South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-06-07
Farmer and House-Keeper.

V To wash Quilts. comfortables, tick
ings, sackings. &C., soak in pure cold
water twenty -four hours or more, then
rub through warm water with lie, 10
soap and rinse well. 1t is worth try.
ing.
NEW NOPE OF MAKING BuTTER.-,
Adam S. Loewen, of Reading has ma
chine for making butter which is OF no.
vel construction and works wonderful
results. His machine is an ordinary.
I egg beaten. holding about two quarts
and he uses powder which he calls
the magic butter maker. The powder
resembles white flour, and lie colors the
butter with a harmless coloring MISTER
so that when the butter ia made it is Of
Il beautiful yellow color, resembling
tho best Lancaster or Chester county
butter. In three minutes from pint
of milk and pound Of butter, by the.
use OF the egg beater, lie makes two
pounds Of choice yellow butter. which
in sweetness Of taste is equal TO any
offered for sale in the Reading markets..
Mr.. Loewen says TINT the process which
he has will reduce the cost ofbutter full
ly forty per cent, which is considerable
saving when butter Is selling Mt sixty
cents pound. :.
Mr.. Loewen exhibited the effect Of
his powder in the production Of butter
at the Eagle Office. and his representa-
tons were found to be correct. Tho
milk Mr.. Loewen used was taken fresh
! from a cow owned by Mr. Dietrich, in
Elm street. Mr.. Locwcn says the but
ter will keep just like other butter, los.
ing mono of its weight. In less than
two minutes and half he made the but.
ter in his experiment.
Feeding Eygsheis to Hens.-It is Mt
best a thoughtless folly TO feed cggshells
TO hens. for they are composed OF worn
out matter which has answered its pur-
pose and is discharged, in valuable.
capacity certainly, but useless because,
like calcined plaster, it is refined too
much to bear using q second time. Then
the quantity Of lime it makes is SO in
considerable (the shells Of dozen ordi-
nary eggs weighing only about two and
one.half ounces) shows one who consid-
ers it for a moment that the danger of
teaching our hens TO be egg-eaters in
the nest is in no measure compensated
for by this foolish practice. Attention
to the minutest particulars is, nccessa-
ry TO insure the best possible results
with poultry, BE watchful and learn
something practical from every obser-
Walton of the natural habits OF your flock.
Poultry World.
PoTAToEs.-Ope and one-half pint of
mashed. potatoes; yelks OF four eggs; a
small piece of butter one.fourth pint Of
milk ; season with salt, pepper and stir
in the well.beaten whites Of the four
eggs the last thing. Bake in tho oven
until brown.
To CLEAN MARBLE.-Take two parts
common soda. one part of pumicestone,
and one part Of finely powdered chalk
sift it through O fine sieve and mix 1t
with water then rub il well over the
marble and the stains will be removed.
Then wash the marble over with soap
and water and IL will be as clean as IL
was OF first.
CoLoRING PINE FLooRs.-An oaken
color can be given to new pine floors
and tables by washing them in
solution OF copperas diss olved in strong
lye, pound Of the former in gallon
Of the latter. When dry, this should be
oiled. and it will look we'll for year or
two then renew the oiling.
IVA simple means of temporarily
changing the colors Of natural flowers
is by immersing the stems in liquid am
monia. In this way blue, violet and
purple flowers are changed TO green, and
white ones TO yellow.
E6-The Poultry World says AS soon
as VIC discover any symptoms Of gapcs,
among our chickens, we know that
there are worms-very small red worms
in their windpipes, and we give them
camphor. in their drinking vessels strong
enough TO make quite taste OF the cam
phor. Then, If any get the disease quite
badly before VIC discover IL, we force a
pill Of gum .camphor down the throat
about the size of O small pea, and the
fumes Of that dose will kill the worms.
No kind Of worms can live in camphor
hence, camphor must DO powerful
vcrmifuge.
WATER CAKH.--One cup sugar, two
eggs, half cup butter, one cup water
two teaspoons cream tartar, one tea
I spoon soda beat the butter and eggs 90
a cream, then add the other Ingredients
stir we'll bake quick.
Snow PUDDING.-Ono-hal box Coon.
er's gelatine soaked ten minutes in four
tablespoonfuls Of cold water; then add
a pint Of boiling water. the juice Of two
\ lemons, and one cup sugar. Strain 10
and set away 70 cool-When cool
/ not stih-add the well-beaten whites OF
three eggs mix thoroughly and pour
! into mold and cool
J CoCoASUT DRoPs.--Grate the cocoaI
nut weigh it take half the weight i'm
fine sugar mix together and form into
| little balls. Bake them in hot oven f:
when they begin to brown they are done.
Before baking, dip the bottoms OF the
! balls into flour.
Corn STARCH foR SrLvER) CAKE
The whites Of . eggs teacup OF corn
starch dissolved In I cup Of sweet milk
two cups Of -four; cup Of butter: