The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-09-16

Downy peach and juicy pear.
Rich the gifts September brings ne,
Purple grapes and applied fair.
Ripened grain In fields lie waving,
Hear the merry reapers sing.
When the day OF toll is ended,
Home the GOLDEN sheaves they bring.
Era j. Beede.
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS
Ham cake provides capital way Of dispo sing
OF the remains OF ham and making m excel
lent dsh for breakfast: Take . pound and
half Of ham, fat and lean together: put ii into =
mortar and pound II, or pass II through q san-
eagc-machine; boil . large slice Of bread in
half-pint OF milk, and beat it and the ham well
together: add m egg beaten up. Put the whole
into a mould. and bake rich brown.
Poor mans cake. after the following receipt
IL delicious: one cup OF sweet milk. one cup Of
sugar, and one egg. piece Of butter the size Of
an egg, two cups Ut flour. two teaapoonfuls OF
cream OF tartar. and one Of soda dissolved in
little Of the milk, and put in the last thing.
Very light and nice, spice to the taste. Extracts
are the best.
Light rye tea cakes: one pint ofsweet milk,
two eggs, tablespoonful OF brown sugar and
large pinch of salt. Add enough rye -four to
make it as stiff az common griddle cake batter.
Bake half an hour in ''gem pans.' Serve hot or
cold. as desired.
Cheese fritters: slice thin half-dozcn large
tart apples. and prepare half as many thin slices
of nice cheese. Beat up one or two eggs, ac-
cording to the quantity required, and season high
with salt, mustard and little pepper. Lay the
slices OF cheese to eoak for few moments in
the mixture, then put each slice between two
slices Of apples, sandwich style, and dip the
whole into the beaten egg, then fly In hot butter
like oysters. and serve very hot. These fritte.s
are an addition to any breakfast table.
Hominy; two quarts Of white corn; three half
pints OF white beans; two pounds OF picked
pork. Wash the corn and put it on to boil in
water sutncient to cover it, and as the corn
swells. more water must be added. a. to keep
1t covered all the time it is cooking. After boil
ing four hours, add the beaas and pork, which
being done, the hominy may be sent to table.
Should the pork not make 1t sufficiently SALT
more may be added. This Is very nice warmed
over the next day.
The following receipt for tooth powder possess
es three essential virtues, giving an odorous
breath, preserving the enamel, and cleansing
and preserving the gums: Powdered orris root,
half an ounce: powdered Peruvian bark, one
ounce: prepared chalk, one ounce: powdered
charcoal, two ounces: oil OF bcrgamot, or laven-
der, twenty drops. These ingredients must be
reduced to an impalpablc powder and thorough
ly mixed in a druggists mortar.
very simple and yet very delicious break
fast dish may be made by s;ewing rich grapes
Until QuUc IeuucI III al cquui qu1Htily VI WaSCIs
sweetcnng to the taste, ard then dipping halves
OF batter biscuit into the hot fruit. Arrange
these into deep dish, pour the remainder Of
the stewed fruit over ii, and let II stand until
the biscuit IL perfectly tender. II you wish to
avoid the seeds, run the stcwed fruit through o
colander before dipping in the biscuit. Serve
warm or cold.
PHILOSOPHY OF DR0UTns.
1t is . well-known axiom in agriculture that
drouth scares, but too much water utterly de-
drouth, as it usually occurs in the region east Of
the Mississippi, and in fact for 100 miles west,
is more often benedcent than injurious, especial
ly upon our flat lands. Dronth early in the sea-
son causes the roots to strike deep, and il care
ful snrface cultivation lie given the result IL a
fair crop, and with timely later rains a great
crop. Wet springs are what the western far
mer has most to fear. In the case Of roots OF
plants these are superficial II later drouth oc-
cnrs, they have not time to pierce deep into the
soil, and plants ripening late in the season nee
essarily suffer.
But there 10 another action following pro-
longcd drouths The moisture coming up from
considerable depths, and passing of at the eur
face-that not appropriated by the roots Of plants
leaves the unused mineral and organic matter
ted by succeeding crops. Hence season with q
fair amount Of moisture following dry one is
always prolific season.
Another lseson taught by drouth is the neces-
city of thorough drainage. The lands suffering
most seriously from prolonged dry weather are
not arabic uplande, but rs rule the lowands.
The reason il, porous, upland soils allow the
roots to strike deep naturally On wet lands
they do not. II drained these lowlands become
the most valuable land Of the country, for thus
they are rendered as porous and arabic az those
naturally drained. Yet these do not come to
their best estate until the occurrence Of dry
season. The reason Is, that after drainage the
land becomes filed with insects OF various
kinde. These must all have moisture. In dry
time they bore directly to the tile. where the
soil is always moist. Hence the soil IL thor
oughly honey -combed, the surplus water pcrco-
lates freely to the tile, and II the surface is
KEEP. in proper condition plant food is not waet-
ed down below the reach OF the roots, for the
coil becoming fully oxygenized to the depth at
which the tile is iaid-for one principal reason
the roots have wide range in which to work
during the whole season OF growth.
FLEECE AND CARCASS.
Mr.. Stephen Powers, in the Ohio. Farm or. calls
attention to an occasional fleece found in flock
when lamb lie brought to the shearing-table
which twill yield fleece Of . beautiful, long,
white staple: opening with q fine, flashing lus
tire, with plenty Of white oil, or orange yellow;
evenly and finely crimped to the very tip OF the
fibre, which is three or four inches long on the
yeariing and two and half or three inches Ions
for some years later" This is wool from which
delaine and other worsted fabrics are made
The characteristic Of the sheep producing thi.
wool 10 that the skin must be free from win
kles, above medium size, square In form, ronnd
barrelcd, and Of good constitutional fact.
reversion to the true Spanish type. improved b,
careful feeding and selection. This Is \ typ,
Of the American nerino that has been alowc,
tolapse in the craze among class Of breeders TO
excessively wrnkled sheep.
These fine, long feeces, suitable for comb
ing, bring the highest prices OF any of the ~ r
ketwools. The sheep not only produce iroi'a
Bile wool, but profitable carcasses Of good nation
The election and breeding must lie With tn,
farmer. To enable him to do this Intelligent.
he must study the quality OF fieeces. There
IL NO better time to do this than Ut shearin:
| time. He must also study the foiEl and qua,i;,
| of the sheep producing this wool. There il !.
better time for this than Immediately aftc
shearing time. Still another fact, and ali i'm
portant one, 10 the constitution and feed II;
quality OF the sheep. This may be- . con>.ar
study In which quantity and quality Of fool III,
4 the power OF assimilation thereof mu-i he con
sidered. When you have arrived at fair >eiec
/ ton and are on the upgrade to success do no
sacrifice your flock because wool happens /,
drop temporarily. The man who scils beca =
an industry il depressed sells low. II il then
good time to buy. 1t IL not good time 10 bu
| just as boom il eliminating. 1t il not even
good time to buy breeding stock because ther,
is boom; but with sheep. boom or boom
animals that will produce high-priced WOO! ane
| good carcasses are the eafesI.
| COUNTRY GIRLS, THINK TWICE.
The Providence (R. IL journal never CAV
better advice than when it told country girls tha
fore making aplunge into city life they shout
ask themselves what lie really to be gained by
Perhaps in their quiet rural home some STRAY ad
vertisement has reached them promising
young women high salaries for light work
Hundreds OF advertisements are framed for til
very purpose OF deccivng the unwary. The
accomplish their bad purpose, too, and larg
numbers OF young girls rush up TO the city. da;
zled by the gentle pr0fusion Of promises.
| girl from the farm answers one Of these adyel
tisements. Life may have been slow at HON
but there was always good food and plenty IN
there was someone to care for
the old farm house. When sh,
! gets to the big city che finds that ID