Their difficulty as regards colo attacks.
Large quantities of water should not
be given at any one time to horses
that indicate the least predisposition te
attacks of collie. The water furnished
all live stock should be at all times
pure, soft and fresh, and given il
small quantity at time three or fou
times daily. Both food and wate1
should be given in regular quantitie'
and at regular hours of the day. Til,
stable should be properly ventilated
and lighted with sash windows. Wher'
strict attention is given to the hygiene
and dietary care and general manage
ment of live stock, health will surel,
follow.