The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-06
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


The Gardeners Monthly says lily
bulbs are among the popular yegeta-
bles of Japan, and that all kinds are
eaten.
Cookies: Beat two eggs in cup.
add two tablespoons OF melted butter,
two tablespoons sour milk; fill the cup
with sugar, half teaspoon of soda,
flour to roll; bake quick; best if kept in
stone jar.--Ioled0 Blade.
"A new use has been discovered for
potatoes They can be converted into
a substance resembling celluloid by
peeling them. and after soaking in wa
ter, impregnating with eight parts of
sulphuric acid. then driving and press
ing between sheets of blotting paper
| Chicago Journal.
"A country home without a garden
would hardly deserve the name We
fondly associate them together in all
our thoughts. But alasl The garden
in which the fancy delights to dwell is
often too unlike those which we act
ually find surrounding our best coun-
try dwellings Montreal Witness.
Many planters find that spring-set
trees do better than those transplanted
in autumn, simply because the opera
ton meilows the soil about them Just
as growth is commencing, and this is
better than the hard unbroken crust
which has been forming since the prev
ious autumn. C.ticago Tribune.
1t has long been popular belief
that nail driven in fruit tree near
the ground will prevent the depreda-
tons of borers. A better plan would
be to keep all trash from the base of
the tree, and the bark smooth. and ex-
anime the trees about the time the
beetles are laying their eggs Western
Rur0l.
A Summer Drink: The juice OF one
lemon, tumblerful of cold water,
graduated sugar TO taste and one-half
small teaspoon of carbonate of soda.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon,
strain and add it to the water with
sugar to sweeten; when well mixed add
the soda and drink while mixture effer-
vesces Exchange.
All the fertilizer authorities tell us
that nitrate of soda is one of the most
available sources of nitrogen to be OBJ
tanned. 1t is especially recommended
for use in the vegetable garden. Being
a stimulating fertilizer, its early appli-
cation encourages vigorous growth,
and will give good results with plants
that mature early.-Al6Gny Journal.
To water garden plants, first stir
up the soil well for an inch or so in
depth, and then, after drawing The
earth away from the plants SO as to
form a small basin about the roots,
pour water therein and replace the re-
moved earth. This will prevent the
formation of a crust, while retaining
the moisture about the roots thus leav-
ing the earth loose as ever.--M Y. San.
White Cookies: One and one-half
cups of sugar, half-cup of butter stirred
to a cream, two eggs beaten added,
with half cup of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar, and half
teaspoonful of soda mixed in the flour
Tor, If preferred, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder Unsteady; mix to soft
dough, flavor with nutmeg or caraway,
handle as little as possible, roll thin,
and cut and bake; will keep good a
long time. - The Caterer.
There is no reason why the green
pea season on the farm should be con-
fined to two OF three weeks at furthest
Like that of sweet corn, it can be pro-
longed by successive planting. The
only drawback to late-grown peas is
their liability to mildeW. But this can
be guarded against in part by seeding
thinly in the rows and giving good
brushing, SO as to keep them. well up,
so that the air will circulate freely
through the vines. For such late
paintings the large marrowfats are
better than the small, early varieties. -
Prairie Farmer.