American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1t is fact that large stove burns
less fuel, and gives out far more heat, than
a small one. In the latter, the caloric
rushes through it without being radiated,
and is wasted in the outside frozen air.
The carbon of the fuel has also less
chance to combine with the oxygen of the
air. More smoke is consequently created,
and less heat.
IT'S pretty safe to say that none of our
readers will ever live to see frOst-proof
corn, for it has been pretty we'll shown by
those who have studied what are known as
the laws of evolution that in all the
changes of form which plants or animals
may have undergone in the course of ages
the power of resisting cold is almost or
entirely unchanged. Philadelphia Press.
Many a good wife and her poorly-clad
children wonder why at the end of the
year they do not receive the little comforts
promised them. The editor of the Pro
gressiUe Farmer says it is a little delay in
securing the crops, a little carelessness in
the manner of storing, little wastefulness
in the system of feeding and little indif
ference to the state of the market.
To make French pancakes take two
eggs, two ounces of butter, two ounces of
sifted sugar, two ounces of flour, half a
pint of new milk. Beat the eggs thor
oughly and put them into a basin with the
butter, which should lie beaten to a cream !;
stir in the sugar and flour, and, when
these ingredients are well mixed, stir in
the milk; keep stirring and beating the
mixture for few minutes. Serve with a
cut .emon and sugar, and pile the PAN
cakes on dish, with a layer of preserve
or marmalade between each.
Allow me to suggest to all thrifty
housekeepers that they make their own
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pages numbered can be obtained for a
small sum from any dealer in stationery.
Do not write any recipes save those that
have been tried by yourself or friends.
Have it arranged Systematically, by being
divided into different departments, as one
for meats, another for vegetables, breads,
pies, puddings, etc. Have an index and
allow space at the end of every different
department, both there and in the body of
the book, in which to make entries at
future times. Any obliging housekeeper
will be not only willing but glad to give
you her recipes and rules for making diff
ferent dishes; then write them out def
nitely.-COr. Country Gentleman.
"A correspondent in late number of
the Chicago Inter Ocean, and q scientific
man withal, writes: Now is the time for
farmers to gather seed-corn. They should
go through the fields and select the best
ears, taking the upper ear on stalks with
two or more on the same. Enough shuck
should be left to tie two or more together.
They should then be conveyed to the
smoke house and hung up, smoked with
the meat and left until planting time.
Corn treated in this way will never fail,
and will be more vigorous and grow fast
er than that selected from the crib. VIC
have noticed that when we have run short,
and have been compelled to resort to the
crib to finish out Q field, that the smoked
corn could be distinguished by rows from
the other. 1t grew more rapidly, was
more hardy, and darker in color. What
is the philosophy Of this treatment we are
not able to say. But all farmers will find
it to their advantage to try it. We have
tried it for ten years and find it pays.
The Neso England Farmer gives these
sensible directions to o correspondent who
has tried everything to cure a valuable
horse of the scratches: Wash the sore
heel with castile-soap as long as the dis.
ease lasts. After washing rub with butter
or lard to keep the skin soft. If the case
is a severe one, and of long standing, at
tend to the general health of the animal.
Feed little If any heating food, such as
corn or corn meal, but give short or green
fodder, or other gently loosening food, aud
work lightly in all good weather. Shut
ting horse IN a close stable, without Civ
ing exercise, is q poor way to cure scratch
es or other diseases. Work the horse care
fully every day, feed light food, but plenty
of It, wash the heels in soapsuds every
morning and night, using a little grease
after washing, and at the end of two
months report the case again to the Form
er and. if no relief has been obtained, we
will republish several receipts recommend
ed for curing scratches by the use of drugs
and ointments -