Osage Valley banner., 1881-11-10
) noME. rARN ANn GARpEN.

Farmers are too apt 20 DO stingy
Of both milk and cream in their own
families; aud il has come TO be famil-
lar saying that the poorest riAcc Ia the
world 10 get either milk.scfsR or good
cheese, is at The table Of irregular dairy
farmer. = ttica Herald.
1t Is q cotamon error that the roots
Of trees extead only as far from the
trunk ~ the length OF the branches;
Shc truth is thai they are usually longer
on each side than tho entire height OF
Che tree. A tree thirty feet high forms
a circle OF roots more than sixty feet Ia
diameter. -- CoU'ugy GeHtlemuR.
How TO Make Meat Tender. Cut
the steaks the dag before into slices
about two inches thick, rub them over
with q small quantity Oi Soda wash OIL
next morning, Gu, into suitable thick
ness and cook as you choose. The
same process win answer for fowls,
legs Of mutton, etc. Try, all who love
/ delicious, tender dishes OF meat.
Soft Soap. Cut two-tbirds Of n
{ four-pound bar common soap in small
/ pieces, put in large kettle with half
/ wood pail cold water and one pound
I washing soda; lot stand and simmer
/ several hours until dissolved. stirring
/ occasionally; pour into large stone pot
nnd add half-pail cold waller, stirring
/ thoroughly.
I Chocolate Jclly-Cako. Take six
+ Ounces OF buttor aud eight Of sugar and
rub them tU % cream; stir into IL eight
/ well-beaien eggs aud a pound Of sIftcd
flour; add tho grated rind and juice OF
/ O fresh lemon. and turn the mixture on
scollopod tin plates that have been well
huttered. The cakes should not be
more than a quarter OF an inch thick on
/ the plates Bake them Immediately In
quick oven till OF light brown; pile
them ON u plate, with n iayer of chOco
late cream on the top OF each.
( An attractive aud economical tea
cake, aud one which might appropri-
/ ateiy bee called "children's delight. =
Is made by taking enough white bread
dough 10 make a small loaf; knead into
u a tablespoonful oi butter or ard, two
/ tlbiespoontuis Of English currants; Jet
/ u rise until II Is very light. then bake
( IN a moderately hot oven. II you have
any OF the tin cans in which tomatoes
are put up, use one OF them for baking
tin, aud bake this cake IN It. You will
have a pretty, round loaf. and the size
Z and appearance OF the slices Is also
pleasing Graham bread seems actual
Is 10 taste better ii baked in one OF
these tins
Saving Seed Corn A writer in
the Prdirse Farmer picks his seed corn
aud hangs & up IN the smokc-hOuse
aud smokes it just as he does his meat.
He builds q good smoke every dav uti-
iil both corn and cob are perfectly dry.
lie 10 not afraid Of getting 1t too dry. he
says II must be- Kent IN "A dry place
unit planting time, and where these is
plenty ot dir. lie is careful not to LET
II heat in the shock before getting II
hang up. When the weather is warm.
corn will heat IN q heap so rs 20 iniurt
the germ. He has saved his seed co n
10 this way for the past twenty years,
and It never fails 20 grow.
--Cocoanut cake made from this
recipe Us as nice cake rs one need wish
TO make: Take the white OF iiye eggs,
one small cup nf sweet milk, one cup
and two thirds Of another Of granulatcd
sugar. two-thirds OF cup OF butter,
one teaspoonlul and a half OF baking
7 powder, about three cups OF sitted -four,
layOr with almond extract, bake in
layers. Beat the whites of two or three
eggs TO n frost add pulyerized sugar
enough 20 mako rather thin irosting
and put between the LAYERS; on this
scatter cncOanlt; pnt on enough 10
/ makea nice lay or; for the top and sides
( of the cake the frostng should DO IA lit
I tie thicker. 4 think the best way TO
I get the coCOanut on the sides is 10 put
Il on with your bund, YOU can press II
gently upon the irosting and make it
stick 30 it
-Swert Potato Pic. 80 Take a
I half a pound Of sweet potatoes, wash
them, and put them into pot with
very little water. barely enough 30 keep
them from burning. Let them simmer
slowly about halt AN hour. They must
ba only parboilcd, otherwise they WILDE
soft and may make the pie heavy.
/ When they are half done, take them
out, peel them, and when cold grlto
them. Stir together 10 a cream One-
4 quarter OF pound OF butter and six
ounces OF sugar; add n grated nutmeg,
I a large teaspoonim Of cinnamon, aud
4 half ten poonul of beaten mace; also
I the juice aud gr ted peel vi a lemon, il
-Wine-glass of ruselgatnr Stir these in
I gredient- well together, Beat eight
{ eggs very light, and stir them into the
I mixture. IN turn with the sweet pota.
I toes, little of each at u time. Having
stirred tho whole very hlrd at the last,
put it ia tour pie-phte, which youhavo
liued with puli-pastg. Bake in rather
slow oven. 70 be eaten cold. Car,
rot and white potatoe pie may be made
in the same manner.
--an . s.-s.-=e
Costly Weddings.