The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-06-24

Farm, Garden and Household.
0MoNs.-The way to secure crop oil
onions is to siit pulveriEed hen manure
over the beds, after the seed is sown.
No trouble to raise n good crop on almost
any lnud.
DUMPING. Stew the iruitwith little
sugar, and lay upon thin sheet Of pas.
try. Fold up, tie in u bag, boil, and
serve with sweet sauce, or simply butter
and sugar, MS you choose.
RYE AND ISDrAS BREAD.-Three quarts
of corn meal fcalded with two and hall
quarts of boiling water, ono tablespoon
Of salt, one teacup Of molAsses; letit cool
few minutes and add one quart Of rye
flour, and one quart Of butter.milk with d
hCaping teaspoon of saleratuS stirred into
It. Bake four or five hours.
SHEnBEr. Wash very clean dozen
stalks OF rhubnrb. Boil ten minutes in
n quart Of water. Strain this juice, and
add half n pound Of sugar, with n little
pure essence OF lemon. Set aside in q
pitcher for some hours. When ready to
use it, add plenty Of cracked.up bits OF
ice. aud You will find il to be pleasant
and cooling beverage.
CArlrAn JELLY CAKr.-one pound Of
-four, half n pound of sugar, half u pound
OF butter, four eggs, half cup OF sour
milk, ono teaspoonful OF soda or use
sweet milk and add two teaspoonsful OF
cream Of tartar. Flavor with lemon or
vanilla. Beat up very light, aud bake
in shallow pans. Ounce Jelly is one Of
the incest sorts Tor this purpose, and
should be applied to the cake while still
hot. Pile up high, aud ice nicely.
TRouBIE WITH PoTAToEs.-Nathan
Ely, Bucks County, Pa, had raised some
potatoes manfred with barn.yard man
ure; they woro al eaten by worms or
some insects. L. Williams said it was
caused by wirOworms, aud might he
remedied by dressing OF salt. +. D.
Curtis said course bnrn.yard manure is
not fitted for roots, il is liable 10 be fill.
ed with larvm OF insects, and always pro-
dues rough sCabby skin. Manure for
roots should be well rottcd.
STRAWBERRY JELLY. Soak rs much
gelatine ms is contained in one OF Cox's
shilling boxes in cold water, say one pint.
When thoroughly soitenCd, add five
ounces Of white sugar, two quarts OF
strawberry syrup, made rs above directed,
and put over the fire for few minutes,
oruntil the gelatineis perfectly dissolved.
Pour from the kettle into mods or small
jars, and You have most beautiful aud
pleasantly favored Jelly. This recipe is
meant for cold weather II used in sum.
mcr, reduce the quantity Of syrup by one.
half.
TRAINING ToMAToEs.-Au Ohio cores.
pondcnt gives report Of his tomato
crop for 1870. He raised his plants in n
hot.bcd, set them in the field about the
middle Of May, in rows seven feet apart
land row OF cabbage botween), and two
mud II half feet apart in the rows then
drove in stakes five feet high and about
eight feet apart along each row then
nailed three stats at equal distances, and
us the tomatoes grew, tied to stats with
Irvine, spreading the branches out to
cover the whole frame. When they
reached the top clipped tho ends of the
stalks of, also the suckers. He kept the
soil loose. Number Of stalks produced,
900, yielding 40 bushels, and sold them
in his country town nj prices ranging
from 60 cents to 80 per bushel. making
mn average Of 81 per bushel, or little
over 20 cents per stalk.
FoDpER.-Mr. Stewart said to the
Farmers Club It Ia M important thing
for us, especially now, when there is
prospect Of nnot:er short hay crop, TO
call the attention OF farmcA 10 the ad.
vantage OF preserving and utilizing
straw. In America straw is used iOr
bedding generally, but is too valuable;
other nbsorbents Of less valno, us swamp
muck, earth, and leaves, may he used,
and the straw saved for fodder What We
want is to use up NIL our straw in feeding
animals. We then get it back in n shape
more useful as manure, and, by enabling
farmers TO keep more stock, increase the
quantity and value OF the manure, and
consequently, tho value of their farms.
1t is now good time to experiment on
this method, rs clover will soon be ready
to ciit, mud nothing better than clover
''i w "'NN W SAFVllHtHt VIZ
APPLYING NANuRE.-A correspondent
Of the Rural Home, writes II the farm.
or has manure made, or kept through the
summer, it will become iermented; il
cannot be avoided in the warm season.
Such manure is best applied on the sur.
face, aud worked in with the harrow
and II applied TO winter wheat, there is
perhaps no better mode, ms ii has the
mechanical effect Of keeping the surface
loose to resist the frusts Of winter, rs
well MS tho stimulating effect OF produc.
ing nm early growth OF the crop. But
IN the Use OF green manures in spring
for summer crops, experience has con.
WINGED me that TO plough under, and al.
low fermentation to take place in the
soil, where all tllevolitile gases Gun be
absorbed and taken up by the growing
crop, is most economical aud best. We
nrc often deceived in the effects of man
uro by the amount used. In applying
common bnrnyhrd manure in IN infer.
monted state, we get but about one third
the amount OF manure in the same bulk
that we have when used in a decayiDg
safe.