NOTES
ME&DOWBROOK
FARM
Keep the pigs growing.
Chicks must have fresh water.
Never expect to work miracles with
the cow.
Chicken wire makes a good trellis
for tomatoes.
The greatest damage to soil is
usually done after harvest
Grind the corn you feed the old
sheep. Their teeth may be poor.
Young chicks still with the hens
thrive better on a variety of foods.
The disk is the tool to prepare the
corn stubble for the small grain.
Horses enjoy a good drink , but they
don't have to go to town to get it.
Never throw fruit of any kind into
a basket or box. Lay it in gently.
The production of a cow above a
certain standard constitutes the pro
fit.
Manure , sod and lime are three best
ways of increasing the humus in the
soil.
Keep the hedges clipped. Buck
thorn is one of the easiest hedges
handled.
There is hardly a limit to the re
sources of the rat to exterminate
chicks.
Sheep suffer the least from a defi
ciency of drinking water , and horses
and cattle the most.
It is well worth while to exert every
nergy possible to keep your present
supply of live stock.
When the pigs' tails begin to hang
flown straight it is time to get out
the worm medicine.
A good colt bred for a purpose , and
Ted and trained for a purpose , is never
a drug on the market
Spray pumps and spray materials
are now the main topic of conversa
tion among fruit growers.
i _
The beet use of stable manure is to
haul it out as fast as made and spread
It broadcast over sod ground.
The present shortage of forage
: reps should emphasize the necessity
for a reserve supply in silos.
More small hogs have probably been
marketed in the last two years than
ever before during the same time.
For the protection of dairy stock , as
well as for live stock generally , wind
breaks and tree shorter are invaluable.
A HUe salt sprinkled with coal
ashes is as much relished by the hogs
as "Cracker Jack" is relished by the
boys.
The first step in better cream qual
ity in hot weather is to separate the
milk Immediately , as soon as it Is
milked.
Keep the new strawberry bed clean
cultivated until the runners are mat
ted too much to permit the cultivator
to go through.
Those farmers who kept up their
'
cultivation of the soil not only kept
the corn over the dry spell but in
creased the yield.
The wild highbush"cranberry , com
mon in many marshy districts , is
good , both as an ornament on the
lawn and for making jelly.
The right time to castrate pigs is
a week or so before they are weaned ,
if healthy ; if delicate , wait a week erse
so until they are stronger.
All milk cans should be washed
first in cold water , then thoroughly
cleansed with warm water , and finally
rinsed in scalding hot water.
We cannot expect even the best
pure-bred to produce animals without
a blemish every time. It is always a
case of the survival of the fittest.
1
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f * An excellent plan in providing
-t
against shortage of pasture is to grow
each year some of the supplementary
crops , such as rye , millet , cow peas ,
rape or sorghum , to be used during
the dry season.
After some summer rain you will
find your hogs wallowing in some
puddle and enjoying it. Then is the
time to have crude oil on hand and
pour a pailful in the wallow. It
will float on top and kill the lice on
the hogs. This is cheap and easy
weather way of dipplne ;
Provide the hogs with a wallow.
The cement silo Is growing steadllj
In favor.
The A-shaped pig pen is too hot foi
summer.
Many weeds interfere with the rota
tion of crops.
Silage may be cut in almost an }
size desirexl.
Watch the swill barrel. Keep It
sweet and clean.
Hogs thrive much better on a ra
tion rich in nitrogen.
There are a few who save some ol
their own seed from the garden.
Hogs enjoy a tank of clean watei
to bathe in during the hot days.
Never allow roses to remain on the
bush until the petals begin to fall.
The common and cut-leaf elders
have proved good lawn plants thiE
year.
One of the best foods for growing
chickens is the curd from skimmed
milk.
A majority of poorly formed draft
horses have shoulders which are too
steep.
Get a good variety of Lima and
bush beans and save the first tc
ripen.
Too many farmers have failed to ap
preciate the possibilities of rye as hog
pasture.
Second crop alfalfa is fine for the
pig. but if pastured very closely it will
soon run out
A straw-colored open shed for the
stock Is a much needed thing on the
treeless farm.
Rotted manure should be spread on
the plowed ground and well worked in
with the harrow.
Even if we can not get fancy prices
for our horses , there are good profits
in growing colts.
\
A good sized horse has a wider field
of usefulness than a small one , and is
worth more accordingly.
Uniformity in the size of a bunch
of hogs has a great deal to do with
the price they will bring.
If you have your hogs on sour milk ,
keep them there. To change to sweet
may upset their digestion.
The large farm is more profitable
than the small farm if managers of
the proper ability can be had.
There is no feed better for young
pigs and calves than sweet skim
milk right from the separator.
If a poultryman or a farmer does
not take an Interest in poultry , he
had better not keep any at all.
Keep the sweet peas picked. It is
better for the plants and the house
can be made more attractive by their
use.
Save seeds of trees and shrubs , as
they ripen , and plant them. This is
one way to multiply your ornamental
plants.
Many people recognize the value of
a pure bred sire but comparatively
few stop to think just how valuable
he is.
The sow should be given a warm
mill-feed slop , made fresh for each
meal , whole oats and a little sound
corn twice a day.
Weed out the inferior birds , whether
as to size , form or quality , at the
earliest possible moment , feeding the
two lots separately.
A large per cent , of poultry , espe
cially young chicks , die through drink
ing from puddles and dirty water in
their drinking troughs.
Every inclosure for the hogs should
be perfectly tight , and with excellent
wire fences that are now manufactur
ed this is an easy matter.
It makes some horses ugly to work
them with horses that do not travel
up with them. Match them as to gait
as well as to other things.
Supply clear water. It is essential
to health and to the hen for the pro
duction of the egg , the contents of
which are nearly three parts water.
If sows are carelessly fed during
pregnancy , trouble of some kind is
sure to follow at farrowing ; If over
fed after farrowing , losses may occur
among the pigs from scours and
Lhumps.
Keep In mind that if ycur silo Is
partly filled with Indian corn or any
Dther one crop , you can later finish
ailing it with any other crop or crops
which you may grow , and in this man'
ner get your silo full.
No up-to-date farmer will be without
i hand separator , and the skim milk ,
srhen improved in quality by the ad-
lition of some concentrated food , is
solving the problem of raising good
iairy stock on the farm , in addition
: o turning every ounce of fat in the
nilk into butter.
CABINET
PINION'S but a fool ,
makes us scan
The outward habit by the inward man.
Shakespeare.
SEASONABLE DISHES.
When your family are tired of the
came things , try a few changes like
the following. Such dishes , though
nothing expensive or new vary the
diet and make a pleasant change in
the food.
Potato Surprises. Take three cup-
tuls of mashed potato , six tablespoonfuls -
fuls of breadcrumbs , a tablespoonful
of butter , salt , pepper to taste , one
egg , and three cooked sausages. Mil
all together , except crumbs and sau
sage , and form into balls , putting a
small piece of sausage in each one.
Dip in egg , roll in the crumbs and fry
in hot fat.
Cottage Pie. Put a layer of mashed
and seasoned potatoes in a buttered
baking dish , add a little gravy , pep
per and salt and a few drops of onion
Juice , and a little chopped meat ; re
peat and finish with potato on top.
Dot with bits of butter and bake.
Poached Eggs , Portuguese Style.
Cut six even-sized tomatoes in halves
crosswise , take out the pulp and till
them with the following stuffing :
Fry four small onions or shallots in
one tablespoonful of butter , add three
tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs , one
teaspoonful of chopped parsley , one ta
blespoonful of chopped suet. Season
with salt , pepper , paprika and grated
nutmeg ; then add the yolk of an egg
and mix all together. Place in the
oven to brown , and serve on a round
of buttered toast with a poached egg
on top , neatly trimmed. Garnish with
parsley and serve hot.
Bread Pudding. Take a cup and a
half of milk , one-half cup of sugar ,
two slices of bread , lightly buttered ,
and one egg. Beat the egg and sugar
together thoroughly , add the milk
slowly , beating all the time. Place
the bread In a baking dish and turn
the custard over it. The bread will
rise to the top of the dish like a crust.
Allow it to stand one hour , and then
bake fifteen minutes in a very hot
oven. Serve immediately with cream ,
sugar and a little flavoring added.
This pudding if nicely made and baked
is as delicate as a souffle.
WOMAN'S heart is a hidden
tarn in a high mount.
Doctor Cadman.
I believe that today is better than
yesterday , and that tomorrow will be bet
ter than today.
MORE ABOUT APPLES.
Each family has its own favorite
dishes , but a few new ones are always
wdcome to the cook. The following
will not be new to everyone , for as
"there is nothing new under the sun"
it would be impossible to find any-
thiak entirely fresh.
A dessert which'is both pret
ty and delicious is baked
apples with nuts. The apples are
peeled and cored , put into a baking
dish with a little water and sugar ,
then fill the cavity with chopped nuts.
When they are half cooked serve cold
with whipped cream.
Another nice dessert Is apple
meringue. Core and bake the fruit
and stuff the centers with jelly or or
ange marmalade. Beat the white o
an egg , add sugar and pour over the
apples , then brown in the oven.
A rosy apple will make a very
pretty dessert Cook it after coring ,
without paring , in a little sugar and
water. Remove the skin carefully and
the rosy cheek of the apple will be a
thing of beauty. If not enough of the
rosy hue comes off , scrape the Inside
of the cooked skin and paint it back
upon the apple.
Apples make a delicious sauce for
meats when spiced as any fruit. This
makes a nice sauce for pork roast.
The apples must be tart and cooked a
long time to be thoroughly seasoned
with the spices.
For apple amber , chop three-quar
ters of a pound of applet- peeled and
cored , and four ounces of suet. Mix
with six ounces of bread crumbs , two
ounces each of flour and sugar , two
well-beaten eggs and a little grated
lemon peel and nutmeg. Butter a plain
mold , thoroughly beat the batter , turn
it in and cover the mold with a cloth ,
giving the pudding a chance to swell.
Boil about three hours. .Serve with
cream.
Dog's Death Killed Her.
The shooting of her dog so shocked
Mrs. William Duble of Atco , Camden
county , Pennsylvania , that she soon
died. The animal was suffering from
some malady , and Mrs. Duble con
sented to having it killed.
She went to the scene of the shoot
ing and covered up some bloodstains.
On returning to the house 'she said to
her daughter :
"I feel awfully sick. " A few mo
ments later , clutching at her throat.
she cried out , "I am dying ! " and soon
after fell dead.
Mrs. Duble had been a sufferer from
heart trouble , and her physician be
lieves that the shooting of her pet
brought on an acute attack.
GREAT TSUTH IN EPIGRAM
Few Words of the Late Edwin A. Ab
bey Contain a Whole Sermon
to Misers.
"The late Edwin A. Abbey , the
American painter who lived In Lon
don , was only comfortably off , where
as he might have been rich. "
The speaker , a Chicago art dealer ,
had just returned from Europe. He
continued :
"I dined one evening with Abbey In
his house In Chelsea , and after dinner
we walked in the blue tw41ight on the
Chelsea embankment.
"As we passed Old Swan House and
Clock House , and the other superb
residences that front the river , I reproached
preached Abbey for his extravagance.
" 'Why , ' I said , pointing toward
Clock House , 'if you had saved your
money , you might be living in a pal
ace like that today. '
"But Abbey , with a laugh , rather
got the better of me. He rattled off
this epigram and it's an epigram I'll
always remember when I'm tempted
to be parsimonious :
" 'Some folks , ' he said , 'are so busy
putting something by for a rainy day
that they get little or no good out of
pleasant weather. ' "
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHING
"When my little girl was about eight
months old , she was taken with a very
irritating breaking out , which came on
her face , neck and back. When she
first came down with it , it came in
little watery-like festers under her
eyes , and on her chin , then after a few
days it would dry down in scaly , white
scabs. In the daytime she was quite
worrysome and would dig and scratch
her face nearly all the time.
"I consulted our physician and
found she was suffering from eczema ,
which he said came from her teething.
I used the ointment he gave me and
without any relief at all. Then I
wrote for a book on Cuticura , and pur
chased some Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment at the drug store. I did as I
found directions In the Cuticura Book
let , and when she was one year old ,
she was entirely cured. Now she is
three years and four months , and she
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the Cuti
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( Signed ) Mrs. Freeman Cramer , 311
Lewis St. , Syracuse , N. Y. , May 6 ,
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Left Him Far Behind.
Childish standards of greatness are
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standards of grown folk. Many an
ulult , for instance , has been proud
with no more reasonable basis than
that which little Johnnie displayed in
attempting to "top" the boasting of a
juvenile comrade.
"I've got a real railroad train , with
an engine that goes , an' a real , live
pony , an' a really , truly gun , an' "
"That's nothing ! " interrupted the
lad's disgusted listener. "Once I knew
a boy that sat up until 11 o'clock
twice in one week ! "
He Knew Jim.
Jim had made an unsuccessful at
tempt to conquer the world and came
back to the Tennessee town dirty ,
worn out and hungry.
"Uncle John , " he said melodra
matically , "I came home to die. "
"No , dod gast you , " said unsympa
thetic Uncle John , "you came home to
eat. " Success 'Magazine.
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