Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-19
FARM AND FlRESI NE-

FARM END FIRESIAB-
! REMEDIES FOR THE CABBAGE WORM.
Il see in the papers m ny complaints of
the cabbage worm this year. and you ash
for the experience of your readers who
have succeeded in keeping them off large
fields.
| never plant more than half an acre,
but have not failed for forty-two years in
freeing my eabbages of worms. I was at
ths house of lady in Kentucky who h.d
the finest cabbages had seen that year.
1 asked her how she managed to keep them
free of worms. She told me by sprlnkling
| them with four. shorts or shipstuffs. AS
soon as got home had mine well plowed
and the next morning put large table
spoonful of coarse -four or niddlings on
each head while the dew was on; the dew
made it wet. and the worms began to
crawl and roll over on the wet flour. The
more they struggled. the more paste they
gathered; they would soon fall on the fresh
ploughed earth, which, being wet, would
stick to them and clog their feet and legs
so that they could not get into the ground.
Those that could not get off. died ON the
heads. Fine paste prevents all eggs from
Matching.
For forty two years We have had good
cabbagss This has been one of the ms
fiificu35 seasons recollect, to keep h.
wosAas from destroying cabbages. Tw'
| plougaings and swice gong over and ap
! plying the fi3ar wed mine, while ms
Of the neighiors lost theirs. 1t may b
NECESSARY to spply it ofteDer. if hard RAIN
come and wash out the -four Rye OF
tuck~ heat. unbolted, is as good as -four:
the paste is what does the work.
Two new Ito me) remedies for the cab
bage worFl have lately come to my notice,
bntA of which Look reason. bic. The frs
! is eimIly throwing handful of earth into
/ he b cad when the dew Is on, aud although
1t seems objec 1onabIe, am assured that
AZ The cabbage grows, it will throw it all
'dt. Rev. L. l.. L,ngstroth tells me that
H. has found gritty turnpike dust, applied
\ libe lily, he best remedy for the striped
bug, and if faithfully followed up it will
| save the plants. Tue other rem -dy for the
| cabbage worm comes endorsed by Profess
sor Riley, and is to sprinkle ice water in
the heat Of the day. There /, no dan r.
OF huitiug the cabbage as by the Use of
hot water, and the sudden ice bath is at
n'ce fatal to the worm.-C0rrespo. .dence
1 Country Gentleman.
| DELICIOUS CANDY. Not long ago /
was invited to c. ~ party, and pp,s
| ing it to be an old Fashioned candy paIl,
and having an aversion to handling hot
| molasses, should have declined the sAvita-
ton but for the fact that the people
| should meet were deli htful company
Judge then of my surprise and pleasure Oh
learning that hot molasses did not form a
| factor in the candy t. he made.
We were all kept busy, and had the mer
| REST time Imaginable; there were nuts to
crack-shell hickory. peeans, almonds.
Brazil nuts and English walnuts; there
were dates and prunes to stone, ngs to cut,
and cocoanut to CRATE.
My hostess had ready marble slab an |
a rolling pin. She broke the white of one
| egg Ito a glass, noticing carefully its
bulk. pour d it into dish, and put the
| same bulk of water into the glass; The
water was then added to tn. egg, together
with one md half teaspoonfuls of vanilla
| These ere veil beaten; then ere aided
| two tounds Of the very best confectioner' 8
| sugar ORDINARY sugar will not answer the
| purpose), or enough to make tie mass of
| the consistency of dough. The dough was
then placed upon the marble slab and
rolled to the required thinness; board
will do if no marble il at hand.
This formed the base for many varieties
of candy; slices Of it we're placed between
the halves Of English walnuts. almonds
were rolled in it, dates and prunes
were filled with the dough, and then rolled
in graduated sugar; balls were rolled and
dropped into melted chocolate, then taken
out with fork and cooled on paper We
rolled the pieces of figs aud cocoauut in
the dough. and mixed the broken nuts
with cocoanut, and covered them with the
candy.
CONFECTIONERY sugar cannot often be- OBJ
tanned of country grocer, but an n5lig
ing tradesman will get 1t if ordered. l
b ieve it now retails at about II GEMS.
"a ndy made In this way is less expen-
sive Than if bought at confectiot er's,
and is almost certain to be puIer.-Cor-
respondence Country Gentleman.
FEEDING HORsEs.-It IS not good pol
icy to let work horses get thin. It costs
more to put on fish than it does to keep
it on. Flesh that becomes hardened by
exercise Will be kept up with less food.
under the came work, than it took to put
it on. From fifteen to thirty pounds of
food will about supply the daily consump-
ton of horses, large and small.-Planter 8
Journal.
PARADISE PUDDING. - Ingredients -
three eggs, three apples. quarter of pound
Of bread crumbs. one lemon, three ounces
of sugar, three ounces of currants, half a
wine glass full of vine, nutmeg; butter
and sugar for sauce. Pare, core and mince
the apples and mix with the bread crumbs,
nutmeg grated, sugar currants. the jIce
of the lemon and half the rind grated
Beat the eggs we'll, moisten the mixture
with these and beat all together, adding
the wine last; put the pudding into but
tered mould, tie it down with cloth; boil
it one hour and half, and serve With
| mil
| FkANGIPANE.--Mix four eggs, and four
tablespoonful of aour we'll together. di