Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-03-15
HOME AND FARM.


Vinegar is not only excellent for
keeping fish, but improves its flavor.
When the plate is sent up for
more meat, send your knife and fork
with it. 1t looks awkward to sit hold
ing them.
Nice table-cloths and napkins
should not be allowed to become much
soiled, SO that they will require vigor-
Gus rubbing with soap or in hot water.
1t is claimed that if carrots be
made regular diet as a part of the
ration for Itch cows there will be no
necessity to use butter color.
The best food for early-hatched
chicks is granul ated oatmeal, which
should be placed in little troughs.. so
that the chicks can get all they wish.
and at any time.
The soil. like any other lender,
likes its loan returned with interest,
and in proportion as this is done with
liberal hand. so will it be better pre-
pared TO make new and larger adj
vances.
No less than sixty-eight standard
breeds of fowls are recognized, and
this does not include the common
barry ard fowl. There are ten breeds
OF ducks. and seven breeds of geese
and six breeds of turkeys
Cranberry Pudding: Ole pint OF
cranberries. one pint of flour, two
eggs, one teaspoon of soda, one tea
spoon cream tartar; mix with sweet
milk; pour into tin and steam one
hour and half 1t requires a sweet
sauce.
Sheep here do not pay as great
profits as those in England. Every
thing depends on the mode of man.
agement. Our farmers compel sheep
to forage. while in England they are
treated as carefully as are cattle.
-Omelette of Cheese: Crate some
fine cheese and beat it up in dish
with some eggs and cup of thick
cream or sweet milk, season it with
pepper and salt, according to the salt
ness of the cheese; have ready Il fry
ing-pan of hot butter. into which pour
the above mixture and fry as an ONE
lette.
"A heifer has no rings on herhorns
until she is two years of age, and one
is added each year thereafter You
can. therefore, tell the age of a COW
with tolerable accuracy by counting
the rings on her horns and adding
two to the number. The bull has no
rings, us a rule, until he is five years
old, so to tell his age, after that period.
add five to the number of rings.
Apples with r &c: Peel and core
as many apples as is required. Put
them in q baking dish with little
lemon peel and strip of sugar and
water; cover the dish, and let the APP
pies bake very slowly until done. but
they must not be the least broken.
Place the apples on dish, fill the mid
die of each with boiled rice, and on the
top put a dried cherry or little pre-
apples. and pour over them the sirur
in which they were cooked.
Educate yourself and your chill
dren; acquire business habits that will
enable you to market your own pro-
duce; practice economy; avoid debt as
you would sin; be indus trious and dill
gent in business; diversity your crops;
give greater attention to smaller in
dustries; be farmers not planters;
give your personal attention to your
business; work out your industrial
freedom by perfect organization and
persistent. individual effort; and il
you would keep up with the progress.
i've Esprit of the age. subscribe fo1
and read the best agricultural jour-
mails of the county. C B. Butter, ia
South Carolina farmers.