The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-03
NOW i ann FARM.
The ,surse# Toilet The Cars OF Poultry
The Pruning Season-Farm
improvements.

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tons are used The solids can not be Of
benefit until they decoinpose and are dis
solved by the moisture.
Knitting silk has been found TO wash
better than embroidery silk, and so
makes more serviceable outliningon dam
ask cloths for the figure. Monograms on
doylies are worked with yellow silk, in
large letters, at the middle.
Poultry need a good, dry dnsting place.
They like it better ON a level with the
floor OF the poultry-house than TO climb
into box. Over-feeding or keeping on
corn and other fattening food is quite as
frequent cause for hens failing to lay as
lack OF food.
Farmers have a much creator sphere
OF influence on the flavor OF milk pro-
duced than they suppose, or they are
willing to admit. The reason why q GER
tain number Of consumers in all large
cities are willing TO pay what, TO farmer
or an average consumer, may seem ex-
traordinary prices is because they get
buffers OF high flavors which are always
uniform. The makers OF these buffers
nearly all use clover or meadow hay and
corn meal, in varying proportions with
other coarse fodder and meals.
Lemon Shortcake: Make shortcake
dough exactly like strawberry short
cake. While that is baking crate the
peel OF a lemon and squeeze every drop
OF Juice from it into the bowl, then take
half cup of sugar and halt q cup OF mO-
lasses, teacupful OF water, a little lump
OF butter and tablespoonful OF -four.
Let this boil until it is justabout as thick
as q boiled custard. When the shortcake
is baked cut il in two parts, and pour the
mixture over the lower one, then lay tlR
upper .part on this, bottom side up, and
cover that also with custard.
Brown bread, which may be also served
as pudding, is made by taking one cup
Of molasses, one teaspoonfu OF soda dis
solved in hall cupful Of boiling water !;
stir this in the molasses until II is thor
oughly mixed with it, then add three
parts of graham -four to one Of corn meal
in sufficient quantity TO make a batter, to
this add tablespoonful OF melted lard.
Steam this four hours. II you wish to eat
il hot in place Of bread, dry II in the oven
for fifteen minutes; ii for pudding, serve
ii fresh from the steamer with q sour
sauce.
Fresh salads: Fresh salads ought to
lie long in water; the withered only long
enough to crisp them. The outside leaves
are thrown away, the inner ones parted,
well rinsed and examined, and, il neees-
sary, plunged into salt and water for a
few minutes, which viii quickly free the
leaves Of any insects that may cling
to them. They may be thrown into u
colander or salad basket to drain, and
thence into napkin held by its four
corners and shaken lightly until it ai-
sorbs the water hanging about the leaves.
Handle the salad as little as possible in
cutting. DO not mix 1t with dressing
until the moment OF serving, and then it
is usual to put the liquids at the bottom
Of the bowl and stir it up just before serv-
ing. Salads Of fish, meat or potatoes
are better made hall an hour before they
are used except such as are mixed with
leaf salad. Let chives or onions be
handled apart when used, not mixed in,
as 80 many object to the flavor.
The Nursery Toilet: Some one should
make protest against the sopping OF
childrens hair with water, or using q
wet brush in dressing their hair, TO save
the nurse or mother some trouble in ar-
ranging il. Water constantly eyaporat-
ing from the surfacs affects the natural
circulation, the color and oil OF the hair; /;
ii should he used on the scalp only, TO
cleanse il, or at fixed times 10 wash the
hair, and this preferably at night, when
the head can be well covered up to avoid
taking cold 1t viii be found quite dry
in the morning. The use Of hot water,
instead of cold, for cleansing the scalp
and hair may be recommended. Hot
water is stimulant and should give the
hair good color. II is known that sui
phur is q component part OF the natural
color OF the hair, and some Of the hot
water hair dressers avow that they can
distinctly smell the sulphur developed by
this process in the hair with the hand
rubbing that accompanies its use. Hair
dries more quickly also, after the hot
water application than the cold. But be
sure to pin the head up--after rubbing
in towel, which can be removed and
replaced, il il becomes wet. II salt be
applied, II should be in this way. Occa-
sionally this application will give sound
sleep to restless or fatigued heads.
The best and the shortest way to inn
prove farm is 10 reduce the stock, plow
your iallows in winter so that the soil
will be warm and dry and the subsoil de-
composed early in the spring. Harrow
well and then SOW ten or twelve quarts Of
grass seed 10 the acre when you put in
your oats. II all take, your chance is
good for obtaining from five to ten acres
OF oats and field Of grass. Then pre-
pare as many acres for rye-sowing, pro-
vided your land is not good enough for
wheat, and the two crops will give you
all the straw you need, and the corn field,
with usual good luck, will produce enough
to fatten stock. AT the end Of the sea-
son you will have the produce from fif-
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