The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-25
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

pound OF hour upon your pastry slab,
with six ounces of butter, and rub them
well together with your hands, then
make hole in the center, in which put
two ounces of powdered sugar, two whole
eggs, and rather more than wineglass-
ful of water mix the eggs, sugar and
water well together, then draw in the
: -four and butter, shaking the whole well
together lightly with the hands.
ASPARAGUS SoUP.-Two quarts of good
beef or veal stock, four onions, two or
three turnips, some sweet herbs, and the
white parts OF hundred young aspara-
gus-ift old, half the quantity-and let
them simmer till fit to be rubbed through
tammy strain and season it have
ready the green tops of the asparagus,
and add them to tho soup.
RICE PUDDING WITH FRUTr.-In a pint
of new milk put two large spoonfuls of
rice, well washed then add two apples,
pared and quartered, or few currants
or raisins. Simmer slowly till the rice is
very soft, then add one egg beaten, to
bind it serve with cream and sugar.
To Boil NEW POTATOES. off the
skins, and lay the potatoes in cold water
for an hour or two, then put them into
an iron saucepan, and cover them with
water ;put on the lid, and let the m boil
for half an hour. Try one if not quite
done, cover them for a few minutes long
or. Drain the water off let them stand
minute or two over the fire to dry, then
serve.
To CLEAN MARBLE.-Take two parts
of common soda, one part of pumice
stone, and one part of finely powdered
chalk sift through q fine sieve and mix
1T with water, then rub it well all over
the marble and the stains will be remov-
ed; then wash the marble over with soap
and water, and it will be as clean as it
was at first.
The Capabilities of an Acre of Ground.
j. M. Smith, a market gardener at
Green Bay, Wis, furnishes some inter
esting statements of his experiments in
high culture. He has found the rule
invariable, not single exception to it.
that the more he has spent cultivatine
and manuring the greater have been the
not profits per acre. Last season he
cultivated fourteen acres, and began
with more thorough and expensive
cultivation than ever before. The result
was that, although there was a "ter-
rife drought" one of the dryest seasons
ever known In that region, after spend
ing 1886, or 1884 per acre, he had a
better balance than for any previous
year.
He appears to regard constant cultiya-
tion, especially through droughts, in
connection with copious manuring, as
all-important. Stable manure is the
standard, with such use of superphos-
pilates, plaster, lime, ashes and other
manures as experience and good sense
point out. After you have learned
how to spend money to the best advan-
tage," he remarks, ga larger profit may
be made by laying out $500 per acre than
with loss. After the second year if your
land does not pay all its expenses, taxes
and ten per cent. on 81, 900 per acre,
there is something wrong somewhere.
have some acres of land that did not pay
expenses for two years, but for num-
ber OF years past have not failed to pay
ten per cent. on at least $4,000 per acre.
L expect my whole garden to do more
than that in a short time"
He adds that he is now aiming Mt
1000 bushels Of onions per acre, then q
crop of carrots or turnips, or 500
bushels of early potatoes or, if straw
berries, 1880 quarts, or 400 bushels
per acre.
Earth as n Deodorizer.
AAoPo 2iOu bu0 klGCneu can De
upon heap OF dirt, which may be oc-
casionally shoveled over and changed
after 1t has absorbed q good deal of filth.
1t is then well worth removing to use as
fertilizer. It is better than running
underground into pit, where the otlors
generally find some way of escape, often
into the kitchen, on account of some de-
feet or stoppage of the pipes. The use
OF dry earth is vastly better than to wash
the filth into sewer, thence into a
river, to contaminate the air and water.
A little mouse, a dead frog or squirrel,
or few dead worms will spoil the water
OF well so every one will smell it and
refuse to drink it. The same subjects
are completely deodorized by q small
shovelful of dry earth.
How to Rake Hay.
There are many more tons of hay lost
annually than farmers are aware of from
rakng 1t the wrong way. When cut
with machine the grass falls back and
If you rake it in the same direction that
you cut you win get all the grass, as it
all lays back with the tops over the
butts shingle fashion. But il You rake i'm
the opposite direction it shingles the
wrong way and instead of the grass
back gathering that in front, it slides
over and loses constantly. But few
farmers ever think of 80 small matter.
but the millions of grass spears lost by
raking the wrong way make hundreds
of tons.
Cepperas and Lime for Potato Bugs,
b. f. Phillips, of Ashtabula county.
Ohio, gives the following as his plan for
destroying the potato bug: Take equal
parts Of copperas and Stacked lime. I
used five pounds of each to twenty gal
Ions OF water. and put IL ON with q White