Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-06-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
To Restore Rancid Butter.

anu perhaps DeJJerI cOnu1tlOn Ulan
that which characterized it when entirely
fresh. No matter how strong, proper
management in the plan we are now GO
ing to set forth will make it all right
every time: .rs
Place in clean barrel three pounds
of fresh, unslacked lime, and pour over
it twenty gallons of pure cold water.
Let it remain one day, stirring OCCASION
ally then let stand ten or twelve hours,
without stirring, TO give it chance to
settle. At the end of this time pour OF
draw off the clear liquid, and strain
through three thicknesses of fine domes-
tic or muslin. Place into a clean barrel,
and it is ready for the rancid butter.
Cut the butter into thin slices las
thin as you can cut it conveniently ly-and
place it directly into the lime water.
| Put in as much as the water will cover,
then over it place clean, floating lid,
and weight down sufficiently to prevent
any butter from being exposed to the
air. Keep it in this condition about
forty-eight hours, stirring three times a
day with clean stick.
At the end of this time the butter will
have entirely lost its rancid condition,
the lime having. completely neutralized
the acid. The solution should now be
drawn from the barrel, and its place sup
piled with pure cold water, to stand un.
disturbed for six hours Next take out
the butter, let drain an hour or so, then
rework and resalt exactly after the
manner of managing new butter.
This process will leave the butter
quite white, and therefore, if for the
market, you will need to color it, which
you can dowith preparation of annatto,
now sold for the purpose in most drug
stores.
If you desire to convert the butter re-
stored as above into first-class article,
fully up to the best Goshen, you will
take say fifty pounds of it, which you
will place in a revolving churn with six
gallons of new milk, and pint of the
juice pressed from carrots. No other thar
a revolving churn will answer, for the
harshness of the butter will prevent the
motion of a dasher Start the churr
briskly, and keep it going for half al
hour, after which take out and handle
the same as new butter. No other color.
ing will be needed-the carrot juice will
have impaired to it rich yellow color
1t will have also added to its flavor,
making the flavor resemble that of new
butter in every particular. The Journa
Of Progress.
Household Notes.
To CLEANSE CoLuARs AND WRIST
BANDS. Grease the soiled parts before
wetting, with any kind Of fat or dripping
let them remain few hours, or ovel
night wash with soap in hot water
They will become wonderfully clean.
To REMOVE M1nDEw.-Take equa
parts of lemon juice, salt, starch anG
soft soap; rub on thickly, lay on the
grass in the hot sun. Renew the appli
cation two or three times day.
To KEEP KNIFEHANDLEs FROM DIS
CoLoRING. Ivory handle knives should
never be put in hot or greasy water. L
servants will do such careless things, the
only remedy, then, is to scrape the han
dies with glass or sand paper.
VARN1sH FOR WHITE WOODS. Dis
solve three pounds of bleached shellaC
in one gallon of spirits of wine; strain
and add one and half more gallons oi
spirits. Ii the shellac is pure and white
this will make a beautifully clear cover
ing for white wooden articles.
To DESTROY MOTHS. Get two OF
three pounds of powdered borax; il
necessary untack the carpets around the
edges sprinkle plenty of borax al
around the outer edge of the carpet, anG
with feather or brush try to shove as
much as possible under the surbase
let the borax remain there, it will no
injure the carpet.
REGULATING THE KITCHEN. - The
healthfulness of house largely depends
upon its cleanliness and, above al
things, cleanliness must prevail in the
kitchen. Watch the drains, to see tina
no imperfection in them permits the
! passage of tea and coffee grounds, scraps
of meat, and vegetable-paring, all O
which will choke the traps and attrac
rats. Have the pipes flooded once {
week with common washing soda dis
solved in hot water, and then with
solution of the chloride of lime, in ordel
to overcome unpleasant and unhealthy
odors. Use only good soap for cleaning
and washing. 1t will dissolve com
pletely in hotwater, producing a solution
nearly clear and free from disagreeabl'
smell.
Corn for Seed.
In selecting corn for seed, it is Otter
the practice to merely choose large earl
from the general crop. 1t is suggested
that this is not the best method, for
while the plant may be strong and vigor
GUS and bear large ears, the corn ma,
!. have been fertilized by pollen from fee
BILE or stunted plants near it, and thu
seed may retain and repeat these ad
verse qualities in spite of the rigor o
the plant on which it grew. 1t is sale
that a better plan would be to plan
some of the seed in small plot by it
self, at distance from the main crop
and to give this patch plenty of room
and high culture When the tassels ap
pear in this seed bed every plant SHOULD
be examined, and all feeble stalk
should be pulled out or cut off below th,
tassel before it has an opportunity t.
bloom. BY this arrangement both th,
plant on which the ears grow, and th'
pollen scattered from its own and neigh
boring tassels, will be alike strong ant
vigorous, and the seed will partake o
the strength of both its parents.
What Eyes Indicate.
A writer in the Baltimore Bee is o
the opinion that black-eyed ladies ar