Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-06-01
HOME AND FARM.
Early Plo iug-Fat Sheep-Foul Air in
Stables-Soiling Crops-OatmeaI
Mush for Children-Notes.


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 ior
| the use OF poultry in winter.
Have you evergreens about the house ?
Trim them up this spring so that they
viii look ship-shapc Two or three hun
dred dollars can often be added to the
Taluc OF farm 10y an hour or twO's work
in pruning the ornamental trees.
| Everybody can raise berries-the farm
er, the Villager and the resident If YOU
have walk ten feet long border it with
the finest Strawberries DO not try to
grow them in a careless, slip-shOd way
Fill the ground with richness and you
will be astonished and well paid.
Tomatoes cut into thick slices and
baked in a dripping pan make a most
ageeabe 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.
Soiling crops is another very important
feature in farming. Rye sown last fall
gives the first cutting of green fodder this
spring, and should give second cutting
later. Oats ana peas should be sown
! early as a soiling crop. When the wealth
er is warm enough fodder corn sown al
most to the exclusion of everything else
as soiling crop.
/ 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
I whether the milk used is clean or is
! filled with poisonous animal matters.
/ One of the prettiest ornaments for a
shelf is a square or oblong glass with
/ beyeled edges. On this glass paint
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 a plush panel,
which can be hung on the wall.
Most every farmer is aware of the fact
that a sheep must be fat to make the best
mutton, 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 a product from
feeding, Just the same as fat or fest, and
the flock should be fed and managed with
aadX.ttifiE} dX.ttifiE}y Y. to wool growth and that OF fine
Chow chow requires one peck of green
FL, IL,
six onions and six green bell peppers. all
chopped fine and mixed. Sprinkle 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
cupiul of mustard seed and one gallon OF
vinegar to the chopped mixture. Boil
until it looks clear and tender and put in
lars. This is declared to be way up"
Tomatoes cut into slices and baked
make a delicious entree, but to serve
with brazed fowls and i'll highly seasoned
gravies the tomatoes should he cut into
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 new Joy awaits the lover OF good
/ things who has not partaken OF this
! relish. 1t Is most agreeable as garnish
for a lat and Juicy roast OF beef, as well as
/ Of fowl and lamb.
The wavs in which an omrlet may be
made to vary are almost without number.
| The Omelet with fine herbs is a favOrite
with those people who like high season.
inc. Then the most fastidious delight in
an ome,et with mushrooms. These, OF
course, must be chopped, or be broken III
fine bits, before they are mixed with the
omelet; parsley alone, rubbed very fine,
! imparts a delicious favor to a plain
omplet: tomatoes added to the Omelets
lust 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, hall
I teaspoonful 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
strongly salted the meal will cook more
quickly. Serve with sugar or salt and
cream. Baked sour apples sauce and
apple iellv 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 favor, which so many crave in the
morning. Coarse oatmeal is not suitable
/ for anv form of w&te-brash, acidly o.
bowel irritation 1t often causes erup-
| tions on the skin in warm weather.
Planting Trees: The trees being snugly
beeled-ln. do rot plant until the weather
is settled, especially until the long wind
storms are over. These winds are dam
/ gerous and shrivel up the bark and des-
! troy the verdure OF the buds, which the
roots cannot vet 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, ii trees after a
] long journey in warm weather are found
/ to have the buds started and the bark
/ sbriveIed, trim them back and cut each
| branch back to a sound, dormant bud.
/ Then dig trench in suitable soil, and
! Law in the trees one by one, taking care
that in filing in every part Of the shrivel-
4 ed bark is in contact with the moist soil.
| Cover all completely, root and branch,
| taking care that the labels are properly
preserved. When the trees are taken up
at the end of a week or more, the bark
will be found completely restored. Ex-
anime the roots and prune the mutilated
ones with a soomth cut. Prune the tops
| into proper shape. Some nurseries give
large head, while others cut the young
| traes into shane while vet in the nurserY