The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Keep a blank book with q thick
cover in the kitchen, and copy any bits
of information that may be likely to be
of use sometime. Be sure and write in
. large, clear hand.
1t has been found from analysis
that ten tons of small sugar beets,
weighing one and one-third pounds
each, contained as much solid matter
as thirteen tons of beets weighing five
and one-haf pounds each.
Tomato Soy.-One peck of ripe to-
matoes, one quart of vinegar, three and
half pounds of sugar, and one ounce
of whole cloves. Put all over the fire
together, and let them stew slowly until
they become thick mass, very rich and
dark.
Cottage Pudding.--One cup OF su-
gar, one tablespoonful butter, two eggs,
one cup sweet milk, three cups flour.
half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
cream-tartar sifted with the flour, q
pinch of salt. Bake in q buttered mold.
Eat hot, cut in slices, with liquid
sauce.
Nice Fried Liver.-Cut into small
ing water and Immediately pour it off.
Place frying-pan on the stove with
some beef dripping in it; dredge the
liver with cracker dust, season with
pepper and salt and put into the pan.
Cover and fry slowly until the pieces
are well Drowned A little chopped
onion cooked with the liver is very nice
for those who like the flavor.
"A recipe for New England baked
beans: Boil the beans (the small pea
bean is the best) in plenty of water
and put them in an earthen pot, with
cover, and bake slowly for two hours or
more, in water enough to keep them
well-moistened. Most people in New
| England add from one to four table,
spoonfuls of molasses, according to
their taste. This gives them q rich
brownish shade, and q better taste.
Put in pork or not, and in quantity to
suit.
| "A writer in the Practical Farmer
gives the results Of experience in saw
ing flower seeds. No general rule can
be laid down. each sort requiring spe-
cial treatment. Pansy seeds must be
saved while they are quite green, as
the pods burst as soon as they turn vel
low, throwing the seed several feet
Plants of phlox are pulled up when 8
fair amount of the seed is ripe, and
spread on large sheets in warm gar
ret. On a small scale handpicking may
do. Petunia and portulaca are treated
in the same way. except that the por
tulaca plants are cut off, and they
grow up again for another crop. VERDE
mas must be handpicked twice weel
for several weeks.
To pickle peaches, plums aud pear
take of ripe peaches, plums, pears o.
apples seven pounds of sugar; on,
quart of vinegar. and one ounce o
mixed spices; put the sugar and vine
gar together. and pour over the fruit
allowing it to stand until the next morn
ing, when repeat this process, strain
ING the Juice off the fruit, letting
come to the boil, and continue to do s.
for four mornings; then add spices, an
put all over the fire, and cook yer
SLOWLY until they look rich and clear
Pears should be boiled in water unit
YOU can run q broom straw throug
them. Qninces are also delicious whe
preserved in this manner.
The New York Sun says: Heave
or broken wind in horses is not readil
cured, but the distress of the anims
J may be alleviated by giving proper car
!. and attention to his food. Give n
musty hay, avoiding all kinds contain
ing clover of any species. Turn out th
/ horse in summer to pasture, and
| winter feed well-cured corn fodder an
sound, clean oats or meal upon cut hay
! or cornstalks we'll moistened. Hhayi
| fed let it be in small quantities, and {
: night only, and then sprinkled wit
/ water when put in the manger. Ais
: avoid driving soon after feeding. Nerv
touics are also useful, and the best I
! these is arsenic, given in five-grai
1 doses daily for a month or more, b,
usually three or four weeks will be su
. ficient."
, Fowls in Orchards.-Last fall til
r editor of the Poultry World visited q
Q orchard in which fowls were kept, Il
T owner of which told him that before Il
fowls were confined in it the trees MAJ
4 little or no growth and only a corr
; spending amount of fruit was obtaine
Q But what change was evident no'
+ The grass was kept down, the wee
g killed, and the trees presented an q
!. pearance of thrift, which the most 9
thusiastic horticulturist could not but a
|. mire and envy. The growth of {
O trees was most vigorous, and the folia
l most luxuriant; the fruit was abundar
+ of large size. and free from worms a
1 other imperfections. The excellen
it was accounted for by the propriet6
IS who remarked that the "hens ate
10 the worms and curculio in their reac
D, even 20 the canker worm" He fou
4, less trouble with their roosting in tire
s. than he expected. and picket fen
ID six feet high kept them within bount
h. His orchard was divided into three 81
a. tions, and the fowls were changed frt
ID one to another as the condition of
fowls or the orchard sections seem
at require.