The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Sponging the body off with salt
water is good for night sweats.
A wooden cloth is better than a
crush to polish the kitchen stove.
A solution of pearl-ash in water
thrown upon fire will cxtingnish it
Immediately.
If the meal is fed too dry il will
make the hogs constipated. Hogs
must have plenty Of water in their
food. Always mix onc-third bran with
tie meal, which should be soaked be-
tween meals.
-Hominy Pudding. One cup OF
boiled hominy. one and one-half pints
of milk. two eggs, two tablcspoonfu!s
Of butter. thrcc-fourths Of cup Of
sugar, one teaspoon Of baking powder;
bake in buttercd pudding dish twenty
minutes.
Asparagus Beetle. This insect has
ca'.sed great damage. Slaked lime
busted upon the plants when the dew
is on them in the morning. once a
year. and cutting down the seed stalks
two or three times year are effective
remedies. american Gardem
In lighting kerosene lamp never
touch the wick with the match, rs it
has II tendency to roughen or spread
it. Keep the wick turned down below
the top Of the burner, except when in
actual use. il you would not have oil
On the outside of the lamp.
Old current bushes can be made as
good as new by simply cutting away
the old wood and leaving bare
stump. and then digging the soil thor
oughly down to the roots, and working
in plenty Of wcll-rottel manure. with
Il good handful of salt for each bush.
Dreamed Parsnips. Boil tender.
scrape and slice lcngthwise. Put over
the fire with two tablespoons of but
ter. pepper and salt, and little
minced parsley. Shake until the
mixture boils. Dish the parsnips. add
to the sauce three tablespoons Of
cream. in which has been stirred a
quarter spoonful of -four Boil once,
and pour over the parsnips.
1t is claimed for the mutton breeds
of sheep that with the same method Of
keeping them on the farm rs is in use
in England land worth as much rs one
hundred dollars per acre might be
profitably devoted to sheep, and that il
farmers would hurdle them instead OF
giving them the range Of the farm
large profits could be made.
"A Western farmer advises to tic
ears of corn together with husks, III
in some place where the grain can be
saturated with coal smoke. The odor.
he says, repels squirrels and worms
from eating the seed. The seed comes
up quicker, the plants grow more
vigorously. and ripen several days
earlier than from seed not so treated.
Egg Salad. six eggs fifteen
minutes. Prepare dressing with table.
spoonful of vinegar, half a teaspoon OF
salt, a little pepper, three tablespoon.
fuls Of oil, one tablespoonful Of onion.
juice. one of finely chopped parsley,
and one of taragon vinegar. Silc'
the hard-boiled eggs, lay them on Il:
a salad-dish, pour the dressing over and
stand in a cool place two hours.
1t is important that gratis should
| be cut before warm wea Their has caus ed
their buds to start. 1t kept III the Gel
lar. covered with dry sand. air will bt
excluded, and they need not be set un
til nearly the time for the tree 10 star
into leaf. Grape gratis should, how
ever, be set as early as the weather vii
admit. Ii delayed until the sap begins
| to run it will drown them out.