Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-04-04
Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
BATTER PUDDING. One quart of milk
six eggs, twelve tablespoons of -four
nutmeg. Bake and serve with sauce.
Buns. One cup of butter, one cup o
sugar, half a cup of yeast, half pin
of milk, make it stiff with flour add
if you like, nutmeg.
VINE WHEY-Take n pint Of milk
let it come to boil, take it off the fire
and add two wineglasses of wine, let il
remain perfectly still till it curdles
strain it and let it cool.
SUGAR Biscuits. Dissolve one teacur
OF white sugar in quart of new milk
then stir in pint of lively yeast with
sifted flour enough to make n stiff
sponge; let it rise until very light, then
work into the sponge three quarters of 6
pound of melted butter with sifted foul
enough to make stiff dough work the
dough thoroughly, cut into biscuits, lei
them stand on buttered tins to rise, sift
sugar upon each, and bake in quick
oven.
To Fry FISH ECONOMICALLY. Use the
same lard or dripping many times, by
doing as follows: AS soon as the fish
are taken out of the pan, pour out all
the clear part OF the lard or dripping
into q basin, and wipe out the par
which remains at the bottom OF the pan.
A frylng-pan should never be cleansed
like ordinary saucepans, or it is sure to
burn. The same lard or dripping will
in this way do great many times,
To HULL CoRN.-Take one quart of
strong I've, prepared as for making soap,
and two quarts of water. Put tho corn
into this for boiling, and let it boil till
the hulls begin to start, which you can
find out by washing the kernels in cold
water Then take the corn out, and
rinse it in one or two waters Put it in
cold water again, and let it remain over
the fire till it boils after boiling five
minutes rinse it till all the lye be re-
moved TO cook it, boil four hours
slowly, add salt to your taste, and let it
boil half an hour more.
AMERICAN FARMERS CLUB.
GRAPES AND How TO PRESERVE THEM.
MIR. Wagner, of Putney, N. Y, con-
tributed to the Club his ideas on pre-
serving grapes. His method is to pack
IN boxes, and preserve in cool, dry
building where the temperature can not
fall below 162; this temperature Will not
I'M ure them, and Mr.. W. has thus pre-
served seven tons this season.
On HORSE TRAINING. Prof. Magner
gave his views on training horses. He
said he considered himself as the most
useful citizen in New York, because he
could in one hour, by appealing to the
reason OF horse, overpower his vast
strength and control it. In breaking
colts, which was business every farmer
should well understand, it was certain
that kindness and gentleness we're far
better than force the moment horso's
passions were aroused he was spoiled.
Te Secretary, Mr.. Chambers, was ap-
pointed by the Chairman committee to
test Mr. Magner's system, and to ride
the wild horses which he undertook to
tame, as proof of their complete sub
lection.
SAVE YOUR SEED.-W. M. Miles wrote
TO ask which was the best turnip ian ag-
riculturst present suggested the Silesan
Sugar-bee0 he had some years ago
raised an excellent variety eighteen in
ches long, and as thick as ones wrist,
which was the best favored one he had
seen where could he get some seed like
it? z. L. Quinn said this was the Cow.
horn-turnip, of which seed could be
purchased at the seed stores. When
farmers have q good variety they should
preserve the seed generally they were
careless in this respect.
He DOES NOT READ THE PAPERS.
I. H. Smith asked if bones were good
for cattle, Mr.. Fuller replied, if
this man read the papers he would have
seen it stated in the club reports every
week of late that cattle eat bones for the
reason that they needed the phosphate
Of lime, and that the craving was instino-
tive.
SUNDRY MATTERS. To repair leaky
roofs, it was recommended to coat the
shingles with cement Of coal-tar boiled
with lime slaked into fine powder, put
on hot, and busted while soft with sand.
TO Make Hard Soap Soda is need
ed as the alkali instead of potash this
is gained by adding common salt to the
I've from wood-ashes the soda of the
salt takes the place of the potash, and
produces hard instead of soft soap
When the soap is cool it is found floating
on the surface of the lye, and may be
cut into pieces and dried for use
Bulbs of Hyacinths and other similar
plants are net worth keeping after being
forced in water---Pickles should be put
in brine as they may be gathered, for a
day or two. and when drained put into
hot cider vinegar, which should be pure
and strong. Common commercial vine
gar renders pickles soft and of bad
color-Soiling Cattle: 1t was stated
that by proper system Of soiling one
acre Of land might be made to keep one
cow-Barley E1 Senator Geddes ad-
vised farmers to refrain from sowing bar
ley unless they had a good rich clean
soil. Oats would in general be found
preferable in every way. At the usual
hour the meeting adjourned.
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