Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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 A farmer replied that it would not, here. He did not know enough about the climate of Utah to answer for it
 A member said that, according to John Henderson and ether authorities on grasses, clover seed should bs sown In the spring of the year. The common practice in the Northern States is to SOW on the late snowsaof March or April, on wheat or rye lands, when sown with spring grain. The common practice is from eight to twelve pounds per acre for separate sowing. A bushel of red clover seed weighs sixty-four pounds.
 The chairman called attention to an extract from some agricultural journal, which said that the roots of healthy clover plants which form one hundred pounds. of stems and leaves that will make hay, will, divested of dirt, weigh half that amount, allowing two years for growth and three cuttings of the clover. Glover roots and stubble more than pay thecost of production as manure to the land, whether you fertilize for crop of corn, oats, wheat, barley or what not. A turf that has grown four years has been known to be worth six tons of hay for manure. This is how sterile or thin land may be made fertile. -==
 The Utah correspondent also inquired If lucerne can be readily killed with the blow aftel having stood several years, until the roots are large and tough.
 A New Jersey farmer answered yes; that when the roots are turned up and exposed to the sun and air, they will die as readily as clover. .,-,----..-
 A member further explained about lucerne that 1t should have a deep soil and that 1t may be sown from the middle of April to the middle of August. He advised sowing broadcast at rate of sixteen to twenty pounds per acre, with 8 half bushel of rye, cats or barley, provided the ground has been previously well prepared. As rule cut when in the flower for soiling. It may be4drilled to advantage in drills twelve inches apart. A good authority on grasses recommends fifteen pounds of seed per acre when drilled; twenty-five pounds per acre when broadcast. A bushel of lucerne seed weighs sixty pounds.
 The Farmers Friends.
 The French minister of agriculture has, by recent act of his, done wisely. In all the rural districts of France a proclamation has been posted on the signboards and at the corners of the roads, headed with the imposing title !; Ministry of Agriculture. This pla- card warns the French farmer, in brief but admirably chosen language, to the following effect
 Hedgehog. on mice, small rodents, slugs and grubs, animals hurt full to agriculture. Do not kill the hedgehog. Toad.-Farm assistant: de- stroys from twenty to thirty insects an hour. Do not kill the toad. Mole.-Is continually destroying grubs, larvae, palmer worms and insects injurious to agriculture. No trace of vegetation is eRer found in it's stomach. Does more good than harm. Do not kill the mole. May bug and it's larvee or grub. Mortal enemy of agriculture; lays from seventy to eighty eggs. Kill the May buzz"
 The notice further goes on to argue against the destruction of small birds, which are, according to the authority of the minister of agriculture, the only allies on which the farmer can depeld for the extirpation of vermin. Children are solemnly warned to abstain from birds nesting, and are at the same time advised that they will be paid twenty five centimes for every five hundred May bugs which they may place in the hands of the gGrde chanaaoetre.
 Useful Recipes.
 FARMERS FRUIT CAKE.-Soak three cupfuls of dried apples over night in warm water; chop slightly in the morn ing; and then simmer two hours in two cupfuls of molasses.- Add two eggs, one cupful of sugar, one and a half tea spoonfuls soda, flour enough to make rather stiff batter-say one quart Spice to suit the taste. Bake in a quick oven.
 RICE CAKEs.-Beat three eggs very lightly; then add to them half a pound of cold boiled rice, mashed up well with lump of butter twice the size of hens egg. Put in 8 cupful of sour milk, with a teaspoonful of saleratus, and finally, after, of course, putting in a little salt, sift ill four enough to make soft batter for gridiron cakes, or d lit tie more, so that you can bake in muffin rings. Use milk also in forming the batter. These cakes are delicious.
 BALTIMORE APPLE EBREAD.-Prepare g dough exactly as if for rusks. Whenit IS very light, rou out cake about hali an inch thick. Spread stewed apples over It, and over that place another cake of dough like the first. Put it in pan to tighten for short time. Bake it. Have some thin slicss of apples stewed very tender, and when the bread ;s baked lay these slices of apples all ove, the top, sprinkle them we'll with sugar some small bits of butter, and either nutmeg or cinnamon, whichever you like. Put 1t back in the. oven long enough for the sugar to form coating on the top. Take it out, and, when cold, slice it nicely for tea. z..
 BEEF BRoTH.-To make beef brotl or consomme for soup (French pot ou Jea), the base of rice soup, put in { stock pot four pounds of fresh beef, two gallons of cold weter, two tablespoons fuls of salt; let it boil slowly, skim we'll then add to 1t four carrots, two turnips one onion with two cloves stuck in, hal oi parsnip, four leeks with two stem. of celery tied together, boil slowly or the side of the fire for five hours. talk. of the beef, vegetables and all the grease from the surface, give it rich yellow color with few drops of roof caramel, and pass through a napkin The rice ought to be previously bleach ed IT. boiling water, washed and thel cooked in some Of the beef broth.
 Boiled Chicken.
 Boiled chicken pAHen1ande Trim, dress and boil two large chickens with carrot, three cloves stuck in ], large onion, two leeks, a head of celery some parsley, two bay leaves and sprit of thyme tied tOoet bario o L,,ool, wi, the chickens are done, skim all tn grease, pass the broth through fin stralner. ln separate saucepan mak a white Toalc; mix to 1t broth of chick en sufficient to make sauce to serve wifi them; season with white pepper an,
 dtmeg, boil half an hour, skim well EhoD add Sa EI,a So,7oo ,,oo l. ,-;ll L1