Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-05-28
HOME AND FARM.

To make green blinds that are fad
ed look like new, brush them over with
linseed oil.
1t is said that corn-cobs dipped in
coal tar and placed by the cucumber
vines will drive away the striped bug.
A few drops of ammonia in the wa
ter will take off grease from plates.
dishes, ETC., better than soda, and does
not injure the skin of the washer as the
constant use of soda does.-N. Y Ia.
dependent.
Farmers are apt to neglect the
berry patch; but by having the plants
in wide matted rows they may be kept
clean with little more trouble than the
same area of potatoes or root crops
N. 7. Herald.
Potato balls: Make mashed potato
that is left from dinner into flat cakes
while warm and set away for breakfast;
beaten egg and fry quickly in beef drip
pings.-IHe Household.
Some one asks how fruit iellies can
be preserved from mold If the sur
face is covered one-fourth of an inch
deep with loaf sugar, finely pulverized,
they will keep in good condition and
no mold will penetrate.-N. Y. Post.
Keep few sheep on the farm, if
not many. Wool will always bring
cash at some price. and it comes off
when there is little else to sell. Nut
ton always sells well, and is always
good for the table. Keep sheep.-1roy
Times.
The indiscriminate use of tincture
of arnica for petty sprains and bruises
of horses is scientifically condemned. 1t
has been demonstrated that if kept
long in contact with affected surfaces
arnica produces heating and blistering,
thus frequently aggravating the COM
plant sought to be cured.
Few people realize how small is the
proportion of the cost of seed as COM
pared with the labor of planting, cul-
tivating and harvesting the crop. With
regard to seeds, the best, however
high-priced, are always cheapest Poor
seed can not be afforded, even as
gift. and we are sorry to say that this
applies to much of the seed sent out at
Government Xpense.-Americam Cul.
tiuator.
"A young pig should not be fed
much corn, and it is from young pigs
that the greatest amount of growth is
secured for food consumed. But on
farm where cows are kept and butter
made, the corn may be turned into
pork by feeding it to the cows. This
will pay in milk and butter, and an
abundant supply of milk with little
meal is just what is wanted for growing
pigs.-1oledo Blade.
Wheat, corn. oats, grass. fruit trees
everything growing in or upon the
soil-increases in bulk and weight,
just as in the case of clover in the box
or the trees in the forest. They get
their chief material of growth from the
air. 1t comes mainly through the
leaves. Strip off the leaves from a fruit
tree, from cornstalk, from a wheat
plant, and it will cease to enlarge its
bulk or to grow. Some food comes
from the air through the water or sap
by way of the roots, but only little,
comparatively.-Er
If your beef for roasting does not
seem as tender as it ought to be, it
may be improved in this way: Put the
meat in a tureen, mix salt, pepper, two
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, four
sliced onions, the juice of half lemon,
two bayleaves and four tablespoonful
of sweet oil; put half of the mixture
under the meat and half over it. Cover
the tureen and let the meat remain in
it for two days in winter and eighteen
hours in summer. Globe.
The annual report of the Ohio Ag.
ricultural Experiment Station urges the
preservation and maintenance of for
ests. and says this concerning wood
lands: THE first step should be to re-
move all worthless varieties, and to
encourage the valuable sorts to take
their place. Stock should not be al
lowed to run in wood lots for purpose
of forage; there should be careful
guard against fire; seeds should be
planted in vacant places of such va
rieties as are most desirable: shoots of
inferior varieties should be kept down
and valuable sorts should be trimmed
up, so that they may grow tall, form
ing trunk rather than branches
Cleveland Leader.