Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-22
HOME AND FARM.
Crane Butter-House Slops-Novel hay
B.lers-Milet for Silo-Chili Sauce
Grape Wine-Corn Fritters.

Bslers-Milet for Silo-CniH oauSe
Grape Wine-Corn Fritters.
According to DR.. Cornet, tuberculosis
is nine times more frequent among nur-
ses than among any other class OF per-
SONS.
As soon as the peach and pear crop ID
off cultivate among the trees to Kill out
the grass and weeds, in order to save Ia
Dor next season.
Next month lawn grass seed may be
sown for the spring crop of lawn grass;
Spade the ground well and rake the seed
In, hut cover very lightly.
As plants vary in their desire for foods
it is not impossible for piece Of ground
TO fail in the production of certain kinds
of crops and yield largely Of others, owing
to the composition OF the soil and the
plant food contained therein.
Chill Sauce.-Take six large ripe to-
matoes, one onion, one red pepper, two
cups OF vinegar, two tablespoonful OF
sugar, one table spoonful of salt chop
very fine and boil one hour. In making
ten times this amount let it boil five or
six hours.
Grape Butter Press the finest grapes
through a colander, and to each quart OF
the substance add one and quarter
paunds Of sugar, spice to taste and boil
slowly for one hour, stirring frequently.
Put in stone or glass jars and keep in
cool place.
Corn Fritters. dozen ears Of
sugar corn, grated or scraped three eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately I;
three grated crackers, one tablespoonful
OF melted butter, pepper and salt to taste.
II not thick enough, add a little more
cracker. Fry in butter and lard mixed.
The old horse is safer and better for the
use of the younger members OF the family
than younger ones, but for general farm
work horse should he Young and strong.
During the summer, when the work is
very heavy, the horses should be fed
three times a day and given two hours
lest at noon.
Grape Wine.-Secure the finest grapes
and press out all the Juice. To each gal
lon add three pounds of sugar; stand in
an open vessel in the cellar to ferment,
keeping the vessel filed by adding sweet
ened water When done fermenting,
put into cask and bung tightly.
The best points Of dairy COW can be
seen when the cows are at their best,
and then is the best time to make your
selection, because in the aggregate the
farm stock has paid should not be salts
factory. 1t is important to know not
only which kind of stock, but also which
animals pay the largest per cent Of profit.
Fruit trees cannot thrive on all kinds
OF exhausted soil. The tree will make a
growth of leaves and wood on poor land,
but they require mineral manure to per-
feet the fruit. Land that has been too
rough for blowing may yet have spaces
between the rocks where fruit trees will
thrive, and it is better than land that has
been exhausted by long cropping.
A soil containing free lime, potash or
magnesia is in condition to form rapidly
in warm weather under tilage valuable
compounds of nitrogen, which will hasten
plant growth. This process, called ult a.
faction of the soil, does not 90 ON rapidly
in the absence of lime, potash, soda, etc,
hence the importance of applying lime
nd potash to soils deficient 10 them.
Dahlias should always have stout
stakes driven close to the main stalk of
the plant to give the support needed in
case of high winds. Ii these stakes are
painted green they will not be noticeable,
and if they are taken indoors in autumn,
when the dahlia roots are taken up, they
will last several years. They are much
heater than anything that Happens to be
at hand" when you get around to attend
to this necessary work.
Baked Tomatoes. and quarter
nice large tomatoes and put them in a
colander to drain. Cut the crust from
come slices of stale bread, trim them 70
fit the bottom of buttered pudding dish,
and fry them to light brown in hot fat.
Dip them in sailed boiling milk, and fit
in the dish lay on the drained tomatoes,
season with salt and pepper, cover thickly
with bread crumbs, not with butter, and
strew over scant teaspoonfnl OF sugar.
lnvert a tin pie plate over it, and bake for
twenty minutes take the cover off and
brown.
Good Use for House Slops.-If YOU
save all the slops from the house. the
wash-water, and sude of sundry occasions
during the week you will find that YOU
have supply of nutriment at hand to
draw upon which is far richer than
you have any idea 1t will not make a
poor soil permanently rich, but it will
afford sufficient nutriment to nourish
such plants as you grow in it during the
summer in a very satisfactory manner.
We planted some annuals on stiff CLAW
that had been thrown out of a cellar. We
water them regularly with suds and slops
and they surpass in growth and flori-
terousness those grown in the garden.
Milet for the Silo.-This crop ia AN az.
ceedingly valuable one, although. per-
haps, because it is easily grown, it is net
popular. Last year crop of miIlet was
sown IN four-acre field, that ha1 been
III pasture Tor several years and had been
| well manfred. The crop grew .thickly
and tall-nearly six feet-betore the
heads began to appear, and it was cut be-
tore half the heads had emerged from the
sheaths. The four acres yielded twenty
five large two-horse wagon loads of half.
cured fodder, which was put into small
silo sixteen by twenty and fifteen feet
deep. The fodder fed eight head of horses
and colts, two yoke OF working oxen,
fifteen head of two-and-three-year old
steers and heifers, fourteen yearlings and
bull. equal to forty-two head for eleven
weeks, and the fodder was eaten preedilv
to the last without any waste. At this
rate one acre would have fed one head for
one hundred and fifteen weeks, or more
than two years. Then what better and
cheaper crop is there than this. which
occupies the ground only three months,
requires no cultivation and costs for aIII
expenses not more than 81 per acreP But
1t needs good soil and earlier sowing than
usual. -'