Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-11-29
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.
All plants wanted for towering
should never be allowed to produce
seed; to prevent this. cut all the old
lowers OF as soon as they wither.
Pigeons areguod when the breasts
are plump and red looking. The flesh
OF an old one is dark, and the breast il
not so plump. Squads are plump,
soft-skinned. with almost pink flesh.
Potato Buns.-Boil four gOod-sized
potatoes. mash and sift through
sieve; add one and one-half pints of
flour. two teaspoonfuls Of baking pow
der. one pint of cream or milk; form
in small cakes and bake in . creased
tin.
Peach Pot Pie.-Put into q baking
dish lined with paste some sliced
peaches; sprinkle them with soft white
sugar and q little powdered cinnamon.
Let it bake slowly for three hours. un-
til the juice candies When cold it is
very delicious.
Seeds should be thoroughly cleaned
before drying and saving them. To
properly remove tomato seeds place
the pulp in water and allow it to re-
main two days. Then wash we'll. rinse,
dry them and put them in tight walls.
Every crop has at some time dur.
ing the year rise and depression in
price. and the live farmer must keep
posted upon the condition Of the mar
ket so as to sell to the best advantage.
1t often requires more wisdom to mar.
ket crops probably than to grow good
crops.
Plants sometimes need variety OF
food as we'll as animals. Variety gives
them all that may be needed. A plan,
will not thrive if given an excess of
one kind Of food and stinted in another.
In applying fertilizers the object
should be to use substances that are
lacking to certain extern: in the
soil.
Before earthing up celery pull
away all spotted or withered leaves,
for if left they will be sure to rot aud
often faint others that are perfectly
fresh. A few degrees of frost won't
hurt celery; the leaves may wilt in the
morning, but after they thaw out they
will be plump and fresh enough.
Fish with Crumbs. the
fish by soaking and mince it rather
coarsely. and then put it in layers into
a well-butterec pan, with bread
crumbs. a little pepper. salt and
grated nutmeg between each layer. and
bring to boil; pour over little
stock, just sufficient to moisten it; then
add another layer OF bread crumbs.
put into the oven and serve hot
Bread Griddle Cukes.-One quart
milk. boiling hot; two cups fine bread
crumbs, three eggs, teaspoon nut
meg, one tablespoon melted butter.
one-half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
soda dissolved in hot water; break the
bread into the boiling milk and let
stand for ten minutes in a covered
bowl, then beat to a smooth paste; add
the yelks of the eggs we'll whipped.
the butter. salt. soda. and finally the
whites of the eggs previously whipped
stiff.
While tho man who feeds his hogs
until they are from fifteen months to
two years old may find the business
Improbable. one who feeds well for
nine or ten months and then sells may
reap large profit, although the price
secured per pound be the same in both
cases. Food given to young animals
of all kinds produces a greater return
in growth Of carcass. in proportion to
the amount consumed, than when to
older ones, and in no class of live
stock is this advantage more apparent
than in swine. Li0e Stock
journal.