Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-07-26
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.
Unless butter be kept in a moist at
mOsphere the water of the brine viii
eyapOrate, leaving the salt on the out
side.
The pigs should begin to eat milk
from the trough at three weeks old.
and they may safely be weaned at six
weeks old. in favorable weather.
Western Swineherd.
In making oatmeal pudding take
one pound of oatmeal. put into basin:
add litter pepper, salt and Clipped
onion. Rub in four ounces of pork
suet till it forms ball. Wrap in a
clean cloth, put into boiling water, and
cook for two hours.
Boiled Berry Pudding.-One pint
of bread crumbs soaked in one pint of
sweet milk, three beaten eggs, one and
one-half cups of sifted flour. one-fourth
Of a teaspoon of salt; roll out and spread
with one pint of berries: roll up and
boil in pudding bag one and one-half
hours.
Milk can be fed-to poultry in any
condition either as skinned milk. but
ter milk, curds, or when mixed with
meal or ground grain of any kind. 1t
is valuable food for egg production,
being rich in albumen. and supplies
many substances that may be lacking
in other foods.
Roses look finest when grown in
groups. The rOseis gross feeder and
loves cultivation. Liquid manure suits
its appetite and is especially good when
the soil is not of the richrst. Apply
when growth is vigorous for three or
four weeks n occasional doses, before
the beginning of bloom. - american
Garden.
Cows coming in on full feed may
suffer from over-distended bags. if
MIXED only at night and morning.
Such cows may be MIXED also at noon,
and it is better to do so than to run the
risk of the injury which may follow
neglect on this matter. Remember.
these are often the most valuable
breeding cows in the herd.
Lemon Custard.-The yelks of
four eggs and the whites of two. one
cupful of sugar, one cupful of cold wa.
ter, a lump of butter half the size of
an egg, a tablespoonful of corn-starch
rubbed smooth in little cold water,
and the grated rind and the juice of a
large lemon. Beat together thorough
" and bake like plain custard. Beat
the two reserved whites with three
tablespoonful of sugar, pour over the
custard and brown slightly. Serve
with cake.-Good Housekeeping.
Cup Plum Pudding.-Take one cup
of raisins. currants. -four. bread
crumbs, suet and sugar. Stone the
raisins, wash and dry the currants,
chop the suet, and mix all the above
ingredients well together, then add two
ounces of cut candied lemon peel and
citron, little mixed spice, salt and
ginger, say half a teaspoonful of each,
stir in four well-beaten eggs. and milk
enough to make mixture so that a
spoon will stand upright in it. Tie it
loosely in cloth. or put it in mold.
plunge it into boiling water, and. boil
for three and one-half hours.
"A fruit raiser in Indiana finds cop
peras-sulphate of iron-the cheapest
and least dangerous substances that
can be employed for killing currant
worms. He gives the following direc-
ton for its use: ITO one gallon of rain
water and a teacupful of copperas, dis
solving the copperas in the water. and
with an ordinary sprinkler sprinkle well
the bushes about the time the worms
first make their appearance. If this APP |
plication is made at the time the first |
signs of these pests are noticed once is |
but should they hatch and be-
come numerous then two or three more |
sprinklings are required"