The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-04-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


lowing IS recipe for baked Indian pud-
ding which has been handed down from
mother and daughter for many years
back in New England family: Boil
quart Of milk; stir into it gradually three
gills of yellow Indian meal and half q
pint OF molasses; scald thoroughly and
add two tablespoonfuls OF powdered
ginger and teaspooniul Of salt; butter
brown earthen pan; put into it half q
pound Of beef suet chopped fine; turn
in quart of cold milk; then add the
pudding and stir up we'll; bake five
hours. Serve either plain or with hard
sauce; the rule for the sauce being cup
Of graduated sugar to half cup Of but.
ter well beaten together, and favored
with either vanilla, lemon or grated
nutmeg.
CUREY.-Takc pieces OF beef or NUT
ton, or better, both, and stew them to
shreds; to ono quart Of stew add one
tablespoonful OF fresh ground coriander
seed, one ttaspoonful OF tumeric, one
teaspoonful OF salt, one bird pepper, or
n little cayenne pepper; fry one medium
sized onion and add; if the gravy is
thin, thicken with little flour. An
economical housekeeuer will use rem
nants If beefsteak and mutton chop to
advantage.
LEMON MERISGUE PIE.-Boil three
lemons until they are soft enough for n
straw to penetrate the rind; mash them
mp fine with tablespoonful Of butter,
one cup and half OF powdered sugar,
and the yolks OF six eggs; make n thin
crust; put in the mixture and bake it
when cool, beat up the whites Of the
eggs with one aud one-half cups OF
powdered sugar and spread it over the
pie; brown it nice color.
PoTATo YEAsT.-Two good sized po-
tatoes, grated raw; pour on one-hali
pint boiling water, one-half cup Of white
sugar, teaspoonful salt; when cool, put
III one-half cup good yeast; let it rise;
when light, put in bottle md cork
tight. HALF cup makes two loaves Of
bread; reserve ope-half cup every time
for raising.
CHICKEN PIE CRUsT.-Six cups OF
flour, one and one-quarter cups Of water,
one and oue-half pounds OF lard, one
teaspoonful OF salt, one-half teaspoon.
full Of soda, sprinkled over the dough.
This is crust enough for pie Of two
chickens.
SPONGE CAKE.--Three eggs, beaten
one minute; one and oue,hAlf cups OF
white sugar beaten five minutes; one
cup OF flour, beaten one minute; ono
half cup Of cold water aud another cup
OF -four, with two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder, beaten one minute; bake in a
slow oven.
JELLY RoLL.-Three eggs, one cup OF
sugar, one tcaspoonful cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful OF soda, one cup Of
flour; pour it thin into baking pan;
bake slowly; spread Jelly over It, and
roll it up. Wrap it in u cloth.
Farm Notes.
One feature OF fruit growing by the
farmers, who are mainly the fruit grow.
crs, is the neglect to thin out the crop
when the fruit is about half grown.
Tho refuse taken from the tree Mt that
time, being one or two of the smallest
from cluster. and all the small and
kuotty ones on the weak twigs, etc., nre
profitable food for all classes Of stock.
OF all churns that have come under
our observation the old dash churn gives
the best results.
Never attempt to cultivate wet land
with q green crop. II draining will not
pay, working wet land never will.
If ou want good, sweet mutton, kill
your sheep without worrying aud
fatigue; the less exercise tho better.
Hang it up at once now change ends
hang him by the head, and skin down
to the tail the job is done in half the
time, and neatly.
The following is q method for healing
up wounds, caused by the splitting OF
fruit trees by frost or other means
Heat some grating wax dip strip oil
muslin in it, and place it perpendicularly
over the wound; then put three or
more narrow bands around the tree.
That is sufficient, and the healing pro.
cess will go on rapidly.
Nest boxes should DO movable, SO
that after Matching, and occasionally
when used for laying, they may DO con
veniertly cleaned. Que way is to
whitewash them but another, pro.
ferred5by some, is to kiudlc fire inside
and char them. Thisprocess will eflec-
tually destroy vcrmin and their larvle,
and will thoroughly purify the nest by
leaving a coating OF charcoal inside.
This substance is one of the best an
tiseptics, and perfect deodorizcr.
Boxes made Of seven-eight stuff-pine,
hemlock, or spruce-will outlast a nun.
Der OF these publications by fire, as the
process tends to preserve the wood.
Natural Age OF Frnit Trees.
It seems to be the common belief
that there is no limit to the natural age
OF apple trees. But this is certainly q
mistake. We all know that the peach
tree usually fails to be profitable at
twelve 10, fifteen years OF age, and the
cherry and plum averages only twenty
to thirty years; the pear, in favorable
circumstances, forty to fifty years-in
rare cases much longer time; 30, also,
the apple tree has its natural limit, and
although, like mans life, the duration
Of the period Of health and vigor varies
greatly according to constitution, nur-
ture, climate, ETC., its approaching ter.
mination is clearly indicated by signs Of
debility and disease. On very deep and
favorable soils, and where the trees are
not damaged by severity of climate,
apple orchards arc occasionally found
bearing fair crops OF fruit at eighty to
one hundred years of age, but these are
nearly rs rare rs for their owners TO live