Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-01-03
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-Onions for long keeping must bo
it9fed where thoo will Be dry and cool
For snow-nakes. simply serve the
grated cocoanut alone In a dish OF
whipped cream and powdered sugar
Rural Ncw Yorke.
Mock Fruit Cake. One cup sour
milk one eup brown stgar, bne;haif
cup hiolass6s, 6he.half cup Of butter,
one cup raisins. three cups sifted -four,
one egg, one teaspoon soda.-Aibday
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TO propare cider sd ihnt n will re-
main sweet, pthe Scientific american
recommends 20 dip stick in melted
sulphur, set II on FIRE, and hold In a
half-allod barrel, thch agitats " hua
coTplete the filing
Cut out the old canes OF blackber-
ries and ruspberries as soon as the
ground freezes and burn them. which
Will aid In destroying insects. II is not
adtiseble tc pdstpcnb such work tihtil
spring, as It can not then be done as
well rs now.
-Cranberries may be kopt till sum-
mer by placing in stone jar in the
csllnf, and tovep with vater n is bet
ter TO change the water in the spring,
after warm weather, occasionally.
They may also be canned In glass jars.
--Fdrm, Ficid and Siockmdn:
--totatoes and Eggs. Put a lump OF
butter into n frying-pan; when it boils,
brown it in a fnely-chopped small
onion. Cut some cold boiled potatoes
ihtd slices, pit them Ia the PAM pour
over them the well-beaten yelks of two
eggs, seasoned with pepper and sslt'
fly 10 hice brown On both sidesi
1t is an old practice, too littlc
known, TO freeze onions and then cover
them with hay or straw SC thas they
mny be kept frozen until ready for use.
They may be preserved in this way
for an indefinite period. Onions may
also be kept without freezing by bury
ihg lhcm in NOV Of hay mr. straw
american Garden.
"A cheap fence, and one that will
last for some years. can be made Of
plastering laths. and IL will Just rs Of.
fectively coniine fowls as one oil great
er cost. One hundred laths, costing
twenty-five cents, will give three pan.
els OF fence eight feet long. The posts
and boards TO which IL Is necessary to
nail them can be of the che apest ma
toriaL They answer for yar1 divi-
sions and for making compartments in
The fowl'hddsd.
Candiod Pop-Corn.- into an iron
kettle one tablespoonful butter, three
tablcsboonfuls water, one teacupful
white bulverized sugar. Boil until
ready TO candy, then throw in eight
quarts Of nicely popped corn. Stir
briskly until the candy is evenly dis
tributed over the corn. Take care
that the corn does not burn. Take
the kettle from the fire and stir until
it is cooled little. Nuts OF any kind
may be prepared the same way.-70-
iedo blade.
1t is a certainty that the raising
Of eggs is . paying business. The few
fowls thHo this farmef kecBs ~ his
barn-yurd, and on which he spends lit
tie, pay best OF all the live stock; but
when attention is paid to fowls, when
they are housed and fed and properly
attended, after deducting the cost OF
keeping, care, interest, etc, from the
amount for which their eggs sell, there
is, in nine cases out Of ten, larger
balance to be found on the credit side
Of the ledger than is found in connoc-
ton with any single department of
farm industry. Poultry
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