Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-01-24
Farmer aud ITouseheeper.

Wnlkp CASTLE soap has sEetH ldIHeT-
ed. Then snap between the fin
gers until nearly dry. fold and
press under weight. Never iron
DROP CAKE Four and a half
cups of sugar, one-half cup Of but
ter, one cup of sweet milk, five
eggs, three teaspconfuls OF baking
powder cream, butter aud sugar ;
beat the eggs separately; bake in
gem pans.
MAcARoNI Cook the rnacaroni
the day you have roast beef; haiI
ii in milk and water, with salt /;
add three or fDuI tablespoonfuls of
the hot beef gravy, about teaeuI-
full Of stewed tomato, Two or three,
tablespoonfuls OF grated cheese
and little red pepper; just brown
in the oven. Fat
VINEGAR CANDY. --'Hnis candy
Is recommended for colds. Three
cupfuls of graduated sugar, half a
cupful Of water, bali a teaspoOnful
OF butter. Season with lemon.
Mix the sugar, water aud vinegar
together. boil until the candy is
found to be brittle, by dropping a
little in cold water. Then add the
butter and lemon.
To RENDER LEATHER WATER
PROOF. Melt together 2 ounces
Burgundy pitch, 2 ounces soft
wax, 2 ounces OF turpentine and |
pint raw linseed oil. Lay on with
a brush while warm.
2. Melt 3 ounces lard and add !
ounce powdered resin. This mix
ture remains soft a: ordinary tenn
peratures, and is an excellent APP
plication for leather.
KICKING Cows II have tried
all the various ways to prevent
cows from kicking while milking,
and have found none more harm
less, easily applied and os effectual
as the Dutch or Holland method,
which is TO takea small rope about
four feet long, and put il once
around both hind legs, just above
the gambrell joints. With slip
knot; draw tight enough to bring
both legs firmly together wind
the rope TWO or three times be-
tween the legs, around this rope
or moose, drawing it tight, and
fasten the rope by a half-hitch In
North Holland this is practiced on
all the cows at every milking.
They are driven TO the milking
ground, where stakes are driven
about two feet high, and to these
stakes the cows are tied for milk
ing Cor, Country Gentleman.
Any dairyman troubled with
cows having sore teats should use
plenty of linseed oil before and af-
ter milking. He will find but few
ifany, sores about his cows teats
if this be done. Many cows that
are kickers would delight to be
milked if a little linseed oil was
used on the teats.
For DIPHTHERTA.-Mix pow
dered sulphur and glycerine, and
give teaspoonful every two or
three hours at first; when improv-
ing, lengthen the time between
the doses also rub some about the
ro;trils.
ANOTHER place hot Goals in a
tobacco pipe and drop little tar
upon them |; let the patient draw
the smoke from this in the mouth,
and send it out through the nose.
Bran is a valuable food for horses
in reducing the infiammatory eff
feet of stimulating food Made
into mashes it has a cooling and
laxative effect, but used in excess,
especially in dry state, it is ait
TO form stony secretions in the
bowels of the horse. Stones pro-
duced from the excessive use OF
bran have been taken out ofhorses
after death, weighing many
pounds.
Gentian root is said to be a TO-
bacco antidote. Buy two ounces
or more Of gentian root, coarsely
ground. After each meal, or of
tener, take as much of it as
amounts to quid of fine cut, ,
which chew slowly, swallowing
the juice. Continue this a few
weeks and you will conquer the
Unsuitable appetite for tobacco,
which Injuries both mind and body,
and from which thousands strug-
gle to be free, but give up in de-
spair.
Potato starch water, made by
grating potatoes in little water
and letting it settle, then pouring
it off and rubbing it with sponge,
will take off the grease and spots
on cloth.