Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-26
HOWE. FARM AND GARDEN.

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very rich, A rich soil produces vines
instead Of pods.
There is a good deal of work com
pretended in the general term OF
%''clearing up hat must be done. ANY
accumulation OF rubbish, ashes, etc,
made during the winter should be taken
away, for the sake of both looks and
health. Rake the yards aud make the
surroundings of house and out-buildings
assume a tidy and pleasant appearance.
Lemon Cake.--Beat to q cream
one cup OF butter and three cups of
powdered sugar. Add the yelks OF five
eggs. previously ~well-beaten, the Juice
and grated rind of one lemon, and a
cup of milk with one teaspoon of SAL
eratus Cor baking powder) dissolved in
Il. Then add the whites of the eggs
beaten to a stiff froth; sift in four cups
OF flour and bake.
Shake OF and otherwise remove all
dust from black garments every time
thoy are worn Nothing sooner de.
faces black silk, poplin or wooden than
TO wear II even for a day and then hang
It away without removing the dust.
Silk is best cleaned by brushing over
with a wooden cloth; the cloth does not
injure the fabric, as does the constant
wearing Of a clothes-brush or broom.
-Green Pea Soup.-Put two quarts
OF green peas with four quarts water,
boil for two hours. keeping the steam
waste supplied by fresh boiling water
then strain them from the liquor, re-
turn that to the pot, rub the peas
through a sieve, chop an onion fine,
and a small sprig of mint, let it boil Ten
minutes, then stir n tablespoonful OF
flour into two of butter, and pepper
and salt TO taste, stir it smoothly into
the boiling soup. Serve with wel-but-
tered sippets of toasted bread.
Tea Rolls. Half a cake of COM
pressed yeast in three half-pints of luke
warm water; add a quart of sifted Hour
and mix well to q thick batter. Let it
stand six or seven hours in a moderate
ly-warm place till well risen, then add
two eggs, an ounce of butter, four
ounces of sugar, and a tablespoonful of
salt; add -four (about a pint and work
well with the hands till it is a soft
dough; make into rolls; put them in
the pans they are to be baked in, and
set near the stove to rise; as soon as
they rise. bake in a quick oven.
The horse has a small stomach in
comparison with the size of the animal,
and, therefor, should never be allowed
to fast longer than six hours, especially
when at work. Like the human. there
should be regularity in feeding time.
During the spring and summer il will
always pay TO feed oats Mt noon, at
least. Oats should take the preference
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amount of oil. producing fat and an.
heat with but little addition of
strength and muscle. Give a horse an
hour and a half to eat at noon. There
is economy of time in il, for the faster
work he will perform will soon make
up for it, and then it tends to improve
your conscience.
Farmers Fruit Cake. Take two
cupfuls of dried apples and soak over
in the morning, stir in one cup
full of molasses, two cupluls of brown
sugar, one-half teacupful of butter,
three eggs, two and one half cupfuls VI
flour, m teaspoonful of soda, two tea
s%poonfuls of cream tartar, sifted and
mixed dry in the flour, one grated nut
meg, two teaspoonfuls of ground CHINA
mon, one of cloves, one half pound of
currants, one-half pound of raisins, and
the same of citron cut fine. Mix the
butter and sugar together, then spices,
and flour; beat the o Q sepa-
and when very light add them;
flour the fruit and add last. Fit papers
to your pans and grease them thorough
ly. Bake two hours in a moderately
hot oven.
Steak pudding. Make a crust with
fine flour, ~well-chopped suet, and
water, adding a pinch of salt.
Place it round a basin, cut up into this
some steak in thick short pieces, flavor
ing each layer with pepper and salt,
and, II you like, some small cut onions;
Add also a little mace. A few pieces
kidney a be put in; on the top two
small strips of bacon can be added and
| couple OF spoonfuls of sauce or eats
Up. Close this up with a piece of the
crust that is round the dish and
the basin in a steamer. The
pudding must not be boiled, but
teamed during a sufficient time, nc
to size, say one of two hours.
When turned out on the dish open the
op a little and put in a small piece
4 butter, when a fine gravy will pour