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Planning aud system save labor and
loss.
IT the cucumber that grows nearest
the root be saved every year, an earlier
and smaller variety will be the results
II saved near the ends, q larger and
later variety will be obtained; melon
seeds are also easily saved - HasSdcFa-
sets RoughDian.
Wheat does not mix like corn by
foreign pollen, forthe reason that Wheat
as well as rye, barley. ETC., arc her,
maphrodites, having both stamens and
pistils in the same flower, aud fertiliza-
ton is accomplished before the anthers
appears on the outside of the glumes,
Nothing is better TO clean silver
with than alcohol and ammonia; after
rubbing with this take q little whitening
on n soft cloth and polish; in this way
oven frosted silver, which is so difficult
TO clean, may be easily made clear and
bright.
Writing of the effect Of food on
flesh and eggs n correspondent Of the
Toronto Globe cites tho fact that these
products of fowls kept on supplies Of
m u%nclean kind, such rs swill and de-
cayed garbage, will in one caSe quickly
faint and in the other taste unsavory.
For hoarseness take the whites OF
two eggs and beat them with two tea
%spoonfuls of white sugar, CRATE a little
nutmeg, then add n pint of lukewarm
water; stir we'll, drink often, and 1t will
cure the most obstinate case of hoarse-
ness In a short time.
-When fattening an animal for beef
let the process be Us quick as possible.
Any stint in feeding will make the meat
tough and dry. Stalled animals will
fattcn more readily than others, and
young animals require richer food than
older ones, In winter fattening much
depends upon the warmth OF the stable,
The warmer the cattle are kept the less
food will be needed.
Cod Outlets. Steam the cod until
nearly done. Cut a slice and have a
batter of self-raising flour ready. The
batter is good when mixed with one egg
and water. Put the piece Of fish in the
batter in the pan and fold IL over when
il sets, having first sprinkled pepper
and salt o Make the outlets rs we'll
shaped as you can Have potatoes cut
in small balls and steamed in parsley
sauce ready with 1t.
-Eyery-day Soup.-the bones of a
leg of mutton, or those of six or seven
pounds of roasted loiu or sirloin of
beef, will make q quart of excellent
soup. Break up the bones, also a
bacon bone if you have it, fry them q
nice brown; fry three onions until
brown, put them with the bones and
two sliced turnips into two quarts Of
water, boil gently for two hours, strain
the soup. take OFF all the fat, let il boil
mp, skim it well, season TO taste. Have
ready two ounces Of vermicelli paste
boiled, put it in the tureen with the
soup, and serve.
Green Corn PuGding-A most deli.
cious accompaniment to a meat course.
Take one quart of milk, five eggs, two
tablcspoonfuls melted butter, one table
spoonful white sugar, and a dozen large
ears Of green corn; CRATE the corn from
the cob; beat the whites and yelks of
the eggs separately; put the corn and
yelks together, stir hard and add the
butter, then the milk gradually, beat
ingall the while, next the sugar, and a
little salt, lastly the whites. Bake
slowly at first, covering the dish for an
hour; remove the cover and brown
nicely.
Delicious Cucumber Preserves. -
Gather young cucumbers, about the
length of your middle finger, and lay
in strong brine one week wash and
soak them a day and night in fair
water, changing this four times. Wipe,
and with a small knife slit them down
n sides dig out the seeds, stuff with
q mixture of chopped raisins and
citron, sew up the slit with a fine
thread weigh them and make a strip,
allowing a pound Of sugar to a pound
of cucumber, and one pint of water.
Heat to q boil, skim, and drop ia tho
fruit simmer half an hour take out
and spread upon a dish in the sun.
while you boil down TIC strip with a
few slices of ginger root added. When
thick put in the oucumbers again, sim
mer five minutes, and put up in glass
jars, tying them up when cold.