The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-04
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm and Garden Notes,

FHr" anu CHruen notes,
Never brood your chickens in and in.
It makes them weak and more difficult
to raise.
Oats grown on clay land make the
best meal, keep longest and bring the
highest price.
1t is said that if food is kept from the
sheep twenty-four hours before killing,
the mutton will have better flavor.
Pear trees will endure goodly quau-
tity of ashes and cinders at their roots.
The sweepiugs of the blacksmith shop
are excellent.
Charred corn is one of the best things
which can be fed to hens to make them
lay. not as regular diet, but in limited
quantities each day.
One COW we'll fed and comfortably
cared for will produce quite as much
milk and butter as two tfat are allowed
to run at large, lie on the vet ground
and be subject to the exposure of the
weather.
If the urine from stable falls into
basement or cellar upon the heaps of
solid manure, then shallow cistern,
covered with strong planks, under the
pile, will catch what otherwise would
disappear into the earth.
A New Jersey farmer reports that a
dressing of eight bushels per acre of
salt to land badly infested with white
grubs enabled him to raise good crops
of corn for three years past, which
was impossible previous to this applica-
ton.
81. Fl. Madison writes 10 the Poultry
Monthly: 81 believe it is not generally
known among poultry fanciers that a
few sprigs of a cedar bush mixed With
ha7 or any kind of litter for hens nests
will keep them entirely free from hen
lice"
It is commonly known that feedino
COWS heavily with turnipB impaIts the
flavor of the turnip to the milk, but if
given in moderate quantities just after
milking, so that twelve hours shall
elapse for the effect to pass off, little
difficulty is experienced.
Areader requests remedy for excess
i've sweating in horses. This is usually
caused by feeding too much corn, and
hence the best remedy is to diminish
the quantity of corn and vary the feed
as much as possible. Some horses,
hewever. are constitutionally subject to
sweats.
There is no better and surer way Of
killing young trees than to expose the
roots to the wind, which dries them
out very rapidly, Make note of this,
and if You have any trees to transport,
be sure to have the roots thoroughly
covered with blankets or something as
effectual. This precaution may save
you the life of scores of trees.
Tt is immaterial at what time veeeta.
bles are transplanted, provided they
are not too large and the ground
is warm and mellow; but they
should never be transplanted in a
rainstorm, when the ground is puddiy.
II transplanted when it is warm and
mellow root action begins at once.
B. Hurlbut, Portland, Mich, says he
knows by two years successful expert
ence that dash of scapsuds is death to
currant worms. "Try it," he tells the
Fr'N't Recorder, sin just such strength
as will curl them in a second of time"
He uses it very strong, and after it has
served this good purpose the rains wash
1t down, and it acts as q stimulant to
the bushes.
The tomato worm, according to the
entomologists, is such greedy feeder
that it changes its skin three times to
admit further capacity for gluttony and
when transformed into the fully-de-
yeloped insect-every tissue and fiber
Of which is compose of tomato Ieaf-it
instinct ely distinguishes its favorite
forage afar off by sense of smell, and
the larger the plantation the farther it
may be scented.
Recipes.
BEAN SoUP.-Soak one and one half
pints of beans in cold water over night
In the morning drain off the water,
wash the beans in fresh water and put
into soup'kettle with four quarts OF
good beef stock from which all the fat
has been removed. Set it where it will
boil slowly but steadily till dinner, OF
three or four hours. Two hours before
dinner slice in an onion and half car
rot. Srain through colander and
send to the table hot. The black bean
and the red bean are better for sour
than the white. The best of all is the
large, round speckled bean, red-and
white, sometimes called "goose bean
1t is said that the first seed was found
in the crop of wild goose, and planted
in this country. 1t has since been one
of the choicest of soup beans.
Mock CREAM ToAsr.-A deliciou,
breakfast dish is made thus: Melt il
one quart of milk about half teacup
fil OF butter, large teaspoonful o.
| flour freed from Jumps, and the yolks O.
three eggs beaten light; beat these in
gradients together WELL Heat it al
together slowly, stirring briskly; il
must not boil, or it will curdle and lose
the appearance of cream; add at leas
two teaspoonfuls of sugar and small
pinch of salt. Toast bread nicely anG
lay in two dishes, and pour the hot
cream over; or better, perhaps, to dir
each slice separately and pour the re
mainder over the dish.
INDIAN PUDDING.--One quart of milk
two heaping teaspoonfuls of India,
meal, four of sugar, one of butter, thre,
eggs, one teaspoonful of salt. Boil tn,
milk in the double boiler. Sprinkl,
the meal into it, stirring all the while
Cook twelve minutes, stirring often
Beat together the eggs, salt, sugar an,
half teaspoonful of ginger. Stir tn
butter into the meal and milk. Pou
this gradually on the egg mixture
Bake slowly one hour.
LOAF CAKE, Take three cups G
sponge dough like pancake batter