American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . nut. A prettyhousehold ornament is made of an egg shell bybreaking off one end carefully, leaving the openingan inch and a half or two inches in diameter, ac-cording to the size, of the egg. Protect the edgewith a narrow strip of paper put on with gum orglue. Crochet, of any bright worsteds an open-work basket, jnst large enough to hold the preparedegg shell. Put at the edge of the crochet a stiffcord or small wire, and fasten so that the shell maypass in and out when necessary. Tie cords whichwill suspend your basket from the center
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . nut. A prettyhousehold ornament is made of an egg shell bybreaking off one end carefully, leaving the openingan inch and a half or two inches in diameter, ac-cording to the size, of the egg. Protect the edgewith a narrow strip of paper put on with gum orglue. Crochet, of any bright worsteds an open-work basket, jnst large enough to hold the preparedegg shell. Put at the edge of the crochet a stiffcord or small wire, and fasten so that the shell maypass in and out when necessary. Tie cords whichwill suspend your basket from the center of the topof the window frame. My basket is made of singlezephyr worsted, and is finished at the bottom witha little tassel of the same, with two or three threadsof scarlet in it. If you choose, put tassels at theends of the banging string, and crochet a littleruffle over the strong string round the edge of thebasket. I put some rich dirt in my egg shell, anda few kernels of wheat, which grew and freshenedour one little room long before there was anything. CROCHET BASKET. green out of doors. But now that spring flowershave come I must have a fresh bouquet in it everyday. A small two-inch pot, or an egg eup, willanswer quite as well as the egg shell, and may bemore convenient to those who do not have geeseor duckseggs. All the grains and grasses lookbeautifully in these hanging baskets, and trailingplants have a still more pleasing effect. I>olicioiis Lemon IMe.— Take 3 lemons,grate some of the rind, 12 pints of milk. 1 cupful ofbread crumbs. I cll«, I1 . cups of sugar, a Mule salt. Addthe lemon juice last thiug, and bake with au under crust. 26<± AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. [July, Do Farmers Eat Enough? Farmers work hard. Many of them work harderthan their horses. A hired man will seldom do it,but a farmer that drives his own team will takeoccasion to get out a stone, or put a few rails inplace that have been blown from the fence, or re-move an old stump, or do some one
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