The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-10-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Questions and Answers.

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How prevent carriage from rat
Placing washers of sole leather on tb,
spindles OF the axletrees will prevent th,
noise caused by too much "play." A
piece of rubber put in between the thil
iron and clip will stop clatter, and {
little coal oil on the circle will sto,
squeaking.
What produces garget9
Garget, or inflammation of the udder
IS disease which arises from seyera
causes, either local or constitutional
amongst the former are counted nil in
juries done to the udder, and not thor.
ough stripping;" amonst the latte,
are all irregularities of diet. A sudden
change toany food which from it's nature
will increase the flow of milk is fre.
quent cause of garget. Therefore. a
sudden or injulicious allowance of DO
tatoes, green clover, Swedish turnips OF
other feed in which water abounds, will
be liable to cause this disease, because
all food In which water abounds will in.
CiehsS bue now OF milk.
What is the best process for drying
sweet corn?
Gather the corn at the mos6 suitable
State for boiling-that is, neither too old
nor too green; take a thin slice off all
around the outside of the ears with a
sharp knife, just enough to cut the ton
from each kernel; then, with the back
of the knife, scrape the ears, taking all
the inside of the kernels and leaving the
skins and hulls on the cobs. This done,
spread the mass on plates and dry in a
quick oven, being careful not to scorch
1t. When nearly dried, put it in thin
muslin bags and hang up near the stove
until thoroughly dry. Then cover the
muslin bags with papers, to preserve
from insects, and the corn will keep with
out further trouble until desired for
use.
1t there any way of breaking the mean
habit OF young horses lying down in
their harness
A sharp blow from the whip is often
given to make them spring M, but this
frightens the colt aud is hardly the best
way. farmer who has tried it saws il
Is better to beat him at his own game.
When he lies down keep him there until
he IS uneasy and glad to get up. This
can be done by putting the knee on the
animals neck while the hands hold the
bride pieces; then the colt soon learns
now powerless he is. In five or ten min
utes he will usually give up and allow
the man at his head to enjoy the victory:
the mad look of the eye will, leave it;
muscles will relax their tension and the
whole body will lose rigidity. This is
the stage of exhaustion, and, better still
OF submission. He has been beaten and
he knows it, and will never try the same
trick again.
Domestic Recipes,
FLOUR PUDDINe.-One quart of milk,
SIX eggs, eight tablespoonfuls of four
and little salt; bake half brown.
JUMBLEs.-Two cupfuls of sugar. two
eggs, one cupful of butter, two table.
spoonfuls OF sour milk, scant half tea
spoonful of saleratus.
CRULnERs. Two cupfuls of sugar,
one OF sour milk, three eggs. one fen.
spoonful of saleratus, three tablespoon
fuls of melted butter.
SODA CAKE.-One cupful of sugar.
one tablespoonful of butter, one cupful
OF sweet milk, two eggs, one pint of
Hour, one and one-half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder.
SPONGE CAKE.-Six eggs, the whites of
six eggs ir sugar, the whites of four
eggs IN flour; beat the yolks and sugar
together, the whites separately, to a stiff
froth; flavor with lemon.
SODA BISCUIT. quart of -four.
half cupful of butter and lard mixed
teaspoonful Of salt, three teaspoonfuls
OF baking powder; mix with enough
milk to make soft enough to roll out.
CRAB APPLE PREsERvE.-Wash and
pick blows off, but have stems on your
crab apples. Take as many pounds
sugar as there are pounds of fruit: add
little water to dissolve sugar; put in
part OF fruit at time; when the apples
begin to crack, skim out into a lar:
when all are done boil syrup few mo.
ments, and skim; then pour over fruit:
keep dry and cool.
RooUET PICKLES. One gallon of
chopped cabbage, two quarts of green
chopped tomatoes, six onions sliced
thin, half an ounce of ground pepper
half an ounce of whole allspice, half an
ounce OF celery seed, half a gallon of
vinegar, fourth of an ounce of whole
cloves, one-fourth cupful of white mus
tard seed, one-half gill of salt. one-half
pound of brown sugar.
FertilizInz Value of Lime.
When lime of any kind is used as a
fertilizer 1t is always scattered on the
plowed ground and narrowed in, or
upon the narrowed ground and left
upon the surface. Lime thus used
should always be in a fine condition,
dry slaked to a very fine powder. It
then sinks rapidly into the soil when
exposed to winter rains, and when the
ground is next plowed, some of it
that has not been dissolved will be
turned up at the bottom of the furrow.
LIZ should be applied in the fall, and is
used when wheat or rye is
s1wn and the field seeded to clover.
For old grass fields it is valuable top
dressing, but is most valuable when
with swamp muck, yard
5craplngs, old sods, weeds, and such
matters. On clay loan soil about fifty
bushels per acre is generally used every
time the ground is laid down to grass. |
Fresh burned lime, exposed in the field
N small heaps of a few bushels, until it
'lakes down to a powder, is the most
effective. The refuse lime from the |
Kiln is worth only half as much as the