The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-12-08
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
Accumulate and save manure.


Accumulate and save manure.
Take good care of the implements
through the winter that they may be
ready to do thorough work another sea-
son.
Irish Moss Jelly.-Insert half an
ounce of Irish moss into pint and a
half of fresh milk; boil down to a pint;
then strain and add sufficient sugar and
juice of a lemon to give it an agreeable
flavor.
Minute Pudding.-Allow one cup
of milk for every person. Place over
the fire and let come to boil. Stir in
one egg and one spoonful of flour to
each cup, wet in little milk. Stir
well; cook a few moments, and pour
into buttered cups. Serve cold with
cream. ... r..
-Roly Poly Pudding.-O a quart of
| flour make a biscuit dough, and roll it
out about quarter of an inch thick.
Spread this over with any kind of fruit,
berries, preserves, or even rich, good
apple sauce. Roll up tight, tie loosely
in a cloth, and steam for an hour, and
serve with sauce.
Recipe for Toilet Soap.-Take two
onces of glycerine, an ounce of oil of
sweet almonds and two ounces of pow
dered Florentine orris root, and melt
with four ounces of mutton tallow and
a pound of English white CASTLE soap.
Before the soap sets, it can be cut with
knife in any shape the fancy dictates.
-Ec0nOmiSt.
The temperature of manure heap
is pretty accurate criterion of the
state of fermentation in it. If the ther-
mometer plunged into it does not rise
above 100 deg. Fahrenheit there is little
danger of too much gaseous matter be-
ing lost; if the temperature is higher,
means should be taken to lower it and
thus check the fermentation.
Asthma following prescrip-
ton was given by Hon. E. B. French,
Of the Treasury Department: Iodide of
potassium, two drains; tincture of lobe
liza, half an ounce; sirup of senega, two
ounces; camphorated tincture of opium,
half an ounce; water sufficient to make
four ounces. A teaspoonful every half
hour until relieved. The above cured
the above-named gentleman, and has
been used successfully by others.
Lemon Cake.-One cup of butter
two cups of sugar, five eggs beaten sep
arately, the grated rind and juice of
one lemon, one cup of sweet milk, one
half teaspoonful of soda, one of cream
of tartar and three cups of flour. Beat
the butter and sugar together, add the
juice and rind of the lemon, then the
yelks, milk and flour with the cream of
tartar; stir all well together and add the
whites and soda, dissolved in u teaspoon
full of water, the last thing. Bake in
rather hot oven. ..
Cough Syrup.-One ounce of thor
oughwort, one ounce of tlaXseed; SIM
mer together in one quart of water I'M
til the strength is entirely extracted:
strain carefully: add one pint of mo-
lasses and half pound of loaf sugar;
simmer them thoroughly together and
when cold bottle tight. A few doses of
one teaspoonful at a time will alleviate
the most distressing cough of the lungs,
subdue any tendency to consumption,
break up entirely the whooping-cough,
asthma, bronchitis, and all Affections of
the lungs and throat. 1t is simple, safe
and effective,-CarloS, IN N. Y. Times
1t costs 1871 cents per day, or 500
50 per year, to give COW daily feed
of fifteen pounds of hay, estimated at
S15 per ton; three pounds of corn fodder,
at SO per ton; one quart of cob meal,
at Is cents per bushel; and two quarts
Il ep.lR ~
the total yield of your COW and strike
the balance. Hundreds of cows are
kept at loss, and yet their owners take
no pains to acquaint themselves with
actual results. A slate and a pencil,
with pair of scales in daily use, would
send thousands of cows to the slaughter
house, by reason of their low yield
american D0iryman.