American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE,

| -Flaxseed Lemonade.-To three
| quarters Of a pint Of water add two ia
| blespoontuls of flaXseed; strain, sweet
en- and add lemon juice to taste (say
one lemon). This is excellent in case
| of sore throat.
| 1T is best to use earth paints with
out lead for roofs, for in case of water
| being used from the roof there would
| be no danger for the inmates of the
house. whereas with lead or zinc the
consequences might be of y very seri-
GUS nature.
| 1t is thirty per cent. more prohta-
BILE. says the Professor of Agriculture at
the Guelph Model Farm, Province of
Ontario. to premature and dispose of
fatHning cattle at two years old than
to keep them up to three years.
-Greeh Corn Pudding. -Grate a
dozen ears of corn; season with a tea
spoonful of salt and half a saltspoonful
| of white pepper; add the yelks Of four
eggs. beating them well in; two table
| spoonfuls of butter, warmed; d quanti-
| ty of milk, and, last, the whites of the
| four eggs. well beaten. Bake in a mod
crate oven for an hour, covering with a
piece Of letter-paper if it browns too
| quickly.
Cutting any crop of hay leaves the
field in less favorable condition than to
allow it to rot down on the ground,
and successfully repeating the opera
ton gradually exhausts and diminishes
the crop, unless top-dressings of ma
nure are applied. Cutting second
crop closely and late in the season
would be likely to leave the roots of
the grass exposed in the winter; but
with this possible drawback, it would
be better to cut and feed to animals,
the manure from which would be re-
turned to the field.-Country Geaatle-
man.
Green Tomato Preserves.-To each
pound of small. green tomatoes add
half a pound of sugar. First steam the
fruit until the tough skin rolls up. let it
csol sufficiently to remove the skins.
then add the sugar and simmer slowly
Until clear; ii lemons are used, they
should be sliced and added with the
sugar, but extract can be added when
the fruit is wanted for the table. Some
lemons are too bitter to use. Seal
tight in glass jars. Nice citron sauce
is made in the same way; steam the
fruit after cutting it in the desired shape
until straw will easily pierce it.
German Peach Pickle.-Boil to
gether one gallon of good vinegar, seven
and a half pounds of brown sugar, two
6tihces of ginger; two ounces Of black
pepper, two ounces of mace. two ounces
of ailspice, one ounce of cloves, with a
little scraped horse-radish. All the
spices must be beaten. After these
have boiled well, put In fifteen pounds
of peeled clingstone peaches, and boil
well together till the peaches are done
enough to stick STRAW through to the
stone; if they are boiled too much, they
will fall from the stone. If the pickle
should begin to work, pour out all the
liquor from the fruit; boil it well, and
pour it boiling hot over the fruit.
Pretty as are hanging baskets
made of wire, they are very trouble
some on account of the difficulty in the
way of watering them without delug-
ing everything in the neighborhood Of
mends putting a. piece of fannel be-
tween the moss lining and the earth.
1 have tried this with good success,
but at Niagara Falls, where the hang
ing basket arrives at perfection, l no.
ticed simple and effective arrange
ment. Small tin basins painted green
were fastened to the bottom of the |
baskets and received all the surplus
water, not detracting from the beauty
of the basket; in fact, at a short dis
lance the basin was not visible. Cor.
N. Y Post. wi
The methods of using lime are two,
and in each of these it is Indispensable.
One of these is by direct application to
the soil by top-dressing and the other is
in composts. When lime is to be spread
upon the soil it is first slaked. This is
effected by causing it to absorb water
to the extent above mentioned, when
it becomes q fine powder or dust. 1t is
then easily spread over the soil by |
means of a shovel. The quantity used |
varies from ten or fifteen to forty or fif- |
ty bushels per acre. The method Of
application is as follows: When the land |
has been plowed and narrowed the first |
time, the manure is spread and covered |
with light furrow; the lime previous
ly air Stacked is spread upon the field
as evenly as possible from wagon,
and with a long-handled shovel.-Rur-
MI Nom YorEpr