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Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
Plum CAKE.-Nine pounds of -four,
nine eggs, three pounds of sugar, ono
pint Of yeast, one spoonful Of rose
water. Spice to your taste; wet
with milk.
To DISGUISE CASTOR O1L.-Rub up
two drops oil of cinnamon with an
ounce of glycerine and add an. ounce
of castor oil. Children will take it as
a luxury, and ask for moro.
To DRIVE OFF RATS AND MoLEs.-
A correspondent of the Pomologist
has fonnd that potatoes in rat-holcs
and molc-ruhs will clear the premises
of these pests in short time.
BurrERMILK BIscUIT.-Take half q
pint OF buttermilk and one pint Of
flour; rub into the -four piece of
butter half as large as an egg; add a
little salt, dissolve tcaspoontul soda,
add little hot water, aid stir into
the -four. Add flour enough to mould
smooth. Roll and cut out like tea
biscuit
HONEY FRUIT CAKE.-Tako four
eggs, and we'll beat. Sieve in five
cups OF flour. Add two cups Of hon
ey, one of sweet milk, two teaspoons
cream of tartar, one of soda, one
pound of raisins and currants, one
quarter of a pound Of citron, ono tea
spoon each of cloves and cinnamon.
Bake in largo loaves and slow oven.
This keeps fresh for months.
Coop SUBSTITUTE FOR CHICKEN PIE.
Take corned beef; cook it tender !;
when cold slice thin have crust ms
for chicken pie; put in layer of meat
and one of light bread, and so on
until your dish il full ; then sprinkle
u little salt and pepper, and a piece
of butter the size Of an egg; I'll up
your dish with boiling water; put on
your top crust, and 'bako moderately
one hour.
BIGGER Cnops FER ACRE. 1T is not
merely in the details Of farming op-
crations that we should aim to render
our labor moro cffcctive-we must
more than ever strive 10 get larger
crops per acre. High wages will
compel us to raise larger crops or not
to raise any. 1t costs no more to
plow and plant and cultivate an acre
of potatoes that will yield 300 bushels
than one that yields less than 100,
and where there are many weeds.
littlc if any more to dig them. 1t
may cost twelve cents bushcl to
dig potatoes in the one acre, and only
four cents in the other. "A fold of
wheat yielding less than ten bushels
per acre, and so full of thistlcs that it
is impossible to bind it, will cost more
to harvest it than a clean crop yield
ing thirty.five bushels per acre. And
the samo principle holds good with
all our crops.-Ayriculturist.
SUMNER DRINKS. Ice. water should
be drank but sparingly. A most cx-
cellent substitute for it is pounded ice
taken in small Jumps into the mouth
and allowed to dissolve upon the
tongue. This will prove very re-
freshing and much moro enduring in
its effects. Lemonade is simple and
grateful beverage. 10 mako it: Roll
the lemons on something hard until
they become soft; gratc off tho r1nds,
cut the lemons in slices and squeeze
them in q pitcher Ga new clothcs-pin
will answer for squeczcr in lieu of
something bcttcr); pour on the re-
quircd quantity of water, and swcctcn
according to tastc. The grated rinds,
for the sake Of their aroma, should
be added too. After mixing thor
oughly, set the pitcher aside for half
an hour; then strain tho liquor
through a jelly straincr, and put in
the ice. Travellers who find it incon-
venient to use lemons can carry q
box of lemon sugar prepared from
citric acid and sugar, 4 little Of which
in y glass of icc-watcr will furnisl;
quite a refreshing drink, and o:,v that
will help oftentimcs to avert q sick
headache and biliousnoss. Citric acid
is obtained from tho juice Of lemons
aud lines.