The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-03
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Onions for long keeping must be
,tored where they will be dry and cool.
For snow-flakcs, simply serve the
grated cocoanut alone in . dish OF
whipped cream and powdered sugar. =
Rural Aeu Yorker.
Mock Fruit Cake. One cup sour
milk. ono cup brown sugar. one-half
.up molasscs. one-half cup Of butter,
one cup raisins, three cups sifted -four.
ono egg, one teaspoon soda Albany
Journal.
To prepare cider SO that it will re-
main sweet, the Scientific american
recommends to dip a stick in melted
sulphur. set it on fire, and hold In a
half-filled barrel. then agitate 1t and
complete the filing.
Cut out the old canes Of blackber-
ries and raspberries as soon as tho
ground freezes and burn them. which
will aid In destroying insecte. It Is not
advisable to postpone such work until
spring, as it can not then be done as
we'll as now.
-Cranberrics may be kept till sum-
ncr by placing in stone jar IN tho
cellar. and cover with water. II Is bet
ter to change the water in the spring.
after warm weather. occasionally.
They may also be canned In glass jars.
Farm. Field and Ss0ckman.
Potatoes and Eggs. Put q lump Of
butter into frying-pan; when It boils,
brown it in a finely-chopped small
onion. Cut some cold boiled potatoes
INTO slices. put them in the pan, pour
over them the well-beaten yclks Of two
eggs. seasoned with pepper and salt;
fry to q nice brown on both sides.
1t is an old practice, too Mstle
known. to freeze onions and then cover
them with hay or straw 80 that they
may be kept frozen unit, ready for use.
They may be preserved in this way
for an indefinite period. Onions may
also be kept without freezing by bury.
ing them in q NOW OF hay or straw
american Garden.
A cheap fence, and ono that will
last for some years, can be made Of
plastering laths. and it will just as Of.
fectivcly confine fowls as one Of great
or cost. Ono hundred laths. costing
twenty-five cents, will give three pan
els of fence eight feet long. The posts
and boards to which It Is necessary to
nail them can be of the cheapest ma
teriaL They answer for yard divi.
sions and for making compartments In
the fowl-house.
Candied Pop-C Corn. Put into an iron
kettle ono tablespoonful butter. three
tablespoonful water, one teacupful
white pulverized sugar. Boil until
ready to candy, then throw in eigh,
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
tho kettle from the fire and stir until
it is cooled little. Nuts Of any kind
may be prepared the Same way.-1o'
lcdo Blade.
1t 10 . certainty that the raising
Of eggs is . paying business. The few
fowls that the farmer keeps In his
barn-yard. and on which he spends lit
tie. pay best OF all the live stock; but
when attention Is paid to fowls, wher
they are housed and fed and properly
attended, after deducting the cost o1
keeping. care. interest, ETC.. from the
amount for which their eggs sell, there
Is. in nine cases out Of ten. q larger
balance to DC found on the credit side
of tho ledger than is found in connec
ton with any single department o.
farm industry.-Anserican F0Gllr,
Journal