The Placer herald., 1872-08-31
HOUSE AND CARM.

FARM HousEs.-Farm houses, az a gen
eral thing, should stand directly upon the
road. They are often thus located that the
occupants may more conveniently 'see folks
and what is passing. Such location tends
to disquiet and dust, while it sacrifices in.
expensive beauty, which may so easily be
obtained by setting the house little back
on the knoll, which the road-makers, per-
haps, for good reasons avoided. A good
house set a little back from the road, en-
powered in trees, will always sell for ten
times the extra expense incurred in thus
ornamenting its surroundings. Its very sit
uation, in fact, may be the chief attraction
of its purchaser.
No country house is fit to live in if it has
no trees near 1.-THE larger the better. We
would rather occupy cabin embowered
in trees ind evergreens, than such stately
mansion as we have seen, standing high and
dry on a naked hill, dreary in Winter and
broiling in Summer, looking as desoate as
if it had been blown there by some malevo-
lent hurricane.
But trees should not be too near; when
standing so as to overshadow the house
they create an unwholesome dampness, net
only injuring the walls and roof, and makiag
the cistern water impure, but impairing the
health of the occupants. Close to the house
the trees are pernicious; at a little distance,
they are wholesome, ornamental and desira-
BILE. They should never be near enough to
intercept the rays Of the sun; there is no
more important curative agent, and some
sunshine should be introduced, every day in
the year, into as many rooms as possible.
A neat, pleasant looking place is always
saleable. Horticulture, especially that phase
of it which decorates the lawn, is the poetry
of farming, and it is poetry which returns
compound interest.
TO Boil CoRNED BEEF--If the piece =
very salt let it soak over night. If young
beef and properly corned this is unnecessary.
For boiling pour, cold water over it
after washing off the salt, letting the meat
be we'll covered. The rule is twenty-five
minutes to pound for boiling meats, but
corned beef should never be boiled-it should
only simmer, by being placed on a part Of
the ran;;;sc where the simmerng can be unin-
terrupted from tom, 70 six hours, according
to the size Of the piece. II 10 10 pe served
cold, let the meat remain in liquor until cola.
Tough beef can be made tender letting it re-
main in the liquor till the next day, and then
bringing it to the boiling point just before
serving. For rump pieces this is superior
method. A brisket or plate piece may be
smmered until the bones can be easily re-
moved; then fold over the brsket piece.
forming square or oblong piece; tie over it
piece of muslin, place sufficient weight o.
top to press the parts closely together and
set it where it will become cold. This civ q
us firm, solid piece, which, eaten in sic es
is delightful "relish."
CARE OF YouNo Ducks. Ks.-Raisius. ducks
Is very easy, provided one knows 'Aow to do
it. 1t is well known that duc'slings will
stray away from hens. When the hen has
her liberty, the ducklings will scatter, some
going one way and some ano' her; and as it
is impossible for the hen to go two ways at
once, some stray away from her and get
lost. When the hen is cooped, the ducklings
will go SO tar in scare of insects that they
cannot find their wa back avoid all this
trouble by making yard for them in this
way; take to- rec boards about foot wide
ana make a ya rd, either square or triangular
'haped' ana ,,ut the hen and coop in one
'orner ONT. keep the hen cooped until
he duckD ngs are about two weeks old, when
give b. or her liberty. She will stay with the
huckr .ngs some time longer. No more than
tive we or fourteen ducklings should be kept
j Il one yard, as they are apt to pile upon one
another at night, and smother each othor.
The ducklings should be confined in yard
until they are well feathered, for if they go
through wet grass, they almost invariably die.
The yard should be moved every two week,
and care should be taken to have good shelter
in one corner. r.-Fancier, IN Ponl'y World.
APPLE P1E.-It is a conceded fact that the
most superior apples make s:, but an % insip'd pic
numerous lady readers the benefit of my I'M
proved recipe, if you please.
Make nice, haky crust, pare and cut
the apples in rather thick slices, spread them
on your plate an inch thick, or more, sprin-
kle handful of sugar over them Il prefer
white J then spread two or three tablespoon
fuls Of currant jelly over them, little flour
frcm a dredge, nutmeg, three tablespoonfuls
Of water, and lump Of butter the size of a
small butternut, and you will have supe-
rior pie. Grated white sugar on the top
crust before putting in the oven is an i'm
provement. To prevent the juice boiling
out in the oven, wet the edges Of your crust
with the white of an egg; water will do, but
egg is better.
How MANY EGos CAN HEN LAY?-The
Dresden Society for Protecting Animals,
says: The ovary of hen contains, in round
numbers, 600 eggs, which can be laid. OF
these the hen lays, in the ordinary course of
existance, 20 in the first year, 12O in the
second, 1876 in the third and lain the fourth.
In the four following years this number de-
creases regularly by 20, and in the ninth
year the hen lays only 10 eggs in the best
case. Hence no one will keep a hen for