Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-07
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AxVAALS hN.N AND UAhUENa
-Scions. it is claimed. carry with
them the bearing year of the tree from
which they were taken.
Rye Breakfast Cakes. Two cups of
rye meal, one half cup of molasses, one
and one-half cups of sweet milk, one
teaspoonful of soda. and little salt.
Bake at once in gem pans.
Sauce for Boiled Beef.--GraSo q
quantity of horse radish, boil it in
sufficient water to give it the consistency
of sauce, add pinch of salt aud two or
three tablespoonfuls of tarragon vine
gar; then stir in. off the fire, gill of
cream. beaten up with yelk Of an egg.
The Imlustrialist states that Mr.. j.
nj. Van NOrdstrand. of Kansas, who
narrowed and rolled his wheat in
spring, harvested 214 bushels per acre.
while his neighbors' crops from similar
soil and seed, but without such extra
attention. yielded only at the rate of
three to sixteen bushels.
The composition of buckwheat has
been examined by NJ. G. Lechartier.
He states that the proportion of mineral
matter in the straw increases with the
weight. The straw NAV indeed become
richer in phosphoric acid than the
grain. differing thus completely from
that OF the other cereals. The straw of
crop of buckwheat may contain more
mineral matter than does the grain
The sum of the principal fertilizers re-
moved from the soil by an entire crop
is much more considerable than for q
crop of wheat containing the same
quantity of grain.
More might be said about whole
some cellars additional to the excellent
remarks quoted from DIR. Dempsey. 1t
is a question of prime importance,
greater to farmers and their families
than perhaps any other sanitary one.
Old houses around which the soil is
reeking with slops of all kinds, the foul
! air from which is sucked into the house
through the walls by the draft of the
warm building, are undoubtedly cause
of many of the mysterious visitations of
zymOtic diseases to solitary and appar-
emily breezy and healthful, and even
cleanly-kept country homes.-M y
Tribune.
Cream to use with any kind of
layer cake is made from this recipe:
Take one pound of blanched almonds,
pounded to q paste, one coffee cup
OF thick, sour cream, two tablespoon
fnls of corn starch scalded in a little
sweet milk, beat all together and
| spread between the layers of the cake;
flavor with q little almond extract.
| This is very rich and is suitable for the
incest kinds of cake. For more COM
mon use an inviting cream may be
made in this way: Take apint of sweet
milk. thickcn it with half cup of corn
starch. add half a cup of sugar and boil
until the cream or custard is of the
consistency of starch. When almost
cool add one tablespoonful of lemon or
vanilla and spread between the layers
of the cake.
Pumpkin or Squash Pie.-Cut the
pumpkin or squash into very thin slices
| and boil until tender in as little water as
possible, watching carefully that it does
not scorch; set the stew kettle on, top
the stove, drain off all the water, mash
and rub through the cullender or sieve;
for two pies take three heaping coffee
! cupfuls of the strained pumpkin. add
| ing to it while warm piece of butter
the size of n walnut, one pint OF rich
hot milk, ten heaping tablespoonfuls
sugar, two slightly heaped teaspoonfuls
of ginger. one and half teaspoonfuls
powdered cinnamon, three-fourths of q
grated nutmeg, two teaspOOnsfuls of
vanilla, apinch of salt, and four eggs (the
yelks and whites beaten separately; !;
bake with an under crust and in hot
oven or they will not be nice and brown.
When done sift little powdered sugar
on top. 1t is we'll to heat the batter
scalding hot before pouring it into the
pie dishes. DO not bake until the whey
or the crust will be softened and the
flavor spoiled.
| There is no better way of restoring
soil than bygrowing and plowing under
clover. The difficulty is in inducing
the clover to grow upon soils SO poor
as to need this method of Improvement.
1 But when the soil is in fair condition,
| if this practice is begun and continued.
it will then keep it improving without
| difficulty. IfyOur soil is good enough
to produce clover, there would be no
better way to improve it than by seed
ing it and plowing in the crop. But if
il is already poor, it is probable that
the attempt to grow a crop of oats and
get good catch of clover by the use of
plaster alone might fail. This depends
on the condition of the soil, of which
you will be the best Judge. If the soil
is too poor to do this, it would be bet
ter to sow buckwheat in May and pillow
it in in July and sow again, and then
seed with clover, and in August run
over the field with a mower, when the
buckwheat is in blossom, and cut it
down. and leave it on the ground as a
protection and fertilizer for the clover
The clover will be large enough to plow
in the next fall when in seed, and the
ground may be sown to rye or wheat,
or left for corn the next season.-M
| Y Times.