The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-21
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

No flower is moro popular than
the aston, and few have held 80 high
q place in popular esteem for SO many
years, and it is still growing in favor.
For an autumn show of flowers we
have not its equal.
Banana Fritters. One pint of milk,
two teacupsful of -four, three eggs,
two teaspoonsful of baking powder and
one-half Of a saltspoonful of salt.
Slice in batter two bananas and drop
by the spoonful into kettle of deep,
hot lard.-Good Housekeeping.
For moving plants with delicate
fibrous roots, such as melons and GU
cumbers, a piece of eight-inch stove
pipe six inches long is pressed down
into the earth three or four inches, and
then spade is run under the "hill,
and it is removed with the iron ring to
Its destination.
For hominy cakes take two cup
fuls of cooked hominy, and crush it
with a potato-masher until it is a
smooth mass. Add one level teaspoon
full of salt, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and one cupful of flour. Stir
together; then add by degrees one
quart of milk, and lastly three we'll
beaten eggs. Bake in thin cakes.
Potato Gems. Work one cup of
cold mashed potato smooth into one
cupful of sweet milk. Stir in one cup
full of corn meal, or enough to make
batter which will drop easily from a
spoon, with a pinch of salt, and add
one well-beaten egg. Beat briskly
three or four minutes, then put into
well-buttered gem pans and bake
twenty minutes to half an hour with a
steady but not too hot fire.
For fodder purposes the ordinary
sorts OF corn are esteemed as prefera-
BILE to the mammoth varieties. on the
ground that they mature earlier in the
season, thus escaping the danger Of
frost; are handled with much economy
oflabor, demand less storage space, and
have withal the added and more inn
portant advantage of containing an
equal quantity of nutriment matter,
though the aggr egate bulk be not half
so great.
Cuttings folded in wet moss with
waxed or oiled paper around them will
go a week or more in condition if done
as soon as ont. 1t is well to water and
sprinkle the whole plant thoroughly
the evening before taking off slips, and
cut in the dew. At least water and
shade an hour before cutting so that
the plant will be in the fullest vigor.
Keep the pan of water, wet sand or
moist cloth Mt hand to receive the cut
tings as made.
-Beefsteak broiled nicely and served
with broiled oysters will be found very
nice. Take large fresh oysters, drain
and dry them. Dip them one by one
into melted butter, place in a wire
gridiron, and brown them on both
sides over clear fire. Then season
them with salt and pepper, and put
them over and around the beefsteak,
pouring over all melted butter. Serve
very quickly so that they may not have
a chance to cool.
The garden should be near the
house, but free from shade. Set no
trees of any kind in the kitchen gar
den. Have it laid out so that as much
work as possible may be done by horse
power. A sandy loan is the best soil
for most vegetables. Use no green
manure in the garden. The standard
fertilizers are good. Use wood ashes
freely, and Stops from the house. The
secret of success in gardening, as in
courtship, lies in small attentions fire.
Quently and steadily bestowed.