The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-08-13
Nome. FARM AND GARDEN.

NOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
The Gardener's Monthly says lily
bulbs are among the popular vegeta-
bles of Japan, and that Ill kinds arc
eaten.
Cookies: Beat two eggs in q 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.--I0lcdo Blade.
"A new use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into
substance resembling celluloid by
pecling them, and after soaking in wa
ter, impregnating with eight parts Of
sulphuric acid. then drying and press.
ing between sheets of plotting paper
Chicago Journal.
"A country home without a garden
would hardly deserve the name. We
fondly 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 dwcllings-Montredl Witness.
Many planters find that spring-sct
trees do better than those transplanted
in autumn, simply because the opera
ton mellows the soil about them just
as growth is commencing, and this is
better than the hard unbroken crus,
which has been forming since the prev
ious autumn.-C Chicago Tribune.
1t has long been popular belief
that nail driven in a fruit tree near
the ground will prevent the depreda-
tons of borers. A better plan would
be to keep all trash from the base oil
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: Thejuice OF one
lemon, a tumblerful of cold water,
graduated sugar to taste and one-halt
small teaspoon of carbonate of soda.
Squeeze the juice from the lemon,
strain and add it to the water. with
sugar to sweetcn; when we'll mixed add
the soda and drink while mixture eifcr-
vcsces.-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 rly.-Aibany Journal.
To water garden plants, first stir
up the soil well for an inch or 80 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.-N. Y. San.
White Cookies: One and one-half
cups of sugar, half-cup of butter stirred
10 a cream, two eggs beaten added,
with half cup of sweet milk. one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar. and half a
teaspoonful of soda mixed in the ff>ur
Cor, if preferred, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder instea,l); mix to soft
dough, flavor with nutmeg or caraway.
handle as little as possible, roll thin,
and cut and bake; will keep good q
long time.-The 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. The
on,y drawback to late-grown peas is
their liability to mildew. But this can
be guarded against in part by seeding
thirty in the rows and giving n 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.