Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15
FARM AND HOUSE.


l An ink stand was turned over on
white table-cloth; q servant threw
over it mixture Of salt aud peppe
plentifully, and all traces Of it disap
peared.
By the action of the Missouri Stat
Grange, at its recent session, tho ad
; mission fee was reduced from five t
three dollars, aud monthly dues from
ten to five cents.
II A new way to cook apples.-Fin
quart bowl with alternate layers o
thinly sliced apples and sugar; adj
half teacup of W ater, cover with sau
Ger held in place by . weight. Bak
slowly three hours. Let stand unit
cold. and you will turn out a ROUNDED
mass of clear red slices imbedded Ii
firm jelly. Cooked in this way, few
; deserts are more delicious. a u'
Il A brood mare, heavily in foal, own
; ed on Long Island, broke her hind leg
and instead of destroying her, as Il
the almost universal custom, . veter
mary surgeon placed her in sling
set tho leg, and in six weeks the mare
was turned out all right aud none the
worse for the accident. Many ralu
able horses thatare killed besause they
have the misfortune to tre1 q I -.b
might be saved by following shis hu
name aud sensible example.
Cements.-For fastening wood OF
stone, melt together four parts o.
pitch and one Of wax; add foul
parts of pounded brick dust or chalk
warm before using, and apply thinly
to the surfaces to be Joined. Diamond
Cement-Take ofisinglass one ounce
gum amnoniacum half an ounce, gum
Inastic half an ounce, distilled vim.
egar five and q half ounces mix, and
it is ready for use.
ToCook poultry.--All kind of poul-
try and meat can be cooked quicker
by adding to the water in which they
are boiled little vinegar or piece OF
lemon. BY the use of little acid
there will be considerable saving OF
fuel, as we'll as shortening of time.
Its action is beneficial on old tough
meats, rendering them quite tender
and easy obligation. Tainted meats
odor if cooked in this way and if not
used too freely. no taste of it will be
acquired.
Cottage Pudding.-Three eggs, well
beaten, one pint of sweet milk, one
half teacup -four mixed, dry with
one teaspoonful of yeast powder,
lump of butter size of walnut !;
bake twenty minutes in quick oven !;
served hot. Sauce for same: one tea
cup sugar, ,one tablespoon corn-starch,
one half teaspoon tartaric acid, half
teacup of water; boiled together.
If the corn-starch ismixed first dry
with the sugar, it will not lump.
When liked little wine or brandy is
All improvement to the flavor.
Weigh, measure and count every
thing. But the advice should not be re-
stricted to grocers, as tits especially
valuable to farmers as sellers and
consumers of produce. Few farmers
know exactly what they sell, and
platform-scale is, we regret to say,
a rare piece Of barn furniture. A
very important thing, and one which
few farmers know exactly, is the
quantity they feed to their stock, and
how much bushel of grain, ton Of
hay, quart of milk, pound ofbutter
or pound Of pork costs. A knowl-
edge Of these things is necessary il
the farmer would make his business
profitable, aud unless he weighs,
measures and keeps account of every
thing used upon or sold from the
farm he cannot tell whether he is
working at profit or at loss.
Comfort ofFarm Stock,-A writer
III the Country Gentleman makes the
following timely suggestion: Some
ten years ago in December, devoted
a half days work, to Tightening up q
stable for five cows, 80 that no ma
nure froze in it afterward, and
instead OF having less milk every cold
snap and more every thaw, 1t was
more right along, i'll milk. comfort in
milking, cleaning the stable, health
in cows and thrift of calves, aud only |
less in amount of feed required. One
small Ayrshire coming IN just then
didn't vary eight pounds from thirty
five pounds of milk per day and ten
pounds Of butter per week, for five
Publishing my experience
in the New England Farmer led
others to 20 aud do likewise, and
some years after ono correspondent
said that one item was worth more to
him than the cost of the paper-and
30 gave the ball q push, as all should
do. found that with aproperly-con-
stable the animal heat from
q COW will keep space five times her
size above freezing temperature aud
still allow good ventilation above her
head, regulated at pleasure by an ad-
Unstable door In front. The winter
profit Of dairies' may be increased q
third in saving of caloric and food,
and increasing milk aud calf product,
BY remembering that kind man Is
kind to his beasts, and that disregard
ng their comfort costs MORE"
HEADQUARTERS, KY,
To the Agricultural Editor of the
l notice request from LF.,
of st Martins, Ohio. for some one to
furnish all accurate rule for measuring
;orn in crib, bin or box. l submit
he following, which has become q
in this county since l had
t published in the county paper:
Multiply length, breadth aud depth
ogether and divide the product by
eleven. The result will be in barrels,
If five bushels Gas we measure here by
he barely. Ii q remainder, multiply
I by five and divide as before, the
'esult will be in bushels. If still q
multiply by four and di-
ride as before, the result will be in
,ecks.
Example.]
20x6x4-640-:-11-58 Pill barrels.
2-1lx5-lO-l1x4-4O-:-11-37-11 pks.
This rule has been tested in various
ways, and has been found nearer cor
ect than any other rule that has been
Il use here, aud has taken the place
# all others. Why l divide by IL is
because box q feet long, 2 feet {
vide and feet deep, filled with good !
orn i'll the ear, will shell 5 bushels.
t the dimensions be taken iu inches
|ivided by 190O8, the result will be G
he same. The crops the past season !
we're about Oh All average with those |
eported from other counties. Our
orn crop good. aud sells at 81 per 6
'arrel or 40 cents per bushel. Wheat
rop good but seriously dam ,ged by I
he rain. Oats the same result, but
title saved. Potatoes the best for ,
many years. No fruit. Fall wheat
ooks very promising, aud so does rye. 3
he greenback policy is very r
opular III this county, aud q general
(even with the Republi- t
ans) to the resumption of specie paw
lent and third-term Presidents. Po- 9
md China hogs, which have been r