Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-10
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

In winter. after washing the hands,
rub Il little starch IN them. which VIII
absorb all the mui>turc remaining. and
prevent chaP?inE.
Pumpkin seed, sts rs a diuretic
on cattle. Cows in nil, should never
have access to them. Before pumpkins
moved, for they decrease the low of
milk very rapidly.
-Ickory-nut Macaroons. Take the
meats and pound fine, add any spice
You please. make lro3ting rs for cake.
and stir thick with the meats and
spice. Flour the hand- and make the
mixture into balls the size Of hickory
nuts. Place on but,cred tins (allow
room to spread and bake in quick
oven.
When very thick frosting is to cover
the top of Il large cake. dissolve a
hcap;ng tcaSpoon!ul OF gclatine in hot
water (uSe lust as little water rs pos
sible), while hot rub it over the top of
the cake, then put on the frosting. If
thiS precauti0n is not taken the sugar
when hard is almost certain to crumble
off, and the cake might as well not be
frosted at all.
Oatmeal Pudding. -Mixtwo ounces
OF fine oatmeal in quarter of a pint of
milk; add to it 4 pint of boiling milk;
swceten to taste. and stir over the fire for
ten minutes; then put in two ounces OF
Siftcd bread crumbs: stir until the mix
turc is still: then add one ounce of shred
suet and one or two wcll-beatcn eggs;
add little ilavoring or grated nutmeg;
put the pudding into buttcrcd dish
and bake slowly for an hour.
Potatoes q Ia Creme. Put into q
saucepan about two ounces of butter, 4
dessert-spoOnful of -four, some parsley
chopped small, salt and pepper: stir
these up together, add q wineglassful
of cream and set it on the fire, stirring
continually until it boils. Cut some
boiled potatoes into slices. and put
them into the saucepan with the mix
ture; boil all together and serve them
very hot.
Almond Cake -Take half Il pound
of butter. one pound of sugar, one
pound of flour, one cup of sweet milk,
six eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder (when SO many eggs are
used do not heap the baking powder in
the spoons), one cup of blanched and
chopped almonds, one cup OF seedless
rasins (also chopped), one cup of citron
cut in small pieces; stir the almonds,
raisins and citron in with the flour.
This is very rich cake, but it has the
merit OF keeping well.
Prof. W. o. Atwater sums up his
views of commercial fertilizers as fol-
lows: For general farming at distance
from the large markets. the chief use OF
such fertilizers should be to supplement
the manure of the farm. The right
way is to make the most and best ma
nure that is practicable upon the farm,
and piece out with commercial fertiliz-
ers as experiment and experience prove
profitable. There are many cases. espe-
cially near cities. where everything de-
ponds upon getting the largest and best
yield. where moro exclusive use OF
chemical fertilizers is advisable. Either
the combined testimony of many eX-
periments and the best experience are
totally false or chemical fertilizers
bring larger. better and even sureI
crops than farm manureS. Farmers
cannot afford to use commercial fertil-
izers at random, and it is time they
understood the reason why. The right
materials in the right places bring large
profits. Artificial fertilizers rightly
used, must prove among the most potent
means for the restoration of our agri
culture. The only way to find out VIVA,
soil wants is to study it by careful OBJ
servation and experiment.