Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-02
HOME AND FARM.

"A hay crop OF two and a half tons
carries Off $50 pounds of mineral mat
ter to the acre.
-Sleeplessness, caused by too much
blood in the head, may be overcome by
applying a cloth wet with cold water
to the back of the neck.-IOiedO Blade.
Many of the most valuable portions
of the manure are soluble in water and
easily carried off by rains. 1t should
be. therefore, sheltered or else hauled
to the fields and spread as fast as it
accumulateS. --4LbGny Journal
Mr.. NJ. B. Jarvis writes to the
Husbandn,an that straw and grain are
better than hay and grain for horses
with the heayes. Numerous instances
are given in support of this view, which
seem to leave no room for doubt of it's
soundness.
In furnishing the walls of a high
room it is best to put nothing that at
tracts the eye above the level of about
eight feet from the floor, to let every
thing above that be mere space. This
will take away the dreary effect that is
noticeable in all high rooms.-N. y
Mail.
Sweet Potato Pie: Select those pota-
toes which you know to be dry and
nicely. Boil, pare, and mash very
smooth. To a quart of the potatoes,
add quart of rich, new milk, three
eggs, nutmeg or cinnamon, a little
salt and sugar to taste. Bake with an
undercrust.- Savannah NeWs.
Look for brains as we'll as feet,
limbs or body when buying horse.
An animal that is sound in every men,
Der, but has not level head, is never
a pleasant horse, and seldom a valua-
BILE one. AS much variety eX SITS among
horses in regard to sense as is found in
the human tamily.-Prairie Farmer.
How to Preserve Ham: Cut the
ham in slices as usual in frying; then
fry it little and pack in stone jar,
and cover 1t with melted lard to keep
the a r from it. When YOU wish it for
the table, take out the necessary
amount and cook as usual. In this
way ham can be kept sweet through
the warmest weather.-Boston Post.
We have found that corn grouno
with the cob and mixed, before grind
ing, with oats or barley. makes
good food for nearly all classes OF
stock. says the New York Hcrald. The
fact that the cob increases bulk with
slight increase of nutrlment makes thu
meal better for many cases. Pure corn
meal is too concentrated, and grinding
the cob with it gives greater bulk and
prevent, injury to stock.
"A bread-crumb Omelet is excellent
if served with roast lamb or veal; one
pint of bread crumbs, q large spoonful
of parsley, rubbed very fine, half of a
tiny onion chopped very fine. Beat
two eggs light. add teacupful of milk,
a trace of nutmeg, and pepper and salt
literally; also a lump of butter the
size of small egg. Mix all together
and bake in slow oven, on a buttered
pie plate; when light brown, turn it
out of the plate ard serve at once
Boston Budget.
Baked Fish: This is a good way
of cooking any f1avorless fish Cut it
into slices or pieces and make a mound
of it on a fiat dish, sprinkling between
each layer chopped herbs and parsley.
cayenne and lemon juice. Melt one
ounce of butter in a pan. add one ounce
of flour and gill of milk, and stir till
it is very thick. Squeeze on it little
lemon and pour it over the fish. Cover
the whole with Drowned bread crumbs,
and cook it in good oven till the fish
is done. Keep few crumbs back to
sprinkle over any cracks and serve it
in the dish It was baked in. For the
lemon juice and the crumbs Parmesan
cheese can be substituted if it is liked.
Exchange.