The Placer herald., 1873-11-01
HOU SE AND FA RIM.

eral rule, the smaller the seed the lighter
should be the covering. We are very ap
to cover too deeply. Nature here is safe lc
follow. She covers lightly. The seed falls
from the ripened stalk upon the surface oI
the ground, to be covered only with leaves,
or to be washed into the soil hy the rains.
Onions parsn.s, squashcs and Lima beans
such plants especially as push up the
shells of the seed Itself, find it difficult tc
force their way up through much depth o
earth, after i: is packed down by rains.
quarter, or half an inch at most, is quite
sufficient for these seeds
Care should be taken that 10 Jumps Of
earth be left over them. We like long
lows of bees, carrots, parsnips. etc. and
don't believe in wasting half the land III
useless paths and walks with short rows
running crossw Use, Long rows are more
easily worked and kept clean than short
ones, and The labor for The same number of
plants in long rows is less than in short ones.
We should study economy both on the farm
and in the gaIde On the field the too
frequent turnings consume much time in
plougling and TO some extent this is so in
the garden. HISS Ploughmon.
S7EwlD BEEF Housewives who are in
fhe habit of using only steaks and roas's
make great mistake. A capacity dish
may be made out Of the "chuck" as the
butchers call it, or he reck when well pre-
pared. Select piece of meat as large as
the demand of your table may require,
wash it well 10 remove all the blood or soil
from the outside, have your dinner pot per-
feciy clean, salt and pepper the meat well,
lay it Oh the bottom and cover it with wa
ter; boil it from two TO three hours, or till it
is thoroughly tender; add half an onion, a
sprinkle OF sage, thyme or summer savoy.
If the meat is fat, let the water all stew
out half hour before it is put on the table
and when your meat is Drowned well on the
lower side in the gravy, turn it over and
brown the other side. When ready, take it
up, add little -four thickening to the gra-
w, or, if you have Il diedge-box shake
the -four into the hot gravy and brown it,
then add boiling water and you will lave a
dish equal, and to my mind superior, to the
common roast beef on boarding house tables
Care must be used to turn it; and equal
ly necessary is good judgment in having it
thoroughly well cooked
HODGE PopeE-Ar exchange prints the
following recipe, at the request Of some Of
its readers and endorses it as making an
excellent relish:
Take of unripe tomatoes three-foulths in
bulk and of cucumbers and onions one
sburth; using less CT onions than of cucum
bers, if you like. Pare the cucumbers,
and if they are quite ripe they are just as
good. Chop all up fine, then mix them to-
gethcr. Place them in dish that will hold
them, salt to taste, and let them remain ov-
er night. In the morning turn off the pick
lie and throw it away. Into tie mixture
il two spoonfuls Of whole cloves. Take
the same quantity of whole cloves and Of
white mustard; tie them in thin cloth, and
put them in vinegar enough to cover the
whole mass. Bring the vinegar TO IA boil
and let the spice remain in it until the hodge
fodse is all used up. Cook the prepara-
ton five minutes in vinegar, and draw of
the vinegar in which it has been cooked, and
throw it away. Then place the mass in 3
stone Jar, and turn over it the vinegar il
which the spice has been boiled. Cove
and set away to use as desired Half
pound of sugar to gallon of Lodg? podge
If you like.
HOUSEHOLD EDUcATloN Children hun.
ger perpetualIy for new ideas. They will
learn with pleasure from the lips of parents
what they deem it drudgery to study in
books; and even if they have the m.for-
tune to be deprived of many educational ad-
vantaees, they will grow up intelligent, II
they enjoy in childhood the privilege of lis
tening daily 10 tie conversation of intelli
gent people. We sometimes see parents
who are the life Of every company which
they enter dull, silent and unnteresting at
home among their children.
IT they have not mental activity and men
tai stores sufficient for both, let them first
Use what they have for their own house
holds. "A silent house is dull place for
young people, place from which thev will
escape if they can. How much useful in
formation, on the other hand. is often eiver
IN family conversation, and what uucon-
sclous but excellent mental training in lively
rocial argument. Cultivate to the utmost
all the graccs of home conversation.
To CLEAN GLASS WATER BOTTLES -
lake potato, just as it comes from the
market, cut it into SIN Ill bits, and put then,
into bottle. Shake the bottle up and
down and around and around for
some time, after which add a very little
water and shake again. Turn out the po-
tato and rinse the bottle well with clear wa
ter, when it will become perfectly bright. II
not much furred, another method may be
used. Some tea leaves from the tea pot,
with small quantity of soda, may be al
lowed to stand for time in the bottle, and
then well shaken about in it; after which
it should be rinsed out with cold water
when it will be found 10 he unite clean.