The Placer herald., 1872-01-13
HOUSE AND FARM.

GRAHAM BREAD lll.--Mix Halt pint OF
Yeast with a quart OF lukewarm water, or
milk and water (two-thirds milk and one
third waterl, stir this into about pint OF
,ciedi flour, and add graham -four eiiough 10
make stiff batter. Let it rise, in warm
place, over night. In the morning, add
teacup of molasse., a teaspoontal Of salt,
teaspoonful of soda, and graham -four enough
70 make batter az stiff as can be stirred
with table spoon, Put in tins TO rise (fl
them more than half-full), let them stand
Until the leaves are light, and bake about
nb hour. This makes three lolves of bread
if baked in pint pans. Be sure to mold the
dough into lOaves as soon as il IS light, az
unbol.ed -four runs into the acetous termen-
ta,ion much more rapidly than boted or
superfine -four. Unbolted -four requires
somewhat thinner or softer sponge, and
should be baked little longer than loaves
of the same weight made of bolted -four.
Soda is not essential if the yeast is lively.
Yeast should be well mixed with miIk-warln
water before being added to the -four.
GRAHAM BREAD (2).-Use one pint of
wheat bread rising, half teacup Of moasses
or sugar, teaspoon Of salt, teAspoonful
of supercarbonate of soda, dissolved in
little warm water, quart or more Of grl-
ham meal The batter mast not be as thick
as ordinary bread-dough; pour the mixture
into bread pans or small forms as deep as
YOU want the thickness OF the loaf. Set the
batter to rise, and bake it in quick oven,
cover the bread with thick paper during the
first halfhour while baking Hearth and
Home.
CHEAP PA1NT.-A cheap paint may be
made for outbuildings that will last for years,
BIZ taking milk and cement-or "water-lime"
as some call it; mix and apply three or four
coats; any dry color may be added. This
will last for years and by renewing once in
two or three years, building will look as
well as if painted with oil paint. To put
this on, the paint should be stirred constantly
or the finer parts will all soon be used out
and at last YOU will have nothing but sand.
Have boy to stir it all the time; mix often.
CoLIc II IIoRsEs.-A veterinarian writes; ;
-"In some cases Of simple spasmodic collie,
after drink of cold water, exposure, and
the like, stimulating and anti-spasmodic
drink will relieve, and nothing further will
be necessary. A good formula is one to two
ounces Of spirits OF nitrous ether, twenty
drops tincture Of aconite, and ten ounces
tepid water. In collie from indigestion, con-
stipation, and the ike, though this may
Temporarily relieve, it cannot be relied on to
do permanently. 1t is then preferable to
give laxtivc flour to six drains Blrbadoes
aloes) to clear away the irritating contents of
the bowels, and thus remove the cause In
tympanitc collie (windy colic) an ounce of
aromatic spirits Of ammonia may be given in
ten ounces of water. In all cases copious
injections of warm water may be thrown
into the rectum at frequent intervals.
WHITE INK FOR WAITING on BLACK Pa
PER.-Having carefully washed some egg
shells, reu.ove the internal skin, and grind
them on piece of porphyry; then put the
powder in small vessel of pure water, and,
when settled at the bottom, draw off the
water and dry the powder in the sun. This
powder must be preserved in a bottle. When
you want to use it, put a small quantity of
gum ammonac into distilled water, and leave
it to be dissolved during the night Next
morning the solution will appear white; and, ,
if You strain it through linen cloth, and
add to it the powder of egg shell, you will
obtain very white ink.
PoTAToEs N PoULTIcEs.-Perhaps it is
not generally known how much pleasanter
and more agreeable, as well as efiicacious, is
poultice made of potatoes than one made
of bread. 1t keeps longer, can be reheated
several times, and does not wet the clothing
Peel, boil and mash the potatoes; inclose in
a muslin bag and apply to the affected part.
To boil them in hot water has a very sooth-
ing effect, and enhances their virtue. A
poultice made of boiled beans is by some
thought to be better than potatoes, but both
are worthy of trial.
To KILL LrcE.-IIaving had seven or
eight years experience with lice on human
rs well as brute creation, | can find nothing
ike salt Wash horses, colts, cows, or
calves, with brine as strong as it can be
made 1t is dead sure shot.-P. Green.
IN Rurai Nelc Yorker.
CRACKED HooF IN HORSES. Es.-Somebody
asks for cure for cracked hoof. Having
had some experience with cracked hoofs,
give the following as a sure remedy: Shoe
the foot with new, heavy shoe, with
heavy bar across the heel. The horse can
be worked every day 1t will operate equally
as well on quarter crack as split hoof.-
Rural Ne,c Yorker.
SLABnERrSG HORSES. daily, for two
weeks or more, one spoonful of iron scales,
such as may be taken from the anvil block
where horse nails are made Mix with the
oats or other feed.