Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-27
Farm, Garden and Household.
Domestic Recipes.

cofee-cup of sweet milk, 8 eggs, / table
spoonful of quick yeast, mixed with
flour enough to roll, a nutmeg, l tea
spoonful of cinnamon. Cut in rings
and cook like doughnuts.
CocoANUT CAKE.-1I coffee-cups of
sugar, coffee-cup of butter, whites of
eggs, / tea-cup Of milk, 8 tea-cu of
flour, teaspoon of soda, / teaspoon
of cream.tartar, l grated cocoanut,
leaving half tea-cupful to sprinkle
over the top, either before baking or
just after icing, as is preferred. Any
kind of baking-powder may be substi-
tuted for the soda and cream.tartar.
CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Mix the same as
the orange cake but without favoring.
Bake in dripping pan, in thin loaf,
having the pan hot when the cake is
put in. For the icing, the whites of
two eggs beaten stiff, II tea-cups pow
dered sugar, 2 teaspoons of vanilla, 6
tablespoons of, chocolate (sweetened
the best). Leave in the pan till ready
to use it, as this preserves the moisture.
SAND CAKES. pound of butter
beaten to a cream, pound Of white
sugar, yolks of eggs, whites OF eggs,
flour sufficient to roll. Cut into two
inch diamonds and bake quickly. Mix
equal quantities Of ground cinnamon
and white sugar and sprinkle over the
tops of the cakes.
MARBLE CAKE.-Dark part eggs, !
cup of butter, cup of molasses, J cup
of brown sugar, cup of sour milk, ]
nutmeg, tablespoon of cloves, table,
spoon of allspice, 2 cups of -four.
Light part /: Whites of 4 eggs, II cups
of butter, 1. cups of white sugar, ] cup
of sour milk, 2 cups of -four, l tea
spoon of quick yeast.
Dairy Affairs.
Mr.. D. N. Farrand, of Morristown,
writes that intending to adopt the deep
pans or pals for his whole dairy, he
engaged supply, which reached him
when in so great a hurry in haying that
only one-half of the pals were set, con-
sequently the milk of every other day
had to be put in the old-fashioned pans.
His wife suggested that the cream be
kept separate to see which produced
the most butter. The cream from the
pans made the most butter the first
three days, when the following three
experiments were made: Weighed the
milk, set one day in pals, the next day
in pans, and so on for six days; then
churned, and weighed the butter. In
the second trial there was one more
mornings than nights milking; in the
third, one more nights than mornings
milk. The depth of the milk in the
pals in the first two trials was from
seven 10 ten inches; in the third from
ten to twelve; and in the pans from two
to two and one-half. The temperature
of the air was generally from Sc degrees
to 70 degrees; that of the water from 60
degrees to &C degrees; when the air
was above go degrees we cooled the milk
set in pans before setting in the milk
room. We skinned the milk as soon
as it began to change, which was in
about forty-eight hours with the pals,
and thirty-six with the pans.
To make pound of butter it took in
first trial: with pals, 27 pounds of milk;
with pans, 25 pounds. In the second
trial: with pals, 25 pounds 13 ounces;
with pans, q pounds 10 ounces. In the
third trial: with pals, 81 pounds 13
ounces; with pans, 25 pounds 2 ounces.
These trials were made in August, COM
mencing the 10th.
Ring-Bone.
sc. H. D." asks: "Is there q cure
or remedy for ring-bone on young
horse, that is but little lame frem it
now, without cutting or dis6guring the
foot?"
Reply.-Ringbone does not always
cause lameness. 1t is generally consti-
tutional, and Is an effort of nature to
strengthen a weak postern Joint by set
ting up an additional bony growth, or
by converting the elastic cartilages of
the foot into rigid inelastlc mass, bet
ter able to resist the hard work with
which the Joint is otherwise incapable
of sustaining. In this case, where the
subject is young horse, much may
probably be done. First, all heat and
inflammation of the parts should be re.
moved by applications of cold water
with cold wet cloths wrapped around
the joints for few days, removing
them at night. Then a salge of half an
ounce of lard with half a drachm of
biniodide of mercury should be rubbed
upon the ring-bone for ten minutes.
The horses head should be tied up for
several hours, that he may not bite the
part, (the salve is poisonous.) The
next day the part should be washed with
warm water and soap, and each day for
week clean lard should be applied.
Afterward the treatment should be re-
peated once more.
FuItz Wheat.
The Department of Agriculture for
August and September gives us some
experiments in wheat growing, both in
Pennsylvania and in Yates Co., N. Y,
wherein of twelve varieties planted the
Fultz wheat yielded the most straw and
much the largest yield of wheat. The
manager of the Eastern Pennsylvania
Agricultural College Farm says
From the experiments Of the two
past seasons 1 advise farmers to try
the Fultz wheat, just enough at least to
show its suitability to their soil and
climate. With US it proved hardy,
stiff.strawed, early, and productive
wheat-grain small, but plump. The
Rogers is also good, not so productive
or early as the Fultz, but a finer quality
Of wheat, and would probably yield
well on strong, highly manured ground.
The Fultz is bald or smooth wheat.
In Yates county it yielded in an expert
mental plot thirty-fold on the seed
he