The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-01-13
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


Fowls should not be fed for twenty
four hours before killing.
do not restrict the boys and girls
in the matter of fresh air. Dirt is often
beneficial accompaniment.
Repair the machinery and tools
during the otherwise idle hours of win
ter. and not pay money for having the
work done in the spring.
Potatoes intended for seed should
be kept during the winter cool and
airy, and if growths should appear they
ought to be promptly removed.
Affection can not be pounded into
animals. Kind treatment insures the
affection of an animal, while rough
treatment Is sure to cause its hatred.
Ham Toast. -Mince some boiled
ham very fine, stir in pint of cream.
with pepper, mustard, butter and two
eggs; boil, and pour over nicely
Drowned toast. Set in the oven to dry.
"A good plan for-every farmer is to
make an inventory of movable proper
ty in the barn, wagon-house and tool
house, and then in case of fire he will
know what is lost and how to settle the
Insurance.
-Buttermilk Biscuits. cups
OF buttermilk, one cup of butter, one
teaspoonful of cream tartar, half
teaspoon of soda, q dessertspoon of
salt and flour enough to make the
dough just stiff enough to be rolled
out.
AS a protection of fruit trees from
mice, some of our good fruit tree grow
ers find a perfect remedy by wrap
ping piece of stiff tarred paper
eight or ten inches wide around the
bottom of the tree. Probably wider
strip would prevent the gnawing from
rabbits as well.
Potato Custard. Crate six large
potatoes and add to them one quart of
boiling milk; stir in three beaten eggs
and one-quart.er of pound of sugar;
boil seven minutes, taking care not to
let it burn, then add one-half cup of
butter. This will make three good
sized custards.
The best fertilizers for grapes are
bone-meal and potash. Unground
bones are slower in action than the
meal, but a bushel of them buried at
the roots of vine will in time be taken
mp and transformed into grapes. Wood
ashes and homemade soft-soap suds
furnish potash.
Minced Beef.-Three pounds of
raw beef, lean, chopped fine, five soda
crackers rolled fine, two eggs we'll
beaten, one and one-half teaspoonfuls
ofpepper, three slices Of pork chopped,
one-half cup of milk, and salt to TASTE
Mix all thoroughly, make into loaf
Bake two hours. This should be sliced
cold for tea or luncheon.
1t will pay to warm all slop or
other soft food given cattle or hogs.
The warm water not only stimulates
and invigorates, but provides warmth
for the body. Shelter and warm
drinks on very cold days will save
more feed than will pay for the labor
incurred, while the health of the stock
will be promoted.
One of the most important mat
tiers for beginners in poultry-keeping
is to know that a good laying hen is
not market fowl. A plump, fat hen
will lay but very few eggs, while
hen that lays regularly does not readi-
ly become fat, as she can not produce
eggs and carcass at the same time.
Do not keep the fat hens and laying
hens together.
People who have tried, say that
apples packed in bran in barrels will
keep in excellent condition all winter.
Put layer of bran in the bottom of
the barrel, layer of apples, stem
upward, upon the bran. another layer
of bran upon the apples, and so forth,
until the barrel is full. Head up and
store in some outbuilding until there
is danger from severe freezing; then
either remove to the cellar or to the
hay -mow, covering with hay to pro-
tect from frost. Bruised fruit should
be carefully sorted out before the fruit
is packed. Orchard and Garden