South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-24
Farm. Garden and Household.

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Rice WAFF1Es.-Take three gills Of
cold boiled rice, warm it with a pint OF
milk, mix it smooth ; then take it from
the fire, and stir In pint of cold milk,
and a teasroonful of salt. Beat four
eggs, and stir in with -four enough to
make a stiff batter. Cook on a griddle.
THE USE OF THE MFL-ExTRAcToR.-
At convention of bee-keepers, Rev. Nh.
Langstbroth stated that he had been
deeply interested in the subject of ex'
uacting honey from the comb andthen
using the comb for fresh supplies. By
this process; twice the usual amount OF
honey could be obtained from the bees.
Some means ought TO be taken to con-
vince the public thai the extracted no
ney was not a manufactured article.
DROP BIscUrrs.-Warm your pan,
then put IN one pound of powdered
loaf sugar, and eight eggs beat it with
a whisk till it becomes milk-warm, then
beat it till it is cold stir in a pound
and two ounces of fine sifted -four,
with about half an ounce of carraway
seeds have a bladder and pipe to put
your batter IN, then drop it on water
paper, about the size of anutmeg ; then
sift sugar over them, and bake them in
a quick oven.
CLEANSING BLANKETs.-H is quite as
important to have the blankets on our
beds clean, as the sheets pure and white.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry gives
the following method of cleansing blan-
kets "Put two large teaspoonfuls OF
borax and a pint bowl of soft soap into
a tub of cold water. When dissolved,
put in a pair of blankets, and let them
remain over night. Next day rub and
drain them out, and rinse thoroughly In
two waters, and hang them out to dry.
Do not wiring them"
To CURE CoLDs.-To cure colds and
slight catarrhal affections, drink freely
of hot composition tea, on retiring,
which should be made as follows Add
one-half teaspoonful of composition to
n pint of boiling water, and cream
and sugar to suitthe taste /; to be drunk
while hot. If the colo is N the head, a
teaspoonful of pine tar should be poured
upon some hot Goals, and the smoke
allowed to remain in the sleeping-room,
snd inhaled during the night. A repeti-
ton of this treatment for one OF two
nights is usually effectual.
BEEF TEA-Chdns5er's Journal thinks
it is a mistake to suppose that beef tea
is nourishing and strengthening for fee
BILE persons. 1t says Some few pract-
TONERS and chemists have long been aware
of the fact, and now their view is con-
frmed by DIR. Marcel. There is no
nourishment In beef tea. Mixed with
solid food, it imparts a relish which pro-
notes digestion and the best solid
food that can be mixed Herewith, is the
beef from which it was made, reducedto
a powder. In two, at least, Of the Lon
don hospitals, the mixing of powdered
beef with the best tea has long been
practised and there the patients get
strong on beef-tea diet"
HoRsEs RUBBNG THEIR TAns N THE
STABLE.-A correspondent of the Rural
Nev Yorker writes that he his broken
many young horses of this practice, by
washing the dock with warm water and
good yellow hard soap ; then thoroughly
dry the part with a clean, coarse cloth,
up the rubbing till the dock is
not only dry but warmed by the friction.
Then a liniment of new fwarm) milk,
Eight ~cunces) and spirits of ~turpentine
lone ounce is applied. Mix the ini-
ment IN q hottie, pour it into the palm
Of the hand and rub the dock thoroughly
with it avoid rubbing the tail on the
Tn11- c-Aa ao -.-1k - -@--L7A o.,
iuue the application of the liniment
1aily until the horse ceases rubbing.
Rvs FOR Mich Cows BEFORE CAV
NG.-George c. Kirkland, writes the
Rurdf Nes0 Yorker, recommending that
or each COW to calve, the herdsman
should procure a half bushel of rye; grind
It if convenient, and commence two
weeks before ealving, to feed q single
handful of meal, upon which a gallon
Or more of boiling water has been pour
ed. Feed when cold, increasing the
amount both of meal and water, so as
that the COW shall have consumed the
half bushel of rye about the time OF
If the rye is not ground, boil
It until the grains will mash easily be-
tween the thumb and finger. Mr.. Kirt-
and has practiced the above treatment
about fifteen years, and has had no
lis to cure IN his COWS after calying.
FARMING As A BUsNEss.-Aman who
s not smart enough to run a store, is
not smart enough to run q farm. Farm
rs are not to be made out of what is
eft after lawyers, doctors, ministers, and
merchants are sorted and picked out.
md if a man fails on a farm, he is not
likely to succeed IN a store, for it re-
Iuires more telent to be a thriving
armer than an average merchant. The
ne great failure is the disproportion
a mans farm and his capital.
| farmers capital is skill, labor, and his
money. II he has little cash, he must
ave no more land than he can thor
manage by his personal labor.
very acre beyond that is an incum-
rance. One acre well worked is more
roitable than twenty acres skinned
yer. 1t is this greed of land by farmers
hat have not the capital to work If
keeps sc many poor. Small farmers
re better than large ones simulx he
ause they are better suited to the capital
f common farmers.-Fdrmer and Arfi-
IA.
PREPARING MEAL FOR FowLs.-Dough
Or poultry is commonly made too thin.
lany young chickens that might live if
nationally, die because Obliged to
more water with their grain than
hey need. In case of grown fowls,
living meal too wet will not, of course.
rove fatal, but they viii thrive better
It is mixed so stiff as to crumble. The
pod is moistened and partly macerated
lille IN the crop By secretions from
lands. 1t passes next, ahttle at q time,
alto the proUentricadus, a pouch formed
y the expansion of the passage between
be crop and gizzard. In this organ
dditlonal digestive juices are secreted,
s well as in the gizzsrd and still further
n Now. when the grain contains too
much water before it is fed, the solvents
repaired by the digestive organs are di-
1ted and impaired. In all animals,
7hen healthy, thirst is regulated with
Ionderful nicely by the needs of the
Hence, if constantly supplied
nth water separate from their food,
hey viii drink only what is necessary,
nd In mixing dough it is better to be on
safe side