Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-22
HOME AND FARM.

: Never use a large sized pot fer a
small rooted plant. Ii you do, the soil
will sour and the plant sicken and die.
-~E1change.
Trim fruit tress any time after Juno
up to winter, and especially if there be
a superabundance of blossoms or fruit.
N. Y. Herald.
If brooms are dipped in boiling suds
weekly. they will become so tough that
they will last much longer, sweep like
q new broom until they are nearly worn
out, and will not cut the carpet.-BoS-
ton GIode.
"A very little cream Of tartar IN the
frosting Of a cake will hasten the hard
into water while spreading the frosting
it will give a gloss or polish greatly to
be desired.-Bostom Post.
To restore rubber rings for fruit
cans, let them lie in water in which
you have put one part ammonia to two
parts of water. Sometimes they do not
need to lie in this more than five min
utes; but frequently a half hour is need
ed to restore their elasticity. Albany
Journal.
Cows that are watered from stag.
nant ponds or from wells in the barn
yard will give milk more or less tainted,
and from which it is impossible to make
the best butter. So large q part of
milk is water that the drink of the COW
is Of quite as much importance as her
food.-CleUel0nd Leader.
The practice of placing lime OF
ashes around peach trees, to exclude
the grub, is partly effectual, but the
most certain remedy is to a por-
ton of the earth from the base of the
STEM, and dig out the grubs with the
point of a knife, carefully following the
hole till the insect is found. The eggs
are commonly lad in the bark from
early summer till August "A. Y. Her.
AID.
Dreamed Eggs: Boil six eggs twen-
ty minutes. Make n pint Of cream
sauce; have six slices of toast on a hot
dish; put q layer OF sauce on each one
and then part of the whites Of the eggs,
cut in thin strips; rub part Of the yoIks
through a sieve on to the toast, repeat
this, and finish with q third layer of the
sauce; place in the oven for about three
minutes; garnish with parsley and serve.
lille Household.
The Farmers Review says: Cor
chards on dry, poor ridges, where ne
effort has been m:de to enrich the soil
have, during the last few years, suffered
for nutriment, and are therefore inca
pable of perfecting a crop. 1t is aoues
ton of condition rather than of eleva
ton. Flat, low land contains in a mucl
greater degree than rolling land the ell
ements OF tree growth, and also retain
moisture much longer, and as these ar
: the two great factors in successful or
c%harding, we cas- readily see why lew
flat orchards have been SO fruitful @
late"
y One of the most intelligent an,
prosperous Michigan farmers has en-
tirely abandoned the practice of shoe
ing his horses. He says that if neve
shod his horses rarely have tender feet
their feet keep in good shape, and h
, finds they are far less apt to be lame
: He even finds that those which hay
y never been shod have such sharp hooi
that unless the roads are very icy the
stand to draw quite u load. When s
!, icy as to make it dangerous to drive
: which IS seldom more than two Q
!, three days in a year, he can well atfor
: to let his team rest, OF draw wood 0
manure on the farm, where they ca
!. almost always travel safely.-Detroi
Post.