Connecticut western news., 1876-03-31
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FARM, GARDEN AND HoUs EHOLD.
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUS EHOLD.
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 LEMoN PMs.-Two and one-half cups aa aaAs0gk1ksksGwUHMe6ten' eggs, juice and grated. sind afrt3o lemons, and two cupfAtsaifsA5saRRle. Bake in an under crusseSef .Atkg vlauI,jaI ..a.9aaafiaa.s
 Sog&G&e&x&NJRLLYs- --Take good sour ap1B TAdi&Uew them tender; squeeze ,samsas9 llsAFs scoarse cloth, add sugar to easte, ahd simmer down as thick as de- a%Ane& hac as'H at1- sa f. g.s ..t-
 MoLAssEs COOKIES. Take two cups a. Molasses, one cup of sugar, two cups ,sef. butter, four teaspoonfuls of alum, put in two cups of boiling water, four teaspoonfuls of soda, and flour enough to roll out. a.-.Es.-.. -. ...s To MAKE DE1Ic1oUs LEMON P1E.- Crate tic rind and pulp of one lemon into one cup of maple molasses, add a half teaspoonful of four, butter the size of @ shellbark, dropped in little pieces over the mixture; make a good puff paste for top and bottom. Bake in a quick oven. s-...
 GINGER COOKIES. One cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of lard, two thirds cup of boiling water, one egg, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one tablespoonful ginger, one tablespoonful soda, and one teaspoonful of salt.
 GELATINE ICING FOR CAKE.-One scant tablespoonful of gelatine dissolved zi in two tablespoonfuls of hot water; mix with powdered sugar till quite stiff, spread on the cake and smooth with a knife dipped in hot water. It does not crack after becoming dry. .,.,4... a..-. sv. OoDF9sH BALIs.-Put your codfish to soak @ day and half, then boil until tender. Have your potatoes boiling, too. When the fish is done, pull every .lumpss no matter how small, apart, until it is light and feathery. Mash the po- tatoes until they are perfectly smooth; add little cream or milk, and little butter. but not enough to. color them; mix all thoroughly; roll into fat, small balls, about one half inch thick. Be careful to make them good shape. A little raw onion, chopped fine, is deli cious mixed through them, just sufficient to flavor. Fry good brown, in plenty of hot lard. Cooked oysters, laid Oh before eating, make them still better. Remember, the beauty is to have them fine and white inside, like cream puff.
 .-.-.~ Manure for the Garden.
 Hen manure, when mixed with enough soil to work fine, has special fitness for the onion crop, as it can be applied to the surface where wanted, has no weed seeds, and is exceedingly valuable, be- ing little less than guano. .--.. .u.s. 4 Leached ashes have an especial value on sandy soils, and produce most effect upon onions, potatoes, corn, and the root crops. Their value is lasting, and the effect of 8 liberal application will be noticed for years, and if not to be hauled more than three miles their use is profit able. ssaAos L.+ -.40.s.-.S --ts -s s-.... -'.
 Unleached ashes have most marked effect when applied broadcast over ~ onions partly grown-in fact, it is one of the most valuable special manures for this crop. and is worth for this pur- pose twice the amount paid by soap makers. For all garden crops they are valuable i; potatoes, turnips, beets, and peas deriving most benefit next to onions. ,-..-.=t .-a..
 Lime is of most value on rich old soils, it's effect being to unlock and release fertility already in the soil, but inactive or insoluble. Hence, upon poor soils itmay sometimes do more harm than good, but used upon rich old garden soils it's use occasionally will produce astonishing results.
 Supercphosphate of lime produces a very quick effect, and besides the fertili- ty it adds to soft soil, the rapid de- velopment it adds in plant life enables the roots to lay hold of much food they would not otherwise. In the garden il is of special value to hasten growth while plants are still small and unable yet to reach coarser manures, and also tc touch up and bring forward any DOT, .tions of crops which seem to need further help. While depending chiefly on stable and green manures, we always find profitable use for more or less super-phosphate.
 In the garden land plaster is exceed ingly variable in it's effects. Some o the most marked benefits from it's ust have been noticed upon vines dur ing g. drought. If applied over the L surface of the hill and vines during | drought so severe that the leaves droot at midday, they will, in 8 couple of days show no signs of dropping, but exhibi unusual vigor.
 ~s- -F t-- Size of Farms.
 There are two sides to every question and it is easy matter to make assertion when no proof is expected. We placs together two views of the question "How much land shall we cultivate ? taken from two of our most recent ex changes. a Tsgt Fzr .rEws-E e
 Small farms make near neighbors they make good roads; they make plent, of good schools and churches; there i more money made in proportion to th labor; less labor is wanted; everything is kept neat; less wages have to be pai' for labor; less time is wasted; more i raised to the acre; besides, 1t is tile, better; there is no watching of the hire, hands; the mind is not kept in worry a stew, fret, all the time. There's no frost; of small prices. There's not s much money to be paid out for agrictl turaFimplements. Our wives and chi dren have time to read-to improv their minds. A short horse is soon cui ried, and the work on small farm is al ways pushed forward In season. Civ us small farms for comfort; aye, an
 give us small farms for profit.
 If you should ask me whether & ger eral could best command 5000 or 50, % men, should tell you that it depend ed upon his skill, talents, capacity, ett Now, why will not the same rule appl to farmers7 One man will carry on
 farm of fifty acres, be perfectly conten
 ed and happy, keep out of debt, and b just as well off as ii he were rich. Al
 other man could no more stay on. lift
 acres of land than a tempest could sta
 in teakettle. The restless Yankee gel
 erally wants elbow room. We mu:
 adopt a style of farming suited n<