Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-17
ABOUT GARDENING.

"A nome shOuld nave garQen or some klnd
attached to it, However poor the house may
be, little plot of garden in front of it, where
something pretty is growing, where green vines
are climbing upward into the sunlight, where
birds and bees, and children love to gather,
and the passer-by pauses to look with interest
and pleasure, gives it u far more home.like
and attractive aspect than than it can other
wise have. Many an ordinary house, with a
we'll kept and tastefuly arranged garden, pre-
sents far more pleasing and attractive ap-
pearance than much costlier mansion whose
bare walls have no variegated setting of nat
ural beauty to give completeness to the pic
ture. 1t is surprising how much few flowers
set in the window add to the cheerfulness Of
the room they adorn, and the home likeness
of the house as seen from the street. A few
honeysuckles or woodbines trailing over an
arbor or along house wall, alter the aspect
of the place at once, and create an impression
favorable to its inmates. This is the time of
the year for making preparations for the sum-
mer garden; and we advise our friends to
spare no pains in having such plot of some
kind, in which they can work an hour or two
every day, for the health that comes from the
exercise, and the invigoration which such con-
tact with nature always gives. Every child
wants garden, and whenever it is possible,
even the smallest child should have the pleas
ure of planting few seeds and seeing them
grow, week by week, until he feels something
of the beauty and mystery there is in nature,
and falls in love with her methods and laws
The garden is the best Of nurseries, and needs
only the fine tact and mastery of natures art
to make it the best of schools. 1t would be
we'll could it be arranged that in the summer
time the table could be sometimes spread upon
the lawn, exchanging the woolen carpet for
one of green grass, and the accustomed pic.
lures of the dining room for the fine land
scape visible from almost every country home.
The garden is merely the frame in which
home is set, and the more that is done to make
the setting beautiful, the more shall we prize
and enjoy the jewel it contains.
BROOM CoRN.-Broom corn, which is now
one of the most extensive products of the land
was introduced into the country by Dr. Frank
lin. 1t is stated, that while examining corn
stalk brought to him from Europe, he dscov-
cred single seed, which he planted in his
garden and from which corn was propagated.
Formerly Massachusetts, was the onl y State in
the Union where this corn was raised or the
manufacture of brooms carried on to any ex-
tent. Boston for many years was the great
point for the distribution Of these manutac-
tured goods. The raising of corn and the
manufacture of brooms extended to nearly
every one of the New England States, but
now there is hardly an acre devoted to the
broom corn culture in that entire region.
Since the war, farmers have raised tobacco in
its place as they find it more remunerative.
Illinois is the largest producer of broom corn
at present, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri,
Tennessee and New York coming next
Chicago and Cincinnati, and new York are
the centres of business in this product the
latter city being the great depot Of manufac-
tured goods. There are two or three large
manufactures in New Hampshire, and quite
a number in Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania and
New York, the smaller ones being located
here and there.
The following figures, which are as correct
as can be ascertained, show the quantity of
broom corn annually manufactured into
brooms in the Canadas and various States of
the Union. Canada and Provinces, 1850
tons; New England, 1,14S tons; New York,
4,4OO tons; Michigan, 700 tons; Indiana,
illinois, and Iowa, l $50 tons; Wisconsin and
Minnesota, $50 tons; Ohio, 1880 tons; Penn
sylvania, 1900 tons and Maryland $50
tons.
YEAST CAKE.-A single handful of hops.
medium-sized potatoes, 3pints of water; boil
onethird away, mash the potatoes, add cup
of flour, strain the hop water over the flour
scalding hot when cool add half cup OF
good yeast, l teaspoonful each of ginger and
sugar the following day add Indian meal !;
make into loaf, cut into slices half all inch
thick, dry on plates in cool place.