The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-20
HOME AND farm.
Moisture and MAnure-Hor Pasturas-
Repairing Tins-Smothered Quail
Peach Fritters-Notes.

! Peach Fritters-Notes.
Apply coal oil or turpentine on the
/ roosting places occasionally in the mora
ing. This will destroy ver,nin effectualiy
and II 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 a cool place.
/ With this treatment butter can be kept
sweet several months.
/ A Georgia farmer prevents COWS from
| jumping fence by cutting off their lower
lashes-make them think the fence ia
three times as high as it really is. Ii
| 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 i'm
dorsement OF the Massachusetts, Agricul-
tural College.
Smothered Qrail.-Hck, split down
T, the back. remove all inside and wash
, thoroughly with salt and wrm 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 from s,'orching. Bake deep
brown.
Sponge pudding.-One quart of milk,
sweetened to taste, one quarter OF
pound OF flour, 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
Ing water. and bake fortv-five minutes.
To make red-cabbage salad choose a
small, finn head take Of the outer leaves
and cut the rest into very thin slices; il
You can shave 1t fine 1t will he all the
nicer; mix with two teaspoonfuls of salt,
three teaspoonfuls OF salid oil. or OF clari-
fed butter, a little curry powder ii you
like. This salad is nice for two or three
days after it is prepared II it is kept where
1t 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 ailG bic plant food, crops can
never get 1t exceIt through moisture
hence failures Il. vt cone through drought.
Farmers complain becarse they cannot
get enough manure, but water ia even
more important ana t',ev employ NO
means to save the ab,- ndanCe thar, II
properly stored for use, as l. easily might
be, would make droushts imp, sEfhs
Peach fritters are delicious, and aSe
welcome molsel to those deluded peo,,.e
who prefer fruit cooked. Make 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 Is I'd. It win
take about ten minutes to fr. them prop
erly. Drain them by plac:r., them ON a
very hot plate, scatter powdered sugar
over them. and send to tho table bot.
The Barberry as Hedge-Here is an
item which will interest those " no some
time ago inquired If the barberry would
make good hedge. The common bar
berry makes very elegant screen. The
long racemes OF yellow blossoms, followed
by crimson fruit, are very ornamental.
"For an effective hedge to turn stock,
the bushes should be planted in double
row, with an interval OF twenty inches.
The plants are readily propagated from
seeds, cuttings or suckers. The cultiva-
ton is very simple, requiring only fairly
rich soil, kept free from weeds for tile
first few years. II a thick growth ia de-
sired cut the hack severely the second
spring after planting, and thereafter
prune the hedge into shape yearly"
Hog Pastures s-Ohio swine feeders re-
commend coal cinders as excellent for
filing low laces in pig lots to prevent
muddy wallows. Sows enjoy eating coal
or ashes. Even anthracite coal is not
passed by 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
tramping. To prevent rotting 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 a0ws 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 a
good coat Of rather thick paint: put ON
a piece OF old tagging or coarse muslin,
then a second coat of paint, rubbing it
well in and smoosh]v. 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 hot stove till the
solder is melted, aud then fiatten them
out.
Pruning Roses. is an astonishing
thing to zee how year after year, the chan
ces OF obtaining the most beautiful rose
blooms are frittered away through unin-
tellieent 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 preyiosis season, never produce
good flowers, and the explanation is gen
orally to be found in the fact that no rea-
sonable plan is followed in pruaing. The
commonest mietake is the leaving of the
older branching spray wood that has al
ready lowered. Dwarf rose bushes at
the beginning of the year generally con-
sist OF scver.,l mnch-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 perpetnAls, shese older