The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-11-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


tueIe sue iilhny JniilBS III tlle Cttre anu
cultivation of flowers which need fre-
plants need rest Mt some season of the
year. IL should not be expected that
roses, fuschias, ETC., which have been
kept Mt their best Towering all summer,
will continue TO do so all winter. They
must have rest. Their natural habits
are TO grow and bloom six months and
then rest six. The fuschias require less
rest. If one wants their tea, noisette,
China or bourbon rose, TO be gay during
the winter, they should be kept in some
cool. shady place during summer. Keep
tb" buds picked off and see that the
do not grow through the bottom
pots.
lost plants require rich soil. But
+ ms who raise flowers must study
g. 80 question carefully, by learning the
history and nature of the plants in their
ca"e. While one plant Is n native of
be and ponds, requiring constant
WI :, Others are natives of arid deserts,
reqlirirg comparatively no dampness.
While these are the extremes, they all
va more or less in the degree of damp
mes tquired for their prosperity. This
mu ~ studied and practiccd.
Il zee and quality of fertilizers
r. ,Jr each is also II nice question.
n ~ all plants require n fine, friable
soil. The manure of animals which
chew the cud is considered cold, and can
be used safely only on very warm. light
soil. The manure of horses, hogs and
chickens is considered hot, ,.and il used
lavishly will burn the plants. The ma
nure of birds is the richest, but, like
guano, should not be used where seeds
are sown, asit is to strong for them, and
will destroy their vitality. Guano,
which has Leen on the shores of the
islands for probably thousands of years,
has lost some of the strength which in
jures the vitality of seeds, yet it is strong
and must be used very sparingly.
Plants require a rich soil, and no ar
ticle which can be had so easily is rs
good rs hen manure, used as liquid,
but for indoor pots too much is often
sive. Commercial fertilizers have no bad
small. Charcoal is not sufficiently used
when it can be so easily had. The wood
Goals in the ashes removed from stoves
or fire-places are just what is wanted.
1t is far better for drainage at bottom of
pots than gravel, broken crockery or
brick. Charcoal absorbs ninety times
its bulk of ammonia, and when finely
pul yerized and mixed with earth, it
is highly beneficial to the growth
plants.
SCOT is another valuable fertilizer and
insect destroyer. 1t is especially an
active agent in destroying the aphis.
Put quart of it in a gallon of water.
Let it stand four or five days.
Use it without any sediment in n
syringe, on foliage and about the roots
Of plants, and the aphis or green fly will
disappear. Begonias. Balsams, Canary
flo
vines, Daturus, Geranium, Heliotropes,
Pansies and Passion flowers require the
very richest soils, and during their rapid
growth and Towering, the water with
which they are sprinkled should have
some clear and pleasant fertilizers in it.
And also some richer liquid manure for
the roots.-Io,Oa State Register.
Recipes.
RICE PUDDING. - A cupful of rice
cooked a little, a cupful of sugar, half
cupful of butter, three pints of milk, a
teaspoontul of cinnamon. q little nut
meg; bake two hours.
APPLE PUDDING.-One cup milk, one
egg, one teaspoonful cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful soda, flour to make
batter. Pour over this quartered apples
and steam two hours. Sweet sauce.
LYoNNAIsE POTATOES Half pound
of cold boiled potatoes, two ounces OF
onion, heaping teaspoonful of chopped
parsley, butter the size of an egg. Slice
the cold potatoes; put the butter into Il
saucepan and when hot throw in the
onion (mlnced) and fry to light color;
add the potatoes; stir until hot and light
brown; then mix the parsley and serve
hot.
TEA CAKE.-One cupful of sugar, n
cupful of butter, three eggs, a cupful and
a half of flour, three tablespoonfuls of
milk, one teaspoonful of cream tar tar, a
half teaspoonful of salt, spice with
lemon: bake in a sheet.
LEMON CAKE.-Two and a half cup
tuls of sugar, one cupful OF butter, one
cupful of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of
soda sifted in four cupfuls Of flour, three
eggs well beaten, the srated rind and
juice of one lemon; two loaves.
CHICKEN FOR TEA.-Boila a chicken Cor
chickens) in as little water as possible,
until the meat falls from the bones.
Chop the meat fine and season with salt
and pepper. Put into the bottom OF n
mold some slices of hard boiled eggs,
then layer of the chopped chicken,
another of egg, then chicken until the
mold is nearly full. Boil down the
water in which the chicken was cooked
with a large pinch of gelatine moss =
until about a cup and half full is left.
season and strain through very coarse
net and pour over the mold of chicken.
Let it stand over night or all day near
the ice-to be sliced down for supper
and garnished with celery tops OF pars-
ley.
Econ emy I'm Agriculture.
AS rule there is no economy in crowd
ing crops; that is, berries do better with
out having vegetables between the rows,
and can be kept in better cultivation.
But there are plans for economizing la
bor in the garden that are seldom prac-
ticed. For instance, plant with your
early potatoes your early peas; say th1
Early Rose potato and the Alpha pea.
The pea will grow to about the height of
two feet. 1t will not be in the way of
the first hoeing, which should be very
thorough and a partial hilling, Neither
will it be in the way of the plow, which
should do the final hilling about June
lst. 1t now fails over the side of the
drills or hills, and will be ready for pick
ing about June Goth. By this time set
your celery plants in the burrows be-
tween the drills, and let them get a good
start by the time the potatoes are taken
out for early use. The pea vines are
then pulled and fed out; the potatoes are
dug and the trenches utilized. The dirt
is also ready to hand, as soon as the pota-
toes are used, to be drawn up to the
celery. In this way three crops are taken
from one piece of soil. The labor is at
f.H lnco ho, al,