Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-28
FARM AND HoUsEHOLD.

FABM AND HOUSEHOLD.
--Molasses Cup Cake.-Two cups of
molasses, two cups Of butter, three
eggs, one-third Of cup Of cold water,
and one tablespoonful of soda; then
bake.
One pound of corn is equal, in real
sustaining food, to about three and
three-fourth pounds of potatoes, or
eight and one-half pounds of cabbage,
or eleven and one-half pounds Of white
turnips.
Cranberry and Rice Jelly.-Boil
and press the fruit, strain the juice, and,
by degrees, mix into it as much ground
rice as will, when boiled, thicken to
jelly; boil it gently, stirring il, and
sweeten it to your taste. Put 1t in
basin or form, and serve with cream.
Nursery Pudding. The following
recipe is excellent for children: Stew
four pounds of rhubard with one pound
of brown sugar; moisten quarter of
pound of arrow-root with cold water,
then stir it into the boiling rhubarb. 1t
is best eaten cold, with milk or cream.
Bread Cheesecakes. Slice penny
loaf as thin as possible, pour on it
pint of boiling cream. When we'll
soaked, beat it very fine, add eight
eggs, half pound of butter, grated
nutmeg, half q pound of currants. Beat
them up well together, and bake in
raised crusts or patty-pans.
How to Prevent Honey from Candy
ing.--After being taken from the comb
put it into a kettle and over the fire;
boil it gently and as the scum rises
skim it off until it becomes clear, when
it can be turned into the vessel you
wish to keep il in, where it will keep
clear and fresh without candying.
To Purify Water.-A tablespoonful
of pulverized alum sprinkled into a
hogshead of water (the water stirred at
the same time) will, after few hours,
by precipitating to the bottom the i'm
pure particles, so purify it, that it will
be found to possess nearly all the fresh
ness and clearness of the finest spring
water. A pailful containing four gall
Ions, may be thoroughly purified by a
single teaspoonful of the alum.
The Herald of Health says that
sleeping after dinner is a bad practice,
and that ten minutes before dinner is
worth more than an hour after. 1t
rests and refreshes and prepares the
system for vigorous digestion. If sleep
be taken after dinner it should be in
sitting posture, as the horizontal
position is unfavorable to healthful di-
gestion. Let those who need rest and
sleep during the day take it before din
ner instead of after, and they will soon
find that they will feel better, and di-
gestion will be improved thereby.
The results of experiments show
that for the ordinary purposes for which
horses are used in draught, binders
give protection to the horses eyes and
safety to the driver. Care should be
taken that the eyelid or eyelashers are
not abraded or irritated, and in connec-
ton with them are the fore-band and
head-piece, which should be of such a
length and width as not to press upon
or impede the movements of the ear;
and the rosette "a mere ornamental ad
dition), from it's size or closeness often
cause of irritation, should be convex
inside to give freedom to the ear.
During the winter mice are some
times troublesome guests in the apiary,
especially if the hives are surrounded
by straw in which they can harbor
The best preventive is to have hives so
tight that they can gain no admittance.
For the sake of ventilation it is not well,
however, to have the entrance closed
air-tight; therefore, fasten a piece of
wire gauze over the entrance of the
hives that may be in the cellar, or that
may be buried in the ground; this will
exclude mice and admit air; and over
the entrance of hives that are covered
with boxes, fasten piece of tin about
a quarter of an inch above the bottom
board, so that the bees can just pass
under the edge of it, while the mice are
excluded.
Grain Troughs for Sheep.
are many ways of making these, but
they are best constructed so that they
may be revolved. Double boxes may
be made by simply mailing three boards
together, two of them seven and one
four inches wide. Set the narrow one
upon one edge, lay the surface of one
of the wide ones upon it, and nail it
firmly down through the centre of the
wide into the edge of the narrow one;
then turn the narrow board up side
down and nail on the other wide board
in the same way, and you have a good
double trough. On the ends of this
nail pieces of board fifteen inches long
and twelve inches wide and you have
an invertible grain trough. Be careful
that the pieces are nailed so that the
ends of the trough will be exactly in
the centre of the end boards.