American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-22
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Nervous cows must be humored,
spoken kindly to, and gently handled in
milking. No violence should be allowed
at any time, but if you have impatient
help, or are quick-tempered yourself, let
some person who don't get mad SO easily
milk the COWS.
Light Rye Tea Cakes.-One pint of
sweet milk, two eggs, a tablespoonful of
brown sugar and a large pinch of salt.
Add enough rye -four to make it as stiff
as common griddle-cake batter. Bake
half an hour in "gem pans" Serve hot
or cold, as desired.
| Fried Pork Steak.-Cut off the rind
and if there is enough fat on the pork to
| fry it, rub it with salt, sage and pepper,
and fry until thoroughly done; be care
full not to burn it; 1t should fry slow and
a long time; serve the gravy as it is, or
add water and a little flour.
disappointment often results from
sowing or planting garden seeds that are
too old to terminate. Whenever seeds are
gathered they should be labeled and dated.
| If properly gathered and preserved, beans
will retain vitality two years; beets, seven (;
cabbage, four; carrot, two; sweet corn,
| two; cucumber, ten lettuce, three melon,
ten; onion, one parsnip, one; peas, two !;
| radish, three; squash, ten; tomato, seven !;
turnip, four.-CMi0 Farmer.
"A mich COW should be quiet and
contented. She will have to be petted
and made much of. This influences her
domesticity, and that, in the mich COW,
seems to be allied to the maternal feeling
| which prompts to 1acteal secretion. But
| whether this is SO or not, certain it is
| that where a single cow is pcttcd and
| well taken care of, there Is a great in
crease in the milk over her former yield
when kept in the herd. l have known
quite number of such cases. l never
knew one that did not show this inn
provement.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
L. B. Arnold recommends the follow
ing as the best course of treatment he
knows of for cure of garget in cows:
washing the bag two or three times
day with water will be sufficient. Many
| recommend cold water, but warm is
much better. Cold water will produce,
by reaction. a rush of blood to the parts
chilled, and counteract in part the eff
cacy. Warm water will at any time re-
duce inflammation, by an external appli-
cation, more rapidly than cold. If the
bag is MIXED out clean this treatment
will generally be sufficient"
-Invalid's Cutlet-One nice outlet
from loin or neck of mutton, two tea
cupfuls of water, one very small stick of
celery, pepper and salt to taste. Have
the outlet cut from a very nice loin or
neck of mutton; take off all the fat put
it into a stewpan, with the other ingredi-
ents; stew very gently indeed for nearly
two hours, and skim off every particle of
fat that may rise to the surface from
time to time. The celery should be cut
into thin slices before it is added to the
meat, and care must be taken not to put
in too much of this ingredient, or the
dish will not be good. If the water is
allowed to boil fast. the outlet will be
hard. 1t takes two hours very gentle
| stewing.
-"How to Keep Furs" is thus told in
| the Western Rural by a Young House
| keeper" of Minnesota: 81 would say in
| reply to the question How shall keep
furs?' that purchased a set of one of
the leading fur houses of Chicago three
years ago and made inquiry there and
was told that they always sealed theirs
up before the LIST Of May chat being the
month in which the moth miller commits
its depredations) Put your furs into
| their boxes and with good paste or mu-
| cilage fasten strip of paper over tine
| crack left between the lid and box and
put them in your closet. You need not
entertain fears that the fall will find them
anything but safe and free from the un-
pleasant odors that tobacco, camphor,
ETC., always leave in furs."