Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-06-10
none, FARM ANp GARpEN.

You may plow and plant, but u You
don't cultivate properly the crop viii
be short.
DON'r suffer briars,. bushes and the
like TO grow along the highway adioin-
ing your premises
PLANT cabbages. II they bring \
good price, sell them; II not, feed
them to sheep, milch cows and pigs.
PAiNr, yarnish or japan may be
soltened or easily removed from old
surfaces with solution Of caustic
soda.
To WASH CoLoRED STocKMgs.--
Put tablespoonful of salt in a quart
OF water. Lct the stockings soak in
that for ten minutes, and then take
them ont, and wash in soap and water.
In China, which has the densest
population in the world, and feeds its
millions without the importation of
foreign food, no manure is applied TO
the land in solid form; 1t is all
hquehed
COFFEE CREAM. - Dissolve two
ounces of gelatine or of isinglass in just
enough water to cover it; put TO a pint
and half of cream a teacup and a
half of very strong clear coffee with
powdered sugar, add the dissolved
isinglass, let il just boil, leave it stand
ing till nearly cold; then pour it into a
mold, and when quite set turn ii out.
The radish succeeds best in light,
rich soil, and must be grown quickly in
order that they may be tender, sweet
and free from the worm which fire.
quently Injuries the root. The French
breakfast is rapid growing sort, and
is very mild and tender The golden
yellow is Il new variety of oval form, in
color deep yellow. 1t is early, and is
adapted for both forcing and open
ground culture.
STRAWBERRY PUDDING. Cream, o
cup of sugar and "A tablespoonful Of but
ter; add the beaten yelks of five eggs
and two cups of line bread-crumbs
soaked in quart of sweet milk. Flavor
with lemon or vanilla. Pour into
deep pudding-dish and bake until the
custard is "set." Roll pint of nice
Strawberries in powdered sugar, spread
over the pudding and cover with a
meringue made of fhe beaten whites
and three tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar. Return to the oven until the
I top is delicately Drowned.
KEEPING OLD SHEEP.-The New
York Tribune says; "It is folly to keep
old sheep. They should be turned of
TO the butcher while they are in their
prime. II does not take half so much
TO fatten them then When they get
old and thin, in order to put them in
condition to slaughter the whole su-
perstructure must be rebuilt. Four
sets of lambs are all eve can bear:
this win bring her to five years, and this
is an age when, with little extra care,
she will round up to fine carcass, EX-
ceptiOns may be made when the breed
is scarce, and the blood is more valua-
bic than anything else"
PRESERVING GREEN SHINGLEs.-
correspondent of the Country Gentle
man says ~ have practiced painting
them as soon as laid 1t is attended
with trouble and considerable expense.
! / now prefer TO use air-Slaeked lime.
/ just after, and while the roof is wet, OF
during light fall of rain, SOW few
quarts, mostly on the upper part of the
roof, once year. The expense is tri-
! fling. | am satisfied it will preserve
the roof twice rs long as TO leave them
to the weather. The quantity used de-
pends upon the surface to preserve.
Your readers must have noticed on old
roofs the shingles below the chimneys.
Comment is unnecessary"