The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-20
Farm, Garden and Household.


peel and mash them. When quite
smooth, mix with one quart OF soft sifted
-four and scant pint OF lard salt to
taste. Roll out and use for dumplings
or it makes good paste for meat pies.
The CURSE OF agriculture in many
districts, especially in undrained and
heavy lands, is twitch. 1t defes the hoe
and the plow-the more you cut it into
pieces ard harrow, the wider and more
thickly you spread it and plant it. The
only cure is to fork it out and carry it off
the land, be the cost what it may.
BoSEIEss CHIcKEN.-Fricassee your
chicken, taking care to brown the skin
nicely season to taste. When done set
by to cool; then remove all the bones
put back into the dish in which it was
cooked. Take a chopping knife and
chop finely, leaving in all the oil of the
fowl (; if not enough Of that, add piece
Of butter. Then pack closely in dish,
as you wish to go to table, and when
your friends come to taste it, my word
for it, their appreciation will more than
repay you for the little extra trouble it
has taken to prepare it.
How TO Cook OLD FowIs.-For the
possible benefit to some other young
housekeepers, / wish to tell them how
to cook an old chicken. Prepare as
for roasting, then boil three hours
in covered pot, with one quart Of
water, to which add two tablespoon
frls OF vinegar after which put into q
pan in a hot oven for about one hour to
brown. The liquor in the pot to be pre-
pared for gravy should the water boil
away too much, more should be added.
The result is, the meat is tender as
young chicken, and some think richer
and better-Ohio Farmer.
FooT-ANp- MOUTH DISEASE. careful
observer, writes the Rural Netr Yorker
that the story about the foot-and-mouth
disease having been brought into this
country BY drove OF cattle driven from
Canada does not, in his mind, appear
reasonable. The distemper is too wide
spread and has appeared in too many diff.
ferent places at the same time to give
even plausibility to the statement. There
isno doubt whatever, but that when any
animal in herd is affected that the dis
ease becomes infectious, and the sepsJS-
ton Of the animal from the Others
should Immediately be made to prevent
spreading. Notwithstanding this fact,
the trouble may be superinduced, in the
first instance, by other causes. he has
known foot rot in sheep to break out on
q farm, and in flock where il was never
seen before and it could not be account
ed for by theory, or fact Of infection
from other sheep. The past summer and
autumn were unusually dry, and cattle
have suffered for water and have sought
for it in swamps and mud holes which
were never dry before. These wet places
heretofore covered with water, have had
the noNous and infectious gases degen
Grated by the decomposition Of the veg
etable matter in them brought into direct
contact with the feet and respiratory or
gans Of the cattle. Then there are poi
sonous sulphuric and phosphoric combi-
nations generated in such localities, which
make muck poison to the soil, and mi
asma to man why not to beast All
over the country have been complaints
Of sore legs, swelled legs, sore bags and
lame cattle, which correspondents gene
rally said they had never observed be-
fore.
There are undoubtedly hundreds OF
cases OF this kind. Mr.. Curtis thinks
that it is a milder form OF the same dis
ease that is, it is the result of the same
causes which produce the more severe
form OF foot-and- mouth affection. Where
the latter has been developed, there have
been worse exposures to miasmatic infu-
ences; and the blood having become
corrupted, careful treatment Of the herd
must follow, to get rid OF the faint The
breath Of one of these animals cannot be
healthy. The sore lips would be caused by
sucking up the swamp water, and thus
bringing them in direct contact with the
infectious muck, or by inhaling the mi
ssma. liberation would follow as n nat
ural consequence-coruption OF the
blood, difficulty in eating, emaciation,
and weakness.
He is clearly OF the opinion that, in
stead of cursing Canada for this disease,
or considering it an imported infection,
we shonld accept it as q home produc-
ton, treat it accordingly, keep the cattle
out of the swamps, and, if diseased,
away from the others. He combats the
idea that this is a disease OF the glands
only, tare the legs glands p and hence
the flesh is healthy to eat. Sores and
liberation are not suggestive OF healthy
meat. Breathing a miasmatic atmos-
phere would infect the system Of a COW
as well as man, and when thus affected
the beef is not fit for human food. The
fever accompanying this disease is the
result OF the infection and poison itself.