Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
FARM AND FlRes,nr

"A fair supply of meat for +ho 49,
will add to the weld Of COOS ' me- mems ZEN,
prevent feather eating.-N. 2. Herald'
True potato seed is raised BY plant.
ing the seed from the balls or fruit
Each plant will produce a dozen ~
more OF tiny potatoes, which NAV no
selected from and the specimens 10 do
veloped by culture. ~ Chicago 7ribune
Sauce: One and one-fourth o,ns
OF sugar and a half-cup of butter beat.
en- to a cream Stir in half a am ~
boiling water, beat it, flavor With
lemon. 1t should be all in a foom
The light-brown moist sugar is the hest
Toledo Blade.
II brooms are dipped for a minute
or two in a kettle of boiling suds nee
a week they will last much longer. It
makes them rough but pliable. and a
carpet is not worn half so much bv
sweeping with a broom cared for IN
this manner.-Ch Christian Union.
10 make orange pies from apples.
have ready a rich crust, roll out and
cover your pie plate, have your apples
sliced thin (crossways of the applet. fri
up your crust, sprinkle a tablespoonful
of ground orange peel. then add YOUR
butter "a piece as large as a walnut)
and your sugar, and a little water:
cover and bake. The Cook.
1t is a great mistake to believe that
cattle can live without injury to their
health in narrow, unclean stalls, where
there is defective ventilation. The
breathing OF impure air is very prejudi-
cial to their health. The unhealthy con-
dition of the stalls is unquestionably
the cause of many diseases.-Torouio
Globe.
Elevation of the head of the bed.
by placing under each leg a block of
the thickness of two bricks, is said to
be an effective remedy for cramps. Pa
tients who have suffered at night, cry
ing aloud with pain, have found this
plan to afford immediate, certain, per-
manent relief. Christian at Work.
"A palatable filing for layer-cake is
made as follows: Heat two cups of
water to boiling and mix in with Il
tablespoonful of corn-starch which has
first been wet with water. Cook for
ten or fifteen minutes, stirring con-
stadily. Beat in the yelks of two eggs
just before taking from the fire, season
with W tablespoonful Of sugar and
vanilla and when cold spread between
the layers.-7he Caterer.
Cheese Cake: Take two cups of
cottage cheese, mash we'll with the
back of a spoon, add three eggs not
beaten, one at a time, sugar to suit
your taste, m tablespoonful of -four.
CRATE in a little nutmeg, add salt and
milk enough to make it a little thicker
than custard. Bake with an under
crust. When ready for the oven
sprinkle cinnamon on top.-Ihe House.
hold.
Unlike human beings, horses
should drink before they eat, because,
owing to the conformation of the horse,
water does not remain in the stomach
but passes through it into a large in
tcstine called the cecum. If a horse
be fed first. the water passing through
the stomach would be likely to carry
with it particles of food. and thus
bring about collie. Let a horse drink
watered four times a day he will never
take very much, or too much to be good
for him.-Prairie Farmer,
Batter Pudding: Take a good
sized pie-dish and put in the bottom
of it a few slices of cold roast mutton,
some boiled onion chopped up, and a
little pepper and salt, then place a thin
slice of bread over this, put another
layer of onion. mutton, pepper, salt
and bread; spread this slice with some
dripping, and put it on the top; take
two tablespoonfuls of -four, a small
saltspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful
of baking powder. and mix; then beat
up an egg and add to it one breakfast
cupful of milk with a little water in it;
pour this gradually among the flour.
and stir it quite smooth, then pour it
all over the bread in the pudding-dish
and bake about an hour Exchange.