Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-18
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
Sprinkle salt Immediately over any
spot where something has boiled over
on the stove. and the place may be
more easily cleaned This also counter
acts the bad odor.
1t is always preferable to preserve
tomatoes in glass jars. No injury may
result from the use OF tin cans. but
those who put them up in glasses are
ON the safe side.
Printed fabrics and colored stock
1ngs are injured in color by soap. freez-
ing and sunshine. Flannels shrink and
loose their soft texture by being sub
Jected to the same processes used in
cleansing cotton goods.
One reason that there are so many
mortgaged farms is because so many
farmers sell corn. oats and hay early,
and then have to buy the same class
OF articles before the next crop is
raised. Be sure and save enough for
home use when selling a crop.-FGrm,
Field and StockD,an.
AT housekeeping time the man
should either move or get moved
the heavier articles of furniture; he
should attend to the cleaning and
putting down of carpets; the sitting
up OF stoves. and the like; in a word.
he should assume the responsibility FOR
all the heavier and more disagreeable
duties connected with good house
keeping, and be willing. on occasion.
to take a hand in those which are
lighter.-Good Housekeeping.
The peach and plum are nearly
enough related to be budded or grated
on each other. The plum endures the
cold better than the peach. and the
latter fruit grown on plum stocks can
be much more easily protected than
when grown on its own. The head Of
tree of bearing size may be enveloped
by a covering to protect it from the
winds, while the harder trunk remains
exposed to the cold.
Glass dishes crack when suddenly
placed in hot water on account of the
unequal heating OF the glass. 1t is
very poor conductor of heat, and the
part first placed in the water expands
before the heat can reach the other
parts. thus causing strain which re-
suits in its fracture. Very thin glass
is less likely to crack from this cause,
as the heat is more quickly trans
mitted.
-Perishable articles of food are left
to stand in warm kitchen, which,
perhaps. came directly from cold stOr-
age, and should have small interval
between that and the ice-bOx or cellar.
Meat, milk, fruit and vegetables are
quickly sensitive to such treatment,
and faint, sour, wilt, or. as in the case
of garden products. lose their crisp
freshness, so that disappointment in
stead of satisfaction is many times the
outcome of careful and generous
marketing.
-Jelled Peaches: Soak an ounce
and half, or three-ouarters of pack
age of gelatine in half pint of water
in warm place. Peel and stone five
ripe peaches. boil the peaches in water
to cover them, stew for an hour gently.
strain the strip thus made, mix it with
the gelatine while boiling hot and stir
until it dissOlves; pour this sirup over
the cut-up peaches, stir in cup of
sugar, pour into mold and set on ice.
A few peach kernels cracked and mixed
with the fruit is great Improvement.
"A discriminating writer pertinent
ly says that well-equiped farmers who
have lands adapted to potatO-grOwing
will grow them by the hundred acres
and with profit, even though prices
should be low, while those who can
not afford to own an outfit of ma
chinery will quit raising for market.
The man who plants and harvests by
hand labor can not compete in raising
for the market with the one who plants
and harvests with machines any more
than the wheat-grower who sows by
hand and harvests with the cradle can
compete with the grower who runs a
seeder and self-binder.