The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-19
Farm, Garden and Household. 3
HntrsnhoId Recipea.

one-half cup of butter two eggs one
and one-half cups of sugar one tea
spoonful of soda. =.
SODA CAKE.-Four eggs, one pint
sugar, one tea-cup butter, one cup.
sweet milk, one quart. fpun one tea
spoonful soda, two cream tartar.
DELICATE CAKE,-One cup of white
sugar five tablespoohfuls Of butter;
whites of six eggs; one. cup of sweet
milk one teaspoonful of soda; two
teaspoonfuls cream tartar three cups
of flour lemon extract to- flavor.
OUNCE PuDD1Na.-Stew and strain
eight ounces. ! Add half pound sugar,
six eggs, pint of milk or cream. Sea-
son or not, as may be preferred. Bake
in dish lined and ornamented with
pastry.
KEEPING HONEY. TO keep honey all
the year round, let it run through a
sieve to separate it from particles of
wax, then boil it gently in an earthen
vessel, skim off the foam which gathers
on top, and cool it in jars. After cool
ing these lightly set them away in a
cool cellar.
ORANGE PIE.-Grate the peel of one
fresh orange !; take the juice and pulp
of two large oranges add to them one
cup of sugar and the beaten yolks of
three eggs; mix one cup of milk with
the whites of the eggs beaten to stiff
froth. Bake in puff paste. - 49,
MEASURE CAKE.--Two eggs one cup
of sugar half "a cup of cream half
cup of butter two and one half cups of
flour half nutmeg, and one-half tea
spoonful of soda. Let it be thoroughly
beaten, and add -the"soda last. Bake
nearly an hour, ."-
DELICIOUS CAKE.-Beat the whites of
three eggs to froth add one cup of
sugar; four tablespoonfuls of milk
butter the size of an egg one-hulf tea
spoonful of cream tartar; one-fourth
teaspoonful soda, and one and one-half
cups of -four.
STEAMED PUDDINa-One cup of sour
milk, sweetened with soda; one-half
cup of cream ne.half cup of molasses:
one cup of stoned raisins -four enough
to make stiff batter. Boil in farina
kettle two hours. Serve with sauce. :
Feed for Cows, =. 8 q
Each winters experience; convinces
me of the great superiority of early cut
hay for feeding stock, especially milch
COWS. 1t is my. own practice to COM
mence hoyins about the 10th of june,
cutting clover first, and endeavoring, if
possible, to secure all the hay before.
harvesting grain. Being compelled to-
buy q few tons cf hay every winter, /
can see to my great annoyance, the
difference between it and that raised
upon my own farm. The butter turns
several shades lighter in color, and it
is only by cutting the hay and mixing
with roots and meal, that the COWS can
be induced to eat it. If fed to them
uncut, they nose it about, interviewing
each stem, and seem to say by look and
gesture, "Bad luck to the man that
made this hay" I really feel ashamed
to set it before them, and cannot look
them square in the eye with a clear
conscience. Most farmers in this vi.
cinity commence haying about the mid
die of July, because they think hay cut
then weighs heavier than if cut earlier.
This may all be true, and where the
hay is to be sold at $25 per ton, every
extra pound counts, and that is the
reason why so,aAo 60. IIvIs plvfo. w L..lv
their hay, as twenty pounds of green
oak wood to each bale worksoff guam
ty of cord wood at the same. price as
hay. But is it honest to do SO? And
is it honest to leave hay out until it is
little better than sticks becatfse it
weighs more? The great scarcity and
high price of hay will induce many
farmers to cast about for all sorts of
substitutes, such as straw and bran or.
meal. Cattle need a large amount of
bulky food, and they ought to have it.
Thoroughbred stock especially should
have all the coarse fodder they will eat,
and roots ind meal by way of condi:
ments. A COW with well filled paunch,
distended to its natural size, is q
pleasant object to behold but when
fed principally upon concentrated food,
she will soon look like race-horse or
greyhound. Early cut hay, especially
clover, is undoubtedly the best and
cheapest food the stock farmer can
raise: W Y S. Beekman, Ulster Co.,
~. Y.
1nhammatory Fever in CATTLE.
To an inquiry from correspondent
about this disease the Tribune, replies
When young stock. especially calves,
are subjected to sudden change. OF
feed, and from comparatively poor Or
rich sustenance, are put upon that Of
an entirely different character. The
blood is at once affected. This altered
condition is shown by fever, infiamma-
tion of the mucous membranes. es.
pecially about the eyes and the interior
of the nose and nostrils, and running
from all of these. This, frequently
changes to stiffness Of the limbs. wifi |
lameness and swelling. .AfterwaTd. /
death is usually very: sudden, The
is blood disease, known, es,
quarterill, blackquarter, infammatory
lever, anthrax, &c. It. is seldom cured.
but may be prevented. Caution should
be exercised in changing the feed. |.
Gold, damp, and excessive warmth
should alike be ayoiied.' Upon, the
appearance of the first, symptom of dis
order, dose of salts':tof six to eight
ounces) should be given, followed by
half an ounce of hyposul phite of soda. !.
5wice daily for a few days, administered
IN the feed or dissolved III water. "A
little Hnseed oil-cake meal should alsoJ
be supplied each day. The disease /.
nay, be communicated by means of the
discharge from the nose. - -. -. 4
Sausage Meat. - -
The proportions for sausage meat are
pound OF lean fresh veal, pound of
can fresh pork, a Glove, and piece of
lutmeg. o.. d. .. - :. -
Chop the meat fine, or run it through.
chopping-machine; CRATE little nut
neg and the Glove; also small piece of
cinnamon, if liked; mix them, and also