Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-09-24
FARM AND FlRESIDE.

"A light busting of salt sown ON
buckwheat is said to largely increase
the productiveness of its grain. making
it fill well even in dry weather.-N. Y
Herald.
No kind of stock should be allowed
to eat young cherry shoots. however
worthless the latter may be. The
leaves and bark of the cherry contain q
considerable amount of prussic acid,
and this is occasionally fatal to sheep
and cows left to Craze where they can
get at it.-Troy Times.
An admirable potato pudding:
First boil two pounds of white potatoes,
then peel and beat them in a mortar,
small as not to be discovered what they
are; then take pound of butter and
mix it with the yolks of eight eggs and
the whites of three: beat them very
well and mix in pint of cream and
half pint of milk, pound of refined
sugar with little salt and spice; bake
1.-THE Household.
If farmers who would like to sow
orchard grass. but are deferred from its
habit of growing in tufts. would re-
member that the seed weighs only four
teen pounds to the measured bushel the
reflection would come that not less than
two bushels per acre should be sown.
Bluegrass and red-top also weigh each
fourteen pounds per bushel, and when
exclusive seeding is practiced not less
than three bushels per acre should be
given. Chicago Tribune.
Soda biscuit: Sift into one quart of
flour two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar;
half teaspoonful of salt; add to it four
tablespoonful of thick cream or (if you
have not creamy one tablespoonful of
lard, and the same of butter; cup and a
half of sweet milk: dissolve one tea
spoonful of soda in the milk; work well
together; mould into biscuit with the
hands. Do not let them touch when in
the baking tin; bake in quick oven. -
Boston Budget.
The Farmers Magazine says the
best method of Kidding the ground of
cut-worms is to pillow late in the fall.
turning the earth up deep. Do not
harrow it, but leave it in the rough
condition. The frost will penetrate the
soil and kill the worms. Should, how
ever, the blowing be done too soon, the
worms will have time to seek protection
lower down, and the blowing therefore
should be done as late as possible, for
fear that some of the worms may escape.
Pillow the field again in the spring, but
as early as possible, and the work of
determination will be complete.
The following mixture forms an
excellent brown coating for protecting
iron and steel from rust: Dissolve two
parts of crystalized iron chloride. two
of antimony chloride and one of tannin
in four of water and apply with sponge
or rag and let dry. Then another coat
of the paint is applied and again an
other, if necessary. until the color be-
comes as dark as desired. When dry
it is washed with water. allowed to dry
again. and the surface polished with
boiled linseed oil The anthony chlo-
ride must be as nearly neutral as posi-
ble.--Albany Journal.
Glazed Cucumbers Cut the GU
cumbers into quarters. split them in
the middle, remove their seeds; peel
them, let them blanch for few min
utes; then range them in a stewpan,
spread with slices of raw ham; moisten
them with little gravy; let them boil,
letting the moisture reduce to glaze;
then dish them up. Dilute the stock of
the stewpan with a little white wine,
let it boil, thicken it with little kneaded
butter; pass the sauce through a sieve,
over the cucumbers. Glazed cucumbers
may be masked with bechamel sauce,
white sauce, brown sauce, and even
with tomato sauce.-BoStOn Globe.