Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-26
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

dirty walls. Scrape them and then
wash down with water to which has
been added borax or ammonia; wipe,
and allow to thoroughly dry.
I'm getting ready for spring vege-
tables do not fear to pile on the
manure. 1t is the rank, rich growth
which gives the agreeable tenderness to
them, and without an abundance of
manure this cannot be done. Deep
soil is also great element of success.
There is a good deal of work com
pretended in the general term OF
.clearing up1 that 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 and make the
surroundings of house and out buildings
assume tidy and pleasant appearance.
Lemon Cake.-Beat to a 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
cup of milk with one teaspoon of sal
eratus (or baking powder) dissolved in
it. Then add the whites of the eggs
beaten to stiff froth; sift in four cups
of flour and bake.
Shake of and otherwise remove all
dust from black garments every time
they are worn. Nothing sooner de-
faces black silk. poplin or wooden than
to wear it even for a day and then hang
it away without removing the dust.
Silk is best cleaned by brushing over
with wooden cloth; the cloth does not
injure the fabric, as does the constant
wearing of 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 sieve. chop an onion fine,
and small sprig of mint, let it boil ten
minutes. then stir a tablespoonful of
flour into two of butter, and pepper
and salt to taste, stir it smoothly into
the boiling soup. Serve. with well-but-
tered sippets of toasted bread.
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 it will
always pay to feed oats at noon. mt
least. Oats should take the preference
over corn, as the latter contains 4 large
amount of oil. producing fat and an
imal heat with but little addition of
strength and muscle. Give horse an
hour and half to eat at noon. There
is economy of time in it, for the faster
work he will perform will soon make
up for il. and then it tends to improve
your conscience.
Farmers Fruit Cake.-Take two
cupfuls of dried apples and soak over
night; in the morning, stir in one cup
full of molasses, two cupfuls of brown
sugar, one-half teacupful of butter,
three eggs. two and one half cupfuls of
-four. one teaspoonfnl of soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar. sifted and
mixed dry in the flour. one grated nut
meg. two teaspOonfuis of ground CHINA
mon, one of cloves, one half pound of
currants. one-half pound of raisins, and
the same of citron cut tine. Mix the
butter and sugar together. then spices.
apples and flour: beat the eggs sepa-
rately, 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 moderately
hot oven.
Steak pudding. Make a crust with
fine flour, well-chopped suet, and
warm water, adding a pinch of salt.
- ~ mt 81, 4.
some steak in thick short pieces. flavor
ing each LAYER with pepper and salt.
and, if YOU like, some small cut onions;
Add also little mace. A few pieces
of kidney can be put in; on the top two
small strips of bacon can be added and
a couple Of spooniuls of sauce or cats