The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-02-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
LlQUI<l nunure.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Liquid Manure.
The subject of the value Of liquid ma.
nure in its application to crops, in field,
garden and lawn, is again freely dis
cussed. Mechi, the London alderman,
was among the first to apply it to field
crops, and for this purpose prepared a
employed a great many men to do the
work. His crops bore testimony to its
great fertilizing qualities, and these re-
turns Mr.. Mechi was not slow in laying
before the British public. His statistics
were literally quoted in this country,
and he has u great many disciples-on
paper-as those who adopted his method
Of applying manure soon abandoned it
on account Of its expensiveness. These
disciples failed to see that in all Mr..
Mechi's statements he made no compari-
son as to the relative expense of the two
modes of application and the relative
products. This was carefully omitted,
and if we are correctly infurmed-and it
looks as if the information is correct, as
we have seen no recent statements from
that quarier-the practice has been
abandoned by the introducer, and it
must have been from the fact that the
old mode of applying manure to land
was the quickest and most profitable.
For small lawn and gard ms where
the expense is a matter ofno consequence
there is no mode OF enIichmentso GER
tain and effective as liquid manure, for
in these cases it can be applied with
watering pots commonly used by gar
deners. For this purposes basin should
be dug. from ten to twelve feet in diam
eter and three feet deep, which should
be filled with stable manure, and either
a conductor from roof turned upon it
rain water being the best-or supplied
from hydrant or pump, the water being
added gradually, 30 as to admit of the
daily turning over of the mass. In a
few days or a week it will be fit to use
Ind can be applied as the necessity may
occur. In this limited way liquid ma
nure can be used with great effect; but
upon the farm it would take a mint OF
money to dispose Of it, whatever the
beneficial results may be upon the crop.
-Germanto'on Islsgraph.
CUsTARD PIES WITHOUT MILK.-Beat
together five eggs, five tablespoonful of
sugar and little salt; pour into this
one pint of boiling water; stirring
briskly while adding the water; flavor
with spices according to taste, and COM
piete the pie the same as other custards.
This quantity is sufficient for two pies.
Try it. They are nice and better for
persons troubled with weak stomachs
than the common custard pies.
BEAN SOUP WITHOUT MEAT.-Use
about pint of the smaller beans; len
tils will do quite as well. Boil the beans
until quite tender in two and a half
pints OF water; when cooked there will
be about two pints of water. Mash
the beans thoroughly when taken ous
of the water and pass them through a
sieve. Take IN onion and brown it in
q casserole in q tablespoonful of butter.
In this casserole place the beans with
the water they have been cooked in; add
a little salt and pepper.
Corn STARCH CAKE.-Four eggs,
whites only; one cup ofpowdered sugar,
one.half cup of butter, two-thirds cup
of corn starch, one-half cup sweet milk,
one cup -four, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, lemon or rose water flavoring.
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly
either with the hand or q silver spoon !;
mix the corn starch with the milk and
add. Then add the eggs. beaten stiff,
next the sifted flour. into which the
baking powder has been stirred
When Sows Farrow.
Every farmer should know the exact
time when his sows are to tarrow. She
will not vary two days from sixteen
even weeks, or ll2 days. She should
be confined in her room at least one
week before her time is to expire, so
that she may be, ,reconciled to her quar-
ters. Care should be taken to have the
straw for her bedding soft and fine. She
should have been so often washed and
curried when a pig that she may be
readily approached, and be so gentle
that if any of her pigs stray away, and
are liable to become chilled, they can
be gently placed to the teat without dis
turbing her. When she needs food or
drink she will call for it. Feed very
lightly for several days. The two or
three first days give only little slightly
warmed slop. Then steadily increase
to full feed, giving all she will eat. As
soon rs possible urge the pigs to yet
into the trough. to learn to eat. This
they will do when fifteen to twenty
days old. Push them by feeding all
they want up to nine or ten months
old They then furnish the best and
sweetest pork.
Broom-Corn Seed.
An exchange states that the seed OF
broom corn. which has hitherto been
considered useless except for planting,
and an inferior article Of food for cattle,
has been discovered to be valuable as a
breadstutf. 1t was first used as SUBJ
stitute for wheat in 1870 and 1871, but,
like many other good things. W: lost
sight of, and it's manufacture was never
carried to success, and never became
even particularly known until about
three years ago. The yield of flour is
about one-half in place of two-thirds
from wheat. The bran is also as valuable
AS wheat bran rs i food for animals.
The flour cannot be told from wheat
-four, and the bread, cake, etc., is deli
cate, inviting and delicious, and easily
digested. The yield OF broom corn seed
is also enormous, a single spear often
producing mint of seed, and the yield
has reached five hundred bushels to the
acre, while it is safe to estimate the
average at one hundred bushels.
Wheat for Chickens.
Every farmer has noticed that about
the time of wheat harvest, if the fowls
are allowed the run of the fields and
barnyards, there is a material increase in
the egg supply. I think the second fact
is the natural result of the first. l have
fed corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, flax
and sun6ower seeds, and have found
nothing equal to whole wheat as food
for fowls. For young chicks it seems
especially adapted. After two or three
days of feeding on soft food the young
chickens will pick up the whole wheat
quite greedily, and will thrive on it as
on nothing else. Growing chickens have
a large demand for lime, and especially
bone material, and this is more nearly
supplied in whole wheat than in any
other grain. If wheat were two dollars
per bushel it would still be the cheapest
food for young chicks. Farmers can,
however, economize by feeding wheat
screenings and damaged wheat. which,
though unstable is nearly as good for
chicken feed. -Cnmntry Gentleman.