The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-09
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm and Garden.

Farm and Garden.
PoTTINa PLANTS. I'm potting plants
drainage is of the very first importance
It should be provided by covering the
bottom of the pot with small pieces d
broken flower pot or crockery. This
prevents the water from laying in the
bottom of the pot and rotting the plan,
roots.
In preparing your seed beds, don't
rake the surface fine, and leave all be.
meath lumpy and rough. A rule almost
exactly the reverse would be better than
this. The plant roots enjoy a fine mel.
low bed, while the surface, If pulverized
80 thoroughly, is beaten down by the
first rain, and then baked and dried into
an air-tight crust.
To CURE A HORSE OF K1oK1Na.-There
are several methods Of curing this habit.
One is to keep the horse in a roomy,
loose box; and another is to fasten short
chains to the hind legs by straps around
the fetlock. Instead Of chains, a short,
strong cord may be fastened to the strap.
and a round wooden ball as large as q
base ball, or somewhat larger, should be
strung on to the cord, When the horse
kicks, the ball or chain rebounds and
strikes the legs, so as to make the habit
become rather tiresome after while.
CARE OF Cows.-f COWS are kept in a
half-starved condition, they yield but
little if any milk, and this of poor quail
ity. The food they get under these cir
cumstances may not even be sufficient to
meet the more immediate requirements
of the body, SO that little, if any, is
available for milk. Not only is there no
profit gained by keeping COWS under
these circumstances, but the food thus
consumed may be said to be wasted,
since, if given to fewer COWS, it might
yield proper quantity and quality of
milk.
LAND DEFICIENT IN LIME. - Where
land is deficient in lime, then lime
should be applied to it; it is better to
apply it frequently, say once in every
four or five years, and in moderate doses,
say forty to fifty bushels to the acre; it
should be applied to the surface and not
ploughed under Immediately, as it has a
natural tendency to sink rapidly in the
soil, and as it acts more efficiently when
mixed with the soil near the surface,
where the air can reach it. Stiff clay
soils require larger doses than light or
sandy soils; and it will do little or no
good upon low, wet, undrained lands
Farm Journal.
FLOWER SEEDs.-This is the season
for planting flower seeds in the house,
hence the following directions are oppor-
tune: Sow on rich and light soil, cover
ing very fine seeds, s,lch as lobelias,
with an eighth of an inch of fine sifted
sandy soil; water with fine sprinkler
often and little at time, keeping the
soil moist, but not wet. If the tempera-
ture of the room is above fifty degrees
Fahrenheit, the seeds will grow long,
slender and weakly. When the plants
have four good-sized leaves, carefully
transplant them without breaking the
rootlets, and when an inch high trans
plant again. Coarser seeds require
covering deeper, but in no case more
than from one-fourth to one-half an inch.
BUTTER SCoTcH CANDY.-One cup of
molasses, one of sugar, and one-half a
cupful of butter. Mix them together
and cook until it will stiffen when drop.
ped into water. When done pour in
pans and let it cool.
RICE CAKE.-One-quarter pound of
ground rice, one-quarter pound of white
sugar, five eggs. Beat all together till
it froths; then pour into tin lined with
buttered paper. Bake in quick oven
of an hour. Lemon flaw
oring may be used.
BAKED FIsH.-After cleaning, salt the
fish for about an hour, then wash it.
Make dressing of bread crumbs, salt
and pepper, summer savory and piece
of butter the size of a walnut. Then put
in pan and sprinkle with -four; put on
a little butter, pepper, salt and about
pint of water. Bake an b Jur and half.
Sour OF GREEN PEAs.-Boil three
quarts af shelled peas in two quarts of
water. Mix three ounces of butter with
flower until quite smooth; add a little
salt, black pepper, and a dust of Cay
enne pepper, and stir into the boiling
peas until the whole boils again, and
you will have cheap and wholesome
summer dish.
A RELISH FOR BREAKFAST. - Take
one ourth OF pound of fresh cheese,
cut in thin slices, put in a frying-pan,
turning cup of sweet milk over it; add
one-fourth teaspoonful dry mustard, a
pinch of salt and pepper, and piece of
butter about the size of butternut: stir
the mixture all the time. Roll three
Boston crackers very fine and sprinkle
in gradually; then turn at once into a
warm dish; send to table Immediately.
A NICE AND HANDSOME SA1Ap.-Se-
lect two good heads of lettuce, split them
in half, then wash them in cold water
and shake them dry in a napkin; Law
them in salad-bowl, cut lengthwise
some well-cooked red beats, and Law
them between the heads of lettuce; boil
three eggs, very hard; remove the whites
from the yokes, and cut up the whites
into squares, and scatter over the salad,
then cut up some squares of the beets and
scatter over; of the yokes make the
sauce, by rubbing very smoothly the
yoke with spoon; add little Cayenne,
salt, large spoonful of dry mustard,
add a teaspoonful of pulverized white
sugar; mix these well together in
basin, with a spoon, then slowly add two
large spoonfuls of olive-oil, and when a
smooth paste, add three spoonfuls of the
best vinegar. The sauce must be served
with the salad.