Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-11-14
HOME AND FARM.

"A good man with bad friends IL
liable to be misunderstood.
Grab apples, carefully cooked
without breaking the skin, and then
made into a sweet pickle, by boiling
the sirup with half as much vinegar,
make a pretty garnish. Country GEN.
tleaneaa. 81 E, ~
Economy: Chop fine any cold
meat, add half as much bread crumbs,
one egg, little spice or savory, as is
preferred; mix and fry like griddle-
cakes, or In croquettes. Or sausage
form. - Toledo Blade.
Salad d ressing: One half pint vine-
gar, butter half the size of an egg, q
tablespoonful of sugar; boil this. Beat
the yelks of four eggs or the whole OF
two, with one-half cupiul of cream.
Add to the other, with. two teaspoon.
fnls of mustard and celery seed.
Good beef is not of Il pale pink
color, and such color indicates that
the animal was diseased. Good beef
does not have a dark purple hue, for
this color is evidence that the animal
has not been slaughtered, but died with
the blood in it's body, Or has suffered
from the acute febrile affection.
Two tea-cups (well heaped) OF
coffee and sugar weigh one pound; two
tea-cups QeveD of granulated sugar,
weigh one pound; two tea-cups Of soft
butter (well pacl1ed) weigh one pound;
two tablespoonful of powdered sugar
or flour weigh one ounce; one table.
spoonful (well rounded) of soft butter
weighs one ounce; one pint soft butter
weighs one ounce; one pint (heaped)
of granulated sugar weighs fourteen
ounces.
The autumn is good time to make
improvements on the farm; new roads
may be built to advantage; the low
land may be ditched out, that it may
be thoroughly drained; old stumps
pulled out, and the land leveled and
seedetl down to grass. Every farmer
who has much low land that is covered
with wood should clear a small piece
every year, and thus extend his now
ing land.
In putting away cabbage for
winter, place them head down in
trenches wide and deep enough to re-
ceive them, and have the heads little
lower than the surface of the ground.
Then ridge up over them with earth,
leaving the ends of the roots just visi-
BILE above the ridge. A dry place
should be selected where the ditch will
not fill up with water in a wet time.
The ridge should be shaped so it will
turn the rain off each side, and no
other covering is necessary.-N. Y.
World.
Cream of Tomato Soup: Cook a
dozen tomatoes thoroughly and press
them through a sieve. Canned to-
matoes may be used Unsteady Add a
teaspoonful of soda to a quart of pulp.
Put a bit of butter the size of pigeons
egg into saucepan, and when it bub-
bles stir in heaping teaspoonful OF
-four. When the flour has cooked add
pint of hot milk, little cayenne
pepper, salt and a handful of cracker
crumbs. When it boils add the toma-
to, heat thoroughly, without boiling,
and serve at once. j.:
Lice mostly attack animals in poor
condition, and one way to avoid at.
tacls by these pests is to keep the
stock in good order by good feeding
and shelter. The vermin may be got
rid of by making solution of carbolic
soap in alcohol and rubbing it on the
skin. Raw linseed oil mixed with one
fourth its quantity of kerosene and a
few drops of creosote to give it a
smoky pdor is a good application and
will quickly rid the calves of lice or
feas. Mercurial ointment should not
be used for this purpose upon any
animal, as it is poisonous if licked and
is absorbed through the skin with the
same effect. philadelphia Press.