The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-29
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

The smoke of belladonna leaves il
considered remedy for asthma
Bread Pie.-Two biscuits soaked il
one cupful of water, one lemon, one cupfu
of sugar, nutmeg to your taste.
Tomato Soup.-Take twelve large
tomatoes, pared and sliced; two table
spoonfuls of butter, one pint of milk
half a tablespoon of soda; salt and pep
per to taste.
Sugar Cake.-One cupful sugar and
tablespoonful butter rubbed together, one
well-beaten egg, two cupfuls of sifted
-four, little salt, two teaspoonfuls bak
ing powder, one cupful sweet milk; flavor
with nutmeg or lemon; bake in a loaf.
johnny Cake.-Two cupfuls Indian
meal, two cupfuls flour, one-half cupfu
sugar, one tablespoonful melted butter
two teaspoonfuls cream-tartar, one tea
spoonful soda, two eggs, enough milk tc
make stiff batter; bake in a quick oven
about twenty minutes.
Curing Corn-Fodder. -Corn,foddel
should be bound in small sheaves, and
these should be set up in stocks open at
the bottom to admit plenty of air. Rain
cannot injure fodder thus cured. But if
set close, rain that may reach the inside
will not dry, but will cause mold and in.
jure the fodder.
Green Tomato Preserves.-Seven
pounds of small green tomatoes-pierce
each with fork-seven pounds of sugar,
one ounce of ginger root and one of mace,
four lemons; make the sirup and put the
tomatoes in and boil until clear; skim
them out and put upon dishes to cool;
boil the sirup thick and pour on the to-
matoes in the jars; when cold seal up for
use.
Cookies. -One pound of flour, one
of sugar, half pound of butter, three
eggs, two spoonfuls powdered cinnamon;
mix butter and flour, add the sugar and
cinnamon; mix into paste with the eggs;
roll out thin, cut into cookies, bake quick
and delicately.
TO Preserve Corn.-Take good corn,
boil until the milk is killed; when cold
cut from the ear and put in stone jar;
allow one pint of salt for three pints of
corn; put in layer of salt and one of
corn until the jar is full; when opened
for use remove the top; soak till fresh
then season as you would fresh corn add
one tablespoonful of white sugar, and
cook in milk or cream.
Chill Sauce Two large onions,
twelve large tomatoes, four green pep
pers, two tablespoonful salt, two table
spoonfuls of brown sugar, two table
spoonfuls ginger, one tablespoonful Gin.
namon, one tablespoonful ground mus
tard, one nutmeg, grated, four cupfuls of
vinegar. Chop peppers and onions fine,
peel tomatoes, and boil together until
done. If boiled too long, it will be too
thick.
Cantaloupe Melon Preserves.-Cut
the melon into slices half an inch thick.
Take ofthe rind. Put themin salt water
for two days. Boil them in fresh water
for six hours, changing the water three
times. Make sirup Of one pound and
a half of sugar to one pound of fruit,
seasoned with essence of lemon, mace,
cinnamon and white ginger soaked and
dried to your taste. Boil the fruit in the
sirup until it is perfectly transparent.
During the whole process the boiling
must be very slow or the fruit will boil
to pieces.
A young farmer in Sheldon, Vt,
bought dairy farm stocked with sixty
COWS. During two years he has sold, ex-
changed and reduced the number of his
dairy COWS, so that last year he had but
thirty five. He reports having made as
hl1t tu- fiua
was formerly made from the original
sixty. 1t is easy to see that in reduced
attendance and diminished cost of feed
ing, with equal products, his profits must
be largely increased.-American Cult
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Picked Cabbage yellow. Shave
firm white cabbage fine, and sprinkle
very lightly with salt; let stand over
night, then drain well and cover with
vinegar in which is dissolved enough
turmeric to make it yellow. After a
week drain off this vinegar and cover
with fresh vinegar seasoned to taste with
cloves, cinnamon, allspice, mace, curry
powder, sugar, celery seed and turmeric.
The spices should be tied in a bag, all
the ingredients STEPPED together and
turned hot over the cabbage. A simple
and very good way of making this pickle
is to shave or chop the cabbages; sprinkle
with SALT let stand over night, then drain
and cover with the pickle as directed for
green tomatoes. Boil for fifteen minutes,
and when cold pack in jars.
-Manuring with burned leaves OF
mari, as a general rule, produces the
best results when covered on during
the fall preceding the cultivation of
the crops, which feed largely upon lime;
for the special wants of lime and magne
STA are, in consequence of favorable
distribution, more effectively furnished.
The latent resources of the soil are rem
dered available sooner, in consequence
of an increased disintegration of various
organic and inorganic soil constituents
during the winter season, and finally the
lime becomes thoroughly incorporated
into the soil, which prevents its powerful
reaction in the ammoniacal compounds
in guano and similar fertilizers, causing
a ammonia m int 81