The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-24
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

On heavy soils Astounding in vege-
table matter salt is beneficial to crops,
but it is by enabling them to exhaust
the soil more rapidly.
1t is said that lard is the worst sort
of lubricator for the axles of wagons or
carriages. 1t penetrates the hub and
loosens the spokes.
Cold meat hash: An onion chopped
fine is Drowned in butter or fat; add a
spoonful of flour; when this is. quite
brown add a tablespoonful of hotMater;
then the well-seasoned meat, the yelk
of an egg and the juice and grated rind
of half lemon. brown lightly and
serve.-IHe Caterer.
Potato and corn fields where water
is liable to stand during the winter,
should have burrows run through them
to take surface water off. 1t will great
ly help the spring work in fitting such
fields for seeding to have this job done
in the fall. 1t will also be much better
for the succeeding crop. Chicago Times.
There are certain uses for fallen
leaves gathered as bedding for stock in
winter in localities where little grain is
grown and straw is scarce. Their val-
ne as manure, however is not sufficient
to warrant much labor in gathering
them for that purpose alone. They
make good absorbent, but not better,
if as good, as straw, especially if the
latter is cut and only the leavings after
feeding used as bedding.-Ercbdnge
Many each year wish to change
their cider to vinegar as quickly as pos
sible. This change is effected by the
oxygen of the atmosphere getting up a
fermentation. If little cider is drawn
every day and turned again into the
barrel it will carry more or less oxygen
with it. A little old vinegar turned in
the cider barrel will hasten the change
even more than cider will.-M b.
Farner.
Beef Pudding: Chop fine some nice
tender cold beef and arrange thick
layer of it over layer of best Italian
macaroni, which has previously been
boiled for twenty minutes in sailed
water. Have ready some fresh or
canned tomato which has been thor
oughly stewed with butter, bit of
onion, sprig of parsley and Glove or
two. Pour this tomato over the beef,
sprinkle with bread crumbs and bits of
butter and bake in oven till brown.-M
Y. Tribune.
More COWS and calves and less
wheat is what will make the farmer
more money with less work. This idea
is fast being adopted by many Kansas
farmers, particularly those in the west
ern part of the State, and it is notice.
able fact that the Western Kansas
farmers acquire an independence in
fewer years than in any State in the
Union. They owe it to the old COW,
and realizing that fact they Will sell
anything on the place sooner than the
cows Globe Lire Stock Journal.
The fact is often noted by farmers
that crops on timothy sod do not start
so quickly and, unless MANFRED heavily,
will not yield nearly so well as after
clover. There are several reasons for
this. The clover root furnish greater
amount and more heterogeneous fertiliz-
ing material than do timothy roots. The
clover roots penetrate the subsoil,
bringing up mineral fertility while the
range of timothy roots is mostly near
the surface. AS a consequence, land
where timothy grass has grown for
several years has had much of its
surface fertility exhausted, and the
stratum beneath is cold and inert. If
timothy sod is to be cropped next sea-
son, fall blowing is advisable, so as to
allow frost to mellow the soil somewhat
as clover roots would do. - Prairie
Farmer.