The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


IF you want to raise ''stunts'' ken
the calves in the patch with the pigs
San Fvoacisco Chronicle.
Let us grow more clover. Even n
| it Is not four-leaved, il will bring good
luck.-D,. b. d. Hatsied.
Frozen milk is . good substitute
Tor ice-cream and ether foods for feser
patients. 1t will often be tolerated when
no other article can be retained.-Chj-
cogo Times.
The man who takes up farming just
because he has failed ut every thing else,
has not pleasant prospect before him.
He is likely to aid another failure to his
list.-Erchange.
Fowls that must be fed in summer
should be fed regularly. If fed only
twice a day, feed lightly in the morning
and give a full feed ut night. If fed but
once day. feed at night.-Bos,on Post.
Excessive labor is the next worst
next thing to ill-directed work on tho
farm. but in haying and harvesting Ia
Dor may be carried to the point Of en-
durance in fine weather without being
!ll-directed. Western Rural.
The roof is the most important
part of the pig-stye, as, indeed. it is Of
all buildings for sheltering stock. The
floor Of pig-pen may be earth with u
little straw. In fact. many farmers OBJ
ject to board or blank floors. which
form harbOrs for rats and other vermin.
But the roof must be waterproof.-B0s-
ton Herald. ,-
Cup Cake: Three teacupfuls of su-
gar and a half pound of butter well
mixed; three eggs dropped in separate
ly and beaten, one teacupful and half
of milk. six teacupfuls of flour. one salt
spoonful of salt. Flavor with one wine
glassful of wine, or with two teaspoon
fuls essence of lemon, and one grated
nutmeg-CG.erer.
-Turpentine has so strong an odor
that it will prevent deprcdations of most
insects, and on a small scale is one of
the best applications that can be made.
A cOrn-cOb dipped in turpentine wiz
keep cucumber and squash bugs from
the hill to which it Is applied. If hung
in plum trees it will prevent attacks Of
the curculiO.-Prairie Farmer.
The Iowa Agricultural Society has
standing offer of two thousand dollars
for the first invention of a successful
corn-husker. The requirements are
that the machine must husk twelve
acres of corn per day, and do it in a
clean and workman-likc way: also 70
require no more than one team and
three men to run it.
Charcoal is very absorptive of am
monia, and if applied to crops it will
form store-house Of this valuable stim-
ulant, which it will release when the
roots reach it. The dark color of char
coal adds to its value by making the
ground warmer as the rays of heat arc
absorbed from the sunshine. There is
also some potash in charcoal, which on
many soils increases its value.-N. T..
Farmer.
If oats are crushed, or Just coarsely
ground. before they are given to horses.
they will prove more nOurishing. In
England they are pressed between roll
ers. But if q horses teeth are good it
will generally grind its oats pretty well.
There is a great difference in horses,
however, in this respect, just "a there is
in men. Some bolt their food much
more rapidly and less masticated than
others. But whatever grain You feed.
do not let the horse drink Immediately
after. II YOU do. much of the grain will
be washed out of the stomach without
being digested. -Tr0v Times.