The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-03-11
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Some of the railroads running North
and South, have put on fast potato
trains. The cars are heated SO as to
keep them frost-proof, and are intend
ed to be used for transporting sweet
potatoes north in winter. The car
scheme aims to meet the deficiency in
the crop of Irish potatoes in many of
the Northern States.
L. D. Hobart, jackson Co., Wis.
writes that copy of an Ohio paper
has been sent him, which offers to give
with the paper, receipt for preserving
eggs by the Havana Method" He
asks if the method" is humbug. If
he were to ask also, twill it preserve
eggs?' we. should answer yes to both
questions. As we showed few
months ago, this method is the old
lime water method, with some other
articles added. to make it appear as if
it were something else. Had these add
ed articles any preservative qualities,
they are in too small quantities to be
of any service. The German Method.
is after the same style. Either will
preserve eggs, but they are in no re-
spect whatever better than the lime
water 50 generally used for this purpose.
The great bulk Of cheese made in
America is the product of factories,
and up to 1883, about three fourths of
the crop was marketed in England,
but since that date, owing either to the
poverty of the consumers or the low
price of meats, the demand in England
has seriously fallen of. This has
caused the cheesemakers to look for q
home market; but the American is not
very fond Of cheese. He has been fed
on hard skins at high retail prices, un-
til he has been led to believe that cheese
is unhealthy and constipating. Grocers
buy full and half skins from five to ten
cents pound, and retail them from
fifteen to twenty cents. This has had
the effect Of greatly retarding the
growth of home market. A falling
market has forced the cheese-makers
to abandon the skinner. and now the
retailer should lower his margin of
profit, and thus induce the consumer to
take more of this healthy food, when
it is not robbed of its cream.
S. H. Mitchell, Douglas Co., Kans.,
writes that he paints the trunks Of his
trees with a mixture of SCOT and butter
milk, made of the proper consistency
to apply with brush. He has used
this for the past ten years with COM
plete success. Rabbits are dainty crea-
lures, and almost anything with dis
agreeable odor or taste repels them.
The only use of the buttermilk is to act
as a medium, make the SCOT adhere,
and skim milk would answer the pur-
pose quite as well.
Before washing flannels have the
dust carefully beaten out Of them in
the open air. Then they are not scald-
ed out in water muddy with their own
dust. For that matter daily beating
and brushing, out Of an upper story
window, should be the rule for all cloth
skirts and all woollen dresses that are
in daily wear.
Instead of splashers very large Jap
anese fans are now placed behind the
washstand. These may be bordered,
if not large enough, with row of very
small fans, pushed in next to the wall
around the edges.
A stale loaf of bread, dipped quickly
into cold water, then backed for half
an hour, is better than when
fresh. take but half loaf for my
small family of three.