The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-05
Farm, Garden and Household.


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three eggs dessert spoonful Of each
kind OF spice one nutmeg; teaspoon.
full of.saleratus. Add flour enough to
make it little sitter than pound cake.
This cake will keep n long time. A little
Citron in very thin slices through the
cake improves it, and currants may be
substituted for part Of the raisins.
GRAHAM BREAD.-one quart of bolt.
ed aour, two quarts of Graham, two tea
spoonfuls of salt, one half cup Of mo-
lasses, two thirds Of cupof yeast mix
with warm water not very still,
PUFF Rolls ron BREAKPAsr.-Threo
cups of milk, three eggs, three cups of
flour and n little salt. Bake in earthen
cups, filling them half full, A quick
but not searching oven. These rolIsare
very nice,
CREAM cAKE,-one cup of cream, one
cup OF sugar, two eggs, little salt, one
teaspoontul OF soda, and two cups of
flour.
DouGHNuTs.-one cup of sugar, one
cup OF sweet milk, one egg, one tea.
spoonful of soda, and one of cream
tartar.
Coon BIscuT.-One quart of flour,
one tablespoonful baking powder, but
ter the size of walnut; use water;
don't mix stiil; bake quick,
GINoER COOKIES. cup sugar, one
Of molnsses, one ofbutter, lard, or drip.
pings, onc.half cup of water, and one
tablespoon soda, AID one ginger,
WASHING BUrrER-A correspondent
OF the Cincinnati Gazette, in answer to
an inquiry, gives his views rs follows:-
II is Rsked-Does not the washing OF
butter cause the loss of its nromag We
are sure-nO. II has nothing to do
with it. 1t simply washes the milk out
more readily, and saves labor in work.
ing ont tho buttermilk with ladle. II
rather assists in retaining tho aroma
and grain of the butter.
stay Where You Are.
We have many inquiries asking ad.
vice about selling farms at tile East and
going West. This everlasting uneasi.
ness belongs to the Yankee character,
and is one Of the clements, perhaps, in
his enterprise We wish, however, to
express, with emphasis, our dissent
from the too prevalent opinion, that
FIRMS ut the East are past working with
profit. Ii, instead Of selling out, the
owner of an Eastern farm would inform
himself MS to the character of his soil
and its needs, and then expend the
amount of money he must sacrifice in
selling Off all his stock, farming tools
and other personal property, in needed
improvements and thorough working OF
his farm, lie will find all he desires in
the possibilities Of the old homestead.
There is no lack OF thGnatural elements
Of fertility in these farms; they pos.
sess the undoveloped equivalents Of a
thousand crops. The deposits are there
only draw your check with tho proper
formality Rnd the teller OF Mother M.
ture's-bank will honor it. Look Mt the
advance OF British agriculture in the
last half century-hcr increase from
fourteen to twenty-eight bushels OF
wheat per acre. II she had possessed
millions OF acres Of virgin soil, her
farmers might have abandoned the old
and sought the new fields but instead
Of that, they have added new kingdom
below, doubling the production OF the
acres they possess. Young men who
have no farms, the old hive being full,
will do well to seek one in the West,
but do not abandon the ancestral acres
to the stranger-Lipc.iStookJ Journal.
Renting Farms.
In renting or letting farms on shares
there should be the most stringent slip,
ulations on the part Of proprictors reln,
tive to the use Of the manure made OF
the place and the supply OF fertilizinp
agents on the part OF the renter or oc
cupier OF the land We have known il
TO cost farmers more to restore theil
farms to the condition in which they LEFT
them, after IN absence OF three years
renters occupying them meantime, thar
they dreceived as rents in the interim
Absolute rest is often far more profit.
able thnn the renting system to the mar
who owns the land. II is only in rare
cases that the system OF renting pays
the owner Of land. In this country il
has not been made 80 much either Of n
business or studyon the part OF farmers,
and tenant rights and duties are not Sc
clearly defined either by custom or law
Us In England, whcre most farming is
done by tenants. II American farmers
aro to give up their lands to tenants and
live of the income derived therefrom in
villages, as seems TO be the ambition OF
many, there is great need Of the caution
We have above given.
Management of Cattle.
A Massachusetts, farmer says on this
subject:
My cattle like my company. When
in the pasture they will follow me until
Ileavo the lot and as q general rule
they como up to the barn.yard every
night about sunset and in their way cali
Tor lock OF hay. Though give them
all they want they take but iewmouth.
tlls, which sAtishcsthem, and l am con.
tident it does them good deal OF good.
II keeps their bowels regular and they
thrive well and are happy. They do
much betterthRn theydid when changed
pastures once n week, for now they have
aChange of food every day instead OF
once week. Cattle need kindness and
they pay well for it. ] can handle my
steers and others as please. They will
como mp to me while am milking and
invite me to play with them. Tie time
Think Is not far distant when soiling
cattle will bo the most profitable where
most of the farm can be cultivated.
Provide small lot Tor them to run in,
feed green fodder, save all the manure,