The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-04-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Orchard and Garden Notes.


one quarter to one-half of their value
by steaming before feeding, But the
gain in steaming good hay is considera-
ble i u
Liberal feeding is true economy. The
aim should be to induce animals of all
kinds to eat all they have good appetite
tor and digest, by changing food and
also changing methods of preparing it,
Pomologists generally disapprove Of
raising wheat and other kinds of grain
in young orchards, on account of the
tendency of such crops to dry up the soil
in summer. leaving the trees TO suffer for
want of moisture. In wet soil the grains
must be beneficial instead of injurious,
especially in wet seasons; still, as n rule,
we would prefer to plant the land in
orchards with some kind of crop reqllir-
ing cultivation in summer Potatoes,
peas, beans or other low growing kinds
are preferable to corn or table crops.
1t is well known among feeders that
when an animal is once ready for fatten-
ing, the quicker the process is carried on
the better and the more tender the meat.
Above all, once an animal is being fed,
it should not be allowed to shrink dur
ing the fattening. 1t is not only loss
of time, but the animal will not retain
that uniform iuiciness of flesh that it
otherwise would. If the animal be in
tended to be fed right along from the
calf, n plan usually practiced by the best
feeders nowadays, so that it may be
turned off ripe at not more than three
years old past, it must be forced right
along from the time it is weaned. In fact
the calf should never know the weaving
process.
Few of us are sufficiently aware of the
true value of our insectivorous birds.
From early spring until late autumn
these restless visitors hunt the fields
and gardens in quest of food, prying into
every nook and crevice where the de-
stroycrs of our crops lie concealed, a
countless host of which falls a prey to
their busy search during the season of
planting and harvesting. Every bird
that frequents farm-if we except the
henhawk and crow-comes to offer us an
unpaid service whose importance we can
hardly overestimate. Let any one who
doubts this watch Il ph9be-bird, or n
sparrow for half an hour and see how,
with scarcely a moments intermission,
our little insect-hmter pursues his eager
task; and then, let him reflect upon the
necessity, the duty, of affording these
birds every possible protection.
A simple and convenient method of
obtaining a supply of radishcs at any
season of the year consists in sleeping
the seeds in water for twenty-four hours,
and then exposing them to heat in small
bags. In another twenty-four hours
they will have commenced to germinate,
and, if then sown in boxes of we'll
manured soil, and occasionally sprinkled
with tepid water, radishes as large as
picking onions will be ready for gather
ing in five or six days -Anaerican Culti-
Gator.
Recipes.
STUFFED EGGs.-Six hard-boiled eggs,
cut in two, take out the yolks and mash
fine; then add two teaspoonfuls of but
| ter. one of cream, two or three drops OF
onion Juice, and salt and pepper to taste
mix all thoroughly and fill the eggs with
this mixture; put them together. Then
there will be little of the filling left, to
which add one well-beaten egg. Cover
the eggs with this mixture and then roll
in cracker crumbs. Fry light brown
in boiling fat.
FROSTED CREAM PIE.-One pint OF
milk, three eggs, one-half cup of flour
and one cup of sugar. Beat the yolks and
sugar together, and then add little
milk and put in flour and n little salt.
Frosting for the same.-Take the whites
| of the eggs and beat to stiff froth, add
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, and flavor
with lemon. Bake the pie first, and when
cold add the frosting; drop on with a
spoon, and set it in the oven till light
brown.
NFw WAY TO Cook CHICKENs.-Cut
the chicken up, put it in pan and cover
it over with water; let it stew as usual,
and when done make q thickening of
cream and flour, adding a piece of butter
and pepper and salt. Have made and
bake pair of short-cakes, made rs for
pie crust. but roll thin and cut in small
squares. This is much better than chicken
pie and more simple to make. The crusts
should be laid on dish and the chicken
gravy poured over while both are hot
Free Press.
INDIAN PUDDING.-This Indian pud-
ding is so easily made / think you will
like it: Scald quart Of milk (skimmed
milk will do), and stir in seven heaped
tablespoons of sifted Indian meal, Il tea
spoonful of salt, teaspoonful of ginger
or ginger and cinnamon mixed half and
half, tablespoon or more of chopped
suct, Il teacup ofmolasses; last, one egg
If you want whey, pour in little cold
milk after it is all mixed, ready to put in
the oven. Bake one and half or two
eurs.-Rural Home.
MEAT HAsH.-Chop fine any kind OF
cold meat (before chopping dredge with
salt and pepper. This is always the
best manner of seasoning hash, as by this
means all parts will be seasoned alike.
If you have cold potatoes, chop fine and
mix with the meat; ifthey are hot, mash.
Allow one-third meat to two-thirds po-
tato. Put this mixture in the frying
pan, with little water to moisten it, and
stir in a spoonful of butter, or, if you
have nice beef drippings, use that instead
of butter. Heat slowly, stirring often
and, when warmed through, cover and
let stand on moderately hot part of the
stove or range twenty minutes. WheI
ready to dish, fold as you would an ONE
let. and dish. Save all the trimmings
and pieces that are left of all kinds o
meat, and have hash once or twice {
week 1t does not hurt hash t. have
different kinds of meat in it. AvoiC
having hash greasy.
Cultivating Roses.
l have for several years cultivated {
few choice roses. Last spring | added
twenty to the number, and nearly all o
them / set out in three and four incl
pots. In June / plunged these into th'
soil of my flower garden; two of m,
older roses and three of my new ones
however, were planted directly in th'
| soil. All these roses were of the ever
blooming sort. One of the three new