Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-04-23
HOME AND Farm.


with q knife till you have q poultice.
Now bind it on the affected part.
JELLY CAKE Three well beaten
eggs, two-thirds cup of sugar, butter
one-half the size of an egg, two table
spoonfuls of cold water, one cup of
flour, one small teaspoonful Of soda,
and two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar.
This will make three layers.
COTTAGE PUDDING.-Two cups flour,
one scant cup Of sweet milk, one egg,
one tablespoonful of melted butter, one
tablespoonful Of white sugar Zone cup
of raisins makes it better), one tea
spoonful OF cream-tartar, one-haH tea
spoonful of soda. steam one hour.
Cream sauce,
To CURE A HORSE FROM lNTERFER-
INa.-Pare the outside Of the foot much;
inside little. Make cork of heel outside
short and sharp, 80 as to 90 into the
ground easy; inner heel-cork big. so as
TO hold up that side of foot. This will
careen the ankle over a little, which
puts it out of the way of the toe of the
other foot that does the striking. Try it.
1t is perfect. Both feet are to be shod
this way. Take off all the inner side Of
toe you dare.
How TO RAISE CABBAGE-PLANTs.-
Make bed the same as for onions, and
mark it off in rows wide enough for
hoe to work easily between the rows.
Then SOW the seed and put hen manure
along between the rows, being careful
not to let it touch the seed row, for if it
does tho seed will not grow, and it will
also kill the plants if It touches them.
But it will keep off all insects, and the
plants will grow very thriftily. If you
hoe them, put some more on. The hen
manure should be loose and fine.
LEMON PIE.-Cut the pulp of one
lemon into one-hah pint of cold water,
and let it stand. Crate just a little of
the yellow rind into plate first, and
put a little nutmeg to it. In another
dish take two eggs, saving out the white
of one for frosting, one cup of white
sugar, two-thirds for the pie, one-third
for the frosting, one heaping teaspoon
full of flour; strain the pulp and water
through cloth into plate, then add
all together, bake carefully, frost the
top, brown in the oven if liked, or white
if liked so best. Follow the directions
and it is nice.
How TO GET RID OF LARGE STONES.
Large powders may be buried out of
sight by digging at one side of them
deep enough, and tOppling them into
the holes and covering them. If the
stone is valuable for building, drill holes
with steel drill an inch in diameter, ,one
foot or eighteen inches deep, put in two
to three inches of blasting powder, and
fuse enough to project twelve inches
from the hole, tamp with sand and fire
the fuse. Judgment should be used To
use powder in proportion to the size Of
the Stone, the object sought being to
break the rock into three or four frag.
ments, that may afterward be reduced
to useful proportions with sledge-ham
mer.
To KILL LIoE.-Col. Curtis writes
the N. Y. Tribune as follows: "WC
have tried all sorts of mixtures to kill
lice on animals and at last have hit or
what we think is best: Melt hog's lard
or any hot grease, and in it dissolve sail
one-third Of the bulk of the grease; take
as much grease as will be required tC
smear the animal all over and into the
mixture pour kerosene oil and stir it up
Two gills Of the kerosene would be suf
flcient for COW of ordinary size. One
application completely cured the mos
stubborn case of lice on an old hog. 1
leaves the skin smooth and clean, re
moving the scurf and healing the irrita
ton caused by the parasites. 1t is alsC
excellent for gals and Sores"
MANURIAL VALUE OF BURNEI
STRAw.-Speaking TO friend abou
burning straw on land for manuria
purposes, writes New York Times cor
respondent, he told me this: Fou
wears ago he hauled out lot of whea
straw, and spread it of uniform deptl
of some fifteen inches over some tiv
acres. He then set it afre, and imme
diately on its being consumed turned
the surface under with the plow. Z,
the very border of this space he drew
and spread his stable and barnyart
manure. The benefit to the followin;
crop of wheat was greatly to the advan
tage of that portion of the field wher
the straw had been burned, and sucl
was the case likewise in regard to tn
ensuing crop of corn. He adds further
that to this day it is easy to note tn
increased fertility of this part of tn
field as contrasted with other portion
of it. The land is reddish clay.
How TO TREAT TAINTED MEAT
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquire
says: Take piece of charcoal the siz
of small hens egg, tie up in clot
and place in the vessel where you COO
your tainted pork. Let it remain dul
lug the time Of cooking; do not keep
covered with close-fitting lid. Th
method will take every particle of tair
from beef, mutton, etc. but it is irnpoi
sible to eradicate all the taint from porl
Pork should remain in bulk from thre
10 six weeks, owing to the weather, as
will absorb salt faster in warm, rain
weather than when extremely cold an
dry. When hung, smoke only on damn
rainy days, unless you have a tigl
smoke-house. When done smokin
make paste of finely ground blac
pepper and lard Spread over the fes
side of the hams and shoulders and la
them in box, with the skin side dow
until you have covered the bottom the
fill in between with dry salt, and so Of
putting good-fitting lid on your bo,
Sheep.