Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-21
HOME AND FARM.


Tho agitatiou Of the cream IN
churuing should Be regular; mot too
quick or too slow.
Vegetables for winter use arc bot
tor kept in boxes packed in damp moss
or sswdust than In scattered heaps
over the noo-.
An breeding and young growing
stock should be fed very sparingly on
corn. A mixed or variety Of feed u
much the best for them.
breakfast Sausage: Take one
pound Of sausage. one tablespoonful Of
pounded crackers and two well-beaten
eggs Mix. and make into little cakes.
Drop each in q plate of pounded crack
ers. Fry brown.
Apple Custard: Pare. core and
quarter tart apples. and cook careful
~. not to break the pieces. Sweeten
and put into pudding dish. Make .
custard of pint of milk. three eggs.
sugar and davoring. Pour over the
apples and bake until the custard 10
firm.
An acre which will produce so
bushels of corn will yield about two
tons Of cOrn-stalks, 25 pounds per day
of which will maintain OOO-pound
steer in ordinary condition. and even q
smaller ration of the fodder will do il
the animal is reasonably well shell
tered.
Pruning when dormant tends &c
, 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.
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 teacup of cream.
Line 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 a three-plnt basin. 1t should
be steamed three hours. and baked
half an hOur.-Farm and Fireside.
Plants kept in moist atmosphere
will endure 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 one
sided. Never allow plants to remain
in a cold draught.
1t is very annoying to raise flock
of pullets until they are nearly year
old, and then. just at time when eggs
should be coming in, to have the pull
lets defer their duty as if they would
never begin. Such pullets are usually
as handsome as can be- in full health,
and should have been laying long ago.
The cause is due to surplus OF grain
Acknowledgment they will usu-
ally be found fat. A pullet may be
we'll fed from the time it was a chick,
but the food may be of a 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 as possible.