Morris tribune., 1883-06-02
FARMERS COLUMN.
Domestic Recipes.

|
We repeat here in cautionary way
what was told us TIVE nty years ago, that
the reason why rhubarb wine went out
of use was because of its tendency to in
duce calculus or stone in the bladder, q
malady than which none that affects the
human family is more painful. Those
who have any tendency to kidney troub-
lie will do well to eat rhubarb or pie
plant with caution, noting how itagrees
with them.-Exchange.
A delicious dish for desert, to be
served with white and fruit cakes, is
! made by taking one pint of thick, sweet
cream, and beating it until it is very
light; then add the grated rind of one
large lemon and the juice of two; half a
pound of pulverized sugar must then be
stirreu with the cream. Serve this in
wine-glasses. or in small china cups that
will hold as much as the after-dinner
coffee cups.
CocoANUT JUMBLEs.-Two cups of su-
gar, one cup of butter, two cups of cocoa
nut, two eggs, small teaspoonful of soda ;
add flour enough to make stiff batter.
Drop by the teaspoonful upon buttered
paper III pans.
BEAN SALAD.-String young, tender
beans, cut into inch lengths, wash and
| cook until tender; dram, and when cold
add little tinely-chopped onion, pep
per, salt and vinegar.
MoLAssEs CAKE.-One cup of molasses,
one cup of brown sugar, one cup of cold
water; boil together, then add cup of
butter and set aside to COOL -four as
thick as pound cake, add four we'll
beaten eggs, one pound each of raisins
and currants, one-half pound Of citron;
bake two hours.
Points in Strawberry Culture.
In regard to culture, the strawberry,
says Marshall P. Wilder, is gross feed
er, and without a well-prepared soil and
abundant supply of proper food, and
at the proper time, no great success can
be anticipated. We should plant on
land which has not been for some years
occupied with strawberries, and manure
and prepare thoroughly, and give good
top-&essing Immediately after the fruit
Ing season, and repeat this in the spring
being very careful not to disturb the
roots. Well-rooted stable manure is
good; ashes-or, as a substitute, muriate
of potash-and bone are excellent fertil-
izers, and these are the better if COM
posted with soil or manure and allowed
to heat before using. In this climate the
spring is the best time for general
planting.
But when every care has been taken
in planting, we have often to contend
with the heat and drouth of summer,
which is the most formidable of all diff
fculties. No plant is more benefited by
a constant supply of water in the fruit
ing season than the strawberry, and Mr..
Wilder repeats his former advice, "Give
the strawberry water! water! water! and
still little more waterw If he were to
grow it on large scale for market he
would provide the means of irrigation,
so that water might be given whenever
needed.
Some varieties require to be grown in
hills, and to have the runners cut off as
soon as they appear. Such are the
Sharpless, Bidwell and Triomp he de
Grand. Some are pistillate and require
the bi.sexual kinds to be planted near
by and to bloom at the same time. Such
are the Hovey, Crescent, Jersey queen
and Manchester. For want of proper
impregnation these kinds often fail of
crop, but with suitable companion the
pistillate varieties produce very large
crops. as did the Hovey 40 years ago,
and as Mr.. Hovey will show us it can do
now. Some varieties produce large
number of trusses, and give promise,
when in bloom, of extraordinary crops,
but do not yield so much as those of Il So
pretentious appearance. There is limit
to the power of production. and where
there is superabundance of trusses of
flowers only portion will set their fruit
and carry t out to perfection without
excessive stimulation. Another cause
of failure is deficiency of pollen in
some of the bi-sexual varieties, and it is
we'll to plant near them such as are fur
nished with abundance Of it.
Among the varieties which are taking
the place of the Wilson and other in
ferior kinds is the Charles Downing.
Though not hard enough for distant
transportation, it is for house use and
near markets assuming a permanent
place for general cultivation. The cata-
logue of the American Pathological soci-
the Charles Downing has increased in
Wilson in the same period, and stands
to-day second on the list of Al varieties.
1t sometimes blights, but has never done
so with Mr.. Wilder for Is years, and
there is now no variety of equally good
quality so generally cultivated.
For garden culture Mr.. Wilder pre-
ferred planting in rows three feet apart,
and one foot apart in the rows, allowing
each to make from two to four shoulder
runners, and no more for the first sea-
son. These by autumn will make row
of thrifty, strong bearing plants, AMI
will produce more than the common
matted row. For field culture the rows
should be four feet apart and the plants
one foot in the row, and all supertiuous
runners should be pinched off so as to
leave only strong plants. The degener-
acy or wearing out of varieties may often
be traced to the exhaustion of proper
elements in the soil, and to bad mani
pulation of the plants.
Change of Seed.
Many farmers of our acquaintance
says writer in the Lewiston (Me.)
Journal are accustomed to change the
seed of their small grains, corn and po- |
tatoes OCCASIONALLY; more particularly |
that of grain and potatoes. We think it |
a good plan. Whether from careless |
habits of selection, or from being grown |
year after year upon the same soil and |
location, causes their deterioration, is |
not so clear, nevertheless change of |
seed of the various grains and roots up
on the farm is most always attended |
with beneficial results. Growing the |
seed crop in one locality from the same
seed, year after year, often tends to de-
terioration. 1t is said that the oat |
grown in the cool atmosphere and soil of
Maine and New Hampshire is found to
grow more luxuriantly when sown in the
middle and western states, and uniformly |
turns out heavier weight to the bushel.
If the same seed is sown year after year,
in the latter states, without new impor-
tations, the produce per acre and weight
per bushel gradually deteriorate. The
same rule is applicable to this grain and
also to rye imported from further South