Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
HOME AND FARM.

Salt will curdle new milk; hence,
in preparing milk porridge, gravies,
ETC., the salt should not be added till
the dish is prepared
-Jennie's Sponge Cake: Two cups
sugar, two cups flour. four eggs. two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Add at
the last two-thirds cup boiling water
gradually.
Cracker Fruit Pudding: Six
crackers pounded fine, one quart
boiling milk. one cup brown sugar,
one spoonful flour. six eggs. raisins,
currants. and all kinds of spice. Bake
one hour.
-Tramping upon the hay in the
barn often causes horses to refuse It
To pass from the barnyarl into the
barn and walk over the hay leaves
odors which are quickly recognized
by the animals when such hay is fed to
them.
Horse Radish Sauce: Take stock
which has been cooked with . little
vinegar. salt butter, sugar and fine
bread crumbs. and mix with it as
much grated horse -radish as will be
required; the sauce should be quite
thick; eat with boiled beet
Mock Mince Meat: Oae and one
half cups powdered crackers one cup
each molasses. chopped raisins and
vinegar, two cups sugar, one-half cup
warm water. same of melted butter,
one cup currants if desired, one tea
spoon each of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg.
Young calves intended for veal
may rece i've skim-mlk until three
months old. and - they grow rapidly
to that age, they will pay larger
profit than if sold younger. The
proper way to dispose of the skim
milk is TO feed it to tAe pigs in the
spring and calves in the fall
"A successful poultry raiser feeds
wheat in the morning, barley at noon
and wheat in the evening. In addition
to the barley he gives the sIop and
refuse from the kitchen after boiling it.
The wheat gives rich yellow color to
the yelks, which is so much desired in
the city whore eggs are sold in retail
markets.
The cost of raising q bushel of
wheat on the largest farms OF the Red
River valley is brought down as low
as twenty three cents bushel; but,
taking farms of Dakota Territory as
the average. in size and method of
cultivation, tho estimated cost of the
production of bushel of wheat is
thirty cents, and this is below the cost
of production in India
On those farms where ensilage is
used for cattle it has been found to be
readily eaten by hens. and Western
farmer reports that he raised turkeys
on en7ilage at a slight cost This
demonstrates that feeding so much
grain to fowls is unnecessary. and
that by allowing some kind of coarse
succulent material they Will thrive
better and produce more eggs than
when kept on grain alone Manchester
Mirror.
For old-fashioned sweet rusk take
one pint of warm, sweet milk, half
cup of butter, one cup of sugar, two
eggs, one teaspoonful Of salt, two Ia
bles poonfuls of yeast Make a sponge
with the milk. yeast and enough flour
for thin batter. and let it rise over
night. In the morning add the butter.
eggs and sugar, previously we'll beaten
up together; salt and flour enough to
make a stiff dough. Mold with the
hands into balls of uniform size. set
close together in a pan and let them
rise till very light After baking,
wash the tops with q clean linen cloth,
dipped in molasses and milk, or mo-
lasses and water.