The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-09-28
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Black Walnut Polish.-A quarter
OF pint of raw linseed oil, one table
spoonful of muriatic acid and a little
vinegar.
Wheat and millet seed terminate
IN day or two, barley in seven days,
cabbage in ten, while almond, chestnut
and peaches require twelve months.
TO Wash Wooden Shawl.-Make
lather of warm water and white soap
and a spoonful of the magical mixture;
suds 1t out of this and rinse in cold
water, to which you have added a little
blueing, if the shawl be white one.
Potato Noodles.-Grate one dozen
OF boiled potatoes, add two eggs, lit
Tie salt, one-half cup of milk, enough
Hour to knead stiff. then cut in small
pieces, and roll long and round, one
inch thick; fry in plenty of lard to
nice brown.
= Flapjacks. One pint of milk, four
eggs, juice and grated peel of one lem
on, flour to make light batter. Mix
the eggs and milk together with a little
salt, add the lemon. and flour enough
to make light batter; fry in hot lard,
and serve with sauce.
-Hoarseness or Tickling in the
Ihroat.-Take small quantity of dry,
pulverized borax, place it on the tongue
and let it slowly dissolve and run down
the throat. 1t is also good to keep the
throat moist at night and prevent
coughing.
--CompositionCake .--One pound flour,
one pound sugar, one-half pound butter,
seven eggs, one teacupful cream, one
teaspoonful saleratus, nutmeg to taste.
Beat sugar and butter to cream; add
the eggs, then cream with saleratus dis
solved in it; then flour and spice. This
cake requires much beating. Bake in
a quick oven.
The world is on the march. Keep
step with the music. The old horse
power, the old corn shelter, the old
tanning mill, the old grist mill, and a
thousand other old things worthy and
honored in their day, are kindly, though
reverently asked to step out and down
and take a back seat. Their day is
gone. Their time has expired.
To Preserve Eggs.-Put some lime
in a large vessel and slack it with boil
ing water until it is of the consistence
of thin cream; you may use gallon of
water to a pound of lime; when it is
cold pour it off into large stone jar,
put in the eggs and cover closely. See
that the eggs are well covered with the
lime water, and lest they should break,
avoid moving the jar. 1t will be well
to renew the lime water occasionally.
DR.. Ravenel makes the following
statement in the Farm Journal, which
has an important bearing upon the
question of blowing in green crops for
enriching the land: eff a given plat
of ground, say twenty feet square, is
covered with green forest leaves, and
allowed to remain until the leaves are
dry and have been thoroughly leached
by the rains, then carefully remove all
the leaves and spread them over an
other plat of ground of the same size
and pillow them in, the first plat on
which the leaves were leached would
have been found to have received more
manural benefit from the leaves than
the second plat, on which they were
plowed in"
We wish more of the hograisers
would give the results attained by feed
ing hogs on grass and clover. What is
fair gain per month for hogs running
on grass? A friend of ours informed
US, a few days since, that he was try
ing the experiment. The result of the
first months trial was gain of twenty
six pounds per head on a lot averaging
at the beginning $50 pounds. This
was on clover. We have lot of seven
running in an orchard set with blue
grass, timothy, orchard grass, white
clover, and very little red clover. On
May 18th they averaged 141 pounds,
and on June 14th they were again
weighed and had gained twenty-eight
pounds per head. The lot had received
perhaps bushel of corn during the
time. We notice that the red clover
was all kept eaten close down (there
were also sows and pigs in the orchard)
so that it did not get into bloom.
The timothy and blue grass appear to
be their next choice, while the orchard
grass is grazed but very little.