Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07
USEFUL AND SUGGEsTIYE.

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only way for cooking meat for hogs, with
out s%corching it, is by steam under pres
sure. Even potatoes and roots should be
cooked by steam. The poison in the k i
of the potato is carried off when cooked
by steam. ~
A GOOD article of prepared glue, so use
full to have about every house, may be
made with gum arabic dissolved in strong
vinegar. It will keep in good condition a
long time. Common glue dissolved in the
same way will keep from fermentation
several weeks.
CoCoANUT CAKEs.-Grate the c~ocoanut,
add the white of two eggs, and the juice
of one lemon, with sugar to taste; beat up
the mixture, drop it on water paper,
bake it in a quick oven. They should be
small rough cakes, the points just Drowned.
CREAM PIE.-One pint of good sweet
cream, one egg, one tablespoonful of flour,
one pinch of salt flavor with lemon and
sweeten to taste. Beat the eggs light,
then add the flour and stir in the cream.
The above is for pie in a baking dish.
Put lemon on the sugar.
THE Hearth and Home says it has known
q man who has moved round the stone
heaps on six acres of land for six years,
when two men and ~ pair ofoxen would
have removed them all IN n day. It es-
Inmates that he has lost in hay ten times
the worth of the labor, and in time double
the cost of removal. a
THE Gardeners Monthly a y that some
tthink as the hemlock is a large forest tree,
it M be Kept down as a hedge plant ;
but summer pruning will keep the larg-
est tree IN a dwarf condition for NaFgreat
number of years. The pruning has to
be done Just after stheE young growth
bushes out, which generally is about the
end of May. @
SODA CAKE PM.-Take four soda
crackers grated fine three cupfuls of
warm water; one-fourth of a ~teaspoonful
of t~artaric acid, the grated rind of an
orange, three cupfuls of sugar, three ia
b~lespoonfuls of butter, a little salt; MAKE
a good short crust, fill it with this mixture,
and bake in a quick oven.
A+wRITER in Chester county, Penn,
communicates to the Country Gentleman
his experience in the use of potatoes for
food for animals. He found but little BEN
eft from them for cows or sheep. But,
steamed or cooked, with an admixture of
corn meal, he found them excellent for
pigs and hogs, causing rapid growth, he
thinks not less than a pound and a hall
a day.
To MAKE RYE AND INDIAN BREAD
For a good thick loaf, one pint of rye,
and three pints of Indian meal, half cup
moiasses or brown sugar; stir in boiling
water to thoroughly scald it, cover and
let stand until cool, then reduce with cold
milk until quite thin, so Al to pour into 8
pan bake all day, let stand in wen al
night if convenient.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
He190R eradicates Canada thistles by SUM
mer following thoroughly blowing foul
times, the first time quite early, and har
} row as many times as shall be necessary
to thoroughly pulverize the soil He theI
) gives it a good dressing of rotted manure
J stocks it down with clover and timothy
| half a bushel of seed of each to b acre
} and uses it for a meadow.
FRETTINa.-Two gardeners had thei
crops of peas killed by the frost, one o.
, whom, who had fretted greatly, anC
grumbled at his loss, visiting hi
, neighbor some time after, was astonisheC
: to see another fine crop growing, and in
quired how it could be. "These are wha
| l sowed while you were fretting," was thu
! reply. Why, don't you ever fretY,
! tb ee mis DS5 ! put a y Sh tl tben nave tb Isps,F nt
r need to fret at all" "True; that's tn,
, reason 1 put it off"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Mirror dnC
Farmer IN. H. says he had some peacl
: trees which, being badly infested will
, borers, yielded no fruit. He dug out thu
borers, replaced the earth, and took hen
manure, which he poured hot water
| stirred it and applied some of it to eacl
Tree, pouring In6 uOb uQuVu dIOunu I'LL
trunks of the trees in the places wherl
the borers enter. The next season tn
! trees bore a good many peaches whicI
T withered, but the second year and afte
? that they bore delicious fruit.
=. A CORRESPONDENT of the OGr0lin,
> Farmer says that he would not be careful
: to select for a peach orchard a northern
! southern, eastern, or western exposure II
particular, but would prefer to plant, j
: possible, on opposite ground at the sam
time. For example n of his neighbor
owned a high hill which sloped north ant
south. He had peach orchards on boil
sides of the hill. He has seen b orchard
, on the north side burdened with fruit
while on the south side the frost had com
i pletely destroyed the crop-and Uice UerSd
The same may be seen on eastern or west
ern~ exposures.
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