The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-07-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

"A correspondent of fhe Mark-Lans
Express Is authority for the statement THAI
Ii a tablespoonful Of paraiilne Is stirred
into a quart of peas just previous to plant
ing, so that they are coated, no vermin
will touch the seed. The suggestion Is
worthy OF notice, as IL Is not unreasOna-
BILE to suppose that seed corn thus treated
might, in measure, be protected from
the ravages of cut-worms.
TO Make Gems.-See that your oven
Is hot enough To bake potatoes, and that
your small oblong iron or tin pans are
hot, and creased with olive oil. Now mix
wheat meal or Graham flour with cold
water or milk and water If preferred, TO the
consistency of corn-bread batter, with the
greatest possible rapidity, and put instant
" into the pans and bake twenty-five or
thirty minutes. Success depends upon
the speed of the whole process. Gems
MAJ be eaten while warm, but not while
hot enough to melt butter.
How Ducks are produced in England.
We find the following statement in an
exchange: 1.-The early ducklings that
realize such high prices in the London
markets are the Aylesbury variety, dis
tinguished by their great size, white
plumage and flesh-col0red bills. Ii fed
with an unlimited supply of oats, placed
in a vessel of water, and not allowed
much room TO swim, the old birds will
lay freely in winter, then the eggs should
be Matched under hens, and the duckling
literally fed with slaked oatmeal and fine
middlings, and afterward with oats In
water. Under this treatment they may
be made ready for the table in less than
two months
How to Slaughter Sheep.-A writer
Al
that il is not the wool but the intestines
that causes the unpleasant taste in NUT.
ton; therefore TO avoid it, be sure that
the sheep is not warm or heated or any
way unusually excited just before slaugh-
tering. He gives the following direc-
tons for killing and dressing "As soon
"a the sheep is caught hold of let his
throat be cut Immediately. Then make
an incision in the chest near the
heart and another near the crotch above
the smaller intestiDes, that the air may
escape as he dies. Dress such portions of
the quarters and abdomen as will allow
the immediate opening of the mutton
without the soiling OF the flesh by the tag
and dirty locks. When thus dressed the
carcass may be rolled up in the pelt with
the wool next to it, and no unpleasant
taste will be communicated To it."-Ohio
Farmer.
-Succotash, or Beans and Corn.-This
is deservedly a favorite country dish.
Unfortunately few city people are ac-
quainted with it, and even in some rural
districts housekeepers do not know how
to make ii. Sweet-corn and lima-beans
make the epicure's succotash. but string.
beans are commonly used. Strip off the
husks and silk from dozen ears of sweet
corn, and cut the grains of the cobs. If
the corn Is not very tender, chop as for
green-corn pudding. String a quart OF
green beans, and chop them into half inch
lengths. Put the corn and beans together
into quart of cold water or milk, cover
them close, and boil gently until done.
Usual time, three-quarters of an hour, but
1t Is safest TO test them. A few minutes
before taking off the fire, add teacupful
OF table butter. and salt and pepper to
taste. Stir well together, let il boil up,
then take the succotash out in dish with
as much OF the liquid as may be desired
In place of butter. half pound of nice
corned fat pork may be boiled with the
beans and corn. The pork should be first
cut in very thin slices, and no additional
salt will be required.
The Application of Manures.-As a
general rule, manure does best on heavy
soils applied as a broadcast top-dressing
on light soils IL Is better 10 pillow II in with
shallow burrows. There have not been
sufficient number Of accurately conduct
ed experiments with top-dressing in sum-
mer TO determine satisfactorily what
amount of manure would be thus wasted
by exposure. We suspect, however, that
this great loss is commonly over-estima-
ted. Manure spread on grassland early
in August, has not only proved Of great
value to the grass, but has had marked
effect on the following corn crop, planted
on spring-plowed soil. We should pre-
fer spreading TO leaving in heaps, although
the latter is most common. When spread
evenly every shower of rain washes the
soluble and enriching parts into the soil
but If in heaps. IL would be more likely to
lose by fermenting and rains would be no
benefit TO il. Without knowing any thing
OF the nature or condition of the soil, we
should be inclined to recommend. as the
safest course. TO plow in the manure as
shallow as practicable after being thor
oughly spread and broken by surface
harrow. leaving, however, portion OF
the field with the manure exposed, by
way of experimental itivdtor.