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MANY farmers Of experience have
said that If timber be cut in the latter
part Of August or first Of September,
the worms win not bother IL.
DRIVE two large nails through two
spools, as far apart as your broom-han-
die is thick. and hang your broom on,
brush up, to keep it straight.
AvoID IL possible an exclusive diet of
whole corn for poultry; it may put on
fat, but it Is not as good for eggs. Lot
corn be fed as only one among other
grains.
ALL tools, going out of use for the
season, should be put away in whole
and bright condition. Teach the boys
the habit of cleaning shovels, hoes and
cutivator-teeth.
PiCKLED EGGs.--Boil fresh eggs
hard, when cold remove the shell,
cover them with good vinegar; add salt
and pepper to taste. If you put red
beets with the eggs it will make them
nice red color.
BAKED CUsTARD. 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.
JOHNNY CAKE.-One pint of boiled
rice or hominy, one egg, one table
spoonful of butter, salt TO taste; flour
enough to make a soft dough. Roll
half an inch thick; bake quick, without
blistering; serve hot. Tear the cakes
open and butter. Cut the cakes four
inches long and three wide.
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 a micro
scope. These are the vermin so annoy
ing and so often fatal to birds.
The QUEEN OF PUDDNGs. One pint
of bread crumbs, one quart of milk, six
ounces of sugar, butter of the size of
an egg, the yelks of four eggs, flavor
with lemon and bake as custard. Beat
the whites of four eggs to froth and
mix with 1t cup OF powdered sugar
and the juice OF a lemon; spread a layer
of fruit jelly while hot; cover with the
frosting, and bake until slightly brown.
This is to be eaten cold with cream, or
warm with any 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 pint add an even table,
spoonful of sugar, then few bits of
butter, pepper, salt and a little onion ii
agreeable, then bread crumbs, meat
and tomatoes, repeating until the dish
is full; put over all layer of bread
crumbs and bake until 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-four
hours, then add sufficient water and
bring it to boil until the glue is all
dissolved. This may be kept in wide
mouthed jar. To prepare it for use,
put the jar in hot water until the glue
is liquid. BY adding a few drops Of oil
of cloves to pint of the glue il will be
kept from molding or becoming foul.
THE advantage of pressing the soil
over newly planted seeds, especially in
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 never saw seeds come
up so we'll; every bed is rs square as it
should be, without a 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, a pound of sifted flour. a half
pound of clarified beef drippings, a
! quarter of pound of lard, and half
| teaspoonful OF salt; mix three-quarters
of pound of the flour In a bowl with a
/ tablespoonful of butter, the salt and
| tumblerful or less of ice-water, (for the
paste must be stiffD roll it out on your
! board, using the rest of the pound for
| rolling IL, and put the lard and drip
| pings In small pieces all over IL; double,
! and roll out again, being careful not TO
/ break the crust; roll out once mora,
/ 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
a quarter Of pound of sugar; roll your
paste out about quarter of an inch
thick in the middle and thinner at the
edges, having it as nearly round as
possible; put your peaches in and draw
up the edges to make ball, tie tightly
in cloth that has been wrung out OF
cold water, and had iour sltted over IL.
and drop in boiling water and let II boil
steadily for an hour and half; serve as
soon as taken from the pot. For sauce
take two ounces OF butter and four of
brown sugar well creamed together.