Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


their potato planting, and even have
their spring grain sown, before the
month comes in, whether il comes like
a lion," or "like lamb" we Of the
frigi9 North may have still three feet
of fros. in the ground, and perhaps
good sleighing up to the twenty-nfth,
north-easters lasting a week, spring
floods, and roads which neither horses
feet nor wagon wheels can find bottom
In, may be the order of the day. So
hints about work must be taken WITH
liberal allowance for the waywardness
of this first spring, and last winter
month.
New seeds and new tools should not
be lost sight of, and IL will often ray to
test the former in small quantities; then.
If they do well, you will have some seed
yourself, and may easily get more. We
need not remind our readers to be be-
forehand with their work. Spring
grains can hardly be in the ground too
soon after the frost is ont. Potatoes fol-
low as soon as there is reasonable
warmth in the ground. Grass seed and
clover may be sown with spring grain,
and clover on winter grain is best so%n
upon one of the last light winter SHOWS.
The earlier manure is out upon grass
and grain land, the better. Even when
the manure is intended for corn crop,
and not to be- plowed under until the first
part of May, the gain in the growth of
grass, will more than compensate the
loss by the action of rains and drying
winds, except upon hill-sides and spots
where the land is especially exposed 10
the washing by heavy rains. 1t is rare
that the month passes without warm
and dry weather sufficient TO put the
ground In condition for blowing
throughout the great middle corn and
small grain belt of the country.-Ameri-
can AgricnHurist for March.
APPLYING LINE 10 LAND-Lime acts
both mechs nically and chemically when
applied to land. IL make heavy clay
soils mellow. aud cOrrects the acidi,y Of
low, wet soils; but the principal bene-
fit TO be derived from the application of
this material is in the decomposition OF
vegetable matter in the soil. Lime in
itself is OF little value as fertilizer,
and no amount will make a poor soil
fertile. On low, bottom lands the lime
should be applied broadcast and in a
caustlc state; but on uplands that which
has been exposed after burning until it
ia ar slaked-as il is termed-will an
swer equally as well, if not better, than
when slaked by water. IL applied to
clover or wheat il should be sown
broadcast at the rate Of ten bushels per
acre, and evenly distributed over the
surface early in spring. When applied
to clay soils or low, bottom lands twenty
to fifty bushels per acre may be used
with safety. If the soil is not naturally
we'll supplied with vegetable matter the
lime may be composted with peat from
the swamps, old sods, or even leaves
and weeds; but it should never be mix
ed with fresh stable manure because its
chemical action on manures containing
ammonia is injurious. If you have any
doubts on this point. mix little lime
with guano, or with shovelful of hen
manure, and see how quickly the am
monical gases will be evolved and dis
sipated.
EGG PIE.-Mak. two very thin cakes
of Indian meal, flour and soda, just us
for corn bread, and wet il with sour
milk, and bake them in a quick oven.
Make gravy of one tablespoonful of
butter, the same OF -four, a cup of milk
and salt and pepper. When it is boiling
drop in cold, sliced. hard boiled eggs;
leave them in long enough to heat, but
don't let them boil up or they will fall
to pieces. Butter one of the hot Indian
cakes, lay it in q round pan or dish,
pour on the gravy and eggs, and lay on
the other cake, buttering II on the top
and sprinkling on pepper and salt.
TO MAKE SPONGE CAKE.-Weigh fif-
teen eggs, put their weight in very fine
white sugar, and the weight Of Line in
flour, beat the yolks with the flour, and
the whites to stiff froth; then mix
slowly the whites with the flour and
other ingredients and beat them forty
minutes Bake in quick oven about
one hour and ten minutes.
SWEET SAUCE.-Beat the yolkS of
eggs with 4 tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar, add tumblerful of cherry aud
liquor glass of brandy; put the mix
ture in u jug. place this in Il saucepan
of boiling water on the fire and frolh
up the same with chocolate mill.
COFFEE RoLLS.-Take quart of bread
dough and NIX with it J cup of sugar,
cup OF butter, cups OF dried cur
rants; make into small rolls, dip into
melted butter, place in tins and let rise
and bake.
PAsTRY.-lf the uu,iercruSt of the
pastry be brushed over with the white
OF All egg before the fruit or cuslard is
added, it will not become soggy after
baking.
sage cannot wither it nor custom
state it's intinite variety" Flesh is hard
ly heir to an ache or pain which cannot
be cured by using Salvation Oil.
Ii is painfully annoying to be disturb
ed in public assemblies by some one
coughing when You know DR.. Bulls
e Il