American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-06-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

The poisons contained in tobacco
smoke find a ready exit from the system;
when exhaled during period of fasting
their injurious effect on the heart is to be
prehended.-Ldncet.
-Molasses Pie.-One and one-half cups
of molasses, one half cup vinegar, one
egg, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one cup
of raisins; season with lemon or nutmeg;
this makes two pies; bake with two
crusts.
"A California medical amateur pub
fishes the discovery that if you get your
face inflamed by the poison-ivy the appli-
cation of a good strong mustard-plaster
will speedily make you forget all about
the smarting caused by the irritating
vine.
Preservation of Milk.-Dr. SAGE, of
Switzerland recommends as a preventative
of milk for two days from cOagulation,
even during the greatest heats, spoonful
of alcohol per gallon of milk. French
dairymen, judging by the odor, employ
preparation of chlorine.
To Cook Asparagus.--Skin the white
part, turn the points together, and tie in
punches. Have the water boiling; add
salt; lay in the asparagus and boil briskly
half an hour. Toast slices of light bread,
and pour over little of the asparagus
water; butter it well; put on the aspara-
gus and serve hot. Or serve with drawn
butter and parsley, emitting the toast.
Variety Pickle.-One gallon of cab
bage finely chopped; half pint green pep
pers; half gallon green tomatoes; one
quart onions Chopped fine and the juice
drained from them); four tablespoonful
mustard; two of ginger; one OF cloves
| two of tumeric; one ounce celery seed
two pounds sugar; little salt, and half
gallon good cider vinegar. Mix well and
boil twenty minutes. Anything like snaps
| or cucumbers can be chopped in before
boiling.
Most housekeepers have felt the need
| of a recipe for mending knives, or rather
| for fastening knives and forks to their
| handles. The following mixture is rec,
commended for this purpose in the Scien-
tifc american: Mix together one pound
of rosin and eight ounces of sulphur, and
| keep it either in bars or reduced to pow
der Mix one part of this powder with
| half part of iron filings, fine sand OF
brickdust, and the cavity of the handle is
to be filled with the mixture. Heat the
| stem of the knife or fork and insert il
hot, and when cold it will be found tight
| The exclusion of damp from brick
| work has loEg been an important prob
lem. One of the most effective methods
of accomplishing this object is the fol
lowing: Three-quarters of a pound OF
mottled soap are dissolved in one gallon
of boiling water, and the hot solution
spread steadily with a flat brush over the
outer surface of the brickwork, care be
ing taken that it does not lather; this is
allowed to dry for twenty four hours
when a solution, formed of a quarter of 6
pound of alum dissolved in two gallons
of water, is applied in similar manner
over the coating of soap. The soap an6
alum form an insoluble varnish, which
the rain is unable to penetrate, and thi.
cause of dampness is thus said to be eff
fectually removed. The operation should
be performed in dry, settled weather. An
other method is to use eight parts of lin
seed oil and one part of sulphur, heatet
together to 27Se, in an iron vessel
Western Rural.
| "A horse will consume eighteer
pounds of hay and twelve quarts of mixet
oats and corn, ground into coarse meal
per day. A COW will need eighteeI
pounds of hay and six quarts of meal i
she is milking. If at pasture three quart
of meal may be probably fed per day
One hundred hens will require 100 bush
els of corn in year, in addition to wha
they can pick up on their range. They
will need very little corn in the summer
but at least a quarter of a pint a day il
winter. The quantity of corn needed by
hog depends much upon its size, breed
and appetite, in ali of which hogs diffe
very much. 1t would be safe to allow
half bushel of corn, ground into meal,
week for hog of 100 to $50 pounds, ant
more IN proportion for larger ones. A
fattening time there can be no limit given
the hog should have all it be in
duced to eat or made to digest.-Americd,
Agrtcutturiss.