Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-01-10
Farm, Garden and Household:
Domestic Recipes.

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Cloth lines will last longer and keep in
better order for wash-day service, if oc-
casienally treated in the same manner.
Corn FRTTTERs. Young, sweet corn,
pepper, salt, nutmeg, butter hot in the
pan. Crate the corn from the cobs
into basin, season and drop by spoon
fuls into the pan, and fry until brown.
This is a delicious breakfast relish, but
requires q considerable time to prepare.
TEA CAKE.-One cup white sugar,
half cup butter, one cup sweet milk,
one egg, one-half teaspoonful soda, one
of cream tartar, and flour enough to
make it like soft gingerbread. Flavor
with the juice of a small lemon. This
makes a good-sized loaf.
GINGER CooKIEs.-One cup of mo-
lasses, one-half cup of sugar, two thirds
cup of butter, one-half cup of water,
one egg, two teaspoonfuls of saleratus,
one-half teaspOonful of alum, one tea
spoonful of ginger, -four enough to roll
out soft, Bake quick.
FILTER FOR CIsTERN WATER. Per-
forate the bottom of a wooden box with
a number of small holes; place inside
piece of flannel covered with coarsely.
powdered charcoal, over this coarse
river sand, and on this small pieces of
sandstone. =.
FURNITURE POLISH. Make a;mixtupe
of three parts linseed oil, and one part
spirits of turpentine. Il not only
covers the disfgured surface, but re-
stores wood to it's original color, and
leaves q lustre upon the surface. Put
on with a wooden cloth, and when dry
rub with wooden.
TO SECURE A FITTING GLovE.-Take
a tape and measure your hand around
the knuckles. The number of inches
and quarter of an inch it measures is
exactly the size of a glove. That is, if
it measures five inches aud three-quar-
ters around, you want glove number
five and three-quarters.
To ROAST GEESE AND DUCKS
ing water should be poured all over,
and inside of a goose or duck, before
you prepare them for cooking, to take
out the strong oily taste. Let the fowl
be picked clean, and wiped dry with a
cloth inside and out; fill the body and
crop with stufing if you prefer not to
stuff it, put an onion inside; put it
down to the fire, and roast it brown.
1t will take two hours and a half.
Fattening Sheep.
The following paper, on the subject
of fattening sheep, by L. A. Morrell,
was read before Farmers Club
Having advocated in former papers
protection of sheep during winter, with
view to warmth as an essential means
to facilitate the fattening process,
now proceed to furnish testimonials
from abroad to confirm that position.
1t is generally conceded that no coun-
try produces better cattle and sheep,
and nowhere are the means adopted
for fattening them better understood
than in England. Would time permit,
could easily furnish abundant proofs
of the fact, but L shall confne myself
to adducing two instances only, which
clearly establish the principle involved
in the question before us. The facts
stated were originally published in the
Journal of the Royal Agricultural So
ciety of England, and quote verbatim
the respective reports. The first is by
Lord Ducie, as follows:
Zone hundred sheep were placed in
a shed, and ate twenty pounds of Swede
turnips each per day, while another
hundred in the open air ate TWENTY-FIVE
pounds, and at the. end of certain
period the former animals weighed each
three pounds more than the latter.
plainly showing that, to certain ex-
tent, warmth is substitute for food. y
This was also proved by the same
nobleman in other experiments, which
also illustrated the effect of exercise.
No. l. Five sheep were fed in the
open air between the Goth of November
and the LIST of December. They con.
sumed ninety pounds of food per day
the temperature being about 40 deg.
at the end of this time they weighed
two pounds less than when fret ex
posed. No. 2. Five sheep were placed
under shelter, the temperature of which
was 49 deg; they consumed at first
eighty-two pounds, then seventy pounds
per day, and increased in weight
twenty-three pounds. No. 3. Five
sheep were placed in the same shed
but not allowed any exercise they ate
at first sixty-four pounds, then fifty.
eight pounds, and increased in weigh
thirty pounds. No. 4. Five sheep were
kept in the dark, quiet and covered
they ate thirty-fve pounds per day
and increased in weight eight pounds.
To Clean the Teeth.
To insure perfect cleanliness of thu
teeth they should be brushed thre,
times daily, and toothpick should b,
used after each meal to remove an,
food lodged between the teeth, while
suitable powder should be used sufi
GENTLY often to keep them in good con
dition, even though it be twice daily
A very good rule to adopt and FOLLOW
systematically, would be to brush then
thoroughly each morning. After eacl
meal use toothpick, brush and sof
water, and in the evening before re
firing, again use brush and water thor
oughly, One good, thorough brushin,
daily, is better than five superficial AM
careless attempts. The best foothpick
are those made from a quill, properl-
shaped. Choose brush with the bris
ties pointed, and of different lengths
A good brush is really cheapest in tn
end, and more efficient than the cheal
and almost worthless substitutes
Brush the teeth lengthwise as well a
crosswise, SO as to remove any particle
OF food in the interstices, and do no
neglect the surface of molars.
A Cheap Drag.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tteDada writes: / make the side piece