Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
HOME AND FARM.

nVME AND FARM
PARAFFINE OIL on whetstones is SUI
perior to any other liquid, and wiz keep
the stone in better order.
In some recent experiments at Paris
the fumes of burning coffee were shown
to have . disinfecting power quite re-
markable.
Is CHILDREN's PLUM PUDDTNG.-Half-
pound raisins. half-pound chopped cur
rants, half-pound suet, one pound bread
soaked in milk, beaten smooth, quarter
pound -four, two ounces candied peel,
hah-pound sugar, little spice, pinch
salt boil six hours or. less, according to
size.
DRESSING FOR ROAST TURKEY.-Two
onions, five ounces of soaked and
squeezed bread, eight or ten sage leaves,
an ounce of butter, one egg, q small
piece of pork minced and pepper and
salt to taste. E1ince the onions and fry
them before adding to the other ingre-
dents. Some chopped celery is always
good addition.
CoRN-BREAD.-Mix together half a
pound each of sugar and prepared flour,
one and half pounds of Indian-meal,
two ounces of butter, melted, four eggs,
and three pints of milk; put the batter
into hot buttered pan, and bake it half
an hour in a quick oven, but do not burn
it. If prepared flour is not on band use
the ordinary kind, either with baking
powder or cream of tartar and soda.
To REPAIR CRACKED HooF.-
Cracked hoof may be cured by cleaning
out the crack and filling it with gutta
yooroho dicuo1ra1 ~, ho hon1i,0
Then secure the edges of the crack by
hooked into the hoof on each side of the
opening. Then burn the hoof a little at
to prevent the split from extending up
ward.-N. Y. Times.
KEEPING PLANTs.-Whenf frost comes
and you are afraid that the fire may get
low, and your plants get nipped, just
get lantern and some good oil, fix your
lantern nicely, and it will burn all night,
and by placing it under your flower
shelf you will be pleased to find how
safely your plants get along. 1 have
tried this for some years, and find that
the heat from common railroad Ian
tern will protect quite a quantity of
plants if the lantern is placed among or
under the plants.-Ister- Ocean.
POTATOES in the raw state ought
never to be given to any animal, with
the exception of sheep and geese. 1t is
said goose will thrive better, and the
flesh will be more gratefully favored,
upon raw potatoes sliced than upon any
other article, while Sheppard old sheep
particularly-will more speedily thrive
on raw potatoes than on turnips;
but, especially in the beginning, raw
potatoes will scour cattle and horses,
and not unfrequently cause death, while
there is no danger from either boiled
or steamed potatoes
A CHEAP AND EFFECTUAL DIsIN-
FECTANT.-Hafa drachm of nitrate of
lead dissolved in pint of boiling water
this solution to be poured into bucket
full of cold water, in which are dissolved
two drachms of common salt. Some of
this solution occasionally poured into
the sinks and vaults about the premises,
will soon purify the place from any de-
leteriOus emanations; and cloths dipped
in the solution and wrung out and hung
on lines about the rooms will keep the
atmosphere of even a hospital ward
S"cct duO uodltuy. AeS hC1lOu Ou
clothes or furniture is perfectly harm
less Boston Transcript.
A USEFUL TABLE.-The following ia
BILE will help farmers to be accurate in
measuring things: 5 yards wide by 968
yards long, l acre; 10 yards wide by 484
yards long, acre; 20 yards wide by 252
yards long, acre; 40 yards wide by 121
yards long, l acre; 70 yards wide
by SO yards long, l acre; 80
yards wide by 60 yards long, l acre
go feet wide by 726 feet long, acre
ITO feet wide by 800 feet long, 1 acre
12O feet wide by 1863 feet long, 1 acre
22O feet wide by 1913 feet long, 1 acre
$40 feet wide by ISL feet long, 1 acre
440 feet wide by % feet long, l acre. A
box 24x16 inches, % inches deep, holds
l barrel; a box 16x16 inches, 8 inches
deep, holds bushel; box 8 1-2x8 IL
inches, 8 inches deep, holds 1 peck; a
box Aka inches, 4 IL inches deep, holds
1-2 peck.