Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
HOME AND FARM.

HOME AND FARM.
Wash flat-irons in soapsuds and
Try thoroughly, if they at oil give
trouble by dropping black specks.
TO entirely remove paint from
wood, apply thick coat Of two parts
freshly slaked lime and one part sal
soda, mix thick. After twenty-four
hours wash of.
1t is recommended, sometimes, to
change the garden spot, in order to get
rid Of weeds. If so, it will benefit it
greatly to SOW it with clover, if only to
tighten up the subsoil, and this the
clover roots will do. - =.
Old leather contains considerable
percentage of ammonia compounds.
which are very slowly soluble. Agood
way to dispose of old boots, therefore,
Is to bury them at the foot Of an apple
tree.
-Currant Sherbet: One pint of cur
rant juice, one pint of sugar, the juice
of a lemon and a quart of water. Boil
the water and sugar together for
twenty minutes, then add the currant
and lemon juice, Cool and freeze in
On ice-cream freezer.
Apple Meringue: Line pie-plate
with crust, and fill with stewed apples,
sweetened and favored. Bake until
the crust is done, then cover with
meringue made of whites of egg and
powdered sugar.
"A pretty rug may be made from
old hose of bright colors, by cutting
strips lengthwise and travelling them
into fringe, leaving enough unraveled
for a heading by which to sew the
fringe on canvas. Sew the rows so
closely as to overlap each other.
The Gulf Coast Progress makes the
sensible remark that 1.-The most profit
able of all farming is that which gives
the most diversified crop, coming in at
all times of the year. Truck farming,
an infant industry at present, through
out the South, is proving this beyond
a doubt
Go over the orchard at least once
a month and search for the borers, or
they will bore in too far to be reached.
Remove the earth from each tree and
examine the trunk carefully. The
borer may be known by the exudations
of the tree where it enters, and also by
the "chips'' it throws out.
DO not plant asparagus roots too
close together. If given plenty of
room the roots will soon fill up the
vacant spaces, have greater feeding
capacity and produce larger stalks. A
liberal application of manure should
be used both in fall and early spring
on the beds.
Fig Pudding: Soak pint of dried
bread crumbs in a pint of milk in
which you have dissolved pinch of
soda. Add three well-beaten eggs,
one-half a cupful of finely chopped
suet, and five tablespoonfuls of sugar
Mix thoroughly and then add six figs
which have been washed, dried and
chopped very fine. Boil In tin pud-
ding boiler for three hours: Eat with
hard sauce.-Good Housekeeping.
Dried Apple Cake: Soak three
cups of dried apples over night in warm
water, in the morning drain off the
water and chop fine; simmer two hours
in three cups Of molasses; cool and add
one and one-half cups shortening, one
cup of sugar, three eggs, one teaspoon
full cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful each
of cloves and nutmegs, one cup of sour
milk, two teaspoonfuls of soda dis
solved in hot water, five cups of flour;
add raisins and currants if desired,
-four them and stir in just before put
ting in the oven; bake in a moderate
oven. This is enough for three large
cakes.
"A Nebraska farmer, who claims to
have had much experience in growing
cottonwood trees from cuttings, states
that those taken from the tree in early
spring and put Immediately in the
ground do best. He plants them where
he wants them to grow, using spade
to make an opening in which to insert
them. He leaves only one or two buds
above ground, and presses the earth
firmly against the cutting. Planted In
this way not one in a hundred will fall
to grow if the season is favorable. II
the cuttings have been taken from tho
tree some time they should be soaked
in water for a week before they are
planted.
Women as homesteaders.
It is very common to find lone and