Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-09-14

rOOstlng places occasionally in the morn
ing. This will destroy vermin effectually
and if given time to evaporate will not
whiten the yellow legs of your fowls.
To preserve butter any length of time
work out first the buttermilk; second,
use rock salt; third, pack in air tight
cans or jars; fourth, keep in cool place.
With this treatment butter can be kept
sweet several months.
A Georgia farmer prevents cows from
jumping a fence by cutting off their lower
lashes-make them think the fence is
three times as high as it really is. If
you cut the upper lashes reverse delu-
sion will result, he says.
Wood ashes, where available. are the
cheapest fertilizer for fruit trees. In
their absence, bone manure three parts.
and murate of potash German salts Of
high grade, one part, have the strong in
dorsement OF the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College.
Smothered Quail.-Pick, split down
the back, remove all inside and wash
thoroughly with salt and warm water
drain well, rub with -four and place IN
baking pan, breast down; sprinkle salt
and pepper, and on each bird lay piece
OF butter; keep plenty of water in the
pan to keep frem srorching. Bake deep
brown.
Sponge Pudding.-One quart of milk,
sweetened to taste, one quarter Of
pound of -four, six eggs. Boil the milk,
stir in the flour and sugar let boil one
minute, remove, and let stand two or
three hours. About one-half hour be-
fore it is ready to serve add the eggs
beaten to froth; pour into creased
pan set in another pan filled with boil
inc water, and bake forty-fve minutes.
To make red-eabbage salad choose a
small, firm head take Of the outer leaves
and cut the rest into very thin slices; if
you can shave it fine it will be all the
nicer; mix with two teaspOonfuls of salt,
three teaspoonfuls OF salid oil. or of clari
fed butter, little curry powder if you
like. This salad is nice for two or three
days after it ia prepared if it is kept where
it is cool if you prefer sweet salad, add
sugar.
Moisture and Manure "A scientific
writer tells uc that, however rich land
may be in a ailGble plant food, crops can
never get it except through moisture
hence failures Il. at cone through drought.
Farmers complain because they cannot
get enough manure, nut water is even
more important and t'Iev employ no
means to save the abundance that, if
properly stored for use, as 1t easily might
be, would make droughts impossible.
Peach fritters are delicious, and 7Tes,
welcome moIsel to those deluded peop..
who prefer fruit cooked. Make a nice
smooth batter of -four and sweet milk,
add egg and salt to your taste. Peel and
cut the peaches in halves, removing the
stones, of course; dip the pieces of peach
in the batter, and fry in hot lard. 1t will
take about ten minutes to fry them prop
erlv. Drain them by placing them on a
very hot plate, scatter powdered sugar
over them. and send to the table hot.
Silage in India-And now it is printed
is coming into use for stock feeding in
far-away India. Not as a winter feed,
for at that season the pastures are fresh
and Iuxurient, but the silOs are filled i'll
winter to be fed out during summer,
when the pastures are brown and sere
from the effects of the heat and drought.
Not only is the feeding season thus re-
versed from ours, but, instead OF grain,
the cattle are fed cocoanut pomace, which
is said to he very fattening and makes
the best of beef.
Hog Pastures Ohio swine feeders re-
commend coal cinders as excellent for
filling low laces in pig lots to prevent
muddy Wallows. Sows enjoy eating coal
or ashes. Even anthracite coal is not
passed bv them. A SOW with young pigs
should not run in clover fields or high
grass. Pigs become chilled, and are un-
comfortable much of the day. Then,
short blue grass pastures are best. SOws
and pigs should have access to grass lots
at all times, unless, just as the frost
comes out, the sod is injured by the
tramplng. To prevent rottiGg the sod,
two or three rings will cure the oldest
rooter. When pigs are five or six weeks
old they should be taught to eat soaked
corn and milk or sweet slop, kept where
the sows cannot reach 1t.
Repairing tins.-Farmers who live re-
mote from any place where there is tin
smith are often troubled by leaks in tin
roofs, or cave troughs. Any farmer can
repair them and make them stronger
than before. Find the leak, and apply
good coat OF rather thick paint: put on
a piece of old bagging or coarse muslin,
then second coat OF paint, rubbing it
well in and smoothly. Then cover with
a piece Of tin, mailing it down tightly
close to the edge, using large headed
tacks; those known as "a or 3O-oz.
Swede's iron tacks are best. Then give
another coat of paint, and the leak Is not
only repaired, but that part will last
much longer than the rest. Old fruit
cans are Just the thing for the purpose;
set them on top of a hot stove till the
solder is melted, aud then flatten them
out.
Pruning Roses.--It is an astonishing
thing to see how, year after year, the chan
ces of obtaining the most beautiful rose
blooms are frittered away through unin-
tellgent pruning of the plants, even in
gardens of great reputation. There are
thousands of rose bushes ali over the
country, which, in spite of being found
in spring to have made fine growth dur
ing the previous season, never produce
good flowers, and the explanation is gen.
erally to be found in the fact that no rea-
sonable plan is followed in pruning. The
commonest mistake is the leaving OF the
older branching spray wood that has al
ready flowered. Dwarf rose bushes at
the beginning Of the year generally con-
sist Of several much-branched stems
which carried bloom in the previous sum-
mer, and several strong, straight shoots
springing from the base of the plant. In
the case Of hybrid perpetuAls, 'hese older