Nebraska advertiser., 1881-04-14
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Saws the Indiana Farmer. "A War
rick County farmer recently lost eleven
horses and mules from eating corn
stalks, which being cut up formed indi-
gestible balls in their stomachs, pro-
ducing death in short time
"A New York farmer SAYS that pota
to tops make the best mulch for straw
berries. They are free from weed
seeds. heavy enough not to be blown off
and will not pack and smother the plants
as straw or hay will sometimes do. In
spring they are 50 well rotted as not to
need removal.
A physician writing to the New
York Tribune SAYS "All moles and dis
colorations can be removed with sun
glass cOsing from $3.50 to 80. Seat
the pat ent in n clear, strong sunlight;
bring the concentrated rays of the sun
TO bear on the eNCrescence five or ten
minutes. In three or four weeks The
mole will scale off and new skin come
on leaving no trace of the nTvus ma
ternus. If the mole should not be en-
tirely removed at the first application,
repeat till it is"
Those who plant trees for landscape
effect should give attention to the
grouping of variously colOred foliage in
the trees planted. A writer in The Gar
den speaks, among other effects, of the
fine combination and contrast effected
by planting together the copper beech
and the white poplar; the dark, rich
leaf of the one and the light, silver-gray
of the other presenting striking APP
pearance when turned up by the wind
or in the sunshine. The ailanthus and
sumach are recommended for grouping
together, and the naples and the sweet
gum.
Ham with Egg Cake.-Beat up two
eggs well; put into them small squares
or white bread add some chopped
parsley, pepper and salt, and little
nutmeg; stir in with pinch of baking
powder and some milk. Put a piece of
butter into the pan, pour in the batter
and frizzle brown on one side, then turn
and finish. Have ready slice of ham
frizzed. or some cold ham that has been
steamed. Never boil your ham; small
piece of couple or three pounds cut
thick and put above the boiling water,
will 90 twice as far as when it has been
boiled to rags. Food and Hcaith.
Bean Soup. pint of dried
white beans, quarter of pound fat salt
pork, cut into strips, two pound,
cracked bones of any kind-ham bones
are very good-quarter onion, and q
few refuse stalks of celery, three quarts
of cold water, pepper. Soak the beans al
night in luke-warm water. In the morn
ing drain and put them into the pot with
pork bones and vegetables. Cook
slowly four or five hours, stirring wei
and often, as beans are apt to "catch y
upon the bottom of the pot. Rut
through cullender when you have
taken out the bones. Everything else
should be pressed through the holes
simmer five minutes, stirring most o
the time.
Horse diseases are more likely tC
occur in damp, cold, marshy localities
than in those that are dry and warm
hence horses should at least have dry
stables on a gravelly soil with good
natural or artificial drainage, and il
possible southern exposure. Impure
air is one of the strongest predisposins
causes. Horse stables should be KEEP
clean. sweet and airy, and all affections
of the lungs that will impair breathing
and the proper aeration OF the blooC
should be corrected. Impure waite
and spoiled or insufficient food anC
overwork are likewise to be guarded
against. But above all other thing
sudden exposures to cold and wet, OF t.
cold draughts when heated, are to b,
avoided. T.. IN N. Y. Tribune.