Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-29
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Keep fighting the insect enemies.
Poor fences often make bad neigh
bors.
Exterminate weeds, briars and bram-
bles, everywhere.
Alfalfa, or Lucerne, is CALIFORNIA; 3
greatest forage and fodder plant.
Quicklime is destructive to worms,
slugs and the larv@ of injurious in
sects.
The Farmers Alliance of England is
credited with large influence in the late
elections there.
New Orleans has shipped TO France
and Italy within year g. 400, 900 gallons
OF cotton-seed oil.
The annual tribute paid as rent to the
landed aristocracy of England by the
farmers is estimated at $500, ,OOO, 900.
At a recent shearing at Caldwell
Prairie, Racine county, Ind, the heav-
lest fleece shorn was twenty-seven
pounds.
Nathan Stowell, the originator of the
famous Evergreen sweet corn, is still
living at Burlington, N. j., and is
eighty-seven years of age.
Farmers who keep sheep should not
forget to dip the lambs in tobacco water
about three weeks after shearing 70 kill
the ticks.
Fowls are very fond OF milk and
thrive well upon it. Sour milk will
bring better returns in eggs than in any
other way it can be fed.
The wheat crop of the world for 1879
shows deficiency of 375, zoo, 900 BUSH
els. Nearly 10000, 600 of this def
cheney was in Europe alone.
The prospect is good for an unprece-
dented wheat crop in all sections of the
republic where the grain is grown, in
both quantity and quality.
Three tablespooniuls of London pur-
pie, well mixed in peck of plaster OF
paris, will make compound which is
sure death TO the Colorado beetle.
During the past fiscal year. according
to official information obtained at
Washington, more settlers have occu-
pied homestcads on the public lands
than in any former years.
Clean farming is the best under all
circumstances, and If adopted as a rule
will tend largely toward preventing the
increase OF chinch bugs and of all other
injurious insects.
1t is said that one spoonful OF coarse
powdered saltpeter to n pail of water
will destroy potatoe bugs, squash b1gs
and other insects. For roses IL is un-
surpassed. For maggots that work at
the root of squash vines, pour about a
pint of the liquid on the root of each
vine rs soon as the pests indicate them
selves.
Recipes.
BRoILED ,BEEFsTEAR. = II possible
have nice bed of Goals; put the steak
on hot-buttered gridiron, let il remain
till nicely Drowned, turn, letting the
other side brown, also remove TO plate,
taking care not to lose thej uice; butter
sprinkle with salt, and cover tightly
serve hot. If the steak is tou gh il may
be made more tender by poun ding with
the edge OF a plate.
EGGS PoACHED.-Set n stewpan on
top of stove, pour pint or two of boil
ing water in, add two teaspoonfuls salt,
drop eggs carefully in; when whites are
firm, draw of water, dip up, put little
butter on each egg, and, ii desired,
sprinkle with pepper.
EGGS FRIED.-Break eggs into dish,
butter warm fryingpan, pour care
fully in. sprinkle with pepper and salt,
cover; when whites are firm take up.
or, If preferred, turn and fry the other
side.
OMELETs.- Beat six eggs, stir in one
teacupful sweet milk and one-half tea
spoonful salt; butter omelet pan freely,
pour In, set over moderate fire. keep
raising edges; when firm and n rich
brown on the under side turn together
and lay doubled on the plate. The pan
should never be washed, but rubbed
with n wooden cloth.