Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-10-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

"A COW can yield far greater weight
Of butter than she can store up In fatI
An animal might give the product Of two
pounds of butter in day, while one.
half that quantity could not be laid on In
fat, II fed for that purpose.
To preserve apples, pare and quar-
ter, and simmer in thin sirup; let them
lay a day or two; then make the sirup
richer, and simmer again; repeat till they
are clear; then drain and dry in the sun
or oven o short time.
Corn starch Cake.-Two .cupfuls
powdered sugar, four cupfuls corn
starch, one.quarter cupful butter, three
eggs, teaspoonful of cream Of tartar
mixed with the corn-starch, one.half tea.
spoonful soda dissolved in one.third cup
full of milk. ta. .-.. shi.llul.t -
--Discoloration on Infants Teeth
Clean them every day with borax; If q
brush Is too severe try soft cloth
dipped in borax, either dissolved in warm
water or pulverizcd; If the gums are ten.
der the borax will heal and harden them.
Milk Sauce.-Into a saucepan put
one pint of milk, four spoonfuls of sugar,
one of flour and four yelks of eggs, es-
sence to flavor, and beat we'll; set on a
quick FIRE and stir constantly till it be-
gins to thicken, when it is ready to serve.
-Parsnip Fritters. Boil in we'll salted
water till tender; then mash, and to four
or five parsnips add good teaspoonful
of flour, two well-beaten eggs, salt and
pepper to the taste; make into small
cakes and fry delicate brown in hot
butter. Serve very hot.
--Liniment for Horses with Sore Backs.
The inner bark of white oak boiled
down in an iron kettle (never a
brass one) until it is as black as ink;
while boiling drop in piece of alum
about the size of a hens egg; apply with
a sponge. Very handy to keep about the
stable, good for any sore.
/. Moth patches on the Face.-Add
about one teaspoonful of pulverized bo-
rax to basin of water when washing
the face morning and evening; or more
convenient way would be to keep quan.
tity already dissolved in bottle of water
and pour it in the wash-basin as often as
needed. Twice a day is quite often
enough to use it, and the moth patches
should slowly disappear in about ten
days or two weeks. SOP
We have kept pumpkins until Au.
gust in perfectly sound state by simply
placing them singly upon scaffold in
the cellar where the temperature never
reached the freezing point and ranged
generally between forty and fifty. The
cellar was dry, owing to the influence of
a heater. Under such conditions there
is no difficulty in preserving pumpkins
or potatoes in the very best state to a
late period in the following season.
Germantoaon Telegraph.
Corn Muffins.-Take a quart of
sweet, yellow coru.meal, add one tea
spoonful of salt, and have ready one
quart of boiling milk; mix the meal to a
stiff dough, add nearly cup of butter
and pinch of soda; beat all this hard
for fifteen minutes. While the cakes are
making have six eggs beaten separately
till very light, add them gradually to the
batter, and beat hard for five minutes
the dough should be thin enough to beat
well; heat the muffin pans, butter them
and fill two-thirds full, and bake till
done in good, but not too quick, oven.
Serve with maple sirup.
Clearing House.Plants of Insects
Once a week l put some soft soap and
flowers of sulphur into four gallons of
soap-suds, mixing all we'll together. The
next process is to turn the plants heels
upward and immerse their heads in the
soapy solution; but before doing this
prepare circular piece of stiff card with
hole one-half inch in diameter, and a
slit reaching from the central opening to
the circumference of the card. This is
stretched so as to allow the stem of the
plant to be surrounded, and by the
pressure of the fingers of the left hand
firmly against the card and to the rim of
the pot when the plant is turned upside
down the soil is kept from falling into
the mixture. BY gently moving the head
of the plant backward and forward in
the solution we cleanse the leaves of in
sects; and as kind of soapy gloss clings
to the leaves after they are dry, insects
do not quickly infest them again. Lon
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