The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-01-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


SAUCE FOR ROAST BEEF. G horse.
radish on a CRATER into a basin, add two
tablespoonful of cream, with a little
mustard and salt, mix we'll together, add
four tablespoonfuls of the best vinegar,
and mix the whole thoroughly. The
vinegar and cream are both to be cold.
CALF's Foor JELLY Take two:calves'
feet; add to them one gallon of water;
boil them down to one quart; strain,
and when cold remove all fat; then add
the whites of six or eight eggs (well
beaten), half q pound of sugar and the
juice of four lemons; mix we'll. Boil
for a minute, constantly stirring; then
strain through a flannel bag.
CocoANUT PUDD1Na.-Soak three
tablespoonful tapioca in cold water
over night; boil n quart of milk; add
tapioca and boil five minutes; then add
yelks of four eggs, three tablespoonful
d~esiceestteed c%ocoanut; boil ten minutes;
turn into a dish to cool, beat the whites
and two tablespoonfuis- o., sugar to a
foam; spread on the top and scatter
over with cocoanut; set in the oven TO
brown a little. ,
LEMON PHs.-The juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar,
yelks OF two eggs, two tablespoonful OF
flour, milk to fill pie-plate. If milk is
not convenient, water, with a small lump
of butter, is a good substitute. Line a
medium sized plate with nice pastry,
pour in the custard; bake until done.
Beat the two whites of eggs to a stiff
froth, sweeten with four tablespoonful
of powdered sugar, spread smoothly
over the pie when baked, and brown
lightly in the oven.
FRYING Raw PoTAToEs.-We snp-
posed We knew how to fry raw potatoes,
outbound we were mistaken when O lady
friend, who came to stop with us a few
DAYS, convinced us that she had a better
way. And such a little difference there
was in the cooking of them: too-.to
make them 80 much nicer. The secret
was in keeping them covered closely as
they were cooking. The potatoes were
washed, pared and sliced thin, put to
fry in a spider previously heated and
buttered the same as I was in the habit
of doing; sailed to taste, too, and to
think that just keeping them covered
should make 30 much difference and
improvement-in the way of cooking
them. They would come to the table
so crispy and crusted, with scarcely q
slice broken; owing to the care of hand
ling, when being turned over.
Peach and Apple Orchards.
At a recent meeting of the Farmers
club of the American institute, of New
York, the subject of orchards was intro
duced by President Heath, who said
that an orchard, to be made fruitful and
have large, luscious fruit, must be
deeply cultivated between the rows,
but not too near the trees, and receive
a liberal supply of barn-yard manure
and fertilizer as a top-dressing IN the
spring, with a good mulchng in No
vember every year.
Next followed a communication from
E. Ware Sylvester, Lyons, N. Y, in
which he said, in relation to peach Or
chards, that if he had trees 80 situated
that they must be subject to severe
winds in winter, he should not disturb
the earth about the roots in the fall,
but rather mulch the trees with muck
or som other litter, being careful to
use such as will not afford a shelter for
mice: this mulch to be removed in the
spring or not as circumstances seem to
demand. There is n safe rule about
trees; if peach trees r making a
growth of twelve to fifteen inches on
the ends of the limbs in a season, and
apple-trees six to twelve inches, they
are doing we'll enough, are making all
the growth that is best for the good of
the trees, and when they are making
such growth they do not need cultiva-
ton or fertilizing. MI. Sylvester has q
pear. orchard that has been planted
seven years, and there has not been q
pillow in it since it was set. He digs
about the trees either in fall OF spring,
and applies muck in the winter. He
advised leaving undisturbed trees grow
ing in cultivated ground, if the soil is
good and the trees are making q good
growth.
A discussion followed as to the rea-
sons why enthusiastically the apple
do not bear equally well every season.
R. G. Dodge said, in explanation, that
the buds of the peach are now formed
for the next year, and also some of the
apples. If the tree is engaged all the
season in perfecting it's fruit, how can
it prepare embryo for the next season ?
! No amount of manure now can add to
the number of blossoms for the next
season, but it may improve the quality
of the fruit. After a very heavy crop it
is no wonder that the next season should
be small. Excessive manuring produces
in orchards great growth OF foliage, at
the expense of the fruit crop.
Fnrmers' Crecds.
We believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation;
That the soil loves to eat as well as
the owner, and ought, therefore, to be
w~ell-manured;
In going to the bottom of things, and
therefore, in deep blowing and enough
of it-all the better if it be a subsoil
pillow;
In large crops which leave land better
than they found it, making both the
farm and farmer rich at once;
That every farm should own q good
farmer ;
That the fertilizer of any soil is a spirit
of industry, enterprise and intelligence;
without these, lime, gypsum and guano
will be Of little use =;
In good fences, good farmhouses,
good orchards, and children enough to
gather the fruit;
In O clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, q
clean cupboard, a clean dairy and clear
conscience;
That to ask a mans advice is not
stopping, but of much benefit;
That to keep a place, and everything
in it's place, Saves many a step, and is
pretty sure to lead to good tools and to
keep them in order
That kindness to stock, like good shell
ter, is q saving of fodder
That it is a good thing to keep an eye
on experiments, and note all-good and
bad;
That it is a good rule to sell your grain
when it is ready;
That it is a good thing to grow into
farming: not jump into it
That all of farming is summed up in
the manure heap on the farm;
In enriching the soil according to its
wants. Canadian Farmer.
The Prime of Life.
Between the ages of forty-fve and