Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-04-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


SuLPHDE OF POTASSIUM, if placed on
the surface of the soil under the plant az
fiicted with sulphides or plant lice, will
drive all the insects away or destroy
them.
RICE SPoNGE CAKE. Three e-quarters OF
a pound Of rice flour one pound of white
sugar, ten eggs; beat the yelks with the
sugar; the whites alone; add the yelks,
sugar and flour together little at time (;
flavor and bake in shallow pans.
To PREVENT an OK or steer from going
ahead of his yoke.mate when attached to
a sled or cart, put chain around his end
of the yoke and fasten IL TO the pole or
tongue of the sled or cart, just back Of his
fore-leg, allowing him to come up even
with his mate He will soon give up
the habit as bad job.-R w. r., in
Maine Farmer.
CLEANING KNIvEs.-A small clean po-
tato, with the end cut off, is very conve-
nient medium of applying brick-dust to
knives, keeping it about the right moist
ure, while the juice of the potato assists in
removing stains from the surface We
can get a better polish by this method than
by any other we have tried, and with less
| labor Cor. Rural NeD Yorker.
FRrCAssEE OF ONIoNs.-Peol two or
three dozen of the very small, round,
white onions sprinkle them with salt;
| let them remain for half an hour, then
roll them upon cloth TO dry them slight
| w. and dredge with flour; throw them
| into stewpan in which you have melted
| two ounces of fresh butter; toss them over
gentle fire for five minutes; drain the
| fat from them, add pint Of rich milk,
minced lemon-peel, white pepper, salt
and butter. Simmer for ten minutes and
serve in the sauce.
NEUDLE PUDDING.-Three eggs beat
| light; add little salt and -four to make a
paste that will roll; roll the paste an
! eighth of an inch thick fold the paste and
shred fine; boil in clear water, with lit.
| tie salt; put them in the water while 1t is
| boiling, and do not allow them to stick
| together, or uncover the pot for ten
minutes; take them out and drain well
| bake them one hour; beat two eggs light
mix them in quart of milk, and stir in
the neudles; add salt, sugar and spices tC
taste, and bake as custard.
FISH CAKBs.-9ne pint bowl salt Goldfish
picked very fine, two pint bowls of whole
raw, peeled potatoes; put together in cold
water and boil until the potatoes are thor
Oughly cooked; remove from fire and
drain off all the water; mash with potato
masher; add piece of butter the size Of an
egg, two well beaten eggs and little pep
per; mix well with wooden spoon; have
frying pan with boiling lard or drip
pings, into which drop a spoonful oi
mixture and fry brown; do not fresher
the fish before boiling with potatoes, and
do not mold cakes, but drop from spoon
HAVE a written contract with labOrers
Use the best implements on the farm and
keep them always in order and well pro
tected from the weather Feed stock
regularly, and recollect a fat horse cats
less than poor one, and does much bet
ter work. Early planting is best ninC
times out of ten. Never buy what you
can produce at home equally as cheap
Never plant more than you can cultivate
well. Never borrow from a neighbor ex
cept in case of necessity, and then return
whatever you borrow as soon as possible
Prepare well for market whatever you
can spare from the farm and sell it wher
it is in the best state of preparation
POmercy's Democrat
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prdcticd
Farmer says: Proprietors Of farm wagon!
and carts, the wheels of which are mad,
with narrow rims, have no adequate idei
ofthe amount of feed and flesh of teams
that would be saved if the wheels of thei
vehicles were provided with rims three t.
five inches broad. OF course, where tn,
ground is hard, no perceptible advantag,
will appear in favor of broad -rimmeC
wheels. But when hauling manure owe
soft ground, or hauling loads of grain anC
hay from fields where the wheels sinl
only to or three inches into mellow soil
if the rims of common wagon wheels ar,
four or five inches broad on the periphery
team will draw fully one-third more pc
load than if the rims were of the usua
width.