The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-04-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


spoonful OF mustard; little salt; two |
tablespoonfuls of vinegar. If cream is
not used, put in a small lump of butter
rubbed in little flour. Gut the cab
bage very fine; heat the mixture, and
pour it on hot.
GooD MINcE PrEs,-Four pounds beef
six pounds sour apples, two pounds
raisins, three pounds brown sugar, one
quart molasses, three quarts cider, one
half pound suet, one-half pint brandy,
two tablespoonfuls salt, one ounce each of
nutmegs, cloves, cinnamon, lemon-peel
and mace.
RICE PUDDING WITHOUT EeGs.-Put
into well buttered dish half pound best
Carolina rice, simply washed; pour on it
three pints of cold milk; sweeten and
flavor to taste put q little butter and
nutmeg on the top to brown; bake two
and half hours in q slow oven, on
which much success of the pudding de-
pends.
VENIsoN STEAKS. them from the
neck; season them with pepper and salt.
When the gridiron has been well heated
over bed of bright Goals, grease the
bars, and lay the steaks upon it, Broil
them well, turning them once, and TAX
ing care to save as much of the gravy as
possible. Serve them up with some cur
rant jelly laid on each steak.
LEMON CAKE.-Three cupfuls of pow
dered white sugar, one cupful Of fresh
butter, one cupful of milk, five eggs and
four cupfuls of -four. Beat the butter
and eggs to cream; beat the eggs
separately. the whites to a stiff froth,
and then dissolve little soda in the milk;
mix all together; then sift the flour and
put in by degrees, and add the juice and
grated peel of fresh lemon. This cake
is delicious.
FRIcAssEE OF Fowls Brown. .-Broil
rs for pot-pie, then fry slowly in butter
until browned; toast bread and lay it on
the platter under the chicken. Pour q
little Of the broth in the spider with the
Drowned butter, thicken with flour, sea-
son to suit, and pour it over the chicken;
or if you want it very nice, add the but
ter for the gravy to the butter in which
the chicken was Drowned; dredge with
flour, add salt and pepper, brown well,
and lastly, add the chicken broth.
SCRAP PUDD1NG.-Put the scraps Of
bread, crust and crumb, into q bowl,
with sufficient milk to cover them well.
Cover with q saucepan lid or plate, and
put it into the oven to soak for half an
hour. Take it out and mash the bread
with fork until it is a pulp; then add a
handful Of raisins and as many cIlrrants,
Il teaspoonful of brown sugar, half cup
of milk, some candied lemon peel, and
one egg. Stir it up we'll, grease pud-
ding dish, and pour the pudding in
Crate over little nutmeg, put it into
moderate oven, and let it bake for al
hour and half.
Feeding Hogs Corn Meal.
On the second day of last December
writesa correspondent, I weighed twenty
six hogs, the aggregate being 1866
pounds, or an average of one hundred
and ninety and one-half pounds perhead
They were then fed six weeks ON corr
meal. The first week they consumed
twenty-nine and one-quarter bushels
and gained four hundred and seventy
two pounds; second week they were fe'
the same, twenty and one-quarte
bushels, and gained three hundred an
seventy-two pounds third week the
were fed thirty-one and one-eight bushel
and gained four hundred and eighty-si
pounds. They were then fed two weeks
consuming seventy-one and one-quarte
bushels and gained nine hundred an
forty five pounds. The sixth week the
were fed twenty-nine and one-quarte
bushels and gained three hundred an
ninety-two pounds. Their average gai
was fourteen pounds to the bushel ofmea
orfourpoundso ofmeal to thepound ofporl
They were then sold for six dollars an
thirty cents per hundred, which pal
me eighty nine and nine-tenths cents pc
bUshel for my corn. The unevenne'
of their gain was owing to the col
weather part of the time. My experienC
is that ground corn will make one-fourt
more pork to the bushel when fed in
close-Hoored pen, than when fed in IL
whole state This experiment was ii
result of careful feeding and waterir
three times q day in a good, tight, war
pen.
Farm Notes.
Orchard grass ripens at the same tin
rs red clover, and hence it mixes be
with that plant for hay. 1t tisremarkab
for enduring drought, and for Il
rapidity with which it springs up aga
after being cropped. 1t produces exce
lent milk, and yields very large
of feed.
A Maine farmer says he thinned o
the small branches of his apple tire
after the fruit had formed-taking
about half of the fruit. On gatheril
the apples in tho fall he found the
nearly double the size of previous yeal
and about the usual quantity in bushe
The seed of the pine should be SOY
in spring. The soil should be mold al
sand, with sufficient sand to prevent Il
ground baking when dry. The b.
must be kept moist, though not VIZ
Drenching it should be avoided.
A chicken raiser says he cures gap
in chickens by the application of {
slaked lime. The chickens inhale t
dust Of the lime and this causes them
sneeze, which throws out the worms.
For Careless Farmers.
We trust that the following does Il
apply to any of the readers of this pape
The following advice to farmers b
been tried in various sections with mC
astonishing success Leave your rea
er ont of doors, run your horse rake
fence corners, throw your hand rake
the barn floor, let the cattle and no
have the run of your small orchard, Ike
your fence corners full of briars, cul
vate the succulent burdock and the ia
naceous jimpson weed, don't lay up
fallen rail or restore dilapidated 60
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