The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-16
Farm, Garden and Household.


MILK srANs.-NTilk stains on serge
dresses may be removed by stepping
the part in warm water.
Cur CAKR.-one cup Of butter four
eggs; two cups OF milk; three cups Of
sugar one teaspoontul Of soda FIVE
cups Of flour.
To HAVE CoRSED BEEF JUIcY.-Aiter
II cold, and notdry as chip, put It
into boiling water, when II is put on 10
cook, and do not take ii out OF the pot,
when done, until cold.
CHARLESTON PuppNo.- cups Of
flour, siited, with one teaspoonful Of
soda and two OF cream tartar beat six
eggs with three cups OF sugar, one cup
OF butter, and one Of cream in them,
and gently stir in the flour.
WAFPnEs.-one quart Of -four, one
pint OF sour milk, one teAspoonful OF
soda, four eggs, q piece Of butter the
size OF q large egg, and u little salt.
Bake IN waffle irons, Sour cream aud
less butter improves them.
PuMrKlN PIrs.-Pare the pumpkin,
CRATE 1t, and add sugar aud ginger to
taste, and milk enough to make II Of
the proper consistency, Then line your
tins with pie crust, put in your pump
kin, and bake in the ordinary way.
BurrKRM1LK PUDDNa.- eggs,
two cups Of sugar, half u cup Of butter,
one teaspoonfnl Of soda sifted in two
cups OF flour, three cups OF buttermill;
stir the flour in lightly. It can be
turned out.
Eco CAKE.-Two cups Of sugar, one
egg, q piece OF butter the size OF IN
egg, one cup Of sour milk, one table.
spoonful OF soda, little salt and nut
meg, ono tablespoonful Of lemon, three
cups OF flour; beat tho white OF egg
separately, the sugar and yolk and but.
tor together; bake in a thoroughly
heated oven.
aianuring for Vegetables.
j. B.lRoot, successful market gar.
dener of Rockford, ILL.,, states in the
Fruit Recorder that ho applies to his
ground heayily1in winter, broadcast,
ut the rate OF forty loads per acre, well
rotted manure, so that the soluble food
is leached out and is at hand in the
soil for the young vegetables in spring.
In no other way can he make the same
amount of manure tell SO well, and he
is mover delayed day in getting his
manure ont in spring before planting.
This practice Of winter manuring Is be.
coming more and more appreciated,
and possesses many advantages; aud
although especially useful when up.
piled to grass for inyerting as sod in
spring, We have long since found II
elIicacious when used on mellow or
worked soil. Fresh manure may be
used in this way TO better advantage
than in the common mode OF applica.
ton, inasmuoh as all the soluble parts
are carried down and more finely diff
fused among the particles OF the soil
than can be done mechanically with
the finest compost while the coarse
litter which remains, may be either
left as mulch, Bpaded in, or raked OF,
as may be most advisable.
Drying or Cows.
A Vermont farmer says Ithat at the
period Of drying of COWS lie has found,
"particurlarly with such cows as are in
the highest condition, that clotted milk
is very apt to collect in one or perhaps
NIL tho quarters OF the bag, after milk
ing has been discontinued, and some.
times even much later, after I have
supposed the flow OF milk to be entire
ly arrested and the bag quite dry. As
this secretion goes on, unless the clot-
ted matter is withdrawn, the teat aud
udder become more aud moro distend.
cd, inflammation ensues and putrefac-
ton OF tho contents sets in. make
no question but that neglect Of this
matter is the cause Of permanent mis-.
chief to the udder, and particularly OF
that contracted condition OF the muscles
which regulate tho passage OF the milk
from the bag into the teat, condition
discovered not unfrequently, and with
surprise as well as regret when tho COWS
come into milk in the spring, and which
over after renders the milking Of such
cows very irksome."
French Beef.
Take n circular piece from tho round
(having removed the bone), and trim it
nicely from the iat, skin, etc. Then
lard 1t all over with long slips of fat
p5rk'or bacon. The place from whence
the bone was taken must be filed with
forcement, made OF minced suet,
grated bread.crumbs, sweet mArjoram
rubbed fine, and grated lemon peel;
add a little salt and pepper. Tie a
tape closely round the outside Of the
beef, to keep It compact and in shape.
Put ii into a broad earthen jar with q
cover or into mn iron bake-oven. Add
some whole pepper. large onion, a
bunch Of sweet herbs, three bay leaves,
quarter OF a pound OF butter, divide
into small bits leach piece rolled in
flour, aud half q pint Of claret or port
wine. Bike or stew IL thus in its own
liquor, for five, six or seven hours, dn
proportion TO ita size, for it must DO
thoroughly done, quite tender, and
brown all through the inside.