Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-23
HOME AND FARM.


The white of an egg is said to be
throat. 1t is to be swallowed raw
Boston Globe.
To preserve Grape it should not be
exposed to dampness, but if it chances
to get wet it should not be put near the
fire to dry.-Erchange.
Carrots Mashed: Scrape. wash, lay
in cold water for half an hour, then
cook tender in boiling water, drain
well, mash with wooden spoon, work
in good piece of butter, and season
with pepper and salt. Serve hot
Good Housekeeping.
Graham Mullins: One pint of graham
four, two tablespoonful of melted Lard,
two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, water or milk to make a batter
just thin enough to run, a little salt.
Bake fifteen minutes in gem pans in a
hot oven.-Boston Budget.
Bread griddle cakes are excellent
and may be made of stale bread. Soak
small bowl of bread over night in
milk. In the morning mix half a cup
full of flour, into which is put one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, with one quart of milk, three we'll
beaten eggs and little salt. Beat up
the bread with this batter until it is
very light and fry delicate brown.
The batter should be thick.-Bostoa
Bulletin.
1t may be news to some persons
that persistent rubbing with Oil night
and morning will remove scars. Olive
oil will answer, but neatsfoot oil is
rather more rapid in its effects. In the
case of burns, when the tendons are
stiff and contracted, rubbing with oil
will render the part affected almost as
supple as before the injury. In severe
cases the rubbing must be continued for
an hour. morning and evening.-The
household.
Carefully gather the scraps from
the table and give them to your fowls.
There is no kind of food which will pro-
duce more liberal supply of eggs.
There are hundreds of families who
throw these scraps in the waste basket
and buy corn for the fowls. where the
former is far the best feed for egg pro-
duction. Corn and grain should also
be fed, but only in small quantities dur
ing the hot summer months. Chicago
Journal.
Some varieties of sweet apples are
such abundant bearers that the trees
are worth keeping if the fruit can only
be used for feed. There is good deal
of nutriment in sweet apples, and they
are relished by every kind of stock.
Given in moderation and with other
feed they are good for every thing. It
is because cows. if allowed their run in
an orchard, will gorge and thus injure
themselves, that apples have the repu-
tation of drying up cows milk.-N. Il.
Farmer.
The sweet potato is to the South
what the common potato is to Ireland
or Germany 1t forms a very large part
of the food of the negroes and poor
whites-in fact, it frequently takes the
place of bread to large extent The
favorite way of cooking it here is to
bake it in the oven or in the ashes. The
children are fond of burying the pota-
toes in the ashes at night, SO that they
may slowly cook all nj ght- The South
ern-grown sweet potatoes are larger
than those grown at the North. Those
raised in Mexico are very sweet indeed.
N 7. Telegram.
A correspondent of the Rural NeaS
Yorker saves his Bartlett pears SO that
they make fine eating two months after
those Of his neighbors have gone. Take
a stout box and line it with paper. The
bottom is covered an inch deep with
wheat bran. The pears are carefully
picked, wrapped separately in thin pa
per, and packed deeply in the bran UNI
til the bottom is covered. Then this
layer is covered with bran to the depth
of an inch, and another layer of pears
is placed in the same way. This is
continued until the box is full, when
the cover is tackled on and the box set
away in a cool, dry place. The pears
retain their fine flavor and color.