Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-03-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


--Tramping the snow down about
the young fruit trees whilst the soft
snow is in q packing condition will pre-
vent mice and moles from nibbling or
girdling the trees. Many a valuable
tree Is destroyed in winter when these
pestiferous vermin will live on any
thing beneath the snow to suit their
taste.
-Old Hens.-If you want eggs in
winter never keep old hens. When a
hen is three years old the best use she
can be put to is to be turned into the
soup pot. No matter how well they
are fed and attended to old fowls will
not give eggs in winter. Give fresh
water, and so prevent them from drink
ing snow water, which is very injurious
to poultry. a.
damascus Biscuits. - Beat the
whites of three eggs to froth; quar-
ter pound beef suet chopped fine, half
ounce bitter almonds, blanched,
chopped fine, all beaten well with
the frothed eggs. Take the yelks of
| the eggs, mix with six ounces sifted
loaf sugar, beat well, pour into the al
monds, and white of egg; mix well;
shake in two ounces of flour, sufficient
lemon to flavor. Pour into small tins
or nodded papers; bake in quick oven.
Brown or Dyspepsia Bread,-Take
six quarts of wheat meal, rather coarse.
ly ground, one tea cup good yeast, hall
tea cup molasses, mix with pint OF
milk. warmed water and teaspoon
saleratus. Make a hole in the mea
| a., q 4, &, Nha
like batter. Then proceed as with
fine -four bread, make a dough when
light, into four loaves, which will eacf
weigh two pounds when baked. Bake
an hour and half hotter oven is re-
quired than for fine flour.
Breakfast Cakes.-The requisites
are two pounds of flour, four eggs, {
pound and half of butter, some
ginger, caraway seeds, citron, half {
pint of cream, some milk, and little
Yeast. Mix the butter with the flour
beat up the eggs, add the cream, pu
ginger, caraway seed and citron tC
taste, then three teaspoonfuls of yeast
and milk enough to make it of righ
thickness. Beat all thoroughly together
with q spoon, set it before the fire tC
rise, and when it has risen, drop it il
cakes upon tins and bake them.
| Cheese Omelet.-Mix to a smootl
batter three tablespoonfuls of flint
flour, with half pint of milk Bea
up well the yelks and whites of fou
eggs, a little salt, and quarter of
pound of grated old English cheese
Add these to the -four and milk, ant
whisk all the ingredients together fol
half an hour. Put three ounces of but
ter into a frying-pan, and when it i
boiling pour i'll the above mixture, fr,
it for few minutes, and then turn
carefully; when it is sufficiently cooked
on the other side, turn it on to no
dish and serve.
lie CulttUdteur, a French journal
says that if chloride of lime be sprea,
on the soil or near plants, insects an,
vermin will not be found there, an
adds" BY its means plants will easi
ly be protected from insect plaques b
simply brushing over their stems witt
solution of it. 1t has often been nc
ticed that patch of land which ha
been treated in this way remains relig
iously respected by grubs, while the ur
, protected beds round are literally dc
vastated. Fruit trees may be guarde
from attacks of grubs by attaching t
their trunks pieces of tow, smeare
with mixture of chloride of lime an
: hogs lard, and ants and grubs alread
in possession will rapidly vacate thei
} position. Butterflies again, will avoi
! all plants whose leaves have bee
: sprinkled over with lime water"