Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-20
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Fruit trees, as well as animals, re-
spond to judicious care.
If you wish to give an extra touch
to your cottage pudding, after it is in
the tin ready to bake, put little Jumps
OF butter on the the top and scatter
cinnamon and sugar over it.-B0stoas
Globe.
"A correspondent says that the best
means of removing moss and earth &C.
cumulations from an old single roof
is to sprinkle lime freely along the
comb OF the roof and let the rains dis
solve and carry it over the shingles
N. Y. Times.
"A good cough medicine is made of
boiling two ounces of tlaxseed in one
quart OF water; and rock candy to
sweeten it, to your taste. After strain
ing, add also the juice of several lem
ons. This should be taken at night.
and if possible it should be hot when
taken.-Detron Post.
Have you any cabbage stumps? Set
them out in the garden, as soon as the
frost leaves the ground, where they will
not interfere with other crops. Cover
them half of their length. Green,
tender leaves will soon appear which
will give the earliest of greens. The
blossom shoots will appear later
Cleveland Leader.
The following is claimed to be a
very effective cure for scratches on the
fetlock joint of a horse, one which
never fails: Wind wooden rag around
the affected part, and fasten it and let
it be till it wears Off No matter if you
drive your horse in the mud, do not
take off the rag, and before you are
aware of it the scratches will be cured.
-Prairie Farmer.
"A writer in a scientific journal rid
icules the idea that apples sweat and
that they must undergo a sweating
process before they are put in barrels
in order to keep we'll. He states that
only injury comes from leaving apples
in piles in an orchard, and that the
moisture found on them comes from
the atmosphere. He recommends plac-
ing them in barrels rs soon as they are
picked.
Plain Plum Pudding.--Take four
cupfuls of flour, one cupful Of thinly-
sliced suet, one cupful of sweet milk,
one cupful of molasses, one cupful of
Lante currants, two cupfuis of raisins,
and one teaspoonful each of cloves, Gin
namon, allspice and nutmeg. Dissolve
two teaspoOnsful of baking powder in
the milk. Mix well together, and boil
in mold or pudding cloth for three
hours. Household.
The way to make loos, hair covers
is to take the exact pattern in paper,
Law this on the material, and haste it
round and cut it out, allowing turnings;
then stitch with the machine. The back
Of the chair will sometimes have to be
gathered. and fulled here and there to
the front. 1t is a great improvement
TO put a gathered bounce round the
chair covers. Where absolutely neces-
sary, fasten with buttons and button
holes. Use as few strings as you can;
they are apt to hang down unwarily and
look untidy.-N. y. Post.
The winter rad sh is rarely found in
farmers gardens, though it is consid-
cred a treat by all who are fond of this
vegetable at this time of the year. Try
it in the garden of the coming season.
The seed need not be sOwn until the
time for turnips. Trimmed and we'll
cultivated they will grow from ten to
twelve inches long and three inches in
diameter; when they are gathered bury
them in sand in tie cellar. Before using
place them for an hour in cold water.
They will not grow we'll during the hot
season and nothing is gained by haste
in planting. Utica Herald.