Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-12-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


-Liniment.-For cuts, bruises, etc.,
soak common Mayweed leaves in alco.
hol.
-Candied Lemon or Peppermint for
Colds.-Boil one and one-half pounds
of sugar in half pint of water, till IL
begins TO candy round the sides; put in
eight drops of essence; pour it upon
buttered paper, and cut it with knife.
To Increase the Laying of Eggs
The best method is to mix with their
food, every other day, about teaspoon
ful OF ground cayenne pepper to each
dozen fowls. While upon this subject,
it would be well to say, that if your
hens lay soft eggs, or eggs without
shells, you should put plenty of old
plaster, egg-shells, or even oyster-shells
broken up, where they can get at it.
Use of Leaves. s.-Leaves are too val
liable to allow them them to be blown
about and scattered. Gather those from
the roadside that would otherwise be
lost, and lay in stock from the woods.
They are the patural covering for her
baceous plants, and if more are col
lected than are wanted for covering,
they make excellent bedding in the sta
BILE and from there rich addition to
the manure heap.
Relief for Earache. Persons will
find relief for earache by putting in a
spoon two or three drops of sweet oil,
or, better STILL almond oil, the same of
molasses and laudanum, warming it all
together. Absorb some of the mixture
in cotton wool; put it in the ear, with q
piece of wool outside to keep out the
cold air, repeating the thing If neces-
sary. A roast onion heart dipped in
this and surrounded with the cotton is
also very eflicacious.
-Old-Fashioned Hard Gingerbread.
Three ounces soda, put in three gills
of sweet milk, three ounces of alum
dissolved in three gills of hot water,
one-half pound butter, two quarts New
Orleans molasses, ginger to taste. Aft
er the molasses, butter, soda and milk
are all together, add the alum-water,
and stir with a silver spoon. Mix flour
sufficient to roll out, then with knife
mark off into cards. If it is liked, please
report.
No good farmer will neglect to cut
wood the coming winter to be used q
year hence, as it is poor management
to burn green wood and it is always
best to have your wood for your fam
ily's use under cover, and so connected
with the house that it can be got a
from the kitchen without going out o.
doors. If your wood house is of ample
size. it will afford you place to dc
many little jobs in rainy weather, anC
your boys can split the wood under il
and pie it up on wet days.
Depreciation in Grain.-Corn lose'
one-fifth by drying, and wheat one
fourteenth. From this the estimate i!
made that it is more profitable for thu
farmer to sell unshelled corn in the fal
at IS cents than at 81 bushel in tn,
following summer, and that wheat a
81. .25 in December is equal to S1.50 il
the succeeding June. In cases of pota
toes-taking those that rot and are 9th
erwise lost-together with the shrink
age, there is little doubt that between
October and June the loss to the owne
who holds them is not less than 33 pc
cent.
To make a meat pie so the over
will not get the juice: With biscui
crust-Roll thin, line the sides of you
baking-pan or dish. Turn a teacul
down in the center of the pan; this will
hold the juice. Make stew of you
meat; cut in small pieces into sauce
pan or kettle on the stove, with suffi
, cient water for the gravy; season; hav
potatoes cut in thin slices. Then pu
in layer of meat, then of potato, an,
, so on until your pan is two-thirds full
Pour in the juice, sprinkle little flour
} keep the cup in its place, putting mea
}, around it. Roll out the remainder O
the dough, cutting gashes for the es
cape of steam; wet the edges of tn
crust so that they will adhere; put pi
in oven. You must not have the owe
, too hot at first, or the top will brow
too soon. If the crust browns too 500
turn another pan over it. When yo
/ cut the pie put the point of the knit
, under the edge of the cup, and tn
/ gravy will come out.