The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-30
U.erul and snrEe.tIre.

The Michigan Farmer comes to the
conclusion that from information from
all quarters, wheat will be lower in price
than it has been known in years.
EGGS A LA LAvALLErTE.- into
a fiat tin dish cream TO the depth Of
a quarter of an inch; bring to quick
boil and then drop in the eggs and cook
until the whites are hsr1; season TO
taste, and s-rve in the same fiat tin dish.
Thomas ]. Edge, secretary of the
Pennsylvania board of agriculture. saws
that cit costs the state SIS worth Of fence
rail to keep SIS worth of farm stock in
place" This is frightful tax paid to
tradition.
CHOCOLATE Ice CREAM.-Ona o,.e-f
OF cream, one pint of new milk, one
pound of sugar, two well-beaten eggs,
FIVE teaspoOnluls grated chocolate, rub
bed smooth in little milk. Flavor to
taste Heat the milk almost to boiling,
pour it by DEGREES in with the besten egg
and sugar, and freeze.
IF you want to keep your hogs, horses,
cattle and sheep healthy, give them salt
regularly. There is no better vermifuge
than salt Much of the so-called hog
cholera is due to intestinal worms.
Plenty Of salt would prevent the sccu-
mutation of these worms All animals
desire salt, showing that is a want OF
their nature, and undoubted for wise
purposes.
INSTEAD of bringing the horse in when
coated with mud, and sluicing him with
cold or even tepid water, the mud should
be wiped or scraped off so far as practl-
| cable. and then the legs wrapped round
! till dry. An English veterinary surgeon
| declares that Hundreds and thousands
of cases of mud fever scratches or grease)
might be prevented if this plan were
used, instead Ofexcessiye washing"
In his circular Of the Z" HOosier poultry
! yards" Mr.. J. Barker gives there pre-
| ventives Of hen lice: A good way TO
keep hens free from lice while sitting il
to put two or three tobacco leaves in
their nests, the fumes Of which will
speedily drive out the vermin if they are
Infested with them. This il the best and
only use 1 have for the weed. Another
good plan is to sprinkle sulphur literally
through their feathers"
MILK SoUP.-Materials Four large
potatoes, two ounces of butter, three
| tablespoonfuls of crushed tapioca, one
pilb 81 utllh- ACNhor
| cut in four, into a saucepan, with two
| quarts of boiling water and the two
ounces of butter, teaspOonful of salt
and pepper 10 taste. Boil an hour, run
| through a colander and return it to the
saucepan; add the milk, sprinkle in the
| tapioca, and let it boil fifteen minutes.
BLACKBERRY PoDDING. - Make a
| crust by wetting two cups of wheat-meal
and one cup of fine Indian corn meal
with boiled rice enough to make paste
| that can be rolled out one third of an
| inch thick. Then mix about quart o.
blackberries with one half cup OF wheat
meal, pour them into the rolied-out crust,
| draw the latter over them and pinch to-
| gether, then sew up in a cloth and steam
| one hour and half Let il cool a lew
minutes, then dish with a spoon and
| trim with sugar. Serve warm.
SPRUCE BEER.---Take one gallon OF
water, one quart good mO'asses, one
| quarter ounce whole cloves, One-q uarteI
| ounce white ginger root, One>half ounce
whole alispice, One-hali ounce sassairas
! Boil all well. Boil three hours. Alter
taking it off the fire, pour it into a clean
/ tub and add one and a-hali gallons o
water. Let this stand till milk warm
then add two tablespoons of bakers OIL
brewers yeast; then stand away in tbs
cellar or some cool place during the night
covering it. The next day it will be Fl
for bottling. One or two raisins, with {
! few holes punched in them with a FORK
placed in each bottle, add greatly to it
flavor Put it in strong bottles, corl
tightly, and tie down with Irvine. Sc
in a cold cellar and in three or four day
it will be ripe.