Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-15
FARM AND

"A little ammonia put in the water
gwen 10 plants about one a week win
nave a stimulating effect.-M y Her.
AID. A"
There is no feed for sheep equal to
clover hay, especially if a smaller nro.
portion Of oats be allowed daily.-CAi-
cago Journal.
Fowls must be fed systematically
three times a day. Give a warm break.
last every day as soon as the hens are
of the roost.-Boston Globe.
When 4 wash-boiler begins to r,st
and is still too good to cast aside. make
a good sized bag of strong muslin or
ola bed-ticking, put the clothes to be
boiled INTO it and so save them from
rust. -Erchange.
"A highly nutritive drink for inya.
lids is made by dissolving n n of
Iceland moss in a pint of boiling milk
and mixing it with q pint of water in
which an ounce of chocolate has been
boiled for five Manifestation BuL-
ietin.
The best way of cleaning black
cashmere is to place the dress or goods
in strong borax water made lukewarm:
let 1T remain in soak all night, then
take out and hang on q line to dry,
and when dry press off. Do not rinse
or wiring Cleveland Leader.
Gold Wcter Pie A good substitute
for custard pie when milk is
scarce. Two tablespoonful of -four,
level, two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
heaped, one egg, a lump of butter the
size of a hickory nut, nutmeg to taste,
and a good half pint of water. This
makes n pie.-1Ae Household.
Many farms have soft, spriggy
portions which can not be used for the
growing of crops, in which u fish pond
could be constructed without great cx-
pense, and enough raised for family
use. But in the taking of fish, whether
it be from a natural body of wafer or
from a private pond, you should regu-
late the killing of them the same as
you would your fowls. -Toronto Globe.
"A barn or stable should be kept at
between fifty and sixty degrees in order
to derive the best results, In some
cases this can not be conveniently done.
but Us the animal heat is about ninety
eight the temperature of the stable will
have more or less influence on the
quantity of food required, and hence
the warmer it q be made in the stable
in winter the better .-India1apoIis
Journal.
Scotch short cakes are made thus:
Take one-half pound of slightly salted
butter and one pound of -four; then
mix flour and butter with hands; then
add four ounces of loaf sugar and work
all into a smooth ball; then roll out un-
til it is an inch thick; prick over with a
fork and pinch round the edges and
bake for one-half an hour in an oven,
with Il moderate fire, in IL round or
square pan, according to taste.-Phila-
delphi;a Call.
j. j. H. Gregory says the expert
ment stations have proved a great safe
guard againt fraud on farmers. They
have driven out imposters and sus-
tanned honest manufacturers. In the
South Carolina station six hun
dred specimens of fertilizers were ana
lyzed, and only one found which was
a cheat. For a potash fertilizer hard
wood ashes are worth about thirty-five
cents a bushcl. But there is Il great
difference in them. If do not
ferment ashes do no hurt them. Ashes
should not be put with hen anu I'm.
less it is to be used at once. Muriate
of potash is the cheapest form to buy
it, the potash costing about four
cents q pound, but in good ashes il
costs about seven cents.-N. Y. Tfib-