Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-03-28
Farm. Home and Garden.

Beautify your grounds. Plant tree.
and shrubs. and fruits and flowers
Bask in the sunshine. With inspira.
tons drink in the blessings Of eartf
and heaven-Iotcd State Register.
MUFFINs.-One quart of sweet milk
and flour. sufficient to make batter
One-half pint Of good yeast, four eggs
a little salt: then set them by the fire
to rise. When quite light, bake them
in muffin-rings, on griddle.
CULTIVATION OF STRAWBERRIES.
At the last meeting OF the Hen
bricks County Horticultural Society
at Danville, Mr.. N. Dinner, Of Dayton
Ohio, who was present, gave his
plans with strawberries as follows
For garden purposes, prepare the soil
with spade, plant ia rows two feet
apart, setting plants fifteen to eigh-
teen inches; il to be kept in hills, cut
off runners. Keep the ground clean,
and in the fall cover with a light
dressing Of straw, free from seed OF
any kind, and next spring do not un-
cover; the plants will come through,
and the berries will lay on the straw
always clean and fresh. Do not cul-
tivate until the crop is gathered. For
field, plant in rows three feet apart,
and fifteen to nineteen inches in the
row, cultivate with horse and hoe,
keep clean, in fall cover with straw,
and next spring, after crop is gath
cred, go through with double-shovel
and tear up everything between the
rows, leaving row six or eight
inches wide. By this means he has
raised IT'S bushels to the acre, and
sold at 1915 per bushel.
A correspondent OF the Practical
Farmer gives her method OF growing
geraniums, as follows: Get a roomy
pot, put three or four pieces Of broken
brick or pebbles in the bottom to Sc
cure drainage. Take equal parts Of
chip dirt, sand and barnyard manure;
mix well and I'll the pot, make hole
in the center. fill it with water and
carefully place your plant in it. Now
fill the dirt around your plant, press
lightly to make ir firm, put it in a
shaded window for few days. until
1t gets accustomed to its new quar-
tiers, gradually let it have the sun,
and in a weeks time you may give it
the sunniest window you have. II it
grows too tall, pinch the top Off; it
will soon throw out new branches on
every side. 1 wish you could have a
peep at mine-it is so thrifty and
healthy. The leaves are as broad as
my hand. A great many water too
much; / water mine twice week
with soap suds; give it a good drench-
ing and wash every leaf with tooth
brush. 1t makes the plant healthy,
and how beautiful and fresh each
leaf looks after the bath.
BAKED BEANs.-Take one quart Of
marrow keans and boil them until
you can mash them with your thumb
and finger; put them into a dish
with a piece Of pork, about four
inches square, laid on top. Slice the
pork half an inch deep through the
rind, and bake one and a half hours.
They must be soft when put into the
oven. Baked beans must either be
boiled until very soft before baking,
or must be baked long time-from
three to six hours, II not previously
very tender-with a good deal OF
liquid in the jar, or pan. Those who
use pork at all. usually put piece Of
fat salt pork in the dish prepared for
baking.
BEEF SouP.-Take shin bone Of
beef, put it into pot, and cover well
with cold water, when it boils put in
one can OF tomatoes, one large carrot
and enc small turnip, grated; one
onion cut in thin slices; one half tea
oupful OF rice, and little parsley cut
fine. Cover the pot and let it boil
slowly for three hours. The meat
can then be taken out, and leave a
thick soup, or strain it and put in
some vermicclli for thin soup. The
thick is the "old fashioned kind"
A COOP DIsH.-A good dish for an
invalid, warranted net to injure the
well: C-umb crackers into a bowl
more or less, according to the size OF
the crackers. Pour boiling water,
sufficient to soak them, over the
crumbs. Break a fresh egg, and add
quickly, stirring the whole rapidly.
The boiling water cooks the egg.
Season according to discretion, with
salt, pepper, cream, or butter.
WHITE CAKE.-One-half cupful of
butter, two cupfuls OF sugar, one cup
full Of milk, three cupfuls of flour, the
whites OF three eggs, one teaspoonful
OF soda, and two Of cream tartar. 1t
can be used as q fruit cake.
SODA BIscUT.-One teacupful Of
cream, one teacupful OF sweet milk,
one heaping teaspoonful Of soda, two
teaspoonfuls OF cream tartar, and a
little salt. Dissolve the soda; knead