Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-26
FARM AND PRESIDE.

To rDast meat properly, the air
must have free access n II. This ~ the
feasOn why ment roasted before an open
fire Is more palatable than that roasted
(bakod) IN closed oven.
1t would be well 10 have the farm
harnesses all well oiled and the neces-
sary repairs made. No better invest
ment can be made on the farm than an
occasional quart Of meats foot oil 70 be
used for this purpose.
III salt Is added 70 the -four before
the water, on stirring paste for starch
or gravy, II viii prevent the flour from
Forming into Jumps. Remember, the
good results are secured by adding the
salt first. Lansing Republican.
-Neatness Is the first virtue in the
kitchen. The dishes of careless cook
all have mixed flavor, as IL cooked
in one pot. The general rule Is TO cook
long and slowly, with an even heat, so
rs to reach every part. Frying ought
TO be the last method for cooking meats.
Broil, boil, roast, stew or bake in pref
erence. 81. F .T.|
The raising of thirty bushels Of
" WAAUtHe| W NAAA eANAG " III AEAAbNt AAOAAA AlAH
land thirty-one pounds of nitrogen,
twenty-four pounds of phosphoric acid
and thirty-nine pounds Of potash. This
could be replaced by sixty pounds Of
sllphate Of ammonia, one hundred and
seventy-one pounds of superphosphate
Of lime and seventy-siN pounds Of chic
ride OF potassium.
Arrange work to save fuel. Mix
bread at night so that it will be ready to
bake while the oven is hot from the
breakfast fire. If fruit is prepared the
night before, pies may be made and
baked after the bread. Hashes intended
Tor breakfast should be made ready for
cooking the night before. The kitchen
should also be in perfect order and the
kindlings ready for lighting the fire
Housebeeper .G...9## .U
According TO the report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture there have
been under investigation since May 1,
1879, no less than one hundred and fifty
nine insect pests that prey upon fruit
trees and farm products, and which
until then were new or little known.
This does not include the old we'll
known pests, which would swell the
number, if included, to several hundred.
OF these seventeen of them infest the
apple alone. The fruit having the next
highest number is the grape, having
eleven. When we count the boys in It
will appear plain that "eternal Wig
lance" must be exercised for the fruit
grower to head off the enemies with
which he must deal.-BurlingtOn HatOb-
eye. ..t.5f- fg -It HII
Orchard grass, says New York
farmer, is very deservedly coming more
into cultivation every year, both North
and South, and it will perhaps benefit
some to be told how to sow it. 1t should
always be mixed with clover seed. To
mix the seeds properly, put down upon
a floor half bushel of orchard grass
seed, and scatter over that one quart of
clover seedi repeat until you get stout
pile, say four or five bushels. Then mix
thoroughly; spread out upon the floor,
and sprinkle water upon the pile, stir
ring all the time until quite wet; then
mix in plaster or dry ashes, or even bran,
until sufficiently dry to separate when
thrown from the hand. Throw it in
bulk till next morning, when it is ready
for sowing. Taken through this pro-
cess, it can be sown with as much regu-
larity as wheat, regardless of ordinary
winds. If it remains in bulk more than
one night in warm weather, it will heat,
and must be opened. Except for mead
ows or standing pastures, orchard grass
is too expensive. For the ordinary
shifts, it is better to use clover seed
alone, as orchard grass does not do its
best under two or three years, when, if
if the land is good, it will have made a
sod that will resist the action of the
feet Of the stock il wet weather.