Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1885-07-09
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Tho beet crop increases in import
ance year by year, and IL must advance
IN favor as the country becomes older.
1t pays to feed meat to the hens
two or three times week. as it takes
the place of insect food. --Mdnchcster
Union.
"A valuable bit Of knowledge is that
bent whalebones can be restored and
used again by simply soaking in water,
few hours, then drying them.
"A former sufferer gives this as
cure for fclons: Saturate bit OF
grated wild turnip the size of bean
with turpentne, and apply II to the af-
fected part IL will relieve pain at once,
aud destroy tho felon in twelve hours.
Indianapolis Journal
"A hill Of raspberry plants, after be-
ing trimmed in the spring. should have
only three or four canes, about three
and one-half feet high and nearly one
inch in diameter at the base, each cane
having a few side spurs about ten inch
es long Philadelphia Press.
"A Vermont sugar maker says; ut
takes on an average about sixteen
quarts Of sap TO make one pound of
sugar. and yet / know Of one tree
which will make one pound OF sugar
from five quarts OF sap. Trees differ
as much for sugar as cows differ for
butter"
The chief difficulty in teaching
calves to drink from the pail ari os
from too great haste. Let tho calf be-
come hungry, warm the food to the
temperature OF new milk. give il the
finger to suck, but only for a moment,
and the calf is easily taught to drink. -
~ y Times.
-Quinces can be raised as readily as
apples or pears. But the ground whore
they are growing needs 10 be kept from
grass and weeds; and il is an excellent
practice to spread ashes of any sort aud
lime around the trees, and dig such
feriilizing material into the soil.
Ounces sell as high as ten dollars a
barrel, and they have always been high.
San Francisco Chronice.
Orange Cake: Twelve eggs, the
weight of ten in pulverized sugar, the
weigh of six eggs in flour. the Juice
and grated peel OF one orange aud half
a lemon. Beat il like sponge cake, and
bake ii in jelly cake pans. Take the
whites of two eggs, half pound of
sugar, the juice and grated peel Of one
orange and half a lemon. Beat it and
spread it between the layers of the
cakes. -- The Household.
The Caterer gives the following di-
rcctions for making strawberry cream:
Take pint of fresh hulled strawber-
ries, cover them thickly with pulvcrized
sugar and mash them with u spoon.
. Extract the juice from them through a
hair sieve. Now dissolve an ounce AMI
a half OF gelatine in n pint Of fresh
milk, adding to it pint Of rich
whipped cream and the juice Of the
berries. Pour the whole into n damp
mold and place on the ice till set, when
the cream is ready TO serve.
The latest improvement in raising
Lima beans is 10 use brush about eight
feet high, stuck like pea-brush, instead
of poles, as commonly practiccd. Plant
in hills about three feet apart in the di-
rection of the rows, two or three plants
To the hill. and the rows six or eight
feet from each other. Cut Off the tops
OF the plants when they get above the
brush, and stop all the side shoots
when they are two feet long. The
vines are much better exposed to the
sun and air in this manner, aud far
larger crops are said to be matured
than by polling. - Chicago Tribune.