Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-09

s-sn. Of Ianen-Lsu.on Syrup-Aiiss'
and Hungarian GrAss-Fe1-s'h"
Hay-sunner Flowing.

Put out more peas. Have a sueces
sion Of them until summer
Wherever there is iog damp place
,haya should BE a ditch or an under layer
OF drain tile.
Crrran,ade together one pound
nj In red currents with one-hali tner
ua;iht oi rnspterries, and half a pouhh
NJ mar and one gallon OF eold waller.
sur strsin and bottle whatever - nol
nseded At once. 1t vii keep on ice Tor
several days
Str vferry Ice.-Wash and hull the
fruit ard press it through colzDdef. 10
every Quart OF the expressed juice and
min aid one teacupful OF cold water.
sweeten to taste, very sweet taste, then
s,;y in the unbeaten whites oil three eggs
and freeze ike ice cream. The result IS
a very delicious desert and one easiy
made.
Lemon Syrup.-To every pint oil the
mice OF sound, unblemished lemons and
one pound and half Of sugar, boil, skin
I and seal in cans like fruit. Orange l1lee
+ with one-fourth or one-sixth OF the guam
tity OF lemon juice added, may he simi-
7 ilarly prepared. These preparations are
economical at some seasons OF the year
/ and as good for cooking purposes, or ior
a beverage, as the fresh iruit.
( Chickens from black fowls, such as
! La.lgshans, Black Hamburgs, Courier
I Pattes, and EVEN Spanish and Black
Minorcas, come with more or less white
/ in their do why coloring, and sometimes
/ black or black and yellowish white on
the under part, and sometimes part OF
/ the head is white, and even the flight
( feathers show come white when they be-
gin to grow, but they soon disappear.
Arsenical poisons Paris green and
London purple were used the past sea
son ior protection against curculion or
| plums and the co,idling worm on apples
| To eifectually make the plum and apple
| culture profitable the irnlt-grO1er in each
neighborhood should act in concert. The
object should be to prevent the maturity
OF single insect, il possible, in order to
lessen the work another season. 1t il
believed that by united work these pests
may in time lie subdued or externIinated
but it cannot be accomplished by the
efforts OF d single individual.
Laying hens are very fond OF broken
bones. They help to digest other food
when they cannot get at sharp gravel
and with the strong digestive apparatus
which fowls have, every part is made
use OF. The lime goes to make the shells
but ii the bones have been only cooked
and not burned, they are full Of materia
only advantage from burning bones is Il
l. . - ~
towels certainly DO not like them as well
nor are they 70 good Tor them as wher
broken 40 without burning.
I There is great and notable increas4
in the demand for sweet cream, and thi.
is likely to continue. One cause doubt
less is the use of creameries and OF ic,
for making cream rise quickly, and viii
the least possible injury by absorption
from the air. Cream is ne longer old be
fore it is gathered in TACT, it is unafecte,
by injurious odors, as is new milk. Tn,
old-fashioned cream raised in open pan
Is good Tor cooking purposes; but Xix
cooking butter it cannot be made gener
ally popular as that from creameries is.
Preserving Fence Posts.-WaIdc F
Brown suggests that the end posts, whlcl
must bear the strain OF stretching th
wires, be set with concrete. 1t will tax
but few cents worth Of cement to
post, and will make it perfectly firm a
the bottom, and also more durable thai
if set in the clay. 1t is almost impossible
to set posts firm enough so that they wi
not yield to the strain when the land
wet and soft, but by digging hole fftee
inches square and pounding it full {
coarse cement grout around the post
J will give base enough to the post to kee
it in place.
a correspondent makes inquiries r,
garding miliet and Hungarian gras,
They are very similar in appearance, BIT
the rnillet grows higher and affords BIZ
one cutting, while the Hungarian gras
: can be cut every five weeks ii the soil
rich. They are summer crops, and al
not usually sown until May. The ha
from millet and Hungarian grass
highly relished by all classes OF stool
and the yield is usually heavy. TIL
ground should he well manurei, ha
/ rowed fine and ten quarts OF seed per acl
sown, or even more ii = thick growth
desired.
Never throw away scrap OF liner
! Let this be craven upon the heart
, every woman. Every scrap of linen tn,
q has served its purpose should be car
fully washed and ironed and laid away
a proper recepticle for home or hospit
use. Old handkerchief, table-napkin
e tablecloths, sheets, towels and pillo
1 cases should be placed in their -espec
i've places, so that when wanted The
= may he easily found. Despise no pie,
! oil linen however small. The linen pa
\ OF irayed cuffs or collars may Ire detacht
and put away for future use. The hen
OF tablecloths, sheets and pillow cas-
=, should be taken off before they a
:, lroned. Old towels that are so oite
thrown away, as OF no value, are also
+, use in cases OF illness. What a satisfa
I ton to the housekeeper it is when an a
+ peal is made for old linen by the hosnit
d TO know that she has hut to 90 to her o
en-drawer or box and put up pac
: age OF snowy, soft linen that NAV he
/ once despatched for the needs OF the SUI
: ering.