The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-08-27
Farm, Garden and Household.
Housekeeping Department.

of three eggs, one.half teaspoonful of
soda, one teaspoonful of cream tartar
flour to taste,
WHITE CUP CAKE.-One cup of fresh
butter, two cups of white powdered
sugar, four cups of sifted flour, five
eggs, one cup sour cream or rich milk,
soda to sweeten it, half grated nut
meg, one teaspoonful OF cinnamon; bake
in small tins.
CATsKILL APPLE PUDDING.-One pint
sweet milk, four eggs beaten to froth,
one teaspoonful soda, little salt, flour
enough to make stiff batter, four large
apples, chopped mix we'll, or, rather,
stir i; bake in deep tins serve hot, with
butter and sugar or sweetened cream.
APPLE PUDDING WITHOUT PASTRY.
Pare and cut up enough apples to weigh
two pounds boil Shem and rub through
colander add large spoonful of but
ter while they are hot, and when cold
add half pound of crushed white
sugar, six well-beaten eggs and the
grated rind of lemon; pour the mix
ture into deep dish and bake for half
an hour.
CARAGENE CUsTARD. - Procure an
ounce of caragene moss ard divide into
four parts one part J. sufficient fer one
mess put the moss itto water aud let
it remain until it swells then drain it
and put it into two pints and a half of
milk and place it over Gre let it boil
twenty minutes, stirring it continually ;
then strain it, sweeten it with loaf
sugar, put it into cups, and CRATE nut
meg over the tons of them
MosoUIToEs.-To clear a room of
mosquitoes, take of gum camphor a
piece about one-third the size of an
egg, and evaporute it by placing it in a
tin vessel and holding it over a lamp
or candle, taking care that it does not
ignite the smoke will soon fill the
room aud expel the mosquitoes. One
night, not long since, was terribly an
noyed by them, when thought of and
tried the above, after which L neither
saw nor heard them that night, and next
morning there was not one to be found
in the room.
Fowls In the Horsc-Stable.
Fowls should never be permitted to
have access to the horse-stable, nor the
feed room, nor the hay NOW. Their
rooms should be entirely separate from
the stable, so that they may not always
be ready to slip in whenever a door is
opened and that the vermin which in
fest poultry may not reach horses and
cattle.
1t is a well-known fact that fowls of
all kinds frequently drop very sordid,
offensive, clammy, viscous odor and
when allowed to go on the hay NOW, or
in the feeding room, or any ywbere in
the barn, they damage m rore fodder than
we are wont 20 suppose. We would as
soon allow fow's 10 live in the kitchen,
and to hop on tie dinner able while we
are eating, and to roost on Our bed
stead as to allow them to have .ree ac-
cess to the hor.e stable ard barn.
Some horses are Away afraid of
fowls aoG when one enters the manger,
or rack, the tim'd horses VII imne edi-
ately srrrept er their entire right, how
ever hungry .bey nay pe, 70 Snese law
less marauders. Ana fiter they have
scratched over tte feed with 1te;r foll
feet, aut smeared po..ior O. It with
their filthy CroppinSs, hos mrst be
exceedingly hungry before Re vii! eat
his mess. Manv a hungry hose hes
been deprived o. his feeding of grain
by loG os bod, gallinaceous robbers
that had learned when end where to fill
their empty crop, Witta the feed of a
jaded horse. Let gates and bars ex-
clude fowls END pigeons from the doors
and windows o; all horse-stables. IN.
Y. Times.
Fruit Garden.
Pick off all deformed fruit on dwarf
or1 olco fhi,, 30
thick.
Use sulphur on grape vines as soon
as mildew appears. Tie the vines to
trellises or stakes.
Allow only three or four blackberry
canes to grow, and pinch these off as
soon as they reach height OF five OF
six feet, and stop the laterals when
eighteen inches long. Allow the fruit
to 1emain on until thoroughly ripe
when for family use for marketing
pick before fully ripe.
Cut out the old fruiting canes as soor
rs they have finished bearing, and ap
ply dressing of manure, forked in be-
tween the rows.
Remove the mulch from the ole
strawberry beds, and take out all weeds
and cut off all runners not needed fol
forming new plants. The best manur,
for newly planted beds is either wood
ashes, or ground bone raked in if sta
BILE manure is used it should be vel
rotted, or else it will bring in an abund
ance of weeds.
A sure cure for setting hen-pu
her on live clans instead of eggs. A
the clans begin to get warm they opel
their shells, and the hen don't get OF
that nest the second time.
To Take the Odor Out of Milk.
One of the difficulties the milkmal
and the cheese factory have to contend
with is the "cowy" odor in freshly
drawn milk. It is worse even than tn
animal heat, or rather more TROUBLESOME
to get rid of. 1t is much more percep
tible in hot weather than it is in cold
and varies in intensity with the healtl
and condition of the COW. To remed,
this, an inventor has contrived the fol
lowing it is tin pail, the bottom @
which is perforated with one or tw
rows of holes. The milk is turne
through a strainer fastened over tn
top, and it comes out through the holes
1t starts IN streams, but before it get
down foot or Is inches it is separate
into drops and all aerated. All kno'
what deodorizer pure air is. Almo:
any farmer can get up simple arrange
ment which will serve the purpose yer
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