The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-06-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


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rind OF one onnge. Beat the yolks OF
tho ogg' with the sugar, add the water,
tlIrn tho flour with tho baking powder,
then the whites Of four eggs beaten stiff
(leaye out ono for icing), a littlo salt,
aud lust the orange.
STRAWBERRY SHoRTcAKE.-Oneo quart
oil flour, sitted ono teaspoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfuls OF cream OF tartar, n
piece of butter tho size OF large egg
rub it in the flour well dissolve one
teaspoonful OF soda in n tablespoonful
OF water, and put the soda in two cupfuls
Of milk ; bake in quick oven. Take
three plnts OF berries, press half, and
then put the other berries in save
some of the juice, and mix some sugar
with it; split the cake. butter it, and
my mixture between. Peaches cut up,
sugared, and mixed with little cream
or milk or oranges, cut up with sugar,
and laid between tho cake, are also very
nice.
BLACK CAKE.-Two pounds of cur,
rants, two pounds Of raisins (after wash
ing both currants and aisius, when they
arc dry dredge with flour), one largC
spoonful OF ground cinnamon, ono large
spoonful Of ground mace, four nutmegs,
one gill OF molasses, one gill OF rose
water, if you choose sift one pound Of
Hour into one pan and one pound Of
sugar into another add to the sugar
threc-quarters Of pound Of butter aud
stir to a cream beat six eggs light and
stir into tho butter and sugar alternately
with the flour; then add, by degrees,
fruit, spice and liquors, and stir hard
bake i'll moderate oven about four hours;
lot it remain in the oven to cool.
Ice CREAM IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT
TIE ORDINARY FACILrTIEs.-Take three
pints Of milk, four eggs, well beaten,
three-fourths pound Of sugar, and one
tablespoonful corn starch; mix i'll n
three quart tin pail; boil in n kettle OF
water till quite thick; add ono pint
sweet cream, aud flavor to tastc. Freeze
i'll n common water pail or any vessel OF
suitable size, with equal parts of ice
chopped fine md coarse salt. Rotate
tue phil aud stir frequently.
Frequent Cultivation.
Prof. Bcal, OF tho Michigan Agricul,
turnl College, makes tho following re.
marks on the importance Of tho practice
Of destroying weeds before they come
up. Ho says: We have fonnd very
great advantage from thorough and fire..
lnent cultivation. We generally go over
tho entire garden once in four to seven
days, no matter whether there aro any
weeds i'll sight or not, or whether any
showers have intcrvened. Our ground
dries of very soon after heavy rain.
We have not found this mode OF culture
to cost rs mach rs it would il only per.
formed once in two or three weeks, OF
after tho weeds have become well cs.
tablished.
1t is little difficult, at first, to make
The students work the ground all over
thoroughly il they can SEQ no weeds.
However, thoy do prefer working n
clean gar'len TO one filled with weeds
two to six inches high. A single season
Of this practice generally convinces them
all that it is tho cheapest way and that
it brings tho most profit.
We cultivate mostly with horse one
way, making tho rows long and straight.
The students work in tho garden is
mostly done with n steel-toothod rake
aud hand cnltivators. We take great
pains to remove any pigwecds, pur-
slanes, etc., which may havc escaped
previous notice. These contain seed in
immense numbers before mauy people
arc aware OF it. Ono of the students
last season estimated that n large, well
grown plant Of purslanc contained l, 49,.
900 seeds. The ground is carefully
freed from weeds till winter. None arc
allowed to seed the ground. They mp.
pear now TO bo running out.
Rec Keeping.
A correspondent writes to the Times :.
81 intend to 60 into bco culture, and
ask your advice rs TO artificial swarm.
ing, protecting bees from being robbed,
whether to winter them in u bee house
or not; how fur to keep the hives apart,
and what kind Of bees arc tho most
profitable, and how many hives to win
teri"
Reply.-In this particular case, which
is evidently one in which tho inquirer
has no experience, our advice would be
to lot the bees alone, and give the time
aud attention which they would require
to something else Our own experience
has been that unless n person Inns the
inclination, means and natural aptitude
for caring for bees he had better have
nothing to do with artificial swarming,
changing queens, colonizing, or any.
thing else OF this sort. Also, that it is
impossible to prevent robbery, tho busy
bee being much given to improving the
shining hours in this dishonest manner,
and further, that it is not averse to add.
ing murder to theft and burglary aud
killing tho bees that defend their hives
when they happen to DO tho weaker
party. We have wintered bees success.
fully upon the stand out of doors by
simply having protecting shed, open
toward the south. The hives should bO
kept foot apart, aud the space be.
tween them filed with bundles OF straw
during tho winter. The most profitable
arc the native bees. Ono may winter as
many hives as he has room for or knows
how to manage.
Paris Green on Plants.
The annual report of tho State board
of health Of Michigan for tue year 1876,
contains n number Of important papers
ill relation to tho general question OF
public hygiene. One Of these is OH tho
Use of poisons, by Professor Kcdzie, aud
especially That Of paris green, so extern.