Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-08-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

To Improve Pens.-When pen has
been used until 1t appears to be spoiled,
place IL over flame "a gaslight for in
stance) for, say, quarter OF minute,
then dip IL into water, and II will be
again fit for use. A new pen, which Is
found too hard to write with, will be-
come softer by being thus heated.
Ironing. iron smoothly pur.
chase few cents worth of beeswax, and
rub It over the leaves of thin pamphlet,
which have been heated through with
the hat.iron; keep 1t with the ironing
sheet and blanket, and when the fiat.
irons are to be used rub them over the
waxed surface; then wipe gently on a
soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily
ironed in this manner.
Preserved Currants for Tarts.-Get
your currants when they are dry, and
pick them; to every pound and quarter
of currants put pound of sugar into
preserving pan with as much juice of
currants as will dissolve it; when 1t boils
skim 1t, and put in your currauts, and
boil them till they are clear; put them
into jar, lay paper over, tie them down,
and keep them in dry place.
Frosted Currants.-Use only fine,
even, large punches, dipping them, one
at a time, into the white of egg, beaten
to very stiff froth; drain till nearly dry,
and roll lightly in powdered sugar. Re-
peat this two or three times, then lay
upon white paper to dry. They are very
ornamental for jelly used as garnish.
Plums and grapes are beautiful done in
the same way.
1t is claimed that single shock
given to an apple tree will send canker
worms spinning to the ground, and
further, that if once off, these crawling
pests could make no headway over dry,
loose soil, provided their course was up
hill. A complete barrier to their return
is formed by hoaping up dry ashes about
the apple trees. Farmers that are suf
fering from the havoc of the canker
worm should try this simple experiment
and report the result.
-WafIles.-One pound of butter
melted in quart of milk, and ten eggs
beaten light; thicken the milk and but
ter with sifted flour, and add the eggs
and little SALT should be of the con-
sistency of pound.cake batter; add
enough yeast to make it rise, the quaint
ty to be regulated by the quality of the
yeast. Set it to rise in warm place.
To be eaten in the evening, the waffles
should be mixed early in the morning in
winter, and in summer at midday.
Equivalents of Weight and Measure.
Wheat -four, one pound is one quart.
Indian meal, one pound two ounces is one
quart. Butter, when soft, one pound is
one quart. White sugar powdered, one
pound one ounce is one quart. Best
brown sugar, one pound two ounces is
one quart Liquids.-Sixteen large ia
blespoons are half pint. Eight large
tablespoons are one gill. Four large ta-
blespoons are half a gill or one glass.
Sixty drops are equal to one tea.
spoonful. A common wine glass to hall
a gill. A common tumbler to half 8
pint.
Keeping Hogs Clean.-The floor of
hog pen should be of plank. The per
and hogs can then be kept clean. If the
animals are permitted to root up the
floor of the pen and burrow in the
earth, they will always be in an un
cleanly and unwholesome condition, and
much food will be wasted. 1t is quite
unnecessary for either the comfort ol
health of the hogs to let them exercise
their natural propensity to root in the
ground. The exercise is really waste
of food and takes so much from theil
growth. Hogs will fatten most quickly
when they eat and sleep and remain per
fectly quiet, as they will do in dry
warm pen, with clean plank floor, anC
bedding of clean straw and plenty to eat
American Agriculturist.
Tomato Figs.-Take six pounds o.
sugar to one peck (or sixteen pounds) oi
the fruit; scald and remove the skin OF
the fruit in the usual way; cook then
over fire, their own juice being sutfi
cient without tine addition of water, un
til the sugar penetrates and they are
clarified; they are then taken out, spread
on dishes, flattened and dried in the sun
small quantity of the sirup should b.
occasionally sprinkled over them while
drying; after which pack them down il
boxes, treating each layer with powdered
sugar; the sirup is afterward concentrat
ed and bottled for use; they keep wei
from year to year, and retain surprising
ly their flavor, which is nearly that o
the best quality of fresh figs; the pear
shaped or single tomatoes answer tn
purpose best; ordinary brown sugar ma.
be used, large portion of which is re
tained in sirup.