The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
HOME AND FARM.

The best time for soil pulverization
Is the autumn, because the frost will
then penetrate the earth during the
winter.-Boston Post.
A little bag of mustard laid on the
top of the pickle jar will prevent the
vinegar from becoming mouldy, If the
pickles have been put up in vinegar thai
has not been boiled.-M Y Post
Mutton Chop Fried Rub them
with salt and pepper, put in the frying
pan, cover them and fry five minutes,
turn them but once; then dip them in
well-beaten eggs. and then on bread
crumbs. and fry until Drowned nicely
on both sides-Tbe Household.
Layer cake ought never to be set
away on a plate, bat on something with
a flat surface. If you have nothing bet
ter, turn one of the tin jelly-cake tins
bottom side up and put white paper
over it; put the cake on it until you
wish to cut it hicdJ0 Tribune.
Fried Apples: Wipe q few nice,
smooth-skinned apples, have ready q
sp der with a little butter and lard in it,
let it get hot. and slice the apples into
it, sprinkle little sugar over tn IN,
and fry slow to nice brown, taking
great care not to let it burn.-7O!edo
Blade.
Cultivate the peach trees, and apply
three hundred pounds of muriate Of
potash and two hundred pounds of fine
ground bone per acre. If the soil is
rather heavy this may be done in the
fall. but whert the soil is light one.
half the quantity may be applied now
and the remainder in the spring. The
peach orchard should always be kept
clean of grass and weeds. Troy Times.
In the absence of meat. potatoes
boiled in milk. where there is plenty
of the latter. is an admirable prepare.
ton for feeding to young. grow NC
chicks. A IN xture of one-th rd corn.
meal and what bran with the above
VII make the young chicks grow
wonderfully if given fresh every day.
The best feed for setting hens IS plenty
Of good, sound whole corn. Tn y
should have plenty of fresh water to
drink. -Aiba Y JoUrHd'.
The hest horsemen do not water a
horse for an hour and half after eat
ing. The old saying is that horse has
more sense than man-as he will not
drink too much. This is one of the
greatest IN stakes in he care of the
horse. He will drink too much when
heated and the stomach empty. He will
also drink too much when the first heat
caused by digestion commences. Study
these quest ons and learn how to feed
and water horses during the heated
term which has now commenced. tiara
World
Don't allow water to stand in the
fields or in any sink-holes about the
build ngs or yards. In fact don't have
any sir k-hol's about the premises to
hold water. A scraper is good tn no
to have about every farm. Many fields
have little knobs and holes that might
eas " aud cheaply be leveled by the use
# the scrancr If much sol is taken
from the place the manure cart must
follow after the sc"aper. A depression
of any con -iderable extent must, OF
course, lie drained. Even a little sur
face drainage will often accomplish
wonders y Z. Farmer
To plant currant cuttings in DC.
toher or November, which is the best
time, chose some good. stra' ght young
shoots. healthy and well grown, of about
a foot in length, or little over, and from
the part that You are about to insert be-
low the surface of the soil cut carefully
ont all the ewes and buds, as this will
afterward serve to prevent suckers grow
ingup aid detracting from the strength
of your young trees. AS for the soil, the
ord naryk t'hen-garden soil that is uni
formly trenchcd and MANFRED will do
admirably well for your young cuttings.
Take care to plant them frmlyin, but
not in too sunny situation. N. Y. Her.
ald