The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

California farmers insure their
erops.-SGS Fr0nejseo Chronicle.
"A hen may be calculated to con-
sumo sixty pounds Of grain in . year.
The time to sell wool Is when every
one wants it This point should not b
forgotten by wool growerA-CiseinaaaS
Times.
Tho hog that stands square and
strong upon his feet should be chosen
for breeder in preference to . equity,
weakened animal-Chicago Tribune.
II one-tenth Of the land in cult
walton was covered by water in ponds
from which nine-tenths might be sup
piled in seasons Of drouth, the gain IN
production would be immense.
Times.
Washington was never 50 happy -
when. on his farm, he could boast, as
he did, that the plows ran every day
there; and jefferson never felt such .
pride in having penhed the Declaration
Of Independence as in having invented
an improved plow.-Boston Post.
Men sound in soul and limb can be
bred and reared only in the exercise Of
plow and spade. in the free air and sun
shine, with country enjoyments and
amusements: never amid foul drains
and smoke blacks. and the eternal clank
Of machiney.-Froude.
Sponge Pudding: Beat the yolks Of
eight eggs very light, then add five
heaping tablespoonfuls of sifted flour.
and beat hard until very light. add .
quart of milk and mix well, last Of all
add the whites after they have been
beaten until you can turn them upside
down without spilling. Put immedi-
ately into buttered cake pan and bake
one hour.-Tne Household.
The book for every farmers boy to
read is the open book Of nature. There
was none ever written that contains
one-haf of the information. none other
half so fascinating, none so perfect and
pure. Nature teaches us to dwell IS
much IS possible upon the beautiful and
good, and to ignore at all times the evil
and the false.-Ame rican Garden.
Boston Brown Bread: Two cups
of graham flour, one cup each of corn
meal and New Orleans molasses. two
cups of sour milk, two teaspoonfuls of
soda and pinch of salt I have three
vegetable cans that melted the tops
off of and secured up bright and clean
that l use for steaming this bread in.
filing them about twO-thirds full and
and setting them in n steamer over .
kettle of hot water to steam three hours.
and then put the cans in the oven to
bake one-half hOur-Househo,d.
1t is singular that so little attention
is paid to the Improvement of pastures
BY our farmers. for there is no reason
why the grass should not be as early in
the spring, as late in autumn, and as
abundant on them IS on the moving
lands. Instead, then, Of its requiring
three to four acres of pasture to carry .
COW or bullock through the whole sea-
son. it would not be necessary to devote
over the half of this. unless it happened
to be particularly dry during the sum-
mer Cleveland Leader.
The active outdoor labor of the
farm. with its ever changing and almost
endless variety, tends to the symmet-
rical development of the physical man
in all its organs; and the ever-shifting
mental work which the care and direc-
ton Of his business demand of him.
keeps the mental machinery awake and
active; and proper activity of body
and mind Is an important condition in
maintaining good health. - Indians
Farmer