The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-04
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


toes boiled and mashed fine, and salt
and flour enough to roll. Handle as
little as possible.
PRESERVED OUNCES. and core
ounces; take the cores and skins and
boil them an hour, then strain the Juice
through coarse cloth; boil the ounces
in the Juice till tender; take them out,
add the weight of the ounces in sugar
to this syrup; boil and skim till clear,
then put in the ounces and boil three
hours.
APPLE OMELEr. Pare, core and stew
six large tart apples. Beat them very
smooth while hot, adding one spoonful
of butter, six of sugar, and little nut
meg. When perfectly cold add three
eggs, yolks and whites beaten light
separately. Pour this into hot, deep,
buttered baking dish, and bake till of q
delicate brown.
Corn BREAd.-Mix two cupfuls of
sifted cornmeal with two cupfuls of sour
milk; add one tablespoonful of sugar,
one-half teaspoonful of SALT one table,
spoonful of melted butter or shortening,
and one egg. Beat well, and lastly add
one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
one tablespoonful OF boiling water. Bake
in quick oven. . .i.
BREAD PUDDINe.-Take n pound of
stale bread; boil quart of milk, pour it
on the bread, and let it soak one or two
hours; then rub it quite fine with the
hands. Beat up four or five eggs, and add
them to it; also tablespoonful of Gin
namon, or any other kind of spice; two
cupfuls of sugar and little chopped
suet, or quarter of pound of butter.
Bake OF boil it two hours.
PoT-cHEEsE.- sour milk until
the whey rises to the top; pore it off or
skim out the curd and place it in cot
ton cloth or bag, hang it up to drain !;
len it drain five or six hours do not
squeeze it; after the whey had all drip
ped out put the curd in a bowl salt to
taste, and work in we'll with your hands
butter and little cream; mold into balls
or pats; keep in cool place.
MoLAssEs CANDY.-One quart of good
molasses, one tablespoonful of vinegar,
half cupful of sugar, tablespoonful of
butter; boil; stir most Of the time; drop
q teaspoonful in cold waier-if it hardens
it is finished; at the last stir in a tea
spoonful of saleratus, first dissolved in a
little hot water; one tablespoonful es-
sence of lemon; pour into buttered tins.
When cool enough "pull it white. !"
Flour your fingers occasionally.
To MAKE SALT Goldfish BALLs.-One-
third of salt Goldfish and six potatoes;
the Goldfish to be the best of it's kind
isles of Shoals fish preferakle), and the
potatoes ripe and mealy. Put the fish
in o gallon of water and let it come to
the boiling point. Boil and peel the
potatoes. Chop the fish fine and mix
with it the potato mashed in half pound
of butter, half teacupful of milk, and two
eggs. Make with the hand into oblong
balls, roll in fine bread crumb, and fry
in boiling lard. Remove each cake care
fully with skinner, and serve at once
while hot.
TOMATO CATsUP.-Cut one peck of
ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them in a
pocelain kettle until the pulp is all dis
solved, then strain them well through a
hair sieve and set the liquor on TO boil,
adding one ounce of salt, one of mace,
one tablespoonful of black pepper, one
teaspoonful of red pepper, one table
spoonful of ground cloves, five of ground
mustard; lot them all boil together fol
| five or six hours, and stir them most OF
the time. Let the mixture stand eight
or ten hours in cool place, add one pint
of vinegar, and then bottle it; seal the
corks and keep in cool, dark place.
What the Birds Accomplish.
The swallow, swift and nighthawk are
the guardians of the atmosphere they
check the increase of insects that would
otherwise overload it. Woodpeckers
troopers and chickadees. etc., are the
guardians of the trunks of trees. Warb
lers and fycatchers protect the foliage
Blackbirds, thrushes, crows and larks
protect the surface of the soil; snipe anG
woodcock, the soil under the surface
Each tribe has its respective duties tc
perform in the economy of nature ant
it is an undoubted fact that, if the birds
were all swept from the earth, MAJ
could not live upon it, vegetation would
wither and die, insects would become 81
numerous that no living thing coult
withstand the attacks. The wholesal,
destruction occasioned by the grass
hoppers which have lately devastated
the West, is undoubtedly caused by th,
thinning out of the birdN, such as grouse
prairie-hens, etc. which feed upon them
the farmer, gardener and florist by bird
is only becoming known by sad expert
ence. Spare the birds and save you
fruit. The little corn and fruit takel
by them is more than compensated b,
the vast quantities of noxious insect
destroyed. The long prosecuted Gro,
has been found by actual experiment
to do far more good by the vast quantit
of grubs and insects he devours tina,
the little harm he does in few grains o
corn he pulls up. He is one of tn
farmers best friends. ds.-Fdrnler's AdyC
cate.
Arrangements for n Barn.
NJ, Cortland, N. Y, writes 81 al
about to build horse barn. Will it b
injurious to the horses to keep hogs Ill
derneath them in the basement Coul
it not be ventilated to carry off the odol
and in what way? What is the best pla
for supporting the middle cross beam
to prevent sagging, without posts?'
Reply.-There would be no obiectio
to hogs in the basement if the barn fioc
is tight and there are ample spaces fC
ventilation at the top of the basemeI
walls. The hog-pens may be kept clea
which would prevent any trouble.
support the middle beams use trus
similar to an ordinary bridge truss,
the floor above, thus suspending I'll
beams instead of holding them up viii
posts. This may be done in each ben
The truss timbers should meet at eac
side of post at the centre of the beal
nhnYe the harm floor and the beam b