The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-08-18
Home and Farm.

"A mln who feeds correctly and ntelli-
gently will save from 10 to 20 per cent, over
man who follows only a haphazard
method.
Green corn has appeared in limited
quantities on sale in the markets. IL was
grown in Louisiana, and shipped from New
Orleans by rail.
Ten thousand dollars worth of humble
bees have been ordered from Kentucky b,
an Australian to help in the growing of red
clover.
The farm gives the greatest opportunity
for reading the great book of Nature as the
season turns its leaves and exposes each
day a new page.
The crops in southern Kansas haye
rarely looked so well. The corn is half
waist high, wheat is ready to cut and fruit
except peaches, is plenty.
The California grain crop will be
rather below than above the average, al
though some localities report that land
which was believed month ago to be not
worth harvesting will yield fair crop.
The question of The hour in France is
the extreme depression which has fallen
upon agricultural interests, and the steadily
increasing endorsements which now weigh
upon propretors and cultiyators of the
soil.
The crop of lambs in Colorado this
present season will reach near orto a
quarter of million. Eighty-five per cent.
of all of the eve flocks will raise lambs.
1t has been the most favorable season
for this crop the country has ever had.
Cheap Rice Pudding. Two quarts OF
milk, two-thirds of a cup of rice, same OF
sugar, small piece of butter, and little
salt, stir it occasionally until boiling hot,
and cook in slow oven until of the con-
sistency of cream.
Cream Beets.-Cut three or four boiled
beets into pieces the size of grain of corn.
Place IN stew pan to one pint cut beets
add one teacupful rich sweet milk, piece of
butter size of a butlernut, or small egg
Salt and pepper to season. Stew ten min
utes and serve hot.
| Sweet Potato Pies.-IVhen the pota
toes are dry and mealy take quart after
they have been pared, boiled and mashed
a quart of milk, four eggs, salt. nutmeg
cinnamon and sugar TO TASTE Bake til,
very moist use less milk.
Chill Sauce.-One peck of ripe toma-
toes, six green peppers, six onions, two
teaspoonfuls each of ground allspice, cloves
and cinnamon; two cups of brown sugar
| five cups of vinegar. Salt to taste. Scale
and skin tomatoes, chop onions and peppers
fine; boil all together slowly three or fou,
hours, then bottle
Asparagus la Pompadour.-Boil the
asparagus in salt and water. When cooked
cut it into lengths of about three inches
After draining them let them lie before
the fire few moments. Next take one
ounce of fresh butter, two yolks of egg, a
pinch of salt. saltspoonful of pepper and q
tablespoonful of vinegar. Cook in sauce
pan till thick, dish up in n pyramid and
pour over the liquor.
Apple Sauce. MIX into syrup one
cupful and half of sugar and one cupfu
Of boiling water. Cut two oranges trans
versely, leave the peel on, and put them
into the syrup and boil them until soft
then add six. apples, peeled, cored and
quanered. Take the oranges out and
place in a bowl, then boil the six apples in
the syrup till soft enough to run into sauce;
keep them whole, then pour apples and
syrup over the oranges. Serge cold.