The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-03-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Keeping tho sow from corn for two
days and feeding boiled sweet milk is
recommended for scours in pigs.
The sweet-br'er. which grows wild
on commons and roadsides-a hardy
plant makes an excellent and quick
growing hedge plant.
Let your horse stand loose. if pos.
sible, without being tied up to the man
ger. Pain and WEAKNESS from con-
tinued position induce bad habits, and
cause swollen feet and other disorders
Chicago Journal.
An experienced horseman says
there is nothing better for hor'e that
has been driven hard on the road in the
winter than a bran mash fed as hot as
the horse can eat it. The inhalation OF
the steam from the mash. in connection
with the eating of the latter. produces
a warm glow throughout the system,
and no serious results follow from over
exert on.
Imitation Duck: Boil two onions
until nearly soft; then chop them fine,
and mix with pieces of stale bread crusts
that have been soaked awhile in cold
water or milk. Add little powdered
sage. some pepper and some salt Grease
q baking tin, put the mixture in. and
strew over the top some grated bread
and bits'of butter. Bake it for half an
hour and serve for breakfast, or side
dish at dinner. household.
--One-half of the care and labor re-
quired to earn fifty dollars tilling some
crop will produce that amount for the
farmerif bestowed upon flock of fowls.
Ii you propose to him to persistently
neglect his best COW from one end of
the year to the o'her he will set you
down as candidate for the lunatic
asylum. yet q common-sized flock OF
fowls. such as are kept at most farm
steads, will yield as much value weary
If properly treated a tirst-rate cow
Chicago Times.
! Cold Fish Cakes: Take any kind OF
cold fish, chop very fine. and mix with
two thir S more mashed potatoes than
the uantity of the fish. Season wth
salt and pepper, and the gravy used
with the fish the previous day. Make
it into rolls shaped like rice croguets.
rolled cracker crumbs or grated bread
crumbs. and fry in broiliny hot drip
pings Or bacon fat. A few slices o bacon,
cut into squares after they are fried. and
laid upon each cake. will add to their
flavor.
Here is something for dessert
which never fails to pie Sc the younger
members of the family. Make batter
as if for wa + es: to one pint of milk al
low two eggs and enough -four to
thic' en-; one teaSpoon!ul of baking
powder should be stirred in'o the
four. Fill SUI Gent number of tea
set the cups in the steamer. and let the
water boil underneath it for full
hour. Serve while hot with sugar and
cream. Any jam is nice for this. OF
raw apples chopped fine. Toledo Blade.
! "A subscriber writes to contradict
the statement so often given that ring
bone in horses is caused by long hoofs
and standing on hard foors. He says
the trouble is often hered tary. and in
stances the cure of ringbone in fifty
colts Of one stallion kept in that vicini-
ty. He declares that it is easy to cure
the trouble, and recommends the fol
lowing treatment Throw the animal
and tie him; take a sharp-pointed knife,
run it through the fetlock and split il
open, when a white bladder will pop
out; run needle and thread through
this, pull it out. and remove it with the
knife. The cure is soon effected. with
out harm to the horse. In three days
it will cease tolimp, and the trouble will
not return. If the bone is allowed to
form, however, it will remain. Chicago
Times.