Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-11-07
HOME AND FARM.

Vinegar improves by keeping,
therefore it is best to lay in a large
supply.
Insect remedies are of little avail
unless applied promptly. with due per-
sistence and care.
Pour boiling water on wheat and
let it soak over night. Give the broil-
ers in the fattening coop an occasional
feed of it.-Farm journal.
"A common mistake in applying in
secticides is often made in not repeat
ing in a week or ten days to destroy
the young that may have Matched out
after the first application.
If your neighbor gets more milk
and better milk from an equal number
of cows, something is the matter on
your farm? 1t may be the cows or it
may be the system.-Western Rural.
Red onions are said to be an excel
ent diuretic, and the white ones are
recommended to be eaten raw as a
remedy for insomnia They are tonic
and nutritious. A soup made from
onions is regarded by the French as an
excellent restorative in debility of the
digestive organs.
On very cold. damp nights the
fowls should be given good feed of
corn before they 60 to roost. as it is
more promotive of heat than any other
kind of food that is usually fed. 1t is
also advisable to change to wheat oc-
o,ci0po1lxy of lot,
The practice of heaping manure
in the fields in the fall is about as
slovenly and ill-advised as could we'll
be. 1t makes the ground far too rich
in the spots under the pile, and de-
prives the rest of the field of the fer
tility which would have been secured
by an immediate spreading Of the ma
nure over the entire area
-Stockmen who have made obser-
vations in feeding swine are claiming
that some of the breeds have lost Wig
or by long continued feeding of corn
as an exclusive food. Corn is deficient
in mineral matter, especially of lime,
and the use of corn leds to degeneracy.
Only by varied diet can the vigor be
maintained. Injudicious feeding leads
to disease and loss.
1t is said that piece of cloth sat-
urated with turpentine hung in
closet, where there are moths, or in a
room where flies are troublesome, will
kill the moth-miller and Danish the
flies. Twenty drops of carbolic acid
evaporated from a hot shovel will go
far to Danish flies from room, while
a bit of camphor gum the size of
walnut held over lamp until it is con-
sumed will do the same for the active
mosquito.
1t is an easy matter to farm
profitably on rich soil, ample capital.
and with all the necessary appliances,
but the farmer who expects to succeed
with but limited facilities will find it
to adhere too rigidly to
customs of the past. 1t is essential
that the farmer advance carefully, but
no farmer can expect to obtain the full
benefit of his labor unless he is willing
to accept the results of experiments,
and to endeavor to improve his OPP
portunities.
Bedrooms should be thoroughly
aired as soon as their occupants have
arisen in the morning. If the sun
shines, if possible let it flood the room
with its healing beams. The night |
should also be hung up to air.
It is bad plan to make up the bed and
tuck the night dresses under the pill
lows as soon as, or soon after, the bed |
is vacated. Whatever the outer tenn
perature, the bedroom should be puri. !
fed of night odors by free circulation
of fresh air.
"A home missionary was preaching
to frontier audience on the prodigal |
son. After he had described the con-
dition of the son in rags among the !
swine, and had started him on his re-
turn, as he began to speak of the ,
father coming to meet him, and order !
ing the fatted calf to be killed in honor |
of the prodigal's return, he noticed a
cowboy looking interested, and he de-
termined to make personal appeal
Looking directly at his nearer. the |
preacher said: my friend, what |
would you have done if you had had a
son returning home in such plight"
ssrd have shot the how and raised the |