Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-04-01
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The USE OF THE ROLLER. use of the
roller is too little known among some pref
ty good farmers In the spring, as soon as
the ground is free from frost and firm enough
to poach up under the feet of horses or oxen
all land in grass and grain should be rolled
There are many hills, and clods torn up oy
the tread of animals, and small stones, and
tussocks of grass, wheel tracks, and null
titude of things that cause Irregularities OF
surface, which good roller puts out of the
way in once going over. Besides, plants
heaved by the freezing and thawing of win
ter, are packed firmly in the soil
FooD FOR CH1LDREN.-Childeren need
more food in proportion to their size than
adults do, for they have not only to supply
the waste of the system, but to furnish be-
sides material for growth. Plain hearty
food, and all they want of it, is right for
healthy children Many mothers Of the
present day implant disease and craving
for stimuants in their children in weaken
ing their constitutions by insufficient or in
proper food There would not be so many
s'cross" babies if there were not SO many
half starved and tightly dressed ones.
CLEARING UP FENCE Rows.--Clearing up
fence rows is good work for early SPRING
There are no leaves and grass to conceal
big stones against which, in summer. one is
apt to strike the bush sythe, hook and axe,
and man can see much better, what he is
about. When the brush is cut, and the soil
is loosened by the outcoming frost, the
ground may be plowed much more easily
than in summer.
ECONOMICAL VEAL SoUp.-Boil a bit of
veal that will make fricassee, pie. or hash;
when tender, take out the meat and slip out
the bones, put them back in the kettle, and
boil gently two hours then strain the Ii
quor, and let it remain until the next day
when wanted, take off the fat, put the soup
into clean pot, add pepper, salt and onion
half a teacupful of rice, tablespoonful of
-four mixed in water, dry bread and pota-
toes.
A BEEF CurLEr.-Take rib Of beef. beat
it little to make it tender, lay it in vine
gar for six hours, then take it out, and have
prepared bread -crums, parsley, pepper, salt
and little onion rub yolk of egg over
the outlet, and strew the above ingredients
well over it; put it in tin tray before the
fire for an hour and half, turning it occa-
sionally. Serve it with rich gravy.
ROMAN PIE.-Boil rabbit; cut all the
meat as thin as possible. Boil two ounces
Of maccaroni very tender, two ounces OF
Parmesan or common cheese, grated, lit
tie onion, chopped fine, pepper and salt to
taste, not quite half pint of cream, Line
mould, sprinkled with vermicelli, with a
good paste. Bake On hour, and serve 1t
with or without brown sauce. Cold chicken
or cold game may be used for this pie in
stead Of a rabbit.
SAUCE FOR DUcK-A teaspoonful of made
mustard, a teaspoonful of essence OF ancho-
vies, pinch Of Cayenne pepper, table
spoonful of good mushroom catsup, and
glass of ordinary claret. Mix the mustard
and anchovy essence thoroughly in sauce
pan, add the Cayenne, then the catsup, a
few drops at time, the claret last; warm
up, and pour very hot over the duck, hav
ing previously sliced the breast.
GRASS AND GRAIN FIRLDs.-Grass and
grain fields may be dressed with few hun
dred pounds Of bone dust, plaster and ashes,
or all three mixed in about equal parts
Instead of this, any fine well-rotted compost
or manure may be applied, brushed in, and
the field rolled Liquid manure is particu-
lalry recommended as profitable appllcn-
ton in the spring.
PICK OFF THE SToNEs.-Pick off the stones
from plowed land, grain fields, and newly
seeded grass land. lay them in piles, 50
that they can be loaded into carts and drawn
off early in the morning, when the ground
is stiff. Large stones should be lifted, and
have sticks laid under them, when the
ground is soft, that they, too, may be moved
when it is frozen.
LEMON HoNEYooMB.- is very SIM
pie dish, and makes pleasant variety on
supper table. Sweeten the juice of lemon
to taste, and put it into the dish in which it
will be sent to the table. The white of an
egg must be beaten into pint Of rich cream
and whisked; as the froth rises it is to be
placed on the lemon-juice, and has light
!. and pretty color.
ALMOND CAKEs.-Rub two ounces Of but
ter into five ounces of powdered lump-sugar.
Beat an egg with half the sugar, then put
in the other ingredients. Add one ounce
of blanched almonds and little almond fla
vor. Boil them in your hand the size of a
nutmeg, and sprinkle with fine lump-sugar.
They should be lightly baked.
SETTING FENcEs-Before the land is in
condition to pillow, and while yet it is mellow
and loose, reset old fences that have been
blown or showed out of place. The cheap
est and best wooden fence farmer can put
I'D is one Of three-fourths inch oak strips
nailed to posts. set six feet apart, capped
and battened
SWEET B1scU1r.-One pound Of flour
, half a pound of sugar. two eggs beaten. 6
: teaspoonful of caraway seeds, and a quarter
r of a pound of butter. Mix all we'll together
, roll the paste thin, and cut it into round
, biscuits pick them, and bake them upon
tins.
, OuAcK1NG PUDDING a quart Of
: cream; when almost cold, put to it foui
eggs well beaten, one spoonful and a half Of
flour, some nutmeg, and sugar; tie it close
=: . Lu>.orod cloth hoil r. an hour and