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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10

seed down the middle of September to
rye and winter vetches which give me
a heavy crop of green fodder the COM
ing spring, before anything else is
in sight. Whatever is left of this on
May Is is cured to hay. the land is
broadcasted with 800 pounds of basic
to be ready on June for the planting
of the mangolds. The Eckindorfer is
to-day by far the most profitable kind
to grow. perfectly cylindrical, smooth
and fiat at the top, with scant foliage
and but one root. Then it is
easily harvested and has no
woody part about it; even speci-
mems 20 pounds in weight are to-day
May S-fresh and soft all through. We
consider 90 tons per acre good crop.
We plant at "a inches between the rows
and keep the ground well stirred and
free from weeds.
Mangolds are never given alone, but
always in combination with hay and
straw cut into 14-inch lengths. AS we
cannot have the silo. we contrive to get
a palatable food in the following man
ner: A box, shown in cut. is built out
of pine scantling and I11z-inch boards,
with the top and front open, the whole
divided into three equal compartments.
each to hold an entire days feed for all
animals, space being calculated on the
basis of two cubic feet for each COW. A
3-inch layer of chopped hay and
straw is now spread evenly on the floor
of the first compart1n ent; then follows
a thin layer of sliced mangolds. which
have previously been mixed with the
daily allowance OF oil meal and bran;
then another layer of chopped hay and
straw, treading down firm as it grows
up and setting in the front boards as
needed When full, board covering is
put on On the second day the next
compartment is similarly filed and on
the third dag the last one On the
third day we commence to feed from
the first compartment; this has now
become thoroughly heated and has en-
tered into "a sweet fermentation giving
an agreeable odor to the whole mix
tue, and the avidity with which it is
consumed proves that it Us relished.
The increased flow of milk shows that
the cows are grateful for our having
roots en- the brain. u E. :Sarg, in
Rural New Yorker.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
Wide Wagon Tires Needed.

II is 'only;a question of time when
broad wagon tires will be seen on ala
our s~agons.employed for hauling mer-
chandise ami freight. the same as may
be seen in all the capitals of Europe.
The Ontario'department of agriculture
has sent out.a valuable special report,
or bzalletin, setting forth the treatment
necessary to make, as well as to MAIN
tain, good roads, The report says the
repairing of roads once year tthe
usual PLAN iswvrong in principle, as al
most always tits done in the spring,
the geod effects disappearing before
the thine for fall and winter travel sets
in Thelreport. strongly commends the
movement in favor of wide tires for
draft vehicles 1t says it has been
proved by repeated experiments thlt
wheels with tires two and one-half
inches wide cause double the wear
of wheels which have four and oAe-
half inch tires. The wide tire has
tendency 20 roll the roadbed and keep
it smooth at the same time, while the
narrow one cuts 1t up and requires
more hauling forcefor the same weight
of load, besides spoiling the thorough
fare. Most OF the European countries
have laws regulating this matter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Gooseberry Pie: Line a two-ouart
pudding dish with good pie crust rolled
rather thick. Stem three pints Of
goose berries; wash and put into the
crust; add good pint of sugar, cover
with top crust, pinch the edges well
oo2ether, bake one hour in moderate
oven. Serve cold.-Boston Budget.
-Succotash: Cut sweet corn from
the ear until you have one pint of
pulp: cook in as little water as you can
and not burn it. Cook one pint of nice
sheiled beans, drain and mix with the
corn; add three or four spoonfuls of
butter and cup of cream; season with
salt and serve in individual vegetable
dishes.-People's Home Journal.
Soda Beer: Take two pounds of
white sugar, two ounces of tartaric
acid, two spoonfuls of flour, the whites
OF ten eggs, the juice of one lemon and
two quarts of water; boil three min
utes, and bottle when cold. When
wanted for use, put two spoonfuls in q
glass, with half a teaspoonful of soda,
and fill with ice-water.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Fried Egg Plant: Cut the egg
plant in slices one and one-half inches
In thickness; strew a little salt over
the slices and lay them on plates; let
them stand for twenty minutes, and
drain all the water off which has run
out of them; dip each slice in some
well-beaten eggs. and then in finely
rolled crackers or grated bread crumbs,
and fry them in lard or drippings, as
You would oysters.-Ohio Farmer.
Fish Salad: Salmon is, of course,
the favorite fish for salad, but any good
firm fish, like halibut, cod, pickerel,
bass. ETC., may be used. 1t should be
boiled until thoroughly cooked, but not
overdone, and allowed to get perfectly
cold. The fish should then be cut into
square or oblong pieces, about two or
three by three or four inches in
size, and each piece should be laid on a
lettuce-leaf. Mayonnaise dressing may
be poured over it in the dish, or passed
to each person. A savory addition is
that of a sardine picked fine and stirred
into the mayonnaise.-Outlo
French Dressing for Salads: One
saltspoonful salt; half-saltspoonful
peppers one tablespoonful vinegar;
three tablespoonfuls oil. Put pepper
and salt together in the salad-spoon
and fill the spoon with oil. Stir with
the fork. and, when well mixed. pour
upon the salad. Measure out the rest
Of the oil demanded and the vinegar,
and after all have been turned upon
the salad, toss this about with the fork
and spoon until every leaf has received
its share of the dressing. This will dress
salad for three or four pcrsons.-Out,
look.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
The Flavor of Bread.

EVERY baker now and then has TIE
unpleasant experience of flour being
virtually spoiled by absorption @f
some sdisagreeable odor. Thus flour
placed near lime ,er oil or tar contracts
a fatal flavor is practically ruined.
Why should not uhe baker, however,.
endeav5r to turn this extraordinary
propeFty'to good account and impart to
his flour .Havors which would make tAe
resultant bread quite rival to articles
on Hvells4o-do tables where at present
the loaf ifs,really ont of the dietic ruE-
ming? The miller at present does the
blen6ing, for sthe bakers, and too
often from a .Eliller's point of
peenniary view, but if the baker
conld once mastet. the art of Inn
parhing.astractive,fa to -four. and
SO produaing bread:that would be dis
tin<fiy nice and yet wholly free from
ausAt that is mawkEg or cloying, ii
is evident that very much would he
gained. VT present, as we are we'll
awase, this Is thing quite in its in
fanew. Itiis still IN Che experimental
stage, hut iii is really open to any
baker 10 apply the p1anciple himself,
and by testing his artoan small scale
he msga<t easily discover the way to
greatly raise the valueaf bread made
from fIour that under ordinary conds-
tions Yields soMy dry ;assaf attractive
to the eyessbu by no means tempting
to anyone who does not lkappen to be
Baker and Confec-
TONER
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
PICKLED WATERMELON,

Directions for Making = Delightful Dish.
Peel the rinds with a sharp knife that
will take off the green skin evenly.
Trim off also every trace of the pink
flesh of the fruit, because it is too
juicy to make firm. crisp pickle.
Then cut the strips of rind into small
pieces two to three inches long, and
placing them in "a large earthen dish,
sprinkle them lightly and evenly with
salt. Cover the dish, and let it stand
over night. In the morning drain off
the water that will have formed, rinse
the rints in cold water, and cook them
in steamer Tntil a broom Splint will
readily pierce them. Cooking the rinds
by steam is an easy method, rs they
are less liable to burn thar when
cooked in the spiced vinegar When
the rinds are tender, take them out
carefully with skinner, andput them
into n stone jar.
Take good ciderwinegar for the basis
of the pickle. Allow pound of sugar
to a pintsef vinegar, and add also half
an ounce of stick cinnamon broken
into inch pieces, and a Tablespoonful
each OF whole Gloves and blades Of
mace. The whole amount of vinegar,
sugar, and spices used must of course
depend on the quality of rinds to he
picked, but a'quatt Of vinegar is usu-
ally sufficient for the rinds of me-
t!iurn-sized melon Boil the vinegar,
sugar and spices together vigorously
half III hour, sEimminG off the frotlL
and pourthe'piclsle boiling hot over the
rinds Press .therinds down under the
pickle by means Of an earthen plate or
saucer. fasten ,she cover on, and tie a
cloth sover the whole. These pickles
VIII Fseready for use in two weeks
HarRer's Bazaar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
HORTICULTURAL ITEMS.

SEwn the best fruits in the best order
to the best market
THERE is no danger of planting too
many supple trees as long as the choice
varieties are selected.
Iris not of SO much importance to
fSnow where fruit originated as to
know whether it is adapaed to a given
locality.
THE more vigorously .aplant Crews
the less liable it is to become the prey
of insects Weak animals and weak
plants both invite attacks of disease
and insects.
RIANT the plum o,chHrd where it can
be utilized as a chicken yard when in
bearing, for the chickens will keep
down the insects SO destructive to
plants.
A NEW YORK hortialilturist keeps
sheep in his orchard and considers
them,the best insecticiae he knows of.
He has pastured his orchard in this way
for fourteen years and xiis in good con-
>litien.
IT is sometimes advisable to renew
old orchards. especially for small
planters. The work must be done care
fully and the land enriched and cult
vateE thoroughly in order to secure
good results.
AaooD authority on small fruit cul-
rture has said that in planting a ten
acremract he would divideiit as follows:
Three acres of asparagus, two of straw
berries; two of blackberries, and one
of respberries, leaving theother two for
buildings, shelter belts &nH garden
Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
YOUNG FRUIT TREES.

How to Take Care of Them During the
First Summer.
The first season after the young fruit
tree has been transplanted from the
nursery to its permanent home in the
orchard is critical period in its exist
ence, and it is hardly too much to say
that on it's growth during this period
depends in great measure the future
value of the tree. If it receives a check
at this point in its career its full posi-
BILE perfection will probably never be
realized. OF course much of the first
seasons success or failure depends upon
the care or carelessness with which the
transplanting has been done in the
spring, but still the summer care will
have much to do in helping the tree
through the first season.
The greatest danger the tree will en-
counter is the scalding effect of the
midsummer heat and the weakening of
its vitality by drying of the earth
about the roots. The first difficulty will
be at least partially obviated, and the
latter almost wholly, by taking care
that the earth is made firm about the
roots when the tree is transplanted and
kept thoroughly we'll mulched. The
mulching should be spread on thickly
and as far out from the trunk of the
tree as the roots run, and if carried
considerably farther it will be all the
better. as the moist condition of the
soil beyond the extremities of the roots
will induce good growth.
Another care of summer is to be on
the lookout for the eggs of the apple
tree borer that may be deposited upon
the trunk, from which eggs, if not de-
stroyed. will come a brood of Larvae
capable of inflicting irreparable damage
upon the tree. Another important
summer care is the cutting off at once
of all branches that are not desirable
for the growing tree to possess, as in this
way much strength can be saved to be
expended in growth, where growth is
desired. Care at all points throughout
the season is amply repaid by the
orchard in after years.-5Webb Donnell,
in American Agriculturist.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
AT THE TAIL OF A PLow.
How slse Emperor 81 China Encourages
Agriculture.

How the Emperor OF China ENCOURAGES
Agriculture.
Ia order to emphasize the Importance
Of the cultivation of the soil and to en-
courage his subjects to follow agricul-
tural pursuits the empero- of China
sometimes perfNms certain rites at
the 'senperor's 6eld," and goes through
the fUzn of plowIng and other work of
the hasbandmaE. One day recently
the emperor set se,ft at day break from
his palace with Il numerous and mag
nificeHft train Ut courtiers and others.
Before breakfast THE emperor arrived
at the ,shrines Of the diety presiding
over agriculture, and his majesty
stopped to offer his thanksgiving and
sacr ifices. After changing his dress
the morning repast was served, at the
ena,ofwhich the emperor proceeded to
fheTfield. at the four corners of which
were erected fsE1r pavfliUus where the
seeds of wheat;End other cereals were
gpisced. In the center were numbers
.6f magnificerEiy attired courtiers,
each holding asoft armauC-colored flag,
while on the side of the passage were
scores of aged and 'white-haired farm
-ers, each having in his hand some agri-
cultural implement Placing his left
hand on the pillow and holding the whip
IN his right hand. the emperor began
the ceremonysCf the occasion. By pre-
arrangement the officers did their al
dotted share, some welding the agri-
cultural implements, while others scat
tered seeds out ef:the baskets as if sow
ing, while the .exnperor busted himself
with the plow- which was hitched to
rFichly-caparisoned bullock, draped in
yellow and led by two of the emperor's
body-guards- 0n the emperor finishing
his round at the ,paosv the three princes
were ordered ITO go through the per-
-fnrmance, and after them nine high
..,ourtiers had their turn, after which
the performance closed. Having re-
cceived the greetirgof the officers, the
emperor returHedtss his palzce.-N. A.
JI,Eahle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
AGRICULTURALH HINTS.
FEEDING MANooLps.

German Farmers Have Fed Them Sue
cessfully for Years.
All kinds of cattle are fed extensive
ly on mangolds in middle and south
Germany as well as in France and Eng
land, and they are one of the most inn
portant and safest crops we grow. We
aim to make turnips last from Novem-
Der 1 until Christmas, by which time
they begin to get bitter, and then we
start on the mangolds. arranging the
daily ration SO as to make them hold
out until May Is. When the supply is
plentiful. feed 40 pounds per day to
each COW In milk and so pounds to q
steer. They are cut into fine strips I
have fed them for the last 80 years and
never known any damage to arise
therefrom. They are fed with advan-
tage to young stock. sheep and horses.
Mangolds do best the year after the
land has been MANFRED. I haul my
barnyard manure on clover stubble and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
German
Syrup

Just a. bad cold, and a hacking
cough. We all suffer that way sonfe-
times. How to get rid Of them IS,
the study. Listen am Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. My life IS.
rough and exposed. I meet AN.
weathers III the Colorado nountains-
sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used German
Syrup FIVE years for these. A cwr-
doses will cure them at any stage
The last one / had was stopped i'm.
"a hours. It is infallible. James.
A. Lee, Jefferson Col. a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10

TIE largest paper ever published
was the Illumanated .Quadrrple Con-
,stellxtion, which WAC issued in New
York city on Suly a. 1859. 1t was a
twenfy-eight th@usand edition and was
soldifsr fifty cen&s per copy. The size
of tine page of 1his IN astodonac sheet
YVES ses enty by one hundred inches. or
almoss forty-nine feet square. In was
an eigln-page paper, thirteen columns
to the page, or a Soatal,of one hundred
and four columns, each forty-aight
inches i'm length 1t was illustrated
with COED portraits OF president Blu
.caanan. Edward Everett, Henry Ward
Beeclasr, y. p. Banks, Il. H. ChaPu,
Horace Ga-eeley. Eizabeth Barrett
Browning, Alexander VOn Humboldt
James G. Barrett and several others
The pager contained tAirty-six poems
entire, enesOd them having as many as
sixty-fo.r eiEht-line verses Among
other articles of special note was the
celebrated Moon Hoax" taken from .
copy of the New York Sea published
sn 1885. It Required the wesk OF forty
persons ten hours per day for eight
weeks .'to get ast" this manGnath pa
Der.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
CHILDREN OF The LOST TRIBES,
A Cqrious Little Community I'm Ina,.
Whose ORIGIN Nh I'm. Kro-.

r.
A c2Tious Little Community In Indi.
Whose origin No One Knows
Scattered over the breezy downs Of
the Nflgherries, in little villages OF
wicker houses that look at little dis.
lance like nothing in the world so
much as colony Of beehives. lives a
community OF six hundred or seven
hundred people. who are variously be-
leved to be the descendants of one of
the lost tribes of Israel, the aboripines
OF southern India and a community of
Manichaens-
They live on milk and the produce of
the bufaloes, and as the unknown is
dreaded here as elsewhere their neigh
oors. much fearing what they do not
understand, pay them fees as wizards
1or value received in occult matters.
and as retaining fee for their
and in counteracting the spells
of the dread men of the
slopes, who do their business with
beasts OF prey, track the bison, snare
the leopard-a fearsome people, whose
women leave their children in the
charge OF tigers when they go forth to
cultivate the barley and the amaranth
and to gather honey in the woods
Ihey believe in a strange trinity and
a hell, dismal stream full of leeches:
and this they must cross by means of q
single thread. The soul, burdened with
sin, is too heavy for this slender sup
-Fort, and the sinner falls into the
stream, but the thread sustains easily
the souls of the good.
! The funeral of Toda, for that, the
Bombay Times of India says, is the
name of the singular tribe, is as odd in
its way as its religious belief. His BODY
is wrapped in q new cloth and his toes
tied together with q red thread: prain.
sugar, tobacco and money are wrapped
IN his funeral toga to provide him for
his journey across the Styx and the
dark plain beyond.
Two buffaloes are slain beside the
corpse, and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns, a piece of his
skull, his hair, and his finger nails are
removed, to be used later on at the
great ceremonial of the year-the elab-
crate celebration of the death of all
those who, during the twelve months,
have taken the leap over the great
precipice into the bottomless abyss"
When these tokens are removed.
butter is smeared on the fragrant
wood Of the funeral pyre and the body
is burned to ashes, and the ashes scat
tered to the four winds
The annual celebration is like great
fair. Grave looking gray boards are
sittsng astride open-mouthed, tongue
hanging wooden horses, burlesque
tigers and long-trunked elephants, and
ample togas f1utter in the breeze as the
merry-go-round whirls round as it does
in an English fair.
I'm a long imprompSu lame shop
keepers from the ighbcring village
of Ootacamund, eight miles away, dis
play their wares; sugar cane for
bright white teeth to munich, rock
cakes burnt with brown sugar, light
fried rice, cigars and cabbage rolled
cigarettes: oranges and ginger beer. of
course, eat also cocoanuts, cinnamon,
dates, wheascakes, tandstickor matches
and sugar candy. boston Glebe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
Sailing the Dairy COWS.

We used to know careful farmers who
made it a practice to satt,cows every
Sunday afternoon after return from
church. Once "a week is better than
leaving the sailing to accident, but If
salt is placed where cows can get it all
THE time they will not eat too much of
it. Rock salt Is best. Leave large
bumps of it where the cove can lick
them and you wild soon find fnat they
will visit them daily. taking "a small
amount at a time. Thus fed there is
no temptation to gel more salt than is
for tie animals go.as;. Salt In Gxantity
cannot be digested, sad, of course, acts
as powerful purgats~e. Eaten is mod
crate amounts it makes the digestion
better.-Colman's RuEal World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10

The danger fnom the daily absorption
Of small quantities of copper salts with
foods has been greatly exaggerated
Grapes sprayed with the bordeaux mig
ture according to the directions of the
department. Of agriculture cannot pos
sibIy contain more than $4,000 of
grain of copper per pound Of grapes in
the bunch. which is less than 0ne-tenth
as much IS Is contained in one pound of
beef liver and is absolately inO4ensive
to the human system. The insolnble
form in which the salt of copper occurs
upon the clusters. and the fact that the
stems and skins are not eaten, places
the Bordeaux mixture still further from
susp. cion.-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
Absolutely PuUe

A housewife whose table linen always
does her good service mends it with
embroidery cotton of number to cor
respond with the quality of the cloth.
Under the ragged edges of the tear she
bastes piece of stiff paper and makes
a net of fine stitches back and forth
over its edges, carrying the stitches
about an inch beyond the edges. Then
places and breaks in linen may run
with the flax or embroidery floss, and
towels sould be mended in the same
way.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10

more durable than baskets that shall
attempt to use these and half-bushel
sizes in gsthering from the field. I
will devise some kind of iron handle for
Carrying thsm.-S. II. Tyrer, in Ameri
can GARDENING
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
Growing Old Pleasantly.

The cheerful old folks you can find are
those wise enough to mitigate the intirmit-
les of age with Hostetters Stomach Bitters,
the finest tonic in declining years, infirm-
ity, delicate health and convalescence 1t
stimulates digestion, renews appetite and
sleep, and insures regular action of the
liver and bowels. Against malaria, rheu-
natism ana kidney complaints it is q reli-
able safeguard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10
CRATE FOR GARDENERS.

Particularly Valuable In the Handling OF
Te2der Vegetables.
A peck crate, like the one illustrated,
is very useful i'm the retail market gar
den trade They are particularly valu-
able in handling tomatoes, preventing
bruising In carrying, and avoiding
handling. have found them SO much
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-08-10

To freshex lace dress chat looks
gray and Aaimpsy, brush With very
soft brush that via not fret the lace,
sponge with tepid water eontsining
9ttle powdered borax or alcsiAol, lay
over folded flannel aud press on the
wrong side with a moderately warm
iron. Sponge with 4 black WOODEN
cloth. and If ron have it at hand Law
over the lace while pressing piece OF
thin black silk. Wais:s OF China and
wash silks may often be freshened by
spoueinp them with benzine or gaso-
oiine. Use a flannel cloth and pnt In
the air until all the odor has dfsap-
peared. II such waists must be washed.
make q suds of luke-warm water and
white soap and wash them quickly.
squeezing through the suds and rub
binR Is little as possible. Rinse in Q
slightly cooler water. and the second
time in water . few degrees cooler.
DO not use any bluips.-N. Y. Post