The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-26

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two tablespoonfuls of butter; set in the
oven and bake twenty minutes.
BAKED CABBAGE.
Cook as for boiled cabbage, after
which drain and set aside until cool.
Chop fine, add two beaten eggs, a tea
spoonful of butter, pepper and salt,
three tablespoonful of cream STIR well
and bake in a buttered dish until brown.
Cut hot.
TO COOK E PEAS.
Pull your peas in the morning. Do
not wash them, put a large lump of
butter in a bright tin or porcelain YES
sci; let it get hot, put the peas in, shake
a few seconds, put just enough water
on to come to the top; salt; let them
cook until soft, dust a very little flour
on them, pour enough cream or milk
on to come to the top, watch that they
do not boil dry.
CORN OYSTERS.
Take six roasting ears just "Out OF
the milk" split each row OF the T IN
the center of the kernel l~engthwlSe
with a sharp knife; scrape out all the
pulp; add one egg, well beaten, q little
salt, one tablespoonful of sweet milk,
flour enough to make a pretty stiff
batter; drop in hot lard, with a table
spoon, and fry a light brown; use as
little flour as possible.
TOMATO SOUP.
Six tomatoes peeled and sliced; pour
over them n quart of boiling water,
half ~teaspOOnful soda; when it stops
foaming add one pint Of sweet milk
season with butter, pepper and salt
and a little rOtted crackers or stale
bread crumbs. Serve as soon as it
bOils. This is an excellent dish for a
person who is just get getting able to
eat after a fit OF sickness.
CLEANING COLORED WOOLENS.
Four ounces of white castle oap
four ounces of ammonia, two Ounce of
alcohol, two ounces of glyCerine. Shave
the soap in one quart of water over the
fire. When dissolved add four quarts
of rain water, and when nearly cold
the other ingredients. Bottle and keep
in a cool place. One cup of this mix
ture in two quarts of water will be
sufficient for ordinary use. Now lay
the goods On an old sheet, and iron
rapidly and lightly on the wrong side,
and then roll tightly on a curtain pole
OF any round piece of wood. If this is
a etully done you do away with the
creases made by folding. For black
silk OF cloth dissolve one tablespoonful
Of borax and one tablespoonful of indi-
go in one pint of warm water. Sponge
the pieces we'll and lay smoothly one
above the other, and, if possible, put
in the sun to dry.-Tbe Ladies Home
Journal.
MAKING GOD BUTTER.
Skill in the management of the COWS,
the milk and the cream, will be re-
warded with good butter, no matter
what kind Of churn be used, but it Is
generally conceded in these latter days
Of advancement, that one without q
dash is best. The conclusion caused
by the peculiar motion of the swing,
and the box churn is supposed to be
more conductive to the perfect func-
tions of butter glObuleS, and the butter
milk is more thoroughly washed out
than when the old style paddles are
used. Good butter, however, Is not
dependent upon the kind of churn; it's
qualities are regulated vastly more by
the handling and manipulation than
by any implement employed in it's
production. Proper food for the COWS,
constant observance of cleanliness,
correct ripening of the cream, Observ-
ance, of temperature, pure air 1 the
dairy room, and common sense methods
dpDlICu Ill all JIG uCUdLIS vi OUUUC1 la
ing will result in uniformity and salts
faction both to the maker and CON
sumner. There need be no uncertainty
or failure if attention and close OBJ
servance is the rule, but guess work
and slip shOd practices must not be
tOlerated.-SOutbern CIltjUGtOT.
SUNSHINE HOLDERS.
What a boon to the hOusekeeper a
winter blooming plant is. Especially
when she is so confined by house cares
as to be kept indoors during almost
the whole cold stretch. 1t is a little
bond of union with nature such as
every soul Graves, to keep it from be-
coming sOrdid and worn with drudgery
and petty trials of life We have seen
it aptly called "pOtting sunshine for
winter USE"
The price of even the finest Dutch
bulbs are much cheaper than formerly,
while the unnambed varieties are so re
markably cheap that it would seem as
If there were no reason why all plant
lovers should not have them. There
is less risk IN planting a Dutch bulb
than almost any other plant. The
flower is already formed and packed
away with its food inside the bulb,
and all that is necessary is a place for
it to grow in and enough water.
Plant your bulbs, therefore, saws an
exchange-tulips, narcissuses, hva-
Cinths, crOcuseS-in pots, boxes. or
whatever you will, only having care
for drainage, and that the soil shall be
composed of at least one half clean
sand. Plant thickly if you would have
fine effects. Then dig a hole in the
ground one or two feet in depth, where