The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-04-15
Sheep Shearlng.


| back as possible.
While oats is one of the best feeds it is
not always a cheap one
Under no conditions should the sheep
and hogs be kept in the same yards.
Unless the sheep are kept in good con-
dition the quality Of the wool will be af-
fected.
! A week of scant feeding will show its
effect upon the wool and will iniure its
quality.
Feed the ewes ration that will secure
a good growth Of bone and muscle for
both her and her lamb.
A lamb cannot be forced to very good
advantage by feeding, it must be fed
principally through the ewe
When sheep are kept for mutton the
fat ewes can often be marketed, and
thinner ones bought to take their places
Sheep are good manure Makers good
farm scavengers, and with good manage.
ment will yield two good crops annually.
The Southdown maintains regularity or
evenness of flesh better than almost any
other breed, and is well adapted to almost
all localities.
Often when the lambs are doing we'll
will make them do better, but this gener-
ally proves a mistake.
The Merino is one of the very best
breeds for wool alone, and hence is well
adapted to localities away from market,
where the raising of early lambs will not
be profitable.
1t does not pay to breed old ewes, and
they had better be fattened for the
It, =
can be very materially improved Ewes
that are too old to do good service as
breeders any longer in the vast flocks of
the plains may be brought east, and in
focks of forty or fifty do very good work
one year longer, sometimes for two years.
Home Hints.
If there is too much salt in the butter,
it should be freshened by working it in
cool water.
Keep the lid off when boiling cabbage.
turnips, peas or beans Cook the two
first named vegetables fast in sailed
water, for half an hour.
A cut lemon will clean discolored brass,
which can then be beautifully frightened
by ammonia much diluted with water Do
not drop the strong ANN onia on brass,
any more than you would on a colored
| blanket border.
| Always select the best Of material for
| cake Your pans for baking it must be
| free from all odors, and should never be
| used for any other purpose whatever, and
are best kept away from the other cook
| ing utensils, to insure this.
In frying fish have your lard very hot;
| lay in the fish, and as soon as Drowned on
one side turn over; when that side is
Drowned, move the skillet to the back
T! part of the stove, cover closely, and let it
| cook slowly. In this way it retains its
| sweetness.
A pretty way to serve hot hashed NUT
ton is to make a light raised pie; have
| the crust puffy with suet and baking pow
der. Cut a round opening in all but the
under layer of the paste before baking,
| and pour in the finest mince of the NUT
ton, with its very hot gravy thickened by
the yolk of one egg, as soon as the pie
crust is light and Drowned
| When eels are good they have glossy,
| bright appearance on tho back and a bril-
| liant white underneath. Clean them
nicely, take out the entrails, skin and cut
| off their heads and tails, cut them up in
pieces as long as your finger. If boiled,
-four them and boil until tender, in salt
and water, with parsley. If baked, dip
! them in bread crumbs, seasoned with but
| ter and herbs.
Learn to drink from a public fountain
cup, if you must do this, without touch
| ing the rim. Put the lower lip in the
water first, and tilt the cup higher than
usual. When children want drinks
| from the railway mug, pass clean cam
brio handkerchief over the rim, next the
| lips. But it is small matter to carry q
| tiny tumbler on any journey or walk.
| One of the simplest and most effective
| cures for that often serious affection to
traveller, cinder in the eye, is that of
| common 1axseed. One or two of these
may be placed in the eye without injury.
| They shortly begin to swell and exude
| glutinous substance that covers the ball of
the eye, enveloping any foreign substance
| that may be in it; then seed and irritant
! may be washed out. Keep dozen of
/ these seeds in compartment of your
purse, and they may prove an invaluable
accessory.