Connecticut western news., 1875-03-26
'. Fs 77 2 2 ' : Y 2 G=~ FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Housekecping Department.

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 Housekeeping Department.
 FLAVOR FOR FRosT1Ne. frosting for cakes or buildings little lemon juice, tartaric acid or cream of tartar is 3 very pleasant addition to the taste, besides making the frosting much ighter.ss .s, f,'s-'.'.' a.'. ,A..' LAMB OUTLETS. the slices free from fat beatup the yolk of an egg with rasped bread or crackers, season with pepper and salt, dip in the outlets and fry in butter gently, until thoroughly done. 7S| i5.-
 FRIED PORK SrEAK.-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; it should fry slow and a long time; serve the gravy, as 1t is, or add water and little flour.
 THE CHILDREN PUDDING. Quarter of pound of suet, quarter of pound of flour, quarter of g pound of entrants, two ounces of sugar, two teaspoonfuls of molasses, juice and peel of one lemon, two tablespoonfuls of milk. Boil in mold three hours. ... ......
 LIGHT RYE TEA CAKES. pint of sweet milk, two eggs, 8 tablespoonful of brown sugar and large pinch of salt. Add enough rye flour to make it as stiff as common griddle cake batter. Bake half an hour in ''gem pans" Serve hot or cold, as desired. Gs4
 RAISED. DeUeHNUTs. - One pint of milk, two eggs, one cup of yeast; mix with flour to make stiff batter. Let it raise several hours. , Then stir in two cups of sugar, three-fourths of 8 cup of butter, .two-thirds of 8 teaspoonful of soda, spice, and salt to taste; mold it and let it rise again. '''i %4 I'f +fI<-. RICE PANcAKEs.- half @ pound of rice to a jelly. When cold, mix with it a pint of cream, two eggs, little salt and nutmeg. Stir in four ounces of butter, just warmed, and add as much flour as will make batter thick enough. Fry in as little lard as possible.
 GRhAT4NR PUDDING. Half box of gelatine dissolved in half pint of cold water. 4B Beat the yolks of four eggs and three tablespoons of sugar, and turn into the ge1atine and water. Have ready a quart of boiling milk. Pour the mixture into the milk and stir it until 1t boi1s.
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 4,.T.. Seed Corn. 't-- Most farmers saved at the suitable time their seed corn. Butts it safe this winter2 Farmers should look to this question and should also know why md what care 1t needs. The analysis oi corn shows that 1t contains, when dry enough to grind, about fifteen per cent. ofsYater. This is the salient point. Sc large per cent. of water renders it ha- ble to the destruction of it's vitality by freezing or to fermentation by heat gene rated spontaneously. The hard, glossy covering of 8 grain of corn constitutes a good protection to the grain while it is in. the cob, so it is safe to conclude this is the best way to keep corn. The damp breath and noxieus gases arising from COW or horse stables is exceedingly in jurious to the vitality of corn, and ii should never be put over stables oecu pied, by any kind of animals. The great secret in the preservation of corn in having it dry on the approach ot cold weather and keep it dry, with { plenty of free air. In a granary where the SEheaty rye or oats go through { sweat or any dampness arising from the bins is almost fatal tossed corn. Acor1 CI1D, Cl1I 4lesfO p10Ghy IOOm free ,circulation of air, and protected from any damp, is good place for it In the garrett of a dwelling-house with { tight roof protecting from rain or drift ing SHOWS, with dry and warm cllrren IS the best place the common farmer cal use.s But sec that snow does not sif through on it, thaw and then freeze Serious failures in crops sometimes oc cur from bad seed planted too late for second planting. Distress and ruin wi come upon man for slight neglects i the care of seed. .-ae @.
 Measuring Hay Stack.
 The rule by which the contents of cone is escertained is as follows: Multi plying the area of the base by one third c the perpendicular height, gives the cubi contents. If the measures are in fee the result is in cubic feet. General five hundred cubic feet of hay in a we packed stack will make ton A stac thirty nine feet in circumference an fourteen feetslant height will be thirtee feet in diameter and twelve and ha feet nearly in perpendicular height, an will contain about 2,200 pounds of ha, But this supposes that it is perfe cone tapering regularly from bottom top, which a- stack rarely does. For i regular figures no rule can be given, b1 estimates founded upon this rule may 1 made to suit the case.
 -S57e6 -5s ssx Farm Notes.
 An agricultural writer thinks it
 cheaper for small farmers to hire rath, than to buy machinery.
 The Sacramento factory cultivate about 800 acres in beets in 1873, avera ing a. little over ten tons to the acr From these beets they produced ,36C OO0 pounds of saccharine matter,
 which 958,000 pounds were first al second qualities of sugar, "A, 12O
 third quality sugar, and 16,08O poun of molasses.a 't-,s- :
 Smut in wheat is decided not to contagious. .......
 - Number of Eggs in a Hen.
 A curious point of inquiry among z o1og1sts has been, for long time, He many eggs are there in the ovary of hena To determine this, Germs naturalist, short time since, institut some careful investigations, the result which showed the ovary of hen to co tain about GOO embryo eggs. He al found that some twenty of these are IT trlred the first year. about 12O during t second year, 135 during the third, 1 during the fourth, and during the lift sixth, seventh and eighth years the nul Der decreases by twenty annually, it co sequently following thatafter the fourt or at most the fifth year, hens are
 longer profitable as layers, unless it m be in exceptional instances.
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