Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
TIE Scientific American says corned
beef should not be put into pot until
the water boils, and not taken out until
it is cold, unless yeu want it dry as a
chip.
It is said that four parts of yoIk of
eggs rubbed together with five parts of
glyoerine, form an excellent ointment
Tor cutaneous affections, and VIII keep
even If exposed to the air, for years
TIE American Agriculturist, while
admitting that good butter may be
made, under favorable circumstances,
without washing, insists that where one
woman can make fair butter thus, nine
win learn to make excellent butter with
washing Opinions differ.
To FKT CmoKEEs,- -Dissect, salt and
pepper them with cayenne, roll them IN
Hour and fry them 10 lard. When the
whole is fried pour on the lard and put
in o quarter Of O. pound Of batter. q
teacup of cream, little white -four and
some parsley scalded and chopped hna,
for the sauce -ssE sfffo e-se.fs stss
BU1rRs. HALF oup Of butter, half
CUP Of milk, -four enough 20 make
batter like ddle-cakes- Let this rise
till light, then add half cup Of sugar.
one cup of currantB or stoned raiBina,
cinnamon or nutmeg to taste, alittle
more flour, let il rise again put IN .
third of teaspoonfuI of soda, cut IA
cakes, let them rise third time, then
bake.
Harden the EeckS OF Eour Tsamss
Some horses have tender shin, and
the harness viii sometimes gall them
cruelly, in defiance Of all1neans to pre-
vent 1t. But many times the true
cause is attributable TO a bad collar,
bad harness, or to good harness i'm
properly fitted 70 the animal A yoke
of bows that do not ft the oxen wen
viii often gall them, and unfit them for
labor, when IL these things were as they
ought to be, they would work with Tar
more ease, and their skin would not be
CALLED.
When a harness or. yoke of bows do
not fit properly, and their skin is liable
to be CALLED, bathe those parts before
they are CALLED with cold wnter until
the outside skin appears to be quite
soft, and then battle those parts with q
strong decoction of white oak bark
Let this be done every day, and the
skin win soon become much harder and
tougher than il usually is A little
care in preventing an i'll is far better
than much labor and skill in curing Il.
or in endeavoring % obyiate it, IN
~ letcr Yield pr Corn. - ~
Mr.. J. @. Brown, Of Henry county,
III, in speaking Of the yield Of corn In
his vicinity this year, in. comparison
with 1859 and 1863, aayB:
The quality Of this seasons crop is
generally superior, last seasons inferi-
on, and year before last fair. The aver
age Of corn il twenty per cent. greater
this year thar Last and wheat forty Per
a general report of a. large crop. bf
corn is universally cirqulated by the
of the principal corn growing counties
of this State, and through the central
part Of Iowa, do not Justify the report
A fair crop was found IN Fulton county,
this State, and Jasper county, Iowa;
while the crop IN other portions was
generally found 10 be greatly below an
average The increase in acreage viii
not makeup the decrease IN yield; ana
we believe the cry Of g large crop :, win
be tuned to g short crop" before an
other is grown 2t.ii i',- ~ A
sugar Heets 1or Cows.
It was recentiy stated before an Agri
cultural Club that the cost Of rnisinG
che sugar beet is about eight cents per
bushel that the product Of an acre
-Four pounds 81 seed to the acre is 70.
quired, soWn, as early as the son ca1I
be prepared IN May, in rows tWorand1 =
hall feet apart, and the plants eigh-
teen inches apart IN the rows The la
Dor has been the great bugbear in the
root culture: but Mr.. Lane says that
the principal labor Is in the thinning
the horse oultivatoE will do the resi-
and should be used often, and add1.
that store hogs winter wei upon these
Ths President Of the club thoughts
beets were excellent for hogs md better
still for COWS A bushel day and one
ton Of hay for the winter are better
for cow than two ton Of hay without I
the roots. They are as easily cultivated
as corn, II proper care be takan At the
outset. They are more prohtable for
a mich COW, than any other crop, I'M
less IL be green corn IN August
) - tetisr Chalk Tor Stock =.
When an animal is found licking his
fellow, tits proof that uneasiness -
present IN the stomach, and the licking
Of his neighbor 10 q habit eQntracted
by instinct, with o. view of removinf
the .sunpleasantness Unfortunately,
instinct Is not at all times sulloiont 70
avoid dangerous practices, and IL Ne
take for granted that the stomach is al
all times fully charged with acrid mat
ter, we shall without hesitation find
remedy II is only necessary to place
within their reach shallow trougha, IA
which is kept supply OF comucn
chalk. IL an animal has Buperabund
ance Of acrid secretion, it viii most
certainly swallow some Of the chalk,
which viii as certainly neufralize the
excess Of acrid II an animal has not
acrid In excess, and partakes Of chalk
it viii do no harm. It ia often too late
to administer remedies 70 young atoc|
and the placing Of chalk within their
reach cannot be made too early
BtorfnE Applss- q.
A correspondent Of Laws Of Llf8, Nlo
claims to have had extended expctI-
ence, Is decidedly Of opinion that nr
pies keep far better when put into cIQf1
boxaa or barreIB and secluded a. much