The Osceola times., 1886-01-23
USEFUL AND sUo oesrIvE.

BY washing pine floor with q So
luton Of one pound of copperas in one
gallon of strong lye the appearance Of
oak flooring may be produced. Boston
Bulletin.
Minced Goldfish: Flake up cold boil
Cd cod and to each three cups Of fish
add one cup of mashed potato, a small
piece of butter, one egg. one-half table,
spoonful of corn starch; make into
small cakes and fry in butter.-M y
Herald.
If you have young calves or colts
the time to commence their education is
Immediately after weaving. Teach them
TO lead and obey the word of command.
1t is the ground work of future useful
ness. Prairie Farmer.
Wheat is plant that thrives best In
cool weather. and often considerable
growth is made during warm spells in
winter. IL will sometimes make root
growth under the snow, and covering
Of this is always beneficial, rs it prevents
injurious effects from alternate freezing
and thawing. .-Erchange.
-Quince cakes: Take the pulp after
extracting the juice and weigh it; allow
rather less than pound of sifted sugar
to each pound of pulp; press the pulp
through hair sieve, and then mix the
sugar with it and very little juice just to
moisten it; stir over clear fire until
reduced to a stiff paste. Put it into
shallow pans, and when cold cut it into
cakes. Toledo Blade.
The large amount Of feed that can
be grown on an acre in turnips makes
this very exhaustive crop. The sue.
ceeding crops will show this plainly,
and unless turnips can be marketed
cheaply it is hardly worth while to at.
tempt growing them on a large scale.
English farmers make turnips a reno
waiting crop. but they do it by feeding
sheep on the turnip patch and giving
other rich food in addition.-Aibdny
Journal.
"A contemporary advises farmers to
feed out the coarsest and toughest feed
first, and save the best until toward
spring, when the strength and appetite
of the animals being reduced by long,
hard winter, they will the more need
the best of feed. The correct practice
is to work in the rough fodder day by
day with other food. The digestion has
no business to be impaired by the win
ter feeding.-N. E. Farmer.
Mullins: For dozen mullins there
will be required a cupful and half Of
entire wheat flour, cupful Of milk,
one-third of cupful of cream, one.
third of a cupful of water, an egg, a
teaspoonful of cream of tartar half a
teaspoonful of salt and two tablespoon
fuls of sugar. Mix the dry ingredients
and sift them into bowl Beat the egg
until it is light and add the milk and
water to it. Pour this mixture upon the
dry ingredients and beat them quickly
and vigorously. Pour the batter into
buttered muffin pans and bake for
twenty-five minutes in rather quick
oven. The batter will be thin and will
give a moist muffin, but that is as il
should be.-The Household.
-"Fibrous loam," according to Pop
ular Gardening, is the best soil for
growing house-plants in. 1t is prepared
by procuring from rich pasture lot, OF
from the roadside at some spot where
the earth is good, quantity of sod two
or three inches thick, and stacking it up
in some out-of-the-way place until it is
wanted. Break it into pieces the size
of acorns, and plants will find In it all
the elements necessary for their ex-
istence. If it does not seem quite rich
enough, add little fine manure. In
the city such soil can generally be OBJ
tanned of florists.