The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-20
Farm Notes.

Fruit growing and bee keeping go
we'll together.
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 it will not produce without
care
Tastes differ, but ifyou 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 by 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 a bushel.
| A little pains taken to provide good
walks will materially lessen the trouble
of cleaning the feet before 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 beef, 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.
Home Hints.
Bathing the abdomen with alcohol is
an excellent remedy for diarrhna.
A scant cup of butter will of ten
make lighter cake than full cup
One of the most paiatable of gruels
is combination of cream, beef tea
and barley water.
For a change sometimes add hand
full of any dried fruit to the oatmeal
Be careful not to let it stick.
Milk is better for at1eing 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 cocoanut milk. Crate a cocoanut
and squeeze it through cloth and use
| the juice thus obtained.
A piece of chamois skin bound on
the edges, shaped to fit the heel and
kept in place by piece of elastic rub
Der, worn over the stockings, will save
much mending.
All head 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
it 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 t>ing careful not to neglect any
of the crevices. This will give it a
fine polish.
TO detect chicory i'll coffee put the
i powder in cold water; chicory gives a
colored infusion in the water, whereas
coffee does not aid by the depth of
the color the proportion of chicory
may be guessed at
A gargle Of salt water as hot as can
be used is one of the best, as it is one
of the simplest, home remedies for
sore throat. That persisted in. with a
cathartic medicine to clear the system,
will cure almost any sore throat that
is not diphtheritic.