The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-11-28
HOUSE AND FARM,

HOUSE AND FARM.
Sleeps stomacs are roE utilized by be-
| Ing tanned and converted into leather bags.
AFacf.
About this time of year every third man
you See pass your window Is carrying slip
OF some house plant that he doesn't know the
name Of, which his vile is going to keep next
month, for the pleasure of seeing IL freeze
about Christmas.
Pure Air for stock.
kansas Spirit, col
1t Is difficult to make people understand
that food in animal AS we'll as IN plants is
largely derived nom the air, and that good,
pure air can only supply what nature de-
mands from the a. mosphere. Muddy and
! nithy barns turn out lean cattle.
Providence has smiled On Kansas.
| Wilson County Citizen, al
Times are hard, it is true, but provisions
! ly known. We should All rejoice that peace
and plenty are our portion. Providence has
smiled on the people Of Kansas, and they
| have no good cause Tor complaint.
About Fowls
kansas Spirit, 20.l
| Fowls, in order to make their keeping prof
/ liable III winter, must nave good food and
| plenty OF IL, pure water Tor drink and have
| gravel ground bones, egg shells, pulveriZed
| charcoal and Stacked lime mixed with their
| daily rttions, They must have also comfort
| ably warm Yet we'll ventilated roosting places
| anu as much sunshine AS CAN be obtained in
| the short winter days
| Eggs.
IPhila. Press, -.
A good egg is transparent - everybody adj
mits this. To determine this fact II Is geDer-
| ally held before "A candle. II IL can DE seen
through il Is good il otherwise, 1T is .'n. Z. -
4 Nft-nr a m N VI al
| mines how Old the egg a thirty-second
| part Of an inch indicating three weeks, "A
sixteenth Six weeks, and so on. A bad egg Is
Opaque.
A Liquid Fertilizer for Plants.
Cor. ST. Louis Times.Journal.l
\ liquid fertilizer for all plants is recon-
| mended for weekly use Take an ola pail
| ana 10 several shove!s of horse and cow ma
which will neurralize tine odor, besides be-
ing excellent to keep your pot soil healthy
\ aud sweet, and plenty OF boiling water, aud
| let il stand in some Out-of- the-way place
/ This can be kept repienished for weekly wat
| erinSs. Use II of medium strength, about the
/ color OF weak tea.
Give Animals Plenty Of Water in
| Prairie Farmer
| Remember that animals often suffer in
| piled, This IS especially the case IN dry
| stalk feed IN the fall. Especially
/ is this the case when smutty ears
| are left, often resulting in the speedy death
| OF the animals Ii plenty OF water is at hand
| but little trouble is experienced, from eating
| the smut ears, unless they be unusually
| have a large basket hanging TO the end OF the
| wagon al gathering time IN which the smut
~ ears may be thrown and burned.
| Worms in Flower Pots.
| [Cor. Prairie Farmer, 26.I
| Have any, your readers tried mustard wa
| ter Tor the purpose of destroying worms IN
flower pots: have, and found II To answer
admirably. A teaspoonfnl TO II gal on OF wa
| ter is sufficient. i have never known i: TO
| cause the slightest injury to the roots OF the
| IL ost delicate plant. advise any one troubled
| with this. pest TO give II a trial. The editor
| says: "We have given 1t U al There is
| one great advantage about the employment
| of mustard for this purpose, that as IL Is i'll
/ variably kept in the house ii is always handy
| tor use whereas lime, with which 10 manu-
| iacture lime water, is not always SO ayaila-
Bile"
True Independence.
kansas Spirit
| Can there be a greater independence than
| that possessed by the commended, fOre-hand-
| ed farmer? Where else shall we look for the
| model citizen, the conservatism, the patriot
| ism, the sound judgment and cool, collected
| action, so important TO the preservation OF
| Republican institution, excep. among the
| farming population? Tell your MASTER,
| said a Roman general TO the ambassador OF
| the king of Persia, who came to bride him
| with wealth, and found him washing the
| vegetables that were To constitute Ills dinner
| with his own hands, "tell your master that
| all the gold in Persia can never bride the
man who can conte ntedly live on turnips."
Celery.
| christian Union, -.
/ If one has celery 1t is now time to take it
| up and store IL in pits for blanchipg. EARTH
| ing up" during the fall is not as much prac-
| tIced by market gardeners II used To be,
| except Tor celery that is needed in Iaie fail
and early winter. The b!anching Is done IN
the pit or sometimes in "A cold cellar kept for
the purpose. The pit should be dug just
wide enough and deep enough 10 hold the
stalks set close together in u growing position
| and where wafer cannot run IN upon them.
Cover with "A thick layer OF straw, then short
bits of board, and then a mound of earth.
Or boards may be nailed edgewise together,
| forming a low roof over the pit. But in
| to easily get at small amount at "a time.
Turn the cabbages on their heads and cover
with "a layer OF earth.
Pumpkin Pie.
iCor. Prairie Farmer, %
Pare n small, heavy pumpkin and take
out the seeds, then stew IL dry and strain
through a coiRnder; or instead of stewing,
cut the pumpkin into pieces, leaving the
skin on, and bake II until soft, when the pu y
must be scooped out and strained as before
directed. To a quart OF pulp add quart OF
rich new miik-and cupfui more If the
pumpkin is cooked very dry-two table
spoonfu!s OF molasses, and enough sugar 10
sweeten 10 the taste; about a cupfui VIII be
suffcien mt. Before puttIn. the sugar, mix
with Il teaspooniul OF salt, half a tea pooniul
OF cinnamon, teaspoonful each OF nutmeg,
mace and ginger. and last of all stir into the
mixture three well-b aten eggs. Line pie
plates with nice paste wet the edge with
cold water and Mt n nice neat rim around II,
then fill with the mixture and bake until IL
| is firm in the centre.
Prices OF Eggs In Philadelphia.
lPhiIa. Press, 22l
Eggs may be generally defined as something
"just OUT at the average boar,iin house. AT
| this season the egg commission merchant is
in his glory, for ii Is the time when he ex-
poets to realize IA handsome profit on the pur-
cha es of several months ago. From the best
| data obtainable, it may be said that there are
$1,000 dozen eggs consumed daily in Philadel-
phia; leaving out the practice OF some restau-
rateurs, who have a habit of mixing the
yolks OF two eggs and passing IL OF as three.
The price OF eggs VARIES reaching Its highest
point from March TO June, receding during
the summer months, and picking up again
in the fall. Thus, 10 illustrate, the best
brands will command 35 cents per dozen ia
the spring, 10 cents during the summer
months, and so cents at the commencement
of winter.
Timely Suggestions.
Kansas Spirit, col
In a recent address lecturer said that
the work of many farmers wives and daugf-
tiers il wearing and killing IN its effects, Ow-
ing to the fact that they are compelled TO
cook and serve for n horde of hired men, and
know no time for rest. This he thinks en-
tirely wrong, and suggested as the best rene
dy the building of tenement houses, as he
himself has done, where laborers may board
and lodge with their families. Besides being
a great burden off The shoulders OF the onl-
en- folks, this method he finds an actual
economy. as IL give 5 him a much better class
OF help. The number of intelligent farmers
who snare this conviction, as the Result OF
personal experience, is happily incTeasin:
from year 10 year.
About Bulbs.
PROF. Van Oman in Manhattan Indus |
tralist.l
There are few flowers that give more salts |
faction than these. There may be a differ |
ence of opinion as to what are true bulbs. |
According to botany and the facts, a bulb is |
a collection of the butt ends of leaves or I'M
developed scaly leaves, stored with nourish
ment for future use. Nearly al! plants con-
sist of three parts,-roOts, stems and leaves
The roots of a bulb are those threadlike roots
at the bottom OF an onion or lily. The stem
is very short and is tIat little hard cord or
knot that remains hard when an onion Is
boiled To il are attached all the roots and |
the leaves and scales OF the bulb. Inside the L
thick, scaIy folds, so bountifully stored with /
rich food tor the next years growth, is one /
err rarely, two or three buds. The plant has L
been whole year, or may be two or three /
years, growing, ana every year enlarging and /
renewing itself until IL las produced "A strong
flower bud. The whole of This itch food Is
then made use of In the growth of the flower
stalk, and another bulb is formed by the side
of the Old exhausted and decay Cd one.
But there are some things called bulbs that
are not bulbs. such are the short, hard.
fleshy underground stems of the gladiolus,
tie crocus and the Indian turnip These are
properly called corms- Also, the iuber OF the
common potato, which is an en-
buds, or "eyes," and SO mas the CORN. Bat II
matters less what We call these things than
whether we plant them or not. Nature has