The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


~ '"o pi.v VI ripe chopped apples, one
egg, small piece of butter, and just
1resh water enough to form stiff dough.
Lhe apples should, of course, be peeled
and minced very fine. Some persons
like little sugar on the dough. but IL ia
generally preferred without. This is n
favorite with children. OF course do
not omit little salt.
10 REMOVE RUST FROM STEEL Rub
1T III sweet oil, and let it lie twenty.four
hours then rub it again well with sweet
oil, and rub it off with dry unslaked
lime. Then take dry cloth and rub
with lime second time. Another way.
liked better by some, is to rub the steel
well with pearlash, using buckskin
cloth, and polishing off with sweet oil
and rotten etone.
SUPERB CAKE.-Use the whites of one
dozen. eggs, the yolks of only six, n
pound OF sugar, a pound of butter, half
pound ut flour, and half pound of
meal. For seasoning, use the Juice of
two large lemons. Cream the sugar and
butter together, and then mix with the
yolks, we'll beaten. Then add alternately
portion of the whites, whipped stiff,
and the sifted flour, until it is all in.
The meal, of course, goes in with the
flour. Let it be baked carefully in n
well regulated oven. This can also be
baked on thin tin plates, and piled up.
when done, with jelly or preserves be
tween each layer.
APPLE SLUMP. .--Despite its uninvit-
ing title, this is q good recipe. One
quart OF sifted flour, two teaspoonfuls
OF cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of
soda. Then sift again all three together.
DO not fail to sift as directed above it
Is important, and should be done twice.
MIX little dough with milk or water :
milk Is preferred. Ii water is used,
add one teaspoonful of lard, Make into
ACUTE soft dough, with spoon instead
of the hands. Take two quarts of apples
cut into quarters (apples to measure two
quarts after being CUT. Now prepare
one cupful Of sugar and half q cnpfnI
OF molasses with two cupfuAs of water.
and seasoning of nutmeg or cinnamon
and pinch of salt. Place the apples
and these ingredients in an iron kettle.
and as soon us the mixture boils, put the
dumplings on top, and boil brislxly
twenty minutes. AT the end of fifteen
minutes put in more water if necessary.
prevent burning. When sent to table
little cream should be poured into each
plate, or milk be served III small glasses.
Fall Planting.
Fruit bearing trees, shrubs. vines and
bambles may be transplanted in the fall.
and very often under more favorable
conditions, and with better prospects of
success, than il set out in the spripe.
There are somo well known objections
raised against fall planting, especially of
fruit trees, such as the long exposure TO
the swaying of the winds before growth
commences. But the injury or displace-
ment OF the roots from swaying at the
top amounts to little compared to the
many striking advantages gained in
planting at a season of tue year when
there is comparative leisure, when the
ground is usually dry and in good con-
dltlon, and when the necessary prepara-
tory stirring of the soil can be made
without any extra expense. These are
points that tell Ill the growth and pro-
ductlveness OF fruit trees. either in the
garden or tho orchard. If planted in
tue fall, the soil settles closely around
the roots and ibers by the time the
spring opens, and an earlier growth is
started than with spring setting, which
Is often pushed back until the season is
well advanced, from causes over which
the planter has no control, The sprino
may be backward enough to hinder
plantlng OF trees in way inwhich they
should be set out to insure success. All
other things being equal, there is no
doubt that spring would be the better
time to plant trees. But this does not
often happen to be the case. as every
practical fruit grower well knows. It is
therefore wise to transplant in the fall if
the trees and the ground are in readi-
Eess.-ScF5tfaer for October.
Apples for Stock.
Cattle are SO fond of apples, and will
eat them so greedily, especially when
half starved, as many are at this season
OF the year, that they will, if allowed
free access at first to large quantities,
overload themselves to their injury. lust
is they would be liable to do if turned
suddenly from poor pasture into q
field OF luxuriant clover. Cows have
been injured and their milk dried ND by
oSvereating apples, but if fed judicious-
ly they will increase the flow of milk. as
surely as any other good cattle food. So
don't let the apples lie under the trees
TO rot SO long as there are hungry cattle
longing for them in the pasture or the
barn. If one has no root cutter they
may be cut with little more labor in
square boxes, with spades or shovels.
And they may be fed whole, but, if so,
one should watch the cattle at each feed
ing until the last apple is swallowed In
case of choking, turn tn, animal loose
immediately, and drive it about rapidly.
II over pair of bars or down q steep
hill all the better. If this does not af-
ford relief, pour down q quart of soft
soap suds from the neck of Junk bot
tie. This will generally bring relief if
applied before the throat becomes in
famed.
Remedy Tor Bitter MIX.
A remedy for bitterness in cows milk,
caused by their use of what you cali
"bitter weed" is asked for. Common
cooking soda-sodG bicarb.-is the best
remedy l know. Dose: One table,
spoonful at each morning feed until the
desired effect is obtained, when reduce
the dose one-half and continue until the
weeds " season is ended. If the bit
terness should reappear under the small
er doses, increase the size. The soda
does not appear to affect the COW in any
manner, and I have seen it used, with
the best results, in many cases. Dis
solve in some fluid, of course.
What 1t Did.
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