The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-08-14
Farm, Garden and Household.
To PIovv Down Grass.


in blowing, the grass, especially if long
will bristle up in boards and tufts here.
there, and everywhere, injuring alike
the appearance of the field and its capa-
city for growth. Do you wish to reme-
dy this great difficutly2 If so, use
the chain and ball to your plow. No
matter what kind plow you have try
them. A piece of trace chain will do
very well. Fasten one end of it to your
coulter, and to the other end attach
round iron ball of from two to three
pounds weight-leaving the chain long
enough to permit the ball to reach back
to about the middle of the moldboard,
and there let it drag alone! on the off
side, of course.
Drying and Cooking Sweet Corn.
I gather the corn when it is large
enough to eat, and cook about fifteen
minutes; then, with sharp knife, cut
the top off the kernel, scrape off the
rest, leaving the hull on the cob; spread
thin on plates and dry in a warm place
near the stove 1t will dry in six hours;
when thoroughly dry place in tight
sask "a paper flour sack is good), hang
in dry, cool place this needs no air.
ing to keep it from getting musty
When wanted for use, take q sufficient
quantity, place in a pan with plenty of
water, cold or warm, not hot let it
soak over night set on the stove with
the same water it soaked in let it cook
slowly for l . hours when nearly done,
add piece of butter, salt and pepper
and sweet cream, if you like. If you
want succotash, add to the corn about
half as much well cooked beans. Beans
are better soaked over night in cold
water, then parboiled, and cooked slow
ly in fresh wate"; when nearly done add
salt, and season to taste.
Influence of Manure on Products.
Prof. Bache says: Herbaceous plants
and vegetables furnish numerous in
stances of the influence of peculiar ma
nures on the qualify of the products.
The cheese and milk of certain locali-
ties are highly priced on account of the
peculiar aroma of the grass in those
localities.
Besides this bad influence of odor-
GUS nltrogenous manures on wine, we
must bear in mind that this process re-
stores to the soil only small portion of
the potash consumed by the canes, the
leaves, and the fruit, and that it also
tends to exhaustion, since it returns to
the soil but one-fifth or one-sixth of the
amount of potash taken from it. More
over, nitrogenous substances exclusively
used hasten the decay of vineyards and
the exhaustion of the soil We have a
report from Baron Won Liebig of the
exhaustion of vineyard at Bingen, on
the Rhine, through the exclusive use Of
horn scrapings. The result at first
seemed good, but after a few years the
growth and production decreased rap
idly. The extra growth induced by the
horn scraping had divested the soil of
all its potash without returning any.
heterogeneous manures also increase in
the grape in proportion of albuminous
and mucilaginous matters, and cores
pondingly diminish the saccharine
the wine contains less alcohol, and is
consequently more subject to altera-
tion In fact, producing plants
never want strongly nitrogenous ma
nures and svgar- makers are aware that
beets manured with highly nitrogenous
compounds-although more bulky
contain less sugar and more organic
matter, to the detriment of the manu-
facturer.
Domestic Recipes.
RECIPE FOR COOKING PORK Fresh
en- thin slices of salt pork, then dip
each slice in q well-beaten egg, and
then in cracker crumbs, and fry nice
brown, and lay them ON the platter as
free as possible from fat. We think
this dish incomplete without fried eggs,
and we keep eggs in shape in this way.
Put well CREASED muffin-rings on we'll
creased griddle, and when hot, break
in the eggs, one in each ring, and they
will not spread as in the usual way of
cooking. They will slip from the rings
easily when done, if not, loosen by run
ming knife round the edge.
RICE WAFFLEs. To make rice waffles,
take teacup and half of rice that has
been well boiled and warm in a pint of
rich milk, stirring it till smooth and
thoroughly mixed. Then remove il
from the fire, and stir in pint of cold
milk and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat
four eggs very light and stir them into
the mixture, in turn with sufficient rice
flour to make thick batter Bake in q
waffle iron. Send them to the table
hot, butter them, and eat them with
powdered sugar and cinnamon, pre-.
pared in small bowl for the purpose
A DELICATE CAKE.-The whites OF
four eggs beaten, one cup of sugar, one
cup of -four, one half cup sweet milk
three tablespoonfuls of butter, one tea
spoonful of soda and three teaspoonfuls
OF cream of tartar.
CLEANING PAINT.-To clean paint il
an expeditions manner, smear piece o
flannel in whitening, mixed to the con
sistency of paste i'll warm weather, ruf
the surface to be cleaned briskly, ant
wash off with pure cold water. Greas'
spots will be in this way almost in
stantly removed, as well as other filth
and the paint will retain its brillianc,
and beauty unimpaired.
How TO ESCAPE FROM BUREIEt
HoUsE.-If a person in house on fir'
has the presence of mind to apply we
cloth or handkerchief to his mouth anC
nostrils, a passage can be effected
through the densest smoke without an,
serious inconvenience. If possible en-
yelope the face and head completely.
INK STA1Ns.-A solution of pyrophos
phate of soda, it is said, will quickl,
remove fresh ink stains told ones les
so) without affecting the colors of tn,
fabric, as is the result when oxalic acid
chloride of lime, or chlorine water az,
made use of.
DoUGHNUTs. Nutmeg one egg, on,
cup of sugar, one cup of sweet milk