The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-05-29
Farm, Garden and Household.
se,.onnbre Hints for The F,rr,

Gypsum or plaster may be applied to
corn either before or at the time of
planting, or it may be scattered on the
plants after they are up.
Young Pigs are scarce this snrinc
and are likely to be still scarcer neTii
fall. 1t will pay to give them good
care and liberal treatment.
Brains as well as muscles are reouired
on the farm. This is getting to be
more and more the case every yearwitb
the introduction of more and better
machinery.
Horses are required to work very
hard this month. Feed liberally. and
be very careful to clean them after the
days work is done, so that they will
get good nights rest.
High wages are great blessing. pro-
vlded the men can earn them Tenn
porary high prices, whether of wages
or of commodities, obtained by strikes
or combinations which check produc-
tion, are curse to individuals and
communities.
Cows until turned out to grass sbould
have good hay, and three or four r,,o,ts
OF bran, and one or two quarits Of Gown
meal per day ; and it would he we1i 80 =,
continue the brani and meal, mixed with
peck Oh cut hay, for week or two
alter tho COWS are turned out to grass
Sheep should have all the hav thew
will eat at this season. The grass IS
very succulent, and is apt to produce
scours. Bring the sheep into the wards
during storms, but be careful that the
yards and sheds are dry and clean.
Aeep the sheep carefully tagged.
husband your strength when you
can can ana Use it freely when You must
we 40 not like to walk II miles q dav
altef two horses, on soft ground. TO
harrow eight acres, when YOU can inst
as easily drive four horses and harrow
sixteen acres by walking the same dis
tance. Vas
Every experienced farmer knows the
pest men are the cheapest and vet IT
IN rare that we discriminate sufficiently.
we are TOO much inclined to pay all the
men allke. This may not be unjust to
the good men, but it is doing ourselves
an injustice. Better let the stupid
pi1uollnS dullards go to work on the
railroads.
Some leaned ignoramus has soid tbo+
horse requires for his sunnort tbn
produce of fine times MS much land os y
man. 1t is not true-unIess ,,n,, fn,'1
lhe man on hay and oats Steam is
cne"Per than horses, and horses are
tne"Pef tnan men, for the simple reason
tnot coal Is cheaper than hay and oats,
ana nay and oats are cheaper than beef,
--A"''0N' tork, butter, cheese and bread
Plum-Cake Without Butter.
For large plum-cake allow one pound
OF sltted flour, one pound of nice sugar,
TWO pounds of bloom raisins. two
pounds OF currants, one half-pound of
cltron cut into small strips, a table
spoonful OF nutmeg grated, same guam
ilty OF any other spice ones taste die
tates, wlne-glass full of good brandy.
ana the same quantity of extract of
lemon.
Beat.the yolks and whites of twelve
eggs separately until the whites are a
still troth and the yolks light and
smooth. Now comes in the peculiar
feature OF this cake: Have the children
PICK out two pounds of walnut
goodies, which are rich enough to
make the cake nice without butter.
Now mix all your raisins, currants.
walnuts, ETC., together, SO they will be
evenly lnterspersed through the batter.
which must be mixed exactly like a
sponge-cake batter. And the currants
must be picked and washed, dried be-
fore the fire, and then dredged with
flour. Also the raisins must be seeded
dried, and dredged with -four, and the
cltron dredged with -four; but put the
walnut kernels in just as they are, Mix
III all the ingredients this calls for. and
your batter will bestiff with goodies. %
and I'LL your cake-pan over two-thirds
1ull, allowing some room to rise, but
near enough the top of the pan for the
batter to catch the heat over the sur
face as soon as put in the stove.
summer yyhiteyvash.
10 make u good whitewash for out
side work, take half bushel of quick
lime, Cor in that proportion and slack
1t III the usual manner with boiling
water. Add to it one pound of common
salt, half pound of white vitriol, and
one gallon of sweet milk. The salt
should be dissolved, and so should the
vltrlol, before mixing it. The sooner
the wash is applied the better. A little
ilquid indigo or Prussian blue will tint
1T, else lampback, brown sienna, ochre
DC. Dissolve some alum, and add tc
the mixture, and the whitewash vii
not rub off. Some people add pint O.
molasses Gnstead of the alum) to every
three gallons of wash, to make the lat
ter stick. A whitewash for wood, brick
or stone, almost as good as paint, ant
looking as well, may be made by slack
ing the half bushel of lime in boiling
water as above, keeping it covered dur
ing the process. Then strain it, anG
add apeck of salt previously dissolved
IN warm water. Then add, also three
pounds ground rice that has been put
into boiling water and boiled to a thir
paste; half pound powdered Spanisl
whiting, and pound of clear glue dis
solved in warm water Mix all well to-
gether, and let the mixture stand fol
several days. Keep this wash ready in
kettle, and when used, put it on hot
as possible, with paint or whitewash
brushes.