The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-02-19
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


Paint splashes upon window glass
can be easily removed by strong so
luton of soda.
Spruce and ash are recommended
as the best woods for butter tubs, the
former being the easier to work.
If potting soil is placed for a day
or two in the henyard, every particle
of it is dug over, and all grubs and
eggs of insects picked out.
To Preserve Soap-Grease.-Fill .
cask half full of good strong lye and
drop all your refuse grease therein;
stir up the mixture once week.
Sour apple sauce is greatly inn
proved by the addition Of tablespoon
full of butter to q quart of sauce, and,
moreover, there is much less sugar
needed. A little lemon peel makes q
fine flavor.
Made into a mash, bran has q cool
ing and laxative effect as q food for
horses; but used in excess, especially in
dry state, it is apt to form stony Sc
cretions in the bowels. Stones pro-
duced from the excessive use of bran
have been taken out of horses after
death, weighing many pounds.
The application of manure to the
orchard is too often neglected. Use
well-rotted stable manure. 1t may be
drawn on at any time during the winter,
most easily when the ground is frozen,
When spread, it should cover the whole
ground, and not be heaped just about
the trunks of the trees, where there are
no small roots.
-Sauer-Kraut.-Take q nice piece Of
pork, two pounds to one quart Of sauer-
kraut; wash the pork and cover with
boiling water, and boil one hour; then
take your sauer-kraut, press all the
water from it, and place it around the
pork and boil another hour. When
done serve the pork and the cabbage in
separate dishes, with mashed potatoes.
-Tapioca Custard.-Soak three
large tablespoonfuls of tapioca oveI
night in q pint of cold water; the next
morning add one quart Of milk, q little
salt, and boil; four eggs, one-haf cup
full of sugar; flavor with lemon or va
nilla; meringue can be made from the
whites of the eggs by adding a little
powdered sugar, and browning it IN
the oven.
| "A horse that is to be used for work,
says the National Liue Stock Journal
should be exercised at regular intervals
for at least half an hour on every day
on which he is not required for work.
Many sudden deaths in winter and
spring result from the neglect of thif
salutary precaution. Certain diseases
of the feet, too, may be warded of by
daily use.
| Ham Pie.-Slice one pound of raw
ham very thin, place in the boiling
vessel, add one pint of water and one
teaspoonful of butter; cook ten minutes
Boil five eggs hard; make crust as fol
chicken pie; line the sides of the dish
with pastry; alternate layers of ham
sliced egg and thin pieces of pastry
add salt to the taste; also the broth the
ham was boiled in; cover the whole ant
bake. This will not make large pie
For q veal and ham pie put pound o
lean veal, cut in thin slices, with tn,
same quantity of ham, and proceed q
above.
Sowing Rye in Corn.-H farmer
will SOW one-half bushel of winter ry,
to the acre in their corn, and plow it il
the last time, it will not only have
tendency to choke out the weeds tina
start up afterward, but there will be n
danger of dry murrain among cattl
from eating too freely of dry stalks. a
the rye will remain green through tn
winter and will be eaten by stock il
preference to the corn fodder. Itmake
desirable food for all kinds of stool
and aids materially in the quality an
quantity of milk produced, beside
proving saving of from one to tw
tons of hay for every acre sown; an
last, but not least, it affords a greel
crop to plow under in the spring whicl
wilt renew and enrich the land.-Co,
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