Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-12
HOME AND FARM.

Grab Apple Jelly: Core the apples,
put them in a preserving kettle, cover
with cold water, and boil till soft. Strain
through jelly bag, then proceed the
same as in making currant jelly.-St.
Louis Globe.
The following are the advantages OF
soillng: 1t saves land, fences, econo-
mixes food, produces more milk and
beef, keeps stock in better condition and
comfort, and increases the quantity and
quality of the manure.-Detrott Post.
To scallop oysters butter large tin
dish and put in a thick layer of rolled
crackers, season with butter, pepper
and salt; then add a layer of oysters
and so on until the dish is filled. Make
the last layer of cracker-crumbs and
bake until nicely Drowned.
To kill willows or locusts cut the
bark two feet above the ground, and
pull 1T down to the roots, leaving it
hanging to the tree. Do this as early
in the dark of the moon in May as the
bark will slip. They will never again
send out sprout.
Sweet Apple Pickles: Take sweet
apples, peel and quarter them, and boil
until tender in vinegar and water; to
one pound of vinegar add two pounds of
sugar; heat the vinegar and dissolve the
sugar in it; add cloves and cinnamon,
and pour it over the apples while hot
SGa Francisco Chronicle.
Pretty and odd chairbacks are made
of squares of linen and of satin. This
seems at first a strange combination,
but the effect is excellent. Where the
squares are joined, cover the seams with
fancy stitches. The satin squares may
be left without ornamentation, and all
the work be put on the linen ones. En-
broidery, or painting, or etching are the
favorite methods employed.-N. Y.
Post.
--Pigweed (Chenapodium album), so
common in all cultivated lands, is found
by analysis at the New York Experiment
Station to be rich in foddering material,
and, with its roots, valuable as a green
manure. In view of its highly nitro
genous character and its apparently
deep-rooting habit, DR.. Sturtevant thinks
it "might develop use as u plant for
conserving the nitric acid of our fields
from waste during the winter, by storing
it in the form of organic matter, to be
given out in decay the following year"
Here is recipe for making coffee
(not German): Grind two gills of
roasted Rio coffee as fine as possible.
Put into q common tin coffee-pot. Add
two tin cupfuls of cold water and set on
the back part o. the stove und let it
come to a boil gradually. When at the
boiling point set off and serve. 1t re-
quires no additions to settle it, as it is
beautifully clear. The above quantity
will make six medium cupfuls of No.
coffee, good enough for any man, and
very easily made. Try it.-St. Louis
Globe.
An extensive grower of winter
squashes near Chicago keeps the squash
es in a dry, well-ventiIated house at a
uniform temperature of forty-eight de-
grees. He places them on shelves, two
deep, is careful in handling them. and
examines them occasionally after they
have been kept some time, and removes
any that show signs of decay. In this
way he is able to keep them over a
year, and take advantage of the market
at home or at the East. He has sold a
cargo in Chicago as high as $50 per ton.
N. Y. Examiner.