Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-16
HOME AND FARM.

Never give horse which is usually
fed oats full feed of corn or corn meal
in place of the oats. Better let it 90
without-M Y. Herald.
DO not feed breeding sows very
largely on grain. They may be kept in
good condition. bat it should be done by
more bulky or partially green food
Western Rural.
1t IS wise if you are going to put
English currants into cake, to dry them
on cloth by the fire after washing
them, as sometimes the cold water will
cause the cake to fall. Christian at
Work.
1t is the same with an animal as
with steam boiler-the more complete
the combustion of the food or fuel it
gets, the more satisfactory will be the
result, because there is less waste. Chi
ca9o Tribune.
Good blood is appreciated more and
more each year by those who purchase
horses for city purposes. The farmer
who has the best bred animals to sell
generally fares the best-a good thing
to think about as breed ng time APP
proaches. N. y 1ribuue.
-Omelette: Five eggs we'll beaten,
one scant cup of milk. two or three
crackers; roll and stir into mixture;
turn the whole thing into Il hot buttered
spider, covered for few minutes and
kept on the fire, when it will turn out a
tirst-class omelette. Tile Caterer.
-Ambrosia: Eight fine sweet Or
anges peeled and sliced, one grated
cocoanut; arrange layers, first of
orange and then cocoanut, in glass
dish; scatter sugar over this, and cover
with another layer of orange. Fill up
the dish in this order, have cocoanut
and sugar for top layer Chicago Neo0s.
"A Tennessee farmer made an appli-
cation of one handful of ground sui
phur, and the same of salt; to about a
peck of ashes, mixed together thor
oughly, then applied it. to the collars
of the apple trees that We're badly
affected with the borer. He SAYS
the remedy killed the worms and saved
the trees.
The prevalence of insects and the
recurring failure of the fruit crop from
various causes will act as discourage
ments to further planting, and will
even lead to the uprooting of many
trees; but those who persevere to the
ShO aiit t,thC Sooo C@iCol tIItlI
shall have their reward. Troy Times.
Fried Cabbage: Chop fine; to one
pint of chopped cabbage add one-half
teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of
lard. very little pepper Qess pepper
than salt) and one-quarter teacupful of
water; place over the fire. cook fifteen
minutes, then add vinegar. less than
one-fourth of a cupful. cook five min
utes longer, then serve.-Boston Globe.
Common Cake-One- half cupful of
butter or lard, one cup of sugar; rub
well together with a spoon, add two
eggs and stir well the eggs should be
previously well beaten). add handful
of raisins, the same of currants (pre-
viously washcD, a spoonful of dried
apple sauce or of peach sauce, a spoon
full of Jelly, the same of lemon extract,
nutmeg, cinnamon. cloves and spice
ground.-Good Housekeeping.
The good common sense of the
average farmer ought to see. and will
soon see, that no one can part with a
cow which will produce ten pounds of
butter per week on an average, for a
less sum than $500. For the 500 pounds
of butter she produces would afford him
800 profit, bes DIES the skim milk and
the calf she drops annually. There is
some difference surely between a COW
which will only yield $50 worth of but
ter and one which will yield 1925 an
ally.-P'airie Farmer.