Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-28
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Trees grated last year will mood ~.
tentlon. All suckers should be ra.
moved. ~
Never let . calf go hungry becaus.
it will not drink cold milk. If YOU
have not time or patience to warm the
milk sell the calf to some one who will
do it.--I1oy Times.
For breakfast rolls without soda:
Take two eggs, one and one-half cup
fuls of sweet milk, a teaspoonful of
salt, and flour enough to make a thick
batter. These must be baked in an iron
gem pan to be a success, and a quick
oven is desirable. Boston Globe.
An exchange says that a teaspoon
full OF dry soda administered to a sheen
within twelve hours after ithas eaten Of
poison weed will invariably counteract
the poison and save such sheep from
dying.
Grounds about the house shouldbe
cleaned up. Bones, sticks, and other
rubbish will gather during the winter.
which will make a place look very un.
tidy. Few things are more attractive
than a neat homestead Wstern Rural.
The granulation or "candying' of
honey is retarded by keeping it in a
warm place, and FASTENED by storing
it where it will be cold. This rule ap.
plies generally, for some kinds of honey
granulate sooner than others.-Chtcaqo
Journal.
Baked Indian Pudding: One quar-,
of milk, boiling; sift in meal to make
q thick batter, and one handful Of
flour. Before the milk boils put in
one cup of molasses, n teaspoonful OF
salt and one %teaspoonful of ginger.
Remove from fire and add two quarts
sold milk and raisins. Bake three
hours.-Bostom Budget.
There is more waste in the potato
crop than in any other, but if the small.
err and scabby potatoes are boiled and
mixed with meal for pigs they will pay
nearly or quite as we'll as the sound po-
tatoes, which have been marketed at low
prices the two years. Other vegetables
may be added to give variety to the diet,
Toledo Blade.
-Wool-growing presents a feasible
means of improving and making profit.
able the poor and rough lands in differ.
ent sections of this country. Such lands
are abundant, and are unsuitcd for pas.
turing heavy cattle and for tilfage, ant
many poor owners of rough and thin
lands could be relieved from distressing
circumstances if they would stop pillow:
ing and stock up with good sheep
Louisville Courler-JournaL.
Grain is always less injured by dry
weather than is at first supposed. If the
plant is somewhat pinched up, nature
concentrates her efforts on perfectine
the seed, thus insuring reproduction
The straw may be short, but the berry
will often be plumper than when mucl
moister, causing excessive growth o
straw, also inducing m0dew, rust ant
other fungus attacks which feed on tho
juices of the straw that should go tt
perfect the grain.-Prai71e Farmer.
TO make glossy starch take two
ounces of white gum arabic powder
put into a pitcher and pour on it a pin
of boiling water, according to the degree
of strength you desire, and then, having
covered it, let it stand all night. In tn,
morning pour it carefully from til,
dregs into a clean bottle-keep it TO,
use. A tablespoonful of gum watel
stirred into a pint of starch that ha!
been made in the usual manner will give
lawns, either black or printed, a look o
newness, When nothing else can restore
them after washing. It is also good
much diluted, for thin white muslin ant
bobbinet.-Boston Globe.