Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-23
Farm AND HOUSEHOLD.

To remove grease on carpets OF silk
apply dry buokwheat flour.
drinking copiously of water when
thirsty for liquor will destroy the appe-
tite for a stimulart.
Consume the early.grown sweet-po.
tatOes first, and leave the late crep for
spring use-the latter will keep better.
Southern CultiUdtor.
"A COW can yield far greater weight
OF butter than she can store up in fat.
An animal might give the product of two
pounds of butter day, while one-half
that quantity could not be laid on in fat,
If fed for that purpose.
Veal Omelette. - Four pounds veal,
one pound fat pork, four eggs, one
grated nutmeg, six soda crackers. Chop
veal and pork fine, crumble the crackers,
and mix all together with the eggs well
beaten. Bake. If anyone will try it, !
think it will be pronounced good
Artificial parchment is made by dip
ping a sheet of strong paper into solu-
tion of sulphuric acid, mixed with a
tenth of its weight of pure water. 1t is
held in this liquid for about three seconds,
and then washed thoroughly in water
and dried.
To destroy weeds in gravel walks,
soak them with carbolic acid about the
strength of one of acid to forty parts of
water. have found it successful, but
the process must be repeated at least
once a year. r.--LondOn journal Of HOrti-
culture.
The English feed a good deal of pea
and bean meal. There is large amount
of nitrogenous or muscle-forming ma
terial in this meal, in the form of casein.
Would it not be well for our American
farmers to turn their attention to this
and make experiments?
Carrots for horses, experiments l. ave
shown, are most beneficial when fed in
conjunction with oats. Alone, they are
less nutritious than oats alone; but when
fed together, in the proportion of, say,
two quarts of oats and two of sliced car
rots to mess the result will be more
satisfactory than if either were fed sep
arately.
-Hominy Fritters.-Cook the hominy
we'll; let it boil down pretty thick before
using; add to one quart boiled hominy
about half a cupful of sweet milk, one
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and turn without running; only enough
lard required in frying to prevent burn.
ing; too much milk and flour toughens
them.
Group can be cured in one minute,
and the remedy is simply alum and sugar
The way to accomplish the deed is tC
take a knife or crate, and shave off in
small particles about a teaspoonful OF
alum; then mix it with twice its quantity
of sugar, to make it palatable, and ad
minister it as quickly as possible. AL
most instantaneous relief will follow. -
Boston Transcript.
Apple John.-Tako stale bread
crumb finely, and spread layer in thC
bottom of pudding dish, then add {
layer of sour apples (Which cook easily
sliced. Sprinkle on sugar enough t.
sweeten, some slices of butter and nut
meg, or any havoring you like best
Then add another layer of bread, apples
etc. Continue in this way until the disl
is full enough; the last layer being bread
New pour in water until the mixture il
full, press down closely and bake unit
the apples are thoroughly done, and yol
will have dish fit for king. Thi
pudding is to be eaten without sauce
though if anyone wishes to eat suga
and cream on it, it will be no detrimen
to the pudding. 1t is a good plan t.
cover the top with brown paper, unit
nearly done.