The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-08-22
ITENs FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

In selecting beef take that which has
loose grain, easily yielding to the press
ure, of dark red color, smooth, with
whitish fat; if the lean is purplish and
the fat is yellow, it is poor beef. Grass
fed is the lightest, OK the best, and next
the heifer.
LEMON pie: Take the juice and rind
of one lemon, one cup of sugar, the
yolks of three eggs; one teaspoonful of
butter, and sufficient milk to fill the
plate, bake in rich paste; beat the
whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, with
two tablespoonful of powdered sugar and
spread over the top; return to the oven
and brown slightly.
SEE that the sink water is carried
away from the well, and not allowed to
soak into the ground near by. Neglect
of this is the fruitful cause of typhoid
fever and diphtheria. Also, clear de-
cayed vegetables out from the cellar,
scatter chloride of lime about and throw
wide open the cellar windows. The
walls should be thoroughly whitewashed.
To wash the wool on the sleeps back
is not a profitable practice. The wool is
not half washed, and the difference in
price will not pay for the loss in weight,
to say nothing of the trouble and risk
for both men and flock. If the sheep
be kept reasonably clean, and the wool
free from rubbish, it will be found
better than having to wash them to get
rid of the unnecessary filth.
In Natal, Sourh Africa, grass is kept
in a moist state for months by being
buried in pits, the process being called
ensilage" A pit is dug in the ground
in a dry situation, and filled with
freshly cut grass, which is packed
closely down, and then covered with a
thick layer of soil to exclude the air
Grass thus preserved is apparently un-
changed in its nutritive properties; !;
cattle consume it with avidity, and
thrive on it.
PANsIEs require a cool, moist atmos-
phere to do we'll. It is hardly possible
| to grow them in the house in summer
1t is best to give the calla a pretty large
pot. One six to eight inches in diane
ter is quite small enough for an ordin-
ary sized Gala. If rose is potted and
left exposed to the sun before the roots
have formed, the plant will be very
! likely to show feebleness, and wilt.
Place newly potted plant in cool
place until the new roots fill the pot.
THE Cambridge chronological Club
notes the recent introduction into the
United States of weevil which devours
the foliages of many beautiful plants,
and suggests to florists who have been
troubled with it that it will be for their
advantage to search at the fall of the
year in the howerpots and in all the
waste soil about their hothouses for the
larvse and pupa of these pests. The
larvse, which feed upon roots, are then
pupating, and the destruction of each
individual prevents the laying of a
large number of eggs.
DUCHEssE potatoes: Mash one quart
of hot boiled potatoes through fine col
ander with a potato-masher; mix with
them one ounce of butter, one scant tea
spoonful of salt, half saltspoonful OF
white pepper, pinch of grated nutmeg
and the yolks of two raw eggs pour the
potato out on the plate, and then form il
with knife into small cakes two inche,
long and one wide; lay them on the but
tered tin, brush them over the top with
an egg beaten up with a teaspoonful o.
cold water, and color them golden brown
in moderate oven.-Miss Corson's Cook
ing Manual.
! IN selecting beef to roast, if it be fol