Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-30
HOME AND FARM


IA wine glass of strong borax water
In pint of raw starch will make col-r
lars and cuffs glossy.
Gum camphor is offensive to mice.
and viii keep them away from places
where it is scattered about
Geese will clear OF the purslaiue
from a field. They are very fond of it.
and will eat it at any stage of growth
Dried beef s.frizzled" with a little
milk. thickened with corn starch and
served with a bordering of scrambled
eggs around it. is a quickly-prepared
and Eourishing dish for a substantial
tea
TO get rid of plant lice take COM
mon tobacco snuff. sprinkle we'll over
the parts affected. let it remain on q
few minutes. then hold a paper under
and gently rap or shake the branches,
then wash the plant in warm water.
As soon as q suficiency of green
food can be provided. cut down the
grain ration of the hens. By so doing
they will keep in better health and lay
a larger number of eggs As a rule
-Simmering at $50 deg. is pro-
nounced more effective in all ordinary
cooking than violent boiling at 212
deg. Much heat is wasted in raising
water to needlessly high temperature
in cooking. Chicken, for instance, will
cook much better in an hour of slow
simmering than in an hour OF violent
boiling.
The American Agriculturist in an
exhaustive article on the cultivation
of oats, says the reasons why the aver
age yield of oats is so low are weeds,
! wet and undrained land, starvation.
poor filth and late sowing, and adds:
"A very large proportion of our land
is so wet in the spring for want of un-
derdraining that it is not in a fit con-
dition to pillow until it is too late to SOW
oats with any reasonable expectation
of getting a large yield"
-Corned Beef Soup: Let seven
pounds of cheapest cut of coTned beet
be soaked and par-boiled so as to re-
move the surplus salt, then simmer
slowly three hours. Let the liquor
stand until all the fat rises. Skim of
the fat Add quart of tomatoes, two
carrots, two small white turnips, two.
onions and four large potatoes. al
pared and sliced thin Let simmer
one hour. Strain and serve the soup
hot. reserving the cooked vegetables
for salad.
To restore the color of hannels
which are apparently ruined by bad
treatment make solution of one and
half pounds of white soap and two
thirds of an ounce of spirits of am
monia, dissolved in twelve gallons OF
soft water. By dipping the fannels in
this and wetting them thoroughly in
the solution, beautiful and lasting
whiteness will be impaired to them.
no matter how yellow they were pre-
vious to their immersion. After being
well stirred round for short time,
take the articles out and wash well in
clean. soft water.
One of the healthiest vegetables,
| if not the healthiest one, grown is the
onion, yet, strange to say. but few
people use it as literally as they SHOULD.
Boiled onions used frequently in fam
lily of children will ward off many of
the diseases to which the little ones
are subject The principal objection
to the promiscuous use of this vege-
table is that the odor exhaled after
eating is so offensive. A cup of strong
coffee taken Immediately after eating
is claimed to be excellent in counter
acting this effect. Although for day
or SO after eating onions the breath
may have a disagreeable odor, yet
after this time it will be much sweeter
than before.