The Red Cloud chief., 1880-07-15
HONE. Farm AND GARDEN.

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Oar STRAW. as n rule. Is superior to
whea, straw as stock food. inasnuch
as IL contains a larger per cent oil Tat
forming and kcat-producing ingre-
dents.
To KEEP bugs OF melon aud squash
vines. plant , tomato plant IN each hih-
By doing this the bugs did not oo'hff
them for mr.; while across the
where there were no tomatoes they
were all killed by the bugs-C0r. e.
change
FEW realize the necessity Of n
ing orchards. When once planted, the
trees are to remain in the same soil
thirty or forty years. NJ least They IN
a few years exhaust the food IN the soil
that they are most fond Of. and then
thew will cease TO be productive anu
thrifty unless properly fed.
EVERY lover Of lettuce should SOW a
few seeds of the Hanson. the largest
sort known. the heads u which meas
ure from twelve To- fourteen Inehes IN
diameter. IL is perfectly hardy. crisp
and compact. Amateur gardeners
should try the green fringed. one o! the
latest and best novelties in lettuce.
No CHINESE farmer ever sows a seed
Of any kind Of grain before It has been
soaked in liquid manure diluted with
water. and has begun 10 gcrminate; and
experience has taught him that tins
operation not only tends 20 promote
the growth and development of the
plant, but also TO protect the seed from
the insects hidden in the ground.
FRAGRANCE ASDCoLoR--Plantsw with
white blossoms nave a larger proportion
OF fragrant species than any others;
next comes red. then yellow and blue.
and lastly orange and brown. The
flowers Of spring are white and highly
fragrant; those of summer are red ana
yellow, and less fragrant; those OF au-
tumn and winter are much darker, and
with less perfume.
SPONGE CaKE.-Take five fresh eggs.
their weight in pulverized sugar; the
weight OF three in flour. Beat yelks
and sugar to n creamy paste, whip
whites 10 a still fro;h. and add To yelks
and sugar. Sift in the Hour gradually;
add a teaspoonful of iiavoring extract,
and stir only just enough 10 mix well.
pour Immediately into pans lined with
buttered paper. Sprinkle over a little
pulyerized SUGAR, and bake in "A quick
oven for twenty-five or thirty minutes.
Coop WHEArES BREAD.-Take six
good-sized potatoes. peel and boil IN
two quarts of water; when done put .
pint Of -four into a suitable vessel, and
pour the water off the potatoes on the
flour To scaid il. Then rub the potatoes
through a colander and add 10 the flour.
Add cold water enough 10 wet what
bread YOU want To bake ut one time;
when cool, add a pint of good yeast
and a handful Of salt; let il rise over
night. In the morning mix stiff in the
bread tray and let ii rise again. When
light, put into tins and let il rise again.
Bake in a moderate oven one hour.
STRAWBERRY SHoRr-CAKE.-Make a
crust sufficient TO cover the bottom OF
two pie-dishes. rolled thin, of the in
! gradients which would make raised bis
cults; bake both at once; havetwo boxes
or two quarts of Strawberries thorough
ly cleansed, and well sweatened: as
soon as the paste is baked, while hot,
spread with good butter. cover with
half of the berries, sprinkling more
sugar on top; cover with the other
baked biscuit. butter rs before, add the
other half of the berries, with more
sugar, and wrap well with a clean
towel, and cover with a blanket, TO re-
main to steam until cold.
A WRITER in the Fdncisrs' Journal,
in speaking of ducks. p%ronounces the
Aylesbury and Pekin the best varieties,
the former being noted for its large
white eggs and ACKNOWLEDGMENT
flesh, and the latter for the richness of
its eggs, good constitution and rapid
fattening. The Rouen is pronounced
only slightly inferior in flavor and IN
quality of eggs to the above, natures
earlier and is harder. The A~ylesbury
and Pekin m laying in Febru-
ary, and continue for five months. with
two or three brief intermissions. When
the duck wants to sit she should have
from twelve To fifteen eggs. and should
sit in a separate division of the duck
house kept for this purpose. The door
should always be open during the day,
and she should have sufficient water
near by to battle in. The time of incu-
baton is twenty-eight days. After the
ducklings are all Matched they should
not be disturbed for twenty-four hours,
when they are ready for food, which
should consist of hard-boiled eggs well
mixed with oatmeal. When three or
four days old they may have oatmeal
mixed with milk and a little grain. The
ducklings should not have access to
water, except to drink, until they re-
ceive their feathers, when they can
swim without injury.