The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-29
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


iAblespoonfuls OF vinegar. II cream il
not used, put in small lump Of buttel
rubbed in little flour. Cut the cab
bage very fine; heat the mixture, and
pour 1t on'hOt.
Coon MNuE PRs,-Four poundsbeef
ak pounds sour apples, two pounds
raiHins, three pounds brown sugar, one
quart molasses, three quarts cider, one
half pound suet, one. half pint brandy,
two tablespoontIils salt, oneounce each I
nutmegs, cloves, cinnamon, lemon-pcel
and mace,
RICE PuDDNa WITHOUT Eaus.-Put
into q well buttered dish half pound best
Carolina rice, simply washed; pour on Il
three pints Of cold milk; sweeten and
flavor to taste; put little butter and
nutmeg on the top to brown; bake two
and half hours in u slow oven, on
which much success Of tho pudding de,
ponds.
yRSIsoS SrEAKs.-Cut them from the
neck; season them with pepper and salt.
When the gridiron has been well heated
over a 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 rs much Of the gravy as
possible. Servo them up with some cur
rant jelly laid on each steak.
LEMON oAxE-Three cupiIls of pow.
dered white sugar, ono cupfnl Of fresh
butter, one cupiul Of milk, five eggs and
four cupfuls OF flour. Beat tho butter
and eggs to cream; beat the eggs
separately. the whites to q stiff froth,
and then dissolve alittlesoda in the milk;
mix all together; then sift the flour and
put in by degrees, and add the juice and
grated peel Of q fresh lemon. This cake
is delicious.
FRIcAssEE OF fowls BRowE.-Broil
ns for pOt-pie, then fry slowly in butter
until Drowned; toast bread and lay II 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 ii over the chicken;
or il you want 1t very nice, add the hut
tor for the gravy to the butter in which
the chicken was Drowned; drcdge with
flour, add salt and pepper, brown well,
and lastly, add the chicken broth.
SCRAP PUDDNo.-Put the scraps Of
bread, crust and crrlmb, into bowl,
with sufficient milk to cover them well.
Cover with q saucepan lid or plate, and
put 1t into the oven to soak for hnlf m
hour. Take ii out and mash the bread
with fork until it is pulp; then add o
handful Of raiins and rs many currants,
q teaspooniul Of brown sugar, half a cup
OF milk, some candied lemon peel, and
one egg. Stir it up well, grease pud.
ding dish, and pour the pudding in.
Grate over little nutmeg, put it into
q mode1te oven, and let It bake for an
hour and hall.
Feeding IIOFs Corn Meal.
On the second day Of last December,
writesacorrespondent, weighed twenty.
six hogs, tho aggregate being 1890
pounds, or IN average Of one hundred
md ninety andone. half pounds per head.
They were then fed six weeks on corn
meal. The first week they consumed
tw0nty.nine and one-qunrter bushels,
and gained four hundred and seventy.
two pounds; second week they were fed
the slmc, twenty-nine and one.quarter
bushels, md gained three hundred and
Beventy.two pounds third week they
were fed thirty-one and one.eight bushels
and gained four hundred and eighty.six
pounds. They were then fed two weeks,
consuming seyenty-onc and one.quarter
bushels and gained nine hundred and
forty five pounds, The sixth week they
were fed twenty.nine and one-1uarter
bushels aud gained three hundred and
ninety.two pounds. Their average gain
was fourteenpoundstotho bushelofmeal,
orfourpoundsofmeal to thepoundo fpork,
They wore then sold for six dollars and
thirty.fye cents per hundred, which paid
inc eighty nine and nine.tenths cents per
brshel for my corn. The unoyenness
OF their gnin WIS owing TO the cold
weather part Of the time. Ny experience
is that ground corn will make ono-fourth
more pork to the buslel when fed in a
close.tloored pen, tlan when fed in the
whole state. This experiment was the
result OF careful feeding and watering
three timesa day in good, tight, warm
pen.
Farm Notes.
Orchard grass ripens at the same time
rs red clover, and hence it mixes best
with that plant for hay. 1t isrcmarkable
for enduring drought, and for the
lpidity with which it springs up again
after being cropped. It produces excel.
lent milk, and yields very lnrgeamount
Of feed.
A Milne farmer says he thinned ont
the small bnlnGhes Of his apple trees
after the fruit had formed-taking off
about half Of the fruit. On gathering
the apples in the fall he found them
nearly double the Eze Of previous years,
and about the usual quantity in bIshels.
The seed Of the pine should be sown
in spring. The soil should be mold and
sand, with sufficient sand 10 prevent the
ground baking when dry. Tho bed
must DO kept moist, though not wet.
Drenching II should be avoided.
A chicken raiser says he cures eapes
in chickens by the application Of air
slaked lime. The chickens inhale the
dust OF the lime and this causes them TO
snceze, which throws out the worms.
For Careie.. Farmers.
We trust that the following does not
apply to anyof thereaders Of this paper {:
The following advice TO farmers Inns
boon tried in various sections with most
astonishing success: Leave your reap