1905. 
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The Hen Business. 
I am still in the lien business. My 39 
pullets are now 54, increased by purchase. 
They have done their duty so far; have 
paid for their feed and $10 for repairing 
house in the Fall, and a net profit of 
about $30. They are eight months old, 
and 1 fully expect to clear a dollar a hen 
before they are a year old. Two weeks 
ago I bought about 50 chicks for $5 from 
a man who hatches thousands for differ¬ 
ent people. 1 consider it the cheapest and 
best way to get them unless one has an 
incubator cellar and other conveniences. 
I ordered, at the same time, another hun¬ 
dred to delivered June 12. This year the 
weather has been so wretched that noth¬ 
ing can grow, and I believe the late chicks 
will do very nicely. Some years it is too 
hot for them by this time; I put about 115 
chickens in a 200-chick brooder, and feed 
them chick food and fresh water. 1 have 
a scheme for a drinking affair that works 
finely. Nail three laths together to form 
a trough and put pieces on the ends—paint 
it, and there you are! They don’t get wet 
or tip it over, and it is very inexpensive. 
My feed troughs are similar. I believe 
in the dry food. I have not lost a chick 
except by accident. There are 107 left. 
The other eight were smothered at night, 
one by one, by the others crowding. It 
does seem perfectly senseless for those 
chickens to squeeze into a tight bunch 
when the temperature is up to 90! But 
it is their nature, and that is hard to 
conquer. I am wondering how many 
of these chicks will round up in the Fall. 
They arc all prize stock, with satisfactory 
egg records. I was more particular about 
the eggs than the prizes, but I found the 
two went hand in hand. I had my choice 
of settings of 13 eggs for $1 or chicks at 
10 cents apiece. It seems better policy 
to buy the chicks. They are White 
Plymouth Rocks, Barred Rocks and 
Rhode Island Reds. The latter I shall 
keep for Winter layers, and sell the 
others. The man of whom I bought them 
assured me they would make vigorous, 
lively chicks, and they have. I have not 
been able to get a fence high enough or 
tight enough to turn them. They fly 
over boards two feet or more high, and 
wriggle out through a pin-hole almost. 
They seem to have a good deal of super¬ 
fluous energy that might be used in some 
other way. 
This year I have planted beans where I 
had cauliflower last year—kidney beans. 
My uncle gave me the beans, and he and 
Father fitted the land and put in the beans, 
together with a hag of phosphate ($1.65) 
which I bought. I am looking for them 
to come up and be hoed. I believe there 
is money in farming as in any other busi¬ 
ness, if a man isn’t afraid of working too 
hard or too many hours. No one in any 
business can leave off work at four or five 
o’clock and loaf round till dark and make 
money. In farming one must “make hay 
whether the sun shines or not,” and every 
minute must be made to count. Nature 
will work with you, but she won’t work 
for you. ADAH E. COI.CORD. 
Some Summer Desserts. 
Raspberry Pudding.—Cut a pound of 
sponge cake into rather broad strips, and 
spread thick on one side with the fruit, 
sugared if necesary, or with the jam. 
Put one over the other in a log-cabin 
pattern, and cover with a rich custard. 
Then beat the whites of the eggs stiff with 
as many tablespoonfuls of sugar, flavor 
with lemon and heap high over the whole. 
A very pretty dessert. 
Strawberry Cream Pie.—After picking 
over the berries carefully, arrange them in 
layers in a deep pie plate, sprinkling sugar 
thickly between each layer, having first 
lined the dish with your best pastry. 
Cover with a crust with a slit in the top 
and bake. When the pie is baked, pour 
into the slit in the top of the pie the fol¬ 
lowing cream mixture: Take a small cup¬ 
ful of rich cream, heat until nearly boil¬ 
ing, then stir into it the whites of two 
eggs beaten lightly to a froth, also a 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
tablespoonful of granulated or powered 
sugar; boil all together a few moments. 
When cool, pour it into the pie through 
the slit in the crust. Serve with pow¬ 
dered sugar sifted on top. 
Raspberry Cream.—Two tablespoonfuls 
6069 Boy’s Suit, 2 aiul 4 year*. 
of granulated gelatin (or half a box), 
half a cupful of cold water, half a cup¬ 
ful of boiling water, one cupful of sugar, 
one pint of cream, whipped, and one pint 
of raspberry juice from fruit put up fresh. 
Soak the gelatin one hour in the cold 
water, add to it the boiling water, set on 
the stove and stir until the gelatin is per¬ 
fectly dissolved. Do not let it cook. Add 
the sugar and raspberry juice, remove 
from stove, strain through cheese cloth 
and set in a cold place. When it begins 
to form stir in the whipped cream, turn 
into a mold and set on ice to harden. 
One-half this recipe is ample for a family 
of five. 
Baked Blueberry Pudding.—One quart 
ripe, fresh berries, mace or nutmeg one- 
half teaspoonful; three eggs well beaten, 
separately; sugar, two cups; cold butter, 
one tablespoon; sweet milk, one cup; 
flour, one pint; baking powder, two tea¬ 
spoons. Roll berries well in flour, add 
them last. Bake half hour and serve 
with sauce. Delicious. 
Blueberry Betty.—Put a pint of milk in 
a double boiler and put on the fire to 
scald. Pick over, wash and drain a pint 
of fresh blueberries. Flave ready a pint 
of soft whole wheat bread crumbs. Put 
a layer of crumbs in a buttered pudding 
dish, then a layer of berries, then more 
crumbs and so on until the dish is 
full, having crumbs on top. Stir two 
tablespoonfuls of sugar in the milk, and 
when hot pour it over the contents of the 
dish. Cover and set in the oven to bake 
for about an hour. Stand the pudding 
dish in a basin of hot water. Serve with 
a tart sauce. 
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