Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

To Tell Good Eggs.-If you desire to
be certain that your eggs are good and
fresh, put them in water; If the butts turn
up they arc not fresh This Is an infalli-
BILE rule to distinguish good egg from q
bad one.
Caramel Ice Cream.--Put on to boil
three quarts of new milk, beat up the
yolks of fifteen eggs very light, adding
three.quarters of pound of sugar. When
the milk boils, pour in gradually into the
beaten sugar and eggs, return to the fire,
letting it remain for about five minutes,
stirring rapidly all the time. Meanwhile,
in small iron skillet, place over the fire
half pound of brown sugar, which must
melt and be burnt until of n dark brown
color; when properly Drowned, pour into
the skillet u little at time, boiling Gus
tard from the kettle, not minding the sput-
tering consequent therefrom. When the
skillet is full, mix altogether in bowl,
and set in some cool place until ready to
freeze. If not sweet enough add little
more sugar. If the sugar is too burnt, so
as to impart bitter flavor, add cream un-
til the fault isrectifled.
1t is well known that saddle and har-
ness gals often cause white spots to APP
pear on horses especially those inclined
to fade or carrying light colors. In age,
white hairs are the result of a
want of the deposit of coloring mat
ter in the hair. Blistering and sub
sequent bad treatment will often
produce the effect; sometimes blistering
will do it under the best treatment These
are accidental occurrences, and we think
the only causes that ought to be allowed.
The parts to be whitened are made sore
by blistering to remove the hair, and,
when the new hair is growing out, it is
wetted with solution of chloride of lime.
Or the part may be fired and then wetted
with the solution. The practice is, how
ever, barbarous in the extreme, and should
not be allowed.
Gold powder, for gliding, may be
prepared by putting into an earthen NOR
tar some gold leaf, with a little honey or
thick gum-water, and grinding the mix.
| ture till the gold is reduced to extremely
| fine particles. When this is done, little
warm water will wash out the honey or
gum, leaving the gold behind in a pulveru-
| lent state. Another way is to dissolve
pure gold, or the leaf, in nitro-muriatic
| acid, and then to precipitate it by piece
of copper, or by solution of sulphate of
| iron. The precipitate Gf by copper must
| be digested in distilled vinegar, and then
washed (by pouring water over it repeat
edly) and dried. This precipitate will be
| in the form of a very fine powder. 1t
works better, and is more easily burn
ished than gold-leaf, ground in honey, as
above.
--Starching and Ironing.-Starch and
| iron shirt bosoms as usual, and when the
articles are thoroughly dry, place one at a
| time on II narrow, hard, and very smooth
board, which has one thickness of cotton
cloth over it, sewed tightly; have the
"pOlishing iron" heated so that it will not
scorch, and rub it quick and hard over
| the surface, up and down the bosom,
using only the rounded part on the front
of the iron. A still higher polish may
be obtained by passing a damp cloth
! lightly over the smooth surface, and then
rubbing hard and quickly with the hot
| iron. 1t needs a good deal of patient
practice to do this admirably, but it is
! crowned with success, and when once
| learned Is as easy as other ironing. A
polishing from is small and highly pol
ished, with a rounded part which allows
all the friction to come on a small part at
one time, which develops the gloss that
may be in both linen and starch. These
| irons may be had for about seventy-five
cents each; one is sufficient for family.
Collars and cuffs look nicely done in this
| way.
More attention is being paid to the
cultivation of rye, of late years, than was
| formerly the case. One reason for this is
the value Of the straw, which always sells
for good price for bedding and other
purposes, for which it is decidedly pre-.
| ferred to oat or wheat straw; in addition
to which it is found one of the most valu-
able crops to save for soiling purposes, to
be cut early in the spring. The grain,
however, sells for fair price, aud if
raisedsfor this purpose, with the greater
amount which can he gatherod over
wheat added to the price obtained for the
straw, it will be found equally profitable
| in a money point of view to the wheat
crop. One great recommendation it has
is, that it is perhaps of all other crops of
its class less liable to failure. There is not
the same necessity for soaking the seed
before sowing as there is for wheat still
it has some advantages which should be
| availed Of for some of the sleeps have a
manurial effect, and induce a more rapid
germanation of the seed. If soaked in
brine or I've, or a solution of saltpeter,
the effects will doubtless be beneficial,
and amply repay for the trouble ex-
pended.
Vinegar that Will Keep Pickles.