Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-16
HOME AND FARM.

:, e. HOME AND FARM.
i -Whea potatoes are to 80 into slows
or ohowlers tlyey should be first sliced.
soaked and soalded, | $s7 /
In uslnx seed corn TINT which.
shows the slightest degree of injury
should DO avoided. Smut can easily
be carried from one year to another
by the sesd. III 81 81 ssh B
~ Those who will take the trouble to-
rip the buttons off q dress each time it
is washed will be amply repaid. Few
metal buttons look we'll after they
have been in hot soap sads. b " s.
Date Pic: One pound of dates, one
quart of milk and three eggs. Season
the same as for squash pie. 1t needs
NO sweetening. Put the dates in the
milk ana heat until they are soft
enough to sift. This makes two good
sized pies Use one crust, tho same as
for squash.
The real value of root crops in the
economy of farm feeding is the change
they furnish from the dry feed to
which stock is subjected through the
long winter months. A light feed
every few days helps the animal to
digest and assimilate the coarse dry
food that is his usual ration.
Indian Suet Pudding: Three
quarters pound suet. chopped fine;
half pint molasses. one pint milk. an
egg, meal to make a very thin batter.
1easpoonful allspice, ditto ground Gin
namon. ono teaspoonful. salt, little
nutmeg. few currents or chopped
rasina Boil or steam three hours.
Serve with melted jelly OF butter sauce.
-Ocange Cake: Two cups of sugar.
two cups of Hour, one-half cup of wa
ter. a pinch of salt. tho yelks of five
eggs and whites of three. three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. and the
grated 'ind and j,ice of one orange.
Beat the whites and add sugar for
frosting. and the grated rind and jmce
of one grange. Bake the cake in lay
ors and put frosting between.
Orange Rolly-Poly: Make light
pastry as for apple-lumplings. roll in
oblong sheets and lay the oranges
peeled. sliced and seeded thickly on
it; sprinkle with white sugar; scatter
over all a teaspoon or two of grated
orange peel. and roll up, folding
down the edges closely to prevent the
escape Of the sirup; steam one and
one-half hours. Serve with lemon
sauce.
Pretty Aower-holder are of stout
cardboard, covered with dry. scaly
lichens from old trees or with pine
scales. sewed and overlapping each
ether. A glass bowl for the flowers is
set within the holder: which needs nc
bottom. A little basket of lichen
scales to hold tumbler of blue and
white hepaticas is a most spring-like
offering. Larger baskets may be OF
the large pine scales. not the cones,
filled with fresh moss, wild vines trail.
ing round the edges, and pine tassel
at Intervals. the center filled with
vioIets.
Lemon Short-Cake: Make rich
short same as for strawberries or
other fruit. Roll in layers and bake
in jelly tins quite thin. so, when done,
it will not be more than one-half inch
in thickness. Make sauce as follows,
spreading between layers same rs jel-
~ cake: One cup sugar, one-half cur
butter, on egg. ono lemon, juice and
grated rind. two tablespoons -four,
mix we'll and pour boiling water over
it (use one pinD. let it stand on back
of the stove.
For q permanent pasture use q
variety Of grasses. The kind best
adapted to the location will assert its
superiority. and in time give good
reward. 1t is not advisable to turn
stock on permanent pasture until
the ground shall have been we'll GOV
cred. Trampling Injuries the grass,
while grazing it TOO soon Injuries itf
vitality. At least three years should
be allowed for growth before turning
on stock. The greater the variety OF
grasses the thicker the growth and the
haf< nv Tho