Iron County register., 1882-10-05
HOME AND FARM.

Stoves may be kept looking nicely
Tor some time by rabbing them thor
oughly with newspaper every morning.
Over 5000 new farms were started
on Government lands in Minnesota and
Dakota during the year ended June 80,
lSS2.-Chicago Journal.
If you wish to clean your spice-mill,
you will find that by grinding q handful
OF raw rice through it this can be ac-
complished. The particles of spice and
pepper or coffee will not adhere to it
after this rice is ground through it.-N.
7. Post.
Save labor by sowing more grass
seed. Have more grass than can be
eaten in summer, so that there will be
plenty in fall, winter, and spring. Have
grass at all times when there is no snow
to cover it. The cheapest beef and but
ter are made from feed gathered by the
cattle themselves. Scarce corn has
taught many the value of grass for sum-
| mering hogs this season.-Jsnaes Wilson.
Professor Cook suggests as prac-
teal remedy for the grapevine hopper,
| that, so soon as these pests become dor
maut in winter the leaves under the
vines be raked up and burned. This is
| best done on a cold day and before the
vines are laid down for the winter. The
theory is that the hoppers can not re-
sist dampness and collect under the fall
len leaves for protection.-DetroitP Post.
Cold Pie for Picnic: Boil q chicken
| or rabbit and cut the flesh as thin as
possible. Then boil two ounces of mac
aroni, the same quantity of Parmesan
nh tnI n1n ,nd
parsley, half pint of cream, some pep
I per and salt. Line a basin with a good
paste sprinkled with vermicelli, bake an
hour, and serve with or without brown
sauce. Cold poultry or game may be
used instead OF something purposely
| ,ooked.-Boston Transcript.
! A foreign paper claims that full
feed of hay to horses, following the
| feeding of concentrated food, is waste
full, for the reason that it crowds the
| first out of the. stomach before proper
| digestion has been accomplished. And
so, in order to secure best results, hay
| should be fed at first and the concen-
trated food afterward, which leaves it to
become fully digested, with no danger
of being crowded away or out of the
performance OF its desired purpose.
| Canary seed is scarce-the supply
in the United States will barely last fif-
teen months, and no more. can be gath
cred for year. Abroad, too, the sup
ply is scanty. England is shipping
canary seed to Spain-sending Goals to
Newcastle-and Spain and Southern
France are calling upon Smyrna and the
Levant. Switzerland, too, is short, and
Italy has no surplus. The owners of
canary birds should therefore be eco
nomical in feeding their pets.-Chicago
| Times.
A pretty and cheap work-basket
may be made of a heavy pasteboard
box. Sew some stout cloth around it to
keep it firm and in place, then cover it
with any material that you have, silk,
velvet, or worsted goods, or better and
more serviceable, dark colored drilling.
This cover may be shirred, plated or
put on straight. The lining may be of
any bright color that will harmonize
with the outside. For handle use a
piece of pasteboard one inch wide, sup
ported by an old hoop; cover this with
the material used for the outside and
sew it to each side of the box. Pockets
should be put in each end, and a little
box for buttons made stationary is very
convenient. There should also be a loop
for scissors, and pin-cushion and
needle -book.-St. Louis Globe.