Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-06-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

Land poor and poor land are evils
to be avoided.-Western Plowman.
The first half hour after milk leaves
the COW has much to do with its excel
lence.
1t is better to kill one or two of the
young pigs than to allow the sow to
attempt to provide milk for a large
litter.
Milk Is much better food for
poultry during the summer than corn.
Corn is heating and fattening, two
conditions that, as rule, ought to be
avoided, unless feeding for the market.
Poor hay is a mighty poor thing.
Stock are compelled to eat much more
of it than of good hay. while they will
not thrive upon it, no matter how
much they eat.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Lemonade which is intended for a
sick person should be strained. This
is particularly necessary if there is any
trouble with the stomach, as the tough
fibers of the lemon are hard to digest.
No farm is. complete unless it con-
tains orchards. Not only should the
apple be given place but all other va
rieties of fruit. The small fruits should
be grown especially for family use. and
a large supply of all kinds should be
canned for winter.
"A green-pea omelet can be made
with four eggs and half pint of boiled
green. peas or canned peas, poured in
side the omelet before it is folded. As
paragus may be used in the same way.
Only the green ends should be used
after they are boiled, drained and
seasoned.
The best tonic for fowls in the
drinking water is ten drops tincture of
iron in a gallon of water. Once
week a teaspoonful of tincture of cam
phor is excellent if the fowls are de-
bilitated. If the flock is in good con-
dition nothing but pure, fresh water
need be allowed, along with a variety
of food.
"A splendid substitute for brush for
peas or pole beans is made by driving
strong stakes about twelve feet apart
in the row, leaving them thirty inches
high and fastening smooth fencing
wire along the tops and another within
six inches of the ground. Wrapping
Irvine is then passed back and forth be-
tween the wires. The stakes and wire
cost but little, are easily put away, and
will last for years.
BY feeding one kind of soft food
too continuously, to the exclusion of
raw grain entirely, some poultry
keepers have gotten their flocks into
an unhealthy condition. and conclud-
ing that soft food is the cause of it, de- |
eide to discard its use altogether. |
Either extreme is to be avoided. 1t is !
a bad plan to lay down strict undevia-
ting rules about many things; in feed |
ing fowls one must be governed to a
great degree by the state of the weather
and its temperature.
lin whipping cream there are sew
eral precautions to be taken. While
cream will not whip if either too thick
Or too thin, cream should be perfectly
cold to whip. Many persons use an
egg beaten, but the froth made in this
way is apt to be lumpy. The best churn +
mas a single dasher. To whip easily,
set the churn a little inclined and use
very short strokes, with the force in
he down stroke. A pint of cream
should treble by whipping. Use deep
fish. and as the froth collects skim it
,ff into dish and set it on ice. When
he quantity of cream is too low to al
ow the churn to act, add little milk
md the cream can be reached by the
,hurn.