The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-07-08

eggs in the turrecn before pouring 10
the soup.
Domestic Hints.
Mix little powdered charcoal with
the soft feed, and it will assist digestion
and prevent disease. 1t is purifier.
All green and fair the summer lies,
Just budded from the bud Of spring,
With tender blue of wistful skies,
And winds which softly sing
Plent. Of gravel is an essential part
of poultry diet. See to ii that Your
fowls are fully supplied.
Watch the thermometer. Look alive,
or butter will become too soft; cream
will oyer-ripen. Don't trust to sense.
but use thermemetor.
Cows should be MIXED by tho same
mixer, and as quickly as possible, and
good, pure water and salt placed in
easy access.
A force pump throwing spray is
used by some poultrymen in throwing
whitc-wash and other lice killing liquid
into the cracks and creviccs Of the
poultry quarters.
Never feed horse with hay from a
rack located above his head. as a
draught heats down which is injurious,
and the dust is liable to injnre his eyes.
Cows should be kept in improving
condition. Cows in failing condition
have trouble in calying. A fat COW,
declining in condition ut time Of calv-
ing, will not do as well as a poorer one.
Card the cows. Help nature to get
rid of the old hair covering; it relieves
them from great amount OF discom-
fort. A good carding cannot be SUI
stitnted for more feed. Cows like it.
For inflammation or caked bags on
their cows. whites correspondent of
Hoard Dairyman the worst case ev-
er saw was comparatively cured in four
hours BY Thoroughly soaking and rub
bing with the juice Of the pie-plant
stalk.
Horse-radish should be dug out in
the fall. and on no account should it
be left over for another season. II this
be done. the main root will become
partially rotten, and assume such q
woody texture rs to render it entirely
unfit for use.
Milk must never be allowed to stand
in cans after being returned to the
farm, and they should be- thoroughly
washed in warm water Al hen scald-
ed with water boiling hot, ind thorough
" secured with salt ut least twice a
week. Soap, soda. or such alkalies
should not be used TO clean cans OF
pals.
Take two teacups of flour, one table
spoon Of utter, one salt spoon Of salt
milk to make dough. knead with
the hands for ten minutes. Break Oft
into pieces tho size Of walnut and
| roll as thin as paper. Stick with q
fork thick'y TO prevent blistcring.
Bake in a moderate oven and you will
secure good crackers.
Small tin cans, in which prepared
| cocoa is sold can be made into very
pretty match receivers by crOcheting
WITH Florence knitting silk cover t.
fit the box the ordinary single croche
stitch is used with finish around tn
top Of a row IT full shells, draw tho
| cover over the tin and suspend with
bright ribbons.
Squash and sweet potatoc vines hav-
| ing rootlets that grow out from the un
| der sides of the joints. which anchor
them and prevent the wind from dislodg
ing them, should be lifted very carefully
when growing, as the rootlets not only
hold the plants in place but assist il
procuring nonrishmcnt, and any dam
age done in handling retards the vines
1.-THE current worm puts in an appear
ance dust the bushes with white helle
bore till the foliage shows the presence
of the powder freely, or two spoonful'
of the powder can be stirred in a pin
of water and then applied with a sprink
Ter when the foliage is dry. Repea
as often as worms are seen. Tha
application is equally good for goose
berry or rose bushes.
There are many receipts for get.in;
rid Of reaches. One as harmless us an,
is to slice up cucumbers and lay tn
pieces in the way of the bugs. An
other, not quite SO harmless but NOR
effectual. is to grind up white suga
and calomel in equal parts and sprink
1 ~ liz uiAVuAO OSSA 0AJ COAG ~ AOO0 -
or sweets the reaches readily eat.
Will kill them, and mice too, If not rats
| Peter Nj. Gideon, the well-know
frniterer of Excelsior. MIMI. who ha
originated many Siberian crab seed
ling. says: perhaps would not b
far from the truth TO say abou. one I
to each 500 seedlings will produce
fair-sized apple. There is no variet
without the Siberian crab in it that ca
stand our greatest extemes of climat
hence the necessity of cross. TIL
best We have to operate with are
mass of mongrels. Our process is I
cross mongrel with mongrcl and .
each repetition select the best and IT
again, planting close together to Civ
nature q chance to mingle.'