Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

The fOaming OF cream in the churn
is generally due to high temperature.
To reduce IL, turn ice-cold water into the
churn, let the cream stand short time,
and then 90 on with the churning.-
american 1grieutturtst.
Flannel Cakes To one pint Of flour
add one-half pint Of corn meal, four
eggs, one tablespoonful yeast, with milk
enough to make stiff batter; set 10 rise
over night. Thin with warm milk and
water before baking next morning.
-Calcdonian Cream. Whites of two
eggs beaten to a froth, two spoonfuls Of
powdered sugar, two of raspberry jam,
two of currant Jelly; beat altogether
with an egg.whip till so thick that it will
stand upright.
-Borax Soap.-Take three pounds Of
SOAP cut up in small pieces; three ounces
of powdered borax, three quarts of hot
water, and mix them all together in
saucepan or kettle over the fire, but be
very careful that it does not boil.
DO not allow ashes of any kind to
be wasted. It will pay TO haul leached
ashes several miles, when one has his
own team and n laborer at fair wages.
1 OObl bSuSS, WuCu OCiiJ
/ bushes of any sort, or around grape-vines,
will aid materially in producing large and
! fair fruit. ..f
DIR. Hoskins, of the Vermont Watch
man, says that the average yield Of but
| ter per COW in the State of Vermont is
set by those who have studied the ques-
tion at not over 125 pounds per annum,
while no man who claims to have a good
herd Of cows would talk Of yield much
below 300 pounds.
Apple Tea for the Sick Peel, core
and quarter one pound of apples; boil
for half an hour in quart OF water;
strain, add juice of one lemon, and
sweeten to taste. Rhubarb, strawberry
or other fruit may be used in like man.
ner; black currant tea is much recon-
mended in England.
Bakers Graham Bread.-Make a
sponge as for white bread with wheat
flour, say one square of compressed yeast
to two quarts of water; when light make
up the dough with Graham -four and one.
half teacupful of mOlasses; let stand
to rise again, then make up the loave'
with the hands; when light, bake.
"A correspondent of the Mdssaehu.
sets PlOughman, in answer to the ques
tions, "Shall we plant in rows or in hills
!, shall we plant small seed or large; shal
we cut the potatoes or plant whole
shall we cut the sets from the top, or bot
tom, or middle of the potato; shall WI
cut the potatoes few days before plant
ing and sprinkle lime on them; shall VIZ
plant one or two sets IN hill shall W,
: plant deep or shallow shall we earth up
or shall we cultivate on the flat?" replies
: ITO all these and adoZen other questions
, which are frequently asked, l answer: d.
as you have done, or change if you fee
, like it; but whatever else you do, or leave
undone, make the land dry, rich, mellow
} and clean"
/ -Sheep-raising is annually increasing
all over the country. Farmers are be
E ginning to find there is nothing NOR
! profitable, in a general sense, than
! good flock of sheep. They require
: very small outlay, when once a flock il
: started, and yet the product of wool
meat and manure is of very considerable
: importance. To avoid the principal oh
lection to sheep-raising by many farmers
the dogs, a corral should be constructed
: near the barn or in the most cOnvenien
point on the farm, where the flock SHOULD
be herded nightly during the year, ant
. thus be protected against the most worth
7 less and disgusting of animals the sheel
dog-which seldom make their attack
by day; and when they do they can b.
, readily shot Germantown Telegraph.