Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
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To PEEL PEACHEs.-Dip them a
minute in hot water, then in cool, and
the skin peels off readily.
CUCUMBERs, if sliced into cold water,
will be made crisp and brittle, even if
not perfectly fresh.
A "BRooDY HEM" shut up three
days without food or water, will, it is
said, emerge so "run mad hungry" as
to Danish all thought of her former In
tentiOns.
COOP feed and good care have made
all our improved breeds of domestic
animals what they are. Proper selec-
ton in breeding has no doubt laid the
foundation for all Improvements. but
had not this been followed up and sus-
tanned bv the best of care the breeding
would have amounted to nothing.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLEs.-One peck
of green tomatoes, one cupful of sugar,
one tablespoonful of cinnamon. one of
cloves. one of allspice, and one of
white mustard seed. all ground. Lay
the tomatoes, sliced, with little salt
between the layers, over night; then
drain off the water, cover with vinegar,
add spices and sugar, and boil few
minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
CANNED TOMATOES AND CORN-Boil
the corn on the cob, when it is in nice
order for roasting, twenty minutes over
a good fire, and cut off while hot. Have
your tomatoes skinned and rubbed to
smooth pulp: put in two measures of
them for every one of the cut corn; salt
as for the table, stirring it well in, and
bring to a hard boil. Then can quickly,
and as soon as they are cold set away
in a cool dark place.
CANNED PLUMs.-Prick with needle
to prevent bursting; prepare strip,
allowing gill of pure water and
quarter of pound Of sugar to every
three quarts of fruit. When the sugar
is dissolved and the water blood warm,
put in the plums; heat slowly to boil;
let them boil five minutes; fill up the
jars with plums, pour in the scalding
sirup until it runs down the sides, and
seal. Green cages are very fine put up
the same way; also damsons for pies.
Picked PEACHEs.-Ten pounds
fruit, pared; four and a half pounds
sugar, one quart vinegar, mace, CHINA
mon and cloves to taste. Lay the
peaches in the sugar for an hour; drain
of every drop of sirup, and put over
the fire with about cup of water. Boil
until the scum ceases to rise. Skim;
put in the fruit and boil five minutes.
Take out the peaches with perforated
skinner, and spread upon dishes to
cool; add the vinegar and spices to the
sirup; boil fifteen minutes, and pour
over the fruit in glass jars.
WHILE it may be desirable to save
the first seeds Of some of our vegeta-
bles, such as sweet corn, peas and !
beans, it is not best to make such |
selection from all kinds. The first to- |
matoes that ripen are generally small |
and ill-shapen, and it would be unde- |
sirable to select seeds from these, as
they would soon deteriorate the variety;
but the best plan is to wait till large.
smooth specimens are produced, and
from these select seed for future crops. |
BY doing this for few years you will
find that you have wonderfully improved
the tomato; and to secure improvement
of any kind of vegetable it is absolutely
necessary to select the best specimens
of every kind. Deterioration ought to
have no place in the farmers vOcabu-
larry.
SMUT IN Corn. Corn smut is fun
gus which grows from the substance Of
the plant. the seed being carried into
the roots from the soil and from the
roots into the stalks, ears and other
parts of the plant. The seed or spores
are in the soil. and may be carried
there in manure made from animals fed
upon corn-fodder or corn ears infested
with smut. Or the spores, which are
as fine and as light as the finest dust.
may be carried to the soil by the wind
and Washed into il by rains. At any