Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-08-14
EARN AND HOUSEHOLD.


A piece of lemon is excellent l"r
,leaning the hands. -ETchahgc'
Never sell an old hen 10 a person
who wants to buy hens for laying elSe
you may lose a good customer fT"'''0
Farmer.
William Falconer, in the CoHHtTy
| Gentleman, a that parsnlpS' Salsliy
and ~scorzonera are more apt to grow
torked when planted on freshly ma
nured soil.
A box ottoman is very useful IN n
bedroom, and is pretty as well II COW
cred with bright c%retonne. "A large
wool or cotton-stutled pillow should De
nailed TO the box before the cover ana
valance can be tackled on,
The Michigan Farmer says that
West Shore fruit growers depend
largely on blowing under green crops
such as rye and clover, for fcrtiliHing
their orchards. The rye is plowed
under is soon as fully headed.
dodgers: One pint of milk, one
teaspoonful of salt, one %teaSpoontul OF
sugar, one teaSpoonful of baking pow
der, and corumeal enough to make IA
stiff batter. Drop by spoonfuls into
hot fat and fry brown on both Sides
IOlcdO Blddc.
Mica in stoves (often wrongly
called isinglass), when smoked, is
readily cleaned by taking it ont and
thoroughly washing with vinegar di-
luted with a little water. If the black
is not easily removed let 1t soak a
little. -fdrm and EreSide,
Keep a sharp lookout in the
orchard for the nests of the tent cater
pillar. Destroy them at once by cut
ing on the limb, or. if ont nj reach, by
burning out the nests by means of a
small bundle of rags tied upon the end
of IA long pole and saturated with kcro-
sene.-Troy Times.
Frozen pudding: Take one pint
of cream, the yelks of four eggs; make
4 syrup of one pound of sugar and one
pint of water. When nearly boiled stir
in forty blanched almonds, powdered
very fine, one ounce of chopped citron,
two of raisins and currantS, one each
of candied orange and lemon peel, with
one glass of wine. Mix well and
freeze.-Good Housekeeping.
Whipped cream pie: Make a mod
erately rich PIE crust and pcrforate
it to prevent blistering and bake.
Swecten with powdered sugar, II
teacupful of very thick sweet cream
made as cold as possible withou
freezing, and flavor it with any flavor
ing you like best; then whip it to Il
stuff froth, spread on the baked paste,
and finish with a few bits of Jelly laid
lightly on the crcam.-B0St0n BUiget.
To kill moths in carpets: Untack
the carpet and turn it back a foot or
two all around the room; wash the
boards with a saturated solution of
camphor, putting it on with II paint
brush; then lay the carpet back in its
proper place, and put over it a towel
wrung out of water and camphor, and
iron it thoroughly with a real hot iron.
so as TO steam it through. This will
Kill the insects and their larvae The
household.
Several subscribers wish to know
how large a quantity of wood-ashcs
may be applied to Il crop with
safety, We have never heard of II
case where too much has been
used; the trouble generally lies in
the other direction. One hundred
bushels per acre will do no harm, but
smaller quantities may be more
economically applied, especially on
porous soils. The crops can not take
up more than a certain amount Of pot
aSh-which is the most valuable princi-
pal contained in wood-ashes-in a GER
tain time, If more is applied, Il part
passes through the soil and beyond the
reach of the roots. The most efficient
and economical mode of using ashes is
to apply twenty or twenty-five bushels
per acre at two or three different times
during the growing season III Western
HUyuI.