The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-08
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Few persons understand by rainfall
in inches what this really means. but an
inch of rain means . gallon for every
two square feet. or one hundred tons per
acre.-Prairie Farmer.
An aching ear: Put FIVE drops OF
chlorofOrm on little cotton or wool III
the bowl of q clay pipe, then blow the
vapor through the stem into An aching
ear and instant relief will be afforded
Indianapolis Sentinel.
No difference how much the season
may crowd, it is foolishness for the farm
or to break down by oycrwork; and the
prudent husbandman will 50 manage
his work as to always keep it from
crowding him.-Tarf, Field and Farm
Puff Pudding: One pint of boiling
milk and nine tablespoonfuls of flour,
mix first with little cold milk. When
cold add little salt and four well-beat-
en- eggs and bake in butter dish.
Serve as soon as done.-Cincinndt
Times.
The baby never cries without cause.
There's always something the matter
with it. II the children do not want
anything to eat when they go to the
table there is a cause for it, and the
housewife should lind q reason for it.
Chicago Heraid.
Ivy or any vine that runs pcrpen-
dicularly up a tree does not injure it.
unless branches from the vine extend
along the branches, and, by its mass of
leaves smother the leaves of the tree.
Vines like wistaria, that coil around .
trunk. do injure trees.-N.E Telegram.
-Chipolota: Fry brown in butter .
small sliced onion, put in cup of cold
beef soup, seasoned with salt and pep
per; when it bOils stir in thiekening
of one heaping teaspoonful of flour. wet
with cold water. Just before serving
put thin slices of cold roast beef into
the gravy and let them heat through
The Household.
Apple trees are often starved in
other ways than by neglect of manure.
The apple borer leads to starvation
oftener than poor soil. The supply Of
food is cut off by every move the bOrer
makes. Get the bOrer out somehow,
even if by wire or jack-knife. If not
soon done they will quickly get them
SCANCo Outs 1uu uAtCA thCS HiNC iCAe 10
sure and keep them out. Paper put on
in May, and then tarred with tar gas
or printers ink, will keep them out
One paper will last three years.-AI-
bany Journal.
For the purpose of giving new life
to plants after excessive blooming, some
kind of fertilizer should be used. If
commercial fertilizers are used, care
must be exercised in applying them, as
they are powerful, and if too much is
placed among the roots it will kill the
plant. Liquid manure may be used
with good effect on plants enfeebled by
blooming, and, in fact, it is a good fer
tilizer to have on hand at all times.
Liquid manure may be applied with
greater freedom than the commercial
fertilizers.-N. Y. Herald.
If one has a clover sod from which 4
few crops have been taken, turn it
under for wheat. Wheat follows no
crop better than clover. 1t puts the
ground in a good mechanical condition
and collects and leaves a supply of nitro
gen in the soil for the use of the wheat
This is one of the elements most needed
by the wheat plant in making its growth.
If a second growth of clover is plOughed
under so much the better; the seed it
may contain will lie there until brought
to the surface again, when it will reseed
tho lsnd.-N0ntreGI Witness.