The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-05-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Household Helps and Hints,

Household Helps and Hints.
VEN1soN STEAKs.-Cut them from the
neck; season them with pepper and salt
When the gridiron has been well heated
over a bed of bright Goals, grease the
bars, and lay the steaks upon it. BroiI
them well, turning them once, and
taking care to save as much of the gravy
as possible.
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EGGs.-Put
into well buttered dish half pound best
Carolina rice. simply was he'd; pour on
1t three pints of cold milk; sweeten and
flavor to taste; put little butter and
nutmeg on the top to brown; bake two
and half hours in q slow oven, on
which much success of the pudding
depends.
CASTLE PUDp1Na.-Two epps. one-
quarter pound OF sugar, one-ouarter
pound of butter, one-quarter pound of
-four; beat butter to cream, and sugar
finely pounded, then add eggs and -four.
Bake three-quarters of an hour in n
moderate oven in small cups; when done
turn out on q fiat dish and cover with
thick, white sauce, favored with wine or
essence.
Soar AND SnvER.-Never put
particle of soap about your silver if you
would have If retain its original luster.
When it wants polishing, take piece
OF soft leather and whiting and rub
hard. The proprietor of one of the
Oldest silver establishments in the
country says: Housekeepers ruin their
silver by washing it in soap suds, as it
makes it look like pewter.
DEGREE OF HEAT-One great difficulty
experienced by all young housekeepers
Is to decide on the degree of heat neces-
sary to cook ordinary dishes in an oven.
1t would be well to use a thermometer
constantly in the kitchen, letting one
hundred and sixty degrees be the stan
dard OF heat for roasting meats, pud-
d1ngs and rich cakes; puff paste and
sponge cake, of course, would need
greater degree OF heat.
Fertilizers on the Farm.
The last report of the United States
agricultural bureau says: The manure
OF farm animals is seen to be the main
reliance for sustaining fertility. Com
mercial fertilizers organic and mineral
are somewhat in use in New England,
especially in Maine and Massachusetts,,
including quantities of fish refuse and
sea weed. They are also used sparingly
In the Middle States; but the cheaper
minerals, lime and plaster, and still
cheaper green manuring, monopolize n
large proportion of the percentages
credited to "other fertilizers" The
South Atlantic States from MARYLAND to
Georgia, inclusive, use not only the
largest proportion of manipulated fer
tilzers, but the largest quantity in COM
parison with other sections. The cost
OF such material amounts to millions in
each OF these States. Little fertilizine
matter is applied to the soil from Ala
Dama westward, with the single excep-
ton of such quantities of cotton seed as
are not required for seeding and for a
few oil mills. In the eastern portion of
the Ohio valley experiments are tried
with commercial fertilizers by few pro-
gressive farmers, and the use of clover
as fertilizer is considerably practiced
there by immigrants from MARYLAND and
Pennsylvania. And here we may stop.
The remainder of the country has
heretofore practiced the draining of farm
yard manures into creeks and rivers. or
the removal of barns from their incon-
venient accumulations; or, If they all
have not literally adopted this practice.
they have not indicated much faith in
the necessity of manuring. And vet
these returns show that the lands of
Iowa and Minnesota, and even of I'LL
nois, are made to bear an increase of
twenty to thirty per cent. by single
experiment in green manurine.
Thoughtful Western farmers are seri-
ously pondering the economy and profit
Of prairie land fertilization.
As to the commercial fertilizers, our
correspondents generally appreciate
their value for specific uses, acknowl-
edge their utility in supplying lacking
material for plant growth, accord to
them o positive value in fastening
growth and maturity, but persist in the
opinion that there is fraud in the mani
pulation of some kinds, and ttat the
genuine are held at too high price.
They know that for the regular uses of
farm fertilization they can obtain the
needed elements at cheaper rate.