The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-02-02
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Lemon Juice is preferred to vinegar
by many eaters and lovers of raw oys.
tiers.
Reports come from many places Of
the death of farm animals caused BY
eating fax straw. The lint forms com
pact mass in the stomach. Cattle otter
eat large quantities of the straw in order
to get the seed that remains in it, and
find it difficult to digest it.
The cluster of eggs that may be found
on apple tree limbs should be picked of
during open weather in the winter, and
thus prevent the Matching of the tent
caterpillar. The eggs appear to be warn
ished; but such is not reallythe case, since
aslight coat of varnish, or oil, would de-
stroy their vitality by excluding the air
Chicago Times.
Cream cookies are made of one cur
of butter, one cup of sugar, three table.
spoonfuls of sweet cream, half a tea.
spoonful of cream of tartar and half s
teaspoonful of soda; flavor with cinnamon
or nutmeg, or if you wish to have them
very delicate, flavor with extract Of lem
On or with rose-water.-N Y. Post.
For rice pie boil one-half of cup
of rice until tender, and then add milk
enough to make thin batter. the yelk
of four eggs, and four tablespoonful Of
sugar; bake until Drowned nicely with
one crust, and spread over the top 8
frosting made of the whites of four eggs
six tablespoonful of sugar, and enough
lemon to flavor, and place in the oven
for about five minutes.-C Chicago Ne,os.
Here is an economical recipe fol
'Sally Lunn:'' One tablespoonful OF
sugar, one egg, two tablespoonful oil
butter, one cup of milk, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, -four enough to make
batter as stiff as for pancake. This is
nice for breakfast or for tea, and may be
baked in one tin, or in gem-pans.-Chi
eago Journal.
If the arnica with which bruised
limbs are bathed is heated, its gooo
effects are perceptible much earlier thar
if it is applied while cold. If arnica is
to be taken as remedy, as so many ply.
sicians recommend in cases of severe
sprains, it should be prepared with water
in this proportion-a teaspooEful of ar
MICA in goblet two-thirds full of water.
and of this a teaspoonful is to be taker
once an hour or once in two hours, as the
severity of the case determines.
President Chadbourne, of the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College, SAYS
at is, plain that farming will not take its
true place, nor farmers have that infiu
ence in the government of our land
which they ought to have, until they. take
their place with other professions, moi
only as men of power and practical
ability. but as men of learning and cul-
ture. Those who claim that the farmers
life forbids this result have never VET
fully appreciated the farm as place for
study and thought, as well as place fol
labor.
The quantity of salt and saltpetre
required to prevent cream from becom.
ing bitter is one teaspoonful of salt and
half as much saltpeter to the gallon
The best way is to procure the powdered
saltpeter and keep it in bottle. Dis
solve the salt and saltpeter in water and
stir it in the cream when thought neces-
sary, that Is, when it is two days old:
then, as fresh cream is added, the whole
is stirred gently. This would not in.
jure the buttermilk for use. 1t is well
to do this when cream has to be kept in
a warm room.-N. Y. Times.