Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-12-18
FARM AND FlRESlDE.


| ROAST TURKEY. Rinse the turkey ont
in several waters, and in the next
to the last mix a teaspoonful of soda;
ill the body with this water, shake
well, empty out and rinse with clean
water, SINCE off the hairs and prepare u
| dressing of bread crumbs; add a small
piece of butter, pepper and salt, and add
thyme and mari rum, sage if preferred.
| Wet with hot water or milk. The liver,
heart, &C., should be boiled and chopped
| fine and mixed with the dressing. The
water i'll which they were boiled should be
put i'll the dripping pan with which to
baste the turkey. D.edge it with flour
| and salt before roasting, and haste often.
| With Il brisk fire and young turkey, allow
tea minutes to pound for roasting. Tie
| d string ii chilly about the neck when the
;raw is filled, aud sew the body with a.
strong thread. Remove this when the
fowl is disled. When the turkey is lifted
! fll,m the pan, add a spoonful OF flour, wet
| with cold water. to prevent its Jumping.
| Boil up once and put into the gravy boat.
| '1lcbEJii diIu l1DuiG adJo. LIZ S1L wing GU
| turkey, cut off the wing nearest you first,
| hen the leg and second joint; then slice
| lhe breast until rounded, ivory shaped
| ,iece appears; insert the knife between
| hat and the bone, and separate them;
| hen turn over the bird d little, and just
below the breast you will find the oyster,
which you separate as you did the inner
f1n
tller side. The fork reed not be removed
turing the whole process. y sharp knife
IS indispensable. The platter should be
lrawn near enough to the carver for him
TO reach each part OF the bird with perfect
.ase."
RECIPE FOR CURING MEAT.-To one
allon of water, take i lbs of salt, ID.
II sugar, OF OF saltpetre, " potash. In
CHS ratio the pickle Can be increased to
md quantity desired. Let these be boil
d together until all the dirt from the su-
sar rises to the top and IS SKINNED Off.
Then throw it into a tub to cool, and when
| ;old, our it over your beef or pork. The
neat should be we'll covered with pickle,
| md should not be put down f"r at least
| NO days after killing, during which time
It Should be slightly sprinkled with pow
| Tered satpetre, which removes all the.
| surface blood, &c, leaving the meat fresh
| md clean. Some omit boiling the pickle,
| ind find it answer well, though the opera
ion of boiling purilits the pickle by hroW-
.ng off the dirt always to be found in salt
.nd sugar Ii this receipt is strictly fol- =
| owed, it will require only single trial to
| .'rove its superiority over the common
way OF most ways Of putting down meat.
| FEEDING FOR PROFIT The feeding Of
| ! pig through winter keeps him alive.
!; There is no growth, or very little. The
| iced is, therefore, no better than wasted,
| md it cannot pay to keep q pig over VIM
| ter TO make an additional amount Of pork.
| n March pig that will weigh 200 or $50
| pounds at nine months old is the most
profitable one that can be fed. And we'll
ored pig can be made to weigh that by
constant good feeding. One of our most
+ experienced farmers says he has fed pigs
TO this weight and kept their mates over
to the next year, when the latter made no
| more than 500 pounds or less. IT nine
months feed Of a young pig makes 200
pounds of pork it cannot pay to feed full
grown pig, that needs twice the feed,
twelve months to make the same quantity.
DUST BATHS FOR POULTRY.-Cleanli-
ness is important in lighthouses, for expe-
rience shows that poultry are 'unfavorably
affected by the emanations from filthy
quarters, and, besides, working in places
where roosts and floors are covered with
the droppings, is decidedly unpleasant.
Dry earth, in the form of powder, seat
| tered everywhere, will absorb the b I'd
odors, giving a wholes me atmosphere to
the her house, and at the same time pre-
serve the manure in the least offensive
| condition. Besides these purposes, q box
| II dry earth Should be in a convenient cor
| ner Of every foWi-house, for the fowls to
| roll in. Dust from the highway is the
most convenient. Replace the same by
an equal quantity of good gravel, and the
| public will be the gamer.
HEALING WOUNDS ONTR EEs.-A men,
| Der at a late meeting Of the Potomac Fruit
Growers Society presented ii recipe for
covering woun Is in trees with Il cement of
Earth and ashes, tempered so that it will
adhere easily, according to the plan based
on the wel-knoWn fact that clay, fresh
cow-dung gum-shellac dissolved in alco-
| Iol, OF any other substance making an air.
tight covering, helps new bark to form
wherever the old has been displaced. 1t
simply assists nature to perform her work
under favorable circulh stances. 1t is at
least worthy q trial by our horticulturists.
CoFFEE.-Neyer boil coffee. The rea-
son is that not only the better part 1.-THE
exhileratin&) escapes, but that the ex-
tractive properties, which if largely used,
are unhealthy, are alone present. Bring
| up the boiling point, but do not boil it.
| You thus get enough of the extractiye-
matter to give body, retaining all the vol