Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-03

THINE AND fAhM.
When potatoes are to go into stews
or chowders they should be first sliced.
soaked and scalded.
In using seed corn that which
shows the slightest degree of injury
should be avoided. Smut can easily
be carried from one year to another
by the seed.
Those who will take the trouble to
rip the buttons off dress each time it
is washed will be amply repaid. Few
metal buttons look well after they
have been in hot soap suds.
The two oldest trees in the world
are supposed to be one in Calaveras
County. Cal, which is believed TO be
1865 years old. and the cypress o.
Somma, in Lombardy. Italy, which is
1.911 years old. planted B c. AZ.
Potato Biscuits: One half pound
of flour, one-fourth of a pound OF
boiled potatoes rubbed through
sieve. pinch of salt. three teaspoons
of baking powder, three-fourths of
cup of butter, flour to make dough;
roll out and cut into shape.
Date Pie: One pound of dates. one
quart of milk and three eggs Season
the same as for squash pie. 1t needs
no sweetening. Put the dates in the
milk and heat until they are soft
enough to sift. This makes two good
sized pies. Use one crust, the same as
for squash.
The real value of root crops in the
economy of farm feeding is the change
they furnish from the dry feed to
which stock is subjected through the
long winter months. A light feed
every few days helps the animal to
digest and assimilate the coarse dry
food that is his usual ration.
Indian Suet Pudding: Three
quarters pound suet, chopped fine;
half pint molasses, one pint milk. an
egg. meal to make n very thin batter,
teaspoonful allspice, ditto ground Gin
namon, one teaspoonful salt, little
nutmeg. few currents or chopped
rasins. Boil or steam three hours.
Serve with melted jelly OF butter sauce.
Orange Cake: Two cups of sugar,
two cups of flour, one-half cup of wa
ter. q pinch of salt. the yelks of five
eggs and whites of three. three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, and the
grated rind and juice of one orange.
Beat the whites and add sugar fol
frosting. and the grated rind and JUICE
of one orange. Bake the cake in lay
ers and put frosting between.
Orange Rolly-Poly: Make q light
pastry as for apple roll in
oblong sheets and lay the oranges
peeled. sliced and seeded thickly on
it; sprinkle with white sugar; scatter
over all a teaspoon or two of grated
orange peel. and roll up, folding
down the edges closely to prevent the
escape of the strip; steam one and
one-half hours. Serve with lemon
sauce.
Pretty fower-holders are of stout
card board, covered with dry, scaly
lichens from old trees or with pine
scales. sewed and overlapping each
other. A glass bowl for the flowers is
set within the holder. which needs no
bottom. a little basket of lichen
scales to hold tumber of blue and
white hepaticas is a most spring-like
Offering. Larger baskets may be of
the large pine scales. not the cones,
filled with fresh moss, wild vines trail
ing round the edges. and pine tassel
at intervals, the center filled with
violets.
Lemon Short-Cake: Make rich
short-cak same as for strawberries or
other fruit. Roll in layers and bake
in jelly tins quite thin. SO. when done.
it will not be more than one-half inch
in thickness. Make sauce as follows,
spreading between layers same as jel-
ly cake: One cup sugar, one-half cup
butter. on egg, one lemon, juice and
grated rind. two tablespoons flour,
mix well and pour boiling water over
it (use one pinD. let it stand on back
of the stove.
For a permanent pasture use a
variety of grasses. The kind best
adapted TO the location will assert its
superiority, and in time give a good
reward. 1t is not advisable to turn
stock on permanent pasture until
the ground shall have been well COW
cred. Trampling Injuries the grass,
while grazing it too soon Injuries its
vitality. At least three years should
be allowed for growth before turning
OH stock. The greater the variety of
grasses the thicker the growth and the
better the pasture.