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Green Corih Oyster.f. — To one pint of grated corn, add one well- 

 beaten eg5, one teaciipful of (lour, one halt' teacupful of butter, 

 with salt and pepper to the taste. Mix them well together. A 

 tablespoonful dropped into lard, will make a cake of the size of 

 an oyster. Fry to a light brown, and when cooked, moisten it 

 with cream or butter. > ,' 



Tu Dry for Winter Use. — After the ears have been boiled, the 

 kernels are to be cut off by a knife, or shelled by running the 

 prong of a fork along the base of the grain. Spread them upon 

 a cloth in a shaded, airy place, but carry into the house at night- 

 fall. They will require several days to become perfectly dried, 

 wht^n they are to be put away in cloth bags. The ravages of 

 mice must be carefully guarded against". 



Succotash. — Put three quarts of cold water to on^ 

 lialf pound of salt pork and place them upon the fire. 

 Cut three quarts of green corn from the cobs and boil 

 the cobs with the pork, or scrape the cobs and save 

 the scrapings to thicken with. When the pork has 

 boiled one half hour, take out the cobs and put in 

 one quart of freshly shelled beans. Boil them fifteen 

 minutes, add the three quarts of corn and boil the 

 whole until it is tender. Add butter, salt, sugar, creana 

 and pepper to suit t'le taste. It may be made in win- 

 ter, by using corn prepared as before directed for win- 

 ter use, soaking it over night and adding it to the 

 beans when they become tender. 



Cress. lApideum SaiivuirK — The principal variety 

 of cress is usually known as Pepper grass. As soon as 

 the weather will permit in Spring, select some warm 

 situation and sow the seed thickly in drills six inches 

 apart. The ground should be finely pulverized and 

 the sowings be repeated once in two weeks till fall.— 

 It is in perfection when two inches high and should 

 be cut close to the ground. It is used as a salad with 

 lettuce, mustard, kc. 



Cucumber. Cmmnh sativus. — The cucumber requires 

 a light, rich loam. TTie hills should be raised on the 

 out side that they may retain the rain that falls, and 

 afford a place into which to pour water in case there 

 should be a dry time, as the cucumber requires a large 

 amount of moisture. The Early Frame, Early Cinder, 



