Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19
HOME AND FARM.

Wet lands should not be plowed
deep until they have been thoroughly
drained.
Water in which a bit of soda has
been dissolved is the best solution with
which to clean painted plastered walls.
DIR. Sturtevant says that potash,
whether in the shape of wood ashes or
in the form of sulphate or muriate, is a
special fertilizer for melons.
Charcoal should be fed hogs and
poultry. Experiment has demonstrated
that the same amount of feed will pro-
duce afar greater amount of flesh and
tat when fed with plenty of charcoal
Cincinnati Times.
None of the tuberous-rooted grasses,
like timothy, are suitable to permanent
pastures. They can not stand close
cropping nor constant tramping. Past
ure grasses must be fibrous and deep
rooted varieties. - Chicago Journal.
-Oat Meal Gems: One beaten egg,
one cup of sweet milk, one cup of cold
oatmeal pudding, beat all together,
add half a teaspoonful of soda, and one
and one-half cups of flour. This guam
tity will fill the gem pan. Does not
hurt some dyspeptics.-Ihe Household.
"A pretty tidy is made by embroid-
ering a spray of flowers or a bird on a
small square Of satin; then put q band
of satin around this; have it of a con-
trasting color; then another band out
side of this, and finish with fringe. If
the satin is of a bright color and of
good quality, it needs no other decora-
TOM. Y. Post.
Top dressing, unless with very fine
manure, is of doubtful advantage with
the.clover plant. The clover is easily
smothered by anything covering its
leaves. It may, however, pay if the
clover is to be turned under early for
a corn or potato crop this season. The
best time to mi is before the seeds
sown. A very light top-dressing then
will secure a heavy growth.
The value Of wood ashes as a fer
tilizer is too little appreciated. They
contain in varying proportions the val
liable mineral properties needed J by
plants. They are especially valuable
for orchards in bearing, having an as
yet unexplained effect in perfecting the
fruit. 1t is better to give a light dress
ing of any potash manur every year
than to give large doses at any one
time.-N Y. Times.
-Raisin pie, which is preferred by
many people to grape pie, is made of
one cup of crackers, rolled very fine,
n cup of cold water, the juice and
rind of one lemon, one cup of raisins
stoned and chopped very fine, and one
heaping %teacupful of sugar. Beat these
thoroughly together, and add one egg
the last thing. Bake with a thin upper
and under crust; rub the top crust with
the white of an egg or with a little
milk with sugar dissolved in it; bake in
a moderate oven, but brown the pie by
setting it on the shelf in the oven
Boston Post.
Those who have been pestered to
death by the irrepressible dandeGon on
their lawns may now take heart. The
pest will trouble them no more. Eastern
markets have begun to utilize them for
greens, so gardeners will cultivate them
for sale. The plant having thus become
useful, the bugs will cut it off above the
ground, the grubs will saw it's roots in
two, the sun will parch it to death, the
rains will drown it out, the wind will
thrash it to strips, and boys will dig it
out and steal it. Thus the dandelion,
which has been the first of weeds to
coax its way into human favor in the
spring by throwing out its golden BIOS
SONS as a sort of flag of truce and peace
offering combined, will retire from the
field and lawn to the seclusion of the
guarded greenhouses Chicago Tribune.