The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-04-21
FARM AND FlRESIDE.

"A farmer can not afford to plant
poor seed. A mongrel crop of any kind
of vegetable is poor class of goods to
thrust upon a market expecting to re-
ceive remunerative 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.
The farmer objects to giving his
note and having it discounted for cash.
The sharper says: 80, we'll keep the
note" and he writes across the face
mot transferable" In short time it
is found in the hands of another party,
with an ''e'' added to the mot which
makes it read mote transferable"
-Recipcs-To make a lemon drop:
Let it fall off the table. To make a
stomach cake: Use plenty of unripe
fruit. To make a (Dice (s)cream:
Stick a pin in the baby. To make pastry
neatly: Have every thing in apple-pie
order. TO make cats-sup: Give them
milk. To make nice pickle: Hunt in
draws for something in the dark.
-Honey-comb pudding: Half cup
of flour, half cup of sugar, half cup
of butter, half cup of milk; beat these
together we'll. Then add four eggs
well beaten. Into half pint of molas-
SEES stir one teaspoonful of soda until it
foams, and add this last. Bake in a
slow oven. Serve with cream sauce or
beaten cream.
An Illinois horticultural society de-
cides that the deterioration of orchards
noticeable everywhere, is due princi-
pally to double cropping the land and
starving the trees; and that the secret
of their restoration lies in blowing I'M
der green crops, or sowing clover to
remain uncut for the double purpose OF
mulch and manure.
"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 as 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.
1t certainly does not pay to keep q
low grade of sheep and then let them
take care of themselves. The small
amount of wool secured, as well 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 a much better growth of wool
can be secured if they be reasonably
well cared for than if they be left to
themselves.
In regard to getting the best yield
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 sour
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 2 sprinkling OF lime-but ashes
ashes to be used freely before mulch.
ing against frost or drought; 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 be nc
harm in its use.