The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-05-25
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

10 Clean Carpets.-A solution of
ammonia and water, luke warm, will,
if well rubbed in carpets, take out all
stains; take one part ammonia, three
water.
Cheap Beer.-Two tablespoonful
OF pulverized ginger, one pint of hop
yeast, one pint of molasses, six quarts
OF cold water; mix well; bottle imme-
diately; in twenty-four hours it may be
used; good in harvest.
r Corn Cake.-One cupful of Indian
meal, one cupful of flour, one teaspoon
full OF cream of tartar, half teaspoonful
salaratus, a piece of butter the size of
an egg, two eggs, one cupful of milk,
and less than cupful of sugar.
Hogs in Orchards. ALL who can
can do so should arrange so as to keep
hogs in their apple orchards to eat up
all the wormy fruit as it drops during
the season. In this way easier than by
any other can the ravages of the worms
be checked. Where hogs are not suffi-
cient for the purpose small flock of
sheep should be used.
Orange Cake.-Mix two cups of
sugar with the yelks of two eggs, then
the whites, beaten to stiff froth, next
add a large tablespoonful of butter,
then one cup of milk and flour to make
as stiff as cup cake; flavor to taste; bake
in jelly pans; filling, one lemon, two
oranges, CRATE the rinds and add the
juice, one cup of sugar, one tablespoon
full of corn-starch, one cup water; boil
until smooth; cool before putting be-
tween cakes.
Icing for Cake.-While your cake
is baking get ready the following: The
whites of four eggs; beat half an hour;
then add one and one-half pounds pull
verified white sugar; beat half an hour;
then put in one tablespoonful of corn
starch, and any flavor to please the
taste; again beat half an hour; lay on
cake while hot from the oven; let it dry
not too quickly; cover again with frost
ing; when dry do your trimming. If
icing is rather thin for this work add
little more corn-starch. You cannot
beat too much; you must not beat too
little.
-Staggers. There are various causes
for staggers." or vertigo, in horses.
Sometimes it is the result of tumors,
congestion, diseases of the heart, or
overdriving in hot day. The remedy
is to avoid everything which is likely
to bring on the disease. If the animal
is too fat, reduce the flesh by a re-
stricted diet. Avoid tight-ftting col
lars and shelter the top of the head
with sunshade fitted to the headstall.
If you can find out what causes the
staggers, it will not be a difficult task
to find remedy
Good grooming is necessary to
good digestion and health of horses
and cows. The functions of the skin
are very important. The skin is an
excretory organ as well as one which
affords covering and protection to the
muscular tissues. Cleanliness of the
skin is as necessary for the health of a
horse as for that of man. The skin
throws off in scales the used-up portion,
and this dusty portion should be
brushed out of the coat. The irritation
by the brushing stimulates the skin, and
assists this healthful action; but the IL
ritation should not be too severe. A
moderately hard brush is preferable 70
a hard sharp curry-comb.
An Asthmatic Canary Bird. Give
one teaspoonful of good whisky, di-
luted with two of water; soak piece OF
sponge cake in it; give twice week:
keep from cold draughts; give tepid
baths twice week; grass-seed, lettuce
leaf Gnside hearD, chickweed every
two or three days; strawberry, rasp-
berry rolled in sugar Zone at time)
only when in season; cuttle-fish always
in cage; piece of rusty iron nail in
drinking vessel; change water every
morning; avoid hemp and rape seed
as they are too heating good light sand
above everything on bottom of cage
every day-not white sand. ...
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