Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-28
HOME AND FARM.
Tho uav to Test Seed Corn "A Gargle
She - Raising Proiitaole-stook
Breeding-Bee Culture.

Be sure and test your corn before piaht-
ing.
Don't breed draft mare to trot'er VI
a thoroughbred
Mix the dry horse manure with the
wet COW manure.
There is no sweet cora for late planting
that excels Stowell's evergreen.
DON'T breed to a misshapen, ungainly
horse even if he has a long pedigree.
Watch the Young ewes for frequently
thew will not allow the lambs to suck.
Don't breed to horse that is accident
ally good looking in spite OF bad ancestry
Younp chicks may be put upon crack.
ed wheat diet after about three weeks Oh
age.
Some farmers may not, of course, be IN
nos;tion to keep bees to advantage
this must be a matter of individual JUG
ment.
II will be readily understood that, to
ha a monev-making former, one must be
able to manage men profitably; he must
also understand to great extent the mar
kets Of the world.
little soda as well as salt is recon-
mended to boil with cabbage, and etects
the flavor agreeably. For one head OF
: cabbage take a pinch OF soda equal Ill
bulk to good sized pea.
J The latest idea in window curtains are
the pretty shades, hand painted. A cool
fawn-colored linen shade is the back
ground for a branch OF lilac; a spray OF
Rink hydrangea looks well on gray linen
shades.
DO farmers ever stop and consider their
loss when they allow their manures
. around stables, pens, etc, to take the
spring rains before hauling out? Manure
is too valuable to lose when 1t can pos
sibly be avoided.
q garqle made of strong black tea and
used cold, night and morning, is now the
fashionable preventative in London
a AGAINST falling a viction to sore throat
/ during the cold winds of spring and sim
liar cold spells at other times OF the
o year.
n A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop pine apple quite tine; take
l. some cake which is little dry, rub IL
o fine in your hands or crush 1T ON khead-
g ing board put it into pudding dish IN
alternate layers with the pineapple,
l. sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold
- water and bake in a moderate oven Tor
an hour and three-quarters.
n The way to test seed corn is simple and
! EASY. Take two thin sods; ON the soil
side of one place the corn (take kernel
= only from each of several cobs, fifty or so
Ne moisten with warm water; place the
other sod soil side down on Them put
under the kitchen stove, keep moist with
,; warm water three or four days. LIT up
q your top sod-you will know what per
cent will grow.
% Sow YOUR celery seed. An ounce Of
4, seeds should produce 2000 plants. Sow
on a fine seed bed and cover the seeds
m very lightly If the weather becomes
H. dry water the young plants. Grass must
be kept out and should there be danger
:, from heavy winds at night or frosts, a
- covering OF muslin held at the corners
with weights may be spread over them,
though the young plants are quite hardy
N For chapped hands take half a gill Of
- olive oil and two ounces of beeswax; cut
your wax into thin strips, put that anc
Ill the oil into galipot on the hob and let
go it gently dissolve, after which stir II
thoroughly and let it get cold, when il
J.. will be fit for USE If two hard, add more
"a q" oil. This is good thing for all chaps
~ whether hands, feet or lips, and is neither
disagreeable nor unpleasant if applied t.
IN the lips.
- Very rich fritters are made of one anC
one-half pints OF -four, the yolks of fou
N eggs, two small teaspoonfuls OF bakin,
er powder, butter the size of large hickor.
ID. nut, salt to taste, with enough milk t.
IN make thick batter, fry in lard that i
70 heated to the boiling point. A rule TO
~ palmer ones may be wished for also. Tw'
Nv eggs, one cup OF sweetmilk, a little, sal
flour enough to make stiff batter
at These are nice with maple syrup.
-, The early weeds that spring up OF
III fields not intended for cultivation can b
kept down by flock OF sheep. Man,
ed weeds that are unfit for food when ma
ed tured serve as choice morsels for man,
ar kinds OF stock when they are just shoot
ing out OF the ground. Sheep Craze yer,
close and forage all over field very in
a dustriously. They find every vestig o
lr, green food that appears, and by keeping
he down the weeds early the field can il
time be entirely cleared OF the pests.
le- To make loaf of light corn bread 70
ar breakfast, beat up two fresh eggs, add
I'm cup of milk, half sour and half sweet,
lump of soft, fresh butter, a little salt ant
,lv a little salaratus. Beat in enough corr
of meal to make moderately thin batter
lin Beat very hard, pour into buttered PAL
and bake in a pretty hot oven-one no
hot enough however, to burn the top be
er, fore the middle is cooked. The batter
Ter with the addition of little -four, vii
for make excellent griddle cakes.
Thimble rigging is something new il
he the sewing line. Some one has invante,
ng a piece of thimble rigging which is con
by ductive to a seamstress' comfort A me
er. talic ridge is attached to one of the face
or of the thimble just below the indenta
ii tons. This is known as q thread cutter
,0o and is meant to save the trouble of usin
ro the scissors at every finish, not to spea
Of the pernicious habit of biting off tn
no, thread with ones teeth. The enamel G
M the teeth is very quickly DESTROYED i
a this way, decay soon follows, and you
The teeth are ruined before you know it.
Sowing of seeds is very essential i
APP good farming. Wherever the soil is i
ost proper condition to work, and crumblo
eth before the plow, or when stirred by tn
zen spade or folk, a large share of the hard
seeds may be sown. The large share {
tho seeds are sown in rows twelve to fiftee
Int inches part. and it is well to have