National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-02-10
Farm, Glr,en and Household.

gives the following recipe which he IN
tested in the severest eases of burnin,
and scalding from railroad and steam
boat accidents with invaiiable success
Glycerlne, five ounces white of egg
four ounces tincture of arnica, tire
ounces. Mix the glycerine and white o
egg thoroughly in mortar, and grad
ually add the arnica Apply freely OF
linen rags, night and morning, washin,
previously with warm CASTLE soapsuds
A CURE FOR NEuRALGM-A writer t.
the London Lancet SAYS =" "A few year
ago, when in China, he became acquaint
ed with the fact that the natives, whel
suffering from facial neuralgia, applied
oil of peppermint to the seat of pain
with n camel-hair pencil. Since then
in his own practice, he has frequentl,
employed oil of peppermint as a loca
anasteetic, not only in neuralgia, bu
also in govt, with remarkably good re
suits. He has found the relief from pair
to be almost instantaneous.
SEVERAL RooT- CROPS on SANE FIELD
Mr.. Wilson wrote to the Farmer,
Club, giving the result of his experience
in blending root-crops together in the
same tield-say, for instance, carrots,
sugar-beets, and rutabagas, IN alternate
rows. He thinks he thus gained from
10 to ID per cent over the yield of the
same roots planted separately. My
theory is that in given quantity of sol
there is Il certain amount and variety OF
nutritive elements, and that with several
plants blended you can extract more Of
those elements, and thus get greater
aggregate result than with either plant
separately. | do not, however, fully
rely on my first experiment, ms it was on
rather limited scale | therefore IN.
tend to repeat it another season over a
larger surface, noting the result care
fully, and if it should be worth report
ing, viii communicate it to your Clul
for hold it to be a duty to recipro-
cate information. "
PURCHASING Cow. -R. c.. Jennings,
of Buffalo, n. Y, asked advice OF the
Farmers Club as to what breed of COW
he should purchase for dairy purposes,
Mr.. Lyman said the most successful
dairyman are in the habit of buying
good mixers without regard to breed.
If it is intended to make butter. it is
best to have one Alderny to ten Of the
ordinary COWS, rs this mixture will give
a rich color to the milk without the use
of any coloring matter. Ayrshires are
best for cheese-m makers, as they give the
most cheese. There is considerable
difference in the number of butter
globules found in the milk of different
breeds of cows, but the percentage of
cascine is about the same in ALL Mr.
Townsend, who was introduced as one
of the originators of the Farmers Club,
and was gazed upon admiringly on that
account, said he had been in the dairy
business for forty three years, and that
he had obtained the best results from
a union Of the Durham with the Ayrs-
hire breed. One of his cows gave sixty
eight and three quarter pounds Of but
ter during the month of March. She
was fed with grain and the leavings
from the house. Mr.. Curtis said he
believed in the divine law of pedigree,
and that wherever he had known of an
extraordinarily good COW and could
trace its pedigree, he found that it was
descended from some celebrated foreign
mixer. The Ayrshire had been bred
to pail for two hundred years.
The HoUsEKEEPER.-A Good Pu1dinq.
Take three ounces of flour, and the
same weight of finely grated bread
crumbs, six ounces of nice beef suet
kidney sue0 chopped up very small.
six ounces of raisins weigh the raisino
after they are stoned) six ounces of we'll
cleaned cllrrants, four ounces of minced
apples, FIVE ounces of sugar, two ounces
of candied orange peel half teaspoon
full of nutmeg mixed with pounded
mace, little salt, and three eggs. Mix
all these ingredients well together, tie
them tightly in thickly Toured cloth,
and boil for four hours.
Far Rushs. pint of warm milk
one teacup of yeast, or one yeast cake
half a cupful of butter one of white SUI
gar flour enough to make the dough of
the consistency of biscuit. After the
sponge of milk, yeast and flour, is light,
add the other ingredients. Let it rise
again, when mould into small round
cakes put in buttered tins and bake
half an hour. Beat the yolk Of an egg
in milk and rub over the top of each
rusk Us soon as baked.
4 Very Fine Sponge Cake. - The
weight of four eggs in sugar, and the
weight of two more in -four. Beat the
whites of six eggs to a stiff cloth stir
the yolkes and sugar to frothy cream
put together, stir briskly, sift in the flour
a little at a time, and stir Just enough to
get the flour in and no more. Put in
round cake tin with tube in the centre
bake in quick oven. 1t rises very light.
C-ean, Toast Boil the milk in the
teakattle boiler; when hot mix the flour
in cold milk, strain through sieve, and
stir in rapidly. add the butter and salt to
taste letit boil five minutes Toast any
bread, pour the cream over it, and serve
7ea,-Scald the teapot, put in the
tea, add little water then add the rest
of the water in five minutes. Another
way is to drop the leaves in hot water
when the leaves have all sunk, the tea is
ready.
Mock Crenm.-Boil the milk in a tea
kettle boiler, stir up the egg, corn starch,
snd butter, together add to the milk
when hot.
tommy Plain Boiled Soak a quart. |
boil in the tea kettle boiler until soft
tee with syrup, milk, sugar, or butter
Salt to taste
Tea MiH-Pour the milk into the tea
kettle boiler, let boil then pour in the
tea, let it remain five minutes then
strain and serve.
Cooo1 CT Chocol4ts. Pour TIE boiling
water into a tea-kettle boiler, add the
cocoa or chocolate and milk boil as
above.