The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-03-18
AeRICULrURAL AND DOMESTIC.

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Pear blight in several instances
has been arrested in affecting trees by
swinging them with weak solution Of
potash, and it has proven preventive
when applied to the healthy trees.
Cement for Mending Stoves.-Mix
finely pulverized iron with liquid water |
glass into q thick paste and fill the |
cracks with it. Then make a hot fire |
in the stove. Any first-class drugstore
will furnish the iron and water-glass.
An excellent grating wax is COM
posed of beeswax, resin and tallow. The
proportions are-four parts of resin.
one part of beeswax, and one part OF
beef tallow. Melt them together in q
skillet or tin cup and stir well. 1t
should remain in the vessel and use as
needed.
| DO not remove the coverings from
plants that have been protected during
the winter when the first warm days
come. The most dangerous time is
during the alternate freezing and thaw-
ing OF early spring. Let the coverings
remain on until all danger from cold
nights is past.
-Neatness is the first virtue in the
kitchen. The dishes of q careless COOK
. nave I'LL D "lAou u6VOHs % n OOOASN -
one pot. The general rule is to cook
long and slowly, with an even heat so
as TO reach every part. Frying ought
to be the last method for cooking meats.
) Broil. boil, roast, stew or bake in pref
erence.
Black Thread Lace.-To renovate
black thread lace, wash it carefully II
alcohol, or pure spirit, which is diluted
alcohol. Lay q towel on board OF
table, and smooth out the veil, carefully
:. stretching it, and pinning it to tn
board round the edge of the lace witt
pins. When dry, it will look like new
! If carefully done.
! The German or golden milletis per
, haps in greatest favor as an annual hal
!, crop, though it requires q longer sea
! son than Hungarian millet. 1t yield
q well, makes a coarse, harsh hay which
q is yreedily eaten by all kinds OF stock
4 Sow in the spring as soon as the grount
: is warm, one bushel of seed per acre
+ Cut for hay when the seed is in a milk.
: state.
: Poultry of all sorts will fatten read
|, ily upon sunHower seeds. The sam
|, may be said of sheep, pigs and cattle
: Four to five pounds are required to tn
: acre. They are drilled in rows abou
~ eighteen inches apart, the plants to b
= = thinned out to twenty-fv or thirt
y inches from plant to plant. The plant
. require a sufficient space between ther
for exposure to the sun. They shoui
!. be kept free from weeds.
Is Potatoes q la Duchesse.-Tak
% eight large potatoes, boiled and masne
is fine, one tablespoonful of butter, tn
h yelks of two raw eggs. little SAL
le stir all together over the hre, then 81
W it away to cool. When quite cold TO
:. it on a board with flour to keep it frol
10 sticking. Make it in cake or any lori
you wish. Take the whole of the eg{
at beat with little water, dip In the P<
n. tato and roll in bread or crackt
)f crumbs. Fry in hot lard.
es French Gingerbread.-Six pount
ne of rich clear brown treacle; pour into
le large pan; add a pound Of sweet butt
It. (softened by heat, not melted,) tv
IF ounces of ground ginger, quarter
i'd a pound of caraway seeds, half pour
,y of candied peel chopped very smal
g, some angelica, half dozen beaten 7
e. eggs, and Just as little -four as vi
he make q stiff paste; make into rou!
It's cakes, or cut into oblong brown bricl
he and stick with half almonds, then bak
re These will keep forever If locked u
but if not rapidly disappear in a lar
ne family.
es An appetizing dish for dinner m
RI be made as follows: To quart OF hn
1g ly chopped cabbage take teacupfui
X, sharp vinegar, tablespoonful
no ground mustard, half tablespoon
'ct Of black pepper, q spoonful OF salt,
ms lump of butter or pork gravy the a
it of q hens egg and a half-teacupful
IRE water. Mix all the ingredients exec
~, the cabbage in porcelain kettle q
ed bring to q boil; then turn in the ca
he bage and stir thoroughly; cover
ell tight and boil slowly until the cabba
ed is well cooked. Served as relish
en- meats this is one of the incest dishes
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