The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-10
FARM AND FlREslnE.

There should be ! supply Of RED
peppers kept during the winter to be
Ted to poultry with their regular food.
The curry-comb is q source Of pleas
ure to the h,,rse, or an instrument Of
torture. accordingly as it is handled.
Good feeding racks always return
large interest upon the money In
vested. It never pays to throw feed Of
any kind upon the ground - Form.
Field and Stocknsa.,. w.
NO greater error In Judgment is
ever committed by any farmer than to
suppose that painstaking work is not
paying work. You nevc: hear those
who are succeeding best and who are
making the money expressing them
selves in this way -, IS :
All birds should be picked and
drawn as soon as possible after being
killed. To do this properly every pin
feather should be removed, and the
bird should be singed, then drawn, the
head and feet cut of, the oil-bag re-
moved and the wind-pipo taken out.
The giblets should be dressed.
The great secret in making UNDER
draining q permanent improvement is
in securing uniform fall when laying
the tile and maintaining a good outlet.
When this outlet has been closed year
or two, if there be good fall, reopen
| ing it will cause it to wash out OBJ
structing sediment.
Many farmers lose eggs in winter
by leaving one behind as nest-egg.
It is much more profitable to buy few
glass ones than to have good eggs
frozen whom worth four or Ave cents
each. Glass eggs will not cost over
three or four cents each, and will last
any length of time with care. Collect
eggs as soon after they are laid as pos
sible, in cold weather; otherwise they
will get chilled and will not hatch.
Apple Omelet: Pare, core and
stew six large, tart apples as for sauce
beat them very smooth while hot,
adding one tablespoon of butter. six
tablespoons OF white sugar, nutmeg tc
the taste, and one teaspoon of rose.
water; when quite cold add three eggs,
beaten separately very light, putting
in the whites last; pour into a deep
| pudding dish, previously warmed anG
| we'll buttered. Bake in moderate
oven until it is delicately Drowned
Eat warm, not hot.
Beans or peas designed for see6
should be put into tight barrels as soo1
as dry in.the autumn, and kept headed
up until the time of planting, and then
hot water should be poured in through
an auger hole to kill all of the weevil
in whatever state of development. Ir
this way they may be gotten rid of
/ In small quantities they may be KEEP
in tight boxes or heavy paper bags
Tie a lump of gum camphor in paper
and insert it in the middle of the DO,
or bag.
i Lime may not show it's beneficial
| effects on the soil for year or two, a.
tho character of the soil must be con
} sidered. Lime adds but very littl,
valuable plant food to the soil, as al
! soils contain lime, but its chemica
action on the inert matter of the sol
I liberals other substances that woult
|, rot be 9th erwise available. It shoul.
DO applied as regularly as manure, il
|. order to secure its assistance in de
composing the plant food already ex
iStinp in the soil
K CLAN Pie: Wash clean twent,
| good-sized clans, put them in a pa,
and pour three pints of boiling waite
over them, cover them tigh thy unit
the shells open, take out the clam
and chop them quite fine. Make
crust as for chicken-pie, line three
f quart basin with it, and put in tn
/ chopped CLANS, season with butter an,
i pepper. Pour over this the water il
which the shells were opened and dus
two rolled crackers over the top
|. Cover the whole with crust and bak
in a quick oven.-Rural New Yorker.