The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-04-21
FARM AND e,Res,pe.

A farmer can not afford to plant
poor seed. A mongrsl crop of any kind
OF vegetable is poor class Of goods to
thrust upon market expecting to re-
ceive remunerntive prices
Spinach: Pick and wash, put in a
saucepan without water; sprinkle with
SALT Let cook half an hour; add but
ter and pepper; dish, pour over boiling
cream, and place slices Of hard boiled
egg over the top.
There is really no competition be-
tween oleomargarine and first-class
butter. It is the inferior article that is
driven out by competition. The farmer
who makes good butter can regulate
his price, as it is always salable.
The farmer objects to giving his
note and having it discounted for cash.
The sharper says: 20. we'll keep the
note" and .he writes across the face
mot transferable. In a short time 1t
is found in the hands Of another party.
with an ''e'' added to the ''not" which
makes it read ''note transferable"
--Honey-comb pudding: Half a cup
of -four half cup of sugar. half a cup
Of butter, half a cup Of milk; beat these
together we'll. Then add four eggs
we'll beaten. Into half a pint of molas-
ses stir one teaspoonful of soda until it
foams, and add this last. Bake in q
slow oven. Serve with cream sauce or
beaten cream.
"A correspondent of the Scientific
american, who speaks from long and
actual experience. says that the best of
all remedies for one who has been
poisoned by poison-ivy is hot water, as
hot as it can be borne. applied every
hour or two, or rs often as the itching
returns. He says that this will effect a
cure in two days. and that poisoned
sumac yields to the same remedy.
AN Illinois horticultural society de-
cides that the deterioration of orchards
noticeable everywhere, is due princi-
pallv to double cropping the land and
starving the trees; and that the secret
of their restoration lies in plowing un-
der green crops, or sowing clover to
remain uncut for the double purpose of
mulch and manure.
1T certainly does not pay to keep a
low grade of sheep and then let them
take care of themselves. The small
amount of wool secured. as we'll as the
poor quality, is such that no margin of
profit will be left to the farmer over
and above the cost. Even with poor
sheep much better growth of wool
can be secured if they be reasonably
we'll cared for than if they be left to
I, themselves.
In regard to getting the best yield
I of choice honey, try and have all your
| colonies very strong when the honey
flow comes. This is best accomplished
by feeding thin sirup or honey each
evening, commencing about six weeks
before the expected yield. Give room
in the sections as soon as needed to
delay swarming as long as possible.
You can not expect to extract much
honey from weak colonies. Honey
should not be extracted before it is
sealed up by the bees, or it may soul
on your hands.
"A simple, homely remedy for many
tree ailments and enemies is wood
ashes. or if not to be had, coal ashes
with e sprinkling OF lime-but ashes
ashes to- be used freely before mulch
ing against frost or droughD; after
mulching. that no tree enemies may
harbor therein, the mulching itself,
when gathered up, to be burned and
returned to the trees. Young trees
should have plenty of iron filings OF
cinders around the roots when planted.
If the iron is not needed it will not be
absorbed, therefore there can he ne
harm in its use.