The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-04-19

INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORIGIN
OF HOG CHOLERA.
The Superiority OF Carrots and Mangle
wurtzels ms Food for Milk
Cows-Yield OF an Acre OF
Land In Strawberries.

| tne government Hultibtlcul Durcuu report,
44,6l2 ,s37 head of hogs, breeding ami
mails and young pigs.
Select seed corn carefully from the
best stalks, choosing the choicest ears,
and then hang them in o perfectly dry
place where they cannot freeze
A grindstone conveniently placed ready
for use, leaves no excuse for working
with dull axe or other cutting instru-
ment that never does good work.
Mashed Potatoes. Boil d quantity of
potatoes and pass them through sieve.
Put them into saucepan with good
| lump of butter, and salt TO taste; add q
| little milk, and work them well with u
spoon on q slow fire fora few minutes,
adding small quantities Of milk as it is
required, until they get Of the desired
consistency.
Potato Pudding: Boil four large po-
tatoes and pass them through sieve;
stir into them powdered loaf sugar to
taste, and the yelks Of two OF three eggs
add few drops Of essence Of lemon,
then the whites of the eggs whisked TO
froth; mix quickly and well pour into
plain mould, buttered and PREDETERMINED,
and bake for twenty minutes in quick
oven.
An acre OF land will produce five or six
times as many Strawberries, in bushels,
as II will Of wheat, and the prices usually
lohtained for strawberries are more than
three times as much as for wheat One
acre OF strawberries viii bring as much
profit as fifteen acres OF wheat, while the
cost ef raising the strawberries is proper
tionately hut little more than that Of pro-
ducing wheat.
An extensive apple-gower in Illinois
| is said to plant only half as far apart as
the trees should stand permanently, and
then he brings three-fourths of them into
bearing as soon as possible by eirdling.
letting them produce all they will until
the permanent ones need the room. The
girdled trees are then cut out and the
others have all the needed space for
growth and productiveness.
Have you a good stock Of carrots and
mangle wurtzels in your cellars for your
milk cows9 II you have you are lucky
man. II you have not, II is too late now
to provide them, but make your calcula-
tions to SOW the seeds OF them literally
the present season. Ycu will never com
plain that you have too many Of such
roots for your stock. Cows, oxen, horses,
and sheep actually need green food in
winter as much as in summer.
There is no doubt whatever about the
benefits 10 be derived from wel-con-
Quoted creamery, observes Dakota far
mer, not only to the farmers, but TO ev-
cry one within the limits Of operations
II gives the farmer cash market for his
cream, and enables him to pay cash for
supplies. II gives him an inducement 10
better his stock, and to employ better
and'more profitable methods OF caring for
them, in addition to many other benefits
Cold Slaw Put three tablespoonfuIs
OF vinegar in saucepan with little salt
and pepper beat two eggs very light and
mix with a teaspoonful OF sifted flour, n
teaspooniul Of butter, teaspoonful Of
sugar and half teaspoonful Of ground
mustard. Set the vinegar on the stove,
and when II boils stir in the mixture,
adding bali cup Of milk Cook for two
minutes stirring constantly. Pour the
sauce over the shred cabbage and let il
become cold before serving.
Oysters Ia Boulette: Put one quart
Of oysters in their own liquor. Let come
to boil, turn in a hot dish, strain. Put
two ounces OF butter in q saucepan, let
heat, sprinkle in a tablespoonful Of
sifted -four, let cook one minute, stir and
add cupful Of the oyster liquor. Take
from the fire and mix in the yelks Of two
eggs, little salt, very little pepper, one
teaspooniul Of lemon juice and one grated
nutmeg Beat well, return TO the fire,
heat well, but not boil. Drop in the oys-
ters. Dish and boil.
Salad dressing for Oysters Take the
yelks Of three raw eggs, small table
spoonful OF mustard, teaspooniul Of
salt, two taBlespoonfuls Of white sugar,
an atom OF cayenne peper, a cup OF oil
or butter melted, small half-cup Of vim
egar, the juice Of lemon. Beat the eggs
very light with the sugar, add the mus
tard salt and pepper. Mix in the butter
and vinegar in small quantities alternate
ly, and, just before pouring goyerthe salad
add two cups Of whipped cream. To
whip cream, let ii stay on the ice few
hours, then whip with an eggbeater.
Potato Balls: Take half dozen pota-
toes boil them, pass them through a
sieve, and work into them in bowl one
gill Of cream and the yelks OF three eggs
add pepper, salt and nutmeg to taste
and some parsley finely chopped. When
they are well mixed and smooth, take
them up by tablespoonfus, roll each in
ball, ilatten it and -four it slightly
Lay themin q saucepan with plenty Of
butter melted, and cook them slowly. |
Turn them over when one side is DONE
and serve hot as soon as both sides are
colored.
The agricultural department after care