The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04
Farm, Garden and Household.



PouSD oAkE.-one pound Of flour,
one pound Of sugar, three quarters Of q
pound Of butter eight eggs, and apinch
Of salt
PLUM PuppISo.-Two eggs, SIX crack
ers, three pints Of sweet milk, a piece
OF butter the size Of m egg, one cup Of
raisins, a little salt and nutmeg.
APPLE sAucR.-Two quarts OF water,
n pint Of molasses, root OF ginger, and
boil all together twenty minutes put
in while boiling peck Of pared, cored
and quartered apples. Stew until ten
der.
LONDON SYInABup.-A pint and q
half Of sherry two ounces Of sugar (;
grated nutmeg; two quarts OF milk.
Sweeten n pint and q half Of sherry with
the loaf sugar in bowl, and add nut.
meg. Milk into Il from the COW about
two quarts Of milk.
FRUIT cAKB.-one cup Of butter, one
cup Of brown sugar, one cup Of molas.
ses, one cup Of sweet milk, three cups
Of -four, four eggs, one and one'half
teaspoonfuls OF cream OF tartar, one tea
spoonful Of soda, one nutmeg, and two
pounds Of raisins. This makes two
loayes.
BAKED INDIAN PupDNG.-Four eggs,
one quart OF sweet milk, Ave large tea
spoonfuls OF Indian meal, nutmeg and
sugar 10 the taste. Boil the milk and
gcald the Indian meal in 1t, then let IL
cool before adding the eggs. Bake
'tlree-quarters oil m hour. Eat with
butter or sweet sauce.
RIcR PuDpNo.-one cup Of rice ;
three quarts Of milk one teaspoonful
Of salt two-thirds OF o cup Of sugar;
bike very slowly. Eat with butter, or
leave out the sugar and serve with
sauce. One egg; one teacup OF sugar;
beat together twenty minutes; two.
thirds of pint Of boiling water.
ArrnE TAHrnErs. Peel SIX large
apples, boil TO pulp, mix with sugar,
cloves and lemon.peel to taste let this
mixture stand till quite cold, then mix
with II two ounces Of dried currants.
Mix light puff paste, obtain large
fat baking-tin, and pour the mixturein.
Cover 1t with the pastry, aud bake half
an hour in very hot oven.
VELVET oAKr.-one quart of new,
unskimmed milk (half cream and hall
milk is preferable), three eggs white
and yolks beaten separately and very
stiff), one teaspoonful salt, rice flour.
Mix the beaten yolks with the milk and
the salt, then rice flour TO make o batter
thickas that for flannel cakes lastly.
whip In the stifened whites very light.
ly, and bake Immediately.
Az ExcEIlEST PupDNo.-one-half
pound suet, shred fine one.half pound
grated bread crumbs; one.quarter
pound loaf sugar, the yolks Of four eggs
and the whites Of two, we'll beaten ; two
tablespoonfuls of orange marmalade or
sliced citron, II preferred, To be put
into buttered mold and boiled for two
hours. To DO served with wine poured
over II, or sauce.
Narrow stable Doors.
A man who will habitually take q
horse through anarrow doorknows. very
little OF what horse remembers, or
what is fair treatment 10 the animal.
One single blow on the hip against the
sharp corner OF q doorway Is sometimes
sufficient TO ruin n valuable horse. But
when that blow becomes several times
repeated the horse becomes yalueless,
because he has become n highly dan.
gerous animal. We have seen o horse
whose hips were never healed after
etr,kinol two or three times in passing
through a narrow Another dan.
gerons practice is the leadins Of horses
out Of the barn door, by the sides 81
loads OF hay, grain, etc. A slight blow
upon the hip will sometimes so excite
ahigh spirited horse that the person
leading loses control over him, and he
escapes upon jump, banging his hips
and shoulders as he proceeds, leaving
patches Of skin and hair as evidence
that he has got through. Manga valu.
able horse has been ruined in this way,
and many valuable one can be saved
by never leading him through o narrow
space.-Neto England Farmer.
Grease or Scratches.
Horses that have been driven much
during the winter through the snow and
mud, and after being brought into the
stable have not had their legs rubbed
clean and dry, are very likely TO be at
tackled by this disease, which shows
itself about the lower part OF the hind
legs, seldom attacking the front. The
usual inclination OF the stall floor is
from the front to the rear, thereby en-
abling all the filth TO reach the hind
legs, where it is frequently allowed 10
remain in the most favorable position
TO assist the growth and spread OF this
disease. Horses that are turned out
Peas.
A writer in the london Gardeners
Chronicle planted early and late peas
at the same time in tho same drill. The
early sorts, he says, "came up first,
caught hold Of the stakes, supported
the others until they got hold Of the
same, and the result was he had beau.
tiful crop Of peas three weeks before
the late varieties were ready 10 gather,
thus giving q double crop OF the same
ground and with The same sticks" He
recommends the plan 10 persons whose
gardens are rich, but limited in extent.
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