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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
what Good Cooks Saw.

SOFT COOKIES. One cup of mo-
lasses, one cup of sugar, half cup OF
butter, one cup of bold water, -four
cups OF flour, two small teaspoons Of
soda. Drop with teaspoon.
GINGER BREAD. Mix together one
cup of molasses, one tablespoonful OF
shor tening, one tablespoonful Of salt,
two teaspoonfuls OF ginger and two
cups OF flour Add one teaspoOnful
of soda dissolved in one cupof boiling
water. Mix well and bake in rather
Il quick oven.
MILK TOAST. --Scald pint Of milk,
melt an ounce OF butter, and add to
it an ounce of flour and little salt;
whisk in the milk gradually and SIM
mer until thick. Prepare four or five
slices of toast; put into a hot dish;
pour the milk between and over the
slices and serve.
WASHINGTON PIE. One egg, one
cup of sugar, one-thrd of a cup of
butter, one-half cup of sweet milk,
one teaspoenful of cream of tartar.
one half teaspoonful of soda, a cups
of -four. Bake on three round tins.
When done put Jelly or jam between,
and serve with corn-starch sauce.
BROWN BREAD. = This is usually
steamed, but on this occasion 1t is
baked Three cups OF Indian meal,
one cup of rye meal, one cup OF flour,
one cup Of molasses b cups of warm
water, one teaspoonful of saIeratus.
one teaspoonful of salt. Dissolve the
saleratus in the water. Bake four
hours
CHOCOLATE PUDDING. One pint of
milk, one pint of bread crumbs, yolks
of three eggs, five tablespoonful of
grated chocolate Scald the milk
and add bread crumbs and chocolate;
take from the fire and add one-half
cup OF sugar and the yolks of three
eggs; bake Is minutes. Spread with
meringuc, brown and serve with
cream.
DRIED APPLE JELLY. Take a quart
bowl OF dried apples wash nicely,
cover them with cold water, let them
soak all night, add four quarts Of cold
water. let 1t boil without stirring till
the taste cooked oft OF the apple;
there is hardly quart of syrup;strain
and add pints of sugar, and boil a
few minutes.
ROLLS. Let one pint of milk come
to a boil; then add one tablespoon of
butter and one tablespoon OF sugar;
cool and add one-halfcup OF soft yeast
and -four to make soft sponge; let
il rise several hours, or. IL for break
fast over night, then stir flour in un-
Til the dough IS firm; knead thor
oughlv; let IL rise again, cut out
with a biscuit cutter and fold half
way over. When light bake IN a quick
oven half an hour. Watch carefully
that they bake evenly and are a
golden brcwn
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
winter Care of Fowls.

When fowls are shut up in the
winter thevoften want for some things
which are essential TO their well being
and which can be supplied with lit
tie labor and forethought. The dust
bath is necessary to keep them free
from vermin, and this should be pre-
pared now while the ground is dry.
Road dust IS excellent for this pur-
pose, and a sufficient amount can
easily be gathered up and put away in
barrels to last until the ground be-
comes dry in the spring. Keep an
open box filleo with it all the time in
the hen house. If you neglect to
secure the dust in time, wood ashes
may be used as substitute. A sup
ply of lime is also necessary, and the
best way to provide this is to give
pounded oyster shells. Bones pounded
fine so as to have no long splinters
may also be used, or fine gravel which
contains limestone Attention to
these little things is what makes
poultry pay in winter. Add to these
comfortable quarters, good food and
perfect cleanliness, and your winters
income from the fowls should be very
satisfactory. Live Stock Journal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
How Debt Hurts Farmers.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
relates very significant experience
when he says that but for the fact
that he was heavily in debt he would
last fall have bought ten tons OF bran
at SIS per ton. The bran was neces-
sary for him later on. and he had to
pay $40 per ton for it, or $50 for the
use of $3.50 for few months. This
story suggests it own moral. No man
can afford TO be without a few hun
dred dollars OF ready money No
matter how much he owes ne must
have cash on hand to do business
with. or course IL needs good BUSH
ness Judgment t. use this ready
money only for something that will
turn itself quickly. else it will vanish
like dew on a sunshiny morning, and
the man having spent perhaps for
trifies what was necessary to bis bust
ness will he Ia as bad Fix as ever
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29


Always believe in farming so long
as it pays.
Always blanket the warm horse
standing in the wind.
Always milk the cows regularly,
kindly, and with dispatch.
Always have snowplow ready
when the heavy SHOWS come.
Always count your chickens after
the period of incubation is passed.
Always think twice before the boy
is set to task you would not do
yourself.
Always keep cellars cool4-as near
"a degree as poSsible-in which roots
are stored.
Always prepare for the spring work
during the comparative leisure OF
winter.
Always clean the mud from your
horses, when you get hOHie, and rub
them dry. ~
Always go to the barns at night,
just Before going to bed, to see that
the stock is all right.
Always keep the fences and gates
in order, and have supply OF posts
ready in the shop. 80
Always select the most vigorous
ana we'll ripened shoots for cions. af.
ter which pack in bundles and store
in the cellar.
Always keep posted about the work
Of the month. and read the papers,
not forgetting the advertisements
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
FERTILIZERS for Orchards.

Unless soil is very light or ex-
hausted, probably there Is no better
fertilizers for orchards or fruits gen.
orally than unleached ashes. They
are supposed to contain all the ele-
ments taken from the soil by trees
for the growth Of branches and the
development of fruit. Ashes are
beneficial on light soil as they tend to
solidify or compact them. If "A soil
is somewhat exhausted it is we'll to
apply a dressing of decomrosed stable
manure. Among farmers who have
an accumulation of partially decayed
chips or chip dirt at the wood pile,
these scrapings may be applied as a
top dressing to orchards with good
effect. In the absence of ashes,
chemicals may be employed by the
following formula recommended by
the Michigan Agricultural Expert
ment StaU,on: so to 100 pounds nit
rate of soda: 100 to 200 pounds mu-
rate of potash; 200 to 400 pounds
ground bone. In some sections
orchards are devoted 20 swine pastur-
age and thereby secure sufficient de-
gree of fertilization and secure the
destruction Of many insects that in
fest the fruit and cause its premature
falling. But this treatment would
not be allowable in young orchard
because of the injury that might re.
suit to the trees. In orchards of full
grown trees the treatment is good.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

ground with royal purple spots. To the
cloak part is added very full cape that
is about shoulder length, but so very
full that it stood straight out from the
collar to its edge at the shoulders. The
cape was plain gray trimmed with silver
passementerle, and it had the ever
present little box-pleat In the back. No
outline could be aueerer than that made
by the back view of this cloak, but 1t
was stylish.
Many of us have a cameo or so tucked
away. Bring them out, in their old
setting just as they are. The Dig oval
pin that grandmamma used to wear,
with the profile of her long departed
husband cut on 1t, Will do very nicely.
though it would be more p!ctureslu e II
it were the features OF the delicate little
lady instead of those of her 81 ouse
carved thereon. By the way, do you
know that there are cameo cutters in
every large city? Most OF them are very
poor, and will. for little more than the
price of the stone, cut for you a like
ness of yourself or of anyone from a
picture-proflle, of course. It is such a
pretty present to make just now when
canoes are sure to be quite the thing
presently.
uItSS tndt nave JuSI oocH "ao III
ported from Paris as model for dupli-
cation by dealer 1t has jacket eff
feet that rolls widely back from very
bright waistcoat. The rolling shows
the very bright lining of the jacket, and
the whole is the incest sort OF thing for
a reception, but bit loud for tbestreet.
At any rate, il you feel it is. you can
roll the jacket shu instead OF open, and
so it only shows its dark cloth and not a
hint of the gay lining, and so it also
hides the waistcoat all but just little
glimpse. All around the neck, at the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

standing collar edged with fur. too.
And the sleeves-Tyou cant see them,
but you know there is fur about tho
trim little wrists that are so nicely
gloved with dogskiR,, The little square,
toed shoes peep to and fro from under
the long edge of the ulster, and the
saucy chin is almost buried in the high
collar Aftev all, a girl never looks
better than she does in real stylish
ulster. Now. IL Just suits this girls
style; her rosy, round face, her crisp
bang under her felt hat, and that
shade OF mixed blue and brown hat
Is Just the thing for hazel eyes.
What on earth women want TO
wear any other kind of wrap for. you
never could tell, though, OF course, all
girls are not as pretty as this one. Such
trim little figure, too. or course the
back view does not really show II, or
her pretty face, 10 advantage, but
there you goi Haven't told you about
life being full of disappointments. The
woman who does the chic act Is even
more deluding than the others. The
moro chic cloak lie this year. the more
baggy and loose and eccentric. Its out
lines convey no idea Of the woman's
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29


A good farmer should never depend
npon his neighbors for what he can,
by care and good management. raise
On his own farm. He should not beg
fruit when he can plant or graft; he
should not borrow tools or vehicles
when he can make or buy them, for
among the many wastes on a farm,
this waste Of time Is about the worst.
In the first place. he has TO take time
In going to borrow them, and then
often take valuable time in taking
them back; then there Is waste OF
the neighbours time and money by
keeping the tools in repair for some
one to wear out, and the only benefit
that the lender gets out OF il Is being
,alled a good neighhor, for If he has
tools to lend he does not need to bOr-
row, Now, we cannot all be inde-
pendent, but a good farmer will, as
fast as he is able, provide himself
with suitable Hfcrming tools; and
again, a good farmer will never I'M
1ertake to till more land than he can
thoroughly cultivate. 1t Is. the aim
Of many farmers To get as many acres
into crops as possible, giving no at
tention TO the matter as TO how thew
are put liz; for instance, one man Will
put in fifty or sixty acres Of wheat,
while his neighbor will put in thirty
and get as many bushels and per-
haps more. Now the farmer should
bear in mind that well titled land is
constantly improving, while half titled
land is growing poorer every day. =
ID. III. Morris in Western Plowman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

lower edge of the collar. is a narrow
fold of the cloth-not quite all around,
but Just around the back and out to the
edges of the roll of the jacket. When
the jacket was rolled back and open it
was held in place by passing the ends of
this fold to the back of the neck and
buttoning them there under the cute
little tow that finished one end. Now
that you wear the jacket the other way,
you loosen tho fold and fasten it in
front. There IL has the dearest clergy
man tie effect you can fancy, and adds
to the suddenly demure change.
Don't think that the little woman with
no figure Is going TO look badly in q
short wasted dress. She may not have
much figure, but she is going to look
about Is years old if her face permits it
at all, and that is an advantage. The
little woman have in mind wore an
absurd creation of cheesecloth in light
blue. 1t was short-waisted and the
sash had big rosette in the middle of
the back, almost between the shoulders.
She had the sort OF figure one refers to
"a flap sided and fiat. But what of
that? That is the sort of figure an un-
developed girl has, and behold the lit
tie woman looked about ID or IA. Since
she was not that at all, but q very smart
little woman who had really never had
her fair chance in the late fashions, she
sailed In and wiped out all the other
women completely. She tripped about,
held up her little gown and did baby
talk. She took up the Paper knife and
said to the old fellow who was already
her slave, You let me alone or I'll take
this dagger and dag you, and it made
the biggest hit OF the whole evening.
tell you, there Is going to be a big
shake-up OF favori.es this coming
season.
Copyright, 1890.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
sheen ana swine.

THE income from the hog begins
with death.
KEEP the sheep out Of fields where
burrs are growing.
REGULARITY in feeding is impor'
tant in fattening hogs.
SHEEP will fatten faster If they
have good supply OF water.
THE breeding ewes need to be made
comfortable during the winter.
Hoes and sheep can be bred at an
earlier age than cattle or horses
If we'll fed, cross-bred lambs ripen
quickly and command good prices.
A PIG must grow right along from
the first without any interruption.
A SMALL quantity Of oil meal mixed
with the slop is good for the sucking
SOW.
AS A rule the ltters improve in
size and quality as the sOws grow
older.
THE early killing Of brood sows il
one reason why hogs are not more
profitable.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

on opposite sides edGewise. Nail a
boar1 from tins piece to the top OF the
hopper, Now bore two-inch hole
through this board and through the
hopper to put your pins in to hang
your hopper by. Drive two good
forks In the ground to hang your hop
per on. When you want to empty
ashes, just catch hold OF bottom and
turn hopper upside down and ashes
will slide out When through using,
take down and store away in dry till
needed. This hopper saves much
trouble and vexation. The I've just
runs through a small hole left in the
bottom, into the pot, without any
waste of I've. r1tvAf y
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

garments are stylish or graceful with
out the least help from their wearer.
The woman who wears the chic cloak is
so herself, you are sure, from just that
look at the back; and the woman with
the stylish cloak Is stylish. That Is,
she may be, and then again she may
not. Anyhow, you had better not run
after her to see. Life is full of disap-
pointments without chasing them.
There, for instance, Is the cape cloak
that reaches half way below the knee
and has a box pleat down the back.
This sort of cloak is no longer belted in
ut the back. 1t gives you no clue TO the
wearer's figure or outlines. A still
shorter one reaches only to the hips.
The first three pictures illustrate goodex-
amples. The one in the initial is made Of
cloth, wood-color, entirely embroidered
with black beads and edged with fur.
The front falls straight; the back with
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
WinterIng stock.

1t is expensive work TO keep and
feed stock through the winter, al the
best, but systematic attention to
their needs the cost may be reduced
to minimum. II the stock is once
accustomed to looking for It's food ut
a certain time the animals grow rest
less and uneasy whenever they have
to wait beyond that time. With
dairy cows this interferes with diges-
tion and interrupts with steady and
continuous laying on OF flesh. Horses
become bad tempered and wear out
themselves and their stable floors.
Consider that it Is your business to do
certain things at certain times, and
let nothing interfere with its per-
Torrance. Remember that you your
self sometimes get restless when Dim
der is not ready just on time. There
are two or three simple principles in
stock feeding that are easily under
stood and should not be lost sight Of.
For instance, TO fatten lanimals, feed
corn TO the fullest extent that you
can do so aud yet maiptaIn perfect di-
gestion ana assimilation but for
working animals give the nitrogen
Gus and less iarlnaceous small grains,
which are equally nourishing, but not
so fattening and cloying. The same
food is also needed for growing ami
NAL to which 1t is desired to impart
hardy constitution as young colt
that Is being handled for the race
course. III corn were substituted for
oats in the racing record, we would
soon see a decline in the racing rec
ord. because it will not impart the
requisite elasticity and staying
powers. Breeders Guide.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

the cans at night with one OF two
blankets. so that the milk will not
freeze. III one has never tried the
deep cold method OF setting milk
this will be an excellent and econo-
mical way OF making the experiment.
The cans can be bought Of any dealer
In dairy implements along with the
necessary dippcr In Swimming re-,
member you must take off nearly, II
not quite-one-third of the contents OF
the can before you get ddwn TO the
skim milk. Keep dipping until you
come TO, it, You can easily tell 1t
from the rest
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

outlines. mean they do not In any
way follow tBim. yet somehow its own
shape, arbitrtfy though II may be, gives
one an idea OF being just right. and OF
course the woman who would select
cloak that has about II that air must
herself be the same, q
A favorite among the vogaes Is the
cloak that hangs straight from the
shoulders. and givinga square outline.
1t certainly isn't graceful or pretty, but
Is very stylish. This part OF the cloak
is made OF the very latest rage In cloth,
the ground being OF one COLOR with
raised dots all over 1t of contrasting
color. saw one yesterday OF gra,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
Little Wonders.

A London (England) woman has
patented a machine for making watch
screws that is provided with thread
cutter so delicate as to be almost in.
visible. 1t will cut perfect threads
on the finest human hair. A Meriden
Conn cutlery factory has. just
finished a wonderful toy--a perfect
pocket knife with thirty blades,
pinchers, shears, avis, etc, which
weighs but one-eighth of an ounce.
1t would take 3, $50 of the little veg
table parasites which grow on the hui
man hair t6Rover the white center
of a nonpareil 90"
A prisoner in Bohemian reforma-
tory has finished perfect-runnlng
strawwatch which Is said 10 be "no
larger than shirt button. st.
Louis Republic.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
Low Farm Fences.

A fence five and a half feet high
may cause more breachiness in cattle
and horses than a well-constructed
and maintained fence four and a half
feet in height. When few rails or
boards are off, or the top wire down.
from the high fence, the opening
looks large, and stock will crowd or
jump over. II the stock had always
been kept on a farm where the fences
were low they would not make the
attempt to Jump. A board or wire
fence four feet high, or rail fence
four and half feet high, il kept in
good repair, will answer every pur-
pose OF those one foot higher.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

For such is the building shown IN
Fig. , Set posts in sills and cross
brace with shingling iath called lat
tice work. This needs no other
bracing. Put in cement floor to
keep rats from boring up the ground
underneath. Finish nicely and YOU
have a very cheap building, yet one
that you will not be ashamed Of. twill
come In play for storing farming i'm
plements when not in use for corn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
Keeping Apples.

In some sections, where apples are
difficult to keep ina cellar, the best
method adopted, after repeated ex-
periments is to pack the apples in
boxes and bury the boxes in the
ground. Only perfect apples fully
ripe and haud-picked from the tree
will answer Fallen apples or apples
that are in the least degree injured
or diseased should be excluded, as
they will injure those that are sound.
The apples should not be picked un-
til they have remained on the trees as
long as possible.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
Cnre of ,,ilk IN Cold wenther.

When the weather is cold enough
TO keep the thermometer below fifty
degrees durIns the day there will be
no need for a nre in the dairy room
or a box TO keep the milk in IL deep
cans are used. Select a corner, In a
clean room. use cans made eight
inches In diameter. and eighteen
inches deep with close lifting covers.
Set them all in the corner OF the
room, putting the fresh ones with
warm milk in them little way from
the Others when the weather is not
very cold But 10 zero weather cover
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
Cheap Corn sheds.

According to a correspondent in
Farm and Home, any farmer with
limited means can build a cheap shed
for storing corn on the ear Set posts
in the ground and brace with poles
or scantling on the outside as shown
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

OMEN are wrap
ping themselves for
cool or cold weather
according to the
weather from day
to day. The gar
ments are diverse
In shapes and fab
rlcs. Five styles
are sketched here
with. 1 have given
rear views, In order
to display the wraps
to the best advan-
tage. From only a
glimpse at the back
OF a woman. one
woman Is as pretty
as another. / mean
women with this
seasons cloaks on.
The backs OF outer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT. MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

sood Farmers do Not Depend Too Much
ON Their NeiGhbors-Cheap Corn sheds
spot Disease OF the Cherry How 10 Keep
Apples.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
NEWSOFOURowNSTATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO MIcHs-
oANDERS.

steekeepers' New Omcers-Nichisan's salt
IL still Used to Some Extent-want Uncle
Sam to Return Their Bounties - Diph-
theria's Ravages.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

cherry. the under surface of the leaf
showing a collection of spores in the
angles of the veins. In figure is
seen Mahaleb cherry leaf, showing
spots on the upper surface.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29
WRAPS FOR WINTER.
SOME OF DAME FASHIONS
LATEST DEGREES.

Cioaixs In which n Woman Couldn't ne
Awkward n She Tried-rhe Ulster stili
Holds It's own. and Girls Always Look
stylish Ia Them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

riors maladies OF
the cherry is the
Leaf-Spot Dis
ease, sometimes
called Cherry
Leaf Blight or
X u S I. 1t is
caused by the
fungus Cylindros-
porium Pddi,
Karst;which also
affects plums,
peaches and april
cots. The dis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

l.. H. Pammel, OF the Iowa expert
ment station, says in the American
Agriculturist that one OF the most Sc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

we're in the nursery, attacking all va
rleties. In early summer, reddish or
paler spots made their APP
pearance on the upper surface of the
leaf. At first these spots are less
than one-sixteentn OF an inch across.
but gradually increase to one-eighth
of an inch. In severe cases number
of these spots become continent, form
Ing one large patch. Badly diseased
leaves turn yellow and drop An ex-
animation OF the lower surface of the
leaf Immediately opposite the spot,
will show a small elevated, yellowish
and somewhat glistening body, which
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

contains the nu-
merous spores. In
many cases the
bodies holding the
spores are broken,
and the aglutinat-
ed spores have,
spread for some|
distance, forming
a whitish pellicle.
The disease is et-
fectively treated
by spraying with
CO ppe com
pounds.
Figure ] repre-.
sents a leaf of the
pnpnmOn cultivated
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-12-29

in Fig !. Roof with shingles, boards
or clapboard-anything that is most
convenient to the builder that will
turn water from the top. This may
suit many farmer, especially in the
new sections OF our country, but the
farmer who has passed this stage Of
economy needs something better.