The Placer herald., 1872-01-27
HOUSE AND + AR NJ.

CAIIFoINIA N UsrARD SEED. Ill tile many
Resources of wealth offered TO the farmer and
grower in California, the minor products that
are almost v holly neglected, should not be
forgotten, We propose to give from time 10 |
time some valuable and Condensed facts rel
ative TO this class OF native productions,
which must, in due time, become source OF
profit.
Every person who has Travelled over Cali
foi,iia knows that vast portion OF the un-
settled valleys ard basins are overgrown with
mustard In Los Angeles county, cspeci-
ally, the richest soil and finest stretches Of
upland tracts Of that county are literally
oycrgrown with this native plant, in its
largest and most fruitful uxurance. In
Alameda and pajaro valleys ii is a constant
eourcr of annoyance to the wheat growers.
Gathering the seed has so far been linn
tied business, and mostly for local use.
Within the past five years the oil was found
10 be Of a superior quality, and Cinnamon
now hresh and sell the seed to a considera-
BE extent, to the oil mills in this city, re-
ceving for the same about three cents per
pound.
1t rs credlbly asserted Chat this oil is better
than olive oil for the same purpose-having
a swceler taste and less liable to become ran
cid We would suggest to persons who are
out of employment and have no regular trade,
TO 60 10 Los Angeles county and gather
the mustard seed acd prepare the same for
use; even if it brings but a small profit
thousands Of acres of mustard are growing
there, the seed Of which is totally wasted
Pdcifc Raral Press.
CooKIYG HAM.-Thc late Gen. Winfield
Scott, an acknowledged authority in the
culinary art, was Of opinion that few cooks
knew how TO cook ham, because they did
not boil it until soft enough TO be eaten with
u spoon \ great artist once told the writer
never to serve ham under one year old; it
was then to be soaked all night in soft water,
and, if possible, running water; it was then
to be put on the fire in large pot Of cold
water, and slowly boiled at least twenty
minutes for every pound it might weigh and
MS for skinning ham, he held it to be an
outrage, a sacrilite 10 mereappearance, which
no sensible man should be guilty Of If your
ham is to be served cold, az is always done
in Europe, it should be souscd in snow or
ice-water Immediately after coming from the
pot, because the sudden cold arrests the flow
and escape of the juices.
A CORRESPONDENT in the Germantown
7Iegroph thus sets forth The blessings Of
well cultivated garden: Half an acre of land
in well cultivated garden, will produce as
much towards subsistng farmers family
as any three acrcss on the farm, beside the
advantage in the cultivation of which would
crafty diversity of tastes, and contribute
muck to secure the blessings of health, the
labor of which can be shared by the too old
or too young to toll in the heavier operations
of the field, and occasionally by the female
inmates of the house, or the plowman from
the field, by way of relaxations from leg-tol,
without any material impeachment to other
labors. Every farmer will pormote his in
terest by bestowng on the garden due
share of attention.
COOKING STEAK.-A lady correspondent
of the Ohio Farmer, who knows, advises
First, get tender steak; no matter what part
it is from, so that it is tcnder let it be three
fourths of an inch thick. Cook it at the
last moment, when every other dish is ready
to be set on the table. Use a wire broer if
you can get one. Have hot fire and when
it is crisped on one side, turn it over and
crisp IL on iHc OlIlcI ii idt ciol'S uilu bidAtS
throw pinch of salt ON the Goals. Don't
do anything else while it is cooking. Have
your plate hot and lump of butter melting
in the bottom. Put butter on the upper
sides and eat it in five minutes after cooking.
More steak is 81 oiled by slow cooking than
by any other fault.
The prejudice against ducks on account
Of their extreme voracy, is not well found
ed if they eat enormously when half-grown,
they increase in weight proportonately. -
Quick growth is one of the things most de-
sired in animals of all kinds that are raised
for the table. If the experiment be tried of
rearing chickens and ducks that were hatch
ed the same day, in a flock together, and
giving them all they will eat, the latter will
out-strp the chickens in growth. Lire
Stock journal.
WATERING PLANTS. s.-One of the most
important points in window gardening is
watering. There should be plenty of cracks
in the bottom of the pot, so as to let the
water pass off rapidly, and thus ensure per-
feet drainage. This is one of the few rules
without any exception, as there is not sim
gle plant suitable for window culture which
will flourish if the water be allowed to stag
nate in the bottom of the pot-1he House.
hold.
Mock MNCE Pies -Four crackers rolled
fine, one and half cups of sugar, one cup
of molasses, one cup of cider, or if you have
not that, good vinegar will answer, one cup
of water, two-thrds of cup of butter, one
cup of raisins, two eggs well beaten and
stirred in, the last thing. Spice to your
taste and bake with two crusts.-Ibid.
A SUPPLY of gravel for mstones to grind
the food of fowls in their crops, is very ne
cessary. The fiat or scaly gravel is not the
thing, and soft material will not stand wear;
but hard, and rounded, or angular stones,
are the proper sort. Light colored gravel
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