The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1874-12-16
Farm, Garden and Household.
Household Recipes


PRESERVING VINEGAR; =; Cork it mp in
glass bottles, set them into aakettIe
with hay or straw under or about them
to prevent them from Knocking togeth-
er fill up with cold 1watsr. When it
boils, take out the kettle and let the
bottle stand until il is cold. 5Vineear
thus prepared never losea it's virtue
though kept for years, and il used for
packing will never mold
APPLE FRUIT CAKE.-Ons cup OF
dried apples soaked over niehB, then
steamed until soft |; put into them one
cup Of molasses and simmer them slow
~ until well cooked when cool, add
one egg, half a cup of sugar, half cup
OF butter, half cup of milk, two and q
half cups of -four, teaspoonful Of soda,
half teaspoonful of cream tartar, and
spice.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM BROAD
oLoTH.-Take one ounce of pipe-clay,
that has been ground fine, and mix with
twelve drops of alcohol, and the same
quantity of turpentine. Whenever You
wish to remove any stains from CLOTH
moisten little of this mixture and rub
it on the spots. Let it remain till dry,
then rnb it off witha q woo1en doth md
the spots viii disappear.& GT
GINGERBREAD LoAF.-One pound
flour, one pound New Orleans molasses,
one-fourth pound butter, one egg, one
ounce ginger, some oandied peel and a
few caraway seed ground, and a tea!
spoonful of soda. The -four to be
mixed in gradually : the butter and
molasses to be milk warm; The soda 10
be put in last Let it Stand half an
hour to rise. To be baken in q slow
oven.
GooD Com MEAL PUDDING Stir
sifted meal into scalding skim milk,
TILL 1t is thick as Cruel, and, when cool,
add ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt
and sweetening to suit the taste, and a
little fine cut apple. It should bake an
hour or more, according to size. This
Is good pudding and is the cheapest
and most wholesome food that family
can live on. =:
Shelter for Tools. H
The Farmers Union SAYS Now that
harvesting is over, take care of the
tools. A harvester that costs $500 Is
too expensive piece of machinery to
lie out in all weathsrs, exposed TO Wind,
sun, and rain. One of our correspond.
ents some time since made the startlfna
announcement that on an average they
did not do, over two months work sbe-
fore they were worn out estimszzne
that two weeks labor was goa. ont zo7
them each year, and that in four years
they were used up. Now this had not
ought to be, and yet il is on q, par with
much OF the farmipsa in the West,
Build shelter, be il tsSsf so Cheap SrfI
store your machinsfyEm it the fArst
thing after getting kppf gram int she
stack. Take out the M1sae, oil IT, ard]
lay it away for safe keeping in your
house. Clean thoroughly all the metal
work and rub it over with tailow, to
save rusting, for this not only destroys
your machine, but causes friction,
which will rack it to pieces when it is
next needed for use. And as soon as
you can, paint it over. SlEainsnrsssr1es
your wood, and keep it ffoh 4 sun
cracks and rot. If it id sheIt6redl and
painted, and kept from russing,s and dc
nuts properly screwed mp Eben inaube,
agood harvester will last dozen years
with occasional renewal of the sickle.
Pumpkins for Mich Cows.
I would Say in eansweF 70 ESD
scriber," that pumpkins win lot soonsr
In cellars than above ground unless the
cellar is very dry and cool. If kept dry
and just above the freezing point they
may, by careful sorting, be kept sound
till midwinter, and as long as they last
are good for milch COWS, making rich
and fine favored milk and beautiful
yellow butter. They make better milk
than beets or turnips, but have less fat
enlng properties than beets, mangolds.
turnips, carrots, or parsnips. They
contain more water and less organic
matter than any of the roots above
named, and hence a greater weight
must be taken to produce equal results.
They are easily raised and are valuable
In their season for the sake of variety
In feed, but they cannot be relied on as
o profitable substitute for roots, first.
because they are too perishable and
short-hved to last till late winter and
spring, when green and succulent food
Is most needed, and second, by reason
OF smaller and more uncertain weld.
An acre Of good ground will easily pro
duce 40 tons of beets or mangolds. while
half that amount would be a good weld
for the same land in pumpkins.-i. q.
Arnold, Monroe Co., ~ Y.