Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-05-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

TO Prevent Choking an egg
into cup and give It to the person chok.
ing, to swallow. The white of the egg
seems to catch around the obstacle and re-
move It. If one egg does not answer the
purpose, Try another. The white is all
thatis necessary.
"A piece Of red pepper, the. size of
your finger nail, put into meat or Vegetables
when first beginning to cook, will aid
greatly in killing the unpleasant odor
arising therefrom. Remember this for
boiled cabbage green beans, onions, chick
ems, mutton, etc. .tt-.. -...
To Destroy Ants.-Fill small walls
twe.thirds with water, and add sweet
oil TO float on the water 10 within
half an inch of the top. Plunge these up
right in the ground, leaving only half an
inch standing out, near the nest or runs of
the ants. The ants will come for sip
and go home TO die. No insect can exist
with oil stopping up its spiracles or
breathing pores
rich cream, and half pint of egg, beat
the yolks and whites separately, add q
tcaspoonful of salt, and as much flour as
can be beat in with q spoon; it should be
just thick enough to drop from spoon
butter pans and drop the cake on it; let it
bake hard. If the cream is sour, add
soda.
"A Cheap yet Excellent Jelly Cake
Two teacups of -four, one of sugar, one of
sweet milk, three tablespoonfuls of butter,
two teaspoons of cream of tartar, one of
soda, one egg. Rub the butter and sugar
together then, having beaten the egg, stir
all together; bake in four parts in q com
mon milk pan, spread jelly between. |
Jelly becomes hard so as not to spread
smooth on soft cake, take it on a plate and
mash with knife until it will spread.
1t is always desirable to know the
name of a variety of tree or vine--labels
will decay or get broken down--but if u
map or book record is made of the posi-
ton of every tree of value its name, when
planted, and from whom received, it
would give great satisfaction to the owner,
and be one of the checks against too
many of the present items of new produc-
tions by ignorant growers, under an in-
preston of its being Seeding because
they happen not to know the variety and
have lost all remembrance of its period of
procurance or planting.-Ohio Farmer.
To Make Big Hogs.-In order to get
hogs to weigh above three hundred pounds
it is generally necessary to keep them
uUlll NEAR TWO NtuIS OlNl, anu nave W lctu
two winters, while an animal not much
over one year old can be brought up
| to two hundred and seventy-tive pounds or
over, and will have to be wintered only
one winter--in itself considerable item
the winter feeding of swine being more
expensive than their summer pasturing.
question if one hundred pounds of pork
additional will pay for keeping an animal
requiring as much food as the hog re.
quires for one year.
| -Rhubarb Pie.-Prepare the stalks by
peeling off the thin, reddish skin, and
cutting in halt or three-quarter inch
pieces, which spread evenly in your crust.
lined tins. Sft on little flour, to which
add bit of butter and teacup of sugar
if for large pie However, when it is
desirable to economize sugar, or when a
very sharp, sour taste is not relished, q
pinch of soda may be used to advantage
with less sugar, and it goes far toward
neutralizing the acid. (Ne would here
add: save all your surplus pie-plant pre-
pare as for use, and dry in the sun, a:
stove heat turns it dark colored. Soak
and stew for winter use, with sugar anC
soda as above for pies. 1t makes also {
nice sauce for tea. a.)-Wood's MdgdztHe.