American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-02-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

To make crullers, take one cup of
| buttermilk or sour milk, three tablespoons
of melted butter, one egg, one teaspoon of
saleratus; flavor with nutmeg; IA little
salt mix as soft as possible and cut any
desired shape. Have your fat hot. If "A
piece of raw potato be peeled and thrown
in the fat ii will keep the crullcrs from
| burning.
For Richmond batter cakes, take two
cupfuls of sIfted flour and one of corn
meal, three eggs beaten separately, made
| into batter with buttermilk or sour milk
in which teaspoonful of soda has been
thoroughly dissolved. Pour upon IA
creased griddle from spoon, and allow
the cakes to have the thickness of good
buckwheat cakes.
1t is well -known fact that clover has
the singular property of not being able to
extract from the atmosphere, without the
aid of manure or stimulants, nitrogen
sufficient for its own proper growth and
nOurishment. The straw and roots of the
clover contain a large amount of nitro
gen, and these, when plowed down, are
therefore as valuable to the next crop
sown as copious supply of guano.-
Prairie Farmer.
"A correspondent of the English Ne
cltanic gives the following recipe for an
ink, the pcrmanency of which he says is
perfect, even when bags filled with chem
ical manures have been in rain and sun
shine for ten days: Boil one pound of
logwood chips in one gallon of water, at
boiling point, ten minutes; then stir in
the eighth of an ounce of bichromate of
potash, and boil this ten minutes longer
then add, when cold, one-half pound of
common gum, dissolved, and stir well in.
| This will flow well from the pen, and will
mark bags with either the stencil plate or
block. The cost of the above ink is
about twelve cents per gallon.
The drive-wells which are extensive
| ly used in the South and West are made
as follows: A piece of inch and IA quarter
gas-pipe is perforated with several hun
dred holes near the end, which is covered
with a fine brass-wirc screen, and this in
turn is protected by . covering of sheet
zinc or iron, also perforated. The ex-
tremity of the pipe is sharpened, or steel
point may be fixed. 1t is then driven into
the ground, adding pieces at the top as il
sinks in. AS soon as the proper depth is
reached a pump is attached, and the result
is an inexhaustible well, often giving an
abundant supply of water in half an hour
after the end of the pipe first entered the
soil.-.Scientifc american.
| The following extract is clipped
from very interesting address delivered
| NY MAY w H. d. Dy hcS, Ill DiOWuoSiuC,
Tenn: TO be Il perfect farmer a man
should combine reading, observation and
practice. A man may work in the fields
all his life and be poor farmer. We
should gain knowledge by reading and
study, and also by what we see around
us, and then this knowledge must be
put into practice. Our views, if they
will not stand the test of actual expert
ments, are worthless. ALI sound theory
| is based upon practice, and all sensible
practice is the result of we'll gr ounded
information, whether learned by our OWL
observation or from the experience Of
others. That theory which will not stand
the test of experience is worthless, and
that practice which is not based upon
sound theory is equally worthless"
Good cupboards can be made of large
boxes. Put shelves inside, and nail &
strip around the top of the box so as te
extend three or four inches above the lev
ell; this will prevent articles from sliding
off. The whole is to be painted IA good
used for holding dishes, will hide so many
things that after while you will think
it Indispensable. Small boxes make nict
foot-stools. Stuff the top, which serves az
a lid to the box, thus making it doubly
useful-good for holding old newspapers
rags, etc. A whole set of these will be
found useful. In the sitting-room they
make good seats for children. Small box
es are also nice to hold winter flowers
Take them about twelve inches deep
eighteen inches lorg by twelve wide
larger if deslredD, and paint them white
The pure white boxes, with the green
leaves so fresh above them, make a beau
tiful contrast. Keep them near Il door OF
| window