The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-12
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Hard Sauce.-Two tablespoonful
Of butter and ten of sugar; beat in the
yelks of two eggs. Put it on the fire
and let it come to boiling heat. Thin
with milk or water and let it come to a
boil.
"A cemented cistern should be left
for q week or ten days for the cement
to set and harden before the water is
let in. If the bottom leaks after that,
the cement must have been of poor
quality.
-Purslane, called in the vernacular
''pussly," is great nuisance in the
garden; but ''mean' as 1t Is, accord
ing to an old saw, it has its uses. The
French market gardeners cultivate it
for green's" the succulent stems and
leaves being boiled tender and dressed
with butter like spinach.
1T is a good plan to put new earth
enware into cold water and let it heat
gradually until it boils; then cool
again. Brown earthenware In particu-
lar riay be toughened in this way. A
handful of rye or wheat bran thrown
in while it is boiling will preserve the
glazing so that 1t will not be destroyed
by acid or salt.
General Grant says he was shown
a piece of land in China which has been
under cultivation every year for five
thousand years without deterioration
of the soil. This result Is effected by
returning to the soil everything taken
from it that is not consumed. Here,
then, is the secret of the remarkable
richness of Chinese soil.
Plum Jelly.--Boil the plums until
soft in enough water TO cover them.
Pour into Jelly bag, and drain over
night. Then strain through flannel
bag. Boil this juice twenty minutes,
skimming we'll. Take off, measure it;
to each pint of juice add one and a hall
pints of white sugar. and boil, one pint
of juice at time. seven minutes. Pour
into cups. When cold paste papers
over, and brush all over with white oil
egg.
Prof. A. E. Blount, of the Colo.
RADIO Agricultural College, gives this
advice regarding seed-corn: Always
select even-rowed ears and ears whose
rows are straight, not irregular on the
cob. Ears that taper are best because
better protected by the husk; and then,
too, the silk--the female part of the
plant-remains alive longer. MY rea.
son for selecting the top ear for seed is
that it is always more fully developed,
more uniform and more vigorous in its
termination, having been better fer.
tilted when in the silk.
-Hominy.-Boilf for an hour, and cal
with milk and sugar or with milk alone.
1. For Breakfast six tablespoon.
fuls of hominy in two pints of boiling
water over night. In the morning pour
off the water, and add one pint and hall
of milk, and boil half an hour. Pour
onto plates and serve with cream OF
maple sugar. 2. Blanc Mange--Into a
pint of new milk put three tablespoon
fuls of hominy and little salt; boil
gently until it begins to thicken, then
add half pint more milk; boil until
sufficiently thick. Add sugar and
flavoring to taste; pour into a mold.
Serve cold with jam or stewed fruit.
1t costs no more to winter an old
hog than it does pig. The practical
difference is that breeding SOW may
be kept on the same feed which a pig
would require, and in the spring lit
| ter of young ones would make a large
margin in favor of the old one. Old
sows are twice as profitable as young
ones, as the offspring are always larger
and more of them. They may be kept
a number Of years with profit. When
a year old, small-boned breeds will
have their growth and require but lit
tie food, only enough to maintain life
and locomotion, whereas growing
pig requires food for the same pur-
poses and to promote its growth.-Er-
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