Show FARM AND FIRESIDE tho potatoes from whole seed ripened mno daja earlier than those from cut potatoes att tho ohio experimental aoa leader roach and plum pits should not bo planted in tha fall as many of will germinate if allowed to remain out all winter it Is better to keep thorn in doore until spring then crack and plant very aroy linw white cako two ol 01 of butter alio sugar one bodec cup whites of four eggs ono corroo cup of cold water three and a liala bodec cups of cihi tarco teaspoons of baklun powder beat the butter until light add and stir well abon add of eggs not beaten and bout well nil together add tho cold then allour and baking powder the an exchange says that rocky forest land had better be kept in woods until the rest of the farni is in tho highest state of cultivation there are millions of acres of poor land partly cultivated eliat ought never to havo been cleared oft of that which is plowed not in 1000 Is made to produce half ai much aa it would produce it thoroughly tilled and wisely fertilized 60 longas a stone sa not too largo to be turned in the furrow or pasi between tha harrow teeth it Is a benefit to the soil it is merely a solid frag gradually wc athora away and is constantly furnishing fertility as alio rain and crumble it down hence to pick a field clear of these in is to deprive it of a source of constantly accruing plant food pot nali fmc phosphoric acid and other valuable mineral matter ow fork tribune raised loaf cake one cup of butter indano sugar ono cup of alanl seven cups of hour one cup ono pint of milk ono small pinch of soda one fourth pound of citron warm alio milk then add half alio llio flour and ono cup of shortening one cup of sugar and the cup of yeast let aliis three or four hours then take the with spice and raisins and mix all together let it stand in a warm over bight just before putting into the pans add alio soda and citron globe alio gentleman says sometime between now and next spring every owner of n plum orchard or apricot tree should insert in tho trunk or it the tree is large into each main limb an iron plug to strike on with a heavy hammer for jarring down alio alic plugs may bo easily and cheaply made by n blacksmith by up a round iron rod say three eighths of an inch in diameter and niches long and set in holes bored in tho tree an inch or two deep A blow on one of these will bring down every cur cidio upon i sheets to bo spread tho trees |