w r-1-jrts ;?. JHfcJSS
inmi: cnoucitv.
4 "
Some Hints of Value to the 1 lotiic
l,l'Clf -.
New Knglnnd ruddliig Take milk bis
g. iiiIIh and soak In lint water Into n bak
trie dish place n l.tver nf the bisculta ami
our these sprinkle lulslnn mul small
lumps of butter, add unotliei liver of
hlscullti tnil tin ii another of raisins mul
bits of Imtter, and eoiitlniie until the dish
Is marly full. Ileal up tliue eggs with
one cupful of sugar mM enough mill, to
rover the content of the dish, pour oxer
the biscuit, cover with n plate ami plate
In the oven to hake Add more milk us
It Is nlmnrlipd. When nearly done remove
the plute mul In own xllghtl.v Cinnamon
or nutmeg may t tixnl for seasoning.
This may he sprinkled over the lop Just
hefore plating In lb- ueii.
Alucumnl Wotilil Hall some uiacaronl
until tcmlcr In some slightly sailed watt r,
mul. luivliiR strained off ihi liiior. mix
It lll II little cieam, II .small ph'te of
butter mill some ufltnl cheese Pound
mul press thinttgh a sieve some good,
ilrm tomatoes, half a Lugo union ami a
slice of tnw li.im oi lneou, eh', m this
a Utile gtnvv, ami mix those with a
"farce mnile fiom slices of bulled meal,
mtiLstt nlng oriiHlonnllv with a IK tie to
mato mute: let Hie last luvtr be one of
macaroni, lliush this oer with some
melted buttei mlxiil with mine cur.
sprinkle with lne.nl ci limbs uud bake for
j liilrt minutes Turn It out mul snvo
Willi ti sauce.
Noodles l'ut one cupful of Hour on a
meat platter or other tlat dish, make :i
hollow In Hie center and drop In half a
teuspoonful of soft butter, quarter of a
teuHpoonful of sail and the yolks of four
raw eggs. Mix the ggs with the lingers,
draw'hiK Rrndiiulh Into them the dry
Hour until the whole Is iiiIxpiI in u Unit
stiff paste which will not stick lo tho
Imiulf. Knead for sovr.il mluuti'.s, then
divide Into six or eight pieces, loll each
out until ns thin as p-iper. spread out on
a board and lei rest for llfteen or twenty
minutes, so as to dry the .surface. Cut
earh piece Into strips uboiit two Inches
wide, lay several of these strlpn In a pile,
'and with a sbatp knife cut them down
In line slices.
Sausages No nipat preparation Is more
appetizing than propel ly-prepared sau
sage, i' ml nothing, It may be Interpolated.
Is more dlflleult to obtain. Th safe plan
Is to prepare sausage meat In the house.
The best of lean pork carefully t illumed
so thti all gristle, bone, etc.. Is remnvisl.
should be got; only a little fat Is needid
enough usually comes with thy leanest
pork for the purpose. If not a smiial
quantity m.i be added Seasoning nl
leady mixed can bo bought under the
name of pork-sausage seasoning. When
Hie meat Is ilnely (hopped or ground,
the tirt-t seasoning with peppi r and salt
to the taste Is added. Make up only wh.it
Yn needed for one meal. In the mixing
a little water and a small quantity of
corn Hour are used: praetUe will quleklv
determine Jusl bow much of tluse and of
seasoning are needed, a small trial piece
can be friend and tasted and alteied ac
cordingly. If u grinding machine is used
It should be cleaned bv being put In a
strong solution of soda and bulling water
mid afterwards thnioiighlv linsed. Other
wise, being dilllciilt lo clean In any or
dlnar.v uu. small particles of meal mav
remain, decay mid cause .serious poison
ing. Minis About Clinking -One of the most
vexing problems with which the young
and Inexperienced ho iselieeper has lo
riwivKlli- Is the exact digree of heat re
quired for cooking the various foods
which she may have to prepare. As the
digestibility ns well as palatablllly nf all
masted, baked and ft lend Ishes depends
upon the proper adjustment of the heat
used III cooking In Hie requirements of
the article to be cooked, It Is absolutely
neecssaiy for every conscientious cook
or housewife In pay special attention to
this subject It Is large 1 a matter of
Judgment after nil. for while general uiles
are helpful In a certain measure, they
cunnot nhvnxH be applied to paitlcular
cases and the expirleuced cook or house
keeper can tell nt a glance whether her
roast, fish or chicken Is lecelvlng Just
the proper degiee of heat; ns
'egnrds loaats. the hottest oven Is re
quired for beef uud mutton-hot enough
to form nt on'" a crust on the outside
of the meat so tliat none of the rich
Juices may escape. The old i ule of llf
teen minutes to the pound mid llfteen
minutes over Is u guod one to follow In
ooklng these meats unless they are pre
ferred well done, when a longer lime
will bo needed. I.umb, loqitlrlng full
twenty minutes to tho pound, needs a
liot lire, though more steady Hum for
beef and mutton and not so hot nt the
start. Veal or poik, on the contrary,
should bo roasted In a moderate oven,
ho that tho heat mil pass throagh tho
outer skin to the veiy heart of tho meat,
leaving no particle of the liber uncooked
nnd on that account Indigestible. The
time of cooking Is the same as that for
lamb, nnd the same rule may be followed
with poultry, Pastry Is best linked In a
very hot oven, but the heat must li3
largely at tho bottom that the undercrust
may be dry and crisp, not soggy. New
York Tost.
8trawberr Shortcake-It Is n gastrono
mlc disappointment to ask for u straw
berry shortcake and iccclvo u cheap
sweet cake In Uh place. This happens
most frequently in a restaurant, for the
homo cook Is not npt to make the substi
tution. The best shortcake Is niado with
cream, tho next Is shoi tent d wilh but
ter, and that made with laid Is the least
desirable. If mixed with sweet, thick
fleam, use baking powder. If the cream
Is sour use one-half teaspoon of sodu. lo
each cup of sour cream.
Make the dough with one ci.p of sweet
cream, two cups ul Hour, one-lrilf ten
spoon of salt and four level teaspoons
of baking powtler. Tuin out on to a boaltl
and roll out Into two parts to lit around
tin plo plates. When baked tear each
rake upart after partially cooling, hphmi!
with butter and then with sweetened
mashed berries, cover the top with whip
ped cream mid girulsli with whole
berries. If four thin cakes ate made do
not split them. A pitcher of tinw hipped
cream Is sexcellent served with short
cake, but If cream Is settee It goes fin
der If whipped.
Berries should be well ilpmed for a
shortcake. For n vutli t bake Individual
nhortenkes, cutting them out with a
biscuit cutter, spread a llitln btilter be
tween and bal e In palm
lleef Ionf Uacon Culls llavo two
pounds of raw beef chopped In a meat
chopper, them should be one part of fat
to three of lean; tho round Is excellent
for this dlBh. Make a sauco fiom ono
level tablespoon each of Hour and butter
and one cup of boiling water, season with
alt and pepper, l'ui Into n brick-shaped
pan In layeni. On each layer of meat
put a llitln of the sauco and a fuvv thin
Mhavlngs of onion, Set In the oven for
5
lliiriv minutes uii,,, .,,, i,.,..,,,, ,r,.
thin, roll up ioosih and fasten wllh Utile
wooden skcwirs rook the bacon In a
spider until ti,. ,r and sllghtl) crisp, take
out the skew eis a-ul Ha mils are tenth
for a garnish
Tur-i Hie me it ,,,,r on to a hot platter,
ariange Hi,. In, ,M louitd It ami place a
bouquet or parsley nu top Ativ portion
left ovtr muj be si i veil eold or bat civ
heat.d thiough
Tor a vailet.v n cup of bread ciuuibs
may In- mix., I with ihe meal and the sea
soiling varied to suit the taste that dis
likes onion. The hii in e m ly also lie made
with strained loiaato Serve with this
beef potato that has been maslnd, sea
soned and then beaten light.
Kalsttl Squash llread-Novelilts in
In nil me nlvvavs icerptable at this sea
son mul mine ale mom toothsome and
am active than a golden loaf of squash
bread. Jllv It at night In cold water, mul
In vvai m vveallur use twice the amount of
vcast cake ami ml in Hie morning Heat
one tup or milk and pour on to one cup
of stewed ami sifted squash, one-quarter
cup of butter, one-hair cup of sugar mul
one liidf ttnspnou or salt. Stir all togeth
er, ami when liikewatui add one-half
veast cuke and foin cups of sifted blend
Hour Covtr and let Use over night. In
the mottling cut the light dough down
with n knire and till a hi cad pan or small
nmilln tins linlf full when risen to Hie
top of the pans It Is teit to bake.
The hi cad will be of a blight yellow
color and Is good eaten fresh or cold.
Mhtsl In the morning and baked at noon
the iiiiiillns ate ticeeptiible for luncheon,
seivetl with Jell If Inked In one loaf
use a scalloped cake pan oi tutk's-heail
tin.
Canned squash Is convenient when n
small quantity Is needed and what Is left
alter making the bread will make two
pies. Philadelphia Press.
Hi:i,r.cTi:i unciiun.
llhubarb .lellj- Sponge Drops Cut n
ilo.eti stalks of rhtibirh Into Inch nnd a
lulf lengths, put Into a double boiler wllh
otie-luilf cup of water and cook until
tender dialn oft the Juice. Make a Jelly
rrom oue-hnlf box of gelatine soaked III
one-half cup of cold water and dissolved
In the rhubaib Juice and enough kollln
water to make two ami a half cups. Add
a little red color, or the coloring that
comes with several kind of gelatine, one
and one-half cups of sugar and the. Juice
of ono lemon. Uluse an earthen mold
with cold water pour In a part of the
Jelly Hiid rhubarb mul when ll Is partly
set turn In Hit lemalniler. Serve with
whipped i ream If llknl and small cakes.
This Is a more tlellc ite and attractive way
lo serve ihub.irb than In the form of
pastr.v Kor the sponge drops sift one
tiaspoou of baking powder with ono cup
of Hour. Heat three eggs, add one cup of
Hue granulated sugar, one-half teaspoon
nf Havorlug, one tablespoon of hot water
and fold In the Hour. Itci.t well then
til op In small tcaspotinftiln from buttered
paper. After the drops lire baked put two
together with Icing ami Ice Hie tup.
Sweetheart This tlmplc dessert Is cap
able of maii.v variations. The outside may
be ilee or cornstarch and the "heart' of
any fruit that combines well. 11 Is espe
iiall adapted for the family or nursery
dinner, being Inexpensive yet attractive.
Hull some rice until tender and dry.
I.lue it buttered niolu about an Inch thick,
using a Unite or Ihe back of a spoon; 1111
the center with cooked fiult mnrin ilatlo
or Jam and cover with more rice. Set
the mold into a kettle of bulling water
In keep hot. Serve with cieam or a liquid
pudding sauce.
Itlce that Is old requires longer cooking
than If a new crop. If II Is put Into boil
ing water ami tho kettle set tllreclly on
the range it will cook lust and some of
the starch will be lost, to Keep the grains
tllstlnct some cooks advice turning It
Into a strainer and pouring eold water
through, it Is then to be leheated. If
cooked In u double boiler with Just enough
water Ihe ginlns will leinaln whole; do
not stir after It has commenced lo cook,
as this makes It past . If too llttlo wuter
Is added Hie grains will not swell mul
often sutllcleiitl no matter how long the
lien Is cooked.
tJrllletl Chlikens Select small spllllg
chickens for this puipose; spill them
down the back and. It' ratio r law, cut
Into Joints. .Make a dressing of nil, salt,
pepper, minced parsley, onion mul lemon
Juice; pour this over the chicken and let
stand for mi hour, basting ireqticntly.
Then dust llghtl with biead ctumbs and
cook on a gilll. Warm up sumo Madeira
saucn with a slice of onion, fried blown
with a llttlo minced ham; strain this over
Hie chltkeli ami serve.
Kgg Bnow Cover a box of gelatine
with colli water and soak until gelatine
Is tender. Then pour over It a pint of
boiling water; add Jiileo of threo lemons
and sugar to taste. Strain through a
line sieve Into a basin set In cracked lea.
As soon as the mixture Is cold mid be
gins to thicken beut with nn egg whip
until white as snow; then add tho whites
of four eggs which havn hi en beaten to
a stiff froth. Mix lightly but thoroughly
and turn Into ti mold mid stand In n cold
place to stiffen. Turn out of mold and
hpfvo with a sauce or cream poured
around II.
Salads The salad of lima beans mixed
with apples Is distinctly a fall salad, it
may, however, be mado In tho winter of
canned limas. Tho beans should bo
cooked till lender In water slightly salt
ed, drain them, and lifter they nro cold
place them In a salad bowl with an
equal iiuantlly of tart apples cut In smalt
pieces. Surround ihem with u frlngo of
lettuce leaves, quarter two or three hard
boiled eggs ami a lemon, decorate thu
top, cover the whole with a stiff mayon
naise dressing ami seive.
'An excellent salad Is made of crisp
whlto celery, cut hi half-inch dice's,
mixed with an equal amount of pieces
of sour apples Salt Iho mlxturo well
nnd dress It with a maonnalse the same
as tho lima beau ami apple salad.
In making a chicken salad, If tho
chicken runs shot I. us It often does, It
may be tked out without any one's be
ing the wiser l adding u third ns much
roast of polk or veal cut In small bits.
Mulllns-Corn miillltis which ucconl
amicably with the morning cup of toffco
are erelh'iit made In this wa : Separate,
two eggs, putting the ollts In a largo
bowl. Ileal a moment, add a cupful of
milk, one cup of comment and u half
cupful of Hour and beat thoroughly. Add
a tahlespoonful nf melted butter, a well
rounded teaspoonful of luiklnrr powtler
ami a lialf-teaspoouful of salt, and bent
again. When well blended uud puffy fold
In the wrll-heateti whites of tho eggs.
I Inyo leady twelve grcast.il gem pans,
piping hot. Pour tho mlMuie Into them
and hallo llfteen or twenty minutes In n,
hot oven,
W ILL POTATOB
Bolnnisls Say That Daiujor Throalons Iho Sutjar Can4
as Well After Constant Biidiliiuj Thoso Plants
No Lonycr Boar Seeds Work of Har
vard University in Cuba and ilava.
Cambridge, Mass, May VJ, Hull If
there should be no more sugar cane In
the world, heels might be cultivated to
taoke Its place entli ely, but If there weto
no longer any potatoes, the domestic
economy or thousands of humble homes
would be seilously deranged, mid Ihe tle
pilvntlnii would be considerable even on
the most luxurious table. Thai the sugar
nine and the potato are In danger of be
coming degenerate mid llnallv extinct has
for some time been ifeognl7cd In botan
ical labotatoiles all ovel Hie world. In
this Milium-the botanical department til
Han hi d uuvetslt lias gone Into the
matter with a good deal of thoioiighness,
mul eprlin"iits have been mulct taken
to peipetliate these valuable species,
The ic cords of rocks unearthed by the
geoloiilsl show thai In foimer ages there
were in my plants, Just as there wero
man animals, which have shite become
THE POTATO IN 1508.
Reproduction ef a Unique Water Color Drawing of the Sixteenth Century, Showing
the Flower anil Setil-protlnclng b'ruit.
cxtltat. Plants flourished ami died In
tho catbonlfetous period, for Instance,
have been preserves! for thousands of
yeurs ns potential agencies for the com
fort and convenience of mankind. The
giant ferns and other forms of plant life
which aio now found In the form of coal
had lervetl their purpose, and In the ac
tion of natural laws ll was lilting Hint
they should become extinct. Hut tho do
cadento of the sugar cane and Hie potato
Is not natural, bin rather results from
tho circumstances of their cultivation.
Tho clanger llts In tho fuct that both
have been propugatetl for so many gen
erations from buds tho sugar cano from
thti Joints of the stalk, ami the potato
from tho eyes of the tuber that they
have almost lost tho power of producing
fruitful seeds, For a century or more,
during which reproduction ftotu buds can
be successfully continued, tho, fact that
tho seeds themselves become sterllo or
dwindle nwny and disappear, does not
seem particularly important. Finally,
however, thcro comes a time, llko the
present, when a whole speclc-s bIiowb signs
of the eleterlorallun which precedes ex.
Unction; and It Is then only by crowning
ono plant with nnother plant, or ono va
riety with another variety, Hint tho llfo
of the species can bo renewed. Hut tf
the plant has lost Its seed-produclng fac
ulty, such crossing Is evidently Impossi
ble, and the degenorutlon must continue,
to Its logical re.-ult
Sugar cano is, of course, ono of thn
most valuable mid Impotlant of agricul
tural product!. According to botanical
hlstoiy It w.i.t ilrst known In India,
whenco It was brought by Hi" Venetians
to Ihirope during tho twelfth century and
cultivated to somo extent In the Islands
of tin Mediterranean. Later, It was In
troduced Into Spain and llnally Into Amer
ica, Where II became llrndy est ibllshetl
during tho sixteenth century. Hotupl
rally known as ' .'are liaiiim olllciuarl
tun," it Is a sort of strong, cane-sle mined
gruss, ten or twelve feet high, with il
largo feathery plume of Hovvers It Is nt
present grown In nil warm cnuntiles,
anil the plants for lirt or loo plant
generations have been started from tho
buds, which spring from tho Joints of
tho cane. A section of tho stalk con
taining ono of these geiieiatlvn Joints is
pUntctl uud 'i new stock or group of
stulka springs up, tho plantation being
thus maintained by u portion of Uh prod
ucts. Meanwhile, ns Iho plants mature,
they put forth blossoms, which, though
beautiful ns they ever wero, perhaps, aro
meaningless mul unfruitful.
When It was discovered by tho liotan
Istn that thti sugar cano was losing Its
power to produce fruitful needs, It wa.s
realized that audi u Ions meant Inbrccd.
Ing, us It would be called In tho case
MI EXTINCT?
of ntiluials. and that, unless some mil
llclal menus or induration could be cut
ploved, Hie spotlcs would eventually
I nu nut The highest animals me so
chiHslllcil because they ate Hie best
equipped for the perpetuation nf their
species, and Hie lull licet of man plans
htm above other animals because it
equips him to maintain the life or the
race under all sorts of unfavorable cir
cumstances As Hie bleed of mall Is
maintained and Improved b the constant
crossing or Individuals, adding intellectual
strength to phvslcnt strength ami courage
to gentlpiiiss, so In the plant lire ii simi
tar t tossing Is tssentlal to the mainten
ance or ,1 speelts. limits ate classttU'd
as high or low us Ihe possess to a
greater or less degree the capacity for
perpetuating their kind. The beaulv of
the llovver, Its blight color ami nvveet
perfume, and nllen Its peculiar utiuuge-
incut, lire all foe Hie iiiiriioxn of attract.
lug ItiHcctH so that the fructifying pollen
may bo carried from plant to plant, cross
ing ltidlvitlit.il with Individual mul one
vurlety with another.
Thcro Is a little fable, popular among
botmilRts, which lllustiates the point very
neatly. Two seeds of the satno plant
wero separated In their youth, mie being
dropped on a mountain side from thn
beak of a bird and the othtr being car
ried Into the licntt of a swamp by the
current of a stream. Hoth bioughl foith
similar plants, but In the com ho of many
generations the mountain plunt became
strong and hnid.v, while the swamp plant
became soft and vvutery. The time came
when tho swamp was dried up and
changed tn meadow land The swamp
plunt was not fitted for this sudden
chango of condition, ami would speedily
ltavo become extinct had not a bee
brought pollen from tho moiintnlu side
nnil crossed tho weak plant Willi the
strong, aims the meadow plant was the
chlltl of the mountain ami the swamp,
but was different from them lioth-n new
variety.
Interesting as the botanical thcoiy Is,
II did not uppeal nt Ilrst In the suagr
planters who wcte mining crops fiom
budding Just ns they hnd been nilseel for
many centuries. Among tho planters,
however, there was one notablo excep
tion, K, F. Atkins of Huston, tho owner
of one of tho most Impoilnnt plantations
In Cuba, who wiih Inteiestecl siilllclently
to glvo to the botanical department of
Ilurvard f'J.OOO for a si holurshlp to hn tie
voted tn this particular study. This gift
resulted In a series of Investigations In
the Islnntl nf Java, where) It was fuund
that by crossing seed u sugiirtaue was
produce-el whh h contained considerably
morn sugar than that oidlmitlly oultivnt
ed. Following up the work width had
been made possible by Mr. Atkins' gener
osity, Onkes Ames. Ihe usslstaiit dim tor
of the Harvard botanical ganlen. sent
tho head gardener of his own pilvatn es
tate to Cuba to see If b artificial pollena
tlnn hn could not see tire a suppi of fruit
ful nilgai cane seed. Nu natural sen! was
to be obtained In the whole Islam). After
somewhat extendi d cxpcihucnls. good
seed was obtained, as was proves) by ml
ctoncople examination Some of It wan
planted In Cuba nnd some of t In the
botanical garden hi Cambridge, wln-rn
Mr. Amen nuikeH a" special effort to pro
duct) Hticceseful hybrids of nirhlds and
other Interesting plants. In Cuba, tho
plu'lters reportesl, the seed tame up an
"grass," as It ought to linve, ami wiih
rooted up nnd thrown away. Hut the
fecundity of this senl Is already demon
strated, anil it only ."mains to bo seen
what sort of a plant will be developed.
Mr. Atkins Is very deslroiiH that Harvard
kIioiiiYI establish 111 the West indies n
Liberate! nf economic bolany, to under
take i course of Inv entli;ntnns parallel (o
Ilia' of tin laboratoiv which Prof
l hubs s (-'urgent of Ihe inolil arbore
tum aiiotbrr botanical depaitiueut nf the
unlit rsltv luipis to establish In Arizona
ror the M'udv of the din", rt lit varieties of
incuts The ptoleel for siuii a West In
dian botanical Inbotatoiv has already
M'cutcil the promise of some iluautial as
sistance, and Is nt lueseut receiving seri
ous fiiuslilctiitlDii In hope thai Hie whole
amount ueeessarv lo tslahllsh It will
sborll be fortlit ouiliig.
Practlenlls nil that has been paid In
illation to the degeneration nf the sugar
line lliav iiIho be said of Ihe potato
This useful vegetable. It Is Interesting to
note, belongs to the nightshade rmull.
iim Its botanical u line. "Sobiiiiiui titbeio.
sum " Indicates, Hie common poisonous
nightshade being the "Solaiiuiu nigrum"
The potato has been round wild In Mex
ico and South Vmerlc.i, and was taken
to Hnglnml bv Sir Wallir ttnlelgh to
vva'tl the t lose of the sixteenth centiiiv
It Is iiuueeessaiy In icTer In Ihe ennr
moils quantities of potatoes aimm.'ly eat
tn In Ihitope and America. II Is nil 111
t It lit to sav that when the potato ills
ease appeaitil In HI,, It produced u fam
ine in maiiv loc tilth's, partleulaily In
llelalld, vvheie fin veins potatoes hail
bet ii the chler at title or food among Ihe
lower t lasses,
The potato Is among tin cheapest of
.ill the cultivated roods, and while It Is
gnieiall known Hi it It is icpioduccil b
budding, pieces of Hie tuber containing
"eyes' being placed In the mound, most
cutlets will be surprised to leain Hint
I'oluto s 1 Is an almost unheard or call
osity. In tin- museum nf econoiuli bot
any at llarvmd theie ate models or pota
to plants Including the pink uud while
blossoms and the grape-llkc fruit, but
this Mifil-contiilnlng fruit lias become so
neai ly extinct that few people, even from
tho iigilcultiit.il tllstilctH of the tountiv,
have ever seen It In the models, how
ever. It Is clearly shown Hut the potato
Is closely related to ihe tomato, and t!e
two-celled at ratigeiiient of seeds Is very
simitar In the oilglmil null nf both
plants.
Kroni lime (n lime new vailetlen nf the
potnt i have been developed bv the crovs
Ing nf Ihe sect), but tills rcqulics u some
what costl experiment, which Is quite
as likely to piove a failure us a success.
The Hrst year's crop nf ttiliets from a
planting of seed Is generally ton sm ill
for coaimerelal use, so that the seeding
process has of Lite years been almost en
tltcly discontinued The budding method
of pop ignllou has In en carried nu to
such an extent that It Is the rule for
the blossoms to wither without fruetlica
t Imi. ami evin In thi exceptional cases
where fruit appears It Is geneiallv seed
less and b'lteti. ll Is largel tine to an
entbUHlintle horticulturist, Mr, l.uther
lliirbink of Santa Itnsa, CaL, that the
seed of the potato Is In-day being pcipet
uiited. Mr Hut bank has produced many
new and valuable varieties nf plums,
poaches mid si law berries b.v crossing,
uud v. h-ii It became known that the po-
I Into was ileterloiatltig and becoming
"hair-wlttetl," as Mr, Damleno of the
llarvurl bota'ileal dcpnitmcnt has aptly
expressed It. he wtnt to great pains to
see'ire seeds to use. in the restoration nf
Hit species. As u rule the small umoiiiil
of seed which now sm vivos the degenera
tion nt th p nit Is likely in lot away
Immctlhttclv, su lluit the greatest earn
and skill lire leqitlinl lo seeiite the
growth of seed plants. However, as In
tho case nf the sugar cane, us the com
mon varieties ule shown, bv contrast with
tho h lit Ids, to be less valuable, the warn
ing of the botauls's Is being beetled, mid,
us has been seen, science Is being called
tilioii to point out the means nf relief.
Cure nf I'ni'ltirlelil Citvvn,
T consider Dial nothing shows Ihe skill
of u ilnlrymiii mine than tho milliner In
which he handles his cows dining their
pat tin lent period. To be Indifferent in
the milch iinlmals Hit ti menus tn Invite)
pattliil or pcihaps complete f.illute for
the rest nf the hi anon. In nine cases nut
nf ten where the tnw dues nut tin well In
calving and subsequently, the dairyman,
and not chance or luck Is to blame It la
not neccssai that a man should he a
veterinarian In older to Irive success with
cows at such a time Plain, practical com
mon sense, coupled with u kindly,
thoiougli spit It, Is all that Is necessary
In average cases Sn) thai each pregnant
cow shot 11 before calving Is put into a
box stall, wheie she can he absolute! mi
trammeled in her movements These
stalls should be well lighted anil ventilated
and should be dry and warm, with plenty
of bedding piovldetl. A eow nt calving
time seeks seclusion, which she cannot
seeuiei If I mining at large. TIiIn seclusion
can be veiitthsiifetl to her In the stable
by Hie mplo.v mi lit or Hie box stall, mid
at the same time she can bo under the
direct supervision of hoi owner. Tho
udder and teats of it tow should be dally
examined Immediately befote calving as
well as during the parturient state. In
flamed udders and loss eif function in
teats can thus be uveited. The neeouelie.
meiit nf his animals should he tarefiilly
supervised by every dairyman, as thus,
icliiitifd placentas with lesiittiint sepsis
and fever may be obviated. Above all
things never be so cruel and unwise as
to allow ii tow In calve ctinllneil beside
her fellows lit a stanchion, us Is too often
clone on many so-callisl ilmt-class (")
dairy farms During the months nf March
and Apill more cows lifetime new milch
than at any other peilod of Ihe year,
and nu northern farms the spring weather
Is cold mid Inclement. This of Itseir en
joins thn most stilt t care over both
mother iiiul calf, or there will bo no full
milk pall oi fat veal to show dining the
summer. I know that It p.is to citiry
inws, pmllctilarl toward spilug, when
long loullueuiillt III evt ll the best of
stables canst s the hair In become rough
and matted. The cattle enjoy It, uud It
keeps the functions of the skill mole
active, thus securing luireaseil vigor at
a season when lull animal stiength Is
neiikd. In closing let me advise that It Is
ninth more Kiifo to save tho ninth milking
after calving, for either cheese or butter
making, than the seventh If the udder
Is at all Inllamed even the ninth should
not lio retulnesl for dairy pin poses.
(lenrgo H. Ncvrtll In Join mil of Agrlcul
ttlie, King; !lcnr' Debts,
Duke Jleniy My dear, why are nil
those loyal cnnlages standing nut In
front of tho palaco?
Queen Wllliulinlun I wonder Hint you
nsk. They nro ntnndlng then- to pro
vent tho wretched collodion iiKoncy
from stopping It'H eleiul wagon In front
of the door. That's why. Cleveland
l'luln IMiler.
ci i.t vu si (ieji:sii()x,
ililnus Which 1,j- iiM(, n, (i 4
Willi) A oil Need,
Sliiinl year meld in lm wattr rcr an
hour be fori using
A deep sea of eoltinist t d nil Is a tltm
tiling 1 1 fi In
Onions ale the best Mesn Vegnliihlo,
i-ave Hplnieh. And maiiv u had bieall.
means u "hid st uiiueh" iiilher than
onions. No olio will be Hie wiser If jmi
e.lt bollitl onion will creatu satire, pin
vlillng In boiling Ihem you keep them
Jusl lit low the Lolling pilot union Julej
l.gureii In till sauces.
It Is nut what we eat. but how we cook
It.
An reuuomleal and iimtv dinner con
ahts of a shoulder of mutton with blend
mid tomatoes, l,et the stinting be of
biead mul ct It rv.
The I cumins will seive In a mutton
ami lonmto pie. The etMtiomlciil shoulder
ir well eooketl Is delicious
Sliced ut'il baked apples should bo
served with goon', tlitrk or pork, thai Is,
If ou ever eat the lattei
Ham tukcH live hunts in digest, and llfo
Is ton shoit to pass live hunts tllttcHtltlg
hum
Do not bit celerv seed mixed with oth
er seiisonlniT
As for seasonings, Mrs. Ilorer snys thu
lieccsstules mil a few buy leaven, pack
age of mixed spices, celery need, onions,
garlic unit nwifetlilu. Of garlic you only
nth a clove tin ihe spoon, while of
iisafellda u very careful person may bo
(runted to stlc'i Iim tips nf a fork Into
ll and then (Hit It over the mixture. Dif
ferent peppcts nnd sail should also be
used wllh discretion
A tough meringue means too llttlo
sugar
ihe dusting of pulveilxed sugar Jujt
ns It goes In the oven to brown prevents
It fiom slit Inking. The sugar meltti nnd
toi ins II ci tist.
One man says ho wouldn't jjlve up Ida
know ledge of cookery for nil his college
learning.
tiiMlitt upon conveniences. II Is ciluilual
tn stoop nver ii tablp. Hlnee you can't
Mirluk. insist that the table be niado
higher
Tbnse who consider everything tun
much tumble have been known, It seems,
to tutn out ii can of tomato and simply
eat ihem with vinegar.
ir we ale piopcrly, Hid p'lynlelmi would
lose Ids occupation. And we can eat for
whatever we waul In get fn, tn gp lean
tn be tietvnus cr phlegmatic, or to stop
or encourage the ravages of disease. Alt
"open thiol" 'iwalta them all Is It ton
much to hope that Hie twentieth cenlttry
will ico u law compelling conks to take
a medical cnurae'.'
A cupful of ceh I boiled ilce nddrd tn any
bleak fust iniitllu mixture or pancake bat
ter furnishes tho vailcly which gives tho
"splej" tu appetite.
In bulling pens, idling I'eiiis or nspara
glis, Mive every bit ol tilt water which
you pour off, to add tn the soup pot. Willi
the must ordinary c.ire In utilizing the
"left-ovt rs," even In ii small family, the
soup which "lejiilce.s the stomach nnd
disposes ll tn receive uiid digest oilier
fond"' need nevei be lacking. This with
out buying meat rpcchilly for thin pur
pose or using (homo pracllcr) the food
from Individual plulen. From roasts unit
steaks there are alvvas pieces nf bono
mid a simple Inn nf Juice left cm the plat
lor. Fiom lamb uud mutton chops
Frrnclied, come scraps enough In form
thn basis ror u tasty soup without any
thing else. If our butcher undemltind e
that you would like thu bones nnd scraps
from your roasts and chops rent hotim
with the meat, he is always quite willing
tn tin so. A saucer of baked beans, u cup
nf tomato, u spoonful of peas, u half
dozen stalks of asparagus, a cabbage leaf,
a few onion tops, n cup of gravy, tho
skeleton nf ii mast chicken, nr utmost any
other fragment of a clepmted feust, add
body, nourishment, Haver uud variety to
your soup from day to day.
While In winter the "stotk pot" can go
for sevetal days without entire iciiewal
and cleansing,, much care1 Is needed In
hoi weather to keep It from spoiling.
Never set It away e-nveied tint II perfectly
cold. It keeps belter to cool quickly.
i'eslluu (,'omi,
Wllh nil Its merits the llabcock lest la
not Infallible under certain conditions,
thinks the American Cultivator. It points
out that while It Is ono of the best
things for the dairy furmer, when the
test In properly anil honestly made, In
connection with the chilly weighing of tho
milk that giving n record of tho per
formance nf the cow ut tho time It In
taken nevertheless, thero In nnu thing
I hat inniiy have neen but few havn cared
to mention, lest It should prevent somo
of availing themselvcH of tin hcuiillts.
For Instance, when two cows nro tested
at tho same time, the conditions of
health, foot! ami management may bo
morn favorable to one than tn the oilier.
Somo have said that If they were fed
alike the cow that gave the bent Test
must be the best butter cow. This, It Is
contended, Is not true. Tho fooel that
would be us much as one cow could eat
might bo but little more limn half
enough for nnother. In a tent ut un ex.
peiimeiit station It was thought the most
piolltable cow was ono Hint consumed
about $i:t worth n year, anil thn one 'vat
consumed between V-' and f.'U) worth did
not producn enough to pay for what nhn
ule. Had the rations been tor both thn
cows what the poorer tnw had eaten, It
Is not thought that thu other would havo
clone as well. The cow thut gave thn
poor test should not bo condemned until
she had had uh much good food as nlio
seemed capable nf eating uud digesting.
A gradual Increase in Hie amount anil
mi Improvement In Dm quality of thn
food may change a poor cow Into a good
one. Thoso who have been disappointed
In buying good cows havo learned that
they should have bought the coinml.s
sarlat as well as the cow, which would
have Included ollu-r things besides tho
pasture mul tho gi.inai Stake the con
ditions equal when dealing with n cow
an well as when dialing with n man be
foui you puss Judgment upon cither.
Willi! She Cinilil Do.
Mrs. Fltz-nrown thought nlio hail
solved the Rteat Hcivunt ciucstlou when
I she employed it bright, young Norvvo-
Blnn ghl. In nttemptlnK to acqunint
the ghl with her now duties, however,
she 'vuh surprised ut her Ignorance,
Finally, In despair, sho asked:
"Whn t can you do'"
Tho faco of tho iievv'-fuund trensuro
brightened, and sho replied:
"I can milk lelndeor," KxchaiiBe.
"What oo you think or this Iden that
Mars h tending Digitals?" naked Mr.
licrt'hwood.
'ThPto'H nothing on earth In It!" ro
plied Mr. llomowoed, emphatically.
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