The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-15
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A pound of seeds yield about TO-
600 sticks of asparagus.
Plant onions, parsnips and other
crops thai are to be weeded by hand,
In straight and narrow drills
Use plenty of fine manure around
the rose bushes, keep down the grass
and keep them properly trimmed after
they have become strong and vigorous.
If the boys and girls can be in
duced to pull weeds, fight potato bugs
and spend part of each day in the gar
den, it will pay in health if not in
money.
TO cleanse channels skin, run into
it plenty of soft soap, let it lie in a
warm solution of soda water for two
hours, rub clean, and rinse in warm
water in which soda and hard soap
have been dissolved. - Good Housekeep-
ing.
-Water-Cresses-Wash'we pick off
decayed leaves and leave in ice-water
until you are ready to eat them. They
should then be well shaken free Of
wet and piled lightly IN glass dish.
Eat with salt. They are piquent APP
petizer on sultry mornings and very
wholesome.
-Iti is a great mistake to fence off q
farm vegetable garden. and lay
it out in beds which require hand
culture. Make the garden in the open
field, and plant in long rows. wide
enough apart to cultivate with horse,
and the greater part of the labor will
be saved.
Potato Turnovers--M Mix about a
pint-of hot mashed potato with one
egg, season to taste and roll it in flour.
Make it into balls and press or roll it
out thin, put a tablespoonful of meat,
minced and seasoned, on one half, fold
over and press the edges together and
brown on side in drippings.
-.' Preserves of any kind to be per-
feet must be made with the greatest
care. Economy of time and trouble is
waste of fruit and sugar. The best
are made by putting only a small
amount of fruit into the sirup after it
has been clarified, as it is difficult to
watch a large quantity to insure its
being done to turn
-Begonias grow we'll in light,
sandy: loam with a small addition of
leaf mold. They are quite at home in
the shade. but require a moist, warm
temperature to fully develop the beauty
of the foliage. They do tolerablY we'll
as room plants, but the dry air robs
the colors of their brilliancy. Never
theless, they are still handsome and
interesting plants in rooms.
WHAT'S called thirty-grain "soda
test vinegar is strong enough for all
practical purposes, and we may add
that this is the standard strength as
used by the manufacturers of pickles
of various kinds. To test sample of
vinegar. weigh out thirty grains Of
bicarbonate of soda and one troy
ounce ofvinegar. If the vinegar will
neutralize the whole of it, the vinegar
may be considered as thirty grains
strength; if it does not, then it is be-
low standard. "a
Boiling water will usually take
out berry stains; if not, use a little
chloride of lime in the water. For
raspberry stains there is nothing bet
to,, thap uoaE .co1ut;oo Of oy,,,,o,,o
Washing.with acohol, or wetting the
spots and rubbing with soap and soda,
will take out grass stains. Ink dis
colorations in white goods will COM
monty disappear when pounded salts
of lemon are placed on the stains and
they are placed in the hot sun for
fifteen minutes. Good Housekeeping.