The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-12-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

half pound suet, well chopped one-
half pound currants, one-half pound
r~aisins, one-fourth pound citron ; six
eggs, we'll beaten one carrot, grated
fine. Mix thoroughly, and boil three
hours.
CHICKEN SAnAD.-The fowls should be
young and fine, and may be either
boiled or roasted. They must be quite
cold. Disioint the fowls, and reject all
the skin and fat cut the meat from the
bones in small pieces about an inch
square !; wash and thread white celery,
and cut up in the same sized pieces as
the fowl. You need to use nearly as
much celery as meat. Out also in small
pieces a little lettuce, and mix the three
we'll together. You can make the DRESS
ing by taking the yolks Of eight hard
boiled eggs, n teaspoonful fine salt,
the same of cayenne, two tablespoonfuls
of made French mustard, q gill of vine
gar or lemon juice, and ton tablespoon
fuls of sweet oil. Mix these ingredi-
ents thoroughly together with wooden
spoon, until they are quite smooth.
The dressing should not be put on until
just before sending to table, as it willis
the celery and lettuce and toughens the
meat. Pile the salad smoothly in a
salad dish, and cover over with mayor
naise sauce !; spread on with a knife
garnish with hard boiled eggs, each cut
in eight pieces, and laid on tho edge OF
the salad. Put in the center the heart
CT young lettuce or some tender leaves
of celery, adding according to your
taste stoned olives, boiled red beets cut
in fancy shapes, or very thin slices of
lemon ; keep in q very cold place until
the moment you wish to use it.
Corn BREAp.-Take of sifted corn
meal two pints and OF siited wheat -four
one pint F.; add two t~easpooniuls of salt
and two Of any good baking powder ;
one tablespoonful of lard o. good beef
dripping T.; n teacupful of sugar or
molasses, and two eggs beaten very
light ; put some milk into the eggs be-
fore adding them to the. flour; mix
about as stiff as molasses cake.
PUMPKIN BUTTER.-Takeo out the seeds
of one pumpkin, cut it in small pieces,
and boil it soft ; take three other pump
kins, cut them in pieces, and boil them
soft ; put them in a coarse bag and
press out the juice !; add the juice to tho
first pumpkin, and let it bell ten hours
or more, to become Of the thickness OF
butter ; sir it often. If the pumpkins
are frozen, the juice will come out much
easier.
OUNCE PE.-Pare, slice and stew six
ounces till soft, press them through a
sieve, add one pint of milk and three
we'll beaten eggs, sweeten to taste, bake
in q bottom crust, thrne-quarters OF an
hour, in a moderate
INK STA1Ns.-You can remove ink
stains by soaking the stained parts in
diluted carholic acid (about one drachm
of acid to the pint of water) for two Or
three days, aud then wash out.
Questions and Answers.
When land has been reduced by crop
ping, which is the best means Of restor-
ing its fertility
Glover furnishes q popular means.
Fertility grows by covering this kind OF
land with q thick sod and filing the soil
with roots.
What are the leading characteristics
OF the box eldera
It is easily grown, Of quick growth, is
hardy, indigenous, and is equally good
for wind breaks and for timber.
Can refuse hair from tanneries be
utilized with profit on a farma
Yes; it is a valuable fertilizer. The
hair is usually mixed with lime; when
spread broadcast this produces ar imme-
date effect, though the action Of the
hair is slow. The best results are OBJ
tanned from this refuse when it is poured
in or mixed with the soil. It greatly in
creases the fertility Of dairy farms, is
said to be preferable to barnyard ma
nure for turnips, and is an excellent fer
tilizer for cabhages.
Gan fowls be assisted in the process
OF changing the feathers? The moult.
ing season is really O most trying one to
them.
: During the moulting period the blood
is drawn from for the materials which
compose the feathers, and this drain lis
often so great as to weaken the fowl; the
remedy il to give as feed elements which
will most quickly replace the exhausted
blood. Fish refuse, ground bone and
powdered oyster shells are recommended
Tor feed; and for drink, water supplied
with rusty iron; also a little milk each
day is good for them. In place Of rnety
iron iircture Of iron can be put in their
drinking water; a tablespoonful of tine
ture to a quart of water is the rule.
When should spinach be sewn to &C.
cure It for early spring useY
The seeds should be sown early
enough to get the plants well cultivated
before the cold weather comes then
they can be protected by covering light
IL with some coarse litter. In neighbor-
hoods where it al be obtained, swamp
Lay is preferred to straw for this pur-
pose, as it is a greater protection from
field mice. -..... &:.-o.I l>avcd
spinach is more hardy than the long
Icaved kind, and is oftenest Used for fall
sowing.
How prevent insects from attacking
~farinsceous stores2
N. Massie says the introduction Of q
bar OF iron in a box in which barley,
rice, bran, biscuit, ETC., are stored is Of.
fcient to prevent either the attack of iu-
sects or the ravages of decay. 1t is
claimed that a bar weighing three
pounds will protect forty gallons of
, grain.
Killing Fowls.
There are three modes of killing fowls.
Some advocate suffocation, clever men
among them. Othere cut the Threats.
A third party breaks the neck. 1t is
said suffocation is the best, as the bird
osesno part of its properties ; but when
death is caused by this process there is
o dark color which is unpleasant and
suggestive. When the Threats are cut
the flesh is beautifully white, but the
meat is dry and suggestive Of deal saw
dust. When the neck is broken, the
dislocation being perfect, ii the fowl is
held by the legs, the head being down
ward, all the blood runs to the disjunc-
ton of the vertebre, none remains in
the body, and the juiciness of the flesh
is retained.
Anxious to Die.