The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-30
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
stock Growinr--rhe Future of rnrm,ss.

ing of wheat is of doubtful propriety,
that it almost never bfings profit, but,
on the other hand, loss is generally en-.
tailed by growing this very uncertain
and land destroying crop.
The English, Irish and Scotch farmers
aim to sell as little off the farm as pos.
sible in form Of grain or forage, having
long since learned that this could not be
done, maintaining the fertility of the
land ut the same time. Feeding grain,
roots and hay upon your own land is the
secret of success, because if you haul
your hay and grain to market for ten
years your land, like an old coat, be.
comes reduced III value in proportion
as it is worn. Even when no profit is
made at farming, if you support your
family, pay your taxes and maintain the
fertility of your land, there are ut least
no backward steps being taken. The
man who grows wheat not only fails TO
profit himself, but his land, like the
coat on his back, is wearing out, and his
steps are backward continually. 1t
hardly needs an illustration or argument
to prove these long established facts,
and those farmers who improve their
facilities for keeping, breeding and feed
ihS puO luolt NtSCflnI1pES o.
cattle, sheep and swine, giving good
care to these, will, with this beginning,
lay the foundation for an easier system
of farming, having the fertility saving
clause, with chances for incre sed pro-
tits TO commend it.
These thoughts are not advanced to
pave the way for commendation of any
particular class of stock, nor of any
branch of either class. The taste of
men, and of their sons, taken in conncc-
tion with the capabilities of their farms,
govern the selections to be kept, wheth-
or of one kind, cattle or swine, or of
both, with sheep added A farm adapt
ed to swine, having running water, tim
Der and pasture, in the hands of man
who can appreciate improved swine,
with @ practiced eye to distinguish the
good from the Indifferent at all times,
with Judgment to prevent overcrowding
and exposure by inadequate shelter in
bad weather, and care in avoiding infec-
tion and the introduction of diseases of
the bowels and lungs-generally in the
power of the owner to prevent-may b
made profitable as the home of swine
alone, the farm being devoted mainly
to co and grass, with a few acres Of
potatoes for feeding III tho cooked state.
Yet, while some men have made this
branch of stock growing exceedingly
profitable, through a series of years,
never turning to the right nor to the
left, Still but few men, and not every
farm, are adapted to this one class of
stock; besides, as rule, diversity plan
OF husbandry is the safest. Then if one
dependence fails, or Is only partially
successful, the other sources Of income
may compensate by being in tho highest
degree successful.
CATTLE raising for beef does not in
volve en- extraordinary amount of labor,
while the daiIy entails work upon the
household early and late, upon the
female portion usually.
A little wheat should be grown to fur
nish bread for the family, the offal being
brought back from the mill and fed upon
the farm, the straw furnishing bedding,
and taste Of rough feed for idle stock,
for evenir masticating straw the action OF
the hemasseter muscleske cps up the circula-
tlon. and thereby wards off the cold,
increasing the flow of the saliva to the
stomach at the same time. We invite
careful consideration of these oues-
tions, because while our lands in the
West are yet full of substance, it be-
hooves us to add to rather than to con-
tinue to take from, by mere grain raising
for shipment. as heretofore. - Farm
Journal.
Domestic Hints.
PLUM PUDDING.-One pound of
raisins, one of currants, one pound Of
beef suet chopped very fine, one pound
of grated stale bread or flour, eight
eggs, one pound of sugar, pint of milk,
two nutmegs, tablespoonful of mixed
spice, cinnamon aud mace, salt spoon
ful of salt boil six hours. TO mix the
pudding beat the eggs very light, then
put them to half the milk, and stir both
together; stir in The grated bread or
flour. next add the sugar, then the suet
and fruit by turns, STIR very hard, then
add the spice, then the remainder oi
milk stir all very we'll.
SUET PUDDING. One cupful of finely
chopped suet, one teacupfulof of molasses,
a tablespoonful of sweet milk, three
cupfuls OF sifted Fl Dur, one-haif pound
OF cmrants, one-half pound of raisins,
one tea poonful of baking powder dis
solved i'll milk, tablespoonful of CHINA
mon, teaspoonful of mace. Boil and
mix steadily for three hours.
WASHINGTON PIE.-Two cupfuls OF
sugar, one-half cuplul of butter, three
cupfuls Of sifted -four, four eggs, one.
half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoon
ful OF cream tartar. For the filling ::
One tablespoonful of corn starch boiled
In one-haif pint Of milk beat the yolk
OF one egg very light, and stir into the
milk, flavor with vanillo, and when cold
add the other half of the milk and the
white of the egg beaten to stiff froth
and stirred in quickly; spread this be-
tween the cakes and ice with the white
of one egg and eight tablespoonfuls of
fine siited sugar favored with lemon.
TAPIooA CREAM-Soak two table.
spoonfuls of tapioca for one hour, boil
quart of milk and pour it over the
tapioca, add the yolk of three eggs well
beaten and cup of fine white sugar
let this mixture boil up once, flavor
with vanilla, and when perfectly cold
beat the whites of the eggs to o stiff
froth and stir them in.
WEDDING CAKE.-One pound flour,
one pound sugar, one pound butter,
twelve eggs, eight pounds raisins,
stoned, two pounds currants, one and
three-fourths pounds citron, two table,
spoonfuls (mixed) mace and cinnamon,
one nutmeg, one and half wineglasses
of rose water.
To RESTORE RUSTY GAoE.-Dip the
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