Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-12-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

How TO MAKE Cows GIVE MILK.-
A writer in the Souther Farmer says
that his COW gives all the milk that is
wanted in family of eight, and that
from it, after taking all that is required
for other purposes, 260 pounds of butter
were made this year. This is in part his
treatment of the COW:
"If you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, give your cow every day
water slightly warm and slightly salted,
in which bran has been stirred at the
rate of one quart to two gallons of water
You will find, if you have not tried this
daily practice, that your cow will give
twenty five per cent. more milk imme-
diately under the effect of it, and she
will become so attached to the diet as to
refuse to drink clear water unless very
thirsty. But this mess she will drink
almost any time, and ask for more
The amount of this drink necessary is
an ordinary water-pailful at time,
morning, noon, and night.n
How TO HARDEN BUTrER.-A meth
cd OF the best butter maker in England
for making butter is as follows Car
Donate of soda and alum are used for the
purpose, made into powder. For twen-
ty pounds of butter one teaspoonful of
carbonate of soda and one teaspoonful
of powdered alnm are mingled together
at the time of churning, and put into
the cream. The effect of this powder
is to make the butter come firm and
solid, and to give it clean sweet flavor.
1t does not enter into the butter, but it's
action is upon the cream, and it passes
off with the hntter-milk. The ingredi-
ents of the powder should not be min
gled together until required to be used,
or at the time the cream is in the churn
ready for churning.
APPLE PiE.-Pare and quarter enough
tart apples to lay loosely in the prepared
paste; the quarters should not touch
one another. Fill the paste two-t thirds
full OF thin, sweet cream, then sprinkle
over one spoonful of -four; butter as
large as walnut, cut in bits. Sugar,
(if common pie tin is used, two-thirds
teacupful. Crate nutmeg over the whole,
as no other ilavoriag gives the peculiar
excellent taste. Bake slow: if q brown
crust forms over the top before the ap-
pies cook, stir it under with knife. If
it Is not pronounced splendid, the fault
Will bewith the apples, or not following
the directions.
MAD ITCH IN CATTLE.-A CORES
pondent OF the journal of Agricasltswe
writes .-Having had some experience
with this disease, want to say to nv
fellow farmers, beware of feeding your
swine on green corn stalks as is a conn
mon practice with some, and then let
ting your cattle have access to your feed
grounds. The hogs will chew the sub
stance from the stalks, and spit out the
remainder in bunches; the cattle eat
this refuse, and it clogs the manifold,
and causes this dread disease.
Boiled hams are much nicer to let
them stand in the water in which they
are boiled until cold the outside does
not then turn black and dry up as il
does when taken from the water to cool
J consequently there is less wsste in pre-
pairing them for the table. But always
remember to remove the lid of the ket
tie, SO the steam may escape. This
should be done after boiling anything
of the kind. rr.t
ONIONS A CURE FOR CROUP.-A lady
who speaks from experience saws tina
! probably nine children out of ten wht
die OF Group might be saved by the time
~ application of roast onions, mashed
laid upon folded napkin, and goose oil
: sweet oil, or even lard, poured on an(
applied as warm as can be borne com.
fortably to the throat and upper part o
the chest and to the feet and hands.