Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-06


one tablespoonful of brown sugar to one
head of cabbage. When cold cover
closely.
NOVEL PINCUsHIoN-A novelty in the
shape OF q fincushiOn is made in the
form OF a work bag. Is l. nearly square.
It's faced with pink silk the covering be-
ing Of olive plush. On the upper side
Is a spray Of flowers in arasene embrod-
ery-just a rose and buds or some SINH
lar design. The bag is shirred and
pink bow put on over the shirring. This
may hang beside the toilet table or lie
upon the dressing case. 1t is a pretty
ornament and 1t may be used-an advan-
tage over many ornamental cushions
BANAEA CAKE.-One cup Of butter, two
cups of sugar, one cup of water or Of
sweet milk, three eggs, four cups Of -four
and three small teaspOOnfuls of baking
powder. Mix lightly and bakein layers.
Make an icing of the whites of two eggs
and one cup and half of powdered
sugar. Spread this on the layers, and
then cover thickly and entirely with
bananas, sliced thin. This cake may be
favored with vanilla. The top should
be simply iced.
A Vermont farmer states that cotton
seed meal is injurious as food for calves
In one year a horse yoids, according
to estimation, about one and half tons
Of liquid and seven tons of solid manure.
This is worth from $50 to $50.
There is much difference in the black
dirt got from the woods, commonly
called leaf mold. Some of it is the mold
from decaying trunks Of trees, which Is
less valuable than that from leaves.
Poultry cannot be made to pay unless
provided with a properly arranged house
for their accommodation. This is as nee
esssary to their well being as that horses
and cattle should have a good stable.
The advantages of soiIing consist of a
saving of land, a saving Of fences, a saw
ing Of food, a saving Of manure and bet
ter care given the stock, as well as in
creased production from the land.
A correspondent of the New Haven
Mirror thinks that ciOns can be best pre-
served in sawdus-, which keeps them
moist and green. He keeps them In a
cellar, but dampens them when they are
dry.
Insects are sometimes friends, as many
kinds prey on those that damage crops.
Before beginning the determination Of
them be sure you are not assisting others
to survive that are more destructive.
An exchange remarks that the proper
time to gather the apple is when the
stem lOOsens readily from the limb, and
potatoes should be gathered when the
tubers loosen readily from the stalk,
which may not be until some time after
the tops are dry and dead.
Nothing is gained by the use of half
bred males for improvement, as 1t Is
step in a backward direction. Only the
pure breeds can be used safely for pur-
poses of improvement, and the best that
can be procured are cheaper than those
that are inferior at any price.
Salt is used freely by some nurserymen
in pear nurseries for the purpose Of cOun-
teTacting blight. Iron filings and cop
peras in solution have been used for the
same purpose. If the remedies do not
prevent the disease, they at least correct
a disposition to blight.
When we pulverize the ground to a
gre at depth the warm air comes in con-
tact with a body cooler than itself, the
water in the soil cOudensiDg into drops,
which partially answers in place of rain.
The deeper We pulverize, therefore, the
greater the amount Of moisture col
Iected.
Surplus stock is a nuisance in the
poultry quarters. They eat as much as
the hens, and yield no return for the
feed consumed. Where fowls have their
liberty one cock to a flock of twenty to |
twenty-five hens is enough, but where |
they are restricted to small runs one
cock to six hens viii be necessary.
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