Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
Farm. Garden and Household.

ter, into which put the rice, and boil
briskly for ten minutes. Pour it into
colander, and set it by the fire to drain.
The grains will be separated and very
large.
PUMPKINs.-A correspond asks an ex-
change if it can tell him how to keep
pumpkins from rotting. They are not
long keepers. Raise Hubbard squashes
and you can keep them until spring. He
also asks about dried pumpkins. They
may be cut in slices and dried In the
sun or near the stove. The Shakers,
and others who make business OF it,
have drying-rooms, and when the
pumpkin is dry grind it to coarse pow
der.
How TO SAVE CLOVER SRED.-A Cana
da farmer put a wire bottom in trough
in which he fed his stock, the wire be-
ing two or three inches above the close
bottom of the trough. The stock in
pulling the clover hay from the rack
would scatter the seed, almost pure,
through the wire into the receptacle be-
low. In this way he saved seed enough
for his own sowing and to pay for all
the dry goods used in his family, ard
received 925 in cash besides.
LIVE Stock MATTERs.-Not long since
correspondent asked the best method
of relieving a choked cow, says the
Country Gentleman. Torelieve choked
OK or COW, give at once one-half pint
melted hogs lard, and exercise the AMI
NAL. 1t sickens the stomach, and the
obstruction will pass Immediately either
up or down, as the animal will cough
and swallow at once, and thus get re-
lief. Put the warm lard in junk bot
tie and raise the animals head-it will
run down easy. This is the surest and
safest remedy known, and never fails if
administered soon after the accident oc-
ours.
Boston BROWN BRBAD.-Alady wishes
the recipe for Boston brown bread. l
COPY the following from paper publish
ed in city near Boston. 1 have not
tried it, FOR I almost invariable boil my
brown bread, which we think is excel
lent, and husband says is superior to
Boston bread:-Four coffee cupfuls Of
sifted Indian meal two cups coarse
-four. either wheat or rye one teaspoon
full salt one tea-cup molasses, and boil
ing water enough to make it as thick
as griddle-cake batter. When nearly
cool add half a cup of yeast, either
homemade or distillery. Put the mix
ture into an iron baking dish, cover
tightly, let it stand in warm place till
it cracks over the top (Which should be
smoothed over with wet hands before
it is placed to rise). Bake it five or six
hours in a moderate oven, which will
not burn the crust to cinder.
PACKING BUrTER.-At a meeting of
the Bucks County Pa.) Agricultural
Society recently short essay by Miss
Kate Craven, of Newtown, was read in
response to the question, "Can butter
be packed to advantage in June or July
for winter use ?" Miss Craven, was de-
cidedly in favor of packing butter in
early summer, when the price is usually
so low as to be Improbable. If prop
erly put up then it cannot be surpassed.
It must be fresh and good or it will not
keep well. Her receipt is: For twenty
pounds of butter take one and quarter
pounds of salt, one ounce pulverized
saltpetre, and q small quantity of white
sugar, which should be worked into the
butter and left over night. Next day
work again, make into Jumps, put into
stone vessel, and cover with brine
strong enough to bear an egg. Lay a
bag filed with salt in the vessel and re-
plenish when empty. Do not remove
the butter long before it is needed.
THE YOKE UNEAsY.-Even the speed
of the OK is increased by the use of the
horse gear; when by means of the yoke,
he is fastened to the vehicle only by the
neck, his body sways awkwardly about,
his forefeet close to the tongue, and his
hind ones often at distance from it;
with this angular movement he seems
to labor at great disadvantage, where
as, in the harness, the body of the ami
NAL is kept in direct line with its
work, which must be of great adyan-
tage. The increase of power and speed,
obtainable in working oxen by the
method here commended, to say moth
ing of the relief to the poor beast in
Kidding 1t of q heavy and unyielding
pressure upon that most sensitive part
of the animal, the top of the verte5rr,
should be sufficient inducement for our
farmers to substitute the harness for
the yoke. For the sake of mercy, let
some means be devised and adopted to
relieve the patient OK from the torture
of the yoke.
SHEEP.-It has been quite well settled
by repeated experiments that from two
and half to three pounds of good hay,
or its equivalent, is necessary to the
support of life and condition, for one
day, of 100 TBS. of live weight of sheep.
Tofatten sheep more than this quantity
of food must be given, and it is only
the excess that will appear in the growth
of the animals. Suppose feeder puts
into his yards on the first day of De-
cember 100 Merino wethers or dry ewes
that are of proper age and in good con-
ditiOn, say three years old, and average
in weight 100 lbs. each. Such q flock
will require 800 TBS. of hay per day
Gncluding wastage) to keep them in the
same condition. But allowance should
be made in weighing the sheep full of
grass, or for some time they will not
hold their first weight good. The change
from green to dry food will be attended
with some apparent loss in weight, and
to make the trial fairly the weight Of
the sheep should not be taken until they
have been some days on dry food.