Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-11-18
RARx, GARDEN AND HOUsKH0LD.


oil water Will make n llqulu inhHuTe vi
tie greatest value for flowers and plants
of all kinds.
When good earth is used for potting,
plants seldom need any special manure.
The best soil for plants is found in old
meadows, and the corner of fences
where the sod has grown n long time.
Boiled apples and meal are excellent
food for fattening hogs; apples are
cheap. meal is not dear, pork continues
to advance, and to-day the outlook is
profit in pork for he producers.
Time intelligently given TO the bees
will pay rs well rs any other farm work,
and when too many are not kept, most
| of the work can be done either before or
after regular working hours.
There are twenty-six pounds OF phos-
phoric in twenty-five bushels OF wheat;
il there are not twenty.six pounds of
available phosphoric acid in the soil, it
matters not how much there may be o.
other elements, you cannot have
twenty.fv bushels OF wheat TO the
acre.
The Cleopatra and Marguerite are
said 10 be the finest varieties of gladioli.
The one is fine fresh rose color tinted
with lilac, with large and effective
flowers and broad shaded lines, and the
spikes are unusually long; the other is
an enormous flower, white, rose and
cerise with dark carmine spots aad
beautiful. sUftly-sliaded throat. Each
of these ha5 upward OF twenty flowers
to each spike.
Give the hens the run OF the orchard, 4,
and pow up several open places where
tho sun shines longest, and make the
land mellow that the hens may have
plenty of room to scratch and dus
themselves at pleasure. Hens are fond
OF picking at pumpkins, squash, melons,
tomatoes, cabbage, etc. They are sell
dom diseased when they have free ac-
cess TO variety of food. When they
cannot find worms, Rrubs, flies. grass
hoppers and similar insects, they should
have small rations Of liver, lights and
other cheap meats. But the increased
quantity Of fruit and its improved quail
ity, OF every variety, will amply pay for
the labor and expense of turning a
portion of the orchard into poultry
yard S,ockn,an.
The London Lipe 6.ock Journal says
new idea for fixing shoes on horses
hoofs without the use of nails is carried
on as follows: The inventor takes a
shoe of ordinary construction, having,
saw. four holes therein, and through
these he passes bands or wires oil metal,
two extending from or near the hinder
extremities of the shoe, and the other
two at short distances from either side
of the toe, the positions Being varied
with the number OF bands employed.
To iix the shoe the hinder wires OF
bands are first drawn tightly around the
front and upper part or corona OF the
hooi, the ends passing through buckle
or ring. or they may be twisted together
The ends of the other wires are also
! passed through the ring or under thu
first bands. and being drawn tightly
downward, the hinder wires or bands
, owing 10 the conformation of the hoofs
are. as Il we're. wedged tightly, thus tix
ng the shoe firmly TO the hoot. This in
yention receives only provisions
protection.
APPLE CRoUTEs.-This simple ane
dainty little dessert is one taught by
Miss Corson: Peel and core the apples
, and halve them; take halfslices of bread
: spread thickly with butter and sprinkle
with sugar, then lay apple on bread
, core side down; sprinkle on more sugar
! ard any kind OF spice TO taste. Bake.
, SNAPs.-Take ore cup of molasses
three-quarters OF cup of sugar, on'
tablespoon each of powdered cloves, Gin
namon and allspice. Add these TO one
; half cup of melted butter and beat IN
two teaspoons soda and flour enough tC
roll. Roll very thin, cut out with tir
cutter and bake in pans in hot oven.
APPLE CUsTARD.-Two eggs, siS
, tablespooniuls sugar, one cup cream
: beat the mixture thoroughly ana navol
strongly with lemon. unless some othel
) flavoring Is preferred. Then take tea
) cupful Of stewed apples, mash them
, and add them to the other ingredients
/ make crust and bake same as egg Gus
! tards. They are delicious.
CHICKEN BROTH. Cut chicken int
small pieces; put it in two quarts o
water with little salt, and boil 1t tive
hours; tablespoon ofrice and an onior
may be added II you wish. This viii
make one quart. The chicken should
be skinned, and the fat taken out.
, STUFFNG FOR VEAL.-Chop halt
, pound of suet, put 1t into basin will
g three-quarters of pound Of breae
D crumbs, teaspoonful OF salt, quarte