The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-22
Farm, Carbon and Household.

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PLUM CAKE-Nine pounds Of flour,
nine eggs, three pounds Of sug-r, one
pint of yeast. one spoonful Of rose-wRter.
Spice TO your taste; wet with milk.
To DISGUISE CAsron on.-Rub mp
two drops oil of cinnamon with an ounce
Of glycerinc and ndd nm ounce Of castor
oil. Children will take it us n luxury,
and ask for more,
To DmvE OFT RGTs AND MotEs.-A
correspondent Of the PomOlogist has
ionnd TINT potatoes in mt.holes and
mole.runs will clear the premises Of
these pests in n short time.
BurrRRsuLK BHcUr.-Take half q
pint of bnttelmilk and one pint Of flour
rub into the flour piece Of butter hAiI
as large rs m egg add little salt, dis
solve n teaspooniul soda, add little hot
water, and stir into the flour. Add flour
enough to mould smooth. Roll and cut
out like tea biscuit.
HONEY FRUIT CAKE.-TGke four eggs,
and well beat. Sieve in five cups Of
flour. Add two cups Of honey, one Of
sweet milk, two teaspoons cream Of tar.
tar, one Of soda, one pound 0! rlisins
and cu1anta, one quarter Of pound Of
citron, one teaspoon each Of cloves and
cinnamon. Bake in large loaves mud
slow oven, This keeps fresh for months.
Coon SUBSTITUTE PoR CHICKEN Pr
Tuke corned beef; cook it tender; whom
cold slice thin; have q crust rs for chick.
en- pie; put in layero OF meat and ono Of
light bread, and so on until your dish Is
full;thcn sprinkle little salt and pepper,
and piece Of butter the seize OF an egg;
fill up your dish with boiling water; put
on your top crust, and bake moderately
one hour
Bloom CRors PR AoRR.-lt Is not
merely in the details Of farming opOr-
ntions that We should aim TO render our
lnbor more eifcciiye--wo must more than
ever strive to get larger crops per acre.
High wages will compel us to raise larger
crops or not TO rise any. 1t costs no more
TO pillow aud plant and Cultivate IN acre
Of potatoes that will yield 80 bushels
than one TINT yields less than ono hun
drcd, and where there Rrc many weeds
little II any more TO dig them. II may
cost twelve cents buskcl to dig pota-
toes in the one case, and only four cents
in the other. field Of wheat yielding
less than ten bushels per acre. md 20
full of thistles that it is impossible to
bind II, will cost more to harvest II than
Il clean crop yielding thirty.tlvc bushels
pcracre. And the same principle holds
good with all our crops.-A0ricultmis.
SUMMER DRINKS. -Icc.water should be
drank but sparingly. A most excellent
substitute for II is pounded leo taken in
small humps into the mouth and allowed
to dissolve upon the tongue. This will
Prov very refreshing and much moro
enduring in its effects. Lemonade Is q
simple and grateful beverage, To make
it: Roll the lemons on something hard
till they become soft CRATE of the rinds,
cut the lemons in slices and squeeze
them in n pitcher Ia new clotlies.pin
will answer for squCeZer in lieu Of
something better; pour on the required
quantity Of water, and sweeten accord.
ing to taste. The grated rinds, for the
sake Of their aroma, should be added too.
After mixing thoroughly, set the pitcher
aside for half m hour then stmin the
liquor through Jelly strainer, and put
in the ice. Travellers WHO find Il incon-
vonient to use lemons can carry box Of
lemon sugar prepared from citric acid
mud sugar, little Of which in q glass Of
ire.water will furnish quite n refreshing
drink, md one that will help oitcntimcs
to avert n sick.hendache aud biliousness.
CitriC acid is obtained from the juice OF
lemons and lines.
Two CRops AT THE SAME TnlG.-The
fact that ii is possible toTaise two diller.
ent crops at the same time on the same
ground by mixing the seed is not very
widely known, or If known is very sci.
dom made uso OF. The practice is not
new, for Scotch farmers have for
many years past been in the habit
Of raising crops Of oats and peas
together, with the effect Of gain.
ing nearly rs much MS could be
produced by raising these crops on dif.
ferent fields, Two and half bushels Of
oats mixed with one and half bushels Of
peas will yield a crop nearly il not quite
equal in bull to the two crops sown
separately. Turnips or rye sown in the
rows between corn and narrowed in
after the last working, when the corn is
laid by, will not effect the yield Of corn,
while very considerable crops for Winter
feed or Fall pasture may be secured
with very little expense for seed and
labor. II is not at all uncommon for 200
OF more bushels Of turnips per acre to be
raised thus on corn stubblc which, with
tho tops, has furnished very welcome
addition to the feeding resources Of the
farm. Rye thus sown can often lie
grazed by milking cows until after
Christmas, and will have a marked Of.
feet on the quantity and quality Of The
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