The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-12-15
FARM AND FIREsIDE.


Zone egg a week will pay for the
support of q hen," is the way one
authority computes it, The rest is
pure profit.
Feeding corn to young stock pro-
notes untimely fat at the perod in the
animals life when bone and growth
should be secured.
The mountain ash is n beautiful,
ornamental tree for lawns and a gen.
eral favorite on account of its clusters
OF red berries.
Cooked cabbage, turnips or onions
impart an offensive taste and smell TO
milk or butter kept in the same cup
board with them.
Apples, like potatoes, should be
thoroughly sorted and dried before
storing away. Take all pains to pro-
vide good drainage 80 that they will
keep dry all winter.
"A man on half-rations would wear
out and break down much sooner than II
he had been fed full rations. The same
is true of milch COW or OF work
animal. There is nothing gained by
starvation diet, 1t does not prolong
but shortens life.
White Indian Gems: One cup of
Indian meal, one tablespoonful of -four,
one teaspoonful of sugar, one teaspoon
full baking powder. Sift these ingre-
dients together; add one teaspoonful
of melted butter, one egg, milk to mix
uff+ nd l,,1 ~, h,t ine
-Rural Home.
Cream should never be churned
fast until it has thickened some, as it is
likely to become frothy, especially in
cold weather, as there is more milk
taken off with the cream than in warm
weather, where open setting is prac-
ticed. If one is in hurry the best
plan is to make haste by churning
slow at first.
Agriculture, minus stock raising,
can not be prosperous. 1t is as true,
also, that the amount OF real net profit
depends upon the quality of the ami
mails and the intelligence with which
they are bred, fed and sheltered. II
the farmer would be prosperous he
must be a stock-raiser; further, he
raiser. - Western PlommGn.
1t will cost but little to keep the sur
face of the ground around young trees
well sprinkled with fine lime Many
insects will avoid the lime, and on
some soils the lime will prove benefi-
cial. An excellent mixture for such
purposes is two parts Of wood ashes.
one part lime, and one part coarse salt.
Only a small quantity need be used at
each application.
Boiled Currant Pudding: Take
cup of chopped suet, cut from near the
1idneys, half cup of molasses, cup
aud half of milk in which teaspoon
OF soda has been dissolved, three cups
of flour, little salt, one teaspoon of
cinnamon, half a teaspoon of cloves,
two cups of currants. Stir all these
ingredients together thoroughly. Pour
them into Thoroughly buttered pud-
ding mould OF jeans bag and boil for
three hours. Serve with hard sauce.
IN Y. Tribune.
When calves are given n grain ra-
tion during the fall they will eat less
coarse and bulky food. Sheal oats, cut
up, will be found well adapted for
them, us they will eat the chat and
straw with the grain, and all will be
raised and remasticated, which will
promote digestion. A little shelled
corn may be added with advantage,
and if IL handful of linseed-oil meal be
given daily it will serve to prevent
constipation, and promote thrift. A
calf that is in good condition when cold
weather sets in can be kept growing
Ill through the winter.