River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-18
HOME AND FARM.

To keep the bedding pure and
wholesome, open your beds to air the
first thing in the morning.
--Scalded bran makes an excellent
food for pigs. A little cornmeal added
improves it. Thin it down with skim
milk or blttermilk.
"A rup;y, scrawny pig in good
lot is always au aggravation 10 the
feeder; ana then at selling time it is a
drawback. injuring the sale and cut
ting the average at the scale.
herd.
For early potatoes prepare a spe-
cial plot, and after the plants are we'll
up thin them out so as to have only
one rlant to the hill The potatoes
grow. this way will be more uniform
in size and also earlier.
Use the roller upon those places
which have been uplifted by the frost.
Remove sunken stones that the roller
will not push out of the way of the
mower. Digging a hole and burying
them is often the readiest way of get
ting rid of large stones.-American
Agriculturist.
When moro eggs are boiled for
breakfast than are eaten, they are
easily utilized. Boil them again I'M
til they are hard, then use for salad;
or, when quite cold, slice them and
lay between bread and butter, form
ing egg sandwiches. which are good
for luncheon.
Biscuit Cheese. Slice into very
thin pieces about a quarter of pound
of fresh cheese. Let this stand on the
stove for very few minutes after add
ing butter about the size of half an
egg. and little pepper and SAT-. Then
sprinkle cracker dust until the desired
consistency is reached.
An Indiana farmer lately dropped
dead of apoplexy while feeding his
stock, and the body was guarded by
his dog for two hours after until the
arrival of his wife. Several times the
hogs evinced a desire to mutilate the
corpse, but the faithful canine watcher
dIONG biit ttUlildL6 dN
Pork chops should cooked
nearly half an hour. When haff done
pour off the fat and sprinkle the chops
with fine crumbs and little sage;
brown nicely, and when ready for the
table pour over them the juice from
canned tomatoes heated hot, sailed and
peppered. Serve with boiled or baked
sweet potatoes.
To keep bread moist, have a board
made to fit the bottom of the bread
pan, but raised about three inches.
Pour into the pan an inch of water,
ana then put the board in, which will
be two inches from the water. Put
the bread on the board and cover the
pan with an carthenware lid. The in
closed air will keep the bread beauti
fully moist. The water should be
changed every day.
Corn is tropical plant, being
most probably indigenous to Central
America, from which part of the world
it may have been carried by ocean cur
rents to the coasts OF Asia, where it
was cultivated in the sixteenth century.
But there was ample time for the seed
to have been carried from this hemis-
phere to the eastern part of the world
after its discovery by Columbus, and
the fact that maize was grown in Asia
in the latter part OF the sixteenth
century can not prove that it was in
digenous there.
Breeding for wool and mutton,
says Il New York breeder, can be com
bined as well as breeding fowls for
weight and quality. of carcass and
quantity of eggs, which have been so
much improved in the last few years.
A patient man was thirty years breed
ing the large butts off cOrn-ears and
yellow kernels on cohs of white corn,
and predicted that in much less time
our sheep will shear twenty pounds
and dress 200 pounds of as good NUT
ton as can be found in the Highlands
of Scotland.