American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-04
FARM AND HOME.

To make barley water, cleanse an
ounce of pearl barley by boiling it a few
moments; pour off the water and put the
barley into quart of cold water; add a
little salt; let all simmer an hour.
To make blanc mango, take one pint
of new milk, two eggs well beaten, four
tablespoonfuls of ground rice, flavor with
lemon or rosewater, sweeten to taste; let
it boil in porcelain kettle, and when
cooled little turn into mold or dish,
and when wanted turn it out, mix little
cream, sugar and f1avoring, and pour
around it; ornament it with bits of red
currant jelly.
TO make cottage pudding take two
eggs, half cup sugar, well beaten together,
add five tablespoonfuls melted butter, stir
well, then add cup of sweet milk, teaspoon
of soda, two of cream of tartar, two and
one-half cups of flour, bake in square
tins and serve with sauce made as follows,
which is nice for almost any pudding
Teacup of sugar, teacup OF vinegar, teacup
of water; set over the fire and when it
boils add tablespoonful of flour and but
ter rubbed together.
An experienced horse-trainer in Cali
fornia says: 1.-THE education of my colts
has in great measure been accomplished
by kind treatment. The horse is so con-
stituted that by proper management and
kind treatment his confidence and affec-
tions may be acquired to such degree
that his will becomes completely absorbed
in that of his friend and trainer. / will
say, further, that the horse naturally pos
sesses far greater degree of intelligence
| than he has ever been given credit for
In keeping fowls healthy we have
found nothing equal to onions chopped
fine and thoroughly mixed with meal, or
meal and mill-feed. They eat it readily.
In the incipient stages of most of their
common diseases, including cholera, we
have always found this an effectual RENE
dy. AS sulphur enters largely into the
formation of the feathers it should be fire.
quently fed to them. In winter or when
kept confined, hens to lay well must have
meal often, and pounded bones, the fresher
the better, or oyster shells. If fed with
these plentiful1y, with such variety of
grain as they like best, and well housed
and watered, they will lay nearly as well
in winter as in summer, and will seldom,
if ever, eat their own eggs.-C0r. N. Y.
Tribune.
Every plant-ralser knows the green
fly, and he knows, too, how destructive it
is if left to ITSELF The plants which this
insect attacks are the softest and most sue
culent, and at the ends of the young shoots
and the softest leaves. 1t sucks the juice
so as materially to injure the plant in a
short time. OF all the means that have
been employed for the destruction of this
insect, that which has proved most eff
cient and the one now most universally
practiced, is fumigation with tobacco.
Some plants, such as heliotropes, salvias,
lantanas and some others with soft, downy
foliage, will not bear ordinary fumiga-
| tons without injury to leaves, and these
plants, therefore, should not be subjected
| to it. Many plants in full flower, but es-
pecially pelargoniums, will throw off
| their expanded blooms after smoking, and
| therefore it is best to remove these before
fumigating. Care should be used also to
have the foliage of all the plants dry, for
| if they are wet or damp the smoke will
be apt to injure such as are of a soft text
| ure.-Erchdnge.