American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-07-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

How FAST DOES ASPARAGUS GRow?-
A gentleman who lives on Fairchild ave
nue. and who has Il fine bed of asparagus,
had the curiosity, one day this week To
test the growth of the plant bv actual
measurement. He selected a thrifty stock
and measured il accurately at eight O'Clock
a. III. At five o'clock p. m, on returning
from the city, he measured the same stalk
carefully again, and found that it had
grown exactly four inches.-Hartf0rd
Times.
To CLARITY PIcKLEs.-Horseradi
seems to be a specific for this purpose. A
lady who is highly successful with her
table, SAYS that she enjoys n happy state
of feeling whenever she thinks how secure
she is against the nuisance of white specks
on her pickles, mangoes ketchup, etc.
1t is simply putting little horseradish
into the jar. The white scum does not
gather afterwards, and if present when the
horseradish is put in, it soon sinks down
as a sediment, leaving the vinegar quite
clear.
LEMON JELLY.-To the Juice of one
common-sized lemon add one cup white
sugar and one large egg. Mix well to-
gether, put into a coffee saucer and bake
in a very slow oven. The sugar must be
dissolved before the mixture is put into
the oven. When done, it will be a clear
Jelly. Frost the pie all over when filled.
Some substitute cream filling for lemon
Jelly, but il is too sweet for most people.
When filled with cream, it is called "cus-
tard cake" You can make the sheets any
size and shape you choose. After frost
ing, you can put spots of apple or currant
jelly over the top, improving the beauty of
the loaf much.
GREAsING HORSES FEET-A writer in
the Canadldn Farmer says: 81 had an
excellent opportunity of observing the
effect of greasing the feet whilst working
in shop where horses were shod for a
large undertaking establishment. The
treatment of the horses by the horse
sheer was the same as that of hundreds of
other horses shod at the same shop; but
the feet of the funeral horses were creased
every time they went out, to make them
nice and black; and, as the fruit of this
practice, the hoOfs almost ceased growing.
They were exceedingly dry and brittle.
The sole was not hard and glossy, as after
pairing, but of a dry nature, and in many
cases could be crumbled by the fingers
! PLowING PAsTUREs.-A correspondent
! of the Name Farmer advocates from eX-
| perience the frequent blowing of pastures
| for the purpose of renovating them and
increasing their product. He says: "Most
any of our pastures plowed up and seeded
And five-acre lot will, in four years,
| yield twenty tons. Now, there is the ma
nure of twenty tons of feed on this five
acres in four years. Turn this over and
seed again, and it will bear, at least, two
tons to the acre, which will make forty
tons. Now, this forty tons of feed on the
five acres (cattle kept on the groundD will
so enrich it, that on being turned over
and seeded again, it will yield an amount
almost incredible.
TOP-DREssING MEADOws.-In my eX-
perience, the best results can be obtained
| by applying the manure on the surface OF
the meadow as soon as possible after the
grass has been cut. If it is cloudy or
rainy weather at the time, or soon after
wards, so much the better, as the liquid
| from the manure will then be carried into
the soil, to be taken up by the roots of the
| grass at the time when they need the slim
illus the most, as they receive a severe
shock by being laid bare to the action OF
the suns rays at "a season of the year when
the weather is usually the driest. l have
noticed that if grass is not cut close to
the ground, it will start much sooner. II
a manure is applied at the time stated, in
a short time it will be covered with a
heavy aftermath, furnishing a protection
| from the heat of autumn, as well as from
the frosts of fall and spring.-Cor. Of
Exchange.
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