American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

-Camposition Cake-Onc pound of
sitted flour, with two tcaspoonfuls of
cream baking powder well sitted through
it, one pound of sugar, half IA pound of
butter, half II pint of sweet cream, and
one gill of white brandy. Bake in a
slow oven. Flavor to taste. Citron or
candied lemon improves this cake.
Blowing sands may he gradually
made productive by spreading six inches
thick of straw over them, to remain till
rotted. Then seed thickly with clover
on the surface, without blowing. and
when the clover has taken hold and be
comes established pasture sheep upon
the land for two or three years prepare
tory to manuring and cultivating it.
Sponge Cake Roll.-If the directions
for making this cake are carefully OBJ
served there will be no such thing rs a
" failure" in making it. The eggs are
not beaten separately, and the quicker
the cake is put together the better it
will be. Take two teacups of coffee A
sugar, two teacups of sifted -four two
large teaspoonfuis of baking powder;
into this break six good-sized eggs; beat
all well together; turn into square jelly
tins, and bake in a quick oven to light
brown. When done turn out on arnold
ing board and spread thickly with jelly;
roll carefully, and wrap each roll in a
cream nipkln SdH nc uScu LOT lllt
table ut once.
Fine and Coarse Hay.-Producers
are sometimes puzzled to know why city
buyers generally ask for coarse, wcll-ma-
tured hay in preference to the more ten
der and in reality more nutritious kinds.
The Lire Stock JouyWat thus enlightens
them: City men feed hay for different
purpose than the farmer. The farmer
feeds it for its nutriment and as prin-
cipal food, while the city man regards
grain as the cheapest food, and only
gives sufficient hay to make bulk in the
stomach and for the purpose of health.
Coarse, well-matured timothy serves the
purpose better than the early and
fine grasses. They do not desire such
hay will tempt the horses to eat too
much of it. Straw would answer this
purpose if cut and mixed with the grain
about as well. But farmers should be
content with this practice of the city Gus
toner, for it enables them to sell their
poorest hay for the best price, and to re-
tain the best quality for home consump-
ton"
Accidents from Mowers.-The Neao
England Farmer says: Accidents occur
every year from the use of moving ma
chimes, and what might be avoided by the
exercise of IA little prudence and common
sense. 1t is always a piece of reckless
carclessness to allow yourself to sit or
stand in front of the knife bar when the
horses are attached, and little better to
handle the knives when the machine is
in gear. In the first case your legs
are in danger of being sawed off,
and in the other the hands are liable
to more or less injury, even if the horses
are perfectly gentle. A very slight move
ment of the horses in either direction, to
nip mouthful of grass or drive away a
fly, will throw the cutter bar into notion
and if the fingers or hands are in the way
they are liable to very serious injuries.
Keep a good lookout, too, that favorite
dogs and cats and all kinds of poultry
are out of reach of the machine when in
action. And above all things, keep little
children out of the grass when moving
1t is so much easier to prevent an injury
than to cure one"