Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-19

the best way is to begin the preparation of
the land quite earl ", pillow. and get it nearly
fitted to receive the seed. Keep blowing
and fitting, but do not put in the seed
until both ground and weather are warm
Then 90 over the land with a harrow, in
order to destroy the weeds which have
started up, and also make fine bed for
the seed. and do the planting as soon as pos,
start as the weeds. grow rapidly, be ready
for the second or third hoeing before time
for getting hay, and have abundant time
in which to get perfectly ripe.
RAISING SoUAsHEs.-I tried last season
with such satisfactory results that | wish
to share them with others. For several
years l have kept an open-mouthed bottle
of shellac dissolved in alcohol, for appli.
cation to my fruit trees, when l cut off a
limb in season or out Of season. This is
about the thickness of molasses and is put
on with Il small brush. When my Hub
bard squashes had progressed to abou,
the third rough leaf, l found there were
bugs enough investing them, allowing
four bugs to the plant, to take and do fol
the whole crop,-so l went for them
They are Il large tlattish. dark coloreG
party, with hip-roofed backs and a power.
full odor, when pinched, of an over-ripe
Bartlett pear Near the plants in each
hill placed a Single fiat on the ground
Now, there is nothing new or original il
this proceeding,-the pinch comes in ut.
tending to the traps once or twice Il day
at least. From one to seven were founC
at each examination. and many of them
evidently, were married couples. About
this time, their eggs were discovered on
the under side of ut least half the existing
leaves, paced in the shape Of an old
fashioned harrow, placed in circles, placed
in solid squares and placed promiscuously
Did | pick the leaves off? No. the plants
were too small to bear it. Did | scrape
them off with my thumb nail? No thai
would have taken too long and would
have injured the leaves. took the afore
said bottle and brush and covered the
eggs with the shellac with one daub OF
the brush, and they never developed, nor
could the application be discovered on the
upper side of the leaf, and this is what
claim as original, the change from what
would have been transient visitors, to per
manent fixtures, The two forces cleared
the squashcs of every bug in eight days
and resulted in fine crop.
QUEEN OF PUDDINGS.-1. Soak {: pin
of bread crumbs in boiling milk. add tn,
yOlks of four eggs, well beaten, and sugar
to taste; bake in Il pie dish; when cold
spread jam over the top. and over that the
whites Of four eggs beaten to I; stiff froth
18th four table>poonfulS of white sugar
put into the oven. and bake to Il very lgh
brown; flavor with essence of vanilla. OF
lemon.
=. Cut stale bread into slices, butter
them and lay them in \ pe-dish; sprinkle
currants. Repeat this until the dish i,
milk mixed with one bcat-up egg, unit
the bread is soaked; bake it light brown
You can make 4 still palmer bread-ptid-
ding of odds and ends, when too stale t,
use otherwise. by soaking them in skin
milk. then beating the bread to- pulp
adding Il few curr nts. and 4 little brown
sugar and boiling in Il cloth.
). Boil the pieces of bread, crust ant
crumbs together, until So soft that it car
be beaten up with Il fork; add littl,
chopped suet, some skim milk, Il few
spoonfulS of molaSsrs; put it in Il pie-diSh
and bake it brown; leave the top of il
quite rough, or scratch it rough with Il
fork.
4. Put the scraps of bread. crust and
crumbs into Il basin, with sufficient milk
to cover them well. Cover the basin with
Il Saucepln-lid or a plate, and put it into
the oven to soak for about half an hour
Take it out and mash the bread with :,
FORK till it is almost 4 pulp; then add "A
handful of raisins and rs many currants.
a teacupful of brown sugar, some candied
lemon-peel and one egg. Stir it up well,
grease Il pie dish, and pour the pu !,ling
in. Crate over Il little nutmeg. put it into
Il moderate oven, and let it bake for an
hour and Il half OF two hours
TIE SWEETS OF FARMING.-Of the
many cnviable things about farming, is the
enjoying Of plenty Of good butter. rich
milk. fruits and Vegetables without stint.
and honey, sweet. pure. and unadulteratcd
Farmers and th.r families, rs we'll as
everybody else. like honey. aud every
farmer should keep few stands of bees
to supply his table with the luxury that
few cannot enjoy who 10 not keep bees
Bees are rot expensive to buy or to keep
they generally provide their own fool,
and have Il good surplus for your table.
and with Il little extra care may be made
profitable.
And in these times ofalulteration, when
the syrups of commerce are ma lie of poison,
it is u matter of Importance to every
farmer to supply his ftmily with syrup If
honey. gathered pure from the tlowc:s of
his fields Hcs'e,71 Expenditures.
MADE LAND-The reclamation of 4
very valuable tract Of land uron one of the
Scotch rivers, was made in Il simple man
ner quite recently. Stakes were driven
into the mud at the waters edge ut
regular distances parallel to the course of
the river. Between these stakes branches
of trees and brush were thicklv matted or
intcrlaced This simple contrivancc re-
suited in the deposit at very high water.
Of large quantities of silt and mud, until
at last an embankment was thrown up
without any further expense. sufficient to
keep out water except at high floods The
land thus reclaimed was sOwn with grasses
and is now used for grazing cattle and is
valuable at $500 per acre for this purpose
alone. There are thousands of acres
alongside of our rivers. both upon the
.oast and inland which might be reclaimed
in this or similar ways at very little ex-
pense. As a preventive Of washing away
Of banks, it might also be made Use Of in
mtny cases.
On COOKING GREENS" livery house
wife thinks she can cook "greens' 1t is
The simplest of all dishes; and vet. in
most cases, they are not well served, for
much depends upon the manner in which
they are boiled, The water should be
soft. and a tablespoonful Of salt added to
Il large sized pot of it, which should be
boiling hot when the greens are thrown
in; and then it should be kept on the bolt
ing gallop, but uncovered until they are
lone, which can be told by their sinking
t, the bottom of the pot, and they should
be skinned out Il. quic,ly as possible into
I colander, so that I'LL wafer will run out.
Press them with a small plate, then turn
lpon Il platter. add large piece ofbutter,
and cat up fine. Serve while smoking
lot-Ihe (Londoaa) Garden
HORSE SHoFs.-Mr. Geo. Fleming, in