Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-03
FARM AND FiRESIDE.

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There should be supply of re-
peppers kept during the winter to b
fed to poultry with their regular food
The curry-comb is source of pleas
ure to the horse, or an instrument O
torture, accordingly as it is handled.
Good feeding racks always return
a large interest upon the money in
vested. 1t never pays to throw feed O.
any kind upon the ground.-Far1l,
Field and Stockmdn.
No greater error in Judgment i:
ever committed by any farmer than to
suppose that painstaking work is moi
paying work. You never hear those
who are succeeding best and who are
making the money expressing them.
selves in this way.
All birds should be picked and
drawn as soon as possible after being
killed. To do this properly every pin
feather should be removed, and the
bird should be singed, then drawn, the
head and feet cut off, the oil-bag re-
moved and the wind-pipe taken out.
The giblets should be dressed.
The great secret in making under
draining permanent improvement is
in securing uniform fall when LAYING
the tile and maintaining good outlet.
When this outlet has been closed a year
or two, if there be a good fall, reopen
ing it will cause it to wash out OBJ
structing sediment.
Many farmers lose eggs in winter
by leaving one behind as a nest-egg.
1t is much more profitable to buy few
glass ones than to have good eggs
frozen when worth four or five cents
each. Glass eggs will not cost over
three or four cents each, and will last
any length of time with care. Collect
eggs as soon after they are laid as pos
sible, in cold weather; otherwise they
will get chilled and will not hatch.
Apple Omelet: Pare, core and
stew six large, tart apples as for sauce;
beat them very smooth while hot,
adding one tablespoon of butter, six
tablespoons of white sugar, nutmeg to
the taste, and one teaspoon of rose
water; when quite cold add three eggs,
beaten separately very light, putting
in the whites last; pour into deep
pudding dish, previously warmed and
we'll buttered. Bake in a moderate
oven until it is delicately Drowned.
Eat warm, not hot.
Beans or peas designed for seed
should be put into light barrels as soon
as dry in the autumn, and kept headed
up until the time of planting, and then
hot water should be poured in through
an auger hole to kill all of the weevil
in whatever state of development. In
this way they may be gotten rid Of
In small quantities they may be kept
in tight boxes or heavy paper bags.
Tie lump of gum camphor in paper
and insert it in the middle of the box
Or bag.
Lime may not show its beneficial
effects on the soil for year or two, as
he character of the soil must be con-
'idered. Lime dds but very little
plant food to the soil. as all
ioils contain lime, but its chemical
lction on the inert matter of the soil
liberals other substances that would
lot be 9th erwise available. 1t should
'e applied as regularly as manure, in
rider to secure its assistance in de-
the plant food already ex-
sting in the soil.
Clam Pie: Wash clean twenty
,ood-sized CLANS, put them in pan
md pour three pints of boiling water |
'ver them, cover them tigh tly until |
he shells open, take out the CLANS
md chop them quite fine. Make a
rust as for chicken-pie, line three
quart basin with it, and put in the
hopped CLANS, season with butter and
,epper. Pour over this the water in
which the shells were opened and dust
wo rolled crackers over the top.
over the whole with crust and bale |
n a quick oven.-RurIL NeU Yorker