Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

will prevent mice from doing them any
injury.
MANY farmers of experience have
said that if timber be cut in the latter
part of August or first of September,
the worms will not bother it.
DRIVE two large nails through two
spools, rs far apart as your broom-han-
die is thick. and hang your broom on.
brush up, to keep it straight.
AvOID if possible an exclusive diet of
whole corn for poultry; it may put on
fat, but it is not as good for eggs. Let
corn be fed as only one among other
grains.
ALL tools. going out of use for the
season, should be put away in 4 whole
and bright condition. Teach the boys
the habit of cleaning shoyels, hoes and
cultivator-teeth. rt
BAKED CUsrARD.-Beat separately
the whites and yelks of three eggs. add
them to pint of milk with little salt,
sugar. nutmeg and vanilla to taste Set
the dish or cups in pan of hot water
in the oven and bake twenty or twenty
five minutes.
CANARIEs. The parasites which af-
feet these birds may be gotten rid Of
by merely placing clean cloth over
the cage at night. In the morning it
will be covered with very minute red
spots. almost invisible without micro
scope. These are the vermin so annoy
ing and so often fatal to birds.
MOUNTAIN Dew PUDDING.-Four
large crackers, one pint of sweet milk,
little salt, the yelks of two eggs, well
beaten; bake thirty minutes; then add
the whites of two eggs, with half a
cup of puiverized sugar beaten to a
stiff froth: set it in the oven until
slightly Drowned. Serve without sauce.
Tomato MEAT PUDDING.-Cover the
bottom of a pudding-dish with bread
crumbs, put on them a layer OF UNDER
done meat cut in thin slices, then
layer of tomatoes, peeled and also
sliced; to a pint add an even table
spoonful of sugar, then few bits of
butter, pepper, salt and a little onion if
agreeable, then bread crumbs, meat
and tomatoes, repeating until the dish
is full; put over all LAYER of bread
crumbs and bake until a light brown.
Serve hot.
To KEEP GLUE FOR UsE.-Common
glue may be dissolved and kept for use
in the following manner: Soak the
glue, previously broken into small
pieces, in cold water for twenty-fcur
hours, then add sufficient water and
bring it to a boil until the glue is all
dissolved. This may be kept in wide
mouthed jar. To prepare it for use,
NJ . ba sar sv,h hot ho
is liquid. By adding 4 few drops of oil
of cloves to a pint of the glue it will be
kept from molding or becoming foul.
The advantage OF pressing the soil
over newly planted seeds. especially in
a dry time, is enforced by the following
experience reported in the London
Gardeners Chronicle: "This season
have used the garden roller for almost
everything, and l never saw seeds come
up so well; every bed is rs square as it
should be, without gap to fill up. This
is by no means the case everywhere;
but as have been the rounds hear
the complaint, My beets have come
bad or MY onions are very thin,' or
something of that sort"
BOILED PEACH DUMPLING.--For the
crust, pound of sifted flour. a half
pound of clarified beef drippings, q
quarter OF pound of lard, and half q
teaspoonful Of salt; mix three-quarters
of a pound OF the flour in bowl with
tablespoonful of butter, the salt and q
tumblerful or less of ice water, QOr the
paste must be stiff) roll it out on your
board, using the of the pound for
rolling it. and put the lard and drip
pings in small pieces all over it; double.
and roll out again. being careful not to
break the crust; roll out once more.
fold up. and put it in the ice-box till
ready to boil; peel and cut in two four
quarts of peaches, sprinkling them with