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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The Gardeners Monthly says lily
bulbs are among the popular vegeta-
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
q stone jar Toledo Blade.
"A new use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into
substance resembling celluloid by
peeling them, and after soaking in wa
ter, impregnating with eight parts OF
sulphuric acid, then drying and press
ing between sheets of blotting paper
Chicago Journal
"A country home without a garden
would hardly deserve the name. We
fond!y associate them together in all
our thoughts. But alas! 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.-Montred Witness.
Many planters find that spring-set
trees do better than those transplanted
in autumn, simply because the opera.
sion mellows the soil about them lust
as growth is commencing, and this is
better than the hard unbroken crus,
which has been forming since the prev.
ious autumn Chicago 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
Rural.
"A Summer Drink: The juice OF one
lemon, a tumblerful of cold water.
granulated sugar to taste and one-hali
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. -Erchange.
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
stimulating fertilizer, its early appli-
cation encourages vigorous growth,
and will give good results with plants
that mature early. ALBANY 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 tc
form 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.-N Y. San
White Cookies One and one-halt
cups of sugar, half-cup of butter stirred
to 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 firui
Cor, if preferred, two teaspoonfuls o.
baking powder instead); mix to sof
dough, flavor with nutmeg or caraway
handle as little as possible, roll thin
and cut and bake; will keep good {
long time.-7he Caterer.
There is no reason why the green
pea season on the farm should be con
fined to two or three weeks at furthest
Like that of sweet corn, it can be pro-
longed by successive planting, TIT
only drawback to late-grown peas il
their liability to mildew. But this cal
be guarded against in part by seeding
thinly in the rows and giving goot
brushing, so as to keep them well up
so that the air will circulate freel,
through the vines, For such lat
paintings the large marrowfats ar
better than the small, early varieties. -
Prairie Farmer.