The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-02-16
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

To Poach Eggs. Lay small muffin
rings in the water and drop an egg in
each ring, and the egg will be smooth
and the shape of the ring.
Cream Cake.-Break two eggs in a
teacup, and fill the cup with sweet
cream, one teacup of sugar, one and a
nan OF flour, two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, flavor to suit the taste.
Corn Cakes. One pint of milk, not
very sour; one egg; two tablespoonful
OF melted butter, one of sugar, two OF
Hour; cornmeal to make a not very
thick batter Drop into buttered gem
pans; bake a nice brown. Good for
breakfast.
Breakfast Rolls Without Soda
Two eggs, one and half cupfuls of
milk, a teaspoonful of salt, and flour
enough to make thick batter. These
must be baked in iron gem-pans, or
they will be complete failure. A quick
oven is desirable.
Calves and yearlings, and cows and
oxen as well, when infested with lice,
should be freed at once by rubbing the
skin with mixture of sweet oil and
Kerosene in equal parts. During the
winter young animals should be kept
growing by means of nutritious food,
good shelter and cleanliness.
-Fricassee of Chicken. Cut the
chicken into small pieces, just cover
With water, season highly, add Il few
mall pieces of pork; if a fat chicken
not very large piece of butter; add a
few potatoes cut in half; before taking
from the fire, remove the lid and dredge
in a little flour.
Raised Biscuit. Make a sponge of
about pint of milk or water, with a
small piece of yeast-cake, or a penny S
worth of bakers yeast, at night; in the
morning knead with q pint of milk,
warmed, and half cupful butter and
lard; knead very soft; let stand until
light, then knead again; when light roll
out, cut with small glass, let stand
for an hour in the pans; bake quickly.
-"This is good way to start tube
roses. | plant them,n says CORE
spondent of Vicb's Floral Guide, Sin
old tomato cans, without punching any
holes for drainage, set them on the
mantle over the kitchen range, and
keep warm and wet. When we'll started
| move them to cooler place, and al
the proper time set them out in the gar
den. In this way have raised during
the past two years vigorous plants
yielding from twenty to thirty-five
blossoms each
To cure scratches. wash the horses
heels of mud and filth, and dry thor
oughly; keep the bowels moderately
open by bran mashes, and give repeat
ed doses of salts, followed by doses o
an ounce of sui phate of soda daily, will
the substitution of crushed oats, bran
and linseed meal for corn; togethe1
with continued washing of the heel
with warm soap and water, and thel
rubbing them with glycerine.
Yorkshire Pudding. Put six heap
ing tablespoonfuls flour in basin; sti
in enough milk to make a smooth bat
ter, rather stiff; add three well-beatel
eggs, one teaspoonful salt, and SOM
more milk, using in all one and hal
pints; beat it well and pour it into
shallow tin rubbed with beef-dripping
,ala it an hour, and then place in un
der roasting meat to catch the DRIP
ping, or keep it in the oven for ten or fiji
teen minutes, basting it frequently wit
the beef juice and dripping which rul
out of the beef A hot oven, well-beate
batter, and serving it quickly are tn
secrets of a good Yorkshire pudding.