Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-04
FARM NOTES.

Radishes for winter may be sown in
! 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 70 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.
i Many farmers are sometimes locked in for
want of passable roads in winter
A gallon of lard oil and a pint of kero-
| sene make an excellent mixture as an oint-
ment for scurf on hogs 1t also DESTROYS
lice or other vermin 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 well 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
| i ,,lara NNl,n,, cro,, l. J,,,r LOT
them dry well. Store them free from dirt
and loosely, as they should not be piled, bat
| scattered, to admit the air.
To have plentiful supply of early greens
next season sow turnlp 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.
Hens roosting on the trees will be sub
ject to roup when east winds and damp
ness reaches them. The fall is more I'M
favorable to poultry than the winter. Shell
ter of some kind should always be provided,
even In summer.
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 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 silage
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 young chicken, salt it and roll each
piece in -four; chop a small onion and fry
it delicate brown, and turn into a sauce
pan with the chicken, and fry the chicken
until it is delicately Drowned; add a 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 # the gravy is not thick
enough add more -four moistened with
milk; just before dlshing 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, well hung, so that it will turn easily
either by the crank or with foot treadle,
will lessen the lat or of using the other
tools if it Is used properly. When moving
machine knives are sharp they run about
a horse draught easier and make much
cleaner work. 1t Is a comparative pleas
ure to swing handschythe when it 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 carbOlic acid. and set it on the back
of the stove to met 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 or
with scaly legs.
TOMATO SOUP.
One quart of tomatoes. one onion, two
ounces of butter, two tablespoonful 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 a thin cream and add to the toma-
toes. Boil ten minutes. Boil milk sep
aratey 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 small piece from the
stem end of each and place them in 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 a hot oven. and bake
half an hour Serve on small pieces of
toast.
PRUNE PIE.
Stew half pound of prunes in a little
water. until very soft Remove the stones
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