The Arizona sentinel., 1888-07-28
HOME AND FARM.
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new Boston enterprise.
 Fried Tomatoes: Cut either near " ripe or green tomatoes into slices, dip in batter and fry in hot fat, same as egg plant.
 -Quass, the fermented cabbage water of the Russians, is their popular tipple. It is described as resembling a mixture of stale fish and soapsuds !n taste, yet next to beer it has more votaries than any other fermented beverage.
 Tea and coffee are not foods. II this pair of moderate stimulants were lost from off the face of the earth to- day and forever they would not tako away an ounce of physical prosperity. They have no mission, do no good are simply cumberers of the table that add to nothing save expense.-DGUe,s- port (Ia.) Democrat Gazette.
 If any large stones or stumps are in clover or grass fields, and can not be got out before harvest, they should be marked by going through the field and placing a pole well set in the ground. By so doing mowing-ma- chine knife may be saved, and thus several dollars and much loss of valua- ble time saved.
 Milan Cake: Half pound of sift- ed four, a quarter of a pound of but ter, six ounces of sugar, two table spoonfuls of thick sour cream and one egg. Make a paste of these ingredi- ents, roll it out and cut it into dia- mond-shaped pieces. Glaze with egg, and bake in a hot oven. When cold, place bit of jam or jelly in the center of each and serve.
 Starch enters largely into the con- position of many vegetables, and on the prevalence of this element depends the digestibility of the vegetable. To free this element and have it thorough ly incorporate itself with the other ele- ments in the vegetable great amount of heat is necessary, and hence it is that all vegetables should be put down to cook in boiling water.
 -Tapioca and sago make good cold deserts, combined with berries or fruit. Oranges cut up small and stirred into one cup of tapioca that has boiled clear, and been sweetened, are an at tractive dish. Served with sugar and cream, raspberries, peaches, strawber- ries and cherries make variety of the same dish.
 Plenty of digestible food, and two hours stolen from the middle of busy day are the best remedies for nervous exhaustion. Frequent feeding, such as a tumbler of milk, or a bowl of bouillon every two hours is strongly advised. In these days of extracts of there is no need for any one who can pay for them to go hungry. MagGzine.
 It will take at least five pounds of corn fed to pig in pen to make one pound of pork. When allowed to have all the grass it will eat, one pound Of corn fed to pig will make it thrive, and two pounds day will cause it to fatten. The grass system is the cheap est, and it will make the best neat Western SaOineherd.
 Do not attempt to use kerosene and water together, as the two liquids will not mix. Hence, some plants may be sprayed with pure kerosene, and others with the water. If the kero- sene be first mixed with milk or soap suds, and water then added, an emul- sion may be obtained that will be well mixed. Many plants are often killed by improper modes of making the emulsion, and too much care in regard to the use of kerosene can not be taken.
 To prevent the work of the borer on peach trees the Fdrns and Home recommends that all the earth around the trees be cleared away for foot in diameter on each side of the trunk and down to the roots. Kill any borers that may show evidence of being present, and then paint the tree to eight inches above the ground with a mixture com- posed of three pints fish oil, three pints soft soap, two pounds whale-oil soap and two pounds sulphur and return the earth to the roots.