The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-16
HOUSE AND FARM.

6OUSB AND IAR3s
Twelve years ago Texas sold but u.s.
600 bales Of cotton. Last year 1t fooeed mp
1000. 100 bales.
There never vas . popular supers6tion
more utterly without . basis than tho
nokioa That the moon has IN influence o.
the weather.
In bad seasons business men an1ioasy
look for crop reports. Il gives them
realizing sense that all wealth CONES
principally from the soil.
Cleaning Wash Wringers-Try few
drops Of ammonia on damp cioeh, and
see how nicely 1t clcanses the rubber roll
ers Of your wash wringers.
The whole English market dependent
upon French and Spanish grapes and
wines has risen. II is supposed that 1t
will rise nearly 50 per cent.
Owing to the rot which has attacked
the potato crop throughout France, 1t -
estimated that the deficiency in the same
will amount to Is, 000, 900 sacks.
Tomato Butter-Seven pounds OF ripe
tomatoes, three pounds Of light brown
sugar, one cupful vinegar, stick emma
mon: boil slowly Eve or six hours.
II is estimated that the hay crop Of the
country, reckoned At only Eve dollars per
ton, is worth three times that OF cotton.
ten times that Of wool, and twice that OF
wheat.
To CRYSTALLINE Grasses-One pound best
alum, powdered; half q gallon Of soft wa
ter; boil until dissolved; dip the grass IN
the solution and allow il TO remain SIX or
seven hours; remove and dry in the sun.
Fruit rndding-One cup molasses, one
cur sweet milk, one Of suet, chopped fine.
or q half cup butter. one Of raisins, half
cur currants, two and q half cup -four,
half teaspoon soda; mix veil and spice to
taste, and steam TIVE hours.
Dried Apple Custard-One pint OF dried
apples, mashed and strained; two eggs
beaten with the apples; sweeten and spice
10 taste; add half tumbler Of cream or
rich milk. Bake in paste, and when done
cover with maringue.
Spiced Corn Beef-To 10 pounds leef
take two cups salt, two cups molasses,
two tablespoonfuls Of pulverized salt.
petre, one tablespoon ground pepper, one
Of cloves; rub we'll into the beef; turn
every day; will be ready for use in ten
days.
Lemon Jumbles-One pound Of -four,
one pound Of sugar, 6ve-eighths OF q
pound of butter, four eggs. the Juice and
grated rind of lemon, and a. little Hour
a. will enable you to make the whole
into small cakes with your hands. Bake
quick.
Feather Cake-One egg, one cup oil
sugar, one tablespoonful Of butter. hall
a cup Of milk. one and one-half cups
of -four, one teaspoonful Of cream Of
tartar, half a Tablespoonful Of soda. This
combination makes q nice cake. Lat
fresh.
Indian corn was 6rst grown by Europ-
cans in this country ut the James River
settlement in Virginia. in l60S. In 1903
more than forty acres were grown ~ the
Virginia planters. Nov the corn crop oil
Ith. United States is one Of the very first
Importance in agriculturcs
Wheat is successfully cultivated in
Mexico only on the table lands OF the
ICor,lillcrers, at an elevation Of from 2,Ga
Ito $50 feet above the level Of the sea,
In sections where il does not mature the
grain ii is grown rs green seiling croV
or forage for cattle, for winch il Is esteem
ed.
Corn meal Gruel-Takc a pint Of meal
pour over quart Of water. steep up. scttls
a moment and pour on, repeat three times
then pour over the washed meal about
three quarts Of cold water and let boi
livery slowly for two or three hours; thin
with milk or cream and season with lit
tie salt.
A visitor 10 the hop districts OF New
L A. L.. HSsoI thuI
growers would sooner allow their chick
ems TO be killed than skunk. sincc TIM
useful creature, usually in such bad odol
with most people, proves vaIy great
help in the struggle against the Rrut
which does so much injury TO the vine.
The Weekly Toronto GloSs says thu
golden drop wheat raised there u naur
ally spring wheat, but that II can b
Il grown successfully as winter wheat
That the grain is plump. and a. large n
the best samples Of fall wheat; the straw
il particularly clean, and has not beer
troubled with smut or rust.
The area Of Ireland and the natura
wealth Of its soil il capable Of supporting
from IL, 600, 600 10 10000, 00 Of inhabit
ants II restrictive land laws did not over
ate against the full development,
of the oountry's resources and the unfet
tered cultivation Of the land. Yet pop
ulation Of 1000, 900 previous 10 the yea
lS47 was reduced ~ death, starvation
and exile consequent upon an arti6cia
famine and continued impoverishment. n
little over 5,0oo. 900 at the present day.
Prof A. S. Packard, IT,, mentions a. a
Interesting fact that the Pueblo INDIAN
/ r A. Me-. hasa l,ks The EOvvsk, N,