The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-09
USEFUL AND SUCCESSIVE.

J.
Two and one-haf tons of hay con.
tain an average Of about 400 pounds oI
mineral matter.
The weight of opinion now-a-days
seems to be in favor of fiat culture fol
potatoes, instead of hilling.-Rural Ca.
madam.
One of the most remarkable yields
OF honey ever heard of has been gar.
nered by H. C. Parks from his apiary
near Riverside, Cal. The yield for the
season from thirty three hives was sew
en- and quarter tons, an average of four
hundred and fourteen pounds to the
hive.
Both the black and the relieved or
speckled beans are better for winter use
than the Lima beans. The former can
be made into soup in the same manner
as with split peas. The speckled bean,
when prepared as the white bean is
usually cooked, is considered much
richer than the latter.-Chicdqo Trib-
nne.
English manufacturers have an inn
provement in milk-cans in the form of
wrought-iron stays, which radiate from
the center and are fastened into the
metal which projects below the can.
The necks of the cans, being made OF
wrought-steel, are provided with close
interchangeable lids, which serve to
keep out dust
"A Nevada woman provides for a
supply of fresh eggs by putting the con-
tents OF the egg-shells into bottles,
which are tightly corked and sealed,
and placed neck down in cellar. She
says that the contents come out as fresh
as when put in. This plan might work
well in a high and dry region but fail
utt erly in other places. Chicago 7ri6-
ane.
Chop half pound of good figs I'M
til they are quite fine, little more
than a quarter of pound of suet, also
chopped very fine, and half pound OF
fine bread crumbs. Mkt hese all togeth-
er well, moistening well with molasses;
add little sugar to sweeten it suffi-
GENTLY, and teaspoonful of salt This
puGdag requires boiling for an hour
and a haH.-BoSton BudQct.
The ventilation of cellars is a sub
tect OF great Importance, inasmuch rs
the foul gases which arise from the de-
caving vegetable matter therein and are
allowed to pass to the rooms above are
very Injurious to occupants. To pro-
vide aga INST this, and to secure proper
a pipe should be constructed
between the cellar and the chimney, the
upward draft of which will remove all
impure air.-zroy Times.
"A simple but infallible test for alum
in flour: If a portion of the adulteratea
Hour is placed in small quantity of
the flour floats, while the
alum or other mineral matter sinks to
the bottom. In similar way alum in
bread may be instantly detected by
placing a small piece OF the suspected
loaf in a solution of logwood and car
Donate of ammonia: if alum be present
he bread will turn Toledo Bladc.
in stables for cows the manure
gutter is usually parallel with the man
ger or to the row of stanchions to which |
he COWS, big or little. long or Short,
ire fastened. Long cows are compelled |
o lie partly over the gutter. the sharp |
'dgc Of which bears deeply and cruelty |
nto their flesh: the droppings OF short |
'ows fall and freeze upon the floor, an
Uneven mass for the cow to lie upon.
Iutters should be nearer the manager or
he Sanctions at one end than at thu
ther, so that cows of different sizes
Eill have proper fioor-length beneath
hem.-Prair-te Farmer