The Placer herald., 1870-12-31
s. .UOt.SE AND FARM.

~ = A4OWrsTOr DOLL 4OOCH MEAT IENpEh'
LII Alexander Forsyth-who, besides being al
original genius, was once pupil ofLouh
Philippe's head eook---says that while tougl
and lean meat is made tougher and leanel
euz by being boiled in water, it may be made
tender, and have the requisite fattiness sup
piled, by being bold in suet or other fvt.
= toughest and cheapest character, may be
ss's with cords, and boiled in suet, in small
that but small quantity of the fat will be
needed, and thus made fat tepder, delicious.
and fit for epicure The experiment is simple,
easily tried in any kitchen, and it looks.
- promising Fatty oils boil only at from 600
,easo 700 f. while water boils at 212 The
same result is attained by boiling in oil that
would be reached by boiling in water under
great PRESSURE as in steam boiler.
" v CArrLE 'D1sEAsE. Prof. Gamgee says:
''It is my opinion that crowding, i'll treat
ment, or neglect of cattle in their transporta-
ton, has much to do with the spread of the
malady
Prof. Agassiz says; "Let me call your
attention to the dangers arising from the i'll
- treatment Of beef cattle before slaughtering
them" Medical Inspector Hamlin, in his
= notee On the alimentation of armies; shows
that the flesh of mammala nndergoes great
- change bye reason of fasting, disturbance of
sleep and long continued suffering, resulting
: in ~ not only becoming worthlers, bit
delete,ious. The butchers of New Y ork, who
gse formerly tried to keep hogs in that city on
the blood Of Western cattle, brought over
the railroads. say that the hogs all died
within month or six weeks, and often in
7 less time while butchers who DRESS their
beef near where it is sattened and in healthy
condition, say there can be no better or more
wholesome food for hogs than beeves' blood.
How TO MAKE FARMER PooR. The
Western Farmer says: , .-.f.
Cultivate wheat and oats largely. Sell all
you raise. Have Your grain threshed in the
field, saad burn the straw when it is in
your way. This is the way to make the
farm poor This is the way to make it rich
Cultivate wheat, oats, and other crops, and
feed to the stock. Take all care of manure;
your grain fields and your fruit trees Change
crops by rotation-not forgetting the great
valne to lands of clover We are quite sure
that more stock should be raised on farms
in raising horses, cattle hogs and sheep, than
in growing wheat.
S. F.. H., Waterbury, Conn. writes that
the following method Of preserving cider
has been followed in his family for several
years with uniform aucc Sc: After the
cider has worked 'smartly take out the bung
and pour in white mustard seed in the
proportion of six ounces of seed to thirty gal
Ions Of cider. Stir well, and return the
gbung, and it will be read for use ina couple
Of days. We have had many applications
within a couple of weeks for our receipt,
from persons who tasted the cider last spring
which we put up in this way year ago,
which was as sweet and lively as at frat.
FnIcAssEp CH1cKES. up chicken,
and boil with slice or two of pork in sufficient
water to csver tillquite tender. Fry some
pork and when cooked little, drain the
chicken and fry with the pork till quite
brown. Then take out, and pour the broth
into the frying pan, with the pork fat. and
make gravy with Drowned flour, season
well with butter, put the chicken into the
gravy; be sure and have the fatquite hot when
the chicken is put in, so 1t will brown readily.
,EE1ts GfAs AE
To DRIVE away BED BUGs.-An exchange
gives the4cilosving az a sure way to drive
bed bugs from old bedsteads: "Take green
tomato vines, put them into basin or tray,
pound them to pieces as fine as possible, then
stain ttSbedstcad where they inhabit with
pieces tlssdoes, lay leaves under the ends of
tho slats3s Ftbis is practiced twice year,
net = bux i'll remain in the bedstead.
5BEEr HASH Slice some cold beef, and
some cold boiled potatoes, put an onion to a
good gravy, either from the Joint or stewed
from the bones. . Let the potatoes and beef
simmer in the gravy. Add pepper and salt,
thicken the gravy, and serve out, with slices
oftoasted bread in the bottom of the dish.
How 70 RAISE COOP App1rs Marshall
P.AYilder says one of his farmer neighbors
cells his Bsldwins at 81 per barrel, while
another neighbor sells his at SO. so. The DIFF
ference is caused in this way: he first
thins his apples when young on the tree, SO
as to give them the greatest giowth, The
other suffers the fruit to grow without thinning
To MEND CHINA TO mend broken China,
apply white lead ground in oil, the same as
used by painters, to the broken edge, tie
together firmly and set away for five or six
weeks. If throughly dried it will last as
long as@any other piece.
PorAro FR1rrERs. potato fritters
crate six boiled potatoes, add to them a pint
of cream thew milk will do), and flour enough
to make as stiff as other fritters the yolk of
four eggs, then the beaten whites, and a
little salt. Fry in hot lard or butter They
are delicious.