American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-12-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Delicate Sponge Cake.-Use the whites
of ten eggs, one and one-half tumblers of
white sugar, one and one-half tumblers of
flour, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar,
half teaspoon of SALT lemon TO suit the
taste. Bake about thirty-five minutes or
more.
-Plum-Pudding Without Eggs.-Quar-
ter of a pound of suet, three tablespoon
fuls of flour, quarter of a pound of cur
rants or raisins, one spoonful of sugar
and spice; to which add middle sized
carrot, which must be boiled the day be-
fore and mashed to the pulp; mix well
together and boil for three hours.
Frequently, after having taken un-
usual pains in collecting flower seeds, the
amateur florist finds them destroyed by
mice. By placing bits of camphor gum
with the seeds they may be preserved, as
mice dislike the odor, and will not disturb
books, clothing, or indeed anything which
may be impregnated with this substance.
Western Rural.
"A fruit tree never suffers from too
much manure if the roots are healthy. If
tree seems to suffer after heavy manur-
ing, it is only that it was in q bad way
before this. OF course, if one were to
empty a cess-pool, CARLOAD of fresh
lime, or some other inordinate mass of
food under a tree, it would suffer; but
our meaning IS, that no amount ofmanure
that would be found of benefit to any reg
ular garden will be otherwise than bene-
fetal to a fruit tree if the roots be healthy.
Gardeners Monthly.
The Maryland Farmer urges the i'm
portance of kindness to stock, especially
to heifers and cows. Heifers, if broken
by women, make more gentle and kind
mixers than when broken by men for
gently than men. Many helfers, steers
and colts are taught bad tricks by harsh
treatment. One of the most obnoxious
practices of some men is that of bawling
and yelling at animals loud enough to be
heard over the whole neighborhood.
Truth in agricultural practice is slow
in getting foothold. In abiding to this
the London Field says that the grain-drill,
though invented $50 years ago, was but
recently brought into general use. The
reaper invented in Scotland many years
ago was first put into use in America and
reintroduced into England as novelty.
things, though our great-grandfather
made rude attempts at working both
double and treble plows. The double
pillow saves in horse power 25 per cent.
and in man-power SO per cent One
double furrow pillow with three horses
will do as much work as two single furrow
plows and four horses and save one horse
and one man.-Detroit Tribune.
"A lady correspondent of the German
town Telegraph, says that were consumers
in town to know half the uncleanliness
used in making some sausages they would
never touch them. She gives recipe
which a well-known manufacturer in Phil
adelphia uses, prefacing it by the state
ment that he uses Chester hogs, weighing
from one to three hundred pounds, and
feeds them on corn for several weeks be-
fore butchering: To every hundred weight
of good corn-fed pork, not too fat, add
summer savory or thyme, two pounds of
salt, six ounces cayenne pepper, six ounces
black pepper; mix all well together and
cut tolerably fine. OF course for larger
or smaller quantity of meat the same pro-
portion of Ingredients should be used.