Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-05-10
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN

HOME. FARM AND GARDEN
Professional cooks say that soap
stone griddle properly heated is best
for baking cakes.
"A bit of freshly-burnt charcoal in
the water in which hyacinth, etc,
are growing Gin glasses) will keep it
sweet for long time. and prevent the
necessity of changing it
As your daughters grow up. teach
them at least the true merits of house,
keeping and cookery. They will thank
you for it. in latter life great deal
more than for accomplishments
In pruning roses cutting back
closely produces. as rule. fewer bios
SONS. of finer quality, while from
those not so closely pruned will be OBJ
tanned a larger quantity of smaller
flowers
Butter Scenes - Dissolve one
pound sugar in half pint cold water,
mix with one pound butter rubbed into
three pounds flour. one teaspoon dis
solved soda and two eggs. Roll out
into little cakes and bake.
Another sure cure for corns is
given in the form of bread-crumbs
soaked in strong vinegar. and applied
as a poultlce. In the morning the
soreness will be gone. and the corn
can be picked out Two or three APP
plications generally effect cure
The variety of grass now known
as timothy was first brought into no.
tice about one hundred and fifty years
ago. by Timothy Hanson. of Mary
land. and was known as Timothy Ham
sons grass. The last name was finally
dropped. and it has since been called
timothy.
After removing the mulch in the
spring from the Strawberries hoe be-
tween the rows after the soil shall have
become somewhat warmed, as that will
let more warmth and air down to the
roots. A small portion of wood ashes
scattered along the rows after hoeing
would be very beneficial
Rye Dropcakes. Two cups of sour
milk. one well-beaten egg, one tea.
spoonful of soda dissolved in boiling
water and enough rye meal to make
batter. Mix well together the milk,
meal and egg. add the soda and beat
thoroughly; bake Immediately on a
hot griddle or in gem pans.
No better use can be made of the
small potatoes than to cook them for
the hens. and if fed alone they will re-
quire no other handling; it is only
necessary to mash them when some
thing else is to be fed with them. Po-
tatoes make excellent food at this sea-
son. and for ducks and geese are SUI.
perior to any thing else.
Some of the best friends of the
farmer are the parasitic insects. The
ichneumon fly deposits eggs in cater
pillars. and the tomato worm seldom
escapes. The eggs soon hatch. and the
larvae eat into the worm, avoiding the
vital parts until the little parasits shall
have been full fed. when they will come
out and spin cocoons on the body of
their victim.
-ArrowrOOt Biscuits. -Beat half
pound of butter to a cream, whisk six
eggs to strong froth. add them to the
butter, stir in half a pound of flour
little at time, beat well; stir in half
a pound of pounded loaf sugar and six
ounces of arrowroot; mix all well to-
yether. drop the dough on a buttered
tin in small Jumps the size of half
penny; bake in slow oven for a quar-
ter of an hour.
Onion sets are surer than seeds. |
The onion maggot will not attack the
crop so readily if new land be used.
The growing of onions on the Same
and every year, as has often been
has led to the introduce
ion of insects and diseases. Use plen-
y of manure and keep the ground
clean. The old location may be used
or early cabbage. Put the sets out as
Early as it can be dOne.