Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-14
USEFUL RECIPEs. ETC.


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: TEE american A0rtomtvrsst says It has
found no mechanical contrivance for milk.
1 ing which can be advantageously used
although several have been invented
which would perform the operation.
| A cbRREsPoNDENT of the Massdeyiusett
| Pgovgl,naan calls attention TO an old
method Of cleaning pork barrels. He
puts in the empty barrel an armful oI
straw, hay or shavings, sets 1t on fire and
lets 1t burn out undisturbed. He then
| finds the barrel pure and sweet.
JOSEPH HARRIS, of the American Agri
culturtst, is strongly in favor of fall.fal.
lowing;" by which he means plowing sod
land in July or August, narrowing 1t as II
TO SOW II, and then not sowing It cult
waiting or plowing 1t again in the fall, and
then sowing to small grain in the spring
How TO SALT BEEF.-For every 10C
lbs of beef, take ~ ounces of saltpetre
216 lbs brown sugar, 3 lbs good salt, and
/ ga gallons water mix all together and
boil the mass till all the hard ingredi
ents are thoroughly dissolved then LEI
the brine cool and pour 1t over the meat
which must be packed tight and weighed
down. The pickle should entirely cover
the meat. -HDcid7lg6
INDIAN BAKED PUDDMG.-Take two
quarts of sweet milk, and boil one quart
and while boiling it stir in as much fine
| Indian meal as will make very stiff bat
teri add teaspoonful of salt, and make
very sweet with molasses. Butter pan
and pour the batter in, aLd pour the re
naming quart of cold milk over it. GU
little bits of butter and put on the top, ant
bake two hours in moderate oven.
HENRY BoYNToN writes to the Neo
England Farmer that he belives the whole
secret of curing foot-rot in sheep is in per
feet cleanliness, continued so long as thu
case demands Seven bad cases were taker
for experiment. All the diseased part o
the shell was cut away; the feet were
thoroughly washed in cold water, and tn,
sheep were put IN dry pen, well Uttered
with straw. The result was that every
hoof became sound. With small hocl
he thinks nothing more is needed, bu
with a large flock the use of vitriol is ad
vised.
How TO MAKE Coop CoFFEE.-A
writer in the Western Farmer says: "Ml
wife has the reputation of making tht
best of coffee, and thought would give
her mode. First purchase good article
Of coffee; then be very careful in brown
ing. 1t should be roasted to a dark brown
and not black; and this should be don,
slowly, not in too much of hurry. A.
soon as 1t is brittle so as to be easily
broken to pieces with the teeth it is done
Then grind and put into bowl Put il
little of the white Of an egg. Stir i
well together. Pour in boiling water anC
put 1t in the pot, and let it boil fifteer
minutes"
| IT, Do.or Tr-,,-uv IuooL AL .,.-l-o
very clean, and let 1t lie in weak sal
water over night. When ready to put t.
roast, rub it dry in the inside, and sprinkle
in little pepper. Make staffing of two
thirds wheat bread and one.third corr
bread, rubbed fine, and softened with but
ter and beaten yolk of an egg, and seasoned
with salt, pepper, parsley and celery. Mix
the stuffing we'll together, and fill the
turkey. Rub the breast of the turkey
with salt, pepper and butter. Have water
and lard in your dripping pan, and bastC
often. 1t will require three hours to roast
Pea fowl and Guinea fowl are roasted anC
dressed in the same manner.
AN IRISH STEW Many compound
called by the name are not the real thing
An exchange says beef makes good stew
but isn't the ''real Irish" Mutton is tn,
basis, and then it is not only good, bu
economical, as the neck piece Of mutton i
the part generally preferred. Cut tn,
neck into chops, and wash If bloody
Two and half pounds of mutton requir,
eight good sized potatoes, four small on
ions and a quart of water. Now, judg
ment is required in the cooking; the mea
must be thoroughly done, so as to leav,
the bone readily (for picking is part O
the pleasure in eating the stew, and tn,
potatoes must be cooked TO that point o
which they are just ready to go TO piece
and have absorbed good part Of th,
gravy. So If the meat appears at al
tough, 1t had better be stewed awhile b,
itself; then add the potatoes, cut in thicl
slices, the onions, and pepper and salt. l
is to be served very hot, as it is apt to b.
very rich with fat, and mutton fat harden
readily. This Is of course, not dish TO
those who cannot tolerate fat but mos
persons who take much exercise in col,
weather actually need good share o
fatty food"
How TO JOIN THE ENDS OF LEAD PIPE
Procure an octangular iron coupling, al
an iron-pipe mandatory, which has I
left handed thread cut in one end, and
right-hand thread in the other end. A
such couplings are made of numerou
sizes, they can be obtained to fit lead pip,
OF almost any size. Let the two ends of
lead pipe be cut off square, and if the pip,
is no, round 1t must be made so. Thel
screw one end of the iron coupling on on,
end Of the pipe, say half an inch. Re
move it, and screw the other end on tn
other piece of pipe. Unscrew the coup
ling, fill the thread on both ends of boil
coupling and pipe with red or white leaC
mingled with boiled oil, 80 as to be of tn
consistence of thick paint. Now screw
the coupling on both ends of the pipe a
once. If the coupling were just larg
enough to screw on the pipe, the join
will be water tight even under pressure
The writer joined cold-water supply
pipe in the cellar with an inch iron coup
ling, in Brooklyn. where the water il
under a heavy pressure, and the joint doe
not leak. This manner of uniting thu
ends of lead pipe is much cheaper than
with solder, unless there are several Joints
TO be made, as the couplings will cost only
few cents each. And any mechanic whS
could not solder a joint can screw on
coupling in few minutes. Before tn,
coupling is screwed on, a steel tap shoulC
be turned around a few times in each enI
of the coupling, to remove all rougl
points In the thread that would tear OF
the thread of lead on the end of the pipe
When tinker or plumber cannot be ob
tanned readily, when laying pipe in tn
country, this manner of uniting the end
may be adopted with confdenee.-Hedrt
and Home.
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