The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
HOME AND FARM.

An animal treated with unvarvino
kindness will soon learn to have conf.
dence in its master. Such an animal is
more useful, more readily trained, and
is more valuable. tfF 4 -
Mixed crops always yield better than
if sown separately. Oats and peas, bar
lev and oats, or wheat and rye, mixed
in the usual quantities sown, will usually
yield nearly as much on one acre as on
two when sown separately. The prac-
tice of mixed sowings is useful for grow
ing fodder crops. ~
Temperance Cake.-Two pounds OF
flour, three-quarters of pound of but
ter, one pound of sugar, six eggs, tea
spoonful of soda. Mix flour and butter
well together, put in the sugar, dissolve
the soda in little water and work that
in, then add the eggs, well beaten.
Work this well together, roll thin, and
cut in rounds or any shape you fancy.
Bake only few minutes in quick oven.
Flavor to taste. .y1apf ylf.
Wash for Fruit Trees. A fruit grow
er gives the following remedy for cod
ling moth: One quart of lime, such as
is used by the plasterers in "white coat
ing;" one peck of bleached wood ashes,
two pecks of COW manure, one quart of
soft soap and one large tablespoonful of
Paris green. l wet the mixture thor
oughly to make it like paste; beating it
thoroughly it becomes tough. ladded
twelve quarts of water, or enough to
give the trees thorough coating. l
find on the trees so washed that the old
bark is dropping off and leaving the
new bark perfectly smooth. On all the
trees l have washed l see a perfect i'm
provement.
-Scrapple.-Take such parts of the
pork as are not used in packing-hearts,
tongues, portions of the head c.-about
equal parts of lean and fat. Thoroughly
clean, and boil quite tender in water
enough to cover the meat. When done
take it up, remove the bones, and thick
en- the water in which it was boiled, and
while boiling, with corn meal, until it is
the consistency of mush. Let it boil a
and summer sayory. Chop the meat
and return it to the mush, add more salt
and pepper to the taste, and let it cook
a few minutes more. Dish it out, and
keep in dry, cool place. Cut in slices.
and fry brown as needed.
Application of Liquid Manure to
Roses.-Mr. George S. Wales tells of
an experiment he made last season which
proved highly satisfactory. About June
lst, he planted out twelve small-sized
plants of different varieties, about
foot apart each way, in rich, heavy soil.
After every heavy rain he took from the
barnyard the teachings of the manure
pile; with pointed stick he punched
four or five holes in the ground few
inches from each plant, and poured in
the water; the next day, or as soon as
the ground was dry enough, he stirred
the surface with hoe, and kept it loose
by frequent hoeings, until again watered
during the season. He applied the liquid
manure probably eight or ten times
during the season. The result was Won
1erful. They began in five or six weeks
to bloom, and until October l, when
they were taken up, there was hardly
day but that beautiful buds might have
been picked.
Some advise the burning of potato
plants affected with disease in order to
prevent the germs from spreading. To
say nothing of the difficulty of such
course. its entire uselessness has been
we'll demonstrated by an experiment
made by Mr.. George Murray, as related
in The Journal Of Botany. He placed
fourteen slides, such as are used with
microscopes, near field in which about
2 per cent. of the growing plants were
affected. The whole surface of these
strips of glass was only about five inches
square, yet in fifty hours seventy-two
potato fungus germs had fallen on them,
showing that millions may be floating in
the air and being deposited even before
their presence is suspected.