The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07

Early Plo "ing-Fat Sheep-Foul Air in
Stables-Soiling Crops-Oatmeal
Mush for Children-Notes.

Stables-Soiling Crops-Oatmeal
Mush for Children-Notes.
When pear trees refuse to grow and ap-
pear dorment cultivate them well and
apply plenty of wood ashes around them.
Trim back the wood and give the trunks
a good washing with strong soapsuds.
A heavy plank drawn over lawn-plot
will serve to render it smooth. thus
greatly aiding the lawn-mower after the
grass is up. The lawn grass, being very
short, may be cured and stored away for
the use of poultry in winter.
Have you evergreens about the house :?
Trim them up this spring so that they
will look ship-shape. Two or three hum
dred dollars can often be added to the
'Eaiue OF a farm by an hour or two's work
IN pruning the ornamental trees.
Everybody can raise berries--the farm
er, the villager aid the resident. If YOU
have walk ten feet long border it with
the finest Strawberries. Do not try to
grow them iii careless, sip-shod way.
bill the ground with richness and YOU
will be astonished and well paid
Tomatoes cut into thick slices and
baked in a dripping pan make most
ageeable garnish. Sprinkle pepper and
fine bread crumbs over each slice, and in
the space between the slices put little
Jumps of butter. Bake till tender. and
serve hot on the platter with meat.
Early plowing exposes the soil to the
action of the rain, frost and sun. and the
earlier the work is done the finer will be
the particles OF earth and the more avail
able'the plant food. Quite a number of
insects will also be exposed to the sur
face, while the loosening of the soil also
permits the ground to become warm
early.
Foul air in stables affects the quality of
milk, and where stables are small and
crowded the air is so loaded with impuri-
ties as to destroy the natural sweet
flavor OF the milk. These are facts for
all users of milk to know. They should
stimulate careful personal inquiry as to
whether the milk used is clean or is
filled with poisonous animal matters.
One of the prettiest ornaments for
shelf is a square or oblong glass with
beveled edges. On this glass paint a
landscape. A snow scene is particularly
adapted for this. A glass ten inches
high by eight wide is a good size. This
may be placed upon an easel when it is
done, or may be glued to plush panel,
which can be hung on the wall.
Most every farmer is aware of the fact
that sheep must be fat to make the best
but few conceive the idea that
properly and well fed sheep produces
more and better wool than one poorly fed
and cared for. Wool is product from
feeding, just the same as fat or fest, and
the flock should be fed and managed with
a view to wool growth, and that of fine
quality.
Chow chow requires one peck of green
tomatoes, four very small, solid cabbages,
six onions and six green bell peppers, all
chopped fine and mixed. Sprinkle a cup
ful over the mixture and let it stand over
night. In the morning drain off the juice
and add two pounds Of brown sugar, one
cupful of mustard seed and one gallon of
vinegar to the chopped mixture Boil
until it looks clear and tender and put in
jars. This is declared to be "way up"
Tomatoes cut into slices and baked
make a delicious entree, but to serve
with brazed fowls and in highly seasoned
slices, be dipped in flour, and then be
Drowned in butter, with salt and pepper
scattered on each slice. This process
imparts an indescribable flavor to the
tomatoes which nothing else could give,
and a new joy awaits the lover of good
things who has not partaken of this
relish. 1t is most agreeable as garnish
for fat and juicy roast of beef, as well as
of fowl and lamb.
The ways in which an omelet may be
made to vary are almost without number.
The omelet with fine herbs is favorite
with those people who like high season.
ing. Then the most fastidious delight in
an ome.et with mushrooms. These, of
course, must be chopped, or be broken in
fine bits, before they are mixed with the
omelet parsley alone, rubbed very fine,
imparts delicious favor to a plain
omelet; tomatoes added to the omelets
just before it hardens, those having been
already cooked, give an excellent relish
to it /; later in the season oysters chopped
fine, or the Little Neck clam, render an
omeiet dish to be longed for and to be
eaten with indescribable gusto.
Oatmeal mush for children or invalids:
Take one cup granulated oatmeal, half
of salt and one scant quart of
boiling water. Put the meal and salt in
the double boiler, pour on the boiling
water and cook two or three hours. Re-
move the cover just before serving and
stir with fork to let the steam escape
If the water in the lower boiler be
salted the meal will cook more
quickly. Serve with sugar or salt and
cream. Baked sour apples sauce and
apple jelly are delicious eaten with the
oatmeal. They should be served with
the mush, and the cream and sugar
poured over the whole. They give the
acid flavor, which so many crave in the
Coarse oatmeal is not suitable
for any form of w&terbrash, acidly or
bowel irritation. 1t often causes erup-
tions on the skin in warm weather
Planting Trees: The trees being snugly
heeled-in, do rot plant until the weather
is settled, especially until the long wind
storms are over These winds are dan
gerous and shrivel up the bark and des-
troy the verdure of the buds, which the
roots cannot yet supply with moisture.
If the trees come to hand early in the
spring, it is best to heel them in until
the weather gets warm If trees after
long journey in warm weather are found
to have the buds started and the bark
shriveled, trim them back and cut each
branch back to sound, dormant bud.
Then dig trench in suitable soil, and
lay in the trees one by one, taking care
that in filing in every part Of the shriyel-
ed bark is in contact with the moist soil.
Cover all completely, root and branch,
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