The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
DOmetic Notes.

IN which they are placed: Moist sugar,
one-quarter pound; bread crumbs, six
ounces; eggs, we'll beaten, Il Tree; lemon
peel grated and Juice, two; bake one and
half hours in a moderate oven.
SQUASH Pie Stew the squash With a
little salt; rub it through a colander,
and/have it perfectly smooth; mix the
squash with sweet milk; if you have
cream, all the better; make,it about as
thick as batter, adding the yelks Of two
eggs; sweeten with puIverized, sugar to
taste; line pie. dish with crust; Gil with
squash and bake for half an hour.
PIoKLED ON1oNs.-Peel small silver
button onions, and throw them into a
stew-pan Of boiling water; as soon as
they look clear, take them out with a
strainer-ladl place them on n folded
cloth, cover with another, land when quite
dry put them into a jar and cover them
with hot spiced vinegar. When quite
cold, pack them down and cover with a
tight cover.
APPLE FRITTERs. Peel some apples
and cut them in slices; put little sugar
over them and some lemon juice. Let
the pieces soak a couple Of hours; then
dip each piece in pancake batter, and
have ready a frying-pan, with two inches
deep of fat. When hot, put the slices of
apple in one at a time; turn over with a
slice as they are doing, and serve with
powdered loaf sugar.
SPIoED 0YsTERs.-For 200 oysters,
take one pint vinegar, one grated nut
meg, eight blades OF whole mace, three
dozen whole cloves, one teaspoonfuls salt,
two teaspoons whole allspice, and as
much red pepper Gs will lie on the point
OF a knife; put the oysters, with their
liquor, into a large earthen vessel; add
vinegar and all other ingredients; stir
we'll together and set over a slow fire keep
covered; stir them several times to the
bottom; as o as they are we'll scalded
they are done; put into jars; if a larger
quantity is made it can be kept for long
time; Of course these are eaten cold.
To Make Excellent Bacon.
Pigs must not be extra fat to make the
best of bacon, and the spare,rib lean
must be left on the ribs, the bone must
be cut ont, and the sides cut square and
smooth; the trimmings can be made into
sausage or go with the fat into lard. The
first six months is the most growing age
for a pig, and at this age they are suit.
able for the purpose. After that they
begin to get too thick and fat. Bacon
may be cured the same as hams and
shoulders, only it does not require SO
long sailing. Usually the salt is rubbed
on the pieces, and they are piled up for
a few days to let it strike through
Three rubbings are enough. 1t should
never be allowed to freeze during the
curing, and if frozen it must be thawed
out by soaking in water. Bacon will take
in salt enough, unless the sides are very
thick, in three weeks, when it is ready
to be smoked. After smoking it may
be hung in a dry, cool place or packed
in dry salt or in tight boxes. II is al.
ways ready for use, and a rasher Of good
bacon is a treat for breakfast or any
meal. As q side dish it has no superior,
1t may be broiled in dainty bits or fried
in more generous slices. 1t is excellent
TO favor chickens or stews, and for O
staple meat is far preferable to pork.
Breed Up.
One Of the Oldest breeders Of thor
oughbred stock in the United States
urged upon us the necessity Of keeping
before readers the absolute necessity
of breeding up--improving annually
every head of stock kept on the farm.
This il what we have attempted to do
for years. Be the stock what il may
horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, or,
indeed, anything else-nothing short Of
a thoroughbred sire can be used to ad.
vantage. Our friend denounced in un-
measured terms the lax habit, becoming
too common, of using grade or homebred
sires; and n moments consideration will
show any man of experience the impro.
priety of such a course. Take our native
COWS, as an instance. When bred to @
thoroughbred bull, they are more than
apt to produce a well-favored cross, and
because it is 80, If a male, the owner il
30 pleased with him as in many instances
TO make use Of him in future years &c
top his herd. Now, il must be patent
that, bred TO the same class of animal at
his dam, his get, instead Of being half.
blood, will be only one quarter, and
unless the circumstances and surround,
ings are very favorable, the inferior
blood will be pretty sure 10 show itselI
in even larger proportions. But II, OF
the contrary, a thoroughbred sire only
is used, the tendency will be upward
every year, and the herd surely improv.
ing. We rec no reason why the blood