The Worthington advance., 1881-08-25
HOUSE AND FARM.
Recipes ,oe Vsrious softs. i

and boil down three hours; add g utsart Of
vinegar, q teaspoonful each Of. 1aace. clnha.
mon and cloves, and boil about 6fteen
minutes; let cool and put into jart or other
vessels. iE,fs@, *siz'tsisss*s' ss1sls:: s;ss'f
For BuRNs.-Raw potatoes ssorapod aud
applied TO burns are very soothing and
healing. Common starch. made into
paste With cold water and applied ID also
good: This is an excellent remedy for
cha6ng in infants. ii zIz% 81 tazss.S55. 1914
PASTE For SCRAP -BooKs.--Thers is
nothing ut the same time SO cheap and 20
good for pasting scraps into book a.
-four paste. d Make itiquite thick and per
fectly smooth. Il A tablespoonful Of pulvsr-
lied alum to quart Of paste win make II;
keep long time. Photographers paste
may be bought In quart bottles, and 10 ex.
cellent for tho purpose. "A Marx Twain
scrap. book is tho ideal: convenience, as the
pages require only to be moistsned with
clear water to receive the scraps.
BLACKBERRY CORDIAL Simmer the
blackberries till they break, strain, and to
each pint Of juice put . pound Of white
sugar, one-half ounce cinnamon. one-qu
ter ounce mace, Two teaspoonfals cloves.
little brandy, though the brandy is not
an essential. f. ...,
LEMON BUTTER FOR TARTs.-Lemcn
butter is excellent for tarts. It ID made as
follows:. One pound pulverised white
sugar, whites Of six eggs and yolks Of two,
three lemons, including grated Eind and
juice. Cook twenty minutes over slow
tire, stirring all the while. ..
CHOCOLATE Roll PuDD1Na.-This
pudding consists OF cake, ,frosting and sauce.
IN Sn$A nNn -. "a
eggs to stif froth, and add tho yolks.
one of -four, AZ soon a. all arc thoroughly
mixed, stir In half 4 cupfu! Of cold water,
in which has been dissolved soda about the
size Of pea. Pour thin into buttered
pan. and bake in moderate oven from
twelve to fifteen, minutes. When baked,
sprinkle tho top with two tables poonfuls Of
milk. Frosing- Beat the whites Of six
eggs to froth, and divide into two parts.
Pnt teaspoonful Of sugar to one half, and
one teospoonful Of sugar and three Of
grated chocolate to the other. Take tho
cake from the pan and put it on fat dish
or tin sheet. Spread half Of each mixture
over the top. Return to tho oven for about
five minutes. to harden the frosting. Take
out and roll up. Put the remainder Of tho
frosting on the top and sides of the roll.
Put again in the oven to harden the frosting.
Take out and slide on fiat dish. Pour the
'auce around, and servo. The yolks of tbs
eggs may be used for puddings or custards.
sarce-One egg. one teacupful Of powder
ed sugar, five tablespoonfuls Of boiling
Beat the white of the ege to q stiff froth,
aud gradually beat in the sugar. Add the
yolk OF tho egg, the vanilla, and lastly the
boiling milk From Miss Porloa's Neac
Cook Book.
SwEET-BREADs WITH TOMATO SAUCE.
Lay two sweet breads in cold water for
an hour, then carefully remove all fat, sin.
ews and meat from them: wash and put
them in stewpan with sufficient cold vat;
or to cover, teapoonful of salt, pinch of
cayenne pepper, quarter of an onion and o
sprig ct parsley; put the pan on the stove
and let it come to boil, taking. off the
scum carefully; then cover and let it sim
ner for half an hour, adding boiling water
so as to always keep the sweet breads we'll
covered; take the weet.breads ous and re-
move any of the seasoning or scum tkat
may adhere to to them, so as to have them
perfectly white; then lay them in the center
OF dish OF tomato sauce, made after the
following receipt: Season can of tomatos
with an onion, six al:spice, saltspoonful
OF white pepper, pinch of cayenne, a tea.
spoonful Of salt, two slices Of breakfast
bacon, a teaspoonful Of chopped parsley:
add pint OF water. Let it stew steadily
for two hours; then cream together an
ounce each of -four and butter, and stir
it into your boiling tomatoes. Pass the
whole through coarse sieve with the DO
'ato masher.
The Mistake Of Having too Much Land.
If we 20 into the country We find nine-
tenths of our farmers owning two or three
times as much land as they can work with
profit A little capital is spread over great
deal Ut surface, and the results are small
profits, it any are realized at all. In the
newer states it il worse than in the older
ones, because the pioneer is usually Door.
and has little beyond his labor to help him
make home or obtain living. But. as
land is cheap, he makes an attempt to secure
= large number of acres. with the hope that
by some stroke Of good l7ck he will be en-
aided to pay for it in the near future. for
getting that taxes, unfavorable seasons. iu-
sects, and even ill health may interfere
with his plans. Thousands Of farmers have
learned their mistake when it was too late
In purchasing too much land, and to-day
there is not town or neighborhood in anv
agricultural district in the country where
farmers cannot be found who are, to use a
common phrase, land poor;" that is, they
hold more land than they can possibly work
With profit owing to want Of sufficient
capital:
To obtain land and have it paid for is
put the commencement Of successful farm
ing; there must be some extra capital with
which to prosecute the business in orde- to
make IT nrOf3fnhlo
vest time we hear of localities where the
crops cannot be gathered in time. owing to
the scarcity of farm laborers, the farmers
having pursued the same policy in putting
IN crops that they did in purchasing their
tand; and the result is loss from spread
ing their capital over too great surface.
from years Of observation and some
practical experience in this matter. We are
conhdent that large majority of the farm
ers OF the United States have from two to
three times as much land as they can work
with profit, and if they would sell the sur.
plus for just what it would fetch, and put
tne money in the remainder, they would
gain largely by the Transaction. The low
average in the yield Of all kinds of farm
crops throughout the entire country plainly
indicates that there is something radically
Wong, or larger returns would be Obtained.
AS these meagre returns cannot be ottrib.
uted-except ina few instancea-to natural-
~ poor soils or unfavozable climate, it must
be due to forced negligence in the case of
crops, owing to an attempt to cultivate more
land than can be done in proper manner.
We ask our farmer readers to think of this
matter; to look at their own farms, end con.
slider the propriety Of tillina less land and
doing it better. Concentration Of capital
and labor on the farm will probably bring
larger profits than further expansion,
Salt and Manure For Asparagus.
Mr.. Charles L. Jones, Newark. n. J..
tells the Fruit Recorder that he cut Inst
season an enormous yield Of asparagus:
some OF the shoots were S Ia inches in
circumference, all tender and succulent,
without any woody fibre, and this is Ills
method OF manuring, tested by an expert
ence Of six years:
Late in the fall after the old stocks are
cut and burnt, cover the bed some three