Richland beacon., 1873-06-21

SURPRISE CAKE.-One egg. one cup of
sugar, one half cup of shortening, one cup
OF sour milk, a teaspoon soda. Season 10
taste.
WASHING LIQrOR FOR COARSE ARTI-
Giles OR FLooRS.-Slached lime. half a
pound soda. one pound; water, six
quarts. Boil two hours, let it settle. and
strain.
From the report of the Department of
Agriculture for April. it appears that the
two great pests with which i1ock-maSterS
have Ia contend are not confined 10 amy
particular locality. Foot-rot and Scab
hang like the sword of DamoclcS. -u--
pended over almost every county in the
Union. Nothing short of combined and
persistent effort will narrow the limits of
their devastating effects. Would il not be-
well for Tie Wcoi-growtrs' Association
OF the several States to take notice of this
matter and secure legislation compelling
owners of diseased sheep To cure them or
keep Ihcls i'll confinement 80 that healthy
i ,ck may not beiniured by contact with
them:
\ COERESroNDENr of the Country GEN
tienan says: For the past ten years We
have raised Lima beans in great album
dince-in fact. have cooked none Other a.
even dry beans. The first year or so we
found difficulty in ripcning them. H. We
picked for the table "a fast "a they Were
ready. There are only two points, if oh
served, 10 insure success. The first i To
,inch off the top of each vine when they
have reached the top of the >takc->ay six
feet, and The second l. carefully Ia save.
the earliest pods for seed. Many writer,
say that they must be planted eye down,
etc. We never practiccd it. We put the
ground in nice order. when it l. warm
enough. and PLAN "a any other beans, four
to Il hill and they generally all come. BY
saving the earliest for seed we have them
nice for the table three weeks earlier than
at first
THERE are Il great many contingencies
about farming which chemistry does not
cover. and probably never will. People
talk of agricultural chemistry as if it were
Il special chemistry for the farmers al
vantage. The truth i land ii was well
set forth. | remember. in q lecture OF
Prof. Johnson'>) there is no such thing
as agricultural chemistry; and the term
is no. onlya mi>nemcr. but mi>lcad- eyre
"iou>ly. There il no more chemistry
of agriculture than there is a chemistry of
hor>eilc>h. or a cunchOlogy of egg shells.
Chemistry concerns all organic and iuor-
ganic matter, and if You have any of these
about Your barn-ya. d>. il concerns them.
Ii tells YOU. if Your observation and cX-
pcrlcncc can't determine. what they are.
OF course il HAY be an aid To agriculture:
ami 80 are wet weather, and Il good hoe
and grub, and comUlOn sense. and indus
try. Ii may explain things YOU would
not otherwise understand: it NAV correct
errors of treatment; it may protect you
from harpics who vend patent muIures.
not because it is agricultural chemistry.
but should say, rather, looking at 4
good deal OF farm practice. because it is
not agricultural, and because it deals in
certainties and not Probabilities. There
Is such thing a. religion, anu it helps
sometimes to purify Democrats and some
times Republicans but who thinks of
talking. unless his head is turned, about
Democratic religion or Republican Christ
ianity?
SroNGE-CAKE PUDDING.-Mclt some
butter. and grease very well with it the
inside OF Il tluted cakt-noId. using for
the purpose Il feather or brush. Then
glaze the mold with powdered white
>ugar-that Is to say, shake it about until
the part creased is equally covered with
the sugar. and looks white. Stone some
ralSln>. and have ready a few currant>,
washed and picked. Place them accord
ing to fancy in the curvngs of the mold
Take some spOnye-cake. stale will do. and
cut it up small. filling the mold with it +.
as you do SO mixing lightly throughout
currants and raisinS rubbed in flour 70
prevent their falling. Beat up four eggs
the whites separately from the yolks. add
four tablespoOnfulS of sugar, one to each
egg. and then pour gradually to them
until well combined three half pints of
cold new milk, which quantity should be
enough to fill the mold. set your pud-
ding III a pan containing enough water
to come little more than half way up
the sides of the mold. Just as the water
begins to boil see thai the oven is so
moderately heated As to insure the slew
baking of the custard, else il might turn
TO whey. DO not let the budding brown
or burn; it should be done in about a
quarter of an hour after the water has
boiled around il. Sauce made ttuS: Four
yolks OF eggs beaten up with Jour table
Spoonfuls of sugar, poured u 4 pint Of
milk allowed first to ccmc to boil. Re
turn to the fire for about five minutes.
stirring rapidly. Flavor with what you
please; rOSa-water is good. Turn out
the pudding in pretty dessert dish pour
the sauce around it, aud the Work is done.
The above recipe is especially adapted ~
meet the wants Of small families. upon
whose hands cake is apt to accumulate
and turn stale. An elegant and econOm-
zeal dish is thus prepared out of materials
that would otherwise BE- wasted