Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-06-25
HOME AND FARM.


hog cholera.-Nep England Farmer.
Cows become very fond of beam
stalks, after little use of them, and
prefer them to good hay.
Eggs will bear transportation any
distance, if well packed. They have
been sent from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific
Sheep should not be allowed to run
in muddy yards or be driven through
the mud to and from the field. Such
treatment may engender foot rot.
"A Prairie Farmer correspondent
is confident. from his own experience,
that better results are obtained by top
dressing with manure than from
blowing it under.
The Poultry Yard says that the
eggs OF prairie hens. or, indeed, the
eggs of any bird. if not so small and
delicate as to be crushed, can be
Matched by domestic hen. The eggs
of the quail and ruffed grouse are
frequently Matched in this way.
If moths are at WORK at the edge
of the carpet, it will sometimes suffice
to lay cloth and press hot flat-iron
over 1t; but better way is to take the
carpet up. clean it, wash the floor with
benzine, and scatter red pepper on it
before putting the carpet-lning down.
-CVeceia,ad Leader.
-Tapioca Cream: Soak three table
spoonsfuls of tapioca in half a pint
of new milk for three hours, add a
second half pint of milk and let it
simmer for four hours; when cold add
half a pint of cream. powdered sugar
and van LA to taste. Beat for ten min
utes and serve.-Toledo Blade.
Horses that are troubled with
worms may be safely and speedily re-.
lieved by giving them a small dose of
turpentine two or three times in their
feed. 1t nauseates the worms so that
thew lose the + gri p on the intestines
and pass through with the excretions
OF the stomach.-Rurat Neeo Yorker.
"A very complete filing for open
cracks in floors may he made by thor
oughly soaking newspapers in paste
made of one pound of flour, three
alum, thoroughly boiled and mixed.
Make the final mixture about as thick as
putty, and it will harden like papier.
mache. N. Y. Examiner.
A recipe for small cream cheese
is given in the Irish Agricutturay Co.
zette, as follows: Take one pint thick
cream, mix little salt, according to
taste; put it into wet. scalded cheese
cloth, tie it, and hang up for two or
three days; then change again into an
other for a day or two, and put a
weight on it, by which time it will be
ready for use.
Cranberry Pudding: Cranberry pud
ding is made by pouring boiling water
on a pint of dried bread crumbs; melt
a tablespoonful of butter and stir ill.,
When the bread is softened add two
eggs and peat thoroughly with the
bread. Then put in pint of the
stewed fruit and swee.en to your taste.
Bake in a hot oven for half an hour
The Household.
The first field trial of reaping-
machine was made in Augusta
County, Virginia. in 1881. 1t is said
that many of the eye-witnesses on
that occasion laughed at the idea of
gathering the golden grain with a
machine drawn by two horses, and
some of the more plain-spoken init
mated that the insane asylum was the
proper place for the inventor of the
machine.
Farmers should have a large va
riety of fruits, such as peaches, prunes,
cherries. pears. plums, nectarines,
ounces. crabs. grapes, raspberr.e s,
Strawberries, currants, etc. Peaches
should be planted on a northern slope,
and should be muIched with rotten
strew, coarse manure. liter. sawdu t.,
etc. 1t makes the ground hold moisture
in time of drought. Their culture IS
about the same as of apples. It would
be good policy for farmers to set out
a wind-brake on the north and west
side of their orchards, composed of
Norway spruce, to protect their trees
from the severe winter and storms
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