Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
FARM. GARDEN ASD HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Helps.

Domestic Helps.
 VEAL Chop fat bacon and lean veal in equal quantities, with handful of sage, and aiittle saltand pep per. It should be chopped and beaten well together. rolled and fried.
 DELEGATE CAKE.-One cup of white sugar; five teaspoonf uls of butter; whites of six eggs; one cup of sweet milk; one teaspoonful of soda; two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar; three cups of flour; lemon extract to flavor. ..... .. GRANDMA's CRU11ERs.-Six eggs, six tablespoonfuls powdered sugar, six tablespoonfuls melted butter, and lit tie nutmeg; flour as for doughnuts. Roll thin and cut into fanciful shapes with tagging iron. ..-. D.
 DoUeHNUTs.-Haf pint of sweet milk, half cup of butter (scant), one cup of yeast, salt; flavor with nutmeg or cin- namon. Mix them at night. In the morning roll out and let them rise until very light, and drop in hot fat. They are very nice, after they are fried, to roll them in pulverized sugar.
 AN EXCELLENT PUDDING. pound suet shred fine; .one-haH pound grated bread crumbs; one quarter pound loaf sugar, the yolks of four eggs and the whites of two, well beaten; two tablespoonfuls of orange marmalsde or sliced citron, if preferred. Te be put into buttered mold and boiled for two hours. To be served with sauce.
 HAM ToAsr.-Chop some ham (which has, been previously dressed) very small, and to large tablespoonful of it add an egg well beaten up, small bit of butter and little cream. Mix alto gether over fire till quite hot. Have ready some neatly cut pieces of bread, about the size of crown piece, but 8 little thicker, fried in good butter; spread the mixture on these, and serve them on napkin.
 MARYLAND BISCUIT. three pints of -four, in which but teaspoonful of salt and teaspoonful of lard, and mix it thoroughly; then moisten it gradually with half pint of water, then work it for half an hour, until the dough be- comes perfectly smooth, then mold it in balls the size of a walnut, Aatten them with the rolling pin, pick with 8 fork, and bake in quick oven about twenty minutes. -
 Fruit Garden.
 Make use of mild days for pruning grapevines which were left during the hurry of the fall work, and apply ashes or ground bones between the rows. Save the wood for cuttings. o.. The present is good time to prune such trees as need it, as the shape and general direction of the branches readily seen now that the leaves are off, Where the branches touch, and the bark is in- jured by rubbing, one of the branches should be cut out, or the two may be spread apart and tied so that they will not interfere.
 Have ready labels, grating wax, etc., for. use in the spring. Strips of calico or thin muslin loosely rolled upon a stick and dipped in melted grating wax are the most convenient forms in which to use the wax. ,.
 Prune currants and gooseberries any time before the buds swell.
 Restoring Worn0ut Soils.
 A farmer who will exhanst the fer tility of his land by raising any crop until it no longer yields fair return for labor expended in it's culture, deserves no pity from anybody. Such system of farming is far too common, but none the less disgrace to those who practice 1t. We will also add that man who undertakes to make farming pay, while depending upon commercial manures purchased in the market, is pretty sure to come to grief sooner or later. There arerfar better methods of restoring fer tility to wornout soils, and it is rather strange that our farmers have not learn ed them before this late day. Keep more stock, especially sheep, raise green crops to turn under, also roots to feed the stock, as we'll as soiline crops, such as drilt-corn, nillet, and clover, all o1 which will tend to enrich the farm in. stead of making it poor. ....
 Destroying weevll.
 An old experienced seedman o Europe says: ssVery often in the spring have noticed that the peas, beans, etc. for sale in the stores for seed were worn eaten. In many cases the seeds were st eaten as to be useless for seed. Tn, worm, and even the egg, may be easily destroyed by the bisulphide of carbon, colorless, volatile liquid. having an odo like that of rotten eggs. If the barre containing the seed is not quite full moisten piece of cloth with the liquor lay it on the seeds, and cover the barre with an old horse blanket. The hayo of the bisulphide will sink down amont the seed and destroy all animal life. Tn seed themselves will not be iniured Two er three ounces will be enodgh fo half q dozen barrels. The liquor is uset in Europe to destroy the weevil il