American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-03
FARM AND HOME.

About squash: Did you ever fry
any? 1 cooked some that way to-day,
and it was nice. Take a summer squash,
cut it up in slices, roll it in flour and fry
In spider in hot butter. Salt and pep
per it; and if you like fried oysters
you'll like this.-Artsur's Home Magazine.
-Striped-Bug, or Cucumber-Bug.-
After trying several methods l find
nothing so cheap and effective as to
keep a close watch, and as soon as the
bugs appear scatter wood ashes over the
vines, either by hand or with a dredging
box, made for the purpose. To the Hub
bard and other winter squashcs it should
be applied both on the upper and under
surfaces of the leaves. 1t is important
to begin hostilities as soon as the bugs
seem to determine upon point of at
tack.-Gardene,' s Manual.
To make perpetual paste, which will
remain sweet for year, dissolve a tea
spoonful of alum in a quart of water,
to which add sufficient flour to make a
thick cream. Stir in half a teaspoonful
of powdered resin and half a dozen
cloves to give a pleasant odor. Have on
the fire a teacup of boiling water, pour
the flour mixture into it, stirring well at
the time. In a few minutes it will be
of the consistence of mush. Pour it
into an earthen vessel, let it cool, lay
cover on, and put it in q Cool place.
When needed for use take out Il portion
and soften it with warm water.
"A correspondent of the New York
Tribune gives the following directions
for preventing the ravages of the cut
worms, which though late for this season
may be of some service hereafter: Spir
its turpentine poured upon seed corn be-
fore planting and thoroughly mixed by
stirring, SO that all the seeds shall be i'm
pregnated with it, is a specific for the
terrible ravages of the cutworm. have
never known it to fail in one instance.
My own practice has been to put one
quart of turpcntinc to a bushcl of corn,
or in that proportion, which is sufficient,
and l have always thought that corn
came up two or three days quicker when
thus treated. Besides, the scent of the
turpentine, which can be detected several
weeks after planting, aids much in keep
| ing crows at a distance.
TO preserve strawberries whole, to
every pound of Strawberries take three
quarters of pound of sugar. Put the
strawberries into a large platter and put
half the sugar over them, letting them
stand over night. Next morning drain
off the juice from the platter, add to it
one quart of red currant juice and the
remainder OF the sugar. Boil and skim
| this until no refuse scum rises, then drop
in the strawberries (only enough at one
time to cover the surface of the preserv-
| ing kcttie), and let them simmer for
about eight minutes. Skim them out
into jars, and scald the rest of the Der
RIGS in the same way. Then boil up the
strip and pour it over the berries. The
tart flavor of the currant juice Is a great
| Improvement to the preserved strawber-
ries.- ,Sorinafdcld (Mass.) Republican.
| The value of flannel next the skin
cannot be overIated. II is invaluable to
persons of both sexes and all ages, in all
countries, in all climates, ut every season
of the year, for the sick and the well. In
brief, cannot conceive of any circum-
stances in which flannel next the skin is
not comfort and a source of health 1t
| should not be changed from thick to
thin before the settled hot weather of
summer, which, in our Northern States,
is not much before the middle of June,
and often not before the LIST of July.
And the f1anncls for the summer must
not be three-quarters cotton but they
must be all wooden if you would have
the best protection. In the British army
and navy they make the wear of flannel i,
point of discipline. During the hot season
the ships doctor makes a daily examina-
ton of the men at unexpected hours to
make sure that they have not left off their
! fiapnels -TO- Tl1u