River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-14
HOME AND FARM.


All breeding and young growing
stock should be fed very sparingly on
corn. A mixed or variety of feed is
much the best for them.
Vegetables for winter use are bet
ter kept in boxes packed in damp moss
or sawdust than in scattered heaps
over the floor.
Breakfast Sausage: Take one
pound Of sausage, one tablespoonful of
pounded crackers and two well-beaten
eggs. Mix, and mako into little cakes.
Drop each in plate OF pounded crack
ers. Fry brown.
An acre which wiz produce so
bushels of corn viii yield about two
tons of corn-stalks, % pounds per day
of which will maintain a f.000-pound
steer in ordinary condition, and even a
smaller ration of the fodder will do il
the animal is reasonably weil shell
tered.
Pruning when dormant tends to
impart vigor, but if done when grow
ing or in leaf it checks growth, and
therefore feeble tree should never be
pruned after growth commences in the
spring. But healthy, strong growers
may be lightly pruned at either season.
Apple Custard; Pare. core aud
quarter tart apples, and cook careful-
( ly, not to break the pieces Sweeten
and put into pudding dish. Make a
custard of a pint Of milk, three eggs.
sugar and favoring. Pour over the
apples and bake until the custard is
firm.
Wherever sheep feed, new sweet
grasses flourish and weeds are de-
stroyed. For this reason farmers
should raise more of them, if for no
other. But there are several other
and equally good reasons why every
farm should have its flock of these use
/ full animals.
-Spare-rib Pie: Cut small. tender
spare-rib in pieces, put in a saucepan
with very little water, let simmer slow
/ ly. When done, season with pepper,
salt, and a very little minced onion
and parsley, and a teaeup of cream.
Line a deep pan with plain short crust
pour in the stew, cover with the crust
and bake brown.
Steamed Corn Bread: Four cup
fuls of corn meal, two cupfuls of sour
milk. the same of sweet, one egg, one
/ teaspoonful of salt, the same of sale
ratus, and one-half cupful of molasses.
Bake in three-pInt basin. 1t should
be steamed three hours. and Dahod
half an hour Farm and Fireside.
Plants kept in a moist atmosphere
will endure a much greater degree OF
cold than those kept where the air is
perfectly dry. Plants grown in the
dark or imperfect light are feeble and
colorless from want Of vitality. They
should be kept in the best light the
room affords, and turned around every
day to prevent their becoming on =
sided. Never allow plants to remain
in cold draught.
1T is very annoying to raise flock
of pullets until they are nearly a year
old, and then, just at 3 time when eggs
should be coming in. to have the pull
lets defer their duty rs if they would
never begin. Such pullets are usually
as handsome rs can be, in full health.
and should have been laying long ago.
The cause is due 70 q surplus OF grain
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they will usu-
ally be found fat A pullet may be
well fed from the time it was chick,
but the food may be of kind to pro.
mote fat and may be lacking in those
elements that hasten growth and ma
turity. The proper way to raise pull
lets is to feed food not Astounding in
starch, and to keep them in exercise as
much rs possible.