Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-11
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

ing twO-thirds cold and One-third boil
ing water.
A GOOD COW ought to produce 5000
pounds of milk annually; but in this
country the average is only about half
that. while in Holland 10000 pounds is
only considered fair yield.
SOUR MILK CAKE.-One pint Of sour
milk. two cups of sugar, two cups of
chopped rasins, one-half cup of butter,
one dessert spoonful of soda. all kinds
of spice; stir in flour till quite thick.
HoMINY CAKEs.-One pint of cold
hominy, half pint of flour. one egg.
one tablespoonful of melted lard or
butter, sweet milk to make a batter
rather thin and teaspoonful of yeast
powder.
To CLEAN STOVE MICA.-Mica in
stoves (often wrongly called ISM
glass;, when smoked, is readily cleaned
by taking it out and thoroughly washing
with vinegar, little diluted. If it
does not come off at once, let it soak
little.
GINGER CAKEs.-MiX one pound flour
and quarter-pound loaf-sugar. Rub
into it half-pound butter, two eggs well
beaten. and one ounce ginger, ground
fine. Beat all well together, roll out
the dough to the third of an inch thick;
cut out the cakes and bake them.
CANNING FRUIT.-It is said by some
scientist that cane sugar when added
to boiling fruit is converted by the heat
into grape sugar, which has far less
sweetening power than cane sugar.
Housekeepers are advised, therefore,
to sweeten their fruits not when they
are canned, but when they are brought
on the table for consumption.
To REMOVE LICE FROM CALVES
Lice may be driven off from calves and
cattle by rubbing along the back. at
the top of the head, on the brisket, and
under the thighs, mixture of two
parts of linseed-oil and one part of
kerosene-oil. If teaspoonful of sui
phur is given daily for two weeks that
will help to drive lice offby its evapora-
ton through the skin.
WHEN horse rubs the hair from
any part OF his body, it indicates some
irritation there. This may be caused
by local disease of the skin, or by dis
order of the blood from various causes,
or by both, for the former is often re-
suit Of the latter. The remedy is to
remove the causes; give dose of lin
seed-oil, one pint, and repeat it the
second day; and wash the skin with
solution of carbonate of soda or salt
water, to allay the irritation.
Corn FRIrrERs.-Take rather old
corn; cut it down the middle, and scrape
all the corn and milk of the cob. Make
batter of two eggs, six light table,
spoonfuls Of flour, and q half pint of
milk. Mix it all well together, and drop
one spoonful at time in boiling lard,
and fry it light brown; they will cook
in five minutes. Six ears of corn to
this quantity. If they are very large,
it will take three eggs. Beat the eggs
very light; add the milk. and then the
flour.
BORAx dissolved in water makes .
good wash for the hair and cleanses the
scalp from dandruff. Use enough boz
rax to render the water very soft, say a
full half ounce of borax to one quart of
water. To prevent the hair from fall
ing out the following is efficacious: Steep
ten or fourteen minutes in soft water
three ounces of pulverized sage; strain
off the liquor and add teaspoonful
each of pulverized borax and salt.
Keep this in tightly-corked bottle.
Apply daily with sponge, rubbing it
gently over the head; then brush the
hair
A DETROIT physician asserts that for
a hot weather drink nothing equals but
termilk. 1t is, he says, ''both drink |
and food, and for the laborer is the best !
known. 1t supports the system. and
even in fever will cool the stomach adj
mirably. 1t is also most valuable do
nestle remedy. 1t will cure dysentery