Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-08-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Roll Cake.--Three eggs, one cup Of
sugar, one cup of -four stir we'll into II
one teaspoonful Of cream tartar and halfas
much soda; bake quick, and roll with
jelly when hot; bake in square tins.
Apple Float.--To one quart Of APP
pies, partially stewed and we'll mashed,
put the whites of three eggs we'll beaten,
and four heaping tablespoonfuls Of loaf
sugar; beat them together for fifteen min
utes, and eat with rich milk and nutmeg
"A Remedy for Corns.-Bathe the feet
in tepid water to soften the corns pare
these off very closely with sharp knife;
then rub on well green peach-tree leaves /;
when, after continuing the rubbing once
or twice day, the corns will disappear.
Dish for Breakfast half a
dozen, or as many as necessary, good
cooking apples; cut them In slices of
about quarter of an inch thick. Have
ready pan of fresh, hot lard; drop the
slices in, and fry brown. A little sugar
sprinkled over improves them.
Green Corn Soup.-Cut the corn from
the cob, and boil the cobs half an hour.
Take out the cobs and put in the corn,
and boil 1t half an hour Add half as
much sweet milk as you have of the corn
soup. Season with salt and little pep
per, and one or two eggs if you like. Let
all boil up together, thickening with q
little flour stirred smooth in milk.
Honey Soap.-Cut thin two pounds
yellow soap into double saucepan, stir
ring it until it is melted, which it will be
in few minutes if the water is kept boil
ing around it; then add quarter of a
pound of olive oil, quarter of a pound
of honey, five cents worth of oil of CHINA
mon; boil all together ten minutes, pour it
out and stand IL by uHtil the next day; it
is then fit for use. Made by these direc-
tions il is very superior soap.
-Currant Jelly.-Take ripe, freshly
gathered currants, and fill up gallon jar
with them, and set it in boiling water for
an hour; then turn out the juice carefully,
not letting the berries fall into it. To each
pint ofjuice take three-quarters of a pound
of best lump sugar; boil all together for
twenty minutes; strain through Jelly
strainer into cups or glasses which have
been dipped into cold water. When per.
fectly stiff, dip a thin paper the size of
the glass into the white of an egg, and lay
over the jelly; then paste over the glass a
piece of stiff brown paper, and write the
kind of jelly and the date upon it.
The Swede Turnip.-Mr. John Dey,
in discussion on Root Culture by Wis
consin Farmers Club, said: "The Swede
turnip is good root for sheep, hogs and
young cattle. Cows fed on them will
keep in good heart, but they are not as
good for milk as the carrot or beet 1t
will pay well to raise them. If we do not
wish to feed them we can sell them; they
usually bring 40 or 80 cents per bushel,
and if we say 600 bushels to the acre at
40 cents we have $4,000; and if we allow
One-half for raising and marketing we
have $120, which would buy 200 bushels
of corn, and to raise 200 bushels of corn
we would want four acres of ground and
expend more to raise and harvest than we
would the turnips."
MIR. Stall, who has lately conducted a
series of experiments with view TO has
tening the ripening of fruits, announces
that this result may be obtained by lessen
ing the depth of the earth about the roots
of the fruitbearing trees. As an instance,
it is stated that the ripening of pears upon
an early tree was fastened by simply re-
moving the earth for a circuit of fifteen
feet about the roots the soil being left the
depth of but two or two and one-half
inches above the roots The theory is,
that, by thus almost exposing the roots,
they receive more warmth from the sun,
and these, by the frequent application of
water, are more active in supplying the
life-giving sap to the fruit above. Inter-
esting as these results appear, we confess
that we are hardly prepared to indorse
them, and yet the repetition of the expert
ment may so readily be accomplished
that any interested reader might with lit
tie difficulty aid toward the establishment,
or, if need be, the demolition of this new
theory of growth.-AppletOnS' Journal