National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-18
Farm, Garden and Household.

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BUTTER SPoSoE-CAKE.-Sixtecn egg
the weight of fourteen in sugar. ten II
flour, halin pound of butter, melted, bu
not put in hot, poured in Just before tn
cake is put in the oven; season with lem
on. Bake in shallow pans, and cut il
slices
Dry PicRiNG PouLTRy.-The practic,
of scadIng poultry before picking ha'
very properly been vetoed by marke
dealers. Fowls may be plucked will
canal facility and with better effect In
preserving the flesh Immediately after
death, and before they have had time "a
cool. The action of the market men Is
10 be commenced, and those sending
dressed poultry TO market will do well to
act in accordance with it.
How TO SAVE CLOVER SEED,-A Can
ada farmer put wire bottom in trough
in which he fed his stock-the wire being
two or three inches above the close bot
tom of the trough. The stock, in pull
inl the clover hay from the rack, would
scatter the seed, almost pure, through
the wire into the receptacle below In
this way he saved seed enough for his
own sowing, and TO pay for all the dry
goods used in his family and received
S25 in cash besides.
FARMERS SHOULD VISIT. One of the
most important duties Of the farmer is
to visit his neighbor. BE neighborly ;
be social let ont those good social feel.
ings make them grow 60 sec your
neichbor, and learn Of his success /;
exchange ideas; confer with one another.
If our farmers would do this, il one far
mer would only visit around his whole
nelghborhood once every three months,
world OF good would he accomplished.
The social virtues would be promoted,
and useful knowledge gained.
MEAT PIE.--Cut mp some pieces OF
good tender raw beef or mutton, season
with pepper, salt, and il liked, one finely
minced onion boil half dozen good
sized mealy potatoes, wash smooth ana
well with milk enough 60 form dough
to make the crust; salt to please the
taste. roll out full half an inch thick,
and line buttered dish large enough to
hold the meat; lay in the meat, add a
teacup of water, or less if the pie is to
be for small family, then roll out
thick crust of the potato. covering the
top OF the pie at least an inch thick and
bake about an hour and half.
To PURITY MILK PANS. Place in q
convenient position a vessel of suitable
dimensions for the size of tho dairy
from a half barrel to hopshead. "
this shake quicklime, enough to make II
thin whitewash when full of water, and
cover to keep out dust and dirt. The
lime will settle, leaving a solution OF
lime over it as clear as spring water.
After using the milk pans, ETC., wash
them as other utensils are washed and
rinsed then dip them in the adjoining
cask Of lime water, so that every part
becomes immersed therein set them to
drain and dry, and the publication is
complete.
BREAD MAKING. In making bread al,
ways use potatoes or nice corn meal.
The corn meal need not be made into
mush scald it first in the mixing pan
befole adding the flour, then set in
the usual manner. The most prejrdiccd
person cannot detect by the taste any
corn in the bread, but there is an in
creased sweetness, and it keeps moist
much longer OF course the best corn
meal must be used. Besides the i'm
provement in the bread, the flour barrel
holds ont longer and health is promoted
Put about one part of corn to three
parts Of -four when setting the sponge.
RIPENINd PEARS. - The following
method of ripening pears is given by an
extensive fruit culturist The requisites
are cool room and wooden blankets.
The pears are to be spread upon one
blanket and covered with the second
Treated in this way they ripen rapidly
and without mealiness, the Bartletts
coming out fine golden color, and Sick
les rich and ruddy looking. At least
half the fruit is spoiled by the ordinary
indoor method of ripening, and house
keepers will hail with delight any new
aud effective means Of attaining the de
sir, d end without loss or vexation OF
spirit.
A HINT TO HoUsEKEEPERs.-The main
amount of injury done to the tender
stomachs of young children, invalids and
sedentary persons, by eating bad bread
day after day from one years end to an
other must be enormous A cook who
cannot make good bread of every de
scription ought not to be allowed house
room for an hour; and that mother is
criminally negligent whatever may be
her position, who does not teach her
daughter to know what good bread is
and how to make it. Alum is used to
give Wilderness, softness, and capacity
for retaining moisture. Lime could be
employed with equal effect, having the
advantage of correcting any sourness in
the bread or stomach; besides affordire
an important ingredient for making the
bone strong. Every houseSeeper should
know how to make two or three kinds of
bread-good bro d.
Do BEES PREVENT FRUCTIF1oATIoN OF
SEED?-I am inclined to think they do
/ am confident my neighbours bees Che
keeps twenty five swarms) destroyed my
buckwheat crop last season. He got the
honey, and ] got no pancakes in conse
quence. l believe the honey in the
blossom of plants is as necess lry to the
development and perfection of the seed
of the plant as that the sun should shine
and rain and dew fall l believe that this
bee keeping mania in thickly settled
districts is almost as much of a nuisance
and as great a wrong to fruit growers, as
if my neighbor should insist on breed
ing Colorado potato beetles to feed on
Ily potato vines. Bees that forage on
my buckwheat are robbers, and rob me
to benefit their owners. / hope this
subject will be ventilated and the
right of those who do not keep