The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-09
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
Take bucket Of ! esh water into
your bedroom every night, and let it
remain uncovered. 1t Win absorb all
poisonous gases.
For a sore throat there is nothing
better than the white Of an egg beaten
stiff with all the sugar it will hold and
the clear juice of a lemon
The soil is said TO influence the
color Of fruit, it being claimed that q
sandy soil will give lighter color to
russell apples than will heavier soil.
The degree Of temperature also affects
the color.
To cure warts take an Irish po.
tato and cut piece of the end and rub
on the wart two or three times a day,
cutting q slice from the potato each
time used. Very often one potato is suf-
ficient for the cure.
-Cocoanut Cookies. Three cups Of
sugar. one cup of butter. one cup of
sweet milk, two eggs, one cup Of grated
cocoanut. two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder, flour enough to make a dough;
roll out. cut in shape and bake.
Nothing can be prettier than to have
. cake iced top and sides and covered
thickly with cocoanut prepared on
revolving CRATER It resembles fine
curly shayingA No words can con-
vey to you an idea Of the delicate
beauty Of this design.
A farmer cleans phosphate barrels
by building fire of shlviags or dry
straw In them until they are charred
all over on the inside; they are thus
''purified 50 Is by fire" and fit to store
potatoes in. Neglected beef barrels
can be purified the same way; SO can
musty cider barrels by taking out one
head.
TO confine animals that have past
ure and green food in summer and
fall, and feed them during the winter
on dry food, is not conducive to the
best results. II ensilage. turnips or
some succulcnt food be provided, the
stock will prove more profitable and
keep in better health than W hen fed on
dry feed exclusively.
When your canary droops and
seems i'll. particularly if he shows signs
Of asthma or . cold by wheeling sound.
feed him for week on boiled bread
and milk. Mix bird-seed and faxseed
and give it; also strew red pepper
plentifully on piece Of salt pork and
tie it up in the cage within reach. Give
it also little saffron in its water now
and then.
Potato Chowder.-Large potatoes,
six; onion. one; milk. one quart; but
ter, one tablespoon; salt pork. two
ounces; egs, one. Cut the pork in
SIN all pieces and fry. add potatoes
and onion sliced; cover with boiling
water and cook till potatoes are tender;
add tho milk scalded. and the season.
ing. The last thing add the egg beaten
light Good Cheer.
Cherry trees are often allowed to
grow SO high as to make it very in
convenient to gather the fruit. II the
branches be carefully cut off oblique-
", and then painted over so rs to pro-
tect the cut from decay. there can be
no objection to cutting back the head
1t should be done. however. while the
tree is dormant, January or February
perhaps being the best time. German
town Telegraph.
Many florists state from experience
that SCOT water is = safe and excellent
fertilizer for plants, including til ,se in
pots. 1t is used for all plants that re-
quire manure water at all. say for
roses, pelargoniums, ADDITIONS, and
such vigorous growing plants. When
the pots are full Of roots it seems to
be specially beneficial. The water is
thus prepared. Tie up one-half a peck
of SCOT in cloth bag, throw it into a
nine-gallon cask of hot water. Work
the bag we'll in the water, which should
stand until clear, when it may be
used after having been diluted with
clear water. Judgment may be used
as to the proper strength 1t would
be better used too weak than too strong.