Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-17
HOME AND FARM.
There IS no known cure for genui

There IS no known cure for genuine
nog cholera.-New E'.gland Farmer.
Cows become very fond OF beam
stalks, after a little use OF them. and
prefer them to good hay.
Sheep should not be allowed to run
in muddy yards or be driven through
the mud to and from the field. Such
txeatment may cngender foot rot.
"A Prairie Farmer correspondent
is confident, from his own experience,
that better results are obtained by top
dressing with manure than from
blowing it under.
The Poultry Yard says that tho
eggs of prairie hens, or, indeed, the
egg of any bird, if not SO small and
delicate as to be crushed, can be
Matched by a domestic hen. The eggs
of the quail and ruled grouse are
frequently Matched in this way.
If moths are at WORK at the edge
of the carpet, it will sometimes suffice
to lay a cloth and press a hot flat-;ron
over it; but a better way is to take the
carpet up. clean it, wash the floor with
benzine, and scatter rcd pepper on it
before putting the carpet-lining down.
-Clcuelana Lea6cr.
-Tapioca Cream: Soak three table,
spoonsfuls of tap;oca in half a pint
Of 1ew milk for three hours, add a
second half pint of milk and let it
simmer for four hours; when cold add
half a pint of cream, powdered sugar
and vanilla to tastes Beat for ten miu-
utcs AID serve.-70lcdo Blade.
HOSES that are troubled with
worms may be safely and speedily re-
lieved bygiving them a small dose of
turpentins two or three times in their
feed. 1t nauseates the worms so that
they lose Their grip on the intcstines
and pass through with the excretions
Of the stomach. -Rural Ncw Yorker.
A very complete filling for open
cracks in floors may be made by thor
oughly soaking newspapers in paste
made of one pound of flour, three
quarts of water, aud a tablespoonful of
alum, thorol ghly boiled and mixed.
Make the final mixture about as thick as
putty, and it will harden like pap;er-
mache.-N. y. Examiner.
"A recipe for a small cream cheese
is given in the Irish Agriculturak Ga
gette, as follows: Take one pint thick
cream, mix a little salt. according to
taste; put it into a wet, scalded cheese
cloth, tie it, and hang up for two or
three days; then change again into an
ether for a day or two, and put a
weight on it, by which time it will be
ready for use.
Cranberry Pudding: pud
ding is made by pouring boiling water
on a pint of dried bread crumbs; melt
a tablespoonful Of butter and stir in.
When the bread is softencd add two
eggs and beat thoroughly with the
bread. Then put in a pint of the
stcwed fruit and sweeten to your taste.
Bake in a'hot oven for half an hour
The Household.
Farmers should have q large va
ricty OF fruits, such as peaches, pruncs,
cherries, pears. plums, n%ectarines,
ounces, crabs, grapes, raspberries,
strawberries, %currants, etc. Peaches
should DO planted on a northern slope,
and should be mulched with rotten
strew, coarse manure, litter. sawdust,
etc. 1t makes the ground hold moisture
in a time Of drought. Their culture is
about the same as of apples. 1t would
be a good policy for farmers to set on,
a wind-brake on the north and Yves,
side of their orchards, composed O.
Norway spruce, to protect their trees
from the severe winter and storms
San Francisco Chronicle.