Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-16
FARM AND nOUskHOLD.

Various Items Conoerninx tl,o Farmer ana
his Family.
When frost is present the Texas fever
disappears. It always exists in the ex-
treme South, but never occurs in the
North unless brought here by diseased
cattle.
An open ehed will be preferred By
poultry in preference to q closed house,
even in severe weather. Fowls are
partial to fresh air, but require shelter
from rains and cold winds.
Fifty years ago the average weight of
beef cattle was 800 pounde, but now it is
14OO pounds. This increase is due to the
introduction OF thoroughbred stock, care
full breeding and better feeding.
Working oxen should have separate
feeding place and q due and regular
supply of food, There should be no
opportunity of their interfering with
other cattle or being interferred with.
The ague which used to 80 shake the
denizens of the Northern Wabash Valley
is now comparatively rare, owing to the
large amount of drainage that has been
done in that section during recent years
Sows from to 8 years old bring the
best pigs, and are the most profitable
breeders. When older they get heavy
and lazy, 80 that with every care it is
hard to prevent them from killing their
pigs.
In comparative experiment made at
the New York Experiment Station celery
grown on level ground produced an
rs q hot -
trenches, and with much less expendi-
ture of labor.
An exchange asks why it is that New
Zealand spinach is not more extensively
grown? It is superior to all others as
regards flavor, and an abundance may
be had from one sowing all through the
season, no matter how dry the weather
may be. Two dozen plants will supply
large family. 1t should be raised on q
hot bed and trsnsplanted three feet
apart each way in rich soil.
DR.. Otis Mann, q veterinarian, of Mass
achusetts, says there are four essential
considerations in favor of spaying old
cows and heifers that are undesirable to
breed from, which are that they will
grow one-fourth larger, that they will
give better quality Of beef, that the
beef will bring higher price and that
such heifers will grow and take on fat
the same as steers. I.
COOKING ONIoNs.-A correspondent
asks: "May onions be cooked in such q
way that the consequence may not be
disagreeable ?" Different methods are
recommended. Boiling in two waters
we'll sailed, or letting them lie in cold
water is thought to be effective. Boiling
in milk used to be thought the best way
to remove the rank flavor, but the
onions we are able to purchase now,
even in the country, are not 80 strong
in odor or taste as was the onion of our
fathers. The Bermuda, the ideal onion
of the Spanish, needs nothing beyond
boiling in two waters.
Drowned OYSTERS ON ToAsr.-Open
two dozen large oysters, keeping them
separate from their juice. Then mix
smoothly the yelks of two eggs with q
little flour bread the oysters and season
them with salt and pepper; then dip
them separately in the mixture of egg
and flour, place them in q saucepan and
brown in q little clarified butter. When
brown take them out of the saucepan
and pour the juice of the oysters into the
butter remaining in the pan. Thicker
this with little flower, and after sim
mering it gently for two or three min |
utes, put in the oysters and let them re-
main until they get thoroughly hot, then
take them out and serve on slices of
toasted Vienna bread.