Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-26
HOME AND FARM.

The farmer whose stock constantly
deteriorates is not a good farmer; he
should be laborer instead of a farmer.
cabbage butterfly is said to be not more
than 100 miles the other side of Chi
cago.
Cows command good prices all over
the country, and this condition in the
stock market will continue for years yet
to come.
Every rural family that has home
should have few hives of bees. Moth
ing of so little cost will yield so large q
profit.
One reason why our wheat crops
are only about half as much per acre as
in England is because the British farmer
employs sheep as grain growers, while
with us sheep are only considered as
wool or mutton makers.
If small piece of sulphur is occa.
sionally thown upon the fire for smok-
ing bacon, it will effectually prevent
shippers and bugs from making inroads
upon the meat; nor will it produce any
effect on its flavor, save on the mere sur
face or skin.
Mr.. Very Aldrich weakens Can
ada thistles somewhat by cutting them
off close to the ground, and then kills
them the following spring by scooping
out around each hole large enough to
hold pint or a quart, and filling it
with salt. Even this trouble and ex-
pense is much better than to permit
small patch to become a large one by
neglect.
oh Ln ~ -.
the spring, early. They may be made
aow by cutting the branches and twigs
into lengths of foot, tying them in
bundles and burying them in the earth.
IN the spring set them out in the follow
ing manner: Push a spade into the soil,
press it forward so as to open space,
press in the cutting in a slanting direc-
ton, take out the spade and tread the
opening close.
1t has been discovered that cab
bages may be prevented from rotting
after freezing simply by cutting them
open, or by making one or two missions
in them with knife. After freezing
the cabbages commence to decay in the
center, caused by the heating inside.
When opened sufficiently to let out the
heated gases and enable them to be-
come cold at the center they will not
decay. -Cdn0da Farmer.
The best of fried fish are those
cooked in oil; small fish should be rolled
in flour, seasoned with salt and cayenne,
and quickly fried; medium-sized or
sliced fish are good for frying when
rolled in Indian meal or cracker dust,
seasoned with salt and pepper, and
fried. The celebrated Philadelphia
method of frying catfish is to skin and
split them, remove the backbone, wash
and dry the pieces, season them with
salt and cayenne pepper, dredge them
with flour, and fry them brown in smok-
ing hot fat
Every farmer should have supply
of ice to use during the hot months of
summer. 1t is indispensable both on
the ground of comfort and of
economy. The s'Agriculturist" says:
"The preservation of food and
the less frequent cooking re-
quired, and consequent saving of fuel,
will go far toward meeting the expense
of providing ice, if it does not more than
cover it," 1t is not difficult matter
for every family in the country to have
plenty of ice at small cost.
One of the London medical jour-
mails declares that the prevalence of
neuralgia-or what commonly goes by
that name-should be regarded as a
warning indicative of low condition of
health, which must necessarily render
its subjects peculiarly susceptible to the
invasion of diseases of an aggressive
type. 1t is always essential that the
vital forces should be vigorous, and the
nerve power, in especial, in full devel-
opment; but neuralgia indicates a low
or depressed state of vitality-a poor
and weak state-and should be prompt
ly placed under treatment.
The cheapest and one of the best
means of Kidding stock of lice consists
in the free application of wood ashes.
frequent brushing, removal of old or
dirty bedding, occasional applications
of boiling hot water to the woodwork
of stalls, sheds and stiles, or lime-wash-
ing of the same. All loose hairs and
dirt removed from the bodies of ami
mails by brushing, as well as old bed
ding, should be collected in a heap and
burned. The presence of vermin on
live stock can not be successfully COM
bated by simply applying a certain
remedy to the body of the animals, and
not at the same time attending to the
general cleanliness of these, as well as
g lo; s,,rrornIf.rs