The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-18

be of excellent quality.
RAISING WHEAT IN CALIFORNIA
DR.. Glenn, of San Jacinto, CAL, has
farm OF $4,000 acres, and last season rails
ed COO, 900 bushels of wheat 1t was BOLD
in the San Francisco market at current
rates, the entire expenses being 100000.
The doctor is also large cattle raiser.
SHEEP RAISING IN KENTUCKY.-Mr.
Philip Arnold, an extensive sheep
breeder living near Elizabethtown, KY,
has laid of his fields in q triangular
shape, all coming to point in the center,
ut which point he has built large III
closure for the sheep. where he collects
them every night Mr.. Arnold has about
700 sheep at present. and one person can
manage the whole flock. Mr.. Arnold
proposes to increase the number to sew
| eral thousands.
REGISTER FOR MERINo SHEEP.-At a
meeting of the Spanish Merino Sheep
Breeders of Vermont, held recently at
MIddlebury, Vt reports were received
from committees previously appointed,
and constitution and bylaws adopted.
The object Is in its own sphere, and in CO.
operation with similar associations in
other States, to preserve the purity OF the
Spanish merino race OF sheep, to en-
courage their further improvement, and
as a means 10 these ends, to provide for
the registration OF the histories and pedi
grees of the flocks of the Spanish merino
sheep in Vermont and elsewhere.
BuTTERNUT CAKE.-Four eggs beaten
separately; two cups sugar, one of butter,
one cup butternut meats. one-hslf cup
sweet milk, two and one-half cups -four
(heaped), one teaspOoEful soda, two of
cream tartsr Rub the black scales of
from the meats before putting them in
the cake. Bake in two loaves.
Mock CKEAM.--Boil pint and half
of milk, sweeten and flavor TO taste. Beat
three eggs very light; add to them three
heaping teaspooniuls Of flour, and a tea
spoonful of salt. Stir this int the boil
ing milk. Spread this, when cold, be-
tween Two layers of the cake as made
for Washington pie, and you have
nice cream pie.
CocoANUr CAKE-Mrs. 4. p, of
Brandon, Wis, sends the following: One
cup sugar, one and one-half cups Hour,
one-half cup butter, onc-half cup sweet
milk, three eggs, two teaspoons baking
powder, salt; bake in three cakes. Frost
ing Whites of two eggs, two tablespoons
cocosnu', with sugar to make as thick rs
cream. Pat between and on top.
To Cook SALsIFY.-Scrape the root
and nut into cold water Immediately;
when ready to cook cut into thin slices;
boil tender; make nice white sauce or
drawn butter and pour over, or boil TO
mash; mix with butter, salt little, milk
and pepper; add -four enough and mix as
Goldfish cakes and fry in the same man.
ner.
FARINA PUDDING ounces OF
farina stirred gradually and boiled In
one quart of milk, then let it cool; sep
parate the yolks and whites OF hve
eggs; beat the whites to a still froth,
and stirs the yolks and sugar together,
then stir all into the cool boiled farlna;
flavor and bake; it will be light II
made in this manner.
FISH FRITTERs.--Take salt codhsh,
soak it over night. In the morning
throw the water of the fish, put on
fresh and set it on the range until II
comes 10 a boil. Do not let it boil rs
tina, will harden it. Then pick it up
very dne, season with pepper, mace ana
perhaps q little salt. Make batter OF
pint Of milk and thrre eggs, stir IN the
fish. and fry IN small cakes. Any KIND
of cold fish makes nice fritters.
TOBACCO CULTuRE.-N is an estao'
lisbed fact that tobacco furnishes em
ployment to more people than any other
crop raised or article produced. Inc
estimated consumption of it by the worid
is 1872, 500 tons, requiring over mil
lion persons to cultivate and prepare for
market, and more than S,OOO,OO gain
livelihood directly by the worlds US oil
it, The collections from tobacco. Tor
thirteen wears, tuS875 inclusive, for the
| United States internal revenue, ioots up
the sum Of $S7,303,46l. No plant Is
NC, universally used than tobacco, ana
the farmer who raises it may expect tna'
he will not soon fail to find al appetite
\ for it, want at least as great as the
production, and universal Market
every decade shows q marked increase IN
ITS consumption and steadily-growing
market demand. The worlds produc-
ton of tobacco at the present day is es'f-
mated at 26OO, OOo, 900 pounds annually
and notwithstanding the production Is 50
immense, it is adulterated before j.
reaches the consumer to a greater .e1'en'
than any other agricultural product
LABoR-SAvINa WASHING LIQUID.
MANY lsundresses save q vast amount
of hard labor when washing clothes oy
employing the following preparasion,
which, it is said, will not injure linen nor of
cotton fabrics. When the numpei % %
garments to be washed is small, one-nsl,
or one-fourth the quantity meneonssa :.
may be employed: Dissolve two Pounoss
of bar soap in about three gallons u
water as hot as the hand can bear, anu .
add one tablespoonful of tarPeosr1hhs s
and three of liquid ammonia. Ia
mixture must be web stirred, anu
the clothes stepped in 1t Tor TWO .s y.
three hours, taking care to cover up '"e