eleven] come and see MY CABBAGES 



and so can get on without brushing, while they 

 will yield abundantly. The points of a prime pea 

 are sweetness, thin skin, and prolific bearing. 



Beans, peas, and corn, all alike decline to con- 

 fine their service to man to their green state. Some 

 of the best ears of your sweet corn should be trussed 

 up for parching in winter. After parching, grind 

 the kernels in a coffee mill, and eat with milk and 

 sugar. It is quite equal to most of the costly 

 cereals, and it is a very inexpensive food. Split 

 peas should constitute a very large element in fam- 

 ily diet, being wholesome and nutritious. As for 

 baked beans, why speak of them to sons of New 

 Englanders ? Yet I find that very few know that 

 dried Lima beans are, for baking, far superior to 

 the common beans. After soaking, you may easily 

 rub off the skins, then boil down for soup, or bake. 

 In this state they may be eaten by invalids, the 

 skin of the bean alone being a hindrance to diges- 

 tion. A well-ordered family should make a very 

 generous use of corn meal, of boiled or baked beans, 

 and of boiled or baked peas. All of them can be 

 made into puddings and pies. 



If you have good, loose soil, in a limestone district, 

 be sure to grow your own early potatoes, however 



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