American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

| Pumpkin Pie.-One quart pumpkin
stewei and strained; one quart milk,
one cup sugar, seven eggs, beaten very
| light; one teaspoon ginger, same mace
and cinnamon each.
Farming is no haphazard or routine
work. Head to plan. and n good one,
| too, is as necessary as hands to execute.
Yes, we 90 farther, it is more neces-
sary, for now mere machines will exc
| cute, if there is n good head to plan
coffin.
A correspondent of the Rural Nea0
! Yorker answers query as TO the RENE
| dy for worms in u horse, which he says
has never failed of n cure, by simply
taking half Il cup of pure, hard wood
ashes. finely sifted and mixed dry with
the mash or food. If one dose should
not prove sufficient, repeat it after a day
or two.
Sweet Potato Pie.-Parboil. peel,
slice crosswise firm, sweet potatoes.
Line dish with paste; put in a po-
tato or sliced potato; sprinkle thick
| ly with sugar; scatter among
them a few whole cloves. cover
with more sliced potato. Fill dish in
this way; put tablespoon melted butter
in each pie; pour in little water; cover
with crust; bake, eat cold.
--Spiced Apples. pounds of
apples, pared and CHARTERED; four
| pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar,
one ounce of thick cinnamon. one half
ounce cloves; boil the vinegar. sugar
and spice together; put in the apples
while boiling, and let them remain until
tender (about twenty minutes; then
put the apples in a jar; boil down the
sirup until thick, and pour over them.
Flowing Corn Stubble.-Au plow-
ing under or otherwise disposing of
rubbish from gathered crops should be
done during September and October.
If roots are to be grown next season
where corn stubble is to be plowed I'M
der let it be done deeply and all the
stubble well covered. Root culture
requires good farming. and rough, I'M
even blowing. with loose corn stubs on
the surface, is not good farming. A
well-plowed corn stubble may be worked
with the disk harrow in the spring and
well fitted for roots. which are prefera-
BILE to oats to follow corn.
If little chloride of lime be spread
on the soil, rats, mice and insects will
at once desert it. Plants may be easily
protected by it from insect plaques, by
simply brushing over their stems with
a solution of it. 1t has often been no.
ticed that a patch which has been
treated in this way remains free from
grubs, while the unprotected beds round
about are literally devastated. Fruit
trees may be guarded from their attacks
by attaching To the stems pieces of tow
smeared with a mixture of chloride of
lime and hogs lard. Ants and grubs
already in possession will then rapidly
vacate their position.
apples, and cut them in thin slices;
then put them into Il preserving pan or
enameled saucepan; and to every one
pound of fruit add three-quarters of
pound of white sugar, broken small,
and put in tied up in a piece of coarse
muslin, few cloves, a small piece of
ginger, and rind of lemon very thin;
stir with a wooden spoon on q quick
fire for twenty minutes or longer. If
the apples are juicy. when sufficiently
boiled, the jam will cling to the spoon.
Remove the cloves, etc, and put the
jam into jam-pots. and when quite cold,
tie them down with thick paper or
bladder. To be kept in cool, dry
place.
In farming for profit, the stock and
team force is a proper subject for study.
A New jersey farmer. writing on the
SUBJECT, says lldG, III tue OluoT oI:tieS, u
man with small family and ambitious
may buy thirty to fifty acres of land,
pay one-half on it, make a living and
get out of debt, with one team and
corresponding live stock, doing the
work himself. Two teams and an ad-
ditional hand are needed on 100 acres,
and on farm of $50 acres three teams
and three hands beside the proprietor,
who will find enough to do in over
sight, will be needed; and over 200
acres can be well worked with the same
force, by good management on the part
of the proprietor.
Stuffed Cabbage. Parboil small
cabbage, but leave it whole. Mince
very finely any remains of cold meat,
and half the quantity of beef suet, add
a small quantity of chopped shallot,
pepper, salt and minced herbs to taste,
the same quantity of fine bread crumbs
as of suet, and the yelks of two or more
eggs. Make an incision on the top of
the cabbage, open the leaves lightly,
insert the forcemeat, and tie up the
cabbage with thread. Line saucepan
with bacon, lay in the cabbage with
a little stock or broth; simmer on the
fire for two or three hours. At the
time of serving remove the thread
from the cabbage; strain the sauce, free
it from excess of fat. thicken with but
ter or flour, and pour it over the dish.