The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-11-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

l~e~-.Nestahalia. CroQpettes.--=Mix four
ounces Of very tinely-chopped ham with
one pound of mashed potatoes, well
beaten, wish one gu sof sweet cream,
twoOAnces Of buttere dne-half teaspoon
full of pepper; make this into round or
oval balls; dip in beaten egg, roll in
brf;sd crumbs; lay, In, frying basket and
fry brown in deep lard. Serve Oil plat
IT, earnbh with Z harley. uncinnati
Times.
sti--kn Aowers there are the most varied
contrivances for the preservation of
their organs against the attacks of AMI
mails of all kinds. In Some we find the
result obtained by the ssecretioaof dis
tasteful SUBSTANCES, such as alkaloids,
ENSih6 aud ef6&1lel oils. 1t is remark
able that as q rule herbivorous animals
have ps7dista.e for flowers. g. Anyone
may+obserte how carefully cattle and
sheep avoid pluclSing most of the flow
ers which abound in their pasturage.
The beauty Of the blossoms have no at
traction for them; the richness OF the
odors seem only to brepels them. 1t is
only when, the flowers are fresh that
they are, thus carefully avoided by
r,lminant animals. When their work is
done and they are dried up the chemi-
cal compounds changes. they. are now
readily eaten mixed with hay IN !.
1oat's.a LIS 4g spefs aa al ~ So. Il
Many sorgho-growers think it is
necessary to use chemicals, compounds
or solutions of some kind Or other in
their raw juice or strip in order to make
it granulate. This is a great mistake.
If the sirup has not eranulatingF prop
critics, all the medicine you can give it
will not cause it to granulate.g 1t must
do this of itself, and il, will do it it
can't help doing it if 1t is brought TIP to
show by the thermometer about 23O de-
grees of heat. The solutions, COM
pounds, chemicals, ETC., if used at all,
are to clarity it, purify It, and not to
make sugar of it. The important point
is to get the impurities, coloring matter,
ETC., out of the juice and sirup, and
thus leave it as pure as crystal. All in
the world wanted is the best defecator.
Whoever has that, and knows when and
how to use it most successfully, will
make the best sirup and sugar, other
things being equal. World. s.r
Many persons start annual flower
ing-plants in boxes in the house during
the early part of the spring and set
them in the garden as soon as the
weather becomes sufficiently warm. By
this means they obtain flowers in adj
vance of the usual season of blossom
ing. Now it is very easy to reverse
this process and have annual plants
blossom in the house during the winter.
BY sowing seed late in the summer,
strong hearty plants may be obtained
of sufficient size to set in pots or boxes
before there is danger of their being
ly in the house and present very fine
appearance. Asters, pansies and
petunias are well adapted to this treat
ment. BY sinking pots in the ground,
the plants may be started in them and
they will suffer less by being removed.
Sweet peas may be raised in the house,
and they will be highly priced no less
for their beauty than their perfume.
Chicago Times.
The last six years nave shown that
the men who stayed at home are, as Il
SlStSS ttlIu lulCs tllOSC WIN udNC CIle
larged the old homesteads without put
ting mortgage on them, and who,
having adopted intelligent and pro-
gressive ideas in farming, are now able
to meet the stress of competition of
which their fathers knew nothing, and
to enjoy life in every way easier and
more enviable than was theirs. They
inherited, too, many things besides the
familiar acres. The store of expert
ence, precedents and other forms of
practical knowledge which New En-
gland farmer of the third or fourth
generation possesses, is often equiva-
lent to a thorough education for his
calling. BY ''sticking to the farm he
has been able to utilize this as part of
his capital. He knows each field bet
ter than any merchant can know his
customers or any gambling Spectator
his stocks. The hundred-years-old
partnership with Nature which his fore
fathers have maintained now accrues
to his benefit, and he is rich, indeed, if
he but possess the rather uncommon
gift Of Knowing when he is well off.
That is sccretnafxconteutment, and
Eeyeass IT ,happine Which the most
fayoyed of smsH often he9 repeated to
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