National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-02-24
Farm, Garden and Household.

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box. II any one can tell OF any MOI
effective plan it will be thankfully r,
ceived.
APPLE CUsTARp. Peel, quarter, m
bake rich tart apples, or stow them SLOW
ly in n n very little water: Gil puddn
dish two-thirds iull. When cold, pou
over custard made by stirring INTO
quart of boiling milk n tablespoonful {
flour wet up with little milk, two spoon
fuls of white sugar, and two eggs. Els
vor with lemon. Bake in n quick oven
To be eaten cold.
TAP1oCA PUDDING. Soak teacup G
tapioca in three and half cups Of boi
ing water, and two spooniuls of whit
sugar, Keep it in warm place fo
three hours. Fill two-quart pudding
dish three-fourths full of rich, ripe, tar
apples, peeled and quartered. Pour In
tapioca over the apples and add half
teac,Ip Of cold milk to brown the tapi
oca. Bake one hour.
CURE FOR FELoNs-The London Ln9c,
says there ~ nothing like the following
for the cure of felons: Az soon as til,
pulsation which indicates the disease il
felt, put directly over the spot fly blister
about the size Of your thumb nail, and lei
it remain for six hours, at the expiration
OF which time, directly under the surface
ofthe blister may be seen the lelon, which
can instantly be taken out with the point
OF needle or lance.
FARlNA PUDDING. -Sprinklo two-thirds
OF teacupinl of iarina slowly, into n
quart of boiling water ; add half cup
of white sugar, and a half cup of milk.
Mix thoroughly, and pour it into pud-
ding-dish, in which quart and half
of nice tart apples, CHARTERED and peeled
have been put Or, mix the apples and
farina together, Two teacupsful OF pit
ted nisi ls, previously stewed, may be
substituted for the apples. Bake ono
hour.
The Hernh At heath gives the fol-
lowing simple direction for curing a
cold Upon the first indication that
you have taken cold, stop eating until
the cold is cured drink freely Of cold
water: induce free perspiration over
the entire body, either, by exercise, the
Turkish, vapor, lamp, or hot-water bath
or wet-sheet pack, followed by n tepid
spray or sponging go to bed cover up
warm, and breath all the pure air you
can. Nine cases ont of ten will Weld to
this treatment in less than twelve hours
and the tenth ,ne will hardly continue
twenty-four hours"
RAT-PRooF Corn CRIB,-A CORES
pondent, writing from Great Darlington,
Mass, gives his plan of making rat and
mice-proof Courthouse He writes
Mine was already built. | could not
easily isolate it from adjoining buildings
or connecting fences and if / could |
was not sure of getting it high enough
to outreach an occasional drifting snow.
j was not troubled with rats, but my
building was SO infested with mice that
corn or other grain placed in it was I'M
fit to be used as food. My remedy was to
line the entire lattice part with wire
cloth, costing about ten or eleven cents
a square foot-that was done two years
ago. The protection is perfect.
PREPARE Your Hor BEDS. In the
course Of few weeks hot beds should
be filed with fresh stable manure and
seeds OF tomatoes early cabbage, celery,
pepper, lettuce, egg plant, etc, sown, if
you would have an early supply of these
vegetables. In order to avoid depreda-
tons of rats, pit should be dug about
two feet deep. and lined with brick,
stone, or stout plank; running the frame
up about foot and half above ground |
in the rear, and about one foot IN front
bank up all around with dirt firmly. In .
this pit, at the proper time as above sug- |
gested, place your fresh manure about
two feet deep, pressing it firmly; and if
1T is dry, wet it all through slightly. Over
this put three inches of good, rich, light
loan or chip manure, finely sifted, and
IN three or four days thereafter sow your
seed, and water Immediately Put on
your sash, and every warm, bright day,
elevate the sash little, and give your
rapidly growing plants plenty Of mir. BE
sure, however, to put down the sash |
tight before shutdown and if cold spell
comes on, throw hay or straw, or old
clothes over the sash until tho weather
Water as required, and Won
Will be Independent Of the professional .
gardener or greenhouse proprietor,
whose plants, too often, nre delicate and .
worthless.
TURKEY RAIsrNe.-Tbe turkey ;s .be
largest bird on this continent Tia flesh
is the most sovorv and nloosort ~ any
of the feathercd erection eycent tho
quail and pheasant il will endure more
than anv other bird # viii eot noro