The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-08-31
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN,

Picked Apples. pounds o.
sugar, seven pounds of apples quarteret
and cored, one pint of vinegar. Steam
the apples till fork will 60 through then
readily. Then make syrup of the sugar
and vinegar and pour over them while hot
Stick Glove or two into each quarter
Very nice.
TO make Green Tomato Sauce
Take full grown green tomatoes, take out
the stems and stew them until soft; rut
them through seive; put the pulp on the
fire, seasoned with pepper, salt and spices
add some garlic and stew all together till
thick. 1t keeps well and is excellent fol
seasoning gravies.
"A dairyman whose attention was
called to the fact of an increase in milk
the days he gave his COWS salt, expert.
mentcd until he decided that salt given in
small quantities every day is the best way
Give salt in the morning, just before turn.
ing them out, tablespoonful to each COW
and the flow of milk will be considerably
increased.
Thomas Meehan lays down. the fol.
lowing rule: The proper distance to SOW
or plant anything is so that the roots OF
the plants, whatever they are, should
about touch each other. Thus wheat
plant requires for its best development to
be about four or six inches from another
plant, to have for its own self to occupy
about sixteen to thirty-six square inches
of surface.
When obliged to work near poison
ivy, wash the hands and wet the face in a
strong solution of sugar of lead, before
and after working where it is, and no bad
effects will follow. Only take care in
using sugar of lead that there is no sore,
cut, or skin off where it touches. A
farmer when moving right in the midst
of poison ivy covers his hands with
machine oil, and effectually prevents
poisoning. If he neglects this he may
be badly Observation-Disclosures Union.
The consumption of grain by hens is
estimated at from one to two bushels a
year per head, according to the range given
the fowls; as for instance, hens having
through the summer wide range would
require only one bushel, while those con.
fined during the entire year to narrow
limits would probably consume two bush.
els. On a general average one bushel and
half would be sufficient allowance Of
corn or mixed grain for one hen. In re-
turn for this outlay a good breed of fowl
will, if we'll cared for, produce at leas,
175 eggs per anRum.
Roast Chicken.-The fowl should be
we'll singed and freed from pin-feathers
and thoroughly drawn, by opening one
side Just below the breast bone. Be sure
to remove everything from the body of the
chicken, not emitting the parts lying be.
tween the ribs, or the "soul," wipe dry
after washing well in cold water. Then
dip it for two seconds into boiling water
and at once for two seconds into ice water
This will give it avery plump appearance.
Cut the neck off close to the body, leaving
the skin longer, draw it up over the neck
and tie. Also tie the legs close to the
sides, having cut off the first joint. Fast.
en- the wings to the sides with fine skew.
ers, having first cut off the pinions. Put
the gizzard, liver and heart to boil in a
little water. This water is to be added to
the drlppings after roasting the chickens
to make the gravy; also the livers
chopped very fine. Make the stuffing fol
the chicken of bread crumbs held together
with raw eggs and butter and we'll sea.
soned with thyme, pepper and salt. Forty
minutes will roast a chicken with an or.
binary oven.