The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


Cooked roots of all kinds are es-
pecially good feed for growing pigs,
when they can be readily secured.
In planting out trees care should
always be taken not to put poplar,
willow, locust or elm near tho wells
nor cisterns.
Statistics prove that larger per
cent OF farmers acquire better COM
petence to sustain them in their de-
clining years than do any other class.
Ginger Biscuit coffee cup
sour cream, one and half coffee cups
maple sugar, one and half teaspoon
fuls ginger, one teaspoonful soda, salt.
Mixed soft ard roll out. Bake.
A few roots OF rhubarb stored in
the cellar near the furnace and covered
over with loan will throw up some
stalks in winter which will give pleas
ant change from the usual monotony
Of apple sauce.
Probably not half the farmers give
lime in any form to their fowls. Those
who do not can hardly expect the fowls
TO be particularly generous to them in
the supply Of eggs, or in thickness Of
shell on those they do furnish.
1t makes great deal OF difference
whether coffee is ground fine or coarse.
Fine pulverized coffee is best for max
ing it by .'leaching' or percolation,
and coarse for boiling. It is always
better to have coffee-mill and grind
it yourself as wanted.
a barrel with both heads out, set
over rose bushes Or tender shrubs and
filed with leaves, makes a good win
ter protection. Hybrid roses, flower
ing almond and Japan ounce win
tered in this way come through all
right. and blossom profusely.
There is hardly good excuse for
not having the best quality Of garden
seed. The small amount of expense
by which which a supply can be Sc
cured will make it by far more eco
nomical than to attempt to secure a
good garden by the use Of poor seeds.
Manure is the key to all successful
gardening, whether the crops are for
home consumption or the market.
The good gardener may be judged by
the size Of his manure pile. We have
known market gardener to take in a
lot of horses to board at low rate for
the sake of the manure supply which
they left American Agriculturist.
Hogs arc expensive unless well
bred. The best breeds Of hogs are
quiet. seldom restless, and sleep Q
great portion of their time. The quiet
hog is the one that converts the food
into fat. The more active tho hog the
greater the cost. Dry quarters. with
close shelter from the winds and a
soft bed OF straw, will pay nearly as
well as the preparation OF the food.
The Nebraska Farmer says: "Dur
ing the early part of the winter is a
good time to apply manure on the gar
den. If the ground is well plowcd
and good dressing Of manure, ap.
plying early, taking pains to scatter
evenly, having it reasonably vel
fined. This will afford good oppor.
tunity for the more soluble portions
to leach into the soil and be available
for the use of the plants.
There is no doubt about it that
nine-tenths of the farm-made butte.
is spoiled, especially in the winter,
from keeping the cream too long be
fore it is churned. This is usually
because SO little milk is gotten in the
winter, but add water to it SO as tt
one-third fill the churn, and go to work
on it. The water will help winter
cream and greatly improve the quail
ity Of the butter. -Amcrican Dairy
man.