STOCK FOR CLEAR SOUPS.

Place four onions in large kettle with a gallon of water, let boil steadily two hours, then add one carrot, two small turnips, two parsnips, three bay leaves, one head of celery (if celery leaves cannot be had a saltspoonful of celery seeds may be used), one-eighth head of cabbage. Let boil four hours; strain. This should make a gallon of strong stock.