Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-05-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Kitchen Garden.


ling shoots. Cut the shoots well below
the surface in a direction slanting away
from the stool TO avoid iniuring the dor
mant buds. An early dressing OF salt,
two pounds to the square rod, is benef-
cial in inland localities.
Plant beans when all danger OF frost
is over. Put bush sorts in drills eight
cen inches apart, and plant Limas and
other pole sorts in hills four feet apart
each way; set the poles before the
beans are planted; push in the Limas
eye down.
Early sown beets will now be large
enough to thin out and use for green's
Sow early sorts every two weeks until
July, in drills fifteen inches apart. Let
tuce, if set between the rows, will be
out of the way before the beets need the
room.
Hoe the early cabbage plants often,
and especially in the morning while the
dew is on. Set plants in vacant spots
along fences and between young trees, if
not shaded too much.
Sow few rows of carrots for early,
but defer planting the winter bed until
later.
Plant corn when all danger of frost
has passed; if too early, the seed will
rot before sprouting.
Set out early started cucumber plants
under hand frames in rich hills. II
there are no hand glasses, take old boxes
five or six inches high, remove the bot
tom, and place them over hill, and at
night cover with board; pane of glass
may be put ON in cool weather.
Set egg plants in rich, warm soil, and
hoe often; little weak liquid manure
is very beneficial when they are grow.
ing.
Leeks may still be sown. As soon as
large enough, transplant; cut the tops
off to three or four inches, and set il
rows eighteen inches apart and five tC
six inches in the row.
Set out lettuce plants and SOW seeds
Martynia seeds sown early this montI
in a hot-bed will furnish plants for set
ting out later, or SOW in place whel
the soil is warm; in either case they
should stand three feet apart each way
Melons and squashes for early may b,
treated the same as cucumbers, but til,
general crop must not be put in befor
the soil is well warmed.
Keep the soil loose between the oniol
rows, and weed early.-Agric,tlturiSt
Domestic Recipes.
LEMON CAKE. - Three cupfuls Q
sugar, one cupful of butter, four cup
fuls of flour, five eggs, beaten separate
ly, one cupful of milk, one teaspoonfu
of soda, juice and grated rind of on
lemon.
SALLY LUNN.-One quart of foul
four eggs, one cupful of milk, one cur
full of lard and butter mixed, teaspoon
full and half of baking powder, on
teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs yer
light, yolks and whites separately, me-
the shortening, sift the baking powde
into the -four, add the whites the Las
thing. Bake steadily three quarters {
an hour, or until straw thrust into
comes up clean. Eat while hot.
OYSTER OR CLAM FRITTERs. -Drai
them thoroughly, chop fine, and seasc
with pepper and salt, make batter
eggs, milk and flour, stir the choppe
oysters or clans into this, and fry in b.
lard; or fry them whole, enveloped
batter, one in each fritter; in this ca
the batter should be thicker than if thu
were chopped.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Two cupfuls
sugar, one-half cupful of butter, whit
of three eggs, one cupful of milk, tv
and three-fourths cupfuls of -four, thr
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; bake
jelly tins whites of two eggs, We
beaten, with not quite cupful of p1
verified sugar; add six tablespoonfuls
grated German sweet chocolate and t,
teapoonfuls of vanilla; spread the cake
SALLY LUNN PUDDING one
the tea cakes, called Sally Lunn, in
basin that will just hold it, with boilil
milk, for three hours, then turn it oil
Scoop out a piece from the under sid
SO as not to injure the upper crust, a
replace it. One egg we'll beaten, lit
spice and sugar, and, having taken Q
the piece previously cut, stir in the
ingredients, still taking care not
break the crust, then replace the pie,
Let the basin be covered with butt
and fill up with bread crumbs if I
quite full. Boil three quarters of
hour. 1t is better to scoop the pie
out before the boiling milk is poured
the cake.
Black Tooth in Swine.
The american SaUine Journal So,
Black tooth, so called, in swine, is sor
times caused by mechanical injury
teeth, received by chewing the dry 6
hard kernels of corn. The ailment c
sists in a state of decay of the too
(caries). Such decayed teeth may be
moved by the same instrument as d
fist would apply to ones own to-
under similar circumstances.
symptoms of toothache in swine
similar to those exhibited by manki
viz: loss of appetite, salvation or 81
bering, hanging of the head, mostly
the side which is affected, peevishne
loss of all fear of man, and hot repuls
breath. When hogs are fed for
length of time, their teeth may beco
discolored but it is question whet
the teeth at the same time are materi,
injured. So long as no decay or di
mutton of their substance can be motto
and while the appetite and chew
faculties of the animal do not apr
diminished, no interference will
necessary.
That Brilliant West Star.