The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-01-19
Farm Notes.

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The roots of trees often extend out
farther than the limbs
Every farmer should at least raise
enough fruit for family use.
An orchard will not take care of
itself, and 1t will not produce without
care.
Tastes differ, but if you are making
butter to sell you must consult the
tastes of your customers.
The shortest road to good prices is
in having the best articles to sell; this
is true of all farm products
With most stock for fattening, for
the dairy, or to work, high grade are
fully as good as pure-bred animals.
The best profit can be attained only
by those that are willing to direct
manual labor Hy intelligent brain
work.
Farms could be wonderfully beau
titled if proper attention were paid to
planting lines of shade trees around
them.
One important item with the man
gers or racks is to have them so that
the feed can be put into them with
the least labor.
A grower claims to be able to make
more money growing grapes at two
cents pound than in growing wheat
at dollar bushel.
A little pains taken to provide good
walks will materially lessen the trouble
of cleaning the feet befere going into
the barn or the house.
The best time to clean the mud off
the horses legs is before it is allowed
to get dry; keeping the legs and feet
clean will prevent scratches.
Some claim that it does not REQUIRE
any more feed to make a pound of
butter than pound of beet but it
certainly requires more skill
In selling animals for breeders It is
always best to keep within bounds in
all statements and see that the facts
sustain all representations made,
Hepas Aints,
Bathing the ahdamen with alcohol is
an excellent remedy for diarrhea>
A scant cup of butter will often
make lighter cake than a full cup.
One of the most palatable 81 gruels
is combination of cream, beef tea
and barley water.
For a change sometimes add a hand
full Of any dried fruit to the oatmeal
Be careful not to let 1t stick,
Milk is better for being kept over
night in small tins than if larger
quantity is kept over in one vessel
Don't waste the cold mutton. A fine
dish can be presented for the domestic
table when cooked with macaroni and
| tomatoes
A good lotion for the face and hands
| is coeoanut milk. Crate a cocoanut
and squeeze it through cloth and use
the juice thus obtained.
A piece of chamois skin bound en-
the edges, chapel to At the heel and
kept in place by piece OF elastic rub
Der, worn over the stockings, will save
much mendinE.
All nead vegetables, such as cauli-
flower cabbage and LETTUCE, that are
to be cooked Whole, should be inn
mersed head downward in cold water
to free them from grit and insects
Never allow meat to be placed di,
rectly on the ice, as the water draws
out the juices; it Is even worse to lay
1t there wrapped in paper 1t should
always be laid in clean porcelain
vessel.
Cut glass should be thoroughly
washed and dried, then rubbed with
prepared chalk, using soft brush,
and being careful not to neglect any
Of the crevices This will give IL q
fine polish,
To detect chicory IN coffee put the
powder in cold water; chicory gives
colored infusion in the wateN whereas
coffee does not and by the depth OF
the color the prepoFGloh Of chicorS
may be guessed &C