The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-05-30


DREssISG FOg SALADS Mos; ,eople relish a
nice salad 1T this season oi the year and il would
be still more priced il the needed dressing we're
n, hand. The essential ingredients are good ci-
der vinegar, pure mustard. fresh eggs aud sweet
oil made oi olives-noi Of lard Begin with u
ieAspOonful " 1T! mustard in sonp plate
and nearly an equal quantity IL salt little vim.
egar, aud beat TO a paste then add the yolk Of
fresh egg aud after thoroughly rubbing and
mingling all with silver fork or spoon add
about half a ieaspoonful o; s~,c, oil. and stir il
until II is smooth. Il will probably then have a
shining, greasy look add few drops OF vinegar
aud IL will, when stirred, at once ihicken up
aud lose the greas" look entirely When all -
smooth aud uniform add more oil. AMI again, a
very little vinegar, u necessary 20 produce the
same effect Our rule is 10 add a. much oil as
We can cause 10 be eniirel. taken up, and TO stop
before the addition Oi more oil or vinegar will
cease 10 ihlcken. The dressing should be smooth
~ whipped cream, aud this, indeed, thoroughly
beaten up with the white OF the egg or eggs. Is an
addition 10 the dressing which increases iis deli
eacy and deliciOusness In good salad dress
ing the oil loses it, Oilinr-s. but pervades the
whole with its flavor, and while the sharpness Of
the mustard, salt and vinegar. entirely disappear
each ingredient adds peculiar piqYancy TO the
agreeable COMPOUND which hy contrast only
highieus the crispy freshness Of the lettuce aud
brings DOT its flavor. The egg inay be- omitted,
and you win stili have q nice dressing IL the oil
Is good Lettuce. water cres- cndive and celery
make fine salads Dandelion. sorrel aud some
other plants, are occasionally used. Salads are
very sppeiizing. aud may well have place every
day upon the table Sweet dressings and cook.
ed salads are not TO our taste many however
like them. dnasTiem .igrieHiiariH.
LivE FRScEs "A correspondent, Of the Ovation
ma (NinnessOiAl Journal says:
The subject Of live fences has often been dis
cusssd 10 the agricultural papers IN the West but
Farmers generally have manifested an almost
criminal apathy on the subject, propose with
your leave Ia give few items on the subject -
Five years ago there was n man selling white
willow sprouts ia this ueighborhOod, and among
others sold Iexiet smith some I've hundred. A.
Mr.. Smith was the only really successful cult
vAtor OF the willow Ia the vicinity, ! will give
HE method Of cultivation, With the understand.
ing that the land must have been thoroughly cul-
uvated where the willow is To Ice propAgated.-
Tarh four burrows together, two on each side, on
q straight line, put the cuiiing- (which should
not L. les than Que foot ia length one foot
apart put ffon four 10 six inches of the cuttings
into the ground ss soon the frost is fairly out
ia the spring. The cuttings should be taken
from tue tree and imrncdiatci, -, out. aud should
he cultivated like corn for three years. They
should be protected from all kind ~ stock for
four years, yet all the protection Nj. smith
have had Is an ordinary OUTSIDE fence. lie has
now about leo rods ofN illows from one To- five
years old. They are ffom eighteen Ia twenty-five
feet high, and from four 10 seven inches through.
Mr. Smith has proved by actual demonstration
thai good live fence can be- raised IN Eve yeats
which will last AN age, aud at the same time pro-
sidsd hlnlSelf with shelter iroin the wind and
splendid ornament 10 his farm
80
E&F~ Iinle Il Al mammal a0.us
chiefly 10 consequence 0fiia pronoiug the decay
Of vegetable matter, aud sriiing nj liberty the
potash aud other alkalies 10 the soil u sLould
be used most freely heavy suil contsining con.
siderable vegetable matter tn light soils, IL
,nus, be used sParingly. Thy aeerssity for APP
plying u may be ascrraiurl h, the simple exper-
iment ofuying whether clover aud such Of the
Rnren crops as require much lime will thrive on
a particular aoil. u they will not. lime Is need.
ed. Lime ieaas ~ mellow tlai land aud cortecls
the Aeidity OF SOLE particularly that ~ boys aud
swalnps.
SKrTix0 OUT TRKEs people planting or
chards would give strict orders 10 mark the
north side % the tree with chalk before taken up
and when set out 10 have them pn, into the
gfonnd with the north side 10 the north, In their
nAlpgsi position, larger proportion would live
aud thrive. Ignoring this Law Of nature IL QUE
causs Of 90 many ifansplanled trees dying. u
the north side " ca posed 10 the south, the heat
OF thesun IL too hot f0r that side Of the tree TO
bear, and therefore !, dTiea mp aud decays EI-
ehsngs.
THn TKxAH CATTLK TRADE. Large sums Of
moaey have been brought into our State this
spring for the purpose Of purchadng beeves. Il
u said S7s, 900 alone have been paid out In Bell
county for this product OF oar prairies. Large
drovss Of cattle are now vending their way to
Missouri from Texas, by way ~ Arkansas. Recent
~ Texas beevss have been shipped from New Or.
lsaas 10 Louisville. This trade promises 10 be
immsnas and will bring In millions Of dollars an.
anally. 20 much for the Texa. prairies. -LioHs-
foa Nivreph.
- farmer wrote a. follows 10 n disiin-
galshed scientific aFienlturisi. 10 whom he felt
under obligations for introducing q new variety
Mswtne "IiesIacied Sir, I went yesterday 20
the cattle show. ! found several pigs Of your
species. There was great variety Of hogs, and
VAS surprised Al not finding ron there"
- Youati, the wcll-known veterinary snr-
ge0s, who hes been bitten eight or ten times by
fnbid amlmala aays that gTvstai ~ tha ntfraea AZ