Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-12-06
HOME AND FARM.

If mice arc Troublesome they csn
often be easily gotten rid OF by SOAK
ing wheat in a good solution of arsenic
and burying it at the roots Of trees
where the mice will be likely to find
it.-Western Plowman.
Turkey Wings: Season them, stew
in as little water as possible until they
are tender, when take them out and let
get cold. Then egg-and-bread-crumb
them, and fry in hot butter. Serve
with tomato sauce.
-Horseshoes should never be worn
more than six weeks at the most with
out resetting. The hoof is growing all
the time, like the finger and toe-nails
of a human being, and the shoes should
be removed and refitted at frequent
intervals.
Graham Puffs: A cup and half
of graham -four, one-half cup O.
white flour. one-half teaspoon salt,
one pint milk, three eggs beaten sepa-
rately, one-fourth cup butter. softened.
Mix in the order given and beat thor
oughly. Bake in hot buttered gem
pans half an hour.
Dessert Rice: One cup rice, half
cup currants, cooked with a cup di-
luted warm water and milk. Eaten
with sauce, made as follows: Beat
the white of one egg till stiff, then
add the yelk and beat well; one cup
sugar, with teaspoon lemon or va
nilla; then add half cup of cream or
rich milk.
The color of the hog seems to be a
matter of Importance. Experiments
show.that, contrary to expectation. a
black hog, such as the Essex and Berk-
shire, thrives best in the South, while
the white breeds, such as the Chester
White, Yorkshire and Cheshire, thrive
best in the North. The Poland China.
spotted hog, and the Jersey Red are
preferred in the Western States.
Any substance rich in sugar will
readily fatten stock. Sweet potatoes
beets. sorghum refuse, ETC., can al.
ways be used to advantage for hogs.
The small and inferior sweet potatoes,
cooked, will fatten hog sooner than
corn, and can be used to advantage for
that purpose. OF the roots carrots are
best for horses. Turnips, if thickeneG.
when cooked, with corn-meal, make
excellent food for all classes of stock.
Almond Sponge Cake: Twelve
eggs, leave out the whites of eight.
three-quarters of pound of powdered
white sugar, two ounces of bitter al
monds, half a pound of sifted flour;
blanch the almonds and roll like a
paste; while rolling the almonds wet
them with rose water; blanch them by
putting them in hot water, which will
take the skin off; break the eggs into
a bowl, beat them until light; add the
sugar and beat; then beat the almonds
in; sdd the -four, stir in lightly; bake
in square pan; after it is done. ice on
the bottom and cross the icing in
squares.
Lots of foolish and even wicked
things have been done in the past, and
are done now for no other good reason
than that they were done in the past.
Feeding pigs and calves acid food is
one of these wrong things. The hun
CRY animals have to eat it or starve,
and they get so hungry that they eat it
with relish. They are starved and
forced to it. But nature sanctions no
such thing. She furnishes them very
different food, of which man selfishly
robs them, and doses their tender
stomachs with sour stuffs in place OF
the sweet and delicious article which
nature designed for them.-Rural .NesO
Yorker.