The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-05-11
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


If sassafras bark is sprinkled
among dried fruit it will keep out the
worms.
If you do not wish cloddy and
lifeless ground in the spring, keep the
cattle off the fields when the soil is
soft.
-Ihe easiest and best kind Of
gardening for farmers is to plant
vegetables in long rows, SO that the
cultivating may be done with horse.
"A generous feed of corn in the
evening viii induce turkeys and ducks
to come home to roost Let them
60 off in the morning with a light
breakfast.
Dumplngs for chickens or stewed
meats can be made without eggs if
they are made with flour, slittle water
and salt and rolled very thin, cut in
long strips and broken, not cut when
put into the kettle.
-Parsnips and satisfy (oyster plant
are perfectly hardy, so that only
enough for winter supply need be dug
up and housed in the fall Those left
in the ground viii come out fresh and
sound in the spring.
When a farmer pays interest
through a long series of years until
payment has equaled the principal and
the debt is still, undiminished, he must
conclude that he has been working for
somebody more fortunate than he.
Pressed Chicken.-Cook two chick
eas in slightly sailed water till tender;
pick from the bones; add salt and pep
per; chop fine, and place in crock
with plate over it; pour the liquor
over; put on weight and let it stand
over night; it will slice down and is
good enough for anybody.
"A housewife says it is moisture,
not heat, that causes honey to sour.
She has kept 1t well for a year on top
OF the kitchen cupboard, and not more
than eight feet from the stove. Still
1t is good advice to store in cool, dry
place, as in such temperature the
Matching of any eggs of the wax-moth
that may be present can be prevented.
Let the calf have free access to the
mother, says the Western Rural, and
draw the milk as often as possible. If
the udder is so sore that she will not
let the calf suck, give dose of salts,
with a half ounce of ginger and half
ounce of nitrate of potash, dissolved
in quart of boiling water, and given
to the cow lukewarm. A faxssed
poultice is also very good.
"A good way to prepare eggs for
breakfast is to make baked omlet.
Take six eggs, three even spoontuls
flour. little salt, and beat them well
together-the more it is beaten the
lighter it will be-then add one pint of
hot milk and keep on beating, Have
a hot dish with some melted butter the
size of an egg, and put into the oven.
Bake twenty minutes, and eat when it
comes from oven. for it will fall soon.
Marrow pudding. This pudding
may be made in various ways. but it is
best with half pound of ladies' fin
gers cake and quarter of a pound of
beef marrow, chopped fine, quarter
| of q pound of currants well cleaned,
half an ounce of candied lemon peel,
a little nutmeg. tablespoonful OF
powdered sugar, a saltspoonful of salt,
and half wine-glassful of wine er
brandy. Put these on dish and fill
up with custard, having previously put
a border os paste on the rim; about
half an hour will do it.
-Californians have method of pre-
serving fruit without sugar so that
it will keep sound and fresh for
years. The recipe Is as follows:
Fill clean, dry, wide mouthed bot
tie with fresh, sound fruit; add
nothing, not even water. Be sure
that the fruit is we'll and closely pack
ed in, and ram the corks, of best quail
ity, tightly down into the neck of the
bottles until level with the glass. Now
tie the corks down tight with strong
Irvine, and after putting the bottles
into bags, stand them in pan or boiler
of cold water. Let the water reach
not quite to the shoulder of the bottles
Let the fire be moderate, and bring
the water to boiling. Boil gently for
ten minutes, remove it from the fire
and allow all to cool.