The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Fresh milk boiled with loaf sugar
win soothe . cough when other things
faiL-Detroit Tribune.
BE thou dillgent to know the state
of thy flocks, and look well to thine
herds. Solomon.
The New York Tribune says that
mention is made of three .0ws poisoned
by rotting potatoes. One died; the
others were saved with diffiealty.
Apple Pudding: cupful sweet
milk; l egg; l teasp0onful of baking pow.
der; flour enough to make stiff batter.
Pour over quartered apples and steam
them two hOurs.-T0ledo Blade.
Labor, concentration and adapta-
ton to an art or profession are what
give success. II is no less true in agri-
culture than in other professionalism,
francisco Chronicle.
Imagine the sight of this earth
stripped Of every vestige of plant life.
you who say 'swhO cares for looks, -
when urged to set out some flowers or
trees.-N E. Farmer.
"A new device in pin cushions is to
bead pattern in crystal beads. An
outline flower or bunch of leaves with
the veins are among the prettiest pat
terms.
Feeding sheep on the ground in
winter is properly condemned by the
St0ckndn as not only q wasteful but .
cruel practice, And yet it is q very
common practice.
Bread Cake: One pint of dough;
one cupful of butter; two cupfuls of SUI
gar; one-half cupful of sour cream;
three eggs; one teaspoonful of sale
ratus; cinnamon or nutmeg to suit the
taste. Let rise before putting in the
pan and one hour afterwafd.-Ex-
change.
Gingerbread Pudding: One cup of
molasses, one cup of sour or sweet milk,
three and one-half cups of flour, table
spoonful of butter. two teaspoonfuls of
soda. II sweet milk is used, one heap
ing teaspoonful of soda is enough. One
cup of raisins makes it better.-The Co.
terer.
There is no better investment for
farmers than in draft horses. They
are always in demand at remunerative
prices. They are as much staple in
the markets as wheat. pork or coffee,
and can as quickly be turned into cash.
StOckman.
Baked Gus ards: One quart of milk,
four eggs, 1--WE tablespoOnfuls of sugar
beaten with eggs, nutmeg and two ia
blespoonfuls favoring extract. Scald
the milk, pour upon the other ingred-
tents, stir together well, flavor and pour
into stone-china cups. Set these in a
pan of hot water, CRATE nutmeg upon
each and bake until firm. Eat cold from
the cups.-Ihc Household.
The Rural World says: 1.-THE man
who is the means of bringing first-class
stock to neighborhood confers upon it
a permanent blessing. providing always,
however, he handles it in the right way,
and makes of the business success.
He who introduces a new system of
business and is unable to demonstrate
by his management that it is worthy of
imitation does lasting injury thereto,
the measure of which is proportioned to
the pretensions made for the improve
ment."
The feed for q horse should be
ground quite fine if it sto be given with
cut fodder. Otherwise it had better not
be ground, or it is likely to be swallowed
too quickly and mass in the stomach
and cause indigestion. A good Gxed
feed for horse is three bushels of corn
one bushel of oats and one bushel of
rye ground together as finely as possible.
Finely ground feed is more easily d.
gested than coarse meal, and three
quarts of it is equally as good as four of
the coarser meal. In feeding cut feed
to horses it is advisable to give salt
(hal an ounce) with each meaL-M T.
Times.