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the butter Is hard to churn.
_ I , A good wick to the incubator lamp
is one of the Important things.
. Dampness in the poultry house ,
yards or runs - Is often a source of
trouble. (
The thing that counts In the poul-
try business is doing the right thing
: at the right time.
Don't let the weeds get a foot high
.and then pull them , disturbing the
: surrounding flowers , even if none are
pulled out.
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. Fight green lice with tobacco-tea
.and the rose-slug with lime-water. Or
try dusting air-slaked lime on the in-
, fested rose-bushes.
Few horsemen pay enough attention
: . to the teeth of tho old horses , and
then wonder why they look out of
condition.
On land at all subject to foot-rot
many sheep will fall lame-more es
pecially the close-wooled breeds on
.grass. ;
It Is very seldom that a group of
: sheep may be fattened on dry food
without ; some of them dying or suffer-
ing with constipation.
There may be such a thing as bad
.luck in the dairy business , but it is a
.peculiar coincidence that it always
: follows bad management.
On receiving new rose bushes from
' " -the dealer or from other sources ,
transfer them immediately to the soil
without exposing the roots to the sun
or drying wind.
When a colt or other animal on the
farm is cut with barbed wire or by
other means , the wound usually can
'be successfully treated without the
services of a veterinarian.
" Probably the best vegetable grown
in the garden is asparagus. It is a
perennial plant and lasts for many
ryears without renewing. It is the ear-
liest and most delicious vegetable.
, Select a good , strong colony to
'build the queen cells , remove all
combs containing unsealed larva , also
Temove the queen , and let them re
main queenless a few hours.
The common foxtail millet is the
"best for dairy cows. This threshed
and mixed with an equal part of clo-
ver hay makes one of the best rough-
nesses. Unthreshed millet should '
never be fed alone to any kind of
-stock.
eVine - crops should not be disturbed
after the vines commence to run , ' as
the leaves act as a mulch of the plants
spread almost as far as the vines and
grow quite near the surface of the
'Soil. Any weeds not destroyed by
former cultivations " should be . pulled
by hand.
Salad plants , tomatoes , muskmelons ,
green corn , beans and the like have
of late years been added , one after
another , to the greenhouse crops , and
the enlarged menu resulting there-
from has gratified the epicure and has
been a source of revenue to the pro-
ducers.
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. Leave all the good ewe lambs for
breeding , but give extra feed to
lambs intended for summer market.
They may be growing now , but they
will put on better flesh for higher
prices ; with a daily feed of ground
grain. It is a good way to cash in
.surplus grain.
If you have a separator you will not
he bothered with a lot of sour milk
standing around during the warm
months. Pigs will drink sour milk ,
Tut the sweet milk will do them more
good. Get a cream separator and
: save more of the cream , besides de-
triving more benefit from the skim
onllk.
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: and corn alone she cannot furnish the
i ' proper ! elements for the development
f of the foal. Wheat bran , shorts , oil
JF meal and clover hay should be a great
part of the daily ration. Give the mare
, daily exercise and it will " not hurt
ito work her Mj to foaling time , pro-
viding she Is not -strained
or -over-
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Thorough ventilation Is necessary.
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Air and cool incubator eggs daily.
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Already the demand for dairy cows
is much in excess of the supply.
The brooder and brooder coop must
be amply ventilated at all times.
Make the milker wash his hands
with soap before he begins to milk.
Corn is assuredly the most fattening
farm grain that may be fed to sheep.
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Lack of a constant supply of clean ,
pure , fresh water before the fowls
means defeat In the end.
Any food that will keep hens In
prime condition and with vigorous ap
petites will cause them to lay.
Do not think that the separator Is a
difficult piece of machinery to handle
and that it is hard to take care of.
To every ten pounds of butter in the
churn mix one pound of dairy salt
and two pounds of water.
Two essentials must be observed tq
keep milk sweet and clean for two or
three days so that it can be shipped s
distance or held at home for use.
Many varieties of trees will in a
few years grow large enough for fuel :
and for small timber , such as poles ,
which can be used in many ways.
Select dairy cows that have every
indication of being milk producers , ,
but determine this positively by the
use of the Babcock test and the scale.
It is estimated that there are 95,000-
000 head of horses in the world. The
United States and European Russia
have the greatest number.
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Pumpkins should never be planted
In the garden. The vines take up more
room than they are worth. The corn
field for the pumpkins.
' Pea vines , which were formerly
thrown-away : by the canners , are now
being used for stock food. They are
preserved in silos , or stacked in the
open air. .
Cowpeas belong to the family of
plants known as the legumes , which
have the power of taking nitrogen
from the air by means of the bacteria
which live on their roots.
You can afford to buy feeds for pigs
and lambs at the prices these animals i
will bring this summer , and the pas-
ture will soon help out the feed ques
tion.
A nation-wide battle against the
common house fly has been started
and It is expected to be waged' ' vigor-
ously during the present year , direct-
ed by government scientists.
To force rhubarb the best success
is obtained by placing It under green'
house benches or in a rather dark
cellar ; but little light and heat is re
quired to force good rhubarb.
Millet is a warm-weather plant and
consequently it may be sown any
time : up until the middle of July with
reasonable assurance that it will pro-
duce a satisfactory hay crop.
To prevent rats and other animals
from killing and carrying off young
chicks use a tight board coop provided
with a small run and all securely in.
closed with one-Inch poultry netting ,
including the top of the run.
Milk and butter are higher priced
today ; in the large cities than ever
before. There is no danger of an
overstocked market for many years
to ; come. This is especially true if
the : dairymen produce premium milk
and butter. :
Several different things may cause
the ; suppression of milk in one or more
sections of the udder. Generally the
cause may be traced to an injury of
some ; kind received when the heifer
was running in the pasture , or it may
be traced to an inherited weakness.
When gathering flowers always use
a sharp knife or scissors to cut them
smooth and clean. Early in the morn.
ng' is the best time , and the blooms
not quite developed will last longest.
'Souse' the stems deeply in water for
an hour or so before making bou-
quets.
A very considerable extension of
live stock farming would materially
increase the cash output from farms
and at the same time save millions to
the future farm wealth by keeping on
the : farm a large percentage of the
fertility that is now sold off in the
form of corn , oats and hay.
Raising calves on skim milk Is the
best method , all things considered ;
and they will grow and develop on'
this food as well as when allowed to :
run with the cow. The secret of suc-
ess : and good health with the animals
is to feed often and in small amounts.
Overfeeding ) and irregular feeding will' ;
cause the scours and calves will grOW } "
indifferently. /
Most of these waste places on the
farm are the richest kind of land. If
the brush and briars were grubbed
out and the spaces put into cultivation
they would grow the biggest crops on
the farm. The soil in such places is
full of organic matter and other rich ,
ertillzers , which have accumulated
for years in the form of dead insects
.and decaying twigs , leaves and roots.
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The great sport of the Spanish people , bull fighting , was introduced to
the Turks in Constantinople the other day , but the subjects of the sultan
did not take kindly to it , as is proved by the emptiness of the grand. stand ,
shown by the accompanying photograph. There were many protests against
the granting of a concession for the holding of bull-fights in the Turkish
metropolis , but all were vain.
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Thirty Tons of French Garden to
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Plants Undisturbed While Earth Sur-
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Reading to Birmingham
Farm Demonstration.
London.-Some thirty tons of French
garden , heavy with plants as well as
"golden soil , " are being removed from
Reading to Birmingham.
The garden , which stood in a corner
of Messrs. Sutton's trial ground at
Reading , is the best educational model
yet seen. In its new site in Warley
park , close to the bandstand , it will
cover a strip 160 feet in length , and a
good three days' , work will be spent
in setting it up and , so to speak ,
naturalizing it. The garden will be
. opened by the lord mayor and lady
mayoress of Birmingham , who were
originally interested in the scheme by
Mr. Chance-like his cousin , Sir Jo-
seph Chance , one of Birmingham's
notable benefactors.
The model is described as "educa-
tional , " designed to "demonstrate the
continental system of intensive cul- ;
tivation , " and as a demonstration it
is not less chaming than it is edu-
cational.
Everything is to be transferred just
as it is , and not one plant of the
many thousands will be disturbed.
The frames and cloches and open
patches of ground are to demonstrate
the growth and progress of French ,
gardening as well as the results ; and '
for this reason all the spectators will
follow one path in one direction , so
that they may pass with the explan-
atory lecturer , as it were , from Febru-
ary to November.
First , they will see a bed in the ma-
king , one part pit , one part heaped ma-
nure , one part completed with soil and
frame. Next comes a row of f ames
in which three crops are growing
cheek by jowl-lettuces , carrots and
radishes. This is succeeded by a row
in which four crops are growing to-
gether , the fourth being cauliflower.
From the frames you pass to the
cloches under which the seed Is first
sown , making a close * green mat. Next
are the cloches where these seedlings
are pricked out at even distances ,
showing how the cloches feed the
frames. At this stage the first part
of the year is completed. The suc-
ceeding beds and frames illustrate
how the soil is used yet again for the
later part of the year. .
This is perhaps the most novel and
interesting part of the demonstration.
The variety is most striking. One of
the late beds is filled with cabbages ,
between which again is a double crop
of radish and endive. These cabbages ,
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Slaughter Houses Be Erected at Smith-
field and Importation of Meat
Discontinued.
London.-To encourage the importa-
tion of American cattle into England ,
the city of London corporation has a
big scheme on hand. It is proposed
to construct a huge slaughter house
and cold storage plant in connection
with the Metropolitan meat market at
Smithfield.
Two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars will be spent on the scheme , and
when they are completed the build-
ings will constitute one' of the finest
establishments of their kind in the
world. They 'will be equipped with all
the latest appliances and are ex
pected to create a revolution in the
importation of cattle into this coun
try.
try.The
The scheme Is viewed with conster
nation by the railroad companies here ,
who receive a large proportion of their
income from the carriage of frozen
meat from Liverpool and other ports
to London. Under the new scheme
cattle will be shipped direct to Lon-
don.
don.This
This scheme will have a double ad-
vantage. The meat of foreign cattle
kHled -in London will fetch as high
a price in the market as If the cattle
had been of English origin , while it
will reduce enormously the necessity
for consuming frozen meat
though they have only been in the
ground six weeks are already as big
as cabbages which were planted last
November. Five months have been
saved.
Other frames and cloches contain
peas which are already in pod , straw-
berries which are just ripe , tomatoes
in flower , and melons just beginning to
set.
SNAKES CHANGE MAN'S VIEWS
Pennsylvania Farmer Puts His Hand
Into Nest of Copperheads and
Stops His Grumbling.
York , Pa.-Farmer William Tracey
changed his notions about the weather
when he reached into a nest of six
copperhead snakes in removing an old
stone fence , in Dover township , and
promptly resigned from the Knockers'
club.
club.Before
Before the adventure of his hand
Farmer Tracey's remarks at the East-
mount village store were those of a
weather pessimist. He opined that it
was unseasonably cool and that crops
would suffer if a hot wave did not
soon come along.
However , if that particular hot
wave for which Tracey hankered had
been there when he put his hand into
the copperheads' nest , it is probable
they would have been active enough
to have made Tracey the hero of a
different sort of reception. As it was ,
the six snakes wjere too sluggish from
the chill to move with their summer
alacrity.
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Inventory Being Prepared In Cleve-
land Lists Everything From
Canary to Elephant.
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Cleveland , O. - The task of pre-
paring an inventory of every bit of
property , movable and otherwise ,
owned by the city of Cleveland , is now
drawing to a close. Twelve hundred
typewritten pages in the office of De
partment Examiner Brown , at the city
hall , show a complete list 'of every-
thing that the city of Cleveland owns
from office blotter to reservoirs , and
from lead pencils to Minnie , the
Brookside : zoo elephant.
The work , so far as it has pro-
gressed , reveals the fact that Cleve-
land owns at least three pianos and
two organs , six canary birds , 77 pigs ,
239 chickens , 60 cows , several barber
chairs and a number of razors , and
only the general schedule for two de
partments out of a total of 200 , has
been completed. There are 139 rock-
ing chairs at the City hospital and 118
at the infirmary.
Will Buy American . Cattle
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There are already two great slaugh-
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ter yards in this country-at Birken-
head and Deptford , near London-but
their capacity is not equal to the de
mand which any considerable increase
In the importation of live American
cattle would make upon them.
Solves Living Problem.
Indianapolis , Ind.-Living at a cost
of approximately 32 cents a day for
four years is the record of Yeoman J.
C. Thornton , United States navy ,
Memphis , Tenn. Thornton was dis
charged from the service at the In-
dianapolis station the other day and
re-enlisted the next day for another
term. His pay , during the last four
years , was at a rate of $75.50 a month ,
or $1,026 a year.
During the four years of $4,104 re
ceived In wages Thornton saved
$3,644. The secret of his economic
subsistence is that Thornton , being in
the navy yard , paid no board , clothing ,
room nor medical attention. He was
not extravagant and did not use to-
bacco , did not drink nor gamble.
Wet Weather Killff Horses.
Pottsville , Pa.-Over a dozen horses
died in Pottsville and vicinity the oth-
er day of a strange , new disease- which
is said to be caused by the wet weath-
er , and different parts of the country
report scores as having died from the
same disease. It begins like the
mange and soon affects the eyes.
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clares That It Records Psycho
logical Attractiveness.
San Francisco.-A mechanical ar
rangement which he terms a "love
machine , " and which he declares will
measure the strength of human affec-
tions between lovers , friends or rela-
tives - which will correctly tabulate
the amount of resistent will power of
any individual , and which will also
tell to an infinitesimal fraction the
: amount of psychological attractive-
ness exerted over a person by another
-has been invented by Charles Tru-
dow , a mechanic , who lives on Jones
avenue , Elmhurst. Trudow has applied
for letters patent upon his contrivance
and is seeking capital with which to
start a "love machine" factory.
The machine is termed. "physty-
mograph" by Trudow. Its powers are
such that the human emotion termed
love is drawn into it when two per-
sons grip a pair of handles , not unlike
those of an ordinary electric battery.
A dial which connects a contrivance
of springs and wires registers the
amount of affection the two persons
who grip the handles have for each
other. If there is no love between
them the dial hand remains motion-
less. According to tests by Trudow
its only fault is that it cannot tell
the full amount of love between some
extra affectionate couples. The ma-
chine will not measure the affections
of two men - the * dial hand remaining
motionless , as is the case when there
is no love between men and women.
GAS PIPE ITS OWN PLUMBER
When Fire Came From Leak a Lead
Jacket Plugged the Hole-Expla-
nation Is Simple.
Kansas City , ; Mo.-Chance some-
times works overtime to produce very
insignificant results , and , as an exam-
ple , here's the story of a fire in the
joint basement below the Economy
Furniture company , 813 Main street ,
and a pawnshop owned by G. A.
Stevens at 813 % Main street. A lead
jacketed pipe runs through the floor
of pawnshop to a steam radiator
above. A space near the pipe was
left when the plumbing was done. Di-
rectly below the hole is a gas pipe :
Now , at exactly two minutes of 11
o'clock in the morning , George A.
St'/vens , Jr. , who clerks in the pawn-
shop , dropped a lighted cigarette
through this hole ; at the same sec-
ond the gas discovered a small leak
in the pipe and ventured out. The
cigarette set fire to the gas and in a
few moments a little blue flame was
scorching the floor of the pawnshop.
By the time several fire companies
arrived the fire was extinguished and
the gas pipe leaked no more.
Now , here's the explanation : The
fiame had melted the lead packet
about the steam pipe , the lead had
dripped down on the gas pipe and the
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leak was plugged.
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Cleveland is the second city in the
United States to adopt the plan of
preparing an inventory of all goods
and property owned. The first was
Lynn , Mass.
"I believe that the municipal code
should require every village In the
state to adopt this plan , " said City
Examiner ; Brown. "An inventory
should be made at least once every
year. It is a valuable thing for a city
to possess , and it is a businesslike
procedure that should be generally fol.
lowed by cities . of the state. "
HAWK SWOOPS DOWN ON HAT
Carries Off Chantecler Headgear of
Jersey Miss and Drops It Into
Passaic River.
Singac , N. J.-While on her way
downtown Miss Margaret McPhail had
an exciting experience with a huge
chicken hawk , which made off with
her chantecler hat.
When near the schoolhouse on
Pompton turnpike , she first noticed
the hawk hovering over her , but high
up in the air. The bird , after circling
about and swinging nearer and nearer
to her , suddenly , swooped'down on
her head and seized the hat.
It fluttered and pulled at the head-
gear , while Miss McPhail screamed.
- Two girl friends ran to her assistance.
Miss Minnie Hartdorf reached her
first , and she tried to drive off the
bird , but the hawk flapped his wings
wildly several times , striking Miss
Hartsdorf in the face and blinding
her for the time being.
Miss McPhail was so frightened
that she sank to the ground. By that
time the hatpins had worked loose and
the hawk flew away with the head-
gear in its claws. When over the
Passaic river the bird evidently dis-
civered it had made a mistake and
dropped the hat , which fell into the
water.
At that moment Howard Jackson
of Montclair , a member of the Sun-
nyside Canoe club , came around the
bend of the river in his canoe. Some
men called out to him to secure the
hat , which he did and returned it to
the owner.
Autos Knock Out Skeeters.
Orange , N. J.-Annual report of
state highway commissioners declares
that oiling of roads to lay I dust has
had a marked effect on Jersey , mos
quitoes , driving them away from resi-
dential districts and' confining them to
tracts where the roads are not treat-
ed. Smoke and gases from passing
automobiles had the' same effect.
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Preserved Cherries One of the Best ) !
and Most Delicious of Put- I
Up Lunches.
There is an ancient superstition that
jcherrles and milk are a combination
Jthat will Insure speedy death. There- !
fore : small boys and girls have been.
{ tortured ; with a most terrible uncer '
: tainty when , surreptitiously , they havE
gorged ' themselves with the robin's ,
, perquisite or the later coming choke !
, cherries , and have then had bread andj }
milk presented to them as their solo
choice of evening meal. From a feel
ing of wish-I-dared to what-do-I-care
they have proceeded to gather tho
fruit of hidden branches , possessed
with that same eerie uncertainty about
the future which a boy may have
when he courts death with a giant
firecracker. Mothers have suffered
from frightful apprehensions in cher-
. ry time.
, Preserved cherries are amongst the
: Imost delicious of all the put-up fruits
[ and are as serviceable for pies andj
'puddings as any there are , If one *
| wlshes to extend the cherry flavor In _ .
this : way. The cooked cherry is de-
licious , and considerably less sugar ! I
is required for it than for preserves. , ! ,
To candy cherries requires a good deal ! !
more care than most domestic man-
, agers can take , but some think it
worth while , since the produce has , '
more flavor than those that are ar - I
tides of merchandise. '
To preserve cherries a level meas1 {
ure of sugar to a heaping measure of/ { /
cherries Is a reliable portion. Twenty
to thirty minutes Is about the tlmej 1
required for cooking them. The old- 1t ?
fashioned long cooking was not neces- :
' sary and deprived them of their beau-j ,
tiful color. Cook and skim the sugar :
first before adding the cherries slow-
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For Frying , the Unripe Ones Will AIT (
ways Be Found to Give the
Most Satisfaction.
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Now that the tomato season is here ; -
the fact that green tomatoes are more s
delicately flavored and more delicious )
fried than the red ones usually cooked ) 1
in that way is worth a word of re- ;
minder. Jot it down in the household !
new Idea book to be tried for break-
fast some morning or at luncheon ,
with or without a meat dish.
Cut into thin slices some large , per-
fectly green specimens ( they must not
have begun to show any sign of ripen-
ing , and those freshly pulled are real-
ly the best for the dish ) , sprinkle with )
salt and dip in cornmeal until cov .
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ered. Saute in a little butter until a ;
nice brown. Cover the frying pan ' ' !
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throughout the cooking process tor
keep the tomatoes tender. They mayj ;
be brought to table with the accom
paniment of a brown sauce or plain.
Cream Raspberry Pie.
Line a pie dish with rich puff paste ; ;
and fill with a quart of raspberries
sweetened to taste. Cover with pastry ; !
but do not press this down at the
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edges. While it Is cooking heat a ;
small teacupful of milk , with a pinch
of soda in it , and stir into it half a ! ,
teaspoonful of corn flour which has ,
been previously wet with a little cold )
milk ; add one tablespoonful of white
powdered sugar , and cook for three ! ,
mintues. Pour the mixture into a
small basin , and beat in the frothed ! : I
whites of two eggs ; whip to a cream ! !
land let it get cold. When the pie is )
taken fro mthe oven lift the top crustf
and pour in the cream you have ' made ; !
replace the crust and set aside to f h
cool. Sprinkle a little sugar over the .
top before serving.
Rhubarb Jam.
Add to each pound of rhubarb cut
without peeling a pound of sugar and ] !
one lemon. Pare the yellow peel from !
the lemon , taking care to get none ] !
of the bitter white pith. Slice the :
pulp of the lemon in an earthen bowlj ,
discarding the seeds.
Put the rhubarb into the bowl with
the sugar and lemon , cover and stan
away in a cool place over night. In
: the morning turn into the preserving
' kettle , simmer gently three-quarters of
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an hour or until thick , take from the
are , cool a little and pour into jars.
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Scotch Shortbread.
One-half pound flour , one-quarter
pound unsalted butter , two ounces
powdered sugar. Sift flour into bowl ' , ,
rub in the btuter smoothly and add !
ugar. Knead well with the hand un j
til soft enough to hold together. Form ,
into a ball , press with the palm of the4
hand until half an inch thick and level1
the top with rolling -pin. Butter al !
sheet of note paper and lay on a sheed
tin. Decorate the edges with the fin-t
gers. Bake in a slow oven until firm )
and pale brown.
A Breakfast Pudding.
Boil three eggs hard , cut in slices ?
and lay in a buttered baking dish } I
Make a custard with two whole eggsj : 1
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one and a half cupfuls of milk , half ! :
a saltspoonful of salt , dash of pepper )
and a grating of nutmeg. Pour this
custard over the slices of egg and ; !
strew the top thickly with grated |
cheese. Bake in a moderate oven un-j
til firm. Serve hot.
Anchovy Sauce.
Wash eight anchovies in cold water- {
plit open and remove the bones.j :
Wipe dry and pound to a pulp in ai\
mortar.
Add two egg yolks , then dilute slow-
ly ] with two tablespoonfuls of oliver
oil and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar ;
or lemon juice. Add white pepper
minced parsley and serve cold.
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