The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-04-16
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

Drains should have fall of two
inches per rod Troy Times.
Boiled potatoes ought to be laid
out on plate, and are then as good
for frying and MASKING as if they were
freshly cooked. - Toledo Blade.
"A Jelly Filling for Orange Cake.
Grated rind and juice of one or two
sranges and one lemon; one cup of
water; one cup of sugar; one table
spoonful of corn starch; boil and cool
| before putting between the layers of
cake. Exchange.
"A strawberry grower says some
strawberry plants are naturally barren
| and should be pulled out and treated
as weeds. He goes over the patch
when the plants are in blossom and
pulls up all plants that have not bios
somed. N Y. Times.
To make good rusks take one pint
of milk, one cup of yeast; mix it thin;
when light add twelve ounces of brown
sugar, two ounces of butter, four eggs,
flour sufficient to make stiff as bread;
when risen again, mold and spread it
on tins. -CeUetan1 Leader.
Peas leave the ground in better
condition for succeeding crop Of
strawberries than sweet corn; this in
better one than potatoes. Cabbage is
the most exhaustive crop of all these
and should not precede strawberries if
it can be avoided. Boston Bulletin.
Fruits, like vegetables, viii keep
frocE -,
stalk into water, only it must not be in
close or dark place. When apples,
oranges, pears, lemons, etc., are to be
stored they must not touch each other,
and must be protected from heat, cold
and damp as much as possible. Sun
shine is not desirable. II Toronto Mail.
in busting remember that old silk
handkerchiefs are best for pianos.
Shake the buster often while using il
from door or window, and never firt it
about the furniture, as this simply
sends the dust into the air to settle
again in the same place. Use damp
cloth for wainscotings and the tops OF
doors and windows. = Chicago Journal.
The idea that sandy S oil is the best
for gardens is based on the universal
| demand for earliness. Since Southern
market gardeners ship so largely to the
North, earliness is of less consequence,
as we can not compete with them.
Making the garden as rich as possible
there need be no fear that if thoroughly
drained it will not be early enough for
most purposes. ~. y. Herald.
A woman may have no carriage,
| but she can hang delicate vine leaves
along her porch, so exquisite in deli
| cacy that no sculptor's art can equal
it; no Conservatives with their won
ders, yet she and the sun can build up
a coppice Of blooming things in her
door-yard of which every floral leafet
is wonder of beauty and pleasure
| american Garden.
-Parsnips: In the proceedings of
| farmers wives club one of them gives
her way of cooking parsnips: 1--WE
have been using a good many parsnips
lately. | scrape them well, boil in
plenty of water until they are quite
tender, then take them up, drain and
dry, cat in long, thick slices, and fry
brown in butter. | sometimes put
| them in with q roast of beef, and let
them brown in the gravy. y Western
Rlral
in using student-lamps, never let
the oil accumu ate in the cup below
the wick, but pour it out at least once
a week. Let every thing used about
| lamps-rags, scissors, or extra wicks
be kept in small box together; an
empty starch-box being best Burn
lamp rags every few weeks. If al
lowed to lie, filled with oil, spontane-
GUS combustion often takes place, many
fires having been caused in this way
| Boston Globe.