The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-30
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Nntes.

white sugar to q frothy cream, add the
juice Of one lemon, and then six ounces
of grated chocolate. Drop by spoonfuls
on a fiat tin and bake slowly. Very nice
to serve with ices or fruit.
TEA CAKE.-Beat an egg and stir into
cup Of milk and a cup of water; add
two ta%blespoonfuls of white sugar, salt
and four cups of -four, and lastly three
teaspoonfuls Of yeast powder. Bake in
a very quick oven; split, butter and
serve Immediately. This will make two
thin sheets.
jolly BoYs. One cup Of soul milk,
half a level ~teaspoonful OF soda dissolve
soda in a little of the soul milk with a
pinch Of salD, n egg beaten light, n
tablespoonful Of molasses. Mix rye meal
with the milk to the consistency of a
thin batter, and then add Indian meal
until the batter becomes a stiff one
Last Of all stir in egg. Drop from ia
bicspoon-about half a spoonful at a
time-into kettle of boiling drippings OF
lard, and brown os you would c%rullers or
fried cakes. If they are rightly made
they will pop over themselves when
done on one side.
To INCREASE THE FLOWERS. Perhaps
some of the readers would like to know
how to get two flowers instead of one
from every Towering sheath of their cal
Ia lilies. AS soon Ms the Joint flower is
cut or begins to wither, pull the stalk
down through the open sheath clear to
the bottom. AT the bottom will be
found, standing close to the stalk, an
other bud iuc]osed in a delicate covering;
cut the old stalk away closely as possible
without iujuring the bud, and if it has
not been kept back too long it will grow
mp quickly, Never tie the leaves closely,
but leave them free.
BoRAX WATER. -Borax water will in
stantly remoye all soils and stains from
tho hands, and heal oil scratches and
chafes. To make it, put some crude
borax in q large bottle, aud fill in water.
When the borax is dissolved add more
to tho water, until at last the water can
absorb no more, and a residuum remains
at the bottom of the bottle. To the
water in which tho hands are to be
washed after gardening pour from this
bottle enough to make it very soft. 1t
is very cleaning and very healthy. BY
its use the hands will DO kept in excel.
lent condition, smooth and soft and
white.
Bone SPAWN in the Horse.
You need not expect q radical cure,
norany driving back of the enlargement.
Stopping its further growth ind cessa-
ton Of lameness are all that can be OBJ.
tanned. Take spirits Of t%urpentine one
pint, Spanish fly one ounce. Mix and
rub the parts well with the hand, then
rub in the blister till it pains him, twice
per day; as soon as a scab is formed,
then twice per day fer fifteen days; then
grease with lard and let go,
Care of Animals Eyes.
A white or creamy yellow film cover
ing the eye, is generally caused by a de.
post of pus between the coats, which is
IN effect of inflammation. The inham-
nation is more likely to be caused by a
chaff in the eye, or q blow, than by any
thing else. The chaf may be removed
by putting n few flax seeds in the eye;
these exude soft, cooling, mucilaginous
matter, which eases the pain, and helps
the chNff to escape. The pus will gen.
orally be absorbed by means of a count
or irritation, caused by blowing a pinch
of burnt alum into the eye, through a
quill. The eye may be cooled by bath
ing it with q solution of one dram of
sugar Of lead in o quart Of water. Half
a pound of salts given dissolved in water,
will help to remove any fever caused by
the irritation.
Nhuit hbHi u foWtEs
THERE'S more solid nutriment in whole
wheat, as a feed for poultry, than in any
Of the cereals, weight for weight. II is
m excellent kind of grain for this use,
though somewhat moro expensive than
other sorts; but too much OF this hearty
feed is detrimental, particularly when
fed to cochins, brahmas, etc.
Fowls are very partial to wheat. 1
helps the laying capacity Of hens, but it
should not be used except with discre-
ton as to the quantity allowed them
daily. An excess Of this raw grain will
induce q looseness in the bowels very
frequently. It is easy of digestion, and
should be furnished in moderation, as n
needful and most desirable variety, in
conjunction with other dry grains, such
as cracked com, oats, barley, buckwheat,
etc.
II not moro than one-third or one
fourth Of wheat ia allowed with the other
cereals mentioned, for ordinary purposes
in the laying season, hens will do quito
as well, and they can thus be kept in
better average condition than by great
er allowance. We hive proved this by
frequent practical experiments,