Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-04-23
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Don't throw away bones. but CON.
vert them into fertilizers.
If YOU wish to clean up an old piece
of ground that is filled with coarse
grass, weeds and briars, turn in the
sheep.
"A little borax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bordercd
towels are to be washed will prevent
them from fading.-M. Y. Herald.
For chapped lips. beeswax dissolved
in small quantity of sweet oil, by heat
ing carefully. Apply the salve two or
three times day, and avoid wetting
the lips as much as possible. -Saran-
nah News.
in buying a cow find out for your
self if she is what you want. Don't
take anybody's word for it. A mean
COW is such an intolerable nuisance that
MANY men are strongly tempted to
strain point in order to get rid of her,
Hartford Courans.
Too many, in breaking their horses.
put them Immediately to work. This
custom. while effective. destroys some
what the the temper and action OF a
horse. The most humane and profita-
bic course to pursue is to make the
work light at first. gradually increasing
it until the full capacity OF the horse is
reached-Prairie Farmer.
An exchange thinks good substi.
tute for the ma jor portion of milk feed
to calves can be made at a small cost as
follows: One-half peck ground linseed,
one peck of ground corn. one peck OF
ground oats. one peck of wheat bran
mix thoroughly and boil one pint OF the
mixture in three gallons of water. stir
ring often. After the first three day:
this can be almost wholly fed to calves
with only quart of skim milk at each
feed.
Lemon Pudding: Beat the yelks Of
TWO eggs in pudding dish; add two
cupfuls of sugar; dissolve four table
spOonfrlS of corn starch in a little colo
water: stir into it two tcacupfuls O
boiling water: put in the juice OF two
lemons with the grated peel; mix all to
gether with a tea>poonful of butter
bake about fifteen minutes. When dOn'
spread over the top the beaten white
of two eggs, previously sweetened with
white sugar. Let it brown moment
in the oven. Serve either cold or hot
--Boston Budge..
Chicken jelly for inval:ds: Half |
raw chicken pounded with maliet
bones and meat together; cover will
cold water and heat very slowly in {
covered vessel. Let it simmer until tn
meat is in rags and the water reduced
oone-half. Strain and press through
.collander or coarse cloth. Season t.
taste and return to the fire for five min
1utes. Skim when cool. Keep it on ic'
and give it to the patient cold. For
change the jelly can be made into
sandwich with thin slices of bread ant
butter and will be found very nourish
,ing.-The Household.
A correspondent writes: IL saw ,
novel way of mendinS wooden dres
in which rounL hole had been tori
and where only patch could remed!
matters. The frayed portions aroun'
the tear were carefully smoothed. and 1
piece of the material. moistened witt
very thin mucilage. was placed undo
fthe hole. A heavy weight was put upo'
it,sntn it was dry. when it was oul.
possible to discover the mcndcd place
by careful observation" Surely wortl
while trying, for patches are prcmedi
tated poverty. 1t would. however
probabI V only answer for mending tn
skirt of a dress,-Sdsi Francisco Chron
,Icle.