The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-05-19
Farm and Household.

-Bnckwheat, wheat and oats rank first
among egg-producing foods.
Corn Fritters.-Take two cups canned
corn, add three eggs well beaten, a table
spoonful of milk, enough -four to make the
batter just drop from spoon, then fry in
boiling lard.
-Unclean eggs should be washed OF
wiped when gathered. The shells are
porous, and pungent filth may penetrate
and spoil the meat. Eggs for long keeping
should not be washed only wiped.
1t requires more labor to engage in
gardening as compared with farming, but
less land is required. The most protitab Q
crops are noe those that give the largest
yields, but which bring the highest prices,
compared with the cost.
Shepherds Pie.-Spread oyer small
platter, thoroughly buttered, warm mashed
potatoes, mixed with milk enough to
make 1t little soft; set in the oYen to
brown; pour over IL minced cold mutton,
warmed in little thickened gravy.
Sweet corn (dried) is improved by add
ing twice as much sugar as salt in cooking
it. Turnips cooked in the same way are
better than when boiled with meat. Pars-
nips boiled in water slightly salted, which
is thickened with a graYey made of rich
milk, with little -four stirred in, when
the parsnips are tender, are excellent.
The best way of killing weeds is to
prevent them from growing. When the
corn is planted, If one will stoop down and
stir the soil with the finger, he will see a
great number of fine, white, silky threads
in It. These are the first growth of the
weeds, and If the land is stirred at this
time, the weeds are killed by millions with
but little trouble.
1t is not thought that the practice Of
spraying orchard trees with arsenical
solutions will.effect the bees which gather
nectar from the bloom, if the spraying is
done at the proper time, that is, just after
the blossoms have fallen. The applicass
tion before that time is injudicious at best,
as the larva enters the fruit after the young
apple has formed
IA nice, healthful pudding for desert
may be made by putting layer of stale
bread into a saucepan, then a layer of fruit,
sugar. more bread, fruit, ETC., until the
pan is full. Then add enough water to
moisten all well, sprinkle sugar over top,
which should be bread, and bake until
done-the bread should be Drowned nicely.
Serve with cream or rich milk.
Fruits In general contain but little
nutriment, but are of value as a food from
their sppetizing and, pleasant tastei from
their supplying in an agreeable way water
necessary TO food, and from the gentle
laxatiye effect of the acid present, In
addition, both fruits and vegetables supply
the body with potash. In this way they
counteract the seurvy engendered by diet
of salted meats.
Sweep from the walls toward the cent
er of the loom, and take up all thedirt
there with dust pan and small broom.
sweep with long, even strokes, always lift
ing the broom from the floor and holding
il fiat over the spot It was raised from for
q moment to keep the dust from flying
about the room. The new unworn brooms
should be kept for the carpets; partly worn
ones will do for sweeping dag stones, Gel
lars and rough places. A broom which is
Wetted occasionally wears best