The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-29
THE FARM.

THE FARM.
Never try to make soup while there's
leak in your kettle.
Motto for yeast factory-"Early to
bread and early to r'se."
A syracuse man claims to have dis
coverc substitute for eggs, Do not set
you hens at other business just yet, how
ever.
HIS. Randall, the best authority, says
- "that four hundred sheep will, if pro-
perly managed, manure and improve from
year to year forty. five acres,"-a state.
ment which, from my own experience, L
fully believe in. do not say the bust.
hess will be continued OR nv farm for q
great length of time, but some report
shall be made satisfactory in regard to it,
if not prevented by dogs or disease.
4 correspondent Of the American
Agrieulturisf gives statement Of his ex-
perience. in garden of oue.tweltth OF an
acre. He is dry goods dealer, and does
the work with his own hands, out of bus
mess hours. He began solely to raise
vegetables for family use; but by
thorough cultivation and very early
crops, he sold $73 worth besides. He
used abundance in his family, and gave
away largely to his neighbors.
PARsNRPs.-l want to tell Mrs. Grace
another way to cook psrsneps. which l
am sure her folks will like: Wash and
scrape the paisneps clean, cut them in
slices crosswise; boil in just enough water
to cook them. When very tender, and
the water is all boiled away, add a tea
cupiul of good sweet cream, piece of
butter, little salt and pepper. Let 1t
boil and serve hot. 8. B. F. Niagara
County,
GRAHAM BREAD.-Take u pints of
warm water. 3 cupfuls of bolted flour and
of unbolted -four enough to make thick
batter; stir well snd add 2tablespoontuls
of yeast, then set to rise. When light,
add scant / cupful of shortening (part
butter), 4 tablespoonful of sugar (more
or less, according to taste), small tea
spoonful of soda, and unbolted -four
enough to make as stiff as you can well
stir it. Put out in tins, not very thick;
let it get light and bake 40 minutes, be-
ginning slowly and increasing the heat.
9. e. II.
RAISING ToMAToEs.-Burr tells US
that the French mode of raising tomatoes
is as follows: As soon as cluster OF
flowers is visible, they top the stem down
to the cluster, so that the flowers terml'
nate the stem. The effect is that the sap
is Immediately impelled into the two
buds next below the cluster, which soon
push strongly and produce another clus-
ter of flowers each. When these are Wis.,
IDLE, the branch to which they belong is
also topped down to the level; and this
is done five times successfully. BY this
means the plants become stout dwarf
bushes, not above eighteen inches high.
In order to prevent their falling over,
sticks or strings are stretched horizontal
ly along the rows, SO as to keep the plants
erect. Ia addition to this, all laterals
that have no flowers, and, after the fifth
topping, all laterals whatever, are nipped
of. In this way the ripe sap is directed
INTO the fruit, which. acquires beauty,
size and excellency unattainable by other
means Boston Globe.
HISTORY OF THE ONIoN.-Very few
members of the vegetable kingdom exist
that can boast an older record than the
onion. Theophrastus alluded to 1t as fol-
lows: There be divers sorts of onions
which have their syrnames of the places
where they grow; some also lesser, others
greater: some be round, and divers 9th
ers long" This is ample proof that, even
in his early days, a variety OF sorts were
grown, and in many places. Pliny adds
the questionable Information that "none
grows wilde" The onion is also spoken
of in Holy Writ where, in connection
with the leek and other vegetables, it is
referred to rs luxury belonging to the
Egyptians, at the earliest date We possess
any history in regard to them. Though
Theophrastus shown by his statement
above that distinct-sorts existed, we are
inclined 10 believe that there were not
more than two or three distinct types
then. They derived, however, variety
of names from the various places where
they were known 10 be grown freely.
Old authors describe kind known as
"Ascalonitldes 3 name SAID by Gerarde
to be "of towne in Judea otherwise
called Pompeiaa" Singularly enough,
however, the English name of this kind
is given by this latter authority as "Scal-
lions" and along with it is given an illus
trat,on and the following statement;
This hath but small roots, growing many
together; the leaves are like to onions
hut Jesse. 1t seldom bears either stake,
foure or seed. 1t is used to be eaten IN
Salads" Both Theophrsstus and Pliny
refer to this, the later in the sixth chap
ter of his nineteenth book where he says,
"The one serving for a sauce or to season
meat with" Can it be then, that in
Pompeli OF old, chives, as We know them
now, were used popularly.-Gardeners