The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-08-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Recipes.

10 PICKLE OS1oSs.-Put them in cold
salt water and heat to scalding point;
let them cool, and then remove the
pesls, cover with cold vinegar, boil the
spices in vinegar, and add.
SPONGE CAKE. - Three eggs we'll
beaten. one cupful sugar powdered, one
telspooufnl soda or saieratus dissolved
il q very litt.o boiling water. one cupful
Of good sifted flour, Il ~teaspoonful
cream tartar; bake Immediately in q
quick oven.
GRAPE CATsUP.-Take five pounds OF
grapes and one pint of vinegar; cook
until you can strain through a sieve; to
the juice add two pounds of sugar, one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, half a table,
spoonful of salt, one of blackpepper, n
one of cloves; cook down to w quarts.
WELSH RAREpIT.-One-quarter pound
of rich cheese, cut in small bits; put IN
a frvincpan, heated and buttered, WITH
a cupfnl of milk; when the cheese is all
dissolved add one well beaten egg, one
half saltspoonful dry mustard, heaplng
teaspoonful of four, o little butter, AVE
four or five or more slices OF toast
ready; stir the mixture all up together
and pour Immediately over thehot toast;
serve instantly, IS it is not good when
cold.
Com BHEAD.-Pour boiling water on
one pound of sifted white corn meal
and two tablespoonful OF -four, with a
heaping teaspoonful of salt; then dash
in enough cold water to make it a stiff
batter, cover it over, and let it stand all
night. In the morning melt a table
spoonful Of lard, butter, or bacon
grease, and mix well. Add eggs if
liked; no sugar or molasses. Grease the
pans well, aad bake quickly in a hot
owe
To MAKE HARD CUsrARD.-Put on
the stove one quart of milk to heat;
when just at the boiling point take off
and pour into q bowl. Have ready in
another bowl five eggs, beaten up with
half a teacupful Of sugar. Pour eggs and
sugar gradually into the milk, mixing
thoroughly; flavor and pour into a
baking dish. Set the dish into a drip
ping pan, with about one inch OF boil
ing water covering the surface of the
pan; as the water evaporates renew it.
Bake half an hour in q medium oven.
BATTER PuDD1Na.-To make frst-rato
batter pudding take six eggs, seven
heaping tablespoonful of sifted flour,
n small teaspoonful of salt, and one
quart Of milk; separate the yolks from
the whites of the eggs, beat the -four
with the yolks and milk, beat the whites
to q stiff froth, and add them last; have
o square cloth of jean and wet it with
hot water; then squeeze it dry and -four
it to keep the batter from running
through; place it in a bowl and pour
the batter in, tie it close and tight, and
boil one hour and hall.
Simmer Care OF Fowls.
Healthy fowls will lay healthy eggs,
which will hatch healthy chickens, and
if they have good care will never be
sick. I feed my old fowls, says a CORE
spondent Of the Country Gentleman, all
the corn they will eat, and give them all
the water they will drink. They have
o good walk, and I am well satisfied
with the return in eggs. They have
laid all winter. Some of my hens are
eight and ten years old, and are good
layers still. When chickens are Matched
I place the hen and chickens in a box
three or four feet square. 1 give NO
food the first day; the second I feed
hard boiled eggs, chopped fine, and
bread wet with water squeezed dry with
the hand. I had good success last sum-
mer with ground wheat, wet with milk
or water. I have always had good sue
cess with corn meal, wet with milk or
water, mixed hard. keep the hen and
chickens in tho box for a few days. then
turn them out to ruu where they please,
in wet grass or dry, IN search Of insects,
keeping their water dishes we'll filed, il,
g shady place. My fowls are hardy, and
the Derby cocks AMI hens will drive off
the hawks.
In Illinois, l once placed a clutch Of
early chickens in o room, having saw
dust on the floor; the feet OF two turned
up; I soaked their feet with liniment,
and turned them out to take their
chance. In o few days their feet were
we'll. Lice on fowls, when numerous
are very annoying, causing their eyes to
become sore. They go to the eyes and
vent, and rubbing salt butter or lard
about those places will destroy them.
Fowls often become blind from cold in
their heads, the passage from the eye to
the mouth being closed with mucu
Wash with warm salt water; pluck q
strong neck-hackle feather, having O
smooth end; hold the fowl with the LETT
arm, the head with the left land; open
the mouth with the thumb and finger;
run the end Of the quill gently into the
opening in the roof Of the mouth, to
the outer edge Of the eye which is sore.
When the quill appears, take hold of it
and pull it through. This vii! open the
passage if closed. Never feed whole
grain to sick fowls, but always soft food.
Blind fowls placed in a box coop will
find the food and water if it is placed
there. Cover the bottom of the box
with sawdust or dry earth; keep clean;
sprinkle the coop with vinegar; place
aroost about four inches from the floor,
and they will find it.
Farm Notes.
The plan of narrowing potatoes after
planting and before they are far ad.
vanced is growing in favor. This allows
the crop to have a good start of the
weeds, and the potatoes are not in the
least injured by the harrow.
A commerdable feature of the coming
fair of Hillsdale county, Michigan, is the
offering OF S25, to be distributed to boys
OF the county under seventeen years Of
age, for productions Of grain auA vcge-
tables raised by them and exhibited in
the usual quantities.
A correspondent makes one good sug-
gestion ; that is, let the boys earn some
thing for themselves, and when they get
it, let them enjoy it with rs little re-
striction as possible. Be pleasant with
them, and they will learn to love their
home, even though they have worked
hard. If they are intelligent, by the
time they grow up they will have a very
fair agricultural training. If they are ,
not proficient, let them study something
else.
Soapsuds may be used with great ad-
vantage for maintaining g%rapevines.
Downing says he has seen an Isabella
grapevine produce 5000 fine clusters of
well ripened fruit in a season by the lib
eral use of manure and s,apsuds from