Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-01-08
HOME AND FARM.

We too often forget that a variety
which will do well in one locality may
utterly fail in another where climate
and soil are different.-Prdirie Farmer.
twill surprise old poultry-growers
to learn that the common hawk is re-
garded as valuable bird He destroys
100 field mice for every chicken. and if
there is fair amount of shrubbery
around the henyard very few chickens
will be lost from his depredations.-N.
Y. Times.
Black marble may thus be polished:
Wash marble with soap and warm
water, and when dry rub it well with
furniture paste or French polish, and
then rub it with an old silk handker-
chief. After two or three trials the
marble will become quite bright
Chicago Times.
One of the largest and most ex-
perienced breeders and raisers of
horses in Illinois says that if you will
give one or two mouthfuls of hay to the
horse before you water him, there will
never be any danger of the horse being
water-foundered. This is, as far as his
rule, and is worth being remembered
The Veterinary journal says of the
over-check rein: "The over-check rein
was originated by horse jockey. whose
horse when rapidly driven. made a
whistling noise. How any gentleman
or lady of any tenderness of feeling
and possessing ordinary intelligence
can consent to ride behind a horse
which is being tortured with such
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to imagine"
"A dish that needs to be more gen.
orally known is made by chopping
some veal, that has been cooked very
fine; season it highly with pepper and
salt and little mustard, and bind it
with the yolk of an egg; then take a
firm head of cabbage, cut out the
heart and fill the space with the veal;
tie the cabbage up in a cloth and let it
boil until tender. Some cooks use part
cold boiled ham and part veal or
chicken.-Boston Budget
"A curious illustration of the force
of habit is reported by the N. E. Home
stead, from the experience of farmer
at Pomfret, Conn whose dairy herd
are accustomed to the restraint of
barbed wire fence: Wishing to open a
part of a moving to them for the
fall feed, he drew two lines of old
cord and other pieces of Irvine across
the field, making them fast here and
there to some beanpoles. The whole
thing was the work of only few min
utes, but not one of his eight COWS ever
crossed or molested that fence. They
fed up to it and then turned aside.
Plenty of good food and enough of
exercise to keep the muscles firm is the
best treatment of horses in winter. 1t
is quite common for many farmers to
underfeed in winter, because they have
little or nothing for horses to do. But
a horse thus managed soon loses his.
capacity for hard service. Such a horse
may be fed so as to make good show
in spring, but it will be fat, not muscle,
and few days in blowing or harrow
ing will bring him down. Horses
worked continually are less liable to
gals from the harness, as the skin is
always firm and hardy. Y. Tribune.
A novelty in pancakes is made in
this way: To two eggs allow two
ounces of flour, little salt and milk
enough to make batter of medium
thickness. Beat the eggs until they are
very light before adding the flour; put
a lump of butter into sucepan and
then pour in enough batter to make
one large cake; put in just enough to
cover the bottom of the pan nicely, as
the cake should be so thin that it will
not need to be turned. When the pam
cake is done, sprinkle powdered sugar
over it and roll it up; put on hot
plate and when you have three or four
done send them to the table.-Boston
Globe.