The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-05-06
AGR ICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

- The Ohio Farmer says: "A man who
mas lived all his life on farm stands but
' little chance to compete successfully
with the men who have been educated
and trained for speculative pursuits. If
you have good farm keep it, improve
1t, adOrn it, be proud of it, and when
you are done with it hand it down to
your children; the best inheritance, with
good name and education, that you
could leave them"
disappointment often results from
sowing or planting garden seeds that are
TOO Old to germinate. Whenever seeds are
gathered they should be labeled and dated.
II properly gathered and preserved, beans
Will retain vitality two years beets, seven !;
cabbage, four; carrot, two; sweet corn,
TWO; cucumber, ten; lettuce, three melon,
ten onion, one; parsnip, one; peas, two;
radlsh, three; squash, ten; tomato, seven
turnip, four.-Oaio Farmer.
Potato Pone.-Take twelve or fifteen
nice sweet potatoes (yams always pre-
ferred), boil them until we'll done; then
peel, mash with pestle or rolling-pin
ana rub through sieve to get out all
strings or tough fibers; now add sugar
to taste, half.dozen eggs, butter to
make 1t very rich, ground cloves, nutmeg
anu sweet milk enough to make it the
consistency of custard; you can then
peur the mixture in buttered pan, and
bake: Nice fresh lard can be used in.
stead OF butter, but IN smaller quantity
IN. 0. Home journal.
-1nvalid's Cutlet-One nice outlet
from loin or neck of mutton, two tea
CYPRUS of water, one very small stick of
celery, pepper and salt to taste. Have
the outlet cut from a very nice loin or
neck OF mutton; take off all the fat; put
1T into a stewpan, with the other ingredi-
ents; stew very gently indeed for nearly
two hours, and skim off every particle of
tat that may rise to the surface from
time to time. The celery should be cut
into thin slices before it is added to the
meat, and care must be taken not to put
IN too much Of this ingredient, or the
dish will not be good. If the water is
allowed to boil fast, the outlet will be
hard: 1t takes two hours very gentle
stewing.
The agricultural editor of the Detroit
Tribune strongly favors the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society's proposition for
law making it a Unable offense to breed in
sects, and providing for the proper care of
in all cases where the owners are
ignorant or needless. No man has moral
right, and he ought not to have legal
one, to propagate curculio or codling
moth for the devastation of his neighbors'
property, any more than to cover clean
farm with thistles. The work ola few in
dividuals will not rid the State of insects
while the mass neglect their destruction.
There must be universal effort, and
nothing but stringent law will accom-
plish the job.-Nichigan Farmer.
Preserving Strawberries. Gather
and handle the fruit carefully, taking
them in the early part of the season, as
they are then the finest and most perfect
berries. Stem, weigh and place OH
dishes. To one pound of fruit allow one
pound and half of the best white
sugar; sprinkle over them half or more
of the sugar and let it stand some hours,
or over night if gathered late Put on
the fire in close bell-metal or porcelain
kettle, with remainder of sugar Boil and
skim about twenty minutes or until the
syrup thickens, and first looks transpar-
ent, using, during the process, "silver"
spoon, and avoid MASKING. Seal up i'm
in alright cans; if glass, wrap
in paper to exclude light.