The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-10-09
Farm, Garden and Household.

Mix hitter aloes in a solution o
gum arabic. Rub it on the part O.
the bride that the horse is in the
habit of chewing, and he will cease
depradating.
PLAIN GINaERBREAD.- one
quart of -four allow one pint of mo:
lasses, in which has been dissolved
dessert spoonful of soda Flavor
with nothing but ginger. Do not
handle much or roll too thin, and
cut into fancifnl shape if you would
give the finishing touch to a childs
delight. = : =
CHEEsE.-The best way, says x.
A. Willard, to keep shippers from
cheese is to use "elbow-greese"
freely-that is to keep the surface
of the cheese and the tables or set
tiers on which these cheese rests,
we'll rubbed daily. Cheese that is
properly made and we'll cared for
while curing, will have little or no
trouble from shippers. Cheese,
while curing, should be turned
daily, and the surface well rubbed,
to destroy all deposit made by the
.checse-fy, or with cloth, the lat
ter, of course, will be required for
cleansing the tables or settlers as
the cheese are turned.
To KEEP Milk SwEET.-The
Southern Farmer says that a tea
spoonful of fine salt or of horse rad
ish4in a pan of milk will keep it
sweet for several days. Milk can
be kept a year or more as sweet as
when taken from the COW by the
following method: Procure bot
ties, and as they are filled immedi-
ately cork them we'll and fasten the
cork with pack thread or wire
Then spread little straw at the
bottom of a boiler, on which the
bottles with straw between them
until the boiler contains sufficient
quantity. Fill up with cold water,
and as soon as it begins to boil
draw the fire and let the whole
gradually cool. When quite cold
take out the bottles and pack them
in sawdust in hampers, and stow
them away in the coolest part of
the house.
To MOVE A BALKy HoRsE.-A
Texan once told US that he knew OF
no simpler and surer way to move
balky horse, than to place the
hand over the nose of the animal
and shut off his wind until he wants
togo, then let him 60.
The FooT AND MOUTH DISEASE
among cattle, sheep and swine in
England does not abate, but from
last accounts seems to be on the
increase, both as to the number Of
animals attacked, and in respect to
virulence: Pleuro-pneumonia has
also appeared in localities, and
seems to be spreading.
Cold SLAw.-Cut the cabbage
rather fine into basin or large
bowl; sprinkle a little salt over;
then with a potato masher thor
oughly bruise the cabbage; then
take three tablespoonfuls sugar
half pint best sweet cream; four
tablespoonfuls vinegar; stir well
together and mix through the cab
bage. The cabbage must pot be
too green. Many persons do not
know the value of cream in cook
ing; it is far preferable to butter in
great many things.
70. PRESERVE CIrRoN.-Take
three pounds of sugar to fourteen
pounds of citron; cut in as large
pieces as convenient. Put the su.
gar in preserving kettle with q
little water; boil and skim; ado
cloves, cinnamon, mace, and cori
annder seed. Put in as much o1
the citron as the syrup will cover
and cook until you can run straw
through; then place upon plates tc
dry. A little cifron thus prepared
is very nice for mince pies or cake
KEEPING FRUIT IN OUR RooMs.-
We ahould be chary of keeping ripe
fruit in our sitting rooms and es
pecially beware of laying it abou
a sick chamber for any length o
time: The complaint which som'
people make about faint sensa
tionin the presence of fruit is no
fanciful-they may be really aftec
ted by it; for two continental chem
lists have shown that from the mo
ment of plucking apples, cherries
currants and other fruit are subjec
to incessant transformation. A
first they absorb oxygen, thus rob
bing the surrounding air Of its vi
tad elements. Then they evoly,
carbonic acid, and this in create
volume than the pure gas is alb
sorbep, so that we have poison Civ
en- us In the place of pure air, witt
compound interest. Temporarily
affects the rate of changes, warmth
accelarating it,-Good Health.
Missouri girls are so sweet tina