The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-22
FARM AND FlRESIDE.

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 kbricator for the axles of wagons or
carriages. 1t penetrates the hub and
loosens the spokes.
If you fear that preserves of any
kind are liable to ferment, they should
be heated to the boiling point and
thoroughly scalded, to be safe for the
winter. The same is true of soup stock.
Boston Globe.
Cold meat hash: An onion chopped
fine is Drowned in butter OF fat; add a
spoonful of flour; when this is quite
brown add a tablespoonful of hot water;
then the well-seasoned meat, the yelk
of an egg and the juice and grated rind
of half a lemon; brown lightly and
serve.-The Caterer.
Potato and corn fields, where water
is liable to stand during the winter,
should have burrows run through them
t o 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
forthe succeeding crop.-Ch 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
lie as azure however is moi sufficient
to warrant much labor in gathering
them for that purpose alone. They
make a 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.-Eachange.
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 a 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. &.
Farmer.
Beef Pudding: Chop fine some nice
tender cold beef and arrange a thick
layer of it over a 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, a bit Of
onion, a sprig of parsley and a Glove OF
two. Pour this tomato over the beef,
sprinkle with bread crumbs and bits OF
butter and bake in oven till brown.-N
Y. Tribune.
More COWS and calves and les,
wheat is what will make the farmer
more money with less work. This idea
is fast being adopted by many Kansa:
farmers, particularly those in the west
ern part of the State, and it is a notice
able fact that the Western Kansa:
farmers acquire an independence il
fewer years than in any State in the
Union. They owe it to the old cow
and realizing that fact they will sci
anything on the place sooner than thu
cows.-G!o6e LiUe-St Journal.
The fact is often noted by farmer
that crops on timothy sod do not star
SO quickly and, unless MANFRED heavily
will not yield nearly SO well as afte
clover. There are several reasons TO
this. The clover root furnish a create
amount and more heterogeneous fertiliz
ing material than do timothy roots. TIL
clover roots penetrate the subsoil
bringing up mineral fertility while tn
range of timothy roots is mostly nea
the surface. As a consequence, Ian
where timothy grass has grown TO
several years has had much of it
surface fertility exhausted, and tn
stratum beneath is cold and inert. If
timothy sod is to be cropped next sea
son, fall blowing is advisable, so as t
allow frost t o mellow the soil somewha
as clover roots would do. Prair1
Farmer.