American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-21
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Corn STARCH CAkE-Onc cup of but
ter, two cups of sugar, one cup of sweet
milk, two of flour, one OF. corn starch, one
teaspoontul Of soda, two of cream tartar
whites of six eggs.
STRAWBERRY CULTURE-A strawberry
grower states that To two barrels of rain
water he mt ,ne-ouarter of n mound of
ammonia and onc-quarter of a pound of
common inter, and with this solution he
sprinkled his strawberry beds every night
when poisoning. The result was double
the amount of large strawberries to that
just adjoining not go treated.
JOHNNY CAKEs-Rub two tablespoons
full of lard or butter into one quart of vel
low corn meal: add to it three tablespoons
full of molaSSeS and one teaSpoOnful of
ginger, and pour in enough boiling milk
or water to make it Il thin batter. Add,
when nearly cold one or two eggs, and
bake in shallow pans, in very hot oven.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGEsTIoNs.-Thc white
of eggs with lime makes good cement
for broken china. Honey and castor oil
mixed are excellent for asthma; a tea
spoonful may be taken night and morning,
with great benefit. Rancid lard may be
purified by trying it over with a little
water, adding a few sliced raw potatoes.
The potatoes seem to remove the bad taste
from the lard.
LEMON PUFFs-Onc pound of pulver-
lied loaf sugar beat in the yellzs of four
eggs; add one tablespoonful of flavoring :
beat the yelks and sugar as stiff as possible
then add the whites beat to a stiff froth ;
beat well, flavor with lemon juice and eX-
tract of the peel or citric acid, and extract
of lemon; drop on buttered papers in
small cakes, and bake quickly without
browning; leave the putfS on the paper
until entirely cold.
HUsKTNG CoRN.-Fit your wagon-bo
to hold thirty bushels, then put at least a
foot and a half hang board on the oppo-
site side; tie the horse next to you to the
other ones hame, to keep him from eat
ing then take two rows, catch the ears
with the thumb toward the point, strip
both sides nearly at once, and give it Il
wrench with your right hand at the same
time. In good corn good hand will in
this way crib sixty bushels in "A day.
LIME IN CROPs.-There is said to be
carried off from the soil nine pounds of
lime in twenty-five bushels of oats, and
fifteen pounds in thirty-eight bushels OF
barley. There are thirty-tive pounds OF
lime in two tons of rye grass, one hun
bred and twenty-six pounds in two tons
of clover, and one hundred and forty
pounds in twenty-five tons of turnips, and
two hundred and seventy pounds in nine
tons of potatoes. Some soils contain
abundance of lime for Il thousand years,
while others require an occasional appli-
cation of lime as Il fertilizer.
BREAD CREDIBLE CAKEs.-Save all your
bits and crusts of broken bread whether
they are toasted or not; and when you
have Il good supply, turn upon them
enough boiling water to soak them thor
oughly. Let them stand until perfectly
soft, then rub through colander or sieve,
and mix three or four tablespoonfuls OF
flour with them Add enough milk to
make IA thin batter, and also one beaten
egg. This makes delicious griddle cakes,
and saves all the odd pieces of bread into
the bargain.
RECIPES FOR SoAP-For hard soap
take five pounds of soda ASH dissolve in
three gallons of soft water. Take two and
IA half pounds of lime, and Stake with
boiling water. When the soda ash comes
to Il boil pour over the lime and stir well
when settled, pour off the clear lye. Take
| ten pounds of grease, add the I've, and lei
it boil. Pour more boiling water over the
lime and stir well. When settled, add &c
the grease until you have ten gallons
While making, if the lye settles to the bot
| tom, add more weak lye or water. Boil
from two to four hours. When cold cut
in bars. For soft soap, use the same guam
| titles of soda ash, lime and grease, with
double the quantity of water.
COST OF ABUSING Mich Cows.-Har
ris Lewis, the eminent Herkimer County
New York, dairyman, said lately, in an
| address TO milk producers, that he had
known a COW which uniformly gave eigh
| teen per cent of cream to her milk, to de
crease her yield to six per cent in the
short space of twelve hours, merely from
| the excitement caused by the bad treat
| ment of brutal mixer. 1t was not guess
| work, because he used graduated glasses
| to test the matter. This shows pretty con
| clusively that ii does not pay dalrymen Il
| allow their COWS to be iiEtreatcd. And IL
| ill-treatment is to be included anything
| that will alarm or excite them-fast driv
| ing to and from pastures, worrying by
dogs, yelling at them and threatenin:
demonstrations by boys, etc Civility anc
good nature pay, even with COWS.