Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-10
FARM NOTES.

September. The variety known as the
Spanish seems to be the hardest for win
ter.
The favorite winter vegetable crop is
spinach. Sow the seed now and it will be
up in time to remain in the ground for an
early spring supply.
Now down all the weeds and grass as
soon as you cut the corn off. Do not stack
the corn to remain, but pillow the ground
before winter sets in.
Haul out the gravel on the roads if you
wish the roads in order for winter service
Many farmers are sometimes locked in for
want of passable roads In winter.
A gallon of lard oil and pint of kero-
sene make an excellent mixture as an oint-
ment for scurf on hogs. 1t also destroys
lice or other ver1nin that may infest the
animal.
Begin on the celery for bleaching Have
everything in readiness for storing the
plants In the trenches until they are
wanted, as the earthing up must be done
before frost
1t is stated by an experienced market
gardener that the liberal use of wood
ashes, well narrowed in, is the best remedy
against ravages of the onion maggot and
cut-worm.
The country school is the source from
which many diseases are spread, and In a
majority of cases the we'll from which the
drinking water is obtained is the cause.
Clean all the school wells yearly.
Keep the onions in the barn loft or some
other dry place. When the crop is dug let
them dry we'll Store them free from dirt
and loosely, as they should not be piled, but
scattered, to admit the air.
To have plentiful supply of early green's
next season SOW turnip seed now and allow
the turnips to grow and remain in the
ground during the winter. A slight cover
ing of straw will protect them.
Do not attempt to save the seeds of
pumpkins, melons or squash, unless the
vines for that purpose are grown at dis
lance from all other varieties Of the same
family The pollen of such plants is car
ried quite a distance by the winds, and
also by insects. Two or more varieties
will fertilize blossoms of each.
Corn and sorghum grown for silage
should be planted thin enough to mature
ears and produce a crop of seed and not
harvested until nearly ripe. The siIage
will thus contain a considerable amount of
grain and be of more value to feed with
cotton-seed and with cotton-seed meal, and
produce better quality of beef.
CHICKEN ALA CREAM.
Wash and cut in suitable pieces for SER
ing a young chicken, salt it and roll each
piece in -four; chop small onion and fry
it delicate brown, and turn into sauce
pan with the chicken, and fry the chicken
until it is delicately Drowned; add very
little water to prevent burning; then add
one pint Of milk and simmer slowly half
an hour, adding little more butter, salt
and pepper. and If the gravy is not thick
enough add more -four moistened with
milk; just before dishing for the table pour
in a tablespoonful of Madeira, serve with
grape jelly.
One Of The most important tools on the
farm is the grindstone. A stone OF good
grain, we'll hung so that it will turn easily
either by the crank or with foot treadIe.
will lessen the labor of using The other
tools if it is used properly. When moving
machine knives are sharp they run about
a horse dTaught easier and make much
cleaner work. 1t is a comparative pleas
ure to swing handschythe when ii cuts
like a ribbon" to what it is to put the
whole strength on it to try to break of the
grass by the force Of its momentum.
A poultry woman thus describes her
method of keeping her poultry free from
lice: | take an old tin tomato can, and put
in one pound of old grease tried out Clean
one tablespoonful of coal oil, the same Of
crude carboIic acid, and set it on the back
of the stove to melt and mix gradually.
For young chicks use a little on the head
and under the throat. [ apply it attn light.
| also put it on fowls when cooped for fat
tening, or to break them from setting.
grease my whole flock, one by one. and
rub it on feet and legs with an old tooth
brush, and am not troubled with lice OF
with scaly legs
TOMATO SOUP.
One quart of tomatoes, one onion, two
ounces of butter, two tablespoonfuls each
of sugar and salt. one-third Of cayenne
pepper, three pints of water, and one-half
pint of milk. Boil the tomatoes and onions
in the water for three-quarters of an hour.
rub the sugar; butter, -four, pepper and
salt to thin cream and add to the toma-
toes Boil ten minutes. Boil milk sep
arately and put In the last. Boil up once
and serve with toasted bread if desired.
BAKED TOMATOES.
Select smooth. round tomatoes, remove
the skin and cut a small piece from the
stem end of each and place them In a bak-
ing pan with that end up. Place a piece
of butter on each tomato, In the cavity
and salt and pepper and little sugar If
| desired, and sprinkle well with cracker
crumbs Place in hot oven, and bake
half an hour. Serve on small pieces of
| toast.
| PRUNE PIE.
! Stew half pound of prunes in little
| water. until very soft. Remove the stones
and add sugar to suit the taste, and mash
well. Beat the yelks of two eggs with
half cupful of milk, and add to the prune
pulp. Line a pie plate with crust, and
when nearly done Eli with the prunes and
bake 80 minutes. Beat the whites of the
two eggs to stiff froth, adding little
sugar, spread over the top and brown
delicately.
KILLING POULTRY.
While it is desirable that the labor OF
| picking off the feathers should be render
ed as easy as possible, yet the mode OF
/! killing frequently practiced. of having the
/ bird die slowly In order to lOw of sufficient
time for taking off the fPc lers while the
fowl is alive, is a cruel one. If we must
kill the poor, dumb, helpless birds for food,
let us at least be as merciful about it as
possible 1t is better to bestow greater la
| Dor than to cause unnecessary pain.
Fruits as Food and Medicine.
( OF all the fruits we are blessed with, the
peach is the most delicious and digestible