Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-05-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


NuPAuh pNtVt1 s"AA S"IioA Ah'A"b WV
eggs, one teaspoonful cream tartar, half
teaspoonful soda; give it n good beating
anu bake in quick oven.
Mock MINcE Pies. Two teacupfuls
rolled crackers, nine cupfuls water, two
cupfuls sugar, one cupful molasses, one
pound raisins, ono cupful vinegar,
spices of all kinds salt and put
on the stove to boil.
To PREPARE DRIED BEEr.-Tor ham
of beef take one teacupful of salt, heat
in m iron vessel over very hot fire, and
stir while heating; put meat in wooden
bowl, sprinkle the hot salt on the meat,
and rub it we'll with the iror spoon you
use for stirring the salt; do this three
mornings, every other day; let it remain
four or five days, dipping tho brine
which will accumulate on the meat oc.
casionally; then hang in warm place to
dry; this will be as good dried beef as
can be made.
TOMATO CArsuP. P.--For four or five
quarts of catsup boil one peck Of ripe
tomatoes fifteen minutes without remov-
ing the skins, and strain through sieve;
put into little bag one teaspoonful of
whole cloves, one tablespoonful of
ground cinnamon, alspice, and black
pepper, and put these with pint of
good vinegar into the strained tomatoes,
and boil the whole carefully from three
to five hours; when sufficiently boiled
and condensed stir in one Tablespoonful
of ground mustard and one teaspoonful
of ground cayenne pepper, salt to taste,
and keep in well corked bottles. This
catsup will keep for years.
Setting Hens.
The earlier chickens are hatched i'll
spring the more profit they give. The
difficulty in bringing off early chickens
is in the want of warm quarters for
nesting. Those who make specially of
poultry breeding are careful in this mat
ter, and such facilities are so easily had
as to be within the reach Of all. In rela-
tion to setting the hens the Poultry
World says:
We always choose the evening-after
dark-as the best time to set hens. II
they are young fowls you cannot be as
sured that they will be steady sitters upon
their first attempt at this undertaking,
however earnest they may seem at the
outset.
They should therefore be placed upon
artificial or valueless eggs at the begin
ming, say three or four days, to ascertain
if they really "mean business" when
they appear inclined to follow the moth
erly instinct, then give them the eggs you
desire them to hatch, and you will be more
successful, generally, than if you neg
lect this kind of trial Mt the outset.
Gupcs In Young Fowls.
In recent conversation with all expe.
rieuced chicken grower, he informed lis
that he had been very successful in con-
quering gapes in young fowls by the ap-
plication of air .slaked lime. AS soon as
a manifestation appears, he confines his
chickens in a box, one at n time, sutfi-
cient]y large to contain the bird, and
places coarse piece of cotton or linen
cloth over the top. Upon the top of this
he places the pulverized lime, and taps
the screen sufficiently to cause the lime
to fall through. This lime dust the fowl
inhales, causing it to sneeze, and in
short time the cause of the gapes is
thrown out in the form of n Shiny mass
or masses of worms, which had accumu-
lated in the windpipe and smaller air
vessels. This remedy he considers su-
perior to any he has ever tried, and he I
seldom fails to effect perfect cure. He ..
has abjured all those mechanical means =,
by which it is attempted to dislodge the =
Entozoans with Instruments made Of =
hogs bristles, or fine wire,
alleging that people are quite as certain :
TO push the cape worms further down :
the throat of the fowls as to'draw them -,
Farmer. =
Cleaning Pals. @
Pals, such as are filled with paint can L
De cleaned very readily if emptied as ?
'oon as opened. Put them directly in t
'trong soap suds, made very hot, and o
,ept SO for an hour or more then let the II
uds gradually cool off, until it will bear @
lapd work. With a soft cloth give the o
'ail hard rubbing; if there are patches b
f paint that seem hardened, scrape off 1t
With knife, return to the suds and rub Il
s before, until the surface is bright and e'
ew. If allowed to dry, after being N
mptied, they will not clean as readily d
+ look so bright and new when cleaned. o1
he uses such pals can be put to are Ii
lany, as any housekeeper knows, espe- I'll
ially do they come handy in berry pick hi
lg time, or when the wild nuts are be- In
lg ratified down. OF
How to Select Good Flour. ~
In selecting -four first look to the ht
'lor. If it is white, with yellowish tr
raw color tint, buy it. If it is white ia
it'll BLUSH cast, or with white specks Iii
it, refuse it. Second, examine its nc
and knead little of til
between your fingers; if it works soft til
I'd sticky, it is poor. Third, throw a 90
tile hump of dried flour against smooth We
lrface; if it falls like powder, it is bad. tn
ourth, squeeze some of the -four tightly tai
your hand; if it retains the shape I'll
ven by the pressure, that, too, is good lat
gn. 1t is safe to buy -four that will tn
and all these tests. These modes are SUI
ven by all old -four dealers, and they Sc
'rtain to matter that concerns every ed
'dy-the staff of life. lai
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