Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-04
HOME AND FARM.

"A good farmer harrows in his
clover seed and secures "catch"
every time.-1urf, Field and Farm.
Manure on the surface serves as q
mulch in summer, and protects against
drought to a certain extent.-Er-
change.
In relation to the ventilating Of
bedrooms, Horace Mann used to say
that. since the atmosphere was forty
miles deep all around the globe, it was
useless economy to breathe it more
than once.-N Y. Tribune.
During the summer when the earth
is dry. store away a quantity of dirt for
winter use. 1t is an excellent absorb
emit, and may be used in a dozen WAYS.
Have it dry, clean and fine, and keep
it where it can atno time become damp.
Prairie Farmer.
There is way to enrich our lands;
that is by blowing often and raising
clover, and all of us can keep more
stock and make more manure if we will
only try. We can increase our forage
crops each year by little calculation
beforehand.-N Y Herald.
Breakfast cake: Two tablespoons
of sugar, two tablespoons of butter,
two eggs, one cup of milk, one (scanty)
quart OF flour, one teaspoon of soda,
two of cream tartar. Bake twenty
minutes in a quick oven. Eat hot with
butter.-1he Household.
-Overfeeding and exposure is the
cause of milk fever. In every case of
loss from such difficulty an examina-
ton demonstrates that ''forcing" the
cow, though productive of good results
for short while, ends III disaster from
milk feyer.-M y Tribune.
For whipped cream sauce take one
cup of cream, one teaspoonful lemon
or vanilla, half a cup of powdered
sugar, white of one egg. Mix the
cream. vanilla and sugar, and whip
it without skimming off the froth. Add
the beaten white of the egg and beat
all together. Serve it on any pudding.
usually beaten with sugar and cream.
N. Y. independent.
Be cautious and cut hay at the
right time. Never allow it to seed.
Pollen causes dust. Let all your hay
be kept in clean condition until stored
for use. Cutting after seeding Injuries
the quality and caus es the stock to re-
fuse it after being fed on it for length
of time. The more tender the hay the
more palatable to stock.-Rurol NeO
Yorker.
Carrot pie: A nourishing and
healthy pie Is made of carrots, sup
plying sulphur, iron and other sub
stances needed to make rich and
pure blood. Boil the carrots soft,
and mash through a colander. For
one pie, use four large spoonfuls of
carrot, two eggs, pint of milk, and
flavor with nutmeg and sugar. For
crust, mix equal quantities of white
corn meal and flour with little salt,
and mix with enough sweet cream to
roll out like dough. Bake carefully.
eat fresh, and if you are dyspeptic you
will make it again. Boston Budget.
Baked sausages: After pr.cking the
ssusages, put them into basin and
cover with boiling water. Boil for ten
minutes; then remove from the hot wa
ter and put into cold water for two
minutes. Roll in beaten egg and then
in fine, dry bread crumbs, and, lay
ing them in a shallow pan, bake in a
hot oven for fifteen minutes. An egg
and pint of crumbs will answer for a
pound of sausages. Serve on a hot
dish with garnish of triangles of crisp
toast Baked sausages are more deli
cate than fried ones. If the meat be
not in cases, omit the boiling. and pro-
coed with the breading and baking
ETcha7a0e.