Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-02
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Tea should never b boiled, nor
allowed to stand long before drinking.
rs 1t thereby not only loses its fine
favor but becomes unwholesome.
Every farmer should have his
bookshelf He should read those
books and papers which will give him
information in his work. Our agri-
cultural press is growing better every
year.
Even in the garden It will not pay
to depend upon commercial fertilizers.
They can be used to advantage to some
extent, but the fact must not be lost
sight OF that barn-yard manure is al
ways the best.
Use your wood ashes on your fruit
trees and vines. For peaches it is the
best fertilizer known. Broadcasted
over the orchard ground it will great
~ increase the growth of new wood
and invigorate the trees.
"A farmer should be we'll versed in
the chemical makeup of the soil. He
should know something about structu-
raj botany. something of organic chem
istry, and much of animal life. that he
may feed intelligently and nurse adj
visedly.
-Currants can be easily grown, and
the bushes last many years with
care. The only difficulty is the cur
rant worm. which can be subdued
with application of hellebore. Cur
rants are always salable, and should
be more extensively grown.
Orange Custard Pie.-Bake, in
open shell. one cupful of powdered
sugar, one tablespoonful of butter,
one tablespoonful of smooth corn.
starch, one teacupful of boiling water.
yelks of three eggs. juice and grated
rind of one large orange. all mixed to-
gether. When "set." cover with
meringue of whites and brown.-Gooc
Housekeeping.
Rice Meringue.-One cup boiled
rice, one large pint milk, two eggs,
one large cup sugar, one lemon. Boil
the milk, stir in the rice. Beat yelks
with one-third of the sugar. then add
to the milk and rice and cook until
thick as soft custard. Take from the
fire and CRATE in rind of lemon; pour
into 6uttered dish. Beat whites with
the rest of sugar. and add juice OF
lemon; pour over pudding and brown.
A delicious pudding.
-Sorrel Soup.-An excellent flavor.
new to most of us. One pint sleeps
sorrel light measure (bought in city
markets or gathered in country fields),
one onion. a few leaves of lettuce
and parsley, all chopped fine; one
quarter teaspoon nutmeg. one table,
spoon fat, two tablespoons -four. three
pints water. egg. one cup milk. salt
and pepper. Heat the fat, add the
chopped vegetables and sweat or
steam for ten minutes, then add -four
and boiling water. milk or cream just
before serving. Serve fried bread
with it
Oats are beyond question the best
crop to seed grass and clover with. 1t
is not so much the crop as the con-
dition of the soil and the time that
favors the successful growth of grass;
oats secure the very best time. and II
that crop is properly prepared for, 1t
affords all the necessary conditions Of
soil. If farmers would always SOW
their grass and cloverseed upon we'll
MANFRED soil, fresh plowed and we'll |
we should hear no more Of |
poor catches and half-s0wn meadows,
and if farmers would only give their |
oat crop liberal quantity of manure.
which it will repay with good interest.
they can always get good catch OF
grass and clover on the land-Amer-
lean Arricrlturist